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Savannah Beach, Georgia
June 25, 1969
The regular monthly meeting of Council was held today, having
been postponed from June 18th. It was called to order at 3:00
P.M. by Mayor Counihan who presided. The Councilmen in attend-
ance were Jack Daniels, Edward Jung, Dr. C. Louis Hohenstein,
George Schwarz, Robert Cary and Milledge Jones. Also in attend-
ance were Town Attorney, Bart E. Shea and Chief of Police James
W. Price. The following visitors and petitioners were in
attendance: Mr. Edmund Maddox, Mr. Reginald Haupt and Mr. David
Smith.
Mr. Reginald Haupt, attorney, together with Mr. Ed. Maddox,
architect, on behalf of Mr. David Smith, appeared before the
Mayor and Councilmen to ascertain their feelings about the
possibility of granting a permit to establish a family Camp
Ground on Mr. Smith's property in Fort Screven located on Fort
Avenue at the intersection of Polk Street, approximately 11 acres.
Mr. Haupt displayed an architect's rendering of the proposed park
and stated that it would be for the use of travel trailers and
not for mobile homes. Messrs. Haupt and Maddox answered questions
posed by Council in regard to sewerage, garbage pick -up and
entrance and exit of firefighting equipment. Mayor Counihan
stated that Council would give them an answer by next Wednesday,
July 2nd, and that if permission is granted, they will be
given the full package at that time.
Councilman George Schwarz requested that the Minutes of the
Meeting of May 21 be corrected, as follows:
Page IV - Paragraph I - Line IV, the word "kids"
changed to "children" (Change made. See May 21
Minutes, Page XX - Paragraph I - Line IV)-.
The Minutes -of the Meeting were then approved as corrected.
Mayor Counihan made a report on the surplus fire- fighting
equipment now located at Fort. Stewart, stating that we were now
in close personal contact with the Property Disposal Officer at
this military installation and were told by him that they had
another truck which we might be able to secure if we were not
able to get the first one. He also stated that this-fire engine
was in much better shape than -the first one and that he will keep
us posted on it.
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The bills for the various Departments were approved for payment.
Councilman George Schwarz gave an interesting report on the
recent Georgia Municipal Association Meeting at Jekyll Island
pointing out several items they learned at this Convention which
he felt might be of interest to Savannah Beach Town Council.
The possibility of extending the sea wall from 17th Place to
18th or 19th Street to make additional parking areas, if Federal
funds are available, was discussed. Councilman Hohenstein
added that if we do request Federal funds for this we should
also request funds to help build up the ocean side of the camp
site which is suffering very badly from erosion.
Councilman Hohenstein stated that if we have an ordinance con-
cerning signs in residential areas it should be enforced. He
also stated that our Memorial Park is continuing to be damaged
by vehicles and moved that signs be posted where these vehicles
are entering and parking. The motion was seconded and
unanimously carried.
Councilman Cary added further comments in regard to the park
being damaged, stating that posts should be put up on the Jones
Avenue side of the park to prevent motorists from coming in and
damaging the grounds. He suggested that they should run along
the property line of the Fire Station up to the station to keep
them from coming in at that point. He also stated that they are
coming in at the side of the school. He suggested that a sign
be placed here warning motorists not to drive beyond this point.
Mayor Counihan recommended that one line of meters be run down
the side of the park on the street side and dropped off behind
the rest rooms.
Councilman Cary suggested that we purchase another scooter and
hire an extra meter maid to check these parking meters more
often on week -ends and holidays. This was referred to the
Police Committee.
Councilman Hohenstein stated that we should not proceed with the
leasing of the camp site to Messrs. Charles Smith and Woodrow
Dykes until we have received the necessary permission from the
Department of the Interior. However, if we are permitted to
lease this camp site, he recommended that the rental be $100.00
per month until the end of April, 1970; after that the rental
to be $100.00 per month plus 5% of the gross receipts.
Councilman Schwarz recommended that we go two years before
adding the 5% in the event we run into difficulty in our
negotiations. This takes into consideration the fact that the
proposed lessee intends to make extensive improvements to the
site. He further recommended that after five years we
renegotiate this lease; and that all of this be contingent upon
pproval from the Department of Interior.
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Councilman Edward Jung, General Government Chairman, asked for
authorization of Council to purchase 62% Treasury Bills to
mature in 90 days, or September 25, 1969, at a matured value
of $80,000.00, the cost of the bills being $78,680.80. He
then moved the adoption of the following resolution. It was
seconded by Councilman Milledge C. Jones and unanimously passed.
R E S O L U T I O N
Councilman Daniels requested Council to consider the appoint-
ment of an examining board to tighten up the restrictions on
plumbing and electrical contractors. It was agreeable with
Council and the Mayor announced that he would appoint one
board to take care of both.
A motion was made by Councilman Daniels that merchants now
having yellow line parking spaces in front of their places of
business be given _a parking decal at a nominal fee in order that
the yellow line may be removed. The motion was seconded and
passed unanimously.
In regard to these yellow lines, Chief Price felt that the
removal of them would be good because the regular parking decal
privilege was being abused by some merchants who use it to park
on a meter so that they may leave their yellow line open.
An Ordinance for the regulation and formation of a Planning
Commission for an incorporated municipality, consisting of
seven members with staggered terms of office, one through
seven years, which was read for the first time on May 21, 1969,
was read again. Councilman Jack Daniels moved that this
ordinance be adopted as amended. The motion was seconded
and unanimously approved on second reading.
O R D I N A N C E
Town Attorney Bart Shea made the second and final reading of a
resolution, as amended, proposing that a Special Election be
held on Wednesday, September 17, 1969, for the determination of
certain questions and issues as follows:
1. That the City amend its Charter so as to annex
within the corporate boundaries of the munici-
pality, all the land within the entire island
known as Tybee Island.
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2. Whether or not the Municipality shall continue
to assess property at 100% of value on the
basis of 12 mills, or change to 40% of value
at 30 mills.
3. That the Municipality be given the authority
to sell to the highest bidder, certain parcels
of land now used by the city.
The motion was seconded and unanimously carried.
R E S O L U T I O N
Town Attorney Shea stated that in regard to our September
referendum it would be necessary for the Clerk of Council to
set up dual registration books and secure PIN numbers from
the County of all property lying outside the city limits and
send letters to those residents and property owners outside
the municipality who own a lot or a piece of land in their own
name and notify them that there is going to be an election on
September 17, 1969 and that in order to be eligible they must
come in to City Hall and register before August 2, 1969, at
which time they will be given all the necessary information
concerning the questions and issues of the election.
Councilman Daniels moved that Council go on record as publicly
thanking the United States Army at Hunter Air Base for the
tremendous amount of help they gave us with the "Spruce Up
Tybee" Campaign. He stated that this was another instance
of our exceptionally good working relations with our nearby
military installations.
Mrs. Miriam T. Sherman petitioned Council to issue a Quit Claim
Deed on her property known as the Eastern Extension of Lot No.
3, a sub of Beach Lot No. 68, stating that the $200.00 assess-
ment made by the Town in 1941 for eighty feet of the sea wall
had been paid but that the Town had never issued a Quit Claim
Deed to her. It was determined by the Clerk of Council that
this sum was paid by the property owner at that time who was
Mrs. Carmel Ross, the amount of $200.00 having been paid on
June 30, 1943. A motion was made by Councilman Daniels that
this Quit Claim Deed be issued to Mrs. Sherman. It was
seconded and unanimously carried.
Council was requested by a group of residents that certain
citizens of the Beach be deputized to help stop the littering
of the Beach. In regard to the legality of this action, Town
Attorney Shea noted that if this is done, the citizens so
deputized should have some identification on them. The° °:Police
Committee was requested to proceed with this provided there
were no legal obstacles.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned to
the next regular or called meeting.
Clerk of Council
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TO: MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED
BE IT RESOLVED: That this corporation, TOWN OF SAVANNAH
BEACH, GEORGIA
be, and it hereby is, authorized and empowered to open and
maintain an account with MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER &
SMITH INCORPORATED, and its successors, by merger, consoli-
dation or otherwise, and assigns, hereinafter called the
brokers, for the purchase and sale of stocks, bonds or sec-
urities, on exchanged of which the brokers are members or
otherwise, and that any of the officers hereinafter named
be, and he hereby is, authorized to give written or verbal
instructions by telephone, or telegraph, or otherwise, to
the brokers to buy or sell stocks, bonds, or securities,
either for immediate or future delivery and if he deems
proper to secure payment therefor with property of this
corporation; and he shall at all times have authority in
every way to bind and obligate this corporation for the
carrying out of any contract, arrangement or transaction
which shall, for or on behalf of this corporation, be
entered into or made with or through the brokers; and that
the brokers are authorized to receive from this corporation,
checks and drafts drawn upon the funds of this corporation
by any officer or employee of this corporation, and to
apply the same to the credit of this corporation or to its
account with said brokers and the said brokers are author-
ized to receive from said officer(s) or from any other officer
or employee of this corporation, stocks, bonds, or other se-
curity for the account of this corporation with said brokers;
said brokers are further authorized to accept instructions
from any officer herein named as to the delivery of stocks,
bonds, or other securities from the account of this corp-
oration and at his direction to cause certificates of stocks,
bonds, and other securities held in said account to be trans -
ferred to the name of any officer hereinafter named or of this
corporation in the discretion of said officer, and delivery to
any such officer of such stocks, bonds, or securities, issued
as directed by him, shall be deemed delivery to this corpora-
tion; and any such officer shall have the fullest authority
at all times with reference to any transaction deemed by him
to be proper to make or enter into for or on behalf of this
corporation with the brokers or others. All confirmations,
notices and demands upon this corporation may be delivered by
the brokers verbally or in writing, or by telegraph, or by
telephone to any such officer and he is authorized to empower
any person, or persons, that he deems proper, at any time, or
times, to do any and all things that he is herebefore authorized
to do. That this resolution shall be and remain in full force
until written notice of the revocation hereof shall be deliver-
ed to the brokers.
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The officer(s) herein referred to are named as follows, to wit:
(1) Michael J. Counihan, Mayor
(2) Edward Jung, General Government Chairman
I, Edward M. Patterson, Clerk of Council of
Town of Savannah Beach, Ga.
hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct
copy of a resolution duly and regularly passed and adopted by
the unanimous vote of the Board of Directors of said company
at a meeting thereof duly called and held at the office of
said company on the 25th day of June , 1969., at which
meeting all directors were present and voting, that said re-
solution appears in the minutes of said meeting and that the
same has not been rescinded or modified and is now in full
force and effect.
I further certify that said copporation is duly organized
and existing, and has the power to take the action called for
by the foregoing resolution.
Clerk of Council
ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE TO BE ENTITLED AN
ORDINANCE FOR THE REGULATING AND
FORMATION OF A PLANNING COMMISSION
FOR THE INCORPORATED MUNICIPALITY
OF THE TOWN OF SAVANNAH BEACH, TYBEE
ISLAND, GEORGIA, IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF GEORGIA LAW 1957,
PAGE 420, AS AMENDED; TO PROVIDE
PURPOSES, TITLE, MEMBERSHIP, TERMS_
OF OFFICE, FILLING OF VACANCIES AND
EXPIRED TERMS, REMOVAL FROM OFFICE,
COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS, ORGANIZATION
AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS, MEETINGS
AND ADOPTION OF RULES, EMPLOYEES AND
STAFF, APPLICATIONS, PRINCIPAL POWERS
AND DUTIES, MISCELLANEOUS POWERS,
COOPERATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES, RIGHT
TO ENTER UPON LAND FOR OFFICIAL PUR
POSES; TO REPEAL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES;
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Councilmen of
Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, in Council assembled, and
it is hereby ordained by the authority thereof:
Section 1 - PURPOSE
The incorporated municipality of Savannah Beach,
Georgia, hereby resolves to create a Planning Commission for
the purpose of promoting the health:, safety, morals, conven-
ience, order, prosperity, general welfare, and provide for
orderly development of the municipality of Savannah Beach,
Georgia.
Section 2 - TITLE
The title of said Planning Commission shall be the
Savannah Beach Municipal Planning Commission (hereinafter
referred to as "The Planning Commission ").
Section 3 - MEMBERSHIP
The membership of the Planning Commission shall
consist of seven (7) appointed members, with the Mayor as an
ex- officio member with voting power only in the event of a
tie. Should such appointed members also hold public office,
at the end of their term in office, they must be reappointed
or a successor appointed in accordance with this ordinance.
Section 4 - TERM OF OFFICE
Each member of the Planning Commission appointed
by the City Council of Savannah Beach, Georgia, shall be
originally appointed for staggered terms: two (2) for one (1)
year, two (2) for two (2) years, and one (1) for three (3),
four (4) and five (5) years, and each successor thereafter
shall be appointed for four (4) years.
Section 5 - VACANCIES AND UNEXPIRED TERMS
In the event of a vacancy in the membership of
the Planning Commission, this vacancy shall be filled for the
unexpired term in the same manner as an original appointment.
Section 6 - REMOVAL FROM OFFICE
The City Council of Savannah Beach, Georgia, is
hereby authorized to remove any member of the Planning Commission
for cause after written notice and public hearing.
Section 7 - COMPENSATION
Compensation, if any, to members of the Planning
Commission shall be determined by the City Council of Savannah
Beach, Georgia.
Section 8 - ORGANIZATION
The Planning Commission shall elect one (1) of
its appointive members to serve as Chairman, who shall serve for
a term of one (1) year or until he is re- elected or his successor
is elected. A second appointive member shall be elected by the
Planning Commission to serve as Vice Chairman, who shall serve
for a term of one (1) year or until he is re- elected or his
successor is elected.
The Planning Commission shall appoint a Secre-
tary, who may be an officer or an employee of the City of
Savannah Beach, Georgia, or of the Planning Commission.
Section 9 - RULES
In order to conduct its business, the Planning
Commission shall meet in a regular meeting once each month, the
time and place of said meeting to be set by the Planning
Commission, and at such other times as the Chairman or a
majority of the Planning Commission members may determine.
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The Planning Commission shall adopt rules for the
transaction of business, and shall keep a record of its
resolutions, transactions, findings, and determinations,
which' records shall be a public record.
Section 10 - STAFF
In order to fulfill its functions, the Planning
Commission may appoint such employees and staff as it may
deem necessary for its work.
In performance of its duties, the Planning Commission
may cooperate with, contract with, or accept funds from Federal,
State, or local, public or semi - public agencies, or private
individuals or corporations, may expend such funds, and may
carry out such cooperative undertakings and contracts.
Section 11 - FINANCE
The expenditures of the Planning Commission,
exclusive of gifts to the Planning Commission or contract
receipts, shall be within the amounts appropriated for the
purpose by the City Council of Savannah Beach, Georgia.
Section 12 - PRINCIPAL POWERS AND DUTIES
It shall be the function and duty of the Planning
Commission to make careful and comprehensive surveys and studies
of existing conditions and probable future developments and to
prepare such plans for physical, social and economic growth
as will best promote the public health, safety, morals,
convenience, prosperity, or the general welfare as well as
efficiency and economy in the development of the City of
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The Planning Commission shall have the power and
duty to:
1. Prepare a master plan for the development of
the City of Savannah Beach, Georgia'.
2. Prepare and recommend for adoption a zoning
ordinance to the City Council of Savannah Beach, Georgia,
and maps for its political jurisdiction. -
3. Prepare and recommend for adoption to the City
Council of Savannah Beach, Georgia, regulations for the
subdivision of land and to administer the regulations that
may be adopted.
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4. Prepare and recommend for adoption to the
City Council of Savannah Beach, Georgia, a plat or plats of an
official map showing the exact location of the boundary line of
existing, proposed, extended, widened,` or narrowed streets.;
public open space, or public building sites, together with
regulations to control the erection of buildings or other
structures within such lines.
Section 13 - .MISCELLANEOUS POWERS
In fulfilling its functions and duties, the
Planning Commission may make public and distribute maps,- plans,
reports, and recommendations related to the plan and development
of the City of Savannah Beach, Georgia, to public officials and
agencies; public utility companies; civic, educational, profes-
sional, and other organizations; and citizens, to include recom-
mendations to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Savannah
Beach, Georgia, programs for public improvements and financing
thereof.
Section 14 - COOPERATION OF OTHER AGENCIES.
In the performance of its duties, the Planning
Commission may require information from other public officials,
said officials shall, upon request, furnish to the Planning
Commission, within a reasonable length of time, such available
information as the Planning Commission may require.
Section 15 ENTRY TO LAND FOR OFFICIAL PURPOSES
The Planning Commission, its members or employees,
in the performance of its functions, may enter upon any land,
make examinations of surveys and place and maintain necessary
monuments and markers thereon, provided, however, that the Plan-
ning Commission shall be liable for any injury or damages to
property resulting therefrom.
The Planning Commission shall have such powers
as may be necessary to enable it to perform its functions and
promote the planning of its political jurisdiction.
Section 16 - SAVING CLAUSE
If any section, clause, provision, or portion
of this ordinance shall be held to be invalid or unconstitutional
by a court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not
affect any other section, clause, provision, or portion of this
ordinance which is not in and of itself invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 17 - CONFLICTING ORDINANCES
All ordinances contrary to this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
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Section 18 - EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force
from and after the date of its adoption, the public
welfare of the City of Savannah Beach, Georgia, requiring
it.
1st Reading: May 21, 1969
Passed: June 25, 1969
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THE BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION
for the
City of Savannah and the County of Chatham
208 Bull Street
Savannah, Georgia 31401
May 13, 1969
Dr. Louis C. Hohenstein
City Council
Savannah Beach, Georgia
Dear Dr. Hohenstein:
After our discussion concerning the future of Tybee Elementary
School, I looked into the matter of next year's forecast of
students.
It appears that the student population on Savannah Beach has
grown to the extent that we are forecasting enough students to
use six classrooms in the Tybee School for the school year
1969 -70. We are planning to employ a principal and six teachers.
This will make the school a standard school according to the
criteria of the State Department.
Therefore, unless something unforeseen happens concerning
pupil population, you may depend upon Tybee School being classi-
fied as standard for the coming school year. We appreciate your
efforts toward helping us with our school problems. Also, anything
you can do concerning the passing of the Bond Issue on May 20 will
be greatly appreciated by the Board of Education.
Sincerely,
s/ THORD M. MARSHALL
Thord M. Marshall
Superintendent of Education
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