Minutes 04-09-64~I~VUTES OF SPECIAL ~ET~G 0P CITY C0~NCIL, b~I~ IN CITY HALL,
B0~TON BF~CH, FLORID&, &PHIL 9, 1964, at 9:00 &.M.
P~S~T:
FRANCIS T. KAIN, CITY
GENE ~00KE, CiTY A~T0~!Ey
TERESA P~ETT, CITY
The Special Hooting called for
course to be followed regard~_ug the
termi~ S o
the purpose o£ deciding on a
installation of effluent line
~r. Kain asked the Council for a motion tra~sferri~ $8,~00.00
to our~ent revenue for the force main crossing at Boynton Canal.
~. ~ahoney moved t~t the Council authorize th~ transfer of
$8,800.00 from current revenue, said trs~sfer made avail~ole in
addition to the contract figure for ~he immediate construction of
force main cross~ug under the Bopnton Canal. l~tr. S~un~ers seconded.
All Council~en voted
~. Hain recom~ended to Council that Husseil and Axon be
authorized to make surveys on how water pressures would be affected
on *~he South beach if the water l~ue on lSth &venUe South were
abandoned for a year. T~s ~as in reference to a recommendation
that the present water line crossing be ~oandoned ~ud not constructed
until next yea~ when f~nds may be available. ~o ~l~oney moved that
the Council accept the recon~nendation o£ the ~ity ~anage~ for a
possible t~porary ~oandonment of reb~Llding and replacing the 1Sth
&venue water line running from No. I Highway to Al& end that the
engineers be instructed to submit such reports that are necessary
and that ~. Kain be instructed to consult with the State Head
Department as to any possible loss of revenue to the City that might
accrue to them for such s~oandcnment. I~r. ~chie seconded the ~tion.
~ll Cotu~cftmen voted AYE.
~. ~n inz~ormed the Council that the primary purpose of the
meeting was to discuss and arrive at som~ course of action on the
construction of the effluent line at the north end of town. He
gave a report to the Council on the meeting ~th ~. David Lee ~ud
~o Ealph Baker o£ Florida State Boa~d of Health in J~cksonville
on Na~ch l~, 1~84, ~nich was attended by ~ayor B~uks, Co~cilman
&robie, the City Attorney and the City ~ager. As a result of ~he
meeting the State Board of Health had agreed to allow ~t~he terminus
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of the effluent line on the north side of th~ Boynton Canal just
east of the locksite now under construction, Structure &!, ~ith
the c~ndition that the City, within a two yea~ period, extend
that line to deep water~ either by continuing on out the canal or
going northward.
~, Eai~ said that in hi~ opinion the City had two courses.
The first would be to leave the ter ~minus at its ~resent location,
with this there would be no expenditure, and the money saved could
be used to ex~end sewers. Disadvantages inherent in this: other
controlling ag~neies eo~ld order the City to cease dumping i~to
the oauaI at an~ tfme~ citizen objections the possibi!it~ of De-
lutio~ ~o our water supply here ~d in other e~eas.
Construction ox the exfl~ent l~ne along the Florz~zast Coast
rmght-of-way to Oak Strew? ou~ to deep water would cost
approximately; the extension in the Beynton C~ual Would ~un ~145~000
approximately.
t~r.-S~mar:s as~en if ~of_ug out at Oak otree~ w utd m~au~u
additional expenditure cz ~26,000. ~r. Banks asked if this had
any bearing on the South extension down to ~rd Avenue. It was~
decided to deal with the two separately.
~. Mahone~ asked ~. Kain if the State Boa~d of Health had
objection to allowing it $o go into the canal at its present
locatio~ ~o Kain tol~ him ~hat they were opposed to it,
Y~ Suers asked Mr. Kain if he could foresee any trouble
with right-of-ways if they decided to go to Oak Street. ~ Kain
said that he dfd_u~t foresee ~ay problems.
& twenty-five foot right-of-way about one-hundred~ssouth of
Oak Street was discussed.~ ~· ~ ~ ~.· ~i~
~r. ~vchie stated that ir. Baker's main objection to leaving
it where it was now was the fact that there was no moving water;
he wanted so many thousand gallons of moving water. ~ow, however,
with the removal of madergrowth ~ud deepening of canal by the
Flood Control the water was moving faster. ~. ~chie suggested
that tests be made now as to how fast ~ae water is moving, again
in two weeks when 350 more homes wilt be tied in, and then that
tgooratory tests be made and if something can be found to ~mow
to ~r. Baker, so they will allow the effluent to be deoosited at
its present location; th~n the City would have $170,00~ more to
work with m~d bring in paying sewer customers.
~r. B~uks said that since the canal had been d~g deeper ~hat
the wa~er was flowing to the east.
Iir. Nahoney said that if the Co~ucil saw fit to save the
~l~O,000 and use it to hook up customers to the south amd leave
the outlet at its present location the problem of the effluent
would then be greater with more customers hooked up to it. Added
to that was the orzt,_ezsm ~t the Council would receive from
eh_ aged cltl zone.
N~, Mahoney asked ~. Kain to read the last page of his
comments o~ the meeting, which were as follows:
~e statements made by both Nr. r~ee and i~r. Baker mee~
that, regardde ss of what temporary steps are taken to
solve this problem, the City of Boynton Beach is goir~
to have to build the effluent line to salt water within
two years. Since this is a certainty, course one is
almost academ~e. To follow the proposal ~de by the
Board of Health see~s ~uso~ndo Construct!oh costs rise
daily ?nd zn t.wo yea~s a~uy adv~utage gazned by ~nvestmng
funds zn additzonal collection systems may be nullified
by Lucreased costs.
mFurther delay in a~_ewering this problem is undesirable;
but it is quite obvious that the city may not D~ve any
choice, If this situation is to remain under the control
of the Cz~y ~ouncml~ the second course ms the one to be
followed. Outside controlling agencies and protesting
citizens' groups would not have ~ny further legitimate
objections. The City Council would also have shown to
the citizens a proper concern for the welfare of all per-
sons in this area. However, as ~nentioned above in this
paragraph, the City may have no choice in following course
two. 'This is because of the size of the expenditure neces-
sary to build the effluent line. At the present time such
an expenditure is not possible from the water-sewer fund."
After some discussion as to alternative routes available to
the north, ~r. Summers moved that Course 2, as-recommended by the
City Nanager,~ be adopted ~ th the possible exception that if the
utilization of an easement robe obtained over the Dunn Tract or
a 28' easement approximately 100 feet south of ~ak Street proves
feasible that, with the approval of the consulting engineers,
the most southerly of said alternate routes be used. (Course
as recommended by the City ~auager, was to construct the line
northward along the F. E. C. right of way to Oak Street
eastward to salt water.)
~.~. ~oore was requested to have au answer regarding the Dunn
property and a check on the 28~ right of way within three days.
N~. ~honey said that the money was available according to
~s. ~allace this morning. There is a ~2,000 ~ud interest bond
payment coming due in June~ ~l~,00 ~s already ~nder contract
for th~ effluent line and~10,000 ~ue Interc0unty Construction Co.
This leaves a balance of ~2,000 in the Construction ~rust Fund
and Federal Grant jointly. The ~26,000 to relocate this line
would leave a oalance of ~16,000,
Mayor Ba~uks stated that he was in favor of Course 2 when
they came back From the r~eeting in Jacksonville. Since then,
however, he Felt that consideration had to be given to the
extension of the lines to the south since the additional revenue
needed for the investment would have to come from there°
Upon a call for the motion Councilmen Mahoney, Summers, and
~dsen voted AYE; Nayor Banks and Councilman A~chie voted i~AEEo
The meeting was adjourned at 10:20 A. Mo
Allison Ba~ks, Mayor
g ~z~y Clerk
~alt er A. Madsen,
Councilman
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