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04/17/1958 .~ \ .'-J ..,'..c ell ...',':i:" .. . ""'~':':<: ,.i, , .... ::: , '4. I.~ ", 4~. . , ", ~ ..' , '~ :' li1Qute D .,,ol 1,\0 ,~~~N'lo..J~!!.lli~lliL4l!!).J:_~1J;LJ.:2.51LjJ]..1.!Qlllloit~Lll.t2.Q.:ro(! _Qr 1':1&2. J Present were membOl:'B l{ru.'::I8, Galloway ~ lh~udo. Drivr.1l'o, Harrios and lTorton, l'ifr. \fol:Le and Ohuc:k Albury" " The meo'ting oponed at 3: 15 P ..14. and tho lninutl~s of April 3rd and 10th were apprnvedft ti.1..__q9mmerci-%,L,,~~ ~o:l.:.!.gy" ,- _..~. LIl rRockex: ~_~Atla3 ,Ad,v,ertisers Mr.. C. Lc. liocker appeared before tha Board requesting the Boardt s opinion of advertising on bencl1.es located on private property in HB" zoned area-Go By consent, the Board suggested ~1r~ Rocker submit a list of selected places he ~puld like to place these benchea, ~or the review by the Board! before he makes commercial sign' application. Ii) II _Cp!-!l!!..Y Pl~at _.... .Ap:eFr-o~al t2rior ,t,.-o. _a.nnexation ",:, Peterson l4 l~er,~. MrD Wolle presented a plat, for the Board's reviews of a proposed CoUnty subdivisi on which the developer wishes the City 'to annex at; a la.'ter data.. A motion was passed to instruct .t,ho City Planner to noti'fy the developer that sllbj ect to 1.:1.G-ins, as drawn on the plat i,n r~d pencil ~ the Board tentivel:~,- approves t.he l"yout, 01": the proposed plat.. Sidewalks ,. P'" ..~_ Thsl'e lias a discutlsion on the need for' si.de':mlks on the major streets of' subdivini ons near schools v 101r ~ Reade) and i.It'. Eal"J:"iGs v<>lunteel'13d to discuss this ,,;i th t.ho Gity ~ngineer and {ll.;Ute H )"e(;OL'1!Jl~nclat;iov. to the Board as to the Betion :i.t should take" tL -.-lla,rth}!lgme W' C2.n tra ct -=-!~t.rl c!.ill~-E..~__~.E.!E}i:.~~~~.t;._~!]L.. Mr.. Kruse l"'3ad the lettt3:r ()j-:: submit"~aJ. of' the Barthnlome\'/ Contract from the Planning .uoal.d to the City COlmllission~ ~ :,.1 fl.; ~.',' : '., ':'~/;''''.': ,'''::><'..:'~S\:::;,<:''~,';' > ". '.. .,..' '. 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I~et:t'.e.r. .t.o_.Qi'!!Y....!!an~fter: Mr. Kruse read a memorandum from the City Planner to the City Mana.ger dated April 15th roquesting the astab1i.shmont of the position of Planning Assistant. tI-'..-,H~li~Pp.a1 Pl~arw.ing qol!f,erenc~'L repprt, - l'~r. R!3ade. Mr. Reade'de~erred giving his report until next week, so that copies cou.ld be made for each member. . Mr. Kruse stated that the Board was glad to have Mr. Reade represent Clearwater at this conforence. .' ..' . {j6 .. ~~..born Na-P~ .corre,~~ion~, " Mr.. Wolle stated that a purchase order has been made to have the Sanborn ~~p brought up~to-dateo By consent of the Board, !~Ir.. \;011e was asked to 'wri t,e .the City Engineer, thanking him ~or the atlases; ~hich his department printed for each membel". fl:L_. ~m.~7-,llg ..EJ'~JS il1~ .:... D ~9.~P.rPV~;I;. re C' 2~!.(~ !!Si:;;l t i onf:...- , Mr.. \'/olle stated that the City Attornay had confirmed the policy of submitting zoni.ng disapproval recomrl1endatio!.ls t.o the City Commi,ss:J,on" ilL -1r...2.P.2..t.:lY..1:.:!l.tht S~~'3...Wl, se~ ..12..i..n1~ Ro ad_~_~2Y~,9_tL.9l:~~~~.~ Mr.. Kruse read R memo f'rom the City At.t.'jrney cIa ted l"/3/58 concerning ,~ the status of propert.y. on '(,he north side of Stevcmt:;on t [3 Creelc.. Ii; was pointed out that condernnatton. of' the rigll't~of-m.\y was necess9.ry .for enforcemel1t of {;M R lTf \J ". ~ . I ., 1}'... ~ .:~ '" ' ~ ~ "'), ~..;";;~:j:,:;:;y;.::', ~;"~., :;':,':~. .::;.:".:< ...... ". . , ", . ,:.\;, '. '., . ", ,:' ::'. ::,,: :'L,:~~.:;; :~;. ': :, " ): ".{ /;:.. · ,':C'.: .,',.:" . ' ,,', . ::: '>' ::': ~:'::":! ~;..'.-:j " , . ".. ,.., I, ... ~'p~ ':. . ',\' :', 'i~" . ',". ,..",,;.( '. \ '.' ~ . ,', .. .} I ' ", -. '..'~. "." , . .. . , : : '..' ':, . '. '.' . ., , . '; ~.:- , " '-, '.' . . 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A motion was paauod to recommend to tho Oity Oommisslon that the Oity' Engineer be ),"equested to malce survoys of proposed alignment of Sl.U1setPoint Hoadto the oxtent, of thA 011;y limits so as to create a 100 foot right-ot-way as .shO\m on "M R 1" ~ . The meeting adjourned. at 5: no P .14. -.' ,. ~~ ' : ' ,I -,.;', : ,.. .;'. '., ~, :;. . i' ! t. ," ... ,. :'~'r .~ ,'", + ~ i ~..: " t:' 10' . ~ ' , \~;'::" ,;-....c ' , ". '.. 'c . ": ~r,~ .,:. ~~ ' :' I . lleap9ctfully subnlittedt 'kn..ck- S) . vJ t>-~ J!Ck I. \lolle. Secl"atary City' Planner .. . !-" Ii \', ,(,,', : ~ .' ., , ',' ' I"~' ' ";'~I;t.:C<:: : Yt; "~:,', ~',: .. : . ';!))i", . :;A.~~":,::< ...., . f:' : :. '" '. :i::.,...... . < ' i~~,::">':' ~).Y,,~::.." ,,'- ' l.f:j:C..:.....' ~:'. ~i{(;'",,' r:,":' ,.,',: ' ~".l ~ .' l , ' . !~d/' :\~~.....:. ' {ii, > . :~~: \~: '::..',' ' ~ , : c , . , " ./ '\ .' .' '1"/': . f.':; . !,' " '2' ." ,.., ~ , i: ~,~. ~ . ',. ' ..,.~, . ;'. i. , ) .~ '; ,:.. ' \,~ , . .; ~~:-~, .: ;. 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Roado SUBJEC'r: Report on Confer<-mce in Wintor Park, F'lor1.da, '~~l'rll 10...12, 1958 DA'fE: April 15. 1953 CONF31lliNCE ON ~~TROPOLITAN R~GIONALISM Wirrtor Park, Florida April 10 thru 12, 195~ 'fho moeting \<li:lS condv.ctec1 \llldHr the 8.u51'1095 of Rollin~'j College. , Metropolitan Regionalism might be defined 0.0 the post"'\\Tal" develop.. ment of gro'l,'ith of subu:r:bs " and suburban living and \.,rOl.~ki.n.g outside the boundaries of incorporated municipalities but contiguous to thGm~ '~lich has created and is continuing to crElate probl~ll1s of government, \"later , supplYg drainage, SG\1laga diaposal, pOlior supply, police and fire pro... t.ectioll, trash and garbage collection and disposall at.reets .-and high,'l.~ysy gas GupplY, schools, librari.esr hospital services, and 1a\'l. It is imnlensely difficult to fi.nd so utions for these. situations.. The meeting was attendod by approxim~tely eighty man and l~men of ~mom thirty-two ~rere registered from Orlando and Winter ParkD Arrange- ments for accon1odating, delegates were not \\"'1111 organized in that reser- vations had not been made at 'the Langford Hotel fo:!" some of the delegates and it was, no ce ssary to turn them a \"laY and send the III to Dlotels.. For- tunately, Mrs 0 Reada \'laB suffering ",ith a sprained ankle and by using ,that for persuasion I succeeded in getting a room that had been reserved for someono else. It 1B t.he onl:r time 't.hat, a dis8bility in my family p~oved to be ,advantageousQ There ,.[ere o'l~her disappointments that det~('acted .from the interest and effectiveness of tho meetin.g., The most important of the speakers I Pr.ofessor. John T.. HONard of ~1. ! u T.. and 1~:r'ed0ric Ga:4'diner~ Chairman of the. Council, City' of 'roron:toj Canada, d.id not a~pear" Other" speakers who failed to ShO\'l up ,\'!~l'.s Hugh Ab€!j"'llath~r ~ Y'l.Cf~ P:....o,siident. of Prudential Insurance Co.. J A. a u Busch s Chaj.rlll,an o.f .Minn>?3ota i\1ining & ~1anuf'D_cturing Co..., 1-101 Conner of the St!?to Road Board ~ and Ed\'mrd Groaves f Comptroller of Orla11do. 'Some sp~~akeY.'3 \'rel"c dull and \'!.nint~!'o.;ltine an.:i t)thors talked 'too long, so tha-t there l'18.3 almost no time fo:r- que':ii;iol\s and discussiol1c No formal conclusions "lara ,reacp.ed 0:>:" ag:;'1e;;:d upon bjr -~he conference., Some Oi't}lE3 t.opics on t,he l)rogram "101"'8 ir.-relc"n.311t to t.ho 2.nbject of the meet~:.tn.g . '" Desp:i.te t.hese ~~hort(;o!U1ngs some v.'Orth \'!hilG i11foxor.w.t.ion \ffi5 g;ained .) from SQCJiO of the speakers that tan b(j appliod and bo of valw3 to 01.1r cOInmunityl Below a!'(~ givon spectfic it.em.s of inforll1ut:Lon \'1h:Lch I believe l..r..tll be of interest to our. doar-a am), to th~.? cOr:lmun:U~jf ClB a \'lllole, ;,.....l .--- li1r <> 11'C35 of the Mana.t.oe Count~r IJlanning B()(l\-d i~old fa0 tht-tt hi.s board is rQspol1:~iblu to tho COUl1:f;y GOJ!lmirj~;;icn but that ~kci8:ions of t.he boards under the 1955 If2:g:1s1ative act yrhich ostclbli:l',hed it t cannot be '~./.I ....~.. ..... .'. ,...,1 .....~.../~.. "~"'. "",,'. '.'..:..:~ .'.':'.;~.'..,..',.,.';":'..' ..".... .....,~.' .;....:....:::..'..\ ......,:;..,'..........:........,'.>....,...:.;.:_.,:.. ,..-., .. ' " " \' \ ~.,) . . , Metropolitnn UQ[j:i.ol101i3m .. Apr:l.l 15. J.951.~ l' agl) 2 ,', I rc ;jecticd by tho County Comm:i.::'\:1ion excopt by 1.\ fnur t~o 01H:,J or uncmlmolls vote. 'rhus th(.! Planning Board in 1'4al1D.tcu COllu1~jr 1m:) u ccm:.:;iderable deeroe of r'lut~hor:i.t;y t..hal; our Board lack~ln In Orango County. dovolopors aro roquirE:d t.o inBtClll utorm s0\1ers and in some large subdivisions have boen l'(~quired to instuJ.l r.mnit.l1ry sp.'to,ers and se\'l!i.ge disposal plants" After annexation the SCl,'Te1"uga systems have bl3en taken oyer and operated by the city.. A master plan has been prepared .for the C01Ulty.. 'fhere is a high degree of coopera.tion between tho govr,=n..nment officiD.ls of Orlando, Winter Parle, and Orange County.. l~r.. George Simol1s of Jacksonville said tha t mu~h the s.:me thing h~td been done in that areall Me"tcalf &. Eddy J Enginnel"s. of Bost.on, had prepared a. drainago and se\-rerage plan for Jacksonville and the surround.- ing area.. Subdividers are required to provide storm dratnage, sewerage and s8Nage disposal plants" Industrial districts are being established ill areas remote "from tihe city.. By legislative act :i.t is illogal to incorporate new municipalities adjacent to the bowldarie~3 of Jacksonville" City !vIanager, St3mmea of Pensacola said that tho development of chemical and \'lOodpulp industry in that section has brought a big in,. . crease in population to the area" The manufactu~il1g; plants are located ten miles or more from the city limi'E~s but industry emploJrees \'lant to live and have settled ~dthin the city or in areaG adjoining the city~ Pensacola has a.dopted a firm policy of ref'usj.ng to furnish utilities and sel"vices to ad,joining communities uxlless they accept. annexation.. Subdivid~rs are required to provide sanitary seWCl1"3 and st,orm sewers and ~ust dedicate not less than five percent of the area o~ subdivisions for parks and recreation. Annexation is sotnetimes unproi'itable to the ci.ty.. In 1953 three adjoining communities elected to be annexed to Pensacola.. One. of 'them has cost Pensacola ~6n;oo,., per y'ear for utilities and servicas and contributes ~~2 f 5"0 par ys'ar in :real estate t.aXEls. Toulmin, Direct.or of t,he Budget Deparment of Dade County; was sched- uled to speak on the motl"opolitan .g<J"ernmont ,'.1hich an effort is being made to establish in that cOWlty ~ 1I11fol".tunately there is. so much i'eud... ing ,and .fight.ing betl-tean the municipo'litie; s of 'the COU1~ty t.hat the Count.y 1V'~nagel" is finding it ext!l""t3mely difficult 1jO make county government effecti'V'd and the experi.mollt in regional government ma.y ;t'ail for lack of cooperation among the mnny municipal:i.tics in "~lw cmmtjr. Har1rey of St ~ Petersburg emphasized 'that his gl'cater~t d:lfficulty ...<(as in arousing interGstt obtaining comnn.mloat:ton und caq,peration on major problems.. Jerry Garter, Railroad and Public UtlJ.:i. t,iL~:;; GO[\lmis3ion8:r~ of ':O;he State or l'~\lor:i.d.aj \vas schG:duled to speak .fort-he $umlJ_8r Gounties of t.he statel He did say that of 'the 67 COunt5.DS in Florida 15 lwys popnlat.ions of less than $) 000" Then he 501# r.>:fI:' the Inti ill trach and olrt 0 a 8ide track that E)viden~.ly is his gl"eat.er;t 101111" v;hich j.~~ eonGcrvDtion o.f. wat.er resource~.. Hn strltcd that \1atcJ:' con~.:;eY',r.:1tio!i. i:) F~J_or:td,::;.vs most pressing problem, that \ra:c.ur G'llE\por':ttion and consu.mptltln rJ:~cot.:!d:J rainfall four .to one r and t~hD.t 1"lorid::l 'N-lll bGCOl1l'~ a dJJ~le~.:{~ j.T confhH~1tntj.Gl1 measures are not adopted -promi1tly" Evidentl:f 11ir'v CC:1"Ct':li.. lw.~;; nr't. been 0\.1td001~S for .t.hu last tw.~lvt:) m\)nt.h3.. .,~ 'J , . ... ~ .,~,' , " ':: .', >;.:..... .... c > . :",", ';.: ,",T,. , ", :.,-, Pago J ' I4etx'opolitian H8gionnliam - April 15, 195t~ Simon of tTac!csonV'i.llo aaid thu~1,# JacbJou'lillc had provldod parking lot..u in the downtOl.m bU,'J:1.t100S district Nith c.'3puc:lty for lUna c..uos.. Some of these Clln ba double d(~cked to clouhll~ 'l~heir capacit.y 1..f it becomes nocoGsary lator 1;1 'fhis pro,je ct hus bel'ln i'in.:mcerl by l~a V'enue certificates. 'I Fein of' \-fashington, D.. C. was ona of the feautrcd 3 peakers of' the conf'~rence.. He spoke too often and too long, in fact ~-iO much that the chance for quostions alld discussion was greatly limited. HO\'levor he did say some things that w~re pertinent and or ini;orest. The present population of the Unj.ted States is 165,000,000 and it is expected that in 1975 it trill be 225~OOO,OOO. The fann population is now 20~oon,ono and by 1975 it is expec1;ed to decline to 15.0nO,ooo~ 'lfhe increase in population \'r.i.ll bo entirely in urban areas ~ This Hill necesnitaiie inwense programs of public ~urks for utilities, paving, and services to meet the increased needs of urban d\'1ellers.. Russia hat=:; 70 people for . every motor vehicle;f Sri tain 10, and the United States 21f people for . very mot.or vehicleo The first recorded sale of an nutolUoblle in the United States was in 1898~ Sixty years later in 1958 ~ffi have 6n.nno,oon registered vehi.cles, end it is estimated that; 5.n 1975 v{e will have 110,OOO~OOO motor vehicles. These prospect~ call for careful advanced planning and 'obviously \'lill' necessi.ta1;e' immense expt:Jnditures, both private and public.. Our population through the influence of the auto.c"., mobile has become I'ilobile and nomadic 0 The kind of regtonal planning that '\rill be needed to anticipate these deve~opments has been done ,bes't in Pittaburg and Atlanta, where there is region~, metropolitan planning ~~hat has gone beyond the boundaries oJ: municipal corporation limits and has tako~ in, the natural boundaries of much larger area8~ Bar;i.ll who visited with us recently" .predicted that Florida would be oigh~h in population in the nation by 1970~ He predicted .that ~m \..'Ould have tho samEt kind of coastal strip developII19nt from Jacksonville . to MiaIlli that has talten place bet\1een Boston and PhiladGlphia in the . northea.'J"li, and is taking plac,e bet\'men Los .angfdas and San Francisc'o on the \llest doast. And he \':arned that unless it ifJ con t,rollc.Hl) ll1uch of the development, \..ould be undesirable and unslght.ly as it .is in the nort.h- east Cll'ld on. the west coast ~ Like Carter he emphasized the need for \iater conserv-ation alHl fOl" prevention at: t1.tomosphl3r:Lc pollution :in industrial see.t.iono." Over 2 ,000 commuuiti.e s in the country nm'l main- tain controls for prevention of atmo.sphorlc pollution.. . 11l":1. \lil1fam Astor of Basking rlidge, N ~ . .J "I and a malllbol"' of i~:".,.:' AS'l'OR. dTnasty J is YOtUl.5 and beautiful and 2. 3crG'I'lball" Shs advooates the provision of J.argo vacant areas in all coml11un:i.tj,~s ::md particul:::trly in ne,., subdivis'iollS to b(~ preserved 8.S play tu'oaf; :~'o'c I..~h ildren" They should not bG m..~d.e il1t~') parks or. pall fieldG 01~ tennis court,~ or ot,her developod areas i'or organized oport-!)u Ins'G.;;ad tlwy ,ghouJ,d bEl left to be overgrotrm wIth "o1ceds, allm'led to accumul,:yt,c tin cans r paper' Clnd other refuse, and be Gomplotely informal" I th:ink it 1'lOuld be rat.her dif.ficult to J.1: rsuade the j:ll:'(~3ent Z'l;lS identis (}:J: NZo'.vc.;jo Pe.i:'J~ and Cr'e:.~t~ Lalcn t,hat such informality in. plf1~r.rields near thei~' hcmSls violl).d b(~ desirable. But she may ha.ve something for I !'ero.~:mbf.tl" Tshon I ~'I;:1:J a bOJ~ in C:;,neinnati 1'113 lived for r-:ome year::; sove:cnl blocks from one of t..he city' dump::;., And one of the most pleasant memor'ies I have i0 ~hat, of mi.ning {;hf;-! dump 'dith 30ma of my playmatoB for 'tt"eaSl.!l"e that ,..ra.:. bUl"'iGcJ th0rl~.. , .' '.' ~ '.: ,'~ ~'. :, ~ ,.' . ~ 1;' :: '. : \.:'. -.. ..':,/:."'/<':',', ,:: ." .!,. '".. .n.. I l ~. ' .'.., ''o 1\ . ~ \, > ' , .. ",:.; .., , .1" > '. . ".;~ ' ,- ':.';:, ," :':_;,:~.~: .I}<,} ,". .... '~: ~~\ .....1'.. lil.. ".,,'. " .... '.. '. " . .. .... .... "'. . . '. ....... . .: . "'" ". .'., .,.... . ., '. '" ' . .', ':,'. ..,....,<-.......,': ." 9.,: ......::.:..,,~. > '. ~..' " "'.' ."' . \ .,'. ....},....:...: 'I.':..".. :.;....:.. '.:'. . ',' . '. "'. <, ~"cC ";' '. . ":::.,:,.::;Y::;,::(,",:'L/':' .' .' :. "C':._ ",';;. i)</,i,.:;;;.,;: ". '., . -;.. i"" '. ,; . ',:::. . ,:," '. . .......... ..;. ....,. ""':"., ....,'... . . .. .. ".,.' . "....: ... . ;: .....:.....,.,:::): ;.::',...::.4/:~~L,/.:..t~;.;:~. t, .. .:.' ~ " :: \. . , \ ...'.. .'. ...:........ ...... ;: . ..... . . .. ,'. ", . .", .:;. .~...<~..:I ,.,';'., , - . .... ,~ . ' ,~ ." \ .. . 'd.' I, .. , " . .':. ... . ' . ~ I :,:"",.' . , , J... . ..::.... '" p,::c PfJg0 h r; Mottopo)":lt~n j~'5'g:Lo,nrJ.1j~.~.m .. April 15, 195H' Robert Kip!>, Supe:r-int Clldent of Public In:->t.ructi ton in Orl.llll~O Oounty, pointod out tho diJ'ficult.ies in confining edHc~t/lontl1 ~lcM.vition wi,thin ci.ty or even counljY boundaries, It is IleCOSSDl"Y GO transport pupils long distances by bus from some parts of Orange Oounty t~o achool:iI with- in the county \ihen schools in adjoining counties arc ~lthin, walking distance for many pupils,. Adjoining count.ies hO\'1evcr have di.r.fer(~n1; curriculums than Orange COlmty and children \..no might ll'ttend an elementary school in an adjoining count..y would not qualify :for an Orange County secondary 8choo1 after graduation .fr'om ~lementary school. Orange County j.s platU1ing to build several negro schoolso These will be located i.n lu~gro. communities and will be designed for use as negro community and recreation CGnters as well as for school UDO~ ""1,', .' ..'; ','. -, . '" "":: "':.">'.',1;:':.,'.::::~,.,..,~\:_... .':',:;,."_,'. "':"" '.- .'. "",' " , . '..:,...;....... ,: ..'. ';.','." ',:' :. ...~ >:;; ::.: ,. . :..... '. \. : ". . , 4'. . .....;.....'"..:".;.!.;'~:..;. ;.'. '. ., . , '. " - , ." ,,, . '. ~: ,..', .' . .' "::.::.<::;"', i."" . ,.' "',<";,', .' '".. .......... ,.. .\,'. ...., , , .. ':;':;:",:."',''' "':;,........,.., . ... .,~..;.' .::.:.,....... .,,'.......;. '. . '.', " <:",';. "'.. .......,.. ....., .'. 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'" l.l~., ,:.',: ;: ", .<,'....t:'.. . <~ , ':" Clara E. \inndell ~ Director, Albertson Public Library t Orlando, gave a very interosting 'talk on public Ilbj,""arion n ldbrarie s should be regional ins.titutions serving areas with a minimum pop13lat,ion of 100,000.. A Nell equipped library should have lno,OOO books on j.ta shelves. besides fi~~s, periodicals, and other rererence material. Most city libraries charge non-residents a .fee for libra~~ carda that entitle them to "lithdraw' bcolts that are circulated but the fens are usually nominal and do not cover costso No satisfactory 'l/my has been. found to charge for reference service and these are given "li_tho1l1~ ehax'ge to resident.s and. non residents alike ~ Reference seryicds are nlUch more costly than circulating service., Good library f'ac:l,litles c(>st approx- imateJ.y $3,00 per capita par year.. Adequate reference service cannot be provided in small libraries in small communities or branGh libraries.. 'But.,~ith book-mobiles, telephone, and T"~ communication between a central libl'ary and its branches, it is possible to fu.\"l1ish most of the ref'er- aneo needs or students and other library pat!'ons~ When a patron cannot be furnished the help he heeds in this \'ray it is necessary fot' hini to go t.o the central librt:\l~~l' "';0 st.udy the reference' m~terial there. l\1r... H. .8 0 LeNis, .;tngirJeer of Inters tmt~e Highways of t,he Stat/a Road Depnrtment~ Hiller, who au,bs,t'ltuted for l.lel Conner of the Stat.e Road Depar'tment am Paul \lat.t, Director of the Na tlonal Capi:tal Hegional PlanninG Council in Washington, all talked on transportatio~ and highwaysD Out Bom~d has given so much attention to these subje cts that much of what HqS said by them' would not be no1'! to OUl'" members~ Belm; are E!ome itol1t$ of information that.. are of interestu ijiller emphasiz-3d that '\atrGets and h~,gh\'[ays are channel~-l far moving t::o'aff:l.c and are not buil't. to be u:Jod as outdoor storage'garagea<) It is important that this be repcCl:terl agaln and again until the public 'final)..y accept.s and adoptr. this concept... Lel'l:ls nai,d -Chat the Intersta.t0 HighHays SY;jt:.~m 1f/i 11 move . 1500 ca.t"s per lane per hour' as cont:':'{J.sted with only 6nn C(1r~1 pel' lana . ".,. on preaent arterial city sl~ree1~3 0 Bet\'1EHW 15 and ;~O pOX'GC:!nt of the nat:!.oi'h t."(~arfic vdll be car'ried on t.he Interst,c1"Gc1 Hi~~!1\'lay Sys.tem" It will take 13 years to comp101;e and 55 pel'c~Jl1t. of f~he cos.t \..n,l.l bl:~ ,for thH urban area EJEH~'G ions I'.f the 5istnm 0 It. cit:i. LW tr.::1i'fic oS :1gnal.~ ,.;ill be :i ~,sttilled 011 rQ',mpg "leadine to -cha Higln'mjf bue .t,l18l'~~ \:.15.].1 he no traffic signals clnyttlher3 011 the High\o'"ay pl'op~r.. 'llhr: ri.~ht:=;.,o.r -i'/.::jf Hill be la nd~ scaped and COfl..grerL3 hns jU5t passl3d (at l:~~~t. pl'ohibitin:::; the ercct10n of' large billboards on t.lle rig!'1t s..o.f-'way, ~'i3tt ;.;h o\'ocd nlid.clG 0,1." a propo sed . . . ~ . .'.- 'j,:, ,'. ': t. '::~' .~.'- "'", ',.,~,I :'.' :".:,A': ~.,'" ,'".,.,..~:,":~.+.,I....:..,'\<:.:_.;,'..~. '0.:'.' .'..,,~. .,'~..',' _..:~':...'...., ,:~:l~..I'...,,:, ',:'.,...~.I.::,:,,"~,.,. '.'.,','...'....1 ~ : I ".....} Page 5 Motropoli'~tln HcgiOllalism - AprIl 15, 1958 higlnTay J. artorial street., and 'ljranuporl;ation system for ~/as]dJ1gbon, D.. C. Ul.1fol..tunately'the slidr,Hl \'lere poor and for tho most part illegible.. In tTaclwonvilla some 1200 3ulmtandard IJJ.um dl'lellingn are being removed to make l'lay for the new' exprHs8wa:,r ~ t4.iJ.o Smlth of Tampa reporter! that the eXpl"l3t13l18Y 'will displace 2~~OO negro famil1.l~s i'or whom no nel'l living space has been .round') , Tho most .forceful and most interestiing talk of the meei~ing \\fClS given by Everett Jones of' Fto Myers Beach on i~otiropoli.t;"m Health and Hospital Service.. J.Jlr. JaneG is a hospital consultant and advisor a.nd' sorves on the Board of one of' the large Chicago 'hosp.ltals... He said. t.hati in areas such as ours hospitals must be organ!zed on u r~gional basis rather than so organized as to confine their services to f.I. small CQ!'pl")l'.'H:te area.. There should be regional hospital co~mcils that coordinate and to come . extent supervise ~he activities of all of the hospitals in a given area.. They' should plan future haspi tal needs as school boards plan .future school requirements. Contral nursing schools connectod 1'11 th local colleges and hospitals should be established :I.n each area but it is not necessary to have a nursing school ~n each hospital" There should be psychiatric service available in each area in one hospital but it is not necessary to furnish it in all hospitals i.ll an area.. Geriatric patients should be cared for in nurDing homos convenient.. to hospitals and served by their staffs. Duplication of many sorvices such as the above should be avoided by the hospitals in a given area that are super- vised by a regional hospit..al council to in the interest of economy and better service to patients.. Uniform accounting methods should be used by all of' the hospitals in such an :U"OlL. 'l'he most expensive waste in hospitals are ompty bedso na~s should be occupied by acute patien~s, and not by long term patients, geriatrics, or p.sltitlnts'who could be ambulatory, oX' cared for adequately at homeo In the average hospital .15 to 20 pt3rccmt of 'che beds are occupied by pati9nts of' those .types '\no should not be thero. The Clty o.f lilillffiultoe gives excellent hospital service to that area with 4.6 hospital beds per 1000 populationa New Orleans' with 10 hospital beds per 1000 rosidents gives poorer S81"vice than Milwailkeeo The . Saturday morning session '-,lEIS scheduled to be devoted to fll1~111Cial and legal problems in connection .'n. th metropolitan regionalism Unfortunately tl"lO of the speakers did not. Uppf-_ aX' and Prof'?s5or Haar of Harvard did not present a clear set of pr-oposa18 and l1as not familiar ,'lith Fli:,rida la\'T and Florida gov'ernme.nt.. Conclusion -.P r---..lL...o.~~"""""" ~ . I reached tlNO definite coneJ. UStOl1f3 .from tho mr:etill,~" (1) Many of the facilities, servicD3~ utilitias, c.tcQ etcy that are neceasary for satisfactory liv1.ng :in .:1 mt~tr()poIit,::lf.l area Gun be best. provid~~d on d. r'agio'.1al basis r<1th31~ than by 5mall !llurd.cj_p2.1 i.ti ss \</1. th srlall aroas'~ small 'populations~ and limite..i financi,!ll' X'CfwurC8Su Pinellas Cou.nty)> Ni.th St" Petersburg o::celude(l) eouJd be d(~V'r.d.oP''3tl lnto a metropolitan. ::'r~gion that, c.l?uld pl'OV id(~ th 8 f;cx'yiC8 S t.~lat. ~rCG !lfll~ded :. .';.,,:~, "', ','~:',.~i, :-';',:-, I . I'."'~ ",.~,:":"",,,:'>" '~':',':::_':' ,....::....,"..:.,.. ."..',' ',,'1,> "., '...,"',"~., Page 6 ~~ N.atropolitan .RogionaliOln ... April 15, .195$ and provide them \1011" Tho many snmll municipalities in the cOlU1ty cannot adequatoly providetham now~ (2) Flori.da Law doe's not provide the ~ega~' authority that is necessary for the organization' 01. the county activ:ttiss as envj,s~oned in (1).' " . .\. 1'." 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