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COUNCIL MINUTES
November 26, 1960
The Council of Bal Harbour Village met at 9.30 o'clock
Saturday, November 26, 1960 at the Village Hall.
There were present: Messrs. Hart, Beatty and White.
Absent: Messrs. Broeman and Faulkner.
Also present were W. H. Webb, Village Manager; Mary T. Wetterer
Village Clerk and Thomas H. Anderson, Village Attorney.
Upon unanimous approval the minutes of the previous meeting
of November 4th were approved as submitted.
The first order of business was the Council's decision on the
number of taxi permits to be granted as announced at the previous
meeting. Mr. Beatty moved to issue 23 permits in accordance with
Mr. Anderson's letter to the Manager advising that the Metro Ordi—
nance froze our number of permits as of 195E-1959 in the following
ratio: 16 permits for Morse Cab Company, 3 permits for North Beach
Yellow Cab Company and 4 permits for Surf Cab Company. Motion was
seconded by Mr. White and approved.
Mr. Stanley Whitman then requested permission to speak before
the Council on the underground wiring at the parking lot. He
briefed the members on what progress was being made in order to
make his shopping center a reality. He stated that in talking
to Mr. Webb recently he was advised that the six month extension
period for placing the wiring underground was up, and informed
the Council that he had received estimates of $7,200 to put the
wiring underground at the parking lot. However, inasmuch as this
wiring would have to be ripped up when the property was developed,
he did not wish to incur this expense and requested another ex—
tension of time. Mr. Hart then asked Mr. Webb if there were any
hazards to the present set—up of the overground wiring and Mr. Webb
replied no hazards, but it is an eyesore and does not conform with
the rest of the Village. Mr. Hart then asked the Council if they
would be willing to extend the permission for another six months
and on a motion made by Mr. Beatty, seconded by Mr. White and
unanimously approved, Mr. Whitman was granted another extension
of six months before placing the wiring underground.
Mr. Webb then informed the Council that Mr. Langston, a repre—
sentative of Frank J. Rooney's office was present and read a letter
to the Council in which Mr. Rooney's office requested permission to
construct a model apartment on the S. W. portion of Tract "C" for
a period of fourteen (14) months to be used as a rental office.
In connection with this construction, Rooney's office would be
agreeable to put up a satisfactory bond or cash escrow to guaran—
tee removal at the end of this period. Mr. Hart then asked Mr.
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Webb for his recommendations on this proposal. Mr. Webb advised
that he had been approached numerous times on this request and had
advised Rooney's office they could not build this apartment unless
it was built concurrently with the project, otherwise we would have
the same situation as previously with the Carlton Terrace. Mr.
Webb showed the Council the plan on said building, but stated it
did not show the exact location on Tract "C" and further stated it
would be his recommendation that it be constructed to conform to
the set back requirements instead of being right on the lot line.
After discussion, Mayor Hart suggested that the location of the
model unit meet with the approval of the Village Manager and that
when the Certificate of Occupancy is granted, the building should
be removed the following day. Mr. Beatty then moved that the con—
tractor be granted permission to build a model rental unit on
Tract "C", said location to be subject to the approval of the
Village Manager, and a cash escrow of $2,000.00 be set up to insure
the demolition or removal of said building at a time not later than
14 months or immediately after the issuance of the Certificate of
Occupancy for the completion of the apartment building on Tract E.
Motion was seconded by Mr. White and unanimously approved.
Mr. Webb informed the Council that after a discussion with the
Chief of Police, the Chief had made a recommendation requesting the
Council to amend Ordinance 8, Section 2, present wording of the
fingerprint ordinance reading "renew every 12 months" to "each
three years thereafter". He further stated the Chief of Police
said this would, in no way, hinder the benefits derived by the
Village as the initial fingerprint records would reveal the past
history of the person registering and the percentage of change in
three years would be so small as to be unnoticeable. Mr. Beatty
made the suggestion that when these cards are up for renewal after
three years that another set of fingerprints be taken. This was
agreeable to all and Mr. Beatty then requested Mr. Webb to prepare
the amending ordinance for the next meeting and to incorporate the
suggestion of refingerprinting every three years.
Mr. Webb requested that we ask Metro for an extension to
January, 1962 for assessing and collecting Bal Harbour taxes. He
read Section 903, Paragraph D of the Metro charter stating that any
municipality, on grounds of hardship, could be granted an extension
beyond January 1, 1961. Mr. Hart asked Mr. Webb if any cities had
received such an extension. Mr. Webb stated that some cities had
asked and been granted an extension because of certain bond require—
ments. As a matter of fact, Colonel Edgerton of the Dade County
League of Municipalities had been appointed Liaison Officer and
has requested the County attorney to draw up a blank resolution
for this first year if Metro will not have the assessed valuation
ready for January 1, 1961. Mr. Webb pointed out further that there
will be many complaints when the new Metro assessment goes through.
Mr. White then made a motion, which was seconded by Mr. Beatty and
unanimously approved, that Mr. Anderson prepare a resolution to be
presented to Metro applying for an extension to January, 1962 for
assessing and collecting Bal Harbour taxes.
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The Council then asked Mr. Anderson for his comments
and ideas on the proposal of a new county for the beach area.
Mr. Anderson stated he did not think the Council should take
official action on this matter at this time as this proposal
requires more study and he feels we should wait a while and see
if the matter progresses to a point where it should be given
more serious consideration. It was unanimously agreed by all that
this matter be tabled.
Inasmuch as the holiday season is approaching, it was unan—
imously agreed by all members present that the next Council meeting
be held on December 17th.
Mr. Webb then informed the Council he had attended a Civil
Defense meeting last week and pointed out that in the original set—
up on Civil Defense, the Mayors of the various cities appointed
civilian representatives to head up each department and now they
find that this plan was not workable. They now request that the
Mayor of each city take on the job as head of Civil Defense and
give it to Department heads to get the work done. It is their
feeling that every city in the United States should have a Civil
Defense plan and this same plan can be used for other disasters
such as hurricanes, airplane crashes, etc. Mr. Webb suggested
that the Mayor head up Civil Defense for the Village and, as
Director, appoint the necessary Village personnel to act as co—
ordinators and submit the plan, upon completion, to the Council.
Mr. Beatty made the recommendation that the Mayor instruct the
Village Manager to set up whatever work functions were necessary
for a workable Civil Defense plan and present same to the Council
within two months. Motion was seconded by Mr. White and unan—
imously approved.
The last order of business before the Council was a motion
made by Mr. White, seconded by Mr. Beatty and unanimously approved,
to accept the U—Drive—It application license for the Singapore Hotel.
There being no further business before the Council, a motion
was made by Mr. Beatty to adjourn. Motion was seconded by Mr. White
and unanimously approved.
ATTEST:
Village Clerk
November 26, 1960
Mayor