BOOK 18_1939-01-03 to 1942-08-10

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2(:I . •I4 I M. C. Ingraham, representing the First Baptist Church, appeared before the Council �! in connection with proposed improvements and alterations of the :church building located at the intersection of Hudson and Grand Streets and submitted plans and sketches. The proposed plans, however, indicated the violation of the i� zoning regulations since the building covered a greater area than the amount f permitted by ordinance. City Attorney Mansfield explained that a new zoning , ordinance was'.being prepared that may permit buildings of the sized' -proposed, and would be submitted at the next meeting. At the suggestion of the City 1gg Attorney, no action was taken upon this matter. - W. H. Morrisey, representing a client interested in acquiring property in the Lenolt 3 Tract, explained that difficulties we're being encountered in clearing the title Y to certain lots in the tract on which the City has acquired title. He stated `4 that his client was willing to pay all delinquent taxesp assessments, etc., and x asked that the Qity arrange to execute quit -claim deeds on the property. Coun- cilman McNulty., seconded by Councilman Fletcher, proposed the adoption of a resolution; authorizing•the Mayor and City Clerk to execute quit -claim deeds to.the•Doxsee Company on Lots 4, 5, 6, and 7 in Block 6, Lot 7 in Block 4, Lot 4 in Block 7, Lot 10 in Block 10, Lot 16 -in Block. 8, Lenolt Tract, upon payment of all delinquent city taxes levied and assessed against said property. Carried on roll call by unanimous vote of the Councilmen present.,.;" The Ladies Auxiliary to Corporal James Lindsay Wilson Post No. 2310, Veterans of ( Foreign Wars, presented a resolution adopted by that organization on December 5, 1940, urging the City Council to have the Union Cemetery kept in a clean rcondition throughout the year, instead of the usual practice of ,cleaning only once a year. The Council concurred in this recommendation and asked the City Manager to bring the matter before them at the time of preparing the next 7 budget. A letter from the Pacific Greyhound Lines relative to .parking of buses on Brewster and other streets in the vicinity of the bus depot was read and ordered filed. Councilman Granger, Chairman of a committee appointed by,the Mayor to study the City electrical ordinance and electrical code, reported the progress the com- mittas had made and expressed the hope that a report would be presented at the next meeting. J. H. D. Peters, acting as agent for the owner of property at 229 Hudson Street, protested against•a dancing school being conducted at 221 Hudson Street. Mrs. Schroeder, a tenant of the property owner represented by Mr. Peters, also ��Itspoke: After discussion, it was decided that the matter be postponed to the