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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes - February 3, 195430 `' CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF LODI COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL FEBRUARY 3, 1954 This regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lodi held beginning at 8:00 o'clock p.m. of Wednesday, February 3, 1954; Councilmen Hillman, Preszler, Robinson and Richey(Mayor) present; Rinn absent. Minutes of the previous meetings, January 6, 1954, and January 20, 1954, were approved as -written and mailed. COMP•NNI CATIONS A letter from the Secretary of the Board of Trus - DR. BOEHiN R tees, San Joaquin Local Health District, informing TERM the City Council that the Board of Trustees had S.J.L.H.D. classified themselves by lot to determine their terms of office and that the term of Dr. A. C. Boehmer was determined to be for a period of four years. Letter from Eugene E. Olwell and Genevieve M. REQUEST Olwell, owners of Block 36, City of Lodi (Salem VACATION School grounds) stating that they have entered OF ALLEY into negotiations to sell the property to Safeway IN BLOCK 36 Stores and requesting that the alley in said block CITY OF LODI be abandoned to permit the location of a building in the center of the block. It was also requested in the letter that the sewer and water lines pre- sently lying in the alley be relocated to a suitable location to be determined by Safeway Stores and the City Engineer. Mr. Weller stated that there is some possibility that the sewer installation in Washington Street, now under construction, will enable abandonment of the sewer line presently in the alley in question. Councilman Robinson stated that he would interpret the letter from Mr. Olwell to mean that either the present or future owners of the property will bear the cost of the relocation of the utility lines. He added that if anyone would object to the abandonment of the alley, he would be the one in the best position to do so, and he could see no objection to the proposal. On the motion of Councilman Robinson, Preszler second, ORD. N0.507 Ordinance No. 507, declaring the intention of the INTRODUCED City Council to abandon the alley in Block 36, was introduced. PUBLIC HEARINGS Mr. Andrew Idehrer addressed the City Council to 14EHRER state that both Greyhound Lines and Gibson Lines, PROTEST as a matter of practice, pick up and discharge FRANCHISE passengers within the City limits, thereby in- INFRINGE]MENT fringing upon his franchise. Mr. Weller assured Mr. Mehrer that he would direct letters to both Greyhound and Gibson informing them of the fran- chise and asking them to discontinue the practice. REPORTS OF THE CITY MANAGER The City Manager presented the tabulation of bids RES. ?1801 for the construction of the expansion of the sewage ADOPTED disposal plant. The bids ranged from_a high of w140,COO to a low of 498,403.00. Mr. :'eller explained that the experience and record of the low bidder, Arthur J. Stahl of San Francisco, had been investigated by the City Engineer and such .%:inutes of February 3, 1954, continued. 30 4 investigation showed him to be a responsible contractor. Mr. Weller recommended the award be A -,ARD made to Air. Stahl as the lowest responsible bidder. CONTRACT FOR Resolution No. 1801, awarding the contract to CONSTRUCTION Arthur J. Stahl for the construction of the sewage OF SEWAGE disposal plant expansion for the contract price PLANT of 498,403-00, was adopted on the motion of Coun- EXPANSION cilman Preszler, Robinson.second. The City Manager then recommended that the award RES. 1-r1803 of Items No. 11, 12, 13 and 15 of the bids for ADOPTED equipment and machinery for the sewer expansion be made at this time. These items had been deferred AWARD CONTRACT at the meeting of the City Council held December FOR EQUIPMENT 23,1954, pending the award of the contract for SEWAGE PLANT the construction of the project. On the motion of Councilman Preszler, Robinson second, the Council voted to adopt Resolution No. 1803, award- ing the contract for machinery and equipment as follows: Item No. Item _. Vendor Cost 11 Sludge'Beating System Chicago Pump Co.;) 8,-9T2—.00 12 Gas Utilization Equip. Dorr Co. 1,716.00 13 Digester Equipment Dorr Co. 8,481.00 15 Sewage Flow :Meter Bailey deter Co. 1,179 -CC y20,338.00 Mr. Weller added that the Chief of Police had indi- cated-he.had no preference between the two low bidders, but he did prefer the model with the stan- dard shift because experience with the automatic shift'indicates a higher operational cost. Council- mar.'Robinson suggested that the City might retain one of the cars scheduled for trade-in for use by the Juvenile Officer:since.bhe value :of the trade-in was so low. Mr. Welier,.siated that the Chief of Police was interested in more autos in order to place more patrol cars on the streets and he felt it would be hard to justify the addition of cars to the departmept that,,did not increase the police coverage. He also pointed out that the cars to be traded..in were in very poor operating condition. Resolution No. 1802, awarding the contract for the three police„cars to 4oewen Auto Company, was adopted on the motion of Councilman Hillman, Preszler second. Mayor Richey was authorized to sign an agreement BARKHEIMER with Bob Barkheimer of San Jose for the lease of STADIUY Lodi Stadium for the purpose of holding weekly LEASE auto races for twenty weeks on the motion of uou:- -cilman Robinson, Preszler second. Mr. Weller then presented the following tabulation RES. X1802 of bids received February 1, 1954, for furnishing ADOPTED three automobiles for use in the Police Derartment: AWARD THREE Standard Automatic POLICE CARS Vendor Shift Shift Loewen Auto. (Chevrolet) a4,137-8$ 449 Krieger Motor Co. (Ford) 4,175.00 4,613.48 Woodrow Yitchell (Plymouth) 5,283.56 5,224.69 John Drew Motors (Plymouth) 5,162.00 5,532.80 John Drew Motors (Dodge) 6,119.90 6,595.76 Herr Motor Co. (Mercury) 6,006.56 6,500.96 L. G. Brown (Oldsmobile) 6,70C.00 7,235.05 Mr. Weller added that the Chief of Police had indi- cated-he.had no preference between the two low bidders, but he did prefer the model with the stan- dard shift because experience with the automatic shift'indicates a higher operational cost. Council- mar.'Robinson suggested that the City might retain one of the cars scheduled for trade-in for use by the Juvenile Officer:since.bhe value :of the trade-in was so low. Mr. Welier,.siated that the Chief of Police was interested in more autos in order to place more patrol cars on the streets and he felt it would be hard to justify the addition of cars to the departmept that,,did not increase the police coverage. He also pointed out that the cars to be traded..in were in very poor operating condition. Resolution No. 1802, awarding the contract for the three police„cars to 4oewen Auto Company, was adopted on the motion of Councilman Hillman, Preszler second. Mayor Richey was authorized to sign an agreement BARKHEIMER with Bob Barkheimer of San Jose for the lease of STADIUY Lodi Stadium for the purpose of holding weekly LEASE auto races for twenty weeks on the motion of uou:- -cilman Robinson, Preszler second. 304 04 Minutes of February 3, 1954, continued. Mr. Weller presented the proposed lease of the South - SOUTHERN. The City Manager presented a proposal for the pur- AUTHORIZE chase or a piece of property from Melber Ayers bounded PURCHASE by Holly Drive, Lake Street and Pacific Avenue. Mr. OF AYERS Weller explained that in programming the electrical PROPERTY IN system conversion, the Superintendent of Utilities GERARD TRACT found that a site would be needed in the area of Westwood Homes Subdivision for a substation. The Ayers property will be satisfactory for the pro- posed purpose. Mr. Weller further explained that — after negotiations with Mr. Ayers, the price of 41500 was agreed upon as satisfactory to both parties. He then recommended that the City purchase the prop- erty at the stated price. On the motion of council- man Preszler, Hillman second, the City Manager was authorized to proceed with the purchase of the property from Mr. Ayers for 41500. Mr. Weller presented the proposed lease of the South - SOUTHERN. ern Pacific property on North Sacramento Street t -o PACIFIC CO. the City Council for consideration. He explained LEASE FOR that the Southern Pacific had agreed to lease a PARKING LOT parcel of approximately 66' x 160' to the City for off-street parking at a cost of $240 per year, which represents the approximate amount of property tax charged to the property. As a protection to the investment by the City for parking facilities, the Southern Pacific Company has agreed to refund a portion of the amount invested in the event the lease is cancelled within five years. The amount of the refund is to depend upon the time the lease has been in effect. The Company also agreed that the terms of this lease will not affect the other Southern Pacific Company property under lease to the City. On the motion of councilman Hillman, Preszler second, the Mayor was authorized to execute the lease agreement, and the City Manager was requested to have sketches of the proposed parking lot prepared. Mr. Weller then submitted the proposed Freeway Agree - FREEWAY ment received from the State Division of Highways. AGREEMENT The agreement covers only that portion of the proposed freeway which passes within the City's boundary lines. Mr. Weller stated that he felt that it should be understood by the Division of Highways that the City is not prepared at this time to determine the City's needs for interchanges or grade separations. The proposed agreement was then referred to the City Planager and the City Attorney for the preparation of a cover letter. CLAIMS Claims in the amount of 4133,661.48 were approved on the motion of Councilman Robinson, Hillman second. Councilman Robinson then referred to the financial report submitted to the members of the City Council. After discussion of the report and its contents, Councilman Robinson stated that he felt the financial position of the City was very good. The meeting was then adjourned at 9:15 p.m. on the motion of councilman Robinso . //'/ ATTEST: � �� - 4ENRY A. GLAVES, R. City Clerk