March 18, 1952V~J~
liIT'?U'1'::a ul' .i i~lii,DLrtrt tr; ~t;'1'11J uN' i'Ii~; C iTY CGUhC1L GF' `1'H) CT1Y Cr' ;vh;iT ,Ei;rh9, .utltfiiJ;x:i,
1:;'LJ ti1iD HELD ~~Td i.uiRCH 1`u', 1j52.
'Tire Cor.rnc:i.l o£ tyro Citl: o£ ~~~est 1.ler,ri;his raet in a re~,ular session a~t "the City Hall
in said Cite at 7;3C F'.I"L on the itth uatr of Larch, 1?2.
~+ex'e;
The m.eeti.ng liras called to or~lc:r btr the ;,a ~~or, and tyre roll being; ca_led there
Yre..~ent. :aior ~+. ~ r~~ord~rce in r`r= chair ~~nd file fo_lozri.n-, rar,.ed aluex-~~.:en:
Ja.cre lecisoc:, L. I. L'o_~linocr•, 'r:;~;:man 1~'inleJ', Cux ti.~ roster,
:~. L. ~.~arrison, .1 ~t. 1'.anc;rester, i'. '~. ro•;vers, ~cnd ~„ Fi. .~oewton;
Cat;;°~ :,ttorney J. ii. Spe~~.ro.
absent; Uity Clerk Y,enneth !,~ollis.
;'he foilorrln~~ proceedin";s were had to-vrit;
Llinutes of Council i:i~etin~~ un l~.Iarch ir, l~)'>2, were read and al:rproved.
Y[~yor T~'ord}rce ref~orted io the Counc:i.l tYrat nothing definite hsd peen acconplished
on rile over-all senor system expansion program.
It was called to the attention of the Council that the OJest Tuez.t~his Transportation
Corn1 arty Yard not paid i"ts Franchise 1'ax since siug;ust, 1?51; that the routes over the
streets of '.,est I::e~r.Y~his have all been abandoned, acrd that the aces i, Llernphis `Transl?ortation
o::ipany is orr:ly o_pe* atin~ betv~rcen idari.on, ~rlcansas, and Llerup}ris, 'Tennessee over Yii"hrays
61. and 70; that, so far as +c e F'r~rnchi se oz the City- of west , Ler„pl._s is concerned, it has
been completely abandoned by said ~~e:~t I1emi~his 't'ransportation Company.
'i'hereul~on, tare ibllor"rir~r; ~Lesoluticr. rr_.;s introduced ir. writing; by f",lderrian Potiaers;
.,,.. r„ r~ ~-.-
1Lat the r.<<,yor ~..nd Cit;* t,ttorney ;e, arrd they a_,. :.ere,~,;r authorised to not,i y
the .~e~F .... phis 1'ranarortatipn C;rrr~~any ~o ~~,:~e~.r before -the Council, 'Tuesday,
.lpril 1, 1.)~2, and siroti~r cause ~"riry said :Franchise shoul~_1 not be revoked; "that
a reg~istex•ed letter r;nth re"tr.rrn rec~:ipt to the ,~le:~t 1 c~:rpliis Transportation
Corul.am;• si;a17. constitute sufficient, not.i_ce to said '1'rarr~s-~ortation Company if
Trailed ten (10) d;~;;rs pr_icr i;o ,^;pril 1, ]_~;:~2.
'ihe motion was seconded by ,rlderrran itotivton, and ur:on the matter being called to vote,
the followirrfr voted;
.1;=e; ~Jledsoe, Boll.iru;er, i~'in]_ey, Foster, _}arrison, '.arrchester, Yoz°aers, Rotivtor?.
I?a~ ; Tdone.
Citr ilttorney Ct,ears advised the Count ~_1 that r,ft r cor~,f errin;~ r~rith officials of
the Dut~:ne Gas ,association arrd study of the proposed ordirkance entitled "pn ordinance
rettulating; the sale, installation, iaaintenance, and repair of appliances designed to
employ buaane was as a fuel; ant regulat.in; the instailat~ion, r;raintenance, and repair
of ail pipes extendiri<; i'rom ttre point of de.Livery, designed to convey ox• carry gas to
such ayj~lia.nce wii.l~ri.n the corporate li:r.its of the City" of ~~est 1'•lenri~his, irrkarrsas;
proviciin=~ for the insper,tion of said a~;pliances and pipes; proviuing, Tor the issuance
of permits for the installation or repair oi' said appliances or pipes anal the business
01' insta~.lLirgr or repairin~^ said art>liances or pipes; providin,; penalties for the
violation oi' this ordinance, <,.rul repealing all ordir~+.rrces in conflict therecrith" and
.1rt, 167 of 19l~7 he eras of bhe opinion ..hat the City has no authority to attempt to
re,ulate the Butane Gas business ar.d t,st passage of the ordinance should he abandoned.
L'ayor Fordyce advised the Couna:il of a meeting on l,iarch 13, 152, called for the
purpose oi' reactiva.tin tyre rln.nn:in;:; Coni.rissi.on. Ir"las:ruch as rretrbers of -tire Co. ni.ssion,
?3oard of :1d justu~,crrt, several ~;lderne~'i, and a nurnc:er of citiz.ns had actende~l there
apparentl;;r "s,orild be a ~-ra.tier interest shovrn henceforth in the tirork of the Conu:rission.
That tyre r,iec zn~ h2.d not been ca.~.led ':,o tr~~nsact any business, but promoters of the
I:ie, phis i~ietiv rroject hacl app~arecl at fire mee+,inL; and renuested "the consideration of
plat of their subdivision. Thereupon, after discussion and several adjustments Navin;
been made, motion bras made, passed, and adopted that the Planning CorUni.ssicn recornr;rend
the approval of ~•'e~;i; his 'Jiew Subdivision being E4 of 4"d~ ;section f~, T-6-Td, K 7-E and the
Dill of assurance. iaa, or P'ord~-ce stated that in accordance vrith reconmrendation he
vroul.d present fire l:.ernphis die~r subdivision Fl: t to the Council for their consideration.
l:ir. Vic Foley Presented the following t~etition to the Council;
1=L'r1TloN
V~Je, the undersi,~;rred merchants, petition and request that tl-ie City Council of we >t ~~:empiiis
establish and enforce a one hour parl.ing lira..it i'or ail vehicles that are parked along
Broadway betvveen ;seventh and S'i~hth Streets.
;;i,-ned:
Foley~s
;caller's btore
A €c L t:,rocery
~Phrifty Drug U'tore
E?road,+ay Toti~;ery
J. B. p:'iartin
y7estern Auto Store
R. Ilamilton
eJ. C. hlerivrether
V. 1~,. Foley
1dward lualler
3y Date Avictti.
I,3alvus l:i. r.~lis
~. is. Person
Harr, U. grovm
I:Ir. I:verard uueisburd, a property owner in the area, appeared before t.lie Co~rncil to
object to the present form of the l~,ition. After discussion, Lla;ror i~ord;ce advised that
the matter rovou:l.d be taken under consideration until the ,^;pril 1st erecting of the Council
in order ti~at the members of the Council rut;l,t contact the property ovmers in the area.
p;[ayor Fordyce announced bhat the meetirrF; •a,as ncv°r open as advertised for a Ir::aring on;
~~Tire Prevention Ordinance+~ as recormnended by- the piational Board of Fire Underv+riters,
8~> Johr, street, P?ew Yorlc.
~~Construction, Insta_.lation and Inspection of Plwabing and iJrainage~r as recouu:,ended by
Arkansas Mate Board of Health, I,ii;tle Roclc, Arkansas, ly5i.
Anyone o~ject,ing to the passage of the Codes was advised to make lriurself known. Ido one
appeared to object. Action was delayed until the next meeting of the Council.
p,?ayor Fordyce advised the next order of business would be tl;e discussion of the
contract to be negotiated between the City and rtallace ;. Johnson, Inc. Thereupon a
proposed contract prepared by ~~allace E. Johnson, Inc. was read and discussed by the
Council.
l.ayor Fordyce stated to the Council that this being the fourth contract submitted and
this contract now under discussion had not been turned over tor;ira until 3;0o Yb this date,
it vvould be necess.rry that tiie contract be considered before ar~}r definite action 'oe taken.
Also, there being present ai;proxir..<ately fift'r-five visitors present at the meeting he
would like to hear their opinions on the rnaLtur as it bras a r:ratter of vital irnoortance to
the citizens of west i.ern~~his. Thereupon questions on the financing of the utilities for
tha project and objections to the City e?:parading its boundaries until rraj~r ir:rl;rover:ients
vrere nr:.de in the City r~ure elcprra~~e~.1 by p::r. :leorg~e Leh, 1.1r. Joim Furrow, arid I:;r. ;;orrells.
Expressing vievrs in behalf of the project iaere Lr. A. 1~. Olivor, 1.[r. Atbot ,iddcu,.rb of
19nr. L. Johnson Co., and Judge ingrar..
Various objections to the contract were discussed at lend;tli by I, ,; or Fordyce,
City e,ttorney :ipears, lrir. I1. °rnythe, and 1,4r. John Liartir., <atorney for ,,allace E. Johnson, Inc.
and. Crittenden lleveloprnent Company, piessrs. Cy Bond, 5r. and Jr., I.Sr. p,:eredith of Llar~
Bensdorf and others interested in the project. After considerable study of the contract it
was the consensus of tyre rnernbers of the Council that the contract should be redr~+wrr incorporating
the changes agreed upon and that a copy oe submitted to each members of the Council in order
that sufficient time be given for consideration of the contract at a later meeting of the
Council.
No further business appearing before the Council, motion vras nk~de by nlderraan Garrison and
seconded by Alderman 1"3ledsoe to adjourn ti;e meeting. Upon the matter being called to vote, the
folloving vo.ed;
Aye: Eledsoe, Bollinger, Tinley, Foster, Garrison, i:_arrchester, Powers, 1?,owton.
play: None.
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