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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Regular - 1/16/1952Recessed Regular Meeting Lubbock, Texas January 16, 1952 The City Commission of the City of Lubbock, -Texas, met at 2 P.M. in recessed regular session, recessed from Regular Meeting of January 10, 1952, at the regular meeting place in the City Hall, the following members thereof being present, to -wit: Mayor Clarence K.'Whiteside, Commissioners Harry Morris, L. E. Davis, Lucian Thomas, City Attorney Vaughn E. Wilson, City Manager, Steve Matthews, and City Secretary Lavenia Lowe. Absent: Commissioner E. K. Hufstedler, Jr. Motion by Commissioner Morris, seconded by Commissioner Davis, motion carried, Mayor Whiteside and.Commissioners Morris, Davis and Thomas voting YEA, none voting NAY, Ordinance No. 1175 was passed: ORDINANCE NO. 2175 AN ORDINANCE CONTINUING AND DEFERRING ALL MTTERS PREVIOUSLY SET TO HE HEARD AND CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COMMISSION ON JANUARY 24, SO THAT THE SAME SHALL BE HEARD AND CONSIDERED ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, AT 1:30 P.M.: AND.DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Motion by Commissioner Morris, seconded by Commissioner Thomas, motion carried, Mayor Whiteside and Commissioners Morris, Davis and Thomas voting YEA, none voting NAY, Ordinance No 1176 was passed on first reading. ORDINANCE NO. 1176 ' AN ORDINANCE REGULATING SOLICITORS, PEDDLERS, HAWKERS, rJ,NERANT MERCHANTS OR TRANSIENT VENDORS Ja, bF MERCHANDISE IN THE CITY OF LUBBOCK: DECLARING IT TO BE A NUISANCE FOR THOSE ENGAGING IN SUCH PURSUITS TO GO IN OR UPON PRIVATE RESIDENCES WITHOUT HAVING BEEN REQUESTED OR INVITED TO DO SO: PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE. Motion by Commissioner Morris, seconded by Commissioner Thomas, motion carried, Mayor Whiteside and Commissioners Morris, Davis and Thomas voting YEA, none voting NAY, to authorize use of a Public Address System at Broadway and Avenue J on January 19, 1952, by the Disabled Veterans Organization for the purpose of promotion of 'lurch of Dimes" campaign. Motion by Commissioner Davis, seconded by Commissioner Morris, motion carried, Mayor Whiteside and Commissioners Morris, Davis and Thomas voting )Mk., none voting NAY, to reject the bid of Mr. G. C. Paulk for drilling and developing a water well at the City Sanitary Garbage Fill area. Notice to bidders in this regard being of record at Page 386,-Minute Book 10, Bid received January 10, 1952, of record at Page 411-412, and known as General Work Order No. 657. Mr. Paulk's bid having been in the amount of S1079.55. Motion by Commissioner Davis, seconded by Commissioner Morris, motion carried, Mayor Whiteside and Commissioners Morris, Davis and Thomas voting YEA, none voting NAY, to authorize drilling and development of a water well at the site of the City Sanitary Fill, Southeast of the City of Lubbock, on the Yellowhouse Canyon, by the City of Lubbock, on force account. This well to be drilled and developed under G.W.O. No. 657, to be a 10" well with 6" casing. Well to be gravel packed. Motion by Commissioner Morris, seconded by Commissioner Thomas, motion carried, Mayor Whiteside and Commissioners Morris, Davis and Thomas voting YEA, none voting NAY, to authorize the follow- ing work to be done at the Cit y's Water Booster Station No. 4, located in the Northeast part of the City of Lubbock. (1) Change impellers on Worthington Pumps Numbers 8 and 9. (2) Change impellers on Byron Jackson Pump No. 10 and move motor from Byron Jackson Pump No. 11 to Pump No.'10. (3) Change impellers on Byron Jackson Pump No. 11 and purchase a new 700 H.P. motor for this pump and make certain other minor ad- justments to place the station in operation. This work to be done on force account, by City forces, plus payment to representatives of the Pump Companies for Supervision, and recommendations. Estimated cost: $15,4".00. One 400 H.P. motor to be salvaged and used to increase production at Booster Station No. 3. Bids to be secured for purchase of the new 700 H. F motor. Motion by Commissioner Morris, seconded by Commissioner Davis, motion carried, Mayor Whiteside and Commissioners'Morris, Davis and Thomas voting YEA, none voting NAY, to authorize payment of One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars to Don W. Slaughter and wife, June Slaughter, for'Electric Line Easement along -the West side of the Northwest one -quarter (N.W. J) of Section 3, Block D-3, Lubbock County, Texas. This Easement being required to economically serve new water wells being drilled near Lubbock Municipal Airport. Authorization having been given on January 10, 1952, for payment of $100.00 for this Easement to Jim Hobgood, but Mr. Hobgood has refused to grant the Easement. Messrs Irving Jones, Roy Furr, Hurley Carpenter, A. B. Watkins, Murrell Tripp, and Alton Abbott, representatives from the Citizenst Traffic Commission appeared before the City Commission and recommended the adoption by the City Commission of the following streets and avenues as right- of-way streets: Quaker Avenue from 34th Street to 22nd Place Indiana Avenue from 50th Street to l9th Street Flint Avenue from 42nd Street to 19th Street Boston Avenue from 50th Street to 19th Street College Avenue from 50th Street to Erskine Road Avenue V from 34th Street to 19th Street Avenue T from 34th Street to 4th Street Avenue U from 4th Street to Erskine Avenue S from 34th Street to 4th Street Avenue Q from the Circle to Clovis Road Avenue P from 34th Street to 19th Street Avenue H from the Circle to Avenue A Avenue A from the Circle to Avenue H Texas Avenue from Avenue H to Sth Street Railroad Avenue from 19th Street to 34th Street 34th Street from Railroad Avenue to Slide Road 32nd Street from Avenue H to Memphis 23rd street from Railroad Avenue to Avenue P 22nd Street from Avenue P to Indiana Avenue 19th Street from Railroad Avenue to Brownfield RoAd Broadway from College Avenue to City Limits 15th Street from Avenue A to College Avenue loth Street from Avenue H to College Avenue 8th Street from Avenue H to College Avenue 4th Street from College Avenue to Avenue J Avenue J from 4th Street to loth Street Erskine from Amarillo Highway to College Avenue Erskine from Clovis Road to Indiana Avenue Brownfield Road from 19th Street to City Limits Clovis Road from Indiana to Avenue Q Old Plainview Highway from Avenue H to underpass After consideration of this recommendation, motion was made by Commissioner Thomas, seconded by Commissioner Morris, motion carried, Mayor Whiteside and Commissioners Morris, Davis and Thomas voting YEA, none voting NAY, that the City Attorney be hereby instructed to prepare an Ordinance for consideration by the City Commission at their next regular meeting designating the above streets and avenues as right-of-way streets, or thoroughfares. The Citizens Traffic Commission also recommended that: 1. Avenue "S" from 34th Street to 4th Street, be made a 1-way thoroughfare for North Bound Traffic only. 2. Avenue 'IT" from 34th Street to 4th Street be made a 1-way thoroughfare for South Bound Traffic only. 3. The adoption of Avenue "SI? and Avenue fIT" as 1-way thoroughfares be on a trial basis, 4nd that no parking restrictions be imposed upon these avenues until such times as a need for parking restrictions be determined by the City Traffic Engineering Department and approved by the Citizens' Traffic dommission. 4. That suitable traffic control installations be made as determined by the City Traffic Engineering Department at intersections of each one-way street where the one-way street is adjacent to a public school. *,After consideration of the above recommendations of the Citizens' Traffic Commission as to de- signation of one-way. streets, it was unanimously agreed by the City Commission that this matter be referred back to the Citizens' Traffic Commission for further study and clarification as to traffic control installations on these one-way thoroughfares. *Commissioner L.E. Davis wa's against avenue 'IS" and Avenue "T" being made one-way - (see minutes of January 29, 1952, for above authorization) . The following letter from the Citizens' Traffic Commission, addressed to the City Commission was read: January 7, 1952 Mayor Clarence Whiteside & Members of the City Commission City Hall Lubbock, Texas Gentlemen: At -the monthly meeting of the Lubbock citizens' Traffic Commission, December 17, 1951, the following recommendation of the School Com- mittee, was considered and approved unanimously. The Lubbock Citizens' Traffic Commission, after study by the School Committee, respectfully recommends: (a) The trial use of five (5) special, part-time uniformed policemen and/or policewomen to be located near certain public schools at points of traffic congestion during hours when students are coming to and going from school. (b) That the trial period last the remainder of the current school year. (c) That men and/or women who have children attending school be given preference -for the positions all other qualifi- cations being equal. (d) That the special officers be assigned by the Chief of Police to locations in the immediate vicinity of the fol- lowing schools: K. Carter School, 0. L. Slaton Junior High School, Lubbock -Senior High School, Walter Posey School, P.F. Brown School Very truly yours, CITIZENS' TRAFFIC COMMISSION (Signed) Bill Morgan, Executive Secretary After consideration of the letter from the Citizens' Traffic Commission wherein it was requested that five (5) special part-time uniformed policemen and/or police -women be located near certain public schools at points of traffic congestion during hours when students are coming to, or going from, school, motion was made by Commissioner Morris, seconded by Commissioner Davis, motion carried, Mayor Whiteside and Commissioners Morris, Davis and Thomas voting YEA, none voting NAY, to authorize the City Manager to budget sufficient funds in the 1952-53 City Budget to cover expense of employing such part time employees for this special Police work, for consideration by the City Commission at the time the 1952-53 Budget is presented for consideration. No further business coming up for consideration, the City Commission adjourned. Read and aprroved this the 29th day of January 1952. ATTEST: 1t.y ecArt ry-y - ;ets.