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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes - January 2, 195260 COUNCIL CHAMBERS CITY COUNCIL CITY NALL - CITY OF LODI JAT4L' 2, 1952 'his regular meeting of the City'Council of the City of Lodi held beginning at 8.10 P.L... of Wednesday, January 2, 1952; Councilmen Bull, Fi�skell, Preszler, Ri-n and Tolliver (Layor), present; none absent. The recorded minutes of the previous meeting o� December 199 1951 crere`approved as written and railed. ??FORT OF T-'1 CITY =XmC R - City manager teller presented and read a petition purported to have been circulated and signed in accordance with the P,3TITICN provisions of Section 13-2 of Ordinance No. 238, requesting CO.:.M—RCIAL commercial zoning of the "nest 90 feet of Lot 12 and the ZOP"ING OF East 50 feet of Lot 13 in Block 12 of futchins Addition to 247 S.LEE Lodi, except the *north 310 feet thereof, co:.monly knovM as RZICE=-.D. NO; 247 South Lee Avenue, (N17 corner Lee and Lodi Avenues). :etition ordered received; referred to the City Clerk as to sufficiency and then transmitted to the City Planning Cor=.- ission for action in accordance with zoning laws. A;;.7XL AUDIT Copies of the audit report of George L. Johnson, C.P.A. R TORT. covering the fiscal year ended Tune 30, 1951 were presented for review by the City Council. reco=endation of Northern San Toaquin County Safety PROPOSED Council that Pleasant and Lee Avenues be stopped at thAir STOPS AT intersections with -West Tokay Street cies tabled as_traffic PLFASAITT & on Tokay Street has not reached such a level as to retire L AVFS. stooping. It was stated that, if Tokay Street was contin- ued further west and became a heavily traveled arterial, such stop signs would be erected. 'Renewal of the lease on 19 acres east of the Sewage Disposal CN Ir.AR Plant to Lloyd Beckman was discussed. The City W32ager vacs I& SE CSG authorized to make such renewal for one year with same 100E00 LAD changes whereby the words ^ fair value of growing crops M" iUT�'ORIZ D. would be eliminated and a definite statement substituted, such as " cost of cultivation and seeding plus 10, ~ in that section of the lease relating to cancellation in part by lessor. ine application of Tokay :Sotors, PIE corner Stockton and Pine TOKAY L.OTCP.S Streets for an access driveway thirty-five feet in width DRI7SXV from Pine Street was granted after an explanation of necessity ALLOWED by the City 2.3nager and Councilman Bill. This permit to CONDITTONALLY continue for one year and to become permanent on reconstruct— ion of part of the building or on Turther application, within one year, for a supplimentary extension. ORDINANCE NO. 451 ° A'_MMI G TEE ZOM DISTRICT ]LAP OF Ty CITY OF LODI AND "r F--,ZaMTG AND RECLASSIFYING LOTS 15 AND 16 IN BLOCS 8 OF =UTC -11S BICE SCHOOL ADDITI Qi TO ORDINANCE LODI TO BZ- I21 ME CO -1:1 IAL DIS"_RICT ZONE SOBZ-XCT TO NO. 451 CMTAIN CONDITICM NANO SIN " having been introduced CO:.i+CT_:1L at the meeting of December 19, 1951, was brought up for ZOIING LODI passage on motion of Councilman Rinn, Haskell second, second AVE & CALIF. reading omitted, after reading by title by unanimous consent, PASSED. and then passed, adopted and ordered to print by the follow- ing vote: Ate: Councilmen, P.i*n, Baskell, Bull, Preszler and Tolliver. -NC S; Councilmen, None. ABSENT: None. ?dolor Tolliver then apptoved and signed Ordinance No. 451. Claims in the amount of $4-8,039.01 as approved by the City CLAIM Idanager were allowed and ordered paid on motion of Councilman Preszler, Bull second. LT Weller suggested that a joint meeting be held with the JCnr,L LfTG Directors of Lodi Gape & Wine festival for discussion of G & W 1" -ST ratters of =2tual concern. algbestion accepted, such a APPROVED meeting to be held i te: tie �n ,,; he Director of _,e crea.!i on ,:ns a "o� � :. 2" .iR:. . . ( -nip utas of Tanua: 2, 1952 - continued - 2 ) COUICIL CHAMBERS CITY COUNCIL CITY HALL - CITY OF LODI ::t 9;20 P.N. Messrs Trudeil and hucDonald of Hurt, Traded Weller presented the complaint of Lodi 13Dtorcycls Club rem rdin�, charges rade the club for use of"the Stadium. Tentatively, the annual meet of this club will be held on HALLOW l y 18, 1952 and rzhether- or not this meet will be ln' Lodi, TUJ17Cr according to the club's statement, depends on lo'.m-ring of PL;JZ City charges. ^ie club's Secretary p=esented a statement 001S==- . of income and expense re1ating to last years meet and though STADTIULi inspection of this statement did not seen to bear out the .,Wg� contention that high Stadium charges caused a loss of L. I,,= revenue, the Council proceeded to discuss Stadium policies G:?-SZASW generally. City pjaneger feller suggested " off-season 10 ;educed rates and a lowering of the percentage paid the Cit? by Hires Bottling Coznany, now 26% of gross sales. :bved by Councilman $sskell, that, as an eaperi ent to encourage use of t_e Stadium_, that the City's charge of 10¢ per adciission ticket be reduced to 50 for the first sit months of 1952, i.e. to July 1, 1952, a previous motion extending this reduced rate time to September 1st having been -withdrawn. Tae City irtaager rias also requested to take up the matter of reducing the 26% sales tax mentioned above to about the same percentage as charged at Lodi lake Park, 22%, such reduction to encourage the concessionaire to cater to =miler assemblages both in the Stadium and in the Ball Parks. ::t 9;20 P.N. Messrs Trudeil and hucDonald of Hurt, Traded ryor Tolliver then handed representatives of the press AD:TiIS,L-A fl3 copies of the specification dravrn for • Administrative ASSISTAITT Assistant ", explaining that this position -would be SP= ICaTI WS established and filled on the retirement of the present City Clerk. An exA^i,ation is scheduled to be held later in the current month to secure eligibles mho might or mi;;ht not carry also the title of City Cle--k. At 10:50 P.11% Council -n Bull moved adjournment and the XCU-T-3-MIT City Council, stood adjourned to the date of its next regular meeting, Tanuary 16, 1952. Attest; • F. BLA�Y, k. Copies of above minutes —iled each Councilmen on Tanuaxy _, 1952. and Bar? pr, Architects and Engineers, presented altrnate plans for a Bail 'of 'Tastice, one for a building to cost an estimated $200,000 and the other, $150,000. These HALLOW gentlemen also solicited*appointsent as architects to TUJ17Cr prepare the plans a=d specifications and to supervise PL;JZ construction of the building, if and -&an built. 001S==- . e Council sug�ested that, before proceeding further, the City ?&=agar consult with the Board of Supe_ --visors of San Toaouin County as either to sharing the cost or as to rental of space for the Justice Court which will shortly supplant the present City Court and Tow:.ship Justice Court. ryor Tolliver then handed representatives of the press AD:TiIS,L-A fl3 copies of the specification dravrn for • Administrative ASSISTAITT Assistant ", explaining that this position -would be SP= ICaTI WS established and filled on the retirement of the present City Clerk. An exA^i,ation is scheduled to be held later in the current month to secure eligibles mho might or mi;;ht not carry also the title of City Cle--k. At 10:50 P.11% Council -n Bull moved adjournment and the XCU-T-3-MIT City Council, stood adjourned to the date of its next regular meeting, Tanuary 16, 1952. Attest; • F. BLA�Y, k. Copies of above minutes —iled each Councilmen on Tanuaxy _, 1952.