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REGULAR tTFETING OF THE DANIA CI`['Y COMMISSION HELD IPI THE
DANIA CITY COMMISSION ROOM, DANIA, FLORIDA ON SEPTEMBER
BTH, 1970
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r 1. THE INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY FATHER SHF.EHAN.OF THE RESSURRECTION
CATHOLIC CHURCH OF DANIA.
2. PLFDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS GIVEN .
3. ROLI, CALL PRESENT
MAYOR—COMMISSIONER ROBERT E. HOUSTON
COMMISSIONERS WILLIAM E. JACKSON
ROBERT KELLY
BOISY WAITERS
CITY MANAGER WOODWARD HAMPTON
CITY ATTORNEY CLARKE WALDEN
POLICE CHIEF EDWARD BARTER d
BLDG INSPECTOR ' HUBERT WALKER
s CITY CLERK E. R. CLAY
COMMISSIONER WAITERS CAME IN LATE.
COMMISSIONER THORNTON WAS ABSENT.
4 . APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF AUGUST 13TH. AUGUST 17TH, AUGUST 24TH,
AND AUGUST 31, 1970. COMMISSIONER JACKSON MADE A MOTION THE
D'INUTES BE APPROVED THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER KELLY.
' ROLL CALL WAS THREE TO ZERO.
5 . APPROVAL FOR CITY CLERK TO PURCHASE U. S. TREASURY NOTE FOR
A,5000 FOR SELF INSURANCE ON DANIA FISHING PIER. THE CITY CLERK
EXPLAINED TPM, NOTES COULD ONLY BE PURCHASED IN $10000 AMOUNTS
AND THAT MR KAVANAUGH AT THE DANIA BANK WAS HOLDING t5000
WAITING APPROVAL OF THE FIVE THOUSAND TO PURCHASE THE NOTE.
CO^AIIISSIONER JACKSON MADE A MOTION THIS BE APPROVED, THIS WAS
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER KELLY. ROLL CALL WAS THREE TO ZERO.
C . MR MAPRONE SPOKE TO THE COMMISSIONERS IN BEHALF OF THE CATHOLIC
RESURRECTION CHURCH REGARDING HOOKING UP THE NEW RECREATION
3UIT•DING TO THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM. AFTER DISCUSSION ON THE
SEWER AND SIDEWALKS IT WAS DECIDED TO HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING
AT 5 P. M. ON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER LOTH, 1970.
7. APPROVAL OF BILL FROM MUNICIPAL CODE CORPORATION IN THE AMOUNT
OF $b1500. AFTER DISCUSSION IT WAS DECIDED TO TABLE THIS BILL.
8. RENEMPAL OF THE FOLLOWING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSES:
' 1 COP DANIA BEACH GRILLE DANIA, BEACH
1 COP TARK'S CLAM STAND 1317 S. FEDERAL HWY
2 APS SOUTHERN PALM FARMS 1600 N. FEDERAL HWY
2 APS T & T GROCERY 6 S. FEDERAL HWY
2 APS 7 — 11 STORE # 71 348 S. W. 13TH STREET
2 COP CLARICE TAVERN 5 N . W. 5TH AVENUE
2 COP SUNSET INN 50 N. W. 5TH AVENUE
2 COP LA CREPE DE BRFTAONE 1454 N FEDERAL HWY
2 COP SEA CC"E 4 2 329 S. W. 13TH STREET
2 COP DUNN'S PLACE 1466 W. DIXIE HWY
2 COP SUGAR HILL RESTAURANT 412 PHIPPEN ROAD
2 COP L & R CHICKEN SKILLET 520 STERLING ROAD
4 COP SPECIAL DANIA BEACH HOTEL 180 E. BEACH BLVD
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8. LICENSES CONT 'D
4 COP SHELL'S CITY WEINKLES 716 S. FEDERAL HWY
4 COP COZY COVE NESTAURANT 318 N . FEDERAL HWY
4 COP THE SCENE INC 2227 N . FEDERAL HWY
4 COP OPEN DOOR BAR ADDRESS UNKNOWN
4 COP WAYSIDE INN 60 N, E. 1ST AVENUE
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4 COP LE CORDON BLUE N FEDERAL HWY
4 COP HOWARD'S BAR 350 W. DIXIE Hl'lY
' 4 COP CAPRI LOUNGE E. BEACH BLVD
11 C MARSHALL LABREE POST 304 41 N . E. 1ST COURT
C014YIIUS1'ONER JACKSON MADE A MOTION THAT THE LICENSE FOR THE
Y SUNSET INN BE TABLED AS THE BUILDING WAS TCEN DOWN, BUT TO
APPROVE THE OTHERS IF THEY WERE APPROVED BY THE BUILDING
INSPECTOR AND THE FIRE CHIEF, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
KELLY. ROLL CALL WAS TAKEN AND THE VOTE WAS THREE TO ZERO.
t 0. SRT DATE FOR ADVERTISING, BIDS ON THE DANIA FISHING PIER. THE
t C:I'I'Y ATTORNEY THEN STATED HE THOUGHT THE CITY SHOULD HAVE AN
UNDERSTANDING WITH MR RHODES THAT HE WOULD BE GIVEN A REASON—
ABLE AtIOUNT OF TIME TO MOVE HIS ECUIPMENT IN CASE THE; BIDDER
DID NOT 111911'i' TO BY IT. HE SUGGESTED AN AGREEMENT BE DRAWN
BFTWEEN THE CITY AND MR RHODES ON THIS. THE MAYOR THEN ASKED
IF THEY HAD TO WAIT TILL OCTOBER TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS AND THE
CITY ATTORNEY S!{ID NO THEY COULD ADVERTISE IMMEDIATELY. THE
eia ® CITY ATTORNEY STATED THEY COULD ADVERTISE AND HAVE THE OPENING
f OF BIDS ON OCTOBER 19TH, 1970 . THIS WAY THE NEW. LEASE COULD BE
i' DHn'VN UP TO START OIl NOVEMBER 1ST, 1970. THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID
HE IR)ULD DRAW UP A TENATIVE LEASE AND GIVE THEM ALL COPIES.
VO MOTION WAS NECESSARY ON THIS.
10. THERE WAS THEN A RECESS CALLED AS COMMISSIONER KELLY HAD TO
GO TO HIS STORE AS THE BURGLAR ALARM KEPT GOING OFF. DURING
THIS RECESS THE MAYOR DISCUSSED ETHEL'S CAFE AND THE SLIDE AT
THE BEACH . COMI"ISSIONER JACKSON THEN ASKED THE CITY MANAGER
IF THE TELEPHONE CO HAD REPAIRED THE BREAK IN THE WATER LINE
IN THE .ALLEY. THE MAYOR ASKED IF THE LEAK HAD BEEN STOPPED THE
:• CI'T'Y MANAGER SAID YES BUT THAT THE REPAIRS WERE JUST ROCKED IN
hn)D HAD TO BE COMPLETED.
THE MAYOR '['HST. ASKED FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE AND A
^FNTLE^:AN PP 0 0':VN THE PLACE CALLED THE END SAID THAT LAST WEEK
P� G'IAS PICKED UP AT HIS PLACE OF BUSINESS AND ARREST BY SOMEONE'
(COULD YOT UT IDE'RST9ND THE NAME) FOP NOT HAVING AN ID CARD, HE
• xSKED THE CITY ATTORNEY IF HE HAD ONE, CLARKE WALDEN SAID HE DID
NOT HAVE TO ANSWER THIS BUT IF THE MAN WANTED TO COME TO HIS
OFFICE HE WOULD SHOW HIM THE ORDINANCE COVERING THIS. HE WAS
THEN DISMISSED BY THE =YOR. AT THIS TIME COMMISSIONER KELLY
T?ETTTRNED TO °'Fw MEETING.
il. 2ND RE:ADTNG ETHEL'S CAFE
THE h_^.YOR SAID THE BUILDINGINSPECTOR HAD APPROVED THIS
'KITH A COUPLE ITEMS TO 3E DONE, COMMISSIONER KELLY THEN
ASK ABOUT THE PtRKING IN THE FRONT AS IT WAS DIFFERENT
AS IT WAS ON A SLOPE. HE STATED THAT THE PEOPLE COMING
O^,T OF' THE ALLEY FROM THE REAR COULD NOT SEE DUE TO THE
® CARS. COMMISSIONER JACKSON MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE
LICENSE ON SECOND RF�4DTNG SUBJECT TO BUILDING INSPECTORS
APPPOVAL, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER KELLY. ROLL
CALL WAS f,.ir:?: TO ZERO.
1�.. AD'✓FR'!'TSTT'G APD SETTING DATE FOR OPENING OF BIDS ON CLEANING
A AT D RE'PA.TRING 39VF—P LTITES. THE MAYOR STATED THAT THE GENTLEMAN
F'HOM PFNEN'RYN WAS THERE AND THAT LAST WEEK THEY HAD ASKED HIM
UP SPECIFICATION SO THEY COULD GO OVER THEM TONIGHT .
THE, IF.NTT,EMAN THEN EXPLAINED WHAT HE HAD COVERED IN THE CONTRACT.
RR STATwT) HE iiC*!LD HAVE FOUR CONTRACT SO EACH COMPANY COULD GET
O^'L' TO BID CN. IT WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT THIS WAS MAINLY OF STl4TION
® F AND STATION H, THAT THE BIDDING PIOTJLD BE SO MUCH A FOOT. HE
'opv— 8" ImmILD BE SO MUCH A FhOT, THE IOv SO MUCH AND THE 1216
S() ^TTCI' PFR FOOT. RE SAID ON TV 'FORK THE PRICE SHOULD BE THE
P.S THE SIZE OF PIPE; WOULD MAKE NO DIFFERENCE. HE ALSO SAID
r,I'i'Y 'VO'IT.D HAVE ITS O'WN CNSPECTOR AND IF THE WORK WAS NOT
D--, E PRCPET'LY HE COULD STOP THE WORK AT ANY TIME. THE MAYOR
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THEN SATD THE SPS;CS SHOTILD 9E1 '"URNED O'IER TO `.'; !; CITY MANAGER
rjD'D HE CC`T!TD CHECK J:ITH 'PHE] RT�GTNFER AND ALSO THE ATTORNEY
TO SEF. IF THEY ARE IN LINE A14D SEE THAT THE SPECS ARE OPEN SO
09'9F., FTRMS CAN BID. THE TIME IN THE CONTRACT WAS LEFT OPEN TO
THE: CITY. THE MAYOR STATED THE CHARTER CALLED FOR THE '.WORK TO
BE ST4RTED TFN DAYS AFTER THE BIDS AND HE THOUGHT THEY SHOULD
FOLT0'W TH TS . THE MAYOR THEN ASK WHETHER PENETRYN MOULD GRANT
THE CITY TIME ON THE BALANCE IF THEY DECIDED TO DO MORE WORK
THAN THEY COULD PAY FOR IMMEDIATELY AND THE GENTLEMAN SAID YES.
'SHE CITY MANAGER THEN SAID HE WAS GETTING TOGETHER WITH THE
(.E,NTLEMAN FROM PFNETRON TOMORROW. BIDS ON THIS CONTRACT ARE TO
BE OPENED AT TTIF MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 21, 1970.
13. THE CITY MANAGER THEN SAID THE AMERICAN LEGION HAD ASKED FOR
PERMISSION TO USE THE COURT ROOM' ON SUNDAY SEPT 20TH AT 2 P. M.
FOR A JOINT MFETTNG, THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION.
14. THE; SLIDE WAS THEN BROUGHT UP AND THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID HE
!MOULD NEED A NOTION SO HE COULD OFFICIALLY TERMINATE THE LEASE
WITH YR COLLINS, THE REASON BEING NON PAYMENT OF RENT. IT WAS
THEN BROUGHT OUT THAT SEARS HAD TAKEN DOWN THE FENCE THAT
MORNING. IT !VAS BROUGHT OUT THAT MR COLLINS HAD CALLED SEARS AND
ASKED THEM TO TAKE DOWN THE FENCE. COMMISSIONER KELLY SAID HE HAD
TALKED TO MR COLLINS A COUPLE OF TIME JTTST LATELY, BUT THE CITY
MAITACER SAID HE HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET AHOLD OF HIM FOR TWO WEEKS.
THE; ATTORNEY SAID IT WOULD TAKE HIM A FEW DAYS TO GET THE PAPERS
READY AND IF THE CITY COULD GET MR COLLINS TO THE MEETIDIG ON THIS
THURSDAY, PERHAPS THEY COTTLD GET MR COLLINS TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT
TO TE'RNID!ATE THE LEASE. IT WAS DECIDED TO HOLD OFF TILL THURSDAY
BEFORE JIVING THE CITY ATTORNEY THE GO AHEAD.
15. THE NEXT ITEM WAS THE DATES FOR THIS COMING ELECTION. THE CITY
0NPORNEY THEN READ A MEMORANDUM HE HAD DRAWN UP, THE GENERAL
3LFCTTON WOULD BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 3RD AND THE PRIMARY ELECTION
!A`OULD BE ON OCTOBER 6TH . THE DEADLINE TO QUALIFY WOULD BE ON
SEPTEMBER 19TH AT 5 P. 11. ALSO IT WAS STATED IN RESPECT TO THE
• T HRTt; S?ATS OPEN THAT THE HIGH TWO WOULD SERVE FOR FOUR YEARS AND
Pia CNE WHO FINISHED THIRD WOULD SERVE FOR ONLY TWO YEARS. IT WAS
DECIDFD THE CITY HALL '.MOULD BE OPEN ON THE 19TH WHICH IS A
SATURDAY AND THAT THE VOTING BOOKS WOULD ALSO BE OPEN THAT DAY
FOR PEOPLE TO REGISTER. THERE WAS THEN A LONG DISCUSSION REGARDING
THE PEOPLE WH O HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE VOTERS LIST AS THEY HAD
O NOT RETURNED CARDS OR CONTACTED THE CITY HALL. AFTER A LENGTHY
DISCUSSION IT WAS DECIDED THE CITY CLERK WOULD MAKE UP A LIST
BY PRECINCTS OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE VOTERS
LTST AND HAVE THIS LIST PUBLISHED IN THE SUN TATTLER ONE TIDE
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. COMMISSIONER KELLY THEN MADE A MOTION TO
ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION ON THE ELECTIONI DATES, THIS WAS SECONDED
BY COMMISSIONER WAITERS, ROLL CALL WAS FOUR TO ZERO.
00FMISSIONER KELLY THEN MADE A MOTION TO HAVE THE LIST PUBLISHED
IN THE PAPER, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON. ROLL CALL
WAS THEN TAKEN AND THERE 1.11ERE THREE AYES, MAYOR HOTISTTI VOTED
NO SAYING HE THOU13VT THEY HAD PLENTY TIME TO ANSWER.
1�6. THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID IT WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR THE COMMISSIONERS
TO VOTE ON POLL WORKERS FOR THE COMING ELECTION BUT IT WOULD NOT
HAVE TO BE DONE TONIGHT . THE CITY CERK WAS AUTHORIZED TO TAKE
THE LIST FROM TWO YEARS AGO AND MAKE COPIES FOR ALL COMMISSIONERS.
THE IM"YOR THEN STATED THE MEETING ON THURSDAY WOULD BE A SPECIAL
MEETING SO THEY COITLD VOTE ON THIS .
17. THE CITY ATTORNEY THEN SAID THAT THE THIRD READING ON THE CITIES
SERVICE PROPERTY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE AGENDA. HE THEN READ TIE
TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE. THIS WAS TO REZONE THE CITIES SERVICE
25 ACRES TO THE NEW ZONING CLASSIFICATION B-6. A MOTION WAS MADE
BY COMMISSIONER WAITERS AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER KELLY THAT
THIS BE PASSED ON THIRD READING. ROLL CALL WAS FOUR TO ZERO.
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THE CITY MANAGER THEN BROUGHT UP THE CONTRACT WITH THE
CCiiEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND STATED THAT TWICE PREVIOUS THE CITY
HAD SIGNED CONTRACTS WITH THEM FOR STUDIES ON THE WATER TABLE
AND HE SAID THE CITY HAD THE INFORMATION THEY NEEDED SO IN
FUTURE THEY WOULD KNOW WHAT TO DO AND HE DID NOT THINK IT
WAS NECESSARY FOR THE CITY TO SIGN A CONTRACT FOR ONE MORE
YEAR . HE SUGGESTED TERMINATING THE CONTRACT. COMMISSIONER
JACKSON MADE A MOTION TO TERMINATE, THE CONTRACT, THIS WAS THEN
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WAITERS. ROLL CALL WAS FOUR TO ZERO.
19, A GROUP WAS IN THE AUDIENCE AND THE MAYOR ASKED THE SPOKESMAN
TO COME FORWARD. HE GAVE HIS NAME AS ED HOFFMAN AND SAID HE
WAS THE SPOKESMAN FOR INTERESTED PERSONS OF ATTUCKS JR HIGH
SCHOOL. HIS ADDRESS WAS 4306 GARFIELD STREET, HOLLYWOOD:f FLA
AND HE WISHED TO TALK TO THE COMMISSIONERS ABOUT A SCHOOL
CROSSING AT S. W. 4TH ST. HE GAVE A RATHER LENGTHY TALK ON THE
SUBJECT AND WAS ASKED WHY HE DID NOT CONTACT THE SCHOOL BOARD,
HE SAID HE DID AND GOT NO WHERE. HE THEN ASKED IF THE CITY
COULD CET THE TRAIN SPEED CUT DOWN TO 5 MILES PER HOUR. A MRS
PURSCLOVE OF 1520 N . W. 20TH, HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA ALSO TALKED.
IT FINALLY ENDED WITH THE MAYOR ADVISING THEM TO TALK TO THE
SCHOOL BOARD AND IF NECESSARY THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD MEET WITH
THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THEM,
THE MEETING WAS THEN ADJOURNED.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED
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MAYOR ROBERT E. HOUSTON
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