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&uEus~ l~tn, i936 At a regular meeting of the City Council, held August llth, 1936, at 8:00 there were present: Vernon A. Brooks, Leslie T. Fox, W.R. Hu$ohins, S.B. Moore, J. Alden Oast, J. R. Stewart, City Manager. Minutes of regular meeting held July 28th, 1936, were read and approved. The following communications from the City ~uager were read: Ist- ~i attach hereto a communication from the Junior AMoassadors, request- lng the refund of $30,00, paid for the use of the City Auditorium-on July 17th, this occasion being a dance to raise money for the Milk and Ice Fund. I am reliably informed that the entire net proceeds were applied to w~_~cn sponsored the dance received no part of the Milk and Ice Fund s.ud that the orgs_uization "~ ' the proceeds. ~ therefore~ recommend the refund as requested~ ~ Motion of Mr. Fox to concur in the Manager's recommendation was adopted. 2nd - ~I quote, below, ~ communication which I received from the Chief of Fire Department, ttuder date of July 6th~ ~Ny department is in serious need of 5~900 feet of 2~s hose. This hose is needed to give each company a change. The two l~OOO gallon capacity engines carry t,EO0 feet in reser~e for a cha~uge. The four 750 gallon capacity machines carry 1,OO0 feet in each hose body and should have 1,OOO feet in re- serve for change. All compmuies are short of hose as follows, excepting No. 6. This is the only company having a change of first class hose. E~g. Co.No. ! .... 700 feet ~t ~ ~h .... 2,000 !~ ~ " " ~ .... 800 the Total .... 5~900 feet The hose on No. 4 Engine is full of pine holes and liable to burst at any time'. Having in mind the City's f~uancial condition, my first impulse was to defer the matter for the 193Y budget. Should there be no serious fire, the Department can get along very well the balance of this year, wish the hose now on hand. However, as no one can foresee what may happen between now and January, I feel that the responsibility is too serious for me to as - I have ~d a further conference with the Chief, ~ud he feels th&t he can make out with 2,OOO feet now ~ud await the 1937 budget for more. Under the circumstances, I recommend an appropriation of $2~100. for fire hose. M~tion of Mr. Stewart to lay sn appropriation on table until next meet- ing, was adopted. 3rd ~Craford Place ~ud Eliz~oeth Place~ purely residential dis - triers, are within the fire zone. There ~opears to be no necessity for this district to be within the prescribed fire limits. The Building Inspector has communicated with me as follows, on the subject: ~Craford Place and Elizabeth Place are s~rictly residential neighborhoods, and the fire limits which were des- ignated prior Zo 1923, no doubt anticipated that this water front property would develop commercially. Instead, this pro- perty was platted for residential purposes and the type of houses which have been built will insure its remaining as such for another generation or more. Fire zones are set to include the business ~nd commercial district of a city end the adja - cent blocks which would constitute a menace to it. Craford Place is one-half mile from High tt~, ~ud could not be consi dered a threa~ Zo the business district. The present code permits dwellings built of brick Fencer on frame~ or stucco on frame in the fire limits ~ud we can not see our way clear to issue a permit for a strictly frame dwelling. However, I do not see that we are accomplish- lng muy real purpose in refusing to allow this dwelling to be erected in this particular neighborhood. I will recommend that the Council allow this con- struction by special permission, or change the fire limits so as to exclude the two residential developments known as Craford Place and Elizabeth Place. The Chief of the Fire Prevention Bu- reau, Cs.pt. thannon~ concurs with me in this.~ I recommend an amendment to the elude Eli z~oeth Place and Craford Place from the Fire District, d~ration~ the accompanying caption,~ ordinance, which will e~ and submit for your conei-