HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - August 4, 1999 D-03eCITY OF LODI Covxca. Cocaa7oa
AGENDA TITLE: Presentation of August "Community Improvement Award."
MEETING DATE: August 4, 1999
PREPARED BY: Community Development Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the Mayor present Jack & Kate Holler and Family with the
Community Improvement Award for August 1999.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Jack and Kate Holler live in the Southwest area of Lodi and in their
travels in and out of their neighborhood, they found a property
located on the Southeast comer of Ham and Kettleman Lanes, the
former Cask and Cleaver/ Little Joe's Restaurant site which has
been closed for several months, to be an eyesore due to the overgrown weeds and debris that had
been allowed to accumulate around the vacant building.
Not wanting that kind of blighting influence to get a foothold in that area, Mr. & Mrs. Holler and their
children took it upon themselves to cut the weeds and dead limbs from the landscaped areas around
the restaurant and all weeds, limbs and debris into a neat pile to be picked up. Kate Holler then
contacted the Community Improvement Division to engage our assistance in contacting the ownership
in order to get them to maintain the property.
That property, as well as the adjacent commercial center has become the focus of code enforcement
activity in an effort to keep the properties from being any further nuisance to the surrounding residential
neighborhoods, as well to the motorists that travel through our community on Kettleman Lane/State
Highway 12. Notices have been issued to several tenants or property owners within that shopping
center complex to gain their compliance.
The Community Improvement Division felt that the Holler Family's efforts in keeping the city free from
blight deserved some recognition and therefore forwarded their nomination to the Eastside
Improvement Committee, which unanimously approved the nomination and awarded the Community
Improvement Award for the month of August to Jack and Kate Holler and Family.
FUNDING: None
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Community Development Director
Prepared by Joseph Wood, Community Improvement Manager
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Eastside Improvement Committee
APPROVED:
H. Dix'bn Flynn --'City Manager
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