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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-07-67 Minutes of the regular meeting of the Pulaski Town Council, held February 7, 1967, at 4:00 P. M., in the Municipal Office. There were present: Mayor C. V. Jackson, presiding. Councilmen: C. B. Gallimore, H. H. Eggert, W. S. Cummings, T. J. McCarthy, Glen K. Aust, S. G. Frye, Raymond F. Ratcliff, Rudolph Farmer Also present: Town Manager: Evan Norton Clerk: Gladys R. Dalton Town Attorney: Garnett S. Moore Town Engineer: E. W. Holyfield Visitors: Jane Graham, Southwest Times reporter Paul Dellinger, Roanoke Times reporter Tom Cassell, WPW Radio P. M. Sadler and Chas. E. Dent Miller and Charles Bushong J. B. Warner and Lincoln Baugh The invocation was given by Councilman Gallimore. Minutes of the regular meeting of January 17th were approved as recorded. Mayor Jackson advised that action had been deferred on the application of C. E. Dent to rezone property on Randolph Avenue and Eleventh Street, West, from Residential ?one to Business Zone, and asked Council what was their pleasure in the matter. Councilman Eggert stated. that when the application was presented to the Town Planning Commission and the majority of the members of the Commission favored denial of the application, he went along with them, and then when the request was presented to Council by Mr. Sadler, Attorney for C . E . DE'B'T 70x1 ING APPLICATION D:ENIE'D ?'~'• Dent, he felt differently about it. However, he did not feel that Council could go against the decision of the Town Planning Cotrnnission. Councilman. Rat~_li_ff advised that he felt consideration must be given to the number of neighbors and property owners who appeared before Council at it's public hearing, opposing the rezoning and felt the application should. be denied. Mayor Jackson then asked that a recorded vote be taken, either favoring or opposing the application of C. E. Dent for re~?onin¢ of this property on Randolph Avenue: Raymond Ratcliff - oppose S. G. Frye - oppose W. S. Cummings - oppose H. H. Fpgert - oppose T. J. McCarthy - oppose Rudolph Farmer - oppose Glen K. Aust - oppose C. B. Gallimore - oppose Reporting for the Land Buildinp_ and Parks Committee, Mr. Eggert, advised that at the January 17th meeting of Council a report was made of the three bids received by the Town for the ball park r~~~~-~(1 Council mina. contd. 2/'7/67 property on Route 99 and at which time it was suggested that any action be withheld until the February 7th meeting; that the Committee had considered the sale of this property and the handling of the proceeds from such sale and it was the recommendation of the Committee, and also his motion, that the property be sold to the highest bidder, the Pulaski "BALL PARK"PROP. Motor Company for the cash sum of X38,888.88; that the proper deed be SOLD TO PUL. MT. COr~'ANY. prepared and copy given to the purchaser for the purpose of title search, and that upon request by the purchaser, the Town would close and abandon such streets and alleys located in this 5.05 acre tract of land; and that the money received from the sale of this property be placed in the Capital Improvement Account. The motion was seconded by Councilman Frye. At this point Councilman Aust objected to the placing of all of the proceeds from this sale in the Capital Improvement Account, stating a portion of the funds should be used for recreation purposes. Councilman Eggert withdrew the portion of his motion having to do with the placing of these funds in the Capital Tmprovement Account and Councilman Frye withdrew his second. to the motion. Said motion then carried on the following recorded vote: Raymond F. Ratcliff -aye S. G. Frye - aye W. S. Cummings - aye H. H. Eggert - aye T. J. McCarthy - aye Rudolph Farmer - aye Glen K. Aust - aye C. B. Gallimore -aye Councilman Aust then moved that the matter of where this USE OF MONEY REF. TO FIN, money shall be placed was referred to the Finance Committee, which COMM. RE: SALE OF BALL motion was seconded by Councilman Gallimore, and carried. PK. PROP. \ Town Manager Norton advised that liability insurance satisfactory to the General Chemical Company as requested in the General Chemical Company lease of lands on Route 99 to the Town for recreational purposes, INS. SECURED had been secured with the Bituminous Casualty Company, at a yearly FOR LAND LEASED FROM premium in the amount of dw106.00. On motion of Councilman Ratcliff, GEN. CHM. seconded by Councilman Frye, and carried, it was resolved that the Town accept the liability insurance with the Bituminous Casualty Company at a yearly premium rate of $106.00. The application of Chas. E. Bruce to place a house trailer USUAL PROC. TO at 51? Highland Terrace, was presented to Council by Town Manager Norton. BE FOLLOWID RE: TRAILER APPI~. It was noted that town water is available to the location, but that CHAS. BRUCE. sewer is not available. On motion of Mr. Eggert, seconded by Mr. Cummings, and carried, it was, RESOLVED, that the usual procedure s Council mins. contd. 2/767 1~r~"~~ pertaining to house trailers applications be followed in this instance and a public hearing ~e advertised for Council's next regular meeting. Town Manager Norton reported that Mr. Harold I. Baumes of the Virginia League office had advised that the National Legislative REP. TO BE SENT TO NAT. Council would meet in Washington, D. C. March 12th thru 15th. On motion LEG. COIJNCIL. of Councilman Aust, seconded by Councilman McCarthy, and carried, it was, RESOLVED, that a representative from the Council be sent to Washington to attend this meeting. Town Manager Norton was authorized to attend the upcoming Water NORTON TO ATTEND WATER Meeting in Radford, Virginia, having to do with policies concerning, in MEETING. particular, to Claytor Lake. As Chairman of the Finance Committee, Mr. Frye reported that PROCEEDS FROM it was the recommendation of the Committee that the proceeds received SALE OF "BUNTS BLDG" PLACED from the sale of the "Bunts Building" be placed in the Capital Improvement IN CAP. IMP. ACCT. Account, with interest, and to be used for capital improvements. Mr. Frye put this recommendation in the form of a motion, which motion was seconded by Councilman Eggert, and carried. Councilman Farmer moved that Bill Flint be given a conditional permit, without charge, to operate a youth center at the property formerly occupied by Sears on Washington Avenue, for ninety (90) days; said operation BILL. FLINT GIVEN CONDT. ~o be under the control of the Chief of Police and the Town Manager; that PERMIT TO OPR. CEI'dTER. said permit can be revoked at any time it becomes a burden upon the Police Department, which motion was seconded by Councilman Ratcliff, and carried unanimously. Councilman Ratcliff advised that a request from the New River Valley Industrial Commission to furnish sewer services to the Sweet-Orr SWEET-ORR Company for their new plant site on Route 611 near Wurno Bridge, had SEWER APFI; . DENIED. been carefully considered by the Sewer Committee, and due to the very expensive pumping proposition costing over ~50~000. and the fact that the town's application for federal assistance had been turned dotan~ it was the recommendation of the Sewer Committee that the request be denied. N1r. Ratcliff put this recommendation in the form of a motion, which motion was seconded by Councilman Cummings, and carried. Councilman Ratcliff further advised that the Howard Street sewer extension costing approximately ~~'~8400.00 had already been approved by Council, together with a study of the Case Knife Road area to see if /~~~2 Council rains. contd. 2/7/67 there was sufficient interest to justify the Case Knife Road CASE KNIFE extension, but that the survey indicated there was not enough RD. SEWER HELD IN interest to ustif the Case Knife Road ABEYANCE. ~ y project at this time. Council agreed to hold this matter in abeyance until a reply could be recieved from Town Manager Norton's request for federal assistance on this project. Town Manager Norton reported on a request from Ries Veneer Company for water serviced to their plant near Wurno Bridge. After RIGGS VEN. a discussion of this matter by Council, Councilman Cummings moved that REQ . 1,•)ATER SERV. ORD. the Town Attorney be directed to draw an ordinance establishing water TO BE DRAWN. service policies for outside corporate limits, to be brought back to the Council for their approval. The motion was seconded by Councilman Frye and carried. Reporting on the housing project, Town Attorney Moore advised a petition asking for a referendum to determine whether or not a s'edevelop- TOWN ATTY. ment and housing authority is wanted in Pulaski, should be circulated TO PREPARE HOUSI:DIG AUTH. and presented to Council. Mr. Moore stated the petition must be signed PETITION. by at least one hundred freeholders and property owners, and set out a date for a town election. Councilman Farmer moved that such petition be prepared by the Town Attorney to be circulated for the signatures of property owners and presented to the Council. The motion was seconded by Councilman McCarthy and carried. Mr. Moore reported to Council a situation which involves a deed NEW DEED TO to a certain lot in Oakwood Cemetery, and suggested that a new deed be BE DRAWN ON CEM. LOT. prepared. It was the concensus of Council that this be handled in the manner outlined by Mr. Moore. No action was necessary. Town Manager Norton advised that because of the heavy snow Mr. Yarger of Yarger and Associates of Falls Church, Virginia, was unable to appear before Council in regard to a city status study for MR. YARGER the Town, but stated that the matter would be carried on the agenda TO ATT. NEXT COUT'CILa MEET. for the next regular meeting at which time Mr. Yarger would be present. RE: CITY STATUS. Mr. Moore stated he hoped to be able to report to Council on the decision of the State Supreme Court concerninr~ towns becoming cities by the next meeting. A letter from W. M. Johnson of the firm Wiley & Wilson, Consulting Engineers of Lynchburg, concerning a study on city status was discussed and held over. Council mins. contd. 2/7/67 ~ ,~A'~~ On motion of Councilman Cummings, seconded by Councilman Gallimore, and carried, the following resolution was adopted, with copy to be mailed to Miss Jewel Catron, at Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia, where she is new enrolled. RESOLUTION MISS JEWEL CATRON, VIRGINIA'S JUNIOR MISS FOR 1966: WHEREAS, Miss Jewel Catron, one of our honored Pulaskians, through her beauty, charm, talent and pleasing personality, won the title of Virginia's Junior Miss for 1966 and. the honor of representing Virginia at the America's RES. ADOP^'ED Junior Miss Pageant in Mobile, Alabama, for the selection RE: VA'S J~CiNIOR of America's Junior Miss; and, MISS. WHEREAS, Miss Catron so capably and pleasingly represented Virginia at the America's Junior Miss Pageant, being placed highly among all of the beauty and talent present and being especially selected with three others of the entire group for talent appearances on television, bringing honor not only to Virginia as her representative but to her home-town of Pulaski as well; and., WHEREAS, Miss Catron conducted herself as pleas- ingly and as capably in her appearances throughout 1966 as Virginia's reigning Junior Miss, bringing further credit to her State and to her hometown; now THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Pulaski Town Council join with all of the citizens of Pulaski in extend- ing to Miss Carton their congratulations and appreciation for the great credit that she has brou~?ht to Virginia and to Pulaski. ADOPTED this 7th day of February, 1967. Town Council considered a Workable Program for Community Improvement and on motion of Councilman Frye, seconded by Councilman ATTY. TO Gallimore, and carried, it was, RESOLVED, that the Town Attorney be DRAGI ORD. directed to prepare the necessary ordinances for up-dating building, TO UP-DA.TF; CODES. electrical, plumbing, fire prevention an~3 housing codes to comply with HUD requirements. In other action taken by Council to carry out the Workable MAYOR TO Program, Councilman Farmer moved that Mayor Jackson be authorized to APPOINT appoint a Codes Review Committee to review periodically and up-date CODES REV. COhA4ITTEE. codes, which motion was seconded by Councilman Eggert, and carried. And further, Councilman Gallimore moved, which was seconded by Council- man Aust, and carried, that Mayor Jackson be directed to appoint a Citizens Advisory Committee to provide community-wide participation MAYOR TO on the part of individuals and representative citizens' organizations APPOINT which will help to provide, both in the community generally and in CITI7ENS ADV. COMM. selected areas, the understanding and support necessary to accomplish community goals. ~~ ~'~~~~- Council mins. contd. 2/7/67 A request from J. B. Warner and Lincoln Baugh of Oakhurst REQ. FOR Avenue for better water pressure, was referred to the Water Committee BETTER WATER PRESS. ON to work with the Town Manager and bring back a report to the Council, OAKHURST AVE. REF. TO WATER by motion of Councilman Frye and seconded by Col~ncilman Rateliff, and COMM. carried. Mr. Frye reported that the Cemetery Committee had met and CEM. COMM. VISITS CEM. visited both Oakwood and Pinehurst Cemeteries, and it was hoped to REP. TO BE MADE T_~ATER. have a formal report for Council very soon. Mr. Ratcliff moved that Council go into executive session, which motion was seconded by Councilman Frye, and carried. After a short executive session Mayor Jaekson declared the Council to be in open session. On motion of Councilman Frye, seconded ORD. ADOPTED by Councilman McCarthy, and carried, with Councilman Farmer opposing, RE: PERS. PROP. TAX. an Ordinance to provide for a tax upon furniture and household items, was adopted on its first reading. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 6:00 P. M. Approved: Mayor Attest: / _ ~e~ Clerk of e Council i. 1 J