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COUNCIL MINUTES
FEBRUARY 29, 1964
The Council of Bal Harbour Village met at 9:30 A. M.
on Saturday, February 29, 1964 in the Village Hall.
Present: Messrs. Faulkner, 'White, Hart and Sanders.
Absent: Mr. Beatty.
Also present were Mr. W. H.'Webb, Village Manager;
Mary T. Wetterer, Village Clerk and Thomas H. Anderson, Village
Attorney.
Mr. Samuel Adler of Southland General. Builders, Inc.
appeared before the Council reques£ing permission for the erection
of a construction sign on top of the model apartments to be erect—
ed on Lot 13, Oceanfront. He presented the plan end after discuss—
ion Mr. Hart made a'motion that we accept the sign as presented
by Mr. Adlet. Motion seconded by Mr. Sanders and unanimously
approved. a
Mr. Hart then moved to accept the minutes of the meeting
of January 25th. Motion seconded by Mr. White and unanimously
approved.
Mr. Hart made a motion that in the minute's of February
8, 1964, the sentence referring to assessment roll be removed as
revenue bonds will be issued to finance the sewer and water projects
now under discussion. Mr. Sanders seconded the motion and it was
unanimously approved.
Mr. Webb then informed the members that Mr: Roth of
Zurwelle—Whittaker, Inc. and he would like to brief them on the up
to date progress of these projects. Mr. Roth stated that after
discussion with Mr. Websa plan had been devised whereby we could
do away with the booster station at 88th Street for an indefinite
period of time. We can connect the present force main at 96th
Street and Byron Avenue over to the lift station at the south end
of Bal Harbour between Collins and Harding Avenues." In. this way,
we would have two force mains out of the station at 56th Street
and could drain sewage from the present lift"station to the new
lift station, then pump it back to the force main, on south.
This would require an additional 800"feet of pipe from the lift
station over to 96th Street 'and Byron Avenue. By eliminating
the booster station at 88th Street, it would reduce the cost of
the project by about $50,000.00. The total projects would be
$801000.00 for water and $230,000.00 for sewers. Mr. Webb stated
that in the original agreement with Surfside, if Surfside regis—
tered"10,00"0 population or Bal Harbour 7,000, the first one
attaining this population would have to build the booster station.
Surfside, he continued, is no where near this figure, but Bal
Harbour is serving our limit now, and with the additional two new
apartment buildings increasing our population even more, it would
be our responsibility to build this booster station. This new
cross connect system would eliminate this for some 15 years. The
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Village Manager further advised that he had written a letter
to Bay Harbor Islands asking Mr. Preble, Town Manager, to
approach his Council regarding a connection between our system
"and theirs, controlled by valves here at 96th Street in the
vicinity of Byron Avenue, where the two lines cross each other.
It would be advantageous to both towns because if either town
'had a rupture in their lines, operations could continue through
either line, until repairs could be made. Mr. Webb then pre—
sented the Council with the fee schedule to be charged by
Zurwelle—Whittaker, Inc. for their design, engineering services,
field inspections, etc. 'Their fees would run 81% of the total
job cost plus 1k% for complete supervision (a licensed engineer
on the job continuously) for a total of 10%. Mr. Hart moved
that we accept the fees as presented by the Engineering firm
"of Zurwelle—Whittaker, Inc. Motion seconded by Mr. White and
unanimously approved. At.this point Mr. Webb advised that he
would like to brief the Council on the progress of the financ—
ing and stated he had met with Mr. Moss of the,First National
Bank of Miami Beach and they were very interested. He'felt that
the First National Bank of Miami Beach and the Community-Tat—
ional Bank of Bal Harbour would take the whole issue. Mr. Moss
was presented with a copy of the proposed redemption schedule,
Series # 1 being Sewer improvements and Series # 2,.Water im—
provements. The interest is computed at 32% and there is a
possibility this may be reduced to 3.4%. In this connection
he stated that in the course of retiring the previous bond
issue, we raised the water rate 5f and the debt service for,
the past year on that issue amount to 3$, leaving an overage
of 2$. Mr. Webb recommended that District No. 1 could be
raised by 8$ to a total of 43$ and ell other districts raised
2$ to a total of 37f and the whole issue'could be retired -in
20 years. He continued by stating that the banks attorneys
and Mr. Anderson are now working together and the necessary
ordinances and resolutions will be drawn up which may necess-
itate another meeting being;called on the second Saturday in
March. Mr. Hart moved that the Council approve what the
Village Manager has accomplished thus far and instructed him
to continue negotiations with the bank on the revenue improve—
ment bonds. Motion seconded by Mr. Sanders and unanimously
approved. Another point presented by Mr. Webb was that in
our Ordinance No. 48, the Chicago bond attorneys set up stip—
ulations where we had to meet certain requirements before the
Florida Power & Light Co. franchise pledge could be released.
He stated that our accountant, Mr. Sathre, had determined
that for the past two fiscal years, our gross revenues, less
operating expenses, exceed one and one—half times the largest
principal and interest amount due due in any future 24
months. Therefore, we can now release the Florida Power &
Light Co. franchise andapply it to the new issues. Mr.
Anderson was requested to prepare the necessary resolution
for this stipulation.
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Mr. Webb then read a letter from the U. S. District
Engineer advising that a formal public hearing will be held in
Miami on improvement for beach erosion control and oceanside
hurricane tidal flooding protection for Dade County from
Government Cut to North County Line. The meeting will be held
on March 5th at 10:00 A. M. in the Municipal .Justice Building
and he urged that the members appear as it will be of vital
interest to all concerned._ He further advised that he had
notified all property owners along the oceanfront of .this
important meeting.
Mr. Webb informed those present that the new owners
of the Bal Harbour Hotel had applied for a liquor license, and
call the necessary fingerprints were on file together with
letters of recommendation. Mr. Hart made a motion that we
approve the transfer of the Bal Harbour Hotel liquor license.
Motion seconded by Mr. White and unanimously approved.
The Village Manager then read a letter from the
Committee for the Florida Exhibit at the New York World's Fair
asking for the cooperation of all cities in making the Greater
Miami exhibit a success. To help defray expenses, the cities
were being asked to donate funds for the staffing of the per—
sonnel at the Fair. Mr. Hart moved that we donate $327.00
from the Mayor's Fund, to cover a two weeks period, as our
share. Mr. White seconded the motion and it was unanimously
approved.
Mr.'White than made a motion to adjourn. Motion
seconded by Mr. Sanders and unanimously approved.
ATTEST:
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February 29, 1964