02-04-1947 Regular Meeting MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE COUNCIL
FEBRUARY 4, 1947
A regular meeting of Miami Shores Village Council was held
February 4, 1947 at 7: 30 PM. All members of the Council were
present except Mr Howard I Parish. Mr Thomas Anderson, Village
Attorney, was also present.
In accordance with motion by Mr Kilburn, seconded by Mr
McKee, and unanimously carried, Council dispensed with reading of
the Minutes of Regular Meeting, January 7, 1947.
Mr Fred Fletcher then appeared before the Council and advised
of correspondence and meetings had by him with representatives of
the Florida East Coast Railway concerning train operation through
Miami Shores and neighboring communities. Mr Fletcher was informed
by the Mayor and other members of the Council that, inasmuch as
previous correspondence by the Village Attorney with the Railway
officials had elicited much the same information as given Mr
Fletcher with respect to installation of crossing gates, etc. , the
Council felt that, pending developments, action should be withheld
on his request for a letter from the Council to accompany petition
to the Railway signed by Village residents.
The Council also discussed Mr Fletcher' s request for a traffic
light at 96th Street and the Grand Concourse, no' action being taken.
The Village Manager reported to the Council that five firms
had been invited to bid on the paving and drainage of NE 2nd Avenue
Corners from NE 97th to NE 99th Street; four firms had picked up
plans and two bids had been submitted. After some discussion as
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to advisability of returning the bids and making new call there-
for, the Council determined to open the two bids, which were as
follows:
Brooks Paving Co. L C Morris
For installing drains,
per lineal foot 2.75 .50
For paving, per square yard .68 .75
For parkway grading, lump sum 200.00 193.00
Representatives of the two bidding firms were requested by the
Council to submit at the next regular meeting an estimate of lump
sum costs.
Upon motion by bar McKee, seconded by Sir Reynolds, and carried
unanimously, Council denied request of Greyhound Skyways, Inc. , for
permission to operate helicopters from property on Biscayne Boule-
vard extending from approximately 90th to 92nd Street and west to
Railroad Avenue and 6th Avenue.
The Council then discussed at some length a proposed ordinance
pertaining to registration and finger-printing of certain classes
of employees, which the Village Manager stated had been copied from
Miami Beach regulations and was presented for Council consideration
in view of previous discussion on the subject. No action was taken
by the Council pending receipt by the Village Manager of report and
recommendation from the Chief of Police.
Consideration was given by the Council to suggestion from the
Village Manager with respect to authorizing a bona fide offer to
Bessemer Properties of "$15,000 for the 5-42/100 acres adjoining the
Golf Course, this being the amount verbally agreed upon prior to
the bond election. Upon motion by Thr Kilburn, seconded by Mr McKee,
and unanimously carried, the Village manager was authorized to make
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such offer, without prejudice. It was the further decision of
the Council that, pending developments from such offer, action
be withheld on letter dated January 30, 1947 from Bessemer Properties,
requesting a change of zone on the tract of land in question.
The Council then proceeded to further consideration of the
proposed American Legion Home site on the golf course, as result
of which, upon motion by Mr Kilburn, seconded by Mr Reynolds, and
carried unanimously, the Village Manager was instructed to write
the American Legion Post, suggesting that the Post arrange, at
its own expense, for appraisal of the 20-foot strip required for
access to the proposed site, and present appraisal report to the
Council.
The Village Manager informed the Council that verbal request
had been received from Mrs P J Manson for increase of cubic foot
requirements on the Grand Concourse. Following discussion, motion
was made by Mr Kilburn that the matter be referred to the Planning
Board for consideration; the motion, however, was not acted upon,
and it was suggested by the Mayor that the Village Manager inform
Mrs Hanson of the Council discussion and suggest that she present
her request to the Planning Board.
The Council also considered the problem of tdr Blair Plate,
Mr W I Thomas, and Mr Roy Wilson, who have owned building sites
for some time and had architectts plans prepared according to
information on Village regulations previously conveyed to them,
and now find that changed regulations with respect to cubic foot
requirements and garage entrance make their plans inacceptable.
The Village Manager recommended approval of their building plans
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as submitted. In this connection, Ordinance No. 164, which
prescribes rear entrance to garages, was discussed at length by
the Council, and motion was made by Lir Reynolds that such Ordinance
be repealed in its entirety. This motion, however, was not acted
upon. The Mayor stated he saw no reason for such action without
first consulting the Planning Board and without all Council members
present. After further discussion, motion was then made by Mr
Reynolds, seconded by Mr McKee, and unanimously carried, instructing
the Planning Board to waive recent increases in the cubic foot
requirements and the requirements of Ordinance No. 164 in the case
of Messrs Plate, Thomas, and Wilson.
Request from Mr T J Blackwell that he be granted homestead
exemption on Village tax roll for year 1946 was considered by the
Council . It was Mr Blackwell 's contention that technically he had
applied to the Village Manager for his Miami Shores exemption by
telephone in that while making out his Village personal property
return he telephoned and made inquiry as to where the Village
homestead exemption blanks might be found and was told that it was
not necessary any more to file a claim at this office. In view of
Mr Blackwell ' s 'long period of residence in the Village, Mr Reynolds
suggested he felt the exemption should be granted and made motion
to that effect. The motion was seconded by Mr McKee and carried
three-to-one, with Mr McCaffrey dissenting because the prescribed
procedure pertaining to homestead exemptions had not been observed.
Following report was made by the Village Manager on his in-
vestigation of cost of contemplated photostating of the Village
Ordinances: Existing ordinances may be photostated at the County
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Clerk' s office at cost of $237, including binders, which would
not provide for photostating of future ordinances. As an alter-
native, a machine may be purchased and the photostating done by
the Village itself, and the copies filed as desired; a machine
for 82 x 14" paper costs X167 and one for 20 x 24" paper costs
$268.
Motion was made by Mr Reynolds, seconded by Mr McKee, and
unanimously carried, that photostatic machine handling 20 x 24"
sheets be purchased. The Council was agreeable to arrangements
being made with Surfside municipal officials for their use of the
machine at a reasonable cost, which would defray some of the cost
to the Village.
No action was taken by the Council on copies of letters which
had been received, addressed by the Dade County Taxpayers' Associa-
tion to, respectively, the Dade County Tax Assessor, protesting
high taxes, and to Richard Oelkers, Jr, concerning arrest procedure.
Without formal action, Council agreed that unless the present
owners of Lots 4-5-6-7, Block 2, Hamilton Terrace, owned such property
prior to enactment of Ordinance No. 923 the property should be re-
platted into two 103.50-foot lots; otherwise, the proposal submitted
for division into three 69-foot lots would be looked at with an
"open mind".
It was the opinion of the Council that the architect's suggested
lay-out of improvements to the Golf Club should be presented to the
Golf Course Committee for study and estimate of approximate costs,
following which the matter would be jointly considered by the
Golf Course Committee and the Council.
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The Village Manager suggested to the Council that plans for
new municipal ouarters should be pushed forward as the lease on
the present office will expire in exactly a year. Motion was made
by Mr Reynolds, seconded by Mr Kilburn, and unanimously carried,
that Mr McCaffrey and Mr Kilburn be appointed as a Committee to
inspect City Halls in the vicinity and to locate qualified architects.
After examination and discussion of January bills, motion was
made by Mr Reynolds that such bills, in amount of $63,718. 37, be
approved. The motion was seconded by Mr Kilburn and unanimously
carried.
Several Village residents, who appeared to protest the practice
of Renuart Lumber yards in stacking lumber in the open on their
property, were heard by the Council. The Village Manager reported
that he had put Renuart Lumber Company on notice to discontinue
such practice and that Mr Renuart had requested an opportunity to
appeal to the Council. Action by the Council on the matter was
withheld.
The Council received a letter from Mr John A Mahood, submitting
sketch for proposed subdivision (Biscayne Homes, Inc. ) of two small
acreage tracts located west of NE 10th Avenue at 92nd and 93rd
Streets and requesting change in tubage from 25,000 to 20,000 cubic
feet. Action was withheld pending inspection of the property by
Council members.
Truck traffic on NE 10th Avenue was also discussed by the
Council. On this point, the Village Manager reported that "NO
TRUCKn signs are being prepared and that, when they are completed,
he will request the Council to designate the streets on which such
signs shall be placed,
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After due consideration of applications for Taxi Certificates
of Convenience and Necessity, upon motion of Mr Reynolds, seconded
by ::'Ir McKee, and carried unanimously, such Certificates were awarded
as follows:
To Mr W T Coleman,
Certificates for operation of six taxi cabs;
To Mr Edgar T White,
Certificates for operation of six taxi cabs.
The meeting adjourned at 10:15 PM.
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