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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Regular - 8/21/1926August 21,1926. REPORT OF COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF W.E. RISSER, MAYOR OF PLAINVIEW1 JOHN J. Fw D, MAYOR OF SWEETAATER AND JEFF 1). BARTLE,TT, CITY MANAGER OF "MARILLO, HERETOFORE APPOINTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK TO INVESTIGATE AND RECOMMEND ADJUSTMENT OF DIFFERENCES BETVLd EN CITY OF LUBBOCK AND F.R. FRIEND, GROWING' OUT OF TH:& LOCATION AND OPERATION OF CITY YELLS ON F.R. FRIEND LAND. The Committee finds and decides that the damages to the 2.R. Friend land are offset by the benefits received thereby. The Committee further finds and decides that F.R. Friend should convey to the City of Lubbock as a site for each well as now located a tract 300 feet square and give the City the right of way for the water, sewer and elec- tric lines now in operation. The Committee further finds and decides that the City of Lubbock should pay the said F.R.Friend Twenty -Five Thousand ($25,000.00) Dollars in cash for the aforesaid land, well site and right of way. It being to the mind and the purpose of the Committee that the above consideration gives the City the right to all the water under the One Hundred Twenty ( 120 ) acres of land owned by F.R.Fri end. W.E. Risser Jno. J. Ford Jeff D. Bartlett Committee. TV- F.R. Friend appeared before the Commission and offered the following prop- osition: m To the Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners, Lubbock, Texas. Gentlemen: - Lubbock, Texas. August 24th,1926. I am advised that by unanimous action you recently appointed an out of town committee to determine the value to the city of the property and rights deeded by me to the city for a water supply, while I was Mayor, and about which transaction there has been more or less talk and criticism. I am further advised that this committee, after a thorough investiga- tion of the properties in question, the general situation as regards Lubbock's water supply, and the conditions surrounding this transaction, recommends that the city pay me the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00), for said property and rights. Gentlemen, I appreciate your action in this matter, and I appreciate the action of the committee in putting a true value on this property, but I didn't ask or want the city to pay me anything like the true value of this land in the first place, and if you will accept the original grant as a dona- tion I hereby tender it to you gratis. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) F.R. Friend F.R. Friend. if Motion made by Mr. Hankins, seconded by Mr. Jones, carried unanimously that we accept the proposition submitted by Mr. F. R.Friend and same to be spread upon the minutes. Motion made by Mr. Hankins, seconded by Mr. Posey, carried unanimously that the Chairman appoint a Committee to write a resolution to be spread upon the minutes and published in the newspaper. Mayor Pro Tem, R.W. Blair, appointed the following Committee, N.S. Posey, Z.H. Hankins and J.O.Jones, The resolution is as follows: "`WHEREAS, in 1924 there was a shortage of water in Lubbock and after several tests were made it was found that the only available adequate supply of water that could be found was on the land adjoining Lubbock on the northwest, said land being owned by F.R. Friend, then Mayor, and WHEREAS, F.R. Friend at that time granted the city permission to dig two wells on his land and lay water mains across said property, and deeded land for said purposes to the City of Lubbock, and WHEREAS, later, this transaction was criticised and questioned to such an extent tYtat the Mayor and Commissioners unanimously voted to appoint an out of town committee consisting of Messrs. 'S.E.Risser, Mayor of Plainview, John J. Ford, Mayor of Sweet- water and Jeff D. Bartlett, City Manager of Amarillo, to determine the value of said grant from F.R. Friend to the City, and WHEREAS said committee has recommended that the City pay the said F.R. Friend the sum of lt25,000.00 for the property and rights here -to -fore deeded to the City, and WHEREAS, F.R. Friend has refused to accept said sum and has again tendered said property and rights to the city, gratis, NOW THEREFORE, Be it Resolved by the City Commission in meeting assembled that said property and rights be accepted on behalf of the citizenship of Lubbock as tendered, and AE IT FURTH?? RESOLTED That the Commission for itself, and on behalf of the citi- zenship tender to Mr. Friend a vote of thanks and appreciation not only for the property and rights so acquired, but also for his civic patriotism and magnanim- ity. Unanimously adopted, this the 24th., day of ATTEST: City Secretary. August, 1926. Mayor ►T Motion made by Mr.'Posey, seconded by Mr. Jones, carried unanimously that the City Commission be adjourned until READ AND APPROVED THIS day of ��. A.D. ,1926. ATTEST: MAYOR CITY 3E RET Y.