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.~. „~P_~. .r~ -, . .. ~n • ,.. MINUTES - REGULAR MEETING LA PORTS CITY COMMISSION ~- DEC. 21, 1950 10:00 A. M. Regular meeting of the City Commission was called to order by Kayor H. J. :Pfeiffer, with the following. members and city officials present: Commissioners Wm. P.~ Jones, and Jas. S.Crate, Jr., City Attorney Carl C. Patrick, A. B. Moore, Engineer on the Dever Disposal Plant, and City Clerk J. E;. Muldoon. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Mr. Hugh Stone, Tax Commissioner, and..Mr. Heard, Attorney, both with, the .Humble Oil & Refining Company, appeared before the Commission and requested them to release a part of their land from the City which was annexed to the City under Section l0 of the Home Rule Charter. After. .considerable discussion, the City Commission denied their request. Mr. Ferbert Bartley, and Mr. Ben Browning, representing the La Porte Independent School District, appeared .before the Comsission, and requested the City to close the streets; *aive the taxes and penalties, on the land they recently acquired from Mr.~ A. 0. Blackwell, for a new school site. - The City Commission unanimously agreed to close the street ~an~d alleys on the school site, however it was-agreed that an easement should be xeta3,ned. This matter was handed to the City Attorney to determine what. interest-the City had i,n the streets and alleys, before taking further action. ' Motion by Jones, second by Crate, to accept. advance of monies.-for ..the cost of water and sewer lines construction to the A. 0. Blackwell school site, from the La Porte Independent School District, this advance to b e refunded tb the La Porte Independent School District, without interest, by crediting their account-with amount charged for water and sewer each month at the A. 0. Black~rell school-site, until total amount is refunded. After refund of advance is made, the school district shall pay the water and sewer charges on the A. O. Blackwell site, the same as on their other water accounts.' Oarried. z ,~ Ia~oticm by-donee „second by.Crate, instructing the City :Clerk toissue a purchase order to Sargent and Sawell, Inc., for one Wilshire Power Sweeper, with lights. Carried. :/ The City Clerk read a letter from the La Porte-Bayshore Chamber of Commerce, in which they requested the City to takd up with Southern Pacific, the matter of installing danger signals at their-railroad Grassing on the Spencer Highway. The Commission instructed the City Attorney to draw up an'ordinance compelling the railroad company to install warning signals. v"