Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 06-13-1971 Regular — reading text

of money due to the amount of clay that had been hauled in there each year. He also asked if the City could help out with the cost. Mayor asked what the wishes of the Council were. Mr. Rigdon said it might be in order if the Council went to the County Commissioners and ask them to participate in the cost of the paving. Mr. Yoder said the people on the other side would like to have relief since they had donated all of the property for the street. Mr. Shelley said they came before Council two months earlier asking for help with water and drainage out there and paving seemed to be the only solution to the water. He I mentioned drain installed by the City a and problems he had with a sump pump at his moving and storage warehouse.  I: X 147 ~~ Mr. Rigdon then assessment moved that this roll be tabled until County had been contacted to see if they would help in the project. Motion seconded by Mr. Brock and carried unanimously. 1 hearing opened for PUBLIC HEARING - Mayor then declared CLOSING DITCH IN assessment roll for closing the ditch ALLEY NEAR : MC OONAtI)' s in alley north of McGriff Street in the HAMBURGERS Oakridge Addition ( vicinity of Mc Donald' s Hamburgers) . Manager announced that the amount of the assessment for piping the ditch of 662. 35 feet was $ 1, 934. 06. Mrs. Kate Bagley of McDonald' s Hamburgers said she had been in business there for ten years and that ditch was behind her property and was offensive. She said so she had put up a but was ashamed fence that she was ten years late in asking that the ditch be closed and stated that she was happy to pay her share of what- ever it cost to close the ditch. George Brenner of the Taco Hut Restaurant said he too was in favor of closing the ditch. Mr. Brock moved that the assessment roll in the amount of $ 1, 934. 06 be approved for closing the ditch. Motion seconded by Mr. Palmer and carried unanimously. PUBLIC HEARING - Mayor then called for the hearing for LINSTEW DRIVE Linstew Drive, Briarwood Circle, and Neptune Court assessment roll. Manager reported on a petition from the residents of Neptune Court asking that paving and drainage not be done on their street. It was noted that they did want the sanitary sewage. 1 Mr. people Mr. Palmer be Schweizer. moved granted. that the Motion wishes of the seconded by Mayor asked if anyone present from Neptune Court wished to speak.  L_..__ ___ D'I~~ 148 Brentwood Bryant said he lived on Neptune Court and the petition had been un- animously signed by all the property owners abutting Neptune Court. He said he did not care for the paving and/ orthe drainage. He said ref: the sanitary sewer - they were not against nor particularly for it. He said they were in' rea~6nably good shape with septic tank at the present. He indicated however with current pollution problems they generally would be in favor of the sanitary sewer if that would be appropri- ate. A gentleman from Linstew Drive asked if Council were going to hear comments on Linstew at that time. Mayor commented that he didn' t see how were going to break it up into two hearings. Manager commented on the drainage with relation to Neptune Court; running drainage back to the east on Linstew and taken out at the point where Linstew intersects Beal Street. Mr. Hedrick asked if an engineering study had been made of this area. Manager replied that it had and that it was done with engineering thinking everybody wanted the paving and drainage; was designed to go out through easement on Neptune Court. He said the study was made by the City' s engineering department, and checked by Oliver Semmes, the Consulting Engineer for the City. Mr. Bryant said the drainage was desig ed to come down Neptune Court through an easement which divided two lots that he owned. He said the lot line and easement between those two lots took a dog- leg right front of his home immediately in front of his front door. He said the drainage was a prime concern to him. He said it appeared it could run down Linstew Drive and if could, follow the right- of- way he felt this would be a better way of engineering it.  149 Manager said possibility one other would be to pave without curb and gutter or underground drainage and allow the water to run as presently runs. Mrs. Jones of corner of Neptune and 1 Linstew said soil was such that water stands after a storm. Mrs. C. R. Williams of Briarwood Circle represented 8 property owners on Briarwood; said they did not live on Linstew and were not in favor of paving the road. She said they didn' t part- icularly want to pay to have Linstew paved. She mentioned the nice beach area. Mr. Van Buskirk asked if there were an alternate plan or variations that could be studied and looked over - particularly for Neptune Court. Mayor suggested possibility of someone to represent the property owners to meet with a small committee of Council to see if they could come up with something the people would want. Mr. of Linstew Drive mentioned Benedict the created by traffic on the road. dust He said the resident of Briarwood used the road and created as much dust as those living on it. He said he didn' t want the paving but felt they would need the sewer. Mayor commented that this was an unusual project. He said he felt it would take quite a bit of study. Mr. of Briarwood said the only Coker thing between him and the water was an easement of 20 feet. He said the City 1 1/ 2 years ago put in sod and stated 1 further that he didn' t know who on Briarwood was using the street. He said there was no place behind his house to raise any dust. Mr. Williams said they were going to pave to his driveway and he said he was being assessed the full distance of his property 150 MOTTON Mr. Van Buskirk said he was more confused now than to begin with and since he was this was his first meeting, he moved since he felt a clear decision could not be made now - that a com- mittee of council meet with committee of the people to sit down and work out satisfaction of all. to Motion seconded by Mr. Rigdon. Mayor asked the residents if they felt they could come up with representatives to try and work out something. Mr. Shelley said that had a meeting one previous week and at that time they could come up with a workable solution. He and several present confirmed that they had a majority of the property owners at their meeting. He indicated however that he had not seen the con- struction drawings at that time. Mayor suggested that the committee meet with the engineer using drawings and possibly they could work something out. Mr. Shelley said the subdivision was formed in 1952 and indicated that wait- ing till now to put in the improvements and run cost up for everybody. He said he would like to see it paved with sewer and curb and drainage that this was the only way of solving the whole thing. Mayor commented that he Council felt didn' t want to