Minutes 03-15-274O2
· RE~UL~ ~£IN~ OF M. ARCH l~th, 1927.
A Regular Meeting of the ~oard of Commissioners
of the Town of ~oy~ton, Florida, was held at the Town. Hall
~f the Town of ~o~'nton, Florida on ~Tuesday ~ening, ~Aareh
15th... D. 1927, at '7:50 2. M.
Present:
R. 0. Myers, Mayor
~arry ~enson,Vioe 4Aayor
E. ~. Winchester. Town Clerk
The above constituting the entire ~$oard of
,~ommi.ssioners of the '~wn of ~Soynton, ~'lorida.
~inutes o.£ ?he last Regular Meeting of March 1st.
927 were re~d and approved.
Minutes o£ a Special Meeting of March 14th, ~2.,
ere read and approved. ·
~'Resolution was passed ordering the following
~lls to be paid out of their respective funds:
· H. Poore
Salary fro~ March 1st, to
march l~t~. 1927.
Tucker
S=lary from ~A=rch 1st, to
March 15tn. 1927.
?her ~aldwin
Salary from March 1st. to
March 15th, 192 7.
hn A~id rews
Salary from March Ist,' to
~&arch 15tn, 1~7.
R. Cook
Salary from m~rch 1st. to
~rch 15th, 1927.
~ert Lester
Salary from March lsd, to
M~rch 15~h, 192;7.
P. Somerville Salary for the week endin~
March 5th, 1~£7.
i. Richardson Salary for the week ez~d~g
· March [,t~:, 19£7.
~la~ Kessell S~.iar~- ior !he ~,e~L ~di~g
' Narch [th, 29[7.
$100.00
62.~0
'/5.00
6~.50
87.50
62.50
60.00
~,0. O0
403
;osephine Smith
Eleven me~ls for priso~er
Ne l~:on Alex~nd¢~'.
,'armers Supply Co.
t.R. Faraham 0o.
~. ~. ~cKenzie
Fruit and vegetable crates,
nails, and fruit wrapping
paper, used at Fair Exhibit.
Labor and material used for
.pai~t i ~g and Ceco rating ,moth
~t County Fair.
Re£u_ad of fine forfeited Feb.
8th for driving car without
lights and without State Li-
cense on o~r.
[orace Murray Jr
Salary for eight days work
e~ding march 9th on ~oynton
Fair, E~:hi b i t.
~orace Murray
Miscellaneous Petty Cash ex-
penditUres ,incurred by Horace
Murray ia co~mectio, with
F~ir F~hi~it.
Lorace ~urray Jr
misoe~llaneous personal ex-
penaitures incurred by Horace
Murray i, con_~ection with
Fair Exhibit.
~. p. Somerville
Salary for week ending march
12th, 1927.
$.L.Richardson
~illian ~essell
Salary for week ending March
l£th, 1927.
Salary for week ending March
12th, 1927.
Smith
Hauling rock for Oe~tral Ave
reRairs.
;. Smith
3~ days laOor hauli~g muck
to Per,ce Xark
Wilcox
done in constructing
Boynton Booth at County Fair.
;. P. Adams
Work done in constructing
Boy.n~on Booth at County Fair.
h~tting Filling Sra. Gas used in connection with ~'air.
~seley°s ~ar~ge ~as and oil used i~ con~mc~ion
wi~h Fair.
~uise L. Dimick
~rait purchased i~r
Fair
4.40
10.88
58.29
10.00
AO.O0
24.10
24,?0
60.00
~0.00
25.00
6.00
14. O0
25.00
25. O0
3.50
.5.06
Co. 1 piece of glass used ia
: '~tab les fo r Fair ~hib l-t.
~ok to Pence Pa~.
Casino and Signs at ~eaoh,
~ N. &. W. ~ Drew Co.- 1 do'z ~21-2 Pap, roid WalLets.
.
~ ~oote & Davies
Richerd ~ovelty Co.
"0has "
· Myers·
One Police Docket
~ork do~e ~n e~
Limes and Lemons
for l~air Exhibit.
i Calvin ~owers 1 pair shoes and 1
~ ~or Prisoner. IlAX-?~.sk.
· ~ of ~oyato~ ~io~ rent ~or :the ~ ..~
'of Feo~a~ 1~27.
~ of ~oynton Office rent ~or the ~onth
$o~lssioaer 'of Gem~l '-~
Land 0ffioe -
~ · T~ ~p~ for To~ Hall in-
The following communication was
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The ~alm ~$each Cou:]ty League of Women Voters, at
:i~me Annual meeting held in ~oyaton, December 7th, decided
n ~entratlng its efforts for the coming year on
rimg for th% ~mnty a teneral Hospital·
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'able to obat~
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::.: :..In ........ regard to Petiion fl~d With me on ~arch
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'C, ~gglas,_. signed with elEht-s~ '86; a~es, I hereby .
A~ve~. e~ln~_ .'., . t~ s~e ~d find insuf~icien~''~
With are the following:
Of qualil'ied elector~ did not "
to have passed are not sHch
cap be-Ini'tiated under the
3. 'The .Or~linance' s submitted
4. Only one ~'~edinance can be
petition.
this 10th day of March A. D. 1927.
in the form
initiated by one
5. The petition is not in
Certt~ the ~tition to the
IN ~TNES8 I have he~e~to ~et
After bein~ read,, same was
_~AVlN~ RESOLUTIO~ ON OCEA~ ~_VE_ _a~D COCO~ ~~.
.~S, the To~ Co~ssion.~ the (To~ o~~
Bo~n, ~ori~a, deems it necessa~ ~d
p~eservation of the ~lic health ~d ~a~.e~f the~t~a~i~:
~n~ of ~ho ~o~ ~ ~h~ g~n~l ~re ~o~,
street or ~blic ways ~med In this ~esolution be eetabll~
altered, extended, widened, graded, cleared, paved~, oiled
repaired for the location and distances hereinafter
-.ticularly described, in accordance with the g~a~e of au~h
materials and in accordance with the plans and
as hereinafter designated .in this resolution. ~'.~ .¥i
· THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Town ¢ommiasX~-
of the Town of Boynton, Florida, that this Commission 'does
:hereby decide to establish, alter, extend, widen, grade,
cle~r~ pave, oil a~d repair the streets or public ways wi-~hin
~ Towm 9f ~~, Florida, ~escribed and located as follows:
OCEAN ~&t~ENUE, from the west line of Powell Street,
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produced across Ocean AVenue, to the east rail of the
Seaboard Air Line Railway, to be improved by const~-ucting:
5" x14" concrete header curbs, a ~orty foot waterbound
macadam pavement of six inches compact rock with a wearing
surface of sand and bituminous cement, prime and seal type,
together with the necessary clearing and grubbing, grading
and shaping of the roadway and parkways.
OCEAN AVENUE, from the east end of the Florida
Coast Line Canal Bridge .to a line 55' west of its intersec-
tion with the east curb line of Cocoa Street extended
northerly, to be improved by constructing: B" x 14" concrete
header and curbs, a. thirty foot waterbound macadam pavement
of seven inches compact rock with a wearisg surface of sand'
and bituminous cement, prime and seal type, together with
the scarifying and reshaping of the present macadam roadway,
grading and shaping for a thirty foot roadway.
The Intersection of Ocean Avenue, Ocean Boulevard
and Cocoa Street, including the returns to Ocean Avenue,
from the east curb line of Cocoa Street, extended northerly,
to a line 55' west thereof, and from the south line of
Ocean Avenue extended easterly to its north line extended
easterly to connect with the proposed 30 foot pavement of
Cocoa Street and Ocean Avenue and the existing pavement
of Ocean Boulevard, to be improved by constructing: 5" x 14"
concrete header cttrb along the east line of the intersection,
concrete curb and gutter at the southwest return, scarifying
and-reshaping the present macadam roadway, a waterbound
~acadaE base of ?" compact rock and surfacing with two inches
of Warrenite Bitulithic pavement, together with the necessary
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jading and shaping of
grading and shaping of the roadway and ~arkways.
COCOA STREET from the south line of Ocean Avenue
extended eaSterly to the center line of Edith Street, with
the returns at Hudson AVenue and at the alley between Hudson
Avenme and Ocean Avenue, to be improvSA~ constructing:
5" x 14" concrete ~eader curb on the east aide and a co~rete
curb and. gutter on the west side, the improvement to be
thirty feet Mack to back of curbi~ amd to be paved with a
waterbound macadam base of six inches eompaC~ ~e~k and a
wearing,~urface of two inches Warrenite~Bl~l~lithi~.pavement,
together~with the necessary grading and .hap of the
roadway and parkways.
PALMETTO STREET from the North line of Central
Park to the connection of Palmetto Street with Central
Boulevard to be improved by .constructing combined curb
andgutter on each side of Palmetto Street and const~ucting
a forty foot waterbound macadam pavement with a base of six
inches compact rock and a wearing surface of two inches
Asphaltic concrete together with the necessary grading and
shaping of the roadway and parkways.
CENTRAL BOULEVARD f~om the west' side of Palmetto
Street to the connection of Central Boulevard with the
West line of the Dixie Highway to be improved by constructing
~ombined curb and gutter on each side of Palmetto Street
and constr~cting a forty foot waterbound macadam pavement
with a base of six inches compact rock and a wea~ing surface
of two inches Asphaltic concrete together with the necessery
the roadws~ and parkways.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following shall
state in a general way what is to be done, the limits within
which said work ~ahall be done, the material to be use~ the
grade to be established, the fill to be made and the widlth
of said paving; The grade shall be as .shown on the plans
and profiles in the office of the Town Clerk ~of the Tow~
of Boynton, Florida, said improvements ~ahall be twenty-fo~
(24) feet surface treatment pavement in .~he .4e~t~r ~f 'said
streets. Before the work shall be conaide~e~I ?'cm~e~e, all
rUbbage .and mxmsed materials due to or ~ec~rith the
work, shall be removed and the premises left in.a condition
satisfactory to the Town Engineer and the Town. Ail sidewalks,
paving or other PUblic or private property dis~mrbed or
damaged shall be restored to their for~er condition or to
the satisfaction of their owners. There shall be g~aded and
tn~epared a smooth and uniform road bed true to line and
grad~ as furnished ~ry the Town Engineer, which shall conform
to the sa{d plans and specifications on file as aforesaid.
Whenever embankments are necessary, they shall be for~ed of
successive layers of not more than twelve (12) inches in
thickness, Such layers~to be thoroughly co~pac~ by some
approved method. Ail trees, stumps and roots within the
road bed shall be g~rubbed up and removed as the Engineer
may direct. Broken stone for r~ck paving shall consist of
.angular fragments of stone of uniform quality throughout,
free from thin or elongated pieces, soft or disintegrated
stone, dirt or other obJectional matter. The broken Stone
Lahall not contain excessive fine material nor shall it
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contain any stones which more than four inches in their
longest dimension. The broken stone shall then be spread
upon the mubg~ade ~n .a uniformly loose layer of eight-(8)
inches in .thickness 'and in such amammer that segragatlon of
sizes is prevented and so that uniform comPaction may ~e
secured. The aggregate shall be dru rolle~ With a
driven roller, weighing not less than five ~{5) ~o~s,
the rock has been spread and rolled in the?~,;~ SPecified,
the same shall be scarified, shaped,- and
finished, continuing the process until a dust
has been formed, w~tCh, with the water, shall'~T~ll 'all the
Voids of the 'rock and shall f~om a wave 'below the wheel of
the ~oller. After the aggregate has been rolled the pave-
ment shall be swept clean ef all loose material and treated
with an application ~of hot asphalt cement, uniformly applied
at the .rate of one-half to three-fourths gallons per square
yard 'As directed by the engineer. After application of
asphalt cemen~ a~d if Practicable, while it is still
dry fine aggregate shall be spread over the surface to~p~e_
vent asphalt cement f~om coming through, but the spreading
shall not be heavier than a sufficient amount to take up
~the asphalt cement, with a slight excess of fine aggregate.
That the work and improvements to be-undertaken in PUrsuance
of this resolution, shall be all done as more particularly~
specified in certain plans and specifications and profiles
now on ~ile in the office of the Town Clerk of Boynton,
Florida, and
LBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the owners of any
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lot or parcel of land abutting on said street within said
limits are hereby ordered, directed and required to so
establish, alter, extend, widen, grade, ~clear, pave, oil
and repair 'maid street within thirty '(50) days from the
adoption of this resolution; said work and improvements to
be commenced within~maid time and to be Completed in lemm
than (90) days from the adoption of this resolution; and
. BE IT I~R, THER RESOLVED, that 'if ~e owner or
owners of any lot or ~arcel of land ab~tt~ on maid etreet
within said limits mhall fail or relume te commence the
said improvements within the time Premcrlbed~erein, to-wit;
thirty (50) days from the date of the adoption of the~ re-
sC~ution, the Town Commission of the Town of Boynton, Florida,
shall cause maid work to be done by contract or otherwise, and
said Commission may in its discretion enter into separate
contracts for any grading,.ftlling, clearing, or paving
or oiling er for any portion of either; or the maid Commission
.may, in its discretion, perform all or any portion of any
public wo~kmnder its supervision, under a foreman or other
agency such labor as may be necessary,' and not let the
same under contract, as may in its option best'serve the
interests of the public. When such ~ork has been completed~
the said Commission may pay the expense of the same out of
any funds--l~e~~ to the Town, or it may pay for the s~me
with certificates of indebtedness. The Commission may
assess the expense of such wcrk on the property benefitted
by the improvement, or upon the abutting property in pro-
!i~': ~ortion to the frontage, or the Commission may pay any per-
tion of the expense thereof from any ftuuds belonging
to the Town, and assess the remainder of said expense
against the property benefitted thereby,.or against
the abutting property in Proportion to the frontage.
Any lot on a corner may be assessed for its proportionate
share of the improvement in the crossing or street adja-
cent to the corner.
Upon motion made by Commissioner Bena~n' seconded
by.Commissioner Winche~ter, the above an~ forgoing Paving
resolutio~ was duly adopted. ~ ~
There being no further bUsines~ e ~meeting
adjourned. , . ~