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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - October 16, 1957CITY COU:iCIL, CITY OF LODI COUNCIL CHr113ER, CITY HALL OCTOBER 16, 1957 This regular meetin? of the City Council of the City of Lodi held beginning at 800 o'clock p.m. of ednesday, October 16, 1957; Councilmen Fuller, Katzakian, Kitchell, Robinson and Hughes (i:ayor) present; City :.tanager Glaves and City Attorney I -Cullen present. 0n motion of Councilman Katzakian, Mitchell second, the minutes of September 4, 1957, September 17, 1957 and October 2, 1957, were approved as written and mailed. PUBLIC HEARINGS STRJEET LIGHTS lir. Orville Braucht, proprietor of the Color - REQUESTED ON END craft Poster Company at 533 North Hutchins OF N. HUTC?INS Street, on behalf of hi..mself and other business- men in the area, reported that the end of Hut- chins Street, which makes a curve between Lockeford and California Streets, was very dark at night and subject to vandalism, and suggested that a li?ht be installed on a trans- former Dole which is located in the area on the opposite side of the street from his shop. The City Manager stated that it was the policy of the City that property owners pay for in- stallation of street lights. ei.r. n^raucht stated the businessmen in the area would be willing to pay for a light on the pole mentioned. There was some questionasto whether or not one light ixuld be. sufficient. On motion of Councilman Robinson, Kitchell second, the Coun- cil referred the matter to the City Manager, requesting him to get in touch with the Electrical Department and get a report of lighting needs and cost. PLri:divING CO:�i•:IjJIOid City Manager Claves reported the following actions of the Plannin Commission at its Cctober 14, meeting: 1. Approved a rear yard variance for B. T. Reeves at 101 X. Hutchins Street in the R-4 zone. 2. Approved a use permit for a bulletin board for the Christian Scientist Church at 322 ,,.Test Elm Street in the R-4 zone. 3. Approved a variance in the paving require- ment :or parking areas for V. K. Ekstrom at 40S E. Kettleman Lane in the C-2 zone. CO?• _,1UNICATIONS ABTA CONGRESS Invitation from the American Kunicinal Association to attend the annual American bunicipal Congress to be held in Sar. Francisco December 1 - 4, 1957. JUVENILE Invitation from Fred R. Hunt, Chief of Police, OF:ICERS to attend the eighth annual joint meeting of the ,yETING Northern California and Central 'Dalley Juvenile Officers' Association. on November 12, 1957. utes of Goober l6, 1957 cer.tinued ABC LICciSE Application for Alcoholic Beverage License, Off Sale Beer & ';line, for J. &; J Earket at 1030 S. Hutchins Street. ABC LICEiSE Application for ,alcoholic Beverage License, On Sale Beer and Wine, for Art L. Gomez, Club Tropicana, 114 north Sacramento Street. REPORT, 3 OF THE CITY 1R:ANdAGER "NO PARKING" City :,tanager Glaves reported that a recorz-.enda- REldOVED ON tion had been received from the City Engineer LODI AVENUE that the prohibition of parking on the South side of Lodi Avenue between School Street and Sacramento Street be removed, since it was no longer necessary due to widehing of the street. On motion of Councilman Kat- zakian, Fuller second, the Council repealed the "No Parking" requirement on Lodi Avenue between School and Sacramento Streets. TUHNER <DAD- The Engineering Departr:rent also recorn:.erded i,:ILLS AVENUE that the City Council establish "No Parking" INTERSi:CTICN zones and crosswalks at the Turner Road -f ills CROSS';iaLKS & Avenue inter:.ection. b.r. Dave Raridan, 900 "NO PARKING" !--,ills Avenue, protested establis'l=ert of a ZONE 'Ilio Parkin." zone on the east side of Kills Avenue in front of his property and he also protested the use of raised channelization markers in the street in front of his home, stating that the markers did not give him sufficient room to back out of his driveway. On :notion of Councilman Mitchell, Robinson second, the Council approved the establishment of crosswalks at the Turner Road -:ills Avenue intersection and also approved the establish - RES. NO. 2066 ment of a "I�io Parking" zone on the west side ADOPTED of Turner woad and i�=ills Avenue and on the East side of Turner Road and Drills Avenue up to the Raridan property by adoption of Reso- lution No. 2066. Further study is to be made by the City Engineer regarding the recorramenda- tion for a 'Ilio Parking" zone in front of the Rardian property. The Council then discussed the use of raised structures for channeliza- tion in the Turner Road-i�iills Avenue inter- section. Councilman Robinson moved, Mitchell second, that before any permanent channeliza- tion of traffic , be made which indicates a raised structure in the i•:il?s Avenue -Turner Road intersection it be brought before the City Council. The motion carried V, the following vote: AYES: Councilmen - Fuller, iq:itchell and Robinson NOES: Councilmen - Katzakian and Hughes ABSENT: Councilmen - None TU'L%ER-;.:ILLS AVE -On motion of Councilman Katzakian, Fuller second, ExSE:,•!NT FRCALi the Council adopted Resolution No. 2067 approv- S.P. CO. ing an agreement with the Southern Pacific Company concerning the granting of an ease - RES. NO. 2067 ment over a portion o=" the intersection of ADOPTED Turner Road and i•iills Avenue and authorizing the V'ayor and City Clerk to execute said afire er.:e nt . __inutes of October 16, 1957 continued 221 PARDEE DL., Resolution No. 2063, indicating the Council's FISHERY support of a project to use Pardee Dam as a RES. NC. 2068 public fishery, was adopted on motion of Coun- ADOPTED cilman Fuller, i•iitchell second. LEVEE The City i�:anager reported that bids had been CONSTRUCTION received for the construction of the levee be- A',ARD tween Laurel Avenue and Roper Avenue, with J. 1d'. Richards of Rio Vista being the low bidder RES. NO. 2069 at Y21, 442.00. He stated, however, that the I._ ADOPTED bid form had called for a starting date of October 28, 1957, but he had 'been informed that the corn crop on the land needed for con- struction of the levee might not be harvested Drior to that date. On motion of Councilman kitcheil, Fuller second, the Council adopted Resolution No. 2069, awardinT the contract for the levee construction to J. '�i. Richards, for the sum of :21,442.00 conditioned on agree- ment by the contractor not to start construc- tion until notified to do so by the City. BECK-�,Pi, JCNES On motion of Councilman Katzakian, Robinson DEVINE LEVEE second, the Council accepted the agreement and AGREE' ENT & deed from Lel,j04n.3eckman, 61ini£red Jones and EASE1kENT Kargaret Devine for construction, maintenance and repair of the levee. CRDINANCES STREET City =•anaoer Glaves stated that ordinances annex- U'PROVEI-INT ing the Benson Annex and Mills Avenue Annex to AGREEkENT the City had been held up for adoption pending BENSON & i4ILLS obtaining an agreement from the property owners AVE. AN'1eEXATIONS that they or their successors would pay for all street improvements on the property. He reported that a deed for street right of way had been obtained from ;'sirs. Eunice Benson and Lonald Kundert, property o-wrers of the Benson Annex, and that P•:rs. Benson had also signed an agree- ment that she or her successors in interest would pay for all street improvements when the balance of her property was subdivided. Such an agreement was not obtained from Pdr. Kundert or propert,, owners in the P,iills Avenue Annex. However, the City iaanager felt that since the property owners had not been informed when annexation proceedings were started that such an agreement would be required, he felt that it would be a breach of good faith to require it of them at this time. Therefore, he recommended that the ordinances be adopted. The City Attorney concurred in this recommendation. BENSON ANNEX ORDINANCE NO. 599, ENTITLED "APPROVING THE A 1:NEXk- TION OF THE BENSON ANNEX TO THE CITY OF LODI A14D DECLA tIi�G Th: T THE SAPE -1S ANNEXED TO AND KADE PART OF THE CITY OF LODI", having been introduced at the regular meeting of September ORD. NO. 599 1E, 1957, was brought up for passage on the ADOPTED motion of Councilman Katzakian, Mitchell second. Second reading was omitted after reading by title, and was then passed, adopted and ordered to print by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen - Fuller, Katzakian, Mit- chell, Robinson and Hughes NOES: Councilmen - None A33ENT: Councilmen - None 2922 "Minutes of October 16, 1957 continued - Ordinance No. 599 was then_ signed by lKayor Hughes in approval thereof. MILLS AVENUE CRDINANCE NO. 600, ENTITLED "AFPROVING THE ANNEX 4UJi'.7H:(A1-. ON CF THE :•.ILLS AVENUE AP; iz-,X TO THE CITY OF LORI AND DECLA RING TH-T THE S:%•-iE IS ANNEXED TO AND ,A DE PART OF THE CITY OF LODI", having been introduced at the regular meeting of September 18, 1957, was brought ORD. NO. 600 up for passage on the motion of Councilman ADOPTED Mitchell, Fuller second. Second reading was omitted after reading by title, and was then passed, adopted and ordered to print by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen - Fuller, Mitchell, Rob- inson and Hughes NOES: Councilmen - :none ABSTAIN: Councilmen - Katzakian ABSENT: Councilmen - None Ordinance No. 600 was then signed by Mayor Hughes in approval thereof. SELL RITE i.iKT. O.DINANCE NO. 602, ENTITLED IIAKENDING THE REZONa'G OFFICIAL DISTRICT KAP OF THE CITY OF LODI AND THEREBY REZONING PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE SOUT?7;vEST CORNER OF HAI, LANE AND LOCKEFORD STREET TO BE IN THE C-1 COI.d,ERCIAL DISTRICT", having been introduced at the regular meet- ing of October 2, 1957, was brought up for passage on the motion of Councilman Robinson, ORD. NO. 602 Katzakian second. Seconding readin was ADOPTED omitted after reading by title, and was then passed, adopted and ordered to print by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen_ - Fuller, Katzakian, Kit- chell, Robinson and NOES: Councilmen - None ABSENT': Councilmen - None Ordinance No. 602 was then signed by :Mayor Hughes in approval thereof. ABANDON STRIP ORDINANCE NO. 603, ENTITLED "ORDERING THE VACA- LOCKE=ORD ST. TION OF RIGHT OF WAY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LOCKE- IN RCDINE SQ. FORD STREET IN RODINE SQUARE", having been introduced at the regular meeting of October 2, 1957, was brought up for passage on the motion of Councilman Katzakian, Robinson second. Second reading was omitted after reading by ORD. NO. 603 title by the following vote: ADOPTED 'YES: Councilmen - Fuller, Katzakian, Mit- chell, Robinson and Hughes NOES: Councilmen - :done AHSENT: Councilmen - None — Ordinance No. 603 was then signed by •-ayor Hughes in approval thereof. :.:inutes of 3ctcber 16, 1957 continued 223 STREETS ON The City Attorney recommended that hereafter SU3DIvIST0Pdj,'PS the Council accent subdivision maps withoutthe streets and that the streets be the subdivider's _esponsibility until the streets were in or a bond covering, the cost of the streets had been deposited. TURNER ROAD The City Attorney reported that the Public Utili- UNDEPASS - ties Commission had ordered investigation. of PUC P'':IQHITY streets in need of grade separations at railroad crossings in order to establish a priority list for such structures. Councilman Robinson moved, Fuller second, that the City 1•1anager and City Engineer present information on the proposed Turner Road Underpass to the Public Utilities Commission in order to have this underpass placed on the Commission's priority list. :^IOODBRIDGE City Attorney :;sullen presented an agreement IRRIGATION :tiith the Woodbridge Irrigation District relative DISTRICT to discharge of storm waters in the District's AGREE:•:EN'T canal. He stated that it was substantially the same as the agreement that had been executed in June of this year, but that the District's attorney had charged a paragraph he considered ambiguous and also desired to have the district named as the City's assured. On motion of Councilman natzakian, Robinson second, the Council approved the agreement with the :"ood- bridge Irrigation District and authorized its execution by the I•:ayor and City Clerk. WTLSE? & H U.i The City Attorney then recommended that a study TO ST:DY STOIU-i be made of future -needs of the City regarding ;TATER DISCHARGE removal of storm waters; this study would include a study of the doodbridge Irri-ation District's continued ability to accept the City's storm water discharge. He stated the City had an offer -from "..ilsey and Ham, Engineers, to make the study and to prepare a preliminary type report projected twenty years at a cost of y5,700.00. On motion of Councilman Robinson, .,atzakian second, the Council accepted the proposal of ;,+ilsey and Ham to make a study of the City's storm drainage system. On motion of Councilman Fuller, the meeting adjourned at 10:15 p.m. ATTEST: 3EAT3ICE G 1R13ALDI City Clerk