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CIT' COU +CIL. CITY OF LODI
CITY u,LL
FE?F-U :i'' 20, 195?
This re--ular meet'.n.- of the Cit; Council of the Cit-, of Lodi
held bes-irnin- at 8:00 o'clock p.m. of +edr.esda Deb -..lar': 20,
1957; Councilman Fuller, I.,.,: -hes, natzakian, Robinson, and
chell (i%a"or) present; core absent. Cit,; Laraver.eller and Cit;
Attornev i•.ullen also present.
PUBLIC �F.n:sILG
PROTEST h:CGiLL I•:_. Edwin Faszer, 20 South Fairmont, addressed
BAPS! the City Council to ask if something coup: be
,'one to remove the .barn (belon7ir.- to G L.
:csill) which is on t --e west si^e of Fairr-ert
avenue between. Pine and Oak Streets. The
.:estion was referred to the City Attorney
.vho informed i•.r. Faszer that this barn had
existed on he pronerty before the oronerty
was subdivided and t^e street installed.
Since it was a non-corC;forr.ir.g use in the
residerti-1 zone, he did not believe anythir.;
could be done Ander the present ordinances.
:r. ^aszer also comnlained that the nropert;
on. the northeast corner of Fairmont ~venue
and Oak Street did not '^.ave a sidewalk alon7
the Fair:ront h'lenue side of the rronert,-.
:e added that it Was ^:e custom of the nror,-
erty owners to pile rubtish and carden refuse
in this sidewalk area. i•:r. Mullen replied
that this was a private matter which would
have to be ':andled with civil action.. Coun-
cil -an Robir�on stated that he lived in the
vicinil- and he would line t.n ear 1.`P barn .
7ovel, but he agreed it could not be done;
however, he sug-ested that the rronert•; on
the norti:east corner of Fairmont and Oak
Street ce!.ld be forced to install the side-
walk if the sidewalk on the balance of the
-'lock cavered 40'% of the frontae:e of the
.dock.
CIT`! PLANNII G COi•i'•',ISSION
RE'�IONAL PLAENI`M The Cit" I•.ana=er reported that a resolution
COc.q.ISbICN had been adopted by the City of kodesto ad-
vocati-S the establishment of a her-ional
P.'_annir.Z Cor:Mission as an advisor- body to
coordinate planr.inv in the Sar. Joaquin Valley
as far south as Bakersfield. Councilman
Fu11er favored the creation of the keTional
Plar.nin� Corrr:ission as a sten in the ri6ht
direction,. Councilman Robinson obiected teat
such a body would be of little value, and in
his opinion our-overrments are alreadv top-
heavy with plan -in-. Councilman Hu�hes stated
^e felt the creation of the Re-ional Planr.in.
Com. issicn ^i�ht be "the ounce nf prevention
,,-:'n4ch wo::ld '-e worth a round of dare".
Co'.nci loran Katza:{ian noirted o4t that he
anti-ipates a -reat ^eat of rrowt,': will take
^lace in the San Joa-uin valle" in the near
fUt'.1rP. `e stated such. a olann: n�7 bcd" ,.,icht
help so' -von nrohlems in advance ofyt'-.eir
.�.inutes of February 20, 1957 continued 121
2005 'cc^ ins . roblems. Co•..ncil^an .-_tzakian t,her
„D-PTED second, the -co?tion of i�esol.ution
2005, ani:rovinz the creation of a r?,io^a_l_
Cor-Assion, 'T!^e :.otion was nassed
Cc.incil^en - Fuller Katzaiar.
and :•:itche"_�
Councilmen - Robinson
,,
n_ =V�.. L . Cou^cilr7er. - None
=,i.I7•:IPL:TTOid 0? 'a: Atcnell t"en onene` discussion with t're
^IiJG JAL ?r.?K-
estion of elirninat,in-, dia:-onal_G-kin- on Elm
I:-'' STCCKTON ..
Street, between Churc," and PleasantStreets and
EILP. STREETS
or Stockton. Street betwesn -Elm and Locust StreLets.
- ...atter I -ad been held over rom ,'e ^eetin-
.
o . ebn:ar,: b, 1957 The Cite P'_ana. _. re orted
..^a' ac:=dinc- to estimates b the CiEng inept,
*, e _ ^rove e^t o; the old bath area ua'e °ark
to voce.~^odate oarkin- .-.oulr' run in the nei=hbor-
hcoof ::2,900. Council an Katzakian stated he
fel, ``:e oarkin� orotlem of -,-- State Emrlo-ment
Cffic was not -reat enou_-h to reouire the
ex^er.diture of 3 ,OOG for a rar kin lot. lie
awe `-at as a result of his in,resti•-atior..
^e relieved on1:• *..hat area ir..rediatel•- in front
of a L ^lo-; .ent Office or. ..tockton Strept re-
_ ;bstar.tial use for rarkin- He con-
tin•;er t -:at ratr--s of the Emnlo."r!ent Office
co',il� !lse the four sides of !gale Park for rarallel
:_7_. Co!lncil^an uu-hes ack-nowled�oa t..".at
.^e .,st 'or the oarkir- lot was hi_ -?-,but he
su -ested t: -e Ci`y '.ana7er look into the cost
fur`'--.er. .:owever, he sated he favorer eliminat-
in .. - dia�on�l parkin;' at t -is ti:"e in, or,4_p.r
*h ,- the C could see ..r.at roblems wo::ld ce
cr at, d the .rallel '_-':firkin he yi+.
_
7•ar - n"inted out tat: :^e Cit•.rs..lease with
the- S~at _ C-:lifornia :ould run: of -;vin a few
--earn aft3r waich the State vioulc. exnect a reduc-
tion .n rate-. '4e nolnted out that . ,e C;.t'^:i..nt
no.t to continue the lease nd=. ,. re re,!uced
rate. T'r.e Emrlo;rent Office �i-ht seek ot.ier
, ers w^ _c'r. :ra :11d ...ateriall-_ affect `he park-
in- r. _ ents in that area. Councilman Puller
rated ..e favored the _ :orcve.ment of a parkin=.
lot b.a,.ise r.e was certain that _.•irir.- _ eriod
;•r"ter �e etnlo-,,ment was at itc =k t`:e ;arkir ,
re-ui =--e-t5 ;n :he area were __,fficie."_y
-reater ... the:, are at the rresena tile.
Co;^ci_-an Xatzakian then roved, Fullerrsecond,
the in-ro�'uction of Ordinance No. 582,wh_c". would
Pli-irate dia-o^al rarb on Sto.^kton Street
het.re n E17 and Locust Streets and :lm Street
be*.;•ree-: ?l-?=sant and Church Streets. C. _r.cil-
r.an Ro-,*-son stated that i:e uas -r;illir- to azree
to the elimin.tion of diagonal parkin= on Stockton
Street `ut he was stili opposed tc the elimination
o' a:n- .:.l arkir� cn FI- Street. ue ':!.,?n nf'ered
a sulbs`.'_t'lite :)tio:n. to eliminatevdia-onal narkin-
')n St.. for Street on? . Councilman Fuller then
thyn es:^ --ed �. +"a:'cT to.?!'love his second from
io` ., Ycii7an atzaki_.n.
-hen e�
;�.-..at the mcti�nb'. Co-_1ncil-an -.,tzakian
.s from :•ran, of a second. _.roil an
122 Minutes of February 20, 1957 continued
OBD. NO. 582
Robinson t-:er, moved, :•.itchell second, that
1.1--KD.TCEID
Ordinance No. 582, eliminatin- dia= ^al ark-
_ - o-: Stoc _ton Street between El^ Street and
.,oc•.st . ,,_ ect to ..... ^d•iced. The
.
r:S: Ccuncil^ n - Fuller,-
1.^.Si)*t ana^�..ztc^pll.
C S: Counc=l-" n - uatzakian
'EZU.'INfl LOCKFC'RD
-cornet ^dation from the C;tv Dian.._,n- Com-
-ssio:t
;; iD ti:+: LA`,E
.for the rezonin - of a* ^or', .ot prop-
ert• en *:-e Northwest corner of LockeFord
Street and Ham Lane from C-1 Co..,r.erci.al to
R residentialwas set for cubl -:e.arin:-
on _ - __. O, 19157, on tlm motion _ Co'tncil-
ran Katzakian, Fuller second. Cc,..n.cil-an
-a--hes asked that tl^e Cite e,:ana-er rake an
')ort on t --s recomr�.enria-
i CO e?dat1^.. _ro t^p Cit 7 D1F, rim^ Com-
,._ =ion to rezone a rortio- of Lo`s c�L, 55,
and 56, Hor*:esite Subdivision from R-3 to
C-1 +,,,as also set fnr ^ublir_ hearin= for the
--"eetin of '•`•.arch C, 1657,
CC'ti U�iC.-T_CiiS
.=t i Llir,.vjt•.
.znnIi nptior for Alcoroli r Elevera7e License for
Cn-sale Bear b•: James E. Dean. Jerome Dean,
and J3=S_.' Dean, t�!e Rendezvous, 17-19 W.
.S. .CO.
n letter from the'Nort.ern San Joac.:in Count.
Sri"FTf CCU -',C -LL
Sa`_et•r Council commendin^ the Cit•% Council
for t^P-stallation of Stor sir -- in conform-
ance with the-ia;for street Tian adopted by
City Council.
RCt.D
A letter from the Lodi Di strict Chamber of
'1DEP.PSS
Co^^erce r?cor^er.dir.- the Cit of Lodi , the
C�)'wn`-- of San Joar'Ltin, and ':he Sout-ern
Pacific Railwa., continue their -*oint efforts
to effect the solation to the Turner Road
Undernass noble-^. It ::as reintea out that
was not a de -and for i-:T:ediate action,
a su -Zestion. tha., e-iery effort be made
to as5,.;ra continuous attention to the problem
_,.ntil an ar-reement co -..Id be reached.
TURHEP O„D
C^_.•i-cilman Robinson asked l..at the Cit', En-ineer
PKVillJ
137 rians For navin- Turner Road from 99 ui7 -
wa-; west to the Lodi cit-! limits and that an
effort be made to coordinate thisrro-ect .,_th
-e County of San Joa-uin.
CLi,IYS
On t e 79tion of Councilman Robinson, Hu^''.es
SeCCnd. C131L^.S in the aIDCtt^.`.:...5,Rb9.07
were an-r.Dved.
_ -1 y 4v, 1957 continued 1211
.. Ci.t' -a-e- hentr_3Se_tce A .,3ti'�L:13.,iOn Of 'r..ids
V c^ t"e+_-sta'_lati�r, of Sar s9,.er 'ire
in ..ills nue_tc-wenn ,lest L-,)-44 yr.:P ..? a ,
Loc nford��5`.
Was/E.A. Parrish of StccktonJn t^e aCount of
,7L5.00. Ce, ra 1_ a•: s sully,*r,ed
�ce otnnrs of Lodi at .j6,0 a 20. ::er, com_me-ded
t--- hid Ine awarded to Pari sr. as the lot'r bid.
Res,c ution :?o. 20:) awardir- the 1 -id to E
•
Perris'- lr tti`r a.'".O'l;t 'r!
OF "e ;,iC 3S ad0^';p''0^.
t�z ^otlon of CO'Inci.lr^_n [�„VI-?5, :�151!.er sP.C_ond.
m;.e Cit': anaver r--ort?d tatiiilatinn O” t`i.;s
rec-ived for t -e -m—c_ ase of concre*e nine. Two
bid= ,,Parr receiv�� Trp cA,! � -' �-bert for
standard'^i-P L'ra s'l0';Y for '011,, �ryrr l(rr 1211l;,n
1•511and 3011 -�e, T.. ..e case )+h
J^e ic_')wwall lne ur'rert Was 1non 8" and 1Otr'..-ine.
T' -e cid b tart for 18" st=..^ard -ire and 12"
and 18" thick wall -•i^e were ider:`i^.al ;'nit the
i r S -i c1r-:an.oWev=r bPrt' s i ? = or
1^" s`a--darn? and 12" t ^kwa l nine was cased on
3 -foot len:-+;:srhe_rLs L -root ler-t-s were sneci-
`ied. I. `e case o' '-e 18" .hick -,rall nine,
world not be a la to meet the tl e re^,uire-
m:ents. The Cit - ?ana:<er recommended that iV11-:bert
be a -.-carded t -e contract
on standard lJrr, 8", IOYT,
12", 1/.", 16", arr? ?ai
124 Minutes of February 20, 1957 continued
the widenin- as '-e prcT:osed would increase the
traffic is on Som ,._ Scf�eol Street. Councilman Hsi, --es
poi -.ted out that -e roll• the City Council
s'^o'!ld 'oilow time recom„e^^3 icn of :he r;t
.n-;ne=r. Councilman Rocinson stated in this
se`.e disa-reed with . the ecom:-:e-dations of
,':e City L -_neer. The motion *.eras t: -en passed
by the followin- vote.
=ayor Litchell then ad„curned the meeting at
9:30 c.m.
ATTEST: IENRY A. C_ VE JR.
City Clerk
;'YES: Councilmen - Fuller, ??,.;hes, Kat-
zakian
� -E5: Councilmen - ?:itchell and Robinson
,.?SE:jT: .rouncil7en - None
S Dti ].INO POOL
T'ne Ci'':ana=-er reported tr.at the '?-creation
FIDS
Co=ission had considered t" -.e bid's received
'or t .e construction of -he rocl in
"lakely Park and had recommended „hat t'. -.e bids
be re4ected and the Cit Engineer and ..rchi-
tect �e aut''-orized to neE7otiate on t '-e open
._r. Ed DeBenede�ti addressed the
yCouncil
Cit and stated t' -.at it was the opinion
of the Recreation Commission that with the
reduction of certain items. the swim.-ninn pool
could be constructed for a total of _42,000,
incl_:dins- architect's fee, .%-ithout- Bufferin-
a reduction in the quality of t'^e pool. Coun-
,1Tan Fuller roved, Katzakian second, all
bids be rejecter', and the architect be author-
ized to ne-otiate on the ones market.In the
discussion that followed the-notion,Cour_cil-
man Robinson secured the affirmation or t"e
Architect and Director of.Recreation and Parks
t' -at the estimate of ;L2,000 did not include
the elimination of items which would have to
be installed at a later date. N.r. +eller
stated that it was the understanding that
upon, r_cm^leticn of negotiations, t'—_ Archi-
tect would make a report of the eroposal to
the City Council at which time the-,, could
authorize continuation of the project. The
motion was ther. passed b:- unanimous vote.
Iii DR;4iKL OF
Resolution No. 2004, declaring the withdrawal
GE :ERAL t.'ILLS ADD.
of the General i'• ills Addition, from the Wood -
?ROP. W.R.F.P.L.
brie -e aural Fire Protection District, was
RES. NO. 2004
ado^ted on the motion of Councilman Fuller,
ADOPTED
Katzakian second.
=ayor Litchell then ad„curned the meeting at
9:30 c.m.
ATTEST: IENRY A. C_ VE JR.
City Clerk