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Minutes 05-16-55MZNUTES OF A REGDHLAR ~EACH, FLOR~A~ HELD MAY 16~ i9~. °RESENT~ M~. ~.E.SHOOK, Myyor. M_r. STA%rLEY ~,~AVAWXR ~ Vice Mayor Mr. Joe DeM~RC0 ~. ALBERT DEEN Mr. MOTT °ART!Y. Mrs. D.¥,Willi~ms~ City Clerk. Mr. Zetl Taylor M~. C~ri Stone on!ice Chief Carver~ ~ called to order by M~yor Shook ~t 7.30 The meet_rig was ~. k~ebber oresented two ol~ts ~o~ approval: I. The olat ~ __ ~ust South of Boynton moad to be changed to ~0' R/W. Ii. ~, Weaver moved that the oiat for Dr. Dewey b~ accented soorov@l oendin~ thenaming, and buildin~ of roads and water installations. Mr. Deen seconded. Motion carried. for _ Mr. Henry Merke! Jr.~ sneaking for e deoutation which was oresent regarding the oeving of streets in Harbor Estates~ said that orsctical!y all of the o,ma~ers had exoressed themselves as willing to out uo whatever their nro rs'ts share might be in connection with assessments to cover s~ch assessments. ~ 'f ~ e ~ ~' Mr. ~r~ fl~ was asked, to get.full t got descriotions of ~ne ~ oroperties ~md advertise the assessments~ Mr. Carey sooke for Mr. Ig!ehart's water co~ecnion ~nd asked what he had to do to clariSy the situation. Mr. Peter Rosenswe~E~ whmc~ he is se~ing to the road from A1 to ~TA. of Ocean Ridge~ ~resented a oetition St'ate~ regarSin~ the condition of the was handed to the Attorney for his oomnmon. Mr. Menb~3~rg requested thst Railroad &venue be made oassab!e to the new bu~.,_d~ng just built by him. Ha was told thet it would have to be out in by assessment end thet the metter will be looked into~ as the City has no setun on temoorary streets. It is a 40' road. Something will be done ~o help him ouz if oossibla. Mr. Harry Hiii~ ~e~w' he~r~ ~ ~ to the o~mer of the Hill orooerty~ said he would like to buy back the nrooerty if restrictions regard- ing coneemmation can be lifted. He nromised to out the building in excellent condition. He was told that the Building Inspector, the Fire Deoartment and an outside Engineer had condemned the building. -2- Mr'. Weaver said ~t would have to be set back ~0' from the section line before any ~ermit for re-building could be granted. The City Clerk read the s~eeia! Engineer's re~ort. The Co~neil regretted that under the circumstances they could not give a ~ermit. M~. Reed brought u~ the matter of chemical water treatment~ recommending that the City change~- from formula ~? to formula Hr. Weaver said the chemicals were costing more than antici- pated and~ until he can obtain more money te adjust his budget for the next six months~ he does not see how more expenses eau be in- curred at ~resent. Mr. Weaver. asked Mrs.Williams to check hie budget again~ es he thinks the ex~ense~ if mossibte~ is warranted. It was agreed the matter could not be taken uv at this time~ and M~. Reed was told the Council will get in touch with him when and if the exoenditure can be made. Hrs. Kood~ member of the Boynson Woman's Club library committee: read a request for f~3rther funds for the library for the coming year~ saying it was hooed to keeo the library coon for one day s week during the summer. Mr. DeMarco moved that the City donate ~50.00 to the Woman's Club Library for the oresent. Mr. Dee~ seconded. Motion carried. City Clerk Dorothy V.Wiilisms read the minutes of the last regular meeting of the Council of MsM 2. Hr. Weaver seid~ instead of Hrso Peck~ the name should be Mrs, Geltzer~ formerly Mrs, neck, He moved that with this change the minutes should be acce~ted. Mr. Dean seconded. Motion carried. Extracts from the minutes of the Planning Board meeting of May 3 were read. Mr. Shook s~g~ested that they be tabled and that a smeciai meeting be held for considerat~om of the Board's recommendations. A letter was read From the Recreational Board~ dated May !h Mayor Shook said he had received a complaint from the Press of West Valm Beach that they had been unable to attend the Recreational Board meeting as it.was no~ held im the City Hall, Beginning this ~eek Teento~ will be ~eld at the Casino. it wes a~reed that flooalights would be eroviaed~ also storage s~aee, as re~uested~ Mrs. Hoom was askem to check wmtn ~he Casmno regardmng the dates svsi!ableo A letter wes read questing a hermit for wing only. from~.eL Joseoh's Evisco~si Church re- starting s bu~ldi~g by constructing one A reouest~rom ~ the ~hurch- for zoning was also Mr. Weaver moved that the request wing of St, Jos~Dh's Church be granted. Motion csrried~ ' t_on of a for the construc ~ Mr. DeMsrco seconded~ A oe~ztmo** was read from~several oeovle regarding the dangerous condition of ~h building occunied by Habe! on ~.E. 4th Avenue. Mr~ Griffith thought an e~ert should insoect the bui!ding~ after which the owners or occuoents should be given ~ hearing. Mr. Bow!es~ Bui!di~g tnsoec~or? said the Building Code cells for the Fire M~rshall end s reoutable contrector to visit the building and give their ooinion to the Council. Mr. Weaver said the Fire Deoartment hsd already made s revert on it~ It w~s agreed that the Building Insoector and Fire should visit it together~ M~rshai! of Delray the Boynton & letter was read from Mr. W. Lawson. City Manager Beach~ e~oressing gratitude for the hel~ given them by Beach Fire Densrtment st a recent fire. A Resolut'ion ~assed by the Chamber of Commerce of Lake Worth. dated May 14~ regarding acreage for the Junior Col!ege~ was read. Mr. Weaver suggested Mrs. Wiilisms and Mr. Griffith draw uo s Resolution after contacting Mr. Fields, in order to see what he has to offer° It may still be oossibie to offer s Boynton Beach site. Mr~ ~,r~f.~ta ssi8 he would get ~n touch with Mr, Fields, A letter was rea8 from Reoresentative Dickerson and Er~mett Roberts about orovosed Senate Bill 153 ~nd House Bills 120 ~nd 376~ and mskinE suggested amendments to House Bill 376. Mr. oartin made s motion, ~eeonded by Mr.Weaver, stressing the inroortsnce ~f a ~srk in the vicinity of St. Joseph's Church. Motion Mvs. Williams was asked ~o call uo Mt.Brockway in the morni;ng and ask him~ what he was doing about the marking of Scantest Boule- yard South of the new b~mdge. In s discussion on Mr Bemford Jones hs~ing been ~ + ' license for a garage ~nd re. sir sho~ '~ restricted commercial zone~ Mr. Grmffmtn suggeste~ a letter be wrm~=n to nmos, statinE that s new license will not be issued after the exoirstion of the ~resent one. Mr~ Griffith was asked to ~ite such ~ letter. It was stated that the alley to the North of Bedford Jones' oroperty was for the use of the ~ublic~ the paving having been done by the City~ and that he had blocked it bM 0utting ~oright pines down the midd!e~ Mr, Taylor was instructed to remove the nines and~ if necessary~ to take a oolicemsn with aim when doing so. Bids for water coolers for the Police Station were read. They ranged from $168.75 for ~ix gslton coolers~ down to that of the Deco Rock Cooler: Ine.~ for $i~.~0 for a five gallon one~ including s ~-year warranty. Mro ceftin moved that the ~ter cooler for $145o~0 be ourch~sed ss the lowest bid.. Mr, DeMarco seconded~ Motion carried. The representatives of the Florida oublic Utilities Comoany were oresent. Mr. ~rlzllu~ oS~d ne had examin~ ~he o~d~n~n~e c~verlns Natural Gas franchise which they had left with the Council on M~y 2, ard said he recommended a change in it reEsr~ing the location of the pine lines. Mr. Weaver thought the matter should be gone into carefully to see if it would not be nossib!e to have a City-owned instsila- ~ion~ check with other cities which have such City-o~ned ns~allations~nd to see which would be most advantageous to the City~ It was agreed that the Council should meet with the reoresenta- tires of the Florida Public Utilities Comoeny one day next week for full discussion 6~ the orojecto A letter was read from Mr. n.B. Lorenz objecting to what he says is sn overcharge for water~ amounting to $14.00 for six months. It was agreed that Mr. Lorenz of this month's notice to oay Dnd~ time~ his water will be cut off~ should be giver until the 20th if the bill is not osid by that After discussion~ Mr. Weaver moved that M~. Shame's contract be renewed~ including co~!e%e maintenance of the water tank inside Mo~on carried, and out~ for $!~000 a year. Mr~ DeMarco seconded. ~ It was ~ereed that a mac should be recuested from Mt. Brockway showing v~etne~ oeov!e are resideDts of 0cern RidEs or County. It was agreed that hydrants not maid for shoato be removed. (~oB. A motion to this effect was made at the meeting of March 21 Isst)o It was agreed that a letter be ~itten to the Banyan Tree informing them that their garbage will only be collected on payment of $50.00 a month. A nlet of develoement nlans for ~dditions to Rolling Green ~nd Rolling Green R~dge were oresented. An offer from the dev~looers that they would suoo!y the material for vaving from Sea.rest Boulevard to Lincoln Ro~d if the City woul~ furnish ~bor end machinery was not accepted. Mr. Weaver said the orice of the lots ovmed by the Mesons near the ~cout Hut w~s $8~00.00o During ~ discussion following this a~ouncement it w[as the general ooinion that-the City did not wish to ourc~ase this oroperty. It was agreed Shat be surveyed ~efore ~ale the City-owned orooerty on Lake Street should to W.J. Snow. Mr. Weaver moved that the City have the Civil Service Ru!es and R~gula~ons ormn~ed at an aooroximate cost of $320~00 for 200 cooies. ~. DeMarco seconded. Motion carried. In a discussion on insurance on City orooert¥~ ~t was agreed that fire and ext~D~ed coverage.insurance should be meot on contents of City. Hall end th~ outside bum!ding~ known as Water Building¥ and Casino Building only. Mr. Weaver moved that the Seacrest Band be~given a donation of $1~0.00. M~. D~en seconded. Motion csrriem. There being no _further business the meeting was adjourned. Mayor