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10-10-1940 Regular MeetingREGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OF MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE COUNCIL OCTOBER 10, 1940 The regular monthly meeting of the Miami Shores Village Council was held on October 10th. Present were Mr. Milledge, Mr. Pruitt, Mr. Lindsey and Mr. Stockdell, as were the Village Manager and Village Attorney. The Council unanimously passed a resolution concerning F. Scott Kitson, deceased member. The minutes of June 12th were read and approved with correc- tions. The September 24th minutes were corrected to read; that the $100.00 for the "Florida Catholic" was appropriated for publicity purposes and was not to be paid until a copy of the first publication was presented to the Council. The minutes were corrected to read; that Mr. J. A. Guyton was also present at the meeting of October 1st. The first business to come before the Council was the placing of insurance for this year. Letters from the Baker Insurance Co. and the Vanderpool Agency were read, and representatives of these three companies were present at the meeting. Mr. Baker and Mr. Oliver had failed to give a net figure on the insurance and due to this fact upon motion made by Mr. Lindsey and seconded by Mr. Pruitt the Council unanimously approved to defer this matter until noon, October llth, to get the net figure from the other two companies, and that the determining and placing of the insurance be left to the Village Manager and Mr. Pruitt. The next business to come before the Council was the Garbage Contract Proposal. The Village residents who had appeared todiscuss and consider this matter with the Council at the last meeting were present with the exception of Mr. Garner and Mr. Guyton. After some dismission Mr. Lindsey moved that "We do reject all offers made by the gentlemen who propose to build this plant." The motion was seconded -2 - by Mr. Pruitt and upon being put to a vote the result was: Mr. Lindsey - Yes. Mr. Milledge- No. Mr. Pruitt - Yes. Mr. Stockdell- No. and the motion failed to carry. The delivery of shopping guides in the Village was the next business to come before the Council. Mr. McAskill, owner of "Shopping Guide", was not present but Mr. Holt asked the Council for their attitude on the matter. To permit this delivery would be a violation of the ordinance, and Mr. Holt explained a case in which the decision of the Supreme Court had been cited in a similar matter in Boston. The Supreme Court of United States held that the Boston Ordinance was unconstitutional becuase it was a violation of the free speech act. Mr. Holt further added that another municipality is faced with the same situation and they are going to adhere to their ordinance. They decided that the Supreme Court's decisiondid not make any difference until that particular ordinance is attacked. The Village Council decided to take this same attitude in the matter. Mr. Dunning appeared before the Council with complete plans, specifications for a filling station to be located on the point at Biscayne Blvd. and N.E. 6th Ave. which is zoned for a park. He also presented pictures to the Council of the present condition of this land and the surrounding territory. Mr. Lindsey made the motion that "The Council instruct the Village Attorney to proceed with the completion of the Condemnation Suit on this property on his report that it will cost no extra attorney's fees and at completion we can determine whether or not we can pay the price." There was no second to this motion. After some discussion as to the expense already incurred in the fore- closure suit in the amount of $747.40, Mr. Pruitt moved that the Council -3 - authorize the Village Attorney to withdraw the foreclosure suit provided the expenses paid and incurred already by the Council be reimbursed to the Village. This motion was seconded by Mr. Stockdell. This then brought up the question of amending the Zoning Ordinance and Mr. Pruitt restated his motion to read that the Counci authorize the Village Attorney to withdraw the foreclosure suit to reimburse the Council for expenses incurred and paid in connection with the foreclosure, and that steps be taken to change the zone of this property to business. This motion was seconded by Mr. Stockdell and upon being put to a vote the result was: Mr. Lindsey No. Mr. Milledge Yes. Mr. Pruitt Yes. Mr. Stockdell Yes. and the motion carried. Mr. Redwood and Rev. Kellerman appeared before the Councilwith reference to the construction of a Lutheran Church in a residential district of theVillage. The property they had in mind was in the vicinity of 100th St. and N. E. 2nd Ave., said property being residential. The men wanted the general attitude of the Councilbefore any definite plans were made. After some discussion the gentlemen decided to come to the office and look over the Zoning Map of the Village and try to make some arrangements for a church on property that is zoned for this particular type of building. The Village Manager aksed the Council to be allowed to get started on a beautification program and presented Mr. Reed who had made a proposal last summer but the Councilhad not acted on it. The Village Manager asked Mr. Reed to explain to the Council how far he had gone in his ideas of what could be done in the Village, and after some discussion Mr. Pruitt made a motion that $100.00 be appropriated to make a survey of the entire Village for a 3, 4 or even 5 year plan. -4 - This motion was seconded by Mr. Stockdell and unanimously carried. Said $100.06 to be paid when the plan is presented to the Council. After the Village Manager stated Mr. Reed's qualification as to landscaping, Mr. Pruitt made a motion that Mr. Reed be employed to make a beautification plan. The motion was seconded by Mr. Stockdell and upon being put to a vote the result was: Mr. Lindsey Yes. Mr. Milledge No. -With no reflection on Mr. Reed. Mr. Pruitt Yes. Mr. Stockdell Yes. and the motion carried. The next business to come before the Council was the new police uniforms. Mr. Lindsey moved that the Council authorize the Village Manager to buy the kind of uniforms that he, in his own judge- ment, thinks best at the best price available. This motion was seconded by Mr. Stockdell and unanimously carried. The Dade County Officials' Meeting was the next business to come before the Council, andupon motion made by Mr. Lindsey and seconded by Mr. Pruitt the Council unanimously approved the holding of this meeting by the Village, during the month of November. Upon motion made by Mr. Lindsey and seconded by Mr. Pruitt the Council approved the September bills in the amount of $1,665.72 with Mr. Stockdell dissenting on the Remington Rand bill for a steel -file. Mr. and Mrs. Buda appeared before the Council with reference to opening a restaurant in the Village, said restaurant to be located in Mr. Dunning's building. The Council advised the Village Manager to check into this matter and make his recommendation after the final application for the operation of the restaurant has been filed. After which the meeting was adjourned. Village Manager a APPROVED/r COUNCIL: Mayor Clerk )P7 VILLAGE BILLS - SEPTEMBER, 1940 A & B. Pipe & Metal Co. 11.05 The American City Magazine 5.00 Berner -Pease, Inc. 34.76 Bessemer Properties, Inc. 30.00 Frank T. Budge Co. 13.60 The Cameron & Barkley Co. 38.99 City of Miami 18.23 City of Miami 50.00 Cunningham's 13.50 Davis Iron Works, Inc. 8.37 Dixie Tire Company 14.25 Dixie Tire Company 67.73 The Electrical Equipment Company 1.80 Electric Sales & Service Co., Inc. 6.92 Everglades Paper Company 4.40 Fla. Tractor & Supply Co. 47.65 Mr. Foster's Store 1.13 Gresham Stat. Co. 7.35 Hector Supply Co. 53.22 Holden -Wood, Inc. 3.66 Jerry & Mack 6.00 Jimmie's Machine Shop 2.00 W. J. Knox 17.50 Linde .Air Products 4.62 Little River Hardware Co. 25.93 Miami Water Company 12.50 Maule Industries 23.64 National Cylinder Gas Co. 45.05 Nelson's Garage 1.54 T. V. Oxtoby 17.30 Renuart Lumber Yards, Inc. 71.38 Orange State Oil Company 177.12 Railey Milam Inc. 80.34 Remington Rand, Inc. 34.50 Spruill -Cordon 24.50 Sayre's Pharmacy .55 Scott & Vlhiteaker, Inc. 12.00 Sinclair Refining Company 22.00 Skagseth Stationery Company 3.50 South Dade Farms 5.00 Southern Bell Tele. Co. 34.63 Town of North Miami 8.00 Cash 9.30 Martin Nurseries 53.00 The Florida Catholic 100.00 01249.54 Fla. Power & Light Co. 404.18 ;1653.72