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CITY OF CLEARWATER
COr,ThIISSION r.IINUTES, JULY 29,
1947
The City Commission lllet in special session ll1t,lO:OO o'oldwk A.lVi. in the
City Hull on July 29th vlith the following members present: J. R. Creme,
T. 1~. Johnson) H. D. So:rgeent. i.bsent: J. O. Houze, W. C. Vlells.
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At the request 01' tlu3' Uomrn1.ssione:rs, ommissione:r Orane celled the meeting
to order in the l::l bsence of l.18yor J. o. Houze, noVJ out ai' the City 1'or a stay of
probflbly three or four 'Weeks. Commissioner Crane called for the consideration of
the el:ecting of a Muyor pro terG. It v. uS moved by Commissioner Johnson seconded
by Commissioner ,3urgean t IJnd u!lL;nimously corrled that Commissioner Crane be'~'.ele oted
l,.uyor to serve in such capacity during the bbsence of ~'~lJyor Houze from the City.
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i.t this t:lwe l',:uyor Crane read tIle special c;~ll ' notice sent out by the
GitJ7 l,:enflger which we s as follows: rrhe re wi 11 be U s,t>ec iol me eti n[~ of the City
Corrullission 'l'uesdtlY I1Iornirl(!' \..it 10:00) July 29, 1947, at the City Hall. This
mooting is celled for tl1e.JUrpose of consideri~ the offer lJlede by the .htlantic
Coe st Line l{uilvwy for jlrOperty owned by the City in Blocks 29, 32 and 35,
Eue;noliu l)urk ;;)llbdivisi on.
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i.t this tiu.e L[j~or Crane Cb lled for cJllY offers to purclw se that I!lay be
before the 130urd 1'01' consideI'/:.Ition. Commissioner ~-..urgeunt presented orully :ehe
offer of the .h. tlEll1 tic C oa st Line Ho ilvwy of' ~;ooOO. for the purchCi se of the
property in question. In direct answer to the qusation of COI1unlssioner: Johnson,
Commissioner 0are;eLnt stated that he considered the offer fbiI' and ~enerous
enough and ti18t he would be in f'Clvor of Elcce.ptine; it. l;~r. Sargeant c81led attention
to the unsightly condition of the prOlJerty anI stated that it..would.cost the
ruilroud epproxiruetely ~25,OOO. to fill in; thet probubly no other parties would
be interested in such u large tuslc; further thut the City VJould be benefited in
that 1aore property vJOuld be pltlced on the tux roll tlnd that tilere '\'illS b re~l reed
in Cle8rVIll tel' fOD lflore vJbrellouse and manui'8c turilJ.?; sites. Oo.mn:issioner Sargean t,
at this tine, stuted that he WtlS represcn. tin.:..,,:; the 1.tlc:ntic Ooast Line HailVJay
end not ti~o City.
I.ir. Donaldson, Clearw3ter ~Bent for the .II,t18ntic Coust Line i(uilwey, stated
that GOUI:lissi oner Sargeant had been employed by th em to attempt to secur e along
side their trucks sui tc.: 'ble pro l)erty for ':.51'8110\18 e a nd light manufacturing use;
but that he would like the of1'er as pre sented by Commissioner SU:i.'gellnt to be
con si dered 88 all offer to purcha se with in 90 days a s it \'J;Juld probably take t..'1a t
lOWj tc get full confirmation from the .i.t18ntic CO&st Line Hail'ways main offices.
Oommissioner Jollllson, liS CIH:.,:irnltll1 of' the Lond ,appraisul Committee, in reply
to oq:testi on from. i,;u]J.or Orone, stated tlu.lt the ~1.I>pr:.:.:L sal COli1[!li ttee had carefully
goneOJeL'the property in (~oostion, consisting of eppr;JXil!lEJtely 10.26 hundred
acres, cmd had ,;)18 ced an 0 pprei s81 of ~~;25, 000. on the seme, this pri ce in the
o;>inion of the Cor:lln:l.ttee beilY': in line and c omparb ble to a block of land near
by recently sold to Donuld noebling for :'5000. COf.unissioner Johnson colled
atten ti on to the foct thut any contrbcts melde Vii th the i\tlsntic 008st Line Railway
by the Cormnission when the railw8Y com.wny wus represented br Commissioner
3arr,eunt vpuld be null and void, according to the Ci-ty Churter.
i\t this tilf18 Lr. Glen Loclcridge on beholf of the :i?inella s Lumber Company,'
made un affer oJ.' {)7500. for the purchase of the hInd in ~uestion. In reSiJonse to
a question from Commissi oner ::Jargeant c onceI' nine; the filling 01' the land, Lr.
Loc lcride;e s ta ted that not all of the 10 nd \'IDuld be filled in a t one time, and
that the l)inelles Lumber Company would keep part of the hmd for its own use and
probably sell the balance.
It was brought out at this tine that according to a recent ruling of the
Commission any City o\'llled property offered f"or sele must first be opprGised by
the Land .A.ppraisBl Committee, suoh appraisul approved by the City Commission and
the property sold at public auction at u price not below the appr/:.lised figure.
Commissioner Sorgeunt stated that in his opinion the City l":811l:Jger and the City
Clerk had f'ull uuthori ty to s ell City property. .
It was moved by Commisnioner Johnson that the offer of the 1l.tlbntic Coast
Line Rail'way be rejected.. 'rl1ere was no second of this motion so no action \^Jas
taken. l\iayor Cr~me explai ned tha t without a full attendence the Board couilld
not take any action without the ununimous upproval of all the Illenbers present.
On the motion of Commissioner Johnson the meeting was adJourned..
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The city COIllllim:; iOll !:let i ,[ l'Cc:u1ur 8e[J~;j,;:Jl1 t. t 10 0' claok ~\.}"., J.usust
18,1')47 1:1 the uity bJll Witll the 1'ol.Lowing ~'lcrJlb(n'[) pl'ef.)ont: J". lJ. Houze,
T. J.. Joilnson, J". H. G:rune, llLX1'Y D. JL.ll'ceont. ..bu(~Jlt: ',I. 0. \:ell~l. HInD
present \'IiClS Oi ty l.lon:"'iger Doyel .i" Bonnett, CL ty J.ttorney, U8Dr~o \1. Srni tl1,
and Chiei' of 1-:)11co J. J'. ...ali0tt.
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Tho meetinG vwn culled tJ Qr~lux by .i,~lIYJr liou1..o, Gnd the minut~[J 01' tho
preViOIUJ meetin[.J;s v:ero l.'eutl L!lei :.t, proved.
.i.ttorncy Lloyd .;,:!U,ll:L)s, ,)11 be~lLl1.' 01' ~:/. Ji. J,'.lil.tllH; rO\luc~ted u specltll
builditlg perrili t 1',)r Lots 2 Gnd J, Bl.)c:,;: i., lJuusenclenu Subdivision, \'111icb. would
allow [j buildine to be ercGted uS cl03e us l'orty feet 1'.1'0111 t..e cuntor line of
Clevelu nd .3txe et. It \'IUD moved by Conuli s:..; iOller Gl.ll'gount, aeoonded by ComIlli s:; ioner
Crane, enu. curried tlwt tile request b0 (,:;xunted \./itiJ tIle unuort>t8lldinc thut t1l6
owner 01' tile property Elf9'ee iIt VJl'it:tIl~~, to Llo,e the lJuildLn(!, further iJ(lck if
1:101'e l~nd is necc1oc1 1'01' uddi'Cionul l'i!~)lt 01' vwy.
.LlttornC~T GtlGler Ul'god tHe COI.lJlli8~) i~n to tr. kG inunedlc, to ntel.)s to c leur 01'1'
overgrovm vocunt lot::; 1'01' the lJcnefit of lwy fever su1'l'erers; the cost to be
ch;:.r ged ue;uinst the owners 01' tll e p l'OUO.J;'t~'. .$\ letter f,J'Olll tr.Le Clearwtl tel'
Deach lroGressive ,L'i8socL:tlon \vuiJ roud VJl1icll endCIrsed such u pro~l'e.m. It wos
moved by;) OIil, ;issioner G:cune, t; econcl eel by C olal:1iss :toner J OllnSJl1 B nd cu::tTied thC:.lt
ell overgrown lots ue cle~ned up. The City Lenuget to use his discretion os
to whbt lots to hbve cleoned first; that to de:Cl'ay the cost 01' such :vI/oric
:f'unds 81lOCr~ ted in' the bude;et for "cleun tIP" be used BIld the money collec,ted
oe put in a revolving I'und, the property owners ailled, and the cost 01' 'the
VlorK be )laced ontile te.lX roll.
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Chiei' 01' j!olice Blliot t recoHlliiend eu. the I'evoc utiaIl 01' the be er cmd wine
lioense of the CasE.! Leon ~'e::3"ta urunt on South }t't. fIorI' is vn .iNenUe, '-ro::t' the
reason that the munbgeraent hcd several ti ,es violuted the rules and reuulations
set out ill liquor orc1in8tlce Ho. )JB j further that other unluwr'ul behavior
VI~s allowed to be co~ried on ~t this plGoe. City ~ttorney Smith read a
resolution revol~ing the license und it W8S moved by CoICDlisslJner Crene, seconded
by COl1ll:1is::;ioner Johnson and curried tlwt the recoIrl1!lendution ,of' the Ohie-r of
l'olice, 'be acueDted, and tlH:lt the resolution 38 read be I.:idopted.
rille re-zoning of prol)erty nOl'th of junset J.'oint Drive u nd vle~t of the
i\.C.L. l(ailroud coming up :Cor heurin' it VJtlS oujecteu by Jeck LIoss end George
~.leacl1CJm, property owners on J:.:de8\Juter Drive tll at to bllow B-2 zonin' priYilege s
to sorne property o\vneI'S UIOllG i!:dgewuteJ:' Drive, 0 nd deny these same privileges
to otiler [.)1'0 perty owners ljlOIl/:: the d.l'i ve wUs unf eliI'. George l{. S08VY .L)Qi nted
out that it woulc1 be very detrimentol to 1;1'0 perty OWllers in Sunset Poi nt
dubdivision to hElve the jJroperty ciwnged to an H-l district, for the re""son
thut the lots in thi s s ubdi vision were 01' e xtrem.G lellBth 0 nd that 511 R-l zonin.g
Vlould. not allow a fair and reasonuble use of the lund. It was moved by COIllttlissioner
Crane, seconded by Commissioner Johnson and cD,rried, that Elction on ttle proposed
zonintj chunge be u.eferred end tHat the mutter ue referl."ed bbck to tile Zonine
B08I'd 1'01' 1'urttler study and l'ecoralllendEltion.
Commissioner Johnson ro:}orted thl:lt tile Lund .t-lpprtJis,al Co.riun.i ttee ~1od placed
a vcJluCltian of: ~;25 ,000 on t118. pl'O perty owned by the city, VILlich is bounded 011
the :'lOrth by Druid. .1.(oed, on the .:3outh by Lotus l--'atl1 <.:lud 011 the eas.t and west
by the two ruilroads; further tllE:t the city hod l'eceived CJn of:fer of' $15,000 ,
for the llroperty. Commissioner Sargec:.llt spoke ug<:Jinst such EI hi~h valuCltion.
It 'Wi:.l S moved by COIllIl1iss ioner J"ohnson, secon ded b~{ ~QI;lniss ioner Ore ne and c brried
the t the Bpprc::.isul be a i1proved. Commiss ioner Sorge ant voted Clga inst the motion.
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City ilttorney Smith read Ordinance No. 543 Which would set the occupational
license 1'01' the sale of into~\.ict.tiQn liquors in conformi ty 'With the state law.
It Vias moved by COIllUliss ioner Crane, seconded by Com.missioner JohnsoIl and
carried that this Ordinance be passed on its 1'irst reading. By f'ull 00 nsent of
the Commission this urdinance WaG now l'eud the second. time by title only. It
was moved by COIllGlissioner Johns on, see 0 nded. by C onmis ~ioner Cre.t ne and carrie c1
that Ord.inance Ho. 5h3 be passed on its sec.:ond reading.
Ordinance No. 5hl~ setting building permit 1'ees in conformity -with Oherges
in the Southern 13uilc1ing Gode was read by the City' l\ttorne y . It was moved by
COIllmissioner Crane, see onded by 'OOnIh iss io ner JOfm so n am carried the:. t this
urd.inance be passed on its ft rst rSf:.lding. By full consent of the Commission
this Ol'clinance was read the second ti;~e 'oy title only clnd it Vl8S movedoy
90Inmis sioner Johnson, seconded by COl!lDlis:, ioner Crane Bnd. carried thEl t Ordinance
~o. 544 be pa~sed on its second rebding.
Ordinance !Jo. 545, setting fees i'or ''Juter tops, etc., was read by City
l;lanager Bennett, who reconu:n.ended its adopti on. The Oi ty t/J.Unager reported
that the Oi ty received an a verage of $12.25 :rar each water tap for th e year
~nding J'une 3Cl., 1947, and that the Elverage cost to the City for'putting in
~ach tap was "-38.95. It was .moved by COillIuissionor Crane, second~d by
Commissioner Johnson and carried that the Ordinance be passed on its 1'i:t'st
readiIlB_ By full consent of the C onunission, Ordinance lifo. 54~ was now read
by title only. It was moved by Commissioner Cl'Bne, seccnded by COlIllJlissioner
l~hnson and carried that the Ordinance be passed on its second reading.
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A letter was read from J. II. Blackourn end lIdo O'Neal which requested
n tl'lms~'er of tuxi license und permits 01' 1\'1rs. Bertl18 '.'looddell, doing business
1:.1 s IIlorgen' n 'red, UBi ne II 1')"-6 and e 19h1 l'lymouth Sedan, to Blackburn Gnd
0' [{eal, dotng businesD use i ty Taxi. It \"Jos moved by 0 ommiss ioner Sorr;eu nt
seconded by COt:lmissionor Crone tlnd curried that the request be gronted.
Ordinance No. 5h2 emending the plwnbing code, requiring connection to
odjeoent DeVler lines Wl:lS now rel:ld on its tllird l'eadine. It VII:.lS moved by
G OInlllissi onor C I'o ne, socondod by Commiss ioner JollllsOJ1 end ctJr'l'iod thu t
Ordin!:mce !Jo. jh2 be pessed ond cldo~)ted.
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Ordinllnce Ho. 5hb forbidine; the use of streets and sidewalks us plt.ICes
for sal~, bElrter or exchunge, wos read by City uttorney Smith. It VlOS moved
oy COJllHlLs~jioner Jotllu30n, secJnded by Cowmissioner Crane and corried that
this Ordinanco bepuused Oil its rirst reudinE.;. By full CO:1Sent 01' the
Corrullission trds vrdimJ11Ce Vlb~; re8U the second time by tItle only and it wes
moved by Com,dssionol' Jol1llson, seconded by Conunisnionel' Sarcesnt l:Ind ctll'ried
that Ordinunce rIa. 546 be pu::;sed on its second reading.
i~ peti tiol1 VIUr. read, signed by property owners requesting the putting
in 01' a sewer li1H:~ on South :3treet, 1"01' 0 distance oi' 81Jproximately 400 feet
east from Greonwood i~venue. It \'IUS moved by Commissioner Crane, seconded by
Gonllnisnioner Johnson und 0Llrried thut the City i:.ttorney advertises for 8 jJublic
heuring on tl1e mat tel".
h letter wes reud from 11cl\lullen, L~ci\1Ullen c..md l)ogue, representing tile
First Netional Barlie, vlhiC!i ur~ed 1:.hut fj 1'reigtl t loading zone ulongside the
bonk buildine; be discontinued and the the zone be redesign8ted as [j lJUblio
parJdnB space. It 'V'JUS moved by Corruais ioner CrGlle, seconded by Commissioner
Johnson /;Ind c urr ied tllb 1:. tai s re1juest be referred to th e Chief of .1.'olic e.
Bob Lone;street and the ClearvJ8ter News ','Iore c ofllplimented by the
OOID.!1ission and the Chief of l;olice for their public spirited efforts towE:l'd
the securing of a 1) olice-fire-rescue boo t. It 'I: a S brougl1t 0 ut that donut lons
now totaled $600 ror the purchase of such a bout.
At this til:lG 12:30, the Commission reoessed far lunch, to reconvene ut
t\~O 0 I cloel\:.
i.t two o'clock the Commission reconvened with all members present except
Commis~ioner 1,'1. U. ':Jells.
Ordinance No. .2llgpverni~ second-l18l1d dealers was read by CHty .t-.ttorney
Smi the It 'Wa s moved by. Gor:u.lis::.>ioner Crane, seconded by Commissioner .John.son
and carried that this Ordinance be passed on its first reading. By full consent,
of the Commission the Urdinellce was now read the second time by ti tIe only and
it Vias moved by Conunis sioner Johnson, s ocon.d ed by Cor:uuiss ioner Sargeant and
cElrried that Urdinunce Ho. 547 be passed on its second reading.
A petition was read requestinB the zonin~ of property on the west side or
Highland ..1venue to a depth of 110 feet lJetween Cleveland Street and Gulf-to-
Bay Boulevard as a H-l district. It was moved b;/ Corcmissioner Johnson, seconded
by Oommissioner Crane and carried that this request be referred to the Zoning
Boerd for their study and recOlnmendation.
A letter was I'eud by the Oi ty r,!ciIlager from J. O. Preedom, County Service
Of ricer, advising that his office which was formerly under the direction 01' ...
the VeteraIl.s .Advisory Comr.d ttee, would be henceforth operated under the name
of the Upper 1'inel18s County .t~dvisory COliIlli ttee and a 8king for continued support.'
It Vias moved by Co.rnmissioner Sargeant, s ec;)nded b~T 0 oJr.u:1is :":ione1' Crane Cl nd
oarried that the letter be epyroved.
On the recoI!llTIendation of the City LanCJger, it was moved bJr Conmissioner
SargeEmt, seconded by Commissioner Crane and carri ed that the Oi ty appropria te
$2,000 f'or the moving of th e nursery scliool builcli ng in th e cit y park to a
location north of the ~.1Uditoriurn on the Ellcs l)lt:JJr GroWld. .t\. letter from the
Shufrleboard Club relative to this matter \'iI..S read and is set out below.
On the recommendation 01' the City l,:Bnager, it was moved by Comuissioner
Orane, seconded by COI!llnissioner Sargeant Eond carried that the fOllowing water
and gas
500 ft.
240 1't.
300 f't.
700 ft.
440 f't.
bOO 1't.
250 ft.
120 f't.
240 t't.
508 1't.,
mains be ElpjJroved.
of' 2 in. weter main on Seville Street
of' 2 in. water main on Fairmont Street
of' lkin. ga s mEl in on Foirmont Street
of 2 in. gas main on Rocers Street
of' 2 in. water main on Jargen street
of' 2 in. water ffiElin on Missouri J~ve.
of' gas moiu on ~roSpDct Street
of' ga s JUoin on :SpDi~cStl'eet
of gas main and ~ in. on Tilley L Belleair.St.
01' 8 :Ln. Water Dlmin on H. IIighlend{includes fire
~~2lJ.4.00
100.30
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273.33
206'}';.2
233.17
l~.J. 75
30.66
100.00
hydrant) 1530.80
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On the motion of Corwnissioner Crane, seconded by Commissioner Johnson,
the City Clerk Vias autllorized to s ec ure the s ervi oas of Mr. ScheIrlIl1eiLorne of
the Eleotric~l Inspeotion Department i'oX' the completion of the buildi ng
valul:ltion survey, sup'plementing Mr. SchClIrunehorne's present sulary by $50
per month.
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It vias moved by COlurniss ioner Crane, seconded by Commis~' ioner Johnson
end oarried that t,l:1e applictltion of Churles Kirschbaum. f'or the sale of
beer and vJine at '100 Eldridge Street be approved.
The application for transfer of' the Clean/ster Bar & Grill liquor
license Vias d ef'erred- as no investigation rep~rt was before the Board.
It \~es moved by COflUl1issioner Crane, seconded by Commissioner Sargeant
and carried that the follo\''iing Oi ty Employees lJe accepted into membership
under the Clearwater Employees l)ension lilon:
Grady Toney
Donald S. Genung
Eugene D. Sheets, Jr.
· Lawrence \'lalker
Betty Rice Urmey
There being no f'urther business to c oIlle befor e the board, the meeting
was adjou:rned.
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The (%ity Comraission met in special session ��,lO:OQ o'clo�k k.ivT. in tne
City fTal1 on. J'u1y 2gth with the f';�llowir� members I�resent: J', R. Crane,
T. �s,, Johnson, Fi. D, Sar�ean�, �;bsent: J'. U. Houze, T,Y. G, 1'Jells.
t�t the request of th�'�Commissioners, Comraissioner Cr�rne called the meeting
to order in the aUsence of I�layor J'. 0. Houze, nrn�� �ut of the City for a stay of
prabably threr or four weoks, Commissionpr Crane �a11ec1 for the consideration of
tiie eiecting of � P,Tayor. pro t�m. It v: as m�rEd by Cc�misaioner Jonnaan seconded
UJ �o�issioner �argeant bncl unani�:ously carried t'..;;t Commissioner Grane 3�e::�::elected
`:..�yor �o serve in ,such capacity durirg the qbsence of T:ayor Houze from the City .
l�t i;k�is ticie i,,iayor Crane re�d the special cs].I �. notice sent out by the _
City i„anager which tvas as f�llows: There will ba � special mezt;ing of the City
Oommission Tuesda�r morni� Gt 10;;00, J'uly 29, 194.7, at the Gity Hall. T�i.s
meatine is c�11ed for the ,�urpose of considerir� the offer _r,�sde by -�he htl�ntic
Coest Zine Railway for pro�ertp awned b3T the Cit� in Blocks 29, 3z and 35,
1;4a�nolia y�rk ,�ubdivision.
�t this tirne T��i�or Crane c�lled for Gny o�iers to purch�se that may be
before i;,ha I3o�rd �'or consiaeration, Comuiissioner �argean:t presen�Gec1 �rally ��
offor of` the htlantic Coast Line Hailway of 4;'n000, for the purch,ase oi the
property in c�uestion. In direct an�wer to �he yues,tion of Commissi�ner �"ohnson�
Co�raissianer Sar�eant stated that he consid2r•ed �he affer fGir anti generous
enou�h and that he vaould be in favar ai' acceptinu it. �r, Sargeant cslled att�ntti �n
to the unsi�f�tly c�ndit:i:on of the property a�d sl�ated that �t,��u�:d._co:�t the
railra�d approxiniately �°.25,00(l, to fill in; that probably no otner �arties v�ould
, be interested in such t� large tssk; further tkat the City would be berefited in
that rsore property vaould be placed on th� t4x roll and t�at t"t:ere �^ras � real need
in Clear��anter fotr mqre tia�,resouse and mana�acturin� sites. Gommissioner 5argeant,
�t ti?is tir�e, st;:�t�d that he was representing �Ghe r.il.antic Coast Line Railtrra;�
and n�t tile �ity.
T�:r. Donaldson,, Clear�tater. agent for the t,tlantic C�ast Linz ��4ilraay, statea
that C�s�iissi�ner 3�rgeant had been emnloyed by them to attenipt to secure along
sid�: their tracY>s suitaUle 7roperty ior *•aarehouse and light �.anu�scturing use;
but �hat he v�ould like the of. �er as presented by Cotnznissionar Sargeant to be
c�nsidered as �n ozfer to nurchase within 90 days as it ���,z1d �r�bably tzke tiat
lat� to get full canfirmati�n from the �tlantic Coast Zi�e kailt>>ays main offices.
Co�issioner Joilnsoh, as C1k;irman oi the I,and xppr�isel Camm.i��ee, in reply
t� � y:lestion fror�. ,v�gor Grane, stated tLat tlle r_�pr�isal Cor�c:ittes had care�'ully
gane�r tiie property in q�stion, eonsisting �f ap�ro�i�telj� 10.�6 hundred
�cres, �tnd had al�ced an ap�razsal of `:�25,00�, on the sarae, this priee in the
�7inion af tlle Cot�mi��e� Uein� in line anci comparGbls to a bl�ek oz land near
by recently sold �Go Da�.ald Roeblin� for ;�5000. Co�missi�ner J'�hnson called
rati;ention to the fact that any contr�ats t^LLade vaith the Atl�;ntic �oast Zine Rail�vay
b3T the Commission t��hen ihe r�iltivay com;�t�ny z�;�as repr�sentecl b� Go�imissioner
Sarge�nt ���,�uld be null and vaid, acc�relin� t� the City Charter.
bt this ti��e i:s. Glen Lockric�ge �n beitalf of the i'inellas Zumber Coy�any,
iaade an af'�'er or' y;75D0, for t�:e purchase oi the land in cuestion. In res��nse ya
a qanestian �rom Conuuissioiier 5argeant coneernin=n; t�e fillino oi the land, i:r.
Lockridge stated -tha� n�,t all �f the land Gv�uld be iilled in at one tir,ae, and
that the i'inellas Zu.r,tber Compa�y would keep ��art �f t�.e land f�r its oean use and
pr�b�bly sell th� 'balance.
It vaas br�ught out at this tirse that �ccording to �t recent ruling of the
Commission any City owned ��operty a�fered for sale must first be ap;praised b5=
1�he L' and l��praisal Commi�tee, suc� appraisr�l apnroved by the City Cormission a.nd
tk�e 7roperty sold at public aucti�n at a�rice not below the appr�ised figure..
Ccmmissioner Sar�eant s�ated thet in his opini�n the Ci�y P�iana�er �nd the City
Clsrk had full auth�rity to sell Cit,p property.
It was moved by Commissioner ��hns�n ttiat the offer of t�e titl�ntic C�ast
Zine Railcaay be rejected. There t�u�s �o sec�nd of this m�tion so na action v�:as
i;al�en. i��ayor Crane expl:ained that tivithout a iull sttendance the BoArd cou>id
no�; take any �etion �Nith��t the un�nimous apptoval of all ths manbers present.
On the motion oi Commissioner J'ohnaon the meetind was qa�a�nea._
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