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

shove anything down the people' s throats. Alma Nolan of Linstew Drive said she had lived out there for 20 years and realized they didn' t want it on Briarwood and she could see why they didn' t want to pay for this. She said that the people of Linstew needed it and she thought it would be justified to eliminate Briarwood from assessment and the City to work out something with people on Linstew to give them some relief. She said the beach end of Linstew was not an access for Briarwood; it was right- of- way for Bayou SID.  1r.: hV ~" Mr. Hedrick asked if there were any difference in rates that had been charged and those proposed for this area. Mayor said rates had changed over the years. 1 Manager said assessment total cost frontage cost times on taken each a the person' street. full s was figured for length- footage amount of Mr. commented that he was also Hedrick thDroughly confused. He asked where the rate protest was from. It was noted that rate protest was from Neptune Court, but Mr. Bryan spoke saying they did not want paving or drainage. Mr. Shelley said people of Linstew were complaining about the rate and that a precedent had been set by City Council when paved Industrial Avenue - that City picked up 25% of the tab on that part- icular street. Mr. Etheredge noted that was $ 10. 00 on each side he hadn' t been able to come up with anything near that cost even with a 10 root culvert underground. He asked if these plans included sewerage. Manager said seweage was in the same project but not in this cost. Mrs. Jones said if people there voted about cost as it was now she thought Mayor would find most of them felt it was entirely too high. A lady who did not give her name noted that they were not at the end of Linstew and were assessed where they were not getting paving. 1 Roy Kelley said motion and the for the residents he believed that committee between would be idea. He said he believed it could be worked out better on this basis. real the Council good Mr. Shelley said he thought this is what it going to take. He asked again if was could discuss paving of Jefferson Lane and the fact that there was no drainage  r" (-) 1 i. .~) ,~ I and cost was 5. 76 ( estimate) a foot for 20 fOQt wide paving. He sa~ d paving for Linstew a 21 foot; wide tstreet, was, a , c total of 13. 54. He said he thought had been a policy in the past to install drain- age pipe with cost split with property owners. said he thought this could be He taken into consideration. Mr. Palmer commented that this policy was on existing open ditches. A gentleman who did not give his name said if drainage went into that area, what was going to happen to that Bayou. He submitted pictures of the beach area. Charles Coons of Neptune Court said he felt people that lived on the Bayou on Neptune Court would prefer that the water go somewhere else rather than right in front of their property. Gentleman who not give his name said did people living Briarwood used Linstew on to get down to the beach but perhaps they shouldn' t be assessed at full value. Mr. C. G. Gibson of Briarwood Circle said they had tried to beautify the beach. He noted it was street and if drainage a low were allowed percolate into soil it to would eventually drain off into the Bayou. He said sewage was a problem before and didn' t want to pollute bayou. A gentleman not give his name said who did he had read in paper that all streets the in Fort Walton Beach were scheduled to be paved by 73 or 74 and they might just be putting something off that would happen anyway. Mayor said it wouldn' t be paved if people didn' t want it. City Clerk said he believed the article pertained to sewage. Vote was aye unanimously to the motion.  c:~ 1. I City Clerkexplained for information of those present that when sanitary sewers were installed in an old well- established area City didn' t prepare a sewer assessment. He said property owners paid when they hooked on to sewer; however, after the line was run by their property and was available they 1 would be Mayor names selecting required asked available a Mrs. to pay monthly charges. Nolan to the group to a list for make use representative committee. of in Public Hearing adjourned at 8: 40 p. m. DEPARTMENT OF Mayor read letter from Department of Trans- TRANSPORTATION portation in reply to the City' s request REF: MOONEY ROAD about the feasibility of placing a flashing yellow light on ~ oone:y Road at County Club Drive near the curve. The Department of Transportation declined to place such a light at that time. LIBRARY ANNUAL Mayor read statistics from the Library' s REPORT annual report. HEARING PANEL AND Mayor read the following re:c,onimendatiorB " from PLANNING BOARD the Hearing Panel: REF: ALLEY CLOSING OCEAN CITY SID Hearing Panel at its regular meeting held June 30, 1971, recommended the following: Recommend request be denied to close alley affecting property located at lots 15 through 25 and lots 72 through 82, Ocean City SID. Alley runs between Magnolia Avenue and Elm Avenue, north from 3rd to 4th Avenue. Reason for property owners' request is due to misuse of alley. Mayor read the Planning Board recommendation of July 6 concerning the same request: Recommend alley be closed. The Chairman requested that the record show that, in the 1 opinion of the Planning Board, this request to close the alley was in keeping with previous action in this general neighborhood that the original purpose of the alleys in this subdivision had long since become archaic; and that easements should be provided giving the City the necessary rights of access for utility maintenance and repairs. n_~___ n~~__~_________ ______.__.___ n______._._____....._____.___..__.,__.__....___~_.__ n___.___________~.__ m___...._..~ t54( Mr. Palmer said he believed the alley was being used by youngsters probably at night. He said he was in sympathy with both decisions - could see both sides. He