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04-15-1947 Regular Meeting . MINUTES OF REGULAR ADJOURNED MEETING OF TEE CITY COUNCIL HELD AT THE CITY HALL TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1947, 7:30 P.M. The meeting was called to order by president R.M. Castner at 7:45, other Councilmen present being J.V.Brice, A.M.Johnson, J.F.Macdonald, and T.F'Thompson. Mayor Wm H. McQuistion, Marshal C.E.Sullins" City Engineer A.G. Cole, Street Supt J.B~Fullwood, water Supt. H.M.Cole, and City Clerk R.R.House were also present. ~ ~ Mr. Jim Barr was present and he said it would be alright fur tm City to take out the tree in the pavement on Montrose Street in front of his plaoe. Mr. Brice introduced a Resolution correcting the Plat showing block 111 as ,part of Sunset Heights, and moved its adoption. The motion was seconded by Mr. Macdonald, and when put to a vote, the motion oarried unanimously. Therebwas some d!soussion of parking meters, and :M.r. Walter Warren of Le~sburg, stat ed that the meters seemed to be working all right there,~ ~e matter was then tabled until the next meeting. Mr. Brice made a motion,seoondedby Mr. Thompson which carried unanimously, that the City Attorney immediately sta. rt suit to quiet title on all property the City has aQquired by tax deed, and has been sold or on which the City still has title. Mr. Brice tm. de a motion that the City pay the annual dues of $9.00 to the Lake County League of Municipalities. The motion was seoonded by Mr. Johnson, and when put ta a vote, the motion oarried. The matter of a lot for the V.F.W. was tabled until the meeting May 6th. Tb,ere being no further business at this time, the Council adjourned, to meet at the call of the president. Ci~ pre~~ ~ ~ I" I,: .a ~,., __,A_ - .:.~ RES 0 L UTI 0 N BE IT RESOLVED by the City Uouncil of the City of Clermont: THAT W~iREAS, on the Official Map of the City of Clermont, made by A. P. .Gibson, City 2ngineer, and duly recorded in the public records of Lake County, Florida, in Plat Book 8, pages 17 to 23, inclusive, a certain block of land divided into lots numbered 1 to 22, inclusive, and bounded as follows, to-wit: On the North by Juniata Street, on the East by Tenth street, on the South by Broome Street, and on the Nest by a ten foot alley separating said Block from Block 124 designated on said Map; was intended to be numbered and should have been numbered as "Block III of Sunset Park, a subdivision of the City of Clermont~ and, WHEREAS, by error of the draftsman who prepared said map, the number was omitted from said Block pn the Official Map of the City of Clermont as the same appears of record in the public records of Lake County, Florida. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Clermont that the said Block be designated as Block III of Sunset Park, a subdivision of the City of C'lermont, and that the same be known as "Block Ill" of such subdivisionJ and that the designation of all lots or parts of lots contained within the boundaries aforesaid shall henceforth be designated by the lot number and as a part of Block Ill. BE IT FURTfillR RESOLVED That the County Commissioners of Lake County, Florida, be and they are hereby requested to pass a resolution designating said Block as "Block 111 of Sunset Park, a subdivision of the City of Clermont~ and directing the Clerk of tbB ~iv~uit Court of Lake County, Florida, to enter upon said block of land above described its number as "11111 and that the lots and parts of lots in said Block shall hereqfter be described upon the tax records and upon all deeds of conveyaDces and other instruments of writing affecting said lands as contained within . e ~. Block III of Sunset Park, a subdivision of the City of Clermont, as represented on the Official Map of the City of Clermont, re- corded as above set rorth. 1):l.ted at Clermont, Florida, this 15th day of April,.:A. D. 1947. CITY OF CIIERMONT BYJtlC2lL!~ ~ Mayor. ATTE~T~ ----LLb&~Ierk . STATE OF FLOB,IDA COUNTY OF TAles Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority, w. H. Mc~UISTION and R. F. HOUSE, Mayor and City Clerk of the City of Clermont, respectively, and did each acknowledge before me that he signed the foregoing Resolution and that said Resolution was duly and regularly passed by the City Council of the City of Clermont at a special meeting of said Council held on the/5th day of April, 1947, and that they executed the foregoing Resolution as the act and deed of said City of Clermont. WITm!lSS my hand and official seal at Clermont, Lake County, ~lorida, this 15tb day of' Apriili, A. D~_9~~ Nota~, -Sfate 'or-Florida; . My Commission expires: December 7th, 1949. ~ -~ ~-~ ----., r-:- / At a meeting of theCity'Council of the City of Clermont, held at the City Hall~ on tne '1st day of April, A.D. 1947, the following resolution was unanimously passed: "Be It Resolved, That the' 'City' of CTermont do request the Legislature of 'the state of Florida to amend the Charter of the City of Clermont by amending Sectiori 8 thereof by relieving the' 'Mayor 'of the City of Clermont from the duty and obligaticm oftryin.g persons 'charged'.with offenses - against the ordinances of said City" and provlding for the' appointment by the City Council of a Municipal' Judge, with such compensation as may be fixed by ordinance, whose duty it shall be to try'all persons charged with the violation of all city ordinances. Be It Further Resolved,' That the Oi ty Attorney be ,. requested to give notice of the iritroduction of such'amend- ment in the Legislature of the 'State of Florida during its 1947 Sesslonand that he prepare and submit to th.e Senator and Members of the House of Representives from Lake Countw an amendment to the Charter carrying this resolution into effect." APPROVED: ATTEST: Jl,Z)lt~L-~ C7a?~ Clerk. '