05-04-56SpMtg MAY 4TH, 1956
A Special Meeting of the City Commission was held in the
Commission Chambers at 4:00 P. M., with Mayor Mike Yargates in
the Chair, City Manager W. E. Lawson, Jr., City Attorney Hohn
ti. Adams and the following Commissioners attending, Catherine
E. Strong, W. J. Snow, Emory J. Barrow and Howard Lee Cromer,
the full Commission being present.
City Manager Lawson read ~esolution No. 1006.
H~SOLUTION NO. 1006
A iAESOLUTION OF TtiH CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY 0t. DELSEY BLACH, FLOi~IOA,
~QU~S'flNG COUNTY COMMISSION OF PALM
BEn, CH COUNTY COMMISSION TO CONVEY TO
DEL~(AY BEACH, FLO~(IOA, AND BOYNTON
BEACH, FLORIDA, AS JoiNT TENANTS,
WITHOUT ~ON~TA~Y PAY}lENT, CERTAIN
COUNTY L,~NoS OWNED 1N TH~ V1CINiTY
OF BOTH CITIES TO DE USED JolNTLY
BY BOTH CITlkS Fo~ PUBLIC PURPOSES
TH4 SAbl~ INCLUDING AN AI~i Si'~IP.
~{E~AS, The City of Oelray Beach, Florida, and the City
of $oynton Beach, Florida are Municipal Corporations in South
Palm Beach County, and
WHEilEAS, the contemplated growth and development of said
cities will require additional public lands to be used for
public parks and other' public purposes, and
WHEHEAS, there is no airport or sir strip within the near
vicinity of said cities and this area is not readily 8ccessible
by sir, and
WH4H~A~, it is deemed by the City Commission of the City
of Oelray Beach, Florida, that the acquisition and installation
of an air strip will promote and be advantageous for the growth
and development of the area in the near vicinity of Delray Beach,
Florida, and Boynton Beach, Florida, and
WHerEAS, the County of Palm Beach owns certain undeveloped
land in the vicinity of said cities, a part of which could be
advantageously used for such an air strip, park area and other
public purposes, said parcel being described as follows, t~-wit:
That part of Section 5, Township 46 South
~ange 43 East lying West of the Seaboard
Aid'line Railway right-of-way, excepting
therefrom the West one-quarter of said
Section 5.
NOW THEitEFOi~, BH Ir ~SOLVEI) by the City Commission of the
City of Delray Beach, Florida, that said Commission requests the
Honorable Board of Palm Beach County Commissioners to convey to
the City of Delray Beach, A'lorid. a, and the City of Boynton Beach,
'Florida, as joint tenants, without cost to the said cities, the
above described property to be used by said cities as an airport
or air strip, park and for other municipal public uses related
the reun to.
BE IT Fi$~Tii~l FJ~SOLVED that John H. Adams, City Attorney
of the ~ity of Delray Beach, Florida, is hereby authorized and
directed to proceed to act as this City's representative to app,,ar
before and negotiate with the said Board of County Commissioners
in an effort to procure said land for the purposes herein stated.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of
Delray Beach, ~lorida, in special session, this the 4th day
of May, A. D. , 1956.
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~Y 4TH, 1956
/S/ Mike Yargates
M"A"'Y 0 I(
ATI:EST:
Worthin
City clerk
There followed some discussion on this issue with Commissioner
Snow expressing his understanding and desire that the Town of Gulf
Stream be included in this Resolution.
Mr. Wm. F. Koch, Jr,, of Polo Drive, Gulf Stream, expressed
the desire of Mr. Lindsey and the 6ulf Otream Council to be in-
cluded along with Delray Beach and Boynton Beach in a joint re-
quest to the Board of County Con~nissioners concerning a grant
of County owned land in the area of Lake Ida. Mr. koch was £urn-
ished a copy of Resolution No. ,1006, and thought it possible that
he might arrange a meeting with the Gulf Stream official body
over the week end and cause a similar Resolution to be adopted
for presentation by a Gulf Strew appointed representative,
along with the Delray Beach-Boynton Beach delegation, to the
County Commission at a meeting scheduled to be held in West
Palm Beach at 10:30 A. M., Monday, May 7th, 1956.
Commissioner Snow then moved for adoption of Resolution No.
1006 on its first and final reading. The Mayor expressed a
desire for deletion of "the same including an air strip" from
the Caption of, and Resolution No. 1006, and upon receiving no
further discussion, relative thereto, in response to his
solicitation thereof, heard said motion seconded by Commissioner
Barrow. Upon Call of Roll - Mayor Yargates abstained, Com-
missioner Snow, Barrow and Strong voted in Favor thereof. Com-
missioner Cromer being opposed. Motion carried.
The City Manager then read a letter, dated April 24th,
1956, From Mr. Frank E. Watson, of ~atson & Deutschman, archi-
tects an&.~gineers, on behalf of Sea-~ay, Inc., accompanied
by a sketch of the proposed cabana club showing the set-back
for the new addition to be two feet from the easterly R/W line
of AIA, as had been requested by the City Commission a~ its
regular meeting held on ~pril 23rd when said Commission granted
aset-back deviation, but denied the request of Sea ~ay, Inc.,
for permission to construct a bulkhead.
Mr. ~atson submitted a revised sketch of the proposed re-
location got a sea-wall to be constructed in that part of Sec-
tion 21-46-43 lying East of A1A and within the North 395 feet
thereof, and on behalf of Sea ~ay, Inc., requested the City
Commission to reconsider its action as taken in the meeting
of April 23rd, as pertains hereto, and approve the sea-wall as
now proposed and shown on the revised sketch presented herewith.
Commissioner Strong reiterated her previous comment relative
to a grant of such bulkhead request or any similar bulkhead
request ~ithin the City limits, definitely not being in favor
of such grants and believing that the City o£ Delray Beach
would err in effedting any bulkhead request within its bound-
aries, without first having made all possible study of future
damaging results which might be attributable to a constructed
bulkhead, consulting all known sources of information and
experience relating to activities of the Ocean as concerns
the East Coast of the nation.
The City Attorney suggested that, to avoid any possible
or technical liability (legal wise) if the Commission felt
that a demand might be presented by Sea Ray, Inc& for a bulkhead
permit, a tsntative Bulkhead Line could be established, pending
further study of this issue toward effecting a p~ssible and
proper solution for the best interests of all concerned.
Commissioner Barrow then moved that the City ~anager be
instructed to enter into a careful study of this problem, con-
sulting all possible sources of information, advice and caper-
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ience, to specifically include the U. S. Corps of knfineers tO-
gether with any Group from the University of Miami and/or the
University of Florida which may be interested in the study re-
latin~ hereto. Motion was seconded by Commissioner Snow and
unanimously carried.
Building Inspector ii. A. Hughson requested clarification of
Para. 3, Section 13 in the "Zoning Ordinance G-~34" as it affects
Lot 9, Sec. 8-46-43 and all similar lands.
Commissioner Cromer moved that the Building Inspector issue
permits for construction ONLY when "Deeds" for ii/W purposes are
on file in the office of the City Clerk, and otherwise reflecting
full compliance with legal interpretation of said Para. 3, Section
13, of the City of Delray Beach Zoning Ordinance No. G-234.
Motion was seconded by Commissioner Strong and unanimously
carried.
Meeting adjourned.
~S/ ii. u. Worthing
City Clerk
APP/t0VkD:
MAYOR