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1949.07.15_TC_Minutes_Special (2)e L ~:~':'TU".~ES of SFSCT:'~, Mc,ETT.NG of Tcnm GoYnuaittsion of,-~h+s J-_-~ r Town of I~i7:CrI~:LAND BEACH, rLOr~TDA bald J~.TI,Y 15, 1949 ~ ~~ Puma:.s.YAt to tlae~ wrltt~sr~. call sigYacd by Cosnrr,.. Heatan, Smi•Eh and Her~:~-ig, czr~d Nhas~rn on the praoodirxg page of tht~se records, ~ Spc~oial Mnet~.ng of ~:he Town Co~s~~s:;ion was hc~1d at the Town ISa11 at 7;30 P.M. on Friday Ju7.y 15th, 1949. PrescYZt wore CouLZnissionars, "rleatoxa, SYnitka anct Hert:wig. put of town and absent wore Cor~mti.ssionex•s, Tottc~r~.ale and Dubendorff. Corrn~,t, Iic~r~:r~s1g read the writ~:en oa17. for thc~ meotixig, and Vioe I~"ayo-r I:ie~.ton presided in tho absence of Mayor Totterdale. pn rzotion of Conur-. kler~.wi~r, seconded by Caxrm. Smi~h and voted afris~sratively by Cornan. Smith, I3:ertwi~ and Hrsatora, the writtara Dell for this meeting vase ordesx•od filed with the minut®s .of the meeting. Corn. Her~~vrig then presented to thn meeting, the following resolutioz~, prepared by Town Attorney C. Y. Byrd, which was r®ad in full; NO Ri,SOi~iJ'1.'7:0T3 C TitiG AN'D F'tZOVTDSItiG FOZ TI~i'E IiOLDTNG OF AID r, GCT ' Ti3E PU:i~POSI: OIL' ST.3$I47I7"iTIVtIr TO THI+' QUALTFTI~;G EL ~ CTOItS ~~uHO At~2E FRI:;EIIOLDERS TTd TI~7 TG'~:V" OF IiIGI3LArIT} BuACH, I'ALP~1 $k;~CI~I COUNTY, FLOIt7:DA, T ~ ~IJESTTON' OF ISSU7:N(x BONS IN TriE A1~rt0UiVT OF„`~100,000.00, FOIZ TI$a i'UF.I'OSE OF RAxSTTdG FUITt~S TO I'AY TI3E COST OF ACG~TRTNG, BUII,DTNG AND CGNSTtZtTCTTYTG A CpTi,%t~L~;^1E b''~+~`1'ER '4YOitISS I"LE~NT Aa'~'1~ ti'"d:ELTEIZ DTSTR7LF~UTTON SYSTEM, INCLUDII~~G TIt~~ L,l3.YTNG OF A ~`';ATEI2 P7:1'I; LTi~'E •Fi~OM TIIC 1~lATEIZ ~u0ItK5 I'I.ANT 'c'JEST OF THE CA?`~AL T 0 STATE 20AD AIAr A1V~I? TITS Lc`1.Y7:NG pF A ~''1'ATER ~Z~IN .~,ND~QR ~F{ATEIt PIPE LTPJE NORTH 1~"~~U SOUTH ALONG STATE ItO1sD AlA Fh'.01~1 TFiI: NORT'rT TO~;TT~ 7.,TMTTS TO TI7E SOUT"~i T0'~'dN LTiViTTS, AND THL ACG?UTIZING OF THE NECESSARY' LAND UPO;V WHTCIi TO LOCATE SAID ti"CATER ?lOIZKS PI.~1]JT, ~°r'ELI,S AND Z'1ATER PTk'E L1TII~S, A1VTD FOIZ THE Pt3,~ZF'OSE OF PAYING THE COST TI`ICTDF~~ITAL TI3T;RETO, INCLUDING F7:SCAL, REGAL AND ENGTNi.ERING EY,PENS;;S Al`JD COSTS, AND OTHuR PURPOSES. ~E;aG~1 ";?~IEiu.AS, dun to the ack of an adequate supply of fresh water within tlzes Town of Highlan to supply the needs of its inhabitants, who hav® caul®d to be constrtaoted th©ren mor® than 5;750,000.00 in value of homes, apartments and oth®r substantial improvemonto; and 'YTxiF;t~F_',AS, tha~re is no gublio or private water works system within the Town or within tho near proximi-~j thereto fro~- which the inhabitants of the Town oa~~ proaura vratvr for drinking or sanitary purposes; and Z"d~F;I'T , a great majority of tho ov+mers of the honiee and apartment buildings grad many of th® atimers of vacant lands witlxin the Town. have reau€~st~sd thn Town Comrn~.asion to take the necessary action to raise monesy, by sellixag bonds of the Town, in ord@r to finaxao® the oonatruotion of an adequate and oompletg ~id'atar i~,(orks Plant and ureter distribution system, and +VI~;~~,;~,a, ~tha Town Comm3.ssion has bean advised that to ao~u~.ra~, oanstruot and install a complete ~"iator l~torks Plant and Distribution System, as horein above outlined, including.fiscal, legal and engineering oxpenses ixaaid~antal thereto, w3.11, reauirea an expenda.i~ure of not, more than .;100,000.00; and A ~'" ' i-ia~,:;t~_,.;'~.U, :i.-i.: is zzeaoesss,xy to z:aise sa3.d amouxxt outlined in the Z~eseviatzs ~~arz~~;raphs hereof by the issuanoe and sale of bonds uxzder th.es pravisians of tYza To~cm Crzarter, the payrn®nt of which bonds shall be saaux°ad by an a~aa~~aal tam lovy open all resnl and persons.l properly (e~caopt homestes,ds) as pro~rided by law) wi'chin the ~ovrn and also by as~y suxplus revenues from tho Town '~u'atar b°forks Plant and Systcsm; and ~k'J"ri}~i.~..F~, the Totirxa Comm~.ssion deems it advisable ~~ ~t ~.x ~~a. ~ ~ c and for they bast interest of the Town and its inhabitants to call this election for the purpoaea herein above outlined. ~Ii7~at THFIiF,FOx'?F, BE IT RE50LV~ by the Town Commission of the Town. of Highland Baaoh, Palm Beach County, Florida: 1. That an elaotion is hereby called and ordered to be held in the xown of Hz~;hland Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, between tho hours of eigYzt o t oloak(8:00} A. &T. and sev®n 0' olaak (?.00} P. 3.5. on tFaa 30th day of 1~,ugust, 1545, for the purpose of subrzitting to the qualified eleotors who are fre~e- holdera residing in said Town the question of issuing bonds ixi an amount not e7 aeaesding x,100,000.00 for the purposes stectad in the ~3re:amble hereof, which bond issue is to ba dated Deoc~xnber lst, 1549, and to bear interest at the rata of five per Dent (5f} per annum, payable semi-annually on Duna first and December first of aaoh year, and said bonds to mature in not less than two (2) years, nor more than .thirty (30) years from date thereof. 2. That the ~~ayar and Toavn CI©rk era hereby authorized and direoted to cause a notice of said olcsation to be paeted at the front door of the Town Hall, ones a. weak for four (4} oonseeutive weeks, the first posting to be net less than thirty (30) days before the date of the eleatian, anal to Douse a notion of said aleotion to ~ja published in the: Delray Beach Pdativs, a newspaper of publication and general oiroulation i.n said Totirn, once as.ah wa®k for four (4) oonseoutiva w©eks, the first publioation to be not lass than thirty (30) days before the date of the oleation; said notice shall be in substantially the follotiving form: SEE FOLLt7fJING PAGE t ° Jl~. , NOTICE; OF BOI~TD ET,ECTION By ore~c~r of the Town Commission of the Tovrxx of Highland Beaoh, Palm B~saoh Courx°ty, Florida, notice is herr~by giv®n that an elootian vri11 be h®1d in said Towzz on the 30th day of august, 1949, for tlae " pux•pose of subnLitting to •~he qualified electors, who are fr eeholder.~ residing in said Town, tha qua~stion of thc~ iUsuance of bonds of the Tozrrz in rxn aanount not exceeding ~100,C4 ~o raise funds to pay the oast of acquiring, Building and Constructing a ear,~plete V4'ate~r S`d'or~.s Plant and V~~ater Distz•ibution System, including the laying arxd install- ation of a avatar pip® line from the ~,Sater "forks Plant vrest of the aaxxal to State Road ,~„~; and installing a water main along said State ~?oad A1A from the ;North Tov~n liuea,ts to the South Town limits, and the acquiring of the necessary lands upon which to locate and oonst:•uot said ti'fator works Plant, including incidental fiscal, lc~gs,1 and enginee~rix;g expenses, said bond issue to be Dated Decombar 1st, 1949, to bear inter©et at the rate of ~ five per vent (5"a) per annum, payablo send"-anrxixally, said bands to mature not leer. than i-wo (2) years and not mor® than t2zirty (30) y©ars from the date of issue. Said bonds arc to pledge the full faith and credit of the Tovai for the payment thereof and an ad valorem tax will be levied ( except ~ on homesteads as provided by law) in such amount arxd irz such yoars as may be necessary to raise funds to pay the principal and interest on said 3~onds, and any surplus revenues of the Town b^rater ~'4'or?~s Plant and Syste~t will also be pledged to the payment of the principal and interest on said Bonds. The Election will be held at the To~wxz ~ia11, located at Blue i~'Taters Apart- n:ents, on South Ocean Boul~,~rard, i.e. Stag Road A1A, in tlxe Totivr,. of .~ ~Iighland Beaoh, Palm Beach County,.•Florida, between the hours of eight o ~ clock (800} A. Ni. and seven. o ~ aloak (7s 00} P. ;~. on the 30th day of .August, 1949. The registration books far said election tivill be open in the Tov~m Clerkfs office during the usual business hours an each day, Sundays and halidays excepted, up to and including the 20th day of August, 1949 far the purpose of registering all freel3olders who are otherwise qualified to vats at said election. TO'~~T;V' SCI, ~l.J Tawxz C1dr]s C ssioner ~~ ~. ~ "~, Town Mayor Corr~.ssioner ..~1~+ ~':