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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - August 23, 1956CIT`.` COUNCIL, CITY OF LODI COUNCIL CHAMBEh, CITY HALL AUGUST 23, 1956 Pursuant to the adournmer,t taken from its regular meeting of August 15, 1956, the City Council of the City of Lodi met at 7:30 o'clock p.m. of Thursda,I, August 23, 1956; Councilmen Fuller, Hughes, Katzakian, Robinson, and Mitchell (M=ayor) present; noneabsent. City Manager Weller and City Attorney ;kiullen also present. ti,ayor Mitchell opened the meeting with the request that discussion of Capital Outlay items be confined to the relative needs or priorities of the various items and that specific locations for the various items be deferred until a later meeting. DOG POUND Niayor Mitchell pointed out that the plans and speci- SWII,iMING POOL fications for both and dog pound and a swimming PRIORITIES NOS. pool had already been authorized by the City Coun- t & 2 cil and he therefore suggested that these items be listed as priorities No. 1 and No. 2. Councilman Katzakian stated that he felt the purchase of another park site and the construction of another PRIORITY" NO. 3 swimming pool should be priority items No. 3 and 4. R.R. UNDERPASS Gouncilman Hughes stated he felt a subway on the ALLOCATION Southern Pacific Main line tracks should carry a high priority number, although he felt the actual construction was several years away. He believed funds should be allocated in the Capital Outlay Fund for the conducting of engineering studies. Councilman Robinson voiced agreement with this Droposal that no time shouldbelost in getting started on the project. He felt that this item should be on the priority list even though the actual construction couldn't be carried on for three or four years. He suggested that an amount of $10,000 be allocated in the 1956-57 fund to cover preliminary studies for the underpass on Turner Road. City Attorney Mullen suggested that the Council might prefer to study the underpasses gen- erally rather than Turner Road underpass specifically, until such time as public hearings could be held and recommendations received from the City Planning Commission. Councilman Robinson disagreed saying he felt the City Council had already gone far enough in making arrangements with the Board of Supervisors and the Railroad for the reconstruction of the Turner Road underpass. He then moved, Fuller second, that $10,000 be allopated in the Capiatal Outlay Fund for The Turner Road underpass. The motion was carried by unanimous vote. PARK SITE Councilman Katzakian then moved, Robinson second, PRIORITY NO. 4 that a park site in the Recreation Commission disignated area No. 5.be listed as Driority number 4. The motion passed by unanimous vote. FIRE HOU5L Councilman Robinson then moved, Fuller second, that PRIORITY NO. 5 priority No. 5 be the construction of a Fire House end the purchase of a site if needed. The motion was Dassed by unanimous vote. LIBRARY_ Councilman Hughes nroposed that nriority No. 6 be PhIORITY N0. 6 a Library and/or Library site. Councilman Fuller and Councilman Robinson disagreed saying they felt that $350,000 was too much to risk this early 55 HALL OF JUSTICE: in the priority list. Councilman Hughes replied PRIORITY NO. 7 that he felt the Council should at least out money (A) That the priority list adopted at this meeting represents the Council's deter- mination of the needs of the City of Lodi without regard to any specific fin- ancial plan to effect them. Final adop- tion to await -completion of a financial study of the items as listed. (B) At the suggestion of the City R:anager, the Council agreed that the nine items in the priority list represented only the major Capital Outlay items. Smaller items would be financed by using a floating fund with- in the Capital Outlay Fund of X40,000, This would take care of smaller items or projects which might arise in an emergency. (C) That in the discussion at this meeting, no time limit has been considered for the com- pletion of the priority items, such program to be dependent upon the financial condition of the Capital Outlay Fund and the City as a whole. The meeting was then adjourned at 9:40 p.m. on the order of the Niayor. ATTh5T: HENRY w. GLAVES, JR. City Clerk away for later construction. Councilman Robinson stated he felt a Hall of Justice should be constructed in advance of the Library. City Clerk Glaves sug- gested that since sites on both the Library and Hall of Justice might be affected by the location of a Civic Center, this item should be discussed in ad- vance of these two projects. Councilman Hughes then moved, Katzakian second, that the Library be listed as priority No. 6. The motion was passed by unanimous vote. The Hall of Justice was then listed as priority No. 7 on the motion of Councilman Robinson, Fuller second. CIVIC CENTER Councilman Katzakian then moved, Fuller second that PROJECT the City Planning Commission be requested to make a study of the Civic Center project and to include and limit itself to determining the answers to the following: (1) Is a Civic Center in Lodi needed? l2) If a Civic Center is necessary, what build- ino_s should be included on the site. (3) In general terms, what size should it be? (4) In general terms, where should such a site be located? (Not to specify the exact site) The Notion was passed by unanimous vote. ADD. PARK SITE Councilman Hughes then moved, Fuller second that & SWIMMING POOL an additional park site and the second swimming PRIORITIES 1.03. pool be listed as priorities Nos. 8 and 9. 8&9 In a discussion of the general intent of the Capital Outlay project the following points were agreed upon by the Council: - (A) That the priority list adopted at this meeting represents the Council's deter- mination of the needs of the City of Lodi without regard to any specific fin- ancial plan to effect them. Final adop- tion to await -completion of a financial study of the items as listed. (B) At the suggestion of the City R:anager, the Council agreed that the nine items in the priority list represented only the major Capital Outlay items. Smaller items would be financed by using a floating fund with- in the Capital Outlay Fund of X40,000, This would take care of smaller items or projects which might arise in an emergency. (C) That in the discussion at this meeting, no time limit has been considered for the com- pletion of the priority items, such program to be dependent upon the financial condition of the Capital Outlay Fund and the City as a whole. The meeting was then adjourned at 9:40 p.m. on the order of the Niayor. ATTh5T: HENRY w. GLAVES, JR. City Clerk