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09-09-1924 Regular MeetingThereupon, upon motion duly made and seconded, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: { =_ WHEREAS, The City Council of the City of Clermont, 3n the 9hh day of September, 1924, adopted a resolutian providing for cnnstru.cting, grading, paving and otherwise improving certain streets and avenues within the corporate limits of saLd city, which said improvements are to be made pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 9298, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1923: and WHEREAS? The said City Council on thc; same day ado,)te i a f a--l-rj resolution directing that notice be given to all persons interested in.)r owning property adjoining and contiguous to or bounding and abutting ppon the streets and a venues mentioned and describecx in the r esolutin of September 9th, 1924, above referred to, to be and appear before the City Council on the 16th day of September, 1924, at 1:30 o'clock P. M. then and there to makd objections, if any they had, to the making of said proposed improvements; and WHEREAS, said notice was du*y published iri the Clermont Press, a newspaper of general circulatinn published in the City of Clermont, Florida, in its Issue of September ll�h, 1924; and WHEREAS, certain objteetions were made by a majority in interest of the persons owning or interested in the property adjoining and con- tiguous to or bounding and abutting upon DeSoto Street bet%yeen Fifth Street andSeventh Street: Chestnut Strebtbetwe.?n Sixth Street and Seventh Street; Eighth Street between Montrose Street and DeSoto Street; and Osceola Street between Seventh Street and Eighth Street; and Fourth Street between Minnebla Avenue and Osceola " reet; and WHEREAS? it has been made to appear to the 6ouneil that it is inadvisa-le and unnecessary to make said improvements on the following streets and blocks at the present time, to-wlt: DeSoto Street from Fifth Street; to Seventh Street, Chestnut Street from Sixth Street to - ,.;A- ='�. Seventh Street; Fourth Streetfrom Minneola Avenue to Osceola Street; Eighth Street from Montrose Street to DeSoto Stret; and Osceola Street from Seventh Street to Eighth Street: NOW? THEREFORE? BE IT RESOLVED By the City Council of the City M of Clermont, that the said resolution providing for the constructing, grading, paving and otherwise ii9roving certain streets and avenues within R the corporate limits of the City of Clerm ent, passed and adopted on the 9th day of September, 1924, be, and the same is hereby amended by omit- ting from: the streets and avenues therein mentirned and described the following: Eighth Street from Montrose Street to DeSoto Street; Fourth Street from Minneola ",Avenue to Osceola Street; Chestnut Street fr.)m Sixth Street to Seventh Street; DeSeto Street from Fifth Street to Seventh Street; Osceola Street frmm Seventh Street to Eighth Street; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED? That t he resolutim providing for con! strutting, a rading,paving, and otherwise improving certain street and avenues within the corporate limits of the City of Clermont; authorizing special assessments for the entire cost thereof' against the lute and lands adjoining,_j• and contiguous to or bounding and abutting upon such improvements, providing the manner in whi-6h slid special assessments shall be made, and when the same shall be payable by the owners of such lets and lands, passed and a doptel by the City Coun- cil and rec:ived and approved by the Mayor on the 9th day of September 1924, be and the same is hereby amended by sutstituting the sum of Fifty Seven T4ousand Four Hundred Twelve and 64/100 Dollars ($57,412.64) as the total expenditure authorized to. cover the cost of constructing, grading, paving and otherwise improving tht streets and avenues described in said resolutio n, as amended by resolution passed and sdo,:ted and re- ceived and approved by the Mayor on the 16th day of September, 1924, in lieu of the sum of Seventy-two Thjusand Nine Hundred Seventy-seven and 68/100 Dollars ($72.977.68), authorized in said resolution of September 9th, 1924. Thereupon, upon motion duly made and seconded, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: WHEREAS, the CityCeuncil of the City of Clermont on the 9th day of September, 1924, adopted a resolution providing for con- structing, grading, paving and otherwise improving certain streets and avenues vdthin the corporate limits of the City of Clermont, whi:h said resolution was duly amended on the 16th day of September, 1924; and WHEREAS, the Council deems it expedient at this time to advertise for bids for the prosecutimcf the necessary work and the furnishing of the proper mat.:rials in,connection with the improvements contemplated in said amended resolution: NOW? THETiEFORE? BE IT RESOLVED? That the Mayer and City Clerk of said City be, and they are her by authorized and directed to notify all Contractors engaAcd in work of this nature that the City Council will on the loth day of October, 1924, at 2:00 o'clock P. M. rec&ive bids for the prosecution of said work and the furnishing of said materials. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That the CityCouncil hereby reserves the right to reject any and all such bids. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That notice to this effect be pub- lished by said officers in the Clermont Press, a weekly newspaper pub- lishedin the said City on the following dated, to -wit: September l8th, 25th, October 2nd and 9th, respectively. On motion duly made and seconded, Mr. R. P. Seaver was appointed as Tax Assessor to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Isam Blackburn as Tax Assessor. On motion duly made and seconded, the City Marshal was instructed to ask the merchants along Eighth Street to sweep and clean out their places of business from the back door instead of using the front doors for that purpose. Mr. H. C. Brown reported to the Council that a representative. from the State Board of Health office had been in Clermont in regard to sewerage question. On motion duly made and seconded, a special committee was appointed and empowered to employ an engineer to go over the sewerage system. The said committee was composed of the following named councilmen: H. C. Brow;¢,Chairman, Isam Blackburn and Andy Aasheim. On motion duly made and seconded,. the meeting adjourned to meed again upon the call of the President. Approved: President, City Council. Attest: _ City lerk