HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-27-56-Resol - Resolution - 02/27/1956REGUIJ~R i~,%ET ING OF C 1TY COUNC IL
February 27, 1956
The City Council met in regulsr session at 7:00 p. m.
February 27, 1956, with the following present: ~yor Ls. ngford;
Councilmen Boyett, Orr, Pugh and Sorrels; City Attorney B~rger; City
Engineer Benson; City Judge Goode; City M~nager Boswell and City Sec-
retary McGinnis. The following visitors were present: M~ssrs H. J.
Whitford, T. E. Comfort, L. G. Jones, W. N. Williamson, G. C. Seaborn
and Welton Jones.
Councilman Orr made a motion, seconde~ by Councilman Sorrels,
that Ordinance No. 220, an Ordinance re zoning certain areas within
the city limits, be passed.
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
Councilman Orr made a motion, seconded by Councilman Boyett,
that Ordinance No. 221, an Ordinance incorporating certain areas
within the city limits, be passed.
The Vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
~ouncilman Pugh made a motion, seconded by Councilman Sorrels,
that Ordinance No. 222, an Ordinance calling for a general municipal
election to be held on April 3, 1956, and appointing officers for the
said election, be passed.
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
Councilman Orr made a motion, seconded by Councilman Pugh,
that Ordinance No. 223, an Ordin~.nce appointing a Board of Equilization
for the City of College Sts. tio~': for the coming M~nicipal year, be passed.
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
Councilman Sorrels made a motion, seconded by Councilman Orr,
that the Council authorize the City ~nager to pay the Texala Construc-
tion Company $10,000.00 from the Sewer Bond funds as recommended by
Homer Hunter and Associates, Engineers for the city's new sewage
disposal system.
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
Councilman Orr made a motion, seconded by Councilman Pugh, that
the Council authorize the City I~.~nager to ask for bids on the laying
of an eight-inch water main connecting the mains of the College Hills
area with those of the South Side, according to plans prepared by
the City Engineer.
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
Councilman Orr made a motion, seconded by Councilman Pugh, that
the Council authorize the Mayor and the City Manager to sell twenty
$1,000.00 Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue ~Bonds, Series II, 1951.
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
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cunciiman Bov~tt ma~. a motion, secor~-] by Councilman ~ ~
that t~ city install five-feet of filter rock ~_ns%ead of the
specified seven-feet in the filter installation at the new sewage
treating plant in accordance with !et%er from Homer Hunter and
Associa%es dated February 21, 1956.
The vote of the Council was un, snimous in favor of the motion.
Council~e.n Boyett made s motion, seconded by Councilman Orr,
that the city pay the City of Bryan i>1,956.&2 for the purchase of
the i-EL lines and accessories in the newly annexed Woodland Acres
and '~,~oodland Estates Additions.
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
i.~yor Lar.gford, with the approval of the Council, appointed
Messrs. Fred E. Weick and C. K. leighton to be members of the
proposed Joint Airport Zoning Board created by tt~e following
resolution:
RES OLUT I0N
C !TY OF COLLE~ STAT ION)
COUntrY OF BRAZOS)
W}~,RE~S it appears that Bryan Air Force Base, situated in Brazos
Couz~ty, Texas, creates an airport hazard en~angerin,~ the lives and
property of users of the ariport and of occupants of land in its vicinity,
within the meaning ol Article A6e of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas,
~'2~D 'W~~, it is necessary and proper that airport zoning
regulations be adopted and that a Joint Airport Zoning Board be created
with the authority and powers set forth in ~-reticle A6e 3 (2) of said
act~
NOW, THTLREFORE, BE tT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of College Station, Texas, that a joint airport zoning board be and
the same is hereby created, so far as the City of College Station is
empowered to create same, which board shall have the power to adopt,
administer, and enforce airport zoning regulations applicable to the
airport hazard area in question as provided in Article A6e of the
Revised Civil Statutes of Texas hereinbefore mentioned, and that the
City of College Station hereby join with any and all necessary political
sub-divisions in the area involved to accomplish the above.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Fred E. Weick and C. K. Leighton.,
resident citizens of College Station, Texas, be and they are hereby
appointed as members of said board.
~)OPTED and effective this 27th day of February, A. D. 1956.
.............. , ,ill
Ernest Langf°rd-,~-"- Ma~o~-
City of College Station, Texas
Counci!m_e.n 'Orr made a motion, seconded by. Councilman Boyett,
that the Resolution be passed and approved.
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
l~yor Langford requested Councilmen Orr and Boyett to make
preliminary study of a salary budget for the fiscal year beginning
July l, 1956.
Councilman Pugh made a motion, seconded by Councilman Orr, that
Ordinance No. 224, an Ordinance amending Ordinanace No. 167, be passed.
~he vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
A~TEST:
City Se cre~r~ ~
APPROVED:
i~yor
OOSSS