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May 26, 1981
The Council of Bal Harbour Village met Tuesday, May 26, 1981 at
9:30 A.M. in the Village Hall.
Present: Messrs. Beatty, Printup, Sherman and Miss Gray
Absent: Mr. Taplin
Also present were Fred W. Maley, Village Manager; Mary T. Wetterer,
Village Clerk; and Alan S. Gold, Village Attorney.
On motion of Mr. Beatty, seconded by Miss Gray, and voted the minutes of
April 28, 1981 were approved as submitted.
Mr. Maley reported that due to complaints by Mr. booby of beach users
parking on his property and who also park on the drive separating his buildings,
the village will erect a 5' or 6' security fence along the west side of the
parking lot, Mr. Iooby will have to solve the problem of their parking in his
driveway. He said the police will patrol the area more frequently on Sat-
urday and Sundays.
Mr. Maley said that he and Mr. Sherman met with Mr. Sian, Director of
Transportation and a representative from the State Road Department, Mr. DeLuca.
They agreed that the tour busses parking on the curve at the Sheraton Hotel
present a dangerous situation but they do not have a solution as yet. Mr.
Sherman said that the State and County were going to work with the hotel owners
and do a study at the County's expense to see if the hotels could accommodate
the busses on their properties. Another alternative would be to have the
evening tour busses park at the Sun Bank lot.
Mr. Gold explained that when Ordinance No. 228 was read in full no formal
action had been taken. The Village Clerk read
Ordinance No. 228
governing storm shutters and balcony enclosures on buildings in the Ocean
Front Section in full and on motion of Mr. Beatty, seconded by Miss Gray and
voted the ordinance was adopted on final reading.
Mr. Gold read Ordinance No. 230, granting UltraCom of Dade County, Inc.
a non-exclusive cable television franchise, by title. Mr. Jesse Reidman,
President of UltraCom, told the council that their proposal did not state when
the two-way communications feature would be installed, as they are still not
satisfied with the systems available. He requested a change in Section 9.
A change was also suBpested for Section 8 regarding arbitration on sale of
the company's assets in the village to Bal Harbour. It was moved by Miss Gray,
seconded by Mr. Beatty and voted that Ordinance No. 230 be passed on first
reading and that we require periodic reports regarding economic viability and
state of development on the security systems feature.
Mr. Maley reported that he and Mr. Sherman and Mr. Taplin met with
Messrs. Coleman and Burke of the Security Trust Company. It was agreed
that Security Trust should have full discretion over the employees pension
trust, however, the council would reserve the right to give instructions
after seeing the quarterly reports.
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Mr. Gold said he would have an Agreement ready for the next council
meeting as the Trust would be turned over to Security Trust as of June
30, 1981.
The Item regarding the application for comfort stations on the beach
is being held until next meeting when Mr. Taplin will be present.
Mr. Maley said that our library representatives had requested
that a change be made to reflect that Mmes. Rosenthal and Silverman
would be the primary representatives and Mrs. Schwartz the alternate
so that Mrs. Rosenthal could be an officer on the Library Advisory
Board. It was moved by Miss Gray, seconded by Mr. Sherman and voted
that their request be accepted.
It was the council's decision that no action would be taken on the
proposed resolution of the Dade County League of Cities in support of a
1% sales tax for education, law enforcement and transportation purposes.
Mr. Maley reported that he had received bids for the new water line
connection to cross -connect the 16" line from North Miami Beach to the 24"
line at 96th Street and a new connection at Saks Fifth Avenue. The bids
were as follows: A.M. and J. Construction Corp., $75,378; and F. J. Siller
and Company, $77.800. He said he had checked with the Manager of Surfside
and that A.M. and J. had done an excellent job for them. It was moved by
Mr. Beatty, seconded by Mr. Sherman and voted that the contract be
awared to A. M. and J. Construction Corp.
Mr. Maley said that Dade County Parks and Recreation Department was
going to reconsider allowing a permanent heliport at Bakers Haulover Park.
It was moved by Miss Gray, seconded by Mr. Beatty and voted that Mr. Maley
contact Dade County and reaffirm our position as sLiungly opposed to the
heliport.
Mr. Maley said we are receiving bills from Shutts and Bowen for the
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock suit for amounts far beyond anything antici-
pated and that he is not sure the firm could be spending this much time
on the case. Bills for February and March amounted to $94,000. It was
moved by Miss Gray seconded by Mr. Beatty and voted that we request their
actual hours and Mr. Gold and Mr. Maley should check the bills and report
at the next meeting.
Mr. Gold reported that there has been a new court decision regarding
cities' responsibilities for utility failure and it confirms his opinion
to the council at last meeting.
On motion of Mr. Beatty, seconded by Miss Gray the meeting was adjourned
at 11:25 A.M. t
Attest:
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Village Clerk
Mayor