BOOK 19_1942-09-08 to 1945-05-07

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I recommendations of the Traffic Study Committee and asked if it would require an ordinance. i Councilman Anderson entered the meetinge City Attorney -McCarthy advised the Council that it would not be necessary to.pase i an ordinance. It would be sufficient to advise the City Manager to paint the lines., Councilman Fletcher moved, seconded -by Councilman Armstrong, that the recommenda- tions of the Traffic -Study Committee be accepted to the extent of painting the necessary markings in the lines. Motion passed unanimously. City Clerk Dodge read communication received from the War Memorial Committee, James w i' Hedge, Chairman,.in regard to an appropriation for the War Memorial Auditorium aid recommended a levy of approximately 72 cents on $100.00 in the next budget. Councilman Anderson commended the idea of the War Memorial Building but believed the matter of financing it should be taken up at budget time and moved that th.e . i matter be deferred until then, seconded by Councilman McNulty. Councilman Arm- , , strong suggested that the maker of the motion amend his motion -to include that i the committee be advised of the Council's action. Councilman Anderson amended hie. motion to include that the committee be advised of the Council's action, seconded by -Councilman McNulty. Motion passed unanimously. Mr. Louis Dematteis appeared before the Council in behalf of. the Boy Scouts in regard x to the matter of the building owned by the Elementary School District and which i has been -used as a meeting place by the.Scouts. The Fire Chief had reported to the City Manager that the building constituted a fire hazard. The City Manager and Fire Chief were instructed by the Council to submit a report on the im- provements needed and the cost of same. The amount of the estimate to make the necessary repairs amounts to $250. Mr. Dematteis felt that the community had a : responsibility in the matter. There are five troops who meet'in the building C five evenings every week and consist of over 100 boys who have the benefit of scouting. If the improvements cannot be made the building will have to be closed and there is no- other place in the city where they can meet. The Scout organ- ization cannot help in financing the alterations nor is it within the province of the Community Chest. Mr. Dematteis felt it was primarily the responsibility of.. the community to provide a meeting place for youth organizations and asked if there wasn't some way the City Council could help -the Boy Scouts to meet and de- fray the expense of the alterations. Mayor Granger asked City Manager Mead to give his report to the Council on the cost of the alterations to the building. City Manager Mead stated that Mr. Dematteis,had covered the matter quite thoroughly. The alterations consisted of changing the present stairway, changing certain bad locks and making the front and rear doors accessible to all groups meeting there. The estimate of the cost was $250 - Councilman Fletcher moved that the city appropriate $250.00 for the necessary alterations and that the funds be expended under the supervision of the City Manager, seconded by Councilman Anderson. Mayor Granger asked if it were legal to give this money outright to the Boy Scouts. L'.ity Attorney McCarthy stated that