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REGULAR MEETING
CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS
FEBRUARY 15, 1990
The Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Beach Gardens,
Florida, was called to order by Mayor Martino in the Assembly Room of the
Municipal Complex, 10500 North Military Trail, Palm Beach Gardens,
Florida, at 8:12 P.M.; and opened with the Pledge of Allegiance to the
Flag.
ROLL CALL
The City Clerk called the roll, and present were Mayor Martino, Vice Mayor
Aldred, Councilwoman Monroe, Councilman Kiselewski and Councilman Russo.
APPROVAL OF
MINUTES
The Minutes of the Regular Meeting of January 18, 1990, the Minutes of the
Workshop Meeting of January 25, 1990, the Minutes of the Regular Meeting
of February 1, 1990 and the Minutes of the Workshop Meeting of February B,
1990 were unanimously approved as amended.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mayor Martino announced there would be a meeting of the Art Advisory
Committee on Wednesday, February 21, 1990 at 5:30 P.M. in the Assembly
Room.
PROCLAMATIONS
Mayor Martino read a proclamation proclaiming February 23 - 25, 1990, as
"ArtiGras Days ".
Mayor Martino read a proclamation proclaiming February 23, 1990 as "Up
With People" Day.
CALL FOR BIDS
The City Manager reported the two bids received from Safety Equipment
Company and Breathing Air Systems Divisions for an air compressor and
air purification system, as duly advertised on January 10, 1990 and
opened and read at the Workshop Meeting of January 25, 1990, have been
reviewed. Per the recommendation of the City Manager, Councilman
Kiselewski made a motion to award the bid to Breathing Air Systems
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ITEMS BY THE CITY
MANAGER
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Division for $19,507.00 with the money to be taken from account n12- 64.20,
seconded by Vice Mayor Aldred. The motion was unanimously approved by the
City Council.
SCHOOL CROSSING The City Manager stated he received a letter from the Palm Beach County
GUARDS
Commission explaining why they are considering deleting payments to muni-
cipalities for school crossing guards. Mr. Orr stated he felt since the
schools are countywide and not municipal schools, the school crossing
guards should be paid thru the County system. Per a consensus of the City
Council, Mayor Martino will write to the County Commission outlining the
is Council's position. The Mayor was requested to enlist the help of the
Municipal League.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
LABOR NEGOTIATOR Per a recommendation of the City Manager, Councilman Kiselewski made a
motion to hire the law firm of Hogg, Allen, Norton & Blue as labor nego-
tiators for the City, secor:Jed by Councilwoman Monroe. This motion was
adopted unanimously by the City Council.
LAND DEVELOPMENT
REGULATIONS SCOPE
OF SERVICES The City Manager gave each member of the City Council a copy of the Scope
of Services prepared by Pravin Shad, re: Land Development Regulations. It
was the consensus of the City Council to discuss this item are the
Workshop Meeting of 2/22/90.
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ALBERTSON'S WATER
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MACHINE Rick Knox, 3061 Key Street, Palm Beach Gardens, addressed the City Council
regarding the water machine which was located outside the Albertson Store
on Northlake Boulevard. According to the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Palm Beach Gardens, the machine was required to be inside the building.
Albertsons does not want the machine inside the building due to liability
problems. Mr. Knox presented a petition with approximately 200 names on
it asking that a variance be given to allow the machine to be left out-
side. Per a consensus of the City Council, the variance request was
denied to allow the machine to be located outside the building.
LAKE CATHERINE
SPORTS COMPLEX
Mr. Doug Hood has recommended the name of the new complex be named the
Lake Catherine Sports Complex. Mayor Martino scheduled this for a
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Workshop Meeting on 2/22/90.
FAIR LABOR
STANDARDS ACT
The City Manager stated he had given the City Council members a memo
regarding the Fair Labor Standards Act regarding exempt positions of the
City.
REPORTS BY THE
MAYOR AND COUNCIL
MAYOR MARTINO
Mayor Martino reported he had attended meetings of the Planning & Zoning
Commission and Transportation and Advisory Committee.
COUNCILMAN
KISELEWSKI
Councilman Kiselewski reported he had received a copy of a letter from the
Chair of the County Commission to the Legislative Delegation telling the
Legislative Delegation to leave the Solid Waste Authority alone.
COUNCILMAN RUSSO
Councilman Russo reported he attended a Fire Department Meeting on Tuesday
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eventing. At that meeting, the Chief reported on attending a seminar
which dealt with Hurricane Hugo.
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VICE MAYOR ALDRED Vice i4ayor Aldred reported he was to have had lunch today with Ron
Beasley, who is president of the Firefighters Union, however he failed to
show up.
ITEMS BY THE MAYOR
AND COUNCIL
COUNCILMAN
KISELEWSKI In response to Councilman Kiselewski, it was the consensus of the City
Council to discuss Space Allocation Study presentations at the end of the
agenda items.
COUNCILMAN RUSSO In response to Councilman Russo, the City Manager stated the tent by the
Marriott Hotel was temporary for the prospective employees to fill out
applications and they guaranteed they would clean up the site.
In response to Councilman Russo, the City Manager stated he would check
with Dr. Nicholas to see when they would be receiving the final report.
COMMENTS FROM THE
PUBLIC FOR ITEMS
NOT ON THE AGENDA
SAM CARSILLO Mr. Carsillo inquired as to Eric Jablin, who is challenging Don
Kiselewski, and whether he was in attendance tonight.
RESOLUTIONS
RESOLUTION 18, 1990 Per a consensus of the City Council, the City Clerk read, by title only,
Resolution 18, 1990, declaring the candidates who qualified for Groups 1
and 3 and received no opposition as duly elected to said offices.
Councilman Kiselewski made a motion to adopt Resolution 18, 1990, seconded
by Councilwoman Monroe. This motion was unanimously adopted by the City
Council.
RESOLUTION 19, 1990 Richard Walton, Director of Planning & Zoning, addressed the City Council
regarding Resolution 19, 1990, creation of a PUD within PGA National
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Community on Parcel M -3 to include 19 zero - lot -line single - family patio
homes. Mr. Walton stated he had received a letter from the Fire Chief
stating he did not foresee any problems in getting behind the homes in
case of a fire. Mr. Walton proposed striking condition #5 on page 2.
Per a consensus of the City Council, the City Clerk read, by title only,
Resolution 19, 1990, as amended. A motion was made by Councilman
Kiselewski to adopt Resolution 19, 1990, seconded by Vice Mayor Aldred.
The motion was unanimously adopted by the City Council.
RESOLUTION 20, 1990 Richard Walton, Director of Planning & Zoning, addressed the City Council
re: Resolution 20, 1990, stating that Staff had analyzed several aspects
of the entire industrial park, setbacks of buildings from right -of -way,
Aft
IF amounts of green space behind the buildings from the right -of -way, and the
uniform planting. Mr. Walton stated the building is further south than
the other buildings, the parking lot extends south of the building and
that is the least amount of green space, the planting was uniform, and the
colors of the buildings are compatiable. Jim Sterges, gbs &h architects,
addressed the City Council briefly outlining the site clan.
Per a consensus of the City Council, gbs&h was directed to move the
building north no more than 10' south of the Montessori School, to main-
tain the setback with the other buildings and to provide tree canopy.
Mayor Martino scheduled Resolution 20, 1590 for the Workshop Meeting of
2/22/90 and asked that PGA Property Owners Association approval be gran-
ted by then.
RESOLUTION 21, 1990 Per a consensus of the City Council, the City Clerk read, by title only,
Resolution 21, 1990, appointing the Election Officials for the General
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Election to be held in the City on Tuesday, March 13, 1990 and for the
run -off election on March 27, 1990, if same shall be necessary.
Councilman Kiselewski made a motion to adopt Resolution 21, 1990, seconded
by Vice Mayor Aldred. This motion was adopted unan,mously by the City
Council.
ITEMS FOR
DISCUSSION
PGA GUARD GATES Mr. Steve Tendrich of PGA National, addressed the City Council regarding
an Amendment to an Agreement between the City of Palm Beach Gardens,
Northern Palm Beach County Water Control District, PGA National Venture,
LTD, and PGA Property Owners Association, Inc., to permit the security
gates at the gatehouse information booths to be down on a twenty -four (24)
hour basis. Mr. Tendrich stated that if the Council allowed PGA National
to lower the gates on a 24 hour basis, they would have to provide signage,
such as yellow blinking lights, at the gates. Mr. Orr was concerned that
the lights be recessed so that only the driver of the car would see the
light and not the neighbors. Councilman Russo wanted both la�;es to be
open at all times so the residents would not have to sit and wait. Mr.
Tendrich assured Councilman Russo both lanes would be open if the gates
are down. The Amendment to the Agreement will be placed on the Agenda for
the Regular Meeting of March 1, 1990.
VAR,'ANCE TO SIGN
CODE Attorney Brant briefly outlined his recommended procedures for variance
applications to the Sign Code.
Per a consensus of the City Council, Attorney Brant`s recommandations were
® approved. Councilman Kiselewski suggested the Council instruct Staff to
prepare a handout of the procedures for Petitioners.
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SPECIAL MEETING FOR
PUBLIC GOLF COURSE Attorney Brant asked the Council if the Management Agreement needed to be
a part of the major contract. It was a consensus of the City Council to
separate the Management Agreement fron the Land Contract and the
Construction Contract. Councilman Kiselewskl made a motion to schedule a
special meeting for Thursday, 2/22/90 at 0:00 P.M. to discuss the contract
for the golf course, seconded by Councilman Russo. The Motion was unani-
mously adopted.
SPACE ALLOCATION
STUDY After a brief discussion on the presentations received prior to this
Regular Meeting re: Space Allocation Study, Councilman Kiselewski made a
motion that the City Manager be authorized to enter into discussions with
Spillis Candela 6 Partners; and in that discussion to ascertain the addi-
tional costs and additional time to look at the whole amity as we projected
tt to them and comp back to Council with a recommendation. Councilwoman
Monroe seconded the motion and the motion was unanimously approved by the
City Council.
Mayor Martino stated he felt the second presentation was more realistic on
the time frame.
ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at
10:25 P.M.
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APPROVAL
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