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10-01-1951 Regular Meeting (2)At a regular meeting of the Mayor and Council of Smyrna held at seven thirty P. M. on the 1st day of October, 1951, at the City Hail, the following ordinance was introduced by Councilman John Collier and seconded by Councilman Stanley McCalla. MWEAS, Section 64 of the new charter of the City of Smyrna (Georgia Laws 1931 - pages 982 and 983) which section has not been altered, amended or repealed in any manner and is now in full force and effect, provides in part, "that no sidewalk, street, alley, or other place shall be paved, repaved, or improved, until the passage of an ordinance authorizing the same, and no such ordinance shall be passed unless the mayor and council shall have first been petitioned in writing to pave, repave, or otherwise improve the same, by a majority of the persons, companies, or corporations, 'or the owner or owners of a majority of the front footage of abutting property' subject to assessment for the cost of paving, repaving, or otherwise improving the sidewalk, street, avenue, public alley, public place or portion thereof proposed to be paved or repaved;" and WHEREAS, at a regular meeting of the Council held at seven -thirty P.M. on the 1st day of October, 1951, a petition was presented to the Mayor and Council signed by ten (10) property owners of the city residing on Hickory Hill Drive in said city, being a majority of the owners of property on Hickory Hill Drive, or owning a majority of the front footage of property in the city abut- ting on Hickory Hill Drive; and WHEREAS, in said petition the Mayor and Council are requested to pass an ordinance requiring the paving of Hickory Hill Drive in the City of Smyrna# to advertise the introduction of said ordinance and to mail notices of the same to all persons owning property fronting on either side of Hickory Hill Drive, to set a date for hearing objections to such ordinance, to subsequently pass an assessment ordinance giving the requisite statement to abutting owners on said street and to do any and all things necessary as required by law and by the charter of said city to legally accomplish the paving of said street; NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Mayor and Council of the City of Smyrna, and it is hereby ordained by authority of same: 1. That Hickory Hill Drive in the City of Smyrna, being a distance of approximately 600 lineal feet from the northern intersection of Hickory Hill Drive with Hill Street to the end of Hickory Hill Drive, which is a dead end, in the City of Smyrna, be paved in a uniform width of eighteen (18) feet of asphalt paving with clay bound base, with one -and -one-half to two inches of No. 2 rock penetrated with 0.75 gallons of asphalt per square yard, *bobed.Vi.th No. 1 stone and shot again with 0.25 gallons of asphalt per square yard and sealed with No. l stone and properly rolled throughout operations. 2. That the 19ayor of said City, is authorized and empowered to engage an engineer to prepare the proper plans and specifications of the above improve- ments herein proposed to be made, and that said Mayor be authorized after legal and proper advertising of same, to let a contract for and in behalf of the City for the erection of such proposed improvements. 3. That the Mayor and Council estimate the cost of such improvements from the best information available at this time based on various discussions with contractors and others having technical knowledge of the cost involved to be approximately One & 30/100 ($1,30) Dollars per lineal foot of such improve- ments and being as above set forth approximately 600 lineal feet of paving to be erected, the total estimated cost therefore for the complete job, being $780.00. Such estimated costs as above set forth being estimated to be $0.65 per front foot of property in said city abutting on Hickory Hill Drive on the east and west sides thereof. 49 That when said improvements are completed an ordinance ,bbij. be passed assessing the total cost of same including engineering and supervision expenses against the owners of the property on said street, as provided in Section 66 etsoq. of the new charter of said city (Georgia Laws 1931, page 983, et seq.). +10. 5. That before the passage of this ordinance a public hearing regard- ing same shall be held at a meeting of said Mayor and Council; and it is hereby ordered that such said public hearing shall be held before said Mayor and Council on the 5th day of November, 1951, at seven -thirty o'clock P. M. That all property owners and other persons interested therein are directed and noti- fied to appear at such hearing and make any objection bboy may desire to urge against the passage of this ordinance. 6. That pending the consideration of this ordinance by the Mayor and Council, an advertisement shall be posted in three (3) public places in said City, -to -wit: the City Hall, the Post Office and the Bank of Srgrna, the City Hall and Bank of Smyrna being located on Atlanta Street in the City of Smyrna, and the Post Office being located on West Spring Street in the City of Smyrna, giving notice of the introduction and pendency of this ordinance. Such adver- tisement shall state the name of the street to be improved and paved, the nature of such contemplated improvements and the estimated cost per front foot of same. Such advertisement shall further set forth that the property owners or others interested are notified to appear at a meeting of the said Mayor and Council to be held on the 5th day of November, 1951, in the City Hall of said City at seven -thirty o'clock P. M., and make any objection that they may desire to urge against the passage of this ordinance. -2M NOTICE OF INTRODUCTION AND PENDENCY OF ORDINANCE BEFORE THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SMYRNA AUTHORIZING THE PAVING OF SMITH STREET IN SAID CITY GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Notice is hereby given: 1. That at a regular meeting of the Mayor and Council of the City of Smyrna, held at seven -thirty o'clock P. 11. on i;Ionday, October 1, 1951, at the City Hall, an ordinance was introduced by Councilman John Collier and seconded by Councilman Stanley McCalla, providing that Smith Street in the City of Smyrna, shall be paved. Copy of said proposed ordinance is hereto attached and made a part hereof. 2. That the street proposed to be paved in said proposed ordinance is Smith Street in the City of Smyrna. Said proposed ordinance provides that Smith Street in the City of Smyrna, being a distance of approximately 350 lineal feet from the western intersection of Smith Street and Gilbert Street to the eastern intersection of Smith Street with the L. & N. Railroad Right of Way, in the City of Smyrna,be paved. 3. That said proposed ordinance provides that Smith Street in said city, as above described, be paved in a uniform width of eighteen (la) feet of asphalt paving with clay bound base, with one -and -one half to two inches of No. 2 rock penetrated with 0.75 gallons of asphalt per square yard, choked with No. 1 stone and shot again with 0.25 gallons of asphalt per square yard and sealed with No. 1 stone a:baproperly rolled throughout operations. 4o That the estimated cost per front foot for such contemplated improve- ments.as above described, is $0.65 per front foot of property in the City of Smyrna, abutting on Smith Street, on the north and south sides thereof. 5. That if such contemplated improvements as herein described are erected all persons owning property on Smith Street in said City, shall be subject to a pro rata assessment of the cost of said improvements against their proper- ties. 6. That all persons owning property fronting or abutting on said street in the City of Smyrna, and all other persons interested in any way in subject matter, are hereby notified and directed to appear at a meeting of the Mayor and Council of the City of Smyrna, to be held on the 5th day of November, 1951, at seven -thirty o1clock P. M. in the City Hall of said City, then and there to make any objections that they may desire to urge against the passage of the proposed ordinance herein described, copy of which is hereto attached and made a part hereof. ATTEST: This 1st day of October, 1951. HA THEODOCIO , Eity Clerk CITY OF S By: !;JS. M. kGON At a regular meeting of the Mayor and Council of Smyrna held at seven - thirty P. M. on the lst day of October, 1951, at the City Hall, the following ordinance was introduced by Councilman John Collier and seconded by Councilman Stanley McCallas WEEMS, MS, Section 64 of the new charter of the City of Smyrna (Georgia Laws 1931 - pages 982 and 983) which section has not been altered, amended or repealed in any manner and is now in full force and effect, provides in part, "that no sidewalk, street, alley, or other place shall be paved, repaved, or improved, until the passage of an ordinance authorizing the same, and no such ordinance shall be passed unless the mayor and council shall have firtt been petitioned in writing to pave, repave, or otherwise improve the same, by a majority of the persons, companies, or corporations, for the owner or owners of a majority of the front footage of abutting property' subject to assessment for the cost of paving, repaving, or otherwise improving the sidewalk, street, avenue, public alley, public place or portion thereof proposed to be paved or repaved;" and WHEREAS, at a regular meeting of the Council held at seven -thirty P.P.R. on the 1st day of October, 1951, a petition was presented to the Mayor and Council signed by one (1) property owner- of the city residing on Smith Street in said city, being a majority of the owners of property on Smith Street, or owning a majority of the front footage of property in the city abutting on Smith Street; and WHERiS, in said petition the Mayor and Council are requested to pass an ordinance requiring the paving of Smith Street in the City of Smyrna, to adver- tise the introduction of said ordinance and to mail notices of the same to all persons owning property fronting on either side of Smith Street, to set a date for hearing objections to such ordinance, to subsequently pass an assessment ordinance giving the requisite statement to abutting owners on said street and to do any and all things necessary as required by law and by the charter of said city to legally accomplish the paving of said street; NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Ilayor and Council of the City of Smyrna, and it is hereby ordained by authority of same: 1. That Smith Street'in the City of Smyrna, being a distance of approxi- mately 350 lineal feet from the western intersection of Smith Street and GjAbert Street to the eastern intersection of Smith Street with the L. & N. Railroad Right of Way in the City of Smyrna, be paved in a uniform width of eighteen (18) feet of asphalt paving with clay bound base, with one -and -one-half to two inches of No. 2 rock penetrated with 0,75 gallons of asphalt per square yard, choked with No. 1 stone and shot again with 0.25 gallons of asphalt per square yard and sealed with No. 1 stone and properly rolled throughout operations. 4. That the Mayor of said City is authorized and empowered to engage an engineer to prepare the proper plans and specifications of the above improvements herein proposed to be made, and that said Mayor be authorized after legal and proper advertising of samet to let a contract for and in behalf of the City for the erection of such proposed improvements. 3, That the Mayor and Council estimate the cost of such improvements from the best information available at this time based on various discussions with contractors and others having technical knowledge of the cost involved to be approximately One & 30/100 ($1.30) Dollars per lineal foot of such improvements and being as above set forth approximately 350 feet of paving to be erected, the total estimated cost therefore for the complete job, being 3455.00. Such estimated costs as above set forth being estimated to be $0.65 per front foot of property in said city abutting on Smith Street, on the north and south sides thereof, 4. That when said improvements are completed an ordinance shall be passed assessing the total cost of same including engineering and supervision expenses against the owners of the property on said street, as provided in Section 66 et saq, of the new aegarter of said city (Georgia Laws 1931, page 983, et seq.)* - 1 - 5. That before the passage of this ordinance a public hearing regard- ing same shall be held at a meeting of said Mayor and Council; and it is hereby ordered that such said public hearing shall be held before said Mayor and Council on the 5th day of November, 1951, at seven -thirty o'clock P. M. That all property owners and other persons interested therein are directed and noti fied to appear at such hearing and make any objection th$y may desire to urge against the passage of this ordinance. 6. That pending the consideration of this ordinance by the Mayor and Council, an advertisement shall be posted in three (3) public places in said City, to -wits the City Hall, the Post Office and the Bunk of Sn yrna, the City Hall and Bank of Smyrna being located on Atlanta Street in the City of Smyrna, and the Post Office being located on West Spring Street in the City of Smyrna, giving notice of the introduction and pendency of this ordinance. Such adver- tisement shall state the name of the street to be improved and paved, the nature of such contemplated improvements and the estimated cost per front foot of same. Such advertisement shall further set forth that the property owners or others interested are notified to appear at a meeting of the said Mayor and Council to be held on the 5th day of November, 1951, in the City Hall of said City at seven -thirty otclock P. M., and make any objection that they may desire to urge against the passage of this ordinance. - 2 r OATH OF REGISTRARS We, and each of us do solemnly swear that we will faithfully and impartially discharge to the best of our ability the duties imposed upon us by law as such registrars. Sworn to, before me, this the414,lday of October 1M. a OATH OF ELECTION MANAGERS We, and each of us do swear that we will faithfully and impartially conduct this days election according to law. That we will permit no one to vote who is not entitled to, vote, and will prevent all illegal voters to the best of our skill and power, So Help us God. 0 Sworn to before me, this the 3 AA, day of November 1951. M CERTIFIED ELECTION RETURNS OF REGULAR CITY ELECTION HELD THIS THE 3 rd DAY OF NOVEMBER 1951. We, the fuly appointed Election Managers to conduct this election, declare the following results: FOR COUNCIL: JOHN S. COLLIER r _ a- _ _ VOTES CHARLES MAYES HAMBY-L-�,X'VOTES HARRY B . MITCHELL , JR. AtF-1-VOTES STANLEY H. McCALLA 1'7 ( VOTES H. L. McENTYRE, SR. 'L-JA VOTES GLENN R. YARBROUGH, JR. 2xy VOTES TOTAL VOTES C R s-r- We, therefore, certify to the Mayor and Council of the City of Smyrna, the election of+c.! and FOR v COUNCIL, they receiving the highest number of votes. ., I