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June 24, 1980
The Council of Bal Harbour Village met Tuesday, June
24, 1980 at 9:30 A. M. in the auditorium of the Church
By the Sea.
Present: Messrs. Beatty, Krez, Printup, Taplin
and Miss Gray
Also present were Fred W. Maley, Village Manager;
Mary T. Wetterer, Village Clerk; and Cliff Schulman, repre-
senting the Village Attorney.
On motion of Mr. Beatty, seconded by Mr. Krez and voted
the minutes of May 27, 1980 were approved as submitted.
Mr. Schulman explained the reasons for granting non-
use variances under The Zoning Code and the procedure to
be used to applyrssuch variances under proposed Ordinance
No. 217. After discussion on the term "non-use variance"
and possible additions to the proposed ordinance the Village
Clerk read the ordinance in full. On motion of Mr. Taplin,
seconded by Mr. Krez and voted Ordinance No. 217 was passed
on first reading.
Mr. Maley said he had received a proposal from our
pension actuaries to incorporate the changes approved by
the council into the plan, file the amended plan with the
Internal Revenue Service, prepare a plan booklet, prepare
a statement of acturial impact, and to discuss the plan
with the council.. Mr. Maley said he believed some of the
charges were too high. It was moved by Mr. Taplin, seconded
by Mr. Beatty, and voted that the Manager should negotiate
the price with Kruse, O'Connor and Ling and report back at
the next council meeting.
Mr. Cameron and Mr. Young from UltraCom, Inc. discussed
installing Cable TV in the Village in conjunction with
opening a trench for the street lighting renovation. After
discussion regarding rates and procedures to grant cable
TV franchises it was moved by Mr. Taplin, seconded by Mr.
Krez and voted that the Village attorney and Mr. Maley
should proceed with drawing up the proper ordinances.
Mr. Stanley Whitman appeared to request a variance to
allow the Bal Harbour Shops to expand building "B" by elim-
inating the 71/2' set back between buildings and connect the
building to the adjacent parking structure at the 2nd and
3rd levels. Mr. Maley explained that at the present time
the Saks Fifth Avenue building abuts the adjacent mall stores
and that Dade County Fire and Safety Department must approve
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all new construction plans. It was moved by Mr. Krez,
seconded by Miss Gray and voted that the variance be
granted for the expansion of building "B" only. Mr. Maley
is to research the set back requirements between buildings.
Mr. Maley said that he, Miss Wetterer and Mrs. Schaeffer,
our bookkeeper, have been investigating the purchase of a
mini -computer to convert our utility billing, payroll and
general accounting systems from hand bookkeeping. He said
that after viewing machines from IBM, NCR, and Burroughs
that they have decided that the Burroughs B80 is the com-
puter and has the programs to fit our needs. The cost of
the unit and programs will be $24,930.00. After discussion
on the possibility of leasing the system it was moved by
Mr. Taplin, seconded by Mr. Beatty and voted that Bal Harbour
acquire the Burroughs system outlined and Mr. Maley would
investigate whether it would be more advantageous to buy
or lease.
Mayor Printup said Mr. Fred Laubach, a resident in the
village, would be celebrating his 100th birthday on June 29th,
but was unable to attend this meeting. Mr. Printup then
read a Resolution honoring Mr. Laubach.
Mr. Mark Hammer from the Balmoral Apartments asked
the council what their opinion was on redistricting. It
was the consensus of opinion that the council was not pre-
pared to discuss the matter at this time and that Mr. Hammer
would be put on the council agenda for the July meeting as
he requested.
In reply to a resident's question as to why the village
could not build tennis courts on open space property west
of Collins Avenue or the land where the Bal Harbour Beach
Club is located, the council felt that the improvements at
Bakers Haulover would provide adequate courts.
Mrs. Evelyn Silverman, trustee of the library, thanked
the officials who visited the library Open House after its
renovation.
On motion of Mr. Beatty, seconded by Miss Gray, the
meeting was adjourned at 11:30 A.M.
Mayor
Attest:
illage Clerk
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