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IIAI) Aldl) [I1;LI) Ci1J JiIIvE 16, 1')52.
The C'nu~cil of the City- o.C Yost ;.<<~:~,h:i.s ,net in ,.. special session at fire Cit~~r lla.l7. in
said City at 7:30 P.I+i. on the 16th day of June, 1952.
'I'he ;,ieetin~; :das called to order by the Li ~~ox•, and t'_,e ro!1 beir+~ tailed tl+ere b°;ere:
Present; P;layor 'r;. B. Fordyce in the cl+air and the 1'0llo',+inU~ n:~ned ~lrlerr_;en:
J~'rrres Bledsoe, U. I. Bollin;;er, Fr=oe~ ian Finley, Curtis Foster,
it. L. (larrison, ,1,. R. }lanchester, ~~n<3r. B. povrers.
,'<bsent: ;llder~:ian C. Ii. ;tovfton a.nd Cit,' C_Lerh ;r. R. Seaton.
bSayor t~ordyce stated that a B.esol.ution v~r_~.s needad to be of record regardl.nt; the
tlrchitectual Fee due P;Ir. Chas. S. Yeete, ,~rcitiaoct of lueml;his, for the Fire Station Building.
The indebtedness ~~•+as ~1,fi0U.JU, a payment of ~p5UU.00 had been made ctind a balance of g~;1,3UU.U0
i s nor°r due. aldc:r..,arr Garrison ma:ie the follor~+ing motion: Tl;at the City pay fire ~>1, 3UU.U0
outstandin" to I.i~'. Chas. 5. Yeeter, tl,e anotion r,as seconded by plder,:+an Finley. Upon the matter
beim_^ caJ.led to vote, the f'o1loti~yd.ng voted;
tlye: Bledsoe, 13ollinE?er, Finley, Foster, G ,.rrison, ,I<~nchester, and Poti+ers.
I~Ia~~: }done.
I^iayor Fordyce dir~acted -the U'ouncil~s attention to the fact that ~'fallc_ce L. Johnson, Inc.,
contractor i:or the construction of t;he hones in i:;r~;,::1,1s Vies Subuivisi-on t~aQ _a;reed to cont.rioute
r'1JE TI"iti,3rV'ii.) (;~S,OOU.UU) ;)UhL.'lil:I to the ';i•itterr:ien i:o~.~cri l iios:ital providod the City ;could be
willing to accept a personatil Boni} Lror,r ,;a11~.ce L, Johnson and ~,i1e cr+- ~:ui of a surer;,' aoru3 as
provided in -the a~ree...ent bettivoen the City of;lest e i~in.s +:1;c] ;>a171.u~. Jol,n;otr, Inc.; t]iat
Jvhnscnrs credit ra~_n~ and status bc.d b_en i.rn~ t_~_~-fed; that he ~.,__s rel~_•~Lly in'oxr:;^.'cl that the
signatur°s of I;tr. axzd Lirs. Johnson on the bond ti~rould be govd; th~_t tae Lc-!,Lis ;,an;cs had also
advised him that the City '~~ould be sta'e in accei-:tiny; end_-rse~_,ent oi' i,h. end firs. Johnson or1 the
iJond; that ti;ey have sr: open line of creda.t at certsin ,ir:1,:1,z Isaril=.s up to :;IY i'lJililfiT3U 'i'il'JUd,>,Ili)
(:,,:6iio,ooo.uo) voiJ..~.~.
'Thereupon motion vans made passed and adopted to a+~,eroa ;lie ai;x•eec~ent '._~etv+een the City of
'hest 1.Ien'ahs and the Ile::aj:his View Sub.ivision 'to provide for tµ,e hersona•l end~_~:cse:;rent of
':+a,.lLace I;. Johnson and baife in lieu of a corporate surety corni~ar~.
Aluerr~uzn Foster introc~luced an ~r/Imendment to Iaerni;l:~_i.s vier+ Subdi_vis:ion Develol~;;nent ~reemontc+.
Said Qr.rendrnent was read in full byr :~lder+.<<ur (4arrisun:
!ILIEI'D';ilst?T TU L!FIIdPIIIS 'JIi;d+ iiU}ll)UISI:ON ills'JFLt i'i;:EizT ili t~EF;i;Elv'P
The i,iemphis Vieyv aubdivisi.on Development ,1gr,,etuent entered into under date o£ ;~rril 9, 1952,
botti'+een the City of l'Jest Idc+ni;hi.s (therein and herein called i+City~r) and ;pall~~.ce b. Johnson, Inc.,
(therein anil here:i.n called c~Johnson++) he, and is herev+ith anended in the I'ollocrini; restaects:
1. The correct on in the said sgreerrenL and i n ~ c: iaond i~'~_~rm attached thereto to refer 'to
a ortt a;e loan of TcVO i:CCLLIUI? FIVE IIL'Pilli{EU o_~b'PF-T:h;"E T;IvLI;,:iril L~SHT IIL'Ili,ii.Lll (`p2,563,uUU.OU)
i)CLLi1Fw in lieu of T'alU .:lLIGAi ii'I~IE I:Ui:JHI;i) SI:Yli ~;;'Jisll l.i'UU,'.tlll (+~~,56'j,000.UU) U07.J_d1YL`i, at
racy, place wl;ere the s me. a,,l~e<~.rs in the ~ id .,;reerrent, is coral :.rn!ed and a,;t~roved by the
rax•ties.
?. ~t is a,.re:-~u in re :i_r~.i to th:~, Grr:. :inrl~ii~;l ~l~.t~ PLc~_~.n.cl (j1j0,000.J0) Joll<,r L'ond
reluirec? o' ,Ioi.nson u.n_er p_rt „la„ ;P ~bhe U...,~1 ~s.~ ._~ Jie:~+ Subuivis~_on ~evoloi,,ient ~gr..,nerrt
th:..t ti,e ,n!_ci,i.cs tlxreon r:c.y ire lVacl<.ec ;,. Johnson aznd ,'i•-~~a i;. Johnson, ir_s •,riJ'e; in lieu oz
3. i,ccelt _., hr~::rl~~h we ..__,rE,.;a;;~ ,~.,r.,.r':ed, t:;e .<_ d :.~: h..,. Vlor+ ;;,>>civis=ion ;)o•.~cloirrent
:1J,z ant eI h~ri.i ~, i ~^, _ ar ,..1 zc ~ _-r ! c. 1 r ..d ~,, ~l ~ :, _.nd z ~ lied in
a.r_c~x '~.rn.,. .~~~I,h all of rte ~ s :.~, t:x o, ~u nn.., co;~~,_ t, one and ~ ~r_ c-_e; u. -_ r ~.~,1 ~c.t, forth.
il~. Pn;~ the s-nature of t;: e I;a rues r pia the da, of June, '?~'2, ,.ae: ~_r,rr.~..tse oi' the
City hen„ by _rnl through its duly authoz c.r,ed offi.ci~s, pursuant t r>i'o~er rczsol+ttions, ordi-
nances, aril i!rr.iniclpal l:~rnacr ._.nd '. 1.e si; n2tc~re of Johnson LF_n;_1 by and through i{s du7;y- <.uthorized
officers, pur•su~~.rrt to prcp~~r corporaate~ resol~_rtions ~,nd proper crn•i;orrae por:+ers.
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t;ft~r di~cu~si.on of the ntattr:r, the follo•~+int; raofa.on +as r.,_;ale by t,ldec °-+n i..rrc:ho:;ter:
That the Cl.ty ..=LCCept said lU~'~rrdurent si-rbstitutinr ;,a1.Lace E. Johnson and lilina ,_;. Jolnlson, his
4dzPe, a ut•eE~- on the bond beta+e~~n tt,e C i t~~ of ie t 1 r,i~h in°r ;+all ~.ce F Johnson Co; ip-~r>/~. `il'e
pro{,ion ~ 1. :.cc n~l_:el l AAl_lc~:.v.r I'o-,er,~, ~.,nu ul;on :, _,c ra.i,,,c_r ~r~n) calf:., t~ ~•ute, tha follocrng voted:
A~•e: I3:Ledsoe, ;u11in_er, Flrl_le;J', Foster, zl._u:~n, ,_~.naar-~;er, -.nd 1%ouers.
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tiayor Fordyce resorted to the Council that ?at iIudcileston o£ mine Bluff,
Arkansas, lead proposed to oil fire streets of the :.;ity o£ ~~est l.lernt,liis for the
stmt of 15¢ per square ye~rci; 1;hat he vrcula not corrsicier enterin into any
a~;reernent t~,ril;h the City of tidest I,ier:r,;his for ~~+or]c using less than one full tank
car of oil; that such tan;: car trould cost apfiroxi;,rately w1>.,000.00; that petitions
a.re on file twith the City £r~m various subdivisions re-luesting.that certain streets
be oiled; that the dust is bad over the entire city and that most all. o£ the
streets need oilinU•; that the cost of put tin;; dol~rn a tart}: of oil r:ould be Uet-a+een
s~;L~,000.00 and ',~y5,000.i)C.
shat he had proposed to entar into a contract Frith the City of ;lest lle~+q~his
for the rrorlc to Le done.
;l£~ter fur-;;hcr disco: lion m" tl~e n><~tter, motion 1~ras trade by ~'tltienaan ;ledsoe
tr,,,.t;
~rhe Lip=~-or and City Clerlc be, .na z,'_.e;;- ~,-e .,~eb;;- ..,_~ectc,d ~.~:d instruc'~ed,
to eraser into acontr.=ct tritlr r ~t ffu_:dlcston oz' ~' ~_re ~luf, r~~ ~n&as, fox• the
oiling o£ tl,e streets of the :;'ty of blest :,;gist his.
This .,ro~tion :~•;a seconded '~y Alderian Finley and upon the natter bein„ called
to vote, the £ollo.rint voted:
A:;%e: Garrison, Tinley, ~,ledsoe, 13o11.irr~;er, Foster, I,ianchcster, and ro•,:ers.
pYay; atone.
lire Chief Tdtu'phy e::f>lainecl the recent e: arnination and appoirit;.rent of the
Assisi-,ant I~'ire Cl:ie£ Elmo Anderson, and further e ~~lained that the e_:amination
and a~:poirrLment Bras handled in conformity with the ordinances of the City of
,'Vest I:ier,rj~his.
Pdo further business ~~.t:pearin~, the meetin;~ liras adjourned..
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