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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1913-02-06 Minutes6WI(H 2.13 REGULAR _��I_ TING OF THE; CITY COUNCIL, HELD FEBRUARY Present.,_Mayor_and_Clerk.,_Aldermen,,_Cornwell.,._Fas.on,__Pric.e,-Sour,_Suttle_and_1Vr.ight, _L.sen.t_-..none._-Minu.tes_-of_meeting_held_J.anuary 17th,-19.13,.w.ere_read-and_ap.pr-oved..__ The reports of Special Disbursing Agent, City Weight Master, City_ Treasurer, Police____ 1J.udge and Chi ef__of_P.olice-forthe-month_of January-,_19.13.,-were_read--and-upon-motion-same-were- --- �roferred_to _the_Finance Committee_for__inve.st.igat.ion_and-repor.t..____� - The._ac.c,o.unts of. W..EY1ll02W .aac.e-,_.5.0;_,-r.rman,-_$10_._70_,__1.7.Farrar_& Co._,_ -- -- Sti03.5.2,- - C-..S.Duggans,$6.40.,_Hill-City- Lbr.--Co._,-88je,-Nifong-.&. Davis,. x$16.00.,--.Fay.e-tteville- Light -Co., -$178 J.M.Williams„$7{��/yJ0 ¢p. 5.0_,__Fay. Lbr_.-&_Cement_,'.,.._,.074..5.764 _,-Joe__Lehman.,_$6.,__r,C_,Skaggs-,-$3.D.O.,_-L•E*Holland,_$1.3.50%Qnd - Fay._ Ptg._Co.. , $-7.25 were-present-e_d,_read_an d_ upon motionreferred_ to the_Auditing_ Committee_--____ _ tf_or-_investigat,io,n_and_ re.port_. _ Ald..-Sour-introduced-the_f_ollowing_re.so.lut.ion_and-moved_it.s-pas.sage,_t.owit_:-_- _ Be it resolved_, by the City Council of the City of FayetteviI e, that whereas, in a certain Ordinance No.301 Passed by the City Council on ths­9-t­h-day of December, 1912, entitle "An Ordinance laying off certain territory within the corporate limits of the City of Fayette- vilre,--Arkansas; into-ari'improvement-dYstrict--8or-the purpose of--tmproving-certain streets —._-- therein, designating the number of the district, defining the boundaries thereof and naming the - -j--- -- --ms ame-,-”-erroneously-descri-bed-par ts-and-parcels-,- lot s-and-blocks-of--real-estat e--to-be--improved--- in said improvement district: And _wher.eas.,_-the _City Council-appointed__a-Bo ard__of __Improvement_for said_Dist.riot by said Ordinance created, on the theory that the lots, blocks, parts and parcels of real esta e i oto be improved in said district were properly described, which was an error and oversight; -- - - - Now therefore,•be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Ark- pansas, that because of and for the matters and things aforesaid, the said ordinance and the -- �sa'id-appointment-of- the Board-of-3mprovehent---be--declared-to-be-nu?1-and-void. "- -- - i Whe.reup.o.n_Ald.._Pr.ic.e_seco.nded_said_mot.ion_and._same_upon_roll_call.,_towit:"A,7es",_- 1,_ Eason,. Price,_-Sour,_Suttle ,- and _';lright,__"Nays",_- none, absent_ and not _votltg.,___none,_ declared. to__be_passed_and_ adopted...—- - Whereupon._Ald._Eason,-introduced-an_ord.inanc.e.,__entitled,._'_._An_Ord inanoe-A.aying-of f Itcer.tain_Territory-:v.i.thin__the_corpora-te_limi.ts__of__the-C.ity_of__Fayetteville,__Arkansas,_into -an __ 1Improvement District, for the purpose of improving certain streets named therein, designating t the number of the District; defining he boundaries thereof and naming • - _,_ g tthe - � same," which was Ir_ead the. first-time.,__wher.eupon-Ald.._S.our-moved_ that-the_rulb.s_b.e__suspended._and_said_ ordinance____ i __�be_read_.the second time,--which-motion .vas duly seconded by_Ald. Suttle and adopted by the foll. w -- -- - i �img vote, "Ayes ".,_Co.rnwell.,_Eason,_Pr_ice_,_So_ar-,__Suttle_ and',Vright,__IINays", none, ,absent and I! - --- - 1not voting, none; whereupon eaid ordinance was. read the second time; whereupon Ald, Sour moved -that-the_rul.e,s_be__fur-ther_su,spended_and-said_o.rdinance__be_r_ead the- third_ time_and_placed_ upon__._ _. .its .passage,. which.-slot.i.on-was _duly__s.econded_by Ald.,_ Cornwell and adopted by_the_-following_vote. _— '-Ay esrnwell., Eason,_ Price ,._Sour, Suttle_and ?!right, "Nay_s",none, absent and not voting.,. - _v�__ none, -_and - said ordinance_ was rend the third time: _the question now being_ shall the1ordinance- _ .pass ? The roll..wa.e called -and_ the following vote_recorded-_"Ayes!',Cornwell,_ Eason: Price, .Sour, Suttle. and. _Fr.igh.t,_"Nay s", none.,.-ab.sent_-and not-vo.ting,__none.-_sa.mg-receiving_-twAo-thirds- - .ma;j-ority of- all-membe.r-s-elected-.to the-_C.ity__Council was- ther_efore_declared to -be pa.ssed_and a - copy of_ said .ordir_ance__is- as follows_:____-_�__ " Ordinance -^Number -304. An Ordinance Laying_Off Certain Territory Within The Corporate Limits of the City of Fayette- ville, Arkansas, into An Improvement District for the Purpose of -Mmproving Certain S reets 2:amed Thereon; Designating the Number -of, the District; Defining the Boundaries thereof and ---- --- Nau!ing -the same:--- -- -- -- -- ---- - WHEREAS, at a meeting of the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, -' - held -on -the 9th -day -of -- December, -1912,-a-"petition signed- by -ten -resident- owners of real pro- - perty, within the district herein described in Section One of this Ordinance, was presented. == -- - --- -to-said, Council.askingthat i-t.__take._steps _towa.rd_ the -making of-an__improvement. consisting of paving with some modern and permanent paving material other than macadam, the, following named streets.- towit_.-_ Dickson Street from the 'best line of the St..Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company's right of way to the "lest line of College Avenue; Block Street from Dickson Street to the Public Square and East Street from Dickson street to the Public Square, -and the Public 214 -_--,-Square..(except -the._p,art--thepreof_owned_by-the United- -States Goverment_,, usedasa Bost_ Off -ice_ site and.the parts of Center, Mountain, East and. Block Streets adjacent to the Public Square; and EREAS, in said petition it was further prayed that the Council lay off a stipulated_ uportion of said sure -et or streets into an improvement district for making said improvements, Now Therefore, Be It Ordained By the City Council of the City of Fayetteville,Arkansas - Sec.l." - - - - — -- - - -- �- - - ------ That the following lots, blocks, streets, alleys and parcels of real estate in the Cit *-of Fayetteville-, Arkansas -,--be and-the-same-are-he-rebylaid off and declared.--to-be--an Improvement 'District within said City, towit - Beginning at a point which is one hundred and fifteen feet wEa.st_ and- twenty- five__feel North _o_f_ the- _South_'Isst--corner of the North_ West guarter of_the _North .• ovast quarter of Section Sixteen, Township Sixteen North, Range Thirty West, and running thence _ _North one hundred and ninety five feet; thence East twenty five hundred feet, more or less, to the Welst line of College Avenue, thence South four hundred and five feet; more --or lesa, to the - South East corner of Lot 8A, Block One Original Town (now City) of Fayetteville, thence West two - hundred - feet, -more - or- less;-tb an-alley;-thence--South-three hundred and -ninety -five -feet, moree-o ,less, to the North line of Spring Street; thence West eighty one feet;thence South one thousand ,and fi-fteen fee -t, more--or-less, to- the South -line. of [Wountain Street; thence West one hundred - land twenty five feet; thence South eighty geet;thence West eighty five feet, more or less, to th _, We,st line, of East Street;-_thenge_ South_ seventy- feet, more or less_, to an alley;' thence West two -hundred and seventy feet, more or less, tc/the West line of Block Street; thence South seventy feet, to the South East corner of Lot 4, Block 31, Original Town (now City) of Fayetteville;thenc "!Nest o'n'e hundred and fifty -feet to an alley; thence -North 'sixteen hundred amd'e•ighty- five' feet; more or less, to the South East corner of Lot 2A, Block 3, Original Town (now City) of Fayette- ville," thence -'ffest-tcvo--hundred--and--five--feet-to the -West` line of Church Street;' thence South ieighty feet, more or less,, to the South East corner of Lot 3A, sub -division of Block 4, Original Town (now City)of Fayettevil-le,- thence Wes-t--three-hundred and -fifteen feet, more or less,- to th South 'Rest corner of Lot 4 in said Block 4, Original Town (now City)_of Fayetteville, thence th--f-if-ty- .fee.t; thence "fe.st. -three_-hundred and -sixty-feet,_ more or less, - to the_ South _West-_cor__ ner of Lot 6, Block 5 Original Town (now City) of Fayetteville; thence '."lest four hundred feet to _-,the -West line of West Street; thence North sixty feet; thence West. two hundred and sixty feet; more or less; to the 'Vest line of the St. Louis S San Francisco 6ompany.1s right of -way; thence ,North to the place of beginning. Sec.2. - -- That -said -Di -strict - shall -hereafter -:be- known--and-designated as Paving Improvement.- -- District No.l, of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas. Sec.3. That said District is laid off for the purpose of paving said described parts of stree .iwith some modern and permanent paving material other than macadam. The Board of Improvement of . said District shall be empowered to receive bids for paving said parts of streets within said -"District -with any modern -and permanent paving material other than macadam to be laid on either - conc.rete or crushed stone foundation. - In the event that the cost of paving said streets from curb line to curb line will exceed twenty per cent of the assessed valuation of all property in said district, then -it shall the in the discretion of the Board of Improvement to park or otherwise reduce the width of the paving. - - That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed, and -this -ordinance -shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage approval and publication. Passed and approved.,_ e-1 .-_eth.,_1913._ _ Approved: W.H.Rollins, Kayor. Attest: Loy Bishop, Clerk. " _-_Ald._Sour- introduc:-Pd_the following. resolution_ and moved its adoption, towit: " -Resolved, that Jay__Fulbrignt, Dr.T.P.Hight and ---Dr. Otey Lill.er, three owners of real property in Paving Improvement District No.l, of the Ciy of Fayetteville, Arkansas, be appoint a Board of Improvement for said District. " - which motion was duly seconded by Aid. Eason and adopted by the following vote, "Ayes", Cornwell, Eason, Price, Sour, Suttle and Wright, "Nay_'" none, .absent and not voting, none - carried. _- Aid.* Eason--intorduced__an-_ord_inance, e_ntitled,_" An Ordinance regulating the sale of t milk and.crea.n_in the -City of Fayetteville. "--- which was read the first time, whereupon Aid. Cornwell moved -that__the_rulPs_be-suspended and _said ordinance be read the second time, which aEason motionwasduly_ senonded-by nd-adopted by the following vete,_ "Ayes", Cornwell, Easo « Price-,• ZZiXF, Suttle_and-Wright, "D?ays!'_,__Sour,. _absent_ and not --voting, none - and_said ordinance was read- the second. -time.; --whereupon Aid. Suttle moved that the rules be further suspended and ---� said ordinance -be -read--the-third time .and --placed upon its- passage,. -which motion_ was duly second d by Aid-. Cornwell and-ado.n.ted by the following vote, "Ayes", Cornwell, Eason, Price, Suttle and „ Wright,. "Nays", Sour,. -absent and not voting, none, and said ordinance was read the third time and placed upon its -passage, --the question now _being shall the ordinance _pass?. The roll- was called and the folloing-vote--recorded - -"Ayes",, Cornwell, Eason,. Suttle and Wright,, "Nays", Sou and Price, sheent and not voting, none, same receiving two thirds majority of all members elect d ,l -- - - - --. , BWU z-� �rT, 1 1 2 215 1 \° .rt.o. the City Council,_was_therefor_e-declared__t.o-b.e _passed and a copy -of which- i.s--as- f ollows,,-viz_:. _ _ _ ._..--_- "_ Ordinance No_._ 305. �i .„An Ordinance regulating the_sale_of-milk_and cream_in the City_of-Fayetteville,_f.rkans_as._ __ License, Section 1. - - - n and—a ter -the passage a.n pu I cwt on of th s ord-na.nce no person shallengage in the sale of milk or cream in the City of Fayetteville, Ark., ::nless provided -- - ---!wi-th a- license.- ----- - -- - -- - - --- - - - -- - O A license shall be issued by the City Clerk to all. applicants who ' ---- agree to comply. -with. the sanitary -rules and .regulations of _the Board of._Health_in the _-conduct _ of their business. Said license shall be valid up to the first day of January or the first r?_ay :of July.following_its sha_ k aissuance on which dates it_must be renewed. For _ each license the applica. ll gay to the City Clerfee oP one a r dolland shall receive at the same time a copy of tte sanitary raiquiremients of the Board of Health governing the conduct of dairies and the. -'handling of milk for sale in-the-City-.-- Cancellation n-the-Cit Cancellation of- License,- -- - - - - - - - --- - -- --- - - - Section 2. --Said-license-can_be__revoked-at--any.- time _for_ gailure_ to _c.omply- with_ th sanitary requirements above referred to or for any other insanitary practice or conditions whilq 'the Board of Health considers a source of danger to the health _of_the City. (Exemptions, Section 3. Thie ord.-finance shall -not bpply to `residents within or without the Cit limits who keep and milk for their own use not more than two cows of which the surplus only is offered for sale-------- ---- .Section- 4. ------- ------ Any person or persons violating the provisions of this ordinance shal be 8ixact deemed__guilty__of _a_misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum - n -- ---- ---- - - -- -- . ^ not less than five dollars nor more than fifteen dollars. -- - --Passed-Feb.- 6th;_T913:- -- - - - - ------ - -”' --- --- -- --- . .App.roved:. W.H.Rollins, _Kiycr_._ ---__---- - AttestL_- _Loy..Bisho.p,flerk•- " - 1 - Ald. Eason _tntoaduced-&he-fo_lloavi.ng_resolution and moved_ its passage, towit r� KME ut Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, that all g -p - -- - r oden a:vnin u on fest Diokson Street between St. ..harle§=St.-arid' Arkansas Vaenue be remoded .d thataasraxk2�sx�rx*Axx�¢agnxa�mic�ga�c�gxxxec�Y�atxib¢sxawxiawx the City Attorney be instructe(i t aft en - Ordinance -governing -the erection-og-awnings upon_said streetd; which was adopted by-th. llowing vote, "Ayes", Cornwell, Eason, Price, Suttle, Sour, Wright, "Nadas", none, absent and t --voting, "none"- - same - was -therefore -declared -to be passed and adoptect and the -City Attorney .s instructed `o draft an ordinance governing the"erection of said awnings. Ald. Sour introduced an ordinance entitled, "An Ordinance prohibiting any person or persons engaged in the real estate business from soliciting business outside of their office," which was read-thefirst -time, whereu_pon-Suttle_mo_ved that the -rules _besuspended and said — ordinance he read the second time which motion was duly seconded by Ald. Scur and adopted by .the following--vote-,-"Ayes", Cornwell,. Flason,-Price, Sour,. Suttle _and_Wright, "-ays",.none, and ' - -- '- said ordinance -was -read-the_sec.ond__time_and_u.pon _motion of _lad..._ Sut.tle.,_.seconded.-by _Aad.. mason _ ,said ordinance_was_referred -to the Ordinance Committee for their investigation and report. Ald. Sour introduced a resolution prohibiting any Manager or Supt. of the Fayettevil e tIater Plant, to have an office connected with any Plumbing Shop, which was read and upon moti s - of.w d. Price, seconded by- Aid..- Suttle, __same_was_referred to the Ordinance Committee for their -- -- -- •l invesitgation-_and._report.- --- - - - - _ The__Iuayor_ appointed Ald._ Sour to_ meet_ a certain gentlemen. -at -the Washington l'otel_ and go ::rith. said party__and help- him .get_a_majority_of. names to -a petition__praying__the_Legislature_ to pass_an act.alloving.Cit-ies_of the first class the right to issue bonds - the City to pay -__ Mr. Sour a resonable amountfo-r_his_Qervices.