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02-07-39 Joint 1.133 COUNCIL. CHAMBER February 7, 1939 The COUnoil. and the Citizensc',Advisory Committee met in joint speoial session at 8~00 P.M., on call of the )fa yoI' . Attorneys Adams and Nowlin and all members of the Council " and Advisory Committee, with the exception of Chas. D. Boughton, were present. The Mayor opened the meeting by stating same had been called for the purpose of receiving report of the Cit- izens Advisory Committee as to latest negotiations and pro- gress made in connection with the City's proposed refunding. Thereupon the r.ep_of~Z1i8w;:atlked'tro'/troill:> W.O. Jelks, Chairman of the Citizens Advisory Committee, who stated he merely wanted to submit, officially, the report of T.~.Cook & Company, Delray's fiscal agents"appointed to carry out the City's refunding negotiations. With reference t.o same, Mr.. Jelks said the agreement had. been signed up 100~ of the Bondholders Committee and by the outside Chicago bondholders reported to own lB~or.200M of Delray bonds. which agreement, he said. was idelitical to that signed by the Council on January 24th, with the exoeption of the half-point oommission provision. Mr.' 0/ Cook, he said, was unable to collect this from the Bond- holders, and therefore would expect to be paid by the City, Said cost amounting to a minimwm of approximately $5,000.00 and a maximwm of $7,000.00, which he said would not be in cash. He advised, further, that Mr. Cook had so far lQaa~edp all but eighteen of the outstanding honds, and hoped to looate these remaining obligations, thus obviat- ing the neoessity of going through Bankruptoy Law, whioh would entail additional expense and delay. The Chairman reoommended that, from now on, a campaign be mapped out whereby the proposition ca.n be . sold to the people. He said the legality of tp.e:~.~@d,ing was not affected by a referen,dwm but that a.:ttr~tmlf~T~"'~ who sought to put such a thing over without a favorable vote of the people would be foolish and unfair since the citizens have been promised suoh consideration. .".,~",~.-, L He recommended a short publicity campaign and said if the Counoil would stay behind the proposition, eaoh member of the Council and Committee lending his ;J; .~ 11~4 COUNCIL CHAMBER - February 7th, 1939 active support to same, it could be carried through. Mr. Jelks recOmmended that support Of the Crafts and Labor Unions, the Kiwanis Club, the Chamber of Commerce and the American Legion all be sought, since the endorsement of these organizations would mean much towards putting the pro- posi tlon over with the people. He suggested that these organizations call a meeting for the purpose of having the proposal explained to their memberships, which he con- sidered a desirable method of acquainting the general pub- lio as to the provisions and details of the proposed agree- ment. .; 1Lr."Crego said one thing the Public wanted to know was howmuoh it was going to cost them and what saving would be accomplished by entering into the agreement. Mr. Jelks informed him that this informetion would all be given and that the whole thing would be charted out in a comprehensive way so the average citizen would understand it. Counoilman Hall recommended, as a means of present- ing the proposition to the public, that the agreement be published, in full, together with an explanatory digest or summary, as he said muoh criticism of the plan might be engendered by misinterpretation of the agreement by the average reader. Mr. Hall also asked that the term "over- whelming"majority~ appearing in the agreement, be olari- fied and was informed that 5l~ would be considered an "overwhelming majority". There was some disoussion as to who would be permitted to vote in the proposed refund Referendwm, som~ COnsidering that any freeholder of the City Of Delray Beach should be permi t ted to do so, but the Coure 11 and City Attorney contended that none but Delray Beaoh freeholders, owning property lYing East of the Canal, should be entitled to cast a vote on the issue. Arter thoroughly disoussing various methods of pUblioizing the refunding program, ..... - i11no__m_i1_.... ._lfI...hlfl......_;....lfIlilllrln_ it was moved by Mr. Bradshaw that the agreement, in full, be published in two issues of the Delray BeaohNews, viz. February 10th and 17th, together with publioity and an explanatory summary to be prepared by members of the Advisory Committee; that there be a mass meeting oalled at the Roxy Theatre on Tuesday, February 14th, at an hour to be decided upon by the Committee, for the purpose of hearing an expression or " pUblio opinion and to explain the plan to interested property owners: and that the fOllowing ordinance calling a referendum eleotion to vote on said question of refund- ing be passed on its first reading: , 113[ COUNCIL CHAMBER - February 7th, 1939 ORDINANCE 26~ "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH,. FLORIDA. CALLING AN ELECTION OF THE FREEHOLDERS THEREIN. WHO ARE QUALIFIED ELECTORS THEREIN, TO EITHER APPROVE OR DISAP- PPROVE THE ISSUANCE OF REFONDING BONDS UNDER THE TERMS OF A CERTAIN PROPOSAL SET FORTH HEREIN". Mr. CregoseOonded the motion and on roll call the vote was as fOllows: 1Lr. Bradshaw yes, Mr. Crego yes, 1Lr. Hall yes, Mr. Hill yes, Mr. Miller yes. The motion was declared carried. Matters pertaining to the City's refunding program, having beell concluded, Mr. Adams and members of the Advisory Committee departed and the Counoil prooeeded to take up various other current matters of business. '+'. It was reported the Life Guard had no buoys or life-saving eqUipment to use incase of emer~enoy and it was therefore moved by Mr. ~radshaw that the City Clerk be authorized to order, at once, two regular ring buoys and one torpedO buoy. Mr. Hall seconded the motion whioh carried unanimously. Mr. HaU said several minor aC,oidents ha.d9()curred due to people stepping off the boardwalk into the o,pe'n1ng . ." leading to the Beacl1 and he recommended that the walk be' oontinued aoross this open spaoe, and steps built therefrom" down to the sand. Mr. Bradshaw said these WOuld be diffi- cult for invalids and older people to olumb and recommended. as an alternative, that said opening be protected bya raill and passage space left for only one person to pass through ' singly. It was aocordingly moved by Mr. Hall, second~d by 1Lr. Bradshaw and I1nanimously oarried that this type ot rail proteotion be constructed. In order to eliminate the hazard of accidents to pedestrians entering the boulevard from the West entrance of the Beaoh pavilion, Mr. Hall suggested that this oentral opening be closed and an entranoe made at the North end Of said pavilion with a step built up to the boardwalk and another into the pavilion, the same as that provided at the South entrance. On motion regularly made., s.eC'ottded""""~' and oarried this work was duly authorized and Mr. Hall volunteered to see that it was done immediately. It was reoommended that the Mayor and Chief of~ Polioe eliminate parking on one side of Seventh Avenue adjacent to the. KentuokY House, as thepra..otio~~... f parking on both sides Of. this narrow interseotion oolis'l!ltuted a tra1'tic hazard, Mr. Crego said. !'Ii;,' . :11.36; COUNCIL CHAMBER - February 7th, 1939 J Mr. Hall reported the Standard Oil Company was filling and rocking the entrance to its Station on N.E. Fourth Avenue and had agreed to rebuild said street right out and up to the crown. of the road providing the Cityw1l1 oil same; otherwi se the company propo sed to end the new paving at the street edge. Mr. Hall said the streetwal!i .. going to have to be oiled in the Spring anyway and recommend- ed that it be done now, the City thereby receiving the . benefit of said new pavIng. It was accordingly moved by Mr. Bradshaw, seconded by Mr. Crego and unanimously carried that the City oil said street on condition that same is constructed as herein agreed. With referenoe to such Eprovements, oonstructed on pUblio property, it was recommended by Mr. Bradshaw that the Street Commi the go over proposed ordinanoe 256 and" inoorporate definite specifioations therein, before pre- sending same for passage on its second reading. On motion regularly made, seconded and carried street lights were ordered installed as follows: ~~l';~~tl~:;~ :~:;~:mi;:. S~~~ Second Street ,1'" Adjacent to Mike Blank's residenoe Corner S.E. Seventh Ave. and Third Street~ The Light Committee also agreed to investigat& application from ,oolored citizens for a street l1ghtat. corner of N.W. Sixth Avenue and Second Street. SOme complaint was made about open-air frait. stands in colored town which were complained of as being ansanitary but no action was taken. By motiOn regularly made, seconded and oarried~ Council adjourned. I . ~a: 1d~[}-r, APPROVED : w \. .>:t:.