HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/13/1950 - Regular Minutes - City CouncilMINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
March 13, 1950
Those present Mayor Langford; Councilmen Badgett, Orr, Halpin, and
Fitch; City Attorney Barger, City Manager Rogers, and City Secretary
McGinnis.
Visitors present were Bill Carll, A. S. Jones, L. R. Jones, E. L.
Granau, Phil Newman, L. E. Winder, L. P. Dulaney, L. T -i. Newman, D. C.
Edwards, Sam Malinary, M. L. .Anderson, and Dan Russell.
Mr. E. L. Granau, representing the Gulf States Utilities Company,
presented a brief summary of conditions under which power might be sold
to the city.
Mr. A. S. Jones presented a brief for the rezoning of certain pro-
perty which he owns within the city limits. There followed a general
discussion of the proposal to rezone, after which upon motion by Orr,
seconded by Fitch, the council denied the request. This disapproval
concerns item "al' of Ordinance No. 139, which item reads as follows:
"To rezone so as to change the classification from District
Number Three (Apartment House Area) to District Number Four (Business
District) all that certain property more fully described as follows
towit: All of Lots 5 and 6 and a 6.1 foot strip of Lot 4 bordering
on said Lot 5, all said Lots being in Block 9 of the West Park
Addition, said addition being platted and recorded as of January 20,
194.0.in Volume 102, page 198 of the Deed Records of Brazos County,
Texas."
On motion by Halpin, seconded by Badgett, item "b", sections 1 and
2 of Ordinance No. 139,, -..was approved. This item relates to certain properties
which were not zoned prior to their being incorporated into the city limits
and zones such areas as Number One (Residential Area). (See Ordinance No.
139 for a, complete discription of item "b").
Messrs. E. 0. Siecke, A. P. Bo�rett, and W. I. Truettner, with Mr.
Siecke as chairman, were appointed to constitute the Equalization Board
of the year 1950-51.
Mr. L. G. Jones presented a written request for a refund of $1200.91
which he had made in extending water lines into the Breezy Heights Addition.
The council requested the city manager and city engineer to make a survey
of the property in question and to report their findings as to whether or not
all requirements have been met in such extensions.
The Mayor was authorized to appoint a. committee to make a study of the
parking of trucks in the North Gate Area. M. L. Anderson, Charles Opersteny,
H. M. Schlicker, and Fred Benson, with Mr. Anderson as chairman, were appointed
to constitute this committee.
By drawing of lots the following order of names was determined for
the ballot for the April election. Ward II: Halpin, Mitchell, Berryman, Keese;
Ward III: Ames, Freiberger.
Minutes of Meeting
March 13, 1950
The name of Charles W. Thomas, Jr. was left off the ballot as
in the opinion of the city attorney he was not a legal resident of the
city. The Mayor was instructed to wite Mr. Thomas to this effect and
to cite the reasons why his name was left off the ballot.
Messrs. Norman F. Rode and Raymond L. Rogers, with a. third party
whom these two are to select, were authorized to undertake a study of
the revision of utility rates.
Messrs. S. R. Wright, Fred Benson, and R. L. Rogers, with Mr.
Wright as chariman, were authorized to stiidy the question of street
surfacing and types of cross—sections which might be used in street and
road improvements.
The council discussed informally the q».estion of renumbering houses
and lots and agreed to meet at seven p.m. March 21 to go into this matter
further.
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City Secretary
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