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City COMMISSION, SANFORD, FLORIDA, July 1 at 713o
The City Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, met in adjourned session at the
City Hall in the City of Sanford, Florida, at 7:3o o(clock P M July 1,1946 to receive
the Tax Assessment Roll for the year 19~6, as prepared by the City Tax Assessor, and to
sit as a Tax Equalization Board.
Present: Commissioner N James Gut, Mayor.
# ~orge D. Bishop
" W C Hill
Lea R. Lesher
# Robert A Williams
City Attorney Fred R.Wllson
City Manager & Clerk H N Sayer
Meeting called to order by the Chairman.
The Tax Assessor then presented the Tax Assessment Roll for the year 19~; and advised
that in view of the continued advance in values of all real estate throughout the City
that he had made a blanket increase in the assessed valuations of all real property for the
year 1946, as follow~, and that due notice of such increase was published in the Sanford
Herald on dates of June 17,18 and 19, 1946:
20% increase in the assessed value of all improved real estate classified as
residential property.
10~ increase in the assessed value of all improved real estate classified as
business property.
100~ increase in the assessed value of all unimproved real estate classified ae
vacant lots, pieces or parcels of land.
The Commission then proceeded to sit as a Tax Equalization Board to receive any com-
pla~tnte or objections as to assessed valuations on the 19~6 tax roll as prepared by the
City Tax Assessor.
Attorney A.Edwin Shinholser, representing br. Randall Chase, next registered a protest
against the blanket increase in the assessed valuation for the year 1946.
Attorney E.F. Nousholder, representing J.J.Cates Company, Inc, next registered a
protest against the blanket increase in the assessed valuation for year 1946.
Messre Henry McLaulln Jr, L $ Harkey and R.T.Cowan next voiced their objections
against the increase of 100% in the assessed valuation of vacant property.
There being no further objections registered from the audience, the Commission then
received the complaints or objections filed with the City Clerk aa to assessed valuations
on the 19~6 tax roll, as follows:
,NA~E DESCBIPTION OF PROPERTY
Albert Hall Lots 2 & 4 Block A, Celery Ave.
J A Logan Lots i & 2 Block C, Buena Vista
Theo Stiles Lgt 1,2,~6,~8,51,52,~3
5%55,56,57 & 58 Oak H ll
Oscar ~ayo ~t 6 Blk A Sou~ Sanfo~
E. S. McCall,A~ln
Est.H B McCall Sr S 1/2 ~t 7 all 8 Blk 5
Tier 3, Sanford
W E Kirchhoff Jr.
E.Z. Irwin
Mamie Preston
All Blk E, First St. Extn
Lots 8 & 9 Blk A$ou. Sanford
Lot 3 Blk 3 P~ne Level
ASS'D VALUATION
Add. 1,200.00
200.00
Claims too high
320.00 " #
1,700.O0
5,360.00
Too high in comparison to
adjoining property.
51,150.O0 Claims too high.
3,300 CO
550.00
MINUTES
CITY COMMISSION~ SANFORD, FLORIDA..T,,ly
315
J L Zngley
Roy Holler
Carl F Kettle
Sam Martina
The Commission then adjourned as an Equalization Board untll ~:O0 o'clock P M
July 5, 19~6, and thereupon proceeded to handle any other business which may come before
it.
Mr R L Cornell next tendered his resignation as a member of the Recreation Committee,
and on motion duly carried, same was accepted.
On motion duly carried, the Commission then re-appointed the Recreation Committee
consisting of the following members:
Jack Ratigan
Oeo A Speer Jr.
Eugene Tucker
On motion of Commissioner Bishop, seconded by Commissioner Williams and carried,
the Ma~or and Clerk were next authorized to execute a temporary easement to ~he United
States Department of Engineering to use the City's lakefront property between French
and Mangoustine Avenues for the purpose of spoil disposal in connection with deepenln~
the channel in Lake Monroe to 12 feet.
Further consideration next given to the several complaints received from Mr. B.P.
Bolyn because of water oterflowlng the curb at southeast corner of Park Avenue and
Twenty-first Btreet and flooding his property, due to improper drainage facilities at this
location.
Thereupon the City Manager was directed to have the storm sewers
out a~ain aa an endeavor to correct this trouble.
There beln~ no further 0usiness
July 5,19~6.
Attest:
-- ~/~y Clerk.
in this area cleaned
the me etln~ then adjourned until 3:00 o'clock P.M.