HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Regular - 5/5/1948RECESSED REGULAR MEETING.
Lubbock, 'Texas
May 5, 1948
The City Commission of the city of Lubbock, Texas, met at 1:30 Y.M.
in recessed regular session, recessed from regular meeting of April
22, 19483, at the regular meeting place in the City Hall, the
following members thereof being present, to -wit:
Mayor IV H Rodgers, Commissioners W. B. Price, E. K. Hufstedler, Jr.,
Clarence K. Whiteside, John Spikes, City attorney Vaughn E. Wilson,
City Manager M. R. Smith, Jr., City Secretary Lavenia Williams.
Absent: None.
Clyde Tatum appeared before the City Commission and requested that
consideration be given to designating Adams Avenue as a Boulevard,
instead of Jefferson Avenue, which is now designated as a Boulevard,
from 19th Street, South; also that some means be provided for slowing
the traffic around the Roscoe Wilson School. Mr. Tatum also requested
a traffic light be placed at 17th Street and Texas Avenue.
This matter was discussed, and the City Manager was instructed to have
a survey made of the traffic conditions at all the schools in the City
and to submit recommendations to the Commission at the next regular
meeting.
The Latter of drilling test wells to a depth of afproximately 1500
Feet was discussed, and the Mayor advised the Commission that a well
was now being drilled on the F. R. Friend property located on College
Avenue approximately two (2) Miles South of 34th Street and that
certain interested parties were attempting to raise funds for drilling
this well to a Berth of approximately 1500 Feet. Whereupon, motion
was made by Commissioner Hufstedler, seconded by Commissioner Price,
Carried.u.nanimously, that the City of Lubbock stand One Thousand
($1,000.00) Dollars of the cost of the additional drilling and testing
of this well, provided the well is drilled to a depth of approximately
1500 Feet, with the understanding that the City is to have copies of
all information relative to the test, including logs. Further
provided that if sufficient water sands are encountered that sufficient
pumping tests will be made to determine the quantity of water available
in depths below four (400) hundred feet.
Mr. W. G. McMillan appeared before the City Commission relative to a
letter he had written to the City Manager on March 1, 1948, requesting
an extention of time, totaling fifty (50) working days, on the completion
of the City reservoir project, on which bids were received April 24, 1947.
The matter was discussed at length, but no action taken.
A request was received and read from the Real Estate Division,
Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque, New Mexico, relative to amending
the original lease agreement between the United States of America 9nd
the City of Lubbock on the Lubbock Army Airfield which would permit
the use of the property as a military reservation, airport, or other
governmental properties including, but not restricted to occupancy
and use, by the Department of Air Forces, Department of thP Army, Veterans
Administration, Federal Public Housing Authoritg,, Department of Agriculture,
br other Governmental agencies. This matter was discussed and motion was
made by Commissioner Price,. seconded by•Commissi-oner Hufstedler, carried
unanimously, -that .the_ request be -denied.
Motion by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Hufstedler,
carried unanimously, that in consideration of the payment of the sum
of One Hundred r'orty rive ($145.42) Dollars and r'orty '11mo Cents,
the City of Lubbock hereby transfers the Mechanictc Lien executed by
Roy R. Holmes for pavinf• the front of Lot 7, Block 7, Summerhill
Addition to the City of Lubbock, Texas, to the Security Life and Accident
Company, and the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute this transfer.
No further busiz-ess coming up for consideration, the "ity Commission adjourned.
Read and approved this t hb 13 day of May , 1948.
ATTEST:
City Secreta ry.