05-13-1932 Regular Meeting MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF
MD-11 SHORES VILIAGEs May 13, 1932.
Upon call of the Mayor, the Council of Mismi
Shores Village met at the Village offices on May 13th, at
7:30 P. R%, there being present:
Frank 0. Pruitt, Mayor, and
Hugh H. Gordon Jr. ,
John M. Carlisle,
V1. F. Aedes, and
M. R. Harrison, Councilmen,
these being all of the members of the Council, and J. L.
Carotbiers, Village Manager, and Geo. E. Molt, Village
Attorney.
The Mayor first brought up the question of
establishing a regnmilar m0nthl7 meeting night for the Council
and after discussion, upon motion by Mr. Gordon, seconded by
Tarr. Carlisle, it was unanimously decided that the first
Tuesday in each month should be the regular monthly dates
for Council meetings, meetings to be held at the Village
office, to begin at 7:30 P. I,% and any other meetings would
be held upon special call of the Mayor.
A letter addressed to the Village manager by
Mr. -J. J. Skillman of 276 N. E. 98th Street was -read and dis-
cussed, this bringing up the question of fire protection
especially in connection lavith grass fires and the cost of
fire alarms. Following a suggestion made in Mr, Skill-man's
letter a motion was passed authorizing the Village Manager
to employ such men as he deemed necessary to burn
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vacant lot in the grillage wherever practical and that. 'this, �
-work be done: just as soon as possible This motion upas .made �
by Mr. Carlisle, seconded by Mr. Gordon and unanimously passed.
In reply to a letter sent by the village manager
f to the operator of the filling station and lunch stand located
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4 at Bisca7ne Boulevard and 90th street, in the Village, advising
him of the amount of occupational tax imposed on filling. -
stations anal' barbecve stands, Mr - C. D. Leffler, manager of
the Gulf Ruining Company, which company is the present owner
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of said property, appeared. .in person and asked to have this j
tax adjusted. lir`. Leffler. advised the council of the amount
of investment involved in 'the property and also somethings of l
its revenues Mr. Leffler" said that his 0Ompany felt that
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the property, being only about tto. hundred feet within the
limits of the village and being in an area at present: non.
residential, it was generally looked upon: as not being
"proper17" in the village and further felt that tbe' village
was justified in limiting future proceedure in such cases
but should not work a hardship on filling stations already
established before the village came into existance. In the .
discussion that followed all members of the council expressed
the opinion that the property in its present state was un-
slight and-- udesf able --that it -lacked propel management
and. could not be permitted to -operate in. its present condition
without the payment of occupational taxes ,imposed' by. ordinance.
Mr. Leffler then promised that his
company would- go to some
expense in fixing the
property up by cleaning up the area
around the building, landscaping, painting and various other
work to put the building in good repair. amnd materially im-
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prove the genual appearance of the entire property. After
further discussion along this line, the members of the Council l
assented in the opinlLon that the taxes might be reduced, provided
the property were put in suitable condition and appearance.
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It was agreed that this also applied to the lunch stand. which 1
was operated in coianection with the filling station.-
The Mayor then _brought up the question: of i
a drivers' license law and presented a copy of such a law
recently adopted by the Cit y of Miami which is: to go .into
effect on July Ist, 1932. Since this ordinance passed by
the City of Miami would eventually affect the citizens of
r the Village the Mayor suggested that negotiations be made
with the City of Miami for a reciprocal agreement. After some
discussion in which it was brought out that other small
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municipalities in the treater Mimi Area were objecting to
the Miami ordinance,, it was agreed to delay-a definite
decision' in the matter until a later .date -at which time the
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uestion .ma. have been. adjusted. -
Mr. Pruitt presented the contract which had
been signed with the Florida Power and bight Co. covering 4
the 25 wood pole, bracket street lights and explained that
this contract had been signed on a ten year agreement since
the Power and Light Company would not agree to ,a year to year
contract 'and also bear the expense of installation. Ths ' Mayor
farther e lained
xp that. the C it'y
of .bIiami had refused t o eater
Into a three. party- agreement or contract in writing
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the fifteen white-way lights, but 'tha;t it would be possible
to enter.into a ----erfial agree -where=
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pair the ma.intainance costs on these 15 lights to the. City of _
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'Miami and Miami would in turn agree to reimburse the Florida
. Power and L-1ht Company according to thele contract now in \
force. Upon motion by Mr,' Carlisle, seconded by. Mr Gordon,
the Council approved the signing of the ten year contract
covering, the, 25 wood pole bracket lights: 1
The Magor presented a letter from the city
manages ,of Miami which enclosed a copy of, a letter from the,
City of Miami to the Miami Water Company advising the Water
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Company that the. C3ty of Miami' after July 1, 1932, expects to
`collect a: surcharge :of 75% on all water bills for service
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outside the limits of the City of Miami It was suggested by
Mr«. Holto Village Attorney„ that some reduction in this eharg®
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might be made in connection with the agreement yet to be made
on. the 15 White-Wag street lights. It was further suggested
'pp by Mr. 'Ellis that, the. Council could pass an ordinance
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specifying what the water rates should'be in Miami Shores
Village and as long as such, specified rate was not unreasonable
such an ordinance would hold good -- It etas- agreed-by the,--members
..of the council to lay the matter on the table until it was deter
mined whether or not some adjustment "could b�e made in connection
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with the €agreement. to be made on the 15 White-Way street lights,
Tkie question of spending ad&.tional money in
street improvements, other than that already authorized was
disoussed ,ani. the vlillago. manager` was authorized to malCel a
survey of needed 'improveraents and -take additional bids to
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AM the cost and snake a; report at a special,meeting to
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be called in the near future:
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pro-ose �zoning brdinah er having=beez2 drawn
up by the attorneys, a copy was presented and the various
zones were discussed. Since the ordinance was rather lengthy
and required considerable time for verbal reading, it was
decided that each member of the Council should be supplied
-rt�ith a copy of the ordinance and a detailed discussion of the
ordinance was postponed to a later meeting:
The Attorneys then presented proposed ordin-
ance No.- 10, amending ordinance No. 6. which is an ordinance
imposing occupational license taxes, said amendment specifing _
occupational taxes for tourist camps. The proposed ordinance
was read in detail and the various amounts of taxes to be
levied were agreed upon and upon motion of Mr. Gordon, seconded
by Mr. Harrison, passage of ordinance No. 10 was approved.
There being no further business to be presented,
the meeting was adjourned.
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