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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - June 9, 1919City Hall, Lodi, Cal., Tune 9, 1919. In regular adjourned session of the 3oard of Trustees of the City of Lodi held this date there were present Trustees Black, Hale, Crose, Montgomery and Morehead. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. The following building permits were granted: 0. A. Schroeder, private garage, 601 West Elm St. H. W. Walker, poultry house, 225 Lancaster Court. In response to call for bids of May 24th for furnishing S.G.V. and cement Pipe for storm sewers proposals were received from Gladding, McBean c Co., for S.G.V. pipe and W.H.Graham & Co., and E. Spiekerman for cement pipe. After canvassing the bids Trustee Montgomery moved, seconded by Trustee Morehead, that all bids be rejected except those of W. H. Graham 4 Co., and Ed Spiekerman, for 2.0 and 12U concrete pipe laid, in such quantities as necessary, and at the prices r,amad in their proposals, one-half the total amount to be awarded to each con- tractor. The motion was adopted by unanimous vote of the Board. The following resolution was introduced by Trustee Montgom- RESOLUTION N0. 48. RESOLVED, that on all street work in the City of Lodi, for which contracts are let by this Board of Trustees, that the fee of the City Engineer be, and is hereby fixed at one per cent. (1*) of the respective contract prices. Upon motion of Trustee Montgomery, seconded by Trustee Crose, the foregoing resolution fixing engineering fees on street work was adopted by unanimous vote of the Board. ery: RESOLUTION N0. 49. WHEREAS, a contract has been made by the National Septic Pro- cess Protective League and the Cameron Septic Tank Company whereby a full release may be secured from arty and all claims of infringement, damages, profits, or otherwise, from the Cameron Company against the city of Lodi, upon the payment of a nominal fee: and WHEREAS, while the validity of Such claims of the Cameron Company are very doubtful and are not now recognized, yet as a busi- ness proposition and for the purpose of saving the tax -payers money it is better to pay a -nominal fee than to contest the claims; now therefore, be it RESOLVED, that for the purpose of settling all claims of the Cameron Company the Clerk be instructed to issue a warrant in the sum of FIFr ,NT (15) DOLLARS, payable to the Nationao Septic Process Pro- tective League,, and that such warrant be at once mailed to the Secre- tary of such League with instructions to deliver the same to The Cam- eron Septic Tank Company upon receiving from said Cameron Company a full release, as above mentioned. The foregoing resolution No. +.9 was upon motion of Trustee Hale, seconded by Trustee Montgomery, adopted by the affirmative votes of all members of the Board. The time for herring protests in the matter of the proposed improvement of Lodi Avenue having been continued for further hearing at this meeting, the matter was discussed with Attorney A. L. Levins14r for Protestants, after which the following resolution was introduced by Trustee Crose: RESOLUTION OVERRULING PROTEST. WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the City of Lodi, did on the 12th day of May, A.D.1919, pass its resolution of intention No. 20, to order certain street work to bed.one and improvements to be made in said city, under and in pursuance of the "Improvement Act of 1911", the names of the streets and highways proposed to be improved and the location and character of said proposed work being described in said Resolution of Intention, whict is hereby expressly referred to for further particulars, and WHEREAS,certain owners of property liable to be assessed for said w:Jr 1z made written protest or objections in writing and delivered the same -to the Clerk not later than the hour set for hearing such ob— jection;, to—wit,— 8 o'clock P. M. on Monday tie 2nd day of Tane,A.D, 1919, and 4,'RERFAS, the consideration of said protests and the matter of ordering said proposed work set forth in said Resolution of Intention., ;here regularly postponed and continued until this 9th day of :une,A.D. 1919, at"the hour of 8 o'clock P.M. a.:d said matters coming on regu— lariy to be heard, the Board of Trustees proceeded to hear the same, ar_d all of said protests or objections, Laving been duly heard and considered, and said Board being required to pass upon the -same, it is herevy,— RESO-Mr, , by the Board of Trustees of the City of Lodi, that a all of the said protests and objections against said proposed work or improvement be, and the same are hereby overruled and denied. RESOLVED, further, that said Board finds that said protests are rude by the owners of less than one—half of the area of the prop— erty to be assessed for said improvements. Trustee Crose moved, secol.ded by Trustee Morehead, the adopt— ion of the foregoing resolution as read, Wflieh motion was abpted by the following vote: Ayes: Trustees Crose, Morehead, Montgomery, Hale and Black. Noes; Prone. Absent: None. RESOLUTION ORDERING THE WORK. RESOLVED,.that whereas the Board of Trustees of the City of Lodi, did on the 12th day of Lay, A.D.1919, pass its Resolution of In— tention_ .,o. 20 to order the hereinafter described work to be done and improvement to be mdde in said City, which Resolution of Intention was duly and legally published as required by law, as appears from the affidavit of publication in THE LODI SENTINEL, made by C. E. PERCIVAL, now on file in the office of the City Clerk of said City of Lodi;ard WHEREAS, notices of the passage of said Resolution of Inten— tion No. 20, headed aNOTICE OF IMPROVEUENT° were duly and legally posted along the line of said contemplated work and improvemer:t and in front of all the property liable to be assessed therefor, and on each and every street and highway iIl the assessment district described In said resolution of Intention, in time, form, manner and number as required by law, after the passage of said Resolution of Intention, as appears from the affidavit of H. B. COLEMAN, who personally posted the same, and who, upon the completion of the posting of said notices, filed said affidavit in the office of said City Clerk, caking cath that he completed the posting of said notices on the 20th day of May, A. D. 192.9; and WHEREAS, all protests or objections presented have been dis— posed of in time, form and manner as required by law, the Board of Trustees having found that said protests were made by the owners of less t2:an one—half of the area of the property to be assessed for said improvements, and said Board having now acquired jurisdiction to order the proposed improvemel:t, it is hereby,— RESOLVED, that the public interest and convenience require the work herein described and the Board of Trustees of the City of Lodi, hereby order the following work to be done and improvement to be made in said City, to—wit;— rna1 , avenue, 1n a n U117, (2) By constructing hydraulic con- curbs on each of the intersections of from the East line of In Street crate curbs and gutters of the com, said Lodi Avenue with all streets and to a line 247.5 feet East of and paral- bined type along each side oL the avenues Intersecting the same and lel to the West line of Sacramento roadway of said Lodi Avenue. terminating there'!n. Street; and from a line 234.5 feet'. (3) By paving the roadway of said EXCEPTING.- however, from all of West of and parallel to the East line, LodiAvenue, between the gutter the herein -above described work such of Main Street, to the City Limits on lines, with a pavement consisting of portion as is required by law to be the East, being the West line of one and one-half (1%) inches of War- kept in order or repair by any person Cherokee Lane, i renite Wearing Surface, laid on an or company having railroad tracks BE IMPROVED: asphaltic concrete base two and one- thereon; and excepting also from all (1) By grading the roadway and i half (oil) inches in thickness_ of the hereinabove described work curb and gutter spaces of said Lodi (4) By constructing sidewalk ap- any of said work already done to the Avenue.Avenn oroaches to each of the East and West official grade. All of said work shall be done in accordance with the plans and specifications heretofore adopted for doing sail work and now on file in the office of the City Clerk, and where certain work pro— posed to be done on the respective streets, avenues and highways aforementioned is described as being between certain lines, it in— clu3ea the doing of all such work upon the street intersections and terminations between such lines, ILIless otherwise shown on the plans; providing, however, that ary duplication in such description shall be Ignored. Attertion is also called to the 'rarrenite License Mixture Ag:l7eement for California, executed by warren Brothers Comparq, March 3, -919, the owner and holder of the patents and processes covering the said Warrerite pavement, which ae;reemer.t is on file in the office of the City Clerk, a__d is hereby expressly referred to for greater certainty. And, whereas, said contemplated work and improvement, in the opinion of the Bodrd of Trustees, is of r:ore than local or ordinary public bebeilt, saic Board -rereby bakes the axpersa of said work or improvement chargeable upon a district, which district said Board — hereby declares to be the district benefited by sai- work and Improve- ment, and +o be assessed to pay the cost and experses thereof; which said district is bounded and d-�scribed as f:;llows: Commencing at a point on the east corner of Lot Four (4), Block "A," of -of Lot Twelve (12) in said Block Your line of Hutchins Street 340 teat north said LODI BARNHART TRACT; (4); thence westerly along the north of its intersection with the north line thence westerly along the north line ! line of the last named lot to the ro- of Lodi Avenue; running thence east- of the last named lot and its westerly tersection of its production with the erly to a point on the east line of production to the northeast corner of i east line of South Church Street; Cherokee Street, 111 feet north of the Lot Four (4), Larson's Addition to thence westerly to the northeast ear - north line of Lodi Avenue; thence on j Lod(, as per map thereof, on file in ner of Lot Four (4). Block Four (4), a line 111 feet north of, and parallel the office of the County Recorder of of Sturla's Addition to Lodi, as per to the north line of Lodi Avenue to s said County of San Joaquin; thence 1 map thereof on file in the office of the point on the west line of Cherokee northwesterly along the north line City Clerk, of said City of Lodi; con. Lane; said west line being the City of the last named lot to its intersec- j tinning thence in the same westerly Limits on the east: thence south and 'j tion with tha east line of South Sac- direction along the north line of Lots along the last named line to a point on j.ramento Street; thence westerly to Four (4) and Seven (7) to the inter - the same, 140 feet South of the south the southeast corner of Lot Six (6), section of its production, with the line of Lodi Avenue: thence westerly Block One (1) of Hutchins Add(tton 1 east line of Hutchins Street; thence along the north line of the alley run- j to Lodi, as per map of said Addition, north and along said , east line of ning east and west between Hilborn ( on file in the office of the County Re. Hutchins Street to the point of be - Street and Lodi Avenue to its later- I corder, of said County of San Joaquin; ginning, section with the east line of Stock. j thence westerly along the north line PROVIDED, nevertheless, that the ton Avenue; thence southwesterlyAo :j of the alley running east and west 1 streets, avenues and alleys situate the northeast corner of Lot Seven (7), through the last named block to its I within said district shall be omitted Block "B;' according to the official intersection with the east tine of from any assessment made or levied map of the LODI BARNHART School Street; thence southwesterly _ for paoiag the_ costa and ezpenses _ of TRACT, filed for record November to the northeast corner of Lot Four the above mentioned work and Im- 5th, 1906, at 3:05 P. 1^I. in the office j (4) in Block Four (4), of said Hutch- i provement, the said streets, avenues of the County Recorder of the said j ins Addition to Lodi; thence north- and alleys belonging to said city, and County of San Joaquin: thence west- westerly along the north line of said being in use for the performance of a erly along the north line of said Lot lot to its northwest corner; thence I public function, to -wit, in use as pub- _Seeen..(7)__Drodaced to the -northeast southwesterly to the northeast corner lic streets, avenues and alleys, And it is further ordered and notice is hereby glven.that ser= tal bonds to represent unpaid assessments, and bear interest at the rate of seven per cent (7�) per annum, will be issued 'hereunder in the manlier provided by the Improvement Bond Act of 1915, and Acts amendatory thereto, the last Installment of which bonds shall mature nine years from the 2nd day of July next succeeding rine months from their date. This resolution is adopted pursuant to the provisions of those certain Acts of the Legislature of the State of Calirornia, designated respectively as the wImprovement Act of 1911°, and the "Inprovemert Bond Act of 1915" , and acts amendatory thereto. The City Clerk is hereby directed to post a notice of said work, together with the plans and specifications therefor, conspicuously for five days on or near the Council Cha:aber door, inviting sealed propos- als or bids for doing the work ordered. He is also directed to publish three times a notice inciting such proposals, and referring to the speciricatiors posted or on file, in THE LODI SMTTINEL, a tri weekly I ewspaper published and circulated in said City of Lodi, and hereby desigmted for that purpose, said paper being the official newspaper of the said City of Lodi. Upon -motion of Trustee u3ntgomery, , seconded by Trustee More- head, the foregoing Resolution Ordereing the work was adopted by the following votet Ayes: Trustees yontoomery, Yorer_ead, Crose, Hale and Black. Noes; None. Absent: &or:e. Trustee Cross Moved, seconded by Trustee Mcntoomery, that the action of the Superintendent of Public Utilities in raising the wa.oes or laborers on the ditch for storm sewers to 63.50 per day be rati- fied and, approved. The motion was adopted by unanimous vote of the Board. Miscellaneous bills amounting to $3+ 60.88, having been aud- ited by the finance committee were allowed and ordered paid. RESOLUTION OF INTENTION NO. 23 RESOLVED, By the Board of Trus- tees of the City of Lodi: - That it is the.. Intention of said Board to modfiy, change, establish and re-establish the grades, of certain streets and_ &Venues in said city, In the manner following, to -wit: To change, modify, establish and re-estab- lish official ades on the following streets, via: On School Street from the South line of Oak Street to the City Limits on the South. So that such grades and the eleva- tfons In feet and fractions of feet above city base of levels at the points hereinafter mentioned, shalt be as follows: At the respective points of Intersec- tion of the Eastern and Western lines of School Street, as hereinafter fixed and specified, with the herein- after mentioned lines of intersecting streets, the curb grade and elevation shall be as follows: With the South line of Oak Street, Curb 47.20. With the North line of Walnut Street, Curb 47.52. With the South line of Walnut Street, Curb 47.5.2. With the North line of Lodi Ave- nue, Curb 46.35. With the South line of Lodi Ave- nue, Curb 46.85. With the North line of Chestnut Street, Curb 47.18. With the South line of Chestnut Street, Curb 47.13. With the North line of Spruce Street. Curb 44.70. With the South line of Spruce Street. Curb 44.70. With the City Limits line on the South, Curb 45.33. The grade and elevation of the gut- ter adjacent to the curb al the several, andrespective points above men- tioned shall be eight -twelfths (8-12) of one toot below the curb grade and elevation severally and respectively specified as above. The figures above shown are eleva- tions in feet and fractions of feet and such elevations and the grades herein referred to have reference to the height above the "lase of levels or elevations" for the City of LOU., which base is a level plane :ay Ijet below the center line of a certain aluminum tablet placed in the West wall of the Van Buskirk Building, near its North- west corner, which building is situate at the Southeast corner of Pine and School Streets in said City of Lodi, and which tablet is marked "li. S. Geological Survey B. M.;' and which "base of levels or elevations" was es- tablished and determined, and is further defined, to and by Sec. b of Ordinance No. 67 of said City of Lodi. The grade of the respective curbs and gutters on each side of said School Street, shall be uniform be- tween consecutive points at which ele. vations are, or are to be fixed, as above mentioned, Where a street or avenue upon which a gutter grade has been herein fixed, intersects with another street "r avenue, any gutter leading from one such street or avenue into the other street or avenue shall lie on a uniform grade running from the near. est point in the street or avenue at which an elevation Is herein fixed for such gutter to the nearest point on, the other street or avenue at which an elevation has been heretofore fixed for the gutter joining same. Curb grades have reference to the elevations of the top of curb at its outer line, assuming the curb to have sharp corners. Gutter grades have reference to the lowest flow line of the water way, 1n the gutter. Curb lines are hereby fixed and es- tablished as hereinafter set forth, and the elevations and grades above speci- fied have reference to the elevations and grade of curbs upon the lines so fixed. On School Street from the South line of Oak Street to the City Limits on the South. curb -lines are hereov fixed, and shall be distant respective. ly, fifteen (15) feet from the Easterly and Westerly division lines between said.street and the • blocks or lots abutting respectively thereon. Upon street crossings and opposite the terminations of intersecting ett'eets, the intersecting curbs at street corners shall be orolon;ed and be connected on a curve having a radius of eight (8) teet, with radial _center tying between the curb line and such division lines, and such pro- longation and curb shall constitute the curb return. Where a curb line herein Is estab- lished at a certain distance from a di- vision line between a street and the lots and blocks abutting thereon, such distance is to be taken on the side of Much division line towards the cen- ter of the street. A curb return is hereby defined to be that portion of a curb which ex. tends,around a street coater and con- nects the curb on one street with the nearest adjacent curb In an Intersect- ing street. where an elevation Se es- tablished as above at the intersection of the curb line with a street line, be. Ing one end of such a curb return such elevation shall be the elevation for the other end o1 the curb return at the intersection of the side line of the street with the curb line of the interesecting street, and such elevation shall also prevail throughout the curb return. Gutters shall be adjacent to and on the roadway side of the curb, except. Ing across alleys, where they will be produced across the alleys. Grades and elevations shall be changed from any other or different official grade or elevation now exist- ing to the new and official grade fixed, modified, established and re- established, as In and by this Resolu. tion set forth and specified. All of the herein proposed work and changes of grade shall be done in pur. suance of an Act of the Legislature of the State of California, entitled "An Act to Provide for Changing or ilodl- tying the Grade of Public Streets. Lanes. Alleys. Courts, or other places within Municipalities." approved April 21. 1909. "The Lodi Sentinel." a tri -weekly newspaper published and circulated In said city, is hereby designated as the newspaper In which this Resolu- tion of Intention and the Street Super- intendent's notice of the passage thereof shall be published. The City Clerk of said City is here- by directed to publish this Resolution by four successive Insertions in said newspaper, and to post the same for two days consecutively on or near the Council Chamber door of this Board - The Superintendent of Streets of said City is hereby ordered and direct. ed thereupon to cause to be consplen. ously posted in the manner and form required by said law, notice of the - passage of this Reaolutlon. and to cause a notice similar to substance to be published by six insertions in said newspaper in the manner required by law. I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the Board of Trustees of the City of Lodi, at a regular adjourned meeting of said Board, duly held on the 9th day of June, A. D- 1919, by the following vote: Ayes—Trustees Hale, Crose, Mont- gomery. Morehead and Black. Noes—None. Absent—None. Attest: H. S. CLARK. City Clerk of the City of Lodi. Approved this 9th day of June, A. D. 1919. C. A. BLACK, President of the Board of Trustees of the City of Lodi. 6-19 Trustee Crose moved, secondea by Trustee Hale, the adoption of the foregoing Resolution NO. 23 as read, which motion was carried by the vote as above printed. No further business appearing the Board aidiourned. Att,eat: City Clerk.