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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - May 20, 193519� COUNCIL CHAMBERS - - CITY COUNCIL CITY HALL - -CITY OF LODI Monday, May 20, 1935 The City Council of the City of Lodi convened in regular session in the Council Chambers at the City Hall in the City of Lodi on Monday. May 20th.,1935 at the hour of 8:00 o'clock P.M. The meeting was called to order by G.M.Steele, Mayor. The Clerk called the roll.'Those present or absent were as follows: - PRESENT: Councilmen, Harvey S. Clark, William A. Spooner, Otto A. Weihe and G.M.Steele (Mayor) The minutes of the last meeting held May_6th.,1935 were read, approved as read and so endorsed by the Mayor. Mr Prod W. Pope of Southern Pacific Company appeared before -the Council with a request that a tentative permit be granted his company for the construction of a frame loading shed on the railroad right-of-way between Oak and Walnut Streets west of the main line tracks. He stated that action was d4aired'at this time so that estimates might be submitted to the company's New York offices. On motion of Councilman Weihe, Spooner second, the Council approved the application. The Clerk reported that the City Attorney had filed a fall release in the case of Earl Fisher ve City•of Lodi. and Southern Pacific Company wherein Fisher had sued for, damages from an accident at the intersection of. -North Church Street and West Loekeford Street. A letter from Mr Robert M. Searle in regard to the pre- sentation of the -case of the City ve East Bay Municipal Util- ity before the State Supreme Court in bane at Sacramento on May 9th was read and ordered filed. A petition signed by a majority of the residents on Rush Avenue asking for street lizhting was ordered referred to the Superintendent of Public Utilities for investigation and report. Five building permits for structures to cost $p4,850.00 -were granted. The Clerk stated that the local Merchants Association had requested that the ordinance regulating the parking of long bodied trucks on Sacramento Street be amended so as to include -other streets in the business district or in the whole City. Referred to the City Attorney for draft of such an ordinance. The -application of the owners of the new Public Market at the North-west corner of Church and Pine Streets for extension of the parking limit of two hours to include the streets next to their building was considered. It was decided to wait until the building was occupied before making this addition to the parking restrictions. Mr C. 0. Henning reported at length of the cost and savings to be effected by the extension of a power transmissim line to Lake Park. It was decided to wait until the time for next year's budget and include this project if feasible. In the -matter of roofing the proposed armory building: Mt C.O.Henning reported on the comparative coats of cement tile and clay tile produced under S.E.R.A. services at Stockton. He presented samples of the two kinds of tiling. It appearing that the clay tile would be more in keeping with the style of the proposed building -and that certain economies could be effected whereby the -costs might be materially under tkat of the cement product, the Mayor was authorized to sign an application to the Emergency Relief Administration for a tile building project by the passage and adoption of Resolution No. 771- by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen, Spooner, Weihe, Clark and Steele. NOES: Councilmen None Absent. Councilman Beagle. 0 (MINUTES OF MAY 20, 1935 cont.) COUNCIL CHAMBERS --CITY COUNCIL CITY HALL - - CITY OF LODI Lir C•.O.Henning also reported on the cost of an additional structure to be erected at the Southwest corner of Pleasant Avenue and Lockeford Street. This matter was also ordered laid over until the next budget was adopted. Bills in the amount of $ 3,937.04 as approved by the _ Finance Committee were allowed and ordered paid on motion of Councilman Spooner, Weihe second. At this time, 9:15 o'clock P.M. the Mayor stated that he had several matters to present to the Committee of the Whole and the Council retired into executive session, returning to open meeting at 9: 21 o'clock P.M. The following resolution numbered 775 and entitled, " A RESOLUTION APPROVING A IRAN AND GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN TEE CITY OF LODI AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND . AUTHORIZING ITS EXECUTION, was introduced by Councilman Spooner, Councilman Vweihe'second,.read in full by the Clerk and considered by the City Council : RESOLUTION NO. 775 WHEREAS, pursuant to an Application heretofore made to Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works by the City of Lodi for a loan and grant with which to construct a Hydro -Diesel -Electric power plant and transmission line for use by said City in connection with its present City owned and operated electric distribution system, the "Loan ant Grant Agreement" between the City of Lodi, California and the United States of America (?.W.A. Docket 45731), has been received by said City of Lodi. and the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works has requested that the same be at once executed by said City; reference to which proposed "Loan and Grant Agreement" is hereby made for further partic- ulars; artic- ulars; NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Lodi. County of San Joaquin, State of California, that the said City of Lodi execute the said "Loan and Grant Agree- ment" -and that G.M.Steele, Mayor of said City, and J.F.Blakely, City Clerk of said City, are hereby authorised and directed, for and on behalf of said City of Lodi, to execute and seal the said "Loan and Grant Agreement". BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED. that Glenn West, City Attorney of said City, be and he is hereby authorized and directed, as soon as said Agreement shall have been executed and sealed as aforesaid, to transmit the an to the Federal Emergency Admin- istration of Public Works, San Francisco, California, in accordance with letter of instruction from Washington, D.C., dated May 9th.,1935 and executed by A.H.Martin, Jr, Acting Executive Officer for the Administrattr; and further that the said City Attorney communicate with the Admtnistrator requestig let, that the Bond maturity period as recited in the said Agreement be extended from twenty (20) yesre to twenty-five(25) years, and, 2nd, the 'clarification of certain matters contain- ed in said agreement , and recite the status of certain land, necessary for Project use, heretofore under the jurisdiction of the Federal Power Commission and the disposition heretofore made of certain Lodi City bonds. in the amount of Eighty-two Thousand Dollars,($82,000.00) formerly held in the City Treasury but which have been subsequently cancelled. The roll was then called upon the question of the adoption of Resolution No. 775 with the following result: AYES: Councilmen, Spooner, Weihe, Clark and Steele(Mayor) NOES: Councilmen, None. ABSENT:` Councilman, Beagle. In furtherance of the construction of the contemplated hydro -electric power plant on the Mokelumne River, the following Resolution No. 775 was introduced on motion of Councilman Weihe, Councilman Spooner second and the same was read by the City MINUTES OF MAY 80,1935 CONT - COUNCIL CHAMBERS --CITY COUNCIL CITY HALL • -CITY OF L0DI Attorney and considered by the Council : RESOLUTION NO. 776. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LODI; COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN, STATE Or CALIFORNIA, that the COLORADO POWER COMPANY, a California Corporation, be and it is hereby requested to make., sign and deliver into escrow with the Bank of America. National Trust and Savings Association.(Lodi Branch) a grant, bargain and sale deed transferring and conveying to the said City of Lodi Two Hundred Sewn (E07) aor es, more or less. of land situated in Calaveras and Amador Counties being the same property heretofore conveyed to the City under certain conditions subsequent. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the said Colorado Power Company be and it is hereby requested to deliver to said Bank escrow instructions authorizing and directing said Bank to deliver the said deed to the City of Lodi on or before the fifteenth day of December1935, at and for a cash consideration of Fifty Thousand ($50,000.00) Dollars to be paid to said bank by said City for the account of said Colorado Power Company in consideratioh f6r the transfer od said land to said City. At 9:37 o'clock P.M. the City Council adjourned on order of the Mayor, none dissenting. Attest: ity Clerk andez-off c Clerk of the City Coun CITY OF LODI. The foregoing minutes of a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lodi held foilday May 20. 1935 were read in full at a subsequent meeting of said Ci.y Council held Monday. June 3. 1935 and a,?proceed without correction. Mayor of the City of Lod Jame 3. 1935. 201