HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Regular - 6/13/1940into ordinance by the zoning :c.orimission and there being no
other protest made, the 1«ayor announced that all evidence and
arguments made and entered by the protestants would be weighed
and given careful consideration by the Cormlission.
There being no further business coming up for consideration
the Conmission adjourned.
.read and approved this the 3t�zday o." June, 1940.
Attest:
sty Secretary
REGULAR I.:EETD,IG
I.UYOR
Lubbock, Texas, June 13, 1940.
The City Commission of the City of Lubbock, Texas, met at 1:30 -'.L.4 in
Regular Session at the Regular L-eeting rlace in the amity Hall, the
following members thereof being; present, to -wit:
T.Iayor C E Sl ton Cor.," io aem s +T G T.Icllillan, •� B 'rice, Hub Jones,
Garland T�eti,usori, Uity Attorney Durwood �_A Bradley, City Lanager +J H Rodgers
and City Secretary Lavenia Jilliams.
Absent: None.
ii The I.:inutes of ReE ul ar 1-leeting of I.Iay 23rd and Recessed lie=,ular T..eetings
of I.?ay 28th, June lst, and June 11, 1940, were read and upon motion by
ComTulissioner I.:cl:illan, seconded by CoLm:missionDr rice, tltjy were unanimously
� approved.
I.lotion by Commissioner Jones, seconded by Corriissioner LIcI illan, carry d
unanimously, Ordinance I;o., 648 passed Second and Final reading.
ORDIW--1,M.:1 No. 648
i1 ORDI U-NC E 1.:.1 1DTI,:G SECTION 203 OF CII..kPTER TJO OF ORDI= G��'ICE
ill.IdUI:BER 587.
I.=otion by Commissioner Newsom, sec. nded by Co:miission:=r i.icil-illan,
the following Resolution carried unanimously.
EE IT REPT.ET.IhMED, that on this the 13th day of June, 1940,
the City Commission of the `'ity of Lubbock riet in regular eession in the
ca.-mission room -t the Oity 11a=1 in the Uit-, of Lubbock; a quorurm being
present, and armong other things, the following business was transacted.
Commissioner Newsom introduced a resolution which was seconded by
Corriissioner ILcI-Iillan, said resolution_ being as follows:
;r.-�,,'REAS the Cit-,r Cor=ission of the City of Lubbock did on the 14th
day of I, arch, 1940, .-)ass ordinance number 638, vinich ordinance levied
an assessncnt for street irmproverment purposes against all abuttir.g
property o7,,jners on both sides of Avenue P fror., the South property line
of IJineteenth street, south to the south property line of Twenty-
first street, said assessmont being described as 6nit 281.
IID .7iEREAS a portion of said property so assessed for street improve-
ment purposes was described in said ordinance as being located in
L.cCrtu'u:ien Second Addition to the 'Jity of Lubbock, Lubbock Oounty,
'Texas, when it should have read I.IcCrumens Addition to the City of
-ubboek, Lubbock County, texas.
AID 'WHEREAS said erroneous description has created a cloud and an
apparent lien on the property of said property oi,-lners in EcCru,:riens
Second Jddition to the City of Lubbock, Lubbocl. County, Texas.
TIIL,�"REFORE, BE IT RE'30LVEED by the City Cor_:rlission of the City of
Lubbock, that in consideration of the premises and for the
purpose of re-oving the cloud cast upon the title to the property
located and situated on Loth sides of :.venue P, beginning iAth the
South property line of -Nineteenth Street and extending South to the
South Property Line of Twenty-first street, and for the further
purpose of releasinS any lien or apparent lien ,^ihich may have been
created against said property as described above by virtue of the
passage of ordinance number 638, the Cityr Commission does hereby release
said p ving lien assessment in so far only as it affects the property
described above, but it is expressly understood that the -nving
assessment lien levied against all other propertyr described in said
ordinance number 638, shall remain in full force and effect, and it is
so ordered.
CITY OF LUBBOCK
By C_E Slaton
rl.Tay or
Attest:
Lavenia i`lilliams _ _ _
r M— Secretary. _— —
I--otion by Co:rmissioner Jones, seconded byr Coiz-iiss:Ioner =rice, carried
unanimously, Ordinance No. 650 passed first reading.
ORDIMITCE ITO. 650
ORDI ��_1?CE CLOSI ?G r ;�?.I? G AiTD LT., 'G A �ai'�� .- -�1"i FOR _ t'1iIZT OF
"_" L COO OF I : ��OVIITr ' PORTIO1? OF _".JEI1 1 "P"' IIT T11 CI7f OF
LUBBOC2, TEIU,�, 17M PROVIDIITG FOR THE COLL.ECTIO-_ OF a`UCII ASSESMENTS,
'STD OR TI-E ISbUA%dCE OF _^ SaIGIVDLE CERTIFIC1=13 II; E'VID _-CE TIILREOF, -,. D
I.-otion b;r Coilr�iissioner Jones, seconded by Cori..-:-issione-r Ne`vsom, carried
unanimously, the follot^rirY; Tax adjustments were ordered.,
Cancel Tax Lots 7,8,9 10,11,and 12, Block 19, Overton Addition,
(Robinson Subdivision , Lubbock, Texas, Calvary Baptist Church,
for year 1932 in an.oun.t of �18.18. This being church property.
Credit Tax Roll in amount of ',?'11.34, I.:rs. Allie I'. Dyer, ';est 20 ft.
of Lot 15, and �%ast 40 ft. of Lot 14, Block 46, Overton Addition,
Lubbock, Texas, for year 1936, account this being vacant property for
..his year.
Cancel Tax on 1938 Desoto automobile, personal rendition, aI.I.-. Jones,
in amount of 43.67, accc,.int of double rendition. Year 1939.
Cancel Tax, Lots 11, 12, 13, Block 146, Original Town of Lubbock,
for ;rear 1939, South Plains Coaches, in amount of �160.44, account
being double rendition.
Cancel Tax, Lot 14, Block 26, I.-cCruirn -_n's 2nd Addition,-.ubbock,Texas,
':l.L. Wallace, for year 1939, account being double rendition, amount
being; „15.22.
There was discussion of application of the Safeway Taxicab Company to
operate a taxicab service in the City of Lubbock and the application was
rejected. It being the opinion of the Commission that there was not a
need for additional taxicab service at this tine.
Tlotion by Corr:issioner Jones, seconded b- Commissioner -rice, carried
unanimously, to appropriate �1500.00 to the County -City ,Telfare Ass'n.
as the `'ity's share of the 'JiLarity Fund.
There was discussion of supervision on South Side Storm Sewer project
and it was unanimously agreed to hire tvao supervisors on this project.
I.-otion by Co,=_'iissioner I.icL:illan, seconded by Commissioner Newsom, the
foll(xiing bonds were unanimouslyy approved and ordered filed:
General Building Company, Inc., General Contractor's Dond
Guy H. Gi is trap it +r rr
R G Henry Electric Bond
Bryant Taxi Cab Bond Insurance
:Test Texas Neon Distributor sign Board Dond
There was discussion of City Audit and it was unanimously agreed to
ash for bids for annual audit to be considered June 27, 1940.
firs Tom roster appeared before the Coimissiop regarding house owned by
I;-rs. I.-orrison, on Avenue R and 3rd Street, not coning up to requirements
_of the Building Code . _`•'here was discussion but . no action taken.
I.,�essrs. R A LcKinney, Roy EcKinney, R.L. atroup, L E Davis, Paul Graham
and Oscar Slaton appeared before the Cornission and there was discussion
of taking-, into the City LiElits 10-Acre Block of land o-.Med by P.ir. EcKinney,
located just outside the City Lirlits, south of 19th otreet, but no action
taken.
L.-otion by Commissioner EcEillan, seconded by ConI.Assi mer L�ewsom, carried
unanimously, to approve bond and contract as sub7.itted by 'Jillia~is and
dhittle, Inc., on South J'ide Storr.i Server.
I,.ioti on by Corr issioner Newsor_, seconded by Co...rnissioner L-,cI:=illan, the
following Resolution carried unanirously.
Be it resolved b";r the City Corur_ission that ive deeply deplore the
vicious act of the person or persons guilty of bombing the home of
Hon. L.L. Pitts, one of war 'Jistrict Judges, i--rhose sworn duty it is to
enforce the laws under rahich :..,e live. And awe hereby pledge the full
cooperation of the Cit; Police Department to work ;iith the County
officers in an effort to apprehend those guilty of perpetrating such
a dastardly crime,
Lotion b,,- Cor.missioner Newsom, seconded by Co.:-fflissi ;nor pones, carried
unanimousl;;-, to place stop signs on avenue T, on both north •and south
side of 17th itreet.
0 Z ::a11aer appeared before ,the Coruryission presentin,�; tentative plans
for the alteration of the 'ity 'Hal]. and I.1-r. :7aLker was requested to
h., ve cor:ipleted plan ready for consideration by t'he Coizaission at their
next rer-ular meeting.
No further business c-MilF up for consideration, the Con-riission
adjourned.
Read and approved this the 27t1d y
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