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• 510 MISIt7TFS - R'S~UI,AR ~FL,TING LA PCRTP~ CITY CO~~.ZISSIC~t - JLIl~TE 7, 1951 10:00 A. I~. Regular meeting of t h,e City Commission tivas called to order by Mayor H. J. Pfeiffer, with the foLto~ring members and city officials present: Commissioners Z~1m. P. Janes and ~~. D. Burgin, Supt. of Public i~orks Raleigh F~win, City Attorney Carl C. Patrick,.. and City Clerk J. E. I~?luldoon. PrLinutes of the last meeting were read and approved. A,~r. Roy Shipp and Idr. Sam Hall appeared before the Commission in connection with water service in Block 225, San Jacinto Homes Addition. Commissioner Janes stated that he had talked to Geo. H. Sharp, Sr., the f ormer av~mer of the Hall property and that he agreed to pay one-ha1,.f of the cost of a 1" water line. The property owners agreed to pay far 112 feet of 2" water line at X1.20 per foot, same to begin from existing water main to Hall's property. ~'. Shipp would contact the owners and collect their pro-rata part and turn over to the City. The Commission. unanimously agreed to construct the line as agreed ,when this was done. The City Clerk r ead a letter from the Housing and Hie Finance Agency t o the Commi.ssian, in which they requested immediate repayment of X6,600.00 advance made by the Government far the purpose of plan preparation of improvements to existing water system under the City's application No, Tex. !~1-P-551. After much discussion by the Commission it was la~ought out that because of their inability to finance a Bond Issue for more than w~500,000.00, a X500,000.00: issue of wateruvorks and sever system Revenue Bonds was successfully voted February 21, 19.8. Ho~;ever, a greater part of this money was spent on the sewer system. At the time they were ready to commes:ce work on the water system, it was found the plans were much .too elaborate for the amount of money they had to spend; also the plans did. not cover the territory as vsras being built up, same being altogether different. from area anticipated. The plans then were discarded, abandoned, and work on the water system then was laid out by the Commission and the Supt. of ~'Vatercrorks, from time to time, to the city's ability to pay and to the benefit of t he populace .territory. The Commission then unanimously instructed the City Attorney to anstiv~er the Government Agency's letter that because of the several facts brought out in the discussion and because they did not use the plans, they had not received ar~y benefit, hence they had no obligation to the Government. The Commission unanimously authorized the h~~ayor and City Clerlt to execute con- tract z~rith I~,2r. ~'~m. A. Stabs, Jr., for the extension of a seR,~er main 196 feet in Block 157, Tov~n of La Porte. Carried. ?.lotion b;,T Bergin,, second by Jones, authorizing the Tax Collector to cancel the taxes from his retards on the descriptions and for the years reflected on can- cellations Plumbers 1 to 1~., dated this date. Carried.