HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Council 031794CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS
MARCH 17, 1994
The Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, was called to order by
Mayor Russo at 7:30 P.M. in the Assembly Room of the
Municipal Complex, 10500 North Military Trail, Palm Beach
Gardens, Florida, and opened with the Pledge of
Allegiance to the Flag.
ROLL CALL The Deputy City Clerk called the roll and present were
Mayor Russo, Vice Mayor Monroe, Councilman Jablin,
Councilwoman Furtado and Councilman Clark.
ANNOUNCEMENTS Mayor Russo stated the announcements were as posted on
the City's Bulletin Boards. He welcomed representatives
of Boy Scout Troop 150 who were in attendance to observe
the process of City Council meetings.
REORGANIZATION Vice Mayor Monroe made a motion, seconded by Councilwoman
Furtado and unanimously approved to appoint Joseph Russo
as Temporary Chairman to elect the Mayor and Vice Mayor.
Councilman Jablin thanked Mayor Russo for the wonderful
job he has done during the past year, and then nominated
Councilman David Clark as Mayor for the coming year. The
motion was seconded by Councilwoman Furtado and
unanimously approved. Councilwoman Furtado nominated
Councilwoman Linda Monroe as Vice Mayor for the coming
year. Motion was seconded by Councilman Clark and
unanimously passed. Councilman Clark nominated Lauren
Furtado as Deputy Treasurer for the coming year and Vice
Mayor Monroe nominated Joe Russo as Deputy Treasurer for
the coming year. Both motions were seconded by
Councilman Jablin and unanimously passed. Vice Mayor
Monroe nominated Councilman Eric Jablin as Chairman Pro -
Tem for the coming year. Motion was seconded by
Councilman Clark and unanimously approved.
RESOLUTION 29, 1994 Motion was made by Councilwoman Furtado, seconded by
Councilman Jablin, to approve Resolution 29, 1994 with
the name David Clark inserted as Mayor and Linda Monroe
inserted as Vice Mayor. The motion passed 5 -0.
ITEMS BY MAYOR
AND CITY COUNCIL
Mayor Clark The consensus of the City Council was that City Council
members would serve as Council Liaisons to Boards as
follows: Mayor Clark: Beautification and Environmental
Committee, Planning and Zoning Commission and Loxahatchee
Council of Governments. Councilwoman Furtado: Merit
System Board and Palm Beach County Metropolitan Planning
Organization. Vice Mayor Monroe: Code Enforcement
Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, and Planning Forum.
Councilman Jablin: Art Advisory Committee. Councilman
Russo: Recreation Advisory Board, North County Economic
Advisory Committee, and Municipal League.
Councilwoman Furtado
Councilwoman Furtado reported that all of the signatures
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needed to send the petition to Washington for Palm Beach
County to become a foreign trade zone had been obtained,
which would help lure businesses to the area. She stated
that more tutors were needed for the volunteer program at
the high school, and reminded those present that the
School Board meeting scheduled for March 23 would be very
important. Councilwoman Furtado also reported the school
improvement plan deadline of April 15 was approaching,
and that a dress code and discipline plan had been
formulated.
Councilman Russo Councilman Russo reported he had attended a meeting of
the Municipal League, where he learned the flood
insurance program will not be the problem for Florida as
anticipated; and that the Board of Realtors had
requested that Cities tax mineral rights upon the sale of
property, and the cities had referred this matter to the
County. Also, he had attended the DARE graduation and
commented on what a great program this has been.
Councilman Jablin Councilman Jablin reported he had attended a meeting of
the Landfill Committee which had set up a forum for March
28 to be attended by representatives from five agencies
to discuss areas of concern. He thanked the members of
the Landfill Committee for their work on the committee.
He also stated there should be a permanent Oversight
Committee for the schools, to which Councilwoman Furtado
stated her agreement.
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COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC:
Sam Carsillo Sam Carsillo reported that at the Lake Catherine cleanup
he had observed young people in boats on Lake Catherine
without life jackets and suggested life preservers be
kept there so that something could be thrown to save
boaters in trouble. He reported a golf ball had hit one
of the Palm Beach Gardens police cars by someone driving
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golf balls next to the lake, which was very dangerous.
Mr. Carsillo praised the fine job that had been done
cleaning trash from the lake and suggested signs and
trash barrels be placed close to the lake so that trash
would not be thrown into the water. He requested the j
Council continue to work on his list of requests, and
commented on the cost to taxpayers of narrowing the
medians on Military Trail between Northlake and PGA
Boulevards. Vice Mayor Monroe suggested placing the list
of concerns of Mr. Carsillo on the agenda for Council
discussion on each item.
CONSENT AGENDA: It was the consensus of the Council to remove Resolution
28, 1994, Resolution 30, 1994, Resolution 31, 1994 and
Resolution 32, 1994 from the Consent Agenda. Vice Mayor
Monroe made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda as
amended, seconded by Councilwoman Furtado and approved by
a vote of 5 -0.
1. Approval of Minutes of 3/3/94 Regular Meeting.
2. Resolution 21, 1994 - Authorizing the City Manager
to enter into contract negotiations for management
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of the Palm Beach Gardens Municipal Golf Course.
VARIANCES:
(City Council Sitting as Landscape Committee of
Adjustments)
RESOLUTION 35,
1994 David Felton, agent for the petitioner, Shell Oil
Company, presented a request for approval of a landscape
plan with landscape variance for the Shell Service
Station at 4445 PGA Boulevard and Military Trail. Motion
was made by Vice Mayor Monroe, seconded by Councilman
Russo and unanimously passed by a vote of 5 -0 to approve
Resolution 35, 1994.
RESOLUTION 28,
1994 It was the consensus of the City Council that Resolution
28, 1994 Establishing New Requirements to Amend the City
Comprehensive Land Use Plan be amended in Section 2,
paragraph 2, line 3 by replacing "prior to" with "on or
before". Motion was then made by Councilwoman Furtado to
approve Resolution 28, 1994, as amended. Motion was
seconded by Councilman Jablin and passed 5 -0.
RESOLUTION 30,
1994 During discussion of Resolution 30, 1994, Amendment to
"The Oaks" PUD Landscaping Plan for Gardens East Drive
and the RCA Boulevard Buffer, approved by Ordinance 31,
1989, the Council was made aware that because of lack of
communication, original landscaping had not been properly
approved by the Council. The petitioner stated their
application had been to eliminate the berm on RCA
Boulevard and to ask the Council to accept their
landscaping plan as redrawn, however, the Council now
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wanted to impose requirements for upkeep of the medians,
and since these medians had been well maintained on a
voluntary basis the petitioner did not feel this
requirement was necessary. It was the consensus of the
City Council that Resolution 30, 1994, be returned to
staff to work with the petitioner on differences.
RESOLUTION 31.
1994 Rich Walton briefly reviewed background on the Canterbury
PUD, PGA National PCD, approved by Resolution 103, 1987,
which would be amended by Resolution 31, 1994 to modify
an existing model, to revise the landscape plans and to
approve pool and screen enclosure setbacks. Motion to
approve Resolution 31, 1994 was made by Councilman Russo,
seconded by Councilwoman Furtado and passed 5 -0.
RESOLUTION 32.
1994 It was the consensus of the City Council to confer with
the City Attorney as to possible revisions of procedure
within Resolution 32, 1994, and to present this
Resolution for approval at a later date.
RESOLUTION 33,
1994 Motion was made by Councilman Russo to approve Resolution
33, 1994 with the name of Jeffrey Blakely inserted in
Section 1 as the regular member to fill the unexpired
term of Denise Dytrych and also to insert the name of
Pamela Dyer as the alternate member to fill the seat
being vacated by Jeff Blakely. Motion was seconded by
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Councilwoman Furtado and passed 5 -0.
RESOLUTION 34,
1994 Brahm Dubin, President of Dubin & Associates, answered
Councilman Russo's question regarding JCD Management,
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Inc., stating it was a separate corporation set up solely
for the City's golf course management contract. Since
the Council was concerned about this corporation having
no assets if litigation should occur, Mr. Dubin agreed to
provide guarantees from his other corporations. since
there were other concerns that needed to be addressed,
upon advice of the City Attorney it was the consensus of
the Council to postpone this matter for one week, to be
finalized at a special meeting on March 24, 1994.
ORDINANCES•
ORDINANCE 7, 1994 City Attorney Baird explained the that length of
Ordinance 7, 1994 was due to the fact that it
incorporated the two proposed amendments of 1994 and also
the substantial amendments that were made in 1992 that
may have been referenced to a repealed code. The City
Attorney stated that a change should be made in the title
of Ordinance 7, 1994 in the sixth line from the bottom by
deleting "the amendment of Section 33.44 by repealing
Section 33.44 and adopting" and change Section 33.44 in
the 4th line from the bottom to Section 33.45. Vice
Mayor Monroe withdrew her motion to place on first
reading Ordinance 7, 1994 as presented, and Councilwoman
Furtado withdrew her second to the motion. Vice Mayor
Monroe then made a motion that Ordinance 7, 1994 be
placed on first reading as amended by the City Attorney.
The Deputy City Clerk read, on first reading, Ordinance
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7, 1994, an ordinance of the City of Palm Beach Gardens,
Florida amending the Palm Beach Gardens Police Officers'
Pension Fund.
CHURCH Rich Walton voiced staff concern that 450 required
parking spaces for the 1,800 -seat proposed church
facility would not be provided on property owned by the
church. After discussion and comments by Senior Pastor
Raymond Underwood and by Donaldson Hearing, Agent for
Palm Beach Community Church, it was the consensus of the
City Council to direct staff to formulate best and worst
case scenarios for parking, to work with the City
Attorney regarding realistic limitations, and to research
how possible future sale of the property for another use
would impact this proposal, to provide more information
to the City Council.
CITY MANAGER REPORT
It was the consensus of the City Council to approve City
Manager Herakovich's request for approval for a one -week
professional agreement with Dubin & Associates in the
amount of $1,187.50 to manage the golf course until the
contract could be finalized at next week's meeting.
It was the consensus of the City Council to authorize the
Equity Study Commission consisting of volunteers Dave
Haysmer, Gary Krielow, Dr. Lewis Mark, Wes Nichols, and
Bill Upshaw to begin work.
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Motion was made by Vice Mayor Monroe, and seconded by
Councilwoman Furtado, to approve the purchase of
additional vehicles through the Natural Gas Vehicle Grant
in the amount of $39,330.67 to be funded by the 1993 -94
fiscal year budget of which 50% would be reimbursed
through the alternative fuel grant. Motion passed 5 -0.
OAKBROOK CORPORATE
CENTER PUD TIME EXTENSION
It was the consensus of the City Council to delay the
workshop for Oakbrook Corporate Center PUD request for
time extension until the City Council Regular Meeting,
4/7/94, because of lack of time.
ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to discuss, the meeting
was adjourned at 11:30 P.M.
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APPROVAL
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MAYOR DAVID CLARK
VICE MAYOR LINDA MONROE
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ATTEST:
EXA M. RIEF,
DEPUTY
CITY CLERK
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