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021449-Regular SessionMINUTES City Commission, Sanford, Florida,_.F. el~__l!, .&t.---7.:.~fl..l~_M ............... 19 .69. The City the City Hall in the City of Sanford, Florida, at ?:30 o'clock P M February 14, Present: Commissioner Andrew Carraway, Mayor. Commission of the City of Ssnford, Florida met in regular session at 1949. Minutes January 27 and Current " Randall Chase " F.A.Dyson " John Krlder Sr " W.H. Stemper. City Attorney A.Edwin Shlnholser City Manager Clifford McKibbin, Jr. vouchered as evidenced by voucher nos. 2545 thru 2671 payment authorized. Monthly reports of streets, sanitation, health, water, police, library departments for month of January 1949 submitted and examined. City Clerk H.N.Sayer Deputy City ClerK, Gordon L..Bradley Chief of Police R.G. Williams Meeting called to order by the Chairman. of the regular meeting of January 24 and of the special meetings of February l, 19h9 next read and approved. invoices and payrolls for the month of Janaury 1949 properly audited and submitted, examined, approved and fire, airport and Financial statement and statement of revenues and expenditures during month of January 1949 submitted and examined. Bank statements in all accounts for month of January 1949 properly reconciled, submitted and examined. Mrs L E Spencer representing the Seminole High School Parent Teachers Association next appeared before the Board and requested a donation towards t~e entertai~aent of students participating in the Fourth District High School Band Festival on February 25, 1949. Matter taken under advisement. Attorney G.W.Spencer, representing the ~argaret Ann Stores, next appeared before the Board and requested that East Street,between Cross Street and Cypress Avenue be closed, due to the fact that the Margaret Ann Stores contemplates building a Super Market on Block 11 of Chapman & Tucker's Addition and that due to the size of the building, they will need that portion of East Street. Mr. Spencer also stated that the Margaret Ann Stores own Block l0 which they will use for a parking lot, and that they will pay the cost of relocating the sewer under East Street, providing the cost does not exceed $930.00, which is the cost estimate prepared by the City Manager. Thereupon Commissioner Dyson moved that the City Attorney be instructed to pre- pare an ordinance to close East Street between Cross Street and Cypress Avenue, pro- viding the Margaret Ann Stores will relocate the sewer at a cost not to exceed $930.00. Attorney Spencer next suOmitted a sub-lease from Fellowship Foundation to Sanford University covering a portion of the property at the airport. Matter taken under advisement. Attorney L.F.Boyle and S.A.Allen next appeared before the Board and requested the Commission to adohr an ordin~ne~ nrnhihltgn~ t.xt-a.h~ {~nm nlakln~ ,,n n.e~n~we ~t+ht. MINUTES Ci[y Commissio~ ...F.~h.. _.I~.......&_~_...~_I.~.Q.--.P---~ ............. 19......~9 ~ford, Flofi~ ............ ~ Attorney Boyle also requested the Commission to take some joint action with the County Commission to re-surface Southwest Road, due to the fact that the bad condition of the road makes it impossible for Mr. Allen to furnish bus service along said road. Thereupon Commissioner Krlder moved that the Mayor appoint two Commissioners to work out the details with the County Commission to resurface Southwest Road. Seconded by Commissioner Dyson and carried. Thereupon Mayor Carraway appointed Commlssoners Chase and Dyson to work out the details with the County Commission %o resurface Southwest Road. A delegation from the Campbell Lossing Post of the American Legion, headed by Commander James Wright next appeared before the Board relative to the property on the lake front which the Legion has under a 99 year lease from the City, and suggested that the City sell the propert~v and give the proceeds to the Legion for the erection of a new building. Matter taken under advisement pending a negotiation for a sale of the property. Yr. C A Maddy Supt. of the Fellowship Foundation, next appeared before the Board and requested that the farm and grazing land at the airport which he has under a 25 yea' lease from the City be put under a 99 year lease along with his other property. Matter taken under advisement. Mr. Edward Hlggins, Manager of the Seminole County Chamber of Commerce next appeared before the Board and submitted a letter from ~enator Claude Pepper relative to the City's request for a loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for the construction of dock and terminal facilities. Due to the fact that the R.F.C.does not seem to be in accord with the City's request, Nr Higgins suggested that the City send a representative to Washington to confer with the officials of the R.F.C. in an effort to secure the loan. Matter taken under advisement. Kr. Hlgglns also urged that the proposed route of State Road No. ~6, parallel the east end of the bulkhead as far as possible, so as to eliminate the cutting up of valuable lake front property. Matter taken under advisement. Mr. Hlggins also ~tated that the Chamber of Commerce had adopted a Resolution recommending that the proposed swimming pool be constructed in Fort Mellon Park. Mr. Floyd Palmer, a representative of the Prudential Life Insurance Company of America next appeared before the Board and requested that the Commiesion give a further study to the Group Life Insurance on City Employees, and suggested that the amount of the policy on each individual be Matter taken under advisement · Mr. William }{oag of llO W. 15th St., increased from $500.00 to $1,000.O0. next appeared before the Board with Fred Ball, owner of the adjacent property to the west of h~, and requested that the alley between their properties be vacated, due to the fact that it is a dead end alley, and is landscaped with shrubbery and trees, Mr. Hoag also stated that if the City would vacate the alley he would give the City an easement for the storm sewer which rune under his property and for which the City does not have an easement at the present ttme. ........ · ~-~ ~=~.~tnn. Commissioner Chase'$ motion that the MINUTES City Commission, Sanford, Florida,..F.¢~rua~ 14 at Z:30 1949 Consideration was next given to %he license fee to Oe paid by new and/or used car dealers, and of ordinance No. 443 w~ich had been previously place on its first reading. Thereupon Commissioner Stemper moved that Ordinance No. ~3 be tabled. Seconded by Co~missloner Chase and c~rried. Commissioner Krlder then moved that new and/or used car dealers pay an annual license fee of ~50.00. Seconded by Commissioner Chase and Carried. Co~r~issioner Stemper then moved that the City Attorney be instructed to prepare an ordinance designating the license fee to be paid by new and/or used car dealers at $50.00 per Year with the provision that used c~r dealers Comply with the Stets Law requirements before they are issued such a license. Seconded by Commissioner Krlder and carried. Communication next received from the Civil Service Board advising that Fireman B.H.Giles is not qualified under the City Charter, due to the fact that he does not live within the ~ ty, and requesting that the Commission notify the Fire Chief to re- quire said employee to immediately move into the City, or to decalre a Vacancy in the position. Thereupon after considerable discussion with F~eman Giles and N.O. Garner, Assistant Secretary and Examiner of the Civil Service Board, and due to the fact that Giles has four children of school age, and of the hardship and inconvenience that would be caused by having to transfer the children from one school to another. Commissioner Chase moved that Fireman Giles be gr~nted 90 days in which to make the necessary arrangements to move his family in to town. Seconded by Commissioner Dyson and carried. Mr. ~nite a representative of the firm of Donovan Dean & Associates of Orlando next appeared before the Board to give further consideration to the contract for pre- paring plans and specifications for the proposed swimming pool. Thereupon after considerable discussion Commissioner Stemper moved that the Naximum cost be of section 4 be increased from ~40,000.©0 to $41,500.00 , and that the third paragraph corrected. Seconded by Commissioner Chase and carried. Said corrected paragraph being in words and figures as follows: "Working plans and specifications prepared by Architect shall be subject to ap- proval by owner and its engineers, and shall not De deemed acceptable until so approved. In the event the Contractor's bid exceeds $41,500.00, or the working plans and speci- fications are not approved by Owner and its engineers and, in either event, the pool is not constructed the archltect, s retaining fee of 1% shall constitute his payment in full for s~rvices hereunder. If any work designed or speclfled by architect is abandoned or suspended for reasons other than a cost in excess of ~41,500.00, or that the plans and specifications do not meet the approval of o~er and its engineers, the architect is to be paid for the service rendered on account of it." On motion of Commlssioner Chase, seconded by Commissioner Erider and carried, the Mayor and Clerk were next authorized to execute the quit-claim deed covering Lots ?,8,9 and l0 of Block 4 of Tier 1. S~nfn~a MINUTES City .Commission, Sanford, Florida, ._P._.e..b_:_.14_.a.~_7...!.}...0._~_M. ............. 19....1~ Estate. On motion of Commissioner Krider, seconded by Commissioner Stemper and carried, the Commission next donated $225.00 to the Sanford Lions Club, which was the amount of the license tax paid for the Millers 101 Ranch Rodeo. Offer next received from Ers. Paul Marrs to deed a piece of property at Monroe corner to the State as a site for the proposed Florida Medical College, and same was referred to the Seminole tO County Chamber of Commerce to be included in its presentatiom the State Board of Education. Request next received from Eula McClelland for a lease covering the concesslom building at the Municipal Zoo. Thereupon Commissioner Stemper moved that the City give Eula McClelland a one- year lease on the concession building at the Municipal Zoo at a rental of $50.00 per month. Seconded by Commissioner Chase and carried. On motion of Commissioner Dyeon, seconded by Commissioner Stemper and carried, the Commission next approved the sale of one LeRoi air compressor at the airport to S.R. Wilson for $450.00. On motion of Commissioner Dy son, seconded by Commissioner Krider and carried, the Commis~ion next authorized the payment of interest in amount of $198.00 to the Federal Works Agency , on Lease Agreement with Option to Purchase, on waterworks facilities con- etructed by Federal Works Agency under Project No. 8-252-F. On motion of Commissioner Stemper, seconded by Commissioner Chase and carried. the Commission next authorized the Tax Assessor to cancel the 194S taxes on the property owned by Celery Camp No. 625 W.O.W., due to the f act that the income from their bulldirE is used for fraternal and benevolent purposes. On motion of Commissioner Krider, seconded by Commissioner Stemper and carried, the Commission next authorized the payment of $100.O0 to Robert Angas for engineering services in connection with the plans of the proposed swimming pool. Consideration next given to the matter of PUBLISHING or POSTING the 1948 delinquent Real Estate Tax List. Thereupon on motion of Commissioner Krtder, seconded by Commissioner Dyson and carried the 1948 delinquent real estate tax list was ordered POSTED in accordance with the terms of the Charter, as amended. On motion of Commissioner Stemper, seconded by Commissioner Dyson and carted, the Commission next authorized the Florida State Bank to place an additional $50,000.00 of Treas. Bonds of 1952-54 ,2% due Dec. 15, 1954 with the Trust Company of Georgia, as additional collateral for the Sinking Fund money which was transferred to the Board of Bond Trustees. On motion of Commissioner Krlder, seconded by Commissioner Dyson and carried, the Commission next appointed Harry Lee as a member of ~ne Civil Service Board for a two year term, ending July 22, 1950. Commissioner Krlder next introduced Ordinance No. US, entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA, AMENDING ORDINANCE N0.362 OF SAID CITY AND PASSED AND ADOPTED ON THE 26th day of DECEMBER 1944, SAID ORDINANCE BEING AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A ZONING PLAN WITHIN THE CITY OF SANFORD, SAID AMENDMENT TRANSFERRING CERTAIN TERRITORY IN DISTRICT R-2, CERTAIN TERRITORY IN DISTRICT R-l, AND CERTAIN TERRITORY IN DISTRICT R-lA to DISTRICTC-1 in SAID CITY. AND SAME WAS PLACED ON ITS FIRST READING AND READ IN FULL BY THE CLERK. On motion of ~mmt~=~ ~ ...... MINUTES City Commission, Sanford, Florida,. F~.--.l-4--. taxes during month of December. There being no further business p.I~.February 17, 1949. the meeting then sdjourned until 7:30 o'clock }lay o r.