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REGULAR MEETING
MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE COUNCIL
March 6, 1951
A regular meeting of the Village Council of Miami Shores Village,
Florida, was held at 7:30 o'clock P.M. , March 6, 1951, at the Village Hall,
with the entire Council and the Village Attorney present.
Upon motion made by Mr. Reynolds, seconded by Mr. Franco and
unanimously passed, reading of the minutes of the last regular meeting was
dispensed with and they were approved as written.
Mr. Perry Willits, President of the Advisory Board of the Country
Club, appeared before the Council to present a recommendation unanimously
approved by the Board for the reconditioning of the golf course. This recommend-
ation included the replanting and resurfacing of 9 greens and fairways at a cost
of around $10, 000, as well as, the employment of Mr. Mark Mahannah, greens-
keeping consultant, at a salary of $1800 a year to supervise this reconditioning
program. After discussion Mr. Mackenzie moved that the entire recommenda-
tion be adopted as requested. Motion was seconded by Mr. Carpenter and
unanimously passed.
Mrs. Emily Frances Speers of 10659 N. E. 10th PL , was present
to appeal a recent Planning Board decision whereby her request to add another
one car garage to her home was denied because the minimum side line require-
ments could not be maintained. Council suggested that this be referred back
to the Planning Board and that Mrs. Speers appear at their meeting to person-
ally explain her request.
The next item on the agenda was in regard to the ordinance
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concerning roofing, read and discussed at the last meeting. The Building
Inspector introduced Mr. Steve C. Raymond of the South Fla. Roofing & Sheet
Metal Contractors Assoc. , who satisfactorily explained the use of the specified
metals for stripping. Upon motion made by Mr. Mackenzie and seconded by
Mr. Reynolds, ORDINANCE NO. 217 was unanimously passed and adopted,
said Ordinance being entitled:
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE ERECTION, CON-
STRUCTION, FABRICATION, APPLICATION OR REPAIR
OF A ROOF COVERING AND/OR SHEET METAL WORK
IN MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE, FLORIDA; ETC.
A resolution was presented by the Village Attorney concerning
authorization to purchase property for a right-of-way for 105th Street running
west of Biscayne Blvd. Upon motion made by Mr. Reynolds, seconded by
Mr. Mackenzie, RESOLUTION NO. 318 was unanimously passed and adopted.
The N. E. 2nd Avenue zoning suit was the next item to be discussed.
The VillageAttorney reviewed all that had transpired in this case to date, -
the decision rendered against the Village in the Circuit Court, court costs of
$486. 00 assessed against the Village and the 60 days in which to file notice of
appeal, also the probable cost of appealing the case to the Supreme Court. Mr.
Jerome Hofmayer, unofficially spoke for the interveners, and emphasized that
they were anxious to have the Council appeal the case. After further dis-
cussion, Mr. Carpenter moved that the Village Attorney be authorized to
file notice of appeal at a date tactically correct in his judgment. Motion was
seconded by Mr. Reynolds and passed unanimously.
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Power company franchise - the Village Manager reported that he
had asked the Rader Kanppen Tippetts Engineering firm to give him an estimate
of the cost of making a survey for the Village. As soon as Mr. McCall
receives this information he will contact the Council by phone for approval
of cost before going ahead.
A letter was read from the Little River Business and Professional
Women°s Club in which they asked the Village for a contribution for prizes
for their Amateur Night to be held on March 30th. After a discussion of this
request Mr. Mackenzie moved that the Village Manager be instructed to
answer this letter in a favorable manner and state that we have no funds available
at this time for this expenditure. Motion was seconded by Mr. Carpenter and
passed unanimously.
The Village Manager reported that the Chief of Police had not been
able to complete his report on the traffic light survey by this meeting.
The Village Manager reported that he had talked with Mr. Curry
of the Port Authority concerning the airplanes flying over the Village. How-
ever, due to the flight patterns, Mr. Curry stated there was no way the planes
could be diverted so that the volume of air traffic could be eliminated over
the Shores.
Meeting adjourned at 9:20 P.M.
Village Managei and Clerk
APPROVED:
Mayor
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