HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 598RESOLUTION NO. 598
This Resolution was adopted October 7, 1929
Authorizing and Direction to City Attorney to dismiss
suit against Stephen E. Kieffer in S.J. County in the
Arroyo Seco Project
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On motion of Councilman ,;eihe, Roach second; Er .i.G.Hurrle
was appointed water inspector at a salary of $150.00 per month
for one month.
City Attorney Glenn ,lest stated that Mr Stephen E. Kieffer
was no more interested in the Arroyo Seco projectandthat his
name should be dropped as defendant from suits of the City versus
certain arpropriative applicants on the Yokelumne River. He :as
authorizes ana directed -to dismiss suits against 1r Kieffer by
adoption of the following: -
RESOLUTION NO. 598
JHE AS the City of Lodi has brought and there is now
pending in action in the Superior Court of the State of Calif-
ornia in and for the County of San Joaquin, against East Bay
r�`unicipal Utility District, a corporation, and others, which
action is numbered 22,415; and,
;THEREAS, Mr Stephen E. Kieffer is a party defendant in
said action; and,
:`IHERr, S, it appears that applications of said Stephen E.
Kieffer filed with California Division of Water rights to divert
waters from the Mokelumne River have been dismissed and it does
not appear that there is any further necessity of continuing
said action as against said Kieffer;
NOT THEREFORE BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, that Glenn Jest as
City Attorney, and THEREFORE, BE
Searls , as special counsel assoc-
iated with said City Attorney in the prosecution of said action
be, and they are hereby authorized to cause said action to be
dismissed and to dissmiss the same as far as said defendent,
Stephen E. Kieffer is concerned and not otherwise.
and by the adoption of the following: -
RESOLUTION NO. 599
.7IE3IEAS the City of Lodi has brought and there is now
pending an action in the Superior Court of the State of Calif-
ornia, in and for the County of Calaveras against East Bay
Municipal Utility District, a corporation and others;
AND .WHEREAS one Stephen E. Kieffer is a party defendent
in said action and whereas it appears that applications of
said Stephen E. Kieffer filed with California Division of .tater
Rights, to divert waters from the Mokelumne River have been dis-
missed, and it does not appear that there is an further necess-
ity of continuing said action as against said Kieffer;
NO7 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Glenn .lest as City
Attorneyand Robert M. Searls as special counsel associated with
said Ciy Attorney in the prosecution of said action, be and
they are hereby authorized to cause said action to be dismissed
and to dismiss the same as far as said defendent Stephen E.
Kieffer is concerned and not otherwise.
The foregoing Resolutions numbered 598 and 599 were there-
upon adopted by the following vote: -
AYES: Councilmen, Shattuck Jeihe,Hale,Roach Spooner;
NOES: Councilmen, None. ABSENT: None;
It having been brought to the attention of the City Council
that the activities of certain persons operating.a gold dredger
near the old town -site of Lancha Plana were causinggreat amounts
of silt and other detritus to be discharged into te Mokel»ne
River whereby its waters wereolluted and made unfit for use
as well as unsightly.and that the local Chamber of Commerce had
made protest against these evil practices without notable effect,
the following resolution was introduced and adopted by unanimous
vote of the City Council: -
RESOLUTION NO. 600
BE IT RESOLVED, that,"t7hereas a certain company or parties
are operating a dredger on or near the Mokelumne _,iver at the
old town of Lancha Plana and are dumping the refuse and debris from
the same into the Mokelur:ne River, and whereas, by reason of the
premises the waters of theokelumne"River are badly polluted
irom silt, mud and debris from said dredger ;