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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes - City Council - Regular - 9/13/1949RECESSED REGULAR MEETING Lubbock, Texas September 13, 1949 The City Commission of the City of Lubbock, Texas, met at 9 A.M. in recessed regular session, recessed from regular meeting of September 8, 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., Clar- ence K. Whiteside, John Spikes, City Attorney Vaughn E. Wilson, City Manager Steve Matthews, City Secretary Lavenia Lowe. Absent: None. Truman Green, Electrical superintendent, appearedzbefore the City Commission and recommended that the following proposed improvements, in connecti6n with street lighting plan be constructed at this time: Approximate Avenue A, from Broadway to 19th Street, street lights be installed 'Coat as per exhibit "-A", presented by Mr. Green $5,000.00 College Avenue - 4th Street to 19th Street, street lights be installed as per exhi?_pit "A", presented, 11,(! O.00 19th Sire-t, Texas AventL, to Colle,cpAvenue, street li"hts be installed as Der exhilit "All, presented, 15,000.00 19th Street - College Avenie to Tyler At,enue, street liF-:hts be installed as per Exhibit "A" (Half Plan) 5,000.00 Texas Avenu' - 19th Street to 30th Street, street lights be installed as per exhibit "A" 82000.OD At Intersection of North Avenie u and Avenue A. street lights be installed as per Exhibit "A" 8.9000,00 Total Estimated cost of this Propram $52,000.00 Motion by Commissioner Snikes, seconded by Commissioner WUteside, carrid unanimously, to annrove the plan as set out a',ove, and that bids be requested to be received at 2 P. M. October 13, 1949. Mercury Vapor Lamps be used. Report of E. 1' . Joliff, forner Traffic Ez gineer of the City of Fort 7orth naa employed by Crouse -Hinds Company, was read to the City Commission, wherein tr. Jbl2-iff---recomriended parallel parking in all the City Limits of the City of Lubbock. Motion by Commissioner Spil--es, seconded by Commissioner Whiteside, carried unanimously, the following Resolution was passed: RESOLUTION BE IT RESOLVED BY TIE CITY COM14ISSION OF TIE CITY OF LUBBOCK: TI1T, the followirg nexied streets between the intersections herein designated, as said streets are shown by the Official Map of the City of Lubbock, BE, and sudldesignated parts of such streets are hereby designated "BOULEVARDS". 8th Streit between Avnue H and College Avenue 15th Street between Texas Avenue andCollege Avenue 22nd Strer:t between Avenue "Q" and Adams Avenue Adams Avenue betwee 10th Street and 31Mth Street Jackson Avenue between Xth Street and 19th Street Tyler Avente between 34th Street and 19th Street Avenue "V" between 19th Street and 34th Street The Chief of Police is authorized and directed to place "STOP" sins at eadi intersection where a street comes in to or crosses any of the above designated boulevards, under the provisJo:s of Ordinance No. 575, Artide XII, Section I, said signs to be of uniform height, si ze, yarding and color and to be plmed on the right hand parkway of each such street, alley, or otYL-r highway intersecting any of said designated boulevards, EXCEPT at i.-:tersections regulated by automatic light traffic control devices. On motion of Commissioner Spikes, seconded b7T Commissioner Whiteskb, the foregoing Resoluti.nn was unanimously passed by an affirmative vote of the City Corr-ission this 13th day of September, 1949. W. H. Rodgers Mator ATTEST. Lavenia Lowe _... L_ _ i - Motion by Corriissioner Huf'stedler, seconded jbtr Co*L-.issioner Price, carried unani- mouslti , that traffic signal lir-hts be installed at th=_ following locations: Location 19th-Street and Avenue X 19th Street and Avenue V Avenue P and 19th Street Broadway ad Avenue U Main Street and Avenue W 17th Street are Avenue A 4th Street and College Avenue 8th Street and Coller;e Avenue r' T - Y P E Total Conventional Traff-ic Actuated $15100.00 $l,1r0.00 650.00 650.00 650.00 650.00 1,300.00 1,300:00 650.00 1,300.00 1,300.00 650.00 800.00 (Light to be equipped 800.00 with Manual Control Devices) 800.00 800.00 f T"otion by Commissioner Hufsted]w, seconded by Commissioner Whiteside, carrid unanimously, -to attthoftze Eleven (11) Foot loading zone at McGheet s Cleaners, 2119 19th Street. Motion by Commissioner Hufstedler, seconded. by Coma-iissioner Whiteside, carried unanimously, to authorize installation_ of 2-hour narking meter zones on both East and West side of Avenue J. between 14th and 15th Street. Iiotion by Commissioner Spikes, seconded b.r Commissioner Whiteside, carried unanimously, t authorize installation of double vi sior traffic signals at the follar ink; locations, at approximate cost of $1,620.00. Avenue H at Mah Street - Avenue H at Broadway; Texas Avenue at 19th Street, at Agin Street, Broadway and 13th Street. Avenue J at Main Street, at Broadway and at 13th Street; Avenue K at Main Street, at Broadway and at 13th Street. Motion by Commissioner Whiteside, seconded by Commissioner Spikes, carried unanimously, -b authorize Parking Iieters be placed on East and South side of City Hall. The rgers on tIe South side of the City Hall to extend only to'the North ail South alley. Motion by Cor2riissioner Hufstedler, seconded by Commissioner Spi'_-_es, carried unanim2sly, thA proper Department Heads be advised to discontinue use cf wood poles fx lighting standards, in the residential portion of the Cit-- and that steed. poles be tad for this lighting project. Thnt the wooden poles on hand ':•e sold,. or used to the best advantage by the City, and order be can celled for any additional wooden poles for luting project. Motion by Commissioner Hufstedler, seconded by Commissioner Whiteside, that parallel parking be instituted in downtown Lubbock. The riotion carried by the following vote: Commiissioners Hufstedler and Whiteside and Mayor Rodgers voting AYE. Coryiissioners Price and Spi I -es ,vting NO. There was discussion of movin- traffic light on West 19th Street from Jefferson AveniB to Adams Avenue, the City Com7ission unanimomly agreeing to this change. The Tech Coll-?e officials to be contacted in regard to the entrance from the College onto 19th Street. Motion by Commissioner Spikes, seconded by Cou-::issioner Price, carried unanimously, to authorize one - 18, loading zone at West Texas Gas Company new building located at corner of lVth Street and Texas Avenue. The loading zone to be at the Gas Companyts North door, on loth Str et, Also to author ize placing of parking meters around said building, the meters on Texas Avenue to be 20 Minute Meters, also one meter on loth Street (the one nearest Texas Avenue) to be a 20-minute meter. The other p,-x king deters on loth Strr-et side to be 1-hour meters. Motion by Coim;iissioner Spikes, seconded by Commissioner Price, carried unanimously, to employ A. J. Gates, at a salary of $550.00 per month, to lay out water system, pump line and reservoir, from Northw:st well field into Cityts system. It being estimated that it will take approyimately three months to complete this engineering service. No further business coming up for consideration, the City Commission recessed to meet Sept. 13, 1949, at 11 A.M. Read and approved this the 92 day of September .. , 1949. ATTEST li412 City Secretary. MAYOR