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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES Town Board 1939-06-01182 c7) t=1 CobonotCotefspark, Larimer County, 4,7 , Minutes of a.....aPaaal meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Estes Park, Larimer Office of Rocky Mountain Traneportation Company in County, Colorado. Meeting held in thaAnambintkincsaid Town of Estes Park on the first day of. Juno A.D. 19..39. at araptexsaeselia4taarta o' clock, P.M. Meeting called to order by Mayor C. N. Rockwell Present: Mayor C. R. Rockwell Trustees: Ronald C. Brodie, Garay E. Casey, C. Byron Hall and Glen H. Preston. Clerk: Chas. F. Hix. Absent: Trustees: Harry B. Boyd and Silas M. Hurd. Mr. R. J. Randall, Division Engineer of the State Highway Department at Greeley: Colorado, came before the meeting to discuss the repairing of Elkhorn Avenue paving by the State Highway Department and also the parking of automobiles on Elkhorn Avenue, which street is traversed by State Highway NO. 16. After con- siderable discussion Trustee Hall moved and Trustee Casey seconded the motion that the Mayor and Clerk be instructed to execute on behalf of the Town certain agreement entitled "Standard Agreement For State Highway Improvement Work By State Highway Department Forces", said agreement being dated June 8, 1939. Upon roll call said motion was carried by the following vote: Yee: Trustees: Brodiq Casey, Hall and Preston. No: none. Upon further duscussion of the traffic situation on Elkhorn Avenue the follow- ing resolution was introduced by Mr. Randall and Truett° Casey moved and Trustee Hall seconded the motion that the following Resolution be passed and adopted. RESOLUTION Passed by the Town Council of Estes Park, Colorado on June 1, 1939. WHEREAS, It appears that a certain street or certain streets within the corporate limits of the Town of Estes Park form necessary or convenient links for carrying State Highway No. 16 through said Town and WHEREAS, It is mutually desired by the officials of said Town and the officials of the State Highway Departement that the said connecting link be declared a part of the State Highway System, therefore BE TT RESOLVED, That we do hereby declare as a part of State High- way No. 16 the following Street or Streets: as shown on the sketch hereto attached. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this Council agrees not to authorize or permit the installation of signs, semaphores or signals which will give any local intersecting street a status outranking the State Highway so de- clared; not to authorize or permit any construction or encroachment on the right of way; not to establish any curb lines nor cause or permit any curb- ing to be constructed on the highway with the curb lines less than fiftyeeven (57') feet apart; not to pass without first securing approval of the State Highway Department, any Ordinance regulating the speed of vehicles or traffic on the said highway; and to require that all parking of vehicles on said high- way be made parallel to the right of way side lines. The written approval of this action by the State Highway Engineer shall constitute an agreement between tha parties, and shall be binding upon the successors of both parties. Upon rollcall said motion was carried by the following vote: Yes: Trustees: Brodie, ,Casey, Hall and Preston: NO: none. There being no further business to come before the meeting it was regularly moved, seconded and carried thut meeting adjourn. ATTEST Pe' .. '; .. Note: The delay in spreading the proceedings of these minutes on the minute book was because all copies of the agreement and resolution were immediately sent to Mr. Randall for the signatures of Chas. D. Vail, State Highway- Engineer, Roy J. Randall, Division Engineer, and Mr. Stewart, Assistant Engineer, and had to be returned to the Clark before the minutes could be written up.