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02-16-1960 Regular Meeting s REGULAR MEETING MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE COUNCIL February 16, 196.0 A regular meeting of the Miami Shores Village Council washeld at 4:00 a+clock P. M. , February 16, 1960, at the Village Hall, with the following Councilmen present: Mayor Dean R. Claussen Spencer W. Rudnick Michael J. Franco John F. Saxon Joseph H. Walker Abs ent: None Mr. Thomas H. Anderson, Village Attorney, was also present. Minutes of the last meeting were approved as written by motion made by Mr. Franco, seconded by Mr. Rudnick and passed unanimously. Application was made by the 7-11 Food Stores for a beer and wine license for consumption off the premises and permission to operate from 7 A.M. to 11 P.M. seven days a week. Mr. David Neal, District Manager of the 7-11 Stores was present in regard to the proposed location for a store on N. E. 87th Street directly west of the Pure Oil. Gas Station at Biscayne Blvd. Since the Village ordinances do not prohibit either of these operations, the Council gave approval to go ahead with the plans. Mr. Robert Blue, on behalf of the tennis committee, was again present with plans for the leasing of a piece of golf course property for the construction of tennis courts to be run by a non-profit corporation. The Mayor suggested that the Council take this under advisement and call an informal meeting to go into the details of the plan. This was set for Monday, February 2/16/60 -2- 22nd, 4:00 P.M. at the City hall. At the last Planning Board meeting approval was recommended for dividing the Soar property at N. E. 12th Ave. and 10th Court into two building sites with setbacks to be maintained as indicated on the plot plan submitted by Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Soar. After some discussion,. Mr. Walker moved that the Council uphold the decision of the Planning Board. Motion was seconded by Mr. Franco and passed unanimously. The Planning Board also recommended approval for a variance on Lot 8-A, Anco Subdivision, to allow an apartment building of 10, 800 sq. ft. , or a variance of 800 sq. ft. , to the owner, Mr. Elbert Bennett. After dis- cussion, Mr. Franco moved that the Council uphold the action of the Planning Board. Motion was seconded by Mr. Saxon and passed 4/1 with Mr. Rudnick dis s enting. Concerning the variance for Mr. Avery Guyton's fence to be erected at the front yard west of his home at 548 Grand Concourse,' Mx. ,Saxon moved that the Council uphold the approval of the Planning Board. Motion was seconded by Mr. Rudnick and passed unanimously. The next business on the agenda was the proposal to increase golf club dues. After discussion, Mr. Saxon moved that the freeholder dues be left as they are and that the non-freeholder dues be raised to $350.00. Motion was seconded by Mr. Walker. Mr. Franco pointed out that this increase would only amount to about $13,000 more, and since there are so many improvements to be accomplished, the increase should be more substantial. Mr. Saxon then changed his motion to the effect that the non-freeholder dues will be increased 11 2/16/6.0 -3- to $400. 00 a year effective March 1st. Mr. Walker seconded this amend- ment and it was passed unanimously. Bids on. street drainage work were opened and tabulated as follows: O. W. COLLINS N.E. 2nd Ave. & 95th St. N.E. lOthAve. & 96th St. $12, 837. 00 1266 N.E. 94th St. 478. 00 $13, 315. 00 MARKS BROS. N.E. 2nd Ave. & 95th St. $ 8,295. 00 N.E. IOthAve. &. 96th St. 3, 385. 00 1266 N.E. 94th St. 335. 00 2, 015.00 BROOKS PAVING N.E. 2nd Ave. & 95th St. N.E. 1OthAve. & 96th St. $ 7, 040. 00 1266 N.E. 94th St. 150. 00 7, 190. 6-0 WARD PAVING N.E. 2nd Ave. & 95th St. N.E. 1OthAve. & 96th St. $11, 000. 25 1266 N.E. 94th St. Mr. Franco moved that the bids be submitted to the Village Manager and the Building Inspector for analysis and that the contract be awarded to the lowest bidder, funds to be taken out of the street repair account, con- tingency account and street drainage account. Motion was seconded by Mr. Rudnick and passed unanimously. Mr. Rudnick asked for a report on the 104th St. drainage situation. The Village Manager reported that the air conditioning compressor at the City Hall had burned out and that two bids have been secured for its replacement; one from Miami Air Conditioning in the amount of $962. 50 to replace the present 10-ton Chrysler compressor and put the unit in satisfactory working condition. The other bid was from Certified York Corp. to do the 12 2/1660 -4- same work for $975. 00. In order to deal with the same company that services the Country Club air conditioning, Mr. Rudnick moved that the Council authorize the Village Manager to accept the contract with Certified York, with the money to be taken from the contingency fund. Motion was seconded by Mr. Walker and passed unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 5:45 P. M. V' gee Clerk = C. Approved: V age Ma er APPROVED: Mayor