HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Regular - 11/8/1945REGUL �R L EE-21NG .
Lubbock, 4xas
Nov. 8, 1945.
The City Commission of the "ity of Lubbock, Texas, met at 2 P.M. in
regular session at the regular meeting place in the Cite Hall, the
following members thereof being present, to -wit:
Mayor O.TV. Ribble, Commissioners J. Ray Dickey, 14.3. Price, Hub Jones,
F.H. Childress, City Attorney Vaughn E. 'Filson, City Manager M.R. Smith,Jr.
City Secretary Lavenia .7illiams.
Absent: Commissioners 1I.B. Irice and F.H. Childress.
The Minutes of regular meeting of October 25, 1945, were read, and upon
motion by Commissioner Jones, seconded by Commissioner Dickey, carried
unanimously, they were approved.
Motion by Commissioner Dickey, seconded b`v Commissioner Jones, carried
unanimously Ordinance No. 728 pass:,d second and final reading..
ORDINANCE NO: 728
AN ORDINANCE ZONING CERTAIN PROI ERTY RECEJ\ITLY PLACED IIITHIIftHE CITY
LIMITS BY ORDINANCE NUMBERS 704 AND 708, 'd%TD I'LAC ITTOT V.1RI OTJS TRACTS OF
Lril\TD IN DISTRICTS CONSISTENT ';IITF TTE PROVISIONS OF 7101TING ORDINi'j\TCE
NO. 661, AS SHO�'?I\T AND DESCRIBED IN SECT_-ONS 1 TO 5 OF THIS ORDINANCE.
Motion by Commissioner Jones, sec,)nded by Commiss'oner Dickey, carried
unanimously, Ordinance No. 729 passed second and final reading.
ORDI1 ,i1TCE N 0 . 729
AN ORDINANCE ESTxIBLISHIPTG BUILDINOT LINES ON THE �`= S IDE OF AVENUE A FROM �
6TH STREET SOUTH TO TTTE CITY LIMITS IN THEE VICINITY OF 28TH STREET; .,ND ON
THE, E. sST SIDE OF AVENUE A FROM THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF 671 STREET AS
PRODUCED FROM THE IPIEST , SOITTHTPIARDLY TO TITS PRESENT CITY LIMITS IN THE
VICINITY OF 28TH STREET (EXCEPTING CERTAIN PROPERTY) ; AND ON THE NORTH
SIDE OF 4TH STREET FRO1v1 THE W-CS'T PROPERTY LII\E OF AVENUE H TO THE EAST
PROIE,RTY LINE OF AVENTUE Q FROT%-T THE NORTH: AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 4TH
STREET FROM THE VICINITY OF AV ENUE H TO AVENUE Q (EXCEPTING CERTAIN
PROYEdTY) , IN ACCORDANCE I ITH A 0OMrREHENaIVE STREET I:I1ROVE,11ENT PROGRAM;
PROHIBITING FLACING OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES OR REF,�IRS OR RECONSTRUCTIOi
B=,'1EE�1 SAID LINES; ESTABLISHING TIP.IE FOR CONFORMiWCE; DETEIUAINING
RELATIONSHIP OF THIS ORDINANCE TO OTHER ORDINANCES AFFECTING BUILDING
SETBACK LINES; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION; AND EXCLLTDING CERTAIN
PROPERTY FROM PROVISIONS HEREOF YI'HERE STREETS DO NOT EXIST.
Motion by Commissioner Jones, seconded by Commissioner Dickey, carried
unanimously, Ordinance No. '730 passed second and final reading.
ORDINANCE NO. 730
AN ORDINANCE AMEATDING ORDINANCE NO. 661 BY TAKING LOTS 12 AND 13, CAVER SUB
DIVISION OF BLOCK 8, ROBERTS & MCA"THORTT,R ADDITION OUT OF A "C" DISTRICT .-iND11
Messrs. J.H. Brock, Chairman, W.R. Faubio.n, and Knox Thomas, of the
Zoning Board of Adjustment, and Messrs. Robert and Homer Maxey, appeared
before the City Commission and IYIr. Brock st +ted that Robert and Hower
Maxey had requested permission to make certain improvements on Lot 1,
Block 1, and Lot 1, Block 2, of the Green Acres Addition, which were
not in strict cor:pliance with the Zoning regulations as established
for this property, and that the Board of Adjustment were of the opinion
that the re-uest of Robert and Homer Maxey be granted, and requested the
City Commission to give this matter consideration.
After a general discussion of the matter it was the concensus of opinion
of the City Commission that the amity Commission, City Planning Commission
and Board of Adjustment of the zoning ordinance, have a joint meeting to
discuss this and similar cases which are arising '-ith the idea of det�'rmin-
ing whether or nr,t the Zoning Ordinance should be amended.
There was discussion re,arding location of the aouth line of 4th Street
from Avenue F to College Avenue along the North side of the Santa Fe
industrial property, and it was unanimously agreed that the City Manager
notify the Santa Fe that the `,ity of Lubbock is agreeable to locating
this line in such a manner that after the exchange of quit -claim deeds
between the Santa Fe and the city of Lubbock covering the excess strip
of land along this rrorerty thLt the total area of the nropert.y now
ovined by the Santa Fe will not be reduced in area.
There was discussion of return of the Lubbock Municipal-irnort frDm the
Army to the City, t hereupon motion was made b,T Comrriissi ner "ickey,
seconded by Commissioner Jones, carried unanimously, that the following
Resolution be passed.
RESOLUTION
-.Ai CIR:11Aa, the City of Lubbock purcha�;ed approximately 1400 acres of land at a
cost of �50,748.35 and made same available to the .Army Air Forces at a total
rental of 9'1.00 per year as a site for Lubbock Array Air r'ielu; and purchased
approximately 940 acres adjoining the Municipal Airport at a cost of 01,500.0C
and made this 940 acres, plus the 640 acres in the -unicipal Airport, avail-
able to the Army Air Forces at a total rental of w1.00 I;er year as a site
for South Plains Arriy sir Fiela; the municipal Airport and its improvements
were valued at 9377,504.95, thus this, plus the purchase price of
:.'122,248.35 for the additional land described above, makes a total of
�p499,753.30 v,lhich the City his furnished virtues-Lly gratis to the Government
during the war, and ,
:1II��;r1AS, t,.No comrric;rcial airlines are now serving• Lubbock and the third will
start service in the very near Future and there are a numb:;r of airplane
distributors, ag -nts, fixed base oiler=Mors ana others desirous of leasing
space and oper-)tiny- f rem .vhat w-is formerly the Lubbock Lunicipal Airport
(now South Plains Arrrty Air Field), and as these various activities and
services are needed and desired by the citizens of this territory and are
being deprived thereof of the majority of these activities and services be-
cause the aouth llains Army Air Field iC being used as a storage base for
Government planes, {
THEREFORE, EE IT 11*SOL.7'JD by the City Commission o.f the City of Lubbock, Tex-
as, in regul-)r mc-�ting as;,enbled, t'.,is the 8th day of rvovember 1945,
1. That the '.rmy Air Forces b: re guested to return that part of South Plains
Army Air Fula, which was formerly tree Lubbock I,:unicipal Airport, to the
City immediately;
P. ahoulu the first request herein be impossible to grant at this time, then
the Array Air Forces are requested to remove all stored planes from all
runways ana taxiways on the Lubbock 1 unicipal Airport anL1 permit the City
of Lubbock to have full use thereof for all activities the City may desirO.
3. That the Army Air Forces or the disposing agency of the Government hand-
ling, be re,iuested to give the City of Lubbock first chance at the pur-
chase of all buildings and other imp rovenents placed on the South i-lains
Army Air Field by the Governr_-ient .
Passed and approved by unanimous vote of the City Co=,ission this the 8th
day of 1�oiember, 1945.
Atte ,
Cit ae cretary
No further business cominm :.p for considerate n, the u' ty commission recessed
to meet Nov. 12, 1945, at 2 I' .M.
mead and approved t'iis the 4 day of December , 1945.
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City Secretary.
RECESSED REGULAR MEETING.
Lubbock, Texas
Nov. 12, 1945.
The 1-'ity commission of the pity of Lubbock, texas, met at 2 I.I:i. in
Recessed Repular ;Cession, recessed from regular meeting of Nov. 8, 1945,
at the remular meeting place in the City Hall, the following members
thereof being present, to -wit:
Mayor O.W. Ribble, Commissioners W.B. Irice, J. Ray Dickey, F.H. Childress,
Hub Jones, City Attorney Vaugin E. Wilson, City Manager 11T.R. Smith, Jr.
Absent: Commissioner F.H. Childress and 1-ity Secretary Lavenia Williams.
Motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Uommissi:ner Jones,
c�,=ied unanimously, to accept bid of General L'lectric k'ompany in amount of
i"P'15,056.00 for Switchgear equipment for new power plant,bid being in
accordance with Uity specifications dated Oct., 1945,/this being only bid
received in response to request for bids sent to:
Allis-Chalmers i�ifg. Co . ,
'. ; <z • , Westinghouse Electric �oi:ipany
f %f Graybar Llectric Company
General :electric Supply Corpor�,tion, and
General Electric Company
Mr. Claude Tatum and Paul 'herrod, representinn the Broadway Church of
Christ, appeared before the Commission requesting that the "ity chose part
of the alley in Block 41, Overton Addition, for church ri:rposes.
.,-after a general discussion, motion was made by Commissioner Dickey,
seconded by commissioner Jones, carried unanimously, that the City
prepare and paes an ordinance closing; the west part of alley in Block 41,
Overton Addition, for the Broadway Church of Christ, provided the church
stands the entire cost of properly moving, relocating or protecting all
utilities; �;et the written consent of all property owners in the plock
to close the alley_; and that the church open an alley 25 (twenty-five)
Feet wide along east side ;of their -ropert,y extending North and South
from Broadway to Main Street, Tr,ith provision for 20 Foot additional width
along west side of this North and South alley, to be set aside for parking
purposes and the Church to pay all cost of paving said alley; and that
the ordinance.provide that if the property to be occuried by the Church
ever ceases to be used for church purposes, the alley is to be re -opened.
No further busi !ess coming up for consideration, the City I-ommission
recessed to meet Nov. 14, 19459 at 2 i.M.
Read and aprroved this the - 4th day of Nov. -_-, 1945.
Att st -
City Secret ry.
RECESSED REGUL: R I1EETING.
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Lubbock, Texas, Nov. 14, 1945.
The 1,ity Commission of the `'i t.y of Lubbock, Texas, met at 2 I .I.T. in
Recessed Regular :session, recessed from itegular meeting of Nov. 8, 1945,
at the regular meeting place in the Cite Hall, the following members thereof
being rresent, to -wit:
Mavor OX. Dibble, commissioners AV.B. I rice, J. Ray Dickey, Hub Jones,
F.H. Childress, City Manager Z. R. omith, Jr., uit,y Secretary Lavenia Willi:
and pity Attorney Vaughn L. Wilson.
absent: Commissioner F:H. Childress.
This meeting was called for the purpose of discussion of proposed bond issue.
Mr. Woolsey and Elmer Last, Attorney, of C.y'. Woolsey and 1-'ompany, appeared
before the City Commission and presented proposed contract for handlin7 of
the bond issue.
Whereupon, motion was made by Commissioner Jones, seconded by laommissi-)ner
Price, carried unanimously, to authorize h1ayor O.Vd. Dibble to execute
contract with Cruramer and Coi.pany, Inc., of 'Texas, and C .R. Woolsey and
Company, in tris connection. The contract follows:
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To the Honorable 14layor and City Commission, Lubbock, Texas,
Lubbock, Texas, Nov. 14,1945.
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