07-12-1954 Regular Meeting (3)At a regular meeting of the Myor and Council of Smyrna held at 7:45 P.1
on the 12th day of July, 1954, at the City Hall, the following ordinance was
introduced by Councilman V. R. Siddall and seconded by Councilman John Collier.
YWREAS, 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repealed in any manner and is now in full force and effect, provides in part,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 ilD-
proved,, until the passage of an ordinance authorizing the same, and no such
ordinance shall be passed unless the Ha.yor and Council shall have first been
petitioned in writing to pave, repave, or othexTrise 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 special meeting of the Council held at 7:45 P.M. on the
12th day of July, 1954, a petition was presented to the It-yor and Council, signed
by eight (8) property owners of the city residing on :lest Spring Street in said
City, being a majority of the oimers of property on West Spring Street, and
owning a majority of the front footage of property in the city abutting on iYest
Spring Street; and
YWREAS, in said petition the Mayor and Council are requested to pass
an ordinance requiring the widening, paving and repaving frith curb and gutter of
a portion of West Spring Street in the City of Smyrna, to advertise the introduc-
tion of said ordinance and to mail notices of the same to all persons awning
property fronting on either side of Tlest Spring 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 widening, paving and repavingwith curb and gutter of said street;
NOVI, 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 a portion of 1iest Spring Street in the City of Smyrna, being
a distance of approximately 620 lineal feet from the eastern intersection of
tiYest Spring Street with Atlanta Street in the City of Smyrna, to the tiwestern in-
tersection of West Spring Street with King Street in the City of Smyrna, be widened,
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paved and repaved with curb -and gutter in a uniform Nvidth of thirty (301) feet,
that is, fifteen (151) feet on each side from the existing center line of said
street.
2. That the Ittyor of said City is authorized and empasrered 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 to either,
after legal and proper advertising of same, let a contract for and in behalf of
the City for the erection of such proposed improvements, or to authorize the City!s
construction employees and forces to acco_-mplish the work.
3. That the mayor and Council estimate the cost of such improvements
to the abutting property (vmers 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 Wo & 20/100 (:;�2.20) Dollars.
per lineal foot of such improvdments and being as above set forth approximately
620 feet of widening, paving and repaving -with curb and gutter to be erected,
the total estimated cost therefore for the complete job being $1.10 per front
foot of property in said city abutting on West Spring Street on the north and
south sides thereof.
4, That when said improvemmnts 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 seq. of the new Charter of said City (Georgia Laws 1931, page 983, et seq.).
5. That before the passage of this ordinance a public hearing regarding
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 2nd day of August, 1954, at seven -forty-five o'clock P.M. That all prop-
erty owners and other persons interested therein are directed and notified to
appear at such hearing and make any objection they 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 writ, the City Hall, the Post Office and the Bank of Srqrrm, all being
in the City of Smyrna and all being located on Atlanta Street in said City, except
the Post Office which is located on Vest Spring Street in said City, giving notice
of the introduction and pendency of this ordinance. Such advertisement shall
state the name of the street to be improved and paved, the nature of such
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contemplated improvements and the estimated cost per front foot of same. Such
advertisement shall further set forth that' ',;he property owners or others
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interested are notified to appear at a meeting of the said Mayor and Council to
be held on the 2nd day of August, 1954, in the City Hall of said city at seven -
forty -five olclock P.bf., and make any objection that they may desire to urge
against the passage of this ordinance.
7. That a copy of said advertisement described in Section 6 above
shall be mailed to each person, company or corporation, whose Post Office address
is known, that owns' property fronting or abutting on said street within the City
Limits of the City of Smyrna.
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Motion by V.R.. Siddall, seconded by H.L,. McEntyre that Fire Chief
John Thomas and Firem,n C.C. Porterfield sal-a.ry . be raised $30.00 �
per month effective July � 15; 1954. Voting unanimous.
Motion by G.R. Yarbrough., seconded by H.L. McEntyre that the Building
and Grounds .Cpmmittee be authorized. to act with City Attorney
f on leasing the barn from Belmont Hills Co.. Voting Unanimous2l
Mot ion,;#by- V.R.. Siddall, that this meeting be continued Friday, July
16, 1954' at 8 :0' Clock,
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Mayor, G.N.. Duncan
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Councilman-. H.LJ McEntyre
Councilman: G.R.. Yarbrough
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Co man-. John Collier
Clerk, Helen Baldwin
Councilman:. V.R. Siddal]
Councilman- N.E.. Brenner
Continuation of regular meeting July '16, 1954 8:08slockP..M. Mayor
G.N. Duncan presiding with the following Councilmen present H.L.
McEntyre, G.R. Yarbroupji, -N.E. Brenner, V.R. Siddall and John
Collier.
Motion by V'.R.. Siddall, seconded by H.L. McEntyre that th City of
Smyrna Fire Code be adopted 'as read. Attached to. these minutes' and
made a part thereof. Voted unanimous. I
Motion by G.R.. Yarbrough, seconded by N..E. Brenner that Sewerage be
given the residence of Stephens, Mann, Church, Ha,athorne, and - •
marston at $100..00. to be paid $10.00 down and remainder to be paid
'10.00 per month to be added on water bill till paid.- Voting for -
Yarbrough, Brenner, Voting against, Collier, Siddall and McEntyre.
Motion Defeated.
Motion by 17. R. Siddall, seconded 'by John Collier that these residence
of Church,S-Uephens, 'M�n, Hawthorne, Marston and Dunn Street 1,7 o have
been residence- as of January 1, 1954 'and on all streets where �
sewerage now exist be permitted to tap on and and the fee be $75.00
per single unit, and where it is-,necessary,that this fee can be paid
on an installment basis of $15.00 down and 10.00 for six months.
Voting for-- Mr.F-n.tyre Collier and Siddall, Voting against,-- Brenner,
Yarbroughi . Motion Carried.
Motion V.,R. Siddall, Seconded H.L. McEntyre that Mr. L.E.. Watts,
City Supt. be given a $5.00 per week pay raise effective his next
pay check. Voting for Collier, McEntyre, and Siddall, Voting Against,
Brenner, and Yarbrough. Motion Carried.
Motion by N.E. Brenner, seconded by G.R. Yarbrough to -,adjourn meeting.
Meeting adjou -ed,
Mayor, 7.7. IYUffic-an
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0 man: jorin Uollier
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Councilman: N.E. Brenner
Councilman: V.R. Siddall
Councilman.- H.L.. McEntyre