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February 22, 1969
The Council of Bal Harbour Village met Saturday, February
22, 1969, at 9:30 A.M. in the Village Hall.
Present: Messrs. Beatty, Hart, Printup, Taplin and White
Also present were Fred W. Maley, Acting Village Manager; Mary
T. Wetterer, Village Clerk; Thomas H. Anderson, Village Attorney;
and George Whittaker and Jay Roth, Village Engineers.
On motion of Mr. Printup, seconded by Mr. Taplin, and unanimously
voted the minutes of the previous meeting of January 25, 1969, were
approved as submitted.
Mr. Roth told the Council that they had been ip contact with
Mr. T. K. Hodges regarding the proposed sand transfer station at
Baker's Haulover and showen them a plan for a sand kMpoundment area
on the old Lighthouse Restaurant site. Mr. Maley said he and Mr.
Whittaker had met with Mr. McCue, Director of Public Works, and
learned that Dade County had already taken bids on a new Lighthouse
Restaurant and that the County was noncommittal. The engineers
estimated that the sand transfer station would cost approximately
$300,000, not counting the value of the land. It was the opinion
of the Council that we should try to get the County,,to defer letting
a contract for the restaurant and on motion of Mr. Beatty, seconded
by Mr. Printup, and unanimously voted the Acting Village Manager
with the Village Engineers would prepare a proposal to submit to
the Metro Commission on the proposed sand transfer station. Mr.
T. K. Hodges explained to the Council the history of the sand trans-
fer stations that had been constructed and operated at other inlets
on the east coast of Florida and said he would be glad to assist
Mr. Whittaker and the Council in presenting the Village's proposal
to the County Commissioners. On motion of Mr. Taplin, seconded by
Mr. Beatty, Mr. Maley wae'�authorized to enter into a contract with
Beach Dredging Company to pump sand from the storage area in the
ocean as soon as they can operate the dredge.
Mr. Harold Vick of Kimley-Horn Associates told the Council that
at the last meeting with the State Road Department the State had
agreed to go ahead with the Collins Avenue improvements of widening
the street and recurbing in accordance with the Village's desires,
provided that Bal Harbour would guarantee to contribute $20,000
toward these improvements due to relocating the storm catch basins
just recently installed. It was moved by Mr. Taplin, seconded by
Mr. Printip, and unanimously voted that the acting Village :Manager
write the State Road Department pledging this amount from the Resort
Tax money.
Mr. Maley informed the Council that the Dade County delegation
was holding public meetings throughout the County to consider any -
business to go before the coming session of the Legislature. It was
agreed that Dal harbour representatives should appear at one of these
hearings and present our case Cor continuance of the Resort Tax.
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The recommendations of the Resort Tax Committee as out-
lined in their letter of February 17, 1969 to the Council
and presented by Mr. Taplin regarding the protection of the
Resort Tax, Beach Nourishment and beautification of Collins
Avenue were approved by the Council.
Mayor White said he had been approached by Dr. Haas of
the Bay harbor Islands Council asking that we pass a resolution
asking the Metro Traffic Department to open some streets in
Surfside for southbound traffic from 96th Street. It was
moved by Mr. Printup, seconded by Mr. Beatty, and unanimously
voted that Bal Harbour would take no action on this matter.
The Village Cleric explained that the contract for the oper-
ation of Post Office Contract station in the Village Hall was
up for renewal for another three year period. Qn motion of
Mr. Printup, seconded by Mr. Hart, and unanimously voted, the
Council agreed to the operation of the facility for another
three year period.
0n motion of Mr. hart, seconded by Mr. Printup, and unani-
mously voted George Hartmann was approved as Trustee flor the
Firemen's Pension Fund to replace Arthur Fitzgerald.
Mr. Maley told the Council that as outlined in his memoran-
dum to them he wished to purchase a street sweeper instead of
continuing this work on a contractual basis. he said only two
companies built sweepers in our price range and thebids were
$55.00 apart. On motion of Mr. Beatty, seconded by Mr. hart,
and unanimously voted Mr. Maley was authorized to purchase which-
ever sweeper he felt would best serve our needs.
Mr. Beatty asked Mr. Maley to have the Village engineers
outline for them the basis of their charges for projects now
under consideration by the Village.
Mr. Taplin asked thenembers if they thought the Village
should have a landscape architect resurvey, the Collins Avenue
plan before the State starts the project and asked Mr. Maley
to have a profile prepared of the existing plan. The Council
was of the opinion that we should let the State proceed under
the original plan, which we would augment if necessary after -
completion.
There being no further business on motion of Mr. Printup,
seconded by Mr. 1Ia.rt, the meeting was adjourned at 11:00 A.M.
Attest:
Village Clerk
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