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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - June 12, 1922CITY HALL, CITY OP LODI MONDAY, JUNE 12-1922. Pursuant to adjournment taken from the regular meeting of June:!5th, the Board of Truateea of the City of Lodi met at 8 o'clock P.M. on the date first above written. Trustees Hale, Hickok and Mettler present; Trustees Rich and Shattuck absent. Trustee Hale was unanimously elected• to preside in the absence of the President. The Clerk presented a letter from Engineer Clyde F. Smith in regard to his being authorized to visit a newly completed actio ated sludge sewage disposal system at Houston, Texas. Action on the matter vas deferred as there being only three members of the Board present, the advice of absentees was deaired. A. Moyakis applied for license to conduct a card room at 6 East Elm, application not granted as the Board desired references. The Report of the Fire Chief for May was ordered filed. ORDINANCE NO. 132,AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE ANNEXATION OP THE SOUTHERN ADDITION TO LODI, having been regularly introduced at the regular meeting_of July. 5th, was passed by the votes of: AYES: Trustees, Hickok, Mettler, Hale, NOES: Truateea, None. ABSENT: Trustees, Rich, Shattuck the same was then approved by the president and ordered printed. Clyde A. Wylie applied for any vacancy that right occur in the Marshal's office; application ordered filed. • The Clerk read a detailed report of the Secretary of the Lodi Volunteer lire Department of the activities and expenditures of the department for the past year. The same was ordered filed. %""Z1fiVG0 V1 Y{ii'i*t Ll '.+(3 On motion of Trustee Mettler, seconded by Trustee Hickok, the Pac- ific Telephone and Telegraph Company was granted permission to remove three old pine trees from the south side of Lockeford Street near the S.P. oil tanks. ; Ten building permits aggregating $27,900 were granted also one removal permit* . W.H.Faust addressed the Board at length regarding the allowing the Union Oil Company to erect an oil station on ,the South-east corner of Elm and Sacramento Streets; he was ififormed that permission had been granted some two months back but that the Clerk would be instructed to take the matter up with the Company and if they could cancel their plans, have them give up the idea of building on the location stated. Mr; Faust also protested forcibly against the exacting of a license fee from the "Chautauqua" stating the same to be a non-profit concern backed by local people who had formed a "Chautauqua Association" which association had to stand the burden of the license. Mr Faust was inform- ed that no rebate of license tax paid could be made this year but that the matter of amending the ordinance would be brought up when a full attendance of the Board could be had. - In the matter of the improvement of South Sacramento Street from Lodi Avenue to Spruce Street as set forth in Resolution of Intention No. 58, -it appearing that the full text of this resolution had been legally published and notice of the passage thereof had been duly posted by the Superintendent of Streets and the Clerk reporting that no protests of any nature had been presented, the Board .passed RESOLUTION ORDERING THE WORK NO. 291 by the fallowing vote: AYES: ,Trustees, Hickok, Mettler, Hale. NOES: Trustees, None4 ABSENT: Trustees Rich,..Sh ttuck,. The Superintendent of Streets having filed the list of unpaid ass- essments on Pleasant Avenue for the improvement provided by Resolution of Intention No. 33 and notice thereof having been legally given in time form,manner and number as required by law, the Board proceeded to find the numbers and amounts of each delinquent assessment and the total'.,` � amount thereof by the passage of Resolution No. 292 -AYES: Mettler, Hickok, Hale NOES: None. -ABSENT: Rich,2 Maattuck The issuance o bonds to represent the amount of the unpaid assess- ments on Pleasant Avenue and a description of the same was incorporated in Resolution NO. 293 then adopted by the following vote:- AYES: Trustees•, Hickok, Mettler,. Hale. NOES: Trustees, None. ABSENT: Trustees, Rich, Shattuck. The following Resolutions of Intention were adopted at this time. by the vote indicated after each& - RESOLUTION OF INTENTION NO. 51 = FLORA STREET - AYES: Mettler, Hickok, Hale NOES: None Absent_: Rich,..Shattuck. RESOLUTION OF. INTENTION; NO. 52 - EDEN STREET - AYES: Mettler, Hickok, Hale. NOES: None ABSENT: Rich, Shattuck. RESOLUTION OF INTENTION N0. 53' - STOCKTON AVENUE - AYES: Trustees, Mettler, Hickok, Hale. NOES: Trustees, None ABSENT: Trustees, Rich, Shattuck. On motion of Trustee Metier, seconded by Trustee Hickok, the Street Superintendent was authorized to employ a pavement inspector during the continuation of the present paving program. H4,3.Ralls7lapplied for a raise in pay, decision postponed. On motion of Trustee Hickok, the Board adjourned until 8 P.M. of Monday June 17th..,1922. Attest: Clerk.