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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes - October 3, 1956`e • CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF LGDI COUNCIL CI.- HALL OCTOBER 3, 1950 This regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lodi held beginnin= at o:OU o'clock of Wednesday, C.ctober 3, 1950; Council - mien Fuller, ughes, Katzakian, Robinson and ;•.itchell (•.ayor) present; none absent. PUBLIC HEARING A,N"EX'TION This being the time and place set for the hear- HCUSTGi. ADL'. ing of protests to the annexation of the Houston Addition, i•iayor k:itchell ask_d for such protests to be offered to the City Council. There being no protests offered, the City Clerk explained that the petition had contained a request for industrial zoning anti had been a^Droved by the City Pladning Cor:.r.:ission. Councilman Hughes and Councilman Robinson expressed the:. -,selves as ORD.111hNCE NO. 570 being in favor -with this type of annexation and INTRODUCED develomment. Ordinance No. 570, approving the annexation of Houston Addition and zoning it in the !•: Industrial District, was then introduced on the motion of Councilman ,.atzakian, Fuller second.. Councilman hobinson also s uc--ested that the City Engineer give serious study to a pro- vision for utilities east of the proposed Highway 99 by-pass. PLn:i .1""G CC -..I. ISaIO1V REPurTS OF Zi:K ,G The Council heard the following report from the COi•u•.ISSICN Zoning Committee of the City Planning Commission: (1) A use permit was granted to the 1-tich- field Cil Corporation for a sign at the northwest corner of Ham Lane and 'est Lockeford Street. (2) Denied a request by b:aurice Ray, Sr. to encroach into a recuired front yard at the southeast corner of Gerard and Holly Drive. ORa."GE Avr"Nul The Council received a recommendation for the AbAi�DOI�"-,ENT abandonment of Orange avenue lying north of Sylvia Drive in Crescent ;.anor No. 2. This portion of Oran_ -e Avenue lies wholly in the property owned by the Hilborn-Fairmont holding Company, which plans to construct a church on this RES. OF I11T'. t:0. property. Resolution of Intention No. 1974, de - 1974 ADOPTED clarin= the intention of the City Council to abandon this portion of Orange Avenue and setting a public hearing on the c_uestion for november 7th, was adopted on the motion of Council- man hatzakian. iAJCY. ST RE T PLA, n major street -man was recommended to the City Council by the Planning Commission. It was explained that this Man was based generally upon the :-aster Pian with the exception that Tokay, Fairmont and 'gest Lockeford Streets were listed on the plan as major streets on a tem- porary basis. At such time as the i -.aster Plan streets are developed and approved, these streets would then beco�ie r..ajor streets. Councilman Fuller stated he felt time should be given for each councilman to become familiar with the plan and he therefore moved, Robinson second, that action on the major street plan be deferred un- til i+ovember 7, 1956. The motion was passed by unanimous vote. E.-LicSON SCHOOL The Council heard a reco=,endation from the Citv_ TUh. DiG Planning Commission that the property form- erly occupied by the Emerson School be turfed as an interim measure pending a final decision for its ultimate use. The City i�ianager stated that he had received an estimate of w 4,565 for the turfing of the entire area. At the suggestion of the :•-ayor the matter was held over to a future meeting. DI�GON L PARKING A request that diagonal parking be dispensed with on Ela_ Street and on Stockton Street also was deferred until action could be taken on the major street plan. C ONKU iii ICATI ONS FIRST CL..TR_- L A letter from the City of Lodesto announcing VALLEY r LGICN.,L the First Central Valley Regional Planning Con- PLhid.IPiG ference to be held on October 5th in that City '_E;CE and inviting the City Council and its staff to attend. S.•+Ii•�-ING POOL A recommendation from the Recreation Commission that the firm of Ernst and Lloyd, architects, be selected to design the swirn ing pool for the City. Councilman Robinson stated he understood that the plans to be developed by the architects would belong to the City when completed and the City could use these plans in the construction of future pools. He then moved ti -at the firm of Ernst and Lloyd be retained by the City, but that the agreement entered into by the City with this firm stipulate that the City would be free -to use the plans for future swimming pools. The Notion was passed by unanimous vote. JUVLiiIL' OFFICERS n letter from Juvenile Officer Russell French hSSOC. bs;LTING inviting the Council to the seventh annual Joint meeting of the Northern California and Central Valley Juvenile Officers associations to be held at the Hotel Lodi at 8:00 p.m. Novem— ber 13, 1956. Oii -.inY �.LLLYS Letter from 3-;. Newfield and Sons stating that as a result of the recent action of the City Council concerning parking in alleys, they b3 ve found themselves inconvenienced and often in violation of the new ordinance. It is necessary for them to use service cars for delivery and it is necessary for -then. at times to park their service cars in the alley. He asked if some a:::endment might be devised which would permit commercial or service parking on one side of the alley when specifically marked. This would ease their situation and would be reas=_bly consistent with good regulation of traffic in alleys. Councilman Fuller felt that it was a very fair request.. He said problems to other r:erchants had been created by the Council's recent actionprohibit_ng pdrkir.E in the alleys. Council -an raatzasian staters that so.methinF should be done to relieve the _)rcblem,. Councilman ::obinsora stated that he could not see why t''^e City Council should provide parking for the merchants. He saia it would be r_ivinE the :erchants orefcrerti.l service -nd treatment. the Council agreed that the ratter be turned over to the City .'tanager to explore the problem and offer an alternative solution at a future Y%eeting. _.. P-NLIMU Pn:cAl wG Layor .itchell asked what action would be nec- ..LTi,i.S ;; f •.. •. .. .. .._ .. .. ..... c. / f =7Jv UU:.t 111LMU lade in the construction without significantly reducing: the facilities. On the motion of Councilman Katzakian, Robinson second, the Council voted to reject the bid of r_r. Sinver and offer the clans to the City Engineer for study and resubmission. VvILL DRILLING I' -.r. ';eller recorted that he had received a CO:.TfitiCT memorandum from the Superintendent of utilities stating that drilling operations for the new well in the northwest section of the City were under way and the indications are that it would be a good well; however, the Superintendent of Utilities pointed out that drilling operations were delayed due to confliction with harvesting of the corn and grave crops. He t-:erefore recuested that the contract be extended. 6n the motion of Councilman Hughes, Fuller secord, the Council voted to grant a 60 -day extension of the contract. i CR aT-CN, FIRE :iayor Litchell suggested to the City Council LIBRtIRY that they meet with the Recreation Commission ,-Ii.TINGS on :'ednesday, October 10th, for the purpose of discussing park sites and their development. ^e also suggested that the date of October 15th be set for meeting with the Fire Chief for dis- cussion of the Fire Department's capital outlay projects. It was further suggested that a Meeting with the Library Board be held on november 14 th. These dates were agreed uu_on by the Council. SPEED CHECK i -:r. Weller reported that a speed check had been S. HUTCi:IN S ST. made for traffic on South Hutchins Street by the Police Department and indicated that traffic on the corner of Tamarac: and South Hutchins showed that the majority of the automobiles were reducing their speed at this point. He agreed with the suggestion from the l.ayor that a flashing signal north and south of this inter- section -could afford more security to the school crossing. The Council then :coved to authorize the 1•:ayor and the City !•tanager to investigate the possibility of installing flashing signals for the intersection of Tamarack and Hutchins Street. SP LD LIi1= The Council then discussed the advisability of S. HUTCHINS ST. reducing the speed limit on South Hutchins Street. It was generally felt that the present speed limit of 35 miles an hour should be re- duced to 25 miles an hour on the basis that the ORD. NO. 571 amount of traffic had increased, as well as ir�TRCDUCED the amount of development on the west side of the street. Councilman Katzakian then moved, Fuller second, that Ordinance No. 571, establish= inc: the speed limit of 25 miles an hour on South Hutchins Street from Lodi Avenue to Kettleman Lane, be introduced. The motion was passed by unanimous vote. The meeting was adjourned at 9:50 p.m. on the order of the •:ayor - 1 ATTEST: A. GL,,VS , City Clerk