1960.12.06_TC_Minutes_
T~inutes. Highland Beach Town Co~unission. Dece~.ber 6, 1960.
The regular month7_y ~±eetin~:. vlas called to order at 7;30 p.m. by T<ayor
>/ypel. Also present were Comr.+3'rs Bertash, Jones, Noble and Turner &
Town. P~Tgr. Hertwig. T!'rst ~. Mrs. Howard Slagle were in the audience.
P.~inutes of the ~+.eeting of RTOVer~ber 15, 1960 were read and approved on
~~~ot ion of C orrm. Turner, seconded by C o~+a~ . Noble and the affirmative
votes of Con~±'rs Bertash, Eypel, Jones, Noble ~:~. Turner without dissent.
A Letter was read dated 12~2~60 fror~`~he Beach Taxpayers League of
Delray Beach about a proposed postal sub-station in Delray, east of
the In7_and ti~(ater~rray. After Comr±. Turner reported verbally on a meet-
ing he attended concerning this r2atter, it vR~as the consensus of the
Commission that the Town would support the ~:eneral idea of a beach
?postal station but keep aloof from any questions affecting the current
controversy about where the Host off ice should be re-located in Delray.
Cor~r~. Noble roved that the Tovvn Manager be directed to write to` the
Beach Taxpayers League along the lines indicated above. The motion was
seconded by Corim. Jones and approved by the affirmative votes of Commis
Bertash, Eypel, Jones, Noble and Turner. There was no dissent.
The TOVt'n T~:~tana~er reported. that it would be in order to designate some
one to act as a director of the Resources Development .Board as Mrs.
n'oble's tern had expired. Corvn~. Bertash moved that T~:rs. ?~'oble be reap-
pointed. The motion was seconded by Co,_n'•'fi. Turner and approved by the
affi.r:~ative votes of Cornr±.'rs Bertash, Ey~~el, Jones, I~?oble and Turner.
'here vvas no dissent.
There vvas discussion about the current project of the Schine interests
to re-locate Mate Road AlA in order to provide deeper beach front lots
south of the Tovvn. TIo formal action was taken.
There vvas discussion of the beach shack erected by ~'eter :'rest and others
near the Cayce residence. The comrvissioners reaffirrled their earlier
conclusion that the. shack r.~ust be eli~:inated and the Town Tianager vvas
directed to take stex~s to see that this be done.
Gn rr_otion cf Gomm. Varner, seconded by Cor;?*~. Bertash and the affir~~a-
tive votes of Commis Bertash, ~ypel, Jones, Iyoble and Turner, the
Tov~rn Tanager was authorized to spend approximately twenty dollars for
a suitable holiday gift for =y'. H. Kirk, the operator of the water works.
In the same r.!otion the To~rrn T~"tanager vvas ~~~~i~~x~~ authorized to make
the correct quarterly payment or_' ;;960.00 to County Sanitation for gar-
bage removal in the To~nm as per contract.
The ^ovrr_ "anager submitted a report under date of T?ovember 30, 1960,
concerning some work being done at Bellef opt for vvhieh no rermit has
been asked or granted, The report follows on page 2 of these minutes.
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(pa~e~ 2, rlinutes) riighland Beach Toy^an Comr°~ission. 12~6~60.
Re. Bellefonte Apts. Building Code tiolation.
Recently there has been evidence of some construction work at
Bellefonte Apartments. A lame truck load of concrete black was
being delivered there when the writer was passing on AlA and front
the beach it was evident that additions were being made to the
retaining wall around the swimming; pool ratio.
This is the wall which blocks passage along the beach and which
was erected by Mr. T~ackie UTithout a rermit after the swir,~ming
pool was built. _
After talking with TF.ayor Eypel the writer consulted the Tozvn At-
torney and Pair. Lilienthal advised that if the Town intends to exercise
control over Ntr. TJiackie's building operations it is first necessary
to give official notice of any violation he is committing.
Acting on this advice the writer, on Tdovember 29, 1960, served
notice on Mx. T;~ackie to the effect that he was violating Town
Ordinance ~r'108.
i:Fr. Lilienthal advises that if the Town has violations of this
nature and wishes to assert it's control and meet it's resnon-
sibilities, it will have to sue in Circuit Court for an injunc-
tion or set up a P,4unicipal Court in the Town and try violations
locally.
Either process will be complicated, expensive and time consuming.
`I'he municipal court r:.achinery will of course be required eventual-
ly as the Toy^rn develops but present ordinances do not r~rovide it
and a special ordinance will have to be drawn. This matter should
have serious consideration in the immediate future.
Respectfully submitted,
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Rudolph :F~. Hertwig, Tovrn P~ianag rdovember 30, 1960.
After full discussion of the Bellefont e situation it was the conse~-
sus of the cornr.!.issioners that they did not wish tab get involved with
court proceedings if they could be avoided. Comm.. Jones moved that
the members of the commission meet informally with '`::r. 'v`Jrn. P~iackie at
the Bellefonte rroperty an~~? try to work out some ar.?.icable arrange-
ment concerning the Bellefonte Wool. The notion was seconded by Comm.
Tvoble and ap??roved ~ by the affirmative votes of C ormrm'rs Bertash, Eypel,
Jones, Noble and Turner, without dissent and the Town Manager was dir-
ected to arrange a meeting.
The meeting v~ras adjourned on motion of Comm. Bertash, seconded by Comm.
Jones and the affirmative votes of all fiv ~cor~~ni~s~ioners present.
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