Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Regular - 7/5/1949RECESSED REGULAR MEETING Lubbock, Texas J*ly 5, 19 4 9 J The City Commission of the City of Lubbock, Texas, met at 4:30 P.M. in recessed regular session, recessed from regular meeting of June 23, 1949, at the regular meeting place in the City Hall, the following members thereof being present, to -wit: Mayor W. H. Rodgers, Commissioners W.B. Price, E.K. Hufstedler, Jr., Clarence K. Whiteside, John Spikes, City Manager Steve Matthews, City Attorney Vaughn E. Wilson, City Secretary Lavenia Lowe. Absent: Commissioner Whiteside. Motion by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Spikes, carried unani- mously, the following Resolution was passed. .RESOLUTION WHEREAS, on May 7, 1949 by its Resolution the City Commission authorized the Mayor to execute the note of the City of Lubbock bearing the same date for One Hundred Thousand ,($100,000) Dollars and bearing interest at the rate of three (30) percent per annum and payable to the Citizens National Bank, Lubbock, Texas, on or before May 7, 1950 for the purposes stated therein and the note was executed and the City agreed and did thereby pledge individual paving contracts for certificates with a face value of thirty-three and one-third (33-113%) per cent over the principal amount of the loan, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK: That the Paving Collector prepare a list of certificates showing the cer- tificate number, game of the owner and amount of the certificate for delivery to the Citizens National Bank as security for this loan. Passed and approved by unanimous vote of the City Commission of the City of Lubbock this 5th day of July, 1949. ' ATTEST: Lavenia Lowe City Secretary 1. W. H. Rodgers Mayor Motion by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Hufstedler, carried unanimously, the following Resolution was passed: RESOLUTION WHEREAS, on March 10, 1949 the Citizens National Bank approved a loan in the amount of Three Hundred Thousand ($300,000) Dollars to be secured by Certificates of Paving with a thirty-three and one-third (33-113%) percent margin and bearing a three (3%) percent interest rate as shown by the Minutes of the City Commission dated March 10 1949 and the City now needs an additional advancement of One Hundred Thousand (4100,000) Dollars thereunder to insure completion of part of its paving projects, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK: That the Mayor of the City of Lubbock be and said officer is hereby autho- rized to execute the note of the City of Lubbock datdd June 28, 1949 for One Hundred Thousand ($100,000) Dollars bearing interest at the rate of three (3%) percent per annum and payable to the Citizens National Bank of Lubbock, Texas on or before June 28, 1950, said note to be delivered to said Bank and the amount credited to the t+Paving Fund" of the City of Lubbock and used for existing paving projects. In consideration of the loan and as security to said Bank the Governing Body of the City of Lubbock hereby pledges individual paving contracts and certificates with a face value of thirty-three and one-third (33-113%) percent over the principal amount of the loan. The STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND of the City of Lubbock shall constitut ttpaving Fundtt above mert Toned and all principal and interest paid to th, on certificates shown on a list of certificates to be furnished the Ban: be paid into the Stzeet Improvement Fund and an adequate amount of such payments shall be retained therein, to pay off said note at maturity. The Paving Collector is directed to prepare lists of certificates showing the certificate number, name of the owner and amount of the certificate for delivery to the Bank as security for this loan. Passed and approved by unanimous vote of the City Commission this 5th day of July, 1949. W. H. Rodgers yor ATTEST: Lavenia Lowe City Secretary Motion by Commissioner Spikes, seconded by Commissioner Hufstedler, carried unanimously, the following Resolution was passed: RESOLUTION WHEREAS, on March 10, 1949 the Citizens National Bank approved a loan in the amount of Three Hundred Thousand ($300,000) Dollars to be secured by Certi- ficates of Paving with a thirty-three and one-third (33-113%) percent margin and bearing a three (3%) percent interest rate as shown by the Minutes of the City Commission dated March 10, 1949 and the City now needs an additiord ad- vancement of One Hundred Thousand ($100,000) Dollars thereunder to insure completion of part of it's paving projects, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK: That the Mayor of the City of Lubbock be and said officer is hereby autho- rized to execute the note of the City of Lubbock dated P 1949 for One Hundred Thousand ($100,0-0) Dollars bearing interest at the rate of three (3%) percent per annum and payable to the --Citizens National Bank of Lubbock, Texas on or before , 1950 said note to be delivered to said Bank and the amount crediti;d to the °TPaving Pund" of the City of Lubbock and used for existing paving projects. In consideration of the loan ,of as security to said Bank the Governing Body of the City of Lubbock hereby pledges individual paving contracts and certificates with a face value of thirty- three and one-third (33-113 %) percent over the principal amount of the loan. The STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND of the City of Lubbock shall constitute the "Paving Fund" above mentioned and all principal and int er:st paid to the City on certificates shown on a list of certificates to be furnished the Bank, shall be paid into the Street Improvement Fund and an adequate amount of such payments shall be retained therein, to pay off said note at maturity. The Paving Collector is directed to prepare lists of certificates showing + the certificate number, name of the owner and amount of the certificate for de- livery to the Bank as security for this loan. Passed and approved by unanimous vote of the City Commission this 5th day of July, 1949. W.H.Rod ers Mayor ATTE'ST: _ ayeni n Loun City Secretary Motion by Commissioner Hufstedler, seconded by Commissioner Spikes, carried unanimously, the following Resolution was passed: RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the Mited States Government has reactivated the Lubbock Air Field Base lying about ten (10) miles West of Lubbock and the City Commission has here- to -fore agredd to convey the field consisting of four (4) tracts of land containing 1387.66 acres anL.- 3.57 acres and a radio transmitter site containing ten (10) acres and a radio site containing six (6) acres subject to the continuing use by the Govemment of said area as a military air field or for other military purposes; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COD21ISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK: That W.H. Rodgers, Mayor of the City of Lubbock be, and he is hereby autho- rized and directed to execute the original of the attached conveyance, on behalf of the City of Lubbock to the United States of America, and to make deliver; of such deed to the proper authorities. On motion of Commissioner Hufstedler, seconded by Commissioner Spikes, the foregoing resolution with copy of deed attached, was unanimously passed by the City Commission 6f the City of Lubbock, this the 5th day of July, 1949. ATTEST: Lavenia Lowe City Secretary DEED STATE OF TEXAS ) COUNTY OF LUBBOCK ) KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: W.H.Rodgers Mayor That the City of Lubbock, Texas, a municipal corporation, duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of ,Texas, acting herein by and through W. H. Rodgers, its Mayor, hereunto duly authorized,for and in con- sideration of the sum of One and no/100 Dollars ($1.00), and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknow- ledged, has -ranted, sold and conveyed and by these presents does grant, sell and oonvey unto the United States of America, for use as a military airfield and for other military purposes, and subject to the rights of reversion as here- inafter set forth, all that certain land situated in Lubbock County, Texas, par- ticularly described as follows: FIRST TRACT All of Section Four (4) and the East Half (EJ) of Section Twenty-six (26 except that part of said Sections lying south of the north right- of-way line of State Highway No. 290 as same now exists; and the South Half (S12) of Section Twenty-five (251, all in Block D-6; and the Southeast Quarter (SE�) of Section Forty-eight (.48), Block P, containing 1387.66 acres more or less. SECOND TRACT lzo l- A strip of land adjacent to and extending fifty (50) feet in width on each side of the following desc:v .bed line: Commencing at the Section live (5), $look D-6; thence West along Northeast corner of the North line of said Section Five (5) , a distance of Two Hundred (200) feet; thence south at right angles to said north line a dis- tance of fifty feet (50' ) to the point of beginning; thence contin- uing South at right angles to said North line a distance of One Hundred Sixty (1 0) Feet, more or less, to a point ofcurve; thence souti.westerly on a curve to the right with a radius of Nine Hundred -,:'-,Forty-two and Twenty-nine Hundredths (942.29) feet, a distance of One Thousand Three Hundr,-:d Ninety-six (1396)feet, more or less, to point % - 17 - 44 7 of intersection with a line parallel with and Seventy-five (75 ) feet r northeasterly from, measured at right angles , the eenterline of the �.t-��-�•�'''' main track of the South Plains and Santa Fe kai-lway Company, contain- ing 3.57 acres, more or less. _kt /_ dY_ THIRD TRACT (Radio Transmitter Site) tf �-'�� A parcel of land described as beginning at the Northwest corner of r 01 � � the Southwest Quarter XSW�) Six Hundred Sixty (UO) of Section Two feet, thence (2), Block D-6; thence South Six Hundred Sixty U East (660) feet, thence West Six Hundred Sixt- (o60) feet, thence North Six Hundred Sixty (660) feet to the place of beginning, containing ten (10) acres more or less. l FOURTH TRACT Radio Range Site A certain parcel of land described as beginning at the Southwest corner of the East Half (EI ) of Section Thirty-eight (38), Block JS thence North Five Hundred Twent --�wo (522 ) feet, thence East live Hundred {5001 feel. thence South ive Hundred Twenty-two ( 522 ) feet, thence West dive Hundred (500) feet to the point of beginning con- taining six tb) acres, more or less. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in the event the United States of America ceases to use said lands for the purpose of a military airfield or other military purposes, then and in that event, the land shall immediately revert to the City of Lubbock, Texas, except, however, the United States of America shall have the right at the time of cessation of the use of said airfield to remove therefrom within a rea- sonable period of time, which shall in no event be more than one year, all im- provements, fixtures and facilities which may have been plaeed thereon by the Grante,,P, herein. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above described premises, together with all and singular the rights and appurtenances thereunto in any wise belonging, unto the said United States of America forever. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the urdlersigned has affixed his signature on behalf of the City of Lubbock, Texas, on this the 5th day of July, 1949. ATTEST: Lave.nia Lowe City Secretary Lubbock, Texas ACKNCWLEDGEMENT STATE OF TEXAS Z )S COUNTY OF LUBBOCK CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS BY W.H. Rodgers t s Mayor Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public within and for the county and state aforesaid, on this day personally appeared W. H. Rodgers know to me to be the person whose name is subactibed to the foregoing instrument and known to me to be the Mayor of the City of Lubbock, a municipal corporation, and ack- nowledged to me that he executed said instrument for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, and as the act of said municipal corporation. Given under my hand and seal of office this 5th day of July , 194 G . Lloyd Ross Notary Public MIT Commission Expires June 1-1951_ Motion by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Hufstedler, carried unanimously, the following Resolution was passed: RISOLUTION -- CITY OF LUBBOCK WHEREAS, there are being irrigated, by pumping, approximately a million acres of land in the Panhandle and South Plains area of Texas, and in addition such ground waters are supplying the municipal and domestic requirements of the City of Lubbock as well as other cities and towns in the area, and; WHEREAS, such demands upon that ground water table hold a potential threat of inadequacy to support the now existing economy of the area, underpreseht urban and rural populations, and a serious threat to both the urban and agricultural economy of that area under trends of population increase projected a reasonable period of time into the future, and; WHEREAS, the Bureau of Reclamation to the end of alleviating the serious situation confronting that area has made engineering and economic studies and investigations to provide a surface water supply through storage in the South Canadian River, to attain multiple uses and benefits among which is the primary one of supplementing the ground water supply now being drawn upon exclusively to meet the irrigation and domestic needs of the urban and rural population of such Panhandle and South Plains areas, and; WHEREAS, such investigations and studies by the Bureau of Reclamation have been submitted in its report to the Secretary of the Interior recommendina. works for the conservation, diversion and distribution of surface waters of the South Canadian River, to supply t�ais City and other cities of the Panhandle area with a surface water supply for domestic and municipal uses and purposes, and for the irrigation of lands within that area in preservation of the existing ground water supply, and for multiple additional benefits which will accrue, by the constructi( operation and maintenance of the proposed project, and; WHEREAS, the benefits of such project will accrue to the nation, to the locality and particularly to the City of Lubbock providing it with a greatly needed surface municipal water supply to supplement its existing inadequate pumpir supply; and to conserve ground water for irrigation pumping in the vicinity of Lubbock and thus preserve the economy of the area tributary to this City, and upon which it depends. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the City recommends and urges the con- struction, operation and maintenance of said Canadian River Project, as submitted in the report of the Bureau of Reclamation, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That it is the will and intent of this City to or- _;anize itself and its adjacent territory, into a body politic under the laws of the State of Texas with powers adequate to obligate itself to pay its proportion of the reimbursable_ costs of construction, operation and maintenance of such project, and to urge such corporate entity to aggressively negotiate an appro- priate contract with the United States to that end, in pursuance of the Federal Reclamation Laws; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That copies of this resolution be supplied to the Secretary & the Interior and to the members of the Texas Congressional delegation. Passed and approved by unanimous vote of the City COmmission this the 5th day of July, 1949. STATE OF TEXAS ) ) S3 COUNTY OF LUBBOCK) I hereby certify that I am the duly appointed, qualified and acting Secretary of the City Commission, City of Lubbock, as such have lawful custody of the minutes, records and files of said Commission; that at a special meeting of the city Council held on July 5, 1949, at which a quorum of the Commission were present and voting, a resolution of which the_ above is a full, true and com_ lete copy, was regularly proposed by Commissioner Price, and seconded by Commissioner Hufstedler, regu- larly put to a vote and voted upon, and unanimously adopted and declared to be a resolution of such Commission. Witness my hand and seal this 5th day of July, 1949. Lavenia Lowe City Secretary (Seal) Motion by Commissioner Spikes, seconded by Commissioner Price, carried unanimously, to appoint the following men to serve as members of the Equalization Boy- r__ the year 1949: B. Sherrod Paul Graham A.V.Weaver PP. W.F. (Bill] McCarty H.V. Simms There was discussion of moving building Number T-3339, located at Munic Airport, ( being one of the buildings received by the City of Lubbock whe Un,i_te.d twned the Aarport, to Ci-t451 pnto City' s land ad rural Electrification Office on Plainview Highway, and the City Manager strutted to have this building moved. The City to construct foundati;9p other work necessary in the moving of the building. Said building to bE to the Highway Department for use by the Texas Highway Patrol. No further business coming up for consideration, the City Commission adjourned. Read and approved this the 14th --�— day ofJuly--------�---, 1949. ATTEST: AZ."-JOI City Sec 7etary