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CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS
NOVEMBER 18, 1993
7:30 P.M.
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.
The City Clerk called the roll and present were Mayor
Russo, Councilwoman Furtado and Councilman Clark.
Councilman Jablin arrived at 7:42 P.M.
Plaques of Appreciation were presented by Mayor Russo to
David J. Panozzo, member of the Zoning Board of Appeals
3/87 - 7/93; and Daniel Gainey, member of Merit Board
from 1/84 - 7/93.
City Manager Herakovich introduced Jeff Ornstein and
Vince Pappalardo, members of the Space Allocation
Committee. Committee Chairman Ornstein presented the
committee's final report which determined space needs of
the Police Department, City Hall and Public Works to the
year 2015. The committee determined that 64,738 square
feet of space would be needed immediately for all
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three departments, and an additional 19,550 square feet
would be needed by the year 2015. Present total space
for all three departments is only 25,463 square feet.
The Police Department's space needs were the most
critical, however, since the Police Department and City
Hall work together so closely, these would need to be
handled as one issue, and the Public Works Department
would be handled separately. Mr. Pappalardo stated it
was the consensus of the committee that immediate action
needed to be implemented. Sam Carsillo stated a member
of the City was willing to donate both the land and the
building for a new police department. Mayor Russo
suggested the present Space Allocation Committee members
be appointed to a Building Committee which would
determine the most cost efficient way to proceed, and a
mission statement would be prepared to give the Building
Committee direction.
ITEMS BY THE
CITY MANAGER City Manager Herakovich introduced Kent Olsen, the new
City Finance Director. The City Manager also reported
that the PGA Boulevard widening project was scheduled to
begin on November 29, and staff had met with the
MacArthur Foundation to redo landscaping plans for the
parkway concept to make it more cost effective. City
Manager Herakovich stated surrounding communities have
been working with staff to continue the parkway concept
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ITEMS BY MAYOR
AND CITY COUNCIL
Councilwoman Furtado
on certain roadways, making the landscaping uniform
throughout the region. City Manager Herakovich also
reported that the bid for the new County Library to be
located in Palm Beach Gardens would be let in early 1994,
and the groundbreaking would be held in January or
February.
Councilwoman Furtado recommended a thank you letter be
written for the personnel file of the County Fire Rescue
worker who was instrumental in getting equipment for the
ALS truck. Councilwoman Furtado reported that Campus
Drive Palm Beach Gardens Fire Rescue Station Number Two
had maintained an under one minute response time for
several months, making their response time the lowest in
the County. Discussion was held on the need for housing
Bethseda ambulances within the City, and Mr. Berman
volunteered to work with Councilwoman Furtado to ensure
suitable space was found. Councilwoman Furtado asked the
Council to keep in mind when considering safety concerns
along Military Trail that Florida had the highest bicycle
fatality rate in the nation, and the second highest
pedestrian rate in the nation. Councilwoman Furtado
clarified her position that it would be unnecessary to
appoint additional representatives from the
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unincorporated areas to the MPO Board, since she served
as both a representative of the City of Palm Beach
Gardens and of Palm Beach County. Councilwoman Furtado
offered to bring her information packet from the MPO
meetings to City Hall so copies could be made available
for interested residents. Councilwoman Furtado reported
both the MPO and the City Council had sent letters to
Washington requesting train whistles not be sounded
between the hours of 10 P.M. and 6 A.M. and reflecting
our Councils recommendation that tax dollars not be
spent for additional barrier arms at railroad crossings.
Councilman Jablin Councilman Jablin reported Seacoast Utility had agreed to
test a composite of all the water coming from the Lilac
Street well field on a quarterly basis, and that all the
water from that well field had tested to be good and
healthy water. City Manager Herakovich was directed to
write to the local environmental protection agency
regional director requesting intervention to get the
Dames and Moore study analyzed quickly.
Mayor Russo Mayor Russo stated a preliminary meeting had been held
with the City Manager and County Commissioner Marcus and
staff regarding the golf course. Also, a large company
had relocated to the City and a letter would be sent
welcoming them to the City. Mayor Russo reported on the
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Municipal League Board of Directors meeting and an
annexation law, which if passed, would prevent annexation
of small pockets of land which ordinarily would have been
no problem to annex into the City.
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
Rita Brenner Rita Brenner spoke regarding the need for a traffic light
at the corner of Burns Road and Gardens East Drive and
presented petitions signed by concerned residents.
Mary Romera Mary Romera also spoke regarding the need for the traffic
light at Burns Road and Gardens East Drive and not just
a blinking yellow light because of all the accidents that
have occurred. Mayor Russo expressed his sympathy for
the loss of life at the intersection, however, stated
that the Council had been constantly working on the
problem within required governmental guidelines to bring
the process to its present point.
Barry Merman Mr. Merman stated he had driven to the intersection today
after speaking with residents and discovered it is a very
dangerous situation and recommended a traffic light and
immediate placement of another sign stating "Very
Dangerous Intersection ".
Commissioner Karen Marcus
Commissioner Marcus stated she had received all the
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petitions and had spoken with Mr. Walker, County Traffic
Engineer, and that he would expedite the installation of
a full signal at that intersection. She suggested the
City put some asphalt in to broaden the tight turn lane
immediately to make the intersection safer in the interim
before the traffic light could be installed.
Councilman Jablin also spoke of the dangerous
intersection at Northlake Boulevard and Ryder Cup
Boulevard. Traffic Engineer Walker stated he had learned
today that this traffic signal light would be turned on
next week.
Mayor Russo introduced the topic of Military Trail
Improvements by the County per the Military Trail Task
Force Recommendations. Commissioner Marcus stated the
County Task Force had recommended (1) striping of the
northbound right turn lane between Woods Edge and
Northlake Boulevard which she recommended extending from
between Woods Edge and Holly Drive; (2) changing the size
of the lanes in order to add a permanent bypass at the
side of the road; and (3) removing cutouts from the
sidewalk behind the curb every 100 feet to install sod
and small breakaway trees. After discussion, it was the
consensus of the Council to bring the recommendations
before the task force at their December 1, 1993 meeting
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and to the next council meeting on December 2, 1993, for
approval by the City Council. During that time period
Commissioner Marcus would work with the City's landscape
division to decide on specific types of breakaway trees
so that prices could be obtained, and Councilwoman
Furtado would check with the Post Office to determine
whether mail boxes could be moved from the edge of the
street to behind the sidewalk and allow the postal
vehicles to travel on the sidewalk, instead of stopping
on the street.
CONSENT AGENDA Councilman Clark made a motion to approve Consent Agenda,
seconded by Councilwoman Furtado. Motion passed 4 -0.
Resolution 134, 1993
RESOLUTION 141, 1993
Councilwoman Furtado recommended that Jim Maynor be the
regular member, and Bette Bates be the alternate member
appointed to the Recreation Advisory Board. Motion to
approve Resolution 134, 1993 appointing Jim Maynor as the
regular member and Bette Bates as the alternate member to
the Recreation Advisory Board was made by Councilwoman
Furtado and seconded by Councilman Jablin. Motion passed
4 -0.
It was the consensus of the Council to modify Resolution
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V 141, 1993, as follows: At the end of Section One after
the words "DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS" to add
"attached as Exhibit A". On page 4, number 7., the last
word, "parties" shall be capitalized "Parties ". Motion
was made by Councilman Clark, to approve Resolution 141,
1993, as amended to attach the form of compliance
agreement that the Council discussed as presented to the
County. Motion was seconded by Councilman Jablin.
Motion passed 4 -0.
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION
HARBOUR RETAIL
SHOPS REQUEST FOR
COVERED PARKING This request was placed on the agenda for further
discussion to obtain direction for city -wide covered
parking, and not to consider this specific request until
guidelines had been established. After discussion, it
was the consensus of the Council to refer the matter to
the Planning and Zoning Commission for final draft to
then be presented to the Council for first reading.
PUD MINIMUM R.O.W. SECTIONS
It was the consensus of the City Council that the present
Right -Of -Way Guidelines not be changed.
MINOR AND MAJOR AMENDMENTS
Adoption of procedures to allow administrative amendments
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to approved development plans or site plans was
discussed. City Attorney Baldwin stated his position was
that the Planning staff only be able to approve changes
to new development or site plans, not developments that
have been in existence for several years; that a standard
would need to be included as to when Planning staff would
bring a minor amendment to the Council; and that on the
list of major amendments requiring formal review by the
Planning and Zoning Commission and /or City Council that
Item 3 be moved either to the top, at the end of the
introductory paragraph, or to the end of the document,
since it referred to minor amendments. Mr. Walton was
directed to work with Attorney Baldwin to further clarify
these points.
NORTH COUNTY PLANNING
Since it was the consensus of the Council that the
Planning Forum Policy Statement items need to be
discussed individually, it was decided to have a workshop
meeting for this purpose either on December 9, 1993 or on
January 13, 1994 - -to be decided later.
Mayor Russo asked for code enforcement direction from
Rich Walton at the next meeting.
COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING, 11/18/93
ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to discuss,
the meeting was adjourned at 10:12 P.M.
APPROVAL
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