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06-19-1975 Special Meeting . e e . MINUTES SPECIAL MEETING NQ 1159 A Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held in the office of the City Manager on Thursday, June 19, 1975. The meeting was called to order at 4:00 P. M. by Mayor Claude E. Smoak, Jr., with the following members present: Councilman Schroedel, Oswalt, and Blackburn. Others present were: City Manager Hopkins, City Clerk Carroll, Director of Community Services Smythe, City Attorney Batrd,:andBundirig..:OrtfffcialTNaget: Mayor Smoak announced the meeting was called at the request of City Manager Hopkins in order that direction be given by Council for Building Official Nagel to establish a firm position regarding request received for an extension of the permit for the Crystal Beach Apartment project. Mr. Hopkins advised that provisions in Section 106.3 of the Southern Standard Building Code for granting extension of permits require evidence that a certified contractor has been employed, and that sufficient cause exists. The initial permit for this project had been obtained by a certified contractor who had notified the Building Official at a later date that he was no longer associated with Minneola Citrus Shoppe, Inc. and their proposed Crystal Beach Apartment project. In follow-up communication"the Building Official was advised that another certified contractor had been retained to perform the work, and the extension was beigg,requested in order to finalize permanent financing. '\' Mayor Smoak reiterated that he was not against the proposed apartment building project, but that he felt the Council had "bent over backwards" in cooperation with Mr. Davis of Minneola Citrus Shoppe, Inc. and saw no reason for extending the permit, that in his opinion, the initial permit was null and void when the initial contractor left the project, but that a new permit could be obtained and the project constructed under existing building code requirements. City Attorney Baird advised it was for Council to take an administrative position that there is, or there is not, cause evidenced for the buirlding.official~to extend the permit as had been requested. The meeting was adjourned by Mayor Smoak at 5:40 P.M. {!J~~ Claude . Smoak, Jr., ayor ~tJi4L 1. C"A.JIL Do ores W. Carroll, City Clerk