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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1955-10-17 Meeting17 OCTOBER 17, 1955 Thecouncil of Bal Harbour Village Met Monday, October 17, 1955 at 7:00 olclock P. M. at the Village Hall, All the members of the council were present as. were W. H. WUbb, Village Manager and Mary Wetterer, Village Clerk. Mr. Beatty'suggested that Mr. Webb read a letter from Mr. Anderson regarding the Bond Issue Hearing. After discussion it was moved. by Mr. Landis, seconded. by Mr. Brown, and unanimously voted'that.the appeal le taken to the Supreme CoUrt'to clear the Bond Issue up if the"town attorney believes'it advisable and"necessary. The council then discussed the advisability of starting construction on the Village Hall and purchase of'a Fire Truck and it was decided to delay the decision 'until the Bond Issue had been sold, Mr. Webb said that he had received a letter framm the Town"Manager,of Surfeide regarding the possibility of a joint fire station,. He said that he"had written to ;both Surfside and Bay Harbor Islands regarding the Joint water storagetank and the suggestion had been made that all town "managers and a ma miittee from their council have a meeting to discuss both items. Mr. Webb said he"would inform thet1ouncil.when answers to his letters had been received. The council was informed by the village manager that there would be aome fill .available from 5urfside from their construction program at.a:reasonabi pride and - that he would like to have the village engineers do"the survey work on"the loter After discussion it was moved by Mr. Brown,'seconded,by Mr: Collins, and; unanimously. voted that the village manager be authorized to start the fill of the lots_ designated :under Resolution No. 34 and that the firm of Zurwelle-Whittaker, Inc, be employed "to do the survey work. t Mr. Webb said that he had received answers from the Resolution regarding, .work on the Bakers Haulover Inlet, but that there were no definite commitments on work to be done. Discussion followed concerning the break in the',county seawall under the Haulover Bridge and it was moved by Mr. Brown, seconded by Mr Landis.thet-a:'letter . be written to Commissioner Grant Stoskale regarding the necessity of a new seawall at. the north end of Bal Harbour on Bakers Haulover and asking,'for a direct answer as to What we can look forward to. - Application for transfer of the Emerald Isle Hotel. Liquor License to Colony Hotel, Inc, was submitted, and on motion of Mr. Landis, seconded ly Mr.-Broeman, ' unanimously approved. Application for Morse Motors for U Drive It cars in Bal Harbour was tabled until the next meeting. Mr. Landis said he would like to discuss some provisions of the Zoning Ordinance regarding Seawalls and Wall Heights and Mr. Beatty suggested that he confer with Mr. Webb before the next meeting to review the Zoning Ordinance. Mr. Webb said he had received a letter from Mr. Botts, attorney for Mr. Walter Schott in which they asked that the cabanas on Lot 15 of the Ocean'Front Section be allowed to remain over the winter season until start of the cooperative apartments in April,: After discussion it was moved by Mr. Collins, seconded by Mr. Broeman, and unanimously voted that it would be agreeable to issue a foundation OCTOBER 17, 1955 permit only,. if permitted by Miami Beach Heights,.Inc,, the third pa original agreement covering the cabana construction. There being•no further business before the meeting on motion duly, made;" seconded and carried the meeting adjourned, Mayor NOVEMBER 21, 1955 The.Council of Bel Harbour Village met at the Village Ha11, Monday, November 1955 at 7100"o'clock P. M. All`the members:of the•council'were"present. Also present. were,W. H. Webb, Village Manager; Mary Wetterer».Village Clerk;' and Thomas Anderson, Village Attorney. mitted. The minutes of the previous meeting of October'17, 1955 were approved as sub- -Mr.'Webb said the audit'for the fiscal year ending .Septetiber.30, 1955 had, been completed and submitted the audit to the council. After consideration on motion .of Mr. Brown, seconded by Mr. Collins, it was unanimously voted to accept the audit and have it printed.and mailed to alit"taxpayers. Bids were then submitted for installing waterlines to the parks'in Collins Avenue,.and on motion of Mr. Collins, seconded by Mr. Brown, Mr. Webb was authorized to have this work done, the funds to be taken from surplus.' Mr. Anderson then explained to the council that the"Bond Issue had been vali- dated by Judge Robert L.-Floyd on October 26th and that -he did not think it necessary to make an appeal to -the Supreme Court. In the discussion that followed on the method, of sale of the bonds Mr. Webb said that Atwill and Company had submitted -a bid toPur- chase all the Bonds @ 99, with 3% interest. Mr. Anderson also suggested that &f the Bonds were to be sold on the'open market that a Bond Opinion would be necessary:and suggested the firm of Mitchell and Pershing of New York (Nationally known Bond; Attor- neys). Also suggested was the factthat possibly the issue could be sold in part or in whole to taxpayers. After further discussion it was moved by'Mr. Brown, seconded by Mr. Landis, and unanimously voted that the Village Manager contact Ba1 Harbour people who had inquired about buying the Bonds in the past and also notify Roy Hawkins of Bessemer Properties that the Bond Issueis available, subject to present legal" details; at parwith interest not to exceed 3%. Those interested to submit their bid in writing, and a Special Meeting would be called to consider any bids received.