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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes - October 21, 1935�fi4 COUNCIL CHAMBERS --CITY COUNCIL CITY HALL - -CITY OF LODI Monday, October 21, 1935. The City Council of the City of Lodi met In regular session at 8 o'clock ?.M. Councilmen Clark, Graffigna, S000ner, 'Xelhe and Steele present, none absent. The minutes of the.:egular meeting of October 7 were read, approved as read and so endorsed by the Mayor. Nr. Don Williams addressed the Councilman in application for the passage of an Ordinance licensing a so-called vending machine. No action was taken. The Clerk read a letter from 0. A. Shroyer, protesting against a 1717,, tree located on the Southeast corner of Church Street and Louie Ave. At the order of the Mayor it ::as referred to the Co=mmittee of Streets and Highways. Quarterly reports of the Treasurer and the City Clerk for the quarter ending September 30th, 1935, were received, read and ordered filed. The Clerk reported that he was in receipt of an offer from the Federal Government, as a substitute for the present Loan and Grant A-reement. After some discussion regarding the parking of trucks along various streets in the City the Mayor ordered Ordinance 209, which was Introduced on June 3, 1935 but never adopted, to be referred to the Committee of Streets and Highways with the Instructions that they contact the Lodi Business hen's Association and endeavor to obtain some settlement of the problem. Ordinance 214 entitled "AN OEDINLNCE ? OVIDixg FOR THn n'STrGLISH- %7-NT OF ^.H3 "S?ECTAL GASOLI'.iE' T. -Y. S^_RnBT 111P OVSViENT FUND" AND R&�UIRING TEAT ALi 110`17YS RECEPlc3 UNDER THE 7ROVISIONS OF ZTICLE 5 CH_=PTFR 1, DPIISTO5 1 OF THE S1783TS AND HIGHWAYS CODE SiLALL BE DEPOSITED T9EREIN VD EXIE iDRD T?igi-S ROM, was Introduced on motion of Councilman 'Aeihe, Graffigna second, read at length by the clerk and considered by the Council. Ey the same motion this Ordinance was laid over for the statutory period of not exceeding five (5) days. After a discussion of a proposed agreement terminating the Loan and Grant Agreement, dated as of July 17, 1935 with the United States of :.=erica, the following resolution No. 809 and entitled "A RFSOLL.ION ,paaOVING ND : tORI?iSG THE 3XIEC'UTI0..d OF. AN AGR5=3inNT TlRiIINATING THE L'A'l ND GRANT AO3EEME"T D-- TED -S OF JULY 17,.1935, 'AITH THE UNITED STATES J AME°ICz" was proposed by Councilman Spooner and read in full. RES0LL'rI0*i NO. 809 A 33SOL'-11" A"117,111G 1!7 ""^QOF.I=!7- Tci ~�CUTI-1n! OF AN 7L'!lFAT T7'r,i. r5... .+ .TNS AriF: .. _'.f _ .__.-.T_.n, THE LO±iV ='•iD G2-_�iT l.,i..3cJEPdT D_�..D +S 0? JIILY 17, 1935, WITH T-�E U?1TR3D STATES OF A_u?iC_. Lie it resolved by the Cite Council of the City of Lodi Section 1. That Agreement terminating the Loan and Grant Agree- _... dated as of Jul, 17, 1935, with the United StazJs of America and t" City •-f Lodi 'San Joaa,lln County California), a copy of which Areement reads as follows: 1CRET!1E`iT dated as of 21, 1935 t„+,n-1n?t1n� the L^_:' AND C -FAM' C�aF; S�1T dated as of July 17, 1935, between the CIT -t ,-_F Lj S ^T ^t_^vI^1 :OU iTv, -=T IF_ OF11I_': (he^Jin called the "City") and the U11_T.D ST.,, ES '1r M27..1 -CA (herein called t'!e "C-overnment"). COUNCIL CHAMBERS --CITY COUNCIL CITY HALL - - CITY OF LODI HER-AF,WHER-AF, _ Loan and Grant l-reement was entered Into by and between the City and the government dated as of July 17,.1935; and FERF ;S it Is to the mutual advantage of the City and the Govern- ment to terminate said Loan and Grant Agreement: W)u W__._g;F.;T^ IS FE?�-J AGREED by and between the City and the Government that the said Loan and Grant A=reement, dated as of July 17, 193.57 be and the saT.e hereby is termAna_ted. S?3L. emm.S': J. F. zLs KF v City Clerk of the City of Lodi. CITY OF LODI By G. H STE9r-^ 4ayor of the City of Lodi, California MUTED S?TE• OF V:ro rC3 Federal Emergency Administrator of ?1bl is : orks Docket No. 5731. By HORATIO E. HACKETT Assistant administrator be and the same is hereby in all respects approved and the Mayor Is authorized to execute the same on behalf of the said City of Lodi and the City Clerk is euthorized to attest the signature of the Mayor and to affix the seal of said City to said Agreement. The above resolution was seconded by Councilman Welhe and was adopted, with the following voting aye: Councilmen Spooner, Wethe, Clark, Greffigra and Steele, and the following voting nay: Councilmen, None. The Mayor thereupon declared said Resolution carried and the Mayor thereupon signed said Resolution in approval thereof. 6 petition was received signed by numerous residents of the vicinty of a county wood yard located on the corner of -Lee ave., and Lod? Ave., asking that the same be removed or abated as a nusiance. Or motion of Councilman Spooner, seconded by Councilman Clark, the Clerk was instructed to make the necessary arrangements to have this wood yard moved to a more suitable locality. Building permits, ap?licstions No. 1343 to 1350 inclusive were ordered granted. Anolicatlon No. 1351 from ". Ti. Thocoson for permission to erect a stucco building within the fire limits, was ordered referred to the a^vlicent as not conforming to the regulations applying to buildings in that territory. On motion of Councilman Clark and seconded by Cot,.nn.11man Nelle, claims in the amount of 33,968.71 as aoproved by the Finance Committee were allowed and ordered paid. Mr. John A. Henning eddressed the Council in re�ard to an electric rate suitable to aiply to consumers of off -peek current and particularly for those contemplatinz in-tallstion of metal melting furnaces. He was instructed to consult with the City Attorney in regard to amending existine Ordinances to take care of this feature. City Attorney Glenn West was authorized to exercise the option granted by Stephen E. Keefer for the ourcbese of a parcel of land in the area to be flooded by the construction of the City's contemplated rower da -t or, the Mokelu=ne River. This ras done by the adoption of Resolution 810. 266 COUNCIL CHAMBERS --CITY COUNCIL CITY HALL - - CITY Of LODI RES?L1710" NO. 910 an option agreement was made and entered into by and between St=?hen E. Kieffer and Renee M. Kieffer, his wife, and Glenn rest, wherein the said Glenn '.lest was given the right to purchase certain lands situate in, on and along the Mokelumne River together with certain water rights and flowage riThts appertaining to said lands on the payment of the total sum of Two Thousand Dollars, (!2,000.00) on or before sixty days from the 2?th day of August, 1935, said date being that of the execution of the said option agreement; gIrn W"RF.12 c, on the 10th dey of September, the said Gelnn Nest did transfer and sign over to this City all his right, title and interest In and to said option agreement; jVT WYEREAS, said lands and the ,rater rights appertaining to or connected therewith are essentially necessary to the City of Lodi in the construction of its hydro -electric poorer plant on the Mokelumne River; AND, WHEREAS, the right to purchase said lands under said option agreement are about to expire by the time limitation set forth in said ontlon agreement; *40"7, TgE.FFORE, 9E IT RESOLVED, that the said Glenn Test, as City kttorney of the City of Lodi and as representing this City and the people thereof be, and he is hereby authorized and directed, for and on behalf of this City Council and as its agent and not otherwise, to pay over to the said Ste?hen E. Kieffer and Renee U. Kieffer, his wife, s:ch seams of money, not in excess of Two Thousand Dollars as may be necessary to secure a good and sufficient title to the said lards and appertaining rights or to secure an extension of said option agreement for such period and length of time as may be necessary to have said title perfected or to enter into a lease -purchase contract for said lands and rights whereby any sums paid for and on behalf of this City will be credited upon the purchase price of said lands; ry I_ FIRTEER RFSDLV3D, that the Mayor be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to draw a warrant or warrants on the City Treasury of this Clty far such amounts, not in excess of the said sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) as may be necessary to secure title to said lands and rights or to have said option agreement extended as to time or to sake initial payments on any Lease -purchase contract as may be entered Into hereunder. The foregoing Resolution No. 810 was then passed and adopted by the following vote: - Ayes: Councilmen, Clark, Weihe, Graffigna, Spooner and Steele. Noes: Councilmen, None. Abseut-Councilmen, None. On Motion of Councilman R'elhe, seconded by Councilman Clark and carried, the City Council adjourned to and until 8:00 o'clock P.M. of Friday, October 25, 1935- _ gTr KELP, CIty(C3.,,erJt The =goy:g _= o:a reg__sr _"-e C_ty C n---,! of the _ty Lodi read at _ t:en ';dao. ff z.-_ ..ity of Lodi