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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - June 17, 19291 344 Council Chambers-City.Council City Hall,Cit of Lodi Monday, June 17th., 1929. This regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lodi was called to order at 8.12 o'clock P.M. on the date and at the place first above written, Councilmen Hale, Roach, Shattuck, .7eihe and Spooner present, none absent. . The minutes of the regular meeting of June 3rd.,1929 were read, approved as read and so endorsed by the Mayor. No persons appearing, the order of Public'Hearings was pas- sed by unanimous consent. The Clerk read a letter from the Secretary of Lodi Volunteer !ire Department advising the Council of the results of the annual elections in the Department. THe list of officers was not approved at this time, the names being taken under advisement until the next regular meeting. The City Plumbing Inspector's report for the month of May was received, read and ordered filed. On notice from hiss Am L. Boynton, Librarian of Lodi Public Library that time terms of office of Messrs George L. Meissner and E. Gay Villiams would expire July lst.,1929, on motion of Council- -man .Teihe Shattuck second, both gentlemen were reappointed for the statutory term. Lot Lachenmaier having made and delivered to the CityClerk a deed to a parcel of land at the west end of Locust Stree, the sane was accepted by the passage of the following: - RESOLUTION NO. 581 71HE.'AS, Lot Lachennaier and Louisa Lachennaier, his wife, have made and delivered to the City of Lodi a deed to a portion of Lot 7 in Block 13 of Hutchins Addition to Lodi, the same to be an extension of Locust Street westerly from the Jest line of the Schroeder Tract. AND +VHERr,AS, Section 1158 of the Civil Code of this State requires that a certified copy of a resolution of acceptance be attached to deeds conveying, real Aro erty to municipalities; BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ci'f- Council for and on behalf of the City of Lodi, hereby accepts the said deed to the said real property and directs that a duly certified copy of this resolution be attached thereto and the deed recorded in the office of the County Recorder of San Joaquin County; RESOLVED also, that the. lands in said deed so conveyed to the City of Lodi, be, and the same are hereby dedicated to public use as a public street or road, to be called and to be made a part of Locust Street in the City of Lodi. The foregoing Resolution No. 581 was passed and adopted by the following vote: - AYES: Councilmen, Shattuck, Weihe, Hale, Roach and Spooner. NOES: None - . ABM': None. It appearing that the property of the Pioneer Fruit Comvany had been erroneously described in the Assessment Roll for 1928 and in the Delinquent List as published by the Tax Collector, correct- ion of the same was authorized and directed by the passage of: - RESOLUTION NO. 582. A RESOLUTION DIRECTING CERTAIN CORRECTIONS IN THE ASSESS- MENT ROLL FOR 1928 AND IN THE DELINQUENT TAX LIST AS RET- URNED BY THE CITY TAX COLLECTOR '_.FAY 17, 1929. SAS certain properties assessed to the Pioneer Fruit Company were described as Lots 1,2,3 and 4, Block A, Subdivision of Lot 72, Lodi Barnhart Tract; :.n. o: .;ane 345 AND :MREAS, the said description is erroneous in that certain lands owned by 'Central Pacific Railway Company are included therein the said lands having been correctly described in and assessed Jo said Company in the '0perative Roll" for 1928, therebycreating a double assessment; ESOLVED, that the tax collector of the Cit of Lodi be, and he is hereby directed to correct said descri.pTion and to chaann�e the same upon the Delinquent List and to enter the des- cri�tion on the Sale List and Certificate of Sale to be issued by nim on June 29th.,1929 as follows Pioneer Fruit Company. Subdivision of Lot 72 Lodi Barnhart r- Tract • Lots 1 2, 3 and 4, Block A, except the 9 '4.8 ft of each of said lots ana ease t: beg 100 ft W of PdE cor Lot 1, thence 7 40 ft, S 40 ft, NEV beg. The foregoing Resolution No. 582 Was passed and adopted by the following vote AYES: Councilmen: Shattuck Roach, Hale, ,?eihe and Spooner. NOES: None. ABSZNT : None. Cn application of A.A.7augh, the City Council directed that an alley li-ht be installed in the alley between Locust and Lockeford Meets about 100 ft gest of Garfield Street. your building•permits aggregating $$6,100.00 were ordered granted. Mr. H.E.Looser representing Travelers Insurance; Company presented two policies 'covering Iiability of the City as to damage to person or property tFiat might ensue by reason of the operation of automobiles owned by the City or by employpees who were compensated for the use of their private automobiles. It appearing that a recent act of the State Legislature making the pity liable for acts of its officers and employees while operat' nngg motor vehicles in the City service would not take effect uniil August 13th next, this matter was referred th the City Attorney. and the City 6lerk for investigation. The Committee on Public Health and Safetyhaving prepared a set of regulations governing the conduct of he Police Depa.rt- *ent,resented the same and asked that they be adopted by the City Council as the regulations of the Cit Police Department; at the su estion of Chief of Police Christensen, Section 59 of the Regulations as submitted was amended so as to specify the hours of active duty required of officers of the department and the Regulations as so amended were accepted and approved on motion of Council.,: --an Roach, Veihe second. .Acting on the recoaTmendation of ger N. A. Eckart' as contain- ed in a letter from -him to the City Attorney the City Engineer was directed to compare kir Eckart's recd mended location for the dam site above Lancha Plana with the location originally planned by the Colorado rower Company locate the dam on the ground and specify location and size of test pits for foundation. It was ordered that the Superintendent of Public Utilities arrange with the Commander of Lodi Post of the American Legion as to the proper alarm signal to be sounded in the proposed disaster tests about to be tried by the Legion and authority to use -the fire whistle Was granted. The Clerk was directed to purchase a lawn sweeper for use in the old City Park, . The Clerk was directed to adjust the flat water rates charged apartment house owners so that the present number of vacancies might be taken into consideration. Cn motion of Councilman hale, CitypOlineil adjourned. ol Att ity Clerk, ^e amore-:cir min -Utes read and 2.' -Ove-' CO:rection on 'ul 1, 1929, - :..ayor Of she 'City of Lodi