Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 06-11-1968 Regular — reading text

101 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA JUNE 11, 1968 INTRODUCTION A regular meeting ofthe City Council of the City of Fort Walton I Beach, Pro Tem Florida, was held at the City Hall on June 11, 1968, at 7: 30 p. m., with the following members present and the Mayor presiding: C. H. Long C. H. Rigdon, Jr. Joseph W. Guidry Ster1yn W. Killingsworth William H. Sconiers and Charles H. Evans, City Clerk- Finance Director; and Jere Tolton representing the City Attorney. INVOCATION Invocation was given by Councilman Killingsworth. FRED COOK Mayor Pro Tem welcomed visitors and asked if anyone had anything to bring before Council that was not on the Mr. Fred Agenda. Cook mentioned the recommendation from Planning Board on the rezoning request for a Nursing Home. COMMITTEE City Clerk read the following recommendations from the Council RECOMMENDATIONS as committee: 1. Committee reviewed bids received at 3: 30 on tractor and referred them to appropriate department head for recommendation for Tuesday' s meeting. Committee requested lease- purchase price also on this piece of equipment. 2. Committee reviewedsingle bid received at 3: 30 on addressing machine and referred it to the appropriate department head for recommendation for Tuesday' s meeting. 3. City Clerk- Finance Director reported that no bids had been received on the seawall at the foot of Wa1kedge Dr. 4. Recommend approval for City to open alley from Staff I Drive to Engineer edge of the Fort Walton Square Property. is to contact the State Road Department to determine when the City may expect the culvert. ( for this project.) SRD has previously indicated they would provide the culvert Estimated total cost would be as follows: 60 ! in. ft. 48" culvert @ 16. 39 $ 983. 40 2, 000 cu. yds. ( fill) @ 1. 00 2, 000. 00 2, 983. 40  r-____ 102 COMMITTEE 5. Recommend approval of ~ ity Clerk- Finance Director' s RECOMMENDATIONS request for authorization open a new account to be to Continued) called the " Equipment Revolving Fund." 6, Recommend approval for repairs to HD- llE tractor in the amount of $ 2, 566. 52 quoted by Leary & Owens. This quotation includes replacing 18 rollers with new ones. 7. Committee discussed construction of bathroom facilities for the City' s parks on Oka1oosa Island and Garniers Beach, and requested detailed information for Tuesday' s meeting. 8. Recommend approval of invoice from Dodson, Craddock & Born for Chamber of Commerce Advertising in the amount of $ 378. 00. 9. Recommend approval of invoice from Municipal Code Corporation in the amount of $ 2, 191. 50 ( representing revision to the Code for all ordinances passed in 1967.) 10, Finance Director reported that sufficient information would be available for next committee meeting for obtaining sealed bids for fire detection equipment for City buildings. 11. Committee referred letter from Citizen' s Advisory Committee requesting the piping of an open drainage ditch near the Pruitt Community Center to the Engineering Department for study. 12. Committee recommends approval of the following recommendations from the Municipal Planning Board as follows: 1) Recommend the alley between lots 197 and 203 and lots 253 through 262, Ocean City SID, be closed and that a variance be granted to rezone the lots from R- 2 to C- l to permit the construction of a Nursing Home. If the nursing home ceases to exist the_ property will revert back to R- 2. Reason for request is to allow the construction and operation of nursing home. 2) Recommend the request from the Fort Walton Beach Shrine Club to rezone Lot 4, Block 7, Oakland Addition, from R- lA to C- 2, be approved. Reason for request was to make this property compatible with adjacent property and to construct some type of commercial income- producing establishment on the property, and that a neighborhood grocery was being considered. Because of the proximity of the school, it was noted that state law would prohibit the sale of beer and alcoholic beverages at this location." 13. City Clerk- Finance Director requested committee to consider a date for budget review for the coming fiscal year.  103 COMMITTEE 14. City Clerk- Finance Director reported on a request made by RECOMMENDATIONS Major 01iphint for waiver of occupational license for use Continued) of vacant Main St. Building for a concert by the singing group " The Lemon Pipers," but indicated the request had been withdrawn. 15. Committee recommends reappointment of all Board and Panel- members whose terms expires June, 1968: I John T.Smith - Municipal Planning Board Tommy Thompson - Hearing Panel Mrs. Doug Peacock - Charles Covey - Golf Course Panel Teen Panel Maurice McLaughlin - Cemetery Panel W. J. Roberts, Jr. ~ Library Panel Mrs. Thomas J. Williams - Museum Panel John H. Lord - Plumbing & Electrical Examining Panel C. H. Hill - Parks & Recreation Panel Mr. Ready moved that recommendations 1 through 15 be approved as read. Motion seconded by Mr. Rigdon, and carried aye unanimously. MR. COOK Mr. Cook addressed Council again stating that time was of the REZONING FOR essence on the the nursing home and request that re~oning for NURSING HOME ordinance readings be waived to assist in expediting the project. He said they anticipated a l60- bed nursing home and that the location was convenient to the hospital. He expressed his appre- ciation for Council' s favorable consideration of the request for rezoning and asked if they could assist in expediting the ordinance' s passage. Mr. Killingsworth praised the project saying it was badly needed. Mr. Carnathan arrived at 7: 35 p. m. Mr. Guidry asked about the location and it was pointed out on the map. The ordinance was called for reading and was read by Jere Tolton who was representing the City Attorney. 100. 93 AN ORDINANCE VACATING A CERTAIN ALLEY AND REZONING CERTAIN PROPERTY FROM R- 2 TO C- l TO PERMIT THE CON- STRUCTION OF A NURSING HOME, PROVIDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF." I Mr. Sconiers moved that this ordinance be approved on first reading. Motion seconded by Mr. Ready and carried