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LA TORTE CI`T'Y COI':~?:'ISSIOiI - Ayl-tIL 17, 1952
10:00 A. INT.
Regular meetil~g of t lZe City Comir3.ssion Vras called to order by liayor Pro-Tem ,'`'Tm.
P. Jones, tFrith the folloziri.ng members ~.d city officials present: Commissioner
T~1. D.1;tmgin, Gity Attar~ney Carl C. Patrick, Supt. of Public i'iorks <~. A. ~irthur,
and City ClErk J. 1;. I:iuldoon.
T~:nutes of the last meetins ~rere read and approved.
I~s. Carroll LePris appeared before the Commission ~Trith clra~~ri.nbs of a. proposed
subdivision out of the Staashen S/D, and requested the Commission to help them
get a railroad crossing; to theix° subdivision, from the Te;~as & ideU~r Orleans Rail-
road Compaamyy.
The Com~r.ission asserted they :'uo~t`l.d cooperate ~~~.th him in this connection, and
referred this matter to the City ".ttorney.
I.ir. Loti^rell Lambert appeared before the Commission asp. informed the Comrri.ssion
that the La Porte Chamber of Commerce had employed hire to compile a street map
o~' the City oi" La Porte, and asTted the cityt s cooperation in this ~rork. The
Chamber z~oul.d comperes^te him for his rvrork, but he ~rrould need maps and other
help f~~om trc city.
I.-0tion by ~ix'gin., second by Jones, to give the eity~ s full coopcr~tion in the
compiling of such a map.
Carried.
I~~iotien by I3urgin~ second by Jones, to ratify the issuance of check i~To. 7055,
dated April 9, 1952, in the amount of <~5,000.00, to J. T:1. fhite ~ Sons.
Carried.
I~:Totion by Bu~•gin, second by Jones, to recess t'ris meeting until x.:30 0~ clock
P, Isl., April 1F3~ 1952, at rr'ruch ti me they ~~uld act on a ~~i~~?urL-i.cipal Construction
A~eement", <:nd a T~lunicipal Ordinance covering the cons-ti^t?ction ar~d maintenance
of the South approach to the La Porte-I3<~yta,m Tunnel, from the G. H. & S. A.
CJnderpass PJortxn~.-est of La Porte to the South Portal. of the turmel.
Carried.
Recessed at 12:30 P. I:l., 1',pri1 7.7, 1952.
t1Pn1L 18, 1952
2~:3o P. ll.
I;layor Pub-Tem ~vTm. P. Jones, in the absence of I~layor H. J. Pfeit'fex, called. to order
the meet;s~ ~vllich ryas recessed at 12:30 P. I:l., April 17, 1952, ~~.th the foLlovring
members arxi city officials present:
I~,Iuldoon.
Cornrissioner Burgin, ~sid City Clerk J. E.
The City Clerk read a l2unici pal Constz^action ~~greer~lent in connection rith tlas
State l~inhu~ay Department coveri ~f the approaches and m~i.ntenances of the South
approaches to the La Porto-Bayta~m Tunnel.
1'.~`otion by Burgin, second by Jones, author-i~.nS the 1Fayor-nro-Tem and City Clerk
to execute this agreement.
Carried.
The City Clerk introduced axi Ordinance rri~ich ~^ras read in fuL1.. ComrLSSioner
Bur in made a motion that tlZe Ordinance be adopted as read. The motion .eras
seconded by Corr~nisaioner Jones.
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A.P1 ORDI11~~1CE PROti'Di IliG FOR Tim C01:3STP~UCT_T_Oi~? l~i1D i+~'~.Ii~TT'~ ~IATdCE 0~, TIC PORTION
OF ST ATE HIGI~TAY N0. 225 IJ~TD ST"~T~s ITCGH'lAY ItO.l~.6 Ii1 TI-~ CITY OF LA PORTS,
T~L?S, l~RE1ZdABOV~' REET~'~Zi~ ZY) <~.S ",,lI; STRP~ PROJ~T" .1ttD ~:UTIi~IZCI~TG T?IE
1',AYOR 0~' Tl~ CITY 7"J F~%~ ;CUTE ~~ND T~~ CITY CL'~~ii~ TO .~.FFIX ~i~I~ CCff~?~)R!'tiTF SDILL
AND ATTt~ST TI-~ S ~'u1~, i1 C ~TAIPT COPiTR~1CT B ~ 'arECTd Tl~ CITY ~t D T~~L S7.'l:TE OF
TEXr'_S P~OVIDi 1G FOR TIC IAdST.~LT~..TION, COI~iSTRUCTIOPI, T~.~.~~~?TI~Tr~1C~, E~ISTEivCE
~1T1D USE OF `i'HS SKID STR.~T PROJECT; FO TI-~; ILDIy'?'r1idlI'.CCA~TIOT? OF Ti-~ STl'~TE OF
T~t~S, BY TIC CITY .~~A11~iST AL7~ DA1~.~'~G~S TO A.DJOIDi1'ZZG, BUTTING .u:ID OTI~R
PP~OP~'~,TY, ~i D FOIE '~~PEI~tS S ~ COi~I~CTIC'^I ''iZTH ANY CL~"~~~ OR SiiTT Tii`r~tEOF;
1~t~TD DLCL_~~R.ING ~T~Ty.T,i.~,"~.G~iCY °~T1D PTZO~II)T'1G T~IA_T T~~ (~tiD r'1~?FACE S~~~Ll_~ BtE
E~'L,CTIVE FROl: I~iyrD .?'~'~~~~ ITS P'hSS1:GE,
Carried.
lIotior_ by Burgin,, second by Jones that the meeting; adjourn.
ATT~T
Carried.
J. E, ':`uldoon, City Clerl~ of t he-~ i~ of ~7m. P. Jones, l:iayor Pro-Teri of the
La Po'r'te, Texas City of La Porte, Texas