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The Coiaricil met in'"regular"session; president"J. Z:
Troup presiding.. All councilmen were present, the r<~Iayor was
absent.
The mnutes•of ,the .meetings of February 13th and 20th..
were read and approved. =N'^
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A-letter from the local shrike club was read requesting
the Council to appoint a com~mit'tee o£ three to meet with.aom- -•:
mittees from-other organizations-in Town. to arrange ways aril
..means oY advertising ,Delray Beach during the shrine convention~t '",,
"`in n6iami, It was moved; seconded and'earrisd that the president?''
appoint the committee as requested. The following; committee ~;,
was appointed by the, president; .Mrs. Warfield, cshairman; i4lr $;
Keen and Itlr. Jacobs.
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A Communication from IvIr. H. Musgrave requesting a'revis
ion of~hs tax":assessment on certain acreage in Section 8.was~ t
referred to ,the Street Committee . `::. ~ ~~'~'
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,&,. recrue'st. from proper ;~ owners asking .that a street. ~ ~
lght`,;~ie ,moved in the vicinity of Southwest First Avenue and +, ~,
Second Street from the oenter of the block to'the intersection ~,-~.
was presented to the Council. It was moved by Mr.,Jacobs,;
seconded by ivlrs. Warfield,and carried .that the request be, `;
complied- with.' ~~
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A letter from Mr. C. Y. .Byrd stating that his firm. had ~.
dropped the suit of 2,+Ir. Thomas: Finucan agaixist the City was ~,
filed.' , ~
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Mrs. WarYield; chairman 'of the< finance Committee, made '~
the .following, reccm~tiendatigns; That~he• ~lerk be instructed to`„
forward,~14,16u.50 to the Seaiaoard National Bank for interest '^.
j ~'~ and maturit%es r due on Iviarch lgt aid tY~aa the committee recom s<
~iends~~pastpeYie'tneappointment of:,an auditor for afew weeks ~
~': The report, was',approved by the Council:`
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The following resolution was presented by II~Cr. Ifeen; ,~r!
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF; THE. CITY OF DELRAY BEACH,,~~+`:
F'~ORIDA,? THAT r!CHE BUILDING'LOCAT>;D 0 LOT ONE `BLOCK-TP7.O, OCEAN '~'
.PARK, SAID BUILDIPIG BEING ~PIRTICIALLY~DE3TROYED BY FIRE, BE ~`
'DECLARED:A-FUBhIC NUISANCE ND A'MENACE"TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY
.r,r mv`em mvi+ ^Tr,uu tii+i,NnTTFTFn Tn'.iNSTRUCT It4R D. H:'PARKER,
' BE IT. FURTHER RESOLVED~THAT IF SAID REQUEST IS NOT COTff-
PLIED WITH WITHIN THREE DAYS FR02vI TF~ RECEIPT OF PIOTICE BY THE
! SAID •D. H. PARKER THAT T~TiE CITY 'i~IyL PR6CEED TO REPSOVE THE'
' BUILDING AND ASSESS T'=IIE COST TO TFIE PROPERTY AND OWNER.. The
motion was seconded and carried unanimously.
~ ~' ` ~ It was moved, seconded and car ied" that" Tvir. D: "H:"~Par~'sr'"`"°
be ordered tb remove a certain truck from the street 31ear the
beach within ,three days and in case of failure to"comply, with
this request the City will remove said truck and charge tiie
cost; to tnesaid D. H. Parker. ,
A request"from &tr. L. W. Cook, Fire Chief, for the`pur '~
,chase of paint and. other items for the fire departaent was re-
ferred ao the- Ordinance; Committee .with: power to ect. .~„
The natter of fastening down the benches+ at the beacYt~to - `
keep them from: being carried too close'to the'waters`edge ands'
~' tYien being oarried away at high ..tide was referred to the street ;
committee with power to act; ;
The Ordinance Committee was'inatructed to investigate-all.
' the damaged buildings in the City that are`in'a`hazardous-con r
. dition'and reiommend to the Council as to the~semo"val^, ~ =~~
Nir. Smiths Chairman of,`tyfhe street, Committee, •rePorted-.that,,
first, the-Committee:had purchased a tra#'fio light £or th~,;~or w
• 'ner of Atlantic Avenue and'the Dixie H~hway,:sacond, that=he
had interviewed the members of the former cotLncil and the ex-»'
mayor.in regard to-tne paving assessment in the second block on {
thc-Plorth ~ixe.Highway, who were of the unanmous,.opinion":that
the agreement vith,the property owners was as`the records show
:The Committee recommended that_the Counc}~ stand by>the recordsr:
Third, the Committee recommended .that .the street assessmenf..of
Mr. F.<J. Brainard remain. as made sinee.'the;assessment was~re-
gular in every way. It was moved, seconded and carried that the,`
report,, be aocepted
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' S t Avenue was referred to.• .
,, The question of regsa.iring
the Street Committee to discuss -win on
with the County Commissioners.
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~ Current bills having beers
• referred to :,the Finance Committee
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were audited by tnat committee, the Council
and referred back to
;~,,.=.,. and,oxdered,„p&id ~.,._. ~,< ~ ,.~ ~.~. ~~
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Mr. W. J'. Johnston verbal
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ly requester} the reconditioning
ba9e ba11'diamond. It w
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of sa moved, seconded and carried
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that Ivir: Hioks` be' 'instructed to carryout this: work.
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The Couteil adjourned to 7:30 P.•M. l~ednesday,:February
29th, 192& r~~
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