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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Council 1208831 1 CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS DECEMBER 8, 1983 The Wurkshop Hc(�tinL7 of thy, City Council of Palm Re,3ch Cardens was called to order by Mayor Aldred at 8:10 P.M., in the Assembly Room, 10500 North Military Trail, Palm Reach Gardens, Florida, and opened with the Pledge of Allegiance to the FlaC. ROLL CALL: The roll was called by the City Clerk and present were: Mayor Aldred, Vice Mayor Kiedis, Councilman Martino, Councilwoman Monroe, and Council- man K2-selews1ki. Also present were City Manager John Orr and Attorney William Brant. AT.JNOTJNCFMENTS: Mayor Aldred announced that on Tuesday, December 13, 1983, at 7:30 P.M., meetings of the Planning and Zoning Commission and the PBG Fare Department Inc., will convene. PRESENTATION OF' CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION TO MR. BILL SICKLER. MEMBER OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR 15 YEARS SERVICE WITH CITY Mayor Aldred presented Mr. Bill Sickler with a certificate of appreciation for his conscientious and dedicated service to the City for 15 years. - TEi•LS BY THE CITY MANAGER: The City Manager reported that the County Planning Division is recommend - !,e; to the County Commission approval of our request, dated September 28, 1983, for participation in their bicycle path program for the 1983 -84 budget year. They projected the cost of $30,000 for the installation of asphalt, paths at the three locations r(--quested; and would reimburse the Clty )nc -half upon completion. Unlike in the past, the City would assume the total responsibility for having the bike paths installed. The Council's consideration of authorizing this expenditure will take place at a Regular Meeting in the near future. In the meantime, the C�t'y manager will bring the Council up -to -date re: the County Commission's formal approval of the request; and provide: 1) a breakdown of thr, cost for asphalt /concrete paths at each location: 2) a comparison of the :raintenance costs for concrete vs. asphalt; and 3) whether the improve- Alk to Alternate AlA currently underway will include sidewalks /bicycle paths. (A copy of the referenced request is attached and made a part of these minutes.) - -- - - - F- -- - - - - - -- City Council Workshop Meeting, 12/8/83 Page 2 REPORTS: Councilman Kiselawski reported on the joint meeting he attended in COUNCILMAN Tallahassee this date of the Senate and House Committees. The topic of KISELEWSKI: discsssion was allowing the location of mobile homes within zoning districts of conventiona? single family housing. VICE MAYOR Vice Mayor Kiedis reported on the Site Plan and Appearance Review Committee XIEDIS Meeting he attended Tuesday, December 6, 1983. A copy of these minutes are on file in the City Clerk's office. ITEMS BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL; COUNCILWOMAN Councilwoman Monroe noted that Broward County and Palm Beach County were MONROE: upheld in Court re: impact fees; and recommended a further review of the City's requirements for donations to our Recreational Land/Facilities, as outlined in our Subdivision Regulations and PUD Code. COUNCILMAN Councilman Martino suggested the roadways within Palm Beach Gardens Estates MARTINO: plat #1 be considered for slurry sealing when the program resumes. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA: MR. SAMUEL Mr. Samuel Carsillo, 10063 Dahlia Avenue, PBC, addressed the Council re: CARSILLO: employment by the City of a local Land Planner. Mr. Carsillo also voiced his concern re: mobile home owners not being included on the ad valorem tax rolls. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION: ANNEX. /ZONING At their regularly scheduled meeting of January 10, 1984, the Planning and OF Zoning ommission will exercise a Public Hearin for the PARCEL, W. OF g g purpose of making PROS. FRMS. a recommendation to the Council re: annexing a 2.57 -acre parcel :rest of RD., S. OF Prosperity Farms Road, south of RCA Boulevard, and simultaneously rezoning RCA BLVD. same from County classification of RM- Medium Density Residential to City classification of CPO - Commercial Professional Office District, per the petition of Mr. Edward Roby, Trustee. Also, a Public Hearing for the purpose of considering a recommendation to the Council re: amending our Comprehensive Land Use Plan accordingly. TRAFFIC IMPACT On October 14, 1983, the City received a revised application from Bankers OF 458 -ACRE REGIONAL CENTER Land Company for Development of Regional Impact approval of a Regional Center BANKERS LAND consisting of multiple zoning usages, they propose to locate on 458.185 acres COMPANY more or less, situated in Sections 5 & 6. Township 42 South, Range 43 East. (Ref: minutes of Regular Meeting of January 20, 1983 re: formal action on initial application.) City Council Workshop Meeting, 12/8/83 Page -3- On October 31, 1983, the City received notification from the local planning 49 agency, Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council, that the revised Regional Cet.ter application for Development Approval, -onsisting of Volumes I and II and Appendices A,B, and C, dated September, 1983, and submitted October 14, 1983, had been found sufficient for the Planning Council to prepare the regional assessment report as required under subsection 380.06 (11), F.S.. At their Regular Meeting of November 3, 1983, the City Council scheduled a Public Hearing to take place at their Regular Meeting of February 16, 1984, pursuant to Chapter 380.06, (10) (a) (b) (c) (c) Florida Statutes and 9B -16.23 of the Florida Administrative Rules, for the Development of Regional Impact known as the Bankers Land Company Regional Center. Notice of this Public Hearing was duly published on Nove,fioer 9, 1983. Tomorrow, December 9th, the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council staff will be submitting the recommendations they suggest the local planning agency formally issue to the City of Palm Beach Gardens. The City Manager synopsized the roadway improvements the staff is recommend- ing the developer provide for in order to accommodate the 8,900 trips per ® day the development is projected to generate, while maintaining, as a minimum, a "D° level of service. Subsequently, the Council exchanged though with the representatives that gave input during the formulation of the recommendations, including the City Manager and: Mr. David Plummer, an independent traffic engineer representing the City, and Mr Raymond Royce Attorney, and Mr. Steve Godfrey, traffic engineer of Kimley -Horn & Associates representing the developer; Mr. Howard Muise of the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council's staff also participated in the presenta- tion. (Mr. Charlie Walker, Palm Beach County Traffic Engineer, represented the County at the staff's various meetings, but was not in attendance to partake in the discussions at the current informative meeting.) The Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council will be considering their staff's recommendations re: this proposed project at a meeting to convene at 9:30 A.M. on December 16, 1983, at the Holiday Fna, PGA Blvd., PBG. The City Council will review the recommendations of the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council at their Workshop Meeting of January 12, 1984. In the meantime, the developer will provide an outline of the zoning usages they applied to the surrounding vacant lands designated as FDA - Planned Development Area on the City's Comprehensive Land Use Plan in preparation of the traffic impact analysis for this project. Also, provide a list of comparable projects in the area, outlining the instances they differ from this, the one they propose. Ll E City Council Workshop Meeting, 12/8/83 Page 4 IMPLEMENTATION At their Regular Meeting of April 7, 1983, the Council exercised the first of DF S EX T USE PLALA N MAP the two required Public Hearings on amending the official zoning map of the City. as duly advertised in compliance with the Local Government Comprehensive Planning Act of 1975 of the State of Florida as amended (Florida Statute 1977 Sections 163.3161 through 163.3211, inclusive). At that meeting, Bankers Land Company, the owner of the majority of the vacant lands within the City, proposed zoning classifications for 14 of their parcels other than those designated on the City's Comprehensive Land Use Plan. Sub- sequent to receiving adverse input from representatives of other land owners too, the Public Hearing was declared closed; and a motion was adopted can- celling the second Public Hearing, enabling expert input on the "controversial parcels" from Mr. Marvin C. Hill, Jr., the City's contracted land planner in the preparation of our Land Use Plan adopted November 21, 1974; our General Development Plan adopted December 4, 1975; and our Comprehensive Land Use Plan adopted June 18, 1981. On May 24, 1983, Mr. Hill and Mr. Lee Henderson, Land Planner with the City's contracted Consulting Engineers (Lindahl, Browning, Ferrari, & Hellstrom, Inc.) visited the 14 parcels referenced by Bankers Land Company; and met to discuss the issues with their representatives that afternoon and the City's Planning & Zoning Commission at their meeting that evening. At the Planning and Zoning Commission's meeting of June 28, 1983, Mr. Hill exchanged thoughts re: amending the City's Zoning Map and/or Comprehensive Land Use Plan, referencing the proposals he outlined in his communication dated June 3, 1983. Mr. Raymond Royce, Attorney, Mr. Doug Trettein, Landscape Architect/Land Planner, and Mr. Russ Bielenberg, General Manager of Bankers Land Company, participated in a presentation to the Council on the zoning classifications they now propose for the subject 14 parcels of land; and as a result, the following will be considered by the Council at the Public Hearings to be exercised on amending our Zoning Map and/or Comprehensive Land Use Plan: Issue 1 - Industrial and Park Zoning, with lands for Park (buffer separating Industrial from Pnlm Beach Gardens Estates Plat #4) better defined /widened Issue 2 - PDA - Planned Development Area Issue 3 - PDA - Planned Development Area Issue 4 -- PDA - Planned Development Area Issue 5 - PDA - Planned Development Area City Council Workshop Meeting, 12/$/83 Page 5 MAYOR ALDRED COUNCILMAN MARTINO ,VICE MAYOR KIEDIS C UNCILW MAN MONROE -ebU ILMAN KISELEWSKI CLERK 11 Issue 6 PDA - Planned Development Area Issue' 7 _ R-a - High Density F- ^sidential District Issue 8 - RM - Medium Density Residential District Issue 9 - CG -1 - General Commercial. District Issue 10 - For further consideration in 30 days (traffic survey to be fox-warded by Bankers Land Company to Mr. Hill,for his comments /proposals) Issue it - CPO - Commercial Professional Office District Issue 12 - CG -1 - General Commercial District Issue 13 - PDA - Planned Development Area Issue 14 - CG -1 - General Commercial District (Lands cur- rently zoned CG -1 & fronting on Northlake Boulevard) RM - Medium L':.,niLy Residential District (Lands of Hilltop Gardens Mobile Home Park, currently zoned RMH and to north of above - referenced lands) ADJOURNMENT: Due to the lateness of the hour, "Establishing criteria for employment of Land Planner ", and "Recommendation of City ?tanager re: location of City -owned library" will be workshopped by the Council at a future meeting. The meeting adjourned at 12:47 P.M.. MAYOR ALDRED COUNCILMAN MARTINO ,VICE MAYOR KIEDIS C UNCILW MAN MONROE -ebU ILMAN KISELEWSKI CLERK 11 OA C L 0 F]