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1952.01.07_TC_Minutes y -Highland Beach ioi =m. Cor fission -- January 7 195 A regular monthly Meet ing,postponed,by unani� -:s n ous conset of the co �,ssioners,fron January first, a. Inoliday. <` The meeting ru call • arnn on � o ick =el i l, a pmitl , Totterdale & I Hert g. Present TTere �o�x� 1 from Sinclair Ablls, State The clergy read letter dated 12 /2x. 0 /5 Land Agent, CO?1C;JR?1T 1G TO RESOLU ould reco end the a rea s • In substance Mir. Wells stated quested by the c ©Mission. in said resolution. After general dis- cession Comm Harmon roved that Crgi o. Totterdale and nertwig be appointed a committee t imin.ary stet necessary Bo © accor y �°plish the ney Byrd about the prel y results recommended in iesolut particularly with relation on 21�, p to ascertaining the cost e the engandeitn s mrork t ; � IoM• Pck'�ell secogded t atve votes of all five commissioners present. the above motion and imm ediately f ollovring the opening of the ing the minutes of the meeting of December 4 1 - re re the meeting, read,and approved on motion of voM• ,sarnon, seconded by Comm. Sm and affirmative votes of all five commissioners present. The clerk reported receipt o a ne r fire rio�rard L. Cromer, promising hydrant south of property of j.Loger okillman• Go Hertimig presented and requested passage of a resolution re- Best ng the Mate Road Department to include improvement of Atlantic "venue, Delray Beach, in the 1952 budget • The follows: resolution follo s : TUAM OF HIGHLAND BL -�1CH P 1LI1 BE �CH COU�M 2 FLORIM . 1 ?,SOLUTI01� = 25• A Ri�SOLU`t�IO!� *REQU�ESTIN G THE STATE RO �D DEPART y ! 25. JrIDE�h1IUG AUD Dv PROVE11E1-1T OF _� Ti, NTIC AVENUE T`°u�T�1T "i'0 INCLUDE 1 IN THE 1952 M)GET. !Ff1EREAS there is p four being constructed within the City of Delray ,eac1 , Florida, a n amodern our -lane bridge kn.oi as the "Atlantic _ Lvenue Bridge­ oaches present plans for co11str ettl oroughfare con:form said bridge ?provide for widening of th grit} the four lane bridge said approaches g reacing s apAroiat el y srr o mhe alks and storm seers, intersection of .atlantic > venue on the crest to i+enetan ;give on the east; and r be left s ifteen hundred feet of Atlan dHLIZEA5, there ,,ill thereby tic Avenue, lying bet Ureexz or dra and �dewalk fgcilities, proved, narro� and P 51 P RE.kS atlantic -venue is the main business thoroughfare of the �elra Beach and is the made e tonne cting link uylif between th U . the pre 1 City of S� a nd AlA (ocean ;3oulevard) and should sent improver ents connected >-it' the new Atlantic .ivenue $ridge and its approaches, and minutes continued on page ?� (r, (page 2) Minutes, Highland Beach Tovm Commission, 1/7/52 ' HEREAS, 1'I�. 1 iPRG��U L IT of the additional fifteen iundred feet of aforesaid could be effected now i4hile the new bridge is uzider con - \- stru.ction and in connection�vrith the already Manned bridge ap- proacI es so as not to interfere with traffic business after comple- tion and opening of the new atlantic Bridge this Fall, and REAS, the further improvement of the said fifteen hundred feet along atlantic Avenue could be dome at the present time at a much less cost to the .Mate, ounty and .'ity if a contract were let fur, said improvements simultaneously iurith the planned approaches for the bridge hour being constructed, and vtmEPMS, THE City of Delray Beach is one of the fastest ;rowing tourist, agricultural and flo -er growing comities in the State of lorida, serving ._lore than truenty -five thousand people during the months of I ovember to dune of each year, and is greatly in need of these improvements along this ^tin traffic artery, leadin from Mate I igInTay Itio. 1 to ocean :Boulevard, ; 12i ffi�,ouLvEjj by the 'ovm Commission of the ioi',rn of Highland veach., as rolloars: 1. That the otate Road _�epartr?ent at its annual meeting in January, 1952, appropriate funds for the construction, in 1952, of improvements along Atlantic Fivenue from U. S. Highvsy _ o, 1 to Ocean Boulevard, such improvements to consist of new pavement, side,-, lks and storm se Ters to conform,. ri th and be uniform t -rich the construc- tion of the Atlantic Avenue Bridge and its approaches. 2 That a contract for said proposed improvement along the a- fore -said loortions of tlantic Avenue be let at the sane time as a contract is let for the approaches to said bridge, and that in the_ letting of said contract, a provision be made that all of the work along atlantic ?venue shall be completed by the contractor at or about the same time as the new- Atlantic Avenue Bridge is completed. 3. That this request is only for approximately fifteen hundred feet of additional new construction and is justified in vieur of the need to the area, and is further justified in view of the great sav- ing to the State, County and City by making this additional construc- tion simultaneously with the improvement of the Atlantic Ave. Bridge. 4. That copies of this resolution be f on to the Chairman of the State Road Department Honorable Wilfred a. IvIcKethan, and to the. Honorable lierrill P. Barber, member of the State Road Department for the .FourthnDistrict and „to the Board of i;ounty Com- missioners, Palm Beach County, ilorida. This resolution unanimously passed and adopted this the ,nth day of January, 1952 signed Robert Totterdale, Iiayor 41 J. Morrison Smith ?dice Mayor '`!ttest John F. Harmon, Cor�issoner Rudolph W. Hertz -.rig t' H. I m-,- rd Pickaiell, Corm issioner Town Clerk (minutes continued on page 3) � ✓ ���' (page 3) Irir_utes, High-land Beach Town Commission, 1 /7/52 On motion of Coral. Hert? rig,' seconded by Conu . Harmon and na.ssed by affirmative votes of all Five conissioners present, Cc>'rs - Smith and Totterdale frere designated a co ittee to attend to the collection of fees for occupational licenses to be issued. On motion of Cor.� Harrion, seconded by CoFmn• Piclvrell and passed by affirmative votes of all five commissioners present, the clerk ms authorized to spend between Five and Eight dollars to'-have papers and litter picked up from the shoulders of State Road AlA. The clerk presented and proceeded to pead Ordinance ri 110 the title of which is as follol.rs AN ORDINANCE AUTHORI2LNG THE SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COVIPAHY TO USE THE PUBLIC STREETS OF THE TOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH, FLORIDA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ERECTING, COPeSTRUCTI1 MAINTAINIIiG AND OPERATING LINES OF TELEPHONE AND TELEGR��.PH THEREON AND THEREUNDER. AFter the reading of the ordinance and a general discussion of same Comm. Harmon roved that the Ordinance #110 be approved on this it's second reading. Coma. Smith seconded the notion and it teas passed by affirmative votes of all five commissioners present. The clerk proceeded to read Ordinance amending Zoning Ordinance 106 the title of which is as follows; All ORDINANCE AIVMA KDING SECTION 1 AND TOTP5T OF BEACH WNING FLAP ADOPTED AUGUST 1 1950 OF THE TO 01 OF HIGHLAND BEACH, PALM BEACH CRNTY, PLORiak, BY CHANGING AND RE- a)NIIITG THE SOUTH 100 F OF "R$SIDENT DISTRICT 7JNE AS SHOTfTfy ON TO 3,`N OF HIGHLAND BEACH KkP ADOPTED AUGUST KV 14, 1950 TO "DUPLEX, APAR1tiENT AND HOTEL DISTRICT a)IIE" . After reading of the Ordinance and due consideration, Conm. Hert rig moved that it be approved on this its second reading. The notion was seconded by Comm. Smith and adopted by the aff irmi- ative votes of all five commissioners present. Can motion of Cor -?l. .- erttirig, seconded by Cor a. Hanlon and the af- f irmative votes of all five commissioners present the the neeting vy-as adjourned. Approved m ( end of Minutes 1/7/52) f� i I ,