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Home My WebLink About05-27-1969 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF OCOEE, FLORID~. HELD May 27, 1969 PRESENT: Comm. Vandergrift, Miller, Stinnett, Reese and Mayor 1Vlinor I ,~BSENT : None to order by ~~yor Minor at 7:00 P. M. Meeting called I I Comm. Vandergrift motioned dispense with reading of minutes of last meeting. Comm. Miller seconded. No No's. Motion carried. Comm. Vandergrift motioned all bills in order be paid. Stinnett seconded. Two men appeared before council from Kat-Pak Personality Boats, Inc. 2809 Overlake Ave, Orlando to inquire about license and permission to put up a temporary sales office on the point on the West side of the lake to sell and rent :sail-boats and kyaks, (no motors to be involved). They would put up a portable metal building for an office and boat storage. Council asked them to corne back to next meeting with plans of building restroom facilities for office as no septic tanks are permitted there. Vandergrift told them the license would be $20.00 for the year if they voted to permit the operation. Reese said council would have to see what the people living near that area wanted. A delegation of 4 women from the Ocoee Little League appeared before council with Mrs. Lee Hughes acting as spokesman for the board of directors regarding the building of the new \ snack bar adjacent to the old one at the Little League Field. Mrs. Hughes said they would like to know when the new stand would be ready to open, as Ocoee is host to the Florida Sheriff's Boys Ranch on July 4th for a benefit game and it will take several days to move the equipment over. She wanted to know how much more it was going to cost than originally agreed upon. Comm. Stinnett stated that the work had come to a stop because they had been unable to set a time for Fla. Power to shut off power for sufficient time to ftransfer wiring from old building to new building and this had to be done before the other work could progress. Mrs. Hughes said that on the blueprint it called for all new equipment and wiring to be used. There was discussion between the delegation and Nathan Reese as contractor concerning dissatisfaction with certain parts of the building Mrs. Hughes asked Council why the City did not advertise for bids for the building and why only one contractor, .rv~. Reese was considered and given the contract at his bid. Comm. Miller motioned the problem be tabled as this did not concern the city. Comm. Stinnett replied that it did as the City owns the property. Mayor Minor asked for the discussion to be tabled until some of the men representatives of the Little League could be present and asked Comm. Reese to install the outside doors on the building the next day to prevent children from" going up the stairs inside the building and jumping from the roof to the old snack bar. Comm. Reese said he would take care of it. Mrs. Hughes said they would cancel the night games the week of June 16 in order for the electricity to be transferred and Mr. Reese said the building would be ready for use the end of that week. Elmer Kerr, electrician and Roger Henry, plumber and several other tradesmen from the City appeared before council and wanted to know why they weren't allowed to bid on the city project at the Little League field and were not permitted to look at the blueprints. Reese stated he-took. 3 bids from" out, of" town. plumbers after he "was-gi vEm general" contractor and- took Stinnett"'s bid as- electrician. Kerr said they all had bought city licenses and permits and understand why the city would not let them have a chance to the- job as Henry, and, could not bid on the job. Miller reported all streets were now finished paving that were started I' last year and Ocoee Hills Road was well on the way and would be completed in a few days. Comm. Vandergrift expressed thanks to the Fire Dept. for assistance in test- ing the lake for Red Cross swimming lessons and to the Fire Chief for making the rescue boat available to the health dept. for making bacterial tests. He also stated a NO Swimming sign should be put up in the canal as boats speed through there and someone may get hurt . Also recreation program still not set. Working on several plans. Comm. Reese stated something should be done about weeds in Starke Lake. He showed a bulletin from Game & Fresh Fish Commission . He also had talked to 3 of the men who were city commissioners here when the lake was treated the last time. They used copper sulphate to get rid of the fungus. Reese had t'alked to R. C. Potter in Zellwood who said he could drop the copper sulphate pellets in Starke Lake and Deep Lake at a cost of $1 per acre. There are about 260 acres in Starke and 40 in Deep. The city would buy the chemicals. This is supposed to clear the water of moss & weeds and should not harm the fish except to make their mouth sore for J days. The chemical will cost about 80~ per pound and 5 lbs should cover one acre. Reese said he will see what the water control comm. comes up with. Atty. Hamlin reported developers for Lakeshore Gardens wanted to sign agreement to core into City and give an advance of $5,000 on water con- I' nections with an agreement that a rebate of undetermined amount per meter bought by each new resident.. Hamlin thought rebate him half or all ~connection charge as city had done it for Cliff and other developers in )'\l the past. The meter cost $48. to the city. 'Plat is finished ready to i annex. Engineer says sewage being put in for Lakeshore Gardens. He ~ brought a Notice to declare city intention to annex Roper property to be posted on property. Also City charter almost ready, few changes to be made. Delegates approved it in Tallahassee and has to go through House. Has to have legal description of City put on. . Ben Griffin talked to council about some property Ocoee Developers had deeded to the city for recreation purposes or garden club nand this hasn't been used and he would like to request this land be deeded back to them so they can deed it to the Lions Club to build their own club and let the Youth Center have the present one. Vandergrift said when they have their plans ready the city will deed it back to them. Mayor Minor brought up a request for street lights behind Spring Lake School. Someone is to talk to County School Board about this. Reese stated we needed ordinance regulating type of fences to be used in City as some people were putting up hog wire and scrap boards. Hamlin said he would look-into it. The lock on the front door will not work properly. Mayor Minor a~ked Reese if he would put a new lock on tomorrow, he said he would. Reese wants to know how much money is left in the street budget from last year. The clerk said she would check into it. 11 ~ Page 2 (also back pg I) Mayor Minor said complaint had been made about sp~eders in Security Circle. Chief Turner said we needed stop signs or speed limit signs. Miller will see about it. I Frank Howard sent word that a street light was needed at Maurice Hazen's near his house. Reese motioned we adjourn. Stinnett seconded . 9:30 PM. General,Fund checks paid May 20, 1969 - June 1, 1969 Grady Smith Sam Oliver Bank of West Orange Neal Dickens Jewell Stoutenburgh Ruth Minor Adron Claungh William Hager Teddie R. Hey James G. Tenney Leroy Turner 1,vm. S. Walker John Green Billy D Hagen Harold Sasser Carol Cook Edward Loughlin Ethel Mills Larry Chestney Ouida 101eeks James Vandergrift John T Minor E P ~liller Nathan Reese Wm. E. Stinnett Scott Vandergrift I Jimmy Rippy Otis Phelps Paving Gerald Gaines Bob Hey Reba Varnadoe Orell Cawley Otis Hensley J. I. Jernigan Bobby Taylor Robert Keller Ezra Ramsey Dorsen Strickland Roy Strickland Grady Smith Sam Oliver Hazel Griffith Carl Cauley Jewell Stoutenburgh Motorola Corr~unication Roper Growers Lawton Brothers Griffin & Hamlin Henry Plumbing Leonard Saine American Oil Ocoee Electric Co. Winter Garden Sign John Lamb Chevrolet Fla. Power Jas Matthews & Co F & R Office Equip B & S Plumbing VI H Wurst Ins Bennetts Truck Equip Board of Co. Comm. Raybro Electric Hughes Supply Orell Cawley Otis Hensley J. I. Jernigan BobbyTaylor Robert Keller Ezra Ramsey Dorsen Strickland Roy Strickland I $ 10.00 Co 4, 5 58 .3 7 6.50 3.25 4.10 70.62 75.05 78.77 77.92 76.26 65.00 61.06 70.96 87.91 93.33 7.96 8.00 174.86 41.50 60.00 14.00 245.00 26.40 270.00 668.33 378.00 24.00 23.85 1,311.72 81.00 6.08 78.50 80.00 19.58 122. il-O 32.00 144.64 70.62 75.05 78.77 62.35 76.26 65.00 61.30 70.96 87.91 93.33 717.91 119.00 174.86 104.96 173 .72 210.13 157.70 155.30 263 .28 165.40 9.52 4.76 9.52 13 9 .3 0 141.63 135.10 44.17 38.77 ~7.60 47.60 23 .80 23 .80 23 .80 2:1..50 f~ Attest (!d /~ Clerk I I I