HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Regular - 3/17/1936RECESSED HEGULaR 1,iEETIl;G.
Lubbock, Texas, Iuarch 17, 1936.
The "ity 'commission of the Uity of Lubbock, texas, met at 8 A.I9.
i in Recessed Regular :session, Iecessed from ReTular Meetin;, of Larch
12th, 19,36, at the Re, i,lar meeting place in the "ity Hall, the
following members thereof being present, to -wit:
Mayor Hoss -L�Idviards, Commissioners J.C. Royalty, 1.i3. Trice, A.J.
Richardson, D.E. Needles, Uity I,ianager ti`,.H. Rodgers, City Attorney
J.E. l icke rs.
Absent: City Secretary 1.0. Stdvens.
Upon motion by Uity Commissioner Price, seconded b-= Commissioner
Needles, the fo- lowing Resolution passed unanimously.
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RESOLUTION
1-HEREAS, in 1935 the City of Lubbock expended
the approximate sum of )359,000.00 acquiring title to various
lands located near the Uity. Upon the representation of
the State Parks Board that the National Park Service
would expend approximately p312,000.00 in establishing and
eouipping in proper shape a park upon said lands so purchased
by the City of Lubbock, same to be kr darn as "Mackenzie Park";
a nd,
"'IoREAS, information now, codes to the Uity of Lubbock
that sn id Park project is to be abandoned by the National
Park Service long before the �rork proposed to be done
by said Service is completed according to the representa-
tions that induced the City to expend its money in the
acquisition of said land for park purposes; and,
"'HEREAS, the city would not have expended said funds
save and esrcept upon the representation that the grounds
would be suitably equipped and provisioned for pork purposes
by the National Park Service; therefore, be it resolved
That the City of Lubbock hereby protests said proposed
abandonment and here-,rith strongly urges the State's Park Board
to join the pity in using every legitimate effort to induce
the National 1--irk Service to comply with its agreement and
complete the -cork of eauipping said lands in proper and suit-
able manner as a place of recreation as was contemplated at
the time said lands were acquired by the Litt' of Lubbock.
Passed and approved by unanimous vote of the City Commission
of the Uity of Lubbock, Texas, at a called meeting held in
the City Hall on l:Iarch 179 19'�6, tb which we certify.
Ross Edwcirds
Mayor, 'City of Lubbock, jexas.
Attest:
".0. Stevens.
City Secretary
Upon;motion by Commissioner Richardson, seconded by commissioner
Royalt-, c•,rried unanimously, it was ordered_ to pave Ave. L - 14th
Street to 16th -treet, 55 feet in Place of 40 feet, if can be done,
upon approval of the city Attorney.
The matter of Stanton Milling '-ompany thrashing and blowing trash
out on other parts of Litt' was discussed and City Manager was
instructed t^ notify him to discontinue the practice.
No further business coming up for consideration, the Uity Uorrmission
Recessed to meet Larch 23, 1936, at 2:30 P:M.
Read and approved this the ZGAday o ��Z� , 197,6.
Mayor
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