06-03-1969 Regular Meeting REGULAR MEETING
MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE COUNCIL
June 3, 1969
A regular meeting of the Miami Shores Village Council was held
at 4:00 o'clock P. M. , June 3, 1969, at the Village Hall, with the following
Councilmen present:
Mayor Don G. Nicholson
Dean R. Claussen
Edwin B. Cole (arrived late)
Elwood Jones
Abs ent: Raymond L. Clement
Mr. Thomas H. Anderson, Village Attorney, and Mr. John W.
McIntyre, Village Manager, were also present.
Mayor Nicholson opened the meeting and gave the invocation in
the absence of a church representative.
Mr. Jones requested that a correction be made to the minutes,
Page 3, Unfinished Business, Item (b). The motion as shown on the bottom
of the page should have been made by Mr. Jones and seconded by Mr. Cole.
Mr. Claussen moved that the minutes as amended be approved. Motion was
seconded by Mr. Jones and passed.
Appointment of Library Board member.
A letter was received from the Library Board recommending the
appointment of Mrs. A. Alston Fisher, Jr. Upon motion made by Mr.
Claussen, seconded by Mr. Jones and carried, Mrs. Fisher was appointed
to fill the vacancy on the Library Board.
Resolution authorizing note to finance street paving program.
A resolution prepared by the Village Attorney was read authorizing
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the borrowing of $28, 173. 66 and the execution of a Certificate of Indebtedness
for said sum to finance a street paving program. Upon motion made by Mr.
Claussen, and seconded by Mr. Jones, RESOLUTION NO. 497 was passed
and adopted.
Authorization to pay for new air conditioning unit in Golf Pro's
office.
The Village Manager requested authorization to pay $219. 95 for a
new air conditioning unit in the Pro's office. Mr. Claussen moved author-
ization for payment of this air conditioner. Motion was seconded by Mr. Jones
and carried.
Mr. Cole arrived during the above discussion.
Request by Dr. William Boyle for a joint dinner meeting of the new
and old golf course Committee Chairman with the Council on the
first Tuesday of July.
Discussion took place as to whether or not there is a need for this
meeting. Mr. Cole suggested that the committees be asked to submit an
agenda of problems, ideas and suggestions for Council s tudy and based on
this if it is necessary to have a meeting then we will have it and host it. If
it isn't necessary at this time we will hold it in the fall. The Village Manager
was instructed to contact Dr. Boyle and find out basically what areas they
would like to cover, prior to the next Council meeting.
Report by Swimming Pool Director Tom Buckley.
Mr. Tom Buckley presented a recommendation for more extensive
use of our pool to take advantage of daylight time. He requested approval
of a schedule to close the pool at 6;00 o'clock each night except on Tuesday,
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Wednesday and Thursday when it will remain open until 9:00 P. M. This
will result in an additional expenditure of $300. 00 per month or $900. 00
for the summer. After some discussion Mr. Claussen moved that Mr.
Buckley be apthorized to keep the pool open until at least 6:00 P. M. beginning
June until September 1 st and that Mr. McDevitt and the Village Manager
review the dues structure as to what should be considered as to an increase
in dues. Motion was seconded by Mr. Cole. Mayor Nicholson stated that
he thought we should get a recommendation on a new dues schedule but didn't
want to withhold action on the new pool hours. Further, he would like to
see the Council approve Mr. Buckley's plan with the request that he work
with the committee and report back to the Council at the next meeting with
a proposed schedule of annual and daily fees to be charged. The first motion
was withdrawn and Mr. Claussen made a new motion that the Council approve
and authorize the pool schedule as recommended by Mr. Buckley and that
he and Mr. McDevitt and the Village Manager review the swimming pool
operation as to dues consideration. Motion was seconded by Mr. Cole and
carried.
Unfinished Business:
(a) Committee report on golf and swimming pool memberships.
The Mayor stated that he is still operating as a committee on
this subject, that he has talked with a large number of people
and has tried to coordinate investigations and recommendations
of the swimming program to the overall Country Club operation
but he is not prepared to recommend any formal action at this
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time. However, based on these preliminary investigations
Mayor Nicholson asked that the Council consider raising the golf
membership from $240. 00 to $300. 00 and that the membership
include a swimming membership; that the tennis fee is reasonable
at $100. 00; that the Council at a later time consider increasing
the pool only memberships to $75. 00 per year and give consider-
ation to allocating $25. 00 of the $300. 00 membership to the
swimming program and $275. 00 to the golf program.
Mr. Claussen strongly recommended that the Council approach
this study in a proper manner.
(b) Petition to close a portion of N. E. 91st Street. A petition
was read closing the portion of N. E. 91st Street lying west of
the westerly Right-of-Way line of the Florida East Coast Railway all
and east of the easterly Right-of-Way line of Park Drive. The
problem of the drainage of this street was discussed. The Mayor
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asked that the minutes indicate that in consideration of the vacation
of the street and conveyance of title to that portion of the street, 0
that the abutting owners, and Mr. McIntosh agreed to, undertake
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to furnish adequate drainage of the street to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Village. Upon motion made by Mr. Claussen
and seconded by Mr. Cole, RESOLUTION NO. 498 was passed
and adopted.
(c) Tropical Chevrolet addition - no report.
The Village Manager reported that the Miami Shores Preparatory
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School is moving into the Community Church without prior approval of this
use. Mr. Claussen pointed out that the schools operating in churches are
operating illegally. Mr. Cole suggested that the Manager talk to the principals
of the three schools in question and find out what their intentions are and
get a complete story of their school operations and based on this information
the Council can decide to permit them to continue or give them a time limit.
It was also suggested that the Village Attorney review this and report on
the legal status of the operation. Upon motion made by Mr. Cole, seconded
by Mr. Jones and passed the Village Manager was instructed to contact these
people and make a report to the Village Attorney with a copy to the Council.
Mr. Don McIntosh brought up the subject of a letter sent to Mr.
Dan Schmidt by the School Board requesting that Mr. Schmidt set a price on
Block 18, El Portal Subdivision, so that the Board may purchase it in their
plan for a senior high school to be built in that area. Mr. McIntosh stated
that final copy of the replat of this land would be before the Council at the
next meeting. No action was required by the Council at this time.
The meeting adjourned at 5:20 P. M.
Village Clerk
APPROVED:
Mayor