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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes - December 20, 1950ME COUICE .fAlBERS CITY COUNCIL CITY HALL - CI"'Y OF LODI DECEcMMIR 20, 1950 ,is regular meeting of tha City Council of tee City of Lodi called to order by 1-hycr Tolliver at SSCO P.Li. of Wednesday, Dece=ber 20, 1950. _ Courcil=en Built Haskell, Prea ler, Rinn and Tolliver present, none absent. Lgnutes of the previous r:eetiao leld Dece=ber 6th -,-P--re approved as :r•itten a d m--ilad. MTOPT OF Z � OI"_'Y MU:kCrii - City Lh:--ager H. D. Weller called attention of the Council to C.T.D.L.C.C. the next quarterly meeting of the Ceatzal Pal'_e-- Division of PA-� RSON the Lea6ue.of California Cities to be held in Patterson on 7X;3 19,1951 the evening of Tantary 101h, also to the emergency meeting .E.-MMMY. of the League called by its President, Robert H. Rina to be Lr^AACU^ -MET- -^c=-a t -:.o day session on the subject of civil defense in ING 7AI3 4 & 5 Sacra--nto Januar•,; 4th and 5th. Attendance at both =eetin„ s to be lets -fined later. Cn reco=endation of the City Zagiaeer transmitted through. the City th`ager, all bids received bS_taa City Clerk on December 13th for " Rest Roads and Base=ent R-..r.odel " viere BAIMMIT rejected. No bids were received on carpentry and =ill work, CITY RAIZ ventilating and sheet metal or on the general contract, ALTMTT_MZ. loan bids on plu=bing.and on plastering were irregular and BIDS REJECTED. incomplete. ZEoved by Councilman Rinn, Haskell second; -that the C_ty Lbs ger secure Pint bids on ell items ccarrising the intended work and submit thea at the neat Council meet- ing wwen dete_...ination would be made, based on the cost of the .ors, as to undertaking the proposed constriction work. City = :ager Weller then brougbt up the suggestion, contained in his letter of December 19th to all Couacilen, that bi- = onthly billing for public utilities be considered at this meeting. Experience of several California =unicipally ormed BI AMT -MY plants was cited shoving a decrease in delinquent bills and UTILITY acceptance of alternate billing by the consumers. Lt" Weller BILLIM promised no saving in salaries or wages but an advantage in spreading the work load so tbat- the present wall staff could contirae to handle the increasing customer lead. Score stall savings to consumers would ensue and the City's postage bill would be reduced about one-half. Cycle billing and partial billing of fixed charges was considered but bath methods rejected as not suiting the present needs of the billing department. After see continued discussion, Courcilman Bull =Owed, Haskell second, that it is the intention of the City Council to institute bi-monthly billing of all municipally owner public utilities within the next ninety days. lotion carried. RESCLUM M S XDID ORDINANC-M - MDI UNCE 1I0. 436 " PROVIDING FOR THE CAS, Rlb3TITUTION, SALE AND DMSTRUCTION OF UNCLAYI'm PRAM TY BY ? ' POLICE - DEP.L='= OF ME CITY OF LCDI " having been regularly ORDIIANCE 436 intr6duced in the City Council on December 6, 1950, was MIT CLA UM brouc�t up for passage on motion of Councilman Rinn, Bull PRC@MEM second, second reading omitted, after reading by title, by DISPOSAL u.*ianimous consent and then passed, adopted and ordered to PASSED. print by the fo-loaning vote. X'-7 M- : Council: --en Rinn, Bull, Haskell, Preszler end Tolliver. NOM: 13oye ABSENT: None. I.hyor To' -liver then signed Ordinance No. 436 in approval thereof. t a _0=t,...__ - ) 491 COU';:IL CHn43335 CITY COUICIL CITY 4ALL - CITY OF LODI On.DINAN0 NC: 437. " TO 5'QR.QM-5 =QLZR's'D SY onII- iV.:CE SIO. 402 " ON USED CAR DEALERS BMID " AiiD-UMMING SECT- ION 8 OF SAID ORDIN;1NCr. ALSO I.W=ING SECTION 6 OF SAID CL?D UM: NO. 402 " having been regularly intro duced in C-M—,NANCT3 437 the City Council on December 6, 1950 ass brought up for USED CAR, passage on motion of Councilman Haskell, Bull second, D XI -EM B(M second reading emitted, after reading by title by unanimous A.DCPM. consent, and then passed, adopted and ordered to print by the follo:aing votes :LS: Councilmen, B':slcell, Bull, Preszler, Rinn and Tolliver. ::0ES: Councilmen, None. ABSENT: None. }mayor Tolliver then signed 0-dimnee No. 437 in approval thereof. Vacation of Allen IAne in Lorenz Tract vas initiated by the adoption of Resolution No. 1582" DECLARING THE IP'mmcu Or RnS 1582 ME CITY CCUf+CIL Or Tin CITY OF LODI TO VACATE A PORTION OF ADOPTM) ALLEN LAM IN L'O.RMM TRACT " introduced by Councilmen ?tiny_, INTENUION TO Pall second and passed by tie following vote: VACATE ar•r•vni LANE. AYE: Council=men Rim., Bull, Rasyell, Pressler and Tolliver. NOES: None. ABSE'4T: None. - An easeyent, granted s-b.act to eleven coveraats and rest- rictions from Central Pacific Railway Con—Jany and Southern S.P.y EMT Pacific CcEr?any, for a right of pay for a 42 inch storm N.M; M Snl--- +T sewer- along the easterly portion of Central. Pacific Ccmpaxy's STORM SLIM main line right of way, ( part of the No=t_ Win Street ACCEPTED 3Y Storm So -we: P-o;ect ), was accepted by the adoption of REST. 1583 Resolution No. 1583, passed by the follorning votes AY73s Council• -en Ehsksll, Bull, P.eszler, Rira and Tolliver. NOES: None. ABSM'P: None. L1gUCR Trannfe.s of alcoholic beverage licenses at 114 S. School LIGE Street and at 18 south Lhir-Street met with no opposition, APPLICATIcm the Chief of Police finding no obJection thereto. Bills in the amount of $35,978.95 as approved by the City CTST}V Wrage: were ordered paid in motion of Cou-nollman Brill, P_eszler second. The Council then proceeded to consider the establishment of a policy in regard to the repair of public alleys throughout the City, the City Mnager having offered, in his Council letter of Decerbe= 19th, five alternate plans for financing 07 PTJBLIC costs, ( 1 ) vacation of all alleys, ( 2 ), levying a special At.I.9'Y ad valorem tax a --plying to those parts of the City having s ;ANCE alley ways, ( 3 ), specasses= ,ant assesent procee3ings. (4 ), selective use of general fund moneys, i.e. the City assuming — intena=ce of those a'?eye of more than local use, and ( 5 a csining fu l responsibility for 1pkee7 and re -pair of all Public alleys. ?ro-osal :;o. '- .as dia-4ssed as net practical but :it'_- she reservation that sore adeps ._ig_:t be fend not of public benefit and rn�able of vacation or withdrsvml from city _.Si n. e:ance . Proposal No. 2 :iad little co,siderstion orirg to difficulties I n administration, tax 11iting provisions and its causing di'ferent rates of taxation to prevail in certain areas. Proposal No. 3 aid not receive intensive study most Council - Len regarding the restrictions and li=itations of present special assesrent lames as pilling up excessive overhead costs un__ss the district assesses is large and the xork con __._.. _n dollar v01u=..s. 492 ( =; nutes of Deca:;�be. 20, 1950 - continued - 3 ) COU -"!!- +:HA'4333S CITY COUNCIL CITY HAL''- - CITY OF LODI P:.0)Qsa, g in connection .dth No. 5 was discussed and argaed at la:gth although all Council -en admitted that the iudg.=Z- of alleys in order of i---portahce of public use is ext re ely difficult even after tffic su••veys. P`inallp decided, motion Councilman Fd =, Btll second, PL -.IC that it be a =atter of public policy in rege.rd to alieyss IUIET 1. Tnat the City maintain all publte alleys in rhich P=C3ZS* there is a clearly defined public interest other . than service to abutting owners. 2. That standards of mintenance be adopted based on the burdens of use i: --posed by public use. 3. That; :.here cep ain peculiar conditions exist requiring construction or maintenance abo7e standard, the benefitted abutting or_ers be•required to pay the cost of such additional betterments. At 1C;50 P.M. CouncilrAn Rinn .:roved adjou-"7:eent and the AXCMZ=1T City Council stood adjou-rned until January 3, 2951 attests .: , Copies mailed each Councilmen i - 3-a-1