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11-25-40 Regular :1583 COUNCIL CHAMBER . NOVEMBER 25, 1940. THE COUNCil MET IN REGUlAR SESSION AT 7:30 P. M. WITH TH E CITY ATTORNEY ANO All MEMBERS OF THE COUNC 11 PRESENT. j THE MINUTES OF THE REGUlAR MEETING OF NOVEMBER 11TH AND THE ADJOURNED REGUlAR MEETING OF NOVEMBER 14TH WERE APPROVED AS READ. , A COMMUNICATION WAS READ FROM THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTING COMMITTEE OF THE DEIRAY BEACH GARDEN ClUB RE~UESTING FROM THE CITY A DONATION OF $25.00 TOWARDS PURCHASE OF PRIZES FOR THE CONTEST BEING SPONSORED BY THE ClUB. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BRADSHAW THAT $25.00 BE OONATED FROM THE CITY'S PUBliCITY FUND FOR THIS PURPOSE. MR. Hill SECONDED THE MOTION, AND ON Roll cAll THE VOTE WAS AS Follows: MR. BRADSHAW YES, MR. CREGO YES, MR. Hill YES, MR. JACOBS YES, MR. MillER YES. THE MOTION CARRIED. -' r I ~ t THE FollOWING COMMUNICATION FROM THE BUIlDING INSPECTOR WAS READ: NOVEMBER 25, 1940. / HONORABlE CITY COUNCil CITY OF DEIRAY BEACH, FlORIDA; GENTlEMEN: ; MR. O. E. RUGG HAS VIolATED BOTH THE BUilDING ORDINANCE AND ZONING ORDINANCE BY CONSTRUCTING A PARTIAllY ENClOSED PORCH ON THE EAST SIDE OF GUEST COTTAGE, lOCATED ON LOT 25 AND N~ OF LOT 26, SEABREEZE PARK. MR. RUGG ViolATED THE ZONING OROINANCE IN AS MUCH AS HE HAS BUilT WITHIN THREE FEET OF PROPERTY liNE. THE RE~UIRED SET-BACK IS FIVE FEET FOR A BUilDING WITH A FIRE RESISTIVE'ROOF. , HE Also ENCROACHES THREE FEET UPON THE PUBliC UTiliTY EASEMENT. HE IS CONTRADICTORY TO THE BUilDING ORDINANCE #296, SECTION 201, BY NOT HAVING OSTAINED A BUilDING PERMIT. SECTION 202, BY NOT HAVING FilED plANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. :1584 (,., i COUNCIL CHAMBER - NOVEMBER 25, 1940. SECTION 2509, BY NOT HAVING PROPER ClEARANCE BETWEEN EARTH AND FloOR JOIST. ~ THE RE~UIRED ClEARANCE IS 18 INCHES. HE IS ABOUT 6 INCHES. . SECTION 2204, BY NOT CONSTRUCTING PROPER FOUNDATION. SECTION 2211, BY CONSTRUCTING A SHINGlE ROOF lESS THAN 10 FEET FROM lOT liNE. ,t OWING TO THESE SEVERAl INFRACTIONS, I COUlD NOT BUilDING PERMIT SHoulD MR. RUGG APply FOR ONE. YOUR ADVICE TOWARD REMOVAl OF STRUCTURE, I SSUE A TH ER EFORE SEE K (, IT IS RECOMMENOED THAT PROCEEDINGS BE STARTED TO CONDEMN STRUCTURE. VERY TRUlY YOURS, r,. 1,,' j I"~ .J IRWIN J. SINKS, BUILDING INSPECTOR. (' \. ../ A COMMUNICATION Also WAS READ FROM MR. RUGG IN WHICH HE STATED THE PORCH IN ~UESTION WAS IN NO WISE AN INTEGRAl PART OF HIS GUEST COTTAGE AND COUlD BE REMOVED IN AN HOUR'S TIME; AND,SINCE IT WAS OBSCURED FROM THE VISION OF NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNERS, HE FElT THERE WOUlD BE NO OBJECTION TO IT. HE Also ENClOSED A CHECK FOR $25.00 TO INSURE THE CITY AGAINST ANY EXPENSE IT MIGHT BE PUT TO IN EFFECTING A REMOVAl OF THE PORCH SHoulD IT BECOME NECESSARY, AT ANY TIME, TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE REAR EASEMENT. .( ~ IT WAS MOVED BY MR. CREGO THAT THE BUilDING INSPECTOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS BE APPROVED AND MR. RUGG BE INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE THE BUilDING HE HAS PUT UP. IN THE FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THE MATTER, MR. CREGO STATEO IT WAS THE METHOD USED IN PlACING THE STRUCTU~E THERE WITHOUT A PERMIT THAT HE WAS OPPOSED WOo MR. BRADSHAW SECONDED MR. CREGO'S MOTION AND, UPON PUTTING IT TO A VOTE, THE VOTE WAS AS Follows: MR. BRADSHAW YES, MR. CREGO YES, MR. Hill YES, MR. JACOBS YES, MR. MillER YES. THE MOTION CARRIED. THE ClERK WAS INSTRUCTED TO NOTIFY MR, RUGG OF THE MEMBERS' DECISION, RETURNING TO HIM HIS $25.00 CHECK, WHICH THE COUNCil DECliNED TO ACCEPT. I A lETTER WAS READ FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE FlORIDA RAilROAD' COMMISSION, TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, ADVISING THAT THE COMMISSION HAD ADOPTED NO SPEED REGUlATIONS FOR TRAINS PASSING THROUGH MUNICIPAliTIES, SUCH REGUlATIONS THROUGH CORPORATE liMITS BEING GOVERNED BY lOCAl ORDINANCES PASSED BY THE INDIVIDUAl TOWNS CONCERNED. THIS MATTER WAS DISCUSSED AT SOME lENGTH, AS WAS THE PROPOSED INSTAllATION OF AUTO- MATIC GATES, IN liEU OF THE MANUAl CONTROllED TYPE DEMANDED BY THE CITY COUNCil, AFTER WHICH MR, CREGO MOVED THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY PREPARE AN ORDINANCE MAKING A SPEED REGUlATION OF 15 MilES PER HOUR, APplYING TO All TRAINS PASSING THROUGH,DEIRAY BEACH, FOR A OISTANCE i . LJ COUNCI L CHAMBER 1586 NOVEMBER 25, 1940 r oJ A lETTER WAS READ FROM TH E CITY PlUMB I NG INSPECTOR, WITH REGARO TO APpliCATION OF ERSKINE PARKS ClEANERS FOR SEWER CONNECTION TO TAKE CARE OF HIS NEW lAUNDRY, IN I'.H ICH MR. BROWN RECOMMENOEO THE RE-lAYING OF THE SEWER lINE RUNNING NORTH FROM THE DE]RAY THEATRE, ANO THE TAPPING OF THE LAUNDRY BUIIOING TO SAID liNE, Also THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SIX FOOT S~UARE CEMENT TANK, SIX FEET DEEP, FOR THE PURPOSE OF COOliNG THE WATER BEFORE ITS ENTRANCE INTO THE CITY SEWER, MUCH DISCUSSION ENSUED AS TO PROB- ABlE COST OF RE-]AYING THE SEWER AS RECOMMENDED AND THE VARIOUS METHODS OF REliEVING THE SITUATION, ETC. IT WAS FINAllY SUGGESTED THAT THE CITY ENGINEER, PlUMBING INSPECTOR AND C. A. BAKER GET TOGETHER AND AGREE ON A RECOMMENDATION TO BE MADE TO THE COUNCil IN THIS REGARD SO THAT THE MATTER MIGHT BE MADE A SPECIAl OROER OF BUSINESS AT THE FollOWING MONDAY NIGHTS' MEETING. THE FollOWING ANNUAl ACTIVITIES AND FINANCIAl REPORT OF THE DElRAY BEACH RECREATION WAS READ: NOVEMBER 1ST. TO NOVEMBER 1ST. STATEMENT OF MEMBERSHIP r SEASON MEMBERS WEEKlY " 255 @ 1.50 225 @ .50 $382.50 112.50 495.00 1.00 1.25 87.85 INTEREST OF OEPOSIT PROFIT ON CUES BAlANCE AT BEGINNING OF VEAR " / \ $585.10 WE Also WANT TO CAll YOUR ATTENT ION THAT OUR TOTAl MEMBERSHIP FOR THE SEASON 480 OF WHICH WE ENTERTAINED ABOUT 200 PER DAY WHICH WE CONSIDER A VERY CREDITABlE SHOWING. EVERY HOTEl IN THE CITY WAS REPRESENTED AMONG OUR MEMBERS. /S/ PETER EINHORN, M~NAGER . ON MOTION OF MR. MillER, SECONDED BY MR, HIll, AND ON ROll cAll UNANINOUSly CARRIED, THE REPORT WAS APPROVEO AND ORDEREO FilED. ; A COMMUNICATION WAS READ TROM THE WEST PAlM BEACH ATlANTIC NATIONAl BANK, THE CITY'S ESBROW AGENt, A~KNOWlEDGING RECEIPT FROM THE CITY ClERK OF $3,550.00 FOR THE PURCHASE OF ESCROWED INTEREST AT THE RATE OF 30 CENTS ON THE DOllAR. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. HKlI THAT THE CITY ClERK'S ACTION IN TRANSFERRING SAID ESCROW MONEYS BE APPROVED, MR. BRADSHAW SEOONDED THE MOTION, WHICH CARRIED UNANIMOUSlY, ON ROll. CAll. '~'. " By MOTION OF MR. Ml'lER, SECONDED BY MR. Hill, AND ON Roll CAll UNANIMOUSlY CARRIED, THE BUilDING INSPECTOR WAS AUTHORIZED TO PURCHASE THE FollOWING PERMIT FORMS FOR USE IN HIS DEPARTMENT: 1.586 -/ (' ) Ii COJNCIL CHAMBER -'NOVEMBER 25, 1940 500 BUilDING PERMITS 250 SIGN " 250 MOVING " 500 INSPECTOR'S TAGS. By MOTION OF MR. CREGO, SECONDED BY MR. BRADSHAW, AND ON Roll CAll UNANIMOUSlY CARRIED, THE FollOWING REsoluTION WAS ADOPTED: RESOLUTION 3Bl ~. .- .1 "1,' A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH PROVID- I NG FOR THE FORM OF BALLOT TO BE USED IN THE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1940, DESIGNATING THE CANDIDATES WHO ARE ENTITLED TO HAVE THEIR NAMES PRINTED THEREON, AND APPOINTING A CLERK AND INSPECTORS TO HOLD SAID ELECTION THE CITY ClERK RE~UESTED AUTHORITY OF THE COUNCil FOR THE EMPlOYMENT AND RENUMERAT ION OF THE NEW PlAYGROUND INSTRUCTOR AND TENNIS PROFESSIONAl. I~ WAS TMEREFORE MOVED BY COUNCilMAN BRADSHAW THAT MR. HARRY BlANK BE EMPlOYED AS PlAY- GROUND SUPERVISOR AT.A SAlARY (FROM THE CITY) OF $18.00 PER MONTH, WITH THE PROVISO THAT FIVE PERCENT OF TME 1587. COUNCIL CHA~aER - NOVEMBER 25, 1940. COST OF All PlAYGROUND E~UIPMENT PURCHASED, AND 3 TO 6 CENTS PER CUBIC FOOT FOR ANY OFFICE SPACE PROVIDED THE SUPERVISOR, SHAll BE DEDUCTIBlE'FROM HIS MONTH~Y WAGE. MR, CREGO SECONDED THE MOTION, WHICH CARRIED UNANIMOUSlY, ON Roll CAll, ... tHE ClERK WAS Also AUTHORIZED TO DONATE TO THE TENNIS ASSOCIATION, AS lAST YEAR, THE SUM OF $25.00 PER MONTH FOR FIVE MONTH'S, TO PARTIAllY DEFRAY SAlARY EXPENSE OF THE PROFESSIONAl EMPlOYED BY THE ASSOCIATION DURING THE WINTER SEASON. COUNCilMAN Hill REPORTED THAT SEWARD WEBB WAS CONTEMPlATING THE REPAIR OF THE STREET ON THE WEST SIDE OF HIS NEW BUilDING AND HAD RE~UESTED THAT THE CITY Oil SAME. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY DO SUCH OiliNG PROVIDED PERMIT IS OBTAINED FROM THE RAIIROAO TO DO." THIS WORK ON THE COMPANY'S RIGHT-OF-WAY. MR. Hill EN~UIRED IF ANYTHING HAD BEEN DONE TOWARDS PROVIDING A PARKING GROUND AT THE CITY PARK AND, IN CONNECTION WITH THIS, IT WAS SUGGESTED BY MR. BRADSHAW THAT THE 'CITY USE EIGHTH AVENUE FOR PARKING INSTEAD OF BUilDING A ROAD THROUGH THE PARK, HE SAID VARIOUS ONES HAD lOOKED IT OVER AND FElT THIS WOUlD BE PREFERABlE TO THE CITY PARK; THAT PATRONS OF THE RECREATION ClUB DiSliKED THE IDEA OF TRAFFIC PASSING THROUGH THERE AND DISRUPTING THEIR RECREATIONAl FACiliTIES. MR. AMMON GIBBS, A. M, BOND AND OTHERS liVING IN PAlM S~UARE, RAISED OBJECTION TO THE EIGHTH AVENUE PARKING PROPOSITION. AFTER CONSIDERABlE DISCUSSION, MAYOR JACOBS RECOMMENDED THAT THE COUNCil THINK IT OVER AND DISCUSS IT AGAIN AT AN ADJOURNED MEETING NEXT MONDAY NIGHT. MAYOR JACOBS REPORTED THAT MIKE BlANK WOUlD NOT REMOVE TH~ COCOANUTS FROM THE CITY'S TREES FOR NOTHING BUT HAD AGREEO TO DO SO AT A PRICE OF $1.00 PER TREE, AND THAT THERE WERE SOME THIRTY ODD TREES FROM WHICH IT WOUlD BE NECESSARY TO REMOVE THE NUT~. THE PRIDE WAS CONSIDERED CHEAPER THAN THE CITY COUlD DO THE WORK FOR AND COUNCilMAN BRADSHAW MOVED THAT MR. BlANK BE EMPlOYED TO REMOVE THE, COCOANUTS FOR A DollAR PER TREE, AS AGREED UPON. MR, MillER SECONDED THE MOTION, WHICH CARRIED UNANIMOUSly ON Roll CAll.' THE CITY ATTORNEY AGREED TO lOOK INTO THE CITY'S FRANCHISE WITH T~E AMERICAN TElEPHONE & TElEGRAPH COMPANY AND MAKE RECOMMERDA_ TIONS AS TO RENEWAl OF SAME. COUNCilMAN Hill REPORTED THAT THE PRIEST BUilDING, lOCATED ON S, E. THIRD" AVENUE ADJACENT TO THE WEBB BUilDING, WAS IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION AND ASKED MR, SINKS TO MAKE RECOMMENDATION AS TO NECESSARY REPAIRS ON SAME. THE BUilDING INSPECTOR REPORTED THE REAR OF THE BUilDING TO BE IN VERY BAD' SHAPE; AND SAID IT WAS ONlY A MATTER OF TIME WHEN A BIG CHUNK OF CONCRETE WOUlD DROP OUT AND THE WAlls' COllAPSE. HE CONSIBERED IT REAllY UNSAFE, STATING THE CONSTANT PASSAGE OF HEAVY TRAINS WOUlD EVENTUAllY CAUSE THE WHolE BACK END OF THE BUilDING TO FAlloUT INTO THE STREET IF THERE WASN'T SOMETHING DONE ABOUT IT. MR, SINKS AGREED TO SUBMIT A DETAilED REPORT ON THE BUilDING'S CONDITION AND TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE OWNER TO SEE WHAT COUlD BE DONE ABOUT IT. :.t5B8 COUNC ILCHAM3ER - NOVEMBER 25, 1940. COUNCilMAN MillER RECOMMENDED P~RCHASE OF BENCHES TO PlACE AlONG THE NEWly CONSTRUCTED WAlK ON THE BoulEVARD NORTH OF THE BEACH PAViliON, AND, UPON HIS RECOMMENDATION, IT WAS MOV~.D BY MR, BRADSHAW THAT THE CITY PURCHASE TEN OF THESE BENCHES AT A PRICE OF $7.90 EACH FOR THIS PURPOSE, MR, CREGO SECONDED THE . MOTION; WHICH, ON Roll CAll, CARRIED UNANIMOUSlY. MR. MillER REPORTED THAT THE HIBISCUS HAD NOT YET BEEN PlANTED ON ATlANTIC AVENUE, EAST O"THE CANAl, BUT THAT MR, BlANK HAD AGREEO TO PUT THEM IN IMMEDIATEly AND HAD GUARANTEED THAT THEY WOUlD REMAIN GREEN AND IN lEAP THROUGHOUT ,THE WINTER, r COUNCilMAN MillER SUBMITTED A PROPOSITION REGARDING STREET, liGHTS, STATING THAT MR. SENIOR HAD AGREED TO TAKE UP,WITH HIS COMPANY, THE POSSIBiliTY OF GETTING A SIX MONTH'S RATE, FOR USE OF All THE WHITE WAY liGHTS ON ATlANTIC AVE~UE, IF THE COUNCil CARED TO CONSIDER SUCH A PROPOSI'TION. AFTER DISCUSSION, IT WAS MOVED BY MR. Hill THAT THE CITY CJERK BE AUTHORIZED TO GIVE A lETTER TO THE FlORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, AUTHORIZING THE RESTORATION TO SERVICE AS OF DECEMBER 1ST, FOR A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS, All WHITEWAY liGHTS ON AT'ANTIC AVENUE, FROM THE CANAl TO SWINTON, THE liGHTS liHEREBY RESTORED TO BE CHARGEO FOR AT THE SAME RATE AS THAT PAID ON THE WHITEWAY liGHTS OPERATED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, MR. MillER SECONDED THE MOT ION, WH ICH CARRIED UNANIMOUSlY, ON Roll CAll. l"._ MISS GAlVIN HECOMMENDED THAT THE OVERHEAD BRACKET lIGHT lOCATED AT THE ENTRANCE TO BRONSON AVENUE BE MOVED TO THE CENTER OF ATlANTIC AVENUE THEREBY liGHTING, Also, THE ENTRANCE TO ANDREWS AVENUE, WHICH SHE SAID IS A PARTIC'UlARIY DARK SPOT, THE COUNCil AGREED TO TAKE A lOOK AT IT AND SEE IF THIS CHANGE WAS ADVISABlE. MAYOR JACOBS ST~TED THE CHIEF OF POliCE HAD CAllED HIS ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THE POliCEMEN'S SHIRTS WERE WORN AND RAGGED AND THAT NEW ONES WERE BADly NEEDED. IT WAS STATED THAT THE POliCY OF THE COUNCil HAD BEEN TO AllOT $50.00 ANNUAlly TO EACH POliCEMAN FOR THE PURCHASE OF UNIFORMS, THEREFORE, IF THESE ARTiClES OF ClOTHING WERE NEEDED, THEY SHoulD BE PURCHASED. , MR, JACOBS SAID THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAD, FOR SOME TIME, BEEN URGING HIf~ TO PROClAIM A CI'EAN-UPWEEK AND CAll UPON CITIZENS TO, ClEAN UP THEIR PROPERTIES, IT WAS BEliEVED VARIOUS INDIVIDUAls WOUlD DONATE USE OF PRIVATE TRUCKS TO ASSIST THE CITY IN HAUliNG AWAY THE TRASH. THE COUNCIl FAVORED THE IDEA AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY MR. Hill THAT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SET A DATE, AND THE MAYOR BE AUTHORIZE~ TO REPORT TO SAID BODY THAT THE COUNCil WAS FAVORABlE TO AND WOUlD FURTHER THE PROPOSED ClEANUP CAMPAIGN. , THE MAYOR WAS AUTHORIZED TO OEclARE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28TH, THANKSGIVING DAY FOR DEIRAY BEACH, AND GIVE All EMPlOYEES A HOlIOAY. IT WAS AGREED THAT EMPlOYEES RE~UIRED TO BE ON DUTY THAT DAY BE GRANTED ANOTHER DAY'S VACATION IN liEU OF THE HOliDAY. 1.589 COUNCIL CHAMBER - NOVEMBER 25, 1940. THE MATTER OF PROVIDING A WATER HEATER FOR THE FIREMEN'S ~UARTERS AGAIN CAME UP, AND THE FollOWING AlTERNATIVE BIDS ON INSTAllATION OF SOlAR HEATER AND ElECTRIC SERVICE WERE SUBMITTED: SOlAR HEATER, lOO-GAl. CAPACITY, INSTAllED. , .........$ PlUMBING IN RUNNING PIPES TO ROOF......., , . ..,....... $ , , .... $ 180.00 10.00 190.00 ElECTR I CHEATER \' 'l8-GAl., 2-UN IT, , , . , . , PlUMBING. . . . . . . . . . . INSTAllATION OF WIRING. . . , . , , ...,., . ....... 92.00 10.00 14.53 '$ 116.53 . . .... r t THE RElATIVE ADVANTAGES OF THE TWO SYSTEMS WERE DISCUSSED. THE FIRE CHIEF EXPlAINED THAT THE RATE OF 6 CENTS PER K. W. NOW BEING CHARGED FOR All ElECTRICITY USED AT THE CITY HAll WOUlD BE REDUCED TO 3 CENTS IF AN ElECTRIC HEATER WAS INSTAllED, AND ANY POWER NECESSARY FOR WORK IN THE SHOP OR ElSEWHERE AROUND THE CITY HAll WOUlD THEREBY COME UNDER THIS CHEAP RATE. MR. Hill THEREFORE MOVED, IN VIEW OF THIS REDUCTION IN THE RATE, THAT THE l8-GAlION ElECTRIC HEATER BE INSTA'llED AT THE ~UOTED PRICE OF $116.53. MR. CREGO SECONDED THE MOTION AND, ON Roll CAll, THE VOTE WAS AS FOllows: MR. BRADSHAW YES, MR. CREGO YES, MR. Hill YES, MR. JACOBS YES, MR. MillER YES, THE MOTION CARRIED. . By MOTION REGUlARlY MADE, SECONDED AND UNANIMOUSly CARRIED, Bills NUMBERED 6225 TO 6263, HAVING BEEN APPROVED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WERE RETURNED TO THE COUNCil ANO ORDERED PAlO, IT WAS REGUlARlY MOVED, SECONDED AND UNANIMOUSly CARRIED THAT COUNCil ADJOURN TO MEET AGAIN IN ADJOURNED REGUlAR SESSION, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2ND AT 7:30 P. M. 0uq~ ).c.(ym~ CITY ClERK. APPROVED : '^~ .