HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 01-25-1988 SpecialCITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING
JANUARY 25, 1988
A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE
CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, WAS HELD ON JANUARY 25, 1988 AT THE CITY HALL
ANNEX, 111 POLK AVENUE, CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA. THE MEETING WAS
CALLED TO ORDER AT 10:00 A.M. BY MAYOR PATRICK LEE.
THE ROLL WAS CALLED BY THE CITY CLERK. OFFICIALS PRESENT
WERE MAYOR PATRICK LEE, MAYOR PRO TEM ROBERT HOOG, COUNCIL
MEMBERS STEVE MILLER AND ROCKY RANDELS. ALSO PRESENT WERE CITY
MANAGER, LEO NICHOLAS; DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, KOHN BENNETT AND
CITY CLERK, JAN LEESER. MR. KIDD WAS OUT-OF-TOWN.
AGENDA
MAYOR LEE ASKED THAT ITEM 2 BE HEARD FIRST SINCE THERE WERE
SOME PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE FOR THAT ITEM. SINCE THERE WERE NO
OBJECTIONS, ITEM TWO WAS HEARD AT THIS ,TIME.
ITEM 2. DISCUSSION/MOTION RE: BURNING OF BEACHED SHRIMP
BOAT
MAYOR LEE EXPLAINED THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
REGULATION HAD CONTACTED HIM REGARDING PERMISSION TO BURN THE
SHRIMP BOAT THAT HAD WASHED AGROUND ON THE BEACH. MR. FRANK
BRAWLEY OF PORT CANAVERAL MARINE WAS IN ATTENDANCE AND EXPLAINED
THAT THE COAST GUARD HAD OBJECTED TO THE BOAT BEING SUNK ON THE
OFF -SHORE ARTIFICAL REEF. CONSEQUENTLY, ANOTHER METHOD OF
SALVAGE MUST BE UTILIZED.
DEPUTY ATTORNEY BENNETT ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING IN
THE CITY'S ORDINANCES TO PRECLUDE THE BURNING OF THE BOAT.
DISCUSSION FOLLOWED.
MR. HOOG MOVED TO ALLOW THE BURNING OF THE SHRIMP BOAT
PROVIDED ALL OTHER AGENCIES HAVE GIVEN APPROVAL; PROVIDED THE
SALVAGE COMPANY. POST A.$10,000 CASH BOND TO THE CITY TO INSURE
THAT THE BEACH WILL BE CLEANED UP AFTER THE BURNING; DIRECTING
THE CITY ATTORNEY TO COORDINATE THE NECESSARY PAPERWORK FROM THE
STATE AGENCIES AND AFFILIATED INSURANCE COMPANY. MR. MILLER
SECONDED MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
JANUARY 25, 1988
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ITEM 1. DISCUSSION/MOTION RE: ESTABLISHING SISTER CITY
PROGRAM WITH GUIDONIA, ITALY
MAYOR LEE EXPLAINED THAT THE MAYOR OF GUIDONIA WOULD LIKE TO
COME TO CAPE CANAVERAL .FOR A FEW DAYS IN EARLY FEBRUARY TO
INITIATE THE SISTER CITY PROGRAM AND HAVE A DELEGATION FROM THE
CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL TRAVEL TO GUIDONIA THE FIRST OR SECOND
WEEK IN APRIL. FROM THE CORRESPONDENCE THE CITY HAD RECEIVED, IT
APPEARED THAT BIAGITTI EXPORT WAS SPONSORING THE PORTION OF THE
EXCHANGE FOR THE CITY OF GUIDONIA. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED.
IT WAS THE CONSENUS OF COUNCIL THAT THE CITY SHOULD
DISCOURAGE THE MAYOR FROM COMING SINCE THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO
EXPEND SOME FUNDS FOR ENTERTAINMENT. THE STAFF WAS DIRECTED TO
DRAFT A LETTER TELLING HIM THE CITY WAS NOT INTERESTED IN THE
SISTER CITY PROGRAM AT THIS TIME AND TO GIVE HIM THE NAME OF
OTHER BREVARD COUNTY MUNICIPALITIES WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED
AT 10:30 A.M.
APPROVED THIS 2_d DAY OF February , 1988.
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CITY-CLERK
CITY COIBJCIL SPECIAL MEETING
JANUARY 25, 1988
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