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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-12-1926 Regular Meeting fir t~ I , .(""-:-"" " " __ ....-... I '. Exc~rpts.fro~ Minutes of'Regulrr Adjourned ~eeting of Vi ty Oouncil of the City of Cler;llont, held on Me.rclJ 12th, 1926, at (7~_;30' 0 'cISek P. M. The iJity Council of the IJity oi ClerLlont met in re- gular adjourned session at the office of the Cit~r Clerk, that beiilgthe usual meeting place of s~id Uouncil, ct .7;30 o'clock r. l.:., on iJIr.rch 12th, 1926, pursuant to t he provisions of the notice published in ti1eCler:..ont Press on sa. Me,rch 4th and 11th, respectively. UFOH r;:;ll cr.ll it VJrS founel thc,t the following nc:.;.med. councilmen-and officers of the City of U~~ont were present: H. C. Brown, Presic..ent of the Oity Council, W. i~.Bess, C. E. Tt:bor, lsarn Blackh.l1m €nO. Jlnciy Aasheim, being all of the ~einbers of the Council; \1. N. McKinney, lIe.:ror; Stella T~oznpson, Clerk; ~n& B. W. ~ait, Uity Attorney. The meeting W~S presided over by H. o. Brown, Presnent of the OOWlcil. Thereu.pon, t:e Uity vlerk I)resenteci. to the Council proof of publicat i.on of ~ resoluti::m.. providing for construct.- ing, g~eo.lng, P6vin3 [no. otherwise iMproving certain streets Fond avenues within the corpore"te limits of t.:::e City of 6lermont, authorizing speciE.l ascessments for the entire COEt thereof &.f!ainst the lots end lends t.djoining and. contiguous to or bound- ing and t:butting u',10n such improvements; provi6.ing the manner in which said speci~l assessments shull be made, and when the s[.me sh'all be paya.ble by the owners of such lots Lnu le,no.s, which '.::. S orelered filed "~n the e.rch:iles of the Oi t y. . Thereuy,-.on, the City Ulerlc fresented 1:;) the Council proof of publicat:..on of a notice to :prOr)(~rty or;n crs , trhich W[lS ordered. fi 1 ed ill the E. rchi ves of the City. Thereu'9on, the City \oIler1: presented 10 the Council proof of publication of the assessment roll, prepE'red by the 01 ty \Jlerk ".nd Tr-x .n.ssessor, (.nd. filed ia the office of the "I-f/ City Olerk on the ~'c..E.y of Uarch, ~.:.:.;. 1926, e.s published .' I 'j ~(p in the Oler~~iont Press on Maroh 4th 6.nd 11 th'l\ respeotively, ~~ioh s~id proof of publication wrs, on motion duly m~<<e D.nd. seoonded, ordered filed in the archives of the City. . Threupon the President annbunoed that the Council would. reoe1 ve E.nd he~,r comple.int s of property o\vners and all other interested persons with referenoe to the assessments set forth i~ the assessment roll, prep~red by the 0ity Clerk end Tax as::essor, pursuant to the provisions of a oert6in reso- W -w ~ _/J 3~ lution passed by theCity ounoil on {J~".. ~';.:? I 1926, as filed in the office of the (;i ty vlerk on the E ~ (,.ay of ~ 1926. Thereupon, .e. letter, of which the following is a copy, w~s rEceived and ordereQ file& in the archives of the Ci ty: "Cleri.lOn t, Floride, lio.rch 12, 1926. "Members of the City Counoil, Clerhont, Florida. Gentlemen: ~~/ "Please consi6.er ~y Ijrotest on the follow- ing assessments: In Blk 99 Lots No. 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 were all assessed on Center Lake Blvd. in Paving No. 4, E.no. they all €'.p!Jear on flest .Ave. in thE.neu assessment. Proba.oly 1 €',nd 2 should only be on tTo. 4 f:.ne.. the rema.inc:.el' on ';'Jest j..ve. UIll Blook No. 103 two lots he.ve been added to the number oalled for in our C:eed and on these two the assessment o~ Winona Drive is over six thou- Se nd dollf:.rs. The footage. on th!t street SeemS to be all out of proportion to thc:.t on tenth Street 'V'Jhioh is 2501 ".nd ~1inona. rrive 360 I. Lot 16 oalls for 751 en Seminole Street wherc~s there is only about 481. Very truly yours, Stella Thompson." - ',. Thereupon, on motion duly made and seoonded, the following resolution V;"' S unahimously €.dopt ed: "HERE.AS, i t ap:;e~:rs that an assessment for the oost of cons truoting Center Lake Boulevard has heretofore been made E.:..;ainst Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, in :3lock 99, cmc... thE,t an a,ssessment has likewise "oeen illc..ci.e in the present essess.::ent roll DgE..inst the seiC: lots for their proportionate shE.re of ~ ,...,.. i ./'-' the costs of paving \Jest Avenue from Seminole Street to DeSoto Strea: end WH11EAS, it appears that Lots 1 and 2 inBlock 99 should properly be assessed for their proportionate share of the cost of i~roving 6enter L~ke Boulevard and Lots 3, 4, 5 end 6 in Block 99 should properly be assessed with their proport ionateshare of the cost of improving t!est Avenue: Oity NO'W, THEffiJFOnE, BE IT RESOLVED, That th~0lerk and Tax Assessor be, ~~d they are hereby directed to amend the said assessment roll by striking out E.nd eliminating therefrom the assessment a~~inst Lots 1 and 2 in Block 89, for. the improvement; of \Jest Avenue. Thereupon, on motion duly me~e 6n~ seconded, the following resolution 'tiE-S unanimously adopted: ~;.rHEREAS, obj ection hrs heen made by Miss Stella Taompson to the assessment against Lots 15 ~nd 16 in Elock 103 for the improvements on Winona Lri ve on the ground thc~t she h~s been assessed too much frontage and also as to the assess- rnent ~~ainst Lot 16 of said block on Seminole Street, upon the Sf:.Me ground: NON, ~~REFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the City ~ngineeE be and he is hereby directe~ to forthwith make an accurate sur- vey of Lots 15 t.ncl 16 in Block 103 E'.nd report the e,ctuel front- age of said lots 15 and 16 on Winona Lrive and the actual front- e.ge of Lot 16 on Seminole Street aOO :report .the sC.me to the Oi ty Olerk ~nd Tax AsseSsor. RESOLVED, r~~TR~R That the City Ulerk an~ Tax AsseSSor be a.no. they v.:re hereby di:Jh:ected to amend these pe.rti- cul,.rs in accorcia,nce with the findings of the Oi ty Engi..neer. Thereupon Mr. ~. N. ~cKinney, es e~en~ for H. R. Scott c.nd others, appee.red before the Oouncil and objected to the amount of the assE:.Ssruent al~einst Blocks 87, 88, 89,; 100 amd 101 for the improvements on Dest bVenue from DeSoto Street to ~ _-./ ,/e '. \ Selilinole Street, u~J';n tl1e ground of' the inaccuracy of the said assessment. Thereupon, upon motion duly made and seconded, the following resolution 1l'. c;.S adopted: BE IT RESCL~D, That the Oity Engineer be, and he is hereby directed to m~ke a survey of the west line of Blocks 87, 88, end 89 en~ the east line of Blocks 100 and 101, tni. to show thereon the exact fronta~e of eech lot fronting. and abutting on West Avenue. Resolved, further, that the Uity CJleJ;'k E.nc::. Ta.x Assessor be, E.no. they ".re hereby directed to amend end revise ~uid ~sEessment roll in accordance ~ith the fin~ings of the Cit y Engineer in this pr.rt iculal1.. Thereupon, theOity Olerk and Tex Assessor presented to the Oity Council the assessment roll revised hnd amended in accordance with the several resoluti.:ns passed and adopted by theCity Oouncil of the City of ~lermont at its meeting of March 12, 1926. Thereupon, on motion duly maae and seannded, the fol- lowing resolution Wt-l.S 8,dopted, the roll call vote being as follows: Ayes: Councilmen "3rown, 3ess, Blackbu:bn , Aasheim and Tabor. Nayes: None. ...-........-- / ./ / '" ./ ~-J' ~." RESOLUTION PROVIDnrG FOR T~ LEVYING OF SPECIAL AS- SESSMENTS FOR COb!S!tHUCTIN\1, GRAnUTG, PAVING AI~D OTHERWISE L.:FROVING CERTAI~~ STREETS AND NENUES ~ITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF T~ CITY OF CLER::ONT. ~HEREAS, the City vouncil of the City of Ulermont, on the 29th day of January, A. :0 1926, duly passed and adopted a resolution providing for constructing, grading, paving and otherwise improving certain streets E.nd avenues withinthe v "" corporate limits of the i ty of Cler..:ont: ~nd WHEREAS, plens, specificalions and estimate of cost of the propCied improvements, c1nd profiles of the streets and avenues described in said resolution were prepared by A. P. Gibson, City ~ngineer, cnd were duly filed in the office of the Uity ~lerk for public inspection, a$ provided by law: and ~EEP~AS, said resolution providing fOE said improve- ments was duly~ublished in the Vlermont Press, a weekly news- paper of general ciroulation published in the Oity of Ulemmont as required by Chapter 9298, General Acts of the Legistature of ~. the State of lorida, for the Session of 1923: and ';?HE.REAS. in accordance \":ith said resolution the Oity Clerk and Tax AsseSSor made and prepared an~sessment roll in accprdamce with the method of assessment provided for in said resolution, assessing all lots and lands abounding and abutting on such proposed improvements between and including the ternini of such im~rovewents on the streets and avenues described in . said resolutio.l, and by sf,id special aSf.:essments distribut~d the cost of s~id proposed improvements upon the several lots fronting end abutting on each of said streets and avenueS to be improved anti paved, in proportion to the frontage thereon, the total cost of said improvements to be borne by the prop- prty owners owning property abutting and frontibg upon the streets and avenues so to be iHiproved as aforesaid: and J1H:J.:REiS, upon the comr..letion of the said. special assessment roll, the said Vity Olerk and Tax Assessor filed in the office of the se.id Uity "'lerk and cause6. to be published 'e. ,.... ~ ~ -' . ...... '-" / / I . as required by the provisions of Ohapter 9298, Acts of the Legislature agove set forth, a notice directed to the owners of ee.ch lot or p, rcel of land to be specially assessed in . conlfCtion with said improvements, setting forth.. the time and plc:..ce where conplaints might be heard befo Ie the s~id Ui ty Oouncil si~ini as an Equalizing Board: and ,.., fJHEr~EAS, at the time and place stated in scid notice to aaid property owners, to wit: on the 12th ~aJ of March, 1926, at the office of theCity vlerk of se.id Oi ty of vlermont, the Uity CbWlCil met e.t eeven-t~irty o'clock r. M. on said date to hc~r all com]laints and objections as to said assessments, \ as aforesaid: and "!lliEREAS, at 6aiLi til'Je and place certain objections wer~ made to the assessment roll cS prepared by the said Oity ~lerk and Tax Assessor: ad ~~:EAS, the Cit; vlerk and Tax Assessor have pre- sented to the Uit) COWlcil an assessment roll revised and ameneed in accoraance with t~e resolutions heretofore adopted ~t this meeting; and: WHE~~S, no ~urther objections have been mane to the bc.id assessment roll, ~.s so revised and amended: NOTi, THEREFCR.;I;, BE IT RESI'LVED, That the b:provements on all of the streets and avenues described and set forth in said revised and amended assessment roll shall proceed in ac- cor4ance ~ith the provisions of the resolution passed by the Oi ty Council. of the vi ty ofvler.liont on the 29tn day of January, 1926, and the plans and specifications coverin~ said proposed imprtJements of St: id streets and avenuesnow on file i:lthe office of the Oity vlerk, and that said special assessments heretofore made by the City ulerk ~ndTpx Assessor as set forth in the re- vised and ~mended Lseessment roll prepared by them a.gainst all lots and ~ds bounding and abutting upon the streets and ~venues aforesaid now proposed to be improved in the manner aforesaid be, a.~ the s~me &rehereby eqt~lizae, approved and confirmed by the ~ ____~./'.J _~ Oity Oouncil of the City of Ulerlnont, ~nd from this aate shall ~e and remain legal, valid and binding liens upon the property e,gainst wHich said assessments are made until pe.ia: and BE IF rtJRmER RESOLVED, The. t th e 0 aid sp ec ial assessments her~by levied, imposed ~nd assessed egainEt all property a butting and. frlbnting upon the streets and avenues to be improved as aforesaid, shall be payable in the manner prescribed &nd set forth in the resolution heretofore ad'Jpted by the City OOWlcil of the Oi ty of ulermont on the 29th day of Janue,ry, 1926. . ~ .->. --"-- -- . Thereupon, on cot ion duly made an& seconded, the meeting adjourned to meet again u~on the call of the President. AtteBt:"5h~QjI~ Oity C rk. Jipproved: r President, Oity Council. ..:tI& ~ NOTICE CF LEVYING PAVING ASSESS~ENTS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV~N That the Oity Council of the Ci ty of Clermont, ct e. regullx adj ourned mee!i ng held on the 12th day of March, A. D. 1926, finally approved and confirmed the speciel assessments set forth in the assessment roll pre- pa.red by the City Clerk and Te.x Assessor, pursuant to the pro- visions of certE-in resolutions adopted by the Oity Oouncil 2.t ft . a regul~r meeting held on the ~day of ~ J 1926. ALL PROP:;:::tTY OrrNZ:RS ":1111":: OTHER f~ONS: .!tTTLf:RESTED are hereby further notified that said special assessments me.y be paie. in full in cf!.sh, without interest, at a.ny time within thirty (30) days from end after the 12th day of Marc~, A. D. 1926, c.:nd that payment sha.ll bemalie.to O. If. Roe, Oi ty Treas- urer,dur.1~g the next thirty days. The First State Bank of uler~ont nos been named by the City Oouncil as the depository for all funds collected and same will be dppos i ted. to the credit of theCi ty of vI er- mont in a special fund to be ~..nown E:.ad designated as "Special Im-provement ~"und. 1~0. 6" . Done by ordvr of the Oity Oouncil of the Uity of Olermont tilis 12th day of Mt.rch, A..D. 1926. SW1~- ~ . ()