HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 9-42RES 0LUT I 0 N NO__=.
W~REA~, John~..i. Barker, Co~nercial Specialist, War Produc-
tion Board, has by letter dated the 26th ~ay of September, 1942,
requested the igetals Reserve Company, a subsidiary of the Reconstruc-
tion Finance Corporation, an agency of the United States, to remove
al~ the street car rail, track fastenings and other metallic track~
material lying in the streets of the City of Bakersfield;
AhrDVgHEREAS, said rails are to be conveyed by the Bakers-
field & Kern Electric Railway Company, the owner of said rails, to
the Netals Reserve Company;
AND WHEREAS, said rails, track fastenings, an~ other metallic
track material, are urgently and immediately needed in ~onnection
with the War Program;
AhrD ~HTER]~]AS, the City of Bakersfield is desirous of having
said rails, track fastenings, and other metallic track material
removed from its streets and is willing to permit such work tobe
done in the interest of the successful prosecution of the War Pro-
gram,
NOW~ T~U~Z~0~E, BE IT RESOL~D BY TE COUNCIL OF Tk~ CITY
OF B~tSFIELD~ as follows:
1. That ].~ietals Reserve Company be and it is hereby given
permission to remove said rails, track fastenings, and other metallic
track material located in the streets of the City of Bakersfield, the
location of which has been established by War Production Board in
said letter, and for that purpose to disturb the pavement in the
streets where said rails are located; this work to be carried out
prepared and
in accordance with specifications to be/approved by the City Engineer
and Superintendent of Streets of the City of Bakersfield, who shall
assure himself that the work is being done with minimum interfer-
ence with the movement of traffic, and that the slots from which
the uncovered rail is removed are refilled with a suitable available
paving material, and that the streets from which covered rail may
be removed are returned to a condition satisfactory to the City
Engineer.
2. That no damage to the streets will be claimed by the
City of Bakersfield, providing the ~etals Reserve Company performs
the work in accordance with the terms, conditions, and specifica-
tions set out above.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed
and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield, at a regular
meeting thereof held on the . . day of September, 1942, by the
following vote:
AYES: CLEMENTS, MARMADUKE, NORRIS, SIEMON, SMITH, VANDERLEI, VERCAMMEN
NOES: ~ .................................................
ABSENT: ~
Ci~~Cl'~_~ of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield.
APPROVED by me this ~~ day of September, 1942.