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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1972-10-28 Meeting,he1e L¢�4� LL"U.c L:; 'C:. '., lu`E fi't•Rt !'.ctober 28, 1972 The Council of Bal Barbour Village met Saturday 9:30 A.M. in the Village Hall. Present: Messrs. Beatty, Brush, printup, laplin Also present were Fred v. Maley, Village Manager; Village Clerk; anJ Thomas H. Anderson, Village Attorney. ?;TCV‘. lctober 28, 1972 at and Villeneuve Mary T. Wetterer., On motion of Mr. Villeneuve, sec ended by Mr. Taplin and unanimously voted, the minutes of the previous meeting of September 30, 1972 were approved as submitted. building purchase Mr. Jack Looby showed the Council a plot plan for his proposed 36 unit on Lot 1 of 8A. Mr. Taplin said he still believed that the Village should this property for open space. Mr. Errol Adele of Barton-Aschmnn gave, the Council a preliminary report on the zoning study which covered background statistics, existing and permitted ground coverage, density, total floor area, floor area ratios, building heights and parcel utilization, urban characteristics, landscape analysis and treatments, parking, signing and spotted problems. Mr. Adels explained that the next phase would be to outline zoning code changes with ramifications on different approaches. It was pointed out that no Council action would be taken within the next few weeks and that the report would be sent to the Council for study at least one week before the December meeting, which could be a public hearing on any proposed changes. By common consent of the Council, a special meeting will be held on November 18, 1972 in lieu of the November 25th meeting, also that a meeting will be held December 9, 1972. 142 Applications for renewal of taxi permits were submitted and on motion of Mr. Brush, seconded by Mr. Taplin and unanimously voted, the following taxi permits were authorized: White Cabs, 15 permits; Morse Taxi and Baggage Transfer, Inc., 11 permits; North Beach Yellow Cab, 10 permits; and Surf Cabs, 10 permits. The Council then received their salaries of $1.00 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1972. Mr. Maley explained that we had been notified by the City of Miami Beach that they had increased their water rates from twenty-five cents per 1,000 gallons to thirty-three cents and also that we would have to resell to our residents at forty-one cents. He said this was an arbitrary raise to produce revenue and that the other municipalities involved were considering a lawsuit to determine if this was a reasonable increase. Mr. Anderson informed the Council of recent legal decisions on similar cases and recommended that we file a suit against the City of Miami Beach. On motion of Mr. Villeneuve, seconded by Mr. Taplin and unanimously voted, Mr. Anderson was authorized to file a lawsuit against the City of Miami Beach to determine a reasonable water rate and keep the City of Miami Beach from raising our rate until we are able to secure sufficient water from another source. Mr. Taplin told the Council that Harbour House North will give Bal Harbour an easement over the north ten foot strip of their property for access to the beach in lieu of a sale to the Village. It was agreed that Mr. Anderson and the attorney for Harbour House, Mr. Marty Taplin, would meet to prepare this easement. Mr. Maley said he and Mr. Anderson had met with the attorneys for the Internal Improvement Trust Fund and Bureau of Natural Resources and the head of the Bureau of Beaches and Shores and that the State will consider issuing our Permit providing that we pay the cost of the approximately 160,000 yards of sand that will be placed in front of the Surfside lots and that we pay for a survey showing the mean high water mark in front of the lots in Surfside where our sand will be placed. He said the State had agreed that it would be impossible to get written releases from Surfaide property owners regarding our project. It was moved by Mr. Brush, seconded by Mr. Taplin and unanimously voted that Zurwelle-Whittaker, Inc. be authorized to make the survey in front of the affected Surfside properties from 96th to 94th Street. There being no further business, on motion of Mr. Taplin, seconded by Mr. Villeneuve the meeting was adjourned at 11:30 A.M. ATTEST: Village Clerk October 28, 1972