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TUESDAY, AP -HIL 11, 1939
Pursuant to the adjournment tal•.en from the
regular-eetinS of the City Council held April 3, 1;39,
the City Ccuncil of the City of Lodi met in adjourned
reGular session at 7:30 o' clock P.:':. on Tuesday, A_ ril
11, 1539, Council en Clark-, `Oraffigna, Spooner, •-eihe
and Steele present, being all the members of the City Council.
?ire Chief, Earl May, then introduced r.,7 r. Loren
3ush of the ='rational Board of Fire Undernriters of the
Pacific. 1.1r. 3ush addressed the Council in regard to
necessary additions that should be made to the Fire Department
and the +ater Leoartr!ent in order to enable the Board of
Fire underwriters to establish a lower fire insurance
rremiur rate. :e recommended the rurchase of a ladder truck
with reserve pLxm_i= equipment as oeing the most necessary
adjunct to tie resent system. On motion of Councilman+eihe, seconded by Councilman Spooner and carried it was
directed that the necessary steps be taken for the purchase
of a quad truck for the Fire -Department; the fire chief
to the necessary plans and specifications for
submission to the City Council.
'.:r. - H. I -dert submitted a tentative form
of policy for liability insurance and the L:ayor ordered
the matter to be taken under submission for a study of
all the forms of policies noir on file. -
=I•r. J. E. Conklin then addressed the Council in
regard to the proposed municipal stadium and read from a
resolution adopted by the student body of the Lodi Union
High Lchcol favoring the construction of such a stadium
and stating that the student body believed that they
could finance the lighting of it. :sir. Leroy Nichols stated
that he ,could consider this to be a binding agreer:ent.
I.r. Clinton Henning presented an oral proposition
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fOr the ilaullri7, Of surplus Sludge from theSewage +'1SpOSal
?lant for the cost to the city of maintaininz a truck.
This matter was referred to the City Attorney and City
En7ineer for preparation of a contract agreement if such be
found necessary.
r. Harry Neville Jonks invited the Council to
inspect the new seiaage disposal plant in Turlock stating
that he believed that the local City Council r.:i:;ht find a
solution for the disposal of the surplus sludge from the
sestae dis_osal plant but he believed ultimately that a
separate di -est -Jon would be necessary.
On motion of Councilman Spooner, seconded by
Counc_lman Glark, resolution `:o.993 approving and directing
that a. -plication be made to tine .t-orks Progress Administratiam
for the approval of a project to construct a municipal
stadium. :.:etion carried.
A tory of the application for a license to sell
spirituous, vinous and distilled spirits at s:el's :lace
at 11-+orth Cherokee Lane was read by the Clerk.
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A letter vias received from the C:entral C
n aliforn-a
Tract ton Goi. any stating ti at it s.ould be necessary for the
City t0 vay a nominal sun for the land necessary to be
taken in the straijhtening of the intersection of Tckay i
and Stcc :ton Streets. the letter _eeted the sur: of
u10.00 being sufficient and at t'ne order of the Council
the City Engineer was authorized to rroceed with the work.
letter from :'aulner, Caknes and rauliiner,
soliciting an audit of the City accounts ..as read and ordered
filed.
A letter from the State Railroad Cor -mission in
regard to the prowcsed acquis°tion of a small parcel of
ground from the lands of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company
was referred to the files, it an rearing that the next step
in this street widening proceeding would have to core from
the Pacific Gas and Electric Co -rang.
A com.=_anication frcr~ the City Planning Co^°.mission
making five recoru:endations to the City Council was received
and read at length by the Clerk. On rection of Councilman
�`,e'he, seconded by Councihi-,an Craf'=i-na, i.1criday, May- 1, 1939
at d:00 o'clock F.:,'. .:as set as the date and the City council
Chambers as the place v. -here a 'nearing r.uld be had on
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Reco!endation No. 3 of the Cones—Ission, i.e., for the rezoning
of certain properties South of Lodi A -venue.
3ecommenaation -,c. 1 of the Coiamiss on was
ar•proved on Action o£ Co .�c'_1-an eine, seconded by Councilman
an
and a variance perm_t was ordered issued to enable
the construction of a small flo•c:er sales stand at the
Southeast corner of Lodi Avenue and Church Street.
Fecomr"_endation No. 2 pertaining to the aXp_ication
of I• rs. -arj3aret S. Aldridge for �ermission to construct a
d.,;ellin.� az 50j Daisy Avenue was also approved.
:.ecc.�� erdation i:o. 5 was also anrroved and it
was ordered that the City-ngineer prepare a diagram as the
initial step to open a fifty root street from Yore Avenue
to the Lodi -San Andreas ighr:ay.
rt this time the City Clerk submitted his report
o= the election held April 4, 1839 and the same being read
the Co.;_ncil Froceeded to canvass the votes cast at this
election, declaring the results to be that there v:ere
thirty-.wO votes cast in this election of wi:ich seventeen
were for anne:.:ation ane fifteen a-ainst annexation.
Ordinance %-o. 251 was then introduced on motion of Councilman
Graffi._na, seconded by CounciLnar_ "-eihe and by the sane
notion laid over for the statutory period of not less than
five days, said Ordinance l,o. 251 being entitled "F_i.
l_ _ A::_.L;iAT-Cil 0.^ 'rEEC �;i ADll1TIC='nr
The City Attorney t.en uresented a resolution of -
intention to be numbered PGL for the cpenin� of Crescent
Avenue Southerly to Fine Street and after the reading of
the sar:e it was introduced on -otion of I-cuncili:.an Graffigna,
seconded b-% Co-_=il an oeihe and fi._ally passed and adopted
by the _ollo::ing vote:
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Co.zrc____en, Graffiena, .eihe, Clark,
Snooner and Steele
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A=S;T: Council. en, ',-,one
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_'-esolution =_c. 5 was then introduced on motion
of C,^,,,, _cilman ',,..__ e, seconded cy Cc_._,._Liran Jraffi,�;na,
read y e Cleric and finally passed and _'o_rte,d by t1ae
assent'_: rotes of all me gibers of the City Cour_cil.
At 10:70 o' .,loci_ _ the pit- Ccancil :;as
called into a coca^ ittee of the whole at L the order of the
ayor, turnin- to regular session at 11110 o'clock
The Cler'v was directed to write notices to the holders
or dance „ermits covering the cre:- ices over 8 - 12
Soutu ac --col Street to appear bef ore the Council and show
cause •:;hy the ermits should not be revoked.
Jt 11:4! o'cloc' r..._. the 1-ity council adjo=ned.
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The fore—c-1— mutes of an
awjourr_e; regular meeting of
the City Ccuncil of the
City Of�-Ddi heli rii 11,
1?39 were read and approved
without correction at a sub-
; seaUenttin.,; of said City
Co ncil held on April 17, 1539.