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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1941-05-26 Meeting• • „' MI'.~ ETTES Lr~ FORTE' CITY COtiNCIv ~11AY ~t~,19~Z, ~ : 00 P.?~i. Meeting was called to ar~lar by Mayor Sharp with the following City ~ffii:ials present: Aldermen J.`3. Johnson, G.F. Norris, J.J. Roark, F.F.. Ruff,City Atty. J.S. Kiibler,City Secy.Lambly. 'dIinutas of the last meeting ware read and approved. Letter The l~iayor read a letter from the Board of TrusVees of the La Porte L.P. Ind. Independent School Dist:•ct regarding the special election called to School close South C. Street between South Broadway Street and First Avenue. Motion by Ruff,second by Norris, that this letter be placed on file. Carried Special Elec. Motion by Rufi', second by Roark, th.Q°:. the motion passed in the City Rescinded Council meeting of May 12,19..1, acceptsng the resolution which called for a specit~l elect'~.on on the closi<~~; =~f South Street between Broadway Street and First A~r~°A:"':i3, bib rescinded, Carried. Al=i. Agee came int~~ the ~nHZ3ti.ng at this point. Note ?~dot~.on by Ruff, second by Johnson, that the City barrow the sum of ,~ Five Haandred Dollars ~~5C0.0~3) fro~a the Firsa~ Nataonal Bank of La P®rte for a period of ninety(9®} dayZSS and that the Mayor and City Secretary be authori~ad to execute the necessary papers. Carried. St.~A. labor Mot~.on by Agee, second by Ruff, that the matter of extra. labor em- ployed by the City be turned over to the Street and Alley Committee. Carried. Warrants '_~otion by Johnson, seco:~d by Ruff, that the following ~'~arrants be ratified: No.~#.~7,~~eo.Si:non,~19.!?O;~~o.!~~'~,~:eo. S•.imon,17.60, Total ~36.h0 CarY•ied. Street Lt. The City Secretary reported that the Street Light on the N®rt'r~ side of Main Street between 3rd and r.~th Streets had been ordered turned on by Ald. Agee the second week in May. P~Zotion by Agee, second by Ruff, that this action be ratified. Carried. Affidavits The ~dayor presented prop3r affidavi#s on the burning of. the follo~ring City of La Porte Bonds: City of La Porte Sewer Funding Bond Numbered Three~3?, in the princ~.pal earn of Fivs Hundred (~y00.70j Dollars, dated L•4ag* 10t1~,1933 and due .April 10,1~1.~1., and City of La Porte Refunding Bonds Numbered Eighteen{18}, Nineteen (19 ),Twenty (20~, and Twe.ity One (21~, each in the principal sum of One Thousand Oollars;~1,000.00j, dated October 10,1'~~~. and due April 10,19.. over ~. ~. • Letter The 3iayor read. a letter from ~:i~a Houston Lighting & Power Co. in re- Ho.L & P bard to new elaet;ric rates, new street lights to be installed and 2°0 gross receipts payments offered to the City by the Lig~rt Company. ~~oti~~n by Ruff, second by Age9, that t'riis latter be planed on file for further study by the Council and presented at the next regular City Council meeting. Carried. Power Rate The T~.ayor presented a new power rate offered to the City by the Houston Lighting & Power Co. on the City's Sewer Lifts with contract tea be siGnad Ho.L ck P by the City and the Lig'Zt Company. Motion by Johnson, second by "lorris, the";, the City aee~ept the nary power rate offered by the I-ioustcyn Lighting & Power Co. far the City Sewer Lifts and that the Mayor and City Secretary be authorized to sign the contracts. Carried. ~:'oving P.Zotion by Ruff, second by Roark, that the matter of squiring Bond for Bldgs, the moving of buildings over City Streets be turue~l over to the Streat& A11ey Comrzitte~e to be reported on at the next Count `41 m®eti.n~;. Cfarriad• Mayor otion by Ages, seconded by Ruff, that Geo. H. Sharp, rJ?ayor of tk~e City Empowered of La Porte be empo;vered t~~ sign a res<.,lutian of the Cityr of :tea Porte, requesting State Ma:intenenea on that portion of Highway No. 1i.~6 through the City of La Porte, Texas. Carried. State I~L~otion by .Agee, second by muff, that the followinS resolution be adopted: i't~aintenence RESOLUTION OF Iu.~TI~ICI?ALITY ~~OR STATE MAINTENANCE OE PROJECTS CONSTRUCTED Hiway 1~}6 IN CITY LII~~!ITS, WHEREAS, the str>ets of the city of La Porte, Texas, are within the jurisdiction and control of the City Council of such city; and WHEREAS, the State Highway liepartmant of Texas intends to spend certain funds within the corporate limits of this city on State High- way No. 11.6; and WFIEREAS, it has been the general policy of the State Hig-away Departm©nt to maintain highways within the corporate limits of cities and towns of less than 2,500 population whk3re the corporate body of such city or town requested such maintenance; and WHEREAS, the City cf La Porte, Texas was, by the latest United States census, shown as less than 2,500 population THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas, as represented by the City Council, that it desires and requester the State Highway vepartment tt~ n~~int~Ain the imprivements to be made on Highway No. 11x.6, within the corporate limits of La Porte, Texas, to such extent, and in the mariner desired by the State Highway Department, and further agrees that it will not repeal or amend any pro- f~isions of this resol~.zton without substituting therefor a Resolution, satisfactory to t}~e Highway Department, making ample provisions each year fo's• the Taintenance by the City of La Porte of the aforementioned improve- :aent s . Carried. l Minutes City Council IVZay, 26,19Ix1, c ont' d . Motion by Agee, second by Ruff, that the following resolution be adopted: RESOLUTIQN OF MUNICIPALITY REGARDING TRAr^FIC REGULATION CN STATE HIGh'WAY. WHEREAS, the State Highway Department of the State of Texas is desirous of constructing State Highway No. 116 through the city of La Porte over Broadway and 'pest '~'Iain Streets; and WHEREAS, the State Highway Department of Texas will not participate in the construction of said highway until and unless the 8ity of La Ports will agree to refrain from permitting encroachments upon the rightof way of said above mentioned streets, and until and unless the City of La Porte will agree to refrain from passing ordi- nanees or laws fixing a speed limit of under twenty miles per hour on said above mentioned streets, and until and unless the City of La Porte will agree to refrain frozn erecting signs, semaphores and signals that will give preference to local routes or that will hinder or delay traf- fic on said above mentioned streets. THE~?EFORE. be it resolved by the City Co~anci.l of the City of La Porte that, for and in consideration of the State Highway De- Partmen~ of the State o£ Texas constructing Highway No. 116 through the City of La Porte over Broadway and ~~~est Main Streets it hereby,: '~` agrees with the State Highway Department of the State of Texas that it will not, in the future, permit encroachment on the right-of way of said above mentioaxa:i streets; nor ~fi11 it pass an ordinance or laws fixing a speed limit on the above mentioned streets of under twenty miles per hour; nor will it alloro+r the erection of signs, semaphores, and signals that will give preference to local routes which intersect with said above mentioned streets nor that will slow ups hindaz~ or de- lay traffic on said above ment-?onad streets; nor will it repeal or amend any of the provisions of this rasol~xt.on without the consent of the State Highway Cozn,nisaion. Carried. Motion by Ruff, second by Johnson, that the City Council appropriate the amount of X35.40 per. man to send two delegates to the conven- tion of State Fireman and Fira Marshals of Texas at ~~ichita Falls, Texas, June 10,11 and 12,191.x1, selection of delegsaes to be left to the descretion of the Fire Department. Carried. ~~FOtion by Agee and carried by those prase '" ecratary, City of La forte,, xas meeting adjourn. ,City of La Porte,Texas ~' 16 °"1 ~~:~ ~'-:: - '~ "~~,t