482 CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS 482 MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS Regular Meeting September 06, 1945 11:15 A M. Council Chamber, City Hall The meeting was called to order, with Mayor Pro tem. Bartholomew presiding. Roll call Present: Councilmen Alford, Gillis, Mayor Pro tem. Bartholomew Absent : Mayor Miller and Councilman Wolf 2 - 3 Present also: Guiton Morgan, City Manager; J. E. Motheral, City Engineer; W. T. Williams, City Attorney; and R. D. Thorp, Chief of Police. The minutes of the Regular Meeting of August 30, 1945, were read, and on motion of Councilman Alford were adopted as read by the following vote: Ayes : Councilmen Alford, Gillis, Mayor Pro tem Bartholomew Noes: None Absent: Mayor Miller and Councilman Wolf T. N. GRIFFIN came before the Council and complained of a mosquito nuisance in Govalle caused by improper drainage of that area. After some dis- cussion, the City Engineer was instructed to take the matter up with the County officials and find out what they would be willing to do to relieve the situation, as the greater part of the area in question lies outside of the city limits. The application of RAYMOND HARVEY FARLEY, 3213 Liberty Street, for a taxicab driver's permit, duly approved by the City Manager, was submitted. Council- man Alford moved that the permit be granted. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Alford, Gillis, Mayor Pro tem. Bartholomew Noes : None Absent: Mayor Miller and Councilman Wolf The application of EDGAR PHILIP SMITH, 1806 Haskell Street, for a taxicab driver's permit, duly approved by the City Manager, was submitted. Councilman Alford moved that the permit be granted. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Alford, Gillis, Mayor Pro tem. Bartholomew Noes: None Absent: Mayor Miller and Councilman Wolf 483 CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS 483 The application of JOSEPH DANIEL COSS, 304 East 11th Street, for a taxicab driver's permit, duly approved by the City Manager, was submitted. Council- man Alford moved that the permit be granted. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes : Councilmen Alford, Gillis, Mayor Pro tem. Bartholomew Noes: None Absent: Mayor Miller and Councilman Wolf The application of ROY CLARENCE SWANSON, 702 West Avenue, for a taxicab driver's permit, duly approved by the City Manager, was submitted. Councilman Alford moved that the permit be granted. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes : Councilmen Alford, Gillis, Mayor Pro tem. Bartholomew Noes: None Absent: Mayor Miller and Councilman Wolf. The application of MRS. ORA CLAIRE RUSSELL, 112 East 7th Street, for a license to operate as a taxicab a 1941 Model Chrysler Sedan, Factory No. 0-28-121879, State License No. FT-2175, duly approved by the City Manager, was submitted. Councilman Gillis moved that the license be granted. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Alford, Gillis, Mayor Pro tem. Bartholomew Noes : None Absent: Mayor Miller and Councilman Wolf The application of MONROE JAMES SCHREFFLER, 307 West 6th Street, for a license to operate as a taxicab a 1941 Model Chevrolet Tudor, Factory No. AA738543, State License No. FS-7600, duly approved by the City Manager, was submitted. Councilman Gillis moved that the license be granted. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Alford, Gillis, Mayor Pro tem. Bartholomew Noes : None Absent: Mayor Miller and Councilman Wolf The application of NORMAN FELTON CRIDER, 600 East 7th Street, for a license to operate as a taxicab a 1942 Model 4-door Ford Sedan, Factory No. 6816840, State License No. FS-4217, duly approved by the City Manager, was submitted. Councilman Gillis moved that the license be granted. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Alford, Gillis, Mayor Pro tem. Bartholomew Noes: None Absent: Mayor Miller and Councilman Wolf The application of BRYAN RUSSELL, 112 East 7th Street, for a license to operate as a taxicab a 1942 Model, Chevrolet Sedan, Factory No. BA-14459, State License No. FT-4255, duly approved by the City Manager, was submitted. Councilman Gillis moved that the license be granted. The motion carried by the fol- lowing vote: Ayes: Councilmen Alford, Gillis, Mayor Pro tem. Bartholomew Noes: None Absent: Mayor Miller and Councilman Wolf The application of BRYAN RUSSELL, 112 East 7th Street, for a license to operate as a taxicab a 1940 Model Plymouth Sedan, Factory No. PIC-390245, State License No. FE-64, duly approved by the City Manager, was submitted; Councilman Gillis moved that the license be granted. The motion carried by the following vote: 484 CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS Ayes: Councilmen Alford, Gillis, Mayor Pro tem. Bartholomew Noes: None Absent: Mayor Miller and Councilman Wolf 484 The application of J. G. VASQUEZ, 112 East 7th Street, for a license to operate as a taxicab a 1939 Model Chevrolet Sedan, Factory No.2313190, State License No. FT-1201, duly approved by the City Manager, was submitted. Councilman Gillis moved that the license be granted. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Alford, Gillis, Mayor Pro tem. Bartholomew Noes: None Absent: Mayor Miller and Councilman Wolf The application of A. R. THORNTON, 410 West 37th Street, for a license to operate as a taxicab a 1941 Model, Chevrolet Sedan, Motor. No. AA-251740, State License No. AU-4791, to replace Taxicab License No. 109 cancelled, duly approved by the City Manager, was submitted. Councilman Gillis moved that the license be granted. The motion carried by the following vote: ion: None Ayes : Councilmen Alford, Gillis, Mayor Pro tem. Bartholomew Noes: Absent: Mayor Miller and Councilman Wolf Councilman Alford introduced the following ordinance: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THAT CERTAIN ORDINANCE ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE REGULATING TRAFFIC UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN; PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF SAME; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, " WHICH ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN ON MAY 6, 1937, AND IS RECORDED IN BOOK "K", PAGES 159-179, INCLUSIVE, OF THE ORDINANCE RECORDS OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, BY AMENDING ARTICLE III, SECTION 12(b) OF SAID ORDINANCE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. The ordinance was read the first time and laid over. Councilman Gillis offered the following resolution and moved its adopt(RESOLUTION) BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: THAT Guiton Morgan, City Manager of the City of Austin, be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to execute a release and quitclaim of Lot 10, in Block 23, of Travis Heights Addition to the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, from a judgment of foreclosure and sale thereunder in Cause No.41,444, styled The City of Austin v. Citizens Loan & Investment Company, it appearing to the Court that all taxes and costs owing the City of Austin, as contained in said judgment, have been paid. Which motion, carrying with it the adoption of the resolution, prevailed by the following vote: 485 CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS Ayes: Councilmen Alford, Gillis, Mayor Pro tem. Bartholomew Noes: None Absent: Mayor Miller and Councilman Wolf 485 Councilman Alford moved that on the recommendation of the Chief of Police the taxicab driver's permit issued to KENNETH CROFT, 106 East 2nd Street, be cancelled. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Alford, Gillis, Mayor Pro tem. Bartholomew Noes: None Absent: Mayor Miller and Councilman Wolf The following resolution was submitted: (RESOLUTION) WHEREAS, delinquent taxes on personal property have been paid to the Tax Collector of the City of Austin by the following named parties for the years and in the amounts set opposite the name of each of them, viz: Name Years Amount Collected Raines & Company Paul J. Beck 1944 $ 30.33 1944 3.81 J. F. Frels 1944 5.71 James R. Coffey 1936, 1937,1939, 1944 30.34 E. J. Douglas 1942-1944 14.99 C. M. Duncan 1936, 1938-1943 17.82 Vivian and R.S. Ellason 1939,1941 & 1942 12,62 Grady Faubion 1937-1940 31.37 Mrs. C.K.Gardner 1936-1944 28.73 H.W. Watkins 1933, 1934, 1936-1943 78.30 Ben Atkinson, Jr. 1938-1940 13.85 Charles B. Cook 1943-1944 9.08 Henry Davis 1935,1936,1939-1944 18.97 Walter B. Davis 1941-1944 25.70 T. R.(Rex) Eastburn 1941-1944 29.19 W. A. Farris Aaron Ford S. H. Garza A. C. Hubbard 1941 2.78 1936,1939-1943 2.08 1938, 1939, 1942 15.00 1944 3.45 Josephine Staab 1944 2.62 Frank. J. Wicks 1941-1943 15.70 Dr. J. J. Brady 1940-1944 107.22 Katherine Brady 1937-1941 55.23 M. L. and Hudie Brown 1939-1944 37.61 R. M. Crockett 1944 .72 Frances L. Dittemore 1943,1944 11.36 Dollar Wave Shop 1937,1939,1940,1941 1942,1944 45.29 H. C. Currie 1938,1939,1941,1942 10.75 Dr. Lee Edens 1936,1938,1939,1942 40.37 Al Ehrlick 1941,1942 13.72 Dave Foreman 1932.1933.1935.1936 1939-1941 25.75 W. C. Gene 1933-1940 7.08 Name 486 CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS Years Amount Collected Gerald Gibson Will Gipson Everett G. Pratt 1938,1940-1942 1931-1935 1936-1938,1940-1943 $ 11.87 10.69 100.26 J. M. Baden 1939-1944 39.66 R. J. Crozier 1943-1944 15.65 S. A. Dickson 1939,1940,1942 12.63 L. R. Emerson 1937-1944 37.22 D. E. Farr 1934 6.06 Jess Garcia 1939-1941 1.15 A. T. Long 1941-1944 51.11 R. M. Allen 1942-1944 28.10 C. Alf Anderson 1938-1941,1943,1944 16.11 C. E. Beasey 1939,1942,1944 5.07 Carl Besserer, Jr. 1942-1944 17.04 Mrs. Albert Boggess 1939-1944 14.53 R. K. Bonser 1939-1943 10.57 G. M. Brown 1943,1944 10.63 A. F. Byars P. S. Crawford 1925,1932,1942 48.62 1938. 24.15 J. R. Davis 1940-1943 13.13 Glynn Drake 1939-1941 14.61 J. D. Eckert 1941,1942,1944,1935-1931, 1937-1939 47.22 Bill(J.W.) Eder 1939-1941,1943,1944 22.07 J. L. Erwin 1942-1944 33.14 O. M. Farr 1940-1942,1944 10.85 C. L. Fowler 1938-1942 32.16 Amelia E. Freeman 1940,1942-1944 28.89 Fred Gebauer 1938-1943 23.75 Philip George 1938-1941 12.82 Oliver Gilbert 1940-1943 7.05 Eddie Goertz 1940-1943 1.65 W. W. McNeeley 1944 2.62 Toni Sconci 1944 8.72 Edwin R. Stamnitz 1928,1929,1931-1935, 1936-1939 21.46 Walter E. White 1943-1944 5.25 and 486 WHEREAS, all of said payments have been made on an equitable basis of adjustment of such taxes by authority of the City Council of the City of Austin; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: THAT the Tax Assessor and Collector of the City of Austin be, and he is hereby, ordered and directed to cancel all delinquent personal property taxes against said parties and their property for the years for which said tax was assessed. Upon motion, the foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Alford, Gillis, Mayor Pro tem. Bartholomew Noes: None Absent: Mayor Miller and Councilman Wolf 487 CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS 487 There being no further business, upon motion seconded and carried, the meeting was recessed at 11:50 A. M., subject to call of the Mayor. Attest: hallic Mateccar City Clerk APPROVED: Mayor Fro Proten.