1948-03-08 Reg. AdjournedMarch S, 1948
The City Co~u!~il of the City of 0keechobee, Florida, met in regular adjourned
session at the 0ity Ha]~ on the above date at 8:00 P. M. with the following members
present: Mayor H. H. ~ulereom, President ~. X. Williams, 0ouncilman John D. Brette,
Roderich E. 0h~le~, Bf W. ~oma~ and Alto Warlord with G. 0. Durrmnce, City Attorney,
and Lorena Pear~'~'~ty
' The p~pe~ a~-the!~eeting was to hear axg~nente, for and against closing the
Curve
streets abutting North l~Ud South l!a~k/St~eets pursuant to notice that wa~ advertised
in the OEeechobee News~ in the issue of Marsh 5, 1948, to-wit:
Mr. R. E. Ha~ick after discussing the matter stated that he hsd agreed to
deed to the adjoining p~roperty owners, that had not previously signed an agreement with
him, that portion of StFeet and Right of Way that it will take to square out their
property according to ~ts and blocks at a nominal fee of
After due co~ideration and discussion by the Council, Oouncilm~u warlord
moved that the ResolutiOn that wa~ presented be adopted. ~ontion seconded by Oouncll-
man Brette m~d unanimo~ly adopted.
RESOLUTION
~ a~. remeveA ~t?tra~he ~rom O~ee~bee Xy~ng ~etwee~ ~Orth and
~o~h:~.Curve ~ rests'aa ehown, by'..'a.plat.~of' Fi~et Ad~X~tion to city
ef Okeeehobe~.:re~$~ded: in .~he public records of St, Lucie Oouuty,
;;. Ib.~a,~: the~e are several dead end s~reets intersecting
said ~do~d ra~l~a~ ~igh$-ef~w~:~" the epeni~g., of ~hi~h wOUlA,:be
e~_:g~a~ ~a~tage to~ the development, o~ the '~ty~ o~,_'Oheeoh~bee
and the abut ng'pz~per~y-o~nere, and
~l~e~a~ ~',North' and ';Sou~h~ ~u~ve Streets ~ axe not :~w-
aever' been~ a~ened ana~ u~la. e~: et zeet· for ~ny:; othe~ pu~.~e ~,. and,
Who=ea,.the. 'Okeechobee. County. .B~emd'. .~ o~ Public.. Instruction de-
sires to obtain certain paste of ,said Railway right-of-way and
parts of sai~ North and South Ourve Streets for school purposes
and have mad~ all necessamy negotiations to obtain the same
soon ma the Said streets a~e abandoned, and,
Where,, the owners of the reversion rights of said streets
desire to pl~t said North mhd South Ourve Streets to conform with
the lots mn~ blocks of the original plat of the town of Okeechobee
and the addi~ions thereto opening a.I1 at,sets intersecting with
existing effete mhd avenues running East, West, North and South, and,
Wheres~l it does not app~a~ that the opening of amid North
South Ourve Streets would ever be a benef£t to the city of Okee-
chobee or ~ propex~y owner thereof but on the contramy the
aban~~ ~ said streets Would be a benefit to all the tax
~-fw~_ payers of t~ city ~nd helpful to the suiting property owners,
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THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED That the city 0ouncll of 0ke~-
ch~e~, Florida in order to effect further development of the
city of Okeechobee do hereby vacate and abandon No,th and:
SoY Oumve .Streete am ahown by a plat of the Fl. rst~ Addition
to the town of Okecohobee, Florida recorded in
rcoordz of St. Lucie Oounty, Florida m~d the owners of~ a~d~ :~
vac~ted and abandoned mtreete are hereby authorized te
the lande contained in maid atroetz to confo~ with. the $~'iginal
pl~ of thc town of Okeechobee m~d additionz theretg, reaerving
hoover all rightm the city of Oke~chobee have in and to the
following Eamt and Wear Streeta- Second, Third, Fourth, ~ifth,~
SiXth, Seventh m~d South Park Street ~nd the following North mud
Sou~h- Okeechobee Avenue, Seminole Street, Oeceola Street,
(Hic~oche~ Street, Miamce Street, Kieaimmee Street,
Avenue, Tmllsha~see Street, Cherokee Street mhd Hlwa~eee Street,
where they cross amid abandoned North and South Ou~ve
Done and ordered in open eeeeion of the Oity 0ouncil of
O~chobee Florida thie, 8th day of Mamch A. D.
Z, X..... Wil!iame .,
John D. B~ette
Alto
Roderick E. Oha~dler
B. W. Thomma
- M~mbere City OounclX
A~teet Lor~ua Pe~rCe
, H. H. R~ulezmon -
Mayor · - .' -'
The following bill w~e approved and ordered paid when fundz are available:
G. C. Du~rance - Legal Fee for validating $~0,000
Water Revenue Oertifioa~em $300.00.
The following Resolution waa preeented by Oouncilmmn Warlord, ~ho moved
adoption, which wm~ duly eeconded by Oo~Cilman Thoma~ mud unanimoualy adopted:
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RESOLUTION ~
WHEREAS, There ia on depoait in the Okeecho~ee
Oou~ty Ba~k certain funde which amc pledged for the payment of
ce~ian Ti~e Wa~rante which were held by the Okeechobee County
Ba~ and othere, mud
WHEREAS, all. of s~id Time Wamrant~ have beau fully paid
mud amtiefied, o.nd ,.
Wherea~ there is on deposit cert~l~ ~mds in ~aid Okee-
cho~ee Oounty BazAk to the credit of "Water Revenue Fund", of
th~ city of Okeechobee, Florida, and
~HERE~ the city of Okeechobee is required by Ordinance
to retain in Ad "Fund#, ~l~ly the a~ of FIVE THOUS~ ~~, ~d
Wats: Pl~t ~ s~d ~d~ in exo~ o~ tho ~ o~ $5,000.00,
NOW, ~~ BE IT ~LVED that the c~k of ~d
of 0~oeoho~e,~s h~eby ~uthorized to tr~sfer ~11 f~d8 now on
deposit in ~ai~ ~oe~o~e floury B~ to the ore~t of ~ILITY F~D -
I & S ~IL~Y ~D; ~1 f~d~ on deposit to the cr.~t o~ the 19~
Time l~r~% I~& S Water F~ ~d ~ave ~ excepting the ~ of Five
~ous~d Doll.s, ~1 f~da now on deposit in a~d B~ to ~he cre~t
of the newly cSe~od "Wate~ ~ven~ F~d", to the Oeuer~ F~d of
· ~d city of 0~e~hobee, Florida.
PASS~ ~D ~PT~ AT ~BU~ ~0~ SE~IOE of the city
$o~oil of Oko%chobee, Flori~, on the 8th ~y of M~oh, 19~.
Di~c~on az to the b~l~ of ~ b~d s~d in ~he p~k w~s he~d ~d ~on
motion by 0o~ci~ W~ford, seconded by 0o~ci~ Thom~ ~d carried to don~te
$1~.O0 for the ereo%io~ o~ a b~ at~d in
~on motion t~ ~il ~o~ned.
Oity Ole:k ~ . :.
April 1, 19~S
P~8~ to o~l of tho ~yor, ~ho 0ity 0o~1 me in speci~
~130 P. M. on ~he mbovo ~go with tho fo!!o~ng p~osongl Mmyo~ H. H.
Prosideat Z. I. lillimn$, 0o~ci~on Dal~on Brotte, R'. E. Ohmxdler, Alto W~tford
B. W. Theme, wi~h G. C. D~rr~ce, City Attorney m~d Lorona Pe~ce, 0ity O!erk~
MaTer. Rmu!ora~n stated thm~ ~he moo~ing h~ ~oen called for ~h~ p~ose of
dizous~ing pomzibility Sf employing ~ porso~ ~o ~g or o~ry on ghe ~rk of
m~er. Afte~ a oompiSte di~cucsion tho 0o~oil decieded ~o postpone the matter for
f~thor thought m~d ~seussion ~il tho re~ mooting of the Oo~c'il~
Mr. Olifford ~ylom ~po~od boforo th8 Oom~oil in bohalf of th~
Y~ke~, requesting ~h~ $ity p~ve th~ 8~=oo~ to the ~id8 of tho F~r~8 M~keg. No
~ion ~ t~en.
Upon motion t~e 0o~cil ~jo~nod. /~.
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