HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/26/1965 - Regular Minutes - City CouncilMINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
April 26, 1965
Members Present : Mayor Langford; Councilmen Boyett, Rosprim, Orr, Holleman,
Rhodes, Holt; City Attorney Sandstedt, and City Manager
Boswell.
Visitors Present: Alton Risinger, R. L. Skrabanek, Alphonse L. Holik, Jr.,
W. D. Fitch, David Mayo, North Bardell, Elton Jones, Robert
Stewart, E. E. Burns, Mrs. Mary Bell.
City Secretary Manning was excused from this meeting.
Minutes of previous meetings were approved.
On motion by Councilman Holleman, seconded by Councilman Orr, Ordinance
No. 429, an ordinance to rezone a tract of land 170' X 2/+Oi in the Crawford
Burnett League, presently zoned as District No. 1, First Dwelling House Dis-
trict, to District No. 4, First Business District, was passed and approved.
On motion by Councilman Holt, seconded by Councilman Rosprim, Ordinance
No. 430, an ordinance ordering street improvements on certain portions of
Ashburn Avenue, Puryear Drive, -James Parkway, Gilchrist Avenue, West Dexter
Drive, and Hereford Street, was passed and approved.
The city attorney and city manager were instructed to prepare an ordi-
nance covering improvements on that part of Timber Street lying south of
property owned by the A & M Consolidated School.
On motion by Councilman Holleman, seconded by Councilman Orr, Ordinance
No. 431, an ordinance approving and adopting plans and specifications for
improvements on certain portions of Ashburn Avenue, Puryear Drive, James P
Parkway, Gilchrist Avenue, West Dexter Drive, and Hereford Street and direct-
ing the advertisement of bids, was passed and approved.
On motion by Councilman Orr, seconded by Councilman Holt, Ordinance No.
432, an ordinance accepting street improvements for certain portions of Glade
and Orr Streets, was passed and approved.
On motion by Councilman Orr, seconded by Councilman Boyett, the city
manager and mayor pro tem Holt were given permission to attend a meeting of
the International Municipal Finance Officers Association in Philadelphia,
June 6-10.
On motion by Councilman Holt, seconded by Councilman Rhodes, Mrs.
Florence Neelley was.appointed assistant city secretary.
On motion by Councilman Holt, seconded by Councilman Orr, the mayor
and city manager were authorized to enter into a contract in the amount of
$4,600.00 with the Municipal Code Corporation of Tallahassee, Florida, and
to place that amount in the budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1965.
On motion by Councilman Holt, seconded by Councilman Holleman, a pre-
liminary plat of The Glade, Sections 6, 7, and 8, as recommended by the City
Planning and Zoning Commission, was approved. Councilman Orr abstained from
voting.
On motion by Councilman Orr, seconded by Councilman Holt, the council
approved the preliminary design for traffic channelization at the intersection
of Highway 6 and Jersey Street and directed that said plans be forwarded to
the State Highway Department for consideration and approval. Councilman
Rhodes voted no on the motion, in opposition to the proposal that the City of
College Station pay for the cost of curbing.
The council set 7:30 p.m., April 27, 1965, as the hour of a special meet-
ing to hear a report from Homer A. Hunter Associates and to consider certain
other city matters.
The council adjourned subject to call.
Mayor
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