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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/21/50i~~~ L PRESENT Council-Minutes Pulaski, V~., March 21, 1950 The regular semi-monthly m®eting of the Town Council of the Town of Pt;].aski, Virginia •was held in the Municipal. Building°at 4;00 p.m., March 21, 1950. There were present: Mayor Marvin G. Graham, presiding Counciloren: O~Neal Amos,tA1. D. Aust, I.R.Carper, O.O.Crowell, G. R. Steger, 1!. F . lr't~.ite, T. F. •irt. Absent: H.R. Imboden. Also present: Town Manager: Clerk: Town Attorney: Chief of Police: Treasurer: Visitors: ~ MI NIITES [ PERM T~SG ~-Jameson E. A. Beck Verna L.Dalton Garnett S. Moore L. S. Boothe Lottie R. Runion Dr. J.E. Greer The minutes of the regcxlar- meeting held March 7, 1949 were -read and -apprcwed. On motion duly made by T. F. tfr t, duly seconded by 0. 0. Crowell, it was unanimously RESOLVED, that the following building permits be granted; To David D. Jameson for one and one-half story frame-brick cased residence east side of lrashington Avenu®, South, between 1st and 2nd Streets, estimated to cost $10,000.00; ~-Jackson To Fred A. Jackson for one-story cinder block stuccoed dwelling on west side of Little Railroad, estimated to cost X3,000.00; -Bushong To Miller Bushong for relocation of one gasoline pump, moving approximately five feet, Bushong Motor Corporation, estimated to cost $10.00. On motion duly made by. G. R. Steger, duly seconded by ~. F. 11hite, it was unanimously Cert.Public RESOLVID, that the request of Trent Douglas Lawson Con.&Nee. -Lawson for transfer of one cab from Diastond Cabs to 647 E. Main St., Not app~vd. CE~RY' Approp. to operate under the trade name of East End Cabs be disapproved. It was reported that plans were b#3~sg made to trim a considerable number of trees in Oakwood Cemetery, sad also, to ct~t down and remo~re $ome of the larger trees which inter- fered with use of the lots. It was stated that additional funds would be required for this purpose. On motion duly made by ~. F. Mhite, seconded by ~. D. A~tet, it was unanimously RE30LVED, that as amount of Two Hundred Fifty 0250.00 Dollaae be appr©priated to the Cemetery Fund, Function 25, am 1 1 1 Council Minutes Conttd. ' follows: 2~ 1Oi: X108.00 ; i { Y Pulaski, Va., March 21~ 1950 i ~i ~ 23 gO2: X142.00. On motion duly made by T. F. dirt, seconded by 11~. b. Aust, it was unanimously ~, CEMETERY' LOT PRICES EPISCOPAL CHIIRCH -Greer RESOLVED, that the Public Property Committee and Town Manager make a study and report of recoYmnended scale prices for cemetery lots. Dr. J. E. Greer appeared before the Council with request that a reserved parking space for use of visitors Episcopal Church be provided on ~~shingtbn Avenue, or, if was not approved, that provision for a curb cut he made in to provide a drive from Nlashington Avenue to the alley in the er ', rear of the church. This was discussed at length, and it was decided that the Council would consider the matter further. On motion c~a.ly made by G. R. Steger, seconded by T. F. dirt, it was unanimously RESOLVED, that the application for the closing of ,~ PETITION CLOSI1~tG ALLEY -Jameson -Steger alley and the appointment of commissioners and viewers be recorded as follows AT A REGULAR iV~ET1-ivG OF THE COUNCIL OF THE T0~'s~N OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA, HELD AT THE MUNICIPAL 0~'I'ICES ON T~-i~ 21ST DAY OF t~ItiRCH, 1950. In The Natter Of: APPLICATIOPd OF DAVID D. JAP;;ESON AND H. WATTS STEGER, FGR THE DISCONTINUANCE AI~TD ABANDUNIU~NT OF A PORTION OF A TEN FOOT NORTH-SOUTH ALLEY EXTENDING BETWEEN THIRTEENTH STREET, NORTH, AidD FOURTEENTH STREET, NORTH, AND LYING BETWEEN RAIvDOLPH AVENUE AIdD JEFFERSON AVENUE. 1 Came David D. Jameson and H. +latts Steger, and presented their petition asking for the discontinuance and abandonment of a portion of a ten (lO) foot Tlorth-South alley extending between Thirteenth Street North, and Fourteenth Street, North, and lying between Randolph Avenue and Jefferson Avenue in the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, which is described as follows: BEGINTdING at a point in the South line of Fourteenth Street, North, which said point is located South SS deg. 00 min. East 159.23 feet from the intersection of the east line of Randolph Avenue with the South line of Fourteenth Street, North; thence South 2 deg. 00 min. ~+est 135.05 feet to a point; thence South 8S deg. 00 min. East 10 feet to a point; thence North 2 deg. 00 min. East 135.05 feet to a point in the South line bf Fourteenth Street, North; thence North SS deg. 00 min. West 10 feet to the point of BEGINNIlVG, and being a portion of the North-South alley as shown on a map entitled "Map Showing Subdivision of Property Owned by: William McGavock Estate in Town of Pulaski, Being a Part of Montcla~e.Addition. Jan. 1, 1928. Wysor and Trinkle, Engineers, Dublin, Virginia", which map is of record in the ~, ~, A~ _ a ~~~~ Council Minutes Contd. Clerk's Office of the Circuit Virginia, in Deed Book 61, at map accompanies and is a part filed by J. R. McGavock, et a and recorded in the aforesaid in Deed Book 61, page 1h7. Pulaski, ua., Mar. 21, 195E Court of Pulaski County, pages 14gA-14SB and which said of a Certificate of Subdivision 1s, under date of ~iay 13, 1929, Clerks Office lay 22, 1929, And it appearing from the said petition, signed by David D. Jameson and H. Putts Steger, that the said David D. Jameson and H. ~latts Steger are the owners of all the lands abutting on that-portion of said ten (10) foot North-South alley extending between Thirteenth Street, North, and Fourteenth Street, North, and lying between Randolph Avenue and Jefferson Avenue which is sought to be discontinued, and that all parties in interest have been properly notified; that notice for the presentation of their application was posted by the applicants at the front door of the courthouse of Pulaski County, Virginia, and at the front door of the ~fayor~s Office in the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, and at two other public places in said Town of Pulaski, Virginia, for more than twenty (20) days prior to this date; it is ordered, the Mayor and a.11 members of the Council concurring that /~~ .j~.sr,~ ~~~<..,~..cs .~ ~ ~~`"°f ~<t -~~.~~~~~~.~ ~ ~ rT ~ 1 f,n and ~~" ~ ' t, 4 ~'' '~'''~~ '~ , citizens and freeholders of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, any three or more of whom may act, be, and they hereby are, appointed commissioners and viewers, who shall view that portion of a ten foot North-South alley extending between Thirteenth Street, North, and Fourteenth Street, North, and lying between B.sndolph Avenue and Jefferson Avenue proposed to be discontinued as hereinabove described, after due notice to all parties owning land abutting thereon, and report in writing to the next regular meeting of the Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, whether, in their opinion, what inconvenience or damage, if any, would result to any person from the discontinuance and abandonment of that pobtion of said ten foot North-South alley hereinabove referred to. See petit~.on_ end of Minutes.., P. 1628 ' On motion duly made by ~. F. ~h3.te, seconded by G. R. Steger, it was unanimously COUNCILMEN FEES ..BUSINESS LICENSE QRD INANCE RESOLVED, that the fees for councilmen for the coming year, effective September 1, 1950 r®main at the rate of Five ($5.00) Dollars p®r month, and that the same shall not be bas®d upon attendance. Ths matter of certaia chaagea in the busineres license ordinance was discussed at length, and it was determined that this would be covered by a report at the 1 1 n®xt Council meeting. Council Minutes Cont1d. Pulaski, Va., Mar. e'~ c) r' 2 °'-~+~y~} ! i On motion duly made by T. F. Xirt, seconded by ~ '. F. 1Nhite, and carried by a unanimous vote, the following ordinnce was adopted: '~ ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE LEVYING TAX RATE OF X1.60 PER ONE H RED TAX RATE DOLLARS ASSESSED VALUATION OF PROPERTY AND PROV NG FOR CAPITATION TAX, BANK STOCK TAX: 1 1 BE IT ORDAINED that a tax rate of X1.60 be levie each one hundred dollars 01©0.00) assessed valuation of a'. property located within the corporate limits of the Town o: Pulaski, classified as real.vr tangible property, includin machinery and tools, personal property, and public service orations. Such tax shall be credited to the General Funds Town and shall be used for the cost of operation of the to' include the pay of its officers, maintenance and upkeep of streets, roads, bridges andother public facilities, and to the payment of interest and principle on public debt, and tribution to a sinking fund and any other purpose not proh by law, and in addition, there shall be assessed against e citizen of the Town of Pulaski, over 21 years of age, a ca tax levied at one dollar 01.00) per male citizen. Such t be in addition~to all other taxes and shall be credited to General Fund. The general property tax, both real and tan personal, and the capitation tax shall be assessed and lev of January 1 and shall be payable without penalty or inter later than February 1 of the year following the assessment wh3c h time a penalty of five percent (59~) shall be added, not paid by Juxn 30 of the year following the assessment, shall be added at the rate of six percent fl4y~) until paid. orp- fthe to nclude ' .e cones ~ited h malt tation shah he ble d as ~ t not'' after .d if .terea BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that in accordance with t provisions of the Tax Code of Virginia, Section 91, there all be imposed upon the shares of stock in each bank or trust mpany a tax equal to eighty peroent~mt (80~) of the State rate of aaa- tion~fon each one hundred dollars 0100.00) of the taxable flue of the shares " of ~ stock. Such tax shalh be paid annually o~i or before the 1st day of June. ,`j BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the provisions of t2: ordinance shall become effective for the year beginning 1~ shall remain in full force from year to year until such t3 repealed or amended by the Council of the Town of Pulaski, COMMERCE STREET HoUSEs " The Town Manage-r reported that he was n®t able the houses on Commerce Street for more than $250.00, and i appeared"necessary that this transaction be completed wi delay. ~ an 4 ''. as it gin i sell k On motion duly made by T. F. l~tirt, seconded by w " F. 1rh.i te, it was unanim~aly ~; RESOLVED, that the sale of Commerce Street house for a sum of not less than Two Hundred Fifty ($250.00) be appr ed. i ADVERTISING In the matter of allowing advertising signs to b~ CALFEE PARR attached to the fence at Calfee Park, this was discussed, d it j . was c ons idasried that this would not be desirable . ~~ i CALFEE PARK Various means of repairing and replacing the nor REPAIRS,ETC. AUTHORIZED bl®achera at Calfee Park were reported. On motion duly ma~e by ' T. F. NPirt, seconded by G. R. Steger, it was unanimously RESOLVED, that the grandsttxnd roof at Calfee Par be resurfaced a.nd an amount of One Hundred Sixty Four ($164.7 ) Dollars and Seventy Cents be appropriated (Account 9021), d " ~ ~~~~ _ gounc3,1 Minutes Contd. Pulaski, Va., Mar. 21, 1954 that the net south bleachers be painted and an amount of Sixty Two (62.00) Dollars be appropriated (AeQet 9021), and that one thirty foot (30~) section of the north bleachers, ad3acent to the grandstand be replaced with concrete, similiar to the present concrete seats, and the remaining seats to be repaired in order to be v:sable with the least expense as possible, an amount of One Thousand Three Hundred Eighty (~1,380.p0) Dollars b® appropriated (Account 9025). TOVlN DUMP The Town Manager reported that he had been noti- fied by the District Fire harden in Salem concerning the condi ti on of the Town damp, and advising that this was in violation of the State Forest Fire Law. The Town Mai agar recommended that consideration be given toward locating another site to be used for trash d isposal, as the present one was not desirable for a number of reasons, and apparently, some action would be necessary to comply with the Forest Fire Law. CORPORATE ~ it was determined, that, in accordance with the LIMITS corporate limit survey prepared by E. H. Millircns, there were several sections within the Town which the County had included in the secondary road system, and inasmuch .as the residents in these areas would be considered as within the Town, and the Town would benefit by additional A.B.C. revenue, the County was of the opinion that these sections would have to be dropped from the secondary road system. It was also stated that, in the past, the Town had not collected any taxes, inasmuch as the only service provided was street maintenance, which was done out of the County Binds. It was further dtated that in certain areas, such as Mashburn Avenue and Park Lane, some of the residents in past years occasionally had received a tag notice, and that, outside of water rates had been applied. The Town Manager stated that an attempt had been made to see that all of these sections were assessed as of th® year 1949, and that the . water rates be adjusted accordingly. It was considered that any of the prior` year taxes should be cancelled. It was further stated that in the section along Birch Street, and near Cool springs, no attempt had been made to see that these X;~7 Cohnc3l Minutes Contd. Pulaski, Va., March 21, 19 R properties located within the corporate limits were assessed and it was probably desirable that, it possible, this pr-ac e I should be continued, as the only service that could be made 1 available would be the matter of street maintenance./ ~ TO~IAT-O~DTEi3 The matter of renting Town owned equipment for p vats E~ELTIPMENT POI:ICY ON use was discussed, and it was considered that, where privat y ENTIN~ owned similiar equipment was available, the wo rk was outsid of the corporate limits, or the equipment needed by the Town, t the Town should not rent out its equipment. It was further on- sidered that, when the equipment was rented, the Town opera should be used. TRAFFIC There was discussed the installation of a traffidl SIGNAL 3RD & signal on Third Street and Jefferson Avalue, and it was dec~~ed JEFF.AVE. that this would be considered further, upon receiving additidhal information from the Town Manager as to possible improvemenb~ without the installati on of a signal. FIRE DEPT. The matter of additi onal assistance for the Fire AD'~D. ASSIST. Department was discussed, and it was considered that the Torn Manager, Fire Chief, and Assistant Fire Chief should investigate the matter. MATER It was the consensus of opinion of the Council tt IMPROVEMENTS ~ 1liley & lfilson, Consulting ~gineers, Lynchburg, Virginia, should prepare current estimates on water filtration plant ,; presentation to the Council in the near future. M kr ADJOURNMENT The Council adjourned at 6:45 p.m. ii 1 Approved: Attest: Clerk o Council ~ ~ ~' Mayor TO THE MAYOR AIQD COUNCIL of the TO~~+ OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA The undersigned, David D. Jameson and H. S~atts Steger, hereby make application for the discontinuance and abandonment of a portion of a ten (10) foot North-South alley extending between Thirteenth Street, North, and Fourteenth Street, North, and lying between Randolph Avenue and Jefferson which Avenue in the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, is described as follows: BEGIl3NII3G at a point in the South line of Fourteenth Street, North, which said point is located South $$ deg. 00 min. East 159.23 feet from the intersection of the east line of Randolph Avenue with the South line of Fourteenth Street, North; thence South 2 deg. 00 min. V'Zest 135.05 feet to a point; thence South $$ deg. 00 min. East 10 feet to a point; thence North 2 deg. 00 min. East 135.05 feet to a point in the South line of Fourteenth Street, North; thence North g$ deg. 00 min. ~dest l0 feet to the point of BEGINNING, and being a portion ,of the North-South alley as shown on a map entitled 'Map Showing Subdivision of Property Owned by fidilliam P~cGavock Estate in Town of Pulaski, Being a Part of Tuiontclare Addition. Jan. 1, 192$. Wysor and Trinkle, Engineers, Dublin, Virginia", which map is of record in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Pulaski County, Virginia, in Deed Book 61, at pages 14$A-11~$B and which said map accompanies and is a part of a Certificate of Subdivision filed by J. R. t~cGavock, et als, under date of day 13, 1929, and recorded in the aforesaid Clerk's Office May 22, 1929, in Deed Book 61, page 1./x.7. In a re-subdivision of Lots Numbers 36-/~l inclusive, of Section B of the ~"~ap of Montclare Addition, dated b~arch 23, lq~4b, and of record in Plat Book 1, page 15~., it will be observed that the above described portion of the North-South alley was treated as abandoned, and in lieu thereof, a neva East-t~4'est alley is provided for, eliminating the necessity for the continuation of that portion of that North-South alley asked herein to be discontinued. The applicants are the owners of all the lots and parcels of land abutting on any part of that portion of said North-South alley sought to be discontinued, and represent that in their opinion the abandonment and discontinuance sought will not adversely affect the interests of any person, firm or corporation inasmuch as the more recently established East-V~iest alley provided for in the re-subdivision of Lots Numbers 36-1~1 inclusive, in Section B, Map of Montclare Addition, Plat Book 1, page 15~., will adequately serve the lots in the adjacent area.. Your applicants, therefore, respectfully request the discontinuance asked for for the reasons above given. Respectfully submitted this lbth day of February, 1950. Davi D Jameson H. Batts Steg _ ove ~: 1 1 1 Attest: