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There being no further business on motion of Mr. Davis, seconded by
Mr. Logan, the meexing was adjourned at 11:30 A.M.
ATTEST:
Village Clerk
September 28,1976
October 26, 1976
The Council of Bal Harbour Village met Tuesday, October 26, 19?i at
9:55 A.M. in the Village Hall.
Present: Messrs. Beatty, Davis, Logan, Printup and Taplin
Also present were Fred W. Maley, Village Manager; Mary T. Letterer,
Village Clerk; and Alan Gold, Village Attorney.
On motion of Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Beatty and voted, the minutes
of the previous meeting of September 28, 1976 were approved as submitted.
Presentation of credentials by landscape architects interested in the
ocean -front beach landscaping project were made by Mr. Fred Stresau. of
Stresau, Smith and Stresau; Mr. Richard Dickinson of Edward D. Stone, Jr.
and Associates; and Mr. Douglas Ruth, of Douglas M. Ruth and Associates.
Mr. Taplin arrived at the meeting at 10:10 A.M. prior to Mr. Ruth's
presentation. Mr. Maley said he would like to inspect some of the local
projects done by the above firms and make a recommendation at the November
30th meeting.
Bids were opened for the landscaping and concrete work on West Bal
Harbour Boulevard and 96th Street as follows: Landscaping - Custom Land-
scaping Co., $14,719.00; Sinclair Landscape Nursery, Inc., $11,132.00;
Melrose Nursery, $16,788.00: Art Landscape Co., $16,458.50; Russell, Inc.,
$6,950.00; Griffin Brothers Co., Inc., $13,415.00; J.D. Thornton Landscaping,
$14,126,70. Mr. Maley said he would like to review the bids with Mr. Douglas
Ruth, the landscape architect for the work, and award the contract to the
lowest responsible bidder. Bids for the concrete work were submitted by
Clifton Lightsey, Inc,, $16,436.00 and HMC Engineering Contractors, Inc.,
$20,000.00. On motion of Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Taplin, and voted,
the concrete work was awarded to Clifton Lightsey, Inc, and Mr. Maley was
authorized to award the landscape contract.
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Mr. Ed. Eicher of the Resort Association introduced the members
present and said that after interviewing seven firms, during which time
some of the Council and the Manager were present, that they would like to
recommend that the Village hire the firm of McColloch, Bryan and Cipriano
Inc. to handle the promotions and advertising in the Tourism Department,
also that a liaison person be hired to work in the Village Hall and handle
the present promotions. It was moved by Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Beatty
and voted that the Committee's recommendation be accepted.
Mr. Stanley Whitman appeared to request a variance to construct
two, five by ten foot entrance signs in the right-of-way between the side-
walk and 96th Street to indicate the new entrance to the Bal Harbour Shops.
It was suggested that Mr. Whitman might have cardboard signs of a like size
erected so they could be viewed as to traffic and pedeStrain hazzards.
Mr. Willie Beckham and Mr. Maley discussed the Comprehensive General
Liability Insurance for the Village. It was suggested that the possibility
of self -insuring be investigated and in the meantime we have a binder with
U.S. Fidelity and Guaranty Company.
After discussion, Mr. Printup said he would contact the owners -of the
Bal Harbour 101 property to see if they would contact their attorneyland
arrange to have the contempt of court order against some of the Council
voided. It was the Council's decision that the payment due Shutts and Bowen
would still be withheld.
Mr. Gold told the Council that during the hearing before Judge Popper
to enjoin the City of North Miami Beach from shutting off our water, which
was granted, the Judge was concerned about monies not being escrowed against
the amounts paid by Sal Harbour under the contract and the billed amount.
Judge Popper ordered that the Village escrow the difference as of October 5,
1976 until the final hearing.
In reference to the City of Miami Beach, Mr. Gold said that the
attorneys were having a hearing today on the retroactive rates set by Miami
Beach for the period of October 1, 1972 to October 1, 1975.
Mr. Logan arrived at the meeting at 11:30 A.M.
Mr. Gold said that he would like the authority to challenge the
Miami Beach decision on the retroactive rates to keep them from calling the
escrow. It was moved by Mr. Taplin, seconded by Mr. Beatty and voted to
give Mr. Gold the authority to proceed.
ORDINANCE No. 191
setting the new water rate at 850 per thousand gallons to conform with
Judge Popper's order was read by the Village Clerk. On motion of Mr. Beatty,
seconded by Mr. Taplin and voted the ordinance was passed as an emergency
ordinance.
Mr. Davis left the meeting at 11:50 A.M. after the previous vote.
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The Village Clerk said that applications had been filed for the
available taxi permits by the two firms now operating in the Village. On
motion of Mr. Beatty, seconded by Mr. Taplin and voted AAA Auto Leasing
d/b/a White Cab was granted 15 permits and Zilber Taxi Cab Service d/b/a
Morse Taxi and Baggage Transfer was granted 31 permits.
Mr. Maley reported that funds are being made available to municipalities
under the Public Works Employment Act to combat unemployment. It was the
decision of the Council that we should file the Statement of Assurance in
case we wished to avail the Village of these funds.
mr. Maley told the Council that Surfside had unilaterly reduced the
budget of the library which action Bay Harbor Islands and we do not agree
with. He said that he had asked our Library Board to speak for the Village.
Alan Gold was asked to check our library agreement with Surfside inasmuch
as Surfside had passed a Resolution stating that as of April 1, 1977 the
costs of the library would be borne equally by the three towns.
The Council discussed the status of the proposal for Bay Harbor, Bal
Harbour and Surfside obtaining water from Dade County. It was agreed that
a preliminary engineering study should be made and that we would be willing
to pay half the cost of such a study if Surfside will not contribute to it.
There being no further business on motion of Mr. Logan, seconded by
Mr. Beatty, the meeting was adjourned at 12:15 P.M.
ATTEST:
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Villa a Clerk
October 26, 1976
November 30, 1976
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The Council of Bel Harbour Village met Tuesday, November 30, 1976
at 9:30 A.M. in the Village Hall.
Present: Messrs. Davis, Logan, Printup and Taplin
Absent: Messrs. Beatty
On motion of Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Taplin, and voted the minutes
of the previous meeting of October 26, 1976 were approved as submitted.
November 30, 1976