HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - October 16, 1946COUNCIL CHAMBERS CITY COUNCIL
CITY HALL - CITY OF LODI
e N!SDAY, CCTC3E.q 16, 1946
The City Council of the City of Lodi met in regular session at S:CO o'clock
7.M. of Wednesday, October 16, 1946, Councilmen Haskell, Lytle, Riggs, Tolliver
and inn (Mayor) present, none absent.
Also attending City Engineer Henning, Fire Chief :ofenske and Chief of
Police Jackson.
The minutes of the last meeting held October 9th were read, approved as read
and so endorsed by the Mayor.
CO_yiUNICATI0IS, NOTICES & REPORTS —
S.B.E. NOTICE Notice of the application of G & M Takeuchi for an "on sale" beer
OF APPLICATION and wine license at 30 N. Main Street was received from the State
FOR LICENSE Board of Equalization. No objections offered.
A petition signed by seven residents on Laurel Avenue North, of
LAUREL AVE Woodbridge Road requesting that the City order curbs and gutters
PETITION on this street was referred to the City Clerk and City Engineer
C & G to obtain estimates of cost, inforT a1 proposals for the work and
the preparation of necessary commitments to pay the cost.
Charles F. Flare and wife requested that Eureka Avenue in " Mare
Subdivision " be opened for traffic from Lincoln to California
Street. City Engineer Henning stated that the attorney for the
;ARE SUBDIV owner of the land at the west end of this street was endeavoring
C?ENING OF to prepare a statement acceptable to his client for submission
EUREKA AVE. to the City Council. It was directed that the City grade and oil
the uncontested part of this street, the subdivider to pay the
cost of removing vines and trees in the right of -way,
Three petitions requesting that First Street, Olive Court and
Lincoln Avenue in " Koontz Subdivision " be graded and oiled
were read. It appearing that these streets became public streets
STREETS IN on the approval of the official map of this subdivision, it was
KCONTZ SUB. ordered that they be graded and oiled with temporary surfacing
after the subdividers had removed vines, trees and other obstruct—
ions.
Ralph J. Doty submitted an offer of $500.00 for the purchase of
OFFER OF a City owned lot on East Elm Street 190.96 feet from the center
DOTY of Cherokee Lane, 24 feet pride and 170 feet deep acquired from
D. H. Buell January 31, 1911. Offer ordered to stand submitted
pending receipt of other proposals.
On the report of Park Caretaker C. C. Elder that a large oak
T?.E AT LATE tree at Lake Park was rotted at the base and dangerous, the City
Engineer was directed to make tests as to this trees condition.
Councilman Lytle was delegated to attend the next meeting of Lodi
Coordinating Council to be held October 24th as representing the
City Council.
On motion of Councilman Haskell, the Mayor was authorized to
S.P.:1ATER execute an agreement with Southern Pacific Company for five pipe
ZING line crossings along the south side of Woodbridge Road and extend—
S.J.SThERY ing across that Company's main line right of way , Shewan—.Jones
Company to pay the cost of this permit.
ALLEY IN
BLOCK 7
M—Y TRACT
The City Engineer reported that it would be practically impossible
to maintain the alley in Block 7, Morar.—Handel Tract if it were
repaired in the standard manner because of the heavy hauling to
industrial plants abutting thereon. He submitted an estimate of
Z1 345.62 exclusive of.incidentals for proper construction and
drainage. Mr Henning was iestructed to ascertain the difference
between standard alley improvement costs and the higher standard
contemplated and submit his estimate of this difference to the
heavy truck users of this alley with the request that they finance
the additional cost.
Purported performance records of Maintenance Laborers Schick and
Babitzke and of Laborer Porter were referred to the City Engineer
for his recoemendation.
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CODICIL CHAY3E'RS CITY COUNCIL
CIT? HALL - CIT': OF LODI
ORDIN:A,TC3S & RZSOLUTIONS -
Resolution No. 1283, " A resolution A.�-prcving and Directing Public-
ation of :7otice and Finding the Pates of Frevailing 'Kage for the
.33 1283 Construction of Unit 11 Pipe Line 1 of the Bain Line Sewer Outfall
U:BIT 1 Line " was introduces after reading of the proposed form of *mice
S3,11ER and gage scale and then adopted by the following vote:
OUTFALL AY33: Councilmen, Haskell, Lytle, Riggs, Tolliver and Rinn.
NOES: Councilmen, *Ione. ABSE1 r: Councilmen, bone.
ORDI,4 iNCZ NO. 336, entitled, " AN ODLNANCS AM":.M:NG ORDINAhC^c Pic.
275 ENTITLED ' U.' CRDIP7L"ICE .ENDING OiDIN;ICZ NO. 250 RELATING
OPD 336 TC AUIOMOBIL: TRA7FIC ON THE STR—,qTS OF LODI " was introduced on
4 71AY STOP motion of Councilman Riggs, Haskell second, read at length by the
CiUICH & Clerk and ordered to be laid over for the statutory period of not
LODI AVE less than five days
ORDINANCE NC. 337, entitled, " .;.v ORDINANCE A'.E"aING SECTIONS 1
AND 3 OF ORDINANCE NO. 137 3::ITLM ' AN ORDINANCE FZGUT ATTNG
i3.'.FFIC AND PARKING CF :+L"T0KOBIL:S UP014 THE STRE.-TS IN THE CITY
ORD 337 CF LODI, PP-OVIDIPIG A PZ:ALTY FOR VIOLATICN THER:.CF AX) REPEALING
AUTO PARKING ALL CRDIPIANCES LLD PARTS OF CRDIN LACES IN CONFLICT TiffIE74ITH "
ASM ORDINANCE NO. 295 ZNTITLED ' RE" -TING TO LOADING ZONES' "
was read in full by the Clerk, introduced by Councilman Haskell,
Riggs second and then ordered laid over for the statutory period
of not less than five days.
As the above introduced ordinance provides for the regulation of
street parking, either at an angle or parallel to the curb, it
was discussed at length. The City Clerk was directed to prepare
and sutmit a resolution conforming to the provisions of this
dNGULAF. & ordinance making School Street and the east side of Sacramento
PARATTEL Street as well as Main Street subject to parallel parking and
P-RKING for the time being, leaving other streets in the area bounded by
Lodi Avenue, Fleasant Avenue, Iockeford Street and 77ashington
Street together with South Central Avenue from Lodi Avenue to
East Vine Street, areas in which diagonal or angular parking
will be permitted.
Chief of Police Jackson, to whom the matter had been referred,
TAXI ST -ND stated that he could see no reason for continuing the " taxi "
71.PIRE ST still maintained on lest Pine Street next to School Street.
It was directed that the manner of securing discontinuance of
this reservation be inve�sigated.
Chief Jackson also stated that the Lodi 20-30 Club had secured
some safety mannekins, generally called =' Safety Sallies" and
desired that they be placed in school crossing intersectior_s.
"ayor Rinn urged that all persons participate in the effort of
SCRAP METAL National Manufacturers to secure scrap metal for industrj and
requested that the local papers give this matter publicity.
Business License kpplications presented October 2nd and a--;pro-red
BUSINESS by the Chief of Police were ordered granted and applications
LIC2ISrS filed since that date were ordered referred to the Police Chief
for investigation and re -port.
At 11:33 ?-K- the Council was resolved into executive session and
the room cleared returning to open meeting at 12:37 A.S. and
adjournment was had at 12:57 A.M. of Thursday, Cctober 17, 1946
on motion of CouncilmanRiggs, to 8:00 P.M. of October 23,1946.
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