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� 9 � �_�__ , , . ._� ,'i.,.: <3 � fiecal year are obtained. In .answer to Cound lman Grar�r's question ae to when the salary ordinance.was oaseed, he replied that it is usu- aZZy pasee@ at the second meetin� in June and must be paesed before the , fir�t of July. City Attorney MeCarthy explained that the city has a lease on the Perry Parking lot tahich is extended f ro!n year to year and whlch is paid Por by the merchants. The fees have been collected for the period of P�larch 1, ig45 to Febri.ery 28, 1946 and he prepared a Iease for the , extended period. He also prebared a resolution accepting the lease for the one year period. Councilman Fletcher offered resolution and moved its adoption accepting the lease, seconded by Couneilman T�IcNulty. On roll call resolution was unanimously a�opted. City Attorney McC�.rthy reported that the Railroad Commission had contacted • City Manager Mead in regard to a formal apnlication which had been pending since March, �g�+2, in regard to the Rogers Street cros�Sn� for �+�hich a request had been ma.de by the City Council for an �.utomatic gate and also requestir� a human fl agman to operate the wig-wag at the Jefferson Avenue t�nd Maple Street crossings. He advised that Mr. idead had dele�ated Mr. Randlett and him to atter�.a hearing in regard to this matter and he submitted a report on the meeting. The 9outhern Pa.cific ' Company hcad filed an answer alleging thAt the Rogers 3treet crossing is protected by two wig-wa�s of the type designa.ted as Standard No. � and • that both are equip�ed. with two-traln indicatora adviaing that such in- , atallation had been ma de in compliance with a resolution of the Council _, and anproved by the Railroad Commission and belleved that snch protection � iF edequa.te. He eaid the railroad comp�.ny made a simllar reaponse to the complaint with reapect to the Jeffe.reon Avenue and Map1e 9treet croaeings. � At a meeting attend.ed by Mr. McCarthy and the late City Manager Dimmitt the 3outhern Pecific Company agreed to inFtall a fl�.gman in an elevated house midway between Jefferson Avenue and h3aple Street and that electrical equlpment would be installed to enable him to control the operation o° the tre.in si.gnals at Jefferson Avenue and M�ple 8treet aG soon as prioritles ' for materials could be obtained Prom the S�lar Production Board. At the recent meeting the 8outhern Pncific Company advised th�.t it would resist the comnlaint of the city due to the Pact that the present equipment i� in accordance with etandard regulation� of the Railroad Commiesion unle�s the city would agree to pay a nortion of the cost. Mr. MeCarthy advi�ed that ' a member of the Railroad Commission advised him thlt in rec�uec�,aof the nature of those in regard to the Rogere Street crossing the Commissl.on had requ2rec? some citieE to pay a portion of the cost of such installations. He believed that due to the ffict that there ha.d been no accidents or f�t�lities at thia crossing since 1942 that thi� request could be dronned without pre,Judice to •