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CITY COUNCIL CITY OF LODI
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL
ADJOURNED MEETING
JUNE 10, 1953
Pursuant to the adjournment taken from its regular meeting
of June 3, 1953, the City Council of the City of Lodi met at 730
o'clock p.m. of Wednesday, June 10, 1953; Councilmen Robert H.
Rinn, W. J. Robinson and Mayor Mabel Richey, present; Councilmen
T. A. Haskell and Ed Preszler, absent.
As the first order of business, Mayor Richey called
upon Mr. John G. Meyer, District Engineer, Division
of Highways, for presentation of the tenative plans
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or the proposed construction of the 99 Highway
HIGHi(AY 99 freeway to Sacramento. Mr. Meyer introduced Mr.
BY-PASS PLAN Cliff Tenby, Assistant District Engineer; Mr. Ed
SUB?.:ITTED Tinney, Advance Planning Engineer; Mr. Wm. Hurd,
City Projects Engineer; and Mr. Howard Bissell of
the County Planning Department. Mr. Meyer then
displayed the plans for the proposed freeway from
a point south of Lodi just north of the Cherokee
Cemetery north to the Sacramento County line. This
plan, he explained, was tentative and reflected
the thinking on the matter at the present time.
The plan provides for a four -lane divided freeway
for the entire distance with a by-pass of the City
of Lodi. Commencing at the point near the Cherokee
Cemetery, the proposed by-pass will swing east
from the present 99 Highway and run p rallel at a
distance -of approximately 900 feet before it again
joins the present right of way just south of the
Mokelumne River bridge. Three grade separations
were indicated on the proposed plan, but Mr. Meyer
explained that only those at the intersection of
Kettleman Lane and Victor Road were fixed, and the
third, shown, on the tentative plan at Pine Street,
could be placed at - location designated b;I tre Cit:
of io,-14 P'=r. Meyer explained that the Division of
Highways welcomed suggestions from the City of Lodi.
He pointed out that if the present plan is acceptable
to the City, there is a possibility that the State
could begin acquiring right of way this year. At
the conclusion of his presentation, Mr. Meyer stated
that he and his staff would be available to meet
with the City Council and the citizens of the City
to hear objections or answer questions. Arrange-
ments were made to furnish the City with a copy of
the plan for display and study.
The City Manager then presented a proposed contract
for the use of Lodi Stadium by Joey Chitwood Auto
Dare -devils on July 9, 1953. The contract was
STADIUM
approved and the Mayor authorized to sign for the
CONTRACT
City Council on the motion of Councilman Robinson,
Rinn second. At the suggestion of City Attorney
Mullen, the City Clerk was instructed to get a
certificate indicating full insurance coverage
before the contract was turned over to the lessee.
Letter from the Lodi District Chamber of Commerce
CHAMBER OF
requesting an allocation of 41800 for the year
COi1�IERCE
1953-54. The funds requested are for the purpose
REQUESTS
of advertising and promoting Lodi. The matter was
FUNDS
referred to the City Manager for consideration with
the 1953-54 Budget.
2.40 Minutes of June 10, 1953, continued.
Letter from the International City Managers' Asso-
iiii•in ciation inviting Lodi Lo be represented by its city
CONFERENCE manager at the 39th Conference of the International
City Managers' Association to be held at Los Angeles,
September 20-24, 1953.
The City Manager presented two recommendations
from the City Planning Commission developed at the
June S, 1953, meeting of that body:
1. A recommendation that the Planning Con -
CIVIC CENTER
sultant to be hired by the City be instructed to
SITE STUDY
undertake the study of the Civic Center site as
the first step in master -planning the City.
2. A recommendation that the City Council
accept a deed from Mr. Fred Larson for street
ACCEPT DEED
right of way from the west end of Olive Court in
FOR EXTENSION
the Preszler Tract extending westerly. The right
OF OLIVE
of way to be deeded is a 50 -foot strip extending
COURT
westerly in the same alignment as Olive Court until
the south line of said strip intersects the north
line of the Southern Pacific railroad property.
Thereafter the right of way will be a 40 -foot
strip bordering the railroad property for a dis-
tance of approximately 140 feet.
The recommendation regarding the study of the
Civic Center was accepted and referred to the
Planning Consultant, and deed from Mr. Larson
was accepted on the motion of Councilman Rlnn,
Robinson second.
Councilman Robinson reported that the report from
the committee studying the street trees had been
STREET TREE
filed with the City Clerk. Mr. Weller added that
REPORT
the report had been referred to the City Engineer's
office for a complete listing of names, addresses,
dates, etc.
SUBDIVISION
The Council agreed to discuss its present sub -
POLICY
division policy as it applies to informal sub-
divisions at a later date.
The City Manager then presented his budget for the
fiscal year 1953-54 with the explanation that, with
the exception of the Police Department, the budget
does not call for any major changes in service or
procedure. He added that the requests from the
department heads have been realistic and about as
fair as any in the past five years. Mr. Weller
1953-54
explained that the figures for a tions to
BUDGET
the capital outlay, contingency, and ut lity outlay
funds would not be available until July 1, so they
had not been included in the budget being presented.
In the ensuing discussion Councilman Robinson
questioned the request of the Recreation Department
for addition of six power motors for use on boats
in Lodi Lake Park. It was agreed that the Recrea-
tion Commission should be asked: (a) if they wished
to continue the use of power boats in the lake, and
(b) if they still wished the six additional motors.
;sir. Weller explained that a substantial change
is contemplated in the Police Department in the
next year. The budget contains provisions for the
addition of five men to the department as a means
of establishing a 42 -hour work week for the police
personnel. Mr. Weller explained that the typical
work week for police in the State is now 40 hours,
while the present work week in the Lodi department
is 48 hours. He also explained that several of
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the vehicles in the Police Department are in need
of replacement, and he had investigated the possi-
bility of making these replacements by leasing vehicles
from the dealers. The vehicles would be leased at a
fixed fee which would include maintenance and repair
and replacement with new vehicles at stated periods.
ne felt that the cost of this arrangement would be
substantially the same with the added advantage of
having the equipment in good operating condition a
greater part of the time. The I-ouncil then completed
the item -by -item examination of the budget.
Mayor Richey announced that Dir. Harold Wise had been
WISE HIRED hired by the City as a consultant to prepare a master
AS plan and would attend the July 1, 1953, meeting to
CONSULTANT meet with the City Council and the City Planning
Commission.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:45 o'clock p.m.
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HENP,Y A. GLAVES, JR.
City Clerk