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12-27-1966 Adjourned Meeting . e MINUTES N~ 412 ADJOURNED MEETING An adjourned meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday, December 27, 1966. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P. M. by Council Chairman Hoskinson, ,in the absence of Mayor BonJorn, with the following members present: Councilmen Beals, Cochran and VanderMeer. Other officials present were: City of Police Tyndal and Building Inspector Snyder. Others present were Messrs. J. W. Prior, Oscar Wooten, Hepry Darity and Jack C. Taylor. A representative of the local Press was also present. The invocation was given by Councilman VanderMeer. The minutes of the meeting held on December 13, 1966 were corrected as follows: (Paragraph nlne of page 1) Councilman VanderMeer rather than Councilman Beals moved that the City Manager be authorized to make applica- tion for a Federal grant under the "Open Space" program for approximately $31,000.00 for the purchase of land for park and playground use and that he be further authorized to use up to $600.00 for options of not less than 90 days on the land needed. (Paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of page 4) That the two year terms of office of the newly elected councilmen begin on the second Tuesday of January in 1967 rather than on the first Tuesday. The minutes were approved as corrected. Mr. Oscar Wooten representative of the Clermont Band Boosters Club, appeared before the Council and requested permission for the following: That the Band Boosters Club be allowed to use the municipal ball park for a circus to be sponsored by them on February 10, 1967; that 500 gallons of water be made available and the necessary Occupational License fee for a circus be waived. Motion was made by Councilman VanderMeer that this request be granted. The motion was seconded by Councilman Beals. Council- man Beals thereupon moved that the motion be amended to read that the Clermont Band Boosters Club be held responsible for any damage incurred to the park by the circus and/or their equipment. The amendment was seconded by Councilman Cochran and amendment and motion carried unanimously. Chairman Hoskinson declared that the Hearing on Special Assessments for the improvements of East Montrose and East Minneola Streets was not open. Mr. Henry Darity, 540 East Montrose Street, appeared befQre the Council and advised that since the improvement of East Montrose was made, he had no access from the street into his property, that there was a considerable drop from the street level to his property. Motion was made by Councilman Cochran, seconded by Councilman VanderMeer and carried, that this matter be referred to the City Manager for correction. Mr. Jack C. Taylor appeared before the Council and inquired as to the method of payment for the special assessments, which was readily explained by the City Manager. Motion was made by Councilman Beals, seconded by Councilman Cochran and carried that the special assessments for ,improvements to East Minneola Avenue be confirmed. Motion was made by Councilman Beals, seconded by Councilman Cochran and carried, that the special assessments for improvements to East Montrose Street be confirmed. . e ~ , MINUTES. N~ 413 City Manager Johnson opened bids on 500' of 2!rj" Fire Hose as follows: Daytona Beach Fire Equipment Company - $875.00 American 'LaFrance - $898.50 ABC Fire Equipment Company -$636.50 Manager Johnson recommended that the low bid of ABC Fire equipment Company be accepted. Motion was made by'Councilman Cochran, seconded by Councilman Beals and carried, that the Manager's recommendation be accepted and the low bid of ABC Fire Equipment Company -be accepted and the necessary purchase order issued. ci ty Manager --Johnson submitted his report both orally and written. A copy is attached hereto. City Manager Johnson reporteddtha~ Aapon~Jbnes, Jr., Robert Stevenson and Eugene Jackson desired to deed the City of Clermont a street right- of-way 40' in width in order that,property owned by Aaron Jones, Jr. would have access to 'a street and recommended that the Council accept the offer. Motion was made by Councilman Beals, seconded by Councilman Cochran and carried, that the recommendation of the Manager be accepted and that the City accept title to the right-of-way. Councilman Beals inquired of the status of the casing that had been dropped into the new well and which had not been mentioned in the report of Michaels Engineering Company. City Manager Johnson was requested to investigate the matter and report back to the Council. City Attorney Langley reported that he was progressing indirectly with obtaining the necessary street right-of-ways for the proposed extension of Chestnut Street to West Avenue; that he, the City Manager and Councilman Beals had been working on the proposed changes of the City Charter; and that he had the Ordinance providing for an amendment to the Electrical Code prepared. Councilman Beals advised that inasmuch as the proposed changes in the City Charter, if adopted, would affect committee appointments, he, therefore, requested that the Mayor withhold committee appointments for the new year until after the first meeting in January. Councilman Beals offered and moved that it be passed on a single reading, AN ORDINANCE UNDER THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENT OF THE ELECTRICAL CODE, PROVIDING FOR CHANGES IN THE PROCEDURE OF EXAMINATION FOR AN ELECTRICAL LICENSE, WITH THE CITY OF CLERMONT, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS IN THE ELECTRICAL CODE OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, FLORIDA, AND OTHER PERTINENT PROVISIONS, ALSO, REPEALING ALL SECTIONS eeKTHE FORMER ORDINANCE IN CONFLICT THEREWITH. The motion was seconded by Councilman VanderMeer and the ORDINANCE read in full by City Manager Johnson. Upon a roll call vote the result was: AYES: Beals, Cochran, VanderMeer and Hoskinson TOTAL AYES: Four NAYES: None ABSENT: Turville So the ORDINANCE as read was adopted and No. 24-C was assigned to it and ordered placed in the Ordiance Book, pages 52, 5? and 54. Councilman Beals reported that he had received a request for extended opening hours of business for the sale of liquor until 2 o'clock A. M. on January I, 1967 and that he, therefore, recommended and moved that all business establishments within the City of Clermont having alcoholic beverages for sale be allowed to remain open until 2 o'clock A. M. on January 1, 1967. The motion died for lack of a second. . Meeting adjourned ~, ~~-~ roes Hoskinson, Pres1dent of the Council MINUTES erk e N~ 414 - \ ~ - ~' -. REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER December 27, 1966 The vDBusiness Areau directional sign has been installed at Grand Hwy and Highway 27 and is in operation. The installation of the storm sewers in the Oakview Subdivision area has been completed. Some curbing is yet to be installed and will be taken care of soon. We have been offered about 1,000 yards offill dirt which I have, of course, accepted. We will use the fill dirt on the North end of East Avenue and will start hauling next week. An agreement has been reached regarding the purchase of land for Parks and Playgrounds. The option to purchase will be prepared and executed within a few days. I have written for application forms for requesting a Federal Grant to assist us in this purchase. I should have the forms within a few days and I will fi~e the application as soon thereafter as possible. The Housing and Urban Development Agency has advised me that they will not be able to make us a grant for our proposed sewer system. However, this places us in a position where we can make application to FHA and this is the agency which we actually preferred. A pre liming applica- tion will be made to them as soon as possible. Plans and Specifications are being drawn for the Jaycee Beach 5'lclter area. They should be ready by January first. I talked,.to Mr. LtJestbrook of Hichaels Engineering Company, today regarding wo~k to be done on the Bloxam Avenue well. lIe advised me that Central Florida Well Drillers are getting the required equipment together and that they will meet with Mr~ Saine next week. As of this date it is impossible fo~ me to say when the work wiil be done but I assure you that I will speed matters as much as I can.