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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - August 6, 1952113 CITY CJUVCIL - CITY OF LODI COUNCIL CHMPERS CITY FALL AUGUST 6, 1952 Th. is regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lodi held 'beginning at 8:10 o'clock p.m. on :vednesday, August 6, 1952; Councilmen Preszler, Rinn, Richey, Robinson and haskell (Mayor) present; none absent. The minutes of the previous meeting, July 16, 1952, were approved as written and mailed. Letter from the i•:ayor of the City of Inglewood, California, recuesting that the r=esolution adorted by the City Council of that city opposing the 4a TABU statewide sales tax proposed by the County Super - SALES T X visors' Association be read and made a part of the RESOLi _ ! records was read by the City Manager. Letter fur- ther requested that the Lodi City Councilaiso con- sider a similar action. Councilman Rinn, Robinson second, moved to table the matter. The motion gassed. A letter from E. J. iettler, President of the Farmers i :'Aerchants Bark, requested that the parking on the north side of Elm Street between Sacramento and School Streets and on School Street between Elm and Locusts Streets be changed from parallel parking to diagopal. parking. The letter offered as a justi- fication for the request that 11 more sraces could J.:•;E"LER be added to the parking area in the bloek on Elm RE E -j -:S Street if diagonal parking were used. Councilman DI?GJ N..L Ronbins-)n expressed the opinion that this matter PARKIT._^ i should be considered b,, the Committee on Parking EL.•: A.24;D to be appointed by the Mayor. Ma•:or ob- 5C::'CCL 31 J. served t -at the Council had rete .tiv gone 'ro::: diagonal to 7ar3ilel -r'.: - or . _ne .re : __.., _. , and Lee Streets and that this area ;:3s esS congested than the bloz': under discussion. Further, he stated, if this request were granted noir, the Council would be flooded with re^,nests from other areas in the business district. Coun- cilman Preszler stated that he favored diaconal narking on any street 'Which was of sufficient width. On the motion of Councilman Richey the letter gas referred to the City Kana ger, Chief of Police and the Street Superintendnent for a ?-reli.^inary report. The City Manager read a letter from M'rs. Ellen G. POLIO Ray of 'Jasper, Oregon, expressing her gratitude DEPART:•;';iT to the Lodi Police Department for their help in PRAISED recovering a purse lost in Fresno. i,,r. Tfieller reported that he had answered her letter thanking her for her kind letter. Letter from Jakridge Realty Development Oompany requesting the Council's consideration of a petition for annexation of twenty-five acres of land south of Kettlem.an "ane and east of 6outh Church Street has read. iar. Bob Siegfried, of Davis and-olman, en. ineers for the Oakridge Realty Development Co., OACRID'. 'A as questioned regarding the 150 foot strip of land REALTY �y^� sing i-mmediately east of the proposed subidivision. QUrar' ".r. Siegfried stated that this stria- was part of a ANNEXA-HDN Con_ressioral grant to the Central Pacific Railroad and that he could not say specifically who held title to the land or what use would be made of this land. Councilman Robinson observed that industrial sites were scarce in Lodi and this development will render the land adjacent to the railroad useless for this _urpose. The petition for annexation ::as 114 'mutes of August 6, 1952, continued referred to the City Planning Commission subject to receiving approval of the boundaries by the County Boundary Commission. Letter from ,rs. H. A. Houston, 737 S. Hutchins HOUSTON St., requesting annexation of her property to the REQUESTS City of Lodi was read to the Council. The matter ANNEXATIGN was referred to the City Clerk for the purpose of securing valid petition from party involved. The City Manager read a letter from idr. Anton A. Heisler which explained that prior to World War II he had granted permission to the City to run a server line through his property abutting on Ham Lane. At the time he granted this permission the City agreed to allow him to hook up to this server, APPROVE agreeing also to pay half of the expense. The letter SEWER further stated that the labor shortage during the CONNECTION war postponed the accomplishment of the hook up. At this time Mr. Heisler requested permission to run his line to the sewer on South Fairmont at his own expense since the distance involved would be 50 feet as compared to 7CO feet to Ham Lane. The request was granted for the reasons as stated in the letter. PUBLIC -3A RI�iGS Mayor naskell.then declared the meeting open to public hearings. Mr. Pderrill Stone addressed the Council and recalled that at the July 16 meeting Stone Brothers had requested annexation of a por- tion of the Garibaldi property on the south side of ;lest Lockeford Street which the Stone Bros. were presently to purchase. The Council had taken no action at the time of the original request pending receipt of a petition from the owner of record. ?:r. Stone stated that Yr. Garibaldi was reluctant STONE BROS. to sign a petition and that his (i�ir. Stone's) attor- RENEW RE:GEST ney had advised him that since the land was being FOR ANNEXATION purchased under a purchase contract that a petition signed by yr. Stone would be valid. i�r. ',yeller related the events up to this meeting for the benefit of Mayor Haskell who had been absent at the previous meeting. Air. 4feller concluded by stating that the matter appeared to be a question to be settled by Stone Bros. and Air. Garibaldi and that it was his opinion that the City should not be a party to the controversy. Councilman Rinn moved, Robinson second, that the City Coun- cil reaffirm the position adopted at -the July 16 meeting. The motion passed. REPORTS OF THE CITY MANAGER Specifications for a half ton pickup truck to be used SPECS. by the Fire Prevention. Inspector were approved on LS -TON PICKUP the motion of Councilman Rinn, Preszler second. Bids received and opened by the Purchasing Clerk on August 4, 1952 for 11 ton truck with flatbed and RES. 1690 hoist were submitted by the City Manager. On the AWARD motion of Councilman Robinson, Preszler second, 12 -TON TRUCK Resolution No. 1690 awarding contract to the Loewen Auto Company for the purchase of a Chevrolet at 42731.95 as the lowest bidder was adopted. :inutes of Au ust 6, 1952 continued Claims in tae amount of •;;85,795.36, as aperoved by CLAIII-13 the Jity Klanager, were ordered paid on the motion of Councilman Preszler, Richey second. SPECS. :',a•y'or "askell requested that the City -anaSer have FOR specifications drawn up for traffic signals to be TRAFFIC installed at the corner of Pine and School Streets SIGNALS and at the corner of 'Oak. and School Streets. ORDINANCES ORDINANCE NO. 463, "APPROVING THE ANNEXATION OF 43RD ADDITION, LANDS BORDERI`iG WEST LODI AVENUE AND SCS r^AIR.?-.IONT AVENUE, TO THE CITY OF LODI AND DECLARING THAT THE 5A1''IE I3 ANNEXED TJ AND NA.DE PART OF THE CITY OF LODI", having been introduced after public hearing on July 16, 1952, was brought up for passage on the motion of Councilman Robinson, Preszler second, second reading omitted by unanimous consent, after reading by title, ORD. 463 and then passed, adopted and ordered to print by the ADOPTED following vote: AYES: Councilmen: HASKELL, PRESZLER, RIC'H.EY, RI`iN and R33If'iSON NOES: Councilmen: NONE Mayor naskell then signed Ordinance No. 463 in approval thereof. ORDIFANCE NO. 464, "ORDERING THE VACATION OF THAT PORTION OF CEDAR AVENUE LYING BETWEEN LOTS 27 AND 28 OF THE LAKE :'ONE SUBDIVISION AND THAT PORTION LYING IN LAKE F3,%rE SUBDIVISION NU:dBER TWO", having been introduced at the meeting of July 16, 1952, was brought up for passage on motion of Councilman Richey, second reading omitted, after reading of title, by unanimous consent, and then passed, adopted ORD. 464 and ordered to print by the following vote: ADOPTED AYES: Councilmen: HASKELL, PRESZLER, RICKEY, RIMN and ROBINSON NJrES: Councilmen: NONE Mayor Haskell then signed Ordinance No. 464 in approval thereof. ORDINANCE NO. 465, "AMENDING SECTIONS 5, 7 AND 13 OF ORDj.INANCE N0. 444 ENTITLED 'AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE COP:PENSATION OF OFFICERS AND E'i:PLOYEES OF THE CITY OF LODI AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDIN- ANCES IN CJFFLICT THEREWITH"', having been introduced at the meeting of July 16, 1952, was brought u_p for passage on .Notion of Councilman Preszler, Robins,)n second, second reading omitted, after reading of ORD. 465 `_tle, F_-ranimous consent, and then passed, adopted ADOPTED and ordered to print by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen: HASKELL, PRESZLER, RICHEY, RINK and R031NSON `NOES: Councilmen: NONE Mayor Haskell then signed Ordinance No. 465 in approval thereof. 115 h :Minutes of Auust o, 1952 continued The City Manager read a memo from the City Engineer suggesting that the Cite purchase for .3,250 an American motor grader which the City is presently PPROVES renting from the TWicker-Wood Co. of Sacramento. LEASE PliRCH�SE The memo exnlained that the rental fee of w325 per •iOTCR GRADER month for 2i months will be applied toward the pur- chase price and that the machine, which is presently _ being used in grading of alleys, could be sold at the end of the year at a price which would result in a savings to the City. The purchase under the terms indicated was approved. A request from the Lodi News -Sentinel that the City council purchase an advertisement in the FESTIVAL special Festival edition of the newspaper was ADVERTISING tabled pending a determination of the Council's action on this matter last year. C.P.C. Councilman Robinson moved that Walter Tecklenburg APPOINT:-IE`T be re -appointed to the Planning Commission. The motion passed unanimously. On the motion of councilman Richey, Robinson LIBRARY second, Ida E. Rinn was re -appointed to the Library BOARD Board of Trustees and Louis P. Singer, Jr. was APPOINTMENTS appointed to the vacancy created by the resig- nation of Wilson H. Thompson. payor Haskell then announced the following appointments to the committee set up to study PARKING AND the downtown parking and traffic problem: TRAFFIC Joe Newfield, Sr., L. E. Wagers, Al Haven, COivXITTEE Max Elson, Walter Salomon, Don Dickey, H.D. APPOINTED Meller and himself. "e stated that Don Dickey and H. D. Weller were to be ex -officio members. He then requested that the City Manager notify . an of their appointment and to schedule a meeting of the committee at an early date. On the motion of Councilman Rinn, the meeting wad adjourned at 9:50 o'clock p.m. att7� LHENIA. GLAVES, JR. City Clerk