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04-01-35 v REGULAR MEETING OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA, HELD APRIL 1st, 1935, AT EIGHT O' CLOCK P . L. AT THE TOWN HALL. PRESENT:- Lawrence K. Tucker, Jr. , J. I,.. Bradfield, Jas. D. Palmer, George B. Stallings The meeting was called to order by Mr. Lawrence K. Tucker, Jr., President. The minutes of the meeting of March 4th, were read by the Clerk and approved as read. Upon motion of Mr. Stallings, seconded by Mr. Bradfield, put and carried, the following bills were approved:- Government Surplus Goods Co. , .Hip.Boots, .I:Iosquito Con- trol $42.00 J. M. Bradfield, Tel. & Tel. Calls, Re.Seawall 20.45 Dekle Lumber Co. , Material for Office of Gov. Eng. Re- Seawall. . 14.21 One cypress table for abov.15.50 _ 29.71 H. & W. B. Drew Co. , 4 Ring cover for minutes 2.20 Aliweather Tire Co. , Two tires, two tubes for truck on a/c 23.26 Robert E. Sugg, Gas and oil 25.35 X142.97 A motion was made by Mr. Bradfield, seconded by Mr. Stallings, put and carried that the Bond of M. V. Osborne, Treas- urer, handling proceeds of Seawall Bond Issue of Town of Atlantic Beach, issued by the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co. of Hart- ford, Conn. in the Amount of $75,000.00 and dated the 15th day of March A. D. 1935, be approved. A resolution was offered by Mr. Bradfield, seconded by Mr. Stallings, put and carried, as follow s:- "Be :- "Be it resolved by the Town Council of the Town of Atlantic Beach, Florida, that M. V. Osborne, Treasurer of the Town, be and he is hereby authorized to pay all bills for the construction of the seawall, only when the same have been approv- ed by the Town Engineer, the P . W. A. Engineer a nd the Presi- dent of the Town Council; except all bills for engineer and le- gal service and miscellaneous, shall be paid by the Town Treas- urer, only when such bills have been approved by the Town Council in open session. Capt. Arthur W. Platt of the Life Saving Corps of Jack- sonville Beach, gave an interesting and impressive talk on the great need of a First Aid Station at the foot of Atlantic Boule- vard at the ramp between Atlantic Beach and Neptune. He stated that Neptune had agreed to furnish one half of the expense of a building, the total cost of which had been estimated as $300. three hundred dollars and he urged that Atlantic Beach co- operate with Neptune and The Life Saving Corpp in this project for which there is such urgent need. At the conclusion of his talk, a motion was made by Mr. Bradfield, seconded by Mr. Stall- ings, put a nd carried, that the Town pay one half of the expense of this three hundred dollar building. The question of transportation to and from the Beaches having come up for discussion, Councilman Bradfield introduced the following resolution, which was seconded by Mr. Stallings and unanimously adopted, all the councilmen present voting therefor:- WHEREAS It is of great importance to the citizens of At- lantic Beach and to the residents of the Beaches generally to have a cheap and sufficient public transportation to and from the City of Jacksonville, and the residents of therCity of Jack- sonville, are also desirous of accomplishing the same result, a nd; WHEREAS The Beach is no longer merely a summer resort for the spending of vacations, but there are now many year round resi- dents at the beaches that work, or have offices in the City of Jacksonville, and make the daily trip. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the Town of Atlantic Beach that they do respectfully recommend to our Legislative Delegation in Tallahassee that they use their best efforts to secure the passage of such legislation at the present session of the Legislature as will accomplish the fore, going results. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to each member of said delegation." "Two members of the Atlantic Beach Garden Circle, Mrs. C. P. Wilcox, Pres. and Mrs. Harcourt Bull, each gave a short talk before the Council, in which they brought out the fact that the Circle was using every effort and influence to bring about a seaside beau- tification project for Atlantic Beach, in the accomplishment of which they had already contacted Mr. Richard Forester, head of the Beautification Division of the FERA and Mr. Warren Baker, who had each been to the beach and had wxpressed sincere interest in the project and promised their aid in so far as possible. They pointed out that no government funds were available for beautification of any privately owned property but that the property beautified must belong to the town and be for the bene- fit and enjoyment of the public at large. It was therefore suggested that the FEC Ry. Co. be asked to contribute a strip of land adjoining the Town Hall and running approximately 1200 ft. N & S and 160 ft. E. & W. bounded on the S. by the North line of 7th St. and on the North by the South line of 10th St. and on the East by the property of W. H. Adams and on. the West by East line of Fla.East Coast Drive, same to be laid out as a park and playground. It was stated that the Garden Circle had resolved to make a request in writing to the FEC Ry. Co. for this grant a nd asked that the Council co-operate with them and also send in a like request. Whereupon the Chair referred the matter to Mr. Earl Thompson, Chairman of the Public Works Committee." In the name of the Garden Circle, Mrs. Wilcox extended to the Council and their wives, an invitation to attend the regular meeting of the Circle to be held at her Ocean Front House, on Tuesday, April 9th, at which time Mr. Forester would be the speaker of the afternoon. In the name of the Council, Mr. Tucker thanked Mrs. Wilcox for this invitation. A motion was made by Lir. Bradfield, seconded by Mr. Stallings put and carried, that the bill of expenditures, amounting to $1452.22, laid- out by the Town on the seawall project, be approved and that Mr. M. V. Osborne, Treasurer, be authorized to transfer this amount from the money advanced by the government for seawall expenditures, to the Town' s account, to reimburse the Town for said outlay. A motion was made by Mr. Bradfield, seconded by Mr. Stallings, put and carried that the treasurer, I,ir. Osborne, be directed to trans- fer $200.00 from the General Fund of the Town to the Interest Fund of the Seawall Bonds. A motion was made by Mr. Bradfield, seconded by Mr. Stallings, put and carried, that the Treasurer, Mr. Osborne, be authorized to pay to Hills and Youngberg, the Town' s engineers for the Seawall pro- ject, the following three emounts, totaling $2500.00. April, Page #3 Initial partial payment on account, due and payable Jany. 24, 1935, the date upon which the Town Council executed contract for the work $900.00 First successive installment due and payable on Feby. 10, 1935 800.00 Second successive installment due and payable on March. 10, 1935 800.00 Total of partial payments now due a nd authorized 00.00 and directed to be paid A motion was made by Mr. Bradfield, seconded by Mr. Stall- ings, put and carried that, Mr. Osborne, the Treas. be authorized to place the money received from the Government, in the following accounts:- Town of Atlantic Beach, Construction Account. Town of " " Special Assessment Interest Ace., 83% Town of " " Ad Valorem Int. Account, 17% The marshal, Mr. Cronwalt, called the attention of the Council to the recent fire and commended the efficient work and valuable a ssistance given by the men which Duval County had work- ing on the road and a lso the same service performed by those employed. by the North American Construction Co. At the same time he pointed out that the Fire Dept. of Jacksonville Beach had responded to a call for assisstance but advised that they had not been given the financial backing which. the Town of Atlantic Beach had promised. Thereupon the Clerk was instructed tc look this matter up and ascertain what ar- rangements were agreed upon and to carry out the terms of the resolu- tion as set forth in the minutes. The question of an additional strip of land adjacent to and extending from that on which the Town Hall stands, having come up for discussion, it *as acertained that Mr. V . H. Adams, Sr., the owner, was willing to release the land in question for $500.00 and would accept credit on his taxes at some future date for this amount. The purchase price of the original strip had been agreed up- on as $1500.00 and the Town having paid $1317.50 on this amount. leaving a balance of $182.50 Mr. Adams. 6xpressed willingnes's to likewise accept credit on his taxes at some future date for this amount, also. A motion was made by Mr. Palmer, seconded. by Mr. Stallings, put and carried, that the price and arrangements were reasonable a nd .satisfactory and that they be accepted subject to abstracts being brought down to date and title proved good and merchantable or in lieu of abstracts, title insurance be provided. Mayor Sugg presented a written list of criticisms of the seawall work as at present being carried. on. Upon the conclusion of the reading of these complaints, the President requested Col. Youngberg, the Town' s Engineer, to explain to those present the technical points in certain parts of the work being done, for their better understanding. Col. Youngberg then took the criticiwms point by point and in an able manner showed conclusively that each and every criticism was in error, which was apparently satisfactory to those present as there were no questions and no further discussion. There being no further business for consideration, upon motion put, seconded and carried, the meeting adjourned. Correct:- President. Attest:- l40 erk. �.ffe