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11-16-59 261 NOV~ER 16TH, 1959. A Regular Meeting of the City Council was held in the Council Chambers at 1:00 P.M., withN~yor George Talbot Jr. in the Chair, City Manager W. E. Lawson Jr., City Attorney Harry T. Newett and Com- missioners J. LeRoy Croft, Charles H. Harbison, Fred B. McNeece and George V.. ~Varren being present. An opening prayer was delivered by Reverend Paul J. Smith. The Council, by general consent, approved the Minutes of the reg- ular meeting held on November 9th, 1989. City Manager Lawson read the following letter, dated Nov. llth: DELRAY BEACH CHA~EROF COMi~ERCE Parking Committee "The Parking Committee of the Merchants Division respectfully quests that the City Commission consider the removal, for a year's trial, of parking meters in the three municipal lots to allow free parking and.that d~rectional signs indicating free parking be placed under the signal lights on 4th and 5th Avenues. The Committee feels that this move would help relieve conjection in downtown traffic by encouraging employees and customers to use these lots." /S/ CHARLES LILLY Chairman Parking Committee Co~issioner V~arren expressed a belief that he did not feel this suggested removal of parking meters in the municipal lots would re- sult in any appreciable usage of the lots by employees, and, further, that experience elsewhere has indicated abuse of the privilege. Mayor Talbot did not consider the furnishing of free parking to employees to be the responsibility of the Council, however, the Mayor did feel that such action might benefit the merchants. Commissioner Warren suggested that possibly the City Parking Lot on S.E. Srd Avenue could be considered "~ree Parking" area for employ- ees, leavSng.operation of meters in the other two City Parking Lots° Commissioner Croft felt that such action, by the Council, might be determined to be discrimanatory by merchants affected. Cgmmissioner Harbi~on questioned the propriety of using public funds (taxpayers monies) to provide private parking.a~eas for any in- dividual groups of people, and suggested the possibility of a lower parking meter rate for store and office employees. Commissioner McNeece moved that the Parking Meters in the three City parking lots be Set-up in a manner similar to the Summer program, of FREE Parking, on a TRIAL BASIS, and hoped that all Merchants would co-operate in encouraging their employees to make use of these Muni- cipal Parking Lots. Notion seconded by Commissioner Croft and unani- mously agreed. The City Nanager then read the following letter, dated November 10th, 1959, from "~ouston Sales Company" of Miami. "I was advised by the City Clerk, Mr. Carl J. Gessler, with whom I had ~ telephone conversation, to ask you for an appointment to your next c~ty council meeting. We, the Houston Sales Company, employ close to 150 people in the following States, Texas, Louisiana,~New Mexico, Florida. ~e are members of the Better Business Bureau, Cham- ber of Commerce, and House to House Association of America. All our 262 NOVEMBER 16th, 19~9. men are bonded. We always try to comply with the laws and city ordi- nances in various towns. ~'~e only work Delray one day a week, on Fri- day and it is impossible for us, to collect at daytime only. We work only your colored neighborhood in Delray, and so many of them tell our collector to come back after ?:00 P.M. That is the time when the colored employees and fieldworkers come back with mone.y. Sometime our collector has to go four times to the same house, in order to catch the bread winner of the family. ~'~le wish, for our own selfish reason, that could be avoided, so that our collector would be able to finish his route at daylight and at a reasonable hour. The above mentioned are the very necessary reasons, why we seek permis- sion from you, to continue our collection Fridays ~fter ?:O0-P.M. From our part, we can assure .you, that all our collectors are in- structed to conduct their business in the most quiet and ethical way. V~e know that you will never get a complaint from the colored citi- zens of your community, that we disturb the peace or in any way in- terfere with their privacy or well being. We thank you in advance, and hope that you will solve our col- lection problem in Delray." /S/ JULIAN H. NACRON Pres. The Council, on motion of Commissioner McNeece and seconded by Commissioner Harbison, unanimously agrred on denial of the request of the Houston Sales Company, inasmuch as Section 18-14 of the City Code ma.kes it unlawful for pe. ddters or soli?itors t9 apply their trade, ~n Delray Beach, Florida, except during daylight hours. On motion of Commissioner Harbison and seconded by Commissioner Croft, the Council unanimously approved referral of the 'Request' re- ceived from Lillian O. Rolle, concerning establishing a Day Nursery on Lots S and 4 in LINCOLN PARK, to the Planning Board for its study and provision for Public Hearing thereon. City Manager Lawson submitted and read - ORDINANCE NO. G-SSg: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 11 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA; RELATING TO COIN OPERATED DEVICES; FURTHER DEFINING THE TERM "COIN OPEP~TED MACHINES"; PROHIBITING MINORS FROM PLAYING SUCH MACHINES AND PRESCRIBING PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE; AUTHORIZING SURRENDER OF ANY LICENSE AND PRO-RATA REFUND. The Council, on-motion of Co,missioner Warren and seconded .by Commissioner McNeece, unanimously approved placing Ordinance G-389 on first reading. The City N_,nager then presented the following BILLS for payment: General Fund $ 19~674;02 V~ater Fund - Oper. Fund 2,009.9S Payroll Account 19, S49.0S The Council, on motion of Commissioner ~Yarren and se.conded by Commissioner Croft, ~unanzmously approved payment of the B~lls, sub- mitred by the City Manager, subject to the approval of the Finance Comm~ttee. On motion of Commissioner Harbison and seconded by Commissioner Croft, the Council requested the City Manager to obtain Occupational License Ordinances from other South Florida towns and cities and re- view our Ordinance No. G-11, as amended, for possible revision to provide some relief for hardship cases. 263 NOVEMBER 16th, 1959. The Council, on motion of Commissioner McNeece and seconded by Commissioner Harbison, unanimously agreed on a Called Meeting to be held at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, November 18th, 1959, in the Council Chambers, for the purpose of can~vassing the 'Returns' of the Primary Election being held on Tuesday, November l?th, 1989. The City Manager read the following letter, dated November 14th: "I, Hattie Monroe for the past twelve years operated a store in front of the Colored School on N.W. 8th Avenue. At that time the City of Delray gave me a permit because of physical disability (not able to do very much walking or standing). I sold paper, pencils, note-books, tablets, rulers, scissors, paste and coloring crayons, ice-cream, .candy and cookies. My hours were from ?:18 A.M. until 8:A§ A.M. and from i:A$ P.M. until 8:00 P.M., School days only. I will thank you very much if I am allowed to go back and con- tinue with m~ store. Thanks for consideration." /s/ HATTIE S. MONROE TO ~J~40M IT MAY CONCERN: "This letter comes with regard to the shop that was operated by Mrs. Hattie Monroe. For the past twelve years thls shop has been in operation a- cross from the school that is now Spady Elementary School. It was mainly a concession shop that was open during school hours to serve the children. The operator worked in cooperation with the school, selling articles that were not available in the school store. She also provided work opportunities for some of our students. It was not a menace to the school. I trust this is the desired information." /S/ CLAYTON L. COLEMAN Principal of Spady Elementary School. On motion of .Commissioner Harbison and seconde, d by Commissioner McNeece, the Council unanimously agreed that the C~ty Manager and City Attorney be requested to review this matter and report their finding at the next Council meeting. MEETING ADJOURNED: ROBERT D. WORTHING APPROVED: ~..~- ~ 264 NOVEMBER !6th, 1959.