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06-10-29 Regular1.81 COUNCIL ROOM June 10th, 1929. The Council met in regular session at 7:30 P. M. The Mayor and the following r~mbers were present: Mr. Keen, Mr. Porter, Mr. Smith and Mr. Troup. Owing to the absence of president warfield, Mr. Smith was on motion duly made, seconded and carried elected president pro tem to preside at this meeting. 9. communication was read from the Central Farmers Trust Company requesting that a portion of the collateral held by the / City against bank deposits be returned. The Clerk was instruc- ted to return such collateral as was in excess of the City depos- its. Mr. Smith re~orted that he had received a report from the Main Engineering ompany.but had not had time to go over it and make recommendations at this time. Mr. Porter reported that he had had certain repairs made to the roof of the Muscle building and that he had agreed to bear 50°0 of the cost of installing a water sink in the kitchen of the Sweet Shoppe, the City's portion of the cost of installing said sink not to exceed 16.00. Mr. Porter reported he had received a check from Dr. J. R. Cason, Sr. for ~40Q.00 in settlement of certain street, sidewalk `' and gutter improvements not covered by liens. It was moved by Mr. Porter and seconded by iti4r. Keen that the 400.00 be accepted in payment of these improvements when a receipt was furnished by Mr. A. E. Cason showing that all claims held by him against the City for street damages be included in this settlement. On roll call the vote was as follows: Mr. Keen yea, Mr. Porter yea, Mr. Smith yea and Mr. Troup no. The motion was declared carried. Mr. Keen reported that the Light Committee had made a survey of the street and white way lights and recommended that certain lights be discontinued and requested that the committee be author- ized to proceed along these lines. Mr. Porter then moved that the Light Committee be authorized to negotiate with the Florida Pov~rer & Light Company and enter into the drafting of a new contract ~'. and take such other steps as might become necessary in order to secure the reduction of these lights. The motion was seconded _ by Mr. Troup and unanimously carried. Mr. Smith, Chairman of the Street Committee, reported that the work of extending the parking space at the beach had been com- `. pleted and that the City forces were now engaged in installing the water mains on North Swinton Avenue. 183 Council Room - June 10th, 1929. Il4r. Smith reported that the palms in Del Ida Park were badly in need of attention. It was moved by Mr. Porter, seconded by Mr. Troup and unanimously carried that the Street Committee be authorized to fertilize and otherwise care for these palms.' Mr. C. Y. Byrd, representing the American Legion Post, pre- sented a petition to the Council requesting the signature of the City as a depositor in the defunct Delray Bank & Trust Ccxnpany ~ requesting the receiver of said bank to make a compromise settle- went of a mortgage given by the Legion Post to said bank. It was moved by Mr. Porter and seconded by Mr. Keen that the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to sign the Citys name to this petition and on roll call the motion was unanimously carried. The follovaing emergency ordinance was then introduced and read: "BE ST ORDAIP?ED by the authority trested in the City Council of the Oity of Delray Beach, Florida, that one certain ordinance designated as "AIN EMERGER7CY ORDIPSANCE Passed by the Cocmcil of the City of Delray Beach, Regulating the R?ethod and Procedure in Issuing Building Pei~.nits within Said City", which said ordinance was-passed and approved as an emergency ordinance by the authority aforesaid, on the 8th day of October, 1928, be and the same is hereby repealed. BE IT FURTI3ER ORDIINED that and and all other ordinances of said City touching the regulation of buildings in said City are hereby declared to be in full force and effect as though said em- ergency ordinance had never been passed. This ordinance is passed. and is hereby declared to be an emergency ordinance repealing an emergency= ordinance, the necess- ity for the ordinance hereby being repealed no longer existing." It was moved by Mr. Keen and seconded by Mr. Porter that the ordinance be adopted as read. On roll call the ordinance was declared unanimously adopted. Mr. Hicks reported that the nursery at the golf course had been established and that cuttings of various kinds of shrubs had been set out, the entire cost of which was estimated to run con- siderably under the amount the committee had been limited to. The matter of erecting a half shade was left to the discretion of the committee. Mr. Porter reported that an agreement had been reached with the Palm Beach Corgpany whereby the company was to pay the City of Delray Beach their pro rata share of certain outstanding indebted- ness for releasing certain lots lying within the corporate limits of the City of Delray Beach to the Town of Gulf Stream. As evi- dence of good faith the Palm Beach Ccsa.pany had deposited approxi- mately p1200.00 in escrow with the Palm Beach BanY> & Trust Company for v,hich they agree to furnish one of the long time bonds of the Town of Delray Beach, now held by the Palm Beach Company, to the City of Delray Beach not later than July 1st, 1929.