Minutes 04-02-35R~GUY~R I~E~Ii~TG OF APRET_. 2~ 1935.
A
~ovvn o£
even~g~ April
Regular ~'[eetim~.o oz~ the Boa_~d of Tovzn Co~r.,_lss!omers of the
P!omida~ ~vas held az. the Towm, Hall
1935 at V'.30 o~cloek P.~.
Present: H.D. Steve~s~
entire Board of Tow~
the To~ of ~ozu~ton, Fiomida.
The abow~s ~ ' ~ ~'~
~ on s ~ m ~us ,_ng the
O o~%~.is sl onep s of
Vic e-}~iayop '
Tov~_ Cle?k.
read and appPo%-ed %~pon motion made by Com~!!ssionep l~{enzei$
seconded by Comm~issioner Bov,;en and 'meanimously car~ied.
Upon motion ~ade b~ Co~aissioner Bowen, seoom_ded by
Co~issiener }~enzel and u=~_imous!y oammied~ the fei!owing
bills were approved fop paid, em% v~nen f~ds become availab!e:~
So'athe~n Bell Telephone Co ~ i0.05
Plorida Power e LiEJmt Co i05.05
0mange .State 0il Company 14,44
A petltion~ simp_ed by Nine (9} qualified Electors of
-bhe Term of Bo}~atOn~reqz-~esting that tlme naz.~_e of H. D. ST~NS
be placed on the ballot fop election of I~yor %o be held
Mond_ay~ ApPii Stln, !~3~ was read~ said petition be~%g
accom~panied by the fil~g fee of Twenty Five Dollars
i'io otb_er petitio~% being ~_ad fop nomination of O~didates
fop said. offi~e~ the Clerk was ~ast~ucted to ~.,z~ the
ballots pz~epamed fop the eleotion to be held April 8th, 1935~
Upon motisn ~aade -~y Co~al~!issionsr Stsvsns~ secoNd_sd by
Co~miissioner _~ol'~ell and ~ni~ousl~ oarPied~ the following
RES{LL~iOi~1%~as duly passed a~d adcpted~-
A RESOLUTION OF ?i~ TO]~
}~ilSS!ON FOR T}~ TOtal{~ uP BO!ITON~
PLOR~A~ PRESCRIBING I~S
PROVIDING PON ITS ~ETIi~YGS ~D T~
E~C~tON OP iTS
young peopls~ adults &r~d to'~is%s sojovm~aing !m o~
should ha~e an opportenity %o make ~ae bes~ possible
of their ieis~a~e t~me~
~I~AS~ !~ ~ that it is a wise ci~y that pro¥ides
proper places in vslmioh cup future citizens m~y play
To~Tn Cor~ission~ a group of eitizens~ representing the
orgsamizations of the Tov~_ to act as a Pamk ~d Recreation
NO~V~ T~IR~ORE BE IT ~SOLV~ BY T~ TOR%Y
OF TN~ TO%~!{ OP BO~TON~ PLORiDS_~ ti~.t the l~iayor of {she Town of
Bo}~_t~a~ Piorida~ appoint~ with %lee appro%-ai of tb_e
Com~ssion~ a gronp of citizens representing the vsmious
org~aizations of the To,si to act as a P~k ~d Recreation
CoP2aissio~. of ~%e To~%~_ of Boynton~ Plorida~ the object
said. Park and Recreation Co~mission being to
nei~loorhood unity for %ha pumposs of obtaining fop the children
of o~a~ co~iti~, such opport~aities fop ~}%holes~ee play and
recreation ti~ougb_out the entire year~ as shall help
become worthy citizens~ a~md to Provide such
for ~ ~_e wholesome ~oroatior. of adults and t ou_msts so~ou~_~g
~_~ our toga as shall ~ke o'~ com~.nity the best po~szole place
~,umcn to live, ~rov!dsd~ however~ tha~ ~ the_ To~rn o~ ~o~to~
s~al~ ~ no way bs ~ ~
- ~abl~ fo~ any act or obligation performed
or incurred by said Park ~d R~creatiom. ~ ~
sam~ be _~mrst appmoved by the To%?n Co~msszon of said
~ ~ ...... ~SOLV~ That said P~k ~d Rscmeation
o~m~mss=on shall meet as a body on t~me first iionday of each
month to hear reports mad take action on current
~:~e~ ~m~s ~aI be called, by th9 ..h~mr~:~n of
said Pa~k and R~croation Co=m~issiom~ if authorized by the
Executive Co~m~ttse~ s~d due notice~ curiUm!rig the business
fop vchiok the - ~--~ ~] ~
.~.eo~z~g is c~_le~ is sont %o eao_~ membep of
said Commission foz~ty-ei~lt hours'oexo_e~ "~ the time sot
for the
That said Park and Recreation
uo~msszon shall ~lect a~hv3aa!ly~ at ~%e April ms~thg of
~e=~ a C~azrm~ Vice ~'~!%a~r~ ~ Secretary ~d TPoas,~e~ v~_ose
d~es snazi be those usually pe~ta%amng to such o~fmoers
respectively._ There shall also be an ~cu. tmve ~ ' ~ Committee composed
of e~ae offioe-~s of said * ~ '
such othe-~_ cor~m~ittees_ as may be ~ .... ound necessary from v~me' ~ to
and hs om she may also fill such vacancios as may
BE ZT FUR'T~.~R ~SOLt~D~ ~nat said Park amd
Con~ssior_ shall file a written monthly ~port of~ it~ s act~v~ti~s~
together with it's suggestions and ~o~m~ndati~ms for
f'~thsring of such activitiss~ with the Tovaa Co~ission of the
Town of Bo~ton~ Piorida~ said repo~t %o be filed not later
%ha~ the tenth day of ~ach
fol!ow~ag org~izations~ to act as a Park ~d R~craati~ Co~ssion
for :~ma Towm of Boyntom~ Fiorida~ bs~ and h~r~by is~ approved
and confirmed by '~%a Tow;m Cor~ssior_ of th~ ~ov~ o~ B~nton~
Boy Scoa. ts of
T~oop C onmv~ttoe,
Bo~nton Troop No. 5~
Bo~nt on Fire
VYoo~m~n of the
~7oman~ s Club~
Bo3~to~a Lodge ~io, ~8~ F. & A~
Eo~mton Baptist Church,
Boynton Beach f~thietic
Public Schools of
Herchants of Eoynton~
Custodi~ of Bo~ton Beach Casino,
BE ZT PURT~ RESOLVED~ That in the absence or ir_ability
of the presiding off iccp of any of the aforesaid orgamizatioms
to attend ~h~ ms,tings of said ~ark and Recraatfom Co~issiom~
then, in that event~ the officer of such organization n~xt
~ is ke~by appointed to attend sucl~ m~etings~
Conn~ssion~r Stevens ~d ~nously car~i~d~ th~ ~Iayor and
To~ Clerk of the Town off Boynt~n were au~ho~ized~ e~oowered
and d~ec~sed ~o execute the following lease~-
THIS YF~SE, mad~ this second day of APRiL~ A. D.
1935, by a~ between A~ W. THORN s~d !L~ W. THORN~ his
wife~ ~e~ein called the lessors, ~ud the TOV~ 0F B0~TON~
a ~icipal corporation org~Ized ~d existing under
laws of ~me State of Florida~ her~in called the
~YiTNESSETH, that in consideration of the
herein containsd~ on the part of the said lessee to be kept
and performed, the said lessors do hereby lease to the said
lessse~ the fol!ov~ing deseribe~
LOT ~UI,~ER FC~TY-OFE (41), ~SS NORTH
0~ HUA~R~ ff~T OP DE?.~Y~S SUBDIVISiON~
T~%~0P ON Pl~ !N ~ OPP!3E ~ T~
C~RK OP Ti~ CIRCUIT SOL~T iN .%R~ P0R
PAng B~GH COUI%~
TO i~I~ ~{D TO HO~ the s~e fo~ the term of 0~
lessee paying thePefope as rent~ as they become due ~d pay-
able from time to t~e~ all water Pates~ and all
mnnicipal ~md governmental oharges~ genez~al ~d speciai~
ord~r£amy and extma-ordinaa~y~ of every natures and kim~. v..hat-
soevep~ which may be l~vi~d~ ~os~d o~ assessed upo~ th~
~eal estate hereby de~sed~ d-~ing the te~ of this lease.
[~e said lessee covenm~ts with the said lessors
to pay the rent as af~esaid~ to z~ke no ~eiawful~ im-
proper or offensiv~ use of the p~emis~s~ not to use said
premises for shy other p~pos~ th~ as a PUBLIC PARK ~2~
P~YGR0~ ~d to quit and detlv~r up said premises~ upon
fifteen days notice in ~iting from the iessors~ that the
said lessors have disposed of ail~ ormAny part~ of said
pPemises bW sale~ lease or otherwise~ in any event~ to
quit and deliver up said premises at the end of said term
in as good condition as theI now are (ordinary wear mad
decay and d~mage by the ei~ments excepted). And the said
lessee horeby covenants and agrees that if default shall
be made in the pa~ent of the rent as afomesaid~ o~ ~ the
said tessoe shall violate any of the covenants of this loase~
then said lessee si~!l become ten,ut at suffe~ace~ there~qy
~vaiving all might of notio% and the lessors shall be en-
titled ~uuuediatoly to me-enter ~ad re-take possession of the
1%~TNESS our hm~ds and seals this SEC0i~ day of
APRiL~ As D. 1935.
Si~ed~ sealed and Delivered
~Signed) ~Ulao P. Somerville
(Si~ned) A V Petemson
(Sigaled} Kate We Thomn ~ ~^~.
TOW~.Y OF BOYi~iTON
BOARD 0P COL~TY
1935
With reference to public hearing of complaint against Boynton
dra~ bridge :~{uiah Fm. Prince discussed ~ith you Th,~sday -
Smme will be held in ~iami~ Posm 3~V Federal Building at
9:00 A. M. T~rsdsy~ April 4th.
Complaints against .... ~ .... e .... ~
prim~cipal contention be~u~ teat the vertical clearance of
~8~ V~ it provides is a hindrance to navigation.
If the War Department ~houid order this bridge rebuilt to meet
prese~ requirements it would me~% the construction of a new
bridge with 80 ft horizontal ciear~ace at a probable cost
of 60~000 to V5~O00.
As this expense would be the burden of Speaiai Road & Bridge
Dzsvrmct hr!5 or the Oou_u:y~ you. can readmmy see zt would be
impossible for it to be financed at this t~e. Accomd~gly~
if the decision of the heaping should be adverse the consequence
would be the removaI of the present bridge without replacement.
~nis would leav~ Bo3~_ton Beach without its oresent direct outlet
~md would work an appreciable h~dship on t~e towns of Bo~ton
Beach and Bo~aton and the nei~bor~,g territory.
It behooves all iamterested parties to be present at the hearing
in :~iam~ and to be prepared to present argu~ment either oral or
written for the rententio~ of the present bridge, in the case of
by motion oP resotuflon as well as oral pressnbation of same
at the hearing.
~ae argo._ant against the bridge that it is a hindPa~mce to
navigation can 0s met by the fact that only relatively few boats
vz%th masts higher than ~0 ft. use tho Cana!~ and such a boat
~ould be large and seaworthy eh:ouch to reach },:is~i by proceeding
outside. Dpedge boats esau all be passed at the bmidge by !owem~g
stacks om spuds~ s~nd as .dPedges are engaged in construction such
expense can be ~oluded as part om~ construction ope~ations~
As the above water cP~b wo~.!~ be encountered only at melatively
the sake of a few boats~
At best a removal of the bridge ~zou!d require crossing the oar~!
at Y,_~ut~_ua or Delray~ a long detour from Boy~_to-_.a to Bo~ynton Bsacl%
amd with the precarious condition of '~dae 0oean road ~_u times of
storm migimt become a very serious :~den~ce besides.
bridges retention for the m~tter v~ry vitaily afl*ct, you~
~_u.~tersst. Address al! ~ittsn communications to
Lt. Col. B. C. ~rm~ Corps of
( si p_ed )
Aftsr considerabi~ discussion it was agree~, to employ
~. New. man T. Eiller~ Attorney, to accompany the Co. missioners
of t~h® To~ o-~ Bo~-r. ton to ~zs~m on April Fourth~ to att-'er_d ~-'
hear~nmg mentioned in the above and foregoing letts~ and to use
every available arg~s_m®nt for -~n~ retention of the Bridge~
~ ~/~~ Vic~-~ayor