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Mr. Anderson said he and Mr. Patterson had appeared before
Judge -DuVal and the Village had beem orderad to issud a building perviit
for the structure on Lot 11 of the Oceanfront District. It was the
Council's decision that the plans would not be signed',iy Bien and the
permit would indicate that it was issued "By Oidtt of the Court ".
There being no further business on motion of Mr. Davis,seconded
by Mr. Taplin, the meeting was adjourned ai 11 :35 A.M.
ATTYST:
Village.- Clerk F
July'lo 1975
July 29, .1975
The Council of Bal Harbour Village met Tuesday, July 29, 1975 at
9:30 A.M. in the Village Hall.
Present: Messrs. Beatty, Logan, Printup and Taplin .
Absent: Mr. Davis
Also present were Fred W. Maley, Village Manager; Mary T. Wetterer;
Village Clerk; and Thomas H. Anderson,. Village Attorney,
Mr. Logan questioned whether the action of the Council at the previous
meeting which authorized the issuance of a permit,to. Bat Harbour Shops for a
one -story parking deck was legal.- He stated that he believed that Mr.. Anderson's
advice should have been followed and a public hearing should have been held.
After discuession, Mr. Anderson said that a public hearing was held on the
original variance -and the variance had been discussed at-further hearings. Mr.
Anderson's opinion that the variance was still valid was,read by the Village
Clerk and Mr. Anderson told:Mr. Bruno, who claimed he is affected by the variance,
that he would have to take action to have the permit revoked.
On motion of Ma. Beatty, seconded by Mr. Logan and unanimously voted the
minutes of the meeting of June 24, 1975 were approved as submitted.
On motion of Mr. Beatty, seconded by Mr. Taplib, the minutes of the
meeting of July 1, 1975.were approved with Messrs. Beatty, Printup and Taplin,
voting "yes "; Mr. Logan, "no".
The meeting was recessed at 10:50 A.M. to consider investments to
be made with the Uployees Pension Trust Funds. The meeting was reconvened
at 11:10 A.M.
Mr. Anderson reported that the defaulted payment by Standard Dredge
Company has been taken up with the Philadelphia claim office of the Surety
Company..
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The Council discussed the fee of $41,997.25.presented by Mr.
Anderson's firm for the Giblin case. Mr. Beatty sugg4sted that a settlement
be offered in the amount of $30,000.00, payable $15,000.00 now and in two
annual installments of $7,500.00 each. The Council said they would like to
know about the actual time involved and Mr. Anderson said he would get that
information and also submit the Council's offer to the firm.
Mr. Beatty left the meeting at 11:20 A.M.
A statement was presented by Erwin, Varn, Jacobs and Odom in the
amount of $2,947.28 for services on the Gibiin case and the Council agreed
this should be paid.
Mr. Whittaker told the Council. that bids were opened on July 22nd
for completion of the beach groins and Base Bids ranged from $195,000 to
$47,000. He said that the low bid was within their estimate and he has dis-
cussed the work with Mr. Mc.Carthy, our resident inspector, who concurred
that the work could be completed for this amount. Mr. Jack Polstein, Presi-
dent of Kendall Fill and Excavating, the low bidder, was present at the
meeting and was questioned by the Council. It was moved by Mr. Taplin,
seconded by Mr. Logan, and unanimously voted that Kendall Fill bi awarded
the contract for completion of the groins subject to the Village Magager con-
tacting the various references mentioned by Mr. Polstein.
A letter from Mr. Nazarro, City Attorney from North Miami Beach, was
read by the Village Clerk, which stated that ,North Miami Beach will not renew
their water contract with us upon expiration. It was the Council's decision
that we would .wait and see what action the County is going to take regarding
control of water systems.
A letter was read from Mr. Eicher of the Resort Association stating
that we had been approved for a Federal Grant of $15,000 to.be used for tourism
promotion, utilizing resort tax matching funds.
Mr. Joseph Rice of Wilbur Smith and Associates discussed with the
Council the survey they have made regarding the traffic impact of the proposed
addition to the Bal Harbour Shops to the residents and traffic flow on 96th
Street. After discussion the -Cbt ncii said they wished to study the report
before making any decision.
Operating statements for all departments were considered and after
discussion were tabled until the next meeting of Council.
it was the decision of -the Council that a meeting would be held on
August 12,1975 for the purpose of considering the 1975 -76 Budgets.
On motion of Mr. .Taplin, seconded by Mr. Logan, the meeting was
adjourned at 1:30 P.M.
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Mayor
j ATTEST:
Village Clerk
July 29, 1975