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HomeMy Public PortalAbout19581201 Regular Meeting, December 1 1958 Mayor Arthur W. Ellis in the chair. Present: Condit, Dorr, Fisher, Hager, D. Jobe, R. Jobe, Jordan, Scrivner, Vanderfeltz and Willcoxon. 10 ?.Absent: None. !Request for a street light on Dix Road between St. Marys Blvd. and yIndustrial Drive was referred to the Water and Light Committee. f 'Request for a rezoning of the westerly 122' of lots 108-109-110-111 :` ,of Fairview Addition from "B" to "E" Commercial, was referred to the Planning and Zoning Commission. i jA letter of thanks was received from Mr. K.D. Anderson for the ;,assistance of the Fire Department in removing plate glass which had 'ibeen broken at Highway 50 & McCarty Street. :The letter was ordered filed. 'A request was received from Mr. Jack Jordan for the improvement of 'Binder Drive from Marilyn Drive to Livingston Drive. 'The request was approved and the City Engineer was instructed 1! to prepare resolution. .A petition was received opposing the rezoning of the two lots in 4 1 the 600 block of Clark Avenue. 11The petition was ordered filed. I# !Request for a street light on the last pole on the south end of %Nelson Drive at end of pavement was referred to the Water and Light Committee. I A report of Police Department for the month of November, 1958 was !ordered filed. i iDrainage conditions at Dunklin near the Community Center and on 'Hough Park and Isom Street were referred to the Street Committee. Traffic conditions at McCarty and Jackson Street were referred to jthe Safety Committee of the P.T.A. of Simonsen High School. JA letter of resignation was received from Mr. Alex Vetter as a ,member of the Zoning Commission. ;The resignation was accepted. , IThe bid of the Decalcomania Company for furnishing 1,000,000 'cigarette tax stamps at 55 cents per thousand was accepted. ;Bids were received on the improvement of stoma sewers on Fairmount Blvd. as follows: E. P. Barnett $19506.60 4 Cure-Linhardt Co. 29085.00 Hunter Bros. Const. Co. 2,179.50 Roy A. Scheperle Const Co. 2,008 .00 ;;The bid of E. P. Barnett was accepted. jA letter was received from Mr. Grover C. Finney asking for the ;;improvement of Buchanan Street. 10n motion of Mr. Willcxon, the City Clerk was instructed to inform �Mr. Finney that when a petition (not protested) is presented to `the City that the Council will pave or improve the same. Olt was moved by Mr. Willcoxon and seconded by Mr. Jordan, that the !City assure the Army Reserve that the City will run water, sewer and ; gas to site on Route C when and if they purchase land, etc. and 1that the City Clerk so advise the Army Reserve. Regular Meeting, December 1 1958 On motion made and seconded the bills which were approved by the Accounts and Claims Committee, were ordered paid. The City Clerk was instructed to notify Mr. Wendell Manchester as to the action of the Council on November 17 , regarding his plumbing bill. On motion of Mr. Willcoxon, it was ordered that City Employees ;be paid their December salaries not later than December 23rd. Request from the postmaster for permission to install a drive-in'l mail box in front of the Post Office, was referred to the Street ;Committee. It was moved by Mr. Willcoxon, that the "no parking" hoods be removed from the 2nd meter from each intersection. The motion was adopted. Mr. Willcoxon moved that Mr. Thoenen be granted permission to construct sewer on Lincoln Street at his own expense. The motion was adopted. The matter of the complaint in connection with construction of Boonville Road was referred to the Street Committee and City Engineer. The matter of the grading of Johnson Street was referred to the Street Committee. On recommendation of City Attorney, it was moved by R. Jobe, seconded by Jordan, that suit of City v.s. Jack Wilson and Beatrice Wilson condemning sanitary sewer right of way be dismissed and conveyance of right of way involved to City with stipulation that tax bill issued on land of Wilson' s be non contested and with agreement by City that Boundaries of Sewer District No. 97 "A" be reestablished to eliminate the Wilson land lying within lot 14 of Busch' s Subdivision. The above passed. The following recommendations were received from the Bond Issue Advisory Committee. 1. Completion of expressways -- This project is out of the scope of our committee and is handled by the State Highway Department. 2. Extension of Industrial Drive -- Now under contract. 3. Widening of Dix Road -- Action on this project was deferred until further information can be obtained from the State Highway Department relative to the extension of Highway 50 West. Any improvements made now might be of little value when the new highway is constructed, therefore, our committee feels it should do nothing there at this time. By resolution the committee recommends that immediate steps be taken to get started on the following projects: 4. & 10. Widening of Dunklin Street from 50 West to Broadway and widening of Dunklin from Madison to Clark Avenue -- It will be very important in our opinion that this be done as quickly as possible as Dunklin will, no doubt, become an even more important cross-town thoroughfare when the center of the city is torn up because of construction on the new expressway. 5. Circumferential from U.S. 50 West to Green Berry Road -- The committee recommends that the route as proposed in the 1957 bond issue plans and shown on Plate 1-5 of the report be used. This route is recommended in preference to the alternate route shown on Plate 1-6 because of the difference in cost. Right-of-way for the recommended route to the point where it meets with the route proposed by Bartholomew will be given to the city free of cost. Our investi- gation indicates that acquisition of land and additional construction cost on the alternate route would require the expenditure of too large a portion of the $325,00 voted for new trafficways. 124 Regular Meeting, December 1 1958 6. Extension and widening of Lafayette Street -- It is recommended that this be carried out in accordance with the ;Bartholomew plan. 7 . Widening of Jackson Street -- The committee recommends ;;that Jackson Street be widened from McCarty to Dunklin Street and ';t hat further study should be made for the widening of Jackson from !Atchison to Woodlawn to ascertain the cost of this right-of-way !sand construction before that portion of the program is undertaken. 8. Widening and extension of Dunford Street -- It is ;recommended that this be carried out according to the Bartholomew ; report. We further recommend that efforts be made to acquire the +right-of-way to continue the route from Lafayette Street to Hough ;;Park Road at a future date. 9 . Widening of Clark Avenue -- The committee recommends thae' 'ifurther engineering studies be made on this project in order that dit may conform with the expressway plans and particularly the bridging of Clark over the new expressway. The committee also recommends that a topographic survey be ';made of Lots A and G in order that grades may be established to '!enable proper arrangement for the parking plan for the lots. In making these recommendations we realize that the City Engineer' s office does not have a sufficient staff to handle all the engineering work that will be required for these projects and others to come. We, therefore, recommend and urge the City Council to ;!authorize the City Engineer to hire additional engineering help on a contract or per diem basis for each of these projects. We also recommend that the City Attorney be authorized to ,'employ additional legal assistance for the work that will be lrequired for these and other projects to come. + The recommendations were approved. The following reports were received from the City Planning And Zoning Commission. "This Commission has studied the request for rezoning of the ;southwest corner of Clark Avenue and Elm Street presently known as No. 600-602 Clark Avenue, from District B to District E. "The Commission respectfully requests an additional thirty days in which to complete its study of that situation before malting is recommendation to the City Council. The construction of an inter- ;,change with the proposed expressway near that property and the information that further requests for re-zoning in that general !neighborhood will shortly be made, prompts the Commission to ask for ,an extension of time." The request was granted. "The City Planning and Zoning Commission has considered the !request for rezoning a tract of ground 60 feet north and wouth along .!Howard Street and about 400 feet east and west and immediately ddjacent to the present District F. zone presently occupied by the ;Farm Bureau Federation, which request was referred to this Commission ;on November 3. 4; "It is the recommendation of this Commission that the request , The approved and that the tract of ground described above be rezoned: ;from District A-2 to District F." j The report was approved. "This Commission has considered the matter referred to it by jthe City Council regarding a request to rezone a piece of property '!composed of two lots lying northeast of the bend in Manila Street 'land a few hundred feet south of McCarty Street requested by ;'Mr. Baclesse. ;i "The request was to rezone that tract of ground from District B to a district which would allow the construction of apartments. "On account of the very rugged character of those two lots, ithe difficulty of providing the required parking space for apartments. ,,the fact that the tract in question is surrounded by single family residences, and the difficulty of taking care of surface water !drainage and the impracticality of building any form of dwelling, !the commission, by formal motion, which was seconded and carried, Regular Meeting, December l 958 recommends to the City Council that the request for rezoning that :tract be denied." The report was approved. The following resolution was adopted. "WHEREAS, the Helias High School Football Team has for the second !straight year won the Northeast Missouri Football Conference ;championship and remains undefeated in nineteen consecutive games, "and, WHEREAS, the Helias High School Golf Team was the winner this :year of the Missouri State High School Golf Tournament, and ;! WHEREAS, THE Jefferson City High School Football Team has for ;i ;:the third straight year been the champion of the Central Missouri ;! :Conference, and WHEREAS, the athletic prowess of each team has brought honor ;! Wand distinction to their respective schools and to the City of ;Jefferson, and WHEREAS, the citizens of Jefferson City are justly proud of ; the teams and are gratefulto the players and their coaches; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the Council of the City lof Jefferson, on behalf of all the residents of Jefferson City, ;:extend to the members of Helias Football Team and their coarches, it ;Jack Schneiders and Jim Rackers; to the members of the Jefferson ! :City High School Football Team and Virgil Adkins, their coach, and to the members of Helias Golf Team and Dr. Paul Leslie, their coach, !'congratulations on a job well done, and a heartfelt thanks for the ,recognition and honor they have given to Jefferson City, along with !� 'the hope and wish that they will in the future, through their work ! Wand good sportsmanship continue to bring honor to themselves and their community, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the Clerk be, and he hereby is `instructed to send a copy of this Resolution suitably inscribed to each of the schools." :6684/ The following ordinance was introduced. "An ordinance to appropriate money for the month of November, 1958." j Read lst time at length, 2nd time by title and on motion of Mr. Vanderfeltz, seconded by Mr. Jordan, the rules were suspended { and the ordinance was read the 3rd time by title and placed on final; passage and was passed by the following, vote. j Ayes - Condit, Dorr, Fisher, Hagar, D. Jobe, R. Jobe, Jordan, i Scrivner, Vanderfeltz and Willcoxon. 10 ! 'Absent - None. 6685/ The following ordinance was introduced. "An ordinance to appropriate money for the month of ;December, 1958." Read lst time at length, 2nd time by title and on motion of +Mr. Vanderfeltz, seconded by Mr. Willcoxon, the rules were suspendedi ;and the ordinance was read the 3rd time by title and placed on finat ;passage and was passed by the following vote. ;Ayes - Condit, Dorr, Fisher, Hager, D. Jobe, R. Jobe, Jordan, it Scrivner, Vanderfeltz and Willcoxon. 10 :'Absent - None. On motion made and seconded, the Council recessed, subject to call of the chair. ti e i,