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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Regular - 4/11/1946REGULAR MEETING. Lubbock, Texas April 11, 1946. The City Commission of the city of Lubbock, Texas, met at 2 P.M. in regular session at the regular meeting place in the City Hall, the following members thereof being present, to wit: Mayor C.A. Bestwick, commissioners W.B. Price, J. Ray Dickey, John Spikes, F.H. Childress, City Attorney Vaughn E. Wilson, City Manager Homer A. Hunter, City Secretary Lavenia Williams. Absent: None. The Minutes of Regular Meeting of March 28, 1946, and Recessed Regular TVleeting, of April 5, 1946, were read, and upon motion by �'ommissioner Childress, seconded, carried, they were approved. Motion by Commissioner Childress, seconded, carried, Ordinance No. 766 passed second and final reading. ORDINANCE NO. 766 AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE CITY LE -TITS OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK: (Ordinance annexing "Maddox Addition" into the City Limits) Motion by Commissioner 'rickey, seconded, carried, Ordinance No.767 passed second and final reading. ORDINANCE NO. 767 AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LUBOCK: (Ordinance annexing "Wayside Addition & part of Rio vista Addition into the City Limits) Motion by Commissioner Price, seconded, carried,the following bonds were approved and ordered filed: Robert H. Cocroft Robert H. Cocroft Lawrence Nickels L.S. Goldman Bruce L. Stewart Hoy L. Mills - Gas ritter's Bond - Public Works Bond - Building Moving Bond - Sub -Contractor's Bond - General Contractor's Bond - General Contractor's Bond Motion by Commissioner Childress, seconde4, carried, to charge off delinquent tax as follows on improvements on Lots 22 and 23, Bloch 39, Roberts & McWhorter Addition, no improvements having been on these lots in the years shown. 1939 44.09 1940 3.90 1942 5.70 1943 4.84 1944 4.85 1945 4.85 Iota 1 ;28.23 Motion by Commissioner Dickey, seconded, carried, to accept the recommendation of the amity Planning commission in regard to zoning Blocks 1, 2, 5 and 6, of Sunshine lddition, in a B District, and Blocks 1 and 2 of Westlawn Add•n. in ar "A" District, and that Lots 16 end 17, of Block 8, Robinson Addition, be removed from a "B" District and placed in an "F" District, and authorize publication of the following Notice of Hearing to be held May 9, 1946. LEGAL NOTICE of Proposed Amendments to Zoning Ordinance of the city of Lubbock, Texas NOTICE is here b;l given that the Planning and Zoning commission has recommended to the City Commission th-,t the zoning Ordinance and the official zoning map of the City of Lubbock be amended so that: 1. Blocks 1, 2,5 and 6. Sunshine addition of the City of Lubbock be placed in a ttBtt District. 2. Blocks 1 and 2 of Westlawn Addition of the City of Lubbock be placed in an "A" District. 3. Blocks 1 and 2 of Frances Place Addition to the City of Lubbock be placed in an "A" District. 4. Lots 16 and 17 of Block 8, Robinson Addition be taken out of a I1Btt District and placed in an 'IF" District. The City Commission will hold a public henring on May 9, 1946, at 3:00 o'clock P.M., in the City Commission room on the second floor of the City Hall j in Lubbock, to consider the recommendations of the Zoning and Planning Commission to determine the advisability of adopting its proposal, and at which time and place all interested persons will be given an opportunity to protest against the proposed amendments or make recommendations in support thereof. After said hearing the City Commission will determine whether the Zoning Ordinance and official zoning map will be ame&ded in accordance with -such recommendation of the Zoning and Planning ommission. ^ C A Bestwick ayor Attest Lavenia Mlliams —City cretary ( seal) Motion by Commissioner Childress, seconded, carried, to approve 1945 Tax Rolls as follows, in amounts stated; and authorize necessary adjustments. Supplemental Roll 44.42 Delinquent Personal Tax "oil 1,630.33 Delinquent Real Property Tax Aoll 4,421.98 Error in Assessments 36.80 Bids as follows were read on one oil filter: Price Honan-Crane Corporation, jo C W Pierce, Lubbock, Texas $940.00 Hilliard Corporation, Elmira, N.Y. bid on 1 - Hilco Hyflow Oil 1 ilter Model HFA-8, wired for 220 volts or 440 volts, 60 cycle, 3 phase 725.00 After discussion of bids, motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded, carried, to accept the bid of Hilliard Corporation, it being considered the lowest and best bid. Bids were read on 4700 Ft. 6,, V.T. Sanitary Sewer Pipe � 1, Salt Glazed 180 8 x 4 y's Ditto 36 6 x 4 i s Ditto 280 41, Stoppers Ditto 45 6" Stoppers Ditto 11000' 8" V.T. Sanitary Sewer Pipe # 1 Salt Glazed j 50 8 x 4 y's Ditto 35 8 x 4 is Ditto 85 6" Stoppers Ditto Bids received on above items being: Clowe & Cowan,Inc., Lubbock, Texas Total Trice $19821.01 Western Windmill Co. Lubbock,Tex. Total Price 1,765.42 After consideration of bids motion was made by Commissioner Dickey, seconded, carried, to accept the bid of Western Windmill Company it being considered the lowest and best bid. Bids were read on 480 Ft. of 8" and 220 Ft. of 4" BL Plain end pipe and miscellaneous fittings, bids received being as follows: Clowe & Cowan, Inc., Lubbock, Texas Total trice, f.o.b. Lubbock, Texas $1,069.69 Morrison Supply Co., Lubbock, Texas (Bid incomplete) Total price f.o.b. factory - 936.97 After consideration of bids motion was made by Commissioner Lickey, seconded, carried, to accept the bid of Clowe & Govan, Inc., for -ourchase of this material, theirs being considered the lowest and best bid. Bids as follows were read on purchase of 5 (five) closed garbage truck bodies. Berryhill Equipment Co. Hobbs Manufacturing Co. Heil Company Lubbock -auto `'ompany Price f.o.b. Lubbock $2490.00 2570.00 2655.00 Price f.o.b. Factory $2235.00 2345.00 2470.00 After discussion of the above bids motion was made by Commissioner Childress, seconded, carried, to rurchase the five garbage truck bodies from Hobbs Manufacturing Company, accepting the bodies mounted at the factory. Motion by Commissioner Childress, seconded, carried, that the recommendation of the civic Center committee with regard to the location of the Municipal Auditorium -Coliseum, be accepted and approved and that the location be designated as the tract of land bounded on the South by 9th Street; on the Zle st b,r Avenue "L" ; on the North b,7 7th Street and on the East by the alley between Avenue "J" anl Avenue "K". Motion by Commissioner Childress, seconded, carried, the following Resolution was passed: RESOLUTION 1111EREAS, Ordinance No. 575, Article XTI, Section 1, and other provisions of this ordinance relating to traffic control authorizes the Chief of Police to place traffic control devices as directed by resolution of the City bommission, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED By THE CITY 00DIRAISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBO CK : That the following named streets and Avenue BE., and the stale are hereby designated boulevards according to the terms of this resolution. The Chief of Police is authorized and directed to place "STOP" signs of uniform height, size, wording and color on the right-hand parkway of etch road, street, alley, highway or other way intersecting the following; streets between the named limits EXCEPT the intersections regulated by automatic light traffic control devices, the location of all streets, roads, avenues and highways to be established according to the official map of the City of Lubbock as amended, said streets being: 19th Street from Texas Avenue West to City Limits. 4th Street from College Avenue to Avenue "J". College Avenue from South City Lir,its to North City Limits. Avenue "Q," from South City Limits to North City Limits. Texas Avenue from 8th Street to 30th Street. Avenue "H" from South Uity Limits to North City Limits. Passed by unanimous vote of the Commission, tris llth day of April, 1946. _C A Bestwick Mayor Attest: Lavenia Williams City Secretary Motion by Commissioner Spikes, seconded, carried, the following Resolution was passed. RETOLUTIO N ADOPTING THE MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES WHEREAS, The American Association of State Highway Officials, the Institute of Traffic Engineers and the National conference on Street and Highway Safety have prepared and published what is known as the "Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices" for Streets and Highways and these organizations .have recommended that cities adort uniform standards for traffic control devices, and 117HEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Lubbock, Texas, deems it advisable to adopt a uniform system of traffic control devices for use in Lubbock, now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS: Section 1. That hereafter all traffic control devices, including signs, signals, and markings, purchased, used or installed for use in directing and controlling traffic in the City of Lubbock shall conform with the standards promulgated in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for , Streets and highways, published by the American Association of State Highway Officials, the Institute of Traffic Engineers and the National Conference on Street and Highway Safety, Washington, D.�5., November 1942, and any amend- ments or revisions thereof. Section 2. That the police department and all cit-17 departments and employees are hereby directed to carry out the provisions of Section 1 o-` tht resolution. Passed and approved this llth day of April, 1946. C A Bestwick Mayor. Attest: Attest: Lavenia Williams dit y Se cretary Motion by Commissioner Childress, seconded, carried, the following Resolution was passed. RESOLUTION RESOLUTION PASSED BY TIC CITY COT,1MIS3ION OF THE CITY OF LU" BO CK ON THE 11 DAY OF APRIL, 1946. ?°.'flEREaS, the Citizens National Bank of Lubbock, Texas, has agreed to continue as depository and to receipt properly, properly keep and account for, City funds and to secure the same with collateral as made and provided under the laws of the State of Texas, and rermit the City to dispose of the collateral on default; providing for contingency of there bel- g enacted a state law requiring a depository to pay interest, declarinz; an emergency on account of inability to secure a bid to properly secure the funds; TBEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMTTISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBO CK , TEXAS: That the offer of the Citizens National Bank of Lubbock, Texas, to receive and account for all funds of the City, said Bank to accept negotiable items su',)ject to collect! -on through the regular channels; to pay all awfully issued demands on said funds, within the credit of the City on deposit, to keep the funds separate and to render statements as often as required; and to deposit with the City lawfully issued security admissable under the laws of the State of Texas with the right of the City to require at all times such security to be equal in market va'.ue to the funds on deposit vrith said Bank; and the further right of the City to dispose of said collateral security to recover itself for any unpaid and unearned demands on it, be and the same are hereby accepted. That the foregoing agreement of a deposit and security shall be effective from this date for a period and ending the 27th day of April, 1948. Provided should there b 9lenacted during the life of this resolution a law requiring payment of interest on daily balances the Oity shall receive the minimum rate during the remainder of the term. Passed and approved this the llth day of April, 1946. C.A. Bestwick MAYOR R_�� ATTEST: Lavenia Williams City Secretary. Motion by Commissioner Childress, seconded, carried to authorize purchase of 167 parking meters at a price of $ 30.00 per meter (�arking meter head and cloak) from Bob Lynch, representative of Park-O-Meter Oompany, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Motion by Commissioner Price, seconded, carried, that resignation of W.L. Bradshaw as member of Board of Adjustment of the Zoning Ordinance be accepted, and that G.W. rarkhill be arpointed to serve as a member of this board, for the unexpired term of Mr. Bradshaw. Mr. Parkhill's term to expire February 27, 1947, in accordance with the terms of the Zoning Ordinance. retition was filed with the pity Commission signed by people living in Richmond 2nd Addition and Wayside Addition, requesting sanitary sewer services be extended. Roger Q. Stubbs appeared before the City Commission protesting the berms of Ordinance No. 739, wherein it requires a double minimum for water service to consumers outside the City of Lubbock. There was discussion in this regard, but no action taken. PETITION TO ANNEX ADJOINING TERRITORY TO CITY OF LUBBOCK To the Mayor and �'ity Commission of the City of Lubbock, Texas: We, the undersigned persons are inhabitants of and live within the territory and tract of land hereir)6escribed, are qualified to vote for members of the Legislature of Texas and hereby vote in favor of said tract of land, which said tract adjoins the limits of the Ci t,R of Lubbock, becoming a part of the �i ty of Lubbock for all purposes, said tract of land being describad by metes and bounds as follows: Beginning at the center of the intersection of 26th Street and Van ren Avenue in the City of Lubbock, said point being a corner of the pity Limits of the City of Lubbock and being the Northeast corner of the NW/4 of the SW/4 of Section 13, Block B, Lubbock County, 'Texas; Thence West along the center line of 26th Street, said line being a line of the present City Limits of Lubbock, Texas, a distance of 1320 feet to a point in the center of the intersection of 26th Street and Tyler Avenue; Thence South 1320 feet along the center line of Tyler Avenue to a point in the center of the intersection of Tyler Alenue and 30th Street; -Y - Thence East 1320 feet along the center line of 30th Street to a point, being the center of the intersection of 30th Street and Van -Duren Avenue, and being a corner of the pity Limits of Lubbock,Texas; Thence North 1320 Feet along the center line of Van Buren Avenue and along the City Limit line of tb,� City of Lubbock to the point of beginning, and containing 40 acres; Name of Petitioner J. Edwin Sowell James B. Airhart Ralph J. Williamson STATE OF TEXAS X COU= OF LUBBOCKZ House Number Street 3310 301h S treet 3318 28th Street Box 1106 2920 Price Avenue BEFORE ME, __ a Notary rubli.c in and for the Uounty of Lubbock, State of Texan, on th1T7Ly personally appeared James B. Airhart, J. Edwin Sowell and Ralph J. Williamson, each known to me to be the persons whose signatures appear below and known to me to be credible persons and each of them being; by me duly sworn, upon oath did depose and say: That they and each of them signed the attached petition addressed to the Mayor and City Commission of the Oi ty of Lubbock, Texas, and that they and each of them are inhabitants of the territory and tract of land described in said petition and that the signers of said petition are and constitute a madority or the inhabitants of said territory, being then and there qualified to vote for members of the Legislature of 'Texas, and that a majority of the inhabitants of. such territory have by said petition voted in favor of said territory becoming a part of the pity of Lubbock, and that this affidavit is made by the three undersigned inhabitants consistent with tie laws of the State of Texas for the purpose of causing said territory to be made a -,part of the Oity of Lubbock. This llth day of April, 1946 (Signed) Jame: B. Airhart it J. Edwin Sowell it Ralph J. Williamson GIVEN UNDER INKI—ND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this llth day of April, 1946. (Si ned) Marjorie Henderson tany—iblic, 17ubb37k—rou7nty, Texas. The foregoing petition and affidavit having been filed witWme, it is hereby certified to the City Commission of the city of Lubbock for disposition. Name -i a77r off` theme—o?=uT3u bo ck, texas House No. To the City Commission of the "ity of Lubbock: Street We, the undersigned hereby represent to the �Iit'v commission that we, either joirtl y or severally own substantially all of the uninhabited, or unoccupied land within the area described on the first page of the attached petition, and we do hereby join with such petitioners and hereby vote in favor of such described area being brought within the limits and boundaries of the Oit y of Lubbock, for all purposes. S.L. Miller J. Edwin S owe ll Wallace J. McNix D.D. Mahon Frank McNeil Charles B. aualia James B. Airhart Ralph J. Williamson 3416 22nd St. 3310 30th Street 1622 23rd St. 2711 910 18th Street 2609 24th Street 3318 28th Street 2920 25th Street Price Avenue Motion by Commissioner Price, seconded, carried, Ordinance No. 769 passed first reading. ORDINANCE NO. 769 AN ORDDTANCE EXTENDING THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LUEBOCK. (Ordinance annexing Westridge Addition into the City Limits) Motion by Commissioner Price, seconded, carried, that the City of Lubbock proceed with sale and delivery to purchasers of all bonds that have been approved by the Attorney Genercl's Department in connection with the sale of $1,500,000.00 City of Lubbock bonds. No further business coming up for consideration, the City �ommission recessed to meet April 17, 1946) at 10 ".M. Read and approved this the 25 day of xpril 1946. At , t : Ci y Se retary.