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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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ORDINANCES:
�=OAANCZ 25 1985 Mr. Joseph Legafi and Mr. Cory Cross of Legan, Shephard and Aldrian
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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
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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.
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ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION:
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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
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center they hope to build. He stated the anchor store would be Publix
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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Dick Feeney to go over these plans, since he was not in attendance at
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ANNEXATION OF 2.13
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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
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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.
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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-
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WILSON RD & 2.988
cels totalling 1.81 acres on the northwest corner of PGA Blvd and
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Ellison Wilson Road, simultaneously oroviding for the creation of a PUD,
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with underlying zoning of CG -l- General Commercial District, on parcels
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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
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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.
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