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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - June 26, 1922 (4)City Hall, City of Lodi,. Monday, July 3d, 1922. The regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the City of Lodi convened at 8 P.M. on the date and at the place above written; Trustees Hale, Hickok, Mettler and Shattuck were present, Trustee Rich absent. The minutes of the regular meeting of June 5th, the adjourned. regul- ar meeting of June 12, the regular meetings of June 19th and the ad- journed meeting of June 26th were read and approved after the Clerk was instructed to correct the minutes of June 5th by the addition of . a statement in the first paragraph thereof that "'P. 0. Hale was chosen President pro tem." Under the head. of Public Bearings & Protests,, Mr. D. D. Rodgers of the Associated Oil Company addressed the Board in support of the application of ''a is Company for permission to construct an oil and gaso- line service station on the railroad reservation at the Northeast cor- ner of Pine and. Sacramento Streets; action was postponed until the consideration of building permits were before the 3ca:rd. Ltty C. N. Gannon then addressed the Board oonceming the park spaces on Locust Street, West of Cordier Street, but the contract being already let, he was informed that the matter could be adjust- ed only on an agreement being reached between the property owners con- cerned and the contractors. :'i. H. Grawden protested. against the loud. and continuous whistling of Southern Pacific engines in the city ,and against the blockade of North Sacramento Street near Elm on arrival of the 8 A.M. Central California Traction Company car, which unloads express matter at this point. City Attorney Steele said that he already had the unnecessary whistling in mini and would look up the powers of the City in this matter. As to the congestion caused by the Central California Traction Company, the Board instructed the Marshal to warn Company employees that the obstruction to traffic must cease era also that the passing of street cars -chile loading or unloading passengers must be stopped. This being the date set by the Clerk for the Board to receive proposals for the improvement a5' Sacramento Street under Resolution of Intention No. 58, the members present proceeded to open and pub- licly declare the bids received. Only one proposal was submitted., that of Clark & Henery Company, bidding for grading at 2 cents, for paving at 18z cents, for gutter at 26 cents (all per square foot) , and for curbing at 50cents per lineal foot. The proposal being in identical amounts as bid. and accepted on the other streets now under way, the Bond awarded the contract for the work to the bidder by the passage of Resolution of Award No. 2,:4 by the foliovring vote: AYES: Trustees Hale, Hickok, Mettler, Shattuck NOES: None. A3SENT: Trustee Rich The award. of t'.e printing of the City for the ensuing fiscal year was now made after canvass of bids received. from The Lodi Sentin- el and the Lodi News; The Sentinel bidding 40 cents per column inch for the first insertion art 25 cents for each subsequent insertion; The News 25 cents for first run and 15 cents for subsequent publica- ti:dns. The printing was awarded to The Lodi News by passage of Resolution of Award N. ;a J by the following vote: AYES: Hale, Mettler, Hickok, Shattuck NOES: None ABSENT: Trustee Rich. City Attorney G. M. Steele, at the solicitation of Mr. H. E. Welch, brout 'up the matter of damage to the concrete building of the Beckman, Welch.Thompson Company on the alleysc cornering at tin center of Block 16, stating that the building was cracking since the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company had. cut through the East and West alley and installed conduit. This matter wasreferrea by the President to the Committee on Public utilities for investigation and. report. On motion of Trustee Hickok, sec ended by Trustee Mettler, eleven building permits, including that of the Associated Oil Company herein previously referred to, aggregating 4,1/4,48,250 were granted as applied. for. President of the Board., J. 1. Shattuck spoke of the obstructions maintained 'oy the contractor erecting the Somans Building at the cor- ner of Lee Ave. and Pine Street. The Marshal was instructed. to have the contractor remove the frame structures blocking the street at this place. Trustee "settler mentioned an accumulation of sane maintained by D. ill. Aronhal t on School Street near De2orc•_- Avenue; the i:ars::al was aZSO instructed to have this removed. zoster &: Heiser applied for applioation to remove savarallar?e sign: boards from Lodi Avenue and Sacramento Street to the South one- half of Lots 13, 14, and 15 in Block 26 City of Lodi. Permission was -_denied as new location is in the fire ^�its. Ordinance ;o. 134 entitled "An Ordinance Providing that the City of Lodi, its agents or employees, stall have the exclusive rizht" to aa.ther era collect garbage in said City, and providing _ fees for collection thereof", .has zLvan second reading and passed on motion of Trustee Bale. A ZS: Trustees Bale, '„ettler, Hickok, Shattuck NOES: !,,'one 33�IZ Trustee Rich. Ordinance No. 133 entitled ":in Ordinance relatinP to the Parking of Automobiles x -d Trucks in the City of Lodi” was read for the sec- ond time, but its adoption .ras postponed pending the addition of several clauses. ,'. G. Hurrle, '_1^ncagar of the 3^ths, arpliled for and :.as allowed t:>ro additional 'helpers for one month. The City Engineer was instracted to survey the *Nest City Limit between Loc'rford Street and Daisy venue so as to determine the loca- tion of Fred Lind's house he 1<?`IinP_ applied for :rater service. Reports for the month of Jtt,.e _rm the City Poundmaster, City iIarsh-1 and Tire Chief, t:_e latter containing an i_�•. e_ntor;y of equip- ment, were read and ordered filed. The Clark then read the written resignation of Trustee Rich, tha same being as Lodi, June 26, 1922. To the Trustees of the City of Lodi: "n account of my continued ill health, I 'hereby tender my re- si.ration as a member of the 3oard. Resrectfally, C.A. Rich. On motion of Trustee Hickok,seernded by Trustee ilettler, it .,as ordered accepted. In the matter of taw application of eonsultin? Engineer Clyde Smith for expenses for a trip to Houston, Texas, it was decided that the benefits to be derived did not warrant the exrenditure alba t'r_s clerk .vas instructed to so inf orm Ur. Smith. At the unanimous order of she 3oard, the application of Moyakis to conduct a card room at 3 E. Locust was denied. Decision No. 10613 of the State Railroad Commission in the mst- ter of the franchise of -2. J. Schleif for a spur track :las received and ordered filed. The date of June 26th, beirR the date set by Resolution tio.285 adopted June 5th for receiving bids for the bonds issued to repre- sent the unpaid assesmients on Lockford street, (Res olntion of Inten- tion No.41), was that of a meeting adjourned on account of no quorum, and the Clea'_: re Fortin; that no ?s^orosals for the bonds has been received up to that date, the 3oard proceeded at this ti -,e to award the bonds to the contractor by the passage of Resolution No. 294. M'S: Hale Hickok, riettler, Shattuck. 110 -73 -iron. No protests having been filed against the i:niprovemeent of :den Street as undertaken under Resolution of Intention 111o.52, and it ap- pearing that notice of the passage of ,;'he said resolution had been Ealy published and posted, Resolution Orderinz the :'Mork No. 296 '.'has • than passed. -YES: Hicko':, :ettler, Hale, Shattuck. 17073: i;one. No protests against the improvement of Stockton: ve. under Reerlution of intention No. 53 havin? been filed, and it appearing that notice of the passage of the sale had been duly published and posted, the 3oard passed Resolution Ordering ti:e'Nor'_r i±o. 295. - Y S: .::ettler, Hickok, Lala, Shattuck. NOES: None. Bills amounting to .410,181.17 were allowed and ordered paid on notion of T=nstees Hale and ':'ettler. On mttion of Trustee ,,_ettler, the 3oara adjourned to 8 P.M. J.ay 10th.