fhe City Council met on
M mday, December 18th at the
■City Hall with all members
present with the exception of
Councilman Cannon, who is in
the States vacationing.
Before getting into the re
gular business section of the
meeting, visitors problems
were heard. The first subject
to be brought before the Coun
cil was the annexation petetion
presented by Carl Huer at the
last Council meeting. H. F.
MacDonald was present at the
meeting to oppose the annex-|
ation petition and pointed out
that the present plat the Ann
exation Committee, made up
of Mission Road citizens de
sireing to come into the City, i
jwasoH. outdated and in ./or
rect. For an example MacDon
'aid state 1: “1 own 5 lots m the
annexation area uitha suppos
ed 5(0 foot frontage. [ sold one
of my lots and after thesurvey
my frontage was 475 feet in
stead of the 500 feet the plat
called for. The whole area is
off and the District Court will
throw the petition out until
the adjustment is made. Thats
just one reason I am opposed
to the petition for the annex
ation of the Area.”
City Manager pointed out
that the map that was used
for the annexation was just'
the boundaries of the area and
it would be possible for the
streets and lots in the area to;
change their dimensions asj
aany as four times since the
or nrvey wap nrdevear
apr
, 1 ,f ouncil voted t.rmni
rn°|,c‘v send the petition
survey i’,d i>lat to Anchorage
| to the newly aprw inted firm of
He’lenthal, Hehenthal and
Cottis, Kodiak’s City Attorney.
Marshall Crutcher was pre
sent at the meeting1 imploring
the Council to amend the Burn
| ing Ordinance so the Bank of
Kodiak could dispose of their
excess papers and cartons.
Mayor Johnson informed Mr.
Cruthcher that the Committee
to amend the burning Ordin
ance had handed its recom
mendations to the Council and
the Ordinance would be amend
ed later during the meeting.
The boat tax was brought
up and the ensuing discussion
and results re contn n'd in a
special a,-Mi ' "n fhe
frontpage Pealing with this
subject. i
; The Curfe v Ordinance was
I passed and becomes effective
jimmeadiateiy. . ts contents are
(printed in full
A new meeting place for the
Council was discussed due to
the smallness of the present
City Hall. Mayor Johnson
pointed out that the present
site would not allow much
room for interested citzens to
attend the meetings. The Elks
Club was suggested and also
the High School Building. The
matter was sent to Committee .
for study and investigation. 1
Two liquor licences were j
presented for approval. The j|
VFW Club and Dads Liquor
St 're. Both were approved and
s-'nt to District Court in Anch
orage.
The new cemetery site at
\1 nashka Bay was presented
to the Council. The plat with
roads and lots was studied by
the group and referred to the
Committee, headed by Council
man DeVoe.
The next Council meeting is.
to be held on Monday Decem
ber 27th, the meeting place to
be announced at a later date.
NOTICE
Anyone having any useable
clothing, shoes or wearing
apparrel in general are urged
to bring them to Knudsen's.
rhis clothing will be sent to
;he needy families out the
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