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Home My WebLink About1913-06-20 MinutesW 1.0i REGULAR MEETING CITY COUNCIL 11ELD_JUNE 20$h, -1913._ Present,_*'ayor and Clerk - Aldermen, Eason,, Price, Phillip.s,, Sour and Wright, Absent -.-Al Cornwell - Minutes of meetings held June 10th. and 11th. 1913 were read and approved* 4 - -- - f The following_petition was presented vmd read,_towit - i "To The Honorable Mayor and City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Ark - we, the undersigne tate that we are -citizens of the City of Fayetteville, Ark,', and are patrons of the Fa.yettevi Gas & Electric Company; that the said Fayetteville Gas & Electrim Company is charging us and Other citizens of-1'ayetteville an exhrbitant rate for the supply of electricity and we hereby Petition your honorable body to fix a reasonable rate to be paid for electric current as pro- vided by section.5445 of_Kirby's Digest, Respectfully, b.L.Nettleship, Bruce nolcomb, J•C•Snyder, W•J•Lewis, J•E•Mdek. " %Vhereupon..Ald_.,, Sour introduced the -following -resolution, _ Resolved by the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, that the complaint be recFived and spread -upon the minutes; that all the parties be summonsed -together with their hooks and papers to appear before the City Council of the City of Fayetteville at 8 o'clock P.. 6n Friday, July -25th: 1913 in order that the Council may examine the complaint. " And moved Its. passage, which -.motion was duly seconded by Aid. Eason and -adopted by the following vote, !Ayes", Eason,,_ Price,_Phillips, Sour- and �"right_,_ _"hays"-,- none,_ absent and _not _voting, Ald.Corn ell, seme receivingtwo=thirds majority of all members elected to -the gity Council. -was there. 241 I e tore. declared _to.be_p.assed and adopted. _ - - _ Mrs. J.A.Reed by letter requested the Council to grant her more time in putting down g new sidewalk, as_required by _ordinance; whereupon Aid. Price moved that she be granted fiftee days additional time to construct said walk as required by notice heretofore served upon her, which motion_was_duly_ seconded. by Aid. Phillips a.nd.adopted.by the following vote, .."Aye-s"Eason rice, Phill.ins, Sour_ and Wright,' "Nays", none, absent and not voting, Aid. Cornwell._ _ Aid. Eas'on_from__the. Auditing Committee reported -the following accounts against ,the City .examined and found correct, towit - Geo•D•Barnaxd &-Co. supplies for City, Pa19.01); Fayettevil.l Printing Cor, supplies for City, $$6.50, Alfalfa Dairy, milk for small pox patients, 01.86, Geo. •Pettigrew,_work_on Impr.: Dist. 07.50, NoW•Ark, Lbr. Co.,eupplies furnished City, $19.25_, Chase itchell, police,_assista,nce, 510.00; W•H•Hollins,_tean for B•of H. 61.50; John Thompson, supplies or small pox.pa.tients., 55.00; Stokes & McClinton, team_for_B. of He $2.00; Fayetteville Daily, ubl. i sh i ng %j§j;X$ffiN for City_k4.34, J•B•Mcconnell, supplies for small pox patients, $54.03, Miss Bedford, rinting for Be of He $10.15, Police Judge,__ office_ expense,_03.55,_Fay; ryasl& Electric Co,lighi�s or May, 191.3,_ 0180..,16, `117•E•Wa.11ace, removing rubbish as per contract, $57.50, Democrat Ptg. C applies for Qity,_P27.00,- J•M•Meyer & Co-. supplies for City, $19.00; and moved that said _ ccounts be allowed and Clerk instructed to draw warrants -for _same, which motion was duly econded by Ala -.,Price and adopted by the following vote, "!lyes", Eason,_ Price, Phillips and our and Wright.,."Nays",_.none, absent and not voting, Aid. Uornwell. Same was carried and Ul nstructed to draw --said warrants. Aid. I,o.ur-introduced an ordinance entitled,_" An Ordinance_to amend Section 2 of Ordin o. 290, 91 whish was read the first time, whereupon Aid. Sour moved that the rules be suspend said ordinance be3ead the second time, which motion was duly seconded by Aldo Phillips and ted by the_following vote, "Ayes", Eason, Price, Phillips, -Sour and.Viright-, "Nays", none, absent and not _voting, Aid. Cornwell; and said ordinance was read thesecondtime; whereupon .0 ur moved that the__rules be further suspended and said ordinance be rend the third time and laced upon its -passage,. which motion was duly seconded by ,Aldo' Phillips and adopted by the -- . [following vote., -."Ayes", Eason, Price, Phillips, -Sour and,,Wright, "Nays.", none, absent and not voting, - nee d .- �l F24 21 !Cornwell -.and said ordinance was read the third time; the question now being shall the ordinance -- pass. -9.',The_roll was_cal.led_a.nd-the followitg_members voted, "Aye", _Lason Price, Phillips, Sour _- - and Wrigh:t., ".Nays'_', none, absent and.not voting, none, same receiving two-thirds majority of all lmemha,•s elected to the City Council was therefore declared to be passed and adopted and a, copy o is as follows : " Ordinance No. 311. -�V/HER AS, ea a called meeting of --tris CY-ty__Council of -the -City -of -Fayetteville, -Ark-.,, -on-tri - lith day of June, 1913, an ordinance to amend Section 2 of ordinance t'+o.290, was passed by the said' -C fy`Oouffcil-an'd - Whereas, some question has arisen as to the legality of the meeting of said council held n said 1 - 4 lth-day-o-f-June; 1 -913, -and Whereas, it is the wish and intent of the City Council bf the City of r'ayettevil.le £hat -the-pr.oceedings_of;said_m. ting be made valid and especially that ordinance No.310 be made .valid - Therefore Be it ordained by the City council of the City of rayetteville; Ark.' Sec.l.I That section 2 of ordinance No.290 passed and approved the 17th. day of August, 1911 be amended so as to read as follows That said sidewalks shall be constructed in the manner and of the material required by existing`ordi-na:nces'of"thi's-Ci-ty-that-al-l-sidewalks-f-rom-Center Street-to_Lickson 5tre,et-shall-- be laid from property line to curb; that all sidewalks from Dickson Street to Laple Street shall ----be-six% feet-wide-ex-tend-ing-f-r.om-pr.o.per_ty-line-ou.t the_-r.e.quired width on the i'Jest side of College) .!Avenue; and six feet wide extending from the curb line established by the City twoard the properly Passed and approved this 20th day of June, 1y13. Attest: Lo " Approved, Gu Philips, Mayor. y Bishop, Clerk. (Published in Fayetteville Daily, June 23rd. 1913). t So introduced an ordinance entitled, " An ordinance laying off certain-terri•tory - -- -Aad,. ur - - — - _-)within the corporate limits of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas into an improvement district for the purpose of improving certain streets named therein, designating the number of the dstri and defining the boundaries thereof and naming the same, which was read the first time, where __I_upon_Ald.. Psice_moved that the rules be further suspended and said ordinance be -rea.d. the second time..,.. was duly seconded by Aid. Phillips and adopted by the following vote, "Ayes" Eason,. Price-, Phillips, -Sour and '.?right, "Nays", none, absent and not voting, Aid. Cornwell, »-said- -oxdinance_,ras�read..the second time; whereupon Aid. Sour moved that the rules be further sirspended._and_said 'ordinance be read the third time and.plac.ed upon its passage, which motion was di,ly--- econdedby Aid. Price and adopted ,by the following vote, "Ayes", Eason, Trice, Phill _ l Sour. and_INright, "Nays", none, -absent and not voting, Aid. Cornwell - and said ordinance was - - read _the third time; the question now being shall the ordinance pass ? " The roll was called a I the following members voted "Aye", Eason, Price, Phillips, Sour and ?right; "Nays", none, ab se --—and.-no-t vo-ti same receiving two-thirds majority of all members elected to. ed to be passed and adopted and a copy of which is as follows s, Ordinance lio_e- 312. An ordinance laying off certain territory within the corporate limits of the City of Fa.yettevil a Arkansas, into an improvement district, for the purpose of improving certain streets named therrin' designating the number of'the d"istrict—defining the boundaries thereof end samirig the same. Whereas, at a meeting of the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, held on the--6th•-da.y-of-June 119.•1-:1-a-peti-ti-on-signed-by-then-v@iiden-ts-owners-o-f-real-=prope-rty-wi-thin-the - district hereinafter described in Section one of this ordinance was presented to said Council ------aski-ng--tha-t-i-t-take»-steps-towards- the-making-o.f an-impr.ovement_c.onsi-sting-o.f_pau.ing-w.i.th-macad treated with tarva. or some other preparation to act as a. binder, or to pave with what is known as_tar_macadam the_fo.11yNing_named streets_, towit - West Street from _West Dickson Street_ to Wes _ )'Maple, Street; 'Hest L1aple Street from west Street to `rhitham Avenue; 'lhithem Avenue from West MaplelStreet to Cleveland Street; Cleveland Street from Thitham Street to Leverett Atenue; Lev- erett A6enize f m-Clevelnnd Street to Berry Street. ---- T -- --- -- Whereas in said petition it was further :prayed that the Council lay off a stipulated portion of said -street -or streets into ari improvement-district-for-malcin-gsai•d--improvement I Now, wherefore, be it ordained by the City Council of the City of rayettevi.11e, A"!; ;nsas. .lec,l--Tha-t-the -following-named lots,-blocks,-s-t-ree-ts,--alleys- and--parcels--of real -estate-in the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, be and the same are hereby laid off and declared to be an impro _., vement-di,s.tr.ic.t-Svithin-the-said-city-, _w.oti- Beginning-atthe South west corner of Lot _6_in Black'i6 County Court Addition to the City of Fayetteville, .thence +'last 70 feet; thence North 15 _ feet -!i hence East 45 feet; thence North 245 feet; thence'llorth 260 feet; thence west 18 feet; t ence Northj90 feet; thence East 65 feet; -`thence North Q�X��Rtr�xtkx-110 feet•,`thenc'e ~'rest 20 -feet; thence ?forth 375 feet; more or less; to the North line of Maple street; thence North 140 feet; tl- enoe !'iest-1000 .feet; • mbreor-less; -to-the-South-East-corner-of--Lot :l9-in-County-Court-Plat— of the SEI- SW -4 of Sectiom 9, Township 16 North, Range 30 'rest, thence Northerly with the East - line--of-said--lot 19-,-320-f-ee-t-to-the -South -Bas t-corner-of--lot-one,_Archias-Bushnell_<id'diti on-__--_ to'the City of Fayetteville; thence North 950 -feet, more or less, to the North line of Clevelan. t;--thence-North,:-bear.ing:'res.t., _and parallel dtlth-Aest line_ of he right of_ivay-.of the o _thet_ FriscRight of Fray, 150 feet, thence '•`rest to a point 150 feet, Fast and`150 feet North of the inter�section•of Leverett-.Street with said Cleveland Street; thence North to a point due est 243 _ - East_of the South East corner of Lot 6 Block 8 Rose "ill Addition to= -the City11payettev:01e 'thence'%7est to the South %%est corner of said lot 6 thence mouth to the �outn fest corner of- lot 4 Block 3 Leverett's Third Addition to the City of rayetteville,thence Last to theEast - dine of'Le vere'tt-Street-; then ce$outh-to--the -South- Nest-corner-of--Lot-22; Chchias Bushnell---- Addition to the City of Fayetteville, thence Last to the East side of alley; thence =forth to -- he-- South- Vies t�corner-of -Lot-21—in-said-.4rchias-Bushnell-Addition--to-the-City--of-Paye-tteville; thence Last 215 feet; thence South to the South line of Idaple Street; thence South 190 feet; -then ce-Eas.t..1130....f.ee.t.,-thence Yor_th-1070_.fee.t-t.o. the_ =North-line-of_Di.cks on- Street -;-thence East. to the place of beginning. ec.2. That said district shall hereafter be known and designated as West Street_lmprovem_e_n1 j istrict-Flo. 1 of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas_- �S�ec.3. That'said'district is laid off for the purposes of paving said described parts of 'treets'riith'riac'adam; or-macadam-treaded-with-tarvia-or- some -other preparation to -act as a oinder or to pave with what is known as tar -macadam. .iy li -- -- - - 4ee.4.-----That-:a1fi1 ord-nr ance-o- ar-ts-of -of-finances-in-conf-in-t-be--and-the-same-are-are -- repealed and that this ordinance slisll take effect and be in force from and after its passage, --approval--and-public ation. ='assed and approved June 20th.1913.-- ---- - -- -- -- - - - Approved: Guy Philips, _Mayor_. Attest: Loy Bishop, Clerk. " —,.,-,.-__(Published-in the Fay_: Daily, June 23rd. 19139 i Pi I Upon motion Council ad,j.ounred nutil Tuesday night, June 24th, 1913. l TC I a�