01-22-68 ~AHUARY~ 22, 1968
A regular meeting o£ the City Council of Delra~ Beach was he~d
An the Council Chambers at 8500 P.M., with Mayor J. Lo Sauoders in the
Chair, City Manager David M. Gatchel, Ci~ At~rney JO~ R~oo Ad~$,
and Councilmen J~es H. Jump, LeRoy W. Merrttt, J~es B. Wilson
O. F. Yo~gblood berg preset,
1. ~ op~ing prayer was delivered ~ City Clerk R. D. ~rthtng.
2. ~e Pl~ge of Allegi~ce to ~the Flag of the Un,ted States of
~er~ca ~s given.
3. ~e minutes of the regul~ council meet~ of J~ua~ 8, 1968,
were unan~usly approved, on ~tion ~ ~. Jurn~ and se~n~ed ~
Mr. Youngblood.
4. ~ J. L. Breedl°Ve, Distr~ct Manager of the Florida ~er a Light
Comply, presented the City with a check in the a~unt of $84,171.25,
cover~g franchise ~~t to the City of Delray Beach, shying ~
~ncrease of 11.1 ~ over the preyers year, which he said is indicative
of the gr~th of the fine City of Delray Beach.
5. ~. Jurn~ said the ~r co~di~ton of the Te~ To~ Center buildi~
and surro~d~g gro~ had been brought 'to his a~t~tion today, and it
had been asked if s~th%~g 'coul~ be '~ne to bring ~hat pro~r~ up to
mee~ the svrroU~i.ng ~ea ~n aeethet~s. .~.~ ~rn~ asked if
could' be ~ne.a~t that r.~est; '~a'~&'.Ct~ M~er said he. ~uld
glad 'to t~e care of' it.' ' ''~:'~' ~
seems ~o 'have been 've~meh::~leeted, which,~:be '~.eeis ~s no ~eUl~
the Recreational Direc~r as he Is d~ing a ~nder~ul ~ob ~ou~out
the City. Further, :he th~kS that s~r~s are ve~ ess~a.1 ~ the
lives si the ,~nq ~p~.e, and asked i.f there is some me~0 ~ which
a $o~t ball f~eld c~ld be f~ed up ta '~at area, and ~8sib~y lighted
so ~t ~uld als0 '~ used ah
~..~=n~ .sa~a, w~h.co~e~l, a~eeem~t, he ~uld like ~o direct
the City M~ag.~ ~to 'lO~k ~.~o ,~.*s ,ma~ter ~d fu~ish Co~c'~l with
cost ~i~r,~ so that the ~ss~b.~li.ty o~ .q~tting this-ball ~eld
up could ~ .considered.
Mayor .Sa~e=8 se~d :~at a Coachman could make such a.
and the ~Ci~ty :~age= Sa~td :~at he ,~uld be glad ~o investigate =hat.
· he ~ .Manaq~ ~p-la~ ~hat ~hose desiring' night Ball play-
ing ~acil'i~:~es ~ul.d .~ntac~ ~the C~' A~i-nis~att~ as such ~actltt~es
are ava'~l~le .~d ~not ,und~ schedule on the off base ball and so~t ball
season., :~at ~ng :st~:l~ng 'F~eld .recently ack,red by the City.
,.~ther, ~t is ,Fla~ed .to :have :the ba}l fields in es ~d shape
as .~s.s.~e :~ .:the t:ime ,~e bal,1 :season' arrives.
x. Mayor Saundero Said he .~uld aos~e ~e is m0n~ '~budgeted ~or
reps'ir of,~the. '~een ~ ,Cen2er bu~ld~nq. 'and C~ty Man,er ~atchel said
he ~s not :,f~liar with .~he ~p~iculer i~s of repair ~d cle~-up
tha~ are .needed,r but assufed :CounCil.that,he ~uld take care o~
5. ~. Merr2tt said ~he. had given his it.s ~ the Ct~ M~ager to be
~aken care of.
5, Mr. Y0~qblood said he had received four d~f~t c~plaints ~rom
'business areas and that one has ~to do with the other three ~mplainto.
He then read ~e'foll~ing letter he h~ received from ~. Edward
~er of the Ne~gh~rh~ Groce~ Store loca~d on N. W. 8th Avenue
at 4th Street~
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"In conjunction with our telephone conversation about the
conditions ex~sting in the ar~a of N.e W,~. 5th~Avenue and Atlantic Ave-
~e. I think it is a shame that de=ez~t~'~e°Pie are actually afraid to
go near this section, es~?ecial!~' at n~ght. Th~s d~or~le cond~tion
has,existed f0r'~Years, but~ ~S. 8'~adi~..qet~ng~ w~rSe'.~'~' We have a 'fine
~ol~ce DePa=~ent ~n be~=ay Beach, ~Ut i th~n~ they "have..neVe=
~he meomle'~$ co~e=a~ion ~o elean um t~e a~ea. If we as ~t ~ave
c~ty ordinances to co~e' ~'~th t~% co~tion, we should ~ass some~ Also,
I ~ sure that if the C~ty Co~ission re, sets the Beverage Depa~ent
to help clean up 2his area, they,.~ut~.~do..so~ Trusting~our?e~forts
will make Delray Beach a better place. ~n ~ch to l~ve."
~. Youngbl~Od sa[~[["that ~. M~ :.]M. MCM~=~an, Jr'. of MCMurr~'S·
WeSt Atlantic Mercantile Company located at 402 West Atl~t'ic AVenue~
~. Russell Willies, M~ager of a restaurant located at 419 West
Atlantic Av~ue~ and the Manager of Sanders Trading. PoSt at 401 West.
Atlantic Avenue, ai1 complained of the drunks ~n that area ~ing a
nuisance ~n and around their bus~ness establis~ents', and h~e re~ested
that walking, ~l~c~en be placed ~n that area during the weekends
the busy season of this ye~.
~. Younpbl~od sa~ he is :~awar~.-.of tho~-e conditions existing in
that area 'of West~tlgnt~c Avenue aS'~e wo~ %n~a,.~bar~r shop ~n that
area~ further, in t~g tO u~rade De~ray.'~e~ it is felt .that section
should also be upgraded.
5. ~. You~gblood.. ~ , reporp~d, . ~ comp[a[n~ ,. ~. 'co~cer~ng~. . ,~ ~ stray., dogs 'in th~
western area. He?saLd .~at~on~it~on'~s gett[.ng .Wpr~e; and asked
oome%hing could be don~ a~ut picking up tho stray dogs.
5. Mr. Youngblood reported~ that ~. J. T. M~aim. o~er of the
M~urra~n Superette on Wes~ Atlantic Avenue has ~mpla~ned of the labor
busses unloading passe~ero: ~ We~t A~'~n~?.Avenu~ ,(a State Highway)
as 'he felt' ~t' ~as d~gerou~ a~d ~[so~i~h~[y, a~d .has suggest~ the
~loadin~ be dose on the City parking:~ea at West Atlantic Avenue
and 4th Avenue
MaYor Sanders said ~he c~laints a~Qut the. d~nks, on West
Atlantic Avenue S~ould be'turn~ over':to the Police Depar~ent.
C~ty Manager Gatchel oa~d this it~ ~ad come to h~s attention
during ~e post ~w days i from ~, Jurne~ and that he had Conaerred. w~th
the Polic~ Ch[ef"~onUerning s~e. He .assured Council sE much closer
suFveillance of that situation in the bus~ness
Concerning the stray dogs, City Manager Gatchel said the City
has the necessary,, Ordinances to ~pic~ ~p the dogs in ,that area and that
be would giv~ special attention to that item.
Concerning unloading of .passengers from the labor busses, the
City Manager Saidhe did not know of a .way to prohibit the busses from
unloading in an area that is allowed for parking on .West Atlantic Ave-~
~ue, but if the bus drivers could be contacted it could be suggested to
them that ~h. ey unload in the.parking lot, and that he believes it would
be much safer 'than unloading on Atlantic Avenue.
It was pointed out that the busses unload at various places on
the South side of West ~Atlantic Avenue, and the C~ty Manager said he
would be glad to .talk w~.t.,.h the bus d.r.~Vers~ ~.~ they would contact him.
5. Mr. Wilson said he had several i.~ems that~'~..would take ult. With 'the
City Manager as he didn't believe they needed Council action~
5. Mayor Saundsrs said he had received a call from a lady reporting
quite a bit of traffic ,~,ngesti~n on ~c, ean Boulevard., .p~rtic~lar.~y ~n
the first two,i,,,blocks north 'an~ ,so~th-of'At~ant~c Avenue, and she be-
lieved this m~y.'be due to the City employees using the parking spaces,
Further, she suggested that they use the City parking lot north of the
Seacrest Hotel which may alleviate some of the congestion. '...
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Mayor Saunders 'said 'she had also suggested a two-hour parking limit
on the first t~o 'blockS': north., a~d' south of &tlan~c...Avenue,
be a little benefit to the merchants in that a~ea, particularly at the
noon hour.
Mayor Saunders suggested that this it~n be referred to the Police
and Traffic Departments.
5. Mayor Saunders Said that when Mr. George Morikami was present at
a Council meeting on January 2, 1968, he again offered to the City
the 40 acres of property west of town, and that he had assured Mr.
Morikami if there is any way the City can accept that property it is
desired for a park.
Mayor Saunders said he would like for the City Manager to get
all the information on that, both pro and con, and when he has suffi-
cient information for Council to...'~ake 'some decision, a. workshop meeting
be held.
5. Mayor Saunders. read a PROCLAMATION proclaiming Friday and Saturday,
February 16th and 17th, 1968, as POPPY DAYS for the Purl~ose of collect-
ing funds for the Veterans by the American Legion AUxiliary, Unit No.
65.
6.a. Concerning a survey of parcels of 'land in violation of the City's
nuisance laws presented by the C£ty Manager, Mr. Merritt moved that
the City Clerk be instructed to proceed with t. he enforcement of Chapter
15 of 'the Code of Ordinances, the motion being s~conded By Mr. Wilson
and unanimously carried. (Col~j~. of survey is attached .to the official
copy of these minutes.) See page 21-A. ~
6.b. The City Manager· read the following communication from Mr. Paul
G. Herig, Chai~rman of the Buil'di~g Code Apl~eal BOar~, dated Jenuary
12, .1968, and said that Council pleasure relative to this communication
is requested.
"With reference to the BUilding Co(lC 'Board of Adjustment
and Appeals, kindly, be a4,vised ..that the 'terms of Ja~es J.
Priest and R. C. Keen, M~ers "at La~ge,_ expire February 12,
1968.
It is respectfully recommended th~t'~Mr, priest and Mr.
Keen be reappointed to their positions for a 'period' of four
years co~-~tencing February 12, 1968.
Both Mr. Priest and ~Ir. Keen have expressed their
Willingness to serve as Board' Members, should you so ~esire."
Mr. Youngblood moved that Mr. James J. priest and Mr. R. C. Keen
be reappointed to said' Board as Members at Large for the next four-year
period. The motion was seconded by Mr. Jurne~ and carried unanimously.
6.c. City Manager Gatchel .reported as f~lOws concerning the Community
Relations Committee membership'=
"At' the regdlar meeting on january 8th, Council accepted
the resignation of Mrs. Lula Bal. dwin from the Community
Relations Committee, and directed that the Committee be re-
quested .tO submit a recommendation for filling the vacancy
resulting from Mrs. Bal~win,s res~u~nation.
This is .to inform Council that the Committee recommends
no replacement to its m~rsh~ip, as a result 6f said resig-
nation, inasm~c~ as fgur '~ew me~bers to the Committee were
approved ..by' C0Uncil at its organiZatiOnal Meeting on January
2nd, bringing to thirteen its~=esent membership."
The Council unanimously accepted the reco~endat~on of said
committee~ on motion by Mr... Wilson and seconded by Mr. Youngblood.
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City,. Gl.~k WO~thing in~or~d. Cgu~c~! that ~. a p~tition h~s been~
re~esk or re,er s~e ~o 2he Planning. and Zonin[q Board for a
publiC, hearing thereOn to be held by said Board~
"1. kThe N% of the N% of the E% of Lot 13, Section 20-46-43,
except the West 474 ft., and less Road R~ 'also the East
15 ft. of the West 474 ft. of the South 85 ft. of the North
165 ft. of said E% of Lot 13~ and the S% of the N% of the
E~ o~ sa~d Lot I3, all being in Sect~on 20-46-43.
2. That Part of Lot 5, Section 21-46-43, lying west of the
Florida EaSt Coast Ra~lw~y's R~.
3. ~ts i thru 23 ~ncl., Plat %3, Southri~e S/D, together
w~th the 50 ft. r~ght-of-way, running East a west thru
this 5~acre traut of sa~ P~at %3, which was abandoned and
vacated'~.Coun=il 'on March '.TCh, 1960, be~gj, then .kno~
as S. W. 10th Court.
4. The West 99 ft. of the East 287.74 ft. of the ~of the
E~gf said Lot 13, Section. 20-46-43 less the EaS~ I5 ft.
of the SOuth 85 ft., and subject to right-o~-way of S. W.
10th Street."
Said rezoning pet.~t~on was unanimously referred to the planning
and Zoning Board, on motion by Mr. Merritt and seconded by Mr. W£1son.
8.a. City Clerk Worthing~pr~.esented R~S .OLUTION NO. 5-68.
A RESOLUTION OF THE ciTY"C~UNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDa, AMENDING RESOLUTION
NO. 1039, P. ASSED AND ADOPTED FEBRUARY 11, 1957,
PERTAINING TO THE ABANDONMENT AND VACATION OF
EASEMENT AND RIGHT--OF-WAY ON~LA~DS"~N~ SECTIONS
17 and 20, TOWNSHIP 46 SOUTH, RANGE 43 EAST.
(Copy of Resolution No. 5-68 ~s attached to the official colby
of these minutes.) See ~age 21-B.
The City Clerk explained the reason ~or preparing Resolution
No. 5-68 as follows=
"In 1957, the Board of Public Instruction of Palm Beach
.County was ~'negotiating for the purChase of certain' la~ds
the Southwest section of the.City for establishment of Carver
High School.
In connection With such negotiation' the City, on Febru-
ary 11, 1957, by adoption of ReSOlUtion No. 1039, did abandon
and vacate certain rights-of-way within the tract which~ today
comprises the Carver High Sch.~ol property. The abandor~, ent,
bY sai~ ReS°lut~on' Was c°nd~tion~d ~6n:~:~ald' VaCated r~ghts-
of-way being used only for school purpOses, The Board
public InstruCt~on h~ redested the el~nati°n of such
~cond~tion', and it being considered to be in the best in~er-
ests of. all ~ncerned, it is reco~de~ that sa~d Resolution
No. 1039., 'ado ed in 19.57. be bY the a~°Ption~of
Res°lutioB No 4 5-68. p=ovlaes for S sea ninge
viously de~o~i~d :,ab~dO~ but el~i~ating th® 'condition-
al~ referenoe",as'orig~nal!y included ~herein, with it being
understood that Said resolUtiOn shall be ef~t~ve Feb=ua~
21, 1968."
~. ~urne~. ~Ved 2ha~ Resolut~On No. ~-~S be passed, 2he mo2[on
be~n~ seconded by ~.' Youn~bl~ .FOLL~in~ d[g~ss~on, ~d u~n.
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of ro~l, Mr. Jurney, .Mr. Wilson, Mr. Youngblood and Mayor Saunders
Voted". £n'~a=or ~ ~he' m~°n, and' Mc. Merr~'~t was opposed.
City Cler~ Worthing ~ented as follow: "If ~u Gentlem~n
would kindly authorize the proper Ci~ off,ti'als to execute ~the'qu~t-
claim de~ relative to any S~lar ~ntingen~ on the ~ve-acre tract
t~ansferred ~ the C~ty ~o the School Board for a compar~le area of
land near Lake Ida."
It was so moved by ~. W~lson, the motion being seconded by
Youngblood. U~n call-of roll, ~. Jurney, ~. W~lSon, Mr. Youngblood
and Mayor Saunders voted ~n favor o~ the ~t~on, ~d Mr. Merrett was
opposed.
8.b. City Clerk Worth~ng presented ~DIN~CE NO. 1-68.
~ O~IN~CE OF THE CI~ C~NCIL OF
CITY OF D~Y BEACH, FLORIDA, REPE~ING
T~ PR~ISIONS FOR ~VING ~IV~S ~D
CIRCUSES WIT~N T~S CI~ B~ING C~-
NIV~S ~ CIR~SES FROM OPE~TING WI~-
IN T~ CORPO~TE LIMITS = DEFINING C~I-
V~S ~D CIRCUSES, ~D PR~IDING A P~-
~TY FOR VIO~TI~.
~. Jurney moved that Ordinance No. 1~68 be placed on this f~rs~
rea~ng, the m6t~on ~n~ se~nded by ~. Merritt.
~ring ~~ts on Section 2 of ea~d Ordinance, ~. W~lson said
he thinks it might be well if the City, through its Recreational Depart-
ment and such others as might help, be asked to exPlOre ~ssibilities
~ereby the .peopIe who were denied the priv{lege that th~ sought
might ~ given other means of raising ~ney and ineidentally 'having
fun.
FOllowing dis~ssion, and upon call of rotl,
Merritt, ~. Wilson ~d Mayor Saunders voted in favor of the motion,
and ~. Youngblood was op~sed.
8.c. City clerk Worthing pres~ted O~IN~CE NO. 2-68.
~ O~IN~CE ~ATING TO ZONING; ~ING
C~ER 29 OF T~ CODE OF ORDI~CES OF
T~ CI~ OF D~Y BEACH BY'C~TING
ESTABLISHING A N~ USE DISTRICT TO BE
AS "~-1 - ~TI~E F~ILY ~ING DISTRI~"
~D P~scRIBING T~ USES PE~ITTED
~e City Clerk explained ~[s Ord~n~ce bad'been prepared by
the City At~rney as a result of an understanding reached in a joint
meeting of Council with the City M~ager, the Planning an~ Zoning
Board, as well as the.C~ty Planning Consultant, ~. ~t ~ith, held
last week, ~d provides for ~e~ing Chapter 29 of the City's Code of
Ordinances by creating and establishing a n~ Use'District to be kno~
as "~-1", and prescribing the uses pe~itted therein.
The City Manager explained-that the intended usage of this pro-
is zoned
~sed ordinance is not ~y~hing.~..that f6rPr~ently within the
main portion of the Ci~ but~' s~Iely the TroPic Palms ~d Tropic
Isle areas at th~s t~e.'
Following dis~ssion, ~. Merritt ~ved that Ordinance' No. 2-68
be placed On this first reading, the motion being seconded by ~i'
wilson and un o sly
9.a. The City clerk's~id that the CounCil, on Dec,er 26th, referred
a petition for rezon~n~ of ~ts 17 an~ 18,~ Del-Harbour ~bdSvis~on, to
~e Planning and ~ni~ ~Oa~d'~o~ Pub$~{c~earing to be held' ther~n,
and a reco~ndatiOn ~'~rtainin~'thereto, and the foll~ng ~s that
Board's re~endation, date~'~anua~. 17th, 1968, ahd S~'~ ~ its
secretary, ~. ~rew Gent~'
2O
"At a regular meeti,.g Qfl the Planning zoning
Board held at 4:00 P.M., January 16th, 1968 in the
Council Ch~ambers, a'~public he~ing~was held for ~the,~
put, se of hearing objeut~o~ ~ ~if an~,' to the ?e~est
for .rezon~ng Lots and '~8~ 'Del"Harb0ur SubdiVision, ~
eighteen -o~ers
in ~he '~~~ur Apar~ents object to~ the rezoning.
The ~ard voted unan~ously to reco~end that City
Council 4eny the re,est for rezoning on the basis of
the objec~rs, and the fact that the petitioner neither
appeared at the hearing nor indicated in any other way
that he intends to build on his 9roper~ if the new
zoning were to be granted~'"
Mr. Jurney moved that action on thi~ Pla~ing ~d ~ning Board
re~rt be tabled at this t~e as there are certain ~it~s stated that
he would like to clarify as he feels they are not c~letely true.
The motion was seconded by ~. Merritt and carri~ ~an~Ously.
9.b. Concerning a Planning Board re~rt Pertaining to a petition for
special exception in height requir~ents on the South.. half of Ocean
Beach Lot 14 and North 15.5 feet of Ocean Beach Lot 15, City Clerk
Worthing rep~rted as follows: "
"Last November, ~uncil referred the request, of world Resorts,
Inc., for Specxal Exception' to the Planing Board for Site Plan
Approval, A ~blic hearing was he!d"by the Board on N°V~Uer 21st
and re, fred to~uncil on December ,12th,.: together With a reco~endation
that the request be denied, ~a'~uch. as the plans Submitted did not
meet the setback remitments.
Council, at that meeting, ~deferred action on the Planning Board
re~rt, ~d r~uested said Board t0 meet with the ~cil in a work-
shop session on the following Thursday, at 8:00 P,M., ~ at'which meeting
the ~ard and representatives of the original ~etitioner agreed to
further meet w~th the City.~Consulting Planner, ~. Art Smith, toward
~ssible soluti~ of the existing differences ~d ~ssible negotiation
of reasonable, var!~=e exceptions. .
~ere follows a report from the Planning Board, si~ned by its
Secret~, ~. Andrew M.' Gent, dated Janua~ 17, 1968:
'On January, 16, 1968, the Board ~u,~USly .reco~ended
a~proval of the site pl~ for the property:located
32 North Ocean Boulevard, ~own as Sch~e %1, aated'
Janga~, '1968, submitted by World Resorts, Inc., ~ subject
to the.. dr.iVeways on. the n~rth, and south sides of the
buildings being one-way ~ives from East to west, and
s~ject to the. approval of any lighted si~s, subdued
lighting to'.the extent that it does not ~terfere with
adjoining
~uncxl may ~eny the~petit~on for~.~,~gept.xon or sustain the recom-
mendation of the planning .B~a=d ~&nd gr~,~e'~ ~h~ re~st/SUbject to the
condit' °ns C ted :in' Board''s =eco enda :, '
~. ~rney ~ve8 to sustain the reco~en~ation, of the Planning
~d ~n~ng ~ard an~ g=ant the ~e~e~t,subject to the cO~it~ons
Youngbloo~.
Following ~ question by ~. Merrett, ~he City Manager explainea
that there ~s no m~n~ ee~k ~e~uir~ente in this'SpeCial exception
and s~te plan. approvaI, but the ~es~e~ se~b~aeks, canting o~ ~he
buil~ing, etc., have been' agreed to ~e ~eve~oper, ~he Planning
Coneult~t an~ the P1ann~ng ~a Zoning Boar~.
Follow~ng a question as to ~he setbacks of the propose8
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'Mr. Art Smith, the City's Consultlng planner, during lengthy comments,
said that the building would be set on an. a~gle'-.'or .cant' on the property,
and the closest point of the building to the north lot line would be
fifteen feet wi'th the furtherest point being twenty some feet; and on
the south the closest point of the building would be twelve feet from
the south lot line. He further explained that their should b® more
interest in building separation as opposed to where the property line
is.
Upon call of roll on the motion to grant the special exception,
Mr. Jurney, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Youngblood and Mayor Saunders voted in
favor of the motion and Mr. Merritt was opposed.
9.c. City Clerk Worthing read the Beautification committee meeting
minutes of December 12th, 1967 and January 10th, 1968.
Concerning the following item in the December 12th minutes, "In
discussing the beautification of the East Atlantic C~ty Park, Mrs.
Plume suggested that the straight sidewalk leading to the American
Legion Memorial be removed, thus improving the design of the gardens
and green area."
Mayor Saunders asked if there should be any Council action on
Seine. . ' ' : ....
City Manager Gatchel said he would like the opportunity to com-
plete the plantings in that area of the park before considering removal
of the s£dewalk.
.Mr. Merritt saia that since he attended that'meeting, he would
like to clarify that item. He explained that it is not the desire of
said Committee to have the sidewalk, removed, but just to change its
appearance a little by inserting a circle about, half way to the Memorial
with small Plantings within and around the circle.
10.b. Mayor Saunders mentioned the new sod that had been~ put in at
various places along the beach revetment, 'and said it.appears to be
dying, and questioned that being for the lack of water.
.The City Manager said he would have that checked.
10.b. The City Manager called Council's attention to the Gasoline
report for December, 1967, that accompanied the Agenda, and said that
he believed the Council has received a sufficient number of said reports
to indicate-the controls effected at the City Garage by the Public Works
Department. He said the City had received very favorable co~mnent from
the Auditors in their recent report .concerning the present controls,
and also complimented the Public Works Department on its operation.
lO.b. The City Manager reported that the Florida League of Municipal-, -.
ities will hold its 7th Annual Conference in Jacksonville on February
25th, 26th and 27th, and continued: "This is the workshop session as
planned for the winter Of each year bY the Florida League and according
to some of the remarks ! have received from you Councilmen I believe
you will plan to attend this. If such be the case~ it will be neces-
sary to select another date for the second Council meeting of February
as the 26th is a regularly scheduled Council meeting.'"
During discussion, Thursday, February 22nd, 1968 was selected as
the date~ for the second regular meeting in FebrUary.
lO.c. City Clerk worthing presented Bills for Approval as follows:
General Fund $301, 567,38
General Fund-S inking Fund 3,902.56
Water Revenue Fund 91,141'. 93
Water Operating & MaintenanCe Fund 6,875.27
Special Assessment Fund 2 o 018.00
Refundable Deposits Fund 3,521.35
Cigarette Tax Fund 25.38
S ewer ConStruction Fund 8,892.47
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The bills were unanimously ordered paid. on motion by Mr. Merritt
and seconded by Mr. Jurney.
The meeting adj°Ur"ed at 9,16 ,..M,
R. D,. WORTHING ,, ~
City clerk
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21-A
PROPERTIES IN VIOLATIOI~ OF 'ORDINANCE NO. (t-147
AND SECTIONS 15-3 and 15-4 ~ ~ CI~ CODE.
1.
A:l~n D. ~rdich. &.~..~e: Lo~s 4, 5 & 6. less West 5 15-3
721 N. E. 42nd Street f~t R~, Block
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33308 (229-237 S. E.' 6~ :Argue) 15-4
Marie $. McCurdy North 50 feet of South 350 feet 15-4
Rt. ~4 of Bast 135 feet, Block ?1.
Amherst, Virginia 24521 (224 S. E. 1st Avenue}
H~nard &'F~tteren Brinson West 35 feet of East I85 feet 15~3
415 $. w. Srd Street of South 100 feet, Block 31.
Delray Beach, Florida 33444 (415 S. W, 3rd Street) 15-4
Violations 15-3 and 15-4 as concexns this report are as follows~
1. 15-3 - Garden trash, concrete and other debris on rear of lots.
15-4 - High weeds.
2. 15-4 - Heavy undergrowth on part of the lot.
3. 15-3.- Garden trash, loose lumber, concrete blocks, etc.
15-4 - High weeds and some undergrowth.
Submitted to the City Council by the City Manager
this 22nd day of January, 1968.
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R~SOLUTION NO. 5-68.
A RESOLUTION OF TH~ CITY COUNCIL OF TH~ CITY
OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING RESOLUTION
NO. 1039, PASSED AND ADOPTED FEBRUARY 11, 1957,
PERTAINING TO THE ABANDONMENT AND VACATION OF
EASEMENT .AND RIGHT-OF-WAY ON LANDS IN SECTIONS
17 and 20, TOWNSHIP 46 SOUTH, RANGE 43 EAST.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Delray Beach,
Florida, passed Resolution No. 1039, on February 11, 1957, condition-
ally abandoning certain easements and rights-of-way described as fol-
lows:
The South 25 feet of the S½ of the SE% of the
SW% of the SW% of Section 17, Township 46 South,
Range 43 East; and upon
The North 25 feet of the East Half of Lot 17, and
the South 25 feet of the East Half of Lot 17, in
Section 20, Township 46 South, Range 43 East;
with the reservation that said easements would remain vacated and
abandoned only so long as said lands are used for school purposes;
and
WHEREAS, the purpose of said reservation was to insure
that the following described property, to wit:
The S½ of SE% of SW% of SW% of Section 17,
Township 46 South, Range 43 East; and the
E~ of Lot 17 in Section 20, Township 46
South, Range 43 East;
would be conveyed only to the Board of Public Instruction of Palm
Beach County, Florida; and
WHEREAS, said property was subsequently conveyed to the
Board of Public Instruction of Palm Beach County, Florida:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Resolution NO. 1039, passed and adopted
by the City Council of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, on FebrUary
11, 1957, be, and the same is hereby amended by eliminating any and
all references to conditional abandonment, it being the intent of the
City of Delray Beach, Florida, that the property, once acquired by the
Board of Public Instruction of Palm Beach County, Florida, would be
free and clear of all easements and rights-of-way.
Section 2. That the appropriate officials of this City are
authorized to execute an instrument necessary to further release any
reversionary interests to the aforesaid easements or.rights-of-way
which might appear on record in the public records of Palm Beach
CoUnty, Florida.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on this 22nd day of
January, 1968, to be effective February 21, 1968.
/S/. J. L. ~a~unders
MAYOR
ATTEST:
/S/ ,.R.D. Worthin~ .
City Clerk