Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 11-12-1968 Regular — reading text

the ditch, which was draining a large part of the City. One lade commented that the di teh needed cleaning out. fir.Sconiers asked the City l'la-nager to get a dragline in to elean the di teh. 240 hI's. Dennis Swails said her husband had talked to the City l'Ianager previously and had been told that if the pI'ope rty- O1mers \ oJantcd to ge t together and. fJay for the pipE:, then the fOuld Ci ty ,{ provide the labor, and she askecl aliout the assess- ment cost in relation to this. The City 1v!anager said that was the poUcy currently followed by but the assessmEmt roll was set up on 100% valuation. I-Irs. 3wails asked if there ,' lOulu be another hearing on this assessment. The Mayor said it would be left up to Council to either accept as shov.: n on the asses'sment roll or to take it upon themselves to let the City bear a portion of the cost of the project. Hr. Rigdon commented that ! le would like to see if it Can be included in Urban Renewal. The question was called and the vote to the motion was aye unanimously. L.ayor Drown then declared the hearing closed on the assess- ment roll. HRS. ATKINSON The Hayor recognized HI's. Atkinson, concerning Park Circle ref: and the proposed adjacent rezoning. ARK CIRCLE HI's. Atkinson said she TaS i- sure housing that the developer ut up as they rezoned, would be FHA approved, but she waS concerned with the nwnber of people that would be back there. She said she had been there 15 or 20 years and paid a $ 1500. assessment three months ago for the street. She said she had talked with Mr. Ryan and at that time they wero not included in the plan. She said a number of people would like to see the area go commercial and the only way would be for some private enterprise to buyout the whole area. . 3he mentioned again th;O, number of children, the number of pets, and said she had nothIng against either, just the concentration. She said the petition ~'; as signed by all her neighbors and there were none that approved of it. She said she kneVI Council could approve the request one way or other, but she did not see how what they going lat improve l:.! built waS to small area for that many people. She expressed her hope that Council would reconsider the rezoninG at this time. The ing ordinances follo;.; w-ere presented: ORDINANCZ 100. 100 AI; OilINAl'IJCE AHENDING OrtDDJAIJCE 100 TO FERl'IIT TEE OPERATI',)~' J 01" AN INCOiiE TAX SERVICE ON A CER.TAIN LOT Il'J TliE CITY OF FORT HALTON BEACH,  241 FLORIDA, PROVIDING A REVERTER CLAUSE, PRO- VIDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF . Hr. Sconiers moved that this ordinance be approved on the first reading. The motion was seconded and carried unani- mously. ORDINANCE 100. 99 1 AN ORDINANCE AHENDING ORDTI1ANCE 100 TO vALTON BEACH, OKALOOSA COUNTY, ING THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF PERll.IT COl~STRUCTION OF A CAR WASH OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION ON LOTS 53C M~D 537, OCEk~ CITY SUBDIVISION, FORT FLORIDA, PROVID.- l'J1'. Sconiers lilOved that this ordinance be approved on the second reading. The motion was seconded and carried unani- mously. ORDINANCE 100. 93 JJ ORDINANCE REZONING A CERTAIN PARCEL OF PIWPERTY ', HTHIN T.aE CITY OF FORT ~ IALTON BEACH FROE R- l TO R- 2, PROVIDI:~G THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. r- Carnathan moved that this ordinance be approved on the ir. second reading. The motion was seconded by Hr. Guidry and carried unan~~ ously. Hr. Sconiers moved that rules requlrlng an ordinance to be read on three separate readings be Haived and Ordinance 100. 100 be passed on the third and final reading. The motion was seconded and carried unanimousl,y. IETTE.." t Jnder correspondence, the City Hanager read a letter of thanks HOSPITAL from the Fort ' Jalton Beach ;:;:ospi tal Auxiliary for courtesies AUXILIAi1Y) shovm for the annual fol1ies. CAR.AVAl~ CLUB The City I':anager read a letter of thanks from 1,:r. Gassett of OF LETTE:? the Caravan Club for the hospitality sholv1' 1 them by the City TlUNKS during their recent rally. TAXI DRIVZ,,,;' Councilman Sconiers asked if the City Attorney had been able FE?J-IIT to investiGate permit for taxi drivers. a The City Attorney said he had not been able to research the subject. I ADJOURNllENT There being Council at this 8: 50 p. m, 110 further business to t~118, the IIaJ/Ol' come adjourned before the the City meeting at ATT~ ST: Nr fJ. City Clerk IJg---- 242