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were present: At a m~gular meeting of the City Council, held August 9th, 1949, ~here ~rank N. Bz~zsoly, Jr,4 Fred A. Duke, George Lb Grimes, Carl C. Houghton, Jrt, James N~ ~owa~d, E. Robie Sturteva~t, C. E. ~'arren, H. Earl ~eiseman, Pearls J. '¢~ilson, W. Guy -Ancell, Ci~ty Manager, and R. C. Barclay, City Attorney. proved. The President being absent, Vice President Wilson was in the Chair. Minutes of regular-meeting held on July 26th, 19~9, were read and ap - The following communications from the City Manager were read: 1st - The Manager presented th~ following: "I wanted you and the City Council to know about the fine co-operation which the Girl Scouts_received from ~g~. Frank Carley and h is men at City Park during the Brownie and Scout Day Camps which were held a t City Park, June 29th through July 29th. Before time for camp to open, ~r. Carley had the rest room near the Golf Club House cleaned and painted. Early each morning during camp the men swept thc.rest room sad put in towels and tissue so that all our Camp Nurse had to do was put in soap clean the lava$oryau~ toilet seats with a Lysol solution. Because of this help, the girls took great pride in keeping the rest room clean. Also before ~:00 each mom ing, the men swept the pavilion on the west side of the park. We used this building for our Camp Hall smd the campers and staff sat on the floor for opening and closing program each day. Another help~ml service was the placir~ of garbage cans in e ach unit at Camp Hall. These were filled by the campers each day but were always empty before camp the next morning. $?e try to teach the girls to respect public property and to appreciate their City Park. This training is more effective when the park is clean ever~y morning~ Carley was~very co-operative~in assisti~gusin other details and in allowing us to use the phone in emergencies. Sincerely yours, Adah Brangan, Girl Scout Director.~' Motion that the~ lettar be filed and copy sent to Mr, Carley, was adopted. 2nd - The ~anager presented a request from the Mayor asking that a Slum Clearance Committee be appointed. Motion of~ Er. Houghton that such a committee be appointed, was adopted, and the Y~yor appointed Messrs. Howard, ~ke and Weiseman on s aid committee. ~rd = "In further reference to the subject of collecting delinquent rea estate taxes, I should like to state that I believe it is possible for the City Collector to employ attorneys to do this work on a commission basis at the rate of 2~%. Of course, where it is necessary to take these cases to Court, the Judge will set the fee which the Attorney will get for his services in these cases. It is ass~ed that the penalty a nd interest on these taxes will about cover the lawyers' percentage. Trusting that this matter meets with y ours atlsfaction and that you will authorize the-City Collector to proceed with this work, I am." adopted. Motion of Mr. Warren to concur in the Manager's r ecommendation, was 4th - The Manager presented the following letter: "We have a request f~om an oil company to lease a piece of Water Depart ment property on the north side of State Highway No. ~8, approximately one thousand feet west of the ravine at the spillway. This Compan~ wants to lease two hundred and fifty feet along the ~ighway and railroad for a period of twenty years with the privilege of renewing at the expiration of the twenty year period. ~e believe this property could be leased for six hun- d~ed dollars ($800.00) per annum and the lessee agree to p ay taxes on land leased as well as improvements. The leasing of this property would not be detrimental to our op?rations and we recommend leasing this property if satisfactory terms can b e a~ranged. We are inclos- ing sketch gnowing location of property involved. Yours trnly, X. D. ~u_~den, Superintendent, ~ater Department.~ ~otion of ~. Duke to refer to a committee for investigation and re- port, was adopted. 8th The City ~anager again brought up the subject of the proposed survey and design for sewers in all ef the u~sewered annexed areas. He r cad the letter from Greeley and Hansen containing certain proposals to do ~is work. Some members of City Council expressed a desire to have other proposals submitted from Consulting Engir~ers to do this and upon motion o f Mr. Bilisoly, the City ~nager was instructed to g et at least one other bid for doing this work. 8th - The ~anager presented the following letter from the Superinten- dent of Schools: