BOOK 20_1945-05-21 to 1946-09-03

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T 56 lead by appointing a veterans' officer, he believed it.would be appro- priate to refer this letter to the county authority.svt, up for this pur- pose. He so moved and included in.hia .motion-that..a....copy of the letter be sent to the managerofthe lo.cal .Chamber_ of.Commerce.. The motion was seconded by Councilman Anderson and passed unanimoualy. Mayor Hilton appointed the following_ committees= Hospital. -Study Committee; Councilmen Armstrong and Britschgi to represent the Council. To repre- sent the Citizens: Edwin Holmquist and Mrs. Florence Donnelly. The Chamber of Commerce had appointed= Ws.. Henry Beege.r and Graham Adams. Civil Service Committee: Councilmen..Granger_.and.McNulty. The city employees to elect one employee to represent them. Councilman Granger asked if the City. Clerk had taken any steps to hold such an election. City Clerk Dodge advised that he had not, as yet but that he would do so and advised. Councilman Granger of the outcome. Mr. Demes YF* Whitehead, representing...the American Legion., appeared before the Council advising that a deed had been granted to the American Legion for the purpose of building a lodge hall and developing the area into a park to be known as the Henry D. McGarvey ,Park.. As. long, as the Legion ex-, fists, this property will remain their property,,.after which time it will revert to the city. Mr. Whitehead said- the Legion would like to have a memorandum from the present city council. concurring..wi,th� the agreement the Legion has made with Mr. McGarvey. Mayor Hilton asked if the matter •could be laid over to the next meeting to allow the council time to k study it more thoroughly. This was agreeable to Mr. Whitehead. Communication was received from the Traffic Study Committ.ee.,recommending that a parking apace of unlimited time be provided in.front..of Mr. Doxsee's place of business at 719 Winslow Street, Councilman Anderson moved, sec- onded by Councilman.Britachgi,,_that the recommendation b.e_arroved and steps taken to so make that zone. The.motion passed unanimously. 0 j • (M, 11� Building Inspector Duncan submitted a sketch of sign 4' x 41 which S. J. C. 'Magnan i desires to erect on his.,property at the northeast corner of Rogers and Stafford Streets. There was considerable discussion as to the wisdom of granting a permit for such a sign. Councilman Armstrong being of the opinion that such a sign should not be allowed to be erected unless there was some good reason shown why it a ould be allowodd He did not believe special consideration should be given to this applicant unless there was some meritorious reason for it. He said the ordinance governing signs was adopted for the purpose of limiting the number of over sized signs. It was explained that this district was in the business district and that in order to see the sign from the highway it was necessary to VA