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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 1914-03-19 MinutesMarsh 19th, 1914. Regule+r meeting called to order by the President. Members present: F.G.Erfert, C.F.Fil.er, H.G.Relston,C. Hefty, E.C.Ramfh, J.A.McDonald,J.A.Conrei. (:O'.KINICATION. Mereh 19, 1914. To The City Council; tit Joni , Florid*+. Gentl emmen: - Noticing• that appliaatien he+d been made to Your Henereble Body for a franchise to operate street cars within the city limits, . end believing this fr enchi s e t • bra v alu able ono, I had an advertisement, a espy of the a ame I ettash hereto, inserted in the 1[anufesturere' Reserd, of Baltimore; also in the Eleetris Railway Journal, published in Chieage, Philadelphia and London. I have had two in gniries from them already, and believe that within the next ten d eye will get never el more . I will also state th nt on February 16th, I wrote Mr. H. Cream, SupKIr intendant of the Jacksonville Street Car Company, in regard to the Miami franchise. He replied that he would take the natter up with the home offiee, and that they would probably send s uneene here to make an invee,tig et ion. It gives me pleasure to st ato that their representative was in the city 1 sst Sundry, looking the ground ever, with a frith a view of making resonmendetions to his Comp any. Respectfully sub:Atted, (Signed) J.%'V.Wstsen, Mayer. The mayor expl eined why he hod ineerted these /advertisements in the Manuf se* turers' Reeorerl and_the Electric Railway Journal, and his ides was to get same proposition that would be v ent egeous to the city, end th et se far he had received several serumunieations in reference to the franchise andhe believed if the Couneil would held off for a few deys he would havo some proposition to ,)*leer. The H yor's eomrrunicetion was discussed for sometime by Couneil, the Myer insisting that some *lotion be token on it, efter which the following motion was made. moved by J. A. 'Conrad, seconded by C. F. Filer, that communication be received, and no definite action be taken en the Street Car franchise until some future time. i',,n roll co11, all voted yes. Motion carried. Miant ,F1e., March 18 1914. To `P s City Council, Mi Nmi, Florid *:. Gentlerren:- I beg herewith to return to Your Honorable Body 0relinrocs No. 106, 8e34e being an ordinance repealing Ssetiens 17 find 24 of en ordinance, entitled "An Ordinance of the City of Miariii, Florida, Providing Rules and Regul ations for the card of Health of maid City, Fixing the Sel eerie s and Prescribing The Duties ®f the He elth Officer, of the Inspeetor of Plumbing, end of the Inspector of Foods and Meets". Also Ordinnne. No. 107, being "An Ordinance to repeal Section 66, of the Code of the City of Mi nmi". Also 0rdincnee No. 108, being "An Ordinance to Amend Section 46 of the Code of the City of Miami; all of which, I have duly signed. Respectfully subr,ittnd, (Sig,edotson, Meyer. Tke 4keirwan ordered he aomnunioetisn of the Mayer instrusti g `uuneil that he hued approved the orctinmoss, ea specified in sorr.►unicotioa, f Ie�. M areh 1?, 1c214. To The City Council, Mi rrli, Florida. Gentlemen: - I beg herewith to return to Your ?I•nor•bls Body, without my approval, Ordinance No. 105, known es the'400,000 Bond Ordinance. LAP' reasons for not signing this ardinenes are es fellows: is c. The Ocean Beech Realty Cesmp[ny hiving withdrawn its offer to soli the city the lend stress the By, for 61.00, on which to build • deck to east net less than t15,000 J00 Unit which is provided for in said errtin ence, I see no reason for including it in the Bond Issue. It is true the Oaten Beech Re Pity Company say they will at some future time n eke the city another of fc r, but jt seems to am• it is time enough to tax the citizens for this purpose after the uropee1tion has been rude, considered and accepted; in' ether words, after they know whet it is. 2n . I believe the city will need •very 'veil dole dollar is dig a channel end basin, end build the docks on the Bey Front and oennest serve with the reilreed within the eity limits, end until this �i s done, not one dollen. of the ?390,000.A, epprepri eted by the United States Government .for deep water in Biscayne Bay will be evsil•bls. T.t is true that a retiree! could be built down the belief in the East side from Fulford, with which the railroad sennectien •stIld be anode, and it is else true that influence sufficient eouid be brought to get Congress to reesgnizs the Eset Side cloak as the "City D•cl", but such a condition would, in my opinion, benefit the shipping interest of Miae*ii but very little, whieh interest we aro supposed to protest and build up. 3rd. A City Doak en the East Side would be of little value to the eommeree of this pert: For instance, should wt grewner wish to ship a carload •f fruit or vegetables vie steamer, he would heve to ship to Miami, unload and dray to some deck, load on e barge, take it across the 'ay, unload on another Dock and then load into the ship. It would hove to be handled five times end likely two wherfeg;• chergse paid, together with the cost of the barge, to say nothing •f the delay end uncertainty, all of whieh, would easily ::ffset any reduction in rates we would get en aseount of shipping by water. 4th. It iv known th l.t a great number of tax payers are opposed to spending money outside •f the city limits for desk purposes, and have individually env through organizations se expressed themselves, and are new asVing for the privilege of se exprsasing themselves at the polls, without being onnpelled to vats against the entire issue, and I knew of no reason why thins privilege nheuld be denied them. ^'he 1 err, in r.►y judgr.►ent, never eenten►pl etsd that a (paltrier! vot ;r at a Bond Eleati•n had to vote for e measure that he was opposed to in order to get to vote for one he is in f ever ef. That a City Council might not force expenditures of this 1,ind upon the people without their consent, they are not •11•wed to raise money for ouch purposes, except by a bond issue, approved by the tad pryers; the haw• bleariy intending that these matters should be printed en the bai_let s•psr►itely, and unless it is rton• in this wanner, no man van vote his shales wnere there era several suejeste up before the voters, 'inieas he is favorable to a11. 5th. I understand that possibly this ordinance waulu have been amended en its third reeding, s•irsgeting the amounts for the two proposed does, but the City Attorney, for whittle opinion I have the highest regard, advised that it might invalidate the ordin►aice to send it on its third reodin;;. This, in my opinion, is wrong. There is no legislative body from th•U nited States Senate down but what hem 'ull eentr•1 ever any bill, •rdin•ni'e, resolution, •r ether paper legally before it for esnsideratien, and they eon emend it en any reading; they sal even peas it, reconsider the vete, bring it bask before them, amend it again and then pass it again. 6th. Argument has been made that the land is worth the •15,000.00, the 'amount re giir•d to build the docks. This, in ny opinion, is true, but the any is net in the Real Zst at• business, end should mot buy land seems' it is sheep; nsit,,er does our finan•ial condition Justify us in spending $15,000.00 (as • starter) ter desks three miles asr•ss the Bey; when we have not suffi•ient m•ney to build them es iorg• as the Government re wires within the city limits. As this Bond Issue 0 000.00 for a desk en this side of the Bay, I believe the $15,000s 0, rlp , ' en the East side would be better spent in ;1S,OOp.00, proposed to be Brent buying acre land ad j scent to the sity's land on the West side, end thereby give us a match larger deck. In fast, I doubt very s'h t at wthat hen we pay the **lanai due for the land already bought ©O r00 om � •dig the sh �nnel and the bests suffislent money left out of the $17 , approval nssessery in front of the deck and build a desk that will meet with tka appror of the War Department at Washington. Therefore, Yit woold be anti al ddecidedly be the to spend the sntirs $185,000.00 in getting good, city limits. 7th. I knew that Major Loam, united States Engineer from this District, is now preparing plans and spesifieatiens for a public desk in Miami that will be satisfactory to the nitsd States Government, acme to plans built lensoon the be sub - lands rsssntly bought by the city for desk pure mitted to Your Honor sole moody, together with the probable Best a Dui1ding the desks, digging the baain in front of the same, and digging , ssnnesting the basin with the Sea. In order that the City will knew approximate- ly the amount of money that will be re giirsd is make the iaprevements that will satisfy the Government, and that the people will knew the kind of dock end the depth of water they will got, I believe it would be well is wait for these plans, which will be only • few days longer, before submitting a bond issue for this purpose to the people, as you well knew -from the present ordinaries, only t140,000. 0 will es avail ab1s for desks, ah annals, bseine, railroad sennestisns, etc., and should the engineer's plans and estimates call for the expenditure of $200,000.o0, or mere, which I believe it will do, we wohldhe be forged to at *nee here another bend elestisn in order is comply witre giirsuents, *lien we will be ssapelled to de, before the Government will et art wort. !espesyfully submitted, (signed) J. W. Wetse_A.,_ 11 ayes. Cs1ncilnan Reath addressed Council and said that he believed se fira►ly that the proposition of bending for 115,000.00 to ssnstrust desks **roes the Bay wasthensat important clause in the ordinance. That lee was going is Bake • motion to pass the ordinance over the Mayor's veto. s mar adsten followed sir. Romfh and discussed each one of the 1[ayor s SoJOOLlona to signing the ordinance, and endeavored to show that it was the best thing to do was to pass the ordinance as it stood, and said that hs would second ;.ir. Romfh's motion. The Mayor asked Mr. Ralston if he did not think that the people had some say in the matter. Mr. Ralston replied that he was sleeted by Fi►aJority of the people to represent their interests and he tnougnt that he was doing that in standing for the ordinance as it was p assed. The iairman asked Mr. Ralston if the Railroad Oompany mad not offered sotue land on this side of the bay for pity docks. lir. Ralston replied that the, had not. Counsilaan Conrad said that he was sorry that the Councilmen differed on the proposition but that he had always voted to But out the $1.5,000. for docks across the bay, and he thought he was right then and still thought so, and explained that sours years ago a body of men had voted to condemn some Prop- erty of the railroad and the railroau went to ]'sy West, and lie believed that some of the men were working for their ._interesta and thane was some ohms behind it and he was going to sustain the Mayor's veto. Mr. Filer wanted to know if the bond ordinance was separated so that a ash clause could be voted on separately, would the Mayor support it. The Mayorre- plied that he would. The Ch6irman advised harmony, workings of council, as eoaetime ago far apart as the sun and the moon. to naive a political fight out of it he said that hs uidn't understand the all were together, and now they were as Mr Viler said that if it was the ides let us go to i t . Counsilsaan Routh again addressed Couneil and said that he was one of the olu timer's here, rind that hs load studied the deep water proposition and was one of a soaaittss of five and that he would have something to soy about this ao- mittss later and that it was the only way to get deep water, and if the 1 M proposition was turned down, it would be possibly fifteen or twenty years before we would h eve it. Councilman McDonald said that he could not understand how rational men could argue that a r ailro el would be built from Fulford and thought that it was the only ►rgumsnt they could bring forward and that hie vote wee to edvanee what he believed we the sity'e interest, end as all knew he had always opposed the proposition of- fered to the city, end he wes positive, that every member of his eomper[y would oppose the r hilro cd coning through their property and he doubted if the r eilro ed could condemn a right-of-way even if they wanted to. And furthermore, they were going to have deep water over on their aide end the people would see what they hei lost by not aesepting the proposition if it was again made. Mr. McDonald ridiculed the idea of a road being built fro* Fort Lauderdale end said if the railroad was built it would most probably some right across the bay . The Mayor replied to Mr. McDonald and he said that it was most probable that the railroad would be built from Fulford and in reply to Mr. Romfh said that he thought if this agitation had i.ot cline up there would now be a dredge at work on the channel, and the Mayor wanted toft7furthermore if Council represented the eity or the people across the bey, End said in reply to Mr. McDonald that if there had ever been En instance where he had threw mud at the Ocean Beach Realty Comp any, he did not mean it, and it he did, he wanted to epologize for it. Mr. McDonald replied that any man that fought the proposition threw cud. Connell diseusaed the proposition for a long time among themselves, after which, the Chairman opened a dissuseion for any gentleman present to express his views. 'Sr. lighlsyman thought it was lush a good proposition for the city that if the city did not went it that he would build the dock and would be glad to accept a proposition. A. Preedlunci was in favor of the proposition end said that he was willing to give whet rie promised to the Deep Water Committee, 1f they begun to dig et ones, but thought tnet b half loaf was better than none at all and by ell means let us get deep water across the b iv end it would 1 ater come to this side. T. V. r.400rs dir'fersd from Mr. Prsedlund arrd bind that we would never get deep water until the Government dug the channel end the people should endeavor to get the Government buay. Mr. Moore spoke for sometime, but did not define himself clearly on the proposition: The Chairman called on Mr. Hefty to express his views, as he had not been heard from. Mr. Hefty replied that bethought Council would make no mistake if they would go ahead with the ordinenee as it now stands, after which, the following motion was made: )loved by E.C.Romfh, seeonded by H. G. Ralston, that Bond Ordinance #105 as returned to Council by the Mayor unsigned, be passed over the Mayor's veto. Upon roll call, the vote WAS ae follovrs: J. A. Conrad no, E. C. Ronfh yes, J. A. McDonald yes, C. Hefty yes, H. G. Ralston yea, C.F.Filer no, F. G. F:rfert no. Motion a arri ed. March r, 1014. To The Hon. City Council, Miami, Florida. Gentlemen:- Atteched hereto you will find a communication from W. B. LaDue, Corps of U. S. Engineers, whisk fully explains itself, and T would ask that action be taken in the matter kuna the Clerk be instructed to answer the same. Reep eetfully submitted, (Signed) J.W.Watson, Mayor. Mayor LaDue's letter to the Mayor was attaeheq, in which the ?48Jor explained that it waB his idea that the city intended to build docks in front of their property and that he deferred submitting the proposition to the Government the proposed development ey the Florida Engineering and Development Company until xis he and from the city whether they approved the proposition submitted or not. Mr. Greening addressed Council and after extolling the oeautiss of Mi aai, which he explained to be made more beautiful by carrying out a system of parks and drives anci praise sented a map showing the improvements they propose to macs from First Street to Miramar oy filling in and continuing the boulevard, and asked the city to rear the expel:bs of extending First and Rielacer Streets, which would probably cost about 12500.00. Councilman Ralston advised Mr. Greening that when the city bought the Luimus strip, it was the idea to use it for docks. Of course that p wrt of the improvements which showed on the m►ap to inelude the city's property, would have to us eliminated. I:'r. Greening exnla;ned that tfttr ',thight P the uld le be cut out end improvements begun north of the city' a Property, g motion was rude: ;:%oved by E. C. Romfn, seconded by 'H. G. Ralston, that M Committee of three ve appointed to look into lir. Greening's proposition , nd report to Counc- l at a meeting to be held Monday night . ?lotion carried. The (Jnairson appointed 0. A. Conrad, C. Hefty, and ii.G.Relston. The following ordinaries was introduced by Councilman Ralston: ORDINANCE NO. 109 For its third and final reading • Moved by J. A. Mcjonald, :aeonried by E. a. Ralston, that Tra?fis Ordinance, No. 109 be given its third end final reading end read in full. Motion a arri ed. The ordinance was read in full and is as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 109. Ai, ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF "AN ORDINANCE OF T='E CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI ,GOVERNING TRAFFIC BY '/OTOR VEHICLES, i'.ACKS AND OTiIER VEHICLES UPON TH EPUBLI C STREETS MID T OR0UGI{FARES OF SAID CITY; PRESCRIBING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR 'ME SAME; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR ALL VIOLATIONS OF SAID ORDINANCE," APPROVED DECF I.,FR 13TH, 1911. BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Miami that Section 2 of an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Miami, entitled "An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Miami, governing tra'fie by motor vshislee, flasks end other vehicles upon the pubite streets end thoroughfares of said city; pressribtng rules and regulations for the some, and providing a penalty for all violations of said ordinaries", approved December 13th, 1911. be aasended so as to read as follows: Section 2. All automobiles, alto trucks, observation ems and all vehicles using power es rill as all hacks, carriages, wagons, bicycles and all and every kind and nature of vehisls whatever, operated upon the streets or public thoroughfares of the City of Miami, Florida, shall keep to the right side of the street at all times, and shall not be operated et a greater speed between Wad^iell Street anti Twentieth Street and Avenue M and the By than fifteen miles per hour, nor at a greater speed that twenty miles per hour on eny of the streets, avenues or highways of the city a.ot embraced within the limits oetween Waddell Street and Twentieth Street end Avenue M and the Bay• In the passing of vehicles going in tre same direction, the vehicle to pass, shall be allowed to peas on the left side, taking only so mush of the street as nesescary and immediately upon affecting the passage of the vehicle to be paesed, shell immediately resume its position on the right side of the street, where it shall remain et all times while traversing the said streets. And vehicles desiring to stop for the purpose of taking on or dinaherging passengers or for any purpose whatever, shall only be allowed to stop headed it the direction in which said vshislee a'e going et the time of stopping, and not f erther than the outer curb than i distance of seventeen inches. Provided, that busses end drays h '*idling freight and baggage, and delivery wagons shall bs snowed to bask up to sidewalks fur the time nesesssry to dispose of or resolve freight or passengers but for no longer time. After which said vehisls shall resume the direction in wiiieh it was going. Provided, th at notwithstanding the bbove provision, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to run or cause to be run any mush vehisls or sonveyense es ebov a described, in, over or upon my of the streets, avenues or any other publie highway within the city limits of the City of Miami, as aforesaid et arty time Eft a rate of speed that is greater than is proper or reasonable, having due regard to the use and trsffie of the highway, or so as to endanger the life or limb of any person er the safety of any property in the City of Miami, or in a reeklsss manner showing a disregard, er in a manner any way indieativs of • want of regard of the right© of ethers, using sr having the right to use a publie highway of the City of hiemmi as aforesaid. ATTEc3T: W. B. Moore City Clerk (&igned) F. G. Ertert Presidant City Council. Approved this day of ,1914. Mayor. Moved by J.` A. McDonald, seconded by H. G. Ralston, that ordinanue ,Ne.109, be p eased be read. U pon roll call, the vote was es follows: F.G.Erfert yes, J. A. McDonald yes, u. A. Conrad yes, C. :lefty yes, C.F.Fi1 r yes, E.C.Romfh yes, H. G. Ralston yes. Motion carried. Councilman Hefty introduced an ordinance, severing a contrast between the eity and the F. E. C. Hotel Company, for the use of a high pressure pumping station on the hotel grounds by tie city. ORDINANCE NO. 110. 'loved by J. A. Conrad, seconded by C. Hefty, that Ordinance No. 110, be given its first reading and read in full. Motion serried. The ordinance was read in full. Moved by E. C. Romfh, seconded by C. hefty, that Ordinance No. 110, b• given its second reeding and read by title only. :ytotion tarried. The ordinance was read by title only. Moved by J. A. McDonald, seconded by E. C. Romfh, that Council adjourn until Monday night, March the 23rd. The Chairmen ordered en adjournment of Council until Monday night, Marsh the '3rd, 7:30 P.M. ATTEST: f- President/ City Council. City Clerk. Continuation of meeting of Marsh 19th. Peport of City Engineer kind Committeemen on Streets To The City Council, !timid, Florida: The und-rsigned beg leave to report that they have personally examined and 'nap sated the improvements consisting of the Grading and paving of Avenue S from Fifth Street eetwlth to Sixth Street to a width of thirty-four reek known •s ,;imai Rosk. under contrast with R. B. Fickle, and find end report that the work has been properly and completely done, end is in aonfor„ity to the plans, profiles, details, drawings and specifications of the City Engineer, as adopted by the City Connell, end recommend that said work be asceptcd. Dated at Miens, Florida, this lath day of March, 1914. (Signed) E. S. Frederi ek, City Engineer. (Signed) J. A.Conred, Committeeman on Streets. '40 711"7- Motion to Receive and File Report of City Fhgineer and Committeeman on Streets. On motion of H. G. Ralston , teeonded by o.A. McDonald, the report of the City Engineer end Anfunitteeman on Streets that th a vork of R. B. Fiekl a for the iv:Drove..euts consisting of the Grading end paving of Avenue B from Fifth Street to Sixth Street to R width of thirty- four feet, with reek known as Miami Reek has been properly done end cosEplsted by the eontr aster be received And ordered placed on file. ATTEST: W. B. Moore City Clerk. Report of City Engineer end Cemnitteemon on Streets Te The City Council, Mi eeii, Florida: The undersigned beg leave to report that they have personallx. examined and inspected the improvements consisting of the Laying, installing end eonetruetien ef rin eight inch (8") terry Cotta sewer on Seventh Street from Avenue F to Avenue J, end the laying, constructing end inst ailing of lateral, or servise pipes , on Seventh Street from Avenue F to Avenue J end connecting with the eight inch (ti") sewer main under eontr bet with J. D. Godwin, End find end report that the work has been properly end completely done, and is in conformity to the pl Ems, profiles, details, drawings end speei*ieetiens of the ,City Engineer, as adopted by the City Council, end recommend that said work Be accepted. Dated at Mimi, Florida, this 19th day of Marsh, 1914. (Signed) E. S. Frederick, City Engine er . (Signed) J. A. Conred Committeeman en Streets. Motion to Receive and File Report ef City Engineer end Committeeman On Streets. • On motion ef H. G. Ralston, seconded By J. A. McDonald, the report of the City Engineer end Committeeman on Streete that the work of J.D.Godsen for the improvements consisting of the 1 aying, installing end constructien of en eight inch terra Cott a sewer on Seventh Street from Avenue F to Avenue J, and the laying, eonstrueting end installing of lateral, sr service pipes, on Seventh Street from Avenue F to Avenue .1, end connecting with the eight inch sewer main. has been properly done end completed by the eontr aster be received and ordered pla<. on file ATTEST: W. B. More City Clerk.