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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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:
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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