MINUTE BOOK No. 25, CITY OF OXFORD r- 43-8037 DEMENT, MERIDIAN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF MISSISSIPPI COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE CITY OF OXFORD * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * REGULAR MEETING 7:00 P. M. MARCH 3, 1970 Be it remembered that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi met in regular session at the City Hall at 7:00 p. m., Tuesday, March 3, 1970, it being the time and place fixed by law for holding of said meeting when and where the following were present: Richard W. Elliott, Mayor - Presiding Bill A. Hannaford - Alderman At Large J. P. McLaurin, Jr. - Alderman Ward One Ben Pettis - Alderman Ward Two J. C. Goolsby - Alderman Ward Three H. C. Wiley, Jr. - City Clerk Thomas R. Ethridge - City Attorney John R. Smith - City Engineer E. W. McElvaney - Asst. City Engineer Wayne Hudson - Director of Recreation Dept. Tom H. Landrum - Supt. of Electric Dept. R. L. Tidwell - Supt. of Sanitation Dept. Tom M. Newberry - Planning Coordinator Kenneth W. Welch - Tax Assessor William G. Whitehead - Fire Chief Robert Foster - Director of Civil Defense E. J. LaCoste, III - Director, Oxford Housing Authority * After the meeting was called to order, the following business was trans- acted: MINUTE BOOK No. 25, CITY OF OXFORD 43-8037 DEMENT, MERIDIAN Motion was made by Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously accepting the February minutes as read. Motion was made by Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Pettis and passed unanimously to approve the February accounts as read. Said accounts being recorded at page 191 through 198 of the City of Oxford Accounts Book. Mayor Richard W. Elliott administered the oath of office to Mr. William G. Whitehead as Fire Chief for the City of Oxford. * * Came on for consideration the matter of two (2) new streets in Bramlett Gardens Subdivision # 2, known as McLaurin Drive and Carol Lane. After a discussion motion was made by Alderman Hannaford, seconded by Alderman Pettis and passed unanimously to accept said streets for maintenance by the City of Oxford. * * EMERGENCY PURCHASE An emergency having occurred, and it being necessary to purchase immediate- ly without advertisement the following described: three (3) joints of 12-inch cast iron sewer pipe for the preservation of health to purchase the above des cribed material immediately, and satisfactory evidence of an emergency to pur- chase the above described property having been made to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, and it appearing further to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen that Alderman Goolsby, Street Commission, obtained two bids for said material and that the bid of General Pipe and Supply Company was the lowest and best bid, and that the above described property was pur- chased by the said Street Commissioner. IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that the purchase of the above described material be approved, and that warrant in said sum issue for the payment of same. Upon motion duly made and seconded, all of the Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, voted to approve said purchase. MINUTE BOOK No. 25, CITY OF OXFORD 43-8037 DEMENT, MERIDIAN There came on for consideration the matter of whether the Mayor and Board of Aldermen should request the Board of Trustees of the Oxford Municipal Sep- arate School District to reconvey to the City of Oxford, Mississippi, the following described real property: A part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 21, Township 8 South, Range 3 West, City of Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, starting at the intersection of the west line of South 9th Street with the south line of Jackson Avenue in the City of Oxford, proceed thence north 10° 24'E for 54.5', thence south 79° 36'E for 50.0', thence north 09° 02'E for 250.57', thence north 19° 34'E for 73.78', thence north 10° 57'33"E for 104.0' to the point of beginning of this description; from said point of beginning, proceed thence north 10° 58'E for 169.29'; thence south 50° 33'E for 37.72'; thence south 42° 40'E for 150.04; thence south 53°30'E for 85.0'; thence south 57" 35'E for 90.5'; thence south 56° 45'E for 101.4'; thence south 58° 48'E for 61.20'; thence south 10° 20'W for 70.55'; thence north 69° 00'W for 230.0'; thence north 56° 57'25" W for 259.31' to the point of beginning. It appearing that the City of Oxford had, at the request of the Board of Trustees of the Oxford Municipal Separate School District, heretofore conveyed unto said District the above-described property, along with other property, for school purposes, and that said District had sold all of the property so conveyed it except the above-described property, and it further appearing that the above-described property will be no longer needed for school purposes and that, since it was conveyed by the City of Oxford to the District for no consideration and that to maintain said property would be a burden on said District, on motion of Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Hannaford, and passed unanimously, it was resolved that the Board of Trustees of the Oxford Municipal Separate School District be requested to reconvey the above-describe property unto the City of Oxford, Mississippi. There came on for consideration the matter of the City releasing and quitclaiming unto Joseph Sam, Paul R. Lowry, and Mr. and Mrs. David Edwin Cook all of its right, title and interest in and to certain utility easements acros lots 142 and 143 of University Hills Subdivision, in consideration for such persons conveying and warranting unto the City certain other perpetual utility easements across said lots and, it appearing to the best interest of the City so to do, on motion of Alderman McLaurin, seconded by Alderman Pettis, and passed unanimously, the Mayor and City Clerk were authorized and directed to execute and deliver the following instrument for and in behalf of the City, after the others named therein had done so for and in behalf of themselved: 11 MINUTE BOOK No. 25, CITY OF OXFORD 43 ■13037 DE MENT,MEMI STATE OF MISSISSIPPI RELEASE OF AND DEED TO CERTAIN COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE UTILITY EASEMENTS For and in consideration of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, releasing and quitclaiming unto David Edwin Cook and his wife, Myrna Wesson Cook, and Paul R. Lowry and Joseph Sam all right, title and interest which the said City of Oxford may have in and to utility easements across lots No. 142 and 143, as said lots and easements are shown on the official plat of University Hills Subdivision in the Southeast Quarter of Section 30, Township 8 South, Range 3 West, Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, said official plat appearing in the records in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Lafayette County, Mississippi, and which the said City of Oxford now does so release and quitclaim, David Edwin Cook and his wife, Myrna Wesson Cook, Paul R. Lowry, and Joseph Sam hereby convey and warrant unto the City of Oxford, Mississippi, perpetual easements for all utility purposes under, over, and across said lots as follows: Easement over Lot 142: Starting at the Northeast corner of said Quarter Section proceed thence S 0° 22'40" E for 386.0 ft., thence N 71° 30' W for 434.7 ft., thence N 89° 44 1 W for 1042 ft., thence S 0° 16' W for 250.0 ft., thence S 89° 441 E for 131.8 ft., thence S 0° 16' w for 101.0 ft., thence S 23° 31' W for 463.6 ft., thence S 0° 16' W for 271.0 ft. to the point of beginning. From said point of beginning proceed thence S 0° 16' W for 175.2 ft., thence N 54° 58'E for 12.25 ft., thence N 0° 16'E for 171.7 ft., thence S 70° 30' W for 10.6 ft. to the point of beginning. Easement over Lot 143: Starting at the Northeast corner of said Quarter Section proceed thence S 0° 22' 40" E for 386.0 feet, thence N 71° 30' W for 434.7 ft., thence N 89° 44' W for 1042 ft., thence S 0° 16' W for 250.0 ft., thence S 89° 44' E for 131.8 ft., thence S 0° 16' W for 101.0 ft., thence S 23° 31'W for 463.6 ft., thence S 0° 16'W for 446.2 ft. to the point of beginning. From said point of beginning proceed thence S 2° 31' E for 82.1 ft., thence S 89° 44 1 E for 140.06 ft., thence N 41° 58' E for 13.4 ft., thence N 89° 44' W for 139.5 ft., thence N 2° 31'W for 79.0 ft., thence S 54° 58' W for 11.9 ft., to the point of beginning. This instrument is executed in duplicate originals on this the day of , 1970. THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI ATTEST: By MAYOR CITY CLERK DAVID EDWIN COOK MYRNA WESSON COOK PAUL R. LOWRY JOSEPH SAM MINUTE BOOK No. 25, CITY OF OXFORD 43.8037 DEMENT. MERIDIAN STATE OF MISSISSIPPI COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE Personally appeared before me the undersigned authority at law in and for the State and County aforesaid, Richard W. Elliott and H. C. Wiley, Jr., Mayor and City Clerk, respectively, of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, a municipal corporation, who each acknowledged that they signed and delivered the above and foregoing instrument for and in behalf of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, and that they were duly authorized so to do.