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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - November 2, 19554h�? CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF LODI COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL NOVEMBER 2, 1955 This regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lodi held beginning at $:00 o'clock p.m. of Wednesday, November 2, 1955; Councilmen Fuller, Hughes, Mitchell, Richey and Robinson (Mayor) present; none absent. City Attorney Mullen and City Manager Weller also present. Minutes of the previous meeting of October 19, 1955, were approved as written and mailed. COMMUNICATIONS JUVENILE Letter from the Chief of Police inviting the City OFFICERS Council to the annual point meeting between the Northern California and the Central Valley Juvenile Officers' Associations to be held in Lodi, November 8, 1955. REPORTS OF THE CITY :TANAGER AUTO SPECS Specifications for the purchase of twelve auto- mobiles and the trade-in of nine automobiles from various departments including the replacement of seven vehicles in the Police Department were ap- proved on the motion of Councilman Hughes, Richey second. CASI The City Manager read a letter from the Pension (SOCIAL Board recommending unanimously that the City of SECURITY) Lodi proceed with arrangements for the inclusion of the City's employees under the benefits of Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance program. The Board recommended participation on a full supplemental basis and asked that an election of the employees be called as soon as possible. It also recommended that the program be instituted as of January 1, 1956. Councilman Richey moved, Mitchell second, that the City Council reaffirm the position of previous Councils to make Social Security available to the City's employees and to authorize the City :Manager to proceed with the necessary arrangements toward that end. The motion passed by unanimous vote. ABANDON POR. Mr. Weller presented a request that the City OF EASEMENT vacate and abandon the north four feet of a ten - IN COSTA TR. foot easement along the south side of Lot 22 of the Costa Tract. He explained that there are no utilities in this easement and the City has re- tw,". ceived an easement of four feet from the owner T11/es) of the lot just south of Lot 22, thereby giving the City ten feet if the requested abandonment is approved. He added that both the City Engineer and the Superintendent of Utilities have stated that the City does not have any use for the four feet in question. An order to abandon the north four feet of the ten -foot easement border- ing the south line of Lot 22 of the Costa Tract was adopted on the motion of Councilman Hughes, Fuller second. CLAIMS Claims in the amount of $71,639.03 were approved on the motion of Councilman Richey, Mitchell second. Minutes of November 2, 1955 continued s 46._ CITY PLANNING COMMISSION FENCE The City Manager read a report from the Zoning APPROVED Committee approving the erection of a five-foot fence along the property owned by Mr. Don Furbish. REZONING The City Manager read a report that the City NE CORNER Planning Commission had approved a request for HAM LANE & the rezoning of a parcel 125 feet by 125 feet LOCKEF^ORD ST. at the northeast corner of Ham Lane and Lockeford Street from R-1 to C-1 District. On the motion of Councilman Hughes, Mitchell second, the Coun- cil voted to set the matter for public hearing on November 16, 1955. ORD. NO. 542 ORDINANCE NO. 542, ENTITLED "AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ADOPTED DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF LODI AND THSRE3Y REZONING CERTAIN PARCELS IN THE NORTHEAST QUARTER REZONING SO. OF SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 3 NORTH, RANGE 6 EAST", OF LODI AVE. having been introduced at the regular meeting BETW. HUTCHINS of October 19, 1955, was brought up for passage & CRESCENT STS on the motion of Councilman Mitchell, Richey second. Second reading was omitted by unanimous consent after reading by title, and was then passed, adopted and ordered to print by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen - Fuller, Hughes, Mitchell, Richey and Robinson NOES: Councilmen - None ABSENT: Councilmen - None :Mayor Robinson then signed Ordinance No. 542 in approval thereof. HU•GEES Mayor Robinson then appointed Councilman Hughes APPOINTED to represent the City of Lodi in a meeting with TO POUND the County Board of Supervisors and representatives COMMITTEE from other cities in the County relative to the problems involved in the collection and impound- ment of stray animals in the respective juris- dictions. On the motion of Councilman Richey, the meeting was adjourned at 9:00 p.m. ATTEST: HENRY A. GLAVES, JR. City Clerk