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COUNCIL CHAMBER
November 26th, 1945
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The Council met in rccgular session at 8 P.M. with all
members of the City Council and the City Attorney present .
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The Mayor asked if anyone in the audience wiElhed the
minutes of~the preceedi~g meetings read, no one did, so the
minutes of Nov. 12fh., 17th., 19th., 20tlj., were approved as
written. . t
Next the Mayor stated he noted quite a number of beach
property owners in the audience who perhaps would like to
voice their o~inions regording zoning of that section. Attor-
ney 'Narwick who reprefJEnted a group of .these people spoke to'
the Council asking that no spot zoning be created, and aski~
for a distance of perhaps one fourth mile north and one
fourth mile south of Atlantic Avenue, on Ocean Blvd., ~eing
used for hotels and apartments until such time as the City
grows to the extent where additional land is needed for this
prupose. Other persons in the audience expressed themselves,
after which the Mayor advised he thought a straw vote of the
people, December 4th., would be very helpful to the Council
in deciding this question. No action Vias taken.
Howard.Cromer submitted to the Counci~ ~erformance Bond
for Blank Nurseries on the proposed water plant improvement
work,. also signed contract. The'se were turned over to the
City Attorney for his inS';JCection, and if in proper order, the
Mayor and Clerk are to sign same.
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Mr. Cromer recommended that the valves on fire hydrants
(new Work) be changed from 5" to 4i" which will coincide with
present hydrants. This would save the City $10. .on each
hydrant or a total saVing of $170. The Council ordered the
Clerk to ask Smit,h & Gillespie their, opinion.
Letter from Mike Blank Nurseries quoting a price of $1.
per foot for cleaning and laying 6" pipe furnished by the City
on S.W. 3rd St., was read. This was ordered,tabled for fur-
ther consideration.
A notice from State
City to install cast iron
read and ordered filed.
Road Dept of Florida authorizing the
water main on U.S. rrighway #1 was
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Letter from Niagara Sprayer Co., regarding use of D.n.T.
was ordered turned over to the Supt. of Public Norks.
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Notice fronNar Dept. of applicGtion for permit by
Mrs. Thos. Leeming wa;3 read and ordered filed, as was a
letter from Southern Bell Telephone Co., reg6rrling low
wires.
Golf Comrdttee's approval of issuance of license for
ssle of beer at Golf Club by ;.nl. Scotty Irwin was read and
ordered filed.
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A request from Veterans of Foreign Viars for use of
City property just south of the City limits to sponsor a
show on Dec. 10th to 15th., was read. By motion regulsrly
msda, se c:mded and unanimouslY carried, this re ques twas
granted.
Letter from Smith & Gillespie advising that Blank's
performance bond would be adequste ,protection to the city,
was read and ordered filed.
Application fc,r employmront .'Iith the city, by Mr. Paul
Nicolls, was read. The Council referred t\1is to the Supt.
of Public Norks for his reco.r:Ir.enc1ation.
R'esif'llation of Ol.V. Croft as Fire Chief, effective on
December 15th, was read. By motion regularly made, seconded
and unanimously carrie9, the resignation was accepted ilith
regret.
Application for City water was made by Dora Voigt who
lives in 30uthridge. This was turned over to the Supt of
Publici'.forks for his inv,estigation and report.
rri response to inquiries regarding furnishing of street
oil, the Clerk advised that3haw Brothers, stated they could
not bid.on this work. Belcher Oil bid l7~~ per gallon for
furnishing, heating hauling <ind applying asphalt, and A. o.
Greynolds Co. asl':ed for detailed inforru"tion regarding scope
of work anticipated. These were held OHr for further study.
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Councilman ">1hi te reported he had confe rred with Geo.
Carr regarding dry wells on S.E. 1st, Ave. to alleviate water
standing in st,reets after rains. Er. Carr recommended dry
wells near the Post Office, and farther south on the street.
By motion regularly made, seconded and unanimously carried,
this 2stter was referred to the street Corr~ittee, with power
to act.
Councilman Jacobs requested that plat for .cemetery be
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presented at next meeting reao ing for Elpproval of the
Council. '-Te also WiSl'E'1 ,'r. ,Tarvel to be instructed
in the use of J.D.T. at the disDosa1 plant.
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The Clerk advised Police Chief Croft had appointed
Bob /lhiting to assist as Dock Ilaster and recomr'1endec1 he
be given free water for this service. The Chief's action
was approved by the City Council by motion rEgularly made,
sec nded and unanimously carried.
The Clr,rk Vias instructed to sllow Frank Cist $5,000
Homestead exemption from his taxes inasmuch as his property
was not in thE City at the time he filed his Exemption appli-
cstion and thE County failed to furnish the City'with copy
of samE, after it was taken into thE City.
Application by IJlarguerite O'Donnell for beEr and wine
license was presented. Clerk was instructed to issue same,
by motion regularly msdE, se condEd iind unanimously ccrried.
The following letter from 'I'ax Assessor Ogren \Vas read:-
November 26th, 1945
Ci ty Council
Delray Beach, Fla.
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Gentlemen:
In setting up the tax roll for Seagate I
included a distance of 2640 feet south from the
north line of Section 21 between the OGeaB Blvd.
and the Ocean. This was the original intent.
But during the final agreement with the property
owners only a distance of 1395 feet was il1cluded.
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. This was an error, therefore, and only the
1395 feet should have been included. The follow-
ing asseSi3ments '!/ere incorrect ann should not have
bEEn made.
1. Kent Ful ton
Adaline 1-T. Frelinhuysen
Lucy MacLeod Smith
Burwell B. Smith
36,000.
18,000.
4,200.
9,000.
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This mattEr s,hould be clarified immediately.
According to the minut~s of the City Council last
December the exact amount is not clear 8np it
further refers to the north and south halves.
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The Pullman Company were oVEr-s.'_',,'ossed two
years ago. ,Ie sgreed to reduce their ascc'ossment
last year (1945 assessment) in equal amount.This
was not clone by ovc'rsight. .
Yours very truly,
'Tax ASSEssor
/s/ Samuel Ogren.
Note from r,'r. Ogren stating Deibel property was
sold to Dan Pickering in Mat, new card "NSS made
out and the old ne ver taken out., was read. The
Clerk explained this caused a double personal
property tax assessment.
By motion regularly made, seconded and unanimously
carried, Mr. Ogrens letter and note were accepted and .
the Clerk was authorized to make corrections on tax roll
as outl ine d .
Appli ca tion bv Howard Ga'beL:'for contractors license
was presented. The Clerk was ordered to write both refer-
ences given on application, bringing replies to the Council.
Request by Methodist t'inic3ter for placing chimes in
church was ma(Je, and the Council instructed the Cl,'rk to
advise him that the 60uncil .had no objection.
By motion regularly made, seconded and unanimously
carried, the following Ordinance was passed on its second
and final reading:
ORDINANCE NO. 554
AN ORDINANCE 07 'THE CITY COlTNCIL OF 'l'HE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, DESIGNATING ALL PROPERTY
IN HONtAN VILLAGE AS BETI{G IN RESIDENCE DISTRICT
"A", AS DEFINED BY ORDIANCE 21&
Bills # 2773, 2781 and 2833 through 2853 having been
approved by the Finance Committee (amounting .to $9,111.)
were by motion regularly made, seconded and unanimously
carried ordered paid.
There being no further business to come before the
Counc il, Council ad journed.
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City Clerk
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