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WORKSHOP MEETING
CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS
FFBRUARY 11, 1982
The Workshop Meetiny of the City Council of Palm Beach Gardens was
called to order by Mayor Kiedis at 8:00 P.M. in the Assembly Room,
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 Deputy City Clerk and present were: Mayor
:— Kiedis, Vice Mayor Martino, Councilwoman Monroe, and Councilman Kiselewski.
Councilman Aldred was not in attendance for this meeting. City Manager
John Orr and Attorney William Brant were also in attendance.
Ah�NOUNCEMENTS: Mayor Kiedis announced that the City's Administrative Offices will be
closed Monday, February 15, 1982, in observance of Washington's Birthday.
ITEMS BY THE CITY !TANAGER:
The City Manager',, .,F,;, t `:,s ;`rOI' >:,Slr,;;al :tu !y h-
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COUNCILWOMAN Councilwoman Monroe reported on the Beautification and Environmental
MONROE: Committee Meetting held Ueanesday, February 10, 1982. These minutes
are on file in the City Clerk's office.
14AYOR KIEDIS: Mayor Kiedis reported on the Planning and Zoning Commission's meeting
held on Tuesday, February 9, 1982. These minutes are on file in the
City Clerk's office.
ITEMS BY HAYOR AND COU14CIL:
;AYOR KIEDIS: Mayor Kiedis requested the City Manager to check with the County regarding
the City's request for a left turn arrow going into the Trails End
Condominium; and, also requested the City Manager to have the buzned out
light replaced at the entrance to City Hall from Military Trail.
COUi:CILMA ,'v Councilman. Kiselewski suggested that perhaps the members of the various
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Advisory Boards be given an outline on the F ^ocedures to be followed
when conducting a Public HearLnay that is to be recessed.
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COUNCILMAN Councilman Kiselewski requested the City Manager writA to the State
KISELEWSKI: DOT asking them to elaborate on why they feel Alternatives 1 and
3 of their suggestions re: the propo,,,d I -a Lrtercnan) <e on Military
Trail would impair antes, bility.
COUNCILWOMAN
Councilwoman Monroe discussed with the members of the Council the
MONROE:
recent changes regarding the tennis program. One of these changes
is to charge non - member City Residents $1.00 to use a court that has
not been reserved by a member.
The City Manager was requested to check with the Director of Rec-
reation and Parks regarding these changes, and to also provide the
Council,for their review, statistics on the number of paid members,&
non - members, using the tennis courts, for further discussion at
a Workshop Meeting it the near future.
Councilwoman Monroe requested of the City Attorney to research
any Compre' -ei,si Laru U�;c P1s , tna , ; a, c recently been locally
auoutco r-, tin a hoau', i% a ns_' „'ter`, : nity urior, a FUD. What,
if ;?n; , _re -.he -,r D,' ,aur - i c,
CO%11.7ENTS FROM THE
PLBLIC FOR ITEMS NOT 014 THE AGENDA:
RILL :IARKHAM:
In response to Mr. Hill Markham, PBG, Mayor Kiedis stated that
during a Pablic Hearin,, anyone wishing to speak should be recognized
by the Chairman, unleas the Chairman felt the person wa,: t,jr,F
reoetir LOJ. .
RESOLUTIONS: (FOR
WORKSHOP)
RESOLUTION 7,
Purinr; the worksr,np -_O; -,on rr, FeIlo]altioe ,, 1932, anooiritinj, a
1982
member to ttr^ City'c Piaruiu:, a7,1 Zor,irr Comnus.�rc",, .. . Ceurcli
ivsNrt.:d the pamc Steve Pnrock. ,,,o is r ., i.:ie :lltern `,e eub•r, in
LE., bla: l' of . ect o: 1. ?e ;slur, c 1 . _. arpoi ,tic ;, .., rber and
an Pit,�rnat- N-mb -_r•, well oe co::aiacred for aao;,ti"n L L`:ecouncil
ar a me_ in,, ci nc,ar future.
RESOLUTION S. Dur u;; '.. u,or::hv cc. for or: _e,3rlution = 1 ?32, accointin}, a e -
19S2 ber to the :� LtF p z, ,A=, ae,
lac, ant } ni rai�c�i pie„ oruruttee, t,;:_ Council
ID-ertod the nacre Alan �.��slcr, who la now the Alternate i °ember, in
the b1 nL r" S cti, -n 1. Resat. ±ton 8, 1982, Appointing a Member and
an Alternate Member to the Site Flan and Appearance Review Committee
will be considered for adoption by the Council at a meeting in the
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near future.
RESOLUTION 9, Resolution 9, 1982, Appointing a member to the Board of Trustees of
1982 the Fireman's Retirement Trust Fund, was workshopped by the Cr%incil.
The members of the Council will consider Resolution 9, 1982 for
adoption at their Regular Meeting of February 18, 1982.
RESOLUTION 10, The members of the Council workshopped Resolution 10, 1982, Apprcv-
ing Designation of State Road 9 (I -95i Section 93220 -2474, as a
limited access facility.
Resolution 10, 1982, will be considered for adoption by the Council
at their Regular Meeting of February 18, 1982.
ORDINANCES (FOR WORKSHOP)
ORDINANCE 1, 1982 The members of the Council wo.:�,:,opped Ordinance 1, 1982, Providing
for the annexation of a 49.8 -acre parcel located on the west side
of Prosperity Farms Road, North of PGA Poulevard, with RN - Medium
Density Residential Zoning (Proposed by Bankers Land Company to be
a part of a 481 -acre Planned Community Di.;trict.)
Ordinance 1, 1982, will be considered for adoption by the Council
at their Regular Meeting of February 13, 1982.
ORDINANCE 17, 198L The members of the Council workshopped Ordinance 17, 1981, Repealing
the Cit-y's Code of Ethics.
Attorney Brant was requested to provide the members of the Council
a copy of the State Code of Ethics for their review. Ordinance
17, 1981, will be considered for adoption by the Council at their
first Regular Pieetxng in March, 1982.
ORDINANCE 25, 1981 The members of the Council workshopped Ordinance 25, 1921, Regulating
Time - Sharing /Multi - Ownership �nndomi-.iumc.
Tn response to Mayor Kiedis, Attorney Brant, advised him that this
Ordinance would be enforceable as written.
Ordinance 25, 1981, will be considered for adoption by the Council
at their Regular Meeting of February 18, 1982.
� TTE;,!S FAR DISCUSS::ON: REVISING THE PLAT OF' SANDTREE PUD LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD, EAST OF I -95
During the discussion on the revising of the Plat of Sandtree PUD,
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Attorney Brant advised the members of the Council he has been in
contact with Mr. Robert Harris, Owner /Developer of Sandtree PUD. Mr.
® Harris stated until he receives his last C.O, for Sandtree, he does
not want to dedicate Sandtree Drive to the City.
Attorney John Gary, representing Kroh Brothers Development Company,
who are in the process of filing application for a PUD w7th CG -1 usages
immediately to the north of Sandtree, stated they are purchasing the
land, containing 33 acres, with a reserved easement over Sandtree Drive,
of which they nee,' to gain access to their property. They wish to have
the dedication of Sandtree Drive expedited so they will be able to
use the road.
Attorney Brant stated the only issue at hand is the time element, and
that if Mr. Harris will not dedicate the road now, the orly other way
would be through Circuit Court with a Court Injunction.
The City Manager advised Mr. Harris of the problems with not dedicating
this road to the City.
The members of the Council concurred that they do not want to discuss
the replatting of Sandtree Drive PUD until the road dedication is
resolved, and Attorney Brant was requested to get with Mr. Harris re-
garding this problem.
AMENDING THE RESTRICTIO:ds 011 CAMPAIGN SIGN FOR CANDIDATES IN THE CITY'S
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The members of the Council discusser amending the restrictions on
campaign signs for candidates in the City's General Election.
Presently, the Code limits campaign signs to 20 sq. ft. and cannot be
located within road rights -of -way.
Some of the suggestions brought out during the discussion were: limiting
the number of signs; filing a form with the City Clerk denoting the
location of signs, along with the property owner's permission; restrict-
ing the closeness of signs; allowing 1 sign per candidate per location;
and eliminating all signs totally.
Attorney Brant suggested a set of written procedures outlining eyactly
what is allowed, and that each candidate be responsible for their
own signs.
® The members of the Council were in agreement to workshopping this item
further when a full Council was present.
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PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS:
JACK HANSON,
Communication from Jack Hanson, Building Official, regarding the
OFFICIAL
Proposed Tree Ordinance, concurring with the basic intent and sug-
gested that line (5) of Section 5 be changed to read, "any aaditional
information that the Building Department or the Superintendent,
grounds maintenance deems necessary ". This change will have the
effect of making Dick Cameron as the field enforcing agent for the
Proposed Tree Ordinance.
The members of the Council discussed this change, and decided to
leave it as written. This draft will be workshopped furtner at a
meeting in the future.
KATHLEEN OWENS,
Communication from Kathleen Owens, Committee on the Status of Women
T. E STATUS
in Palm Beach County, requesting the City Proclaim the week of
OF WOMEN, FB COUNTY
March 7 -13, 1982, as "Women's wi:. ory 'Week ".
FLORIDA POWER &
Communication from Florida Power & Light, along with their plans
LIGHT
for providing screening at the Monet Substation on PGA Boulevard,
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west of Military Trail, to be completea in March or April of this
year.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further busir:ess, the meeting adjourned at 9:30 P.M.
MAYOR KIEDIS COOU��`N___CILMAN AL,DRED
VICE MAYOR MARTINO i7KUUNCILWC1.1AN MONROE
COUNCILMAN KISELEWSKI
Roberta A. Fearce, Deputy City Clerk