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CITY rOUNCIL
KORKSHOP MEETING
CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS
OCTOBER 23, 1986
The Regular Meeting of the City Council of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida,
was called to order by Mayor Aldred at 8:00 P.M., in the Assembly Room
at the Municipal Complex, 10500 North Military Trail, Palm Beach
Gardens, Florida; and opened with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
The Deputy City Clerk called the roll, and present were: Mayor Aldred,
Vice Mayor Feeney, Councilman Martino, Councilman Kiselewski, and
Councilwoman Monroe.
ANWbWEEPENTS Mayor Aldred announced there would be a meeting of the Code Enforcement
Board on Monday, October 27, 1986, at 7:30 P.M., and a meeting of the
Planning and Zoning Comm <ssion on Tuesday, October 28, 1986, at 7:30
P.M.
,�ESENTATION OF
RDS TO THIS
YEAR'S WINNERS OF
"FIRE PREVENTION
WEEK" POSTER AND
ESSAY CONTESTS Firefighter Scott Fetterman presented awards to this year's winners of
"Fire Prevention Week" poster and essay contests.
ITEMS BY THE
CITY MANAGER
The City Manager gave each Council member copies of a letter to be sent
to each registered voter of Palm Beach Gardens, as well as a copy of a
letter sent to each Mayor and Council member of the municipalities in
Palm Beach County, outlining the negative effects of the proposed Palm
Beach County Planning Council. The Council instructed the City Manager
to have the letters mailed as written.
ROADWAY
BEAUTIFICATION
PROGRAM The City Manager gave the Council a copy of a recommendation from the
Beautification and Environmental Committee re: meeting with the four
firms that submitted proposals for the Roadway Beautification Program,
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.requesting the Council be in attendance for these presentations. The
meetir_4 will bo Wedrexfay, November 5, 1986, at 7:30 P.M. in the
Assembly Row.
PLANNING AND
ZONING CONFERENCE The City Manager reported there would be a Planning and Zoning
Conference in Tallahassee on November 19 - 22, 1986, covering some new
State laws. Mr. Orr stated there were monies in the budget to cover
conferene-,s and requested the Council recommend who they thought should
attend. The cost of registration is $I ?O /per person. It was the con -
rTnsus of the Council that a City staff member should possibly attend the
conference, and an invitation be extended to one member of the Planning
and Zoning Commission and the City Attorney's office. The Council also
requested those attending the conference write a memo outlining infor-
mation learned from this conference.
PORTS
VAPI-
COUNCILMAN
KISELEWSKI Councilman Kiselewski reported the sub - committee of the Metropolitan
Planning Organization studying bus_ transportation met this morning and
decided the reported received was not a good reported and will be going
back to the drawing board to see what else can be dnne.
COUNCILWOMAN
MONROE
Councilwoman Monroe reported attending the Beautification and
En-ironmental Committee meeting last night and commended that committee
for scrutinizing all bids offered for the Roadway Beautification
Program.
ITEMS BY THE
MAYOR AND
COUNCIL
NCILWOMAN
ROE Councilwoman Monroe stated she has received a number of complaints re:
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Perry Cable TV and the way they were going about repair work.
coun�fi: roman ,Monroe f1rLn stated when you call the repair service it's
very hard to get through, and felt they needed additional staff.
COUNCILMAN
FEENEY Councilman Feeney stated Perry Cable is slow in response time, however
they are trying to meet the needs, but are understaffed.
COUNCILMAN
KISELEWSKI Councilman Kiselewski felt the Council needed to make a decision re.
Council of Governments membership. Mr. Orr stated the City has received
a bill from COG re: membership, in the amount of .2124, and requested a
concensus of the Council on whether to renew membership. It was the
concensus of the Council to join COG for ono more year.
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION
AMORTHLAKE
MFQUARE" Attorney Ray Royce, representing the Petitioner, addressed the Council
re: "Northlake Square ", briefly giving the background of the property.
Mr. Ed Oliver, architect, explained in detail the site plan and proposed
improvements for this project. He stated the Council's request to have
an access road for Florida Power and Light employees i customers to use
the traffic signal was not feasible due to insurance liabilities. The
shopping center will consist of 3 buildings with 3 outparcels, one out
parcel being the existing Wendy's Restaurant. Mr. Oliver also outlined
the elevations and color plan. The 3 buildings of the shopping center
would be single story and approximately a total of 112,000 square feet.
The out parcels would total approximately 110,000 square feet. The rear
of the all buildings will be treated the same. Councilwoman Monroe
requested copies of any staff reports that have been prepared on this
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project and would like a statement from staff re: whether code require -
ments have been met. Mr. r)r„er stated there were 5 parking spaces for
each 1,000 square feet of space. Traffic, roadway improvements and
landscaping was discussed in detail. It was the concensus of the
Council that a deceleration lane be installed at the main entrance to
the site. Mr. Oliver stated they would come back before the Council at
a later date with plans for the outparcels and plans for signage. The
Council suggested some of the parking spaces be reduced from 10 feet to
9 feet. It was also the concensus of the Council that the petitioner
sod the out parcel areas until they were built.
PRESTON LAKES Jeff Blakely, Landscape Architect, addressed the Council re: Preston
Lakes POD, proposed to consist of 29 single family zero - lot -line resi-
dential units to be located within 13.669 -acre S -11 Tract of PGA
® National PCD. This is area was originally part of the recreation around
"Coventry Green ". The product for this project will be the same as
"Coventry Green ". Each unit has a 2 car garage with a side entry. The
landscape plans would also be the same as "Coventry Green ".
PRESTON GOLFVIEW Jeff Blakely, Landscape Architect, addressed the Council re: Preston
Golfview PUD, proposed to consist of 16 single family zero - lot -line
residential units to be located within 6.76 -acre M -19 Tract of the PGA
National PCD. Mr. Blakely stated this project would also be the same as
"Coventry Green ". This is the current site of the Palm Beach Gardens
Nursery, directly across from the park. The Council expressed concern
re: access to the last lot. The Council requested an area be created
for the placement of mailboxes, trash and garbage, to serve the last