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Lubbock, '-exas , 111L rc h 14, 1929.
rihe City Commission of the ::ity of Lubbock. '2emas, met at 1:30
in the regular meeting place in the City H«11, the following members
thereof being preaent to -wit:
Mayor H.D. :foods, Cammissioners J.H. Hۥni_ins, .,.V. ''Ve&ver, J.F.Bacon,
D.11. Leuverton, city Attorney .L. r:lett, City lvl&nu-er, i.:J. 11cCleary,
and City 2ecret€_ry W.11. Rodgers.
Absent: A.V. Weaver.
The Minutes of the :regular Meeting of rebru&ry 28, 1929 and =recessed
Regular ivieeting of Zarch 1, 1929, and :recessed i ular Lier tino of
Larch 9, 1929, were read and upon 1."Otion by Mr. Leuverton, seconded by
Mr. Bacon, they were unanimously arrroged.
ReYOrt of Airport Committee Lu' bock Board of City Development, Lubbock,
1ley,l s , as follows:
r'o the Board of City _ evelppment,
Lubboc t., eV .s.
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In pursuance to notion c<`:rried at your meeting on Axril 24,
1928, that a committee be aTIpointed to invej ,iga,te the requirements
of « municipal airport and make recommend�.tioils as to the necessary
action to securing an airport For =ju:bock, if said committee considered
an airr_o_t of adv�Lntuge, the following committee wLs arpointed:-
Geor ae Benson, Chairman
J.L. Slaughter
Roscoe 'kJilscn
Chas. A. Guy
John Dalrymple
T.B. Duggan.
This committee has made a careful stud, of the :situation from
Department of Commerce bulletins, by visiting-- sever&l airports and by
discussion with prominent men in the field of aviation. 'two members
of the committee attended the 'ie�us Air i'rGnsport school at Pt. ;North
and one of the members attended the meeting o" the aviation Committee
of the Wiest Texas Chamber of Commerce in 2t. North.
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;Ie find the developmont in coanercial avL&ti.on much further
advanced that we thought when appointer, and that the ciay of commercial
aviation is not "ju.st around the corner", but has alreLdy a ---rived.
Commercial lines are spreading a net work over the whole country and
cities which are turning their attention towards this means of rapid
tran�tportation tare rapidly developing into airway centers,
de find that Lubbock is far behind in respect to aerial trans- �•
portation, being probably at this time the largest city. in Texas vnth-
out air.rort facilities. most of the cities in leass have acquired
publicly owned airports. the majority were acquired ,-y met.ns of muni-
cipal bond issues.
Uities with publicly oeaned airports receive a greet deal of
advertising 4nd publicity which is of v41ue. _1;ueh city which has an
airro-t is listed in the United Jt�_tes Department of Co Tierce bull-
etins which are mailed regula'r1 - to ev ry flyer cnd evc:_:y it trans-
portation comn&ny in the United states. An airport tod&y is not only
an advantage but an absolute necessity to air traavel. « city without
an adequate airport cannot expect to receive the adv�:.nttipe of commer-
cial aviation any more tht-n could a city without tt railroad or without
hi7hways expect to gain the advantages of luind transport,,tion nor
than a city located on the sea board without adequate harbor facilities
expect the advantages of water transrort�_tion. in many places airports
are used t:s ;public parks and recreation grounds in addition to their use
for aviation i-url:oses.
it is the opinion of this committee that with adequate
facilities, Lubbock can be the center of air travel of this section
of the country &nd become a lender in this vQuable means of trar)s-
portation. At the pre3ent time, Lubbock ct.n, provided we secure an
adequate airport, be placed on the line of the 'Levas Air Transport
Company which proposes to operate lines all over the Mate of `iexas.
This would mean the adv:._ntaEre oi' fact tr&nsrortation to and from all
the principal cities of 'Texas.
A number of other air lines tre also projected throu=h this
section which would probably make Lubbock their heudqu€::rters or b-.se
of supplies if we provided adequate airport facilities.
Lubbock can also probably secure a pilots' training school
which the 1'exas Air Transport Company intends to locG.te in this section
of Texas provided we have an adequate a it r.or t. nt rresen t , the Tech
is equipped to give most of the ¢round work needed in an aeronautical
course and is asking for an arpropriati on from the rresent legislature
for funds for additional equipment which will enable them to ¢ive a
complete cour se in aeronautical ground work. It is almost certain that
if the `.'ech installs this course, the 'Les€_s :.ir 'Lmnsport Company will
loc,jte a flying school Ut Lubbock.
If Lubbock fails to procure these facilities so necessary to the
building of an air center here, some other town in this section which
realizes the importance of this new means of trLnsportation will
certainly go t-.he&d and develop into the leading air trunsport&tion city
of this section. in fact, severf.l •+est ''exas cities alreUdy have made
rat id strides in aviation r-nd unless we immedit<tely equip ourselves ',o
meet their competition, they will gain su-4h an advance on us thz;.t it
will t'uke us many yez rs to catch up.
de find, that what we need is ri field of adequate size; at
least one han7ar 80 x 100' ; an administrz.tion building M d public
waiting room; fueling equipment for airplanes; elec--"ic li;-,hts;
telephone; gas service t_nd wLAer plant.
2ro,-. the experience of other cities which need more land than
they now have and which are raced with the necessity of paying a
tremendous price for additional grou:;d due to the f&ct that develop-
ment seems to sprini, up around an established airrort, we adviUe the
purchase of plenty of arou..d to start with. "he minimum require-
ments of the United 6tutes Department of Commerce to obtain class 1
rating are runways, approximately z mile in length in each direction
at sea level; for our altitude a great deal longer runway is
necessary in each direction to obtain class 1 rating.
�dhile this is the minimum requirement yet we are warned, by
the Department of Commerce, and ey_perienced aviators, that sites
meetinz the minimum requirements todt.y may not be large enough to
handle the air trUffic that will be developed ti, it hip the next few
years.
Lt:nd in this section being plentiful t:nd cheap, canpared with
prices which other cities 1,-'re compelled to pay for their sites, we
therefore, emphasize th advantage of securing plenty of land.
it will be impossible for Lubbock to obtain class A-1-A rating
at once and nei",ner will this be necessary at the present time.
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Plenty o,' land will �ivc u- a class I rating. us re ;poet to size but
it is the equirment of the field which determines the actual rating.
As no city in nexus now h�_s an actual clans _.-14 airrort, we do
not think it necessary for Lubbock to have a port of this rating
at this time but with adequ«te land a class -1-A port can be
secured by providing the field with the necess�r-; equipment to obtain
this rt.ting.
,ro secure class A-1-A rating it is necessary to rave a
field of adequ«te size, adequately m&rked and drained with adequate
runways, to have sufficient hangar space, to have an administr&tion
building and a waiting room for passengers, to have sufficient fuel-
ing equipment, to be ni.p7ht lighted, to h€Ave fire equipment and
ambulance equipment stationed on the field all the time and to have
many other things. -ven thou 7h with a rG-; id development of aviation
in this section, it is our opinion that it i� ill be sever& l ,years be-
fore an airrort in Lubbock will need all the equirment required to
secure k-1-A rating.
.tith this information before us we advertised for the
submission of sites and were offered some 15 or 20 in various direc-
tions from the city. One site was selected by the committee after it
was inspected &nd ax nro tied by two prominent men in the field of
aviation, namely, som Hardin, Vice -President Lnd 3eneru1 Ml4na `er of
the ''eras Air Transno_ t Company, and d. i. fuller, Manager of the
Ft. Worth Tunicipal airrort. Mr, Hardin has Boa,ie o700 flying hours
to his credit which is s&id to be more than Lindbergh's actual flying
time. 'de have secured an option on this site of 640 acres and have
been advised by both 1.1r. Hardin and 1dr. ?uller to purchase the entire
section without fail.
ie recommend the voting of a municipal bond issue in the
minimum amount of �75,000.00 to -Durchase this land and equip same
as an adequate airport ns various equipment is needed. it is very
probable that it ,.;ould be P70od business on the pL•r•t or the city
to vote a bond issue of �100,,000.00 for this purpose as no one can
foresee the needs for the ne--t few yet.rs and it would not be necessary
to sell the bonds only as money was needed fo:n the equipment of the
field.
..t present the following expenditures world be necessary:-
:.urchase of land, approximately ;42,000
.,rec ti on of hangar, al�proximt�, to ly 15,000
section of administration building
and waiting room, alproximately-?2,000
stubbing land and grading runways
and roads, approximately �1,000
Inst&llation of electric lights,
fueling eluipment, gUs service, wt,ter,
plz,r,t, ar.a other equipment not determind.
,de have not attempted to determine the cost of the above
mentioned equipment as well as the cost of other regvirements that
will be necessary now and in tho future because we believe these
to be m:stters to be determind by the municipal officials after their
investigation of various types of e lui oment manufactured by a lame
number of concerns and perhaps after consultation with some of the
many firms now desigtiina- and supervising the equirment of ai rports.
We recommend th,:.t no less than this 640 acres of land be
pu rc hased on account of our altitude, on account of a probable
est&blishment of a -►pilots' training school here, on accoul t of the
probable future development of aviation which would require the pur-
chase of more land later �,t a much hi;-rher rrice, on account of the
cheapness in price of this land as compered to .vhGt most other
cities are having to pas and because of the advice of :.Iessrs. Hardin
and 2u l l er t ht:t we buy no 1 es , w, ount of land.
ale also recommend that the airrort be operi_ted and managed
by the 'amity of Lubbock as r�_commen'ed by the -jepartment of Commerce
and as reco:.mended by the aviation Committee of the lest Texas
Chamber of uo merce for the purpose of insurinT permanent facilities
for all time for the public wrelfare which can only be had under
municipal control.
.1e also recommend that a sign be erected .nd i_ainted
according to Department of Commerce specificL-tions on some building
in the vity for the guidance of aviators; this _ign to be laid for
by the Board of City Development.
espec tfv f ly submitted this the 12uay of t�'arc h, 1929.
Signed,
chairman: George L. Benson,
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J. �'. slaughter
Roscoe ,ilson
Chas.:. 3uy
John ualrympl e
T.E. Duggan.
Airrort uottittee
fter due considerLtion and discussion regur6ina Airport facilities,
whereupon I.lotion by I1r. Leaverton, seconded by Mr. Hankins, curried
unanimously, it was ordered to call Bond Election in the amount of
75,000.00 for funding airport for the city of, Tubt)ock, �•t a future
Motion by Mr. Leaver ton, second i by zar. titni:ins, cE.-^11ed un4.nimous ly,
Amen-�mei.�t to orr?in,,nee -)� 360 pi,;;,3e:, i'ir '; re;.din!
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OFGASCTO�NM.U-R3, AND THE ITTS'�ALLttTIOTT, CON`�T_"UC"2IOTT, ADJUSTII4 PT AYD
REPAIR ';'H.--n?'sOF; F IXITT, ADDITIONAL INSPE('IOTT F.,R; FIXIiTI P El.
FOR
VI O L.." T IO IT ; =.T?D 0 -:1MAR ING AN :E'ER IIE NCY.
Motion by Mr. Hankins, seconded by I.1r. Leaver ton, carried unanimously,
resolution accepting improvements on portions of ".venue'►I'► , grid
approving maintenance bonds, and ordering, the Issuance ui uertificutes
in evidence of assessmentU levied.
TJHXSAS, the citr� of --ubnoc k, heretofore entered into contr,_ct with
rauhandle Construction �,omrany for the mukin7 Gnd constru Lion of
stre,)t improvements on rortions of numerous streets and places in
said city, including among others the follotaing:-
Av7umz ''IZ"' from the :youth property line of _'ineteenth Street to the
'�orth property line of '.L'went;yT-third .street, T_nown and desi-rn,.ted as
Unit iTo. 26.
rIH&4,1K' 3, the improvements upon the said portion of 'venue '.,I" have
been comyleted Lnd hz ve been inspected LL nd fo; i d to have been construct-
ed in acc ordLiac e with the terms of said con tr&C t; and ,
lVI :3;AS, said runh€ndle Construction co !puny hLz tt.is day filed with
the city its bond for the maintenance &nd repair of such improvements
in accordance with Para�7r&ph Xil of said contract, and such bonds
together with the surety thereon, have been esumined and a7 proved.
1NER�;'0?'� B7, IT R SOTV:::'� $Y '-11 :'I ly C ,1 LU"'. OCI!, ;' ;XAS:
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That the improvements on said portion of Avenue " 11" be and the same
are hereby accepted.
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' ha.t the I4ayor and City Secretory be and they are heren77 instructed
to execute tend deliver to the Con,,ractor certific,:tes in evidence of
the assessments levie(I a uinst the rarcels or rrorerty abuttinD- uron the
said rortion of tivenue 111". and ugt:inst the owners of ;such property in
the manner provided in said contract, Lind the proceedings ith reference
to said improvements Und assessments.
'that the sz:id bonds, tole Sher ,�,ith the surety thereon be and the s,,r e
are hereby in fall ru ape cts accepted t_nd a_proved.
IV.
This resolution shall take effect and be in forge from and ol: ter its
pa ssu g,e.
PASSED 1-ND I.rs'1:OVED, this the 14th day of Mit-rch, A.L. 1929.
ATTE 3T :
He D. 6Vood s
Llayor, Uit- of Lub�,oc�, �eY.
W. H. i'odaers
c: ity jecretary.
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The following -ax mattes mule 'iy TR.n. Ho11Gnd, T&7, L:.11ector, were
disr:osed of as follows: Uron :otion b r r. Leuverton, seconded by
.Ir. �)ucon, ca: ried u �.nir.ously,
A.T. 1"Tast was allowe l re: uction in taxable v _ lue for ye,,.r 1928 on
hots 9 & 10, ilk. 9, Overton �Idd. of 01600.00.
-� -non I.iotion b:,, 1dr. Leave_ ton, seconded by Lir. i3ucon, derried unanimously
Leo. 'i. riekle was' allowed reduction by error 'in assess-ten.t for year
„1926 on Lo zs :.4 , & 5, . $ l k .17" 0, 00 . of '.*6000. 00.
bon Motion by L.r. Bacon, seconded b�,- i.r. Leaverton, carried unanimously,
�. L.-tinson was al lowed rebate of ?12.00 on 1926 tax, being personal
tax rendered by Fowler and charged to lot 26, Llk. 1, Lyric :-`.dd. , en d
paid along with the tax on the Lot by said Sansom.
otion be i1r. ;�acon, seconded by 1Ar.
.i:.".Titchell Drug was allowed credit
f 600.00 in taxable valve for said
500.00 to �1900.00.
Lea.ve•rton, ct:r ied unanimously,
of reduc ,� ion on Lrup!s and Fixtures
yet=r, reducing rendition from
pon Motion by Mr. Leuverrton, Seconded b1T Mr. Bacon, oarribd--Uaabimoutly,
Ile �1 1/2' ;ots 'I to. 4; : 1k:' 69, 0.'"; .w&S.aoi recteci t�,a ffiS�O: its��ad of -
M,) of- vallue 1 "being 18: cred ,tt dub -of. $11. 12 for ;7ear 1926.
-:otion by Mr. Leuvert-.:n, seconded b-r I'r. �-,ucon, cu_ried unanimously,
.l•,. Bean was allovied credit on 1928 rolls account error in addition of
personal tax, reluced from :-�3400.00 to �700.00, _;rror in adding 300
nd 400.
.lotion by :._r. Leuverton, seconded by 1.1r. �accn, curri ed vn�:niTously,
� of 4. Block 1, Lixie Land-.ddition, erred in taking off to unknown
rolls with improvements when should have been v,..c-nt lot. credit
llowed on said lot of j35.50 tax for year 1928.
lotion by L1r. Bacon, seconded by 1,-r. Lei-verton, curried unanimously,
T.D. wick checks for 1928 tax ordered accepted as of JL.nu�:.ry 51, 1929
-nd it was' ordered that receipts be issued.
otion b- Er. Leuverton, secondod by iir. Hunkina, eurried vt�Gni::?UUsly,
t wan ordered to authorize Ft1nhE-.nd le c:on,;tri)'c lion 0ompar;y to sign up
roperty owners on loth titre t for paving.
otion by 11r. H�-ni.ins, secon ied 'c. 1:1r. Lcriverton, carried u.liani.lously,
t was ordered to authorize Panhandle Coi:struction Company to sign up
roperty owners for paving 1?Lrkways on L4roadway.
_iotion by 1.1r. Leuverton, seconded b- 1.1r. Bacon, carried unanimously,
:ity l�ttorney L.L. Lett wan instructed tc collect IIL€:x .:oneys from
rustice of the Peace, Clark, which he is now holding and turn the
Loney over to the Ci ,y 'Tax uollector,..A. Holland, to be credited to the
?rover accounts.
:otion by i1r. Le--verton, seconded b-r Lir. li�Anr.ins, carried vriani�nously,
t was ordere -� to employ Vance Johnson &IL) a szalr_ry of ?200.00 per month
o aosi Ut LnRineer Smith in the Jngineci7in:r -L;er�.rtment. Lir. Johnson
o furnish his own cLr.
otion by .•I:r. HLn1:1n;, seconded :Jy 1»r. Leuverton, car''ied UMcni''iously,
t was ordered to r,-.y ianhandle construction ;ompGny 1862.96 as the
ity's portion of paving on .:.venue "L:".
Iotion },,-,7 I.:r. Hankins, seconded by lar. Leavor on, carried unanimously,
.t was ordered to empliloy 1i.1T. Roberts to assijt �n,ineer .3mith in
vorking out plLns for recoll:itrUC: i,jol-, 0 tree newer I isros&l _ lant, his
fee being �100.00.
,lotion by Lir. Hankins, seconded b- 11r. Leuverton, carried unanimously,
it was ordered to allow estim-te submitted by a�+nt,, re R,,ilway Company
in the amount of -'�3803. 12 payable to anha nd l e vons 1,ruction company for
Nor k done for �-,ui lway uo:-, p ny on aubWL.y at -us t Broadway.
.it,yor H.L. ,ioods was instrvetel t0 Lrpoint Uom'::ittee to asoist City
�ian,< er 3--d. L1cole�_ry ill adju,,ting abuttal duma7es on i-venue h Subway.
�Jhereupon Llt. Or .ioods u-r.pointed L7. a. Abernathy and i:-3% brown on this
U, ommittee.
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No further uvoiness cofilin7 up for ccnsiler,s ion, motiokl a _',r. 'LeLveru0T1
seconded by I�°r. Bacon, c�,-* ied ununimouzl` . the City Coralniosion re-
cessed to meet Mt.,rch 18, 1921). at 1 130 F.I.7.
'?e o tl.iU TdaZr of 4.L• 1929.
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Mayor.
City.' 3,jcret7