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1960.03.01_TC_Minutes Minutes. Highland Beach Town Commission. February 2, 1960 March 1, 1960 March 15, 1960 The meeting was called to order at ?:30 P. M. on February 2,1960 by Comm. Noble. Partly because of serious illness in the family of Mayor Eypel it had been geherally agreed not to hold the meeting and no other members of the commission were present. For lack of a quorum Comm. Noble declared the meeting adjourned. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Eypel at '7:30 p.m. on March 1, 1960. By general a~;reemast it had been decided to hold the meet- ing on the third Tuesday of-March and no other members of the commis- sion were present. So for lack of a quorum Mayor Eypel declared the meeting recessed to 7:30 p.m. on March 15, 1960. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. on March 15, 1960 by Mayor Eypel. Also present were Commtrs Bertash, Jones and Noble and Town Manager Hertwig. Comm. Breckenridge was absent. Pdinutes of the meetings of January 5, 1960 and January 19, 1960 were read and approved on motion of Comm. Jones, seconded by Comm. Noble and the affirmative votes of Comm~rs Bertash, Eypel, Jones and Noble. There was no dissent. The Mayor advised the commission that he had issued the notices call- ing for the impending Town Elections. Comm. Noble moved that the Mayor and the Town Manager be authorized and directed to carry out the several steps necessary for the proper holding of the elections. The motion was seconded by Comm. Jones and approved by the affirma- tive votes of Commis Bertash, Eypel, Jones and Noble without dissent. The Town Manager reported the advisability of transferring, to secure interest part of the general funds now on deposit in the First Nat- ional Bank of Delray Beach, Comm. Noble moved that the Mayor be au- thorized to transfer between twelve and fifteen thousand dollars to the Town Savings Account in the Bank of Palm Beach & Trust Com any. Comm. J®nes seconded .There were four aye votes. There was no d~ssen .~ The Town Manager requested approval of his action in paying the extra sum of Seventy Dollars per month to W. H. Kirk for extra supervision at the water works during the months of January and February, 1960. Comm. Bertash moved that the requested approval be granted. The mo- t-ion was 'mt seconded by Comm. Noble and adopted by the affirma- tive votes of Commfrs Bertash, Eypel, Jones & Noble without dissent. Commfr Jones The ~ read prepared Resolution #91, which requests favor- able action relating to the proposed Boca Raton IIniversity. After the reading of the resolution, Comm. Jones moved that it be approved. Comm. Noble a~~~~lt seconded the motion and it was adopted by the affirmative votes of Commtrs Bertash, Eype1, Jones & Noble. No dissent. By general agreement the Town Manager eras requested to send a signed copy of the Resolution to the Palm Beach Resources Development Board, for transmission to the proper authorities in Tallahassee. Resolution # 91 appears in full on the following page, page 2 of these minutes. Minutes continued on page 2) /! ~\ ( page 2 minutes ) Highland Beaeh Town Commission. 3/15/60. ' ~- c ~~-~~ TOAli OF HIGHLAND BLACH~ FLORIDA 1-~` ~ ~, `„~ REa~LUTION ~E 9I . b`~~ ~° WHEREAS a recent study of Florida~s College requirements shows that provisions must be made for 60,000 addition~~.l College students before . the Fall of 1965, teat a total of 121,$00 students will be seeking higher education in 1965 as compared with 60,121 enrolled in Florida institutions in 1959-60, and 4JHEREAS the six southeastern Counties of Florida, namely St. Lucie, A+lartiny Okeechobee, Hendry, Palm Beach, Broward and Dade now furnish .more than 33 percent of the Florida students enrolled, and the unprec- edented growth of these counties may be expected to continue so that even more than 33 percent may be expected to originate in this area in 1965, and WHEREAS the facilities of existing Universities, Colleges and Junior Colleges, public and private; will be wholly inadequate to meet these 1965 requirements, despite maximum plant expansions and extensions, including proposed quadrupling of tha-Junior College system, and Y~~EREAS the Florida Legislature, in its 1955 Session, authorized the Board of Control to establish a University in Palm Beach County by Chap. 30297, and in its 1959 Session appropriated X50,000 for prelimi- nary planning, and ~f WHEREAS additional funds will be required to complete sufficiently detailed plans to adequately support and justify a request for capital outlay construction funds at the 1961 Sessicn of the Legislature, and failure to provide such detailed plans at the 1961 Session could result in a delay of two years in the activation of said University, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the State Board of Control be, and it is hereby urged to proceed forthwith with the preparation of .detailed and specific plans for the construction and activation of a State University at Boca Raton, where the State now holds title to 1,200 acres of land for this purpose, and that said Board of Control be urged to immediately seek the funds required, from all possible sources, sa that plans necessary to justify and support a specific request for the appropriation of construction funds may be presented to the 1961 Session of the Florida Legislature.. ADOPTED THIS. ,~ ~,.,,, .Day of Parch, A, D. 1960 by: ,y s' Att (minutes con;~~nued on page 3) ~e ~~h. TOAD 0 H AHD FI, M or (page 3) Minutes, Highland Beach Town Commission. 3/15/60. The Town Manager requested approval of payment to W. H. Kirk of the sum of X615.38 for a new Fairbanks Morse 20 horsepower motor which will be kept ready for immediate replacement of either the clear-well pump motor or the #1 pump motor. This approval was included with oth- er approvals in Comm. Bertashets motion recorded in the seventh para- graph of page 1 of these minutes. It's mention was omffitted thru error. Mr. Homer Martin was present to explain any details concerning the pending proposal to reduce the bond of the Highland Beach Development Corporation relating to the improvements in Bel Lido. This matter had been thoroughly discussed at earlier meetings and conferences and all details were generally agreed upon. The Town Manager read prepared resolution #90 which authorizes the reduction of the above mentioned perf ormance bond from X50,000.00 to the lesser sum of X10,000.00. After the reading of resolution #90, Comm. Noble moved that it be approved and adopted. The motion was seconded by Comm. Jones and adopted by the affirmative votes of Commis Bertash, Eypel, Jones and Noble, without dissent, Resolution #90 appears in full on the following page, page 4 of these minutes. (minutes continued on page 4) t • __~~~~ .~~ ~~ (page 4, minutes} Highland Beach Town Commission. 3/15/60. Tom'' aP ~~~ ffiSd.~H, !'t~ttlth~ RE34~L~sIax ~,..~,~..... d~l~ I~ 2~F ~ DUCT 2fl~ ~F R' ~~E 80~ ~a T~ HZtiI~ARn- B~A~$ ~LOPD~Igs Cf~R+~- POR~ASIO~t ~'RQY ~l5t), x.40 sd alai A44. d0. Bs it ~-esehed b the sawn Cas~iss#ean st' the saw~- eac Hi~i~land Beach, erida, that the 'l~a~er and the sewrx~- Qlerlc be, and theT hereby are„ authearissd ~ direeted to rsdus• the perl~anee b~o~d ~iwe~ by the ~i~hland Beach ~?ers2ap- xant Corperatien to inse p~rf~s eF their adrse~ent 2'or aessPletien et' iap-re~-saents #~ the Ssl Lid® sabd3Tisi~, rraan the s~ ®S #b©,~C#444 as orisi~ut3ly drawn, to the ~.esser e'mt e2' ~'1~, ~44.0d,~ Passed and adapted bj the se#n Cds~aissien Af the sawn at 8i~hla~d wash, ~'1®rida, the iBth da~ot , ll.fl.,l'1k3~. _ !~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ .~ ~~~~ Comm. Noble moved that the meeting be adjourned and that the regular meeting scheduled for April 5th 1960 be recessed until the third Tuesday in April which will be April 19, 1960. The motion was se- conded by Comm. Jones and adopted by the affirmative votes of Commtrs Bertash,,Eypel, Jones and Noble, without disc' (end of minutes) Approved ..--, _ /~ ~~~~~