HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 07-01-1912bPublic Hall, odi, Calif ornia.July 1,1912.
In .n regular session of the Board of Trustees of the Citj!
of Tcdi,the following trustees being present: C..A.Black.J.M.Blodgett,
F.C.Hale,G.E.LAwrzence and CQA.Rich. President Lawrence presiding.
The minutes of the meeting of June 24,1912,were read and
approved.
The reports of City Yarshal and of Pumbing Inspector for
the month of June, 1912 were reads and approved.
The report of City 'Engineer for the fiscal year ending
June 3C,1912,wasm read and approved.
Stein & Kaiser were granted a pez-z-At to erect a concrete
building on lots 5&-6 of block 21.
The application of Central Pacific Railway Company for a
franchise across Locke ford and Locust Streets was x-ead,and the follow-
ing resolution was introduced by Trustee Rich:
The application of the Central Pacific Railway Company,
a corpora-lion,petitioning for a -franchise to constxnuet,maintain
and opera -e a steam railroad track along,over and across Locust
and Lockeford Streets in the City of Lodi,having been presented
to this Board of Trustees,at the regular meeting of said Board
on the 17th day of June,1912,be it resolved that the following
facts be and the same axe hereby are established and made a
rzatter of record:
That on said 17th day, of June,1912,at said regular
meeting of said Board of Trustees a Resolution of said Board of
Trustees granting said franchise was regularly introduced.
Second. That the hearing of said Resolution was at said
t--',r.qe postponed- and continued to be heard, before said Board at
the next regular meeting of said Board to be held on the 1st.
day of July,1912,at the regular meeting place of said Board.
Third. That notice of said application and said Resolution
was on said 17th day of june,1912,ordered and directed by said
Board to be printed and published in the Lodi Sentirel,a news-
paper prin t ed, publi shed and circulated in said City of Lodi,
cc-,.:nty of San joaqu-in.at least ten days before said hearing.
-ourth. Be it resolved and established as a natter of --eco--,-d
that due proof of said publication of said notice has been sub-
mitted.and it is he:-eby found ancd established shed that said notice
v;as P--'-,nl.ed and viblished.
The foregoln4 resolution was,or. motion of Rich, seconded
qty KaCh,dUly adCpted by the afflr.!'ative votes of Trustees Black,
Blodgett, Hale, Lawrenc e and Rich.
The following Resolution,to-wit—
WHERZAS the CENTRAL -PACIFIC RAILWAY CO'I,IPA!,:Y has at this
meeting of the Board of Trustees of the City of Lodl,made and
filed Its apjjllcatlon petitioning for a franchise to construct,
maintain and operate for itself,its successors and assigns,a
steam railroad track over.alon�- and across Locust and LochefOrd
Streets in the Ci -,y of Lodi,the center line of said railroad
tef.nE described as fcl-'-cv;s:- ti,.,o hundred and one
Beginning on the north line of Lockeford Street,,(201 )feet
east of the east line of f-,acrwnento Street,tennee r lining at
right angles eighty (80) feet to the south line of Lockeford
Street and into private property.
Also beginning on the north line of Locust Street two hundred
and one (201) feet east of the east line of Sacramento Street,
thence running at right angles eighty (80) feet to the south
line of Locust Street Into private property,as more Tully appears
from- the blue _print attached to said petition and made a part there- - 73
of and of this resolution;and
17uEP.E':S it is for the general benefit of the commercial and
business interests of the City of Lodi as well as for the interest
and safety- of the travelling public and those operating the rail-
road lines of said petitioneer through said City of Lodi that said
franchise be granted,be it therefore
RESG_V=D that the Board of Trustees of said City of Lodi.do k
hereby and so far as they have power so to do,grant to the Central
Pacific Railway Company,its successors and assigns,a franchise to
corstruct,maintain and operate the said steam railroad track over,
along and across Locust and L•ockeford streets in. said City of Lodi,
upon the following terms and conditions, -
First: That said railway conpany,its successors arzt4ssigns,
shall construe- and maintain the tracks and roadbeds :_ereinbefore
I mentioned on said streets to the official grade triereof when required
to do so by order of said Board of Trustees.
Second. Said railway company,its successors or assigns.shall
keep the roadbed or track aforesaid in good eondition,w-ith proper
slope where the track or roadbed crosses any, of the streets herein
mertioned,so as to enable teams and carriages to cross,recross and
pass over the same,and at suer, crossings shall beep the streets in
good repair between the $amsatxga tracks and along and within the
distance of two feet upon each side of the track occupied by said
company,its successors or assigns.
Third. The said company,its successors or assigns,in laying and
maintaining the track and roadbed herein described and in running
and operating locomotives and cars thereon,shall not unnecessarily
obstruct thereby the free use of said streets.
Fourth. At no time shall the cars or trains of said company,
its successors or assigns,be allowed to stand upon any street cross-
ing except for the purpose of operating the same.and then not longer
than five minutes at any one time.
Fifth. if the said Central Pacific Railway Company shall fail
for thirty days after the passage of this Resolution to accept in
writing,duly filed with the City Clerk cf the City of Lodi,the
franchise and privilege herein granted,or to conu-ence in good faith
and duly prosecute the construction of its said roadbed and trach
within sixty days from the passage of this Resolution,then this
Resolution, shall be of no force and effect as a grant unto said
corporation.
Sixth. This Resolution shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage:"
having or. the 17th day of June,1912,at a regular meeting of this
Board of Trustees been regularly introduced,and the hearing of said
Resolution having been continued until this meeting of the said
Board on the,lst.day cf July,1912,and proof having been made and
established of the notice of the hearing of said Resolution at this
meeting,upon motion made by Trustee 'rale and seconded by Trustee
Rich,it was ordered that said Resolution be adopted with the except-
ion that Ika it be provided In said franchise and be made a condition
thereof that the said streets be kept in good repair tetv.•een the
rails and tr,o feet on each side with the sane class of material that
j the balance of said streets may be improved with. -
The vete or the above order being: Ayes: Trustees =lack,
Blodgett,Hale,La,vrence and Rich. Noes: None.
A petition from the Lodi ;.:erchantsT Association: that the
retail license be repealed was read and filed.
G.T.Le'foin of the boar.^ of Fealth asked that the Board
suggest the placing of traps for flies.
E.Z._eaver,representing the residents of Y.orth Sacramento