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12-22-1970 Regular Meeting e . MINUTES NQ 705 REGULAR MEETING A Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday, December 22, 1970. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P. M. by Mayor Don E. Smith with the following members present: VanderMeer, Oswalt and Cochran. Other officials present were: City Managers Johnson and Hopkins, City Controller Fleming, City Clerk Carroll, City Attorney Langley and Chief of Police Tyndal. Others present were: Mrs. Mary Shaw, Senator and Mrs. Welborn Daniel, Mr. and Mrs. John Aull and the Messrs. Jimmy Lee Jackson, E. E. Schumann, Floyd Groo, Don Ware, Donald St. John, George E. Hovis and Barney Chilton. The Invocation was given by Councilman VanderMeer. The Minutes of the meeting held on December 8, 1970 were approved as written. Mayor Smith announced the first order of business to be a continuation of the Public Hearing with regards application by A. E. Slack for a reduction in land area requirements in order that a duplex might be constructed on Lot 6 of City Block 75. Neither Mr. Slack nor anyone representing him was present to submit a schematic drawing of the proposed construction, as had been requested at the last meeting. Motion was made by Councilman VanderMeer, seconded by Councilman Oswalt and carried that the request of Mr. Slack be denied. Jimmy Lee Jackson, proprietor of a business establishment located at 769 East Montrose Street and now holding a beer and wine license, appeared before the Council urging their assistance in his application for a liquor license at this same location. Mr. Jackson was advised that inasmuch as this location is zoned R-3 which prevents commercial establishments bat wo'c5 oe ~s presently allowed to operate under the "Grandfather Clause, there was no action the Counci 1 could take. It was suggested to Mr. Jackson that he pursue the possibility of obtaining a liquor license for this location, qualifying and complying with the provisions of Section 3-4 of the Code of Ordinances. Attorney George E. Hovis, representing Mrs. Margaree Cooley, appeared before the Council requesting a Quit-Claim Deed from the City to Mrs. Cooley on property which he advised appeared on the old original town- site map of Clermont (1886) as a dedicated street, but that on the revised map of the City of Clermont dated in 1926, this property is not shown as a street and he therefore contended a street did not exist and he requested the Quit-Claim deed in order to clear title on the property. A legal description of the property on which he made his request is as follows: '=' Begin at the NE corner of the W~ of Lot 3, in Block 40, in the City of Clermont, Florida according to the plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 3, page 5, Public Records of Lake County, Florida; thence run W along the N line of said Block 40 to the NW corner of said Block 40; thence run N along an extension N of the W line of the said Block 40 to the SW corner of Block 41 in the said City of Clermont, thence run E along the S line of the said Block 41 to a point 75' W of the SE corner of the said Block 41, thence run S to the POB. There was no action taken on this matter and it was referred to the City Attorney for study and recommendations. . . MINUTES NQ 706 Welbrorn Daniel, Attorney, representing the Co-Lessees of the Crest Restaurant and Lounge, appeared before the Council requesting permission for establishments qualifying and complying with the provisions of Section 3-4 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Clermont to remain open from 12:00 midnight on December 31, 1970 until 3:00 A. M. on January 1, 1971 and submitted the necessary Resolution which would allow this upon its execution. The Resolution was read in full by Councilman Oswalt and he moved that it be adopted. The motion was seconded by Councilman VanderMeer and upon roll call vote on adoption of the Resolution the results were as follows: Ayes: VanderMeer, Oswalt, and Smith. Total Ayes: Three. Nayes: None. Absent: Bratton. Abstaining: Cochran. So the Resolution was adopted and the Number 171 assigned to it. City Manager Johnson submitted his report, both oral~y and written and a copy is attached hereto. City Manager Hopkins reported as follows: That the Florida Law Enforcement Agency was in the process of establishing communications terminals in certain areas of the State,gicking such sites according to sizes of the police department, capa~ilities, etc. and that our local police department had been picked as one of the sites. He felt this a real compliment to our local department and expressed same to Chief Tyndal. He further advised that one of the Radio Dispatchers would be attending a two day training session in Tallahassee with regards this in the near future; that with regards to continuing to provide water to William Baker's grove, he recommended the leasing of the presently installed LP Gas engine from Mr. Baker for one year beginning 1/1/71 at a cost of $400.00 with an option to purchase same at end of the year and assuming all maintenance and fuel costs. Motion was made by Councilman Cochran, seconded by Councilman Oswalt and carried that the recommendation of City Manager Hopkins be accepted and he be authorized to proceed with the leasing of the engine; That with regards the proposed construction of the Sanitary Sewer System, he recommended that the recommendations of Michaels Engineering Company be accepted whereby the City proceed to award a tentative bid to the low bidder/s at the time of the bid opening on November 24, 1970. Motion was made by Councilman Oswalt, seconded by Councilman VanderMeer and carried that the sanitary sewer system contracts be tentatively awarded to the lowest bidders as received November 24, 1970 to-wit: Contract Contract Contract No. 1 '>N~. 2 No. 3 Bumby & Stimpson, Inc. Bumby & Stimpson, Inc. Chilton Construction Company $ 1,520,175.55 406,330.00 526,911.00 all subject to approval by the appropriate government agencies. City Clerk Carroll read communications as follows: From Cooper Memorial Library Board wherein they expressed appreciation for financial assistance; from Senator Daniel wherein he announced local bill hearings would be held in Tavares on Thursday, February 18, 1971 at 6:00 P. M. to consider requests from all sources for local legislation affectinQ Lake County. The meeting was adjourned by Mayor Smith. ~r~ ~l"~ J I / . 1.(.4) ). L4A.A~ .- 00 ores W. Carroll, erk non E. Smith,Mayor