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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1966-04-30 Meeting235 the Sub -Committee on Independent Office Appropriations expressing their - support of the budget request for the Civil Defense Program. It was agreed that a telegram would be sent. Inasmuch as a representative of the Chamber of Commerce did not arrive regarding a proclamation for Chamber of Commerce week no action was taken on this. Mr. Landis asked about our new Police Car and fir. Webb explained that the unmarked yellow car was purchased for the residential section so as not to be readily identified as a patrol car. He then explained how the expenditures for new cars and trucks are allocated in the budgets. Mr. Landis said he had received a copy of a letter from a Mr. Powers whose boat had been in distress and was pulled to the Haulover_pocks by our Patrol Boat. He said he agreed with the action of the officers involved and thought that a letter should be sent backing up the officers position in not taking them all the way to the boat launching ramp. fir. Faulkner said he would write the letter. Mr, Taplin said he would like to discuss the matter of attracting younger people into the area by getting some tennis courts. He said that he realized that there was very little space where this could bdAdone, but that he felt it important. fir. Webb reminded the Council that our local Chamber of Commerce group had been instrumental in getting Dade County to build the Par 3 Golf Course at Haulover Park and thought that this would be an ideal place for courts. fir. Taplin said he would take this up with the Chamber of Commerce. On motion of fir. Landis, seconded by Air. Taplin, the meeting was adjourned. ATTEST: Village Clerk April 30, 1966 Mayor The Council of Bel Harbour Village met Saturday, April 30, 1966, at 9:30 A. M. in the Village Hall. All the members of the Council were present. Also present were W. H. Webb, Village Manager; Mary T. Watterer, Village Clerk; and Herbert Nadeau, representing fir. Anderson, Village Attorney. On motion of fir. Faulkner, seconded by fir. Landis, the minutes of the previous meeting of March 26, 1966, were approved as submitted. Air. John S. Greene, Assistant to the County Manager appeared and said that he had been appointed to act as liaison officer between the County Govern- ment and the cities and explained some of his .duties. fir. Webb asked if he April 30, 1966 236 could do anything to help us with our storm sewer drainage problem, explaining that we had been turned down by the District Engineer. We then took the matter to Chelsie Senerchia who had agreed to put our request in the tentative budget for Primary Funds. Mr. Greene said that all these requests must be coordinated with the County Government and he would check on this on Monday. Mr. Greene said that for many years he had been working with a committee on beach erosion and that he agreed it should be done on a yearly basis. Mr. Webb reported that the City of North Miami Beach had returned a signed copy of the Water Agreement. On motion of Mr. Landis, seconded by Mr. Faulkner, and unanimously voted the agreement was ratified. Mr. John Pool and Mr. Matthew Steis appeared and asked why they couldn't get any water at their building after ten o'clock at night. Mr. Webb explained that Miami Beach fills their tanks at that time and doesn't give us any water. In reference to the letter Mr. Pool had sent to all the Councilmen, Mr. Hart said that the points mentioned were an administrative matter and it would be turned over to the Village Manager. Mr. Landis explained to Mr. Pool that under the Agreement with North Miami Beach just accepted that the water situation he described should be taken care of. Mr. Webb read a letter from Mr. Anderson regarding our participation in the re -sealing of the residential streets and inasmuch as this is within our juris- diction the Council agreed to set a date for the public hearing for this special assessment. It was suggested that this hearing be held May 28°. The Council agreed to defer the discussion on the storm drainage work until May 14th when there might be some word on partial financing by the State Road Department. The Village Manager said that he had received an answer from the Dade County Tax Assessor explaining how the County arrived at the reduced assessment for the Bal Harbour Regency due to the typographical error on their 1965 Per- sonal Property Tax Return. He said that it was obviously an error and the County had reduced the assessment to $156,000. Under the percentage we have been assessing on our assessment should be $78,000. On motion of Mr. Landis, seconded by Mr. Taplin, it was unanimously voted to reduce the 1965 Personal Property Tax Assessment on the Bal Harbour Regency to $78,000 and make the proper refund. ORDINANCE NO. 119 amending Ordinance No. 11, to allow parking and other municipal uses on Lots 1 & 2, Block 1, Residential Section of Bel Harbour, was read by the Village Clerk and on motion of Mr. Faulkner, seconded by Mr. Taplin, and unanimously voted was adopted. Mr. Sherman Winn of the Balmoral Hotel appeared to request that the Council give consideration to allowing them to convert twenty of their cabanas into lanai hotel rooms. Mr. Webb explained that this would require a variance in our zoning ordinance and that surrounding property owners would have to be notified. The Council suggested that they would like to think about this matter and asked Mr. Winn to come back on May 14th to make formal application for the variance. April 30, 1966 237 Mr. Roland Sockol of the Hydro -Mite Boat Company explained to the Council that he had been renting his boats at the Americana and Balmoral Hotels and asked that he be allowed to continue this operation. Mr. Webb explained that at present there is no provision in our License Ordinance, but that the City of Miami Beach had investigated this operation and set up a license category. He suggested that we amend our License Ordinance to provide for a fee of $50 for the first ten boats and $25 for each additional five. After discussion on motion of Mr. Faulkner, seconded by mr. Taplin, and unanimously voted, the License Ordinanceis to be amended to permit this type of operation: Inasmuch as Mr. Frederick Kaplan did not appear regarding rental of motor scooters the Council took no action on this matter. L The Village Clerk submitted to the Council an application by the Miller Drug Stores for a Beer License in the Bel Harbour Shopping Center. Mr. Webb explained the type of seating arrangement and that it mould be draft beer only. Mr. Landis said he had made some inquiries about selling beer in a drug store and pointed out the difficulties involved. He stated that under our zoning ordinance the Cduncil must approve Restaurants and Cocktail Lounges. Under this provision he said he mould move to deny the applibation for the serving of bear in the drug store. Mr. Taplin seconded the motion. On vote, Messrs. Faulkner, Landis and Taplin voted for the motion; Mr. Hart and White, against. The motion thereby passed. Mr. Hart informed the Council that the next meeting mould be held on May 14v' for the purpose of setting up a bond issue for storm drainage work and other matters. Mr. Hart then issued a Proclamation declaring May 1st as Law Day in Bal Harbour Village. The Council said they had no questions on the six months' audit which had been mailed to them and on motion of Mr. Faulkner, seconded by Mt. Taplin, the audit was approved. The Clerk read ORDINANCE ,NO. 120 , amending Ordinance No. 63, which deleted the provision of filing with the Chief of Police the intention of purchasing a pistol or revolver. On motion of Mr. White, seconded by Mr. Taplin, and voted the ordinance was adopted. Mr. Webb said he had contacted all the councilmen with regard to replacing the small airconditioning unit in the Village Hall and asked them to ratify their approval or the expenditure. On motion of Mr. White, seconded by Mr. Taplin, and unanimously voted the Council gave formal approval to the expenditure of $1,088.00 to replace this unit. The Village Manager said he had a request from Channel 2, the Community Television Station, for a donation. This had been approved last year and he would like in the future to include this in our budgets. On motion of Mr. Faulkner, seconded by Mr. Taplin, it was unanimously voted to send Channel 2 a $50 donation. Mr. Webb said he had a copy of a tentative resolution by the Bay Harbor Islands Council approving of our action in working out an Agreement with North Miami Beach for water and that they wished to continue being served through us. He said he expected we would receive a signed copy as soon as one was available. April 30, 1966 238 mr. Landis said he believed that the Council should give serious considera- tion to acquiring the apartment lot adjacent to the Haulover Bridge for a parking facility for the oceanfront people. mr. Taplin agreed that it was impossible to accommodate employees' and visitors' cars at the buildings with the ratio of one parking space for one living unit. He stated the apartment buildings actually tried discouraging people from visiting their tenants due to parking problems. mr. Paul Brown, a resident of the Harbour House, said this was a very serious problem and hoped the Council could do something for them. mr. Hart suggested Mr. Landis look into this further and approach the owner of Lot 1, Block BA, to see if a parking facility might be financed by private funds or if he would be willing to sell the lot to the Village. There being no further business on motion of mr. White, seconded by mr. Faulkner, the meeting was adjourned. ATTEST: aP)7,2,,) Village Clerk may 14, 1966 mayor The Council of Bal Harbour Village met Saturday, may 14, 1966, at 9:30 A. M. in the Village Hall. Present were: Messrs. Hart, Landis, and White. Absent: Messrs. Faulkner and Taplin. Also present were W. H. Webb, Village Manager; Mary T. Wetterer, Village Clerk; and Thomas H. Anderson, Village Attorney. On motion of Mr. Landis, seconded by Mr. White, the minutes of the pre- vious meeting of April 30, 1966, were approved as submitted. Mr. Sherman Winn of the Balmoral Hotel appeared to show the Council some photographs of their present cabanas and renderings of the proposed lanai hotel rooms. He asked if the Council would consider a variance for this change. Mr. Landis said that in view of these being beyond the set -back line and addi- tional parking involved he was not in favor ❑f it. Mr. Webb stated that he had informed the Council by letter that the Deed Restrictions do not permit anything but cabanas beyond the front set -back line and also the Zoning Ordinance expressly states that cabanas cannot be used for living purposes. Mr. Winn thanked the Council for their consideration and asked if the Village Manager would send him a copy of the excerpts from the Deed Restrictions and Zoning Ordinance just quoted so that he could have something to present to the owners. May 14, 1966