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04-02-1918 Regular Meeting Clermont Fla April 2, 1918 Regular meeting of Clermont called to order by Pres. Brantley. Roll call all members present. Minutes of meeting of Mach 8, read and approved. Finance Committee. No report. Street Committee. Mr Goodenough reports crossing complete on 7th street and trees trimmed on Montrose St from pages place to 5th Street. Improvement and Parks. No report. Charity and Schools. No report. Special Committee reports no progress on surveying Town Park. Treasurer reports balance on hand $246.16. Total collected $456.50. Paid out $93.65. Balance on hand $609.01. Report accepted. Marshall Lee’s report read and accepted. Marshall Lee tenders his resignation. Following bills ordered paid. Electric, Light and Power Co $68.00. L Toppino $$19.00. Marshall salary $14.00. H Wilson $5.00,C H Goodenough $32.88. W Kern $5.17. Moved that Mr Cummings request to build porch on his residence be granted. Carried. Moved that petition of A B McNiece and other to clay 4th street be granted. Carried. Moved that Mr Altmeyer be requested to move pole set in front of Mr Goodenoughs place. Carried. Marshall Lee withdrew his resignation for ten days. Collector reports collections of $423.80. Report accepted. Moved that time for paying taxes be extended for one month and collector to notify all non residents and post notices in conspicuous place. Carried. Moved that ordinance relating to calling out all men between the age of 18 and 55 for work on the streets be passed and ordinance of similar name passed at Council meeting of February 8th be null and void. Carried. The following ordinance was introduced by Councilman Johnson and passed by the Council. No 30. An Ordinance granting the Town Council of Clermont, Fla the power to compel all men between the ages of eighteen and fifty-five to work two days on the streets of Clermont or pay two dollars. Be it ordained by the Town Council of the Town of Clermont, Lake Co, Fla, that the Town Council shall have the power to call out by summons all able bodied men between the ages of eighteen and fifty-five years having Resided within the town limits for six months and require them to labor upon the streets and highways of the Town of Clermont for two days during each year or pay one dollar per day for the time summonded, any person refusing to comply with this ordinance after receiving such summons, shall upon conviction be fined ten dollars or be confined in the jail for ten days or both at the discretion of the Mayor. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and approval of the Mayor. Passed in open Council this second day of April 1918. S S Fisler, Clerk A B Brantley, President of Council C A Roe, Mayor Moved that above ordinance be published for one week. Carried. Moved that the Clerk be authorized to make out bills for cutting weeds. Carried. Moved that rules be suspended and ordinance relating to sidewalk on Minneola Ave be passed to second reading. Carried. Moved that ordinance relating to sidewalks on Minneola Ave be passed as read. Carried. Moved to adjourn. Carried. S S Fisler, Clerk. Ordinance No 29 The following ordinance was introduced by Councilman H L Johnson and passed by the council. An ordinance to provide for the construction and maintenance of sidewalks along certain streets in the Town of Clermont, Fla. To provide for notices to be served on the owners or occupants of the lots or parcels of land fronting or abutting upon said streets. To provide for the building of said sidewalks by the town where the owner or occupant fails to construct same and to provide for the collection and enforcement of the cost of construction. Be it ordained by the Town Council of the Town of Clermont, Lake Co., Fla. Sec 1. That the owner or owners of every lot piece or parcel of land fronting and abutting upon the following described portions of the following streets in the Town of Clermont, Fla. to wit South side of Minneola Ave Lots 1 – 3 – 5 – 7 and 9 in block 77. North side of Minneola Ave Lot 16 and west half of lot 14 in block 93. East half of lot 14 and all of lot 12 in block 93. Lots no. 2 – 4- 6 – 8 and 10 in block no. 93 according to the official town plat. Be and they are directed and required to construct and maintain sidewalks in the manner and of the material herein after set forth. Sec 2. All walks provided for in Sec 1 shall be five feet wide and shall be built upon a graded surface. Said grade to be fixed by the Town Council under the following specifications to wit. The foundation mixture said sidewalks to be of cement and sand. Four parts of sand to one part of cement and shall be three inches thick. For the surface to be of sand and cement two parts of sand to one of cement and shall be one inch thick. Sec 3. That said sidewalks shall be completed and ready to use within sixty days after service of notice upon the owner or owners of any lot, block or parcel of land on the streets or parts of streets named in Sec 1 Sec 4. That if the owners or owners of any lot, piece or parcel of land fronting or abutting upon said street or portion thereof designated in this ordinance fails to construct said sidewalks within the time prescribed here by Then the Town Council is authorized after first giving notice as is provided for in Sec 5 of this ordinance. To advertise for bids to be filed with the Clerk of the Town of Clermont, Lake Co, Fla ten days before the meeting of the Council at which said bids for such sidewalk construction are to be considered in accordance with the specifications for sidewalks as herein before set forth. Sec 5. That it shall be the duty of the Town Clerk within ten days after the approval of this ordinance by the Mayor of the Town of Clermont to issue a notice to each and every owner or owners of lots, piece or parcel of land fronting or abutting upon the street or portionsa there of described in Sec 1 advising them of the fact that the Town Council has ordered the said owner or owners to construct sidewalks fronting and abutting said property and requiring them them to construct said sidewalks within sixty days after giving of such notice. Which notice in the case of a non-resident or absent owner who have no agent or agents in the Town of Clermont, Florida shall be sent by registered mail to such non residents or absent owners at his (******) or their last known address and shall be published for two weeks in some paper in the Town of Clermont, Florida or a copy posted on said real estate in which case the said notice shall be served by the Marshall of the Town of Clermont upon the said owner or persons in possession of said property be occupied. In the event the owner or owners of any lot or lots, piece or parcel or land fronting or abutting upon streets or portions thereof described in Section 1 be unknown to the Marshall and the place of residence of such owner or owners shall be unknown, in that event a notice shall be posted upon the land in question for a period of ten days. The notice provided for in for in this section shall be substantially as follows. Town of Clermont To ______________ you as owner or agent of the owner or occupant of the following described lot fronting and abutting on ________________ street in the Town of Clermont to wit. Are advised that the Town Council has ordered that you contruct a sidewalk in front of and abutting said property on said street and that you are hereby required to construct said sidewalk within sixty days from the receipt of this notice said sidewalk to be five feet wide and shall be comprised of cement and said the foundation and be three inches thick to be composed of four parts of sand and one part of cement and the top to be one inch thick and composed of two parts sand to one part of cement. Upon which the Marshall shall make (*****) substantially as follows. Received this notice __________ day of ___________ AD and moved the same by delivering a true copy thereof to ____________ at Clermont, Lake County, FL. On this ____________day of __________ AD Sec 6. That when said sidewalks are constructed by the town the cost of construction of such said sidewalks together with the cost arising under this ordinance shall be chargeable to the owner or owners of said lots and assessable against the lot of lots, piece or parcels of land fronting or abutting upon said streets and the portions thereof described in Sec 1. And such assessment shall constitute a lien superior in dignity to all other liens upon such of the lots, pieces or parcels of land fronting or abutting upon said streets or portion thereof prorate according to the number of linear feet of said lot pieces or parcels of land fronting or abutting upon the side or sides of said street described in Sec 1 in front of which lots said sidewalk is built by the town. Sec 7. That the Town Council of the Town or Clermont, Fla be and is hereby authorized to fix the proportional amount of the assessment for the cost of construction of such sidewalk and curbing assessable against each lot piece or parcel thereof fronting or abutting upon said street or portion thereof is described in Sec 1. Sec 8. That said assessment for the construction of said sidewalk shall become due and payable as fast as the said sidewalks are completed and shall be paid by the lot owners of the property upon which the sidewalks (**) are fronting. Sec 9. That said liens shall be enforced in the manner provided by the laws of Florida for the enforcement of Mechanics liens against Real Estate. Passed in open Council this 2nd day of April 1918. S S Fisler, Clerk C A Roe, Mayor S B Brantley, Pres of Council.