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JCURNED ·-~ TIT.G OF THE CWI 0 0 07.C IL :C J.'Iili CI'l'Y OF Er\GU:J OQJ, GOWRA.DO, HELD JAN"lARY U, 1948.
yor Allen called the meetinR to "rd.er end requP.sted a roll ctll.
ROLL CALL;
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Buchanan
The Clerlt:,
Present Oliner Present
Present Cushing Present
6 Present 0 bsent
Treasurer, a nd City Attorney were
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Present
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The Clerk read the cinutes or the raeet ine or Jl'l?luary 13, 1948, which were approved unanimously.
wr a. van Jones from . a s h ington So ool presented their req uest tor a traf'tio signal on Logan Street
at either Dart1 outh or =aatman. ~letter from ~ aslington School signed by the P.T.A. President, the
?.T. • atety Committee Chairman, end the schoo l P rincipal on the subject waa received previously by
the City and Alderman Oliner, Chairman or the t.;ouncil's P olice and .!!'ire Oomuittee. The COillllittee re-
o onmended the p l a cing or a pedestrian sign at Lo ~an and ~astman p endi~ further study and recomnenda-
t i on. Th is w•a agreed to and ~hief i ri dd le a reed the police would h'll'ldle it• placing and removal
on a temporary bas is pendin fin ·l disposition.
:.:r. c ' .inley a.ppe r ed to ofte r the 01 ty approxir tely 2 ac.,es of ground adjoining C~ty Pnrk it they
ould offer him anywhere near what he had b een offe r ed privat ly. Th e matter was r e ferred to the Com-
ttee on Rec r eation, ? rks, n l P lay g rounds.
Mr ••• c . umme rs spoke briefly to express the opposition of the temperance forces to any tilcDeaae in
11 u or outlets in -Jne l ew ood.
:..:ra . 3ull.en of the library w s pr e sent to discuss vii t h the Cou ncil the problem of the library as to
apace and t he limit'ltion it p l ced on t eir service to the coormnity. ossible changes in present
uartera in Cit y ::1111 of diffe rent occupants we r e dis c ssed d th e . Rtter referred to the coi::mittee
on creation , a r k s and ?l y e ro 1.mds.
::;;1w1n C. ~.:il e s, ~300 ~ou t h ro d / ' , Ch errelyn .:.itc b en, s ed for infornation concerninR a beer li-
cense. ;·e •· s 11tdvised. t see ~ ~p 9li'!nti o n t"onns in J i:mve r un d r.1 a'=e formal i'l ritten epplic!!tion.
~he ~or:rni ttee on l ealth ~:l a t e r and Se·rer reported t l:"l t )r. ·.:1e ' e nnumn ;7 111 continue to aet as Health
Officer a t t h rcq est o t e .ri-Cotnt r p 3ni z t ion u n til ttey Cru1 comp lete t h eir or anization. Nec-
es ... ary r. tt ers rr.ay be t ken u n irect ti t b their · n i t 'l rinn , :r. t agman.
ittee on St r eet s, r idges nd Jub lic u ild inr A r c c or:une nde th at the city dump b e moved tran
its oresent l ocation to t h e vie ini t y of 3')0 0 o· t Li p .<l n ( bet 1 een Le i f'h nnd J ,:~sf'f.,,.ld). a.ft er con-
siderable discussion ~ldern n : .• a dd ox oved qn d ,'~ld e rt .m 1 'u s l:i ing second~d to approve this recommenda-
tion, p rovided t h t th e Cit y .J. ttorne \7 ould f irst c h ec k t he t i t le to t h e new a rea, an d provided, fur-
ther t hat the pr esent d wr:p re b e sed for non-o· :iect ion::i b le ma t e ri a l until :filled.
OU. CALL :
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tt ee on rdin a nc e s r e port e d t h a t it is rran in ·1 PlP.e ti ng with the Used Car Dealers to
n acceptable ordinance o v e rnin~ t he use. oi: s u c h lots.
The Co r: ttee on ~ urchases "lll u pp lles asked . ore time on the matter or insurance •
..,he Comrai ttee on Police an<i .:ire r e commended that t he F ire Department h ave a private line rather than
con tinue to o t h rough the P olice De ?a rtment. 11 c harr,es a bove the base charg e to come trom the De-
partmen tal Bud et. This was ll 6 reed to. ~h Co ttee a lso r e commended certain changes within the
Police budget to mtik e a a lar'J djustments a nd h ire n ew men. ld erman i :illl g an believed an emergency
existed ue to the new t e rritory rec Pn tly annexed on the nort heast, which must haTe police protection.
~dezmSl'l Cushing mo ved lilld Al d ercan '~illl ga n seconded to ~pprovP. the requested changes •
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Buchanan
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A.ye
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Oliner
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Th ia C ttee further reque sted t hat t h e Jity Attorney study the Cafeteria Court fine schedule with a
Tif"w to b ringing it more into line with Denver•s.
The Co ittee on ..;Jicenses presented four a plications f or licenses to sell r.:alt, Vinous and Spiritous
Li q uor by t he drink. They we re referred b3c k to t h e Conni ttee for study and recorrJDendation.
Th e City ttorney presented tor t~. C: eway of t h e n olice Department two bills for medical service and
h osp it a lization incurred in line or d uty, w ich b ills had been Elpproved at the Council meeti12g ot Deo.
22 , 1947 for payment upon p r e •entation by I.Ir. '} .eway. The amotmts h aving been corrected from the fig-
ures presented a t the p revious Meeting, the Clerk w s instructed to draw warrants for them.
The Zoning 3 oard, represented b y its Cha· .rman, Leo Hollberg, and its Secretary, A. L. Gutbner,. pre-
sented a number of reco.nmen a tions concernin the work of the Board and desired chl!llges in the ordi-
nance, recommending a speci 1 >Jommission to consi d er them. ?!o definite action was taken.
~.Rust, 3 8 11 ~outh Clarkson, .as pre sent to urge the extension at street lig hting into newly annexed
territory. The city is ppzyin g a minimum charp:e, ~nd q_uite probably could have additional lights without
increasing the current c h9r g e. It wa s laid over f or f urther study and conaideration.
The Cou ncil and City fici a ls agreP.d to coopera te durin oy woout :eek in demonstrating municipal op-
erationa, and also to cooper te with the schools in ~iving the children a chance to see bow the Pire
and P olice Departments operate.
The Council adjourned to meet on the call of the I.~a.yor :.:onday Januvy,26, 1948.
#:&.~, Clerk.
Read mid pproved January 2 6, 1948.
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