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06-15-65SpMtg A Special Workshop meeting of the Delray Beach City ~ouncil and the League of Women Voters of South Palm Beach County, was held June 15th, 1965, at ?=30 P.M., in the Council Chambers at the ~ity Hall, with the following proposed agenda~ "Delray Beach City Council -- League of Women Voters South Palm Beach County June 15, 1965 -- ?=30 P.M. 1. Introduction 2. Explanation of findings of Plannlng Study= A. Planning= a. Up-date master plan b. Consider services of professional planner c. U~-grade substandard areas d. Emphasize beautification B. Recreation= a. Hire a full-time director b. Establish a citizens committee c. Plan for a civic auditorium d. Make full use of all facilities C. Public ~acilities= a. Construct a water treatment plant b. Plan for a new law enforcement complex bol. Study crime problems and initiate preventive programs o.Initiate steps toward establishing an area Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center 3. Closing statements." Mayor Avery called the meeting to order and introduced Council- men 'James H. Jurney, George Talbot, Jr. and J. LeRoy Croft, also City Manager R. D. Worthing and Clerk Hallie E. Yates. Mayor Avery als0 introduced Mr. Howard Carrier, Editor of the Delray Beach News-Journel and Mr. Rowland Scott of the Palm Beach Post Times. Mrs. C. W. Vogler, spokesman for the league introduced herself, Mre. Phyllis Plume and Mrs. Joyce Fisher as the panelists, and the following members and visitors: Mrs. Ream, Jr. and Mrs. Ream, Sr.; Mr. and Mrs. 01in from Boca Raton; Miss. Nellie. Clift from Boca Raton; Mrs. Sally Kruse, Violet Fleming, Faye Carpenter and Dorothy Schuman from the Delray Beach area. Mrs. Vogler informed the Council that the panelists are all residents and taxpayers of Delray Beach. Mrs. Fisher has a masters degree from New York University and is the guidance counselor at Carver High School, and a full time career woman with a husband and 6-15-65 eight year old son. Mrs. Plume, Vice-President of the League of Women Voters, is a commercial artist, housewife and a devoted league and civic worker. Mrs. C. W. Vogler, a long time resident of Delray Beach, housewife and mother, civic worker, and President of the League of Women Voters. Mrs. Vogler explained: "As you may know, the league is governed by a board. They have a great deal more responsibility than the members do for carrying out our program. Mrs. Plume and I are board members and are subjected to more restrictions in the sense of being more non-partisan than are regular members who are encouraged to take partisan positions in their local party affairs. The league maintains a strict impartiality in matters of political parties or candidates, but does take strong stands when necessary on matters of issues. I would like to tell you a little bit about how we started this program. The league has a very complicated procedure through which we go before we ever get involved in a program study such as the one that we are now presenting to you tonight. Over two years ago some of our members thought that there were matters of planning that con- cerns this area. You know, our league is not a Delray Beach League but is a three City league, from Boca Raton, Delray Beach and Boynton Beach, and we concern ourselves equally with the problems of these three cities, but when we come to a local problem like tonight for planning of Delray Beach, although all league members have partici- pated in the program, still the people in the home town are probably a little more concerned and that is one reason the presentation to- night is being made only by people who live in Delray Beach. We make presentations of similar nature to the other towns and the same procedure is followed if at all possible to do so. This study was instituted under the direction of Mrs. Charles (Irma) Cross. She is not a resident of Delray Beach, but has been most actively interested in all civic affairs of all three of the towns and she has given them all her microscopic attention and devotion. Her leadership in the work of this committee is one for which all of these communities, I feel, are indebted. She is out of town now and unable to be here, but this work, in a large measure, reflects the interest and devotion that she has placed on the question of planning in our three com- munities. The league sometimes is embarrassed by being unable to take positions upon matters of current public interest. One came up in the City of Delray Beach not too long ago, about which many of us citizens were very much interested, but since our league had not made a study of the problem, it was unable to speak. Sometimes persons who are not familiar with the league do not understand that regulation in our method of operation. It often seems to handicap us in speaking forth for things which we would acknowledge to be good as citizens, but the league has to, by its very nature, limit its ~fforts to the areas that it has had time to study. When there are requests for the league to pass resolutions on some good civic endeavor we might l~ke to do so but we have to decline unless the subject is one that has been studied through our program making procedures. ~ortunately, the matter of Planning has completed its two years of study in this area and we earlier have served you with a summary of some of our positions and we are tonight ready to go into a lot more detail on some of them. I went to the City Council meeting last night, and I said to myself, if I went to many more Council meetings like that, the league wouldn't have any programs left to suggest to the Council as everything could be stamped ac- complished, underway or under serious consideration. I think(we all felt last night's Council meeting was sort of a milestone or turning point in the development of our City concerning water filtration." Mrs. Vogler informed the Council that the league had talked with Mr. George Simons, Jr. concerning City planning, and were happy to have his professional opinions on different items. Mrs. Vogter introduced Mrs. Phyllis Plume who will talk on plan- ning as outlined in the Agenda for tonight. -2- 6-15-65 Mrs. Plume commented as follows~ "Perhaps I should start by saying that we did send you a letter with our positions that we had taken. I think that most of the things we are going to speak about tonight are areas that we are concerned about. We are throwing them right back in your lap, but there are things that might be considered which we.are concerned with. I was going to preface what I had to say with the fact that I donmt think anyone can deny that Delray Beach is a progressive City now, because we completedour study back in February and in this short period of time a great many changes have taken place." Mayor Avery said that the suggestions of the League of women Voters had been taken as constructive help and the Council had started doing something about them. Mrs. Plume continued= "In listening to Mr. Croft last night, talking about the lighting situation, I can see where you do certainly listen to the voice of the public. Under point A. of Planning on your Agenda, we mention ~Up-date the Master Planm. Here we can only commend you again for hiring Mr. George Simons to do just this. Although our last Master Plan was back in 1961 it is interesting to note the trend and the general develop- ment of this Co~unity and how it has changed. It is reasonable to note that any master plan should be reviewed frequently. The general tone of the Community can change and here in Delray Beach, just the growth of Boca Raton and the development of the University down there has had a great effect upon us. Very often proposals in one master plan over a period of years might not even prove feasible at a later date. So that in our study, we found where it was essential for a City to review its Master Plan at frequent intervals, and again we commend you gentlemen for being cognizant of this, and we look forward, I~m sure, with the same eagerness that you do, for the results of Mr. Simons latest report. Under point B. of Planning we say to consider services of a profes- sional planner. We feel that planning very often requires the think- ing of an expert and here in Delray Beach we have been unusually for- tunate certainly in the caliber of men we have always had on our Planning Board and we have been most fortunate to have had the years of service and the wonderful thinking of men suchas Mr. Paul Knowles and the work that he did in this town. The town might not always be so fortunate as to have people like this. The league found that ideally the town should employ a full time professional planner, or director of the Planning Department. One who could coordinate the work of the City Commission, the Planning Board, the Commissioners, the citizens, etc. It is just so that you can have the thinking of an expert. Someone who can implement the master plan and be thinking ahead on it. One who can alert the board and the City to special problems that might be arising as trends Change and the City grows. It is very possible that such a plan would be too costly for the City of Delray Beach, but it is not inconceivable that you might share the expenses of an expert with some adjoining towns. This is done where you get two or three towns paying part of the salary of a professional. Under point C. Up-grade of substandard areas, here is an area that we feel every effort must be made to up-grade the planning of a City. We are going to be faced with the front door of our City going right through a substandard area. I think we are going to have to concen- trate on making it more attractive. I know this is the thinking of everybody. There are many other areas throughout Delray Beach that require some attention. Maybe we are not enforcing some of the pre- sent zoning laws. Maybe we could up-grade the zoning in so~e areas to try and improve conditions. We should use vigilance in preventing multiple dwellings that have occupancy saturation~a~s. In a rental property where two people are supposed to occupy so many square feet and you find six people living in with them. It is a difficult thing to control. We wonder if there could not be greater enforcement of minimum standards of maintenance upkeep and sanitation. Again with special attention to some of the rental housing in the substandard areas. -3- 6-15-65 "The absentee landlords and some of the home owners should be re- quired to provide adequate maintenance upkeep and sanitation. I think the league members were particularly concerne~ with the area out on 4th Street, between about 4th and 8th Avenues, in that section there. This little peninsula of land, as far as I know, is in the County now and I believe it is going to be annexed in. order to give water service, and maybe that will be a chance to try to clean up that area a little better. Again, cantt we in some way, enforce minimum standards of upkeep'and decency out there. There are piles of garbage, etc. just laying openly along 4th Street and there must be some legal way that we can end this sort of thing. We would like to see strict compliance with all of the zoning laws. Your zoning laws now require that a certain portion of the land, when it is being developed, be ~edicated as park lands. Is this enforced? We question that. We want to know what the plans are for increasing sidewalks in the City. I know that you are thinking of them along the east side of Swinton Avenue now, and I didn't catch whether they are going to go up N. E. 22nd Street. They are badly needed there, even more than on Swinton, as far as the School children are concerned. Over in the western sector they are very badly needed, particularly on the roads leading to the schools. Again, wa know that this is a very costly matter, but we do hope there are some plans being made for this. We feel every effort should be made to avoid spot zoning and variances. These are the main enemies to good planning and moral. You find that when you give in to one person, you have six others asking for the same thing. Our final point under Planning is emphasis of beautification in our planning. Throughout our entire two years study of planning we were made more and more aware of the importance of beautification. With all planning, you can either aim to make it attractive or you. can allow it to develop in a very unattractive way. Of course, we hope that every effort will be made to make Delray Beach the most beautiful City on the east coast. At the present time there is a lack of park lands in Delray Beach. Your master plan earmarked or de- signated areas where they should be and we hope that every effort will be made to acquire additional lands and bring about some more of these parks, because, before we know it, they won't be there to grab. A real campaign should be put on to save our shade trees which are greatly reduced by hurricanes alone, but then you get developers who are clearing for houses or putting in parking lots and you lose some more of these trees and it takes too many years to grow a fine tree. They are essential in this climate for a lower temperature. It might be wise, when licenses are issued for putting in paved areas, that a certain portion of them be required that they be planted in green to provide some shade. I think that Miami and Coral Gables do this now. They have a requirement that a certain portion of it be planted. The more asphalt areas that we permit, such as along the car dealers on Federal Highway for example, the more of the asphalt that is put in, the more you are raising the temperature of your entire City, not to mention how unattractive it makes it. In contrast, you might look at Earl Wallace's. You can drive along and you actually feel cooler as you are passing his place, but it certainly enhances the beauty of the City just to see some green spots. We, of the league, feel quite strongly about beautification, and we would like to see every citizen of Delray Beach made a little more conscious on this subject of beautification. The league has offered its services to the Beautification Committee to hold a public forum for just this purpose. We have thought that at this forum you might have selective speakers. Perhaps you might have Mr. Simons, and he is inspiring on the subject of beautification. Other speakers we might have at this forum could be, maybe someone from the Real Estate Board who might Point out the advantages of keeping a place attractive, and how much easier it is to sell it. How eaey it is to sell Delray Beach to any outsider. A gardening expert might tell us of new develop- ments in low maintenance planting, and that type of thing. The reason why we should save our shade trees, and why one type of tTee is better -4- 6-15-65 "to pla~t than another. At this same meeting, we might also plain to the public what the plans are for beautifying West Atlantic Avenue after it is widened, and that this is going to be a community effort in which each service club will be taking an island to plant. The idea is to try and get the whole town thinking about beautifica- tion and what the individual responsibility is. One speaker might point out Just exactly what the individual home owner could do to that little patch of land that he has by the road in front of his house that is very often neglected, and if everybody got out and did something about that I think that the town would perk up considerably. As a climax to this meeting, we could have Mm. Avery dedicate or pass a resolution that it would be Beautification Month and a series of contests might be held and awards given for the best car dealer, the best condominium, etc. Involve everybody, and have everybody be thinking about beautification for a month or so. A huge Job would be done in public relations and the publicity to be worked out would be 'before and after, pictures. The league, as I say, has offered help for Just such a thing, and we would do the mechanics for this Job, and we are waiting now to see what the Beautification Committee has to say." Mayor Avery said that Mr. George Simons, Jr., had been hired to up-date the master plan, and for the past two years the Council has had a meeting with the Planning Board on an orientation get-together meeting to up-date the planning thinking, and each time the master plan had been brought out and a check list made. Further, that the Council is in full agreement that the City have a full time planner or at least a part time planner with a neighboring community, but that a satisfactory planner had not been found, and in the meantime Mr. George Simons, Jr. had become available to up-date the master plan. Mayor Avery said he felt the point on up-grading the substandard areas was a point very well taken. Mrs. Vogler asked what endeavor is being,made to remove the Junked or abandoned cars from the western sector of town, and City Manager Worthing said there had been steps taken recently toward the clearing of such cars from private property and also from the rights- of -way. Mr. Talbot commented: "It might be of interest to this group to know that there is in the process of being prepared an ordinance making it mandatory for junk yards and such that come under the same classification to have a certain height fence around them and I am told that there are two or three areas in town that will benefit greatly. That Ordinance is in the process of being drawn now and will be presented at some early meeting. The Ordinance is being redrafted for the City from the County ordinance." The Junk yard on the south side of S. E. 10th Street was mentioned, and Mayor Avery said that was in the County and he under- stands there was some court action recently concerning same. Mrs. Joyce Fisher mentioned a City-owned parcel of land in the Southwest section of town located between 8th Street, 10 Avenue, and bordered by 4th Street and S. W. 3rd Court, that is badly in need of mowing. City ManagerWorthinE said he would investigate this. Mrs. Fisher asked if there was an ordinance that enforced the upkeep of buildings and residences of absentee landlords, and the City Manager said the Building Inspector had no jurisdiction over the painting and upkeep of buildings, until they get in the condition where they should be condemned. City Manager Worthing continued: "If I might take this opportunity to speak regarding your first item. You will soon find that relieved, I believe, by an improvement of that entire ten acre piece that you Just referred to between 8th and 10th Avenues and 3rd Court and 4th Street." ~s. Vogler then introduced Mrs. Joyce Fisher who will present some ideas about recreation, and ~s. Fisher commented as follows: "Strictly to the agenda, we certainly wish to commend the Council on the recent hiring for the services of a full time Recreational Director. Without a doubt, his primary objective for now will be to see that all of the recreational facilities that are in existence are fully utilized, and I am sure, that in the future, we are going to see some very fine projections from him as far as the total pro- gram is concerned. In order that he may acquire cognizance of community needs, we feel that the appointment of a citizens committee or citizens committees to aid in the planning of a sound recreational program based on the needs of the community is vital. In many areas one committee has served in this advisory capacity for a whole city. -5- ~-15-~5 "Often times this has worked Poorly because of the selection, or try- ing to select representatives of cross sections of people; however, it might be sounder structurally to select a committee for each recreation center which would be composed of representatives from all age groups that the center serves and to have the various---or lets say in our City here---three recreational committees serve as a composit advisory group to the full time Recreational Director. I think the premise here is that 'will we give people that are par- ticipating in the program a part in the planning and the execution of the planning'. ~Pe are delegating responsibility, and once we delegate responsibility I think we have given them a sounder basis to work with and then I think we've rather insured the success of the program, because these are people that are going to be interested in the program. .The next item concerns the assembly hall or the civic auditorium. I am a Clevelan~er; and, of course, Cleveland is loaded with facili- ties of this type. I read, with a great deal of interest, ~. Simons ideas and projections in the 1961 plan and I don't believe that any of us could honestly disagree with any of his thoughts along the lines of the need of a Civic Center. I don't think we could argue with the choice of location. This is a very fine City H~ll Recreation Center area, but who sees it? It is obscured from the traffic and certainly I thl~k this would be an addition with Phyllis' Beautification pro- gram. I can Just see a very beautiful complex of buildings here. I think it is time that we concrescence our thinking about a civic auditorium, and by doing so, we take steps toward the acquisition of the property that is desired, and then that we further concrescence the thinking by having an architect get to work on plans that we feel would be suitable; and, of course, these plans should include the most desired seating arrangements for drama festivals, musicals, etc. I think this is most important. The School population has exploded and giving a youngster an appreciation of the aesthetics while he is young is important, because once he becomes an adult that is a com- modity that we can't sell. These are ideas and thoughts that we want our youngsters to grow up with, and we can't sell it to them once they become adults. Finally, I feel the utilization of all of the recreational ~ facilities is important, and this is, of course, the League's position at all age levels. I read the Delray Beach News Journal and I see a pretty fair schedule of activities for all ages, but then again, that isn't as full as it could be and I am sure you know that. I think that we must emphasize every age level. The league feels that the little folks are just as important as the adults, the Senior Citizens. I moved to Delray Beach in August of last year and I have a very active eight ye~ar old, and I felt here is a lovely center and I can let my youngster go down and learn certain skills, etc. I sent him down and I was informed that because he was not twelve he could not go into the building. Now, that was apparently a supervised area, and certainly I don't want him outside if the playground isn't super- vised, so I think that the expansion of the program, of course, will necessarily be expansion of supervisary facilities and probably utilization of volunteer workers in the program, and I don't like the idea of paying taxes for a facility that I can't use. We are aware that you are concerned, or you are convinced rather, that a recreation program soundly conceived is good in itself. After last night's meeting, we know that you feel a good recreational program is financially feasible for Delray Beach. Enthusiasm for such a project isn't enougH, this we know, along with your enthusiasm must be a realization on the part of the citizenry of how it fits into the life pattern of the community. What planning and actual work will be required to bring it to fruition, and once the realization of what exists, and what should exist, is branded in the minds of the citizens of Delray Beach, we are positive that the willingness to work to meet the standards will spring forth." Mr. Jurney said the league is hitting upon every subject he has been thinking about since he has been on the City Council. Mrs. Vogler said it is evident that the City of Delray Beach does spend a great deal of money in the area of parks and recreation, and under the new set-up the City and residents should get much more return for the money than there has been in the past. Further, that the study of the league was not one prin~arily of program, but making full'fuse of the facilities. Mr. Talbot asked what age groups should have supervised rec- reation at the centers, and Mrs. Fisher said that once a child is of -~- ~-15-~5 school age his citizenship training should formally begin, and suggested groups of six to eight, eight to ten, ten to twelve, etc. That in acquainting him with what is available there are many ad- vantages that can take place from activities within a supervised center. Mrs. Fisher commented: "I think you will probably find your new director will be setting up that type thing. It has worked that way in the Community Center where they have different age groups come in at a different time." Mr. Talbot commented: "I might add that this new director that we have with us, I'm sure that he has been extremely busy since he arrived, because he came in at a late hour to try to attempt to get a summer program under way, and he has had a lot of help from Bill Smith, and I think you will see.the program round out a lot better. I do think the supervision of those age groups, up to the minimum they are now using, is a good suggestion." The new Recreation Director was highly commended for the work he has accomplished in such a short period of time. Concerning public facilities, Mrs. Vogler commented as follows: '~ou really limited my efforts for tonight, as last night you started the plans for the construction of the Water Treatment Plant. The Mayor was very Jubilant last night when that was concluded and all of the citizens are equally happy that the long effort has begun. It will take a year before they can even begin construction of it." Mayor Avery said it would take a year to prepare the plans and get State Board of Health approval and then it would have to be put out for bids before construction could begin, so it would probably be at least two and a half years before you could get the finished product out of the water tap; therefore, last night's action is moving a year closer to the finished product. Mayor Avery also commented: "I think it is overlooked in the overall, that in addition to this water treatment plant, the Council has ordered the sewering of five more sewer districts and in checking with the fiscal agents, (this fits a pattern, and fortunately we had money available to produce the plans for the water treatment plant) they tell us that we can produce these five sewer zones and about the time they come into billing---incidentally, they have told us that our sewer billing is right on the money for the projection, antic!- '~ pated revenues and everything is clean, everything is coming in fine, that billing will start and then it will be very simple to get the money for this water treatment plant. Everything is fitting up beautifully in a businesslike pattern." Concerning plans for a new law enforcement complex, Mrs. Vogler commented as follows: "It has been my pleasure to have served the City on the Correction Committee in which we made a considerable study in the needs of our community for new law enforcement complex. I am sure that all of you gentlemen on the City Council have given it a matter of prior consideration, all of our needs in connection with our law enforcement. Everyone is well aware that law enforcement in this community is a very expensive proposition. About twenty-six percent of your budget which represents about ~425,000.00 goes into your law enforcement here in this community. Such a large portion of City service naturally needs the proper kind of a building in which to operate both economically for the City and good service to the citizens. It has been a need of mine on two occasions during the past year to have police come to my home for emergencies and I was most happy to have immediate response. A lot of us don!t realize how much we are indebted for our peace of mind and comfort, to have a competent police department in the community. It is absolutely necessary, if we want that kind of service, to maintain the moral of the workers there by giving them proper facilities with which to work. The league will certainly heartily endorse acquiring and building a good law enforcement complex. The league study did not go into the size of the building. We are not going to recommend so many cells, or anything of that kind. We think that is a matter for experts, the Police Department and other consultants who can determine the size which is needed due to whatever crime problem we have here, and the projection of the growth of the community, etc. Our recommendation is for a new law enforcement complex in this community, and we know that there are plenty of resources here available to build this and we think this is a greatly overdue area of improvement in our City. Both of our communities to the north and south of us have recently gone into improvements in this area and we have been lagEard with our -7- 6-15-65 "outdated building and structure here. Under your capital improve- ments progj~am that we seem to have been talking about last night~ undoubtedly there must have been in the minds of some of you that some of that might be funneled into a law enforcement complex. This, of course, is not one of the leagues recommendations, we are not going to recommend how it might be £inanced, but we have informed ourselves of the need of it and we do endorse efforts that you will make toward providing that for our community. A sub-topic under this is a study of the crime problem and initiate preventive programs. In looking over the comparative growth of the number of arrests and days spent in the Jails, and the number of calls answered by the police, we see a very terrific increase in the City of Delray Beach. Rather somewhat out of line, we probably would think, in other words, crimes have increased twelve times faster than the population. Those of us who are concerned with the growth of the City of Delray Beach are aware in some regards that we are having this increased crime in this community.~. We feel, along with the President and a lot of other citizens in our countr~that the solution to the crime problems must begin in each community. A recent gallup poll gave the question of crime as the second concern for American citizens. That was the second area of greatest concern. Here in the City, we likewise need to be concerned about the nature of our crimes, why we have it here, what solution can be made; further, we have a lot of imported crime that we are not directly responsible for, and the league would recommend to the City Council that a study be made of this problem, by appointing a Crime Commission of some kind that would look into it to see what solutions might be made. In this connection, we were alerted from the report of the Police Chief of the great number of crimes that grow out of alcoholism here. The number of persons who are arrested again and again for alcoholism. They pay a little fine, or stay there in Jail to repeat in a matter of days. I think one of the inhabitants over there has been with us about eighty times. We all know that alcoholics are sick people and that they are not treated in Jail. Miami has already instituted an alcoholic treatment program, and I noticed that Judge Fidders made a remark the other day that she felt it was time for West Palm Beach to go into something also. We, of course, have the alcoholic re- habilitation center over at Avon Park, but there are not adequate facilities in this County for the care of alcoholics. As long as the alcoholics keep costing the City of Delray Beach as much as they do to put them in Jail and the disorder that they create by being habitual indulgers, I think it is a subject well worth our attention to see if there is some solution to it. Of course, we hope that Delray Beach will not need to support an alcoholic rehabilitation center by ourselves, but there are certainly other areas in the south part of the County that might ~o together. I don,t know Just how it could be done, but I would suggest to your committee that interest in this subject be put on some early agenda, and your interest in it be brought to the attention of the public and the good thinking on it, to see if there is some solution or some partial solution to this growing problem of alcoholism and if there is some way to check the growth of that, it would likewise be reflected in a reduction of our crime statistics here in the town, and our Jail occupancy, which might in turn lead to a smaller Jail than has been projected. Those things all seem to be tied in together." Mayor Avery said he realized the need for different facilities, and in the thinking of the Council some of the capital improvement would be a law enforcement complex, and continued: "We don't know where we will get a quarter of a million dollars, but we feel that we will spend enough money to give us a law enforcement and court complex which will be a credit to the community; adequate and neat and something that will be a credit to the community and which will lend itself to expansion as needed. Mrs. Vogler thanked the Council for the privilege of presenting the league program to them, and assured the Council of their willing- ness, as concerned citizens, to help carry out any of these or other programs that are for the good of the City. That they devote a great deal of time toward studying problems of governments and communities, and are dedicated to the purpose or'contributing as much to the communities as possible. Further, if there are any committees they can assist with, or any research that they can do, they would be happy to be of service. The Councilmen each expressed their appreciation to the League of Women Voters for the~items presehted this evening, and their cooperation and offer of ~s~is,tance~ Mayor Avery said he felt that all were working toward the same end, which is to make Delray Beach a nice~ COmmunity to live in, and thanked the League for their interest and cooperation. Mrs. Vogler said their League has approximately 100 members in this area which covers Boca Raton, Del~ay Beach and Boynton Beach, and that they feel they are somewhat of a unifying force in the South Palm Beach County area, and look at all three communities and their problems, and commented further: "We thi~ there should be more and more efforts to Jointly solve problems that do involve all three communities, and we like to look at ourselves as thinking in an area way. The problems a~e somewhat in com~aon, although the communities are different in character. We do occupy a unique part here in our County and we feel that there could be area approaches to a good many of our problems, and we like to look at it from that point of view." The meeting adjourned at 8:40 P.M. 186-A ~ RE$ODUTION' NO. 18-65. A RESOLUTION OF THE CXTY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DE~RAy BEACH, FI~)R~DA, AUTHORIZINO AND IN- STRUCTING T~E FISCAL AGENTS TO PROCEED WITH FINANCING FOR CAPITAn IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN AN AMOUNT WHICH CAN BE FXN~NC~D BY THIRTY- SEVEN ASD ON~-~F pm ~ (~?~) OF ANNU~n CIGARETTE TAX COIJ~ECTION. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, deems it in the best interests of the citizens of this City to enter into an agreement with B. Jt Van Ingen & Co. and Goodbody a Co. employing said companies to act as fiscal agents for the City relative to f~nancing for certain capital improvement projects. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESO~.VED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLI~DWS: SECTION 1. B. J. Van Ingen & Co. and Goodbody & Co., as fiscal agents for th~s City, are hereby authorized and instructed to proceed with the financing of certain contemplated provement projects .in an amount which can be financed by Thirty- Seven and One-Half per-..~e~t (37%) of the annual cigarette tax col- lection. SSCTZON 2. The fiscal agents will pay all necessary expenses involved in bringing the bonds to market, including proving attorneys' fee, printing of blank bonds, cost of signing and delivery of same, preparation of the official offering pro- spectus, submission to bond rating agencies, and all bond vali- dation costs, excluding the fee of the City Attorney and Engineers. S~-CTION 3. The City will pay the fiscal agents, upon the sale and delivery of the bonds, · ~ee equal to Four DOllars and Ninety ($4.90) Cents per one thousand dollar bond issued and sold, it being understood that the aforesaid fee is payable on!y if said bonds are sold and delivered. Prov~de~, however, if the sale and closing of this issue la not handled concurrently with the Two Million Dollar water and Sewer Revenue Bond Issue hereto- fore authorize~, the City shall reimburse the fiscal agents for the additional expenses incurred in connection with the second closing. SECTION 4. The Mayor ~a hereby authorized to execute an agreement with said fiscal agents in accordance with this Reso- lution. PASSED AND ADOP~TED by the City Council of the city of Delray Beach, Florida, on this the 14th day of June, .... I~1 A~. ,~,., MAYOR ATTEST: /s/ R. D. WORTHING ci%y c~er~ ' PROPERTIES IN VIOLATXON OF ORDII~NCE NO. G-14? SE~Z~ 15-3 & 15-4 OF PROP~ CZTY O~ER ADD~S~ DES~I~ION CODS 1. Ralph D. & P.O. Box 591 Maria B. Delray ~ach, Fla. Seestedt-Stovens 15-4 Priesmeyer 2. Milton ~ Geneva 104 ~.~. 12~ Ave. N 100 feet of Russell Bo~n ~a~, Fla. o~ ' . ~ion 20-46-43 3. John L. ~11i P.O. ~x 93 Remse~erg, ~ng 8, Osceola Park 15-4 4. Inez C. Morgan 723 S.E. 2nd Ave. ~ts 19 & 20, Blk. 15-3 Delray Beach, Fla. .8, Osceola Park 5. ~erine & S.J. P. O. Box 302 ~tcher Delray Beach, ~la. 10, Osceola Park 15-4 6. Robert L..J=. ~ % J. W. E!liott ..... Sll0, feet off,ts 15-3 Moore ' "; ''' Delra~'Bea~h~:'~ia~ feet"of ~at ~=~ion of S ~lraY'Neach. ~la. teet o~ w 135 f~t 15-4 9. Ira B. ~ Roaa 214 S. W; 1~ 'i~. N 50 f~et"of ~e. Johnson . Delray ~each, rla. feet of E 135 feet 15-4 10. City of 'Delray City Hall .... 16 foot alley.. ~5~ i 12. seacrest, Inc. 1045 E: Atlantic Delray .~ach~ Fla. ' ' RESOLUTION NO. 16-65. A RESOLUTIONOg~ THE CITY COUNCIL. OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, REOUIRXN~ PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS AND ESTLMATE OF COST FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STORM DRAINS IN SECTION "S" AS SHOWN.ON STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM SUR- VEY FILE T. F. 1868~S, TO~ETHER WITH THE IN- STALLATION OF CATCH BASINS, MAN-HOLES AND APPURTENANCES IN CONJUNCTION WITH SUCH STORM DRAINS. BE IT RESOLVFJ) by the City Council of the City Delray Beach, Florida, as follows: 1. That the City Manager shall secure plans, fications an~ estimate of cost for the cona. truction of Storm Drains and appurtenances in Section "S" as shown on Storm Drainage System Survey File T. F. 1868-S, together with the junction 'wi~h S~C~':St0rm !*=,ihs: to .~ra'~n an area ~o be de- .oat s~all ~e pI~cet, on '~ile'in .the '~Z~i~e Of'the City Manager, Passed .and Adopted... this, !4th. say..o~ June, /,/Ar.. c. A~ -/s/'~'. n. WO~,~:~, .... - OR,D'r~V,,NCE NO. ~3-65~ AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELPJ~Y BEACH, FLORXDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE' cODE OF OR- DI~NCES OF THE CITY OF DELEAY B~'ACH BY ADDING SUB-SECTION 2-24, CREATING THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF RECREATIQN AND PRESCRIBING TH~ DUTIES TO BE PER- FORMED BY SAID DIRECTOR. NOW, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That Chapter 2 of the Code of Ordi- nances of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, be, and the same is hereby amended by adding Sub-section 2-24 to read as follows: "Section 2-24 Recreation Director - Office Created - There shall be and there is hereby established in the city, the office of director of recreation. The city manager' shall appoint the recreation director, who shall be responsible to the city manager for the perform- ance of the duties imposed on him by this section, which are as follows: (1) To supervise the operation of all of the public recreational faoilities and/or public recreational programs located, or conducted, in the city. Recreational facilities include, but shall not be limited to, playgrounds, parks, terulis courts, shuffleboard courts, lawn bowling courts, community centers, *swimming pools and beaches. (2) To prepare the annual budget for the depart- ment of recreation. (3) To perform such other duties as the city manager, from time to time, shall require of him." PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session this l~th Bay of June, 1965. ATTEST: /,/.~. ~. wo~m~ City Clerk Second Reading Ju~e 1~,, 19~5 ,_, ,.:~ JUNE 1~, 15, & 16, 1965. · HE BOARD ON E~UALIZATION for the City of Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida convened at 10t30.A.M., on Monday June 14th, 1965, in the Council ~hambers at the City Hall in com~liance with Section 86, Article ][VI of the 0ity ~te~, foll~ing local news- paper ~blic Notices of such ~ual Meeting to be held having been provided in accord~ce with ~arter Provision contained in said Section 86. Mayor Avery. acted as ~ai~ of the Bo~d of Equalization Meeting and all Counci~en, Croft, Jurney, Saunders and Talbot, were present. Mayor Avery called the meeting to order and Tax Assessor Worthing stated that this a~ual meeting.is for the pu~ose of hearing co~taints~ if ~y, pertaining to assessed valuations of pr~ertles, ~d for p~oviding equal'imation of such assessments as may be considered fair ~d Just by this Board of Equalization. Attorney ~rederick E. Hollingsworth, r~resenting ~s. Elinor Woodw~d Ki~e2, o~er of Lot~, Creatweod Subdivision, i~o~ed the ~ouncll that the original depth of a~d pr~erty between the Oce~ ~d A1A was 2~0 feet, ~d that now the beach adjacent to said pr~erty la gone aa well as ~0. feet of ~e 200 foot let. Atto~ey Hollingsworth asked that s~e reduction in value be given this property on account ~f the loss of l~d. T~ ~aes~o~ ~rthlng reoo~ended that the d~th of the p~- erty be dete~ined by actual survey ~d t~t the land be so assessed. ~. Croft moved to accept the ree~endation of the City M~ager, the motion being seconded ~ ~.. Jurney. ~ere was dis- cussion concerning meas~ring the pr~erty te determine ~ether the t~.records were accurate, or Whether maid pr~e~ty valuation would be adjusted if it was dete~ined that the lot la only 150 feet deep at this t~e ~d a possible reduction in other pr~erty values in that ~ea. ~e motion ~d second were withdra~. Foll~ing discussion, ~. C~oft moved that the City ~ager be directed to investigate this ~d then ~e his reco~endations to the Bo~d, the motion being seconded by ~. Jurney. ~. Talbot asked if only the one piece of pr~erty, Lot ~, Creatwood, ls involved, ~d ~. Wo~thing maid that In view of conditions he would investigate the properties f~om Beach Drive northward to the City l~ita. ~. ~albot pointed out that these pr~er~ies ~e in what is ~o~ aa Section 1 of the Glace ~gineering Beach ~oalon Studies, and e~lained what had been reco~ended ~eneerning a~e in regard to p~otection against beach erosion. ~on call ~f roll, ~. O~oft, ~. Ju~ney, ~. ~aundera ~d ~ayor Avery voted in favor of the motion, ~d ~. ~albot was ~posed. ~. Talbot counted aa foll~a~ eI thi~ it would be well for either the 0ity ~ager o~ ~. Hollingsworth to carry the in- fo~atlon ~o ~. Ei~ey ae to the pr~g~ ~d the progress the City has made on the beach ~ehabilitation p~ogr~, aa a matter of fact I ~ sure that ~e City ~ager, Just as aoen as the survey ia co~.Ieted intends to advise the pr~e~tiea in that p~ticul~ area, in addi~ion to ~ere the ~Bble and ~ere the beach is washed to A1A to also advise those o~e~s of 3eotion 1, that we can re- habilitate thei~ Beach. ~e ha~e paid for the pl~s. It wo~ld be on ~ assessment basis to ~he~. ~e e~ give them the Fibres ~d we will also ~ake exo~e~ta f~om the beach rehabilitation progr~ report so that they c~ read the exact i~o~ti~n themselves and perh~s get together ~d ~e a decision .as to ~at that ~o~ in there mt~t w~ to l~6-I The meeting recessed at 11~00 A.M., until 10:00 A.M., WednesdaY, unless an appointment with said Board happened to be made in the meantime. JUNE 16, 1965. The Board of Equalization reconvened at 10:00 A.M., Wednes- day, June 16th, 1965, and ?ax Assessor Worthing reported as follows: "I would like to present you gentlemen the result of the study from the one item brought before you at the Monday Board of Equalization meeting pertaining to Lot 14, in Crestwood, re- presented by Attorney Frederick Hollingsworth in behalf cf the property owner Elinor Kinney. Physical survey of that property, to the best of the ability of the tax office which finds it rather difficult to definitely locate m high water line, such line being their east boundary'line, results in a disclosure of less depth of property than heretofore has been assessed, no doubt due to erosion in 1964, from the original 200 feet to approximately 150 feet, and it is therefore recommended that the Equalization Board direct that an adjustment of the assessed .valuation of the prop- erty be made to reflect loss of property due to effects of erosion." It was so moved, by Nr. Ju~ney, seconded by ~r. Saunders, and unanimously carried. Tax Assessor ¥orthing then informed the Board that the one property to the South of X~t 1~, as well as those to the North thereof to the City limits, would be so treated, and that it would be a very minor item in each case. There being no one else to appear before said Board, the meeting adjourned at 10145 A.M. on motion by ~r. Saundera and seconded by ~r. J~rney. City Clerk -Z- 6~96~ ~i~OA_~D OF E~UALIZA?ION