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COUNC I L CHAMBER
DECEM8ER 22, 1941
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THE COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSIONAl' 7:30 P.M. WITH THE CITY
ATTORNEY AN' aLL MEM8ERS OF THE COUNCIL PRESENT.
A LETTER FROM THE GARIIEN CLUII WAS REAl IN WHICH APPitEcfl AhoN
WAS EXPRESSED FOil THE CITY'S AND Mit. B~AKER'S COOPERATION IN MAKINll THE
"CLEAR UP WEEK" CAMPAlllN A SUCCESS.
LEtTERS WERE REA' FROM G~o~ Mosi JR~, AND FIIOU THE ZOOK PALM
NuilSEftlEs, oe~ECTING to THE PROPOSEillMPROVEMENT OF GLhsONStREETFOft
A 'iSTANCE~OF 260 FEET NORTH~FROM ~ASSAU StREEt, AN' STATiNG THATT"EY
WOULf OPPOSE ANY SUCH MOVE At THE PRESENT TjIlE. THE oeJEcTIONSWERE
jiSCUSSE', MR.MIl.LER STATING THAT THE IlEVELoPMENT OF PROPERTY IN THAt
LOcALITY wAs CONtlNClENT OHTHE IMPROVEMENT Of'tHE STREET ANilHE FELTtifAT
DEVELOPMENT SHOULD NOtllE IMPEilED~IIY SilCH 08~ECTIONS, THEREFORE HE MOVED
THE PASSAllE OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUT!"OH:
RESOLUTION 428
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, cFt.>t\lRIDA, OROER1NGTffE CONSTRUCTION
OF CERTAIN S'l'ftEETIMPROI/EMENT OF GLEASON STREET,
EXTENDING FROM NASSAU STREET NORTH APPROXIMATELY
260 FEET .
AND tHAT TilE NIGHT OF JANuARY 12TiI 8ESITFORTHEFOIIllAL HEARINll OF 01-
JE:CTICINS tOSAl1l IIIPROVEMENt'.Mil~ S;.j;'''H~NiJEI THE MOTION ANiloN ROLL
cALL THE VGT,EWAS ;.is'FOLLows: 'MR. HILL ,_.JAColiS'NOTvotIHfl, MR.
MILLER YES, MIt. SABATH YES, MR. SCOTT YES. THE MonON CARRIED.
THE FoLLowiNG COMMUNICATION FROM R.S. YEOMANS OF THE ZOOK
PAUli NURSERIES WAS ALSO .REA':
DECEM'ER 12, 1941
1.1 illS MAE CRAMP
CITY CLERK
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA
DEAR MISS CRAMP:
PLEASE SR"INll THE FOLLowiNG TO THE ATTENTION
OF THE GOVERNt'NG aoo'\' 'ff"THt: ~ (l'1'l'Y.
IN 1936 THERE WAS A PROPOSAL TO ....EN Gl.EA-
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SON STREET IIY HAVING tHE PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE EAST
AND'WEST~SIIES tEED 20 FEET ~TO THE CITY. ON A CERTAiN
DAY, WH I CH I 8ELI EVE WAS JANUAIIY 14TH, 19i6, ZOOK PALM
'NliitSERIES, INC., DEEI TO THE CITY THE EUT 20 FEET OF
ILOCK '157ANiI 160, AND ntE"EAst 20 f'EET OF tHE NOIITH
HALF OF 8LDctC 158 ANI 159.tHISIEEI WAS fllVEN UNltER
TilE UNDERSUWING ANDCOilillTlON TIIAT ALL THEPROptRTY
OWNERS ON 1101'11 SIDES OF THE STREET SHouLD DEED ALIKE
AMOUNT TO THE'CITY, AND ACCOIIDINQ I'll OUR INFOIlUATION,
A NUII8ER OF"OtHER'MI>>ERTv "oWUQ 'Dill SO, ~ 'LACINll
tHE DEEDS IN THE HANDS IlF'MR. C. Y. BYRD, WHO wAs
TIIEN ATTORlliEY FOR THE City. As ALl.. tHE' PROPERTV O"'''EP.
oWilEils f';',ll.tDTlJ GIVE' SUcrll"Eds, 'MR. Bvilil RETURNEe
THE DEEDS'pLACEillN HIS HAII.It$ TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS
WHO HAD flIVEN'THEM.
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As OUR ilEElWAS~ACTUALLY pLACED ON RECORII,
"REtURN OF THE IEEIlWOULDltOT8'E SUFFICIENT AilD WE"
AilE THEREFORE REQllESTiNQTHAT TilE CiTY AUTHORIZE ITS
PROPER OFFICERS TO DEE" THIS PROPERTY BACK TO ZOOM
PALM NURSERIES, INC.
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YOURS V~RY TRULY,
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RAYMOND S. YEOMANS
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Mil'. JAcOI-s EN~ufitEll' As TO WIIETHEW'THERE HAlf IIEE" ANY SUCII
VERBAL AGREEIIENT iiltllE SECUJtIJfll OF TilE ilEEDS flEFElfRi:iI' TO, IIU,. AI NO
MEilliEROF THt PR'ESElI1'COUriCIL Klte:WANVTii'Ni. A80UTTRIS; IT WAS AflREEiI
THAT ATTORNEY NOWLIN SHOULDHCONSULT 'lrtTIIC~Y.BYRD;CITYA1'TORHEv AT
THE TiME THE DEEOS WERE GIVEN, AND ASCERTAINWiI"'T'AllREEMENT~'rIlERE WAS,
IF ANY 8ETWEEN THE CITYA]fOZOOK PALM NURSERrES, IN THIS REQARO.
A PETITioN WAS IU8MITTEII, SlllNED gy'24 PROPERTVOWltERS WitH
Iius I NESsES Oil RES IOENCES ON THE FUERAL AND DiioE HitlHWAYS,REqUESTINQ
TIIAt NO"OIVisioN Of' TIiAFFIC II.MAIEIIYTHE C-OIfVER'sioNOFTilESESTREETS
INTO ONE';'WAY TRAFFIC LAN'ESTHROUGH THE CITY. INlincussrHll THIS RE~UEST
MOST OF THEMEUIIERS Expjh:SSEIITHEOPfNIOItTHAt'UIII.ESS'TilE DIXIE: AN"
FEIIERAL WERE'USED AS A LiNK ili THE TwG-LANE HIQIIWAV S1'5TEM iT WAS ~UITE
PROBABLe: THAT THE HlllHWAYwGULD 8E MOVEo-OUTWUT OF TOWN, THEREFORE'
THEY ilEL IEVED TilE STATE HIi.HWAY DEPARTMENT SHOULD HAVE THE CITY'S FU,LL
COOPU;.T ION I N ANY PROPOSED USE OF THEEAS'tCi;,ST HiflHWAYS IN' ITS TWO-
I..ANEPLAN~' IT WAS ;.ccowiliNGI..YMOVEII a'V MR.llILI..ERTHAT THE CITY CLERK
BE INSTRUCTED TO WRITE THE COUNT'\' COMlIlSSIONERSSTATIHll THAT THE CITY
OFDELlfAY BEACH' IS' ANX 10US TO ~SEE SOME DISPOSITION MADE OF "THE TWO-
LANE HiGHWAY~UESTi6N, FOR RELIEF OF tRAFFIC llHTHE FEDERAL, AND~THAT
THE CITY COUNCIL 'lrl!,&:. TAKE ALL N'EC'EShRYSTItPstO COOPERATE III EvElty
wAy ili ROUTlNfl nit HlllHWAY THROUGH DELRAYBtACil. MR; SAjATH SECONiED THE
MOTION ANO'ONROLL 'cALL THE VOtE WAS AS f'OLLows: MR. HILL YES, MR;'
JACOIIS YES, MR. MILLER YES, MR. SADATH YEB, MR. SCOTT YES. THE MOTION
CARRIED.
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THE FOLLOWINQ LETTER WAS SU8MITTED AND READ:
DECEMUR 22, 1941
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CITy'COUNCIL
DEL RAY 'BEACH
FLORIDA
GENTLEMEN:
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TODAY 1 WAti'CONTACTEDlIyM!ls. E. C. HALL,
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE Gi.RiiEWCLuli, AliD tHEy'REQUEST
TWO COCOANUT PALMS' PLANTED' \N'THE PARK AT DIXIE
1I0ULEVARD AND SIXTH STREET, ~.E.
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'THESE PALMS CAN IIE'REi.:ovlili FROM THIRI AVE";'
NUE,N. E. Ailj'pLANTEOiN THIS PARKWAY FOR THE SUM OF
A80UT FIVE DOLLARS EACH.
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"'IT\STHEUNOEl!ST~iIlJiNG OF THEWRlTiril THAT
THERE WILL 8E NO FURTHER Rt'QUESTS FROM 'THE l;ARDEN
CLUI REQARO\N8THE BEAUTIFICATioN OF THis'PARKWAY AND
THE ONE AT FIFTH STREET AND S~CONDAvENUE, N~ E.
VERY TRULY YOURS,
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CITY' EIfQINEER
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SOMEIlFTWEmlJEIfS QUtIITIOWEIi THEADV I sA81L \TYO,. 1I0Vllio
THESE' Tilt" ". FROIITIIEilfpjtSni"LovATIOW. . TH~ CiTY 'A"TT6RftEY AGREED
1'01 NvEiT i<<Att AS To' THtLEGAL rTY OF'MQV1Nll' TREES iN FRlllfT 0" ONt'
PROPERtY ~ i Ii 'TOft' TOAIfoTHER. Hit sA ill pifonRTYOWNERS' Iofl l;;HT~' COiiS1DEIt
SUCH REroioVAL AS TEHDINQ TO OEPREC'iATEOl! MAKETltEUPROPEIfTYLESif
DESIRAIILE~ . ~THE CiTY CLERK ALso AllREEltTO LOOK UP THE OlrNERSH IP OF
THE LOTS ACe.,UI' SAID STREET WIfIrR'E THE TlfEES'AIl"E' NOli' LOCATED.
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Tilt"CLERK IIEPOR'T"U THAT TAXES NAll'8UN'aAliClELLE.~ IIY TilE
DRAINAGE 0 I SilftCT FOR'THE YEAR's I'MO'ANII 1941, ON THE'MiJiilc i P;'L GoLF
COURSE, iN'ACCORD witH' PRoviSIONS OF CHAPTER 21,020, HOUSE 81LL 1205,
1941 SESSION OF' LE(HSLA1'URE'~
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A LEttER wAs REAOf'RoII TittPALMBEADIIDEFitNSECoUNCIL iN-
FONMINli THE CITY tHATPRIORfTY,lfATlNQS WERt IlEING llRANTEDTO CITIES,
FOR FIRE EQUIPMENT AND REPLACEMENT PARTS, UPON APPLICATION TO THAT
OFFI CEo TlnSYA'S F1CED'FOR'FUTUIl"E 'REFERE'NCE.
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ALSO A LEtTER FROM lEON HENOERSi:JilitiitEislN8THEiiEtit'OF
WASTE~pApEIl"c:oitSERVATloN' ANllsu"&ilEST iNlillEtitolls ~OF' IiR: NillllllTH is'litED
8EFORE'THE LOCAL COUMUNlTY, AND "iDIIC IIlGCl 11' i ltENS TO SAVE AND COLLECT
WASTli:CAIITONS AND P;',PER FOR NATiOll'AI.: DEFENSE. 'A "sCll1ssioii~ ENSUED AS
TO'THi:CiTy1ifpARtIM THECOLLECt'IONOF 8U'CHWASTE'IIATEittAL,' ANO" iN'
CONNECTION.TH'tRniTH, IT wAs M01/EDBY MR~' SAliTH. tHATTHE'Boy SCOllTS
lit. iiRANTEDtHE ~USE OF A C'\ TYTRUCK ;'NIl ORIVEii;'tvtRv~aATURDAv AFTER-
NOON FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKINQ THESE PAPER CDLLECTIONS. Mil, HILL
SOME SORT OF RECOMMENDATION AT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE COUNCIL.
MR~I4ILLER tNQUIREO WHY THE PAlliTINll COItTRAGT Iiv E. E. HAGEit-
MAN HAO NhlEEiI COMPLETED ON' tHE CITY HALL AND BAND lfitEiL, STAT lIill THAT
WHEN THE WOlti<wAS cONTitAcTEo FOR IT HAD 8EENEXPECTED THAt IT WOULD II!:
FililSHEDiEFORE THE WINTlER SEASON; I TWAS' THEllEf'ORE MOVED "THAT THtCiTY
CL.ERic NOT IFY MR. HAGERMAN THAT UNLESS H IS CONTRACT IS CO""LETI!:1l wlTi.. N'
IO'WORKINll DAYS FROM DECEMBER 23RIl. WEATHER PEftMITTiNCl, THEN THE COUNCIL
WILL COItS,iDER His CONTRACT TERMiNATED. MR. Mtl.:LER 'SECOtlOEO'THE MOTIlIN '
AND 0" 'RoLL CALL THE VOTE WAS AS FbLLOWS:MR~ HILL YES, MR. JACOBS YES,
MR. MILLER Y~S', MR~SABATH YES, MR,. SCOoT! YES., THE MOTION CARRIED.
MR. SAilAtH'RECOMMI!:HOE"THEEMPLOYMENT' OF AN AililiftDilALLIPE
clUARD'F'OR'tllESEASON~ i.LsOliITATiNIl THAT HEHAIl~FIlUND .'Ff'lcU~TY IN
LOCATINHolIEONEQUALIFIEOFOR tHE~oa, aut BE:c.IEVED HE NOW HA,DA /lOY,
WHO THOUGH NOT HOLDINO A RED CROSS CERTIFiCATE, WOULD PROVE SATISFACTORY.
IT WAS ACCOR1JiNGL.YIlOVEiI BY Couilc iLMAliMIL.I.ER THAT MR~ SUA!H BE AUTH-
oRiziED 'TO EMPLoy THE "IIEST MAN AVA ILAIiLE,TO 'START' WORICNOtLATE:il THAN
JANUARY fST,AT A 'SALARY OF $60.00 PER MONTH. MR. HILL SECONDED Tilt
MOTION AIiIl'OH itOL.L.'C,ALL TilE vOtE WAS AS'POlLOWSd MR. HILL YES, MR~ J
JAcbis YES, MR. MILLER YES, MR. SA/lATH YES, ,MR. SCOTT YES. THE MOTION
CARRIEO.
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IT WAS MOVED' IIvMR. SABATH THAT IILLS NUMIiEREIl '7837 TO 7889,
HAvlNO IEEIfAPnovED /IV THtFluNCE COMMITTEE, n RETUIlNED 1'0 TliE ColiliclL
;'ND"ORIlERED P;'II. 'MR. MILLER SECONOED THE MOTION, WHICH ON ROLL CALL
C';RR I ED UNAItI'.OUSLW.
IT WAS REGULARLY MOVED SECONDED AND CARRIED THAT COUNCIL A.~OURH.
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