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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Regular - 11/27/1944RECESSED REGULAR h1EETING. Lubbock, Texas, Nov. 27, 1944 The `'ity Commission of the "it-, of Lubbock, Texas, met at 2 P..u1. in Recessed Regular session, recessed from Regular 1.leeting of Nov. 23, 194 at the re-ular meeting; place in the �'ity Hall, the following members th being present, to -wit: Mayor O.N. dibble, Commissioners Y.B. trice, J. Ray 'Jickey, Hub Jones, t''.H. Childress, City �ittorney Lurwood H. Bradley, City 1.1anager iT.R. Drrith,Jr.' City Secretary Lavenia Williams. Absent. None. The Minutes of l-1- eg lar Meeting of November 9, 1944, and Re�.ular Meeting of November 23, 1944, were read, and Upon motion by Commissioner Dickey, seconded by Commissioner Childress, carried unanimously, they were arTroved. The Minutes of accounts allowed from '++arrant No. 2635-B to -Yarrant No. 2800-B, both inclusive, were read, and upon motion by Commissioner Jones, seconded by Commissioner Childress, carf'ied unanimouslv, they were anrrroved. Mr. Bradshaw of the Housing xuthorit,y of the "ity of Lubbock, appeared before the �,ity Commission in re-ard to post war housing fvr Lubbock. _-'_fter discussion, motion was made b.17 Commissioner Jones, seconded by Commissioner "hildress, carried unanimously, that the City Commission endorse the expansion program for host Tear housing as proposed by the Lubbock Housing authority. W.G. McMillan and J.H. Felton, Committee from the rirst Methodist Church, appeared before the City Commission re uesting that west one-half of east and west alley in Block 129, Original own of Lubbock, Texas, be closed. 'Phis cor:.mittee having alrea-:.y requested the Commission to close this alley i:i meeting of date November 9, 1944. Closing of t'-lis alley was discussed at length. 2diss Irma lryor, oviner of property in this block, also appeared before the City Commission, requesting that the alley not be closed. It was the concensus of opinion of the City Commission that if all property owners in this block agree to this portion of the a11ey being closed, that the 1,ity Commission will give further consideration to closing the alley. Bids as follows were read on approximately 10,000 feet of 2" cast iron pipe and various small fittings. American Cast Iron ripe Co., Dallas, Texas, Total Bid 03,175.72 United otates 11-1;e & Fot.ndry moo., Dallas, Texas, " it 3,144.72 11IcWane Cast Iron r l.?)e Co., Dallas, Texas, " it 31130 .72 Motion was made by Commissioner Jones, seconded by Commissioner 'hildress, carried unanimously, that the bid of McWane Cast Iron Pipe CoY_pany be accented for purchase of this ripe, and fittings. Bids as follows were read on 48 - 2" Hub End Gate Valves and 24 - 2" Brass Gate Valves: ClorJe & Cowan, bid on Hub =-nd Gate Valves �487.20 Morrison Supply Co., bid on Hub End Gate Valves 657.60 Clowe & Cowan, bid on Brass Gate Valves 153.12 !+Iorrison Su rly Co., bid -�n Brass Gate Valves 153.12 'r/ell ldachin:.ry & Su nrly moo., bid on Lrass Gate Valves 153.12 Motion was made by Commissioner ''ickey, seconded by Commission r Trice, carried unanimously, to accept the bids of C1o15ie & Cowan for purchase of this material. Bids were read for furnishing approxir:ately 260 Feet of 18" well casing and 70 Feet of 22" well casing. Motion was made by Commissioner L'rice, seconded by Commissioner Licke,y, carried unanimously, to accept the bid of vvilborn Bros Company for purchase of this casing. Bids were read on drilling; of one water well, with option for drilling one additional water well. Motion was made by Commissioner Jones, seconded by Commissioner "hildress, carried unanimously, that the City h1anager, L.R. Smith,Jr., be authorized to accept the bid he considered the most advantageous to the "ity for drilling of these wells. idotion bT- Commissioner Jones, seconded by Commissioner trice, carried unanimously, to authorize Mayor O.Ya. Ribble to execute Electric Transmission Line License for "ity Power Line located on Fort v�orth & Denver South 1-lains Railway Company right-of-way, at the extreme west edge, along* the old oil mill track, from the southerly line of 20th Street to a point 1,000 feet south in Lubboc'�,-�exas, as shown on Aoilway Co,gpany's Blue -Irint Number 4 SF-22-135 456-11. Provided the payment of any charges set up in t`�is License, be waived. Motion by Commissioner Jones, seconded by Commissioner Childress, carried unanimously, to approve bonds as follows: Clyde 1. Allen - Bond for Moving a building E .N. Eicke - Bond for moving a building Motion by Commissioner Jones, seconded by Commissioner Uhildress, carried unanimously, to allow closing of Texas Avenue from Main Street to Broadway, from ar_.rroximately 7:30 L.T.I. to 9:00 P.T.T., December 2, 1944, for 'r,a- Fonds sale. County Judge G.V. Pardue, County-JudFe-Llect Walter Davies, Oounty Commissio P.B. Fenney, T.L. Holt, Ben Mansker, and 1,Jr. S.C. hlcCart,y, Division Engineer for the State Highway Department, a --)-eared before the City Commission. Mr. McCart�T presented the proposed plan of develorment of HiRhij�Tays for Lubbock and vicinity, which was prepared by the Urban Planing Livision :)f the State Highway Department. This matter was discussed at length by both the �,oiinty and City Commission, however, no decision was reached by the two commissions in joint session, the County Commission stating that they wished to discuss this matter further before taking any action. 1-lotion � was made by Commissioner Dickey, seconded by Commissiner Childress, carried unanimously, that the -it,y Commission arnrove the tentative highway plan as submitted, in principal only, expressly reserving the right to sass on final location of hip-hway routes after preliminary location surveys are Made. The matter of 1944-4�-?udget for Texas State Guard Unit was discussed by the Litr and Uount,y Commissions, but no action was taken. No further business coming up for consideration, the City Commission adjourned. Head and a7 ^roved this the _ 14th _ day of December_1 1944. r 14Ia y or '—�---�--�— Att C4,.t,y S cretary .