112 to pedestrians. That the brick shall be placed upon a 4" concrete base and that all work within the City streets shall be done by a bonded sidewalk contractor and in accordance with the instructions and directions of the City Engineer of the City of Austin. The resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen Alford, Gillis, Mayor Miller, and Councilman Wolf; nays, none; Councilman Bartholomew absent. Upon motion, seconded and carried, the meeting was then recessed at 1:00 Ρ. Μ., subject to call of the Mayor. Approved Jom Milla. Atfest: Hallin Meherear City Clerk : REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Mayor Austin, Texas, August 4, 1938. The City Council met in regular session, at the regular meeting place in the City Hall, on Thursday, August 4, 1938, at 10:30 A. M., with Mayor Tom Miller presiding. Roll call showed the following members present: Councilmen C. F. Alford, C.M.Bartholomew, Simon G1111s, and Mayor Tom Miller; absent, Councilman Oswald G. Wolf. The Minutes of the regular meetings of June 2, June 9, June 16, the special meeting of June 21, and the regular meetings of June 23, and June 30 were read, and upon motion of Councilman Gillis, were adopted as read, by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen Alford, Bartholomew, Gillis, and Mayor Miller; nays, none; Councilman Wolf absent. The following tabulation of bids was received: Memorandum to Mr. Morgan: "Austin, Tехав August 3, 1938 Bids were received at 10 o'clock, Wednesday morning, August 3, 1938, for the construction of the Park Place bridge over Waller Creek, as follows: Name Yarbrough Construction Co. J. F. Johnson C. W. Henson Ed Lorey Brown & Root J. M. Odom Moore Construction Co C. A. Maufrais R. Schmidt Amount $5.398.75 5,558.45 5,875.13 6,081.20 6,300.83 6,564.25 7,272.74 7,286.25 7,294.00 I recommend that the contract be awarded to the low bidder, Yarbrough Construction Yours very truly, Company. Recommended for approval: Guiton Morgan City Manager. 11 J. E. Motheral City Engineer." Councilman Gillis moved that the contract for the construction of the Park Place : ! bridge over Waller Creek be awarded to Yarbrough Construction Company, low bidder, in the amount of $5,398.75. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen Alford, Bartholomew, Gillis, and Mayor Miller; nays, none; Councilman Wolf absent. A proposed resolution relative to a low-water bridge over the Colorado River west of the I & G N Railroad bridge, as submitted by the State Highway Department, was read. Mayor Miller moved that, in lieu of the adoption of said resolution, the City Manager be instructed to take the matter up with the Highway Commission and Highway Engineer and see if a program more in conformance with the City's finances could be worked out. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen Alford, Bartholomew, Gillis, and Mayor Miller; nays, none; Councilman Wolf absent. W. R. Nabours, representing the Highway Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, was present, and offered the cooperation of said committee in every way possible in the carrying out of the foregoing program. Will Gardner appeared before the Council and complained of a nuisance created by flies from the Sewage Disposal Plant at his dairy. The matter was referred to the City Manager to have the Sanitary Engineer and Superintendent of the Disposal Plant take such steps as necessary to abate said nuisance. Mayor Miller introduced the following resolution, and moved its adoption. The motion, carrying with it the adoption of the resolution, prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen Alford, Bartholomew, Gillis, and Mayor Miller; nays, none; Councilman Wolf absent. The resolution is as follows: WHEREAS, the Public Works Administration requires that all projects under its regulations be done in accordance with approved wage scales as published by the Department of Labor of the State of Texas; and WHEREAS, in the proposed work on Docket Texas 1854-DS, said Department of Labor has furnished the City of Austin with said schedule, but which said schedule did not contain certain classes of labor which will be necessary to be used in the proposed work under Docket Texas 1854-DS; therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: THAT the City Manager be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to submit such additional schedule to the State Director of the Public Works Administration, and provide all contractors and sub-contractors on said Docket Texas 1854-DS with notice that such scale of wages must be complied with. (attached) SUPPLEMENTARY WAGE SCALE Tile Setters Helper Marble Setters Helper Per Hour $50 .50 "Docket Texав 1854-DS Municipal Building Austin, Teхав August 4, 1938 Per Diem $4.00 4.00 "Docket Teхав 1854-DS Municipal Building Austin, Tехав August 4, 1938 Mr. Guiton Morgan City Library Building Austin, Tехав Dear Sir: The attached wage scale for wages and work classification covers trade operations which are not classified by the State Department of Labor, but this list has been submitted to the State Labor Department, and they advise that same is satisfactory and corresponds with wages paid in their approved 113 114 list for work of a similar nature. Yours very truly, PAGE & SOUTHERLAND By L. C. Page 1 Mayor Miller laid before the Council the following communication: "August 3, 1938 Austin, Texas Austin City Council City Hall Austin, Teхав Gentlemen: Attention: Mr. Guiton Morgan City Manager At a meeting of the Optimist Club called for the purpose of dioussing a Boys' Camp to be located on a tract of land given to the city by John E. Shelton for this purpose, and as Chairman of the Boys' Work Committee of the Austin Optimist Club, I have been authorized to submit to you the following names who have accepted the responsibility to work on this project with the Austin City Council and Recreation Department: AUSTIN OPTIMIST CLUB BOYS' CAMP COMMITTEE A. S. Hull, Chairman ---- Chas. L. Howell --. Wm. G. Bell -- T. A. Trombrello -------- Wallace Shropshire ------- -- 204 West 6th Street -Howell Service Station 19th and Rio Grande P. O. Box 614 --- Manager, Grand-Silven, 804 Congress Avenue Assistant Cashier, American National Bank The above men have agreed to serve in the capacity above mentioned. Thanking you, I wish to remain, Yours in Optimism A. S. Hull Boys Work Chairman Austin Optimist Club ॥ Mayor Miller moved that the above named committee be approved, and that said committee work in conjunction with the City's committee, composed of the City Manager, the Superintendent of Recreation, the City Engineer, and the Assistant City Attorney, in the carrying out of the aforesaid project. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayee, Councilmen Alford, Bartholomew, Gillis, and Mayor Miller; nays, none; Councilman Wolf abeent. Councilman Alford introduced the following resolution: WHEREAS, Texas Public Service Company has presented to the City Council tentative maps or plans showing the proposed construction of its gas mains in the streets in the City of Austin hereafter named, and said maps or plans have been considered by the City Council; thereforo BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: THAT Texas Public Service Company be, and the same is hereby, permitted to lay and construct its gas mains in and upon the following streets: (1) A gas main in CLEARMONT STREET westerly 165 feet from a point 37 feet west of the west line of San Marcos Street, the centerline of which gas main shall be 17 feet south of and parallel to the north line of said Clearmont Street. Said gas main described above shall have a covering of not less than 22 feet. (2) A gas main in MARATHON BOULEVARD northerly 313 feet from a point 82 feet north of the north line of West 42nd Street, the centerline of which gas main shall be 8 feet west of and parallel to the east line of said Marathon Boulevard. : ! Said gas main described above shall have a covering of not less than 2 feet. (3) A gas main in SINCLAIR AVENUE northerly 58 feet from a point 96 feet north of the north line of West 47th Street, the centerline of which gas main shall be 9 feet west of and parallel to the east line of said Sinclair Avenue. Said gas main described above shall have a covering of not less than 2 feet. (4) A gas main in LOCKHART DRIVE FROM Brackenridge Street easterly 143 feet, the centerline of which gas main shall be 7 feet south of and parallel to the north line of said Lockhart Drive. Said gas main described above shall have a covering of not less than 20 feet. (5) A gas main in EVANS STREET from Fiskville Road south 103 feet, the centerline of which gas main shall be 70 feet west of and parallel to the east line of said Evans Street. Said gas main described above shall have a covering of not less than 2 feet. The Texas Public Service Company is hereby put upon notice that the City of Austin does not guarantee that the space assigned above is clear from other underground utilities, but is based upon the best records we have at hand, and that the minimum depth stated does not have any reference to the fact that greater depths may not be required at special points. When the Texas Public Service Company requires definite information upon the ground as to elevations or working points from which to base the location of their assignments, they shall apply to the City Engineering Department notless than three (3) days before such information is required. The Texas Public Service Company is further put upon notice that they will be required to bear the expense of repairs or replacement of any underground utility damaged during the construction of 1ines named in this resolution. AND THAT whenever pavement is out in the vicinity of a fire plug, water must be used at intervals during the course of backfilling of the ditches. AND THAT the work and laying of said gas mains, including the excavation in the streets, and the restoration and maintenance of said streets after said mains have been laid, shall be under the supervision and direction of the City Manager, and under all the pertinent terms and conditions of the certain franchise granted to said Company by the City of Austin. The resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen Alford, Bartholomew, Gillis, and Mayor Miller; naye, none; Councilman Wolf absent. Mayor Miller laid before the Council the following: "The following shall be the joint plan for the Austin-Travis County Health Unit, a cooperative, full-time county health unit contributed to from the County of Travis, the City of Austin, and the State Health Departments The City of Austin and the County of Travis, in the plan herein submitted, do not increase their budget above their present appropriation. The State Health Department contributes to this service at the rate of $11,800 for the fiscal year. This plan provides for the combining of present health services in the City of Austin and the County of Travis and separation of said health services from treatment services carried on in the respective governmental organizations. The State Health Department will furnish a director, who is to be an individual trained in public health, two nurses trained in public health, and a sanitary engineer, likewise trained in public health, who shall head the sanitary division. The State Health Department provides both salary and travel for the above named. The health officer shall be selected by the executive officer of county court, and of the City Commission from a list approved by the State Health Officer. The State Health Department agrees to accept the present personnel of the City and County and will give every assistance in obtaining training and instruction in modern health practices. The City of Austin and the County of Travis in consideration of the above agree that any individual hereafter employed in this health unit shall meet the qualifications set up by the State Board of Health for such position. 115 116 i i The director shall be responsible to the governing body of the city for the health of the city itself and for carrying out sanitary regulations within the City. The director shall be responsible to the county court for the health of the county and for the carrying out of general regulations for the health within the county. In the City, the city hospital shall be separated from the health services and shall not be responsible to the director of the unit nor he to the director of the hospital. In the county, the county physician, who has been responsible for the care of the indigent, shall be responsible, as at present, directly to the county Judge and commissioners' court, and shall not be responsible for his activities to the director of the unit. All other personnel now listed as health personnel become a part of the unit. This agreement may be terminated at the wish of any of the above parties. It is understood that the budget for such a service when signed must, in turn, be approved by the United States Public Health Service. Upon approval of such a budget, the State Health Department pledges the entire services of the Department to the needs of the county and the wishes of the local medical society. 11 Councilman Gillis moved that the foregoing plan for the Austin-Travis County Health Unit be approved, and that the City Manager be directed to act for the City Council in the appointment of a director of public health as specified therein. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen Alford, Bartholomew, G11118, and Mayor Miller; nays, none; Councilman Wolf absent. Councilman Alford introduced the following resolution, and moved its adoption. The motion, carrying with it the adoption of the resolution, prevailed by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen Alford, Bartholomew, Gillis, and Mayor Miller; nays, none; Councilman Wolf absent. The resolution is as follows: BE IT RESOLVED, That the City Council of Austin, Texas, having investigated the qualifications of Driscoll and Groos, a copartnership composed of Dan Driscoll and Delmar Groca, architecte, and having confidence in their ability, does hereby nominate them as the architects to assist in the preparation of the plans and specifications of an Incinerator; and the City Council having also investigated the qualifications of Munsey Wilson, Structural Engineer, and having confidence in his ability, does hereby nominate him as structural engineer to assist in the preparation of the plans and specifications for an Incinerator, a project for which a grant was made by the Publis Worke Administration under Docket-Texas-1852-DS. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this nomination be sent to the State Director of Public Worke Administration at Fort Worth, Texas, with the request that the same be approved. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the City Manager be and he is hereby authorized and instructed to enter into agreements for the necessary architectural and engineering services on this project, and to file said agreements with the State Director of the Public Works Administration in accordance with their requirements, and that he be further directed to proceed as rapidly as possible with the completion of plane and specifications and submit same to the Publico Works Administration for their approval in order that their requirements be met. There being no further business, upon motion, seconded and carried, the meeting was recessed at 11:55 A. M., subject to call of the Mayor. Approved: Jür milla Mayor Attest: Hallic Mehellar City Clerk