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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1964-01-25 Meeting163 Mr. Hart moved to adjourn the meeting, motion seconded bT Mr. White and unanimously approved. ATTEST: Village Clerk COUNCIL MINUTES' January 25, 1964 The Council of Bal Harbour Village met at 9:30 A. M. Saturday, January 25, 1964, at the Village Hall. v Presents Messrs. Faulkner, Beatty, White and Councilman elect, William H. Sanders. Absent: Mr. Hart. Also present were Mr. W. H. Webb, Village Manager; Mary T. Wetterer, Village Clerk; Thomas H. Anderson, Village Attorney. The Village Clerk then administered the oath of office to Mr. William H. Sanders who had been appointed to fill the unexpired tetm of Mr. Kirkeby to April, 1965. Upon motion of Mr. Beatty, seconded by Mr. White,•the min— utes of the previous meeting of .December 28th were approved as sub— mitted.- Mr. Webb reported that all the liens for the beach nourish— ment in Erosion Tax District No. 1 were paid as of December 4st, making it 100% collection. The Village Manager then informed the members that our Resolution No. 110 was presented to the County Commission by Commissioner Hall and upon presentation, Mr. Irving McNayr, County Manager, advised the Commission that the County budget provided for the County taking over the beach nourishment program on a six year capital improvement plan, thus making it unnecessary for Bal Harbour to participate for the next six years. The Council members were then asked to approve the names of Fireman Arthur E. Fitzgerald and resident, 1William E. Beckham as trustees of the Firemen's Pension plan. Mr. Webb advised that the 1963 State Legislature made it mandatory that the Firemen's Pension plan now have two members of the Fire Department and a resident as trustee in this plan and that Mr. Beckham, who is the resident trustee on the Police plan, also agreed to serve as trustee on the Fire Depart — January 25, 1964 164 ment plan. Upon motion of Mr. White, seconded by Mr. Sanders and un— animously voted, Arthur E. Fitzgerald and William E. Beckham were appointed to serve on the Fircemen's Pension Trust Fund. Mr. Webb advised that a sign plan had been presented to his office for the new Harbour House South, however, Mr. Taplin had picked it up on Friday stating he would return for the meeting to— day. Mr. Webb further advised this was not a construction sign as had been previously approved by the Village on the original Harbour House. This billboard type sign described the apartments being sponsored by Sanson and Associates. As a matter of fact, he stated, the First National Bank of Miami had proposed placing an additional sign advertising that they were doing the financing. The Council recommended that the proposed sign plan be left with the Village Manager's office to be properly presented at the next Council meeting. Mr. Anderson then read a resolution on Civil Rights leg— islationwhich had been recently passed by Miami Shores Village. After discussion an upon motion of Mr. Beatty, seconded by Mr. Sanders, and unanimously approved, this item was tabled. The three months audit was presented and.after considera— tion on motion of Mr. Beatty, seconded by Mr. White and unanimously voted, was approved as submitted. Mr. Webb briefed the,Council on the necessity of'increas— iqg the water and sewage systems in Bal Harbour. He stated that due to the overload in the hotels and apartments on the east side of Collins Avenue, sewage is coming out of the manhole covers op the sidewalk at present. The addition of 454 units at Harbour H©gse, South and the new 302 unit proposed apartment building on Lot 13, will definitely necessitate implementing our present water and sewer systems. In this connection, he had the Village engineers prepare initial plans for improving both systems. Mr. Roth presented plans to put a gravity sewer line on4the east side of Collins Avenue which would pick up the sewage on the east side of Collins Avenue and flow to a pumping station in the public park north of the Community Nation— al Sank. In addition, to install a.new booster pump station at about 88th Street and Byron Avenue on the main line that runs south through Surfside. Another line would connect the only two properties in Bal Harbour using septic tanks, namely, the Bank and the Bat Harbour Ser— vice Station. The heavy load on the water line on Collins Avenue pulls the pressure down on the whole north end area under the present system and for a more adequate supply of water for fire protection ,and daily use, he proposes to run a 12" main all the way from the pumping station up Collins Avenue and cross connect into the 6" and 8" mains at various points. Additional pressure to the fire hydrants would be added, there— by obtaining a better rating for the Village from the National Board of Underwriters. This line would raise the water available along the south end of, Collins Avenue from the present 1000 gallons per minute to approximately 3000 gallons, and on the north end from the present 400 to 500 gallons per minute, to 2000 gallons. The cost of the January 25, 1964 165 sewer and water construction would be approximately $394,000.00. Financing of this project was then discussed with Mr. Webb stating the two alternatives. He said the Village had no trouble disposing of revenue certificates in the past which could be retired by plac— ing -a surcharge on the amount of water used. Last year's ocean— front consumption was 260 million gallons and anticipating Harbour House South and the new 302 unit apartment for a consumption of about 52 million gallons, it is conceivable that within a year we will be using 312 million gallons. A surcharge of 6¢ could be added, bringing the rate to 41¢ instead of•the present 35¢. The other alternative would be to increase the millage rate fora 20 year period by 7/10's per mill, making the millage 8.7 on an approximate $30,000,000.00 advalorum value. Both of these computa— tions being based on the Federal government financing 50% of the projects. Mr. Roth stated that under the Government's Accelerated Public Works Program we could make application to the Federal Agency in Atlanta for $200,000.00 to finance one—half of these projects. Mr. Webb agreed that this could be done but asked for Mr. Anderson's opinion. Mr. Anderson was definitely against applying for federal funds for this project, and Mr. Beatty, in agreeing with Mr. Anderson, stated we should finance the project ourselves. Mr. Webb cautioned the Council that they should consider the wishes of our kargest tax— payers, namely,the ones who will pay for this project before deciding not to use federal funds if they are available. Mr. Beatty moved to request Zurwelle—Whittaker, Inc. to go ahead with the engineering and structural plans and present same at the next meeting. Motion seconded by Mr. White and unanimously approved. Mr,, Webb suggested that the next meeting be called for the second Saturday in February so as not to delay this project for another month. All were in agreement. The Village -Clerk read a resolution from the Harbour House Fishing Club stating their opposition to the erection of any plant which tends to pollute and contaminate the surrounding waters. Upon motion of Mr. Sanders, seconded by Mr. White and unanimously approved, said resolution ,was accepted. Mr. White made a motion that the meeting be adjourned, seconded by Mr. Sanders and unanimously approved. ATTEST: Village Clerk January 25, 1964