HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes EAB 081397CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS
EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD
AUGUST 13, 1997
The August 13, 1997, meeting of the City of Palm Beach Gardens Education Advisory
Board was called to order at 7:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Complex
located at 10500 North Military Trail, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
The following appointed members were found to be in attendance: Alan Adams, Monika
Adams, Mary Inglis, Scott Blake, Stasia Datchko, Jan Porter and Ron Sadaka. Staff Liaison Paul
Friedman was also in attendance.
Chairman Adams stated that the Board interviewed a number of candidates for positions
on the Board, however, the City Council has not been able to appoint those members because
they will not have a full attendance of the City Council until the second meeting in September.
Chairman Adams had each member of the Board give a brief history of their
backgrounds. Chairman Adams had each candidate in attendance give their background and their
interest in education.
Chairman Adams stated that the City was required to put together a school siting policy.
Kim Glas, Planner with the City, was in attendance to discuss this policy with the Board. Ms.
Glas stated that while the State would like the City to get as specific as possible in sites for
schools, at a minimum the City was required to set forth criteria for school sites. Ms. Glas
reviewed language contained in the statutes for siting of schools, including zoning categories.
Ms. Glas stated that the City has never used the Public Institution as a category for location of a
school, but has been representative of what was already existing. Ms. Glas detailed what areas in
the City were included in the City's Comprehensive Plan that were designated for Public
Institution in an effort to keep undesirable development away from certain areas. Ms Glas
pointed out that the PDA areas allowed schools as a conditional use. Ms. Glas stated that the
City had enough vacant land future schools. A discussion ensued regarding the City making its
own projections on the number of schools that would be needed when a development comes into
the City so that adequate educational facilities could be obtained.
Ms. Glas stated that the Comprehensive Land has some language that is used today which
was done before the requirement from the State to come up with school siting criteria. Through
the City's Intergovernmental Coordination Program, a sub - committee was formed of city
planners and planners from the School Board. That sub - committee has drafted language, which
was taken basically from the City of Largo's Comprehensive Plan since the State signed off on
that plan as adequate. The City now needs to compare the draft language with what is used today
to see how it can be improved. Ms. Glas stated that the Planning and Zoning Commission felt
that land identified by the City for school locations should stay the same, but the City should try
to co- locate the location of new schools with parks and that there should be joint planning to
serve both school and park needs so there is not duplication of facilities. Ms. Glas stated that
staff was looking for input from the Board regarding the proposed language and the language
already contained in the Comprehensive Plan. The Board reviewed the documents and felt they
were adequate.
Approval of Minutes
The minutes of the previous meeting were approved as written.
Board Organization
Chairman Adams stated that when he prepared the agenda he expected to have all new members
appointed by the City Council, however, felt that decisions could be made at this meeting anyway
regarding what sub - committee the proposed new members would like to join. Chairman Adams
reviewed the current sub - committees and their responsibilities.
Staff Liaison Paul Friedman suggested that the Board, once the new appointments are made by
the City Council, conduct a workshop meeting regarding the Sunshine Law and Parliamentary
Procedures.
Chairman Adams stated that the Board needed to formulate plans to interview additional
candidates for the Board and asked members of the Interview Committee to have a special
meeting for this purpose. The Interview Committee reminded the Chair that the meeting was
held in June.
• Standing Committee Reports
Chairman Adams stated that to his knowledge the only standing committee that met since the last
meeting was the Curriculum Committee. The Committee met with the head of curriculum for
the School Board. Since the Chairman of that committee was not in attendance at this meeting, it
was decided that the report would be given at the next meeting.
SAC Reports
Since there were no SAC meetings, there were no SAC reports available.
New Business
Selection of New Principals - Chairman Adams stated that the School Board has decided to let
the public be involved in the selection of new principals this year. Since that decision, three
members of the Education Advisory Board have been involved in 3 interviews. Chairman
Adams explained the interview process being used for candidates for the principal positions.
Gold Report
Chairman Adams stated that he received the Gold Report, which reports on the schools and how
they have done for the last 5 years. Chairman Adams stated that he would get copies of the
report for all members that were interested.
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Adjournment
There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 9:46 p.m.
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