HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Regular - 5/16/1953RECESSED REGULAR MEETING
May 16, 1953
Lubbock, Texas
The City Commission of the City of Lubbock, Texas, Texas met at 9:00 A. X, in recessed regular
session recessed from regular meeting May 14, 1953 at the regular meeting place in the City
Hall, the following members, thereof, being present to -wit:
Mayor Pro-tem Hurley Carpenter, Commissioners L. E. Davis and Lucian Thomas, City Manager
Steve Matthews.
Absent: Mayor Murrell R. Tripp, Commissioner Harry Morris, City Attorney Vaughn E. Wilson
and City Secretary -Treasurer, Lavenia Lowe.
53-11-525-1028 Motion by Commissioner Thomas, seconded by Commissioner Davis, motion carried, Mayor Pro-tem
Carpenter and Commissioners Davis and Thomas voting Yea, none voting Nay, the following
Resolution was passed..
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, numerous serious accidents, some of which have resulted in fatalities, have
occurred on East Broadway Street between Avenue A and Zenith Avenue, which street is a
portion of U. S. Highway 82 and 62, and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that most of these accidents could have been prevented
w if curb and gutter and median divider strips were oonstructed so as to permit the installation
of mercury vapor lighs and adequate traffic control devices on this highway street,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
THAT the City and the abutting property owners will bear the cost of the proposed curb
and gutter and proposed median divider if the State Highway Department will bear the cost of
the other work required to complete the project, consisting of excavation and earthwork,
construction of widened base course and asphalVsurfacing so as to permit a 32 foot wide
pavement between curbs on each side of the median divider.
On motion of Commissioner Thomas, seconded by Commissioner Davis, the foregoing resolution
was unanimously passed by the City Commission this 16th day of May, 1953.
/s/ Hurley Carpenter
Hurley Carpenter, Mayor Pro -tern
3-11-525w-102� Motion by Commissioner Davis, seconded by Commissioner Thomas, motion carried, Mayor Pro-tem
Carpenter, and Commissioners Davis and Thomas voting Yea, none voting Nay, to authorize
paragraph 9, as set out below to be added to agreement between the Ft. W & D Ry. Co., State
Highway Department and the City of Lubbock relative to the cost of flashing light signals on
the Forth Worth and Denver Railroad tracks at the crossing on 19th Street between Avenue H
and Avenue F.
119. The City will reimburse the Railroad Company for items of expense which are
incurred in constructing the project in accordance with the approved plans and which
are not eligible for payment by the State under the terms of Exhibit "E".
Motion by Commissioner Thomas, seconded by Commissioner Davis, motion carried, Mayor Pro-tem
Carpenter and Commissioners Davis and Thomas voting Sea, none voting Nay, to authorize
the Mayor to ececute pipe line license agreement between the City and the Fort Worth and
Denver Railroad Company covering installation of a 4" water line in the right-of-way of the
Fort Worth and Denver Railroad Company on 34th Street near Avenue L. Payment of $1.00 fee
for such license being hereby authorized.
No further bus ine s s coming up for consideration,, the City Commis s ion adjourned.
Mead and approved this the 28th day of May 1953.
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