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an appropriate type plan of parking and cost information for same for presentation to the
Commission. Seconded by Commissioner Higginbotham and carried over the dissenting vote of
Commissioner Crapps.
Consideration was next given to a request of Realtor, John Williams, relative to
the sale and purchase of CitY-owned property legally described as Out Lot No. l, lying in the
Loch Arbor Subdivision and located on the southeast corner of Lake Boulevard and Ridge Road,
entrance to the Mayfair Country Club Golf Course; and on motion of Commissioner Higginbotham,
seconded by Commissioner Wilson and carried, same was denied on the basis that said property
is contained within the City of Sanford's Lease Agreement of the golf course.
After consideration of request of Mary W. Smith for time extension from the current
date ~o July 28, 1969, on the following condemned property in Group 15:
Condemnation Report No. 68-255 - lO11 Railroad Avenue
Condemnation Report No. 68-256 - lO15 Railroad Avenue
Condemnation Report No. 68-257 - 810 West llth Street
Condemnation RePort No. 68-808 ~ 808 West llth Street
Commigsioh~r?GraDps~moved:iilto' gr~nt!:a second ~inety-day time extension to July 28, 1969,
seconded by Commissioner Higginbotham and carried.
After consideration and on motion of Commissioner Higginbotham, seconded by Commis-
sioner Crapps and carried, authorization was given to purchase from Community Facility Buildin
Account No. 8185, three U.S. Savings Bonds, for a total of $56.25, as awards for the student
contest held and the selection by the Commission of Westside Recreation Center as the name for
the newly constructed recreation center and facilities building located on Persimmon Avenue
and McCracken Road, with the recipients of said bonds, as follows:
Britt Lee Henderson, 100 Bay Avenue
Bernadette Elaine Baker, ll8 Academy Avenue
Stan Debose, lO11 West Fifth Street
After consideration and on approval of the City Manager, Commissioner Crapps moved
to authorize the payment of the final architectural fee of $923.8~, in addition to a blue-
)tinting cost of $118.8~, from Account No. 8185, Community Facilities Building, to Architect
rohn A. Burton, IV, for services rendered regarding the Goldsboro Recreation-Neighborhood-
Facilities Building, as evidenced by staDement dated April 24, 1969, and as authoriZed under
Contract dated July 8, 1968. Seconded by Commissioner Higginbotham and carried.
After consideration and on recommendation of the Zoning and Planning Commission,
Commissioner Crapps moved to authorize the Building Official to attend a Planning and Zoning
Conference in Tampa, Florida, from April 30, to May 3, 1969, and that $50.00 be transferred
from ContingencT Account No. 8150 to Engineering Account No. 5007, T=avel Expense, to cover
the expense of same. Seoonded by Commissioner Wilson and carried.
After consideration and on the recommendation of the City Manager, Commissioner
Higginbotham moved to approve a salary reclassification of a City Fire Department employee,
as follows:
Carl C. Smith, Warrant Officer
From:
To:
Class C, $108.56/week
Class D, $110.40/week
3econded by Commissioner Crapps and carried.
Presented next for consideration was a City real estate tax assessment list rela~ing
~o City-owned property, more particularly the land kBown as the Sanford Riverfront Project and
leased to Monroe Harbour, Inc., a marina operation, and Monroe Motels, Inc., a Holiday Inn
motel and restaurant operation. It was noted that 1968 City taxes pertaining to Monroe Harbour
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A discussion on the matter was next held with the City Attorney and the Commission
being apprised that a modified agreement is presently being worked out relating in particula~
to the marina lease whereby all properties would be deleted with the exception of Lot 8,
being the site 'of the dry storage building and/or marina; but that under the terms of the
present lease, Harold L. Slama, President of Monroe Harbour, Inc., pays the City a legal ad
valorem taxation on the improvements of the property legally described as Blocks #, 5, 7,
and 8. Also noted was that Lot 3, vacant and under option to Monroe Motels, Inc., was
assessed.
After discussion, Commissioner Crapps moved to delete the assessment of $1,396.16 '
from the 1968 City Tax Roll on that property described as Lot 3, Sanford Riverfront Project,
assesSed to lessee Monroe Motels, Inc. Seconded by Commissioner Wilson and carried.
The Commission next instructed the City Manager to notify the lessee of said de-
linquency under the terms of the lease and pursue the collection of the 1968 City taxes
levied on Fionroe Harbour,. Inc., Harold L. Slama, President, for that property legally de-
scribed as Lots 4, 5, 6, and 8. Sanford Riverfront Project, in the total amount of $6,246.59.
After consideration and on motion of Commissioner Roberts, seconded by Commissioner
Wilson and carried, the resignation of City employee Howard L. Whelchel, Finance Director-
City Clerk, was accepted with regrets, and the City Fianager authorized to advertise and
acquire applications to fill the position.
After consideration, Commissioner Higginbotham moved to accept with regrets the
resignation of John Y. Fiercer from the Zoning and Planning Commission, and to appOint Alex J.
Serraes to fill the vacancy and serve on said Board. Seconded by Commissioner Crapps and
carried.
On motion of Commissioner Crapps, seconded by Commissioner Roberts and carried,
Frank Ashdown and E. C. Harper, Sr., were ~eappointed to the Board of Adjustment and Appeals
for a four-year tenure, effective May 9, 1969.
On recommendation from the Sanford Scenic Improvement Board, Co~missioner Wilson
moved to appoint Ruth G. Swinney to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Dr. John
W. Wilson, with t.~nure to coincide as set forth in Sec. 2, Ordinance No. 926. Seconded by
Commissioner Crapps and carried.
On motion of Commissioner Higginbotham, seconded by Commissioner Roberts and
carried, John M. Fitzpatrick and Howard Fionteith were reappointed for a four-year term to
the board of the Sanford Housing Authority, effective May 20, 1969.
Due to the fact that all federal applications must be submitted to the U.S. Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development prior to April 50, 1969, Commissioner Roberts moved to
recommend that the Executive Director of the Sanford Housing Authority, Gordon L. Bradley,
apply for 200 additional federal housing units; 100 for low income and 100 for the elderly;
with said 200 units being in addition to the present 200 units now under'federal application
and referred to as Projects 16-5 and 16-6. Seconded by Commissioner Higginbotham and carried.
After discussion, Commissioner Higginbotham moved to authorize the Fiayor and City
Clerk to execute the deed and option documents, as previously authorized for the sale of
Lot 5 and a one year option on Lot & of the City-owned property within the Lake Monroe In-
dustrial Park Plat to A. K. Shoemaker, Jr., seconded by Commissioner Roberts and carried.
After consideration and on motion of Commissioner Roberts, seconded by Commissioner
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5igginbotham and carried, approval was given to transfer the amount of $400.00 from Contin-
gency Account No. 8150 to Fire Department AcCount No. 2303, Automotive Expense.
On the recommendation of the City Manager, it was moved by Commissioner Roberts,
seconded by Commissioner Crapps and carried, to authorize the transfer from Contingency Accoun~
No. 8150, the amount of $2,800.00, to Engineering, creating a new account of No. 5082, Pro-
fessional Services to ~over the professional services of the new part-time Planning Consultant
Gerald Dake, to the end of the fiscal year, September 30, 1969.
On motion of Commissioner Higginbotham, seconded by Commissioner Wilson and carried,
approval was given to transfer funds within the Sanford Airport budget in the amount of
$600.00 from Account No. 8653, Radio Equipment, to Account No. 8627, Airport Markings.
On recommendation of the City Manager, Commissioner Higginbotham moved to authorize
the transfer of $100.00 from Contingency Account No. 8150 to Zoo Account No. 4362, Rodent
Control, for exterminating and rodent control of rats at the Municipal Zoo on a yearly treat-
ment basis at a cost of $20.00 per mon~h. Seconded by Commissioner Roberts and carried.
On motion of Commissioner Crapps and seconded by Commissioner Roberts, Ordinance
No. 967, entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD,
FLORIDA, ANNEXING TO AND INCLUDI~G WITHIN
THE CORPORATE AREA OF THE CITY OF SANFORD,
FLORIDA, THE AREA DESCRIBED HEREINAFTER, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER
57-1815, LAWS OF FLORIDA, ACTS OF 1957.
was introduced and same was placed on its first reading and read in full.
Commissioner Crapps then moved on the waiver of the requirement of the second
reading of Ordinance No. 967, and that same be placed on its final passage and adoption.
Motion seconded by Commissioner Roberts.
Thereupon, the question recurred on the waiver of the second reading, the roll was
called and the vote stands as follows:
Commissioner Crapps Yea
" Higginbotham "
" Moore "
" Roberts "
" Wilson "
Said Ordinance No. 967 was then placed on its final passage and adoption, the roll
was called and the vote stands as follows:
Commissioner Crapps Yea
" Higginbotham "
'~ Moore "
" Roberts "
" Wilson "
Thereupon, the Chairman announced that the City Commission of the City of Sanford,
Florida, by unanimous vote had passed and adopted said Ordinance No. 967, entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAI~FORD,
FLORIDA, A~NEXING TO AND INCLUDING WITHIN
THE CORPORATE AREA OF THE CITY OF SANFORD,
FLORIDA, THE AREA DESCRIBED HEREINAFTER, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER
57-1815, LAWS OF FLORIDA, ACTS OF 1957.
In anticipation of presenting at the next State Legislative session a proposed
Charter revision, consideration was next given to a list of names, as recommended by the City
Manager, to serve as a Charter Revision Committee: Richard A. Barnett, Mrs. Shirley Secord,
Clifford W. McEibbin, Jr., Arthur H. Beckwith, Jr., Thomas S. McDonald, and J. H. Van Hoy.
On motion of Commissioner Wilson, seconded by Commissioner Roberts and carried, same was
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tabled to be taken under further advisement.
Consideration was next given to a claim of Zeke Dixon, 1910 West 13th Street,
Sanford, Florida, in the amount of $227.21, relative to automobile damages occurring from an
apparent raised or obscured manhole on a dirt street, during a heavy rain, at the location
of Mulberry Avenue, north of West Eighth Street, on the date of March 20, 1969; and on motion
of Commissioner Higginbotham, seconded by Commissioner Roberts and carried, said claim was
denied.
After discussion, Commissioner Higginbotham moved to authorize the removal by City
crews of four Austrailian pine trees located on the parkway on the east side of Palmetto
Avenue, just north of the U.S. Post Office Building on the lakefront, as requested by Post-
master Heard. Seconded by Commissioner Wilson and carried over the dissenting vote of Commis-
sioner Roberts.
On motion of Commissioner Roberts, seconded by Commissioner Wilson and carried,
minutes of March 24, 1969, were approved with minor changes.
After discussion of an indication from Ranger Enterprises, Tampa, Florida, regardin~
same, Commissioner Roberts moved that the Mayor be appointed a committee of one to contact th~
local civic organizations as to their participation and/or assistance of a joint effort re-
lating to the holding of the 1970 National Parachute Championship event at the Sanford Airport
on June 25 to July 7, 1970. Seconded by Commissioner Higginbotham and carried.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned.
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..... City Clerk'
MAYOR
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