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05-09-1967 Regular Meeting . . MINUTES N~ 441 REGULAR MEETING A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday, May 9, 1967. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P. M. by Mayor BonJorn with the following members present: Councilmen Beals, Cochran and Vandermeer. Other officials present were: City Manager Johnson, Deputy Clerk Carroll, Superintendent Sheldon, Building Inspector Snyder and Chief of Police Tyndal. Others present were: Messrs. C. A. Mangold, Max Judy, Elmer Watson and Lee Kennerly. Representatives of WSLC, the Leesburg Commercial and the Orlando Sentinel were also present. The invocation was given by Councilman VanderMeer. Councilman Prior arrived at this time. The minutes of the meeting held on April 25, 1967 were approved as written. Mayor BonJorn advised the Council that he was receiving daily reports from the Legislature, now in session, and that if any of them were interested in the reports they were available to them in his office. The City Manager submitted his report both orally and written. Councilman Oswalt arrived during the reading of the City Manager's report. City Manager Johnson read a letter from Mr. Jesse P. Williams, Vice President of the Claims Department of the American Fire and Casualty Company to Chief Tyndal, expressing the Company's appreciation for the local police department's prompt and excellent cooperation in the investi- gations and reporting of accidents. Motion was made by Councilman Cochran, seconded by Councilman Beals and carried, that the bills be paid. Councilman Prior registered a complaint to be forwarded to the Lake County Health Department regarding certain areas of the city that were ' being missed by the mosquito fogging truck. Motion was made by Councilman Beals, seconded by Councilman Prior, and carried, that City_Attorney Langley be authorized to begin condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of street right-of-way of that part of Chestnut Street from 8th Street to West Avenue provided that the necessary deeds had not been obtained within two weeks. Councilman Cochran offered and moved that it be passed an ORDINANCE UNDER THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA: PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENT OF THE CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR (24) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES PERTAINING TO TRAILERS AND TRAILER COURTS; PROVIDING FOR THE ALLOWANCE OF RESTRICTED TRAILER PARKING IN CERTAIN AREAS BY PERMIT; PROVIDING FOR THE PARKING OF TRAILERS IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES FOR LIMITED PERIODS. The motion was seconded by Councilman Prior and unanimously carried. The ORDINANCE was read in full and upon roll call vote the result was: Ayes: Prior, Beals, Cochran, Oswalt and VanderMeer. Total Ayes: Five. Nayes: None. So the ORDINANCE passed, title as stated, and was ordered posted in the ORDINANCE BOOK and Number 26-C assigned to it and a copy ordered posted. Councilman Prior presented and moved the adoption of a RESOLUTION pertaining to the Council's appreciation of Mr. Forrest Colegrove's local District Manager of the Florida Power Corporation, time and talents contributed to the welfare and progress of the City of Clermont. The motion was seconded by Councilman Beals and unanimously carried. City Manager Johnson presented a petition to the Council from . . MINUTES N~ 442 interested property owners requesting the paving of Disston Avenue from East Minnehaha Avenue to Almond Street. Motion was made by Councilman Cochran, seconded by Councilman Beals and carried that the petition be accepted and the city proceed with the paving of same with the understand- ing that the abutting property owners be assessed for two thirds of the cost. Councilman Beals recommended and moved that beginning with the first council meeting in June, that the meetings be changed from Tuesday to Wednesday and the time from 7:30 P. M. to 8:00 P. M. The motion was seconded by Councilman Prior and upon roll call vote the result was: Ayes: Beals and Prior. Nayes: Cochran, Oswalt and VanderMeer. The motion failed to carry. Motion was made by Councilman Beals that beginning with the first meeting in June that the time of meetings be changed from 7:30 P. M. to 8:00 P. M. The motion was seconded by Councilman Oswalt and unanimously carried. The City Manager was instructed to publish such time change in the local Press. City Attorney Langley requested a meeting of the Council with him regarding proposed charter changes in his office on Tuesday, May 16, 1967 at 8:00 P. M. Motion by Councilman Beals, seconded by Councilman Cochran and carried, t the meeting be adjourned. .'