05-14-40 v MINUTES OF THE POSTPONED REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OF
TIP ATLANTIC BEACH TO NN COUNCIL HELD AT THE TOeNN HALL
AT 8:00 P. M. MAY 14, 1940.
Present :
E. L. Chiasson
J. C . Outler
G. L. Rosborough
R. E. Sugg
Thomas N. Trout.
Mr. George H. Smith, the Mayor and Mr. C . C. Howell ,
Jr. , Town Attorney, were also present.
Minutes of the meeting of April 9th were read and
upon motion of Mr. Rosborough, seconded by Mr. Outler, were
approved as read.
Mr. Osborne submitted his monthly financial report
which was approved and ordered filed.
Upon motion of Mr. Trout , seconded by Mr. Rosborough,
the following bills were approved and ordered naid:
Southern Bell Telephone Company 6.05
Consolidated Automotive Company 1.75
Gulf Life Insurance Co. ( Interest) 15.00
Clifford Payne and Garrison Co. 51.24
Nilkerson-Martin Company 8.30
Beach Plumbing and Electrical Company 2.40
Ocean Lumber Company 2.35
Joe Robbins 9.05
N. A. Beifsnyder 3 .00
Dickinson 's Hardware 7.80
Quinn R. Barton, Incorporated .50
Zaun Equipment Company 16.25
Shell Oil Company 57.00
Shell Oil Company 13.30
Dr. E . H. Roberts 2.00
C. C. Howell , Jr. 64.31
260.30
Florida Times-Union 344.96
In reference to the bill of the Florida Times-Union
for advertising , the Clerk was ordered to pay the sum of
X44.96.
The Chair explained in reference to efforts to
secure a loan on Town property by which money would he secur-
ed to cover all outstanding accounts against the Town on the
Incinerator project. It was explained that the attorneys
had determined that it would be illegal to mortgage Town
property and consequently a loan from the Gulf Life Insurance
Company could not be obtained.
The Chair then reported that after discussing the
matter with Officials of the Florida National Bank, they pro-
pose to take care of any and all accounts against the
Incinerator by lending money to each creditor, the Town to
pay the interest thereon. The Clerk was directed to advise
all of the creditors of the arrangement with the Florida
National Bank and to complete such arrangements when necessary.
The Clerk was directed to furnish Mr. J. L. Dart with copies
411 of all letters to these particular creditors.
Upon motion of Mr. Cutler, seconded by Mr . Trout, the
Town Clerk end Tax gollector was directed to certify all
delinquent taxes to the Town Attorney for collection by suit,
when the delinquency is shown prior to 1939 and the amount is
50. or more , the Resolution as follows:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TO'XN COUNCIL OF ATLANTIC BEACH that it
do, and hereby does, direct end authorize C. R. Frazier
Town Clerk end Tax Collector of the Town of Atlantic Beach,
to deliver to C. C. Howell , Jr. , Town Attorney, for collec-
tion by suit , copies of the assessment roll thereof , the
assessments, both regular tax and Seawall Street end assess-
ments on Lots 5 and 6 , Block 15 property of 0. P. Woodcock,
Lot 4, Block 15 and Lot 5, Block 25 property of M. N.
Barwald, Lot 6, Block 27 property of James D. Palmer, Lot
6 , Block 41 , property of H. P. Meyerson, Lots 19, 20 and 21
in Block 9 property of H. H. Elarbee , Lots 5 and 6 , Block 23
property of E. S. Spencer, Lot 6 End South 31 feet of Lot 7
in Block 33, property of Charles E. Pelote .
By unanimous consent, the Clerk was directed to
address a letter to all delinquent 1939 tax payers with
exception of N. H. Adams, Sr. , which pending on suit , call-
ing their attention to the fact that their taxes are now
delinquent and on which penalties are accruing.
The City Supervisor advised that he had carefully
investigated the matter of a project for draining Sherman
Creek and the back areas , and because of the fact that the
State Board of Health does not have a general mosquito
control project at the present time , he recommends that the
Town undertake to do the work absolutely necessary to un-
stop ditches and to cover them with oil . By unanimous
consent, the City Supervisor was authorized to proceed
with this work, provided the cost is no more than k25.00.
After a discussion concerning street improvements
on Second and Third Street, this matter was referred back
to the City Supervisor and Harcourt Bull , Jr. , was request-
ed to work with the City Supervisor ih an effort to find a
plan by which this work could be completed before the next
School Term.
Mr. Outler offered the following Resolution which
was seconded by Mr. Rosborough and unanimously passed:
WHEREAS, Sherry Drive from Atlantic Boulevard to the Plaza,
where it connects with the Seminole Beach Road, is an
extremely important thoroughfare and one which would serve
the general public both inside and outside Atlantic Beech,
and
WHEREAS, there is located on the said Sherry Drive a
recently completed Elementary School to which is required
all the thoroughfares possible to provide , and
,VHEREAS, Duval County has already paved the said Sherry
Drive from Atlantic Boulevard to Third Street leaving a
gap between the said Third Street and the Plaza a distance
of 1800 feet,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Town
Council of the Town of Atlantic Beach, Florida, that the
Board of County Commissioners for the County of Duval and
the Budget Commission of the said County be, and it is here-
by petitioned to make provision for the completion of this
road in the next appropriation for Roads and Bridges , and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be
furnished the Board of County Commissioners through
Commissioner Howard Belote , Representing the Fifth District,
and that a copy be furnished to the Budget Commission.
The City Supervisor presented estimates covering the
painting of the Town Hall . After much discussion, it was
directed that additional information be obtained concerning 110
the burning off of all paint on the building and re-paint-
ing with two coats. The City Supervisor was directed to
proceed with this work after making the n.ecesaary investiga-
tion concerning complete removal of the paint. The
estimate submitted by Otis Futch , a resident of Atlantic
Beach, was tentatively approved, in the event the cost of
removing the paint is found to be prohibitive. The City
Supervisor was directed to make purchase of paint of the
best quality and at the best price.
The City Supervisor submitted a report on lot clean-
ing; thereupon Mr. Cutler offered the following Resolution
which was seconded by Mr. Trout and unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, the co-mingled and concerted growth of weeds, grass-
es and underbrush upon the following lots in the Town of
Atlantic Beach, Florida , to wit:
Block 11
Lots 2, 3 , 4, 5, 6, 7 , 8, 9, 10, 11 , 12, 13, 14, 16,
17, 18 , 19, 20, 22 , 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36 , 38,
40, 42, 44, 46,
Block 12
Lots 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 , 7 , 8, 9, 10, 11 , 12, 13 , 14,
15, 16, 17 , 18 , 19, 20,
Block 13
Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 12 , 14, 18, 20, 22,
Block 14
Lots 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 ,
Block 44
Lots 1 , 2 , 3 , 4, 5, 6 ,
amounts to and constitutes a nuisance endangering the general
health, safety and welfare of the community at large,
NON, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Town Council of Atlantic
Beach, that it hereby declares the condition on said lots a
nuisance , endangering the general health, safety and welfare
of the community at large and recommends to the Mayor that he
proceed in the manner provided by law to correct and abate the
said nuisance.
Upon motion of Mr. Cutler, seconded by Mr. Rosborough,
the following Resolution was unanimously passed:
RESOLUTION NO. 51. A RESOLUTION directing the making of an
Assessment Roll Subsequent to the Adoption of Resolution No.
50.
The Town Council of the Town of Atlantic Beach, Duval County,
Florida, did, on April 9th , 1940, adopt and pass Resolution
No. 50, entitled: "A RESOLUTION Providing for the Levying and
Collecting under .sections 3022, et seq. , Compiled General Laws
of Florida, 1927 , of Special Assessments for Payment of Part
of the Cost of that Certain and Hereinafter Described street
Improvement Program Undertaken, in the Town of Atlantic Beech,
Duval County, Florida, on July 28, 1938, and therein Completed
on January 5, 1939.
Therefore , BE IT NON RESOLVED by the said Town Council that in
accordance with Section 3027 of the Compiled General Laws of
Florida, 1927:
1 . C. R. Frazier, Town Clerk in and of the said Town, is here-
by required and directed to make an assessment roll in accord-
ance with the method of assessment provided for in the said
hesolution 50.
• 2 . Said assessment roll shall be completed and filed with the
said Town Council as promptly as possible.
3. Said Assessment roll shall show:
(a) The lots and lands assessed,
(b) The names of the respective record owners thereof ,
(c) The amount of the assessment against each lot or
parcel of land, and
(d) The number of annual installments in which the
assessment is divided.
An Ordinance previously passed on first and
second reading, providing a Building Code for the Town of
Atlantic Beach, was referred back to the Laws and Rules
Committee for further study.
The question of furnishing water to the Boy
Scout Hut was raised and thoroughly discussed. Mr.
Rosborough offered the following resolution, which was
seconded by Mr. Trout:
BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Town Council of Atlantic
Beach, Florida , that the Town agrees to extend water mains
from the Salt Air Nell to the Bou Scout Hut , a distance of
approximately 950 feet for a consideration of the sum of 425
as a tap charge to be liquidated by the Governing Board of
the Boy Scouts and the Boy Scouts by furnishing labor equal
to the sum of 425 ,
That the Town make a charge of 41 per month for an un-
metered tap, and
That the City Supervisor is hereby authorized to purchase
from the R. C. B. S. Corporation approximately 500 feet of
three inch pipe and approximately 500 feet of one and one-
half inch pipe , the total cost not to exceed 480; that such
purchase is to be made upon the following terms, 415.00 per
month, on or about the 15th of each month until the total
amount of 480 has been liquidated.
The vote was as follows:
For Adoption:
E. L. Chiasson
G. L. Rosborough
R. E. Sugg
Thomas N. Trout.
Mr. Outler passed.
The Town Clerk submitted a letter addressed to the
Town Council by Marion N. Gooding in reference to the encroach-
ment found at the corner of Beach Avenue and Fifth Street, the
estate of E. M. Nolan, in which Mr. Gooding asked that a form
of release be granted, in order that the property may be trans-
ferred with clear title. Upon motion of Mr. Trout, seconded
by Mr. Cutler, the Mayor was authorized and directed to sign a
waiver of this encroachment, the Town Attorney to prepare such
waiver for Mr. Smith' s signature, the waiver to contain a
revertible clause , in the event any alteration, change or new
building is done on the property referred to.
A letter signed by the Secretary of the Atlantic-
Neptune P.T.A. ,commending the Town Officials on their co-
operation with the School Board authorities and the P.T.A. ,was
read and filed for information.
The City Supervisor was directed to make all
arrangements for and to put into effect the safety bathing
Zone Ordinance on June 1.
The matter of employing an additional Police officer •
during the summer months was referred to the Police Committee
for consideration.
It was the unanimous recommendation of the Members
of the Council that the Tax Assessor should begin work on the
1940 Assessment Roll as soon after July 1 , 1940 as possible.
There being no further business for consideration
the meeting wee adjourned.
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