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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF THE ATLANTIC BEACH CITY
COMMISSION HELD AT THE CITY HALL ON AUGUST 6, 1984 AT 7:15 P.M.
PRESENT: William S. Howell, Mayor-Commissioner
Robert B. Cook,Sr.
John W. Morris, Jr.
Catherine G. Van Ness, Commissioners
AND: Claude L. Mullis, City Attorney
David Thompson, Acting City Manager
Adelaide R. Tucker, City Clerk
ABSENT: William I. Gulliford, Commissioner - Out of town
A. William Moss, City Manager - Out of town
Mayor Howell called the meeting to order at 7:15 p.m. for the purpose of
deciding on the purchase of the property located west of the sewer plant, and
the CATV Board.
The Mayor advised the property consisted of twenty-five (25) lots and was
located immediately west of the sewer plant. Richard Hamilton's appraised value
is $75,000. The City Manager had made an offer of $65,000 subject to approval by
the City Commission. The seller accepted the offer assuming the sale could close
on or before August 15, 1984. The City will pay for title insurance, stamps and
recording of the deed, and a pro-rated share of the property taxes for 1984.
Commissioner Cook moved to purchase the property. The motion was seconded by
Commissioner Van Ness.
During discussion before the vote, it was pointed out the piece of property the
city now owns may not accommodate the settling basins, etc. because of buffer
zones required by DER. Following discussion, Commissioner Cook moved to amend
his motion to provide details of the purchase:
Amended Motion: Purchase the property for $65,000. plus the cost of the
closing costs according to the agreement, which are title insurance,
stamps on the deed, recording fees, less their share of the pro-rated taxes,
and that the funds come from Account 41-272-04 which is the restricted sewer
fund money. The Mayor be authorized to execute the purchase of the sale agree-
ment.
Commissioner Van Ness seconded the amended motion. The vote was called and the
motion carried unanimously.
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CATV BOARD
Mayor Howell suggested the Commission discuss whether to rescind the motion
made at the July 3, 1984 Special Called Meeting. The motion stated "Move to
dissolve the Board by August 15, 1984 and request the other cities to do the
same".
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CATV BOARD-continued
Mayor Howell expressed the opinion that the motion previously made should be
rescinded to give the new board the opportunity to put in action some of the
positive motions they have taken. While the suggestion was under consideration
the Mayor introduced Mr. Ed Martin, the newly appointed representative who pre-
sented a synopsis of the last CATV Board meeting held on July 25, 1984 in the
Council Chambers of the Municipal Building, Jacksonville Beach.
Mr. Martin was elected Chairman and Mr. Guy Craig was elected Vice-Chairman.
He listed their four objectives as:
1. They need to re-establish some order out of chaos, so they have
established a regularly scheduled meeting, specifically the 4th Wednesday of
each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Building,
Jacksonville Beach. A notice will be sent out each month and, if there is no
business to discuss, the notice will reflect that there will be no meeting on
that particular month.
2. Re-establish some communications with Cox Cable. Mr. Martin has toured
Cox Cable's facility. The officials of Cox have agreed to attend the next
regularly scheduled meeting.
3. Hopefully, the Board can move in a manner that will get the law suits
dropped.
4. Attempt to negotiate with Cox on dollars.
Mr. Martin added, that all of the above was based on the Commission's decision
to rescind the motion to disband the Board. He has asked each beach to furnish
a list of the Alternates to the Board and the members of the Advisory Committee.
Mr. Martin stated that he seriously wondered if the Advisory Committee is really
needed at this point in time. It was also unanimously decided for the Board to
hire a lawyer and asked each city attorney to nominate a candidate for the Board
to consider. There are available funds in the bank account for the next two or
three months.
Following discussion on whether to take action on the motion to rescind or wait
until Monday, and the new Board's ability to re-establish communications with
Cox, Commissioner Morris moved to rescind the action taken at the Special Called
Meeting of July 3, 1984 to abolish the CATV Board, which was to have been
effective on August 15, 1984. Commissioner Cook seconded the motion. The
question was called and the motion carried unanimously.
(SEAL)
ill am S. Howell
ATTEST* . ^ '
IInMayor-Commissioner
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Adelaide Tucker, City Clerk