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June 1947 GEORGIA COBB COUNTY. COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF S1\Il.YRNA: . ..-,.. . ... ,,_- '" _ (' 71f thS ,mdersigned, baing a majori:ty of' the owne2'S of' and o~rs I.$~ of' a major:l:t.y of' t.he f'rontf'ootage of' abutting on Lee S,!,reet, of' !.ee and' Love' , and Lee St.reet." m said City of: and a:1.50 bo:lng t.o assessment i'or T,he cost. of' wi:t.hin t.he cit.;<r :1.imi.t.s on l,ee do hereby t.he Mayol' and Counc:l1. c,r said to pas,l; or cause to be ordinance requir~g the of' said in t.he Cit.;;{ of' Sm;)rrna. 1\fe .further yout.o nlsi:1. notices:l se-t s date for hearing, pass an assessment. ol~inance the necessary stat.a~nt abut."ti.ng owners" and t.o do and ha.ve done a1.1. t.hj.ngs necessary as :l.'e~ired by Law, in order t.o the of' said We f'urther ca1.:1. at.tent.ion to t.he f'act that. this paving, if' done at. the same t.~ Concord St.ree-t. end Love S-t.raet. are being paved, t.he cost. wi:1.1. be 1ess t.hen wou1.d ordi.na.ri.::J..y be t.he case as f'avorab1.e bids can be c.- a.... ~ .J.~ ~c 1J~ 7~~~~~. ~, ~.. That the 'Who~e of '" di ~ ounset Street in ~ s ....ance of app i vhe C:i ty of 8""'".,......"'_ rox mate~ ~-'V-'~3 being , ~ineal fe t f Sunset street and At1a e rom the eastern inter~e~~~on ma Street in '" ~ lu SUnset Street w:tJ-h the City of Smyrna to th . .... Ham~ S~ J- ' €I lntersec+~on M,;f ...ree" in the r'.. t V~ niform width of ~8 ;. .....3.. y of Smyrna.. be pav~d in ~ J.eet of' asphalt "" = macadam pavement and an engi.neer to prepare the propElX'" plans and specifi.c'ati.ons of the above 2. Tha't 'the May-or of ovements herei.n proposed to be made.. and that said May-or be au:thorized aft.er ~ega1. and propar adverl;.sing 0< same, ~et. a cont.ract. <or and in behall of theCi.ty for the erecti.on of such proposed i.mprovements. 3. Thai::. the Mqor and Counc:il es't;i.mate the cost of such i.mprove- ments from the best i.nformat:lon availab1..e at thi.s t:lme based on var:ious discuss:lons w:tth cont;raci::.ors and oi::.hers having i::.echnical kn01lrledge of i::.he cost. ;.nvo~ved t.o be approxi.mSt.e1:.T Two & 50/1-00 ($2,50) nollars per Uneal foot. 0< Bud> '-"'Prove""'''''. and being = above set. <ort.h appr=imat.e1:.T ~056 "~i'~ee:C'-or~pa;V;:L'"'5 -"<.~ ""_. ereci::.edJ> 1:.he 1:.oi::.al es1;;i.mated cosi::. theref'ore for the complete job, being $2640.00. Such e5-t.;Lma.ted costs 80S above set forth being es't:tmai::.ed to be $1.25 per front foot. of property l..n sa:td ci.t;y:. abu:t.ting on sunset Street, on'the nort.h and south sides thereof'. 4.. That when said i.mprovement.s are cOOlp1..eted an ordinance sha1.1.. be passed assessing the tot.aJ. cost of' same inc1..uding engineering and super- vis:lon expenses aga:lnst the owners of the proper1#Y on sai.d as provided i.n Sect,ion 66 et seq. of' the new charter of said city (Georgia laws 193~, page 963, €It. seq.).. ;;. That bef'ore the passage of' this ordinance a public hearing regarci- 'ng ._ shan be he1d at. a ".,.t.<ng 0< sa'd """or and cauneH; and it. ... hereby ordered that such said public hear:tng sha1..~ be he1..d before said 'Mayor and Coun- ci:1. on the :1.5th day of Ju1;y, ~947, at eight 0 t o.1..ock P - M.. That 80:1.1.. property owners and ot.her persons in"terested there:tn are d:i.:rected and notified to appear at sucb he='ng and make ar:tlf objeet.,on t.he:r ma;r desire t.o urge agahst. e ,€I passage of this ordinance.. 6.. That pending the cons:tderat1..on of' this ordina:nce by 1#he May-or "l.1nci~, an adver'tisement shall be posted in three (:3) pub~iC places 2.. '_~oll~ -c ,. h _ c> ..cOffiP.J..3..S the paving :in sai d C:1 ty, to-:w:i t. , the City Hall.. the Post O~~ice all being in the City o~ S and the Bank o~ Sm;.vrna.. ll\Yf:"na and aJ.~ being 1 t said City .~.... oca ed on AtJ.anta street in l' gJ. Y .,l,.ng notice o:r the . t d Suoh adv t:1 3..n 1"0 uction and pendency of' er sement shall state the paved.. the na'ture per front foot 0 this ordinance.. name of' the street to .....- :im: u.,. proved and ed:tm o~~mr;:t . ;r~~~d-;tbe_.Q~*-...d "".-.-+. property owners or others :interested are not:if:1ed to appear at a meeting of sdd Mqor and Council to be held on the 15th dq of JuJ.y, 1947, in theCity Ha11 of said city at. eight. otcJ.ock Po. M.~ and nake a.n::r objection thai::. t.hey mq desire to urge against t.he passage o~ this ord:tnance. 7. Tha1; a oopy of said adver1;:Lsement described in Sect:i.on 6 above sh~ be ma:i1ed 1;0 eaoh person, oompa.n,y or oorporation~ whose Pos1; Offi.oe a.ddress :Ls known, that owns any proper1;y f'ron1;:i.ng or abutt:1ng on Sunset c:ity llm:i1;s of 1;he Cit.y of Smyrna. NOW.. or the City or , be it ordained by the Mayor and COuncil and it is hereby ordained by authority or same: 1. That the whole or Lee Street in the City or Smyrna being a distance or approximately 1..330 lineal feet from the Northern intersection of Lee Street with Love Street in the City at: Smyrna intersection of Lee Street with the city limits or Width or twenty (20) reet or asphalt pavement and stone.. compacted rour (4) inches thick,; That to engage an engineer to pr.epare the proper:;.plans and speci- fications o:f.' the above improvements herein proposed to be made, and that said Mayor be authorized arter legal and proper advertising or same let a contract :f.'or and in behalr o:f.' the City :f.'or the erection o:f.' such proposed improvements. That the MaYor and Council estima.te the cost o:f.' such time based D~:=t;tars ($3.12). per aboye se;t :f.'orth appr to be erected, technical and 12/100 :f.'oot at: such. improvements and being as 1,330 :f.'eet or paving the total estimated cost theret:ore t:or being $4,149.60. Such estimated costs as above set rorth being estimated to be ~~1.56 per i'ront root ot: property in said city abutting on Lee Street on the East and West sides thereot:~ shall be passed said city (Georgia Laws J.931, the owners or the property on sa:i.d charter ot: 5.. That bet:ore the .hearing same shall be held at a meeting at: said Mayor and ce a public Council; and it is hereby ordered t;ha t such said public hearing shall be held be:f.'ore said l'lCayor and COWJ.ci~ on the151ili day ot: JuJ;y , 1947, at eighi'. o.!clo.ck P.. ]11. That all pro.P- erty o.wners and other perso.ns ~nterested therein are d~rected and no.t~fied to. appear at such hearing and make any o.bjection they may desire to urge against the passage o.f this o.rdinance. 6. That pending the co.nsideratio.n o.f this o.rdLnance by +,he Mayo.r and Co.uncil an advertisement shall be Po.sted in three (3) public places in said city; to.-wit.. the City Hall, the Pest Of"f"~ce be~ng in the C~ty o.f Smyrna and all be~ng f"ro.nt fo.o.t o.f same.. Such advertisement shall further set f"o.rth that the property owners o.r o.thers interested are netified to. appoar at a said M.ayo.r and Co.uncil to. be held en the. . .' J.5th .. 1947, in the City HalJ. o.f said city eight day in 7. copy 6 abo.ve shall be mailed to. each person, whese Pest Of"fice address is kno.wnl' that en Lee Street within the city l~its or cerp,,- any pro.perty o.f" the Cont~nuat~on of m~nuteg or June 23, 1947. Tnere being no rurther business the meeting adjourned. M~nutes by Mrs. Pruitt. ~t<J\ nAA~~ The1ma D.. };~ --..->> At; a call meeting ot: the :Mayor and Council ot: Smyrna held at 8:00 P.. M. on the 23rd day ot: June.. 1947.. at; the City Hall # the t:ollowing ordinance was introduoed by Councilman R.D. Durham and seconded by Councilman R: P.. McCollum WHEREAS# Seotion 64 ot: the new charter ot: the City ot: (Georgia Laws 1931 - pages 982 and 983) which section has amended or repealed in any manner and is now 11 t:oroe and .. that no side1l'lallcl' other pJ,.ace shall be paved# repaved.. or until the passage ot: an ordinanoe author:iz:tng the SaIDe# and no '=''''''"7 such ordinance ahal1 be passed unless the mayor and council shall have f:irst been pet:ttioned :in writing to pave.. repave# or ot;her- wise ':improve the same... by a major:ity of the persons# companies or corporations # 'or the owner or owners ot: a major:i..ty ot: the t:ront t:oot;age of abutting propert;y' subject to assessment for the cost; ot: paving, repav:ing# or otherwise :improving the sidewall~# street# avenuel' publ:ic alleyI' publ:ic pIace or portion thereof' proposed to be paved or' repaved; 11 and WHEREAS# at the regular .Tune meeting of" the Council held at 7:30 P. M. 'on the 10th day ot: .Tunel' 1947, a petition was pre- sented to t;he Mayor and Counc:i..l signed by nineteen (19) property owners ot: the c:i..ty resid:ing on Dunn Street in sa:id c:ity# being a majority ot: the owners of" property on Dunn Street.. and owning a majority of the front f'ootage ot: property in the city abutting on Dunn Stt"eet; and WHEREAS # :in said petit:ion the Mayor and Council are re- to pass an ordinance requ:iring the pav-:i.ng oi' the port:ion ot: :in t;he City of: Smyrna, t;o advertise the intrOduction of:' €I and to.ma:il s:ide'oi' Dunn'Street, to set a date f'or hear:ing.objeotions to such ordinance.. to subsequently pass an assess- ment ord:inance g:iv:ing the requisite statement to abutting owners onsa:id.streetand to. do any and all things'necessary as required by law and by the charter of said city to legally accomplish the paving of sa:id street; ; r ,- Upon reading of the forego~ng ordinance ~t was moved, seconded, and unan~mously carried that Sect~ons 5.. 6.. and 7 of sa~d ordinance be adopted pend~ng the consideration of said ordinance ~ld that the clerk be authorized and directed to immediately advertise the ~ntroduction and pendence of sa~d ordinance and to give tile not~ces required by same in tile manner requ~red by sections 6 and 7 thereof. 15 r.1oved seconded" 8 of' said of' said ordinance immediately e and to b;! "Rff...................._ ......'""".r::lF'_"'''fY">,r...;, ........? ~'7"M""'rrT1'n~ To Honorable Mayor and llUll'lIbers o~ 1;he amyTna. Counei.1, Comml~~ee and have sa:i.d..p&ving... wi~h ~he abova 'thi 8. pe~i 'tilon f'oryour do ord1.nance owners, and to do :tn order to of' sa1.d street. ~e further oa1.1. attent1.on to the faot that th:ts i.f done at the same t:tme Ooncord street is bei.ng paved, the be 1.ess than wou1.d ord1.nar:l1.Y be the case as i"avor- contraotor paving Concord street. Addendum No. :1. to Minutes of' June lO, 1947; Petitions requestinG passing of' Ordinances f'or pavine of' streets introduced at; meeting On night o:f <Tune lO,al'e at;tached at I:; he close of' m:tm4tes and made a. part hereof'; and are more particularly described, as f'o:1.lows; Peti tion lTo. l: Presented a C omrni ttee f'roTll Love Stree t and signed by twenty (20) property o~mers, this beinG a ma,j ori ty of' the propert:v owners on said street. Pet1.tion No.2: Presented by a Committee :from DlUln street and signed by nineteen (1.9) property owners, this beinG a majority of'the property OVlners on sa1.d street. Petition 1To. 3: Presented by a Comm:tttee :from Sunset St;reet and s:Lgned b'T s:Lxteen propert-;'T owners, thi s being a majority of' the property owners on sajJl street. Petit:Lon 1'To. 4; Presented b-:T a Cormni ttee f'rom Lee Street and signed by seventeen (l7) property owners, this beinG a majority of' the property owners on said street. ~.4 ~J. U1: l ,Tune 23:1 1947 A meetinG of the lIifayor and Council was held at the City Hall on June 23, 1947, at 7: 30 P. lIJ. The meeting was called to order by the Mayor, Mrs. Lorena P. Pruitt, with al:1. counc1.1men present: B. H. Hanson, H. D. Durham, E. E. Jackson, H. P. McCollLuu and W. A. Quarles. Minutes of' June 1.0 meeti.ng were read and approved. Motion was made by 1,'11'. Hanson, seconded by 1'1fr. NlcCo:1.lum that Mr. Edwards, as Ci ttorney, cance:1. contract i'or the use of springs owned by Pat rson when contract wa,s made, bu't now owned by Mr. Gibson. Motion was carried. Motion was made by Mr. QuanilielJ ,seconded by Mr. Jackson, that that Mrs. Mittie Willianson cont1.nue to pay the minimunl charge for water service while she is out of tmv:n even tho11g::l the water may be cut off. Motion was carried. Motion WaS made by Mr. Quar:1.es, seconded by Mr. Jackson, that a survey be made to estab1.ish the c1.ty limit lines on Lee, Concord and Dunn streets. Motion was carried. R. E. Lewis WaS ca:1.:1.ed before tlle City Council l.n regard to the disorderly conduct in his Tavern. Following a disc1,1ssion of this matter, Mr. Lewis was warned that upon any further complaint, his Tavern would be closed without notice. Motion was made by Mr. Durham, seconded by Mr. Hanson, that the Tavern be c1.osed for the niGht at :1.1:00 P. M. instead of 11.:45 P. 1,1[. Mo'tion Was carried. There was a motion by Mr. Quar:1.es, seconded by Mr. McCol11nn, that al1. bi1.:1.s outstanding aga1.nst the Construction Account, being proper1.y approved by Merritt & Welker" Engineers, be paid. Motion was cavried. Bui1.ding permits weve issued, as fo:1.1ows: G. B. Wi:1.:1.1.ams, for a house to be built On the richt 01' his dvive and :tn the reav of his house on Powder Spvings street; a four-voom house with bath, with two povches. Dimens"i.ons wil1. be 26' x 28'. E. G. Turner, for a house to be bui:1.t on Valitf1.eld street between Howard Goodson and D. A. Cochran; a five-romn f'rame house with bath, painted vnlite, dimensions 26' x 33', on a :1.ot 80 f 'x 200'. Motion was made by 111'. Durham, seconded by I'll'. McCo:1.lum, to gi ve Mvs. l\lfause S. Cheney ~~150 .00" in lieu of' the t.h,ree (:3) sewer taps agreed on at the meeting on May 26, 1947~ which is heveby canceled. Motion was carried. At a call meet~ng.of the Mayor and Counc~l of Smyrna held .at 8:00 P. 1';[. on the'tm:mt:v-thfrd day of June" :1.947" at the City Hal:1." the fo:1.:1.owing ordinance was introduced by Counc~lman H. D. Durham and seconded by Counc1.lman H. P. McCollum lI'lHEREAS" Se c tion 64 of the new charter of the: ..~J; Smyrna (Georgia Laws 1931 - pages 982 and 983) which section not been a:1.tered" amended or repealed l.n now in fu1.l.. force. and effect" in part, "that no s~dewalk, street, al:1.ey" 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 counc~l shall have f~rst been petit1.oned in writing to pave, repave" or other- wise improve the same, by a major~ty ot: the persons, companies or corporat~ons, ~9r the owner or owners of: a majority or the f:ront f'ootage of abutting property' subject to assessment for the cost of' paving, repav~ng, or othervlise 1.mproving the sidewalk, street, avenue, publ~c alley, pub:1.ic place or portion i;;hereof' proposed to be paved or repaved;" and WHEREAS, at the regular June meeting of' the Council held at 7:30 P. M. on the lOth day of' June, 1947" a petit.ion was presented to the Mayor and Council signed by twenty (20) property ora:ners of the c~ty residing on Love street ~n said city, being a majority of: the owners ot: property on Love Street" and owning a o:c the f'ront f:ootage of' property ~n the city abutting on Street; and 1JIlHEREAS, in said petition the I\lIayor and Council are re- to. pass an ordinance requiring the !)aving of' the portion of' the City of of' and to ma~l ons own~ng rty fronting on either side Love street, to set a date f'or to subsequently pass an stat.ement to abutting owners a 1.1. necessary as required by charter of: said city to legally accomplish the paving hearing objeci;;:lons to such .assessment .,0rdiDance g1.ving the .on said street .- NOW, TlIERE:FOI{l:lj, be i~t ordained by the Mayor and Council o:t the city o:t Smyrna, and it is hereby ordained by author:tty o:t s arae : l. That the who1.e o:t Love street in the City o:t Smyrna being a distance o:t approxima te:1.y l,350 lineal :teet :trom the _E!~stern i.ntersect:ion of' Love street w:ith Atlanta street in the City 0:' Sln.- ----- ~ concord Roat4. ~ of' Love st;reet wi th~.f}3..~:-~-"l:Jo:S-"'O:i' twenty (20) f'eet of' asphalt l.nches th1.ck, said pavement tying with ex:ist:tng curb and gutter on the sou,th side 2. That a concrete curb and gutter be insta:1.1ed on the Such newly in- north s1.de of' sa:id street adjacent to said paving. stalled curb and gutter shou:1.d be constructed in secti.ons having a un1.f'orm length of' ten (lO) f'eet, except where necessary to alter the length f'or e:1.oses; such sections to be separated by steel templates, one-eighth of' an inch thiclc, which shall. rema1.n in p1.ace until the concrete has set suf'1'icient1y to hold :lts shape, the :face and sur:face of' such curb and gutter to be f'loa ted to a smooth f'inish. 3. Tra t the Mayor 01' said City is EJ-uthorized and em- powered to engage an eng1.neer to prepare the proper plans and speci- f'ica t1.ons of' the above' improvements here:in proposed to be made, and that sa1.d l'll.ayor be author1.zed a1'ter legal. and proper advertising of' same let a'contract f'or and in beha1f' of' the C1.ty f'or the erection proposed improvements. 4. Tl:w.tthe Mayor and counci:1. est:tm.ate the cost of' such f'rom the bestinfor,ma.t(1.on ava1.:1.able at this t:tm.e based the cost invo:1.ved to be approx:lmate:1.y Four Dol:1.ars (3~4.00 :1.1.neal f'o.ot of' such improvements and be;ing as above set 1,350 f'eet of' paving and concrete curb and gut.ter erected, the total estimated cost theref'ore f'or the comp:1.et;e $5,400.00, such est.ima.-t.ed cost as above set forth being estimated $2.00 per front foot. of' propert.y :in sa.id ci-t.y, abutt:ing on Love street on scussions ecbn:5.ca:L"" the north and sout.h si.des thereof. 5. That when sa:id improvements are complctod an ordinance sha:1.:1. be passed assessing the tot;a:1. cos t of' same :in- cluding eng:ineer:ing and supervis:ion expenses aga:inst the owners of' the property on said street as provided in Section 66 et seqi of the new charter of sa1.d city (Georgia Laws :1.931, page 983 et seq.e.s _.) _ n publi.c Mayor and ordered that such said publ:ic hear:in8 shall Mayor and Council on the 15th day of .Tu:l:y , l.94'7, at e1.$t. o'clock P. M. (~~ '1'hat; a1.1 property owners and other persons interested there:in are directed and noti- f'ied to appear at such hearing and make any objection they may des:ire to urge against the passage of this ordinance. '7. That pending the consideration of this ordinance by the :Mayor and Council an advertisement sha:1.l be pos ted in three (3) pub:1.:ic p:1.aces in said cl.ty; to-w:it, the City Hs:1.1., the Post Off1.ce and the Bank of Smyrna, al:1. being in the City of Smyrna and all being located on Atlanta Street in said City, giving notice of the intro- duction and pendency of th:is ordinance. Such advertisement shall state the name of the street to be improve.d and paved, the nature of such contemplated improvements and the estimated cost per front foot of , same. Such advert:isement shall further set forth that the property 01ilITlera or others :i.nteres ted are no tif:i.ed to appear at a meet:ing of said 1'llayol"' and Council to be he 1.d on the 1.5t.h dny of Ju]y :1.947 :in the City Hall of said city at e:i.ght. 0 I c:1.ock P, 1'.'I. (or A. M.), and make any objection that they may desire to urge against the passage of this ordinance. 8. That a copy of said advertisement described in Section 7 above shall be ma:i1.ed to each person, company or corporation, ",hose Post Office address is known, that owns any property fronting on Love street w:ith1.n the city lim1.ts of the City of Smyrna.