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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-02-70,~5'~ )~> Minutes of the regular meeting of the Pulaski Town Council, Counc~lma.n: S. G. Frye, Wm .. A. House, Raymond F. Ratcliff, .Glen K..Aust, W. D. Macgill, Jr., J. H. White, Mason A. Vaughan, A. L.. Graham There were present: Mayor C. Robert. Edens, presiding. Members of Town Planning Commission present: John R. Powers, Chairman Mrs. Charles Settle Geo. A. Hillsman Also present: J. E.. Marshall, Town Manager . Gladys R. Dalton, Town Clerk Garnett S. Moore, Town .Attorney Visitors: J. R. Schrader, Southwest Times reporter A. W. Davis and E. W. Chumbley, Hayden -.Electrial Heating & Insulating Co. The invocation was given by Councilman Frye. .Minutes of the Council meeting of May 19th were approved and joint public hearing with the Town Planning Commission, held June 2y 1970 at 4:00 P. M., in the Municipal office. as corrected. Mayor Edens advised this. was the time and place, as 1 advertised in the local .newspaper, for holding a joint public hearing with the .Town Planning Commission upon the request of Hayden Electrical Heating and .Insulating Company for the rezoning from Residence R-2 to General Business B-2 cl.ass~ification, a forty (40) foot wide. strip. of PUBLIC HEARING land on the north side of their existing building. on alum Spring Road, HAYDEN ELEC. REZONING REQUEST APPROVED and extending back 230 feet. There was no one present who spoke either for or against this proposal. Mayor- Edens declared a short recess of Council in 4~der that the Planning Commission might meet and make a written recd mmendation tothe Council on the request of the Electrical Company. Reporting for the Town Planning Commission, Town Manager Marshall advised that it was the recommendation of the. Town Planning Commission that the request of Hayden Electrical Heating and Insulating Company for. rezoning of a strip. of land 40 feet in width and 230 feet in depth .north of their present building on Alum Spring Road be rezoned from R-2 to B-2 classification as requested. °: ~'~ -~ June 2, 1970 Councilman Ratcliff moved that the request for rezoning ~y Hayden Electrical Company be approved and that the proper ordinance be prepared. The motion was seconded by Councilman Vaughan, and carried on the following recorded vote:. Raymond F. Ratcliff - aye, S. G. Frye - aye W. D. Macgill, Jr.. = aye J. H. White - aye Wm. A. House - aye A. L. Graham - aye Glen K. Aust - aye Mason A.Vaughan - aye Councilman Ratcliff stated the Sewer Committee had met and considered the extension of a sewer line up Snider Lane at an estimated SNIDER LN, cost of approximately $1400.00 as well as the extension of the sewer SEWER TO COST $1400. & ALUM line to the corporate limits on Alum Springs Road at an approximate SPG. RD. SEWER $900. BOTH cost of $900.00;~ that it was the r'•ecommenda.tion of. the Committee that PROJECTS APPROVED . these two projects be done and so moved. The motion was seconded by Councilman Aust, and carried. Councilman Frye stated the Finance Committee had met with the Land Buildings and Parks Committee earlier and that this report would be made by Councilman~Ratclff under Item (c) of the Agenda. Councilman.Ratcliff further stated that the .Land Buildings and Parks Committee. had. considered the request of the Pulaski Hospital Clinic and Pulaski General Hospital for use of Town owned TOWN ATTY. TO property west of. the Hospital on Tenth Street_f or additional parking PREPARE LEASE FOR LAND TO area, and that it was the_recommendation of .the Committee that this PULASKI HOSPITAL FOR PARKING area be made available to the Hospital on a lease basis of one year, FACILITIES the least to contain a cancellation clause of sixty days,, and a cash consideration of $1.OO; with any alterations to be made by them and under the direction of the Town Manager and the Engineering Department, and that the Town Attorney be directed to prepare said lease. Mr. Ratcliff moved the recommendations be accepted, the motion was seconded by Councilman Frye, and carried. Mayor Edens. reported •that the Boy Sc-outs had asked permission BOY SCOUTS TO CLIP GRAS~o clip grass around the markers in Oakwood Cemetery as a project and they AT OAKWOOD CEMETERY were ready to start on this. dur'.n~ the coming week. ~~~ June 2, 1970 Mayor Edens also read a letter from T. Marshall Hahn, Jr., VPI PRESIDENT President of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, expressing his deep LTR. APPRECIA. FOR ASSISTANCEappreciation for the police assistance in maintaining peace f ollow- CAMPUS DISTURBANCE ing the disruptive activities at the University on the night of May 12-13. In connection with the Municipal Building Contract modifi- cation, Councilman Ratcliff reported that the Land Building and Parks Committee and the Finance Committee had.met and .discussed a proposal to provide auxilliary power unit for the new Municipal AUXILLIARY POWER UNIT Building, primarily for the Police Department but which could be FOR NEW MUNICIP. used for the new building. He gave the quotations received for the BLDG, APPROVED unit: $11,500; $10,984; and $6,500, and stated further that it was the recommendation of the Committees that this expenditure not be considered at this time. Councilman Macgill so moved, and the motion was seconded by Councilman Frye, and carried. There was no report from the Town Attorney. Town Manager Marshall presented to Council the application of Sylvian Jmerson to place a house trailer on Magazine Street, and S.JIMERSON TRAILER TO recommended that a public hearing be held on the 16th day. of June. BE ADVT. FOR PUB. HEAR. Councilman Aust moved that the regular procedure of holding a public hearing be advertised in the local newspaper for the June 16th meeting of Council. The motion was seconded by Councilman House, and carried. Town Manager Marshall gave a brief report of the activities of the Fire Department for the month of May. Town Manager Marshall reported that the present lease of land at Loving Field to Mr. Dan Tolbert would expire June 15th and asked what procedures should be followed in advertising this land for lease. COMMITTEE TO STUDY Councilman House moved that a public notice be placed in the local news- L EAS E OF LOVING paper and the Building Committee make a study of same and report back FIELD LAND to the Council with their recommendation. The motion was seconded by Councilman Macgill, and carried. ,' (~ ~ , HIGHWAY REPORT ON ALLISON LN. PROJECT Junes 2, 1970 Town Manager Marshall reported that from a report from the State Highway Department the Town is within three months of getting right of way inf ormation relative to the Allison Lane- Route 11 street, and within two years of of construction. Town Attorney Moore advised that his office had received notice relative to securing the right of way for this street. There being no further. business, the meeting adjourned at 4:50 P. M. APPROVED: l'..~ • l~-~G Mayor ATTFS T ~~~ Clerk of he Council 1 1 L