314 The above resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor McFadden, Councilmen Mueller, Pannell, Reed, and Steck, 5; nays, none. A petition of property owners asking that Bellview Avenue be graded, gravelled and rolled was read and referred to the City Manager and City Engineer. A communication from Dr. T. W. Currie, President of the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, asking that Lots 1 and 2, in Block 4, Outlot 10, Division "D", Plat 56, Susan Moore Addition, be exempt from taxation was read, and the matter was referred to the City Manager and City Attorney to ascertain if said property is legally exempt. , A report from Orin E. Metcalfe, Oity Engineer, with reference to the widening and paving of the west side of Guadalupe Street from Twenty-first to Twenty-fourth Street s to an additional width of twelve feet, was read, and before taking action upon same the Council requested that the City Engineer make a report on the advisability of extending the area to include other blocks on Guadalupe Street. Councilman Reed moved that the Council recess, subject to call of the Mayor. Motion was seconded by Councilman Steck, and same prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor McFadden, Councilmen Mueller, Pannell, Reed, and Steck, 5; nays, none. The Council then recessed. APPROVED: W. Mad Mayor. SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, January 9, 1931. Roll call showed the following The Council was called to order by the Mayor. members present: Mayor McFadden, Councilmen Pannell, Reed, and Steck, 4; absent, Councilman Mueller, 1. The meeting was called for the purpose of having a rehearing on certain zoning matters, and the following parties appeared and were heard: John F. Gilbert and T. H. McGregor, representing Mrs. T. A. Stromquist, asked for a reclassification of her property at Fifteenth Street and East Avenue from "residential and apartment" to Commercial "C", stating that said property was being restricted in its use by being classed as it now is and that the paving assessment amninst same was excessive unless it could be utilized for business purposes. Мгв. Н. С. Koch submitted a petition asking that West Twenty-ninth Street from the present termination of the business area which is one-half block west of Guadalupe Street to the alley one-half block west of Rio Grande Street on Twenty-ninth Street be classified as business property. A. Jacobsen of 900 West 25 Street spoke in favor of having this area zoned as business, stating that there would be an increasing demand for business at this point and that the neighboring property owners did not object to a filling station at this location. Morgan Smith protested the re-zoning of this area as business, stating that, in his opinion, such action would justify the opening of Rio Grande Street for its entire length as business. 315 W. E. Williams, who owns property at the corner of Twenty-fourth and Rio Grande Streets, asked that West Twenty-fourth Street from Nueces Street to San Gabriel Street be changed from Residence "B" to its original classification as Commercial "C", stating that if this were done he could sell his property for business purposes, which otherwise would be hard to dispose of. D. B. Barrow asked that Lote 72 and 73 in the South 1/2 of Outlot No. 1, Division" x located at the intersection of the proposed Waller Boulevard and Twenty-sixth Street, be classified as Commercial "0", stating that this was a logical location for businesв ав Waller Boulevard will be a thoroughfare, and that the property just north of his property has been designated as business. Dr. W. A. Harper stated that his property at the corner of Twelfth and Guadalupe Streets was no longer salable as residence property and asked that same be classified as business property. Joe Prowse asked that the property owned by him at Forty-third and Duval Streets be designated as business property, there being business establishments across the street. No other property owners desiring to be heard, the Council thereupon took up for consideration and action thereon the following matters: Councilman Reed moved that the property abutting on both the north and south sides of First Street from Canadian Street to the City Limits be classified as Commercial "C" Use District. Motion was seconded by Councilman Pannell, and same prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor McFadden, Councilmen Pannell, Reed, and Steck, 4; nays, none, Councilman Mueller absent, 1. Councilman Reed moved that the area legally described as the Northwest Quarter of Block 51 and the Northeast Quarter of Block 50, Division "E" of the Original Oity, shall hereafter be placed in Commercial "C" Use District. Motion was seconded by Councilman Pannell, and same prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor MoFadden, Councilmen Pannell, Reed, and Steck, 4; nays, none; Councilman Mueller absent. Councilman Pannell moved that the following area be placed in Commercial "C" Use District: Beginning at the Southeast corner of Lot No. 14 of the Louis Horst Addition; Thence westerly with the south line of Lots 14, 11, and 2 of said Addition to the east line of Rio Grande Street; Thence westerly crossing Rio Grande Street to the southeast corner of Lot 9 of the Raymond Addition; Thence westerly with the south line of Lot 9 of the Raymond Addition to the southwest corner of same; Thence northerly with the west line of Lot 9 to the south line of Twenty-fourth Street; Thence northerly crossing Twenty-fourth Street to the southwest corner of Lot 1 of the Mathis Subdivision; Thence northerly with the west line of Lot 1 of the Mathis Subdivision, 112.9 feet; Thence easterly parallel to the north line of Twenty-fourth Street to the west line of Rio Grande Street; Thence easterly crossing Rio Grande Street to the northwest corner of Lot 16, Outlot 48, Division "D" of the City of Austin; Thence easterly to the northwest corner of Lot No. 16, Outlot 49, Division "D" of the City of Austin; Thence southerly with the east line of Nueces Street to the north line of Twenty-fourth Street; Thence southerly to the northeast corner of Lot No. 13 of the Louis Horst Addition; Thence southerly to the place of the beginning. Motion was seconded by Mayor McFadden, and same prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Mayor McFadden, Councilmen Pannell, Reed, and Steck, 4; nays, none; Councilman Mueller absent.