Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 08-13-1974 Regular — reading text

the acceptance HEATHCOTT: HEARING PANEL bf the reappointment to the Hearing Panel from James Heathcott. I FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE LAW: BRIEFING BY CITY ATTORNEY 18. Recommend that City Attorney give a briefing to the Council on the new finan- cial disclosure law and that members of boards be invited to attend.  220 GULF REALTY & INS. CO.: 19. Recommend approval of the request from EXTENSION OF PRINCIPAL BAL- Gulf Realty & Ins. Co. ( The Ellinor Cor- ANCE poratioITs) that the principal balance on their note be extended for one year and the int,erest be paid to date. FIRST CITY BANK: DRIVE- IN 20. Recommend that a variance be granted 1 liij WINDOWS to First City Bank to permit building a frame structure with brick veneer for drive- in windows. Also, they will be charged one water and sewer tapping fee - 1 I 450. City to refund Women' s Club ($ 975) for 2 tapping fees they were charged. COUNTRY ' CLUB AVENUE/ PERCO- 21. Recommend that Country Club Avenue LATION POND be filled in and raised and a percolation pond formed to alleviate drainage problem. County to be contacted for whatever help they can give. Mr. Palmer and Mr. Schweizer voted " NO." TRAFFIC LIGHT AT YACHT CLUB 22. Recommend that Cinco Bayou be con- DRIVE & EGLIN PARKWAY tacted and asked to write the Department of Transportation with reference to having the traffic light at Yacht Club Drive and Eglin Parkway synchronized with the rest of the lights on Eglin. DEDICATION OF LIZA JACKSON 23. It was suggested that a dedication 1 PARK date for Liza Jackson Park be coordinated with 'the Public Works Department. WARD MAP 24. Recommend that Councilmen be supplied with current Ward map. JOHN McGEE APPOINTMENT TO 25. Recommend that John McGee be appointed BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT to the Board of Adjustment, if he will accept. REFUSAL OF REAPPOINTMENT: 26. Recommend that Council accept with ABE WELCH regrets Mr. Abe Welch' s refusal of reap- pointment to the Hearing Panel. KENWOOD PARK FENCING 27. Recommend that City accept the quote from HurrictaneFence for the fencing of Kenwood Park. Amount of quote: $ 816. 15. This project is to be done together with School Board. Other quote received from Sears was $ 894. 40. DRAINAGE DITCH PROBLEMS 28. Mr. Hill suggested that perhaps revenue sharing funds could be used for drainage tiitMkGp'iftl~ Jt1S W tH:,,: rtTl1f~f i" 01.; m~ tfi;~&: ai!iajae_ McGriff St. on 1iii().}. the property of Gloria Tippen and Inez Kent were discussed. Public Works Depart- ment will investigate the situation. Also,  221 the resid~nce of Carey Ward at 242 DeLuna, water in living room. TRAFFIC PROBLEM IN ALLEY AT 29. It was suggested that the Public BROOKS & MAGNOLIA Works pirector check the alley at Brook~ and Magnolia to see what can be done to keep traffic out of there. Mr. Schweizer moved that Items 1 through 29 be approved. Motion was seconded by Mr. Baughman. WAIVER OF TAPPING FEES Mayor asked if anyone in the audience was at the meeting to discuss any of the Com- - mittee Recommendations. Mayor recognized Mrs. Norviel, who wanted to discuss Item 20. She wanted to know the reason Council waived the , tapping fees for First City Bank. She asked if this was not establishing a precedent since another bank has asked for the same waiver. Mr. Rigdon stated that the City is not setting a precedent. Due to the fact that this bank will have only one bathroom facility, Council felt it was not fair to charge them for three taps. He also stated I that he had seen this situation handled many different ways. to do what is TheCiity always tries fair concerning the matter. TRAFFIC PROBLEM IN ALLEY AT Mayor asked for further discussion. BROOKS & MAGNOLIA Concerning Item # 29, Public Works Director was to check the alley at Brooks and Mag- nolia to see what could be done to keep the traffic out. Public Works Director stated that he had no recommendation at this time. Mayor stated that no action would be taken until a recommendation was submitted. Motion carried unanimously to, approve Committee Recommendations. B. O. D. REPORT Mayor presented B. O. D. Report for Council' s Information. J LIBRARY HUMANE PROGRESS SOCIETY REPORr REPORT Mayor presented Library Progress Report for Council' Mayor presented Council' s s information. Humane information Society Report for only. I MUNICIPAL HEARING PLANNING BOARD PANEL & Mayor presented the following recommen- dations from Hearing Panel and Planning Board:  222 REZONE LOTS 88 & 89 OCEAN 1. from R- l to C- 2 property located Rezone CITY SUBDIVISION at Lots 88 and 89, Ocean City Subdivision 7 Magnolia Avenue.) Owner desires re- zoning as contract received for the pur- chase of this property is contingent on him being ~ ble to rezone property to C- 2. Property to be used for printing office. MHP: Recommends request be denied. MPB: Recommends request be denied. t 1 j J Mr. Baughman moved that Council concur with the Hearing Panel and Planning Board' s recommendation to deny the request. Motion was seconded by Mr. Schweizer and carried unanimously. REZONE FROM C- l TO C- 2 2. Rezone from C- l to C- 2 property located LOT' 4, BLOCK D, PARK PLACE at Lot 4, Block D, Park Place 2nd Addition 2ND ADDITION 123 Buck Drive, N. E.) Owner'fdesires to expand offices presently owned and operated as Polygraph and Private Investigation Business. nIP: Recommends request be approved. MPB: Recommends request be denied. Mr. Schweizer moved to concur with the Hearing Panel to approve the rezoning. Motion was seconded by Mr. Baughman and carried unanimously. MHP GUIDELINE FOR REZONING