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HomeMy Public PortalAbout19690917CCMeeting1 1 43 Savannah Beach, Georgia. September 17, 1969. The regular meeting of Town Council was held today at 3;00 P.M. in the Council Room with Mayor Michael J. Counihan presiding. The Councilmen in attendance were Jack Daniels, Edward Jung, Robert. F. Cary, Dr. C. Louis Hohenstein, Milledge C. Jones, and George Schwarz. Visitors and petitioners in attendance were Mrs. Edwin Feiler, Jr., Mr. Max Johns, Dr. Hollingsworth, A. P. Solomon, III, Edmund J. Solomon, Mrs. Marjorie Solomon and Eugene Powers. Mrs. Feiler stated that she was in attendance at the Council Meeting to discuss the'matter of the removal of the speed breakers on Ninth Street. She had previously sent a petition to Council containing the names of nine residents in this block protesting the removal of these breakers. Mrs. Feiler stated that the speed breakers were p. ut down to protect the children on this block and they did not want them removed. Mayor Counihan stated that this matter would be turned over to the proper . committee and that Mrs. Feiler would be informed of the results of their investigation. He also stated that this committee would also check into the possibility of lowering these breakers. Mr. Max Johns appeared before Council to protest the holding of a bonfire, on New Year's Eve in an area near his residence in Fort' Screven. He stated that he had sent a letter to Council, containing the signatures of twenty -four persons who protested the holding of a bonfire in that area on New Year's Eve. He outlined their reasons for protest, citing hazards, inconveniences and los of property values which the event inflicts on the residents and property owners of Fort Screven. .Mayor Counihan informed_.Mr.:Johns _that this matter would be turned. over to. the Police and Fire Committees:°for their study and report. • Mr. W. B. Hollingsworth, who owns-a home on the beach front, two doors north of Thirteenth Street, stated to Council that he had no entrance and egress to his property from Butler Avenue except a sidewaik_and,: therefore, had. to, park "his car. on. Butler Aveuue and that,_ ins. so doing; he had come up :with an accumulation of parking tickets. He asked the members of Council if they could offer some solution, whereby he and his tenants could park:on Butler Avenue withoutsreceiving parking tickets. Mayor Counihan turned this matter over to Councilman Milledge Jones, :Department of Public;,Works= Chairman,_and his__committee to investigate. n Mayor. Counihan, on behalf of Council,-presented to Mrs. Blanche Solomon,•widow of A. P. Solomon, Jr., a framed copy of a _ - resolution recently adopted by•Council which pays - tribute -to Mr. Solomon 'and also. - changes .the. name of Railroads ,Avenue to, 44 Solomon Avenue. Mrs. Solomon thanked the Mayor and the members of Town Council for their kindness and thoughtfulness. Councilman Cary moved that approval of the Minutes of the meeting of August 20th be deferred until Friday, September 19th, in order to give the members of Council time to read them and to notify the Clerk of Council: if there were .. any errors or omissions. The motion was seconded and unanimously approved. Bills for the various departments were read and approved. A motion was made by Councilman Daniels that a plumbing and electrical examining board be named by Council and also that new codes be adopted. It was seconded and unanimously carried. Councilman Cary made a motion that the Town Attorney be instructed to proceed with plans to either pruchase or condemn the property which we have in mind for the proposed site of our new sewage treatment plant which' is directly north of our present sewage facilities. The motion was seconded and unanimously carried. A motion was made by Councilman Cary that the Sewer and Water Departments of the Town be combined if, after an investigation by the Town Attorney, there was found to be no legal obstruc- tions. The motion was seconded and unanimously carried. Councilman Hohenstein offered the suggestion that we enlist the aid of the Chatham County Commissioners to help stop the erosion at our campsite. He stated that we needed some kind of emergency treatment while we were trying to obtain federal aid.' He, further stated that this campground was not only an asset but a source of revenue to the Town and that we should try to get some kind of help now. Mayor Counihan stated that we would proceed in this direction.. Councilman Hohenstein stated that since it would be more effec- tive and less expensive to have one body handle the pollution abatement program, he moved that Chatham County should be the one body to handle this problem. He also suggested. that Mr. Hutton and Mr. McCarthy be notified of this action. This motion was seconded and unanimously carried. Councilman. Jung reported that the financial condition of the Town as of August 1, 1969 continued to be good and that we were continuing to invest part of our surplus and earning interest. He said that the important thing was that we were in sound financial condition and have been so since taking office. Attorney Bart Shea read a petition and resolution requesting that the property known as Lot No. 5, Campbell Subdivision in Fort Screven, in the name of John J. Hennessy, as Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Ida D. Skeffington; and which was sold by the Town of Savannah Beach for back taxes on July 2, 1963 and on which all back taxes and charges have now been paid, be conveyed back to them. Councilman Robert Cary moved that the property be quit claimed back to them and that the following resolution be adopted. It was seconded by Councilman George Schwarz and unanimously approved. R E S O L U T I O N Town Attorney Bart Shea read a resolution authorizing the Mayor and Council to quit claim to Mr. Heyward Grooms, Lot "D ", a re- subdivision of Beach Lot #73, Ward 4, under authority of an Act of the Georgia Legislature approved March 24, 1941, which' Act gave the Town authority to quit claim, by resolution, to any property owner who had contributed an aliquot part of the cost of the erection of the sea wall, all of the right, title and interest of the Municipality to that portion of the Strand which abuts the property of such property owner east - wardly to within eighteen feet of the sea wall. Attorney Shea stated that, upon checking the records, it was found that this fractional share, the sum of $200.00, had not been paid in this instance but that he had been assured by Mr. Gene Dyar, attorney, that a check for that amount would be sent the Town immediately. Councilman Daniels moved that we adopt the resolution but hold the quit claim deed pending receipt of the money. It was seconded by Councilman Cary and unanimously adopted. R E S O L U T I O N Mayor Counihan called a special meeting of Council for 7:15 P.M. today to certify the results of the election. Mayor Counihan requested Councilman Jones and his committee-to investigate the request of Dr. Hollingsworth for entrance and egress to and from his property. He also asked the Police and Fire Committee to look into the protest of Mr. Johns of the New Year's Eve Bonfire and report back to Council. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the Mayor. + or Clerk of Council 45 " : " t: 1 " ' IT; Lit 1 1 R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, on July 2, 1963, HUGH H. SUMMERLtN, Chief of Police for the Town of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, to satisfy past due city taxes, conveyed to Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, property of IDA D. SKEFFINGTON, she having been devised said property known as Lot Five (5), Campbell Subdivision, Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, Chatham County, Georgia, under the Last Will and Testament of her husband E. T. SKEFFINGTON, deceased. WHEREAS, JOHN J. HENNESSY, is the duly qualified and acting Executor of the Last Will and Testament of IDA D. SKEFFINGTON, deceased, and has paid to the Clerk of Council of the Town of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, the sum of $44.52, representing all Ad Valorem taxes and costs to the Town of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, through April 30, 1970 against said property, and WHEREAS, JOHN J. HENNESSY, Executor as aforesaid has petitioned The Mayor and Councilmen of the Town of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, to Quit -claim said property to Petitioner. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by The Mayor and Councilmen of the Town of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, in council assembled, that the prayers of said Petitioner be granted, and the Mayor of the Town of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island is hereby authorized and directed to execute a Quit -claim Deed to JOHN J. HENNESSY, as Executor of the Last Will and Testament of IDA D. SKEFFINGTON, deceased, and the Clerk of 1 1 Council is authorized and directed to attest said Deed to carry out the the purpose of this Resolution. ADOPTED AND APPROVED, this 17th day of September, 1969, upon Motion of Councilman Robert Cary, seconded by Councilman George Schwarz and unanimously carried. 1 1 STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF CHATHAM SAVANNAH BEACH, TYBEE ISLAND WHEREAS, by virture of an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, approved October 18, 1891, (Ga. Laws 1890 -91, Vol. 2, page 880), the Mayor and Councilmen of the Town of Tybee was authorized to convey to the owners of the Beach Lots in said Town of Tybee, Chatham County, Georgia, the respective property adjacent to such Beach Lots which thereafter became known as the Extensions of the Beach Lots; and, WHEREAS, pursuant to said Act of the General Assembly, the Mayor and Councilmen of the Town of Tybee adopted an ordinance on August 17, 1892, authorizing the conveyance to said Extensions; and, WHEREAS, through inadvertence the conveyance of the Extension of Beach Lot Number Seventy -three (73), WARD FOUR (4), in the Town of Savannah Beach on Tybee Island, formerly known as the Town of Tybee, does not appear on record in the Land Records of Chatham County, Georgia; and, WHEREAS, said Extension has for many years been improved property occupied by various persons and has been taxed as the property of the occupants; and,, WHEREAS, Heyward Grooms, is the owner of a portion of said Extension of said Beach Lot Number Seventy -three (73), more particularly described as follows: 1 1 ALL that certain, lot, tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Chatham County, Georgia, on Tybee Island in the Town of Savannah Beach, and known and designated as Lot "D" of a re- subdivision of Beach Lot Seventy -three (73), Ward Four (4), and more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at the intersection of the South line of Twelfth Street with the East line of Lot "C" and running thence southerly along the Eastern line-:of Lot "C" to the North line of Lot Seventy -Four (74), said ward; running thence easterly along the North line of Lot Seventy -Four (74) 70 feet to a point; running thence in a northerly direction Eighty (80) feet to the south line of Twelfth Street and running thence along the south line of Twelfth Street in a westerly direction Seventy (70) feet to the point of be- ginning, and as a whole being bounded as follows: On the North by Twelfth Street; on the East by Lot "E" of said re- subdivision; on the South by Lot Seventy -four (74), said Ward and on the West by Lot "C" of said re- subdivision, all of which will appear upon a plat prepared by Robert D. Gignilliat, Jr., dated April 16, 1962, and recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Chatham County, Georgia, in Plat Book N, page 128, reference to which is specifically made for further description, identification and all other purposes. WHEREAS, it is now desired to correct said oversight and. to conform the land records of Chatham County, Georgia with the intent of said Act of the General Assembly and the said Ordinance of August 17, 1892, NOW BE IT RESOLVED, by Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, in Council assembled that the Mayor of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver to the said Heyward Grooms for and on behalf of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, a Quit Claim deed covering said property, same to be attested by the Clerk of Council with the corporate seal affixed. 1 1 1 STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF CHATHAM SAVANNAH BEACH, TYBEE ISLAND I, E. M. Patterson , Clerk of Council of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution that was adopted and approved by Savannah Beach, Tybee Island in Council assembled on the 17th day of September, 1969. Clerk of Council (SEAL)