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• . Commissioner Tc~n Osburn stated that Boys Harbor eras in bad financial 'difficulty, due mostly to the loss of the- help of Bill 1'di_l.liams. He stated that' because this was a rmr. thlr cr~*anization, he would like t o ascertain what the other members thougt~~a about the Ci-~y giving thorn some re?ief an theifi water bill, which rdns quite ° high. Nfr. Kiibler brought out the fact that this organization was outside the city limits of Za Porte, and did not I~ow'if Ure could legal7,y help them in this way, or not . He also stated t'r~at we might be s eating a pre- cedent by doi~ig ` so; as ether places of this type, namely Happy Harbor, etc., would also want a-~d expect reLiof. The matter of free water to churches was brought out and discussed. I~11r. Kiibler was recite sted to check into the legali-~y of tTv_s, and also the matter of giving wee water to Boys Harbor. He trill report on this at a future meeting, h2r. Bruce ~.ngel requested permission to shell a plot of ground that he awns back of the Alley behind his washateria on hest I~~ain Street. I~~'1'. Angel wants to use ti~is ground as a parking space. The property in qz estion is bacl: of the Alley in 31ock 53, ~La Porte. After dis- cussion it was agreed that to jive hi:n permission to do this vuo uld encourage cars to nark in the A11ey which is parallel to the rzrrash- ateria, and it is unlawful to block an Alley, which people would probably do when parking there to use the washateria. If ~~Ir. Angel waists to place a log bumper up which v~b uld prevent cars from blocking the Alley, he mavT go ahead arxT. shell tl,.e proper-cy in question. t2otion b;* Boyle, second by Lawler, that Ordinance P?o. 5~.~i, be adopted as read; The caption of such adopted ordinance reads as follows: AN QRDINA*1CE CR.F..~,TIidG A PL.^~fidING ATE) ZOPIING COI.-4E:~lISSION FOR THE CITY OF LA PC~~TE, Tr~^S, ATTD PRESCRIBING That POCTERS ATTD DUTIES, _9ND RTa;PEALIPTG PyL ORDINANCES AND~OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT Hl~i_k?h-ITH, TO THE EXTIIQT OF SUCH CON- FLICT. Carried. Tyro additional names were turned in as prospective members of the Planning and Zoning Commission, as folloVrs: Lester ,.,chittta and 9rnold P. Pfeiffer. R2r. Jack ;dams, an original appointment to the Doard, 'was unable to serve; so his mane was dropped off. h4otior. by T3rov~m~ second by Osburn~ that the two new appointed members be accepted as permanent members of the Planning and Zoning Board. Carried.