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08-20-46 v MINUTES OF ME`2TING OF ATLANTIC BEACH TOWN COUNCIL HELD AT THE TOWN HALL, AUGUST 20th, 1946 AT $ P.M. The meeting was called to order by the temporary President Beale Travis with the following members present : Beale Travis , President Norman A. Minchew W. E. Williams , Jr. Will D. Merritt Harcourt Bull , Jr. , Councilmen and G. L. Rosborough , Mayor Frank Thompson, Attorney C . R. Frazier, Town Supervisor Adele S . Grage, Town Clerk The minutes of the meeting of the newly elected Council held on Tuesday evening, August 13th, at 9:45 were read and approved. The first matter of business was the election of Officers. Upon motion of W. E. Williams Jr. , seconded by N. A. Minchew, Will D. Merritt was nominated as President . Upon motion of Harcourt Bull Jr. , seconded by Will D. Merritt , Beale Travis was nominated as President . The Mayor took the chair and a ballot vote was called for with following results : Travis , 3; Merritt , 2. The Mayot declared majority vote for Travis , and Mr. Travis took the President 's chair. Upon motion of Will D. Merritt , seconded by N. A. Minchew, W. E. Williams Jr. was nominated Vice President and upon motion of W . E. Williams Jr. , seconded by Harcourt Bull Jr. , N. A. Minchew was nominated as Vice President . Mr. Williams requested that his name be withdrawn as he felt someone who was on the Beach all the time should hold this office. Iir. Merritt with- drew his nornination,and the Town Clerk cast a unaminous ballot for N. A. Minchew as Vice President . Upon mttion of N. A. Minchew, seconded by Harcourt Bull Jr. , C . R. Frazier was approved as Town Supervisor, Building Inspector, and Health Officer. The Town Clerk cast unaminous ballot for C . R. Frazier. Upon motion of N. A. Minchew, seconded by Will D. Merritt , Adele S . Grage was retained as Town Clerk and Tax Collector. The Town Clerk cast a unaminous ballot for Adele S. Grage. Mr. Rosborough recommended that J. L. Russell remain as Town Marshall. Upon motion of W. E. Williams Jr. , seconded by N. A. Minchew this recommendation was approved, and the Town Clerk cast unaminous ballot for Mr. Russell as Town Marshall. Mr. Rosborough introduced F. P. Ganzel to the Council and recommended that he be elected to serve as municipal judge. Upon motion of Will D. Merritt , seconded by W. E. Williams Jr. this recommendation was accepted. Mr LeRoy Johnson, Maintenance Man for City of Jacksonville, was recommendated by_ the Mayor as Deputy Marshall and upon motion of Harcourt Bull Jr. , seconded by N. A. Minchew, Mr. Johnson was so appointed. Upon motion of Harcourt Bull Jr. , seconded by W. E. Williams Jr. , 411 Frank Thompson was retained as Town Attorney. A motion was made by Harcourt Bull Jr. , seconded by Will D. Merritt for the appointment of J. Alvin Register as Tax Assessor, subject to his acceptance and was carried. Mr. Rosborough was asked to contact Mr. Register and should he refuse , the Mayor was asked to notify the Finance and Taxation Committee. Upon motion of W. E. Williams Jr. , seconded by N. A. Ninchew, Fred Allen was renamed as Treasurer. The President named the following Committees : Finance and Taxation Committee Will D. Merritt , Chairman; N. A. Minchew and Beale Travis Laws and Rules Committee W. E. Williams Jr. , Chairman; Harcourt Bull Jr. and Beale Travis Public Works Committee Harcourt Bull , Jr. , Chairman ; Will D. Merritt and Beale Travis Police and Public Safety Committee N. A. Minchew, Chairman; W. E. Williams Jr. and Beale Travis Mr. Frazier outlined history of negotiations for the Hotel Reser- vation Road to date . Mr. Frank Thompson advised that the Dedic- ation had not been completed, but was still in process of hand- ling. Harcourt Bull Jr. moved that no action be taken by the Town Council to accept the Hotel Reservation Road Dedication as tendered , in fact that we take active steps a ;ainst acceptance and that the conditional Resolution (previously adopted) be withdrawn by the Attorney.- This motion was seconded by N. A. Minchew and after discussion, the motion was carried. The matter was referred to the Public Works Committee who are to make recommendation to Council on the Hotel Reservation Road. It was unanimously agreed that the roping of the Beach be discon- tinued after Labor Day. It was pointed out that Harcourt Bull Jr. and N. A. Minchew, now being on the Council, were not qualified to serve on the Board of Appraisors for miscellanous streets. It was stated that the reason the Board had not functioned to date was because of the difficulty in securing figures and estimates on types of paving materials. Harcourt Bull Jr. suggested S . S . Jacobs and N. A. Minchew presented name of George Bull for appointment in their place , with George Bull as chairman. The committee now stands George Bull, Chairman ; S . S . Jacobs and Mrs . June Wright . Mr. Bull advised there is not much time to work on Budget . Mr. Frazier stated that some figures for preliminary study have been prepared and are ready for use of Finance and Taxation Committee. The status of the Sewerage to date was outlined by Mr. Bull. It was suggested by Mr. Travis that a letter be sent to property owners asking whether or not they want the sewerage and Mr. Bull suggested that it also state that failure to answer neans consent . However, no action was taken on this. It was the opinion of the Attorney, Mr. Thompson, that once the benefits, etc. were estab- lished that there would be no trouble in making assessments against the property. The Sewerage program was referred to the Public Works Committee for recommendations. Mr. Bull brought up the question of the waterworks. Mr. Travis will talk to Mr. Adams on this. There was considerable discussion on this subject and it was brought out that we should get some very definite information on size and location of mains , certified account of Waterworks books , in fact we should know exactly what we are getting. 411 On the matter of Drainage , Mr. Bull referred to his letter of July 8th relative to Mr. Richheimer$'s report . The Town Clerk was requested to make copies of Mr. Bull's letter for each member of Council, Drainage was referred to the Public Works Committee for recommendations. Mr. Minchew brought out the bad condition of Atlantic Blvd. from the hump ( just East of East Coast Drive ) to the runway. It was suggested that the Public Works Committee contact same Committee of Neptune Beach Council and see if they can get the County to repave that strip of Atlantic Blvd. Mr. Bull brought to the attention of Council the question of the fire truck at Neptune Beach. Mr. Travis gave story of past arrangements with Vol. Fire Dept . Mr. Bull suggested that the Town of Atlantic Beach underwrite and guarantee a pro-rata portion of amount deficient and also pay our part of cost of future oper- ations ; and that same be known as Neptune-Atlantic Vol. Fire Dept . , in fact some definite arrangement should be made. However, Mr. Jarboe ,who was present , did not agree with this idea. The matter was referred to Public Safety Committee to take up with Neptune and see what can be worked out . Mr. Frazier advised he has material ready for county to put in manhole for drainage at corner. They promised to be down the 21st. He also advised that he was making an extension from Saltair well to Atlantic Blvd. Mr. Jarboe said he has poles for lights at Atlantic Blvd. runway and will set up if we can get Mr. Johnson to see about the elect- ric ' connections. Mr. Frazier advised we would co-operate anyway possible and felt sure Mr. Johnson would do all he could. Upon Motion of Harcourt Bull Jr. the meeting adjourned. Beale Travis , President Attest : (6&!-6- Adele S . Grage, Town Clerlf ** It was brought out in the discussion that the County will not participate in the paving of this road as the County does not construct any pavement on roads which do not have a sufficient right-of-way. The right-of-way as covered by this dedication is only 27 feet , and the County minimum is 50 feet . Copy of Mr. Sollee ' s letter of August lbth ,1946 attached: late/C4.4 $1.2.0 /44 Jacksonville , 2, Fla. August 16 , 1946 Mr. C .R. Frazier Town Supervisor Atlantic Beach , Fla. Dear Mr. Frazier: Confirming our conversation of August 15, this is to advise that it will be impossible for Duval County to participate in any of the Bonstruction work on that portion of First Street in Atlantic Beach included be- tween Seventh Street and Tenth Street . The reason for this is that the County does not construct any pavement on roads which do have a sufficient right-of-way, and the 30 feet right-of-way which you have on this particular stretch of road is not adequate. May I suggest that you present this matter to your Council and make a request for an additional 20 feet which will barely be sufficient for a pavement to be placed thereon. Atlantic Beac , as well as all of the sea side resorts in Duval County, is growing at a most rapid rate , traffic is increasing by leaps and bounds and it is the duty of public officials to keep reasonable pace with future traffic needs of a community. Therefore it would be most unwise to construct roads on rights-of-ways less than 50 feet and the present ruling is that all new rights-of-way should be at least 60 feet . Trusting this matter may be adjusted, I am, Very truly yours , (Signed ) A.N. Sollee County Engineer. ANS/tb cc : Hon. W. Howard Belote .