05-29-61SpMtg A special meeting of t~e Cit~ Council of Del~a7 Beach was held
in ~e C~cil ~bere at 7~00 P.M., with ~yo~ George V. ~ar~en
the 'o~ir, City ~age~ ~o~ge ~ngle ~d Co~ci~en A1 C. Avery,
9!e~ B. $~2 ~d ~o~ A. Thaye~ be~ present.
An ope~ p~aye~ was delivered b2 Co~i~ Jo~ A.
Mayor W~en called the meeti~ to o~er ~ouneing that
~d been called fo~ the p~pose of considering petition concerni~
pervasive use of yacht l~s fo~ increased recreational facilities
bY the Grimes Fo~dation, ~d fo~ ~ other business that ~y oo~
before the
Mayor W~ren ~~oed ~at ~te~ co~ult~ wi~ m Attorney
conoerni~ the G~i~a Fo~dation ~equest ~e foll~a o~din~oe was
prep ~ed.
0-397.
AN O~NCE A~~G S~TIO~ 1~ OP O~ANCE
NO. 0-383, ~0~ AS T~ CO~~S~ ZONING
~G~TIONS POR ~ CI~ OF DE~Y
~R~A, PROV~G POR ~ ~E~ION OF PER-
MISSIVE ~B IN fi-iAI md all othe~ ~SS
STRICT~ DISTRICTS TO I~L~E PR~ATE G0~
00~.
~a~ied that Ordinance No.~'~ 3~ be placed on first reading.
MayoP W~men mead ~e followl~ e=e~pt8 f~ the Ma~ 25th
Beautification Co, tree Meet~ Minutes~
"1. A motion was ~de by ~. Sante, seconded b2 ~s.
Little, ~at the city proceed ~ediately wi~ installa-
tion of spr~kler syste~ on ~e no~ ~d south entrance
islands ~ that this installation work be done by city
employees. Motion passed ~~ualy.
"~. 'A moti~ was ~de by ~. ~ton, seconded ~
~rritt, that the Chai~ appoint a sub~o~ttee to
meet with Sw~ Bro~ ~d the iow biddem on the isled
l~dscape pl~ and that ~ls ~up p~oceed with l~d-
scaping the north isled up to a cost of $2,500.00 which
has been o~e~ed by the garden clubs. Motion passed
~animous ly."
Following discussion, City M~er ~le read the following mem~
r~d~ from DirectOr of ~blic Wo~ Flemi~, da~ed May
"S~T: Beautif~ation - N~th a South ~~cea U.S.~ 1
"The est~ate given to Co--il at the last re~l~ meet~
fo~ ~at portion of t~ subject project w~ch was pressed
to be do~ ~ the city, ~d including the rem~al of e~eas
fill, Pr~ld~ ~ck, i~tallation of sprl~l~ sFstem,
fem$ilizing ~ seedi~ was as foll~s~
"For the no~th t~tangle - - - - - - - - - - - $2,800
T~AL
"If ~e above ~ntlo~ .~eaa were to be. e~ded ra~e~
seeded, the estima~s would be ~reased to app~o~te12
.$~,600 fo~ the nor~.tr~gle, $3,900'f~ ~e sou~ tri-
~e or a ~1 of $8,5~. ~clude~ in ~his total
~~i~t~y $3,~0 fo~ the ~tallatlon ~ a
system in ~
"The tabulation of bids received £~om Swan Brown for total
landscaping off the above two t~ian~les indicates that the
low bidder asked $15,760.40 for co~4~lete lan.al, soaping in-
cludl~ soils and ~ass, o~ an alternate off $9,178.~O tf
all so~ls ~d ~ass were deducted. SubtractinE these two
fiEu~es leaves $6,582 which was apparently the cost. assi~-
ed by the 1~ bidde~ to the preparation of soils and. Erass.
exclusive o~ the sp~l~ling system.
"There will be some small savinE i~ portions o~ this work
~e do~ ~ city forces, also a savinE due to the donation
of .~ck. However, as~has been pointed out' . cit~ work
crews ~e well beh~d in their ~eEul~ work and the app~ent
savings, fo~ the most pa~t, .me~s only ~at. ma~o~s ~ill be
used fo~ beautification which a~e budgeted for othe~ work.
"It. should also be noted ~at ~ additional l~bore~ should
be p~ovided to wateF ~d c~e fo~ these plant~s, ~f it
Is conte~lated that this work be done p~io~ to ~e. be~in-
ning of the new f~scal
"An estate was ~equ~ed also, for p~ovidtn~
str~ps ~n the set-back ames at the easterly edge of the
pamk~ns lot at the old C~t~ Hall. The cost of~pmovid~
a small c~b, ~e~v~ pav~ng, p~ov~dins muck,-~nstall~
small ap~nkl~ sustem ~n these areas would be ~ the
nei~borhood of $600. A~ f~them planting, it Is ass~ed,
would be done by ~e ~den clubs o~ the beautif~cation
co~ttee."
Ma~o~ War~en asked C~ty M~asem ~le to f~nd OUt. ~e cost of
mate~al needed ~d ~f theme was money available to purchase sa~d
mate~al fo~ the ~tellat~ of the spr~le~ systems in ~ese
North and South t~iangles. '
Re~a~di~ paragraph 2 of the Beautification Co, tree ~inutes
excerpts, ~yom War~en a~ounced that he had attended a meeting
today with Swan ~own, ~llton Boone,. Rose Little, Ed. Sc~ldt
Joe S~te ~d co~ented as follows conce~ni~ said meet~ ~d
l~dscaplns the two approaches to the cit[~ "We ~ant to set
6oins on the No~th isled. We ~ow that ~wan ~o~ let out the
landscape architect d~aw~ss for both islands which c~ to some
~16,000.00 w~th ~lton Bo~e as. 10w b~dde~. ~e 0~ ~all and
Comity Cente~ ~cludins Bro~$ architect fee was ~9,200.00
which only ~8,600.00 had been app~opmiated, so ~e ~e sho~t $600.00
there. ~at the meeting, resulted in was ~e hopes that the
could approp~iate about $1,700'00 to move all the pl~ts and tmees
that have been donated ~d ~t wes concluded that Swan B~o~ would
go along with placi~ these tmees, pamt~cul~ly in ~e No~ lsl~d~
that have been donated. ~t ~t costs monet to move them, ~d
quest~ontns the City, M~age~ about f~ds that would be available.for
~is use ~t was ~epo~ted that no f~ds were available."
City Ha~se~ ~nsle then ~epo~te~-'~that a $~,~00'00 ~o~t of _
mone~ had been appropriated ~n t~ ~ecmeat~o~l accosts last
for the develop~ of two baseball p~ay f~elds ~n the ~ee of S.
~d ~d 3~d ~venues between 3~d ~d ~th Streets ~d that ~o~t
money had not been used for the intended p~pose and that two weeks
e~o $1500.00 of this ~o~t was appropriated fo~ Janitor services
at ~e Co~t~ Cente~ ~ld~ns leav~ $3~200.00 ~n that accost
that c~ be used.
Mayg~ W~en f~em ste~d t~t the G~den Clubs would ~ke
thel~ $2,~00.00 available fora use at ~s time for plac~ the
donated t~ees ~d s~bbe~ ~d the Cit~ woul~ ~eplace sa~d ~t
at e later.date to be used as ~t had been ~ntended.. Me, om W~men
a~o stated that Sw~ B~o~ ~d offered to f~n~ce between $1,700.00
~d ~2,000.00 lcd the C~ty ~til next budset time ~ neoess~ but
a~ce ~t has been fo~d that ~eme ~. $3,~00.00 av~le~
w~ld not be necess~,
~om W~men ~sked that Sw~'~~a ~equest f~ ~ eppropm~at~on
of $2~0.00 to constmuct a slat house at ~ C~ty n~se~ on S.
4th Street be taken ease o~ a~d it was z~e.ed _by ~. 3u~dy~ seconded
b7 ~. Avery a~d u~a~la~12 carried that $250.00 be e~propriated
from the funds ~entioaed as beJ~g available fo~ building of said
slat house.
City Clsrk ~/e~tl~ng repo~ted_ that $~.e public auction of cXty
owned ls~d 17tr~ between S. E. 5th and 6t~ Avenues a~d abutting
10th Street had been ~eld at lIO0 P.~..toda7 as advertised and that
~he bids received we~e~ David Berlme ~J,~O0.O0 and Atlantic Realty
Cc~an~ $10,000.00. ~, Su~d7 ~oved that all blds be rejected. The
motion wes seceded by ~'. Avery a~d caA~led unanimously.
~. Avery said that Ae theft the need was here for the Council
to set some pollc7 co-corning the releasing of information from the
Police Department. ~. Avery tha~ moved that the City Manager be
lnstruct~ to get th~ Police Chle£ and sit do~n with official repre-
sentatives of all the news papers ee~vln~ t~ia e~ea and set u~ a
policy of standard operating pro, educe fo~ tho dissemination of tn-
formation and all of the personnel in the P~l/ce Department be In-
doctrinated that It ts the poltc7 of this Council that everyone ~ets
equal treatment. ~f ir~ormation is given out it ia given out to
everyone. If information ts with-held that it will be eith-held
f~om everyone. The motion was seconded by M~. Thayer.
Mayor Warren asked City Manager Mingle what the usual procedure
was concerning news releases for s police department. Ctt~ ~anager
Mingle reported that there were different procedures and policies
as fa~ as agencies and departments a~e concerned and that he had
heard t_hAs Subject discussed from coast to coast at the Xnternattonal
Police ~onventlons and that there is no established pollc7 of giving
police information to the public; also that if ~. AVery would give
them a suggested uniform policy he would certalnl~be glad to review
it.
Following ftmther discussion, M~. Aver~ asked that he be on this
committee with the City Manager, Police Chief and representatives of
the news papers to see if the2 can prepare some policy.
Tt was suggested that other cities be contacted ooncer~ thet~
policy in such matters and Mayor ~arren said that he would confer
with the City Manager on this subject.
Mr. Avery withdrew his motion under the condition that this item
would be pursued furthe~ and Mr. ~hayer withdre~ his second to said
motion.
The meeting adjourned at ?:35 P.~.
Cit2 Clerk
APPROVED ~