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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - February 15, 195041 COU -1'. 7H.,143_R3 CITY COU'ICIL CITY HALL - CITY OF LODI : MNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1950 Regular meeting beginning at 8:18 P.M. of Wednesday, February 15, 1950. Councilmen present: Bull, Haskell, Lytle, Tolliver and Rinn. None absent. L!inutes of the preceeding meeting held February 1, 1950 approved as written. Reports of the City tknager - A final list of appointments to the " Citizen's Advisory Committee " CITIZENS was approved and March 14th selected as to the date on which an ADVISORY organization meeting would be held for the purpose of outlining COL1II19EE aims and objects and the formation of working committees. City Lanager Weller stated that he had met with Police and Fire RZTIRME NT Department members and with other City employees in discussion PLZ of the proposed retirement system and pension plan. He believed PROGRESS that these groups would soon submit suggestions for amendments to the ordinance as submitted. Councilman Bull brought up the matter of water charges made to AUTO WASH service stations washing cars. Be stated that his investigations WATER RATE revealed that the station properly equipped for car washing was charged $10.00 per year but that other stations, performing this service, but not properly equipped, escaped this charge. hm (tiler promised investigation a44 ramedv. Tokay Oil Company of 1000 South Cherokee Lane by letter dated January 30, 1950 having advised the City Council that it contemplated changing its gasoline vending method from the conventional type of service to " self service ", ?ate Weller reported on his investigations as to the experience of other cities with this type of service, reciting previous discussions had before the City Council when it was decided that no action be taken pending report from autho$tive sources, such as the National Hoard of Fire Underwriters. Mayor Rinn stated that the City's only interest is in acting in the interests of safety SMY-SERVICE and assuring that this type of service would not create addit- GAsOLINE ional fire hazards. Lor Weller cited several cities who have STATIONS imposed very strict regulations on " self service " stations other than those applying to the conventional type. This makes the record of this type of service excellent from a fire prevent - ORDINANCE 408 ion stand point. Councilman Bull stated that a further factor INTRODUCED in this record was that all of these stations are new and are equipped with the most modern gasoline vending equipment. payor Rinn requested any person present to address the Council in advocation of." Self service ". Mr William Solari of Tokey 011 Company responded briefly that such stations must be proper- ly equi?ped and regulated. requesting that the Council confine its thoughts in this matter to the safety question and not to the question of protection from competition. Both Councilmen Bull and Councilman Tolliver plainly indicated that prices had no part in the Council's thinking; safety being the factor being considered. The local manager of Union 011 Company and Ken Courtner, operator of a service station at Pine Street and Cherokee Lane spoke against permitting customers to serve themselves when handling such a dangerous commodity as gasoline. Councilman Bull then moved the adoption of Ordinance No. 408, REPEALING CRDINAWCE NO. 168, AEKNDING SECTION 13 OF ORDINANCE NO. 21 AND REGULATING TBE STORAGE AND VENDING OF FLAN,f. ABLE LIQUIDS. Councilman Tolliver seconded L'r Bull's motion and City Manager Weller read the ordinance, explaining that it repealed an outmoded regulation, adopting recent standards, and in view of the fact that self service vending of fle=able liquids must be regulated, provided a restriction that must exist until accurate information is obtained regarding the proposed innovat- ion in gasoline vending. Same further discussion was had and on a call for a vote on the introduction of Ordinance No. 408, all Councilmen voted in favor thereof. Ordinance ordered laid over to the date of the next regular Council meeting. The distribution of the cost of improving Orange Avenue from ORANGE AVE Oak to Pine Street was not discussed, Attorney Robert H. Millen, representing the Fugazi's having requested that it be put over to the March 1 meeting. 6m; Dino Barengo, being present, assented. A final list of appointments to the " Citizen's Advisory Committee " CITIZENS was approved and March 14th selected as to the date on which an ADVISORY organization meeting would be held for the purpose of outlining COL1II19EE aims and objects and the formation of working committees. City Lanager Weller stated that he had met with Police and Fire RZTIRME NT Department members and with other City employees in discussion PLZ of the proposed retirement system and pension plan. He believed PROGRESS that these groups would soon submit suggestions for amendments to the ordinance as submitted. Councilman Bull brought up the matter of water charges made to AUTO WASH service stations washing cars. Be stated that his investigations WATER RATE revealed that the station properly equipped for car washing was charged $10.00 per year but that other stations, performing this service, but not properly equipped, escaped this charge. hm (tiler promised investigation a44 ramedv. (L.inutes of February 15,1950,eontinued) COU'I:I:. :HAV3=ii3 CITY COU`^CU CITY HALL - CIT': OF L06I Application of Lodi Chapter, American Gold Star 1 -"other's GOLD STAR Incorporated for allocation of space in the City Hall for MOTBERS a memorial plaque to local men who lost their lives in World PLAQUE War II was deferred to the March let meeting to allow the City Manager time in which to secure information as to size of the plaque and the recommendation of a suitable location. 413 The proposal of local radio station KCVR for permission to record proceedings of the City Council and broadcast a KCVR digest of the recordings was approved on an experimental basis, RECORDING one meeting to be recorded and the digest played back to the CCLNGIL Council. It was the general sentiment of the Councilmen that PROCMINGS a fifteen minute digest would not fully reflect the import of the Council's deliberations, being too brief. L:r Weller read a letter from Z. G. Imeson, present owner of the P. Bordenave property lying south of the City's 303 PROTEST acre tract in Sections 23 and 24, Township 3 North, Range 5 I0N East, protesting against the City's use of a border line SE!PAC$ ditch for sewage flow and giving notice to cease such practice " unless satisfactory arrangements are made for its continuance " Mr Imeson's present address is P.O.Box 1215, Concord, California. I& Weller is in correspondence with Mr Imeson and will report later to the City Council. MOTORCYCLE On motion of Councilman Haskell, Lytle second, Lodi Motor- CLDB,MAY 14 cycle Club, Inc. was granted use of Lodi Stadium on STAD= Sunday, May 14, 1950, under the usual terms and conditions applying to rental of the Stadium. City 1%nager Weller submitted a final draft of Ordinance ivo. 402 relating to the business of dealing in used cars. This ordinance, approved by the local car dealer's organ- ization, repeals previous ordinances adopted February 18, 1948 and March 2, 1949. Nith the understanding that Section USED CAR 2, Paragraph 2 of Ordinance No. 402 is not to be construed DFILERS so as to include a bona fide owner of motor vehicles used OFDI4IMCE 402 personally or in such owners business.,in the definition of INTRODUCED " Used Car Dealer " introduction of this ordinance was had on motion of Councilman Bull, Tolliver second, Ordinance No. 402 being entitled " AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE BUSINESS OF D=ING IN USED MOTOR Vz-M ES, PROVIDING FOR PM=TS TMIEFFORE, REQUIRING A BOND FROM SUCH DLUOMSS, PROVIDING r_,_,Er NALTIE5 FOR VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE AND RMF.ALING ORDINANCES NOS. 364 and 384. :leading of the ordinance, after reading by title, omitted, copies having been furnished each Councilman prior to this meeting. Ordinance adoption laid over for the statutory period of not less than five days. Application of Lodi Chapter, American Gold Star 1 -"other's GOLD STAR Incorporated for allocation of space in the City Hall for MOTBERS a memorial plaque to local men who lost their lives in World PLAQUE War II was deferred to the March let meeting to allow the City Manager time in which to secure information as to size of the plaque and the recommendation of a suitable location. 413 The proposal of local radio station KCVR for permission to record proceedings of the City Council and broadcast a KCVR digest of the recordings was approved on an experimental basis, RECORDING one meeting to be recorded and the digest played back to the CCLNGIL Council. It was the general sentiment of the Councilmen that PROCMINGS a fifteen minute digest would not fully reflect the import of the Council's deliberations, being too brief. L:r Weller read a letter from Z. G. Imeson, present owner of the P. Bordenave property lying south of the City's 303 PROTEST acre tract in Sections 23 and 24, Township 3 North, Range 5 I0N East, protesting against the City's use of a border line SE!PAC$ ditch for sewage flow and giving notice to cease such practice " unless satisfactory arrangements are made for its continuance " Mr Imeson's present address is P.O.Box 1215, Concord, California. I& Weller is in correspondence with Mr Imeson and will report later to the City Council. MOTORCYCLE On motion of Councilman Haskell, Lytle second, Lodi Motor- CLDB,MAY 14 cycle Club, Inc. was granted use of Lodi Stadium on STAD= Sunday, May 14, 1950, under the usual terms and conditions applying to rental of the Stadium. The City Planning Commission reported favorably on the application for annexation of Ben L. Horton covering a tract of land along Cherokee Lane, North of Wager Addition, recommending that the extent of territory to be annexed be expanded to include portions of the Hale RFS.1509 property and those of John Graffigna and W. G. Micke so ADOPTED that there would be a continuous frontage from the north X 'MUTION line of Krieger Addition to the north line of Central HORTON ADDN California Traction Company. The City Clerk stated that both 7. R. Hale and W. G. Mieke had assented to the addition of portions of their properties to the annexation district but that he had been unable to contact John Graffigna. Mr Graffigna however, some weeks ago, had stated that he would not o -)pose annexation if his neighbors favored it. It was then moved by Councilman Haskell, Lytle second, that Resolution No. 1509 be introduced, declaring the intention of the City Council to annex all the territory for a depth of three hundred seventy feet lying between the South line of the Northwest darter of Section 7, Township 3 North, Range 7 East and the North line of the same section, including all of State Highway 4 (Cherokee Lane) bordering this territory on the west. Resolution No. 1509 then adopted: AY"^: Councilmen Haskell, Lytle, Bull, Tolliver and Rion DRZS: Councilmen, None. l3=;T: None. 414 ( minutes of February 15, 1950, continued) ClU IrL JA13TER-T CITY C0UNCIL CIT-' HALL - CIT'C OF LODI Apublic hearing on the proposed rezoning of Lot 6, Tentative REZONING map of " Peirano Tract " was set for March 15,1950 at 8:00 LOT 6 P.M. on motion of Councilman Bull, Tolliver second. This PEIRANO TR. -rezoning would permit commercial use of this lot, an initial — hearing having been had before the City Planning Commission. f On the recommendation of the City Planning Camnl ssion, Dr VARIENCE Stanley F. Burson was granted permission to encroach on the GRANTED public utility easement lying along the east end of Lots 11 DR BURSON and 12 of " Cainard Subdivision " with a dwelling to be erected on these lots facing Locust Street, Lotion of Council- man Haskell, Bull second. Hearings for the reception of protests against the proposal INITIAL of the City Planning Coramission for classifying properties in ZONING recent annexations to the City were set for March 15, 1950 GRANT AVE. at 8:30 P.M. on motion of Councilman Bull, Tolliver secotid. AYERS, CORINTH This proposal would initially zone all the territories & FAULC NT comprising Grant Avenue Addition, M.F.Ayers Addition No.l, ADDITIONS Corinth Addition and Fairmont Park Addition to be in the One and Two Family Residence District Zone. Claims in the amount of $23,333.66 as submitted by the CLAIMS Finance Department and approved by the City Manager were APPROVED approved for payment; motion Councilmen Tolliver, Lytle second. - On the receipt of the resignation of Lester 11. Wilson as REC. COW. a member of the Joint Recreation Commission, Mayor Rinn RESIGNATION recccmended the appointment of Mr E. 1. Crescenzi to fill WILSON this vacancy. A pointment approved by the City Council - APOn"ru T subject to confirmation by the Boards of Trustees of Lodi CRESCrENZI Union High School and Lodi School District. i Yayor Rinn appointed Mr Carl Wishek to the vacancy on the C.WISHEK City Planning Commission created by the resignation of bh APPOINTED F. S. Van Arsdale submitted tdarch 15, 1949. Appointment TO C.P.C. concurred in by the City Council on motion of Councilman Tolliver, Haskell second. At the suggestion of Mayor Rinn, City Manager Weller was CROP DUSTER directed to prepare and submit an ordinance regulating the REGULATION business of " dusting " vineyards by aeroplane, such ORDEDED regulations to be equal in severity to those imposed by the Civil Aeronautics Administration. On motion of Councilman Tolliver, Haskell second, the salary SALARY of City Elanager H. D. Weller was increased X50.00 per mouth CITY MANAGER effective from March 1, 1950. Mayor Rinn stated that this INCREASED increase was a token of the City Council*s appreciation for btr Weller's outstanding work in organization and supervision of the City's business. The City Manager was instructed to have Shewau-Jones billed- SHEPAN-JONES for industrial waste disposal in accordance with the contract BILLING of April 10, 1947 as that Company had not separated its plant connection to the city waste lines. On motion of Council*" -CT Bull, Haskell second, the Mayor was i STRICEER authorized to execute an agreement with Henry Stricker and CONTRACT wife, -owners of Lot 7, Ware's Subdivision for an exchange of land made necessary by the opening of Eureka Avenue to California Street. Quit claim deeds to portions of the vacated alley in Block a.C.DT^ S 6, " Burr's Addition to Lodi, Subdivision of Lot 2 " from ITACATED ALLEY the City to various abutting land owners were approved by AUTHORIZED the adoption of Resolution No. 1510, introduced by Councilman Bull, Haskell second and passed by unanimous consent. At 11:30 P.M. the City Council adjourned; motion Councilman Tolliver. �---�