070743-Regular Sessionday of
party
of Sanford,
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On motion duly carried, the Commission next authorized the emD~oyment of C.Do
TestOn in the Police Department at a sa!stY of $120.00 Der month.
The Clerk next reported that the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of
the State of Florida acquired title under the MurDhy Act to City owned property describe
as Lot lOg Bose Court, and that Mr. R.A.Newman has made aDPlicati°n to purchase this
property from %he State, which will be sold to the hi,heat bidder on July 12,1943'
This pro~erty having been Ourchased by the City for street right-of-way purposes and
since dedicated as a Dublic Dark'
Thereupon after careful consideration, it was the opinion of the Commission
that the City will have no further use fQr this property for Dark purposeS,
and no action was taken with readeot to orotectlng the City'S interest in same.
On motion duly carried, the CommiSsion next authorized a contribution
to the Seminole County Chamber of CommerCe in amount of $140.37 to held defray
the expenses of entertaining the representatives of the Florida Seedmen's Association
who will hold their annual meeting in Sanford on July 21-M2,1943' _ on each
In connection with acquiring the additional five feet of right-of waystate
side of Park Avenue from the railroad south to Twenty-first Street for the
Road Department to widen Park Avenue from 24 feet in width to 44 feet, Commissioner
Gut next moved that the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to execute the following
agreement with Geo.A.DeCottes with respect to him conveying to the State Road
Department the necessary right-of-way in front of his home.
Seconded by Commissioner Lodge and carried.
THIS AGREEMENT, Made and entered into in duplicate as and of the _ --
____1943' between CITY OF 5ANFORD, FLORIDA, a municipal corporation, aa
GEORGE A. DEGOTTES, her husband,
of the first part and MYRTIE A. DECOTTES and
as DaffY of the second ne ri, WITNESSETH,
Seminole CountY, Florida,
THAT: have given and granted unto the
WHEREAS, the parties of the second Oart
State Road Department of the State of Florida a strip of land described as the
Easterly five feet of Lots 127, 12S, 129, 130 and 131 of Sanford Heights Addition to
Sanford, according to plat thereof of record in Plat Book 2, pages 62 and 63 of the
public records of Seminole County, Florida, to be used for the widening of Park
Avenue from its intersection with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad right-of-way
near Fifteenth Street in said City south to the interseCtion of said Perk Avenue
with Twenty-first Btreet in said City from its ~resent width of fifty feet to a
width of sixty feet; and
WHEREAS, the parties of the ~eco~d Dart gave end granted the aforesaid
property to the State Road Department of the State of Florida for the purpose
aforesaid upon condition that the ~rty of the first Dart would do and perform
the things and make and oerfCfm the covenants here,.Dafter set forth:
NOW, THEP~FORE, the said party of the first Dart in consideration of the
premises and the sum of One Dollar to it in hand Deld by the parties of the second
part, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, has agreed and does hereby agree
to and with the parties of the second part as follows:
1. That all landscaping and shrubbery, oalmetto and palm trees now growing
or standing in the parkway east of the side-walk and west of the curb line of Park
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Avenue abutting the above described property, and all landscaping and shrubbery, pal-
metto and nalm tr~es now growing or standing on the aforesaid five-foot strip of
land, sh~ll be re-nlanted on the terreced ground to
of land aforesaid, and ~e-olaced from time to time,
trees or shrubbery die by reason of trsnsnlanting.
the west of said five-foot strip
if necessary, should any of the
2. The party of the first part shell reconstruct or have reconstructed without
expense to the parties of the second part, in the same manner as now is, the west end
of the side-walk and the steps leading thereto from the residence of the parties of
the second part to the street line.
3. The party of the first Dart eha~l reconstruct or have reconstructed,
without expense to the oarties of the second part, the side-walk now abutting the
aforesaid five-foot strip of land. It is understood that the State Road Department of
the State of Florida will do the work required by this and the next preceding
paragraph hereof, but it shall be the obligation of the party of the first part to see
that the same is done by the State Road Department of Florida, or do it itself.
4. The party of the first part shall re-install the present snrinkling system
in the parkway area further to the west on the terrace of the aforesaid lots 129. and
130, as may be indicated by the aforesaid Myrtie A.DeCottes.
5. The party of the first part shall do necessary grading re-terracing and
transplanting of lawn where disturbed by the widening of ssid Park Avenue, guaranttng
a new stand equally as good as the present stand of lawn.
IN WITNEBS WHEREOF, the party of the first part has caused this agreement
to be executed in its name by its Mayer and attested ~nd its corporate seal hereunto
affixed by its City Clerk and the parties of the second part have hereunto set their
hands and seals all as and of the day and year first above written.
Signed, sealed and delivered
in the presence of:
As to City of Sanford,
Florida.
As to Myrtle A.DeCottes.
CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA
BY
Its Mayc~
Attest:
City Clerk.
(SEAL)
As to George A.DeCottes.
Commissioner Hill next moved that the City go on record of agreeing to remove
for the oroperty owners any shrubbery located on the right-of-way conveyed to the
State Road Department for widening Park Avenue and transolant it on theoroperty
retained by said onwers, also, to construct sidewalks in front of such orooerties
if the State Road Department fails to do so.
Seconded by Commissioner Bishop and carried.