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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1958-09-20 Meeting13 COUNCIL. MINUTES September 20, 1958 The Council of Bel Harbour Village met at 9:30 a.m., Saturday morning, September 20, 1958, at the Village Hall, Those present were: Messrs. Brown, Beatty, Broeman, Faulkner and Hart. Absent: None. Also present were W. H. Webb, Village Manager; Mary T. Wetterer, Village Clerk; and Thomas Anderson, Attorney for the Village. The minutes of the regular meeting of July 26, 1958, were accepted as submitted on motion of Mr. Hart, second— ed by Mr. Faulkner. A certificate of honor for no traffic deaths during 1957 was presented by Troopers J. F. Waldron and W. T. Joyce of the Florida Highway Patrol to the Village of Bel Harbour, and received by Mayor Brown in behalf of our Village. Our police department was highly praised by Trooper Waldron in his presentation speech. Mr. Fairbrother, Assistant Operations Manager of the Americana Hotel, appeared before the Council with the re— quest that the Americana be permitted to use the lower garage area for exposition purposes for the coming con— vention of the Institute of Radio Engineers which begins Monday, September 22, 1958. He said that: they would not make this request again during 1958, and a motion was made by Mr. Hart that the Council allow the Americana to use the garage for one time beginning Monday, Septem— ber 22. This motion was seconded by Mr. Faulkner and unanimously passed. The next order of business was the consideration of Resolution No. 59 and Ordinance No. 66, prepared by our Village Attorney at the request of the Village Manager after the July 26th meeting. Said resolution and ordi— nance establish the policy of our Village Council with regard to the participation in the Tri—City Library. Mr. Anderson explained that it was necessary to pass this resolution and ordinance in order to set up an election date, at which time the taxpayers in Bal Har— bour shall decide whether or not 3a1 Harbour Village 14 should enter into suusidiziny a public library jointly with the Town of Bay Harbor Islands and the Town of Surfside. Thereupon, Mr. Beatty made a motion to adopt Resolution #59, entitled "A RESOLUTION OF TEE COUNCIL OF BAL HARBOUR VILLAGE, FLORIDA, TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF RAL HARBOUR VILLAGE" and Ordinance #66, entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF RAL HARBOUR VILLAGE, FLORIDA, SETTING LP AN ELECTION APRIL 7, 1959 FOR THE PURPOSE OF AMENDING THE CHAF.T!LR oF THE VILLAGE TO INT'L'UDE TAX FUNDS FOR A LIBRARY FUND" The motion was seconded by Mr. Hart, and unanimously carried. The Sinclair Refining Company station's request to be allowed tc install equipment tr do wheel align- ment work was then brought before the Council. Mr. 'ehh said it was tabled at the July meeting until he could make a study of the work involved. He said that he did not Feel that an amendment to the zoning ordi- nance would he necessary in order tc permit this. He said he did not intend for Mr. Brush to go into heavy front end work but he did feel that wheel alignment was properly a part of the service that. should be ren- dered by a gas station. Mr. Brown recommended that the Sinclair people he allowed to install the necessary equipment to do this work. The Village Manayer stated that he had talked with Mr. Campbell, Dade County Manager, with reference to the proposed dredging to he done at Baker's Haul - over, and that Mr. Campbell said the County had re- ceived all the engineering estimates to replenish the sand -starved beaches and that 170,000 cubic yards would be needed but he did not know how much of this would he used north of the cut and how much south of the cut. Mr. Campbell said he found out that the County Park Department had $100,000 to do dredging this year that was necessary to preserve the county beaches, and until he has the estimates broken down he cannot tell how much will be put on our side. He said they are now advertising for dredging contractors to give them a figure and when he receives this figure he wants to discuss with us a scheme for financir,3 our share of it. Mr. Brown suggested that everything pertaining to the SEPSEMBER 20 1958 15 Baker's Haulover project remain in status quo for the time being, and Mr. Wehb said he thinks Mr. Campbell feels the same way at this time. He said that Mr. Anderson, the County Engineer, and Mr. Whittaker have been in contact with each other in this matter. Mr. Halt brought up the subject of groynes, and asked whether or not people were to be encouraged to put them in now. Mr. Webb said that recommendation is forthcoming and that Mr. Whittaker had intimated that two groynes should he put in now. This matter was tabled until the next meeting. Mr. Wehb then read a letter from Leonard H. Wolf, of the Robin & Albert Enterprises, which letter was dated July 28, 1958, and had reference to the re— moval of the temporary buildings on Tracts "C" and "E" of the Ocean Front Addition to Ba1 Harbor. This letter was in reply to Mr. Anderson's legal notice to them. Mr. Webb said that their architect, Mr. Tr5p Russell, has been in our office several times with plans, etc., and that requirements of all setbacks have been met. Mr. Broeman said he felt that Mr. Anderson should write them a letter stating that unless construction was started at a certain time, the buildings would have to be removed. Thereupon, Mr. Beatty made a motion that Mr. Anderson be instructed to write the principals that unless they take nut a building per— mit by December 1, 195E, the said buildings would have to come down, either by them or by us at their expense. Mr. Brceman seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. At this point, Mr. Broeman brought up the sub— ject of the old building next to the Village Hall which was formerly used as a Village Ha11. He said he felt that it was ridiculous to think of going through another winter with that building standing there and he suggested that Mr. Webb send a letter somewhat similar to the other one to Bel Harbour Shops, Inc., and if they don't get it out of the way by a certain date, we will tear it down. He then made a motion that the City Attorney, Mr. Anderson, notify the parties who are the owners of this build— ing just adjacent to the City Hall that they have had more time than necessary to remove this building and that they have until December 1, 1958, unless a per— mit is taken out for the shopping center, otherwise the city will tear it down. Motion was seconded by Mr. Hart and passed unanimously. The Village Manager said he had met with the City Managers of Surfside and Bay Harbor Islands relative to getting a site for a motor vehicle in— spection station to comply with the Metro order. SEP:EMBER 20, 1958 16 Neither of them was able to come up with a feasible plan. Mr. Webb said he then made a request to the Sinclair Refining Company and their Legal Department in the New York office has come through with an agree— ment which he sent to Mr. Anderson for his approval. He said their offer involves a piece of land at the northwest corner of their property adjacent to the easement that they have with Whitman's company, and the Sinclair people would lease us this piece of land for $1.00 a year, so that the city could operate back in that corner. Mr. Webb advised the Council that in his opinion this site was not satisfactory. He said he had talked with Mr. Campbell to see if it would be possible to have the county provide land up in the park north of Baker's Haulover, and that Mr. Campbell had said to wait until after September 30th. This was tabled until the October meeting. A letter to all the voters of the Village, urging them to vote Yes on the Autonomy Amendment on September 30th was then brought before the meet— ing and it was agreed that it shculd be sent out immediately, and that a second letter reminding them again should he sent out by the Village Manager just a few days prior to September 30th. Mayor Brown then proclaimed that September 30th be de— clared "Bal Harbour Autonomy Day." The Village Manager then requested that in accordance with the Village Chaster, Section 44, he he allowed to transfer funds from appropriations in Department 5 in order to balance the budget in Departments 1, 2, 3 & 6. Mr. Hart moved that Mr. Webb be allowed to transfer sufficient funds to the various departments to balance the budget. This was seconded by Mr. Faulkner and passed unanimously. Mr. Webb suggested that he be permitted to proceed to do some capital improvement on 96th Street alongside the new hotel — to construct some curb, gutter, and sidewalk from Collins Avenue down to the ocean, and also to construct a side— walk from 96th Street on the east side of West Bal Harbour Boulevard to the north end of the park which lies north of the Hank. Mr. Faulkner moved that the City Manager be instructed to have our Village Engi— neer draw plans for this proposed work. The motion was seconded by Mr. hart and unanimously carried. Miss Wetterer then distributed the annual $1.00 salary to each of the councilmen for this fiscal year. SEFT;:MBEIt 20, 1958 17 Mr. Faulkner asked the Council whether per— mission could be granted a political candidate to erect a sign in Bel Harbour if he had the lot owner's permission. After discussion, Mayor Brown said he believed it would be better not to allow such signs to be erected, as long as it did not conform to our sign ordinance, and it was the concensus of those present that this type of sign not he nermitted. Mr. Beatty then described to the Council the annual International City Managers' Conference which will be held in Dallas, Texas, October 19th through the 22nd. It was pointed out that since the incep— tion of the Village in 1946 our Manager has never been sent to this annual conference and he felt that Bal Harbour should have a representative there; there— upon, he made a motion that Mr. Webb be authorized to represent Ba1 Harbour at this meeting, and that travel and hotel expenses of Mr. and Mrs. Webb be paid by the Village. Motion was seconded by Mr. Faulkner and unanimously carried. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. ATTEST: Village Clerk Mayor SE RTEMBEii 20, 195E1