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R J i..i l AR AD ou ~··ED .IES TI ::G OF T E CITY c o u;~CI L OF T lE CITY F
.'EI D h c r DAY , AFRil 27, A .D. 1 93 6.
E 'J ... OD, COLORADO
~a y or Grah am called t h e me e tin g to order and asked for R oll Call.
ROLl CAll:
Bel l Fresent
Dunning P re sent
6 F resent
Coombs P r es ent
"/a lker P r es ent
Absentnone
Dolezal Present
\"/eigand P resent
A delega ti on from t he i s tri~t Of f ices of t he WP A confe red with the Council per-
tainin g to t he Dam F r ojec t on li t Lle Dry Creek.
la r e d elegation a e are d fro m the ~aptist Ch urch in re g a rd to the Tabernacle
..,ui d in g •
.. r. a r ne ss stated his r e asons f o r sto pp i ng t he con s truction, that t he builders
we r e a tte mp ting to han a t h e r e ar end o f t h e r oo f on the rear wall and the front
end of t h e r o of on t h e fr on t wa ll. These walls are only nine (~) inch walls, and
h e ~elieved t he t o b e unsa fe.
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·'.r. Steen ~a n sen, wl o is t h e contractor on t h is buildin g , spoke at length on the
st r e g t h o f t h is con s tru ction wh en co m leted. He alle g ed t h at this would be safer
a st r on .e r ta . if t h e r oo f were r es ti n g on a steel trus s .
~r. :eva lon, an e n g ineer fr o~ o ne ~f t he b ric k com pan ies in Denve r, wh ich supplied
t ~e b ric k f o r the building , spo e i n be h alf of t h e builder s and s tate d in his op-
inion t h e bui ldin g wo uld b e qui te safe.
::r. ·-i i ghb augh state d t ha t they had ~ .. r. Bu rk h ardt of the Burkhardt ".t _e l & Iron Co.,
exa i ne t h e construction p ro pos ed and d e c l ared it t o b e safe and s ta t ed h e would
send lett e r to t he Council so s tatin g . Ll ayo r Gr aham re ques t ed that s uch a letter
be fur n is h ed.
The Co uncil defer r ed the rna tte r u n til to mo rro w at wh ich ti me t ey a g re ed to get a
disinte r ested , qualified an to i ns ec t t h e buildi ng and advise t h em re g arding t h e
sa fe ty of the cons truc tion p ro posed .
Following is a copy of the letter from ~r. urkh ardt, copied by the City Clerk
fro m a letter left f o r t h at p ur p ose b y J r .. i g hb a u gh , on Ap ril 28th, 1936:
CIT Y A'D c c urT Y F DE ER
April 28, 1 9 36
: r ... e r · an 3 u r kha rdt
~ .2 . BUft k ha r d t & c-o ns it e el P I r on '.'/o r k s ,
&5 ~out h ~r a 'way
-e ~v e r, ~olo r a d o
-ea r ··r. u r k ~ardt:
In r e ly t o our ue stion re g a rdi ng the re uired thickness
of an end wall in a one -s t o ry pu b lic a s s em b ly buildin g , we r efe r you to sec-
ti on-2903, pa ra g ra phs "a" and ·11 d", o f t he ~u ildin g Code of th e Ci ty and County
of Cenve r.
I n acc o r anc e with th e table i pa r a )r aph "a" of the above
section , both t he fi r s t sto ry an t e fou n a tion walls are re q uired to be 12"
in t , ickness.
Under a r a gr aph "d" of t h~ ab ove ec tion, the first story
all thi cknes s may be re d uced to 8 ", p rov) ing the he i gh t does not exceed 16'
0 the under ide o t e r o f trusses, and r oviding t ~t pildsie r s are provided
of the width and thick ·cated in t he above section.
I trust t h is will a nswer your que s tions.
Ve r ~ruly you rs,
V.T. Hed g cock
C~IE F BUil DI G I ~ Ev T OR
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Ald e r man 11ning moved ,)
Bell seconded ,) t hat t h e r e b e ing no further
t he council, c o u ncil adjo rn until r .. ay 11, 1936.
RCll CA LL:
Be l hy e
Dun n in A.y e
6 Ay e s
Co ombs Aye
walker Aye
Ll ayor so o rder ed
Nays non e
business to come b fore
Dole zal Aye
Weigand Ay e
. inu;::ltes o t h e qe gu lar Adjou rne d ~.l ee ti ng of Ap ril 27, 19 36 stand a p roved as
this 11 d a y of J ay 1936. ---r:;.;:;;;..=-...&...;..--