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11-01-37 Adjourned Special 796 ~~'f COUNCIL CEi:J,mER November 1.., 1937 The Council convened fl. t 7: 30 P.M., in adj ourned special session, to receive complaints and to approve ghe Engineer's reoort and assessment roll for improving and paving of Andrews and Lowry Streets and Seabreeze Avenue; also for the purpose of examining and approving the tax rolls for the year 1937, as submitted by the City Tax Assessor, Mae W. Cramp, and totake up certain other current matters of business. The Mayor, and following members of the Council were present: Mr. Barton, Mr. Genton, Mr. Gwynn and Mr. Wodischek. In the absence of Mr. Hill, it was moved by Mr. Barton, seconded by 1lr. Genton and unanimously carried, that 1~. Gwynn be elected Chairman, pro Tem, of the meeting. ~ A Petition was received and read from The Delray Beach Tennis Association asking the Council to grant to said Association, active management of the ne111 tennis courts located at the Athletic Field, the upkeep of same to be assumed by said Tennis Club, who propose to charge a membership fee of $5.00 per year, per member, for the first fifty charter members, and all additional member- ships at the rate of $10.00 per vear. Considerable discussion ensued as a result of the petition in which Mr. Kraus, President of the Tennis Association was asked if provision had been made for the free use of any of the new courts by the sphool children. He said this qad not been done, inasmuch as it was hoped that through the mutual cooperation of the Tennis Association and City and County authorities the courts at the school grounds could be resurfaced and put into pl9.ying condition for the school children. Councilman Barton was in favor of granting the Association's request, as he said it would be impossible for the City to assume full charge and cost of maintain- ing the courts. He thought the present re~uest should be , given immediate consideration and the matter of rebuilding the school courts be taken up later, and accordingly moved that the request of the Delray Beach Tennis Assoc- iatioR be granted and the City Attorney authorized to draw/suitable agreement to be entered into by the City and the Tennis Aesociation. Mr. ':iddischek seconded the motion, and on roll call, the vote was as follows: 787 COl~CIL CBJffi~BER - November ~, 1937 -, l~. Barton- yes, 1'.r. Genton yes, Mr. Gwynn yes, Mr. -dod- ischek ves. The motion carried. It was further re- quested" by Miss Galvin, Temporary Secretary of the Tennie Ascociation, that the City have two courts finished in oil. -l 1~. Grover Baker, representing the Milton-Myers Post, asked that free license be granted his organization for the privilege of presenting one night's vaudeville performance by the Haefner-Vinson Players, on Friday night, December 3rd. It was moved by Mr.,iodischek, seconded bv 1'.r. Genton and unanimouslv carried that said privilege be gr9.nted the American Legion and that the fifty dollar license fee be returned to said organization in consideration of service rendered in the past. Mr. Geo. Carr presented for the Council's inspect- ion, a tentative plat of Ocean Breeze Estates, being a subdivision of Muck lots 139, 147, 155, 163 and the si of Lots 146, 154 and 162. It was moved by Mr. Barton that said plat be tentatively approved by the Council, but recommended that S8me be referred to the Zoning Committee for its inspection and approval before final acceptance. Mr. Genton seconded the motion and on roll call, it carried unanimously. Mr. Clint Moore asked that Thomas Street right- of-way be cleared and grubbed from Andrews Street to the Boulevard a distance of 9.bout 400 feet, which he stated could be done for about $100.00. It was decided to defer action in this matter until the arrival of Mr. Fox, one of the property owners abutting on said Thomas street. 1fur. Gracey stated he was arranging to plan\palms along the street in front of his property on Lowry street and Seabreeze ~venue and en~uired if the City would agree to water these trees with its portable tank and City labor. Mr. Barton assured him the City would cooperate to that extent if he would plant the trees. The 'Tax .\ssessor, Mae W. Cramp, then presented the completed tax rolls for the year 1937 to the Council for its approval. The members proceeded to check said tax assessment rolls, and upon motion of Mr. Wodischek, seconded by 1rr. Barton, and unanimously carried, the tax rolls, as submitted by the Tax Aseessor, for the year 1937 were approved and certified to by the- Council, and attested by the Clerk of said Council, and copies of the following certifidatiom" affidavits and warrants for collection were ordered attached and made Dart of said 1937 rolls. - 798 COUNCIL CHAMBER - November !b, Hl37 .;'/ CERTIFIC"TE OF PRESIDENT AND CLERK OF CITY COm~CIL TO: MAE 'i!. CIiJ\J)T. Tax Assessor , The undersigned president and clerk of the City Council of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, do hereby certify that the foregoing ass- essment roll for 1937 of the tB-xable real estate within the City of Delrsy Beach, Florida, has - been revised and equalized by the City Council, sitting as a Board of E0,ualization of Taxes, and that the valuations fixed upon this assess- ment roll shall be deemed final and said valuations shall not be chaneed. D~TED this 83rd day 0f ~ugust, A.D. 1937. C.::. !:ill Fresident of the City Council ~. E)..L CERTIFIC~TE OF PRESIDENT AW~ CLERK OF CITY COUNCIL TO: 1~ V!. CFUJ'iTp, Tax Assessor. " The undersigned president and clerk of the City Council of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, do hereby certify that the foregoing ass- essment roll for 1937 of the taxable personal property within the City of Delray Beach, Florid?, has been revised and equalized by the City Council, sitting as a Board of Equalization of Taxes, and that the valuations fixed upon this aesessment roll shall be deemed final and said valuations shall not be changed. DA'rED this 23rd day of ;cugust, A.D. 1937. C.V.. Hill President of the City Council Mae W. Cramp Clerk of the City Council /. 799 COUNCIL CliMKBER - November 1, 1937 C:tTY OF m:Ui.i,Y BELCH, COUNTY OF Ph1Th1 BR~CH, STATE OF FLORIDA Personally appeared before me, Uhe W. ~ramp Assessor of Taxes for the City of Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, State of Florida, who being duly sworn, B"l'S the above assessment Roll contains a true statement and description of all persons and property in the ahove City of Delray Beach subject to taxation or liable to be assessed therein, and that the valuations thereof, so far as they were made by her, are just and correct 80 far as she has been able to ascertain. .\ Mae 'V. Cramp City Tax ~ssessor, City of Delraj' Be,_.ch, Fla. SWorn to and suhscribed before me this the 1st day of SeDtember A.D., 1937. 'iiilmina Harvel Notary Fublic, State of Florida at Large. My Commission Expires January 19, 1940. CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, COUNTY OF PALM BEACH, STATE OF FLORIDA We the undersiGned City Councilmen in and for the City of Delray Beach, Palm Beach county, State of Florida do hereby certify that we have carefully examined the foregoing Assessment Roll of said city for the year A.D. Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-seven, and have compared the original and two copies thereof, as required by the Charter Act of the City of Delray Beach and General Laws of the State of Florida, Dertaining to the collection of the municipal taxes, and find the same to be correct. C. 'II. Eill Arthur Barton J .K. Gwynn V.1\.. Genton F.Vl. TNodischek City Councilmen, City of Delray Beach, Fla. )-, I 800 COUNCIL CH;~tBER - November 1, 1937 /~ STATE OF' FLOEIDA ( PALM BEACH COUNTY ) CITY UF DELEAY BEACH ( TO: Mae W. Cramp, Tax Collector in and for the City of Delrey Beach, Florida: 'J. You are hereby commanded to collect out of the real estate and personal ~roperty, from each of its persons and corporations named in the annexed assessment roll the amount of tax set down opposite the name of each person or corporation, or lot, parcel or tract of land described therein, and in case the taxes imposed are not paid at the time Drescribed by law, you are to collect the same by ievy and sale of the goods and chattels, lands and tenenments, and all moniee collected on behalf of the City of Delray Beach you are to pay over to the Ci ty Treasurer, and you are further required. to make all collections on or before the 1st day of April 1938 or else hold all unpaid taxes as delinquent. Mae W. Cramp Tax Assessor of Given under my hand and seal this the in the year A.D. 1937. day Mae 'In Cramp Assessor of Taxes Delray Beach, Fla. CITY OF DELRAY BlACH, COUNTY OF PALM BEACH, STATE OF FLORIDA .- j, I hereby certify that the warrant given under the hand of Mae Cramp, City Assessor of Taxes, to Mae VI. Cramp, 'fax Colle ctor, and at ta ched to the Assessment Roll for the City of Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida for the year A.D. Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-seven, has been duly recorded on page~DD of the minutes of the City Council in and for said city aforesaid as required by the Charter Act of the City of Delroy Beach, and General Laws of the State of Florida, pertaining to the collection of municipal taxes. Given under my hand and seal of office this day of A.D., 1937. Mae W. Cramp City Clerk City of Delray Beach. Fla. 80:1 COl~CIL CEj~r,BER - November 1, 1937 The m~tter of ~pproving the street assessments for Andrews and Lowry streets and Seabreeze ",venue paving was then taken up. Mr. R.C. McNeil, who was present, protested said assessment, on the grounds that same was excessi ve. He also claimed his property had been d aInaged by reason of the raise in the grade of Andrews street, cuasing water to drain onto his Vist' ~el Mar property. He also felt that the property should be assess0d for the paving only, and that the cost of the fill should be assumed by the whole town. The City Attorney ex- Dlained that all such improvements were assessable to abutting property and could not be assessed to other property not actually benefitted thereby. 'LJ Willard Waters' main comDl~int was in regard to the cost of the imorovement, which he felt was ex- orbitant. , ,J 1~. Clint Moore and Geo. Carr were present and explained that the paving of streets over muck land required an extr'lordinary amount of fill and that Andrews Street had been an exoensive proposition, due to this fact. The price charged was as low as could possibly be figured on such work, they said. The City Attorney informed Mr. McNeil that the entire paving program had been done in ~ccord with legal requirements and charter provisions -- that same had been petitioned for by the abutting property owners, 5nd that it was too late, at this time, to protest because of the cost. He said if property owners considered they were over-assessed their recourse would be in court. He also suggested that 1~. Mclieil get a copy of the State Road Department's' costs for paving of such muck streets, which he was sure they would find to be upDroximately twenty per- oent higher than that charged for the Andrews Street improvement. Mr. McNeil finally requested that the meeting be postponed until Monday night, November 8th, allowing him additional time to look further into the matter, and make necessary enc:uiries, which he had been unable to do because of his absence from the City until tlJat day. In compliance with his request mt was ~oved by 1mr. Barton, seconded by Mr. Wodischek, and unanimously carried that the meeting for the purpose of confirming the assessment roll on Andrews & Lowry streets and Sea- breelile Avenue be postponed until next regular meeting of the Council, Monday night November Sth, at which time the City Council will proceed t.o pas~a resolution ratifying, ec:ualizing and confirming said assessment roll. Council made, seconded ,;nd carried APPROV @~ Qv:LWk ~r . res~