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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - July 6, 193746: COUNCIL CHAMBERS -- CITY COUNCIL CITY HALL -- CITY OF LODI Tuly 6, 1937 - Monday The it.-- Council of the City of Lodi net in regular meeting ng at 5:00 o'clock F.E. of Monday, Tul: 6, 1937. Councilmen Clark, Craffigra, 7leihe and Steele .resent, Council an Spooner absent. The minutes of the last meeting held Tune 21, 1937 were read, approved as read and so tedcrsed by the payor. Several persons appearing at this time to protest against the granting of en:r licenses to Thomas T. Kelly to operate a dance hall at 225 line Street. The Clerkread :.. Kelly's application for a dance permit as filed with hi:_. Mr. 3urt-i. Cole as spokesman for the group spoke against the __._ting of the ermit. Several others ;;oined Mr. Cole alleging that the premises were in a residential district and would become a nuisance if occupied by a dance hall. LT. Frank Barren as attorney for ._. Kell-- addressed the Council in favor of granting the perriit. He stated that Mr. Kelly did not intend to ccnduct a dance hall in any sense of the word end that he would `have a first-class restaurant. Mr. Kelly also addressed the Ccuncil saying that the space for dancing would be very- stall and there would be no .esuz_r,tioc of the nuisance heretofore existing et this location, it 'being under a different prcprietcr. she Mayor ordered the .:tetter submitted. The City Clef,: reported due publication of the Notice of Hearing of the proposed zoning ordinance and the Council proceeded to hear objections end suggestions on the proposed crdir.,-rce. Mr. Edward Hutchins and L.r. Earl Young, owning or representing owners of property cn the South side of line Street ";lest of Futchins Street protested against the restrictions as to size of lots for s_egle family dwellings. Mr. H. E. Ta-ueth consulting Planning engineer of the Council, informed these gentlemen that there was ample -variation in the ordinunoe to take care of all the lots involved. Cm notion o' Counoilran. ,rnffl3ra, seconded by Councilman. .:eihe, Ordinance ':o. 239 entitled ORDINANCE TC .t RESTRICT .-.'?D SEGRECATE TEE LCCATIC7 07 L'�:.f�T' TRI7S, RUSIN ss, TRADES, APAR1'i. :'S, D'.i -INCS AND OTHER SP!c:`IBD Cm's; 70 RECTILATE LI,T THE _EIs_"l' AND BULK OF ?' ILDI r5 _ ...._ATTER ERE= ; TO R.E.UL.'uTE AND D_ 1 .0;E AREA 0* YARDS ANn C7l-1 CPM SPACES; S; 'CR SAID "L'DPOSES TO Dr TIDE TEE CITY INTO DIS"RICTS, TC PP.O'TIDE ?CR NFCRCEZ'::1T AND PRESCRIRE P.CIALTIES FCR TEE 7I0LATION CF ITS r 20 1T3IC13, Al2 TC _..: _«T CR )I . _ :"S5 I:: CC"iICT HEREWITH D ^ECL:PIr % =Tiers 0, 232T_.21 C=1)IT:'_'CES CC'TI= IN FORCE," was then ordered introduced and laid over for a period of not less than five days . This was done by the assenting votes of Councilmen Craffigna, :7eihe, Clark and Steele; :Toes,.none; Absent, Councilman Spooner. The Clerk also reported due Publication of a notice inviting sealed proposals for the legal publication of the City for the fiscal year ending Tune 30, 1938. Proposals were received from the Lodi Times end the Lodi News -Sentinel. Owing to the difficulty of comparing these two proposals the :;a-ror ordered them taken under consideration until the date of the next meeting. I. petition from all but one owner in the 420 block of Forrest Avenue asking that curbs and gutters be installed under a Works Progress Administration project along this block was received and filed. At the directicn of the Layer this ^yeti1ion was referred to the City Lngineer, also the matter of the oral a Plication of Charles Peiraro and Elbert ?asslnk and others who live beyond the city limits but desire curbs and gutters in front of their rrooerty. The quarterly resort end the annual report of the Lodi 7olunteer Fire Department were . __eired read and ordered filed. i. letter from the Secretary of the Department stat that I:r. :eorge Polenske had beer. elected Fire _ Chief, Mr. M. R. .nal nell,First Assistant Fire Chief and Matt Rodacker as Second Assistant Tire Chief was received and read. On motion of Councilman Cra'figna seconded by Councilman ::eihe, the elected officers were approved as officers of this department. 464 COUNCIL CHAMBERS - • CITY COUNCIL CITY HALL - - CITY OF LODI : e a_pli..-.ion, of "rs. H. B. ?arcus for the installation of - sprinkler ;-s'e-_ in the 3 .nt_a_' _,anus _ar�:in, strij North of _i -e Street was denied and the Council directed the City Engineer to take stens to have these ne,k'_na strips removed. It appearing teat the terms of office of Henry F. Ellis and Wilson H. incrapson as trustees of the Lcdi Public Library had expired .une 30, 1937, the mayor reapvoi.^.ted each of these ;�entlemer. and this appoint-zent ^as confi=ed by the adoution of Resolution No. 920. P_^,S01.17M No. 920 n77 RC:_ C? __U'ST323 C, LCOI PU??L_. LI_BR'-'-!Y .:-" IMA3, the t>^is of office ofL'6� n_' F. :LLIS and :IILSC,T H. 710:. aS0?f as Trustees of Lodi T'u'.lic Library expired on the 30th day of June, 1937, and; S, these -entleren have ^ell and faithfully served in this casacity during their sev-ral terms of office and have discharged the duties of their office to the benefit of this City and of its libren, system, and; ^!'T_'R:!4S, the.:.a: of this ,_tv ..as reconW ended that these entlemen be continued in office andhasso appointed each of thea for the statutory term of three_ years fro^ and after the first da,,. of :uly, 1937; 9E ??".SC'L-=, by this City Council in regular session on this 6th dsv of ui^, 1937, that t*e aprointnent of the said Henry F. Ellis and the said 'lilson ?_. "_hrrnson be, and the same is hereby approved, ratified and cnnfi^aed. Councilman. The foregoir_g Resolution i;o. 920 was then passed and adopted by the following vote: Councilman, 3raffig a, Weihe, Clark and Steele SPGRs: Counc it en, ',one. .i:%_P'_': Councilman, SDOOner 12 building per -its 'Nos. 1725 to and including No. 1736 for structures to cost 821,825, were allowed and ordered ,^anted. Claims Nos. 29386 to and including "o. 29578 in -the amount .of 823,029.48 as approved by the Finance Co_*mittee were ordered allowed on motion of Councilman Clark, seconded by Councilran 3raffigna. Cn application of the City Clerk and on motion of Councilman Graffi,ne seconded by C,cuncil=an ••eihe, the City Clerk was allowed his annual vacation period effective during this month. L;r. John A. Henning addressed the Council in regard to the construction of the steel super -structure for an outdoor sub -station at .'pin and Locust Streets, stating that he was ready to sign an a.reement for the cer.strxntion o: the sane for an approxirate a^Aunt of $3,000.00 Clin = nee. _n� submitted an a?re_7ien, for a _iaht of way over the-roperty of 7acob S. moven and or motion of Council_zn Pleihe, seacr_ded by :o,ncil-an fi^aa the, offer was accented. Cr, lotion o' :a,ror Stee'_a seccnded by Council-..anlark the f011o•sin-7 resc_ution wan then adopted. COUNCIL CHAMBERS - - -' f COUNOL CITY HALL - - CITY OF LOCI n_SC=::C - Y.O. 921 nR; considerable confusion exists owing to the name of Cordier Street being applied to that street from Lodi Avenue to Locust Street and from Locust Street to the North City Linits, the same street is called California Street; T5 T_^_ =CT_,;M , by this the City Council of the City of Lodi that said street shall be hereafter called Cordier street from its Southerly termination at Lodi k7enue to the North bounder_. line of this City; The City Clerk is hereby directed to make and certify to a copy of this R=solution and record the sane with the County Recorder of San loacuin County. The foregoing Resolution i'o. 921 was then passed and. adopted by the follmvin? vote: ,S: Councilmen, Steele, Clark, Craffigna and Weihe ";C'?s: Council=.en, r'one. A,1=71: Councilmen, Spooner. 7-:e arplicationsof Thomas Z. Yelly first in these minutes referred to were ordered referred to the Chief of Police in order that they might take the course provided by law in Crdinances tlo. 225 and P'o. 2.21 o; this City. At the order of the iayor, the City 'Council then adiourned, Pone iissenting. A"_'TEST: a Cityi;�� The foregoing minutes of a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lodi were read at a subsecuent meeting of said Council geld Tuly 19, 1937 and approved without co:^ection.