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COUNCIL tmAMBER
January 14, 194
The Counoil me~ in regalar session a~ 7:30 P.M. wi~h
the following members present: Mr. Butler, Mr. DeWitt,
Mr. Hill, Mr. McNetoe, Mr. White, and City Attorney Nowlin.
Mayor DeWitt asked if anyone in the aUdienoe wished
the minutes of the preoeeding meetings read. No one did,
so minutes of meetings held Janqary 7t.. were approved as
written.
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Building Inspeotor Ben Ad!iJilS submitted applioation
from Henry GQrdon to erect a quons!t hut on his lot on
N.E. 2na. Ave. &. 1st. S1;reet to be used as a Maohine Shop.
He stated the hut was built in acoordanoe with army and
navy speoifications, and reoommended the Counoil grant
him permission to issue permit for same. Mr. Gordon who
was in the andienoe assured the Couneil the building would
be set up striotly in aooordaIioe with the army and navy
speoifications. Fire Chief Barrows stated if this was
done, he could see no fire hazzard would be caused by thiB
t~e struoture, and also reoommended permit be granted.
It was regularlY moved, seconded, and unanimously oarried
that the Building Inspeotor grant permit to Mr. Gordon.
.ext Mr. Adams submitted plot plan for residenoe for
Helen Hall. Her 101; is only 50' wide, and with the build..
iug she plans to ereot, she would be short 2t' on a sid.
yard set..baok. 1~e Counoil ordered the Clerk, after the.
usual *~,OO fee is paid by the builder, to ref.r this
matter h the Zoning Commission for their stUdy and re..
oommenda t ion.
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Polio. Chief Croft submitted bids for maintenanoe of
radio equipment as follows:
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'15. per month for the station
and $10 per month for eaoh oar.
125. per month for the station
$15. per month for eaoh oar.
$10 per mon~h for the. station
and $10. p,r month for eaoh oar.
n w~ regUlarly moved, seconded, andunan,imouslY oarried thd
Mr.llendrloj.(s be giv.n this work, on a mon:th to mon1;h basis.
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A Palm Beaoh Man bid
G. Donald Hendrioka
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Fire Chief Barrows requested permission to purchase t~.
fo11owing:-
10 bunker coats C $10.75
12 helmet. C $112. per doz.
One generator testing maohin.
.tl07.50
112.00
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The Chief was au~horized to make these purohases, by motion
regularly made, seconded and unanimously carried.
Mr. John Kelsey addressed the Couno~l r.garding notice
h. had reoeived to r.move his trail.r from property on S.E.
lat. Ave. He advised that his house will be completed far
.nough within t.n days so that he oould move into it, there-
fore the Counoil granted a ten days extension of time to him
on moving.
~ext, Mr. Jack Wioks representing the Delta Air Co~p.
asked the Counoil to lease him a strip of ~and immedia~ely
north of the Golf Course for use as a base to operate from
with two planes whioh will do orop dus~ing. He assured the
Counoil they would keep the field cleaned up, disposing 0'
.trash daily, and in taking off and in landing, would not
fly in over Atlantic Ave. or over the Club House. After
thoroughly disoussing the matter, Mr. Butler moved that
Delta Air Corp. be granted priviledge to enter into a con-
~raot with the oitY1 said oon~raC~ to be drawn by City
Attorney, for use of the land, and that they pay the oity
$l5 per month p.r plane, depositing tlOO with the Clerk as
s guaranty performance bond. Contraot to cover ~ime until
Apri) 1,1946. Mr..White seoonded themot10n whioh oarried
unanimously on roll oall.
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. CO~llcilman i'lhite moved that the Clerk and the Mayor
be empoiered to exeoute the oontraot upon oompletion by
the City Attorney. .Mr. Butler seconded the motion whioh
oarried unanimously on roll oall. . ..
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Grover Bak.r who was in the audienoe asked the City
Atterne,. to explain to the Counoil a snag which had been
run into, regarding the pavingoontraot. ~h. Attorn.y
advis.d that he was trying to work this out with the W..t
Palm Beaoh Attorney who proposes to handle the lien cer-
tifioat.. He will try to get separate oontraots with Mr.
~ak.r and the people who will handle the cer~ifioates.
It was regularly moved, seoonded and unanimously oarried
that Mr. Baker be allowed an extension of time until
February 1st. tooommenoe.work~ in order that the above
_ matter oan be worked out. The city Attorney ~o notif,.
the Bonding Company of this aotiOn.
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Samuel Ogren representing the P~anning Board addressed
the Cmuneil ~egarding building along the Federal Highway.
After disoussing this, the Council by motion.regUlarly
moved, seoonded and carried, asked hUn to have the Plan-
ning Board and the Zoning Board meet, and appoint a oom-
mittee, who shall aot upon said app1ioations within five
days after r.oeiving same.
Next Ml'. Ogren brought up the matter of business
sones aoross the street from apartment zones, only having
to set bao~ 10' from the street while the apartments have
to set baok 25'. By motion regularly made, seoonded and
unanimouslyoarried, the City Attorney was instruoted to
draft an ordinanoe for the Counoil to study at next meet-
ing.
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In aOoordanoe with request published in paper, the
Mayor asked for bids for the fUling in of Gleason S.treet.
A bid from lno. B. Reid to the amount of t6,500 waspruent-
ed, trom sou~h line of Delray Beaoh to AtlantioAve. The
Clerk was instruoted to wrl~e Mr~ Reid and ask if his bid
was meant to be in oompllanoe With the advertisement, also
asking him to oorriot the desoription, as his bid would
cover Seagate property whioh is now inoluded in oitYlimits.
At1;orney Nowlin agreed to oheot with C.Y. Byrd, Reid's
attorney on this matter, also.
Counoilman iVhite reported he had been informed, tha1;
the oity Jj:Igh~ be liable for damages i)1Clurred due to till..
ing in of the'aeid' land.. ffe sta'lled there would be 0<1)1..
siderably more water than fill pumped in, and 11' this water
is not drained off p:L'operly, U w1l1no doubt oause damage
to abutting proper~y. Engineer Ga:L'r~s had told a property
owner if the oity installed some sewer pipe it would tore-
stall any flooded oonditlon. Attorney Nowlin agreed to
oheok into ~h1s with Geo. Carr.
Mr. White advised that the old Counoi1 had given the
Street Committee power to aot in having oatoh basins in..
stalled in the vicinity of PO" Offioe Building. He said
he had jplans, speoifioations, and estimated oost, and would
like to have the new members of the counoil see sam..
Oounoil agreed it was alrigh~ for the Stree~ Committee to
go ahead with this work.
By motion regularly moved, seoonded and unanimously
oarried, the Attorney was instruotea to prooeed to oondemn
the s~reet orossing right of way on N,E. ls1;. St, on
Florida East Coast Railway.
The Clerk was instruoted to oheok with Mr. Pinokne~
regarding ext.nding sewn to his hO!lle on N.E. Itth. Ave.
and also extending sewer to DelrayBeaoh Funeral Hom.,
~eporting back ~o ~he Counoil .ext mee~lng.
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Mr. McNeeoe reported one sign was missing trom ~outh
Ocean Blvd., and one other whioh was down had been replaced.
Mr. DeWitt Stated Mr. Duggan had asked him to allow his
beaoh shelter to r.main, offering to give same to the Cit7.
Mr. neWitt asked him 6f he had seoured a permit to erect ~he
shelter, and had been advised that no permit had been obtain-
ed.
L.tter from Mr.. Neva Cherry requesting her beaoh shelt.r
be allowed to remain on the beaoh, was read. TheOouncil dis-
cussed this and ordered the Clerk to advise Mre. Cherry just
why th~ COQDcil had asked owners to r.move beaoh shelters,
also that the oity contemplates building shelters at some future
date.
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Mr. Hill r.ported he had b.e1'l glven leUer front. J"no. Berg
who oomplained abottt trash being d.posited on the rear of hlJl
lot by the ocoupants ot the Oason Bldg. Mr. Hill advised h.
had instruoted Supt. Harvel to notify these people to deposi1;
trash on their own property in the f~ure.
.r. Butler submitt,d 1.t1!er from Bel'ber1; J. SimlI . Co.
accepting Oit.y'. otter of 98 plus inter.st for $1,000 cBy at
Delray Beach refunding bond. By mo1;ion regularly made, seCond.d
and unanimously oarried, the Clerk was instructed ~o p~chase
this bond.
By motion regularly made, seconded and unanimoUSly carried,
the Supt, was instructed to purchase four tires, if four are
needed, for use of track whioh Mr. Garner 10aned~,~the Oity
la,t sUIll1IIer for uaet;.on the Golf Course.
Oounoilman Ko1ieeoe agreed to bring in his re@llmendation
Il8xt m.,ting night for 1118mb81'S ot Golf Oommittee, after the
Parke Committe. consider the matter.
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Next letter tram manager of Delray Theatre address,d to
the Building Inapeotor was read in Which heessked for
inspection of the Roxy ~ilding With a view to issuing a
license for operation at a theatre 1;bere. Letter from 'ire
Ohief Barrows stating the building was a fire haza:rd ana not
safe tor Publi~ use was read, as was let~er trom building
~peotor deClaring it unsafe f~ publio use. The Ol.rk was
ora.reCI, by motion regularly made, seeoJ;lded and unan1ll1ously
car:r,.ed, to notify Mr. Wheadon the building will have to be
brought up to mee~ the requirements of th.' fire department
and the build me inspector'. oode, betore permi'li can be
grant.a to op.n said building as a theatre.
Letters tram Fire Chi.f ana Bleo~rioal Inspector regaraing
1UUIafe conilUion of wiring at Bob's Bar were read, and disou88,d.
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The Eleotrical Inspeotor was ordered to notify the owner
to rectify the condition of wiring.
The Mayor advised the aotual laying of pipe will be-
gin about Feb. 1st. and Nu-Way will-be ready to ~ommence
work on the 4th. of February. A man from Smith &. Gillespie's
office will be in town during the construction of improve-
menSs to the water plant. The Clerk was ordered to notify
Supt. Harvel to see that all oooonut trees whioh will be
in the way, are removed at the water plant property, before
Feb. 4th., checking the plans before doing this.
A petition from citizens living on N. W. 10th. Avenue, ask-
ing for Change in zoning of proper" on N. W. lOth. ave..
from Atlantic Ave. north to N.W. 2nd. St., from a residatial ~
Section or Zone, to a Business Seotionor zone, was read.
The Clerk was ordered to notify these signers that they must
post a $l5 fee if they wish this to be oonsidered, and after
fee is posted, the olerk is to turn this petition over to
the Zoning Board for their stUdy and reocmmendation.
A. letter from the State Hotel Commission designatins
difference in efficienoy apartments and tourist oabins was
read and order.d turned over to the Building inspector tor
his files.
Master's Deed to the Wi of Lot 13 in Vista Del Mar SiD
was presented to the Council. the Olerk was instructed to
fUe same.
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Bill from W.J. Snow amounting to $26 for repairs to
sidewalk in front of A~ha Bldg. on H.E. 5th. Ave. was pre-
sented. The Olerk: was orderea to adv1Jie Mr. Snow that no
employee of the Ci~y authorized this work: to be done, and
for him to bill Mr. Atha for same. A bill alllOunting to
125 from Snow for some gravel used at water plant was order-
ed paid.
The Olerk was instruoted to issue ocoupational lioense
to Joseph Rolle for a car washing lot.
Request from Maggie Fair for refund of lioense fee
paid last year was d.nied inasmuch as the lioense was issued
to her.
The Olerk: was ordered to publiSh an ad in the Looal
newspaper advising the public that Ordinance # 561 regard-
ing special ho~el distriot, will oo.me up before the Counoil
for final nading on January 28th., inviting all in~er..ted
persons to be present.
Bills# 2941 through 2993 having been approved by the
Finance. Committee, (totaling $6,034.21) were ordered paid.
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January 14, 19-4t)
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'1'a~ Colleotions through Deoember on 1945 roll were
reported as follows:-
Ward # 1....
Ward # 2....
$19,196.63
70,717.63
The following Ordinanoe was by motion on regularly
made, seconded anunanimous1y carried, plaoed on its fir~t
reading:-
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..It. ....~.D1..a,.,NANOE '1'.0 AMEND SECTIO.. N 4 OR ORDINANOE NO.
'i4t)OPTED BY THE CITY COtnll:CILOR THE GITY Oll'
D~YBl!:.4CH, FLORIDA,.ON JULY 9, 1945, EN'!'I'I'LED
"AN O!DmAl'WEOF THE CITY OOUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DELRAYBE.4CH, FLORIDA, I$VYING, ESTABLISHING
AND IMPOSIJi{.!o.A GJW)UATED'l'AXON PURCHASES OF
E1.ECTRICITt,/JIOTTLED GAS AND tOCAL TELEPHONE
SERVIOE: .:P1l.Q.t.::t?IN.Q .FORPENAL'l'IES FOR THE VIOLATION
OF THIS. ORDa:1f#HEPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
AND~.IId.l"... ,. CES INSOFAR AS THE SAME ARE
CONFLlaifIN'G''B':I'm:EWITH" .
The c'-ty Attorney turned over to the Clerk a right..ot
way deed from neloo,an Company, to the City of Delray Beaoh,
tor the DO t. of the s1 of block 156. '!'he Clerk was ordered
to have deed reoorded.
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A proposed ordinanoe for nelooean traot was read and
disoussed by members of the Council, after which the attorneT
was instructed to write Mr. Beid asking him to give the Gottn.~l
e plot plan showing just what he oontemplates building on the
Atlantio Avenue and where the business distriot will be 'e-
signated, When this information is reoeived,' the Ordinance
Committee is to study same.
The following Committees were appointed by the Mayor:..
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B.C. Butler
Carl J. Whi 1;e
c. W. Hill
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M.M. DeWitt
C.W. Hill
F. B. McNee oe
STREETS AND LIGB'lING
Carl J. Whit.
14.14. DeWitt
B. C. Butler.
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C. W. Hill
F.B. MoNeece
14.14. PeWitt
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TAX AnJUSTMEN'!' BOARD
E.M. Wilson
H.A. Hubbard
. It..MontgomerY
PLUMBER '.S EXAMIN!l'fG BOARD
Gwo. P1nokney
O. W. Hill
M. M. DeWit\
F. B. MoNeeoe
PaUl Myers
Eugen. Elliott
- Inspector
_ Ohm. San. Com.
- Chm. Water "
- Chm. Park "
. Plumbing Contractor
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''i'lie TliY01"i:>lia'Ueu' he thoUght 1 t advisable for one person on
the Council to have oharge of certain departments of the oity, in
order to give assistance when emergenoies arise needing immediate
aotion. Mr. Butler is to have charge of City Hall. Mr. Wh1te and
Mr. Hill to supervise Wilson Harvel. The Mayor will be in oharge
of F1re &. Polioe DlIpt. and Water Plant. .
C.W. Garner, Ohm.
Malcom O'Neal
L.T. Griest
J .A. Thayer
I. Ogren
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_ 2" Broker
- 2" Architect
The following :aesolution was passed on i~8 first reading
RESOLUTIOND 568
A RESOLUTION OF THE OITY COUNOIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, nORIDA DESIGNATING THE nOR IDA .STATE BANIC OF
DELRAY BEACH. AS SOLE DEPOSITORY OF FUNDS OF SAID CITY.
There being no fUrther busineBs to oome before the Counoil,
Oouncil adjourned.
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Mayor