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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Council 121285CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS DECEMBER 12, 1985 The Workshop Meeting of the City Council of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, was called to order by Mayor Linda Monroe, 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. ROLL CALL: The roll was called by the Secretary and present were. Mayor Linda Monroe, Vice Mayor Kiselewski, Councilman Martino, and Councilman Aldred PROCLAMATIONS: Mayor Monroe read two proclamations stating December 14, 1985, as "Arbor Day" and January, 1985, as "National Volunteer Blood Donor Month ". ITEMS BY MAYOR AND SVCIL Mayor Monroe handed each Council member a section of the County's Traffic Model which showed potential problem spots in the North County area showing what things would look like at build -out of the County and City as the Land Use Plan indicates-today and for the roads as they will be expanded in the future. Mayor Monroe expressed concern re: Resolution 39, 1985, being removed from the agenda and requested some information on approximately when the Council would see something concerning this resolution. The City Manager stated there were no answers at this time as there is a lot of confusion re: the State law and how this is going to apply, specifically to the changes in the Comprehensive Plan. The City Manager stated the major problem at the present time was annexation, which the law does not specifically address. He further stated the Community Affairs has determined new rules and regulations and hopefully they will have some information by the end of this month written in layman's language. City Council Workshop Meeting, 12112185 Page 2 next year. COMMENTS FROM ThE FROM THE PUBLIC FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA SAMUEL CARSILLO Mr. Samuel Carsillo, 10063 Dahlia Avenue, Palm Beach Gardens, addressed the Council regarding several items that concerned him throughout the City. 0 Mr. Orr stated if we t,u passed the present resolution establishing twice ? year for Comte °ehens+ve Land Use Plan changes, we could not have had a comprehensive change in May since the process has been determined to take in excess of 8 months. Mr. Orr pointed out there is a 90 day holding period from the Department of Community Affairs once everything gets into their hands. Mayor Monroe felt something was legal until It was challenged and she felt concern for the developers waiting with their projects. She further felt it would be to the developer's advan- tage for the City's to adopt a resolution using the best information to date and then change the resolution at a later date if needed. Attorney Brant stated he needed a cut -off time for the number of petitions on file at the present time, figuring 8 months for the projects to go through the process. Attorney Brant also pointed out the Council needed . to appoint themselves as the Local Planning Agency. The City Manager stated the reason he was not in a hurry to have the resolution looked at tonight was because if it was passed and we set any cut off time the May date would not apply for this year and the earliest date we could have would be November. Mayor Monroe suggested for the first year we could set different months or the year, such as September, to amend the Comprehensive Lane Use Plan, Vice Mayor Kiselewski suggested revising the dates for amendments to August and December and changing the dates next year. COMMENTS FROM ThE FROM THE PUBLIC FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA SAMUEL CARSILLO Mr. Samuel Carsillo, 10063 Dahlia Avenue, Palm Beach Gardens, addressed the Council regarding several items that concerned him throughout the City. 0 City Council Workshop Meeting, 12112185 Page 3 ORDINANCES: �=OAANCZ 25 1985 Mr. Joseph Legafi and Mr. Cory Cross of Legan, Shephard and Aldrian qW Archi.aets addressee the Council with regard to their project, "The Clocktower ". Mr. Legan stated since their last meeting with the Council they have made a number of amenctnents to their plans. Some of the amendments included making tt,� building smaller, making the building shorter in vertical height at it's highest points, add parking and increase the amount of landscaping on site. Mr. Cross stated they have taken 1500 gross square feet from the building, part of which was removed by reducing the width of the building along it's entire length by 2 feet. By doing this, since it is a pitched roof, narrowing the building lowers the roof Iine slightly. The pitch of the roof has been changed from a 7 to 12 pitch to a 6 to 12 pitch. The heighth at the peak of the roof is now 33 feet. The remaining square footage was removed from the end unit of the building. Mr. Cross stated they have added an additional parking space, since when they shortened the building, now providing spaces for 65 cars. There are 2 corner spaces on each side of the building which Mr. Cross stated would not be paved, but held for future parking spaces. Vice Mayor Kiselewski stated he was concerned with the way things were being represented in the plans. He pointed out the street side elevation depicting Vision I buildings are shown as being just a few feet shorter then the Clocktower building, howeve -, they have stated the Clocktower roof ridge line is 33 feet when Vision I is 21 feet. Vice Mayor Kiselewski felt there was still too much building for the site. Councilman, Aldred stated he was much happier with the revised product and it has met most of his objections at least part way. He felt the ratio of parking has improved, and if City Council Workshop Meeting 12/12/85 Page ly the parking were put in at the corners it would soften the visual image. Mayor Monro- questioned whether any fill would be needed, and it was determined if there would it would be a nominal amount. Mayor Monroe felt she would like this .ietermined before final approval since it would affect the native trees that may need tree wells. Mayor Monroe stated she too felt better about the project, however, she would have preferred a little more of the building to go, and was still concerned with the use of the Iand and what is happening on Military Trail. Councilman Martino felt this project would be an asset to the City. Attorney Brant stated the next step would be a second and final reading at the next meeting, which would include the amendment to the Comprehensive Land Use Plan. He further added he would need copies of the amended plans and copies of the improvements to Military Trail. The City Manager stated Mr. Legan was to check with the County's Engineer Department to see if plans for Military Trail improvements had been • drawn up and the City would need some clear decision to be made as part of the PUD to insure the third lane would be put in from the project to Burns Road. He added we did not want a verbal committment, but needed something in writing, and would be included in the Ordinance. The Council decided they did not want the building on site donated to the City, but did request that the City be allowed to look over the material to see if there was anything they could use. ORDINANCE 26, 1985 Mayor Monroe stated Ordinance 26, I985, has been discussed with the above item. FW City Council Workshop Meeting, 12/12/85 ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION: rl Page ,r NATIONAL SHOPS Mrs. Anne Booth addressed the Council regarding plans for the creation of the PGA National Sho,)s PUD. She stated the plans were consistent with the original approved AD4 representation and that it was below the square footage that would be allocated and permitted in the ADA. This is Phase II of the entire site, w'th the Mobil Station being Phase I. Mrs. Booth stated the collector road, iandscaping, construction of the road and lightino will all be done concurrently with construction of the shopping center so that is is done when the shopping center is completed. There will also be a redesign of the traffic circle and that reconstruction will be done at the same time as the collector road. The shopping center itself is oroposed to be developed in two phases. The first phase will consist of approximately 40,000 square feet with the remainder being built soon thereafter. The outparcels are future building pads and they are asking for the Council's review and approval of these parcels for square footage and consistency with the code. These parcels will come back before the Council for architectural and landscaping approvals at a later date. Mrs. Booth pointed out that in order for the developer to be ready for the next season he needs to start construction )y the end of January or beginning of February. In order to accomplish this timetable they are proprsing to come before the Council Thursday, December 19, 1985, for final approval. Mrs. Booth stated they have requested as part of their POD application, for two conditional uses for the sale of alcoholic beverages and day care center. Mr. Joe Heiger, the developer and partner with the PGA National venture, addressed the re: an overview of the type of shopping City Council Workshop Meeting, 12/12/85 Page 6 11 center they hope to build. He stated the anchor store would be Publix • with 40,000 square feet. They are considering a chain drug store in the shopping center, and ar,� presently negotiating with Walgreens which is why they would need the conditional use. Walgreens will be selling alcohol for off premise consumption only. Mr. Heiger explained the Day Care Center will possibly be a feature that will be put in the back of the center across from the fire station. In addition to the Publix and Walgreens Drug Store they will have approximately 40,000 square feet of retail shops, making a total of 100,000 square feet of retail space in the first phase. The site plan shows a total building area, including the out parcels of approximately 150,000 square feet. They plan to use cement tile roof with earth -tone colors and the store front walls will be a glazed ceramic tile, with each store front wall having a different look. There will be landscaping and planters throughout the shopping • center. Mayor Monroe stated she would like more explanation of the rear elevations and treatments, to which Mr. Heiger replied the rear of the shopping center would be very important since it faced a residential area. He added the center would have a parapit around the building, which was required by the City, to screens the rooftop equipment. Around the back wall there will be stucco design, and over th? rear door of the stores there will be canvas awnings. The back of the center will be extensively landscaped and they are honing to put the trees in when the center is first being built so they can get a junp on the growing of the trees. The Council requested to see plans for the treatment of the rear of the center at the next meeting. Vice Mayor Kiselewski stated he would prefer not to give a blanket conditional use with the PUD appro- 11 City Council Workshop Meeting, 12112185 Page -7 val, but :vould prefer to give them individually when needed. Concern • was expressed over the entrance into the main part of the shopping center. Members of the Council felt cars were going to cutting across the aisles to avoid going out of their way. Mr. Bridge, the Landscape Architect for the project, addressed the Council, stating the overall lano_,cape theme was to reflect the elegance of PGA National. He briefly discussed the types of vegetation that would be used and the accent points throughout the buildings. The Council requested to know the exact trees and plants that would be used at the next meeting, Mr. Bridge stated a hedge would be planted all around the rear of the building along with plum trees, which would pro- duce a very heavy vegetation screen along the back of the building to obstruct the view from the residential area. Fairway Boulevard will be landscaped with mahogany trees. It was determined a bike path was to • connect PGA National with the southern most point of the shopping center, and it was suggested the path continue as far as PGA Boulevard. It was determined Florida Power and Light would maintain the lights to be used on the roadway. Vice Mayor Kiselewski requested to see a site plan of Phase I so the Council will know soecifically what will oe built at that time. Councilman Martino's main conce,•ns were the amount o,' paving in the parking lot and the lack of greenery. Mrs. Booth informed the Council the exact tenants of the out parcels are not known at this time, they are asking for the approval of the plans as shown, with the addition of aoproval of these building sites with possible drive -in teller accommodations should banks lease these facilities. Mrs. Booth stated these building plans would come back before the City 11 City Council Workshop Meeting, 12112185 Page lal Council for review and approval of architectural and landscaping ® elements, which are to be rromoatable and consistent with the overall propert,. Mrs. Booth stateo i" there were substantial deviations in plans, then these buildings would go through the whole POO process. It was determined that 2 of the 3 out parcels would be used for drive -in tellers, however, it was not determined which 2 it would be. Parking for the cut parcels were briefly discussed, including how many parking spaces would be taken away for drive -in facilities for any building used. Vice -Mayor Kiselewski felt it would be better �c approve the parking for Phase I and determine at a later date if the parking works as it should before approving the out parcels. The Council expressed concern re: parking for the entire center, since it was not clear what type of stores would be put in at the ends of the center. It was deter- mined the closest residential unit in Glenwood was 150 -200 feet away from the rear of the center, and the Council expressed concern over the noise of early morning deliveries to Publix for these residents. The developer explained there would be a substantial tree and hedge buffer between the stores and the residents. It was requested renderings of rear elevations be brought to the next meeting. There was also concern expressed about the traffic pattern, particularly with the entrance road into the center. It was determined the lights in the rear of the buildings, specifically at Publix, would be aimed away from the residen- tial units and would be turned out at 11:00 p.m. The Council members felt it may be difficult to obtain a final approval at the next meeting since there were a number of items remaining unsettled. It was suggested the developer get in touch with Councilman n �J City Council, Workshop Meeting, 12/12/85 Page 16"9 Dick Feeney to go over these plans, since he was not in attendance at 0 tonights meeting. ANNEXATION OF 2.13 RITY FARMS NU-M= ROADS Attorney Larry Smith, authorized agent for Milling - Paparone, Inc. addressed the Council re: the annexation of parcels, totalling 2.13 acres, at Prosperity Farms and Monet Roads, and concurrently providing for the creation of a PUD, with underlying zoning of CPO - Commercial Professional Office District. Jeff Gaster, the architect for the pro- ject, was also present. Mr. Smith stated this would be a 24,000 square foot office building located at the corner of RCA Boulevard (Monet Road) and Prosperity Farms Road. This building is intended to be the head- quarters of Millinq- Paparone, Inc, with some additional rental office space. Mr. Smith felt this project would be surrounded by other com- mercial uses on Prosperity Farms Road and felt the project would be a good buffer between that use and residential. The main consideration with traffic on Prosperity Farms Road is the County would need some additional riq.,,t -of -way to allow for the County's expansion of Prosperity Farms Road, and tney have come to an agreement with the County on this item. Mr. Smith stated they would like to install a median strip on Monet Road with landscaping and create an entranceway into this project. Jeff Gaster briefly described the building and ele- vations, pointing out it's a three story building. The third floor square footage is where the offices would be for Milling - Paparone and is considerably less square footage then normally would be built. Mr. Gaster pointed out they are going to put a left turn out of the site City Council Workshop Meeting, 12/12/85 Page 10 and a Ieft turn into the site. Mr. Gaster pointed out there is no "back" to this building, that all sides were the same. Mr. Gaster pointed out they would be using a bronze window frame, with a beige stucco and shake shingle roofing. It was determined there would be some fill needed to get the elevation of the building, and there would be retaining walls installed around the oak trees to preserve them. It was determined there would be bulkheading down to Prosperity Farms Road, for which permits have already been obtained. The permit for the seawall still has not been obtained. There will be two entranceways on the first floor and a stairway to each floor or an elevator. The second floor has a walkway around the building. The total heighth of the building is 3716 ". There is a 15 foot buffer between the day care center and residential area and they will also install a 6 foot berm with landscaping in this area also. Mayor Monroe felt the day care center should be asked if they preferred a fence or a 6 foot berm. Ken Stapleton stated we are still waiting for final comment from the City Engineer, Larry Smith oointed out the Comprehensive Land Use Plan Amendment problem is very important to this project. Mr. Orr pointed out this project cou-,o not come for first reading next meeting since the City Council has not yet appointed themselves the local planning agency. Councilman Martino felt the Council should use this project as a test case in order to get things moving and further suggested the Council appoint themselves the Local Planning Agency at the next meeting. It was requested the architect bring a rendering to the next meeting to reflect the landscaping surrounding this project so the Council can see how this will fit in the neighborhood. City Council Workshop Meeting, 12112185 Page I1 Mayor Monroe felt it would be to the advantage of the developer to come before the Counil for workshoN one more time, or the develops: should contact Councilman Feeney to give him a presentation and get his ideas for this project. Vice, -Mayor KiseIewski and Councilman Martino stated they had no problem changing the Toning to CPO. Councilman Aldred stated he would not have a problem changing the zoning if it was con- sistent with what was going on in the area. Mayor Monroe requested Ken Stapleton find out what substantial road improvements would be required to be made if this project were to be built in the Couity. ANNEXATION OF 1.81 ACRES AT PGA Attorney Larry Smith addressed the Council re: the annexation of par- BLVD WILSON RD & 2.988 cels totalling 1.81 acres on the northwest corner of PGA Blvd and N IMITH DR AND ELL3SON WILSON Ellison Wilson Road, simultaneously oroviding for the creation of a PUD, ROAD with underlying zoning of CG -l- General Commercial District, on parcels • totalling 2.988 acres, on southeast corner of Smith Drive and Ellison Wilson Road and northwest corner of PGA Boulevard and Ellison Wilson Road. Also attending this meeting were representatives of Shephard, Legan & Aldrian, architects for the project and Mr. Jeff Blakely, Landscape Architect. Joe Legan and Cory Cross addressed the Council re: the architectural dtsign for this project. Cory Cross stated the restaurant has been placed as far away from the residences as possible. Mr. Cross stated there would be a walkway and 2 docks to be used by pedestrians, and there were no plans for boats to use the docks. Tne two story office building, with access to the second floor by a stairway and an elevator. The restaurant will be located on the second floor. Mr. Cross stated there were plans to plant vegetation along the north side of the property to screen the parkino as well as a six foot wooden City Council Workshop Meeting, 12/12/85 Page 12 fence. Mr. Jeff Blakely, Landscape Architect, addressed the Council re: Iandscar+ing plans and assured the Council they would preserve any vege- tation indicated on their plans. The Council was concerned about the lack of vegetation along the north wall of the building and requested the developer try to include some plantings along that side. It was determined permits from the Corps o1' Engineers had been obtained for the docks. Councilman Martino stated he liked the project and he was in favor of the annexation and rezoning. Vice -Mayor Kiselewski felt the area may be over built with restaurants, stating he could count seven major restaurants in the area. Mayor Monroe and Councilman AIdred agreed the land use seems appropriate for the area PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS: Mayor Monroe acknowledged receipt of the following communications: 1. Letter from Mr. Basehart, sent to municipalities who have billboard limitations, suggesting a 1000 foot zone established around any municipality which prohibits billboards. It was requested a repre- sentative from the City attend the Workshop Meeting of the Palm Beach County Commissioners on Thursday, December 19, 1985. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 12:40 a.m. 40