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04-08-1969 Regular Meeting . . MINUTES N~ ~~* 583 REGULAR MEETING A Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of in the Council Chambers on Tuesday, April 8, 1969. called to order at 2:00 P. M. by Mayor Don E. Smith Other officials present were: City Manager Johnson, City Controller Fleming and Chief of Police Tynda1. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Cork, Jr. and Mr. C. A. Mangold. the local Press were also present. The invocation was given by Councilman VanderMeer. The Minutes of the Meeting held on March 25, 1969 were approved as written. Clermont was held The meeting was with all members present. City Clerk Carroll, Others present were: Representatives of City Manager Johnson submitted his report, both orally and written. City Manager Johnson submitted proposed Zoning Code Amendments for discussion. It was consensus of Council that the City Attorney be authorized to advertise for a Public Hearing on these proposed amendments. Mayor Smith commended City Manager Johnson for the additional playground equipment, recently placed in the downtown IITot Lotll. Controller Fleming submitted his report, both orally and written. Motion was made by Councilman VanderMeer, seconded by Councilman Oswalt and carried that the City Controller be authorized to redeem Delinquent Tax Note #877 dated July 1, 1989 in the amount of $28.00. Mayor Smith requested the City Manager to check with other municipalities in Lake County which have sanitary sewer systems with regards their action on sewer assessments on County and School Board owned properties. Mayor Smith reported as follows: That he and the City Manager had recently attended a Seminar in Orlando by State Insurance Commissioner Broward Williams; That an invitation had been extended to the Mayor, Manager and Councilmen to attend the opening of Congressional Offices in Oca1a on Wednesday, April 9th, by the Honorable William Chappell; That, with regards to obtaining an area in the Lincoln Park area for a recreational playground, he urged the Council to visit the site of the abandoned B10xam Avenue well and make their recommendations toward using this city owned property for such a purpose; That he wished to extend appreciation to Mr. Cochran and the Citrus Tower for their cooperation in the construction of the "Welcome to Clermont" signs. Councilman VanderMeer commended the City Manager and city employees for the very nice job accomplished on the recently opened Little League Ball Fields and concession stand. Councilman Cochran reported that the quarterly meeting of the Lake County League of Muntt;pa1ities would be held in Eustis on April 23rd. Councilman Bratton reported he had been advised by Senator Daniels that approval had been granted for the construction of a fishing pier at the end of 8th Street at Lake Minneola. City Clerk Carroll read a communication from the South Lake Art League wherein they advised that should it become necessary that they require additional space, that they would remove furnishings from the Art League Room in the Jenkins Building which had been placed there by them. They further expressed appreciation to the Manager and Council for splendid cooperation. Motion was made by Councilman Oswalt, seconded by Councilman VanderMeer . . MINUTES N~ 3€U13E 584 and carried that the bills be paid. Councilman VanderMeer submitted a photo to the City Manager of open pavilion type structure which he desired the Manager to investigate as to size and price, etc. and report to the Council. Mr. VanderMeer is of the opinion this type of structure is needed at the Jaycee Beach area. Motion was made by Councilman Bratton, seconded by Councilman Cochran that the time of Council meetings be changed from 8:00 P. M. to 7:30 P. M. effective April 22, 1969. Upon roll call vote on passage of the motion, the result was: Ayes: Bratton, Cochran and Smith. Total Ayes: Three. Nayes: Oswalt and VanderMeer. The motion carried. Motion was made by Councilman Bratton, seconded by Councilman VanderMeer and carried that the meeting adjourn. ;;.'c;; ../-;/ (~c~c::-..L--- Don E. Smith, Chairman --JAk~M) 1. ~~ Do ores W. Ca rro ,--clerk