May 25, 1949MINUTES OF AN ADJOURNED MEETING Or THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY Or LEST 1u;Eb".PHIS,
ARKAPISAS~. HlD AI`!D HELD ON i.Ite~ 25,,1949•
The Council of the City of 'hest Iuemnhis met in an adjourned session at the
City Hall i_n said Cite at 7:30 P,I;:, or. the 25th day of May, 1949.
The meeting was called to order by the Mayor and upon the roll being cal.].ed
there were:
'resent: P, M, Dacus in the chair and the following named Aldermen: R. L. Garrison,
C. H, Rowton, R, R, P.3orley, A, R, ~~anchester, G. 1, Bollinger, P, B. Powers,
and James Bledsoe; City Attorney Spears and City Clerk H. G. Coats.
Absent: Curtis roster.
~t being determir_ed a quorum was present, the follovrir.g proceedings were had to-wi.t:
Mayor Dacus announced that the meeting was no~v open for a report from the committee
appointed at the may 19th meeting to investigate the development proposed by Mr, 6Viddecomb
of '+Yilliam L, Johnson company, Thereupon, Alderman Idorley, Chairman of the Committee, made
the following report:
~~e, the committee, do not feel that the ne grow should be permitted to build west of
the Frisco tracks since the school is to be built at the foot of 16th and 1.7th Streets that
it would be better for the negroes and the City to Yiave this proposed housing project built
nearer the school, Also, that the site that has been proposed should not he taken into the
Gity Limits unless all the surrounding property to the site be taken into the City Limits,
After discussion of the report made by the Committee, the fallowing motion rras made by
Alderman Bollinger:
That the report cf the Committee be accepted rind approved.
The motion was seconded by Alderman •~~nchester, and upon the rkztter being called to
vote, the following voted:
Aye R, L, Garrison, C. H, Rowton, R, R. Morley, ,', ii, ~`anchest.er, u, I, Bollinger,
P, B, rovaers, and James Bledsoe.
T.Iay: I1one,
Mayor Dacus advised the Council that the h;ay 19th meeting hid been adjourned until
this date in order to discuss the proposed Easement to be granted the Arkansas Power &
Light Company, but that the papers had not been returned from Little Rock as expected.
No further business appearing, the meeting was adjourned.
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