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Home My WebLink About1953-05-11 Special Meeting IsZIP1tlTT~ '~ vP~CIr T~ 1'i~:~.LIl"dU r 1 ~ LC, PORTB CITY COI•~:~SSIC'13 -- 1';~'~Y ]1, 1953 7:3a P. h2. i UBLIC _ ~~~II`G OT~? STP~I_~ PRtX"rRA':T 9S C `1LLk,D FC_)13. ITd C~FtDII`?kTv Cr, N0. ~1.3 This .neeting bras c a13ed to order 'ay IIryor i%. D. Bergin, ~°ri1iri the follotirring mem- bers and city of~'icials Iaresc~nt: Cor~.issioners L. R.l~igby anc]. Robert ~i. ~a'hi.te, A, B, Iioare, City ~~ ~gineer, ~'ct~~xd J. C.:de, City 1'Lttorney, and J. Ia. I;Iuldoon, City Clerk. I.iayor I:=. D. ~zrgin outlined i1~11y the scope of the paving ~.d clrainaSe, and the merits of the vrork proposed. He then called upon the audience to ex?~ress their opinion, and especially their objections, i.f they had any, to file pav3.sig prograsr~ the City is proposing to do. E. A. 11Buck" Thomas asked a number of questions r egarding .the streets. These questions z^rere ans;~rered by I;;r. A . E. Moore, City ~~gineer. Iu:r. Frank Adar:~s of 712 Soutl~~ 3rd Street, objected, stating they needed drainage mane than they did the neu~r pavinF~ on the streets. lvia~yor Burgin answered him that drainage Seas included in the pro~,ram, in fact, a great portion of the bond money voted ticould be spent on dr ainage. I~4r. Adams further stated Ile had lived ti~rith dust a long tune, and could continue to do sa, and in his opinion the street tirork the City z-gas proposing would not last 13 months, 'out they ~rould be pa~,,r~ng on it for the nest 20 years. In other wos~ds, he thought it was money ~rast ed. lair. E. C. Kolodzaike spoke up, and stated it was worth the money spent just to get rid of the dust, the dust being detrimental to the health of people livink„ on shell streets, and to tI~ houses, in that they needed to be painted more tikes because of the shell dust. N_e stated that it Z-res also dets~imental to the furniture. He eras for the paving one hundred perc ent. I~rlY . Leroy Panzer stated he did not see the use of this work, a~s he had a. good street, and no dust, because he kept it oiled. I:Ia~ror Burgin pointed out that his participation in the pro~am ~~rould be less than .the cost of the oil. l.:ir. Panzer arls~~xed that he got the oil free. Llayar Burgin answered hira that Ile was being selfish, as the majority of the people could not get free oil. ~~, Panzer then z~ranted to laZOw about parlc~; on his street if the street z°ras only going to be paved 1& feet in ~~riclth. I:ayor Burgin stated there mould b e ar.~lple room to park on the shoulders, as the, z~rould be shelled. l:Ix'. S. S. Broc~rn aryl i~°Ir. I'.C. Schmidt appeared anal said they t~~uld rather have sea~rcge than a p~.ved street. I:?ayar ~suroin stated the Comma..ssion recognized the fact that they :mere in need of seGrage facilities, but the City was not finan- cially able to give then sewage at this ti me. I:s. Brat°rn stated he lived on a dead end street (Hazel), and most of the people he had contacted on this street did not ?'rant the paving. ~~ • i;~r. Roy Hunt stated that he thought it teas a vraste of moneeyy to construct this type of paving, and he ceStainly t-rould be for it if they mould con- struct concrete streets, with curb and gutter. ~~Tayor Burgin stated he would like to see concrete streets vrith curb and gutter, but ~^rith curb ~.d gutter they ti~ould also have to construct storm sever, and the City did not have the ability at this time to float a bond issue of this magnitude. He further stated he did not think anyone ~rould be disappointed in t he type of z-rock proposed, as this ~rark ~~*ould include an 8~t ccanpacted stabilized sheL fle~ble base. ~~~Zayor Burgin asked if any one else granted to speak. City Attorney Eck,*ard J. Cade asked the audience if they thought the assess- ment against the property for this work ~rould enhai~e the value of the property. The ~dience ti7ere of the unanimous opinion that the value would be enhanced several times the assessment. A delegation of colored people appeared, and granted to know v~rhy they ~rere being discriminated against, especially on Ilorth lath Street, ie, why they could not get seti~rage. They ~r~ted to lrnai~r why one land a^~ner rho otrned , a number of lots could prevent them from having seti;rage, and could he prevent them from having a paved street. :~Tayor b'urgin ans~rered them teat the 1a.;-r did not permit the City to place a lien against the property fc~r sewage improver.~nts. The law did, h~rever, allots the City to place a lien against the property for street paving.If the majority of land os-mers along 1`?orth ~.th Street -ranted the paving, they certainly ~°rou ld place a lien on the dissenting property oti~ers. He further stated the people wo~,tld apt bettor drainage, as he had the ~ ord of ~v~'. Howard Jensen, Directs of the F'l.ood ContrQ7..~.strict, and I~Ir. Kyle Chapman, County Commissioner, that they would cooperate t°rith the City for bdtter drainage. The li~or stated if every one had been heard, he zrould entertain a motion for adjournment of this meeting, hc~°.~ever, he requested any one objecting t o leave his name z~rith the City Clerk. Upon motion by Rigby, secorrl by ?:'bite, the meetir~ adjourned. OBJ~~ TIONS Carried. Roy & ~d. :~. Hunt South First betti~reen D & E -Lots 16 to 29, Bk. 110, LaPorte Leroy P~.zer South DStreet -Lot 1~., Block 227, La Porte '~' R. E, Tully Corner lath & B Streets -Lots 31, 32, Block 32, LaPorte S. S. Bro~'rn, F, C. Schmidt, ;~agdalene Albrecht, and Paulin Sauter All on Hazel Street l~TTBST • ~ ~ ~~ C J T:i, D, B rgin~ LT - or he ity of La Porte, T~.~ a