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,UTAR CITY CO1,.,:ZSSION 1..r:ETIIJG HIND JULY 7T.?, 1969, AT DAIJL. CITY a
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ROLL. CALL
PP.ESENT MAYOR - COMMIISSIONER ROBERT E. HOUSTON
C0131ISSIONERS ROBERT KELLY
Ylr. JOSEPH THORNTON
BOISY WAITERS
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CITY ATTORNEY CLARKE WAIDEN ;
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POLIQE CHIEF PHIL THOMPSON
t CITY CLERK - AUDITOR E. R. CIAY
,zy+'JO I, APPROVAL OF ?gNUTES OF JUNE 16TH & JUNE 27TH, 1969. COMMISSIONER WAITERS s
� ?.?.Di.' A I,?OTIOII THE MINUTES BE ACCEPTED, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMa25SI0NER ^!��
== THORNTON. MAYOR HOUSTON THEN SAID ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY IN T14E USUAL
I!ANITER. THERE WERE FOUR AYES. '
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2. AFFROVAL OF BILLS PAID FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 1969. COMMISSIONER KELLY ? .
0 '.ADE .A MOTION THAT THEY BE APPROVED, THIS PAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER eke
THORNTON. ROLL CALL VAS TAKEN AND THE VOTE WAS 4 TO 0.
3. FIRST READING OF A TRANSFER OF A 2 COP BEER AND WINE LICENSE FROM
SALTY A1.'.ADEO TO NERVE BARRE, THIS VAS FORMERLY JUNIOR ITILANOIS. A b!OTION
AS L:AI7E BY COLR.'ISSIONER THORNTON TO PASS THIS ON FIRST READING, THIS
e V.'AS S ECON'DED PY C01:1.'ISSIONER KELLY. MAYOR HOUSTON THEN ASKED ALL THOSE
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IN FAVOR SIGNIFY IN THE USUAL MANNER. THERE WERE FOUR AYES.
SECOND READING ON PARKING ORDINANCE. R-2 AND R-j ZONING BE THE SAME AS
IARKING REQUIREMENTS IN R-APT ZONING CLASSIFICATION. THE CITY ATTORNEY
T4.r.A: READ THE ORDINANCE. COMMISSIONER THORNTON THEN MADE A MOTION TO PASS
O THE ORDIIANCE ON SECOND READING, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WAITERS.
IT -.AS IOINTED OUT DURING DISCUSSION THAT THE PARKING REQUIREMENT WOULD BE
1 - PER UNIT. COM21SSSIONER WAITERS ALSO BROUGHT UP THAT THIS COULD CAUSE A
HARDSHIP ON DUPLEX ITAELLING IN REGARDS TO DRAIN FIEIDS, THEN IT 17AS PASSED
G5: SECOND READING.
A K. PUBLIC HEARING AT 8:15 P. M. on JOHIJ F. JUSTICE APPLICATION FOR EITHER A
'12RIAIIC , PERIIST OR TIE REZONING OF LAND TO BE USED TO EXPAND THE EXISTING
TRAILER PARK. THE CITY ATTORNEY THEN STATED HE HAD A LETTER FROM A. J. RYAN
JR 'GPO IS THE ATTORNEY FOR MR JOHN F. JUSTICE , IT WAS A IETTER TO THE CITY
R^:G1.RDING ?.R JUSTICE APPLICATION FOR A VARLA.NCE TO CONSTRUCT A TRAILER PARK
ON LANDS OWNED BY MR. JUSTICE. THE LETTER SAID DEAR SIRS AS ATTORNEY FOR THE
AiYLICANT 7/E l''ISH TO ADVISE YOU THAT WE ARE WITHDRAWING THE APPLICATION FOR
TF-' VARIANCE AT THIS TIME AID UE '.'.'ILL NOT APPrlAR AT THE COVIaSSION MEETING
i; I:G!DAY JULY 7T.H, 1969. the city ATTORNEY TIEN STATED THIS WAS LEGAL AND
THE Al-1111CANT AT A LATER DATE COULD START ALI, OVER AGAIN, THIS MEANING HE
.:OL;I.D HAVE TO FILE TO AFFEAR BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD FIRST. THE
CITY CI:.RK IYAS TrTEN INSTRUCTED TO FILE THE LETTER, NO MOTION BEING NECESSARY.
6. Ti?I!tD READING LF_ASE 13F,Tl':IEN TIE CITY OF DANIA AND FIARIDA OCEAN SPORTS, INC.
CITY :•-'TORNEY THEN STATED THAT ABOUT A WEEK AGO TIE HAD GIVEN THE COMU.I' SSIONER;
R'.FT OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT THAT HAD BEEN l.aITTEN BY MR FISHER 14H0 IS THE
7: '77NFY FOR FLORIDA OCEAN SPORTS, INC. HE STATED THAT THERE WERE A FEW ITEMS
Ii; T'1.T II:AS TIAT .' RE OBJFCTIONABLE TO THE CITY AND THAT BE HAD REWRITTEN
THE LASE. QI ITEM: :':AS THAT IT DID NOT GIVE THE CITY THE RIGHT TO CONTROL
: S.nICTU.L T ?AT Ctil'ID BE BUILT. HE SAID HE CI'.ANGED THAT SO THAT ALL PI IS
:T� iliI-T HAVE TO BE AFI'PO'dED BY THE CITY. SECOND --AS THE LANGUAGE USED AS
c'!.R AS TF[i CI TT 'iiARZANT TG ENTER INTO T�fIS ISASE, HE STATED HE HAD CHANGED
T ' ."IGIIDING SO THE CITY ;:AS 140T IYARRANTING BUT THAT IT V1AS UP TO Tiff IESS3G.
AISO HL STATED HE, DID NOT KNOW TILE DATE THE CITY WANTED THE RENT TO START,
AS 3001, AS THE LASE WAS APPROVED, LIKE JULY LOTH, OR A LATER DATE. THE CITY
ATTORITcY TIIE'N READ TIE IIIGHLITES OF THE IEASE. HE ALSO READ THERE iT..AS AN
FTIC9: TO GIVE TIC IESSOR THE RIGHT YrlTHIN THREE YEARS TO LEASE LANDS TO THE
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Nu:iT9. Th': I:AYOR THEN STATED THAT THE REASON TI-E RENT .,'AS LOIFER THE FIRST
:2.3 'THAT IT WAS AGRL'ED T-IAT TIFF PENT T.OULD START AS SOON AS T11b; LEASE
S SIn!:;:D. TI{3P! COL'1:ISSIONER KELLY STATED TEAT TPIS "AS i:XACTLY IJIAT lE
a.1D IE' ,:CUID NOT VOTE FOR, IF 'SAATED TILT: TO READ THE LEASE. HE TIEN MADE
. OT_IC1i IT HE TABLED. COEYISSION.ER KELT_Y THEN STATi3D IT REFEWtED TO EXHIBIT
G !i,D I?I: SLID THERE 'UAS NOIIE ON HIS. IT WAS THEN BROUGHT OUT THERE WAS NO
I',,iFIBIT D AS DERRY I'IAS STILL WORKING Oil IT. COMMISSIONER KELLY THEN STATED
T1 AT THEY COULD I&kSE ALL THE LAND TO THE NORTH OF THE EXISTING BUIII)ING.
III`: I;AYCR T''F.N STATED HE 1.:'OULD ACCEPT TIE LOTION AND A SECOND, AT THIS POINT
1'01`.:ISSI0I'.FR "AITERS SECONDED THE LOTION. A ROLL CAIJ WAS TIEN CALLED AS
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COL'LSISSIONER KELLY YES
CCI`'ISSIONER THORNTON NO
C0I'1ISSICIIER 1'1LITERS YES'
I:AYOR HOUSTON 110
Tll:::Z- l'.AS THrN A IENGTHIS DISCUSSION ON THE ORIGINAL TEASE AS COMPARED TO
THE' IT".i LEASE. THE CITY ATTORNEY EXPLAINED ABOUT THEN TEARING DOWN THE
:r.XISTT!:G STRUCTURE, AND STATED THE CITY 'MOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THE PUNS
FOR .ANY FUTURE T.11"DING. THE CITY ATTORNEY TIEN EXPLAINED THE INSURANCE ON
TFiH DUILDINGS AtiD SAID THE CITY COULD SET THE AMOUNTS ACCORDING TO THE LEASE.
;!I'. CITY ATTORNEY TIEN EXPIAINED THE ORIGINAL LEASE CALLED FOR THE LESSEE
To SIEIR) 50,000, T"IS HE SAID TIAS CHANGED THAT THE LESSEE 'NOUID SPENT OVER
'Pic•: A?:XT T"O YEARS AT LEAST 252000. THEY WOULD HAVE TO NOTIFY THE CITY AT
TEE LED OF TI'IO YEARS THAT THEY HAD LADE LEASEHOLD Ib1PROVELIENTS IN TILE AMOUNT
OF '10T I;--SS TIC{T 25,000. CCNITSSIONER. KELLY THEN ASKED H071 MUCH WATER FRONTAGE
Ti°;Y .,ERE TALKING ABOUT AND THE MAYOR ANSWERED ABOUT 900 FEET. COI.fl'ISSIONER
9 F.ELIY TIEN STATi•;D HE THOUGHT THIS SHOULD BE A SEPARATE LEASE AS THE FIGURE
"'AS TO LO:,, 1'E GET 500 FOR THE SLIDE AND 300 FOR 00 FEET OF WATER FRONTAGE.
?.YOR THEN EXPLAINED THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE AN EXPENSIVE OPERATION AS
:I:'3T T!EY :OL'LD 9.AVE TO 1)1171rE, .AND THEN CONCRETE PILING PUT IN, THE MAYOR
7P,li STATED HE 117SHED THE COM}lISSIONERS WOULD TELL THE CITY ATTORNEY WRAT THEY
A .T :D SO E, COULD DRA':I UP A LEASE AND NOT RUN OFF THESE PEOPLE OFF. THE CITY
^.TTCREEY T EIi RULED THAT AS THIS WAS THE THIRD READING AND THEY COULD NOT GyT
TO'EETFER IT :90ULD BE LEGAL TO PASS IT ON TO A SPECIAL NESTING VITH THE IESSEE
':II(j FIRES N'T AUD AFTER THAT IT COULD BE PASSED AT THE NEXT REGULAR ITETING,
CCL:L'ISSIONEER. KELLY THEN BROUGHT UP THE APTION HAVING A 250,0DO MAXIMUM ON
I^_ ?1iT� AISO AS FAR AS AN AUDIT OF THEIR BOOKS, THE CITY ATTORNEY THEN EXPLAINED
T:T' CITY '!,"OUID NOT BE INTITIED TO ANY AUDIT IF THE GROSS WAS 2502000 OR OVER.
A ;!E ALSO STATED THE LEAEE TOULD HAVE TO FURNISH THE CITY A CERTIFIED COPY OF
TI-EIR RECEIFTS IF THEY 1VERE UNDER 250,000, THE CITY HAVING THE RIGHT TO INSPECT
THE" RECORDS OF THE LESSEE IF UNDER 250,000. COLIHISSIONER THORNTON THEN MADE A
;:OTICII TO CONTINUE TIE DISCUSSION TILL THE NEXT REGULAR ) EETING, THIS WAS THEN
SECCNDF.D BY COL:LISSIONER KELLY, ROLL CALL WAS THEN TAKEN AND THE VOTE WAS
!i TO 0.
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7. THIRD READING FOR BROIYARD CABIEVISION, INC. THE CITY ATTORNEY THEN READ THE
i ICiiISTES OF THE ORDINANCE. b'lI. BRUNN OF BRO'?ARD CABLEVISION, INC WAS THEN
;ALIED TO THE FROI!T, THE MAYOR THEN STATED HE UNDERSTOOD THERE WAS A CHARGE
OF 19.95 TO CONNECT, Lot BROVv't1 THEEN STATED TIE CONNECTION WAS FREE BUT AFTER
I'ONTHS THERE .';OULD BE A CHARGE OF 9295 TO HOOK UP. L'II. BROWN THEN STATED
ALL 7 rRES ';,OPID 9E RUN UNDERGROUND AND UP TO THE HOUSE WHERE THEY WOULD BE
HOi!KED INiTO A '.ALL PLUG. All EXTRA TELEVISION WOULD COST 5.00 TO HOOK UP THIS
TC COVER '171^-1.! RUNNING THE '',ZRES AROUND THE HOUSE, AND THEN THE CHARGE WOULD
I: 1.00 A I'ONTFi EXTRA. SO THIS 17CULD COST EACH MONTH FOR T640 SETS 5.95. THERE
r3 T!P.:i; DISCUSSION REGARDING LARGER BUILDINGS AID) MR BROWN STATED THEN COULD
1 Oo3I71.LY 7:CitE CUT A REDUCED RATE FOR THIS TYPE OF BUILDING. THE L'!YOR ASKED
TF—N ':.110 COI1TitCIS —E RATES AND MR BROWN ANSWERED THE CITY DOES, AND THE MAYOR
1.SI:::D TI!E: CITY ATPORIIEY IF THIS 1115 IN THE ORDINANCE. THE MAYOR THEN ASKED IF
=:1E *I.. kNY OTHER INSTALTATICIIS AROUND HERE AND LR BROWN STATED NO BUT THERE
;,E % CJI Ii.L OF OTHERS Ili THE STATE OF FLORIDA. IT WAS TIEN BROUGHT UP I%HAT
I0 A Y7,AR F2CY N01;I 111EY MADE A DEAL WITH HOLLYWOOD FOR 3.95, HOW WOULD THIS
: ::CT !ANIA. HE STATED THE PEOPLE COULD JUST USE THE AETENNAS AND LET THEM
_ ,ItWE TO D .ATH. HE STATED THEY 17OULD PROBABLY NOT ASK THE PEOPLE OF DANIA
TO NAY -.NY LORE THAN HOLLY'I:OOD. UTILITY TAX WAS THEN BROUGHT UP AND IT WAS
-.D T! IS ' AS A N'EI'I VENTURE SINCE TIE STATE LAWS WERE DRAWN L AND IT WOULD
i :..:1!2LY I;OT PF I1;CIUD::D. COL7:'ISSIONER THORNTON THEN MADE A MOTION THAT THE
C'311ANCE B:: PASSED ON THIRD AND FINAL READING, THIS WAS SECONDED BY C011'ISSIONER
1 YCR H0USTCN THEN MADE A STATEMENT HE TIAS GOING TO VOTE FOR IT BUT
H9, T'IOUGH T DANIA ',',AS BEING USED AS A GUINEA—PIG. COY!'ISSIONER KELLY SAID LET'S
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look at it this vraY 111E HAD THE FORESIGHT TO LIE S1 ART AND DE THE FIRST.
R `.3R0.:J STATED THAT AS DANIA ELECTED TO BE FIRST THEY HAD OFFERED THE
71? DOLTAR TO DANIA. ROLL CALL I S TIE14 TAKEN A111) THE VOTE 17AS 4 TO 0.
3. J'.RO01GE &- FARINA DILL FOR 7% OF THE CONTRACT PRICE OF 303880.00 6R A TOTAL
OF 2,161.60. CO1gLTSSIONER THORNTON THEN BROUGHT UP THAT HE WAS NOT PRESENT
AT THE LOST MEETING, HE UNDERS(OOOD TEkT AT A PREVIOS MEETING ONLY ONE WELL
'AAS DISCUSSED AT A PRICE OF AROUND $23,600. DISCUSSION EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS
Tlii', FEELING OF THE COMMISSION THAT IF TWO ViELL EACH 1211 WERE PUT IN THEY COULD
® PUIT THE REQUIRED 11000 GPM AND IF ONE WELL WENT BAD THE OTHER ONE COULD HAVE
A BIGGER PUNT PUT ON IT AND STILL PUMP THE 1,000 GPM. THERE WAS A IENGTHY
DISCUSSION REGARDING DEPTH OF WELLS AND'ETC. COMI.!ISSIONER THORNTON THEN MADE
A 1,',OTION TO PAY THE BILL, THUS WAS SECONDED BY COLUIISSIONER WAITERS. ROLL CALL
i.S TiEN TAKEN AND THE VOTE !VAS 4 TO 0.
® 9. U. S. G .OLOGICAL SURVEY — BILL FOR SERVICES RENDERED FROM APRIL 15, 1969
THROUGH JUKE 30, 1969. IN THE AMOUNT OF 5000. THE MAYOR STATED HE SAW
S01.E':IHERE THAT THIS WAS PARTIAL PAYMENT. COMMISSIONER KELLY THEN SAID THAT
THIS AGREEMENT ";AS OVER THREE YEARS. THE MAYOR THEN SAID HE HAD SEEN NO
REPORTS OF TESTS MADE. THE CITY CLERK TIEN STATED THE CITY HAD SIGNED AN
IEMENT TO PAY 5,000 EACH YEAR OVER A GIVEN PERIOD. THE FEDERAL GOVERMENT
® '::OULD MATCH TlaS AMOUNT. THE CITY CLERK THEN EXPLAINED THAT THE REASON THEY
.,1,11E BEING BIII,ED 14OV1 WAS TO GET THE MONEY IN SO THERE WOULD BE FUNDS FOR THE
COKING YEAR. C011.`ISSIONER WAITERS SUGGESTED TIE BILL BE PAID SUBJECT TO THE
CITY CLERK nETTI1?G A REPORT FROM THEM AS TO WHAT WAS DONE. THE LIAYOR OBJECTED
'.I;D SAID HE "!ANTED THE REPORTS BEFORE THE BILLS WERE PAID. COMMISSIONER KELLY
TITIEN SAID THE LARGER AMOUNT NOW WAS THAT THEY WERE DRILLING THE hELLS. THE
® MAYOR SAI➢ HE STILL WANTED TO KNOW WHERE THESE V(ELLS WERE BEING DRILLED. THE
CITY CLERK WAS INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT THEM AND GET A REPORT FOR THE COMM SSIONF.R.S.
10. TILE CITY ATTORNEY THEN STATED THAT MRS WOODFIN HAD SOLD HER HOME UP ON NORTH
--1:DE'RAL 17'Y, AND THAT THE PROPERTY WAS NOT CONNECTED TO THE SANITARY SEWER
SYSTEM. HE STATED THAT MRS WOODFIN AND THE NEW OWNER HAD GIVEN EASEMENTS ACROSS
THE BACK LOT ON FIRST AVENUE SO THAT THE LOT ON THE FEDERAL MVY COULD BE SERVED.
CITY ATTORNEY SAID HE HAD THE EASEMENTS, AND THAT A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE
S ASEEIENTS BE APPROVED. ALSO THAT THE NEW OWNER OF THE PROPERTY ON FEDERAL HWY
Uia'DERSTOOD THAT THEY HAD TO ARRANGE TO HOOK UP THE SYSTEM PRIVATELY, AND PAY
ALL FXFENS'dS. THE MAYOR STATED THAT IN THE FUTURE ALL PROPERTY OWNERS SHOULD
ADVISED TO ARRANGE THERE OVIN HOOK UPS. COVIIISSIONER KELLY THEN MADE A MOTION
1® TO HAVE A RESOLUTION DRAWN TO ACCEPT THE F.ASXMENTS, AMID THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER
OULD PAY TO HOOK UP AND ALSO TO PAY THE ASSESSMENTS, THIS WAS SECONDED BY
CC:..I'ISSIONER VIAITEIIS. ROLL CALL WAS THEN TAKEN A14D THE VOTE WAS 4 TO 0.
11. the city attorney THEN STATED THAT HE HAD PLACED EARLIER IN FRONT OF THEN AN
ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE PENSION FLAN, HE SAID HE KNEW THEY HAD NOT HAD TIME TO
• Z?AD IT. TILE CITY ATTORNEY SAID HE WOULD ADVISE PASSING IT ON FIRST READING AND
T!h,l� AFTER THEY HAD READ IT, IT COULD BE CHANGED AT THE SECOND READING. HE ALSO
SLID TFIS "lOULD HAVE TO BE PASSED AT THREE SEPARATE MEETINGS. COM9SISSIONER KELLY
TFIF 1'ADE A MOTION TO PASS THE ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING, THIS WAS SECONDED BY
CC!:;,ISSICIIER THORNTON. ROLL CALL I'iAS THEN TAKEN AND THE VOTE WAS 4 TO O.
THE CITY ATTORNEY THEN SAID THkT IN THE LAST FEW SECONDS HE HAD PASSED OUT AN
Ci:rI::AI:CE OL THE FIREMAN, THIS BEING NECESSARY IN ORDER TO OFT THE STATE BENEFITS.
:i"ai 1.SKED THE CCi.'1.ISSIONERS TO PASS IT ONFIRST READING AS HE REALIZED THEY
-)iD NOT IIAITE TILE TO READ IT. COMMISSIONER KELLY THEN MADE A MOTION TO PASS IT
C Ji f IRST HEi.DII;G, THIS 'HAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WAITERS. ROLL CALL WAS THEN
=1 T.'.K2; !.D TI'I: VOTE 71S 4 TO 0.
.ITY ATTORTZY T!ME11 STATED THE ONE ON THE POLICEMAN WOULD BE EXACTLY THE SAME
S T:, 1,CRM_. CG,7.'ISSI0NER THORNTON THEN MADE A MOTION TO PASS THE ORDINANCE ON
Fl:tST ;Z.ADII;G, THIS ',.'AS SECOI)IDED BY COMMISSIONER KELLY. ROLL CALL TAKEN THE VOTE
1.3 H: TO 0.
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11�. T!l;, CITY ATTORNEY THEN STATED THAT TIMeE OR FOUR MONTHS AGO HE HAD SUBMITTED
AIT AGRc'EM NT TO THE DA14IA RIVERSIDE LAU_%DRY, AID THAT THERE 'WAS A RESPONSE
D!.TLD i EBRUARY 24TH, 19692 IN .^.HICH THEY STATED THE AGREEI:ENT SUBMITTED BY
I'":: CITY OF DANIA !"AS UNDER CONSIDEHIATION. TILE LETTER ALSO STATED TIN." CITY
0 .OZD Ii3AR FROM: THEM: l'+IT1IN 30 DAYS AND THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID HE HAD HEARD
EOTiING.
1`. A. IETTI.R 111AS THEN PASSED OVER TO TITS MAYOR BY THE CITY CIERK, THIS LETTER VIAS
FROM. TRtIL'S END TRAILER PARK REGARDING THE ASSESSIENT FOR SIDEWALKS AND FOR
FAVICG. C01YISSIO1,21i WAITERS WAS TO HAVE HANDIED Th'IS, SO THE MAYOR ASKED HILL
TO HEAD IT. COL'1:ISSIONER 71AITERS 1111AS THEN ASKED IF HE WOULD HAVE SOME ANSPrERS
FOR T17; 1";XT Yl."STING AND IIE PROMISED HE TIOUID.
1A. TH7.:. CITY ATTORNEY SAID THERE llAS ONE MORE LETTER FROM STEINFELI-THOMPSON AND
TPAT IT 'S1.S A RATHER LENGTHLY LETTER. THE CITY ATTORNEY THEN READ THE HIGHLSTES
OF THE; LETTER. THE CITY ATTORNEY TIEN STATED THE ONLY ACTION THAT COULD BE TAKE],
® ':UITTD BE THE VACATING OF THE ALLEY, THE MAYOR TIEN ASKED IF THIS WOULD NOT HAVE
TO GO Hi:FORE THE ZONING BOARD A14D THE ATTORNEY REPLIED YES. CITY CLERK WAS THEN
II:STRUCT:D TO TURN THE LETTER OVER TO THE ZONING BOARD FOR THERE MEETING THE
('IIO',II,'G NIGHT.
17. CITY !-TTGRNEY Tfr%li READ A LETTER FROM BROOVE AND FARINA REGARDING THE RAW WATER
® 7.I,TS AIHD 16"110 ;,AS TO HANDLE THE SUPERVISION OF SAME. THEIR PRICE WAS 4% OF THE
CO',iTRACT PF.ICE OF 30,880 OR 1,235. THE MAYOR THEN SAID HE ll,OUID LIKE TO CALL THE
COH:''ESSTONERS ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT HERE WAS ANOTHER BILL OF 1,235 FOR
SUPERVISION OF THE. ;:ELIS. TIT: 1.AYOR T=' N STATED TIHLY Y[ERE SITTING HERE YET WITH( _'T
?. CITY 1.'ANAGER, AND IT ',!AS HIS HOPES THAT TONIGHT THEY COULD GO AHEAD AND
-.1'i CIIIT A CITY YAN.AGER. HE SAID THEY HAD AGREED ON ONE SOME TIME AGO. HE SAID
® THE IAN HAD QUALIFICATIONS OF THE WATER WORKS AND THE SEWER PLANT. HIE STATED
THAT SINCE BILL CARNEY HAD PASSED APiAY, 10 DID NOT KNOW ALL THE DUTIES OF THE
SUPT. FIE SAID SO:;N THEY WOULD HAVE A7A UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WITH UTILITIES
TO : tL I:OTED, 'GAYER AND SETIER LINES TO BE MOVED AND THAT IfRo CLAY HAD ALL HE
COULD HAIMLE 7.ITH THE CITY CIERK'S JOB. THE MAYOR THEN BROUGHT UP THAT THERE
AS C.'NSID=RAI'LE MONEY DUE TO ONE MAN AT THE SEWER PIANT 7W HAD BEEN WORKING
0 3EVr:I; DAYS A PEEK THERE, HE ALSO SAID THERE `WAS PAVING TO BE LONE AND THE
l-AVI!lG AT THE BEACH PLUS SOME ALLEY'S PEOPLE HAD TALKED TO HIV ABOUT.
I DISCUSSION THEN CHANGED COMMISSIONER KELLY ASKED ABOUT WEEDS AND TRASH, AND
THE MAYOR STATED THERE 71AS ONE MUSEP. WORKING AND TWAT THE OTHER ONE 'WOULD
I-ROBABLY BE BROKEN D0UN TODAY AS THEY WERE CUTTING FIELDS AND GOING RIGHT OVER
CONCRETE" BLOCKS AND OTHER ITEMS. DISCUSSION CHANGED AGAIN AS COMMISSIONER
^_HOPJ;TON SAID THERE 7.AS ALSO A BUDGET COMING UP. DISCUSSION THEN CHANGED AS THE
1;AYOR SAID THERE ':;:+S A LIGHT POLE KNOCKED DOWN ON SHERIDAN ST AND NOTHING HAD
B'"N DOIZ ABOUT IT. THERE WAS THEN A LENGTHY DISCUSSION REGARDING POLES AND
THE CITY PURCHASING THEIR, IT WAS POINTED OUT THE POLES ON FEDERAL HWY THAT allm
CITY I.AD BOUGHT HAVE COST VERY LITTLE MONEY) BUT THAT POLES IN AN ISLAND ARE
:_I;.AYS BEING KNOCKED D017N.
CO1.11ISSIONER YrAITERS THEN STATED THAT THE CITIZENS OF DANIA WERE ENTITLED TO
A CITY TANAGER AND ALSO A FIFTH COMMISSIONER. HE ALSO SAID THAT IF THEY
DID HAIR A CITY MANAGER ALL HE COULD DO WAS TO PASS OUT ORDERS TO THE DEPT HEADS
AI;D TRY TO FOLI04 UP IF THEY (SERE DONE. HE SAID HE WANTED TO SEE A CITY MANAGER
cUT H' ALSO ?';AIHTED TO SEE A FIFTH C0191ISSIONER.
CCH.'1,ZSSIONER THORNTON THEN ASKED IF THEY DID NOT HAVE A CITY MANAGER WHO WAS
® GOING TO PREPARE THE BUDGET? THERE WAS THEN ANOTHER LENGTHLY DISCUSSION BETWEEN
CO;".ZSSIONER '7AITERS AND MAYOR HOUSTON, IT WAS ALL WHICH COVES FIRST THE HORSE
GR THE CART, THE CITY MANAGER OR THE FIFTH COMMISSIONER. THE MAYOR THEN STAM
CIE DAY THEY HAD MEET AND ALL HAD AGREED ON A MAN FOR CITY MANAGER, AND AT
?zO0 P. M. -FIAT BIGHT THE TABIE WAS TURNED.
C0:'::IS5LONER KELLY THEN STAT='D THAT HE DID NOT DENY THE CITY NEEDED A CITY
':i.I;A;I:R BUT THAT HE STILL FELT THE CITY NEEDED A FIFTH COMMISSIONER. HE ALSO
SAID TlliAT HE F--LT IF THEY APPOINTED A CITY COMMISSIONER THEY 'MOULD NEVER GET
?- FIFTH COI.'*. ISSIONER. HE STATED HE THOUGHT THEY WERE VIOLATING TIM CHARTER BY
i:GT SAVING Tl FIFTH COMMISSIONER. THE MAYOR THEN STATED THEY HAD REFERRED TO
HAT TMEY HAD DONE ABOUT A CITY MANAGER IN THE F.AST, MARY THORNHILL TOOK OFFICE
011 NOVEI,.uER 22ND, 1969, HER LAST MEETING WAS JANUARY 22ND, 19692 THEREFORE AM
IYAD -I-:RY LITTIE'TIVE TO GET TOGETHER TO WORK OUT GETTING A CITY MANAGER BUT WE
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AGRx;7i.D WE DID NOT WANT TO HURRY TO GET A CITY MANAGER DUE TO OUR BAD
EXIIERENCE IN THE, PAST. IARY THORNHILL PASSED AV7AY ON MARCH 22ND, 1969
AI:D A RESOLUTION IWAS DRA'414 ON APRIL 7TH, 1969, THE MAYOR INSISTED THAT
Q THERE HAD 140T BEEN A14Y HOLD UP ON REPLACING A FIFTH COMMISSIONER. A
I:OTION !'LAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER THOR1TO14 TO APPOINT MR. STEVE DERRY AS
CITY MANAGER, THERE WAS NO SECOND SO THE MAYOR PASSED THE GAVEL OVER TO
THE CITY ATTORNEY AI4D THE MAYOR THEN SECONDED THE MOTION. ROLL CALL WAS
THEN TAKEN AS FOLLOWSs
COh:1.RSSIOIIER KELLY NO
® COMMISSIONER THORNTON YES
COMMSSIONER WAITERS NO
MAYOR HOUSTON YES
COI:"ISSIONER THORNTON THEN SUGGESTED THAT HE THOUGHT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
SHOULD GET TOGETHER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AS IT HAD TO BE ADVERTISED AS CLOSE
® AS POSSIBLE TO AUGUST 1ST. IT WAS THEN ASKED WHO WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
FINANCE COh`.1,JTTEE2 THE MAYOR THEN LOOKED IT UP AND MARY THORNHILL WAS THE
CHAIRMAN AND THE OTHER TING MEMBERS WERE COMMISSIONER KELLY AND MAYOR HOUSTON.
THE I.AYCR THEN STATED HE WOULD NOT BE HERE AFTER THIS WEEK. HE SAID HE STAYED
HERE LAST YEAR RHILE EVERYBODY WENT ON VACATION AMID THIS TEAR HE WAS GOING.
CO'I ISSIONER KELLY TIEN SAID HE WAS GOING TO GIVE THE MAYOR A LIST OF FIVE
• NAMES OF PERSONS WHO ARE CAPABLE AND HONEST AND LOCAL CITIZENS AND WHO I
THI14K "NOULD MAKE A GOOD COMMISSIONER. THE MAYOR SAID HE WOULD BE VERT HAPPY
TO RECEIVE THEM AND WOULD LIKE A LIST FROM COMMISSIONER WAITERS AND COMMISSIONER
THORITON. THE MAYOR SAID IF HE COULD SEE ANY BODY ON THERE QUALIFIED HE WOULD
CALL A SPECIAL lq:ETING.
® le. QIT-:STIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE.
A I,a. HO,SARD BLACKMAN A CITIZEN OF DANIA THEN CAME FORTH, HIS MOST
C01,1I=LAINT 1',AS THE 71EDS NOT BEING MOWED. SAID HE KNEW ABOUT THE TRACTOR
BREAKDOkN AIM THAT THEY WERE WORKING ONLY EVERT OTHER DAY AND HE KNEW IIHERE
T-EY i7E. E BEING USED, HE SAID HE KNEW THAT THE DRIVERS WERE BEING INSTRUCTED
7iHERE TO OUT. HE VAS ASKED WHERE TIM MOWERS WERE CUTTING AND HE STATED AROUND
• MY HOUSE, AND THAT THE SAYE DAY THEY VERE IN THE SSME AREA, CO1V-1SSIOm-
THORNTON THEN SAID THE MOWERS RERE THERE ALL THAT WrEK AND PART OF THE WEEK
BEFORE.. TEE MAYOR THEN STATED HE DID NOT THINK THE CITY HAD PROPER SUPERVISION
OVER THE TOILERS. THE MAYOR THEN STATED TO MR BIACKMAN THAT THE MOWER MAN WAS
l;RCNG IN CUTTING AROUND HIS HOUSE BECAUSE VIILEN THE MOWER MAN STARTED OUT HIS
SHOULD START AT ONE END OF TOWN AND CONTINUE CUTTING UNTIL IT WAS FINISHED.
• COI.11SSIONER WAITERS THEN STATED HE HAD BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE
CO1;:I:IISSION AT THE LAST TJ10 MEETINGS AND THAT THE WEEDS WERE SO HIGH THEY I"OULD
HAVE TO HAVE BULLDOZERS IN TO CLEAN IT OFF, THE MAYOR THEN BROUGHT UP THE
SU?JECT OF THE JUNKED CARS, THE MAN WAS TO HAVE FIVE CARS THERE AND STRIP
THE11" AND TOIN THEM AWAY, HE STATED HE WAS OUT THERE TONIGHT AND TH&RE WERE
IGHTEEN CARS THERE. THERE WAS THEN QUITE A RUBBARB BETAEEN COMMISSIONER
• ALTERS AND COM..MISSIONER THORNTON, WAITERS STATED WHY COUIDINT THE CITY MGR
BE INSTRUCTED TO DO THIS AND COMMISSIONER THORNTON SAID YOU DONIT HAVE A CITY
11011 AND AS A COMhtSSSIONER YOU CAN NOT GO TO A DEPT HEAD AND ORDER ANYTHING
DONE. COI:'MSIONER KELLY THEN SAID RAT DO WE HAVE A PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
FOR, YOU FIRED THE BEST PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR WE EVER HAD.
® A I'RS PHILF:ART OF S. W. 11TH AVENUE THEN CAME BEFORE THE CO54.'SSSIONERS, HER
COMPIAINT WAS HIGH WEEDS IN THE LOT ACROSS FROM HER AND LARGE RATS IN HER
GARAGE FROM' THIS LOT. THE MAYOR THEN EXPLAINED THAT THEY HAD THE COMPLAINTS
FROM: THE HEALTH DEPT ABOUT THE DUMP 30 AFTER THEY STARTED W(RKING DIGGING
?. `'OIE A.l:D FUSHIING IN THE RUBBISH THE RATS HAD TO SCATTER AND TAT WAS THE
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H'c MAYOR TPE'N'' ST!.T:D THAT ':WITH ALL THE COMPIAINTIS THEY HAVE HAD THAT IT
IC�KS ISivl THE' PLI3LIC 'i;ORKS LAN IS NOT TAKING CARE OF HIS JOB. MAYOR THEN
SAID H- T: CU'GHT TIE' CC'tTISSIONERS SHOULD CALL IN GR.AMI R AND FIND OUT WHY
THILSE T*-gNGS *;,ERE NOT BEING DONE AND THEN IF HE HAD NO REAL ANSWERS SOME—
TEINO SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT IT. MRS PETERMAN THEN STATED THE MOWERS WERE ONLY
•_ CL TItiG CERTAIN LOTS AND THAT AROUND BILL HILIS PLACE IT WAS AS CLEAN AS A
.HISTLE. THE MAYOR STATED THAT SINCE TIEY HAD THE NEW EQUIPMENT THERE WERE
I'OHE CCMPLAINTS ABOUT TRASH THAN BEFORE. THE MAYOR STATED THAT THEY DID NOT
FAVE !;- AR THE A1.:OUNT OF TRASH .AS IN RECENT YEARS, BROOKS AND THORNTON AND
C THER 1;URSERY 1-EN HAVE HAULED OUT HUNDREDS OF PAIN TREES. COI3QSSIONER KELLY
Ti'_;N STATED T1AT THEY HAVE RECENTLY BUILT TIORE HOUSES ON VACANT LOTS AND
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' AND kS A RESULT THERE WOULD BE LESS GRASS TO CUT.
AFTER A LENGTHLY DISCUSSION IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE CO0TSSIONER '.1`OUID
f`° 1.";' T uTii THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ON WEDNESDAT M'ORNZIIG AT 9s00 A. M4.
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SOir.E GENTISMAN GOT UP FROM THE AUDIENCE AND DID NOT GIVE HIS NAMS OR
ADDRESS, BUT HE STATED AS A CITIZEN OF DANIA HE SAID THAT IF THEY HAD
A CITY 1,'ANAGER TO VOTE ON KITH A THREE TO T'NO VOTE ONE WOULD BE ELECTED.
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HE ALSO BELIEVED THEY NEEDED THE FIFTH COM"MffSSIONCR, AS WITH THE ODD VOTE
THEY COULD GET ANYTHING THEY WANTED, GOOD OR BAD. THIS FIISO2J ALSO STATED
HE THOUGIIT THE ONE WHO RUN IN THE ELECTION AMID CAME THE CTDSEST TO WIN
W SHOULD BE APPOINTED. THE MAYOR STATED IN HIS OPINION THIS WAS WRONG.
's^ THE;N AL014ZO taTLLIAMS OF 412 PHIPFEN RD CAME BEFORE THE COMMISSIONO -HIS
COMPLAINT 17AS THAT IN FRONT OF HIS RESIDENCE THERE WAS ALWAYS WATER AND
1' HE ';1ANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE CITY WAS GOING TO DO ABOUT IT. HE STATED THAT
=f AT PREVIOUS IEETI]IGS THE CITY HAD AGREED TO PUT IN STABILATION MATERIAL
SO THL•' 7lATER COULD DRAIN AWAY. COMAISSIONER THORNTON THEN SAID THAT HE HAD
R = 3EE1i 170HEING DOWN IN THAT AREA AT THE NURSING HOME AND HAD SEEN THE CONDITION
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OF THEE WATER AT MR 1'IILISAMS PLACE, HE SAID THAT THE CITY HAD SOMEONE WHO COULD
' PUT IN DRY WEISS THAT WOULD PROBABLY CORRECT THIS. MR. WILLIAMS WAS PROMISED
' THAT SOMiETHING WOULD BE DONE ABOUT THE DRAINAGE PROBLEM.
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19. CO1.i:SSSI0IIER THORNTON THEN BROUGHT UP THE SUBJECT ABOUT THE VACANCY ON THE
' PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD AND AS IT WAS HIS APPOINTEE THAT RESIGNED HE WOULD
LIKE TO SUBMIT THE NAME OF H. A.. RICKARDS FOR THE BOARD. COMWISSIONER THORNTON
THEN YkDE A ?SOTZON THAT A RESOLUTION BE DRAWN APPOINTING MR. H. A. RICISARD TO
:'HL PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WAITERS.
ROLL CALL '.'AS THEN TAKEN AIM THE VOTE WAS 4 TO 0.
20. CO'.,"dSSIONER THORNTON THEN BROUGHT UP THE SUBJECT AS TO THE CHANGE IN PENSION
AND INSURANCE PLANS :SHETM BILL CARNEYS WIFE WAS COVERED, HE WAS ASSURED SHE
hS. CC;: 'ISSIODCR 'i,AITERS THEN BROUGHT UP THE HAMPTON CASE AND WONDERED IF
12. H.SI.'.PTON ',;:AS ENTITLED TO ANY VACATION HE TFOUGHT THE CITY SHOULD PAI HIM.
Tirf CITY CLERK IS TO CHECK THIS.
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21. 1.AYOR HOUSTON THEN BROUGHT UP THE BROOMS AND FARINA LETTER REGARDING THE
SUPERVISION OF THE RAW 'HATER 'WELLS. AFTER A DISCUSSION IT WAS DECIDED TO
1,AIT UNTIL THE NEXT EIETING AS THE CONTRACTOR COULD NOT START UNTIL AFTER
T'Kll' DAYS AFTER THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED.
IlLTING 7IAS THEN ADJOURNED.
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RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED
MAYOR ROBERT X. HOUSTON
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Y . H. CLAY
CIT'L CLERK - AUD OR
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