Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 09-22-1964 Regular — reading text

IcE MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA September 22, 1964 1 A regular meeting of City Council, City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, was held at City Hall on September 22, 1964, at 7: 30 P. M. with the following members present: Elbert R. Davis, Mayor J. M. Ready C. H. Rigdon H. H. Carnathan e: k: ~ gfi~ rs Mayor Davis gave the invocation and welcomed visitors. Nelson Davis, P. O. Box 550, Fort Walton Beach, presented plat for 6th Addition to Santasia Park which Council had previously approved, subject to installation of piped drainage facilities being installed prior to construction of houses in the subdivision. Mr. Davis asked Council to reconsider this stipulation, allowing him to install soil cement bottom open ditch or asphalt bottom open ditch instead, calling attention to the numerous open ditches in the City. He mentioned that most of the drainage in this subdivision came from North of the subdivision and felt the cost should be pro rated accordingly. Manager reported that a rough estimate would be 810 linear feet of 36" culvert at a cost of $ 6. 20 per foot or 44 lots at 114. 00 per lot for drainage. Councilman Carnathan said he was of the impression that Council had previously set a policy that ditches would be piped. Manager said that for past three or four months the inspector had not been issuing building permits on open ditches. Councilman Rogers commented that because this had not been a policy that the City had three or four hundred thousand dollars worth of drainage correction to be taken care of. Councilman Long commented that if ditch were left open, I would only mean that City would have to go in and pipe it at a later date. Mr. Davis asked Council in its consideration, to consider whether or not this would be a health or safety hazard if it were left open. Mr. Ready commented that people would look at new homes and see open ditches, buy the homes anyway, and right away start 1 7 calling Council members and City Hall numerous times to get ditches covered. f1r. Long and M~. Rigdon commented that there had to be a starting place. Councilman Carnathan moved that plat be subject to original stipulation that ditch be piped, and that the City continue program recently instituted by Council that drainage be piped and covered. Motion seconded by Councilman Long and the vote was aye unanimously. Councilman Ready moved that City Manager be instructed to release engineers to make survey of what is necessary to take care of all open ditches in the City, and take care of the problem by sections. Motion seconded by Councilman Long, and the vote was aye unanimously. Jerry Henley, 52 Coleman asked Council about ditch running through lots he owned on Ferry Avenue. He stated that ditch was 20 feet wide and submitted plot plan and photographs of the ditch. Council unanimously referred this matter to Public Works Committee on motion by Councilman Rogers, seconded by Councilman Long. Donald J. Liebforth, 121 Second Avenue, presented petition to Council, signed by property owners on Bass Drive. The petition requested that Council deed the 25 foot strip of dedicated park area to the adjoining property owners, stating that the area was not of sufficient size to be of value as a park. Council unanimously referred this to the ffunicipal Advisory Board for study and recommendation on motion by Councilman Rogers, seconded by Councilman Ready. Bids for fertilizer were opened and tabulated as follows: Cove Garden Supply 2, 62Y. OO Yielding 7' 393. 25 Agrico Southern Mill Creek Piper i~ 7, 072. 70 2, 677. 50 6, 119. 80 These bids were referred to the Public Works Committee for study and recommendation on motion by Councilman Long, seconded by Councilman Rigdon, and aye unanimous vote. Bids for rye grass seed were opened and tabulated as follows: Courter 07~~ per lb. Yieldings ll~ i per lb. Piper 078 i per lb. Cove 7. 6i per lb.  168 This bid was awarded to Courter Nursery, as low bid, providing seed met specifications, on motiDn by Councilman Long, seconded by Councilman Rogers, and aye unanimous vote. Bids for verticut were opened and tabulated as follows: I Yielding ~ 660. 00 Beach Cycle Shop 1575. 00 Councilman Ready moved that bid be awarded to Yieldings. Motion seconded by Councilman Rigdon. Councilman Carnathan made a substitute motion that bids be referred to Public Works Committee for study and power to award. Substitute motion seconded by Councilman Ready, and the vote was aye unanimously. Bids for Turf Sweeper were presented as follows: There was only one bid. Councilman Long moved that bid not be opened and that telephone calls be made to other firms on bid list to determine why they did not bid. Motion seconded by Councilman Rogers. ~~. Ready said he felt adequate advertising had been done and he felt it would be useless delay to put off this bid. Councilman Carnathan commented that since there was no comparable data available to Council that this was the best action. The vote to the motion was aye unanimously. Cement bids were opened and tabulated as follows: Fort Walton Lumber & Supply 1. 24 bag Brewton Engineering 25 !! jl. 11 Gatlin Lumber & Supply 1. 33 Moody- Kelly 4. 50 Barrel Pensacola Builders Supply 1. 26 bag Councilman Carnathan moved that bid be awarded to Fort Walton Lumber and Supply as low bidder. ~ otion seconded by Council- man Long and the vote was aye unanimously. Minutes for regular meeting of $- 25- 64 were approved as written, on motion by Councilman Rogers, seconded by Councilman Rigdon and aye unanimous vote. The following recommendations from the Public Works Committee I were unanimously approved on motion by Councilman Rogers, seconded by Councilman Long: 1. Recommend that the nine ( 9) vehicle bids be awarded to Warren Taylor Ford. ltCi 2. Recommend that Fire Hydrant Bid be awarded to Charles Born as best bid at $ 5, 745. 00 ( Mueller hydrant) 3. Recommend that two requests for City water listed below, be granted, providing that requestors pay costs of tapping: a. Tommy Creamer, Lot 1, Block 21, Cinco Bayou b. Bonded Warehouse, adjacent to Rivard Realty ( Eglin Parkway in Ocean City) The following recommendations from the Finance Committee were presented: 1. Recommend that assessmBnt roll for Hughes Avenue be approved as originally presented. 2. Recommend that since it has been determined that property belongs to Anderson, that no action be taken on that portion of Pinehurst SiD in question until such time as Joseph Anderson is ready to develop the property, at which time he can work through the City Engineering Department and the City Planning Board. 3. Recommend that Bill Lord' s request that 20 lots of Santa Rosa Subdivision be placed under the old water and sewer tapping rates be denied. 4. Recommend that Billy Bowlegs Festival Association be given the same allocation as last year - $ 4, 000. 00, and that bills be handled in the same manner as those under the City' s allocation to the Chamber of Commerce. Copies of Festival Association meeting minutes have been requested. 5. Recommend that Parks and Recreation Board request for $1, 500. 00 for initiating a Ceramics Program be approved. 6. Parks and Recreation Board agreed to waive the Follies practice ~ essions fees and requests that Council allocate $ 78. 00 separate from that Depart- ment' s budget to pay the custodian necessitated by these practice sessions. 7. Recommend that $ 1, 500. 00 capital outlay be appro- priated for playground equipment for Seabreeze Park. 8. Recommend that public hearing on " childcarell ordinance be held at second Council meeting in October ( 10- 27- 64).  170 Councilman Long moved that Recommendations 1- 6 and ~ be approved as read, and No. 7 be amended that $ 3000. 00 allocated for improvements to Villa Russ, Garniers Beach, and Seabreeze Parks - as equally as possible. Motion seconded by Councilman Ready, and the vote was aye unanimously. 1 Report from Lee Courter, the City' s representative on the Okaloosa County Gas Disrict Board was presented, as a matter of record. The following ordinances were presented: No. An ordinance declaring the intention of the 413 - City of Fort Walton Beach to annex a tract of land to said City under the provisions of Section 171. 04, Florida Statutes, and providing the effective date of said ordinance. This ordinance was unanimously approved on third and final reading on motion by Councilman Ready, seconded by Councilman Carnathan. No. 100. 29 - An ordinance rezoning a portion of property in the City of Fort Walton Beach from C- l to C- 2; providing the effective date hereof. Council unanimously approved this ordinance on 2nd