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03-14-58SpMtg MARCH 14TH, 1958o A Special Mee.ting of the Ci.ty Council was held in the ~ouncil' Chambers at the City Hall on this day, at 4:00 P.M., with 4ayor Jo LeRoy Croft in the Chair: C.ity Manager ~4 E. Lawson Jr., City Attorney Harry T, Newett and Comm?ss~oners Col. Dugal G. Cam?bell, Fred'B~ ~.cNeece, George Talbot Jr., and George V. ~Varren being present. Resolution No. 1092, adopted on February 2$th, 1958, scheduled a Public Hearing to be held at 4:00 P.M., March lath, on the questicn of the confirmation of the Sale of the Golf Course and certain other City property to The Grimes Foundation on terms set forth therein. Mayor Croft called the meeting to order and no objections being offered or received by other channels to such confimmation of the of the Golf Course to The Grimes Foundation, and on motion of Commis- sioner Campbell and seconded by Commissioner NeNeece the Council ~uan- ~mously approved acceptance of the Public's confimmation of said S~o~ Commissioner Talbot then moved for a Special Meeting to be held on Friday, March 21st, 1988, at 4:00 P.M., in compliance with Para. (f) Section I~I, of Resolution No. 1092, at which time the Council shall confirm the Sale of the Golf Course to The Grimes Foundation or final!~ reject the B~d of said Grimes Foundation and return the full conside~ tion of $$80,000.00 to The Grimes Foundation. Motion seconded by Com~ missioner Campbell and unanimously agreed. On motion of Commissioner Campbell and seconded by Commissioner Talbot the Council unanimously approved provurement of registration plates for the 1981 and 1982 Chevrolet Trucks at the Golf Course which were not applied for in November along with other City automotive e- ?ipment as it was then believed the Golf Course and certain equi~ment~ ncludi~g these two trucks, would be taken over by The Grimes Founda~ tion pr~or to January 1st as a result of the Sale thereof to The Foundation. City Man~ge~ Lawson presented a proposed lease granting Mr. Sanue2 ~Ecobee permission to ..... construct a Crematory adjacent to the Delray Cemetery, and following d~scuss~on relative thereto~ the Council, on ~o. ction of Commissioner Campbell, seconded by CommissionerWarren, ~mously agreed that the 9ity Attorney be ~equested to prepare lease providing for acquisition of the property, by the City, ~t th~' ~d of twenty-five years or on the death of Mr~ Smmuel Scobee, wh!¢k~ ever date comes first, at construction cost less depreciation. Dr. F. S. Huntington, Mr. S. B. Withington and Mr. R~ Ac Vos, res?. ~ents of'Seagate and Seagate Extension, appeared before the Council ~i~h deep concern over the drainage situation in lowe~ Seagate and £~ate Extension. The Council unanimously agreed that the CityManager be requested to prepare necessary Resolutions reflecting total estmated costs, soon as possible, for the entire determined drainage im~r,~rovement )ects as have been designated to the. City by Broc~vay, Weber and Brook- w~.y on their Basic Survey, with Section D area to be processed at o~ce, subject to the approval of the Engineers and thei~ assurance theft such second phase will not conflict with their recommendations relative to sequence of providing drainage improvements fo~ the re- maining nine (~) Sections, shown on the basic survey. The City Na?ager then inquired if the Couucil had reached any de- cision concernmng the proposed street rehabilitation program outlined in a schedule and sketch submitted to the Council at the regular meet- ing of March loth, and on motion of Commissioner Campbell, seconded by Commissioner McNeece, the Council unaninously agreed that the City Manager be requested, with the aid of the City Engineer, to review his roposed program as pertains to the S.E..section a.nd particularly S.Eo .st and 2nd Avenues and to then p.~o.ceed.wlth the first year phase of .his recommended prosram for rehabilitation .of the poorly paved streets · n town and to provide for the transfer of $$O,O00.00.from the General Fund .to the Maintenance Fund .to ausment the budgeted $80,000.00 for such improvements as was provided in the current budget. Ci.ty Manager Lawson read a letter from the Count.y School Board where~n the Board requested that they not be held liable for Cost of affecting.Water Mater ~d Connection Installation to the new school. On motion of Commissioner Campbell and seconded by Commissioner McNeece the Council unanzmously agreed to ................... . ...... p~~, will~~ ~ ..... ~ a~ v~, ~-~,~- See Amendment below: * .The City Manager read .a "Notic.e of Application for Te.mporary Auth~ or~ty" - - - RE: Application of Hilton ~Tyre for Extension of Contract Carrier Certificate No. 281 to cover additional plants and territory in hauling for Maule Industries, Inc., to be held before the Florida Railroad and Public Utilities Commission - DOCKET NO. $852-KC Commissioner McNeece moved that the City Manager and Fire Marshall be requested to investigate what affect on the City's .fire insurance rati.ng, if any, would result from the City rendering f~re protection serwce to the Wedgewood Apartments on Palm Trail, and to the Town of Gulf Stream, as t.wo separate items. Motion was seconded by Comm~ssiomer Campbell and unanimously passed. On motion of Commissioner Talbot and seconded by Commissioner McNeece the Council unanimously authorized the City Manager to execut,~ a Quit Claim Deed from the City of Delray Beach to .W.C., and Lucille R. Goss. on Lot 22, Block 82, Delray Beach, PI.Bk. 1 8, due to Chancery Case 21,$00 of Oct 22nd, 1~46 resulting in Palm Beach County acquirin~ title to said land which made nul.1 and void the action of Chancemy Case 22,8AA of Jan 16th., i~A?, which subsequentl~ caused a ~ster's D. eed to .be given the C~ty of Delray Beach for saxd Lot 22, Block 82 - (SEE Validated Rec. No. 5§4, dated Jan lath 185A, for payment to the City of Delray Beach of ALL delinquent taxes, plus interest and ties from proceeds of Sale by the County, thru the Clerk of the ~mr- cult Cou~t). City Manager Lawson informed .the Council of the Public Hearing con- cerning the ~utu~e Intercounty Highway System to be held at 10:00 A.~ on Wednesday, March 19th, in the County Agricultural Building on the Trail. On motion of Commissioner Campbell and seconded by Commissioner McN.eece the Council unanimously approved refe.rral to the P.lanning/ Zoning Board the request of Att'y, N_etl Mac Mxllan concernxng appli- cation for annexation .of approximately 28 acres adjacent to and south of the southern city limits of Delray Beach immediately west of Ger- mantown Road.. MEETING ADJOURNED. R. D. WORTHING APPROVED: ~' ,~/~ ~n~ent rain ~e aetlon of ~e p~eVie~ Co. ell as taken at the re~l~ meeti~ held on Deoe~e~ 30th,Y1957. wherein i$ was ~~ously approved t~t ~e Pa~ Beach Co~ School Board be ~eq.~ed to pay o~y the "In City" Co--etlon C~ge fo~ a 3" Mete~ InStallation as is p~ed for ~ende~ing ~ater Se~iee to ~e p~oposed new J~io~ School to be l~ated on the Southwest co~e~ of the p~esent SeacPest Hi~ School p~e~ty.