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The City Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, met in regular session
at the City Hall in the City of Sanford, Florida, at 7:30 o'clock P.M. June 13, 1935.
Present: Commissioner Edward Higgins, Mayor.
" falter S. Coleman
" A.W.Lee
" M.J.Lodge
City Attorney Fred R. Nilson
City Clerk F S Lamson
Chief of Police R G Williams
Absent; Commissioner W.R.Dupree (sickness)
Meeting called to order by the Chairman.
Minutes of special meeting of the City Commission of May 21st, , regular
meeting of the City Commission and meeting of the Municipal Delinquent Tax Adjustment
Board of May 23rd, and special meeting of the City Commission of June 1st., 1935 read and
approved.
Current invoices and payrolls forthe month of May 1935, properly audited and
vouchered as evidenced by vouchers Nos. 9579 through 9970, submitted, examined , approved
and payment ordered.
Monthly reports of the streets, sanitation, health, water, police , fire and
library departments for the month of May 1935, submitted and examined.
Bank statements in all accounts for the month of May, 1935 properly reconciled
submitted and examined.
Financial statement and statement Of revenues and expenditures during the month
of May , 1935 submitted and examined.
Mr. D .L.Thra.sher next discussed the possibility of the City sponsoring group
health and accident insurance on city employees already covered by group life insurance,
the premium to be paid by the employee.
Action deferred.
Further consideration next given to application of Albert Hall for permit
to erect galvanized iron building to be used as blacksmith shop on the southwest corner
of Eleventh St. and Sanford Ave., a petition being presented at this time, signed by
residents and property owners in the neighborhood, requesting that the permit be granted.
Thereupon Commissioner Lodge moved that the permit be granted.
Seconded by Commissioner Lee and carried.
Further consideration next given to the need of 540 cu. yards of shell
required to be furnished by the City as a part of its donation under the WPA project
covering the development of Fort Mellon Park, various sources of supply and quality of shell
having been investigated by the engineers and the
being the DeLeon shell at DeLeon Springs, Florida.
best quality and nearest source of supply
Thereupon on motion duly adopted, the offer of Transit Mix Concrete, Inc. , to
furnish DeLeon shell at a pride of $1.95 per yard, delivered at the Park, was accepted.
A committee from the Sanford Lions Club next outlined plans of the various
clubs to send delegations to the national convention at Oakland, these clubs to advertise
the cities they represent, and requested a donation of $200.00 from the Publicity Fund to
assist in the expenses of 8 Sanford delegation to this convention.
Action deferred.
The Clerk next presented quotation of 41 plus interest from 3/1/35 received from
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Ed. C.Wright & Co. on ten Series "B" Refunding bonds with coupons due 9/1/38 and
subsequent attached, Numbers 51, 55,62,63,221 and 281/285.
Thereupon, in view of the fact that this quotation is in line with quotations
received from time to time on "-bonds of this issue, Commissioner Coleman moved that these
bonds be purchaed with funds appropriated for Sinking Fund purposes in the Department of
Water Utility, and canceled by the Clerk'.
Seconded by Commissioner Lodge and carried.
Communication next read from Jennings & Watts, Attorneys for C.J.Root, the owner
of twenty -five Improvement bonds dated July 1, 1923, and due July 1, 1953, inquiring with
reference to a payment on account of past due interest coupons on these bonds, similar..
to payments made during the past several years.
The Clerk then advised the Commission of a balance of $123.51 remaining
unpaid of the amount appropriated for Mr Root's coupons during the fiscal year 1936 -M7
Thereupon , on motion duly adopted, th4 Clerk was authorized to pay on account
of Mr. Root's past due coupons, the balance carried over from the past year together with
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the one percent interest appropriated during the current year for a. like number of Refunding
Bonds Series "A" which were intended to be exchanged for Mr. Root's bonds, making a total
of $373-51
City Attorney Wilson next presented Master's Deed to those parts of Blocks 14
and 22 of Chapman & Tucker's Addition lying south of First Stteet, heretofore owned
by the M.F.Robinson Estate and acquired by the City thru foreclosure of tax and special
assessment liens as a means of carrying out an informal agreement with the Executors of the
Estate whereby all but 100 foot frontage of this property is to become the property of the
City in exchange for tax receipts thru the year 1936 on other property owned by the Estate
described as the S. 24 ft. of Lot 12 Block 3 Tier 2, E.R.Tra.fford's Map of Sanford.
Thereupon Commissioner Lodge moved that the agreement with the Executors of
the M.F.Robinson Estate covering the transfer of this property as outlined be approved.
Seconded by Commissioner Lee and carried.
On motion of Commissioner Lodge, seconded by Commissioner Lee and carried, the
Commission next approved a. donation of $200.00 from the Publicity Fund to apply on expenses
of the 6anford Baseball, Club, H.M.Watson having forfeited the franchise and the Club
now being operated by a group of citizens as a. civic enterprise.
Commissioner Coleman next introduced Resolution No. 531 and moved its passage
and adoption.
Seconded by Commissioner Lee and carried by the following vote of the Commission:
Commissioner Higgins Aye
" Coleman Aye
" Lee Aye
" Lodge Aye.
Said resolution being in words and figures as follows:
RESOLUTION NO. 531
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO FILE AN APPLICATION TO
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THROUGH THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION OF PUB-
LIC WORKS FOR A LOAN AND GRANT TO AID IN FINANCING THE CONSTRUCTION OF WATER
PIPE LINE, ELECTRIC POWER LINE AND LIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND DESIGNATING THE
MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO FURNISH SUCH INFORMATION AS THE GOVERNMENT MAY
REQUEST.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA:
Section 1. That the Mayor and City Clerk be, and they are authorized to
execute and file an application on behalf of the City of 6anf ord, Florida, to the
United States of America for a loan and grant to aid in financing the construction
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of a water pipe line, electric power line and lighting equipment in said City.
Section 2. That the Mayor and City Clerk be, and they are hereby authorized
and directed to furnish such,inf ormation as the United States of America through
the Federal Emergency Ad.minis "tration of Public 'forks may reasonably request in connection
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with the application which is herein authorized to be filed.
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Section 3. That this Resolution shall become effective immediately upon
its passage and adoption.
Passed and adopted this 13th day of June 1935.
Edward Higgins A(ayor.
-Walter S. Coleman
A.w.Lee
M. J. Lodge
As the City Commission of
F.S.Lamson the City of Sanford, Florida.
As City Clerk ( Seal)
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With a view to expediting action on the project application authorized by
Resolution No. 531, the Mayor and Clerk were next authorized to present said application
in person to the Regional Director of the Public Works Administration at Atlanta.
Further consideration next given to the petition presented at the meeting of
May 23rd. that rummage sales be either licensed or discontinued, but in view of the
information received from neighboring cities that when conducted for charitable or
religious purposes, no license is required, petition denied and the Clerk instructed
to continue to allow one rummage sale per Saturday provided the entire proceeds are for
the benefit of some church or charitable organization.
Gbnsideration next given to the matter of muck for the Fort Mellon Park project,
it appearing that the holder of a mortgage against the property from which the muck
donated by A.L.Thrasher is being taken had registered a protest.
Mr. G.W.Spencer , attorney for one W.M. Vick , the holder of the mortgage,
then presented a proposal whereby Mr. Thrasher would deed the property, described as the
north half of Lot A, lying west of the right —of —way of the Atlantic Coast Line R.R. Co.
Dodd, Lord & Deane Subdivision of Section 31 Tp. 19 S.R. 30 E., to W.M. Vick in satis-
faction of the mortgage, and W.M. Vick would then deed the property to the City for $200.00
Thereupon, in view of the need for muck not only for the present park project
but also for the balance of the park, Commissioner Coleman moved that this property be
purchased from W.M. V ick _f or $200.00.
Seconded by Commissioner Lee and carried.
Communication next read from the Colored Ministerial Association requesting
free water for the churches.
No action:
The Clerk next presented Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Safe Keeping Receipt
No. 4325, dated June 9, 1935, covering $35,000.00 11% Home Owners' Loan Corp. Bonds, Series
F, received from the Sanford Atlantic National Bank in exchange for Jacksonville Branch, Fed-
eral Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Safe Keeping Receipt:>No. 5755, covering $33,000.00 2J% U.S.
Treasury Notes Series 0-1940, these securities being deposited to protect
City of Sanford deposits in said bank.
' Thereupon, on motion duly adopted, the exchange was authorized and the new
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security approved.
On motion of Commissioner Lodge, seconded by Commissioner Coleman and carried,
the Commission next approved the execution of Refunding Bonds Series A, numbers 4942 and
4943, and the exchange of said bonds thru the Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. N.Y.C.,
for Bonds Nos. 45 & 46 Series KK, with coupons due 1/1/32 and subsequent attached, said
Series KK bonds having been deposited by Halsey Stuart & Co, for that purpose. Also
the payment of $137.50 in settlement of past due interest to March 1, 1937 on the Series
KK bonds, End the payment of $20.00 in payment of the coupons due Sept 1, 1937, and March
1, 1938, on the Refunding bonds which are to be detached at the time of exchange.
Offer next received from A.B.Sechrist to sell 3145 additional feet of whiteway cable)
similar to that recently purchased by the City at a price of $.08 per f oot delivered.
Thereupon the Clerk was authorized to purchase this cable provided Mr. Sechrist
will allow payment to be made in the next fiscal year.
Application next received from Mrs Geo Hill, West Thirteenth St. and Lake Mary
Road for permit to sell beer and wines, and on recommendation 6f Chief of Police Williams
same was approved.
Consideration next given to the traffic hazard existing at the intersection of
Seminole Boulevard and French Avenue, and on motion of Commissioner Lodge , seconded by
Commissioner Lee and carried, the Clerk was authorized to purchase a " Stop and Go " signal light
for this intersection.
There being no further business, the meeting then adjourned until 4 o'clock P.M.
June 14, 1938, after which the Board immediately reconvened as a Municipal Delinquent Tax
Adjustment Board.
Thereupon the following adjustments of taxes for the year 1933 and prior,
and special assessments were authorized and approved:
Lot 5 Block
9 Tier C Taxes and Interest ( 1928/33
$418.31
ADJUSTMENT AUTHORIZED: Adjusted to $27.92
Lot 2 Block
12 Tier F Taxes and Interest k 1928/33)
60 80
ADJUSTMENT AUTHORIZED: Adjusted to $4.44
Lot 4 Block
10 Tier 17, Seminole Park Taxes & Interest ( 1927/33)
28.89
ADJUSTMENT AUTHORIZED: Taxes and interest
for 1933 and prior canceled provided all
subsequent taxes and interest paid in full.
Lot 5 Block
10 Tier 17, Seminole Park, Taxes & Interest ( 1927/33)
75.50
ADJUSTMENT AUTHORIZED: Adjusted to $5.58
Frac. Lot 1
Block 15 Tier 8, Taxes and Interest ( 1927/33)
52.94
ADJUSTMENT AUTHORIZED: Taxes and interest
for 1933 and prior canceled provided all
subsequent taxes and interest paid in full.
Street Paving Special Assessment and
Interest.
$616.42
ADJUSTMENT AUTHORIZED: Adjusted to $34.24
Lot 9 Block
10 Tier H Taxes and Interest c 1930/33)
37.00
ADJUSTMENT AUTHORIZED: Adjusted to $2.93
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Lot 10 Block 10 Tier H,: Sanford Taxes and Interest ( 1932/33 9.29
ADJUSTMENT AUTHORIZED: Adjusted to $1.12
Lot 6 and N. 19 ft of Lot 7
Blk 5 Tr. 4 k Less W. 76 ft of
6 and W. 76 ft of N 19 ft
of 7) Taxes & Interest ( 1930/33 231.56
ADJUSTMENT AUTHORIZED: Adjusted to $16.12
W. 76 ft of Lot 6 and W. 76 ft.
of N 19 ft of Lot 7 Blk 5 Tr. 4 Taxes and Interest ( 1930/33) 343.14
ADJUSTMENT AUTHORIZED: Adjusted to $23.62
W 112 of Lots 6 and 7 Block 7 Tr. 6 Taxes and Interest ( 1929/33) 350.49
ADJUSTMENT AUTHORIZED: Adjusted to $23.91
Street Paving Special Assessment
and Interest. 413.12
ADJUSTMENT AUTHORIZED: Adjusted to $24.02
Lot 4 Block 10 Tier E, Sanford Taxes and Interest ( 1931 & 1933) 75.11
ADJUSTMENT AUTHORIZED: Adjusted to $5.75
Lot 5 Block 10 Tier E, Sanford Taxes and Interest ( 1931 & 1933) 102.59
ADJUSTMENT AUTHORIZED: Adjusted to $7.45
Lot 2 Block 10 Tier B, Sanford Taxes and Interest ( 1931 & 1933) 95.41
ADJUSTMENT AUTHORIZED: Adjusted to $7.16
Lot 1 Block 10 Tier B. Sanford Taxes and Interest ( 1931 & 1933) 122.55
ADJUSTMENT AUTHORIZED: Adjusted to $5.53
Lot 10 Block B. Spurling Addn. Taxes and Interest ( 1925/33) 332.19
ADJUSTMENT AUTHORIZED: Taxes and interest
for 1933 and prior canceled provided all
subsequent taxes and interest paid in full.
Street paving Special Assessment
and Interest. 300.62
Attest:
City Clerk.
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ADJUSTMENT AUTHORIZED: Adjusted to $15.99
The meeting then adjourned.
Mayor.
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