05-24-1932 Special Meeting MINUTES OFA SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL
!l OF MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE, MAY 240 1932:
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Pursuant, to .speoial call of the .Mayor,, a meeting
r of the Council of Miami Shores Village was held at the Village
offices on Tue sday even3.:ng, May 24, at 7:30 P.M. there ,being
! present Frank 0. Pruitt, Mayor, and Hugh H. Gordon, Jr.,
John Carlisle.. W. P,_- Andes and 11. R. Harrison, these being
all of the members of the council, and J. Lo Carothers, j
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Village Manager and Geo, E. dolt, Village .Attorney.
Since Mr, Pruitt expected to be called away a
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from the meeting on other business', Mr`. Gordon acted as Mayor' ,
and first called for the' reading of the minutes of the previous
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meeting which were approved as read with the exception of the
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elimination of the statement in connection 'vd th the discussion
.of the proposed 75% surcharge. by the City of Miami on all mater
bills: in the village,, that the City of Miami could not legally
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terminate water service at its discretion
The question of a drivers? license 1 aw which was
discussed at the previous meeting was again 'brought up and it
was the opinion of the members of the. council :that if the .:Catty--
oP Miami was to have_ such a lave, then the "?Tillage should also
have ,such a lair of its own', but that, the fee of �Apl.00 to be
charged b the it of Miami. would not. be charged the
y by Village,
It was also brought out that if the Village did pass such an
ordinance, each applicant for such a license should be subjected
to an examination by an official of the village to determine his
competency to, receive A, -license. No motion nor definite plan off-
a:etion was taken about the matter however, -
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Mr. Eaton, the present owner of Kirk s-Tourist
Camp. loeated at 90th Street east of Biscayne Boulevard appeared
before the council and stated that he thought the. ordin.ance
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!. specifying the ,amount of occupational license taxes on tourist
r •camps within the village was higher than it should_ be and that
if the ordinance is .'to be enforced it would be impossible for
- him to operate, his
i p camp at a profit and that 3f no reduction
e were to be made in the amount of license taxes, he would offer
the property for sale,at the price at which he baught-it.
Mi Eaton further discussed some of his plans as to expansion
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and impromement of the present buildings and stated that he '
had purchased additional property with 200 feet an ,Biseayne
! Boulevard where he intended to put up an attractive arch-w'a7
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with a service station and a fence around the entire property.
He stated that he already had rebuilt one of the present buildings
and had very considerably improved its appearance: and invited the
naembers .of the council to come and inspect this cottage as it was
a sample of what he intended all his cottagez to be The council
expressed, the opinion-that the reason 3t had for making the tax-
as it was in the ordinance was to discourage the construction and
maintaining of tourist camps in the village although they had no
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desire to work a financial hardship on an one. The members of
the.edunpil also agreed that at their first convenience. they Would
call at the c�Pand see the sample cottage already constructed
but no definite. action wastak
en as to a change in the amount of
---taxes imposed
by theordina:rice.
The question of further improvements tothe streets
in the villagle was again.,discussed"'and upon -motion by Mr: Pruitt,
seconded by Mr; Andes, a motion was passed .authorizing the village
manager to order no other work to be don® ,on N E. 96th street
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west of the railroad but
,that that the money allotedpreviousl far
this. work, should be spent on other str,oets in the village that
could be put in good condition by and .sanding and
specified that a thirty foot strip in the center of 96th street
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east ,of the railroad. between.,the railroad and the East Dixie I
Highway should be . re-oiled and sanded.
Copies of the .propo sed zoning ordinance having
been :read by .the members of .the council, after some discussion.
upon motion of. Mr. Harrison,, seconded by Mr. Carlisle- the zoning
ordinance was approved for pro er si
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k' The preceed.ings, of the previous meet
ipg,,:were- recalled';_ .1
and it. was noted- that no Improvements had apparently been made
-'to the fi'l:ling station at 90th street and Biscayne Boulevard
and the village manager was instructed to write a: letter to Mr:
C. D. Leffler, manager of the Gulf Refining_ Co., in this territory,
reminding.- him of his promis es .made a t the meeting of may 13th
y, hat the council eXpeced tc see some evident®.
and telling him t,
p appearance of the property within two
of im rovement in. the . .
creeks from the date of this meeting, otherwise they would not
feel:-that they. should consider any reduction' in tYae :occupational
tax levied by ordinance on filling stations within the village:`
Mr.— R. H. Hawkins of. the New Miami Corporation.
mentioned the fact that the. Commissioners of Dade County had
available aeonsiderable amount of convict - labor for use in
beautifying count7_ rads and on behalf of his company offered to-
furnish the necessary trees for baautileation of certain streets
within the village ,if the. county would the labor to move
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There being no further business to come before
the meeting, the council adjourned until the next regular monthly
meeting to be held on Tuesday, May 7th, 19320
Vill&4e Manager and 01,drk
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