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10-13-49 v MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE ATLANTIC BEACH TOWN COUNCIL HELD AT THE TOWN HALL ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13TH, 1949 AT 7 P.M. Present: F.P. Ganzel D.P. Mason W.G. Kirby D.W. Bremer R.S. shames, Councilmen and G.L. Rosborough, Mayor Frank Thompson, Town Attorney Adele S. Grage, Town Clerk Mr. Ganzel called the meeting to order and road a letter dated October 12th, 1949 from Mr. E. Gerry Adams, wherein he offered to"grant to the Town the right to continue the use of the facilities on the Hotel Reservation until such time as the town is in better condition to build its own plant, or if you desire to continue such use until such time as I shall have given the town two years prior notice of termination of such right of use. For such extended use I would expect and require that the town maintain the facil- ities and equipment. including the tank, in the same condi- tion in which they now are , ordinary wear, tear _and acts of God excepted, and further thatbthe town pay the nominal rental of $1 a year , etc." Next a letter was read from tbe .Mayor ,vinwhich he advises that he has disapproved the Ordinances covering the Waterworks Bonds, and the referendum election covering the issuance of the Bonds, stating his reasons for disapproving which are based on Mr. Adams 'offer as outlined above. There was a discussion of the waterworks matter during which a factional report was presented by Mr. H.G. Carrison of the Clyde C. Pierce Corp. was read. After further discussion, and upon motion of Mr. Kirby, seconded by Mr. Thames, the ✓ veto of the Mayor on"Ordinace authorizing and providing for the issuance of : 150,000 water system Bonds of the Town of Atlantic Beach, Florida, etc." and " An Ordinance calling and providing for a special election in thebTown of Atlantic Beach , Florida in connection with the issuance of bonds of said Town for water system purposes" was upheld. The call vote was Aye: Kirby, Thames, Bremer, and Ganzel. Nay: Mason Upon motion of Mr. Bremer seconded by Mr. Thames, the following Resolution accepting Mr.Bremer, proposal was adopped,_with the call vote as follows: Aye, Kirby, Thames, Bremer, Ganzel; Nay, Mason, : pg 3 1� I3� i Upon motion of Mr. Mason, seconded by Mr. Bremer the following Resolution accepting the Saltair Street Paving project as recommended by the Engineers in their letter of October 10, 1949; was adopted: RESOLUTION OF THE TO/1N COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF ATLANTIC BEACH WHEREAS , H. J. Harrje and H. A. uurden, engineers fa' the Town in connection with the Salt Air Street Improvement Program have certified to the Town C ouncil that the entire work embraced in the contract between the Town and Duval Sngtneering & Contracting company has been fully performed and done in accordance with the terms and provisions of said contract and the said work entirely completed and that they, as engineers for the said T own, have fully completed and performed all engineering and inspection services undertaken by them. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Town Coun- cil of the Town of Atlantic Beach: Section 1. That the said work so performed by said Duval Engineering & kdontracting Company is hereby accepted and the contract heretofore entered into by it with the said Town for the construction of said project is hereby found to have been fully performed and completed, and that said contractor shall be entitled to layment for said work out of the Salt Air Improvement F and in accordance with the provisions of said contract between said contractor and the Town. Section 2. That the contract and agreement between H. J. Harrje and H. A . llurden for engineering and inspection services in connection with said S alt Air Improvement Program is hereby found to have been fully performed by them and they are hereby declared entitled to payment for said services out of said Salt Air Improvement Fund in accordance with their said contract with the Town. Upon motion of Mr. Mason the meeting adjourned from day to day. .P. Gan ,el, P "sident Attest: 4110 ce,ez, 406 _ / # Adele S. Grage, Town Cleft 10 kl-q• , the facilities and equipment , including the tank, in the same condition in which they now are , ordinary wear, tear and acts of God excepted and further that the town pay the nominal r_,ntal of $l a year. The town would be relieved from the payment of the $250 a year rent reserved in the present agreement from and after the year 1949 all other provisions of paragraphs 14, 15 and 16 of the agreement embraced in said ordinance to continue in effect and apply during such period as the facilities may be used by the tarn under the provisions of this 1 etter. _One further condition also is that all repairs and tr maintenance work performed on the tank shall be done by some person or concern first approved by me. I make this condition solely because I am familiar with the practice of tank repair people and believe that by thus staying in touch with any such work, I can save the town considerable money. Yours very truly," "/s/ Gerry Adams" AND, WHEREAS , the Town C ouncil has determined and deems it for the best interest of said town to accept the said offer for the use of said facilities upon the terms as therein set forth, such use to continue till such time as Mr. Adams shall have given the town two years' prior notice of the termination of sudh use. NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Mayor and the T own Council of the Town of Atlantic Beach, Florida : Section 1. That the said offer of Mr. Adams for the use of said facilities by the top!n as hereinabove set forth he and the same is hereby accepted, such use to continue till such time as Mr. Adams shall have given to the town t wo years ' prior notice of termination of the rights of such use ; Section 2. That Adele Grage , the T own Clerk, be and she is hereby authorized and dL cted to c u.,11_unicate to Mr. Adams the . aforesaid acceptance of said offer ,by furnishing him with a certi- fied copy of this resolution. Passed by the Town Council and approved by the Mayor this October 24, 1949.