HomeMy Public PortalAbout1973-04-14 MeetingApril 14, 1973
The Council of Bal Harbour ,Village met Saturday, April 14, 1973 at 9:30AM
in the Village Hall.
Present: Messrs. Beatty, Brush, Printup, Taplin and Villeneuve
Also present were Fred W. Maley, Village Manager; Mary T. Wetterer,
Village Clerk; and Thomas H. Anderson, Village Attorney.
The Village Clerk read the minutes of March 31, 1973 and on motion of
Mr. Taplin, seconded by Mr. Beatty, the minutes were approved. The minutes of
April 6, 1973 were read by the Clerk and on motion of Mr. Beatty, seconded by
Mr. Brush, the minutes were approved.
Ordinance No. 158, revising the format of Zoning Regulations for Bal
Harbour Village, incorporating new zoning regulations for the oceanfront district
and repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict therewith, was
read by the Village Clerk. After the reading of the ordinance the following
corrections and insertions were placed in the proposed ordinance: Section 2,
paragraph 2, a portion of the first sentence to read "Whereas, the Village
Council of Bal Harbour Village deems it necessary in order to attain homogeneity
in structures and areas in the Village and to lessen congestion in the streets:
"• Section 3-2-D, "APARTMENT HOUSE: A building made up of two or more
apartment or dwelling units so arranged that each unit has direct access, with or
without common corridors, to a means of egress from the building, and which may
or may not maintain an inner lobby for its tenants." Section 5-5-a, "Unless
specifically permitted in the district regulations, accessory buildings shall not
occupy in aggregate more than twenty (20) per cent of the maximum lot area.";
Section 6-9-i-3 "Two bedroom apartments-1150 square feet."= Section 9-2-a"
and shall be issued within seven (7) days after the erection or alteration "•
Section 9-2-b" and such certificate shall be issued within seven (7) days
after application has been made, " It was moved by Mr. Brush, seconded by
Mr. Taplin, that Ordinance No. 158 be adopted including the changes noted after
the reading. After discusssion with Mr. Errol Adele of Barton-Aschman, Inc. who
stated that the ordinance as read reflected their recommendations, and interested
parties present at the meeting, the ordinance was adopted by the following vote:
Masers. Brush, Printup, Taplin and Villeneuve, voting 'yes"; Mr. Beatty, "no".
Mr. Maley said that at 2:30P.M. on Friday, April 13th, a letter had been
hand delivered to him from Mr. Marion Sibley, representing Standard Dredging
Corp, stating that they were withdrawing their bid due to the fact that Bal
Harbour Village did not let the contract to Hardaway Contracting Company accord-
ing to the bid specifications and that the contract submitted to them was not
in accordance with the bid. It was agreed that Mr. Maley would meet with Mr.
Anderson to discuss this matter further.
Mr. Maley said that under the terms of the contract we should issue a
Notice to Proceed to Hardaway Contracting Company within the next two weeks. On
motion of Mr. Taplin, seconded by Mr. Brush and voted, our consulting engineers
were authorized to issue the Notice to Proceed to Hardaway Contracting Company.
On motion of Mr. Taplin, seconded by Mr. Brush, and voted, Mr. Beatty
was mined as the Bal Harbour representative on the Board of Directors of the
Dade County League of Cities and Mr. Printup the alternate, for the next year.
Mr. Maley reported that Dade County has hired an architect to design
the new Fire Station at Bakers Haulover.
There being no further business on motion of Mr. Brush, seconded by
Mr. Taplin, the meeting was adjourned at 12:30P.M.
ATTEST:
Village Clerk
April 14, 1973
Mayor
April 16,1973
The Council of Bal Harbour Village met Monday, April 16,1973 at 10:00A.M,
in the Village Hall for the purpose of inducting the new Council members into
office.
Present: Messrs. Beatty, Brush, Printup and Taplin
Absent: Mr. Villeneuve
Also present were Fred W. Maley, Village Manager; Mary T. Wetterer,Village
Clerk; and councilman elect Ralph S. Scott.
The Village Clerk reported that the results of the council election of
April 3,1973, certified by herself and election inspectors Mabel Exley, Lucia
Grenwald and Margaret Zill were as follows: A total of 139 votes were cast in person
or by absentee ballot, being 26.9% of the total of 515 registered voters, of which
John F. Beatty, received 59 votes; Glen Hale Printup, 126 votes; and Ralph S.Scott,
81 votes. Thereby Messrs. Printup and Scott will serve for four years and Mr.Beatty
for two years.
It was moved by Mr. Beatty, seconded by Mr. Taplin, and voted to adjourn
the old council.
The Village Clerk then administered the oath of office to Messrs. Beatty,
Printup, and Scott.
It was moved by Mr. Beatty, seconded by Mr. Taplin, and voted that Mr.Scott
be appointed temporary chairman of the meeting.
Mr. Scott called for nominations for the office of Mayor. It was moved
by Mr. Taplin, secoded by Mr. Brush, and unanimously voted that Mr. Printup, be
appointed Mayor. Mr. Printup was sworn in as Mayor by the Village Clerk.
Mr. Printup called for nominations for Assistant Mayor. It was moved by
Mr. Beatty, seconded by Mr. Brush, and unanimously voted that Mr. Taplin be
appointed Assistant Mayor. Mr. Taplin was then sworn in as Assistant Mayor by
the Village Clerk.