HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Council 032290SPECIAL WORKSHOP MEETING
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS
MARCH 22, 1990
The Special Workshop Meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Beach
Gardens, Florida, was called to order by Mayor Martino at 7:05 P.M., in
the Assembly Room of the Municipal Complex, 10500 North Military Trail,
Palm Beach Gardena, Florida; and opened with the Pledge of Allegiance to
the Flag.
ROLL CALL The Secretary called the roil, and present were Mayor Martino, Vice Mayor
Aldred, Councilwoman Monroe, Councilman Kiselewski and Councilman Russo.
Mayor Martino announced this was a special meeting to workshop the land
development regulations.
Rich Walton, Director of Planning and Zoning, addressed the City Council
regarding the material provided by Pravin Shah. Mr. Walton stated that
the second workshop on the land development regulations has been scheduled
for Tuesday, April 17th, 1990 at 6:00 P.M. Mr. Walton stated that
tonights workshop for Phase I is an outline of the sub - division regula-
tions. Mr. Walton stated that Technical Memo I gives a brief analysis of
the existing regulations; Technical Memo II addresses the commitments in
the Comprehensive Plan; and Technical Memo III is an outline of the sub-
division regulations. Mr. Walton stated that at the Phase II workshop
meeting, there will be a draft available of the sub - division regulation_
with an outline of the other regulations; Phase III the Council will be
receiving a polished draft of the sub - division regulations and drafts of
the other regulations; and Phase IV will be the final draft of all regula-
tions.
Pravin Shah of Design Plan /Research, addressed the City Council,
® explaining that the primary goal is to set standards for land development
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regulations to conform with Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, and adopt land
development regulations consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. The land
development regulations should be legally defensible, and set minimum
standards for public health, safety and welfare. Mr. Shah went through
Technical Memo III and briefly explained the outline. In Article Two, Mr.
Shah f«Tt the definitions needed to be expanded. In Article Three, Mr.
Shah felt it would be useful to differentiate between minor sub - divisions
and major subdivisions. Mr. Shah stated he needed direction from
Council re: whether the Planning and Zoning Commission should review pro-
jects not subject to requirements of a PUO. In 3.1 (3), Mr. Shah
requested direction from Council re: flexability in regulations, once
minimum standards have been established. Mr. Shah stated that in 5.12,
concurrency, that once there is a concurrency management systems, a
reference needed to be made in sub - division regulations. In 5.13, Mr.
Shah states he needed direction from the Council as to whether they want
to Include this section now or explore it in the future. Mr. Shah sta,ad
he needed to know how involved the Council wanted to get in fully con-
forming sub - division projects and platting. Mr. Shah stated he also
needed to get direction from the Council on how to proceed with design
standards.
Vice Mayor Aldred referred to the section re: escrow funds performance
bonds and letters of credit. Vice Mayor Aldred stated he assumed that the
escrow funds would be held by a third party,agreed upon by both, that the
City and Developer. Vice Mayor Aldred asked if it was appropr, ate to
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include in the regulations a minimum of standard for which the City would
accept a letter of credit, or would it be appropriate to have this as a
separate issue which is handled administratively. Councilman Russo stated
that in most cases, the escrow funds are provided from the lender who is
providing the construction financing for that particular project. The
dolly ^s are placed in escrow and is pledged to the City. Vice Mayor Aldred
suggested an attestation by the financial institution, notarized, stating
they do meet the fully phased -in risk based capital requirements as
established by the Office of Thrift Supervision or OCC. Vice Mayor Aldred
stated this is particularly importate if the project exceeds longer than
one year. Councilman, Russo felt we should get the rating the City wants
on a surety bond. Councilman Kiselewski felt that the "linkage" issue
could be taken out of the regulations totally.
Councilman Kiselewski stated he does not feel it is appropriate to charge
the business community for the housing needs and to pay certain fees to
provide low -cost housing. Mayor Martino stated he would like to see the
"linkage" issue out of the regulations. Councilwoman Monroe stated she
would like to see it stay in for now, just for discussion purposes.
Councilman, Russo stated he would like to take it out of the regulations.
Per a consensus of the Council, Mr. Shah was directed to take Section
5.73, Housing "nefit Contribution for Non - Residential Developments, out
of the regulations. Councilman Kiselewski stated he had a problem wit"
taking a sub - division ordinance and establishing standards that are defen-
sible as far as public health, welfare and safety , but are far below what
he would like to see in the City.
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CoL.,,c.tirrdn 03eiewski Pelt the Council should review sub - division develop-
ments, unless they can put on more restrictive requirements.
Councilwoman Monroe stated she felt the sub- division standards should be a
higher minimum since it is a less stringent review. Mr. Shah stated that
the sub - division regulation standards are usually higher than the
standards you would follow on a PUD. Mayor Martino stated that he wanted
a set of standards which are exemplary for the City, one he would be com-
fortable presenting to the residents. Mayor Martino polled the Council
members and all agreed with his statement.
Mayor Martino stated to Mr. Shah that
he is willing to look into the
suggestion of standards for PUD's and
PCD's. Mr. Shah stated he will
present a recommendation of standards
for PUD's at the next meeting.
The Council requested the package for
the April 17th meeting by April
10th,
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at
7:55 P.M.
APPROVAL
Mayor Martino
Councilwoman Monroe
lice Mdyar Aldred
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Ua M. Rief. Secretaay
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