03-05-1957 Regular Meeting
REGULAR MEETING
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A regular meeting of the city Council of the City of
Clermont was held at the city hall Tuesday, I1arch 5, 1957.
The meeting was called to order by Council chairman Harold
Turville at 7:30 p. M. will all Council members present.
Others present were Mayor Keene, City attorney Morse, Supt.
Sheldon, Police Chief Parker, Fireman Fullwood, Mrs. L. A.
Clarl, Mrs. Eva Fasset, Mr. J. E. Middleton, Mr. W. H.
McQuistion, and Mr. Roland Sharp.
The minutes of the meeting held February 19, 1957, were
read and approved as read.
Mr. Roland Sharp, of Vero Beach, discussed sewerame disposal
problems in Clermont with the Council. Motion was made by Roe,
seconded by VanNostrand and carried that the city accept the
offer made by Mr. Sharp that his fmrm make a study of the
preftiminary plans of the sewerage disposal system to be
furnished him by the city of Clermont, and to repnrt to the
city Council at a later date giving them estimates of the
cost and other information. These services to be without
cost to the city.
Clerk Johnson was instructed to turn over to Mr. Sharp
the afore mentioned preliminary sewerage disposal plans
for study.
Clerk Johnson was directed to write to the Housing and
Homes Financing Agency of 50 Seventh street, N. E. Atlanta,
Georgia, and determine if i~ possible t'orhave the amount
of $9,400.00 owed by the City of Clermont to said Agency
canceled. This obligation is for an advance to the City
of Clermont by said Agency to cover the cost of a survey
and preliminary plans for a sewerage disposal system for
the city of Clermont.
Mrs. Helen Clerk spoke to the Council relative to the
construction of an apartment house in a R-l zone. Mrs. Clark
was informed that apartment houses were not allowed in any
R-l zone and it was suggested to her that she make an effort
to obtain the necessar~ location in a R-2 area.
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Clerk Johnson read a letter from Mr. W. H. McQuistion,
chairman of the city Zoning Commission, wherein it was
stated that said Zoning Commission had met and considered
the petetion of certain property owners requesting that
the abutting property on highway ~, between East avenue
and'Millholland street, be changed from a R-l zone to a
T-C zone. The letter further stated that the Commission
had also given consideration to another petetion of
interested property owners requesting that the area in
question remain as a R-l zone. The letter further stated
that the Zoning Commission had voted unanamously in favor of
recommending to the City Council of the City of Clermont
that no changes be made in the zoning of that property
abuttftg highway 50 between East avenue and Millholland stree tG
t10tion was made by Carrington, seconded by Bl'shop and carried
that the Council go on record as accepting the recommendat~ons
of the Zoning Commission and that the petetion requesting
a change in zoning of the afore ment ioned area be denied, or
rejected. On roll call vote the ayes were Roe, Turville,
VanNostrand, Bishop and Carrington. Nayes: none. Absent: none;
Mr. Bishop, chairman of the Streets Committee, reported that
it would be necessary for the city to engage the services of
a bulldozer to cover the recently installed water drain from
Bast avenue to Lake Sunnyside. Motion was made by Roe,
seconded by Carrington and carried that Supt. Sheldon be
authorized to engage a bulldozer to do the work above described
at an approximate cost of :$125.00
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Col. VanNostrand, chairman of the Building Committee,
reported that no applications for building permits were
outstanding. He further stated that it had been necessary
to disapprove one application due to the Applicant not
having the necessary lot width for the proposed addition.
Col. VanNostrand further reported that Mr. James J. Harris,
chairman of the ~oning Board of Adjustment, had invited the
members of the Building Committee and the Zoning Commission
to meet jointly with his Board on Tuesday, March 5, 1957;
that the meeting had been held with a majority of the
memberhsip of each Board or Committee being present and that
a general discussion had. taken place relative to the ideas
and objectives of the respective Boards and Commissions.
It was determined that the Building Committee was t-he':-,onlY""l
Committee, or Board, empowered with the authority to issue
building permits. Col. VanNostrand then stated that the
Building Committee were in agreement that t-heY.'wou1dJab:hde
strictly by the Building Code and/or the ~oning Ordinance
and that any application which did not comply with all the
rules and regulations of said Code and Ordinance would be
refused, after which the Applicant could appeal to ~he ~oning
Board of Adjustment in the event of an individual hardship
case, or to the Zoning Commission if a matter of ~oning was
involved.
Clerk Johnson reported that he had received a request that
the city advert i se for sale lot s 6, 7 & 8, Block 15, Sunny side
Unit. Motion was made by Carrington, seconded by Bishop and
carried that the Clerk be instructed to advertise in the
local paper, in the issues of March 14, 21 and 28, that the
City Council would consider sealed bids for the purchase of
10td 6, 7 & 8, Block 15, Sunnyside Unit, at the regular
meeting on Tuesday, April 2, 1957. All bids to be accompanied
by a deposit of not less than 10% of the bid price and to be
in the hands of the city Clerk not later than 5:00 P. M.,
on Tuesday, April 2, 1957. The lots may be bid separately
or as a unit.
Col. VanNostrand offered, and moved that it be passed,
the following RESOLUTION
"RESOLVED that Section 25, Chapter 8926, Laws of
Florida, Acts of 1921 as amended by Section 3 of Chapter
12614, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1927 be amended so as to
provide that the ci~y Manager's salary shall not exceed
17,500.00; and, that Notice of Intention to Apply to the
1957 Legislature for the passage of Special Legislation to
effect this change be published for a period of thirty days;
and, the City Attorney draft the required legaslation".
The motion was seconded by Mr. Roe and unanamously carried.
l"lrs. Carrington, chairman of the Laws and Auditing
Committee, reported that city attorney Morse wished to
mru{e further study before making recommendations regarding
amendments to the existing Ordinance covering the location
of house trailers withi~ the city limits.
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r'10tion by VanNostrand, seconded by Carrington and carried
that the existing Ordinance covering the location of house
trailers within the city limits be enforced and that the
Clerk notify, by registered mail, all owners of house trailers,
where said trailers are located in violation of said Ordinance,
that the house trailers must be removed from the premises within
sixty days from the date of the notice.
Mayor Keene reported that'lrtwo young men from Pi Lambda Phi
had been doing considerable worthwhile work for the city.
Mayor Keene read a letter from Mr. C. C. Holloway relative
to the intersection of highways 50 and 27, with copies
of letters to officers of the State Road Department inclosed.
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Mr. Sheldon reported that considerable air was getting into
the water mains at the old well and. causing trouble and many
complaints, and that it was his opinion that it would be
necessary to replace the air relief valves in order to remedy
the trouble. The matter was referred to Supt. Sheldon, and
Mr. Roe, chairman of the Water Committee, for correction.
Police Chief Parker submitted his monthly report, which
was accepted and orcered filed.
Clerk Johnson reported that four sealed bids had been
received on that city property being offered for sale, but
that two of the bids had been received on March 5, 1957,
and prior to 5:00 p. M. of March 4th as desiginated in the
advertisement. Clerk Johnson was instructed to open all
bios, which were as follows:
Preston Maynard~ Parcels A & B, $7,800.00
Millican & Besekee, Parcels A & B, 7,600.00
Stanley Mann, Parcels A & B, 7,500.00
Stanley Mann, lot 38, Blk 7, Sunnyside, $300.00
J. E. Middleton, Parcel A, 3,155.00
Consideration of the bids was deferred for an executive
session.
Not ion by Roe, seconded by Bi shop and carried that the
City donate books to Cooper Memorial Library of Mrs.
M. J. Barne s who was formerly clerk of thi s city.
Clerk Johnson read a letter from the Chamber of Commerce
requesting a payment of $500.00 of the amount budgeted to
them. Motion waS made. by Roe, seconded by VanNostrand and
carried that the city Clerk issue a check in the amount
of $500.00 to the Chamber of Commerce.
Clerk Johnson read a letter from Mr. John Duff wherein ~r.
Duff complained of the water rates being paid by him and
asked for consideration of a lower rate. Clp,rk Johnson was
instructed to advise Mr. Duff that no change could be made
in his rates.
Clerk Johnson read a letter from Grant-Harris Drug Company
wherein cancellation was made of that lease from said Grant-
Harris to the city of seventy three feet of Block 80, now
being used as a public parking lot. The effective date of
the cancellation to be March 31, 1957.
Request for cancellation of the afore mentioneQ lease00etweea
Grant-Harris and the City was granted to become effective
Narch 31, 1957.
Clerk Johnson read a letter from Bowman and Brown, Inc,
Wherein cancellation was requested of that lease between
Bowman & Brown, Inc and the City for twenty feet of Block
80, now being used by the city as a public parking lot.
Said let+;err>requested that the cancellation take effect
March 1, 1957 if possible.
Request for cancellat ion of the afore mentioned lease betweel'l
BDrlmallJ.antll BrOW'1t and the City of Clermont was granted to
become effective March 1, 1957.
The City Clerk was directed to have a notice published in
the local paper to the effect that afore mentioned property
was no longer a publi~ parking lot and calling the publics
attention to the city parking lot across the street from
Sun Chevrolet Company. The notice was to further stated
that the parking lot across the street from Sun Che...rolet
Company would be clo sed from 6: 00 P. N. until 6: 00 A. H.
each Right.
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Motion was made by Roe, seconded by Bishop and carried that
when the city Barn is completed and accepted by Supt.
Sheldo~, that the Clerk be directed to issue a check in
the amount of $4,620.00 to Clermont Builders Supply,
Wolfe & Konsler and Lewis Moore, jointly.
Motion was made by Bishop, seconded by Carrington and carried
that bills be paid.
Chairman Turville adjourned the meeting to an executive
session.
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
T}:le follO'Ning persons were appointed to membership on the
Cit~-eoverrirnent~Besearch Committee:
Mrs. J. J. Harris
~ Mrs. G. J. Egan
Mr. Oakley Seaver
Mr. John Middleton
Mr. Morgan Norris
Mr. Myron Pierce
xMr. Har ley Be a1
Mr. I. R. McKinstry
Mr. D. W. Redmond
Mr. Irving T. Frye (alternate)
Mr. Dick Watson (alternate)
It was decided to communicate with the first nine names on
the above list and ask them to serve on the City Government
Research Committee. In the letter to Oakley Seaver he was to
be asked to serve as, chairman of the Committee.
Moved by Carrington, seconded by Roe and carried,unanamously
that the city Council sell property in Block 89, Parcel A
(lot~ 9, 11 & 13) and Parcel B (lots 15, 16,161, 18 & 19)
for' $7,800.00, the bid submitted by Mr. Preston Maynard.
Motion by Roe, seconded by Bishop and carried unanamously
to reject the bid of $300.00 by Mr. Stanley Mann for lot
38, Block 7, Sunnyside u~it.
Moved by VanNostrand, seconded by Roe and carried to appoint
Mr. I. R. McKinstry to the Zoning Commission of the city of
Clermont to serve the unexpired term of Stephen Zelazo, who
submitted his resigination as of February 26, 1957.
Mayor Keene read letters of recommendation for Mr. Dayton
Blackford, applicant for the position of Chief of Police
of Clermont. It was decided not to hire Mr. Blackford as Chief
of Poluce at this time.
Meeting adjourned.
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Bills Payable
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Sun Chevrolet Company
Sun Chevrolet Co.,
Standard Oil Company
American Oil Company
B. F. Goodrich & Co
Standard Oil Co.
Clermont Hardware- Co.
Florida Office Supplies
Walker & Jensen
Florida Power Corp.
Finley's Municipal Supply
Soutyern Pipe Company
South Lake Publishers
H. L. Addison
Bishop Office Supply
Sanger Builders Supply
Hilltop Book Nook
Atlantic Chemical Co.
Traff-O-Terra System
St oke 8 & l'\ie Id s
Badger Meter Company
Brantly Electric Co
Southeast Electronics
Florida Telephone Corp.
Frank ~lright
Donald LaVaigne
f10rton J. Barnes
900.00
143.38
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110.79
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159 . 39
33.01
11.92
117..07
1,1~4.37
96 .38
86 .61
1.99
11.85
15 . 25
16.53
9.90
27.72
75.00
959.30
175.44
1 7 . 16
50.10
10.74
3.00
12.04
29.79
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