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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - October 7, 1953SRA CITY COUNCIL, CITY CF LODI COUNCIL CHAi•:BER, CIT`! HALL OCTOBER 7, 1953 This regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lodi held beginninS at 8:0C o'clock p.m. of `tiednesday, October 16, 1953; Councilmen Rinn, Robinson and nichey (Mayor) present; Councilmen Hillman and Preszler absent. Idinutes of the previous meeting of September 16, 1953, were ar-proved after the paragraph entitled "Emerson School Park Site Referred to Recreation Commission" was amended to read as follows: "Kayor Richey announced that the Elementary School Board had proposed at a recent meeting with the City Council that a portion of the Emerson School Grounds be leased to the- City for development of a nark. The proposal excluded the existing building and its immediate grounds. It was under- stood that the use of the land would be temporary, but that the School Board would have no use for the lard for several years. Councilman. Rinn moved that the proposal be referred to the Recreation Commission for consideration at its next meeting and a report on recommendations and cost estimates for the development of a park on the site. The motion. carried." CO ditiNICATIONS ?.U.C. A notice from the Public Utilities Corrrrisslon that TO DISCUSS a hearing has'been set for ',,ednesday, November 4, GRADE 1953, in San Francisco for the purpose of estab- CROSSINGS lishing a list of grade crossings of railroads and cit::, county, or city and county highways urgently in need of improved protection, and to determine the nature of needed improved protection at such crossings. The City tanager recommended that the City be represented at the hearings to ensure that consideration be F,iven to the Kettle - man Lane crossing in the City of Lodi. Councilman Robinson suggested that the underpass at Turner Road should also be o ven consideration. Council- man Rinn suggested that further consideration be given at a later date after more had been learned about the subJect. It was agreed to lay the matter over. Z.P.A letter from the Southern Pacific Company explain - PARKING ing the delay in answering the City's request for LOT use of S.P. Company property on Sacramento Street for off-street narking lot. It is the Company's understanding that the primary interest of the City Council lies in having the area cleaned up so as to make a more presentable appearance, and the off-street parking proposal is of a secondary nature. The Company explained that it had re- ceived an application for use of the premises for commercial purposes ( no liquor sales) . The applicant proposes to grade and surface the area facing„Sacramento Street for use of customer Dark - 'ng. lne Company feels that this will accomplish the purpose of having the property cleaned up. The company further stated in the letter that it :s anxious to cooperate wit: the Cit: in every - :.ray; but it feels that the proposed development x`_11 he more valuable to the City than an off- street parking lot. Finally the letter asked the City Council to bear in ,rind the fact that the ..inutes of October 7, 1953, continued. 265 Comcany would expec., to receive, as an ordinary business proposition, a return on its investment of approximately w29,600 plus an estimated X373 in taxes. Councilman Robinson stated that he was vet", dila ^ointed with the Southern Pacific Company. He pointed out th-.t when the Patter was fist suggested to the Company by the Coordina- tiro Council, representatives of t^:e Company agreed to the proposal and offered to lease the property for Q'1 a year. He further stated that the con- dition in which the property was presently main- tained, with papers and bottles strewn about, was a disgrace. Councilman Rinn added that he would go along with Councilman Robinson's sentiments. Councilman Robinson added further that he would be unwilling to pay rent for the property as out- lined in the letter. On the .*.notion of Councilman Robinson, Rinn second, the Council voted to auth- orize the City ?-rar=er to arrange a meeting with Southern Pacific ret:resentatives during, or _r..rediateiy after, the League o= California Cities convention in San Francisco, or at some other date :d.^.i cl could be mutually agreed upon. STREET Letter from ... Henry %':a:quardt expressing his TREE? -.inion: that the street trees on South California should be removed rather than spending City funds to preserve them. The Council expressed its appre- c:atlon for the expression of opinion. T7TI3N A petition requesting the formation of a special PLEASANT assessment district for the installation of street ST. L_JiTS lights on South Pleasant Street from Lodi Avenue tofettleman Lane was referred to the City Clerk for verification of signatures. PUBLIC HEARING HA?DEL This being the time and place set for hearing of CURB AiD protests to the notice to construct curb and gutter GUTTER on the south side of Lot 3, Block 7, of the Moran - Handel Tract. The City Attorney submitted the Affidavit of Service of the Notice to Construct Curb and Gutter. The City Clerk informed the Council that no protests, either written or oral, had been received in his office. There being no protests offered, Mayor Richey found that no pro- tests, written or oral, had been offered and declared the public hearing at an end. DEPORTS OF THE CITY MANAGER SET PU?LIC Mr. Weller explained that question blanks had hEARIN-a ON been published in the newspapers as requested by LODI LAKE the City Council and nine or ten completed blanks PAR; had been received. Some of the completed question blanks did not contain questions, but statements of opinion both pro and con. Mr. k'eller stated that the questions submitted dealt with such items as cost of admission, swimming and boating, over- night camping, and specific State plans for devel- opment. These questions were referred to fir. Powell of the Division of Beaches and Parks for answers. These answers were turned over to the press for publication. Councilman Rinn moved, Robinson second, that an ad4ourned meeting be scheduled for October 23, 1953, or thereabout, at which time a public hearing would be held. The motion passed with a unanimous vote. The City ..onager was then requested to invite Mr. Powell and Dr. Burns of the College of Pacific to attend the meeting. Minutes of Cctober 7, 1953, continued. 266 "Manager The City stated the Council should'for- CITY mally appoint the Finance Director as City Trea- TREASURER surer in order to conform with State law. The City APPOINTED ^ouncil then ap ointed Fred C. Wilson City Treasurer by unanimous vo e. iue City manager informed the Council that he SPECIAL had received a letter from the Bureau of the CENSUS Census acknowledging receipt of the deposit for DEFERRED the special census, and informing the City that if additional information is desired, the ques- tions should be submitted for estimates of the additional cost for preparing schedules, etc. — ilnr. ,,feller stated that the request for additional information would delay the date for the special census. He further pointed out that a delay until the Sunset Addition is complete might be beneficial to the City. It was agreed that the additional questions should be submitted for cost estimates from the Bureau of the Census and that the special census be tentatively scheduled for March or April, 1954. Kr. 1rieller presented a report from the Chief of PURCHI'SE OF Police covering the .man hours expended and distance FRI56NER VAN traveled in transportation of prisoners over the APPROVED last six months. br. Weller estimated that the savings in man hours and transportation would be approximately 41500 per year with the use of a prisoner van. Councilman Robinson and Mayor Richey expressed the view that a prisoner van would afford greater protection to the police officers trans- porting the prisoners. After being informed by the City Attorney that it would be unnecessary to advertise for formal bids, Councilman Rinn moved, Robinson second, that the matter be referred to the Purchasing Agent to get informal bids for ap- proval by the City Council. Motion carried. The City Manager pointed out that Section 200 of ORD. NO. 493 Ordinance No. 493, the Traffic Ordinance, had been INTRODUCEED left blank at the time the ordinance was adopted. The omission was due largely to the State statute PRCHIBIT requiring the erection of signs in all areas where OVERNIGHT overnight parking is prohibited. The last legis - PARKING lature repealed this requirement, therefore Mr. '+eller recommended that Section 200 of Ordinance No. 493 be amended to designate specific streets in the downtown business district where overnight parking would be prohibited. He explained that the overnight parking in this area created a problem in street sweeping. Councilman Robinson sug;-ested that Lodi Avenue be included in the list of streets. Councilman Rinn suggested that all streets in the City be included and the or- dinance be enforced where it is necessary to overcome hazards. In the discussion that insued the Council agreed that the necessary measures should be taken to overcome the problem of street sweeping and traffic hazards caused by trucks parking overnight on narrow, unlighted streets. It was further agreed that the ordinance should include all streets within the corporate limits of the City of Lodi. Councilman :Zinn then moved, Robinson second, the introduction of Ordinance No. 498. the motion carried. Mayor Richey asked what action, if any, should be PARKING ON taken to relieve the parking situation on South CALI;:CRNIA California Street between Walnut Street and Lodi STREET Avenue. She pointed out that the problem of high school students parking in this area h=d been ex reSsed by the residents on this street. It was agreed that the High School Board should be informed of the problem and the `_'act that the City Council had received a suggestion to solve f•;inutes of October 7, 1953 267 the problem by prohibiting or limiting parking in this block during the day. Air. Mullen xas requested to carry the message to the High School Board at its next meeting and ask the Board :f it had any objections. Councilman Robinson moved that an attempt be m --de TREEcS ON to remedy the street tree aroblem on the 2CC block SOUTH of -oath California Street by moving the curb CALIFCPP;IA approximately two feet toward the center of the STREET street and moving the sidewalk approximately two feet toward the rear of the orooerty, that the cost of the curb and gutter ,pork and the cost of the tree repair work be borne by the City, that to cost of the sidewalk work be borne by the property owner, and that the work be undertaken at such time as the City is in a position to complete the work. The motion was seconded by Councilman. Rinn and passed by a unanimous vote. 2•7r. 4w'eller reported that bids were called for the STADIUM Stadium Concession Contract and two bids were CONTRACT received. The bid of .:r. Munson, present holder "WARDED of the contract, was lower than the bid of ?-r. Schroeder. The bids were referred to the Recrea- tion Commission which recommended that the award be made to %Ir. Munson for a two-year period. tr. Munson holds the concession contract with the High School and the contract has two years to run. Mr. ,yeller explained that the Recreation Commission felt that it would be very awkward td -try to operate the Stadium concessions under two different concessionaires. The Council felt that the con- cessionaire should be compelled to live up to the terms of the contract, particularly where it per- tains to the furnishing of items of popular demand. On the motion. of Councilman Robinson, Rinn second, the Council voted to award the contract to 1•ir. Munson. r. Weller reminded the members of the City Coun- LCC-C7D cil of the meeting of the Central Valley Division o�EETIdG of the League of California Cities to be held in Sonora on October 8, 1953. Claims in the amount of j72,859.81 were approved CLAI:'S on the motion of Councilman. Robinson, Rinn second. The City Manager reminded the City Council that the PIPs: BIDS City had received bids for pipe for the construction REj^CTED of the storm sewers in the extensions of Elm Street RS. #1772 and N'Iills Avenue, the award of the contract having ADOPTED been deferred until right-of-way problems had been solved. N:r. Weller explained that the City En- gineer has not been able to resolve the right-of- way problems, but he feels that the southern portion of the project should be constructed as soon as possible. The City Manager reco=ended that the bids be refected and the City be authorized to purchase on the open market. On the motion of Councilman Robinson, Rinn second, the Council voted to adort Resolution No. 1772, rejecting all bids and authorizing the City Manager to purchase -e necessary pipe on the open, market. ir. Weller reminded the Council that the deadline SET ME-ETINO for the filing of briefs with the State Highway TJ DISCUSS Commission was set for October 13, 1953, and FIGH:AY 99 asked if the Council wished to take further action 3Y -PASS re-ardinb the proposed location of the 99 Highway by-pass prior to that date. ear. "feller read a letter from i -:r. Harold ':iso, the City's planning consultant, in which Mr. ';ise stated that he believed the land use of the area between present C'.erokee Lane and the b. -pass could be better con - .rolled if t'^e b•; -sass were 'located closer to M-nutes of Jctober 7, 1953, continued. 268 However, he recognized that the studies by the ;i.hNay Department have indicated that a closer alignment would be extremely expensive. In his letter :•:r. 1-1ise further pointed out that there would be som= advantage to the amity to have the by-pass some 1000 feet further =ast from the location, proposed by the State by reason of the fact that there would be a greater possibility of developing and enforcing a better land use pattern. Councilman Robinson expressed the opinion that the City Council should remain neutral in the matter. Councilman Rirn stated that he felt that the Highway Commission should be informed that the City of Lodi has a master plan survey under way and would not be in a position to sign a freeway agreement should such an agreement be tendered -prior to the completion Of the master plan. The "ouncil then agreed to hold an adjourned meeting at 4:�.c o'clock p.m. on ;Monday, October 12, 1953, at ::hich tire the Planning 'commission will be invited to meet with the jouncil to discuss what action, if any, should be taken by the City Council prior to the deadline set by the iiighway Commission. CITY PLA;iNING COt`11ISSI_ON '•:r. %:,'eller read an excerpt from; the minutes of the =CHNEIDER City Planning Commission of September 2c,1953; in VARIANCE wich the Zoning Commission reported the granting of a variance to Mr. Ted Schneider for a 20 -foot set back on lots 2, 3, 4, 37 and 38 of the Vinewood Bract. A recommendation from the Planning Commission that REZONING OF a strip of land 118 feet in depth running from.. PA7.:1 AVENUE Grant Avenue to Har.: Lane be rezoned from the R-2 SET FOR District to the R-1 District. A public hearing on F:EAR1IG the atter had beer. held by the Planning Ooa� issior. after giving the required notice. On the motion o: Councilman Rinn, Robinson second, the Council voted to set November 4, 1953, as the time for a public hearing before the City Council on the matter. Resolution No. C.P.C. 2, adopted by the Planning r_L,-END Commission amending Resolution No. C.7.3. 1, CO1.ERCI::i adopting a Use List under the provisions of the Lim LIST Zoning Ordinance, was received from the Planning Co -.mission with the recommendation that the City RES. #'1773 Uouncil adopt a resolution amending Resolution ADOFTED No. 1719 of the City Council approving the Use List. The amendment to the use List would provide for inclusion of "auto body and fender work" under those uses which require a use permit in the C-2 District. On the :notion of Oouncilman Robinson, Rinn second, the Council voted to adort Resolution No. 1773, amending the Use List adopted by'Resolu- tion No. 1719. .. petition, duly verified, requesting the annexa- PETITIGN tion of certain property south of Lodi Avenue and / TJ Y..Y \ Nest of Fairmont avenue was presented. The petition .NNE1 SU'YSET requests annexation under the Annexation Act of ADDITION 1913. On the motion of Councilman Rinn, Robinson ,'LSD sec n:: , 'resolution '4o. 1771, declaring the i nten- _ ion of the City Council to call a srecial election :1771 in the described territory and fixing the time and ADOPTED place for a public hearing on the question of the special election, was adopted. Resolution No. 1771 set December 1, 1953, as the date for the special election and November 4, 1953, as the date for the inu: es of Jnober 7, 1�;3, C�.^.t'_nt:2�. 269 S. CF.U`,,h JT. Tho 1._sessme-t-i3zra:': of the South Church LLGiTI.:G D_ST. .__ Shtinl�List._ct, sho;._^.o the Proper _ j, -=p .Ji — 'n-ne 'i ted by the r. ._ and .i.aoh� is to he asci `sed zS_ESSl E`.T to nav t`le costs and exrenses or the work, eas ITAGRA'•_ presented and an::roved by the adoption. of °eso- -_uti or, tdo. 17?G. JHDI:y :`C= .^C. 49? "AN JFDI !A::^E Ar"NDI r� OP,DI- "A[dCE' NO. 373 Coi•T'Oi'lY K_if!'; AS TF{EUS.ALE= TA{ R 'n -,NCE N RFFEALING ORD1111n r'1 BEING AN' ORDIDIA`1C .}:`7iTLED 'AN CRDINTANCE AI,'E;:D- J373 �o , , ^�^^rr , v V, i.�,_t :NG ORDINANCE NO. ,: �,�r.: - NO ,,. AS ;. sA. TAX ORDT^iAnCE"' having been regularly introduced on September lo, 1953, was brought un for Passage on the mction of Cn"ur.cilaan 'Zinn, rtobins-,n second, second reading omitted after reading by title, and then Passed, ador.ted and ordered to print by .he following vote: AYES: Councilcen - Rinn, Robinson and _ c .ney iiOES: Councilmen - Pdone ABSENT: Councilmen - Preszler and ?Tillman •Iayor Richey then signed Ordinance No. 497 in approval thereof. On the motion o_' Councilman Rinn, the meeting was then adjourned until October 12, 1953, at 4:00 o'clock p.m. AT -EST: 0 rILEN Y . GLAVES, City Clerk