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CITY OF PA]L: f uEAC14 GARDL.NS
FLBRU,aY 23, 1984
Tc Workshop Meeting of the City Council of Palm beach Gardens was
called to order by Mayor Aldred at 8:00 P.M. in the Assembly Room,
located at 10500 North Military Trail, Palm BF2ach Gardens, Florida, and
opened with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
ROLL LAU : 'Fhe roll was callf-d by the Deputy City Clerk and present were: Mayor
Aldred, Vice Mayor Kiedis, Councilman cfartzno, Councilwoman Monroe and
Ceuncilntitn Kiselewskj. City Attorney William Brant and City Manager
John Orr were also in attendance.
,'NNU'JN'CEIEN S Ltryor Aldred announced that the City's Planning and Zoning Commission
will meet on Tuesdav, february 28, 198'-, .t 7:30 P.M.
YdUCLf1L1TlOIdS: �tavor Aldred read two proclamations proclaiming "The Florida Derby
Festival" February 18 - PUrch 31, 1984, and 'i�anen's History Week ",
fkirch 4 - 10, 1954.
PI=EKEATION OF PLAQUE OF APPRECTATIUC� TO b!R. JOMT DEYOUI KS, EAIPLOYET-
uF .Eh-F C1T'Y F67777-777-
Ch behalf of the City, Mavor Aldred presented a plaque of appreciation
'o 'Mr. John DeYounks who has worked for the CLty for the last 15 years.
The Mayor along with the Council expressed their appreciation to Mr.
Deyounks for his dedicated and conscientious service to the City.
1T2,MS BY IM, C1T -i 'M-VIIAGER:
CITY ZSUR,kINC� 'Xx. Bob Diamond, Agent of Record, was scheduled to address the Council
regarding the insurance coverage for the City's vehicles, however was
coiled out of Loam une.pecedly, and will be rescheduled for the March
8, 1954 k'orkshop hk-2eting. I'he City Manager stated that in thu past two
the insurance coverage for the City vehicles has gone from
S20,000 to $55,000, and stressed the need for better training of personnol
Wid more cost effective prograins to reduce the amount of accidents being
experienced. 9r. th= stated the need to address the number of vehicles
in the City ui the near future, due to the fact of a wide range of coverage
or certain vehicles, and recommended that the City may have to loot: at
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elimin,2Lino Some of the vehicles on the road,
due to the fact that he has had a problem with insurance companies
providing coverage. It may be rnert�ssary for the City to go
Iur S 1I- Ins!mranc how_vcr, Mr. Orr stated there would be a tremendous
up-front cost.
RLPOKI°S :
COUN'CILVVN Councilman Kiselewski stated he attended the I -95 Task Force Meeting
KISELLWSKI: this week and discussion centered around the bid being let for the
construction of the first segment of I -95 between Christmas and April
of next year. Lhey now have all the funding available, and the
construction of 1 -95 from PGA Blvd. to Donald Ross Road should be
finished in 13 months to two years, and the entire thirty mile segment
should be completed by Christmas of 1987. Councilman Kiselewski also
stated that the funding may come in under budget.
ITEMS BY DIE ,:AYUR rIM COUNCIL:
CONCI11v(AIII- q Councilwoman IIonroe requested that the City Attorney be authorized to
begin redrafting the Lind /Recreation Account Ordinance, per the city
Attorneys request, in order that it will be fully defensible in the
event of a Court action. Attorney Brant's come -Lm ication to the Council,
dated 2/21/84, regarding monies collected by the City in lieu of lands
required to be dedicated for parks and recreation will be discussed at
the next meeting of the Council, under "items for discussion ".
Councilwoman Mfornroe also questioned as to why discussion on the Land
Planner, scheduled to be discussed at this meeting, was taken off of the
.genda. Pcr the request of the Council, this item will be placed on
U,e agenda for discussion at a meeting in the near future, or at the
March 22, 1984 meeting, whichever is more convenient. In the meantime,
the City Manager will send out the _lob description he prepared foi the
I-:nd Planner out to each member of tlic Council in next Tuesday's mail
drop.
in response to Councilwoman Monroe regarding Ordinance 10, 1983, which
annexed Dr. Guirato's .42 -acre parcel of land located north of PGA Blvd.,
ANM and east of Northern Y.B.C. Chamber of Commerce, and in particular
Section 5 of that ordu-mance, certain things that were to happen within
20 days from effective date of this Ordinance, i.e., executing of
EasEment Deed and Unity of Title Agreement, she is aware that
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to date, those thugs have trot lutppencd. AtLorn,y t,rant stated IR2
0co"Tuvi ded the 2� -"Ev nrr?ocl L- Zucorporated ini-o div rdii :.it?ce, wid,
Izo objection lum do ix1iLione' Attorney, and iurther stated that
Cul t tttle to the IToperty was only .taluired receriLly, No building
pc?„otL will 5e Lssu_d untrL this is c�-nnpllcd %�iLh.
,5;, i;i7.l_ .' 'i i1 •i; L . 1'.i J ] "Laridt.nn, I'[& MW Swd the Chums] 1 erprc�ssu?g Ills concern
over thy fact cf twnreszdmts belonbind to the PL'GYiV� and not having
to pay for ti?e use of City iactlities, and requested this matter be
looked into and perhaps discussed at a meting 1.1 the near future.
,t-. Lpwrs l:linxr addressed the Cxtncrl voicinb his conc.cm over the
` rnt]Li- Iat:til devt2l)l:i:tcnt beu?�,; proposed on the t•,vst side ui 11ilitary
"r_ttl, sWLkg 42 D21- Lhis developmein i,ould cause the value of hares
rn Plot 4 to be looser, hvi wr, '.e did not object to 1I -) units per acre.
f'. Ri1,1'1IUM
Pte. *r.„ trs of the Council woxkshoppc'd Resolution 11, 1954, ruappoinLing
eril�ers to tit: City's Canprehensty" 12nd Llsn ' Il a
11an C > Lte nd t•.an
it; a;,R•tna�nL LO re°appointln.; '- 00;C'. I':a'-'TriL1erS �urr�nt1- ._r�1nc. IR Yht�
mcmLir.?e, the City Clerl-, aril cot ?tact "1r. Wilson to if h'- is still
u1L.:rusL-e6 u? b,-'L,2,
WoLutim 11, 064, will br (, s7i1S1dFr'_'ct' for ad�-,ption by Lhf' Council -
at the lurch 1, 19t�-� ReSular_ i1e� ^tine
the tombws of the Council workshopped I,tsol .tloi, 11, 1964+ .ppoir.tan,
— - r.�'r:bur Lu tcic CLtV's `<:unirc i,r,ard of App�-,als, and inserted tits
nmme L:oo';m Ojeilutt. in the bi --Ink of section 1.
!; soiutlon 1 =, 1, ;C +, a111 be c r,istdered fur adopLrtm b.. uhc CUUn ? 1
at th,� :larch I, 1984 Rugular ;icetind.
t-zk;�i Silia; vi' Usi'i ,
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ir. f.v'n 1t Muth Parta r, representing Golden Rear PLiza, -,'a. in
atteuda;, t• t. .adur s the Council pursuant to Lheir proposed Y!'U ro
' —MS Vt Of _ - SIX stor, AlMe Nll-luings. 11 ?c siLe contalt;s ll.sld-
n_rus m d Is loc stud on UR' east Side of U5 #I, north Of 0al,orO0k
S oar" Tien- wDl b_' a WWI of 221XUC) sq. ft. of lewriale ama.
l;tttle,: al,u st:MN tnuy arc proposing a financial instrtuLion
t};_ n rth.: t cG,n r of th Ar propcit,-, to bu erLher one or two
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stories, and to contain 2000 - 4000 sq. ft. 'Ilse office buildings
will cover 13..5�,/.' c,t the lot and will contain 30% open space. They
are providing 732 parking spaces, of which 122 will be under the
buildings. 11ne City's code calls for 1200 parking spaces that need
Lo L, provided, however, Mr. Jack Bagby, Traffic Consultant with Kimley-
liorn stated he has mride several studies of other office parks similar
in size, and found that Colden Hear Plaza is comparable in terms of
parking. Per the Council's request from their previous meeting, they
have broken -up the long runs of parking with landscaping. 11iey have
al o i- icreasad the landscape buffer to the rear of their property from
50' to 75'.
Mr. 'Mu_ tley went on to explain to the Council that they have been
negotiating with Cakbrook Square for a cross - parking agreement, and that
an easement does exist between the two properties, but as yet, Oakbrook
Square has not been cooperating. Atto=y Ilrant confirmed that there
is an easement that exists and is recorded.
A study was performed by Kimley -Horn in December at the northern end
AM of the Oakbrook Square Parking lot and they ,found approximately 192
parking spaces vacant. With the cross - parking agreement, any overflow
parking from Golden Bear could be utilizea by parking in Oakbrook Square.
A traffic signal was also discussed at the entrance to Golden Bear,
and the petitioners are willing to install one, once, the Dal states
ono is warranted.
Lengthy discussion centered on th,- parking; and cross - parking /ease ant
with Oakbrook Square, and the petitioners stated they will pursue their
discussion with Oakbrook regarding the easement.
Councilman K seleWski expressed his concern over the parking and recoir-
r:ende3 perhaps an independent traffic consultant, to be paid for by
the petitioners, perfoin a study on the parking to see if they are
in agreement with Kimley -Horn, however, the feelings of sctFe members
of the Council felt that they would only be using the same statistics
that Kimley -Horn used and would probably cone up with the same results.
Another area of concern voiced by the Council was that the parking for
AML Golden Bear be in line with Oakbrook Square along CIS #1; this will be
answered by the Petitioners at their next meeting.
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toFollowing their discussion, the City Attorney was requested to draft
_;C,,-dinance fur Ist studding, and to include in the Orurnance the
out - parcel for the proposed financial institution ouLlining the size
and occupancy the Petitioners will have to adhere to. In the meantime,
the Petitioners were requested to send a letter to the City, regarding
the cross parking agreement with Oakbrook Square, along with a copy
of the recorded easement.
PLTITIM''S XND CM\NNICATIONS:
Mayor Aldred receipt of the following comrunications:
CITY OF UOYNTUN 1. Fequestuig the- City pass a Resolution similar to the one they
BF,77F- passed opposing the State of Florida Unitary Tax System.
The City Attorney was requested to draft a Resolution regarding this
to be considered for adopticn by the Council at the March 1, 1984
Regular Meeting.
ADJOURM'MENT: There being no further discussion, the meeting adjourned at 11:15 P.M.
APPROi'LD :
MAYOR ALDRED
VICE ilA °UK K7DIS
COUNCIU AN MART NO
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MEST:
ROBERTA SARATELLO, DEPUI -Y CT7 f CLERK,
COUNCILWCMAN MONL ROL
COUNCIU KISELEWSK1