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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - September 22, 1939Iii CI C - _------ -7 E= FRIDAY, SEPTET+:BER 22, 1939 Pursuant to the adjournment taken by the Clerk from the regular meeting of September 20, 1939, the City Council of the City of Lodi met in adjourned regular session at 8:00 o'clock F., on Friday, September 22, 1939. Council- men Clark, Graffigna, Spooner, ,',eihe and Steele present, none absent. The minutes of the last regular meeting held September 7, 1939 and of the adjournment taken from the meeting of September 20, 1939 were read, approved as read and so endorsed by the 1,a70r. ,7r. D. D. Smith and a numerous committee of citizens appeared before the Council in advocation of the immediate construction of a municipal stadiu.:. in Pioneer Park under W.P.A. auspices. After considerable discussion and on motion of Gouncilman Spooner, seconded by Councilman Clark, the Cit, Engineer and the City Clerk were instructed to bet in touch with the proper W.P.A. officials in order to start construction as soon as possible after the conclusion of the present grape season. r.:otion carried. Information that the city com-pensation insurance rates had been raised 4% was contained in a letter received from the State C=pensation Insurance Fund. The Clerk was directed to sign the city's acceptance of the -rate increase on motion of Councilman raffigna, seconded by Codncilman d;eihe. A letter was received from Ruth E. Ratzburg sugjesting certain traffic regulations and same was ordered filed. �._ one a plication for a business license :o. 557 was ordered granted without objections. In the matter of the claims of Yrs. y A. Prentice and Scotti previously presented to the Council on September 7th; on motion of Councilman Spooner, seconded by Councilman Weihe, these claims were submitted to a board of arbitrators to consist of one m an representing the City, one the claimants and a third to be selected by these two should they be unable to agree on the proper amount, if any. The sane motion named lir. H. Street to represent the City and stated that any conclusions of this committee should be submitted to the City Attorney for report to the Council. A petition signed by %dward Lind and others desiring annexation of certain lands to the City of Lodi to be designated as Eleventh Addition was presented to the Council having been filed with the Clerk on the 8th day of September and the Clerk reporting in writing that the said petition was signed by more than 25 per cent of the registered electors residing in the district proposed for annexation, Resolution No. 1005 eras introduced on motion of Councilman Graffigna, seconded by Councilman Vieihe and passed by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen, Graffigna, Clark,+eihe, Spooner and Steele. NOES: Councilmen, None A3 -.";-:;T: Councilmen, None 138 CCi . vi __R3 -- -- CLTY FRIDAY, SEFTEY3ER 22, 1939 Continued A petition signed by Jacob S. Eowen and others havin,i been filed on September 7, 1939 and referred to the City clerk to check the sufficiency thereof, the Clerk retorted in writing that the said pe tition was signed by registered electors in excess of 25 per cent of the total number of electors residing in the territory therein proposed for annexation and on motion of Councilman Graffigna, seconded by Councilman Weihe, Resolution No. 1006 designating this territory as Twelfth Addition was introduced, passed and adopted by the following vote: AYE : Councilmen, wraffi?na, 'jeihe, Clark, Spooner and Steele. NOES: Councilmen, hone - ABSE2iT: hone. (Copies of the foregoing Resolutions No. 1005 and 1006 appear in the files of the proceedings taken in the annexation of the territory described therein). Ordinance No. 256 entitled "AN ORDI111ANCE LE .L,% -G TAXES = OR FEE FISCAL YEAR BEGINI;ING JULY 1, 1940" having been regularly introduced on September 7th, was finally passed and approved and ordered to print by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen, 17eihe, Clark, Graffigna, Spooner and Steele .03S: Councilmen, done ABSE�T: Councilmen, None The Mayor then approved and signed the foregoing ordinance. Semi-monthly payrolls in the amount of `521.60 were presented by the Clerk and payment ordered on motion of Councilman Graffigna, seconded by Councilman Spooner. The Clerk again presented the claim of Geiger Iron "*'orks in the amount of 11, O1; .7If with purported itemized statements of the amounts not itemized when the claim was previously filed on September 7th. Accompanying the claim was a written opinion of the City Attorney. On motion of Councilman Graffi,gna, seconded by Counoilman Spooner and carried, the foregoing claim of the Geiger Iron :+orks was ordered paid. Mr. Charles Prentice, operator of a local taxi cab addressed the Council at this time in regard to a stand at the P�ortheast corner of School and Pine Streets. W."r. crentice stated that he had made an application to the Chief of Police who had refused the same. At the direction of the Council this matter was ordered referred to the Chief of Police and the :ayor. The City Clerk reported orally that the petition of Henry 2,ilke, et ux, for rezoning of property on Vine Street was insufficient. The tentative play_ for a new structure to be erected by the Lodi pinion High School on the Southeast corner of rose and Walnut Streets was reviewed by the council. The plan was approved providing an equal side line be raintained on `i'alnut Street to the proposed setback of twenty feet shown on Rose Street. L 13I RIDAY, SEFTE'= 22, 1939 Continued. At 10:08 o'clock F.Y. the Council adjourned on motion of Councilman. 7+1eihe. ATTEST: The foregcing r._in t es of an adjourned regular meetingg of the City Council of the City of Lodi held September 22, 1939 were read at a subsequent meeting of*said City 0ouncil held October 41 1979 and approved without correction.