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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
September 23, 1957
Members present: Mayor Langford; Councilmen Anderson, McCall,
Orr, Pugh, Sorrels; City Attorney Dillon; City Manager Boswell.
Visitors present: Robert L. Hoover, Jr., Bobby R. Noack,
Ernest W. Grossman, C. Van Eaton, Lamar Ford, Lloyd E. Fite,
L. C. Motl, Paul A. James, and H. D. Templin.
Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved.
A public hearing on the question of rezoning Lots 34, 35, 36,
Block 3, Oakwood Addition having been set for 7:00 p.m. and no one
appearing, on motion by Councilman Orr, seconded by Councilman Pugh,
Ordinance No. 256, an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 38 to permit
the rezoning of Lots 34, 35, 36, Block 3, Oakwood Addition was
passed and approved.
On motion by Councilman Pugh, seconded by Councilman Anderson,
Ordinance No. 257, an ordinance accepting the recommendations of the
Zoning Commission of September 4 was passed and approved. For record
in these minutes the recommendations of the Commission are repeated
as follows:
The Commission recommends that those areas incorporated
within the city limits by Ordinances No. 226 and 231 be
zoned as District No. 1, First Dwelling House District,
provided, however, that the present owners be permitted
continued use of existing land and facilities without
interruption, or until such time as said use and fac-
ilities become a nuisance to adjacent properties; and
provided further that exceptions to District No. 1 be
handled individually by the City Council as they may
arise.
The Commission recommends that Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Guthrie
be granted an exception to Ordinance No. 38 permitting
them to operate a Kindergarten on Lots 34, 35, 36,
Block 3, Oakwood Addition; provided, however, that such
permission shall be for a period of five years from
September 1, 1957, or a shorter time if objections by
adjacent property owners warrant reconsideration.
On motion by Councilman Sorrels, seconded by Councilman Pugh,
Messrs. B. J. Kling and Wm. A. Smith were appointed to the Planning
Commission and the Mayor directed to notify them accordingly.
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Minutes of City Council Continued: 2
September 23, 1957
On motion by Councilman Anderson, seconded by Councilman Orr,
the Community Chest Committee for the year 1957-58 was appointed as
follows: Messrs. M. L. Cashion, K. J. Edwards, L. A. "Luke" Harrison,
R. V. Hite, L. B. Keel, Edward Madeley, L. E. McCall, Reed McDonald,
Joe Payton, R. R. Shrode, C. M. Simmang, Jack Tippit, G. S. Trevino,
Richard Vrooman, Chairman, Mesdames. Dan R. Davis, W. M. Dowell,
and R. H. Rogers.
The question of the appointing of a Community Chest Committee
by the council was discussed at considerable length. It was generally
agreed that such appointments do not properly come within the pre-
rogatives of the council and that no similar appointments will be made
in the future. By general agreement the Mayor was requested to confer
with the College Station Civic Association as to that body's accepting
this responsibility.
On motion by Councilman Orr, seconded by Councilman Sorrels,
the City Manager was authorized to accept the proposal of A & M
College relative to the city's participating in the sanitary land fill
for garbage disposal. The motion carried with it authorization for the
City Manager to consider the possibility of the city's equipping and
maintaining its own system for garbage disposal.
City Attorney Dillon advised the council that trees in streets
constitute a hazard to traffic and that the city can be held liable for
damages for injuries which may result from collisions therewith. In view
of this advice, on motion by Councilman McCall, seconded by Councilman
Orr, the City Manager was authorized to proceed immediately with the
removal of all trees which are within 15 feet of center lines of streets.
On motion by Councilman Anderson, seconded by Councilman Sorrels,
City Manager Boswell was granted permission to attend the International
City Managers' Association in Washington, D. C., October 20 - 23, the
city to reimburse Mr. Boswell for expenses incurred.
Following the general business session the council discussed
at considerable length various ways and means for improving conditions
and services throughout the city.
As a possible means of recording council actions and deliberations
Mr. Pugh suggested the idea of the use of a tape recorder.
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Minutes of City Council Continued: 3
September 23, 1957
The meeting adjourned subject to the call of the Mayor.
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