01-06-1948 Regular Meeting MINUTES OF RMULAR MEW32iG
MIAMI SHORES VITT COUNCIL
January 69 1948
Regular Meeting of Miami Shores Village Council was held
at 700 PM January 6, 1948 with all Councilmen present. Mr. Thomas
H.. Anderson, village attorney, was also present.
Council dispensed with the reading of the Minutes of the
Regular Meeting of December 169 1947-and approved them as written•
The first business to cane before the Council was receiving
and opening of bids on the proposed Street Improvement Program. Bids
were received fran Brooks Paving Company, asphalt Paving Company$ and
Belcher Oil Ccmpany• A bid was received frau H.L. Mills Construction
Ccmpany but was rejected because of failure to include a Bid Bond. The
bids were read, and upon motion made by Mr, Reynolds, seconded by Mr.
Parish, the Council instructed that the Engineer make an analysis tabu-
lation as soon as possible and report back at a Special Meeting to be
called.
Mr. R, Ke Carter of 1301 NE 104th Street appeared before the
Council and reported the possibility of a nuisance being created by the
251 public easement running between lots 4 and 5 on NE 104th Street and
Biscayne Canal in River Bay Park Subdivision. .After some discussion
it was determined that the Village has no use for said easement and Mr,
Frix moved that the Village abandon the easement as public property based
on the assumption that the Village cannot ipaintain the property as it is
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a liability to the Village, Motion was seconded by Mr. Parish and
carried four to one with Mr. Reynolds dissenting and stating the
Council's first duty is to immediate property owners.
Council discussed with the Planning Board which was present,
the cubic foot requirement on- two tracts of land lying along the west
side of BE 10th Avenue between approximately 93rd and 94th Streets owned
by Roy H. Hawkins and Graham Magee, and upon the suggestion of the
Planning Board Mr. Frix moved that the cubic feet requirement on that
part of said property abutting NE 10th Avenue be 229500 cubic feet, and
that the cubic feet requirement on the balance of said tracts be 209000
cubic feet, Motion was seconded by Mr. Reynolds and unanimously carried.
Upon motion made by Mr. Parish, seconded by Mr. Reynolds,
Council authorized the employment of a part-time policeman to be stationed
at NE 2nd Avenue and 103rd Street during such hours as school children
cross said intersection, the expense to be borne by the Police Department
budget.
Mr. C. Franklyn Wheeler appeared before the Council and report-
ed that the condition of the west forty acres of Barry College property
to be such as to create a fire hazard and also a breeding place for snakes;
whereupon the Council instructed the Village Manager to notify Barry
College to clean and put said property in a safe condition, Mr. Wheeler
also complained of the unsanitary conditions being maintained on the parking
lot at the rear of Margaret Ann grocery, and Council instructed the
Village Manager to have these conditions eliminated immediately.
Council discussed the proposed parking lot plan adjacent to the
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business section and decided having a conference at the hoarse of Mr.
Parish on Tuesday, January 139 at 7330 PM to further discuss the matter•
The Village Manager reported that the gas rate increases
instituted by Peoples hater & Gas Company on December lst were within the
franchise restrictions and Mr. Reynolds moved that the Peoples Plater &
Gas Company be notified that their increase in rates appear to be within
the limits fixed by the franchise ordinance. Motion was seconded by
Mr. Parish and unanimously carried.
A letter was received from Mitchell and Pershing, New York
bond attorneys, setting forth the procedure for calling a Bond election
to finance construction of a City Hall, a copy of said letter being
attached to and made part of these Minutes* Whereupon Mr. Parish moved
that the Village Attorney be instructed to proceed to employ Mitchell and
Pershing to take the preliminary steps outlined in their letter to the
Village Attorneys under date of December 19, 1947, at a cost not to exceed
$300 to the Village. Motion was seconded by Mr. McCaffrey and unanimously
carried.
.Meeting was then adjourned.
G
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APPROVED:
Mayor
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