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07-20-1965 Adjourned Meeting ;. e MINUTES N? 264 ADJOURNED MEETING An adjeurned meeting ef the City Ceuncil ef the City ef Clerment was held in the Municipal Ceurt' Reem en Tuesday, July 20, 1965. The meeti~g was called to. erder at 7:30 P. M. with all Ceuncilmen present. Other City efficials present were City Manager McIntesh, City Atter- ney Langley, Building Inspecter Snyder, Pelice Chief'Tyndal, Superintendent Shelden and Clerk Jehnsen. Visiters present were Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Heskinsen, P~9'gy Cex, ,and Messrs. Max Judy, Rebert Smythe, David Scheenhelz, Jehn Jenes, Richard t,qilliams, ,Albert Dean and James Freeman . Representatives ef the press were also. present. The minutes ef the meeting held July 6, 1965 were amended to. include the readi~g ef a letter frem Mr. Arthur Geerge, a lecal realater, offering to. sell the Crest Restaurant to. the City ef Clerment fer a price of ' $80,000.00. The minutes "lerethen appreved as ,.,ritten. Mr. Rebert Smythe, representing the lecal Junier Chamber ef Cemmerce, recemmended to. the City Ceuncil that. they beautherl.'zed by the City Ceuncil to. make a "deer to. deer" survey ef thelecal residents to. determine their reactien to. several suggested recreatienal facilities. Ceuncilmen Beals and Turville favered t.he prepesed survey but the ether members ef the Ceuncil were ef the epinien that if the Junier Chamber ef Cemmercefelt that such a survey was necessary that it sheuld at least be pestpened until such time as seme definite estimates ceuld be ebtained as to. the cest ef the remedeli~g ef the Publix stere buildi~g. Mayer BenJern requested City Attorney Langley to repert en their meeti~g with Mr. Fred Welfe. Mr. Langley reperted that, while nething definite had been determined, it was' his epinien that Mr. Welfe weuld ceeperate with the City in their effert to. secure a street right-ef-way ~cr~ss his preperty frem Carrell Street to. the railread. The Ceunc1.1 referred further n~getiatiens in the matter to. City Man~ger McIntesh. Richard Williams asked the Ceuncil vlhen a negro. peliceman weuld be, engaged. that the'matter sheuld be discuss~d'with cha~geef all persennel. Mr. Peel reperted that he had just returned frem vacatien and that he wished to. meet vlith the Streets Cemmi ttee and the City Manager befere making recernmemdations 'regarding the clesing ef Lake Street 'frem 12th Street to. Lake Minneela and that he, did net. have any pregress to report r~gardi~g themevi~g ef State Road 561 in the Jaycee Beach area. if they had been able to. determine The Mayer advised Mr. Williams the City Manager who. was in full Mr. Turville reperted that the "later frem the new well is net yet satisfactery but that tests are being centinued and that it is heped the difficulty will be cerrected seen. ' Mr. Hoskinson reported that Mr. Hill Stiggins, Architect for the City, weuld have preliminary plans and cest estimates ready fer censideration during the early part ef August. He su~gested that the City Clerk and City Manager arrange a date fer Mr. Stiggins to. meet with the Council as seen as the plans' and estimates arecempleted. Mr. Heskinsen requested that pelice Chief Tyndal centact the Ceunty "deg catcher" and request that he ceme to. Clerment and pick up stray degs as seen as pessible. Jehn R. Jenes requested that Mr. Yerk, ef the Street L~ghting and Sanitatien Cemmittee, make a survey ef Chestnut Street, between 8th Street and West Avenue, to. determine if adequate street l~ghting ceuld be installed. Mr. Yerk agreed to. invest~gate the matter. Hr. Beals recemmended that bids be requested fer beautificatien of the Jaycee Beach area. The Mayer recemmended that this matter be pestpened . e MINUTES N? 265 pending the possibility of the relocation of State Road 561. Mr. Beals agreed. Nr. Seals reported that Mr. Langley, City Attorney, had advised him that'the conversion to burial plots of the park in Oak Hill Cemetery was not legally feasible. Mr. Beals requested that ' the City Manager have the Police Department make periodic survey of the West Minneola Bathing Beach in order to determine if its use was sufficient to warrant a Life Guard. The City Manager agreed to look into the matter. Mr. Beals' requested that an executive session be held inunediately follovli!lg the meeting. At the request of Councilman Turville, Clerk Johnson read a letter to the City Council from Mr. Harry E. Connell protesting that an appraised valuation of $2100.00 on Lots 17 and 19, Block 106,' Indian Hills ($1050.00 per lot) vias in excess of their true or actual value. Mr. Connel was also critical of Municipal, operations in general and specifically the use of Hunnicutt and Associates as appraisers, a sewerage system for G::1er-mont; the e!lg~gi!lg of an architect to prepare plans for the remodeling of the property donated to the City by Mr. Jenkins or an expenditure in excess of $20,000.00 for such remodeling. No action was taken on the letter as it was assumed that his protest was a matter for consideration by the Board of Equalization. Mr. Beals requested t~at means of enforcement of the Rod2nt Control Ordinance be clarified. Mr. York agreed to meet \vith Mr. Thomas, Lake County Health Officer, and the City Attorney and endeavor to effect the 'necessary rule~ of procedure. Mr. Beals reported that he and the City Manager had made a survey of the water depths around the pier at the Jaycee' Beach and had found that the depth was not sufficient ,to warrant the installation of a diving board. Mr. Beals also discussed the possibility of planting banana trees in Sunset Park and stated that he would take the' matter up with the City Manager. Following a short discussion motion was made by Mr. Hoskinson, seconded by Mr. Beals,'and carried, that the City Manager receive .07 per mile for the use of his car on official business and that in addition to the per mile' rate he be furnished gasoline and oil by the City without cost. The motion carried with Mr. Turvil~e: ,requesting that the Manager give City Clerk Johnson a statement of his present speedometer readi!lg'". The meeti:rgwas adjourned to an executive session. Following considerable discussion,motion was made by Mr. York, seconded by Mr. Hoskinson that the minutes of the Special Meeting held June 10, 1965 be approved as written. The motion carried with Mr. Turvi11e stating that the minutes were correct but that he was opposed to John R. Jones serving on the Committee due to the fact that he had been arrested and convicted for carrying a pistol while in Daytona Beach. , and moved Mr. Beals reconunended/that the membership of the Bi-racial Conunittee be reduced from six to five and that such reduced membership consist of two n~groes and three white persons. There was no second to the motion. Mr. Turville' moved that John R. Jones be removed from the Bi-racial Committee and a replacement be appointed. There was no second to the motion. Clerk Johnson advised the Council that a small piece of property had been offered for sale to the City w~ich could be used for a cemetery addition. The matter was referred to the Cemetery Commitee and the City Man~ger for investigation and reconunendation.