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COU`ICIL CHAM3ERS CITY COUNCIL
CITY HALL - CITY OF LODI
'eEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1944
3GUL: R Y.EE ING - 3egi ening at 3 o'clock ..�...-
.,P.T. December 6
., 1944.
ROIL C:.:L - C;uncil en, Coffield, '',.J.; Riggs 1. Tolliver, Harry J.
Riggs, •9
,/eihe, Otto A. and Elim, Robert H. (.'..'ayor), present
None absent.
MINUTES CF F9 VIOU3 MEETING - The minutes of.the last Council meeting held on
november 15, 1944 were read, approved as read and so endorsed by the Mayor.
PU3LIC HEARINGS - '1:r Leroy Nichols, representing Lodi Coordinating Council,
presented a letter and addressed the Council concerning a project initia-
ted in the Coordinating Council for the erection of a public building
in honor of the Veterans of ,Yorld War II designed for use by the youth of
this co..a:nity as a place of education and recreation. :after some discuss-
ion as to the d. sign of such a building, the City Council promised Sir Nichols
that full consideration would be given this proposal but that, at this tine,
the City Council could not express its opinions in the matter.
'•:otices of transfers of alcoholic beverage licenses at 113 N. Cherokee Lane,
104 east Lodi Avenue and 8 North Main Street were received from the State
2oard of Equalization.
r.=IC..T10 3 - NOTICES & REPORTS -
Ed Spiekerman Concrete Pipe Company applied by letter for permission to
remove curbing and change the slope of the sidewalk in front of the East s
of Lot 2 in Kock 2, Hutchins Addition (415-419 5. Sacramento St.) so as
to permit better access for his trucks to these premises. On the recommend-
ation of the Assistant City Engineer, permission was granted as applied for,
providing that Spiekerrnan maintained a fence in the center of this lot's
Tice on Sacramento Street for the safety of pedestrians. -
Notice of a hearing before a subcommittee of the State Senate Committee on
Post -"Aar Censtruotion to be held in Stockton December 8, 1944 was received
from Senator Jesse L. Mayo. City Engineer C.L.".hite stated that his office
could prepare the estimates required by the Committee and Councilman Tolliver
and representatives of the City Engineer's office were asked to attend the
hearing.
A leiter dated November 7,1944 from the District Rationing Executive of O.P.A.
at Sacramento concerning gasoline economy and advocating the appointment of
a Local mileage Ali inistrator was received, read and ordered filed.
Mr.J_an A. He Ling, representing the City at the 1944 annual m=eting of
California Menecipal Utilities Association held in Fresno, November 26 to
2Sth, presented his report of the meeting and the same was read at length.
The Manor thanked it Henning for the completness of his report.
Monthly reports of the Chief of Police and of the City Poundmaster for the
month of November were received, read and ordered filed.
The City Clerk reported on garbage fee collections for November.
e :I:._3:ED BleeINE3S -
Ordinance Pio 304 entitled, " AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO 290, ENTIT-
LED ' _e CRDI.:A.'!CE CREATING A DEPARTMENT OF CIVILIAN DEFENSE AND PROVIDING
FCR .THE 0RGALNIZATTICt;, ?O'T. RS AND DUTIES THEREOF ' having been regularly
introduced on November 15, 1944, was brought up for passage on motion of
Councilman :'eine, Coffield second, second reading, after reading by title,
oc.itted by unanimous consent, and finally passed, adopted and ordered to
print by the following vote .
:"ES, Councilmen, .frihe, Coffield,.Y_gs, Tolliver and Rinn.
NOES, C:uncilman, None. .4BsE?:T, Councilmen, None.
In the matter of the opening of Cypress Street, initiated in 1938, under
a system of voluntary contributions and city participation; it appearing that
several property owners had paid their contributions in full, the Mayor was
authorized to deed parts of tido eight foot strips not needed for this street
to _butting property owners who had so *;aid, by the adoption of Resolution
;o 1214, introduced by Councilman Ri_ e, Tolliver second and carried by unan-
imous vote of all members of the City Council.
In the matter of the replacement of broken sidewalk, cerbs and gutters on the
:ortheat corner of the intersection of Pine and School Streets, the prevail-
ing per diem wages for workmen to be employed on this job was determined by
the aeopt_on of Resc.lution 1215, introduced by Councilman ;;eihe, Coffield
second and carried by unanimous vote of all members of the City Council.
In the same proceeding as above, plans and specifications for this work were
a•:proved and a. -opted by the passage of Resolution No 1216 introduced by
Councilman eine, Riegs second, and carried by unanimous vote of all members
of the City Council.
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_..iness license e.:.p_ications from Erneet Del Rey, dba Simla at o N. Uai.n
'Street, res,_ _..t; Geeree Narron, 23 N. Sacramento St., restaurant and from
�., ,_ ._ to^_ ton. Ccntractcrs. ne-e received and ordered referred
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to tha .,..ief of : ^lace for investigation as :provided by Crdinance No 277.
?lications for business license _esente— flo-rember 1, 19'14, a,oroved in
t-_ !'i'. .._ .�. %•:ief r..f :OliCe, were or�9 e. gr�rted t0 1r...;ti H.Ho:cie,
-c-chard.,
and Stanley _.-artels.
in he cf "2.71 a .;
t �2l '%:� as accroved b -r the ?mance Corr.•.itt' ere
ow- and o_^.zrs ^aid cn motion of Counci,:an ._^e, Tolliver second.
t'-isAt ti --e, Cit,; :mite „_ Torted orally on progress being
made in ac�uisition of rights of -,-.,ay for the pro -posed as ear outfall
over private _ands and stated that he was to interview the Jim rict
--..ger in re and to encroachment on Hi=n:ray 53 from the present plant to
1eLower SacrF ento Road and ;_rticular-T as to the quality of concrete
pipe thFzt the St.: t_ d _ , _ for this of the outfall lines.
was zuthoriaed to tete xc the Tatter of the To'tay Street Crossing
over the .Tracks with the Safety Depart; ent of the State B.ilroad Corm-
_ssion hose of obtaining an order requiring the Railroad Company
to .s; -are cart of -,-a cost, that relating to the mo 4= of signal apr_ratus.
Yr "lata and Mr Singer re sorted that changes in t„e riv?r currents were
-mashing out the discharge end of the City's Sacramento Street storm sewer.
_..ey -,,..re directed to investigate further, and if the :natter endangered
he prcperty over which the line :vas constructed, that they pre: are
;ecor^:andations and estimztas of the cost of repair.
After a short executive session, open meeting :ras resimed, when the Cour_-cil
received oral reports of a meeting vrith Dr J. J. 3i-py and Inspector H.E.
-2-1 o_' San Joaquin local Health District held .+c%r'_mber 21,1944 and rhieh
a-c_antly attained the objects of t:na heating, that is, that the Health
D`_sI _ a-BiSt Win, the enforce^lent of local health ordinances.
: re -ort of a. Ccnncil Co r4ttee meeting :held November 29,19114 attended by
..uncil.^ien CoC=ield, To:liver, Cit;, =n.---ineer :lite, Asst. City Eng;neer
3.`_nger, Director of Recreatio: Pauly, City Clerk Blakely and Lr H. H. Jaqueth.
.. coar=ttee reco.~ended that par% and recreation facility plans be
prepared locally to suc"r a point that outside criticism and suzgestions
could be a7: -lied, when '.... JaZ;:eth and such aid as he mi ht suggest should
be brou:^t in to complete the plans for submission to the City Council.
ADJ-t-i7I.E-17 - At 12:C0 Tidni ht, the City Council adjourned on :notion of CounciLmar_
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