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Home My WebLink AboutCC 1908-09-03 Minutes1111111111,11111111111111,111111111111111. • 30:3 Miami, Sla...,. Septassber.,3rd, , Regular meeting of. the. City... Council .called _to order ..ty. President .J,I,_1QLLON in the. chair; libb ter..b.. Pre.Pen.t . J,_l,,1lIL�Q1� • . J_,.L, LU111118,. k.._B...REILLY, L. GRANGER,. T.. E..CHEAT _All . T.N..f ALITIEg:_..ant it.R.Kra.I011... 1tlnutga v_ air.. r.egulsr_.se.tting _ ald .Augue.t . 20th.. and _.races a (meting halt August 21st 1908 also Special nseting. halt August 26th 1908 ., .read....... Moved.. by J.B_.RRILLY.and .ssounded. by L.GRANfER that the minutes of raceme meet , held..Auguat 21s.t be .00rrscted_no._aa....to. show the..namea of members +tow voted yea on the motion to pass the License ordinance as *sad; "Motion carried'. Moved. by T.i..GAIITIER. and_. aeconded .by T. E. CHEATHAIL that the minutes as read and T . . corrected by ths_above motion be approved; "Motion.carried".. Moved by aa.RKL1LY and.. aeconded..by LR..KELLUM .that. the matter of request for , street lights.on.5th .arrest between Avenue "D" and Avenue "E" be refered to the Coa-. aitteeman on Streets and..Sewera with power. to ..,ct; "Notion carried". The oll.owing Cortununieation wee prevented by Mre.A.Light Monroe and Mrs.4.8.Freader- , .. ick of the !Volans Club of Miami Plf. _ To the Conw,ittee , on Trees and ParL.s;-. We have given.mu.ch time and studdy to the; question of Shade Trees for the streets of Miami: To make a good beginning we have . selected the streets first . seen. b.a _the. changer . entering the City; we propose to . plant trees on the blocks beginning with loth street running to 6th street and inc- luded between Avenue."E!" and. Avenue n". bath sides. of. each street and avenue, .the. trees selected are "Pitheoolobiva"for Avenue "C","Rubber Tree" (Licus Elution) and "Tneepecia'J opulne.a"_..f.ur. Avenue.."8".4... "Auatralian. Pine for loth atr.set,"Australian Pine and Palms" for 6th Street, "Poncianna end Silk Cotton" trees for 8th, street, "Tamardnda" for-7th,.atre.et, "Baniboz"(auer Crapatana) f'r 9th,. street. I have interviewed Mr. Soar, MR. Griffing and Mh.A.8.Dickinaon about the con- tract, 1Lr..Griffing. offers. to .plant...the._treas, -preparing- ,ground, and guarentaetng for one year for $1.70 a tree; Mr. Soar did not give definite figures; Mr.Dickinaon will .furnish trete,.planting, preparing rouni.and_.prntecting.with a box at the root and. guarenteeing for one year for 85 cents to $1.00 according to the size, palms to be a _ little extra:.. Na._ nna..paraon._l as .ill_. tha_ tree. .eta .want but all say. that' . can gat than;. The trees are selected with • view to planting in the rock, standing against the windy .tr►_d Oej.n , 41419kOir.QTe.ra; Wprap.QU...to put $Q k$ kind of .a .box protection ;. around the trees Yre. A. Light Munroe, Cneirmen Civics Committee,Womana Club. Uofed by M. R. KELLUM. sod aeoond d by J. R.LUMMW that the leatio11.1rai_ tea ■nmana 30 4. ..lub be accepted and the Council as a whale appoint a time to go and see the tress recomended by said communication end report at next regular aeetin4of the. • Council; "Motion carried". „ The following communication was read, Hon.Board of Aldermen, City of Miami Fla. • 4eatlemen;- Miami Fla. August 31et, 1908, On account of the nature of the material of our streete pavement, be- coming soft after a rain, where stock are allowed to stand on 12th, street, at our aide door, where our we ons stand soon becomes in an unsanitary eondition, which cannot be remedied with our present paving maternal on account of the softness, but with your permission, end without any expense to the City we will pave with vetrified brick that portion of the street which our teams gccupy, cov- ering a space of 30 or 40 feet long and 10 or 12 feet wide: We will make a brick or cement waterway along sidewalk curbing to the manhole (catch bason) at corner of 12t , street and avenue "D"; We will put a hydrant at our door with hose and will flush and wash this pavement off daily and keep sane in ood clean sanitary condition. With this improvement we ask that we be allowed to keep our wagons during business hours at our side door as before: The removal of same by your body has worked severe hardship on us as we have no access to our back yard, and no way of approaching our store except from the side on 12th street, keep our stock during business hours. Again asking that you allow us to fix the street as ab ve can keep it in a good sanitary condition, so that we ca- keep side door se before. We remain, Yours very truly, and nowhere to stated so tnat we our teams at our F.L.Brady and Co, Per E.L.Brady, Pre:,.ident. Moved by T•N.GAUTIER and eeconded by M.R.K}LLUM that the communication of B.L.B- rady Co., be accepted and copied in the minuted and their request ge granted; the work of paving with vetrified brick to be rune subject to the approval of the Committeemen on Streets and Sewers; . The following Communication was read; "!lotion carried". ST.Auguetine Fla, August 28t°.., 1908. Change of grade for }otel Co. Spur., - Mr. H. }I..Adams, City Clerk, Miami Fla. Dear Sir;- Rerering furtner be your letter of July 3rd in regard to change of grade desired by the City of Miami at Avenue "D" I have nad our Engineering Hep'rtment-look into this matter, and am just in receipt of their report to the effect that to lower the grade as you desire, ac- cording to profiles submitted by Mr.Bauer would cause a very •eavy cut nn this line and would so lower the grade of the railroad traci.- as to cause a great ex- pense both to t'.e City as well as ourselves, not commensurate with the object of drainage to be obtained. I understand that there is a 24 inch ator sewer also an 6 inch storm sewer along the line of Avenue "D" emptying into the Tiler, if this sewer is kept open tt 305 for the free passage of storm water it would carry ott every a very large volume during stormo; if however, the present sewer does not satisfactorily drain Avenue "D", a 24 inch pipe could be put in at a much lees expense than the plan ,proposed, both for the City and the railroad. We are of course willing to do ghat is necessary in such matters, but the con-; ditione are such that we hardly thing the City of Miami would want such an unalg- nr.ly depression along our tracks ant throug;z the streets as would be necessary by making the change in grade as called for by the profile submitted. Yours truly, J.R.Perrott, Vice-Prea.,and Gen'1., Manager.; . Moved by-.N.GAUTIER and seconded by J.E.LUMMUS that the Communication of Mr.J.R. - Parrott be accepted'and placed on file; "Notten carried". _ The following communication was read; To the ;'on. City Council, City of Miami Fla. Miami h'le. ,Auguet 27t'', ],90F5. Gentlemen; - We have just learned that the notices of sale of lands under foreclosure of tax lien are being published in the Weekly Metropolis: We desire to call your attention to the Contract existing between the City and tale Company in,reletion to the publication kf legal noticed: These publlcatione weee awarded to the News -Record by your body for a term that will not expire for over one year. from this date. ' The City having accepted our bid, the lowest, and we having entered in good faith on the contract, we desire to notify the Council that we shall insist on pa ment for the legal advertisements now r:nning in an other paper being made to us. Respectfully, LaSelle-btomeman Co., By Athos T.LaSa1le,Secretary. Moved by M. .KELLUM and seconded by J.E.LUMMUS that the above communication be re- fered to the City Attorney with inetructlona that a written report on eame be made at the next regular meeting of the Council; Motion carried". Moved by M.R.KELLUM and seconded by T.E.CHF.ATHAM that the communication and bill of, H.F.Atkineon Esq., for legal services rendered the Board of Public Works in behalf , of the City In disposing of the t100,000.00 bond issue be refered to J.E.TMLMUS Oom- mltteeman on Finance; "Motion carried". The following Petition was read; Miami Fels. ,August 24th,1908. To the Honorable, The City Council of MsMiami, The undersigned Tax -payers and residents of Avenue "Da between 19th andGentlelien;-- 20th, atreetd,and of 2Uth4AllenUO Avenue respectfully; petition veur 10ad• iodY�a�aetobaidon20tStreatbetweanMiami Ava ue and Avenue "DW and between Avenue "D" and Avenue "F;" and between 20th, Street and 19th, Street, to connect with ei�e�a�that hapoint leak of,PrnF =Rma�r�fao.ilitiasThese i three blocks are fully c1ou1Y .Dui r a constant menance to tk .' ea1th of .tte .rvl...id,ente.-...vf.._thi.s. portion of..the._Qitar......, Respectfully submitted, (Signed) Den Hardee end nine. others. Moiped by J.B.RFILLY and et,conded by 0.E.LU1tiiS that the above Petition-b$ sCCep ted and placed on file and that the petitioners R.Q. notlf.itd.tihdt ive attention es soon es poseible, "Motion (serried". "Petition". • Miami Fla, August 24th,1908. To the ?ionorebla The C;.ty Council of Miami, Gentleman; - The undersigned residents and tax perers of the portion of the City lying south of the Miami River, earnestly petition to your Honorable Body to cause to be constructed the regulation side -walks on each side of Avenue "D" be- tween the Miami River Bridge end 20th Street: Thie portion of the Avenue is used by a very large number of teams, is very narrow and is a constant source of danger to the pedestrians who are obliged to use it: Trusting you will give this matter your early attention, Respectfully yours, (Signed) R.F. all andtwenty one. Qther5. Moved by M.R.KELLUM and seconded by J.ti'.LUMWJS that the petition be acC•pted and. that the aide -walks es requested be. ordered layed between Avenue "V" Bridge and 20th, Street on both aides of Avenue "D"; walks to be of hix (6) ft. treadway and Two (2) ft. parkway between the property line and the curb; "Motion carried". Officers reports". Datudizptember 3rd, 1908. Cemetery Deeds Numbers 281-283 inclusive Fines and Forfeitures (Lees witness fees $9.00) Interest Licensee, Bus ass Licenses, Dog Empounding fee Street Paving liens,7th,and 8t1Streets Street I up. Certif . of Indebt. ,Bons* Fund „ „ „ „ „ Sewer Bond Fund Revenue Bonds, General Fund „ „ ,Ligr,ting 'the City Fund „ ,Repairs' and Int. Iap. Fund Total amount collected during the month $30.00 344.D0 41.39 62.50 2.50 1.00 500.42 276.21 88.98 60.00.00 8000.00 t.2000;00 111347.50 Unpaid Street Imp.Certif. of Indebt.r7th ard 8th. St. $544.77 �r ►r ,, r, rr r, Bond Find 1366.^5 „ „ „ „ „ „ Sewer Bond Fund 215.28 Certified C.L.Huddleston,City Auditor. (Signed) A.H.Adr+me, City Clerk. , Dated September 3rd,l9]8. .F.ifle.a eat Forfeitures Collected Number of arrests Number of lights reported out . Number of days labor by prisoners Signed) F.B.Hardee, .00. 85 2@ .. 140 Chief of Police. Mowed by J.8.REILLY..and ee.00nded. by T,E,CHE.1'fiAM that the._repar.t of .City Clerk an . Chief of Police be accepted; "Mation.careled!....... . Moved by M.!1. KF.LLUX -and. seconded by-J.B.R.EILLY that bide .be -asked. for the supplying . tr.0 feed for .311 of_. the City..e.took, to be .oubmitted at .the.eeo.anct meeting ot. th,e Council each month for the following month, and that Committeeman on Streets end Sewers be requested to ascertain necessary feed to keep the stock;"Motion .arried".; !tov,.cl by ° .R.KF:I1Td]M and seconded by d..B.R''IT.T,Y that a committee composed of L.Gran- .. . ger and J.E.LUMMUR be .appointed to, purchase a mule for the Sanitary Department; ";dutiun CArr1e�1'.. Resolution by M.R.,EL1iUM; Resolved that all printing and alai). work done. for. toe City in future be urdered tone by the Morning News -.acord unless otherwiee directed by the City. Council: 'roved by o•E.LJ'd'US end seconded by d•H•REILLY that the above resolution be adopted I "Motion coreied"• The following aaceptence of Gvn,ewell Fire Plerm Telegraph nyetem submltted by J.H. Reilly, Committeeman on Fire,Protection: Miami Fla.Au.guat 19104,1908. 11 Fire Alarm Co., New York City. (,entlemen;- ee- Hare ins We, as the authorized representatives of the City of Miami, P ted the eyeteI of fire eleriu telegraph inetalled by your Mr.A.U.Mnbtt and find it tnoruughly setisfabtory Find in full compliance with your contract with us and we .. Hereby accept the same on behalf of. the City of Tiismi.. (:signed) F. i+.W, arton, Mayor. „ Dan Hardee, Chief of Fire Dept. Jssp.B.Rsilly-, Fire Commissioner. Moved by J.E•LUMdUh and seconded by T.E.CHEATHAM that the above acceptance be ac- ceuxed and approY and_ entered. sin -She minutes.; `Motion iThe followings "Excerpt" sutmitted by I„4RANUF,R COMmltteeman on Police; -Excerpt "ram the minutes Of the Board of County Commissioners of July 8th,1908, as recorded in minute hook "C", page 277. Moved by Comatinetioner McPherson, seconded by Commissioner wal AhIe Mite all sick and indegent persona applying to this Doard for live within the City limits of the City of Miac.i, shall be denied they to apply to the City for such aid. Z.T.Merritt,Clerk to Board. Ry J.S.Frederick, D.C. of the meeting 1, t hat from aid, who shall such assistance Moved by J.B.REILLY and seconded by T.N.GAUTIE.R that the above "Excerpt" be accep Jed end copied in tu. minutes: "Motion carried". Moved by J.B.REII,LY and seconded by T.N.GAU'TIER that the City Attorney be inetru- acted to report to Council at its next regular meeting, ways and means by which ;the City can collect the money due the City by the County account of road taxes ;collected by taxes aan be the County from the Citizens of the City of Miami, collected oy the City from the County begining et .encorporation of the City; "Motion cerri d". d by M. R. K L'.'.►M and seconded t at the and whether such the date of the be refered to Co .eaman on Finance and wren verified oe paid; "Motion carried". itt-