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REGULAR MEETING
MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE COUNCIL
.August 7, 1956
A regular meeting of the Miami Shores Village Council was held.
at 4:00 o'clock P.M. , August 7, 1956, at the Village Hall, with the follow-
ing Councilmen present:
Bean R. Claussen, Mayor
Michael J. Franco
M. E. Reynolds.
William E. Carpenter
S. D. Phillips, Jr.
Absent: None
Mr. Thomas H. Anderson, Village Attorney, was also present.
Minutes of the meeting of July 17th were adopted.as written by
motion made by Mr. Franco, seconded by Mr. Reynolds and passed unanimously.
Minutes of the public hearing on the budget and Equalization Board meetings
were approved upon motion made by Mr. Franco, seconded by Mr. Carpenter
and passed unanimously.
Mr. Phillips introduced the first business of the meeting, which
was a discussion of the parkway on N. W. 2nd Avenue. .He explained that the
shrubbery had been removed some time ago because of the traffic hazard,
and that the parkway since has become a diTiping place for everyone around there.
Mr. Phillips had invited the neighbors to attend- this meeting .and decide what
they wished done with the parkway.. As the majority of those present argued in
favor of keeping the parkway, Mr. Reynolds moved that the Village Manager be
instructed to leave it as is and beautify it in the same manner as was done on
109th St. The motion was seconded by Mr. Carpenter and passed unanimously.
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General Baird of 236 N. E. 103rd Street, was again present to
discuss the truck traffic on 103rd St. He contended that the vehicle weight
restriction was not low enough and that since signs have been erected on 111th
St. prohibiting trucks, there are more trucks than ever on 103rd St. Chief
Senneff made a report on the truck traffic survey he has been conducting and
recommended that 115th St. be designated as a truck route for east and west
traffic. The figures shown represent a 12-hour period traffic survey .on the
following streets:
103rd St. - Total vehicles 2970 or 248- per hour
316 trucks
238 light trucks
60 medium.trucks
18 heavy trucks
95th St. - Total vehicles 4473 or 373- per hour
580 trucks
- 345 light trucks
218 medium trucks
26 heavy trucks
96th St. - Total vehicles 4719 or 393+per hour
657 trucks
418 light trucks
201 medium trucks
38 heavy trucks
The Council wished to consider this problem further and requested that it
be left on the agenda.
Air. Mussell Edwards was again present to discuss his proposed
franchise agreement with Miami Shores for the composting of garbage and the
possibility.of constructing the plant on some of the Village nursery property.
Mayor Claussen stated that there were several items in the agreement that
were not acceptable to us, and since we do not have the appraiserts report
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on the land, we cannot discuss the.matter further at this time. Some of the
property owners in the area near 103rd St. and N. W. 17th Ave. were present
to protest against any re-zoning for this. purpose. Mayor Claussen assured those
present that any discussion of re-zoning was premature at this time since the
Village had made no decision to either sell or lease the property. He suggested
that Mr. Edwards get together with Mr. McCall to go over the franchise agree-
ment.
The next item. was a proposal made by the Ment s Golf Association to
have electric golf cars installed at the Club. Mr. McCall stated that he had
invited two people in the electric golf car business to submit.proposals and
that he had also received a bid from,out of states as follows with varying
percentage profits and service agreements:
Robert L. Ahern - Victor golf cars
Cushman Golf Enterprises - Cushman cars
Alex Polli - Victor cars
The proposition was taken under consideration.
The next item was opening of bids for furnishing gasoline for this
fiscal year. Bids were- received as follows:
Standard Oil Co. Tankwagon.price less $. OZ per gal.
Sinclair Refining Co. to It " . 0197
Orange State Oil Co. if it if . 0248
Gulf Oil Corp. it If to . 019
Aeroland Oil Co. Guaranteed price - 22. 9 per gal. less 176
cash discount
Mr. Carpenter moved that the Village Manager be authorized to
negotiate a contract with the low bidder and consider use of high test gas at a
later time. The motion was seconded by Mr. Franco and passed unanimously.
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The next business was the opening of bids on two garbage truck
chassis which were as follows:
General Truck Sales - GMC $4200. 0:0 ea.
Freeman & Son - REO 4435. 72 delivered-Mich.
4490. 72 " Wis.
Howe E. Moredock-INTERNATIONAL 4642. 60 " Wis.
45-72. 60 " Mich..
J. W. Dillree - GMC 4450 ea., delivered
4125 ea. alternate
The Council referred these bids to the Village Manager anal the
Maintenance Superintendent for a recommendation at the next meeting.
The Village Manager stated that some time ago during a safety
campaign he had offered a $25.00 prize for the best safety slogan submitted
and asked for authorization for this expenditure. Mr. Phillips moved that we
authorize the expenditure of $25.00, to be taken from the Manager's fund. The
motion was seconded by Mr. Carpenter and passed unanimously.
It was Mr. Andersonrs request that Hugh Pomeroy be retained to
testify in the Boulevard zoning suit to be held on_September 13th. The Council
suggested that Mr. Anderson contact Mr. Pomeroy and get his fee for approval
at the next meeting.
After a review of the bills, Mr. Reynolds moved that they be paid.
Motion was seconded by Mr. Franco and passed unanimously.
Concerning the unfinished business of the Pension Plan, the Council
agreed that there would be no disability clause in the plan, that such cases
would be handled individually. Mr. McCall was instructed to contact the actuary
to go ahead and prepare final figures and we will have another night meeting
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when they are ready.
Appointment of Planning Board members was deferred until the
next meeting.
Concerning Village Judges, Mr. Carpenter nominated W. L.
Blackwell, Jr. , with the re-appointment of Lee M. Worley as Senior Judge
and William F. Parker. The motion was seconded.by Mr. Reynolds and
passed unanimously.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:15 P. M.
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