HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/03/1953 - Regular Minutes - City CouncilMINUTES OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING
March 3, 1953
The City Council met in postponed session March 3, 1953, with the
following present: Mayor Langford; Councilmen Badgett, Boyett, Pugh
and Sorrels; City Attorney Barger, City Engineer Benson, City Manager
Boswell, and City Secretary McGinnis.
The following visitors were present: Harri Baker, representing
the Battalion, and Mr. Charles P. Moore.
Councilman Badgett made a motion, seconded by Councilman Sorrels,
that Ordinance No. 180, an ordinance ordering a general election in the
City of College Station on Tuesday, April 7, 1953, for the election of
three councilmen, etc., be adopted.
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
Councilman Pugh made a motion, seconded by Councilman Badgett, that
Ordinance No. 1.78, an ordinance appointing a Board of Equilization for
the year 1953, and fining the time of the first meeting of said Board,
be adopted.
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
Councilman Badgett made a motion, seconded by Councilman Boyett,
that Ordinance No. 179, an ordinance levying taxes for the use and
support of the municipal government of the City of College Station and
providing for the interest and sinking fund for the year 1953 - 54 and
apportioning each levy for the specific purpose, be adopted.
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
Councilman Sorrels made a motion, seconded by Councilman Pugh, that
City Engineer Benson be authorized to prepare estimates on the cost of
sewer extensions as recommended to the Council as the result of his surveys,
and the construction of an adequate Dunbar filter, or filters.
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
Councilman• made a motion,seconded by • Pugh,h:
Mr. H. E. Burgess be authorized to proceed with negotiations for the
purchase portionsof the
properties of 0. A.1 and Philip Steen,S
per his letter of February 26, 1953p this property to be used as a
recreational area adjacent to the Lincoln School.
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
Councilman Pugh made a motion, seconded by Councilman Badgett, that
Dr. F. B. Clark's request for the change in the location of an unnamed street
in the Knoll be referred to the City Attorney for an opinion and that final
action be deferred until the April meeting.
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
Councilman Pugh made a motion, seconded by Councilman Boyett, that
the Mayor be authorized to advise Dr. F. B. Clark that when the streets
and the water system in the Knoll comply with the following requirements,
the present City Council will recommend that the Knoll be incorporated into
the corporate limits of the city.
1. Run 611 water line and place fireplug or plugs so that
no house shall be more that 1,000 feet therefrom, and
as many as possible not more than 500 feet therefrom.
2. Lay 2" water lines on Ernest Langford Street and
Taurus Avenue so every house on said streets shall.
be provided with an adequate water supply at all times.
3. AIJ. streets to conform to the widths and depths of
gravel as is required by the city.
4. Allthe above to be checked and approved by the
City Engineer."
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
Councilman Pugh made a motion, seconded by Councilman Boyett, that
Yr. Charles P. More., P. 0. Box 844+, Bryan, be granted a license to
operate a riding stable on the Andert Property at the east extension
of Sulphur Springs Road.
Councilmen Badgett, Boyett and Pugh voted in favor of the motion;
Councilman Sorrels did not vote.
Councilman Badgett made a motion, seconded by Councilman Sorrels,
that the Mayor be authorized to send a telegram to the Civil Aeronautics
Board in Washington that Mr. J. D. Prewitt will represent the City of
College Station at the oral hearing in Washington on March 12, 1953,
relative to an east - west airlines flight through College Station; and
that the City Manager be authorized to pay the expenses incurred by YX.
Prewitt in his layover for the hearing.
The vote of the Council was unanimous in favor of the motion.
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