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A letter from Mr. Andrew Murcia, Jr. requesting the Council to
issue a temporary license for the use of an unmetered limousine to
operate in Bal Harbour until the end of the present license year
was read by Mr. Webb. Mr. Webb explained to the Council that there
had been no complaints regarding the one limousine which is o,.ned by
Mr. Cauchois and was licensed last December and that he did not anti—
cipate any difficulty regarding the addition of a second limousine,
which is also owned by Mr. Cauchois, Mr. Beatty then moved that a
temporary license be issued to Mr. Cauchois for the balance of the
license year, which will allow Mr. Murcia to operate said vehicle.
Said motion was seconded by Mr. Faulkner and unanimously approved.
It was the decision of the Council that there would be no
meeting held in August and that the next regular meeting would be
on Saturday morning, September 24th. There being no further business
before the Council, the meeting was adjourned upon motion of Mr.
Beatty and seconded by Mr. White.
Mayor
ATTEST:
Village Clerk
July 11, 1960
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September 24, 1960
The Council of Hal harbour Village met 9:36 A.M. at, the
Village Hall on September 24, 1960.
Those present were Messrs. Hart, Beaty, Uroeman, Faulkner
and White.
Alto present_ were W. H. ',lebb, Village Manager: and Mary T.
Wetterer, Village Clerk.
The meeting was calleo tc order by Mayor Hart and after hearing
the roll call, the minutes c,f the meeting of July 11, 1960 were
accepted as submitted upon motion ty Mr. Beatty, secondeo by Mr.
Breeman and unanimously apprnveu.
The first item under consideration was the approval of trustees
for the Police and Fire Pensicn Funds as required by Ordinances
Nos. 76 and 77. The Village Manager explained that the Police
Department had held an election a+ which time they hac chosen
Detective Costs❑ and Officer Dowe to serve with the Chief of
Police and Mayor Bart and that it would be necessary for the
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Council tc appoint (ne citizen representative to serve on
the Board. It was the .recomrnendetirn of the Village Manager
that Mr. W. E. Beckham be appointeu to this Board. Mr. 6ebb
also advised that Lt. Devlin had been elected to serve as
trustee of the Fire Fund with the Mayor and Chief of the Fire
Department. Mr. Jeatty then moved that Mr. Beckham be appointed
the citizen representative to the Police Pension Board in accoru—
ance with the recommendation of the Village Managex and the em—
ployee representatives to the Police and Fire Funds be approved.
This motion was seconded by Mr. Broeman and unanimously approved.
Mayor Hart then announced that the first item tc le crn.:irered
under New Business was the Apr,licetions for Certificates of
Public Convenience and Necessity as follows:
(]) Jean Cauchois — unmetered limousines
(2) Morse Taxi e. Baggage Transfer, Inc. — 16 metered taxis
(3) North Peach Yellow Cab Company — if metered taxis
(4) William J. Prcut — 1 unmetered limousine
(5) Surf Cab, Inc. — 15 metered taxis
Mr. }fart explained that it was his recommendation that the Council
revert back and grant the applications in accordance with the
numbers that had been issued over the past 10 to 15 years. He
further explained that fxcau a traffic standpoint, policing stand—
point and for the good of the Village as a whole that he felt
that 42 cabs were sufficient tc take care of the demand: It was
also brought out during the discussion that at any time clueing a
convention when more taxis were required tc handle the demand,
they would be allowed to bring rnore cabs in frcrn the outoide.
Mr. Broeman then moved that the Council issue permits the same
as they had in the past years up to 195, with the people that
had asked for permits. Mayor Hart asked Mr. droeman if he meant
the number of permits to be issued to be lh permits to Morse Taxi
and Baggage Co., 2 permits to North .;each Yellow Cab Co., 4 permits
to .Surf Cab Co. and 3 unmetered limousines. Mr. Brceman then stated
that was correct. Mr. White seconded the motion and it was un—
animously approved by the Council. Whereupon, Mr. Edwin M. Moore
of the law firm of 'Walter, Moore and Costanzo, attorneys for Yellow
Cab Company objected `n the manner in ehich the applications were
handled. Mr. Moore brought out the fact that they have a contract
tc fulfill with the Americana Hotel which they cannot possibly do
with only two permits. Mayor Hart stated that the Council is not
interested in any private contracts between the hotels and out—
side Companies. Mr. John Wahl, attorney for Morse Cab Company,
commended the Council on the manner in which they had handled the
applications and he also filed a recoro with the Village Clerk
e❑ the operations of Morse Cab Company far the period of January
through .;eptember 1960,
Mr. Broeman moved that the Kirkeby Hotels, Inc. application
for Liquor License be approved up:;n recommendation of the Village
Manager, but that the Village Attorney should notify the new
officers of the existence of the Agreement between the Village
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and the previous cz,ners regarding the setback encroachment
and parkin. agreement. This motion was eeccnded by Mr.
White and unanimously approved.
Miss Wetterer, the Village Clerk, distributed the annual
$1.00 salary tc each of the councilmen for this fiscal year.
Mr. Webb, the Village Manager, explained the reason for
Ordinance No. 7E amending Ordinance No. 11 changing the set-
back line on the north side cf Tract "E", Ocean Front Addit.i(n
of Sal Harbour, was that Dade County had negotiated with
Mr. Taplin and his company, the owners of Tract "E", so
that the county would have a 50 foot easement, to keep the
seawall in repair. Therefore, we are amending our zoning
ordinance to have the building line coincide with the ease-
ment lines. Mr. Beatty then moved that the Council accept
the recommendation rf the Village Manager and that
ORDINAN-E NU. 78
AN ORDINANCE Al'E;DING SECT1L,N 3, ATEA DISTRICT
M7 OF ORDINANCE NO. 11 OF SAL HAi_SOUR VILLA3E.
be adopted. This motion was seconded by Mr. 3rceman and
unanimously approved.
The Village Manager requested that in accordance with the
Village Charter, .jection 44, that he be allowed to transfer
funds between departments to balance the budget. Mr. Faulk-
ner moved that the Village Manager Le authorized to transfer
funds within the various departments in order to balance the
budget for the year. :;aid motion was seconded by Mr. i:eatty
and unanimously approved.
Mr. 'Webb explained to the Council that the Owners of
Tracts C, D, 3 E, Ocean Frcnt Addition of 13a1 Harbour, had
requested the Council to declare an emergency condition in
the removal of the old seawall in front of Tracts C, D, and
E and establish a lien which would he payable within three
years. Mr. Faulkner moved that the Village attorney be
instructed to prepare a resolution to set up said lien pro-
vided it is legal to do so. The motion was seconded by
Mr. White and unanimously approved.
Mr. Webb, the Village Manager, requested permission from
the council to obtain plans and figures for the cost of
construction of a box culvert to run under the Harbour Way
Parks from Collins Avenue to the Yacht Basin. He explained
that this would relieve the bad flooding condition on Collins
Avenue and. speed up drainage for the Village. Mr. Brceman
moved that the Village Manager be authorized tc obtain the
plans and figures for said construction. The motion was
seconded by Mr. Beatty and unanimously approved.
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ORDINANCE NO. 79 ABLLI5HIN;; TEAFF1C
ORDINANCE NC. 51 OF BAL HARBOUR VILLA,;E
was approved upon motion by Mr. Beatty, seconded by Mr.
White and unanimously approved since all traffic problems
in Dade County are now under the Metropolitan Dade
County Ordinances.
In accordance with a request to the Tax Assessor
from the attorneys representing the Diocese of Miami,
Mr. Broeman moved that inasmuch as the property located
on Lot 15 of Block 5 of the Residential Section of Leal.
Harbour is being used for church purposes and Dade
County has granted such an exemption, that said property
be exempt from taxes in Ba1 Harbour Village. Said motion
was seconded by Mr. Beatty and unanimously approved by
the Council.
There being nu further business to come before the
Council, the meetin; was adjourned upon motion by Mr.
Lroeman, seconded by Mr. Faulkner.
Mayor
ATTEST:
Village Clerk
September 24, 1960
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November 4, 1960
The Council of Hal Harbour Village met at 9:30 A. M.
Friday, November 4, 1960 at the Village Hall..
A11 the members of the Council were present.
Also present were W. H. Webb, Village Manager; Mary
T. Wetterer, Village Clerk and Thomas Anderson, Village
Attorney.
November 4, 1960