06-25-1956 Informal Meeting COULT
Y CLUB MEETING
25, 1956
An informal meeting ol the Miami Shores Village Council was
held with a group of Village freeholders, at the Country Club on June 25,
1956, 8:00 P.M. The following members of the Council were present:
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Dean R. Clausseu
J. Franco
William E. Carpenter
The Village Manager and Director of Finance, as well as Mr.
James Kindelan of our auditing firm, Ring, Mahony and Arner, were .also
in attendance. The Villagers present totalled 58.
Mayor Claussen opened the meeting and explained the reasons that
prompted the Council to appoint a Citizens Committee in 1954 to study the
possibility of changing, the club to a private operation. Following the receipt
of their report, a non-profit corporation known as the Northeast Recreational
Ass-ociation offered another plan and finally the Council formulated its own
ideas for discussion. Mr. Carpenter explained the details of the Citizens
Committees proposal. Mr. Franco went over the lease proposal made by
the Northeast Recreational Assoc. and Mr. McCall briefly outlined the
Council's plan.
It was explained after a question by Mr. Taintor, that the certificates
mentioned in*-the Council's plan would not be transferable to future property
owners unless approved by the Board of Governors.
Mr. McCaffrey asked about the W.P.A. grant of $158, 000 to run
it as a municipal golf course. Mr. Julian Frix stated that it was his under-
standing that if it were maintained for ten years as a municipal course the
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public grant would have been satisfied.
Mr. Holt asked about the taxes baaed on $12, 000 a year and pointed
out that they may be increased.
Mr. Arnold mentioned the possibility of many people selling their
homes and the remaining Villagers losing control of the club to outsider's.
Mr. Weinstein asked about the dues under the Council's plan: being
the same for freeholders as outsiders after the initiation fee is paid. Mayor
Claussen stated that outsiders would not have a voting privilege.
Mr. Holt also pointed-out that there would be no initiation.fees- after
the first year from.-outsiders.
Mr. Walker asked if we had compared our operation with the Coral
Gables Country Club. He stated he thought we should have a short term lease
with annual payments enough to cover bond payments.
It was also suggested that the shares certificates sold should be
apportioned to real holdings.
Several suggestions were made for increasing dues and operating
the club for Villagers only.
Ballots were distributed for a vote of the concensus :of opinion of those
present,, first, on whether or not they favored a change to a private club. The
count was 37 in favor of a change and 12 against. Then, 19 indicated,they
favored the Council's plan, 19 didn't favor any plan or wanted revisions; 2
voted for the Northeast Recreational Assoc. plan, and 9 for the Citizens
Committee plan.
The meeting 'was adjourned at 9:55 P. M.
Clerk
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