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03/06/19391 � �. MTNUTES OF THE ME�TTNG OF THE CZTY COA�Il411SSIQN � Nfarch 6th, 1g39. The City Cornmission o� the �ity �ci Clearvrater, Flbrida, met on I4iareh 6th, 1939, in regular meeting assembled, with the �ollowing mambers present; E. BQ Casler, �r., Mayor-Commissioner • R. 7,. Baker, . R, A. Dempsey, • Herbert Grice, W. �'V. Peeler Absent• None &Iinutes oi �he Arpvious meeting were read and eor�ection , noted in the ma�ter o� truek parking sp�ces beittg for a?l trucks instead of for Coca Cola trueks. �.lso water well be dsilled ' nortTrn o� Stevenson's Creek. Nir. S. E. Simmons adbsessed the Cotnmission with reference +,o permit f or a�illing station on the northwest corner o� Clevela.nd St�eet and Osceola �venue. Mr. J. 4V. Nichols, . representing C. Eo Plare, prEsented a pe�tition in opposition to erection o� the fillzng station. Mr. E. H, Coaeliman also prote,sted grantino of the permit. A3ter eonsiderable di�cussion, Mr. Grice inoved that the permit be granted. 1'dotion died ior lack o� a second. � 2�Zoved by I�ir, Grice, s�conded by R4r. Baker and unanimously earried that the of�er oi Mr. Cyril Pogue to pay � 32.19 in . settlemen t o� paving assassment against the South 100 feet oi Lot 4 Bleack H o� Plaza: Park be accepted. i Mr• E. H. Coachman asked hovr much o� his house on Garden Avenue would have to be removed ior stree� wi�l�ning and who � !.'" woul� beax the cos't of such removal. The City Attorney stated that the expense should be paid by ths property owner because the •widening o� the street is not being assessed to the property '�� owner. The ma,tter tivas re�'erred to the Building Inspector and tr , the City Engineer, ' The City Auditor � Qlerk presented his � 25,000.00 surei,y boncl. Moved by Mr. Dempsey, seconded by Mr. Baker and unanimou�ly ' oarried tha� �ha bond be aeeepted �a �ixea. ' fb�oved by �r. Baker, seconded by I�r. Peeler and carried that no compensation be allowed hir. Van Fleet for use of his automobile, ; ! * bZr. Gxioe voted that compensation be allowed. � � �:�, . __.� . __..�_ _.___ _ _. . .. . , _ � s w , ,� _. _ _ ,. �� , B�oved by Il�i�, Baker, seaondad by btr. GriQe ancl � unanimously carried �he,t a payment a� �` 5f000.00 on the City's � u0,C00,00 nota to the I'irs-� National Bank �;� be appx�;�vecl, and also a tra�s�e� o� $p 5,000.00 irom the Gas & Water Fund to the General Fund. The City T?a.nager discussed fire hazzards and oited � . the case o� the place formerly oecupied by an archery ran;e south of the Elk's Club. The C�ity �Fanage.r reported that kir� Span;ler will not be able to carr y out any appreciable p�,rt of his projecst until a�ter April first. I�aved by I�s. Baker, seconded by �Fr. Dempsay and unanimously carried th�.t the 1938 taxes of Isu�s Nadine Newman be reduc�� to � io.00. I�oved by ITir._ Peeler, seconded by I�Ir. Dempsey and unani�nously carried iihat Ordinance � 443; AN ORDINA':C� E�tTITIEI� T'91Q ORDINANCE CREATING A PUBZIC RECREATION BOARD F'OR THE CITY OF CI,EARWAT.ERj PRESCRIBING ?;'S �'Oti�iERS AND DU.�iIES, PROVIDING �'OR THE Al'POINTMENT OF A SUPERIIdTa�ANT OF RECREATIOI�T liND SUCH OFFICERS AS Is7AY BE iTECFSShRY, PREuCRIBriQG 'J.'HE TIl3I�IS OF OFFICE OF ITS MF�1r.BERS AND TIiE APPQINTb."EIv�' THEREOF, �1�ID MAKIISG 4PPROPRIAT IONS . TI�REFOR." be passed on its third and �i.nai reading. �3oved by �ir. Baker, seconded by I�s. Dempsey and unanimously ca�ried that Ordin��ce � 444; AI�I OR.DInTAnTCE EEL�IITIT�ED "9N ORDIPTAI�?CE CREATIISG A, k'UByIC P9RK BOARD r OR 1'HE CITY JF CT,EARVI�ATF�., PRESCRIBING ' ITS PO4'TERS A;I�TD DUTIES, PROVIDING FOR TL�E APPQINTIv�AIT OF A SUPERINr.PEND- y t1I�iT OF PARKS AND SUCH OTHER OFrICERS AS TJ1AY B� Iv�CFSSARI'r $RFSCRiBING "` T� TEft�uIS OF AFFICE OF ?TS 2,�11BERS At�iD THE API�CINTNIENT THF;REOF, AIVD I�iAKIN� APPtZOPRIATTOIJS THEREFOR." be passed on its third and �inal ,, } readin�. • The follotiving nominations �'or members of the Park Bo�,rd were r �' made : 4 � Nomin.ation By Commissioner; 's��* ' H. C. Bras�ieZd W. W. Pee1e� ' John H. I,ogan R. Z. Baker E, H. Hurlebau� R. A. Dempsey ; Donald Roebling VJ. W. Peeler Tohn Prine P�. �.. Dempsey k ,� Nominations were closed and those nominatecl were appointed ta �Y �.. 1 + serve on the Park Boaxd. j y Ffir. Grice instructed the City Cler� to record in the &�inutes that i� he (Mr. Grice) had been raresent ai the meeting of Februa,ry 27th, 1939, that he would have voted against the employment oP Zlrs. Jim Quinn to make an audit far the City-. Sale o� T,ots Thirty-seven and Thirty-eight Bl.mek D o3 B�.ssadona to 2�'Ir. Charles H. Reynolds ior � 150.00 was con�irmed. There being no �urther businesa, the meeting �Nas �.d journed. ��`� !}� �ayor-Commissioner Attest; , � '%y'�i ty auditor � Clerk . v , � 1� � � i �` � � ` � � ��:_�.:_ . _�_..,.� M...�_ � �` � - � ,. _ _ � �■ s ORDT>�TANCE NiJIviBE� 443 AN ORDINANCE ��'TT3,TZED "APJ' QRDIN.�1l�TCE CREgTING A PIIBZIC RECREATION BOARD FOft TFiE CITY OF CI�EAR- WATER, PRE�SCRIBING Il'S POWE?�,S AND DUT�S, PRO- VIDING FOR THE APPOII�TTI�iT OF' A SUPERIIVTENDANT OF RECREATION AI�ID STJCH OFFICERS A,S MA.Y BE NECE5S9RY, PRESCRIBING T.HE TII3&IS aF OFFIGE OF ITS b�'IBII?S AND '.PHE APPOI1VT141EIvTT THEREUF, A..,T`?'D MAKING APPROPR�ATIONS TIi�R�FQR." BE IT ORDAINED RY THE CITY COI�'fI�ISSION QF THE CITY OF CZE�iR1�1AT_ER, FIARTDA; Th�ra is hereby establisla�d a boara to be li�own as the Publio Feoreation Board for the City of Clear�vater. oonsisting of. iivs members w�.o shall serve without pa.y. the �ity manager shall be an ex �f�ioio member o�' thE Board. The Board s�all ree�mmend to the City Manager some suit- sble person especially trai�ea a.nd properly qualif ied ior the position o� Superintendant of Pub3_ie Recreation, and sucsh assistauts as shall,from time to time be necsessary. The City Manager shall employ the Superintendant o� tublic Recrea�ion, who sba11 hAld oiiiQe durin� the nleasure o� the City I�fianager and shall reoeive such saYary as shall be fixed by the Ci�Ly Gommission. The Superintendant o� Public Recreation sha.11 recseive instructions �roa� the Board, and shall be resportsible for carryin� out the plans and policies o�' the Boards - � The Boaxd, acting through the Superintendant o� iublia Recieation and his assistan:ts, sha.11 have supervision and direction o� s11 pub,lic reereational actzvities conducted on all public pl.ay �ounds, athletic iieids, bathing beaehes, swimming pools, and any other properties owned or eontrolJ.eci by the City except-the Municipal Ga1f Course. When �ublie recsreational acti.vities aro eonducted in the �fanioipal Auditorium by the Public Recreation Board or an@er i-�s authority, the Board snall have supervision anajdixection o� such aetiviti es. On Brooklyn Fie1d, Green Field, and other playing �ields where it is rieoessary to maintsin a playing aur�aoe, the,Board shall be responsible �or the installation and. proper care o� such playing sur�ace. All gate reeeipts �rom athletic contests an�l a11 other fu�ds received by the Board shall be deposited in a Clearwater bank to the credit o� the Board, and all disbur.sements sha.11 be mafle by check. The Board shall ha�e authority to pay out o� such ; Punda a1Z nace�sary expenses incurred in connection with reoreationa.l � a � � ; aativities; provided, however, iha.t� athlotio or recreational ` equipment o� a permanent na.ture sha11 not be pureha,sed by the BcwTd, � but sha1l be purchased by the City Ntanager on recommendation of the , i Board. - � � (Page T�vo o� Ordinance # 443j Cln the first o-? each month the Board shall subm�t tn the City Manager a detailed written report sho�ving all receipts and digbursements during �;he preceding month. 4'�henever such a report sh�ws that the �unds in the hands of ths Board amount to more tha,n , two hundred dollars, the Board shall submit with thz report a cheak payable to the City a� Clearwater �or the aaount o� the e�cess over and above the sum of' two hunclred �iollars. �11 moneys so received by thE City shall be eredited to the Recreational Fund and shall ba availa'ble �or recreatioraal aetivities, in addition to tlie iands provided in the budget �or that purpose. The �oard shall m�.ke a written report to the City Commission on the �irst o� January anct on the iirst of Ju:Ly oY each year. Each report aha11 shrnr� the activities carrie� on under the supervision o� the Boar� during the period cavered bv �he report, and sha1Z include �ny recommendations that the Soard desires to make concernirag reereatianal a�tivities. The Board ma.y submit sgecial reports and recommendations to the City Commission at any 'time it so desires. The Public Recrsation Board shall be appointed by the City Com�ission for the tPr� o� trvo years. Zn case of va,eaney in said Baard, the unexpired term shall bs fil,led by appointment as p.rovicledlher�in. The Gity rfanager shaTl, in his annua,l bur3get, es�ima,te the necessary expenses �or �he maintenan<e o� the:recreationa� sygtem a� provided herein. Ordinanee No, 441, adopted January 25vh, 1939, be and the sams is hereby rep�aled. All other ordinan.ces anci resolutions in eonilict rerewith are hereby repealad. This Ordin�ance shaZi become ef�eetivs immediately upon its passagE ,and. adoption by the City Comtnission. Passed and adopted by the City �ommission on the 6th dag o� March, A. De 1939. ,� �� Ma.yor -C ommis si aner ATTEST; / . .�-�-.�-�.�r ity Aud.itor � Cl6rk. � �� f ORD INANC E NLINhIBER 444 AN ORDI_�T9NCE ENTITLED "AN ORDTNANCE CREATTNG A FUBZIG PARIt BOARD FOR TIIE CTTY OF CT,EARWAT�R, PRES��TBING TTS POWERS AND DIITIES, PROVIDING FOR TI3E APPOINTi�ENT OF A SUPERINTEN'DA'�' 0� pARKS AND SUCH OTHER OFFICERS AS I�Y BE N'ECESSARY, PRESCRIBING THE 'lII3MS OF OFFICE OF ITS A'iEMBERu AIVD THE APPOINT�IIVT THEt�EOF, kND biAF�ING APPROFF.IATSQNS �TF�REFQR. n BE IT �RDAIN�ED BY THE CI'1'Y' COMNIIaSSION OF TI� CITY OF CZEAR4yA�ER, �'I,ORIDA: There is herFlby establishad an advisory board te �e known as the Park Board for ths City of clearwater, consisting o� �ivs (5) members xho shall serve without pay. The City Itianager sha11 be an ex o£�ioio member o� the Board. The Board sha11 serve in an advisory csapacity iia connection w?th all public parks, park-ways, play grounds, atYr.].etie �ields, bathing beaches, and all other properties o�wned or controlled by t�a Oity a.nii used �or public purposes. The duties o� the 3oard sha1Z be to consult aud advise with the City B�anager e�d other municipal o�ficers regarding public parks and play ground�. The Board ahall not concern itsal.i tir�th any recsreationa.l a:etivities carried on. in p�bli e narks or pl.a�r grounds, but only with the physical condition �i't�:e propert'.es, the improvements �hereon, and the beauti�ication thereo�. It 3ha11 particularly be the du'ty of the Board to make reeo►nmendatiQns regarding which Cit� progerties should be used �or pu3lic purposes, an d the denelopment, improvome�t and beautiiicatian o�' City propsrties as pub�ie parks and play grounds. The Boaxd shall make semi-annual reports to the C3ty Commission and such reports shall inci.ude any recommendatic�ns tha.t the Boarc� desires to make concerning uarks and play grounds,. The Board mag submit specia]. repArts and recommendations at any time it so desires. The Board shall xecommend �o the City Manager some suitable pe�son especially traine:_. and properly qualified .ior the positxon o�' Superintenda�.t.o� Parks, and such assiatants � as shall �rom time/to time be neaessary. The City Manager shall employ the �uperintendant oi Parka', who shal3 hold o��ice during the pleasure of the City Manager and shall reaeive such sa.lary as shall be �ixed by the City Commission. The Superintendant o� Parks sha:7.� have supervision o� all publie pArks and play grounds, an3 shall be responsib�.e �or the phyaical oondition c�� these properties at all t�mes. i i . � . � . ��.u.�s�. .. . � , n a ; (�..�..,..��...... �. � . . . . _. _.. . . . _.. . . . . .. . . (Pa�e Two of Ozdinance � 444) Neither the Park Board nor the Superintendant of Parks shall have any superviaion or authority over the playing suriace on Green Field, BrookTyn Field, and othex playing �ields. The supervisian o� the Park Boar3 an3 Superintendant o3 Parks sha11 extenrl only to beau�i�iaation work. The Park Boart, shall be appointed by the City Commission �or a period o� two years. In ease o� �acsancy Bn said Board, �he un.expired term s'�all be filled by appointment as provided herein. The City Ma.nager shail, in his annua,l budget, es�ima.te the neoessary expans�s ior the maintenanee �� parks and play grounds as p�ovided herein. The provisions of thi.s ordinanee ahall not apply to the Munioipal Golf Gourse or the W_unicipal Auditorium. Al1 ordinances and resolutions in con�'liet herewith are hereby repealed. This ordinance sha11 become e��ective immediately npon its passage and adoption by the City Commissian. Passed on iirst xeadi�g February 27th, 1939. Passed, on seconcl reading February 27th, 1939. Passei ora thi, d reading �darch 6th, I939 . --��=� :�-�-�--.- :; - Ldayor-Commissioner Attost; � ty Auditor and Cler.�. �� /� j � ; � � � r.;l� � � `,