1 . . Regular meeting of the City Council: Austin, Texas, August 10 th 1911. The Council w/as called to order by the Mayor: Roll called: Present Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen LookridgeBartholomew & Powell 4 Absent Councilman Hart 1 On motion the Council recessed until 3 O'clock P M this day. [handwritten above: Thursday] [strikethrough: Schurday] August 14th 1911. 5 P M The Council was called to order by the Mayor with all members present. Councilman Lookridge presented the following communication viz, Austin, Texas, August 10 th 1911. Hon A P Wooldridge, Mayor of Austin, City. Dear Sir: Herewith I hand you my formal resignation as City Councilman of the City of Austin, effective September 15th next, or as soon thereafter as practicable for my successor to qualify. In doing so, I wish to express my thanks to the Citizens of Austin who have honored me, and to assure them that I have discharged my public duties faithfully. I also wish to say to our Citizens that I shall ever have the interest of Austin at heart, and that if I can in any way serve them, or their interest, in the future, they should not hesitate to call on me. In resigning I shall assign no reason, except that I cannot agree with the pres-ent administration on some important propositions, and I am opposed to the dam contract they are now offering the people, because I believe that it would inflict an unjust burden upon them. I should feel a hesitancy in approving bills for that contract which might come through my department, so fully convinced am I of its injustice. This affords ample reason why I should resign as City Councilman . There are others too, which I do not now feel at called upon to give at this time. Thanking the Mayor and the other City Commissioners for courtesies they have shown me, and again assuring the Citizens of Austin that I favor everything for the ad-vancement of the City, and the dam too, under what I consider a proper contract, remain, Very truly yours, I P Lookridge, Commissioner, Receipts, Disbursements and Accounts. [handwritten: Resignation] [handwritten: Councilman] [handwritten: Lookridge] On motion the resignation was laid on the table subject to call. [strikethrough: The Council then recessed subject to call.] [handwritten: Called and Thursday Aug 14th 1911. P M] The Council was called to order by the Mayor with all members present. The minutes of the last regular and subsequent recessed meetings were read and approved. Reports of City Officers: The Mayor laid before the Council the reports of the Treasurer, the Clerk, the Marshal, and the Pure Food Inspectors for the month of July 1911, which were read and ordered filed. The Council then recessed subject to call of the Mayor. [handwritten: Reports City] [handwritten: Officer] [handwritten above: Saturday Aug 12th 1911. P M] [strikethrough: The Council was called to order by the Mayor with all members present:] The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution: Resolved that Councilman Jas P Hart be and he is hereby authorized and instructed to prorate amongst the unpaid creditors of J G Parker, the sum remaining on hand due and owing by the City of Austin to J G Parker for labor done and material supplied in the construction of the storm sewer System on and about East Avenue Park, from 16th to 19th st-reets in this City. The resolution was adopted by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Bartholomew, Hart, Lookridge & Powell 5 Nays none. [handwritten: Claims against] [handwritten: J G Parker] [handwritten: prorated] [handwritten: East Ave Park] The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution: Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, that Councilman Jas P Hart, be and he is hereby authorized and instructed to re-advertise for the letting of a contract to construct --- Page break --- 2 Bids to expedite East Ave Park. a concrete curbing and gutter about East Avenue Park, from 16th to 19th streets in this City. The resolution was adopted by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Bartholomew, Hart, Lockridge & Powell 5 Nays none. The Council then recessed subject to call of the Mayor. Tuesday August 15th 1911. Petition Citizens of South limits The Council was called to order by the Mayor with all members present. The Mayor stated that the Council had been called to consider and act upon the petition of Citizens of South Austin ,asking that the ordinance fixing the Pound limits of the City be amended so as to exclude at least a portion of South Austin. Citizens in favor of and against the change ,were heard. The petition was refused by the following vote: Those in favor of granting the petition: Councilmen Lockridge & Powell 2 Those opposed Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Bartholomew & Hart 3 The Council then recessed subject to call of the Mayor. Tuesday Aug 15th 1911. The Council was called to order by the Mayor with all members present. Councilman Powell offered the following resolution: Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin: Specifications for sidewalk work approved That the certain specifications for concrete sidewalks ,curbing and gutters ,prepared by the City Engineer and this day filed in the office of the Superintendent of Streets and Public Improvements ,be and the same are hereby approved and adopted as the specifications to govern all concrete sidewalk curbing and guttering work to be done by property holders within the limits of the City of Austin. The resolution was adopted by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Bartholomew, Hart, Lockridge & Powell 5 Nays none. The Council then adjourned. Geo. O. Johnson City Clerk