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PUBLIC HEARING - DECEMBER 10, 1979
MAYOR PAT FLOOD, JR. OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:00 P.M.
PRESENT: VICE MAYOR GRAY, COUNCILMEN GASS AND JOACHIM, COUNCILWOMAN MC KINLWY, MAYOR FLOOD
AND DANIEL M. KILBRIDE, JR., CITY ATTORNEY.
THE CITY CLERK READ THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDING SEC. 7-1 OF THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES BY ADOPTING THE SOUTHERN STANDARD BUILDING CODE (1976 EDITION) WITH AMENDMENTS;
REPEALING THE ORDINANCE WHICH AMENDED SEC. 7-2 OF THE CODE; CREATING SEC. 7-2.1 OF THE CODE
AMENDING THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE; REPEALING RESOLUTION ADOPTED FEBRUARY 14, 1972; ESTABLISH-
ING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. SAID NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE VERO BEACH PRESS JOURNAL ON NOVEMBER
25 and 28.
THE CITY CLERK READ THE ABOVE ORDINANCE BY TITLE ONLY.
MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN MC KINLEY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, TO APPROVE THE SECOND HEARING
OF THE ABOVE ORDINANCE.
ROLL CALL VOTE:
AYES:
VICE MAYOR GRAY, COUNCILMEN GASS AND JOACHIM,
FLOOD.
' ~ NAYS: NONE.
COUNCILWOMAN MC KINLEY AND MAYOR
CARRIED.
THE CITY CLERK READ THE PUBLIC NO~F~ON--%A~A~p~ENDING ORDINANCE NO. 0~78-4-B, THE
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ORDINANCE ~S~M~ND~O; ~O~DI~S~q EFFECTIVE DATE"" AS PUBLISHED IN THE
VERO BEACH PRESS JOURNAL ON NOVENBBR~5 and 2~. ~/
THE CITY CLERK READ THE ABOVE ORDI~ IN ITS FNTIR~T~.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GASS, SECONDED BY COUNCI~AN JOACHIM, TO APPROVE THE SECOND READING OF THE
ABOVE ORDINANCE.
AYES: VICE MAYOR G~Y, COUNCILR~W ~ASS D JOACHIM, COUNCILWOMAN MC KINLEY AND MAYOR
NAYS: NONE
MINI~M STANDA~OR CONST~N ~ D~~ PRO~IN~N ~F~V~ AS PUBLISHED IN THE
VERO BEACH PRESS JOURNAL ON NOVEMBER 25 AND 28.
THE CITY CLERK READ BY TITLE ONLY THE ABOVE ORDINANCE.
MR. CRAGG DISCUSSED THE UNSATISFACTORY DRAINAGE SITUATION ON THE DRIVEWAYS OF TWO HOMES RECENTLY
BUILT ON FLEMING STREET. HE SAID HE HAD CALLED THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL ON
A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS. AS A RESULT OF FURTHER CONVERSATION REGARDING THE PROPER ELEVATION OF
DRIVEWAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE CITY'S CODE, MAYOR FLOOD ASKED THE BUILDING OFFICIAL TO ESTABLISH THE
FOLLOWING PROCEDURE WHEN ISSUING DRIVEWAY PERMITS: (1)'REQUIRE THE CONTRACTORS TO DETERMINE
NECESSARY ELEVATION FOR DRIVEWAY FROM THE DRAINAGE MAPS IN THE BUILDING OFFICIAL'S OFFICE AND (2)
TO RECORD IT ON THE BUILDING PERMIT AT TIME OF ISSUANCE.
THE QUESTION OF REQUIRING SOD TO BE PLACED DOWN TO THE EDGE OF THE ROAD WAS DISCUSSED BUT THE
ATTORNEY WAS NOT CERTAIN THE CITY COULD REQUIRE THEM TO SOD THE EASEMENT. HE FELT THE CITY COULD
REQUIRE THAT THEY STABILIZE IT, THE SWALE, WITH SEEDING OR SOME OTHER METHOD, BUT SPECIFICALLY RE-
QUIRING SOD COULD CREATE A PROBLEM. MAYOR FLOOD AGREED THAT IT NEEDED STABILIZING AND ASKED THE
ATTORNEY TO LOOK INTO IT AND SEE WHAT CAN BED ONE LEGALLY.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIN, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN MC KINLEY, TO ACCEPT THE SECOND READING OF
THE ORDINANCE AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 21 RELATING TO STREETS AND SIDEWALKS; AUTHORIZ-
ING THE BUILDING OFFICIAL TO ISSUE PERMITS; REVISING MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF DRIVEWAYS;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE."
ROLL CALL VOTE:
AYES: VICE MAYOR GRAY, COUNCILMEN GASS AND JOACHIM, COUNCILWOMAN MC KINLEY AND MAYOR FLOOD.
NAYS: NONE. CARRIED.
THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED.
CITY CLERK MAYOR
61.
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING - DECEMBER 10, 1979
THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY THE MAYOR AT 7:22 P.M., FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
PRESENT: VICE MAYOR LEWIS E. GRAY, COUNCILMEN EVERETT T. GASS AND JOHN R. JOACHIM, COUNCILWOMAN
DOROTHY W. MC KINLEY, MAYOR PAT FLOOD, JR., AND CITY ATTORNEY MR. DANIEL KILBRIDE.
MAYOR FLOOD INTRODUCED MR. GARY AKERS OF THE SOUTHEAST BONDING COMPANY WHO EXPLAINED WHAT THE CITY
HAS TO DO TO PLACE THE QUESTION OF CONSTRUCTION OF A GOLF COURSE ON THE REFERENDUM IN MARCH 1980.
MR. AKERS FELT THE CITY SHOULD, AT THIS TIME, RETAIN BOND COUNSEL WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
DRAFTING THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING THE DOCUMENTS PRIOR TO REFERENDUM. AFTER THE REFERENDUM,
IF IT WAS DECIDED THE CITY WOULD GO FOR BOND ISSUE, ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS AUTHORIZING THE ISSUE WOULD
BE DRAFTED BY BOND COUNSEL. HE EXPLAINED WHY HE FELT BOND COUNSEL SHOULD BE RETAINED. FIRST OF
ALL, IF THE CITY IS GOING TO PUT THE REFERENDUM ON THE BALLOT, IT USUALLY TAKES A FEW WEEKS FOR THE
COUNSEL TO PREPARE THE DOCUMENTS AND GET THE DRAFTS DOWN FOR REVIEW BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE
CITY COUNCIL. BY THE TIME THE DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED, ARE READY TO BE ADOPTED AND READY TO
BE ADVERTISED, IT WILL BE VERY CLOSE TO FEBRUARY. THIS IS BASICALLY FREE ADVICE, UNLESS THE CITY
GOES TO THE BOND ISSUE AND THE BONDS ARE SOLD AND ISSUED. THE CITY DOES PAY FOR THEIR SERVICES.
MR. AKERS FELT THERE WOULD BE QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT THE SERVICES WOULD COST AND HE REQUESTED FEEMAN,
RICHARDSON, WATSON, SLADE, MC CARTHY & KELLY, IN JACKSONVILLE, TO PREPARE A LETTER TO THE CITY TO
REVIEW AT THIS COUNCIL MEETING. BASICALLY, THE LETTER STATES THE FEE WOULD BE $2.00 PER $1,000
WORTH OF BONDS ISSUED, AND THIS FEE IS CONTINGENT UPON THE SALE OF THE BONDS. iF THE BONDS ARE NOT
SOLD THE PROJECT IS NOT COMPLETED, THIS FEE IS NOT DUE. THEY DO STATE IN THE LETTER THAT OUT OF
POCKET EXPENSES, THEIR COSTS INCURRED IN DOING THIS, WOULD BE DUE. OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES WOULD
INCLUDE COPYING DOCUMENTS, MAILING COSTS, TELEPHONE COSTS AND ANY TRAVEL COSTS INCURRED. THIS
EXPENSE WOULD PROBABLY BE MINIMAL. STARTING AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, THEY WOULD BE PREPARING
A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE QUEST/f~N T~KE~LIX]~',~TROPER WORDING OF THE QUESTION ON THAT
BALLOT, THE PROPER ADVERTISING OF 'TF~_~ESQIfJT1-CN ~D~FFUBLIC HEARINGS, IF NECESSARY. MR. AKERS
FELT IT WAS TO THE CITY'S ADVANTAGE TO GET THE EFPERT~SE/AND ADVICE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, RATHER
THAN WAITING TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO TFE R~ERENDUM. IF, ~TITHAT TIME, IT IS DECIDED THE CITY WILL GO
FORWARD WITH THE BOND ISSUE, THE~COU~S~L W~DULD PREPAI~E~A RESOLUTION WHICH WOULD AGAIN BE REVIEWED
BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. THEY WOULD ~,~RE_ALL ~ DOCU~NTS FOR ALL THE ADVERTISING AND VALIDATION
OF THE BONDS. AFTER THE RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED, A VALIDATION HEARING WOULD TAKE PLACE IN THE
CIRCUIT COURT IN THE COUNTY, AND IF THE ~D~D THAT EVERYTHING HAD BEEN DONE IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAW, THERE WOULD BE A 30 DAY AP~EAL~ERI~D$ AFTER WHICH THE BONDS COULD BE SOLD. THIS
WOULD BE CLOSE TO TWO MONTHS FOLLOWING IHE REFERE~UM, WHICH IS THE MINIMUM TIME REQUIRED BY LAW.
MR. AKERS FELT IT IS REALISTIC ANOTHER 30 DAYS CO, BE ADDED FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL. WHEN ASKED WHAT
HE MEANT BY MINIMAL COSTS FOR OUT OF POCKET EZPKN~ES, HE REPLIED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ABOUT
COUNCI~AN GASS ASKED ZF ATTORNEY FEES ~D EVERYTHING ELSE INVOLVED IN THIS HAD EVER BEEN COMPILED
TO GET AN OVERA~Tm6T ~R~--r~ ~VER~TO~E~U~TAG~7--%~. m~r STATED THERE WOULD NOT
CITY AS AS x OCAL TOR ' , IS WIOR THE ONLY CHARGE WOULD BE
THE COST OF THE ~% COU~m~L A~, ~TIO~_IP~CKE~X~X?ENS~S IF T~E ~n~ ~I~ ~T ~ELL BONDS. WHEN
MAYOR FLOOD, SPA%~iI24G un~ ~IF_KFJ, W/AS~ C~ERgL~CITI~AN2~-A~I~NT~J~Cf~,%-F~ELT HE COULD GO ON
RECORD SAYING WHATEVER THE COST, UP TO $500, COULD BE RAISED BY THE SAME PEOPLE WHO BORE THE COST
OF THE PLAN FOR THE GOLF COURSE. HE FEELS THIS PROJECT CAN BE A MONEY MAKER FOR THE CITY AND HE
DOES NOT WANT IT TO COST THE TAXPAYERS ANYTHING. THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BOND REFERENDUM, THE.ONLY
THING THE TAXPAYERS WOULD HAVE TO GUARANTEE WOULD BE THE PRINCIPAL AND THE INTEREST OF THE BOND
ISSUE. HE FELT A GOLF COURSE WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE CITY, IT WILL BROADEN THE TAX BASE AND RAISE
THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY AROUND IT. IT WILL ONE DAY PAY FOR ITSELF. IT IS A PROVEN FACT THROUGH-
OUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT THOSE HAVING A MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY GOLF COURSE DO MAKE MONEY FROM IT.
MR. CRAGG ASKED MR. AKERS IF THE ATTORNEY EXPENSES WERE TO BE ADDED ON TO THE PRINCIPAL AND WAS IT
TO BE PAID BACK OUT OF THE BOND ISSUE. MR. AKERS REPLIED YES, OUT OF THE BOND ISSUE. IT WOULD BE
FIGURED IN AS PART OF THE BOND ISSUE.
MAYOR FLOOD FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT IT IS ALL PART OF THE INITIAL $125,000.. IF THE TAXPAYERS VOTE
TO GO TO THE BOND ISSUE, THE FIRST YEAR THE MONEY IN THE BOND ISSUE WILL PAY THE INTEREST AND THE
PRINCIPAL. $125,000 WOULD BE THE PAY BACK. THE $125,000 PER YEAR WOULD INCLUDE THE FIRST YEAR.
WHEN MR. CRAGG ASKED THE MAYOR WHAT HE MEANT BY "PAY BACK", MAYOR FLOOD EXPLAINED EVERY YEAR, FOR
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, IT WOULD COST THE GOLF COURSE $125,000 TO PAY BACK. THAT INCLUDES THE FIRST
YEAR OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST.
MR. CRAGG ASKED IF THE $125,000 WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO THE REST OF THE BOND ISSUE NECESSARY TO
BUILD, MR. AKERS REPLIED YES. THE FIRST YEAR WOULD BE ADDED TO THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND OTHER
EXPENSES. THE $125,000 IS AN ESTIMATE BASED ON THE CONSTRUCTION FIGURES, THAT CHANGES, AND NEXT
MONTH WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT NUMBER AND YOU ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST.
MAYOR FLOOD SAID THERE WOULD ALSO BE A $125,000 CONTINGENCY FUND THAT WOULD STAY THERE. IF THE CITY
GOES TO A THIRTY YEAR BOND, THAT $125,000 WOULD STAY THERE THE TOTAL THIRTY YEARS. IT WOULD BE
DRAWING INTEREST ALL THE TIME AND THAT WOULD BE THE LAST PAYMENT BEFORE THE BONDS ARE RETIRED. THE
$125,000 FOR THE PAY BACK WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE MILLION DOLLARS THE CITY IS PLANNING TO BORROW.
THERE ARE VERY FEW GOLF COURSES THAT DON'T MAKE $125,000 GROSS IN PAY BACK. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE
ASKING THE TAXPAYERS TO GUARANTEE, .~IICH, WHEN THEY GET THROUGH, WILL COST EACH PROPERTY OWNER FROM
$8 TO $10. EACH OF THE MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY COURSES THAT MAYOR FLOOD HAS TALKED TO HAVEN'T HAD TO
BACK THAT BOND OR AD VALOREM TAXES. FARMERS HOME WAS ASKING FOR REVENUE SHARING MONEY, BUT THE
CITY DOES NOT RECIEVE SUFFICIENT REVENUE SHARING MONEY TO GUARANTEE IT, WHICH IS THE REASON THE CITY
WILL HAVE TO GO TO AD VALOREM TAXES. THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO GUARANTEE 2~ MILLS, BUT THIS DOES NOT
MEAN THERE WOULD BE 2~ MILLS ADDED TO THE TAX BURDEN EVERY YEAR. THE ONLY WAY THAT WOULD HAPPEN IS
IF THE GOLF COURSE DID NOT DELIVER $125,000.
6..1. 7"
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING - DECEMBER 10, 1979
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THE BOND ISSUE WOULD BE 30 YEARS AT ABOUT 7% OR 8%%. COUNCILMAN GASS ASKED IF THAT WOULD BE THE
RETURN TO THE BOND HOLDER. MR. AKERS CONFIRMED THAT IS THE TAX EXEMPT RETURN. WHEN ASKED IF THAT
RATE IS SUBJECT TO FLUCTUATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MONEY MARKET, MR. AKERS REPLIED IT IS SUBJECT
TO FLUCTUATION UP TO THE TIME THE ~ONDS ARE SOLD. AFTER THAT, IT IS FIXED.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECCNDED BY COUNCILMAN GASS, TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY CF
SEBASTIAN, TO PUT THE GOLF COURSE QUESTION ON THE REFERENDUM ON THE MARCH BALLOT.
ROLL CALL VOTE:
AYES: VICE MAYOR GRAY, COUNCILMEN G%SS AND JOACHIM, AND MAYOR FLOOD.
NAYS: COUNCILWCMANMC KINLEY.
C ARRI ED.
MR. AKERS SUGGESTED SOMEONE FROM THE CITY WRITE TO FREEMAN, RICHARDSON, WATSON, SLADE, MC CARTHY &
KELLY STATING THEIR FIRM HAS BEEN RETAINED UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF THEIR LETTER OF DECEMBER 6, 1979,
COPY ATTACHED.
MR. CLARENDON ASKED IF ANOTHER REFERENDUM FOR THE BOND ISSUE TO FIX THE DITCHES, ROADS, ETC. WILL BE
PUT ON THE MARCH BALLOT. MAYOR FLOOD RESPONDED IT WILL NOT BE ON THE BALLOT THIS YEAR. IF WATER AND
SEWER COMES THROUGH, THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE A BOND ISSUE FOR IT. AT THE LAST WORKSHOP MEETING, MAYOR
FLOOD MADE THE STATEMENT HE THOUGHT THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO BUY THE TACK MACHINE WHICH HAS BEEN
DELAYED FOR TWO YEARS AND FILL THE POT HOLES IN UNIT #1 TO HOLD THEM TOGETHER FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
FROM A STATEMENT FROM FARMERS HOME,,2"BZS~FWL'T~~O~ GET FROM THREE TO FIVE MILLION DOLLARS
BY JUNE FUNDING FOR WATER AND SEWER: '7~_]TFE SATFE Z'i'MEk ~H~N YOU CUT THROUGH THE ROADS AT THAT TIME,
THERE IS NO SENSE PUTTING UP A BOND.ISSUE TO DO THZ ROOD~_ -- IN UNIT #1 AND A YEAR LATER PUT IN SEWER
AND WATER. THAT IS THE REASON THE ~Ir~_~CAS DEn~:~E~ THE~R~FERENDUM ON THE REVEm~E BOND FOR THE ROADS.
HUD HAS n PLAN WE WOULD COME UNDER ~n~SlO~ ~NCO~E. ITIH~S NOTHING TO DO WITH SUBSTANDARD HOUSING AND
THEY DO PAY FOR HOOK UPS AND REPAVI~ROT~pS IN._~RONTI.Q.~ LOW INCOME HOMES. THAT IS THE ONLY REQUIRE-
MENT - LOW INCOME. ONCE THE CITY IS ABLE TO GET A COMMITMENT FROM FARMERS HOME, IT CAN GO TO WORK ON
SOME OF THE OTHER AGENCIES THAT HAVE MONEY A~Y__AILABLE AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS 201 PROGRAM ADOPTED BY
AT A~REVIOUS MEETING, A COMPLAINT WAS BROUGR~ ~D TH~COUNCiL THAT TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS WERE BEING
FLIGHT OF AIRPLANES, MAYOR FLOOD EXPLAINED, BUT IT DOES STOP THE TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS.
MAN ~UESTION WHE%nkTHE A~P~N~Z~SR{ p~¥G~:.,{ THEY ~ERE SuPPleD\TO BEGGING AND HE REPLIED THEY
WERE. THEY WERE L~DWV~, ¢~RN~A~OUFmCqTAK~AOFF. HE EX;L~Z~TH=S \WAS W~TH~N THE PROVISIONS OF
PROBLEM IS IF THCR~,_3~ A PROBLF,.~C..~SLF.3~RUt~ H~!cC/CONC. r.~NED,_THF,_DR~.I~A~.E~..S CLEAR AN~ AS FAR ~
ENFORCEMENT ZS CONCERNED, ALL MR. ~ A~ER~ HAS DONE AS AIRPORT MANAGER ZS IF HE OBSERVES SOMEONE
VIOLATING THE TOUCH AND GO LANDING ORDINANCE, IS TO NOTIFY THEM BY ~DIO. EITHER THeY DEPOT THE AREA
OR COMPLY WITH THE ORDINANCE. HE INDICATED HE HAS HAD ~0 PROBLEM ENFORCING THE ORDINANCE.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR GRAY, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR COUNCIL
MEETING OF NOVEMBER 13, PUBLIC HEARING OF NOVEMBER 16, REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF NOVEMBER 20, PUBLIC
HEARING OF DECEMBER 5 AND SPECIAL MEETING OF DECEMBER 6. CARRIED.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GASS, TO PAY NOVEMBER BILLS IN THE AMOUNT OF
$47,130.40. CARRIED.
DURING THE FIFTEEN MINUTES FOR THE PUBLIC, MRS. DEWHURST DISCUSSED THE "DISORGANIZED DISASTER" THAT
GDC CALLS A WATER PLANT. SHE COMPLAINED THE WATER SMELLED OR WAS CLOROX LADEN. MR. DALE PATCHETT HAD
HEARD ABOUT THE SITUATION FROM DON DEESON, AND WHEN MRS. DEWHURST CALLED HIM HE SAID HE WAS UNDER THE
IMPRESSION THE CITY HAD ALREADY GIVEN THEM A RATE INCREASE. TOMORROWNIGHT MR. DEESON AND THE OTHERS
ARE MEETING WITH GDC IN VERO BEACH AND GDC IS REQUESTING AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING A 102% INCREASE IN
WATER AND SEWER RATE FOR THE VERO HIGHLANDS AND VERO SHORES. MRS. DEWHURST COMPLAINED NO ONE IN
SEBASTIAN WAS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THE WATER SYSTEM AT GDC. THE MAINTENANCE MAN SHOULD HAVE SPOTTED
THE PUMP WAS LOSING PRESSURE. ASIDE FROM ASKING FOR A 102% INCREASE, GDC IS GOING TO CUT THEM BACK
FROM 3,000 TO 2,000. SHE FELT SOMETHING OUGHT TO BE DONE.
MAYOR FLOOD HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH MR. WAYNE ALLEN ABOUT THE WATER SYSTEM AT GDC. THEY HAVE ADVISED
HIM THEY WILL HAVE A FULL TIME MAINTENANCE MAN WHOSE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY WOULD BE THE SEBASTIAN WATER
SYSTEM. GDC HAS PLANS TO GET AN EXPANSION TO THEIR WATER SYSTEM AND ARE WAITING ON DER AND EPA TO
APPROVE IT. MAYOR FLOOD SAID HE IS TRYING TO DO HIS BEST AS MAYOR OF THE CITY, AND HAS WORKED WITH
GDC A LOT OF HOURS TRYING TO GET A LOT DONE. GDC ORDERED A BACKUP PUMP BACK IN OCTOBER, BUT PUMPS ARE
HARD TO GET RIGHT NOW. THEY HOPE IT WILL BE IN BY THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. IF GDC DOES COME TO THE CITY
FOR A RATE INCREASE, IT WILL BE HANDLED WHEN IT GETS HERE. RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVE NOT APPROACHED MAYOR
FLOOD OR ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL ABOUT IT. HE FELT, HOWEVER, THAT WITH THEIR PRESENT SYSTEM THEY
COULD NOT JUSTIFY A RATE INCREASE.
MAYOR FLOOD RESPONDED TO MR. SZELUGA'S QUESTION "WHAT PLANS HAVE YOU FORMULATED TO ALLEVIATE THE
PROBLEMS THAT WERE INHERITED BY YOU WHEN THE AGREEMENT WITH GDC WAS SIGNED LAST AUGUST? WHAT IS THE
RESULT OF THE CORE BORING PROGRAM? WHAT STREETS ARE GOING TO BE RESURFACED? AND WHEN?
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING - DECEMBER 10, 1979
(PAGE 3)
MAYOR FLOOD ANSWERED IN DETAIL TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS COMMENTING WHEN YOU HAVE 150 MILES OF ROAD TO
TAKE A CORE SAMPLE EVERY 1,000' TAKES TIME. THIS WAS COMPLETED ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO. HE REFERRED
TO MR. SZELUGA 'S STATEMENT THE OTHER EVENING THAT UNIT #9 WAS PART OF THE TAKEOVER. THE CITY DID
ACCEPT UNITS 9 AND 2 SOMETIME AGO. THE ROAD AGREEMENT SPECIFIED GDC WOULD GO BACK AND TAKE A CORE
SAMPLE EVERY 1000' OR FIVE TO THE MILE. EVERY ROAD IN UNIT #2 THRU #15 THAT DID NOT HAVE 3/4" OR
MORE OF ASPHALT, WOULD BE RESURFACED. HE HOPES AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR WE WILL HAVE GOTTEN TO
EASY STREET. MAYOR FLOOD SAiD EASY STREET WAS NOT DONE BECAUSE IT MIGHT HURT THE HUD PROJECT, AND
COUNCILMAN GASS AGREED WITH THAT STATEMENT. THE REASON THE NORTH BOUND LANE ON SCHUMAMN DRIVE WAS
NOT COMPLETED WAS BECAUSE THEY HAD NEVER REALLY FINISHED THAT SECTION OF THE ROAD AND HE DID NOT WANT
TO PUT A LAYER OF ASPHALT ON IT BECAUSE THEN THE TAXPAYERS WOULD HAVE TO PAY, AT THAT TIME, PART OF
$358,000 TO RESURFACE THAT AREA. THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK AND RESURFACE SOME 110 OR 138
FEET. THAT IS MONEY WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE OUT OF THE BANK. GDC WILL RESURFACE IT AT NO
COST. IT IS ANTICIPATED THE RESURFACING WILL BEGIN AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. HE BELIEVES THEY
ARE GOING TO GO DOWN FROMFRINK STREET ALL THE WAY TO LAYPORT AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MAYPORT. CORE
SAMPLES WERE TAKEN FROM SOME BAD SPOTS ON DEMPSEY AND MORE SAMPLES WILL BE TAKEN. GDC WILL REDO THE
SECTIONS NOT HAVING THE NECESSARY 3/4" WHEN GDC FINISHES, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME GOOD ROADS. IT WILL
TAKE A BIT OF TIME AND PATIENCE, BUT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS.
MR. SZELUGA ASKED IF THE ADDITIONAL MONEY MAYOR FLOOD ANTICIPATES RECEIVING FROM GDC WILL BE IN
ADDITION TO WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AGREEMENT, AND MAYOR FLOOD REPLIED
IT WAS. THE ROAD AGREEMENT STATES ANYTHING THAT WAS LESS THAN 3/4" WOULD BE RESURFACED BY THEM.
VICE MAYOR GRAY REPORTED A NEW WELL WAS PUT IN THE SOCIAL CENTER LAST MONTH, AND ASKED IF ANY ARRANGE-
MENTS HAD BEEN MADE TO PROCURE SHADES FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER. COUNCILMAN GASS ADVISED THE SHADES
HAD BEEN ORDERED AND HE WAS TO PICK THEM UP THIS WEEK.
COUNCILMAN GASS ASKED IF ANYTHING EN DO A~U LEAK IN THE ROOF OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
THIS WILL BE CHECKED. \ /
COUNCILMAN GASS REPORTED ONE REQUE~I&A~BEEN RECEIVED~F~R A STREET LIGHT BUT IT DID NOT COMPLY WITH
THE GUIDELINES AND WAS, THEREFORE,'~h~NWED--
MR. GASS HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE MELBO~AR~UPERVISOR OF FP%L WHO APPARENTLY WAS NOT AWARE OF
THE BACKLOG OF WORK IN THIS AREA. MR. GASS~WAS H~Y TO REPORT THAT THEY HAVE MADE CONSIDERABLE
PROGRESS SINCE THAT TIME.
COUNCILMAN JOACHIM ASKED THAT THE $30 REH~9~C~IONIBE LIFTED FOR THE PURCHASE OF BOOTS FOR MEMBERS OF
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS THE CURRENT PRI~E~S~NOW~$40 A PAIR. CHIEF CUMMINS ASKED THE MATTER OF PRICE
BE ELIMINATED AND HE WOULD MAKE IT A BUDGE~ STEM. MAYOR FLOOD FELT IT WAS A MATTER TO BE DETERMINED
BY THE DEPARTMENT TO PUT IN HIS BUDGET.
COUNCILMAN JOAC PR..i.__ I 0 G STEEL C~PAN E FOR A PRICE ON FOUR
GATES FOR THE S~A~IAA' ~EIE~.~
MAYOR FLOOD ASKED THE ATTORNEY HIS OPINION AS TO WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH THE ~ARAGE FULL OF BIKES
THAT HAV~ BEE~ PICKED UP BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MR. KILBRIDE SUCGESTED ~DVERTISING ~ AUCTION
~ND SELL THE ITEMS TO THE HICHEST BIDDER.
THE BUILDING OFFICIAL REPORTED 26 SINGLE HOMES WERE CONSTRUCTED IN NOVEMBER FOR A TOTAL EVALUATION OF
$837, 300. TOTAL CONSTRUCTION FOR THE MONTH WAS $1,056,445 AND PERMIT FEES AMOUNTED TO $5,910.40.
MAYOR FLOOD INTRODUCED THE CITY'S NEW BOOKKEEPER, MR. JOSEPH LANCASTER, WHO CAME ABOARD ON OCTOBER 1ST.
ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, AT 12 O'CLOCK NOON, THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN WILL HOLD OPEN HOUSE IN THE CITY
COUNCIL CHAMBER. ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY ARE INVITED AS ARE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY. SANDWICHES,
COOKIES AND PUNCH WILL BE SERVED. RESIDENTS OF THE AREA WILL BE TAKEN ON A TOUR OF THE NEW FACILITIES
AND RENOVATED OFFICES.
THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE STREET DEPARTMENT REPORTED 1220 HOURS WERE SPENT DURING NOVEMBER, 351 IN
CANAL CLEANING; 177 IN EQUIPMENT REPAIR, WHICH MAY SEEM HIGH BUT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF MACHINES
DOWN OVER THE LAST MONTHS; 133 HOURS IN CITY CLEAN UP AND MISCELLANEOUS 176 HOURS. HE MENTIONED THE
NUMBER OF POT HOLES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. IN FACT, HE TALKED TO WEST PALM TODAY ABOUT SOME HOT MIX,
BUT THEY ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH ONE OF THEIR SILOS AND IT MAY BE THE END OF THE MONTH BEFORE HE WILL
BE ABLE TO GET SOME.
THE CITY CLERK READ THE FOLLOWING COMMUNICATIONS:
(1) LETTER FROM MRS. BOLINGER REGARDING REQUEST TO EXTEND HIGH STREET ALONG HER PROPERTY,
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GASS, TO OPEN THE OTHER END OF HIGH STREET
AND PUT A MARL BASE ON IT.
ROLL CALL VOTE:
AYES: VICE MAYOR GRAY, COUNCILMEN GABS AND JOACHIM AND MAYOR FLOOD.
NAYS: COUNCILWOMAN MC KINLEY.
CARRIED.
(2) LETTER FROM THE SEBASTIAN SINGERS REGARDING THEIR CHRISTMAS PROGRAM TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 15TH
AT 7:30 P.M.
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING - DECEMBER lO, 1979' (PAGE 4)
(3) LETTER FROM ED SCHLITT TO MAYOR FLOOD INVITING HIM TO ATTEND A SCOUTING MEETING IN MR. SCHLITT'S
OFFICE ON DECEMBER 13TH.
(4) LETTER FROM CLAUDIA MC NULTY AND HIRAM HENDERSON OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
THANKING MAYOR FLOOD FOR THE PROCLAMATION OF AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK.
(5) LETTER FROM MR. ERROL GREEN REQUESTING LIGHT POLE AT THE CORNER OF LOUISIANA AVENUE AND FOSTER
ROAD BE MOVED. IN ITS PRESENT LOCATION IT CREATES A TRAFFIC HAZARD.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR GRAY, TO ASK FP&L TO MOVE THE POLE AS
REQUES TED. CARRIED.
(6) REQUEST FROM MR. EDWARD BRANDO TO SERVE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AT THE SOCIAL CENTER ON DECEMBER 14.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN MC KINLEY, TO ALLOW MR. BRANDO TO SERVE
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AS REQUESTED. CARRIED.
(7)
REQUEST FROM MRS. LENARDT TO SERVE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AT THE SOCIAL CENTER ON DECEMBER 31, 1979.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR GRAY, TO ALLOW MRS. LENARDT TO SERVE
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AS REQUESTED. CARRIED.
COUNCILMAN GASS EXTENDED AN INVITATION TO EVERYONE TO ATTEND THE AARP MONTHLY MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY
AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
MR. CRAGG SAID THE COUNCIL ON AGI~LL~~S~MEETING IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON DECEMBER
19TH. MAYOR FLOOD SAID HE WOULD 'T~_~ MAKE TH~'M~G.
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TWO BIDS WERE RECEIVED FOR THE TRACT~ LOADER BZCKHO~ ~ND TWO FOR THE INSTALLATION OF CONCRETE PILINGS
AT THE SEBASTIAN SOCIAL CENTER. ~F~ARDS CCM~.ITTE~ ~ELECTED THE BID FROM SUNRISE FORD TRACTOR CO.
FOR THE TRACTOR LOADER BACKHOE. ~ WU A AL~FEREA~ OF OVER $7,000 BETWEEN SUNRISE'S BID AND THE
ONE FROM H. F. MASON EQUIPMENT COMPANY, BUT THE TRACTOR OFFERED BY MASON WAS NOT A NEW ONE. IT WAS A
RENTAL UNIT. VICE MAYOR GRAY COMMENTED~AW~COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED FUNDS BE ALLOCATED IN NEXT
YEAR'S BUDGET TO HIRE QUALIFIED OPERATO~S~,FO~ ZA~ EQUIPMENT.
MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN MC KINLEY, SECONDED BF CO~ILMAN JOACHIM, TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION OF
THE AWARDS COMMITTEE TO ACCEPT THE SUNRI%FORD'$BID. CARRIED.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GASS, SECONDED BY ~MAYOR GRAY, TO ACCEPT THE LARSEN BROTHERS' BID FOR IN-
STALLING THE CONCRETE PILINGS AT THE SEBASTIAN SOCIAL CENTER. CARRIED.
NEGOTIATING ONp--Sm. I W T T, E SCH O S{TE,[r2 SOLICIT FUNDS FRO GDC
AIRPORTAND DISS~S~AI4%BOBT~S W~TH~F~HEM~----' ~ -- '
THE CHILDREN'S ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY WILL BE HELD IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23
AT 2 P.M.
THE CITY CLERK READ BY TITLE ONLY AN ORDINANCE CREATING SECTION 7-6.1 OFTHE CODE OF
ORDINANCES ESTABLISHING MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR ALUMINUM CONSTRUCTION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN MC KINLEY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, TO APPROVE THE FINAL READING OF
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE.
ROLL CALL VOTE:
AYES: VICE MAYOR GRAY, COUNCILMEN GASS AND JOACHIM, COUNCILWOMAN MC KINLEY AND MAYOR FLOOD.
NAYS: NONE. CARRIED.
THE CITY CLERK READ BY TITLE ONLY THE ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE #218, A NON-EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE
ORDINANCE TO THE INDIAN RIVER CABLEVISION, INC.
VICE MAYOR GRAY REPORTED ON A MEETING HE AND MAYOR FLOOD HAD WITH MR. RALPH HAIMOWITZ, MANAGER OF
INDIAN RIVER CABLEVISION, INC. THEIR SCHEDULE IS TO COMPLETE UNIT #15 IN JANUARY AND TO MOVE TO
UNIT #2 SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY. THEY HAVE THE CABLE TO DO THE WORK, BUT ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY IN
OBTAINING COUPLINGS. THEY HAVE HAD A BACK ORDER IN FOR SOME TIME ON THE COUPLINGS. MR. HAIMOWITZ
WAS TOLD BY MAYOR FLOOD THAT IF HE DIDN'T RECEIVE THE COUPLINGS WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, TO GO
AHEAD AND LAY THE CABLE. WHEN MAYOR FLOOD ATTENDED THE LAST NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES MEETING
HE TALKED TO CTA AND A FEW OTHERS AND THEY, TOO, WERE HAVING PROBLEMS GETTING EQUIPMENT EVEN THOUGH
THEY BUY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF IT. THEY ALSO TOLD HIM THAT THEY WOULD NOT COME INTO AN AREA
WITH LESS THAN 10,000 PEOPLE. MR. HAIMOWITZ SAYS WITHOUT THE INCREASE, THEY COULD NOT DO ANY MORE'
DEVELOPING.
MOTION BY VICE MAYOR GRAY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GASS, TO ACCEPT THE FINAL READING OF THE ABOVE
CABLEVISION ORDINANCE.
COUNCILMAN GASS SUGGESTED THE INCREASE BE APPROVED WITH THE STIPULATION THE COMPANY PROCEED WITH THE
WORK IN UNITS #15 AND #2 AS PROMISED. COUNCILMAN GASS FURTHER RECOMMENDED THE CITY MAKE A FOLLOW UP
THE FIRST OF MARCH TO DETERMINE THE STATUS OF THE COMPANY'S EXPANSION PROGRAM.
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING - DECEMBER 10, 1979
(PAGE 5)
ROLL CALL VOTE:
AYES: VICE MAYOR GRAY, COUNCILMEN GASS AND JOACHIM, AND MAYOR FLOOD.
NAYS: COUNCILWOMAN MC KINLEY. CARRIED.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GA~S, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, THAT A PERIODIC CHECK BE MADE EVERY TWO
MONTHS TO DETERMINE THE STATUS OF INDIAN RIVER CABLEVISIONS'S EXPANSION PROGRAM. CARRIED.
THE CITY CLERK READ BY TITLE ONLY THE ORDINANCE DEFININGAND REGULATING THE SEBASTIAN MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT, ESTABLISHING THE AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD AND FIXING QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS AND PROVIDING
POWERS AND DUTIES OF SUCH BOARD; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GASS, TO ACCEPT THE FINAL READING OF THE
ABOVE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ORDINANCE.
ROLL CALL VOTE:
AYES: VICE MAYOR GRAY, COUNCILMEN GASS AND JOACHIM, COUNCILWOMAN MC KINLEY AND MAYOR FLOOD.
NAYS: NONE · CARRIED.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN MC KINLEY, TO ACCEPT THE PRESENT MEMBERS OF
THE AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD. CARRIED.
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THE CITY CLE K READ BY TITLE ARD OPERAT N PROCED RES FOR PERSONNEL
ADMINISTRATION. \/
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SEC~N~BY COUNCILWOMA~ ~C KINLEY, TO ACCEPT THE FINAL READING OF THE
ABOVE ORDINANCE.
ROLL CALL VOTE:
AYES: VICE MAYOR GRAY,
COUNCILMEN GASS AN~JOACHIM,
NAYS:NONE. ~CA~IED.
THE CITY CLERK READ THE ENERGY CODE BY TITLE ONLY.
COUNCILWOMAN MC KINLEY, AND MAYOR FLOOD.
NAYS: NONE. CARRIED.
THE CITY CLERK READ BY TITLE ONLY THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 7-1 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCE BY ADOPTING THE SOUTHERN STANDARD BUILDING CODE (1976 EDITION) WITH AMENDMENTS; REPEALING
THE ORDINANCE WHICH AMENDED SEC. 7-2 OF THE CODE; CREATING SEC. 7-2.1 OF THE CODE AMENDING THE
NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE; REPEALING RESOLUTION ADOPTED FEBRUARY 14, 1972; ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
MOTION BY VICE MAYOR GRAY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, TO ACCEPT THE FINAL READING OF THE ABOVE
ORDINANCE.
ROLL CALL VOTE:
AYES: VICE MAYOR GRAY, COUNCILMEN GASS AND JOACHIM, COUNCILWOMAN MC KINLEY AND MAYOR FLOOD.
NAYS: NONE. CARRIED.
THE CITY CLERK READ BY TITLE ONLY THE ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 0-78-4-B THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
ORDINANCE AS AMENDED; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR GRAY, TO ACCEPT THE FINAL READING OF THE ABOVE
ORDINANCE.
ROLL CALL VOTE:
AYES: VICE MAYOR GRAY, COINCILMEN GASS AND JOACHIM, COUNCILWOMAN MC KINLEY AND MAYOR FLOOD.
NAYS: NONE. CARRIED.
THE CITY CLERK READ BY TITLE ONLY THE ORDINANCE AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 21 RELATING
TO STREETS AND SIDEWALKS; AUTHORIZING THE BUILDING OFFICIAL TO ISSUE PERMITS; REVISING MINIMUM
STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF DRIVEWAYS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GASS, TO ACCEPT THE FINAL READING OF THE ABOVE
ORDINANCE.
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING - DECEMBER 10, 1979 (PAGE 6)
ROLL CALL VOTE:
AYES: VICE MAYOR GRAY, COUNCILMEN GASS AND JOACHIM, COUNCILWOMAN MC KINLEY, AND MAYOR FLOOD.
NAYS: NONE. CARRIED.
MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN MC KINLEY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, TO TABLE THE ORDINANCE/RESOLUTION
COVERING RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE CEMETERY AND FEES FOR CEMETERY LOTS UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.
CARRIED.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GASS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, TO DISPENSE WITH ALL OTHER COUNCIL
MEETINGS DURING DECEMBER EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. CARRIED.
MRS. DE MERITT, CHAIRMAN OF THE CENSUS COMMITTEE, ASKED FOR PARTICIPANTS AMONG THE CITIZENS OF
SEBASTIAN TO ASSIST WITH THE 1980 CENSUS PLANNED BY THE CITY. ANYONE INTERESTED IN HELPING WAS
ASKED TO CONTACT MAYOR FLOOD OR MRS. DE MERITT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. MAYOR FLOOD THANKED MRS. DE
MERITT FOR HER FINE PRESENTATION AND STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF AN ACCURATE CENSUS FOR THE CITY.
THE CITY CLERK READ THE PROPERTY DESCRIPTION WHICH THE G&B CONSTRUCTION CO. IS ASKING TO BE ANNEXED
INTO THE CITY. MAYOR FLOOD EXPLAINED IT ADJOINS THE AMERICAN LEGION PROPERTY WHERE THE OLD LEGION
BUILDING BURNED DOWN LAST YEAR. THERE IS ONE SMALL SECTION WHICH IS OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS. MR.
KILBRIDE, CITY ATTORNEY, IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION FROM THE COUNCIL, STATED THE PETITION COULD BE
ACCEPTED AND AN ORDINANCE PREPARED.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN MC KINLWY, TO ACCEPT THE ABOVE THREE PETITIONS
FOR ANNEXATION.
NAYS: NONE. -- ~ ---- ~-CARRIEDU. --
A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 9, 1980 TO HEAR THE ORDINANCES FOR THE THREE ANNEXATION
PETITIONS AND THE TREE ORDINANCE. THE SECOND READINGS WILL BE MADE AT THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL
MEETING.
COUNCILMAN GASS REFERRED TO THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLES CONCERNING THE LETTER FROM TALLAHASSEE TO THE
INDIAN RIVER PROPERTY APPRAISER FOR NOT ASSESSING A 100% VALUATION. AS OF NOW, INDIAN RIVER VALUATION
FOR TAX PURPOSES IS 81.2%. THERE ARE 67 COUNTIES IN FLORIDA, AND INDIAN RIVER IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST
TAX VALUED COUNTIES. MR. GASS TALKED TO THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE THIS MORNING REQUESTING HIS ADVICE
AS TO WHAT SEBASTIAN COULD DO TO BE HEARD. HE SUGGESTED SERIOUS THOUGHT BE GIVEN TO GETTING UP A
PETITION. MAYOR FLOOD CONCURRED WITH MR. GASS'S RECOMMENDATION TO START SUCH A PETITION AND SAID HE
WOULD HAVE THE SUPPORT OF HIS OFFICE.
CONCERNING THE ENGINEERING PROBLEM, WHICH HAS BEEN PENDING FOR SOME TIME, MAYOR FLOOD SAID HE WOULD
LIKE TO HAVE THE MATTER SETTLED AND SUGGESTED CALLING A MEETING WITH BWA AND EITHER TELL THEM THE
CITY ACCEPTS THEIR PROPOSAL OR REJECTS IT. THE MATTER OF REVERTING MR, ROBERT LLOYD FROM POSITION
#3 TO POSITION #2 ON THE LIST WAS DISCUSSED.
MOTION BY VICE MAYOR GRAY, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN MC KINLEY, TO REVERT MR. ROBERT LLOYD TO POSITION
#2.
ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: VICE MAYOR GRAY, COUNCILMEN GASS AND JOACHIM, COUNCILWOMAN MC KINLEY,
AND MAYOR FLOOD.
NAYS: NONE. CARRIED.
THE MEETING WITH BWA WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 23, 1980.
THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE STREET DEPARTMENT REQUESTED PERMISSION TO ADVERTISE FOR BID FOR A ONE TON
DUMP TRUCK FOR THE STREET DEPARTMENT. THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WILL BE GIVEN THE 1974
PICKUP TRUCK.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GASS, TO ADVERTISE FOR BID FOR A ONE TON DUMP
TRUCK. CARRIED. MOTION TO ADJOURN AT 10:11 P.M.
CITY CLERK MAYOR