- CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS 507 502 NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: Notice is hereby given that a Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Austin will be held on the 5th day of August, 1959, at the Municipal Building, Eighth and Colorado, in Austin, Texas, at 2:30 P.M. for the purpose of hearing Dr. Robert Montgomery, consultant to the City in the rate case of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. (Sgd) Elsie Woosley City Clerk ATTEST: (Sgd) Elsie Woosley City Clerk (Sgd) Tom Miller Mayor City of Austin, Texas CONSENT TO MEETING We, the undersigned members of the City Council, hereby accept service of the foregoing notice, waiving any and all irregularities in such service and such notice, and consent and agree that said City Council shall meet at the time and place therein named, and for the purpose therein stated. (Sgd) Edgar H. Perry, III (Sgd) Hub Bechtol (Sgd) Ben White =CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS 508 508 MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS Special Meeting August 5, 1959 2:30 Ρ.Μ. Council Chamber, City Hall The meeting was called to order with Mayor Miller presiding. Roll call: Present: Councilmen Bechtol, Perry, White, Mayor Miller Absent: Councilman Palmer Present also: W. T. Williams, Jr., City Manager; Doren R. Eskew, City Attorney The Mayor announced that this meeting was called for the punpose of hearing DR. ROBERT MONTGOMERY, who had been asked to serve in the capacity of consultant to the City in the rate case of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, and who had volunteered to do this for the City. Present representing the SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY were MR. MATT WILLIAMS, Assistant General Manager; MR. WHITNEY HARRIS, Attorney for the Company; MR. J. BEN BLANTON, Inventory and Cost Engineer; MR. HENRY PERRY, Chief Supervising Auditor; MR. STORMY DAVIS, Division Commercial Superintendent; MR. TOM BROWN, Division Manager; and MR. ED CLARK, local Attorney. DR, MONTGOMERY gave a resume of his Memorandum to the Mayor and Members of the Council, of his study on the rate request of the Telephone Company, and listed several questions which he thought the Council should have answered by the Company. MR. ED CLARK stated that when the next meeting was scheduled, the Company would be glad to answer the various questions Dr. Montgomery had brought up. There being no further business, the Council adjourned at 4:15 P.M., subject to the call of the Mayor. ATTEST: APPROVED Jom Millen Mayor City Clerk 509509 CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS Regular Meeting August 6, 1959 2:00 PM. Council Chamber, City Hall The meeting was called to order with Mayor Miller presiding. Roll call: Present: Councilmen Bechtol, Perry, White, Mayor Miller Absent: Councilman Palmer (as he was out of the city) Present also: W. T. Williams, Jr., City Manager; Doren R. Eskew, City Attorney; Robert Beckham, Assistant Director of Public Works; Robert A. Miles, Chief of Police. Church. Invocation was delivered by REV. B. L. MCCORMICK, Grant's Chapel Methodist Councilman Bechtol moved that the Minutes of the Meeting of July 30, 1959, be approved. The motion, seconded by Councilman Perry, carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Bechtol, Perry, White, Mayor Miller Noes: None Absent: Councilman Palmer The Council welcomed MR. BAKER, City Secretary, Waco, Texas. The Council deferred action on the zoning ordinance covering the following until it was ascertained that the use requested would be covered under the "0" classification: WYATT O. STONE 2003-05 West 35th Street From "A" Residence To "0" Office NORTHWAY CREST DE- VELOPMENT CO., INC. 7613-7717 Guadalupe Street 513-17 Northway Drive From "A" Residence To "B" Residence ! CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS 5/8 510 Mayor Miller introduced the following ordinance: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THAT CERTAIN ORDINANCE PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, JULY 17, 1941, AND RECORDED IN ORDINANCE BOOK "L", PAGES 152-174, INCLUSIVE, OF THE ORDINANCE RECORDS OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WHICH ORDINANCE WAS AMENDATORY OF THAT CERTAIN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING ZONING REGULATIONS AND DISTRICTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, APRIL 23, 1931, AND RECORDED IN BOOK "I", PAGES 301-318, INCLUSIVE, OF THE ORDINANCE RECORDS OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, THE AMENDATORY ORDINANCE HEREBY CHANGING THE USE DESIGNATION FROM "A" RESIDENCE DISTRICT TO "O" OFFICE DISTRICT ON LOTS 9 AND 10, BLOCK 1 OF PLAINVIEW HEIGHTS, IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS; ORDERING A CHANGE IN THE USE MAPS SO AS TO RECORD SUCH CHANGE; AND SUSPENDING THE RULE REQUIRING THE READING OF ORDINANCES ON THREE SEPARATE DAYS. The ordinance was read the first time and Councilman Bechtol moved that The the rule be suspended and the ordinance passe d to its second reading. motion, seconded by Councilman Perry, carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Bechtol, Perry, White, Mayor Miller Noes: None Absent: Councilman Palmer The ordinance was read the second time and Councilman Bechtol moved that the rule be suspended and the ordinance passed to its third reading. The motion, seconded by Councilman Perry, carried by the following vote: Ayes: Noes: Councilmen Bechtol, Perry, White, Mayor Miller None Absent: Councilman Palmer The ordinance was read the third time and Councilman Bechtol moved that the ordinance be finally passed. The motion, seconded by Councilman Perry, carried by the following vote: Ayes: Noes: Councilmen Bechtol, Perry, White, Mayor Miller None Absent: Councilman Palmer The Mayor announced that the ordinance had been finally passed. Councilman White offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: (RESOLUTION) WHEREAS, after an engineering and traffic investigation, the City Council has found that the circumstances are such that the maximum reasonable and safe CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS 511 511 speed for the operation of vehicles at the following locations during the times stated is less than thirty (30) miles per hour when pedestrians are present, due to the proximity of said streets to schools; and, WHEREAS, after said investigation the City Council has found that the maximum reasonable and safe speed for the operation of vehicles on school days during the hours 7:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. when pedestrians are present is twenty (20) miles per hour at the following locations: ON STREET FROM TO Manchaca Road East 5th Street Casey Street Linden Street Redd Street Tillery Street Now, Therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: That the City Clerk be authorized and instructed to record this finding in Section 33.39 of the Traffic Register. The motion, seconded by Councilman Bechtol, carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Bechtol, Perry, White, Mayor Miller Noes: None Absent: Councilman Palmer Councilman White offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: (RESOLUTION) WHEREAS, after an engineering and traffic investigation, the City Council has found that because of changed conditions the present maximum reasonable and safe speed for the operation of vehicles at the following location during school hours is not now twenty (20) miles per hour and that its previous finding of a maximum reasonable and safe speed of twenty (20) miles per hour for the operation of vehicles at the following location from 7:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. on school days should be deleted from Section 33.39 of the Traffic Register: ON STREET Burnet Road Now, Therefore, FROM TO Woodrow Street Hancock Drive BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: That the City Clerk be authorized and instructed to record this finding in Section 33.39 of the Traffic Register. The motion, seconded by Councilman Bechtol, carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Bechtol, Perry, White, Mayor Miller Noes: None Absent: Councilman Palmer CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS= 512 512 Councilman White offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: (RESOLUTION) WHEREAS, after an engineering and traffic investigation, the City Council has found that traffic conditions are such that the limits upon the time of parking of vehicles at the locations hereinafter described should be extended, and that it is advisable to continue to use mechanical devices in the emforcement of such time limits, and has found that such locations, should be changed from Parking Meter Zone 60 to Parking Meter Zone 120 as indicated in the following schedule: Schedule From Present Time Limit To Zone Side Location 1 hour 120 West 10th St. North 400 Block 1 hour 1.20 West llth St. South 400 Block Now, Therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: That the locations upon the streets of the City of Austin as above described be deleted from Parking Meter Zone 60 and placed in Parking Meter Zone 120 as above shown in Section 33.43 of the Traffic Register, and the City Clerk be, and she is hereby authorized and instructed to so record these findings. The motion, seconded by Councilman Bechtol, carried by the following vote: Ayes: Noes: Councilmen Bechtol, Perry, White, Mayor Miller None Absent: Councilman Palmer The City Manager submitted the following: "August 4, 1959 "Mr. W. T. Williams, Jr. City Manager Austin, Texas "Dear Mr. Williams: "Bids were received until 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, August 4, 1959 at the Office of the Director of the Water and Sewer Department for the construction of the 42inch Spicewood Springs Road Water Main. The bids were publicly opened and read in the Second Floor Conference Room, Municipal Building, Austin, Texas. "The following is a tabulation of the bids received: CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS 513 513 "FIRM Mitchell Darby Construction Company, McAllen, Texas Austin Engineering Company Karl B. Wagner, Incorporated Bland Construction Company Glade Construction Company Capital Construction Company, Fort Worth, Texas AMOUNT WORKING DAYS $191,840.50 90 206,478.44 150 221,649.00 100 226,922.00 140 238,069.00 90 248,909.31 1.00 "It is recommended that the Mitchell Darby Construction Company be awarded the contract on their low bid of $191,840.50, with 90 working days. "Yours truly, (Sgd) Victor R. Schmidt, Jr. Superintendent, Water Distribution (Sgd) Albert R. Davis, Director Water and Sewer Department Approved: W. T. Williams, Jr. City Manager" Councilman Bechtol offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: (RESOLUTION) WHEREAS, bids were received by the City of Austin on August 4, 1959, for the construction of the 42-inch Spicewood Springs Road Water Main; and, WHEREAS, the bid of the Mitchell Darby Construction Company in the sum of $191,840.50 was the lowest and best bid therefor, and the acceptance of such bid has been recommended by the Director of the Water and Sewer Department of the City of Austin, and by the City Manager; Now, Therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: That the bid of the Mitchell Darby Construction Company in the sum of $191,840.50 be and the same is hereby accepted, and W. T. Williams, Jr., City Manager of the City of Austin, is hereby authorized and directed to execute a contract on behalf of the City of Austin with the Mitchell Darby Construction Company. The motion, seconded by Councilman Perry, carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Bechtol, Perry, White, Mayor Miller Noes: None Absent: Councilman Palmer MR. ED CLARK, representing SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, in its request for a rate increase, asked the Council to set a date for the Company to answer the report made to the Council by DR. MONTGOMERY. The Mayor announced that this hearing would be held at 2:30 P.M. Tuesday afternoon. Councilman White made a report on the proposed sale of the City property at Koenig Lane and Lamar, and it was decided that the best thing to do was to CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS 514 514 advertise it for sale setting a certain beginning price and requiring that bids come in in multiples of $100. The Council recessed until 3:00 P.M. RECESSED MEETING 3:00 Ρ.Μ. At 3:00 P.M. the Council resumed its business to hear the report of MR. DON HILL, National Safety Council. MR. M. V. GREER, Engineer of Traffic Division of Maintenance Operations, State Highway Department, presented an Award for Excellency in Traffic Engineering, for maintaining a high level of profession in traffic engineering. With the presentation, the Traffic Engineer, MR. WALTER KLAPPROTH, was highly complimented on his work in this field. Mayor Miller accepted the Award and presented it to Mr. Klapproth for display in the Chambers of Commerce, in the City Hall, and then in Mr. Klapproth's office. This award was from the Institute of Traffic Engineers. MR. ED ST. JOHN, Austin Citizens Council, presented an award by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, for achievement in Police and Traffic Supervision in 1959. Councilman White accepted the award and presented it to CHIEF BOB MILES. MR. DON HILL, National Safety Council, gave an analysis of Austin report of the Annual inventory of traffic safety activities, and listed fifteen outstanding needs for Austin's safety program--adequate staff and budget for Citizen's Safety Council; Mechanical tabulation equipment for police records; two additional men in traffic engineering activities of maintenance of signs, signals, etc.; program of street lighting based on traffic volumes; increased use of left-turn prohibitions at congested intersections; adequate off-street parking facilities in the University and Capitol areas; firm policy in access control on the city's thoroughfares, reduction of unwarranted curb-cutting; policy of locating schools away from major traffic arteries; systematic clearance of view-obstruction shrubbery on comers; enforcement of traffic laws relating to pedestrians; improvement of conviction rates in traffic arrests, through joint action between police, courts, city administrators and civic interests such as the Citizens Safety Council; traffic courts of record of original jurisdiction to try all traffic cases; more extensive student organizations in the school; more safety responsibilities in the non-public schools. The Mayor thanked Mr. Hill for his appearance. There being no further business, the Council adjourned at 4:30 Ρ.Μ., subject to the call of the Mayor. ATTEST: Elsie City Clerk APPROVED Jom Milla. Mayor