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COUICIL CHA3113ERS CITY COUNCIL
CITY HALL - CITY OF LODI
'4MN SDAY, JANWURY 2 - 1946
This regular meeting of the City Council of t::e Cit; of Lodi
was called to order by the Mayor at 8:00 o'clock P.M. of
Wednesday, January 2, 1946, Councilmen :I.J.Coffield, W...Riggs,
H.J.To_l.iver, Otto Adleihe and Robert H.Rinn,Mayor, present,
none absent.
Also attending Clinton Henning,City Engineer, George D.Polenske,
Fire Chief and C.S.Jackson, Chief of Police.
Minutes of
Minutes of the last meeting held December 19, 1945 were read,
Dec 19,1945
approved after correction of a clerical error as to a year
date, and so endorsed by the Mayor.
A petition of property owners in "Better '.comes Subdivision"
Pine Street
si6r_ed by Robert 3.Mailen and others, requesting that .lest
Opening
Pine Street be c?ened between Crescent and Avena avenues
was read and ordered referred to the City Engineer for report
as to the effect of continuing this street through to Ham Lane.
A written, application for a franchise for the operation of
passenger bus service inside the City boundaries was filed
by Arturo L.Lloyd,Jr. and Xilliam S.Biliings doing business
APPLICATION OF
from P.O.Box 730,Vallejo,•California under the name of " Lodi
LODI TP.4.11SIT
Transit Lines " by Robert A. Burrowes and Associates. This
LINES FOR BUS
application was accompanied by a map delineating proposed
FRANCHISE.
bus routes and time schedules.
In the absence of City attorney :Pest, no action was taken
other than to accept the application for filing -pending
decision as to the legal methods to be pursued in the grant-
ing of such a franchise.
This being the time and place set by order of the Council and
in published notice for the hearing of objections to the
proposed rezoning of a portion of Block 10, Llokelumne, the
City Clerk presented an affidavit in proof of due publication
?EZCNING OF
of such notice and the Mayor declared the meeting open to
PORTION OF
the hearing of protests and objections. No persons appeared
BLOCK 10,
and the City Clerk reported that no written objections had
MOKEzLWrE
been filed with him. It was then declared that, inasmuch as
there were no objections after due notice, the City Council
CFDINANCE 316
had now acquired jurisdiction to order the rezoning of this
INTRODUCED,
property.
On motion of Councilman 1,7eihe, Riggs second, OOTNANCE N0.316,
entitled " Z OF.DI.'3AhCBaa-2!Z1LG CRDIINANC E NO. 238BY ALTZZING
THS BOUNDARY 1TN-S OF CERTAIN ZONES AS DISPLAYED UPON THE
" 70N-7 DISTRICT MAP " OF THE CITY OF LODI AS ADOPTED BY SECT -
I041 2 OF S3-- OFDINAWS NO. 238 AND RECLASSIFYING AND PEZONING
C .'gTAIN PRCPERTIES LOCATED T1MREIN !t was introduced, read at
length by the City Clerk and ordered laid over for the statut-
ory period of not less than five days.
State Board of Equalization filed the customary notice of the
S.B.E.
intended transfer of alcoholic beverage licenses held by
Seibel & Stroh at 211 So. Cherokee Lane. No objections offered.
Notice that the annual meeting of San Joaquin Safety Council
would be held in Stockton on January 15,1946 was received.
Reports for the month of December 1945 were received and read
PyPORTS
from the Chief of Police, the City Poundmaster and the City
Clerk, the latter relating to collections of garbage fees.
At this time Chief of Police Jackson reviewed the recommend-
ations of the Lodi Coordinating Council in regard to traffic
conditions in the city. Attention to danger ensuing from
CCCFDINZING
negligent and unlawful operations of bicycles, particularly
COUNCIL
on sidewalks brought out the recormendation that local ord-
TRAFFIC
inances be amended to allow the court to impound bicycles of
P.ECGI,:k�1J,T-
violators. In lieu of making East Elm Street a through street,
IONS
the Street Superintendent was instructed to mark the approach
to Elm, Street from the South on Stockton Street, the principal
place thought dangerous, with a "Caution, Intersection" sign.
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COUICIL CHAMBERS CITY COUNCIL
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Attention was called to the dangerous condition of the north wall
L.C.OSER.PARK- of the narking pit on ;lest Pine Street between School and Church
LNG LOT Streets which threatens to destroy the alley pavement. The Super-
intendent of Streets was instructed to notify H.E.Looser, the
a: -parent proprietor, that this wall must be reinforced.
S.P.RESE.RVE Further investigation of the £easability of :..c curing the use of
OFF STR"a-`T the Southern Pacific Company lands between Pine and Elm Streets
PARKING on Sacramento Streets was authorized, the same to be used for
off-street parking.
B.S.A. A one day lease from the State of California to Boy Scouts of
ARMORY 2-8 America of Dodi Armory on February 8, 1946 was approved on
motion of Councilman Coffield..Jeiha second.
BUSINESS Bi.siness license applications presented December 19, 1945 having
LICENSES received the approval of the Chief of Police, were ordered
OF 12-19-45 granted.
Claims, pay -rolls, amounting to $17 958.75 as approved by the
PAY -ROLLS Finance Committee were allowed and ordered paid, payment of
APPROVED miscellaneous. claims being deferred to an adjourned meeting to
be held January 8, 1946.
Cn motion of Councilman Xeihe, the City Council then adjourned
to and until 7:30 o!clock P X . of Tuesday, January B, 1946.
Attest:
�JF.BLAK%LY, City Cle �.
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