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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - November 7, 194510 COU11,I1- CHA!A3T=3 CITY CJU.'1CIL CITY HALL - CITY OF LODI 7 November 1945 ROLL CALL Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lodi beginning at 8:00 o'clock P.M. of Wednesday, November 7, 1945, Councilmen ,Y.J: offield, W. E. Riggs, Harry J. Tolliver, Otto A. 4eihe and Robert H. Rinn (Mayor) present, none absent. Also attending - Glenn Nest, City Attorney, John A. Henning, Superintendent of Public Utilities, Clinton Henning, City Engineer, Arthur C. Heckenlaible, Assistant City Engineer, George D. Polenske, Fire Chief and C. S. Jackson, Chief of Police. '-1NUTES OF Minutes of the last meeting held October 17, 1945 were read, OCT 17,1945 approved as read and so endorsed by the Mayor. Mrs A. R. Putnam, 216 -West Elm Street app eared in protest against PUBLIC HEAR- a charge of $1.00 for waste collection, requesting a refund of INGS. all in excess of 50¢ monthly charged since January 1, 1945 as she AMALIE PUTNAM claimed the City's contractor did not remove her rubbish. The City Clerk was directed to take this matter to the Stavanger Company and ascertain if such a refund was due and if better service could be had than in the past. S.B.E. State Board of Equalization filed the customary notice of the BCCZE TRANS- intended transfer of an on -sale beer license at 122 N. Sacramento FER. Street from Haider Khan to W. A. Lorenz. No objections offered. Notice of the. annual conference of California Municipal Utilities CAL. MUN. Association to be held in Fresno November 15 & 16 was received. UTIL. ASSCN. Mr John A. Henning requested that the City Engineer be authorized CCNF. to attend in his stead as had been customary for some years and It was directed that either attend as.press of City business might permit. Retail Merchants Association applied for permission to bore holes in the sidewalk spaces and install. pipe sockets for display of christmas trees. Application returned to the Association with XW TREES request that they reconsider this method of decorating as the holes might damage basement spaces and also that the trees, when installed would be a menace to foot passengers. S.P.STATION Southern Pacific Company notified the City Council by letter that P33MVATION its station reservation, Sacramento Street between Pine and Elm CLKAN-UP Streets had been cleaned up and would be kept in such a condition that further complaint would be obviated. The local manager of Pacific Gas and Electric Company advised the P-31 RATE City that it would be billed for electric energy at P-31 rate EFFr7CTIVE effective August 27, 1945 in accordance with order of the State 8-27-45 Railroad Commission. - Application of City Cab Company for two taxi spaces on Nest Elm CITY CAB CO Street, west of Sacramento Street, ordered returned as not pre - V XI SPACE pared in accordance with Subsection (g) of Section 3 of Ordinance Y.ELM ST. No 268 requiring assent of abutting tenants or owners. Application of French Cleaners for loading zone on 'West Pine Street, FRENCH CLEAN west of Sacramento Street ordered referred to the Chief of Police LOADING SPACE and the Chief of the Fire Department to investigate feasibility of applicant obtaining permission to enter premises at 5 ;gest Pine Street from the rear. At this time Cecil C. Perrin and Otto R. Polenske of Retail Merch- HCLIDAY ants Bureau appeared requesting orally that the City put up lights DECORATICNS and garlands in the business district during the coming Holiday Season. They were referred to Mr J. A. Henning with instruction that plans be considered and an estimate of the expense involved be prepared for submission November 21st. A petition circulated by Herbert Suelzle for rezoning certain 317ZLZLB properties in the 8CO block of South Central Avenue was ordered RE -ZONING referred to the City Planning Commission with the direction that public hearings, after due notice, be held thereon. The application of Paul Pritchett for permission to use his garage P.PRITCHETT in the rear of 628 N. School Street for a home occupation was ___pranted,-povisions 4n,his Qbtaining the necessary permits. - 1 t CJJ'iCI CH '.?3E3- Ci:'. COW AIL CITY H-9LL - CITY OP LODI (minutes of Nov 7,1945, continued) H.D.GUNDERT The application of H.D.Gundert for transfer of a Merchants TRANSFER business license from 218 S.Sacramento Street to 312 E.Lodi Avenue was approved by a four-fifths vote of the City Council. In the matter of the rezoning portions of Lots 2 and 3 of " A.J.Larsons Subdivision of a Portion of Section 12, Town- ship 3 North, Range 6 East " lying south of Koenig Subdivision between School Street and the Southern Pacific right of way; - P.EZONING the Cit; Clerk presented an affidavit showing due publication SOUTH OF of " Notice of Public Hearing " and the meeting was declared KOENIG open for the reception of objections to such rezoning. No SUBDIVISION persons appeared and the Clerk reported no written protests HEARING. has b --.!en filed with him prior to the hour of this meeting. On motion of Councilman Weihe, Riggs second, Resolution No. 1241, finding due publication of notice, the fact that no persons had filed or presented objections and that therefore the City Council had now acquired jurisdiction to re -zone and re-classify the lands embraced in the published notice by amendment to the Zoning Ordinances of the City, was intro- duced and passed by the assenting votes of all members of the City Council, i.e. by the votes of Councilmen 7feihe, Riggs, Coffield, Tolliver and Mayor Rinn. The Clerk and City Attorney were directed to prepare the necessary ordinance. The application of C. B. Glisan for a varience to allow the construction and operation of a chicken brooder house at 26 C.B.GLISAN Pinkerton Avenue was ordered referred to the City Planning VARIENCF. Co:=ission for such action as might be necessary, including a recor_merdation to the City Council for amendments to ex- isting ordinances relating to the keeping of domestic animals and fowls in the City Reports of the Chief of Police, the City Poundmaster and the REPORTS - City Clerk for the month of October were received, read and ordered filed. petition A Js444m requesting installation of concrete curbs and gutters s MISSION ST. along the north side of Mission Street in Wellswood Park was C. & G. returned to the City Clerk with instruction that he inform the petitioners of the probable cost. ORDINANCE NO 312, entitled, " AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE CID- 312 NC. 189 " was introduced on motion of Councilman Coffield, Riggs, INTRODUCED second, read at length by the Clerk, and by the same motion, ordered laid over for the statutory period of not less than five days. A loading zone, complying with the restrictions of Ordinance LOADING No 295 was ordered established opposite the premises numbered ZONE 108 North Sacramento Street by the adoption of Resolution No. 108 N.SACTO. 1240, introduced by Councilman Coffield, Weihe second and pazsed by unanimous vote of all members of the City Council. The application of Claude Allen, laborer, street and park C.ALLEN department, accompanied by a physician's certificate and the LEAVE "fop recommendation of the Street Superintendent, for leave without pay to April 1, 1946 on account of illness, was granted on motion of Councilman Coffield, Weihe second. Renewal of the annual contract for the purchase of liquid CHLORINE chlorine with Dow Chemical Company was authorized on motion CONTRACT of Councilman Coffield, Weihe second, and the Mayor signed 1946 the contract agreement. _ STATE HIWAY Execution of the bi-ennial project statement for maintenance MAINTENANCE of those portions of State Highways 24 and 4 inside Lodi with 1945-47 Division of Highways was directed by order of the City Council. Application of Southern Pacific Company to install and operate S.P.TRACH two a.ditional spur tracks across State Highway 4 at the Valley CROSSING Springs crossing was not approved, the Council doubting its HI^lAY 4 jurisdiction and also its opposition to additional tracks across this highway if any other means could be found to reach the desired locations. H.D.GUNDERT The application of H.D.Gundert for transfer of a Merchants TRANSFER business license from 218 S.Sacramento Street to 312 E.Lodi Avenue was approved by a four-fifths vote of the City Council. 12 COU..NCIL CHA7nz-'RS CI37f COUNCIL CITY HALL - CITY OF LOD! (minutes of November 7,1945, continued) BUSINESS License applications presented October 17,1945, having received LICENSE the approval of the Chief of Police were ordered granted. APPLICATIONS New applications, eight in number were received, read and ordered referred to the Chief of Police in accordance with ordinance. Claims as filed and as approved by the Finance Committee in the CLAW - total amount of S 39 905.40 were approved and ordered paid on motion of Councilman Coffield, Weihe second. Mr John A. Henning recommended that the City enter into contract agreements for the purchase of gasoline for the coming year to GASOLINE - obtain the benefit of better prices. Recommendation approved and the City Clerk directed to publish a notice inviting bids to be opened December 5, 1945. STRMT Yr Henning stated that he was in receipt of requests for street LIGHTING lighting. The Council decided, that no temporary work would be done pending the adoption of a city-wide plan for this work. Mayor Rinn called the Councilmen's attention to a meeting to be REDEVELOPMENT he;d in Stockton on November 23rd. for discussion of the problems MEETING of Urban Redevelopment and urged that all Councilmen attend. Mr J. A. Henning brought up the matter of abating charges for VICTORY "Victory Garden" water as allowed during war times and asked GARDENS that the Council make a decision in sufficient time so that those contemplating using vacant lots next season might be aware of the charges to be made. Mr Henning also stated that the temporary 3" water line to the N.SACTO ST quick-freeze plant of Joe Filbin on North Sacramento Street was FIRE LINE inadequate and that, as Filbin contemplated enlarging his activities next year, some provision for supply should be made. He recommended continuing the present 6" fire line to Turner Road. On motion of Councilman Riggs, Weihe second, Mr Henning was directed to so extend this line at an estimated cost of . $2 735.00 including.the necessary fire hydrants. TEMPORARY Cn application of C.S.Jackson, Chief of Police, employment of POLICE two temporary patrolmen to replace temporary appointees Horton , PATROINEN and McLachlan and two more men in this status to augment his AUTHORIZED present force was authorized. At 11:50 o'clock P.M. the City Council adjourned on motion of Councilman J4eihe. Att F. BLAI11,City Clerk. The foregoing minutes of a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lodi held on November 7, 1945 were read and approved as written at a subsequent meeting of said City Council held November 21, 1945 Mayor of I the City of Lodi November 17. 1945