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original agreement covering the cabana construction,
There being no further business, before the meeting on motion duly made;
seconded and carried the meeting adjourned.
and,
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Mayor
NOVEMBER 21, 1955
The Council of Bel Harbour Village met at the Village Hall, Monday, November '`
1955 at 7300 o'clock P. M.
-'All°the members of the -council were present.
Also .present were'W. H. Webb, Village Manager; Mary Wetterer,'Willage Clerk;
omas Anderson, Village Attorney.
The minutes of the previous meeting of October i7, 1955 were approved as sub-
mitted. i
'Mr.`Webb said the audit'for the fiscal year ending September'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 al taxpayers.
Bids were then submitted for installing water lines 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 to pur--
chase all the Bonds @ 99, with 3% interest. Mr. Anderson also suggested that ik 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 fact that possibly the issue could be'sold in part or
in whale to taxpayers. After further discussion it was moved by Mr. Brown, seconded
by Mr. Landis, and unanimously voted that the Village Manager contact Bal Harbour
people who had inquired about buying the Bonds in the past and also notify Roy Hawkins
of Bessemer Properties that the Bond Issue is available, subject to present legal
details; at par with 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.
Mr. Webb told the council that a meeting with Surfside and Bay Harbor
Islands officials had not been held regarding'a joint water storage tank.
A letter from Grant Stockdale was readto the council in which he
stated that he was attempting.to.bring the entire County Commission out here to
survey the wall situation at the Haulover within a month. Mr. Webb said that
he:had asked Mr. Stockdale to notify him in advance so that the council could
be present when they arrived.
Mr. Landis reported that he had met with Mr. Webb regarding amending
the Zoning Ordinance to include wall heights in the business section; andthat
it was their opinion to carry on with the height limitation behind the apartments.
Mr. Webb suggested that under "New Business" was an amendment to include the new .
record plat and that the wall height limitation be added to this amending ordi-
nance.
Application was submitted by Morse Auto Rentals for t7-Drive_Cars' at.
all six hotels and on motion of -Mr. Collins,'seconded by Mr. Landis, unanimously
approved.
In reference to Mr. Raffington's request for larger signs for the
Ivanhoe Hotel, Mt. Brown told the council he had talked with him and fiat Mr..
Raffington had agreed to abide with the sign ordinance.
The application for a liquor license for the Ivanhoe Hotel filed by
Thomas E. Raffington, individual -was on motion of Mr. Landis, seconded by Mt.
Broeman, unanimously approved.
Ordinanbe No. 45, entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE OF BAL HARBOUR VILLAGE
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 11"
was submitted to the council and it was moved by Mr. Landis, seconded by Mr.
Collins that the ordinance be adopted and a section be added to include a max-
imum height of boundary walls in the business,section of eight feet.
Mr. Webb read a letter cram the Miami Beach Sun in which they asked
that,Bal Harbour place an Ad in their winter invitation issue. After .discussion
it was moved by Mr. Collins that Bal Harbour make this, expenditure. The motion
died for lack of second.
A letter was read from the Mayor of Coral Gables asking that.Bal Harbour
issue a Proclamation setting up November 28th as University of Miami Scholarship
Day at Tropical Park. en motion of Mr. Landis, seconded by Mr. Broeman,. it was
so proclaimed.
Application for Taxi Permits at the Sea View, Colony, and. Ivanhoe Hotels
were made by Morse Taxi and Baggage Transfer, Inc. and on motion of Mr. Brown,
seconded by Mr. Landis;' unanimously approved.
Mr. Webb said that the two men who had taxi permits'in the past had
applied for renewal of their licenses and that he had a letter from Alex Morse
stating that, although he had stands at all the hotel doors, it was agreeable with
his firm to have the two other cabs in the Village. Thereupon motion of Mr.
Broeman, seconded by Mr. Landis, the"applications for Gunnar W.,Lind and Robert
Hargraves were approved.
NOVEM 2I, 1955
The council decided that the dinner meeting would be held at the
regular Januarymeeting.
Mr. Landis said he would like to bring up the, matter of"the traffic
control for south bound traffic on Collins Avenue:near the old. Administation
Building. He said that he thought with the winter season coming on that tem-
porary curbs or traffic buttons should be placed there to keep the traffic from.
cutting in front of north bound traffic. Mr. Webb said that he would take care
of this.
Mr. Broeman asked the status of.the filling of the low lots and;Mr.
Webb explained that a number of the lots were beingfilled by an independent
contractor as fill was available from the'Sur£side construction.
There being no further business before the meeting on motion ofMr.
iandis, seconded by Mi. Collins, the meeting adjourned.
Attest:
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VilIageClerk
DECEMBER 19, 1955
Mayor
The Council of Bal Harbour Village met at the Village Hali, Monday,
December 19, 1955 at 7:00 o'clock P. M.
Present: Messrs. Beatt,^Broeman, and Collins
Absent: Messrs. Brown and•Landis
Also present were W. H. Webb, Village. Manager; Mary Wetterer, Village.
Clerk; and Thomas Anderson, Village Attorney.
The minutes of the previous meeting of November 21, 1955 were approved
as submitted.
Mr. Laurence Tisch owner of the Americana. Hotel and Mr. Ted Lotterman
of Taylor Construction Company appeared before the Council and asked that they
be permitted to start work at 8:00 A. M. in order .to comply with union regula-
tions. They said they would have the workmen start 300 feet away from the
Balmoral Hotel'"under these conditions. After discussion it was agreed that Mr.
Webb' would be authorized to act under Section 7 of ordinance No. 13'and grant.
permission on a temporary basis.
Mr. Webb told the Council that he had received two bona fide offers
for the purchase of the Village Bond Issue. He said that Mr. Leo J. Ehrhart had
offered to take the.$15,000.00 Issue and Mr. I. A. C'Shaughnessy had said he