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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Council 040882CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS APRIL 8, 1982 The Workshop Meeting of the City Council was called to order by Mayor Kiselewski at 8:00 P.M, in the Assembly Room, 10500 Nortn Mil-itary 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 Kiselewski, Vice Mayor Monroe, Councilman Kiedis and Councilman Martino. Councilman Aldred was not in attendance due to a business committment. City Manager John Orr and Attorney William Brant were also in attendance. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Mayor Kiselewski announced that the City's Planning and Zoning Commission, the PBG Fire Dept., Inc., and the Recreation Advisory Board will be meeting on Tuesday, April 13, 1982, at 7:30 P.` ?., and the City's Zoning Board of Appeals, and the B & E mom ittee will oe meeting on Wednesday, April 14, 1982, at 7:30 P.M. Mayor Kiselewsk. also announced that the City's Administrative offices will be closed this Friday, April 9th, in observance of "Good Friday ". PROCLAMATIONS: Mayor Kiselewski read a proclamation proclaiming the week of April 18th - 24th, 1982, as "Victims nights Week ". ITEMS BY THE CITY MANAGER: HORIZON TELEPHONE The City Manager addressed a letter he received from Mr. Brian Dunne, SYSTEM regarding the Horizon. Telephone System, and stated he has asked Mr. Dunne to give the City a bottom line figure of the new increases. The City Manager will inspect a similar system now in operation, and will report back to the Council; and further recommended that the City move in this direction as soon as possible, because the deadline for the new listings in the telephone books is due on or before June 10th. WORKSHOP MTG. Per the request of the City Manager, the members of the Council unanimous - IN ORLANDO ly adopted a motion to authorize the City Manager to attend a workshop seminar in Orlando, to be conducted by the Traffic Institute of North- western University, the week of May 17th through 21st. The cost for this seminar is $400.00, and monies are ro come from Council Contingency. ® 10 SALES The City:danareradvi.sed the members of the Council that the 10 sales TAX tax will be going into effect on May 1st, 1982, and he will be trying to find out how much this additional tax is going to cost the Community City Council Workshop Meeting, 4/8/82 Page -2- Center, now under construction. This additional tax will also increase the dollar pay -back on the interest rate, and perhaps he can negotiate that figure (when obtained) with Mr. Vincent Pappalardo. Mr. Orr also advised the Council they have expended $300,000 so far, and not all of that was for materials. The City Manager will provide the Council at their Next meeting, a breakdown for some additional costs for the Community Center, which will be ubout a 56,001 - $7,nt!U lafferential, plus $13,000 for drainag,- . REPORTS: VICE MAYOR Vice Mayor Monroe reported on the Site Plan and Appearance Review MONROE: Committee meeting held April 6, 1982. These minutes reflecting that meeting are on file in the City Clerk's office. ITEMS BY MAYOR AI4D =;'JCIL: MAYOR Mayor Jiiselewskz advised the members of the Council, that the Jewish KISELEWSKI: Federation of Palm Beach County, will be hold their Inter -Faith breakfast on April 30th, 1982, and extended their imitation for the Council to ,loin them. PBGYAA The members of the Council voiced no objections to the request of the ANNUAL "LAS VEGAS t'BGYAA to use the Cit y'a Fire Station in conjunction with their annual ALIGHT„ "Las Vegas" night fund raisins activity. COUNCIUiAN KIEIDS- Councilman Kiedis stated that the City Council should have final say on all Sice Plan approvals. In response, the City Attorney stated the petitioner can appeal the decisions of Site'Plan Review to the City Council, or the Administration, (i.e., City Manager) can appeal the decision. The members of the Council would like to discusi this item further at a workshop meeting in the near future. VICE MAYOR MONROE: Per the request of Vice Mayor Monroe, the Council will discuss "Loading Zones" as it pertains to the City's Zoning Codes, at a workshop meeting in the future. ® In response to Vice Mayor Monroe, the Cite Manager advised that the PGA National had a permit to have fireworks at the opening night of the Citizens Cup Tennis Tournament, but did not have a permit for the second night, and were stopped by the Police Department. City Council Workshop Meeting, 4/8/82 Page -3- ® Mice Mayor Monroe stated that Mrs. H-�len Gallagher is in a Miami hospital, and reported that she came through open -heart surgery successfully. ORDINAN OLS: (FOR WORKSHOP) ORDINANCE 4, Mr. Hank Skokowski, President of Urban Design Studio, was in attendance 7771,-- to present to the members of the Council, a preliminary draft of the tree preservation ordinance for the City, that he, along with represent- atives of Bankers Land Company had prepared. Mr, Skokowski advised the Council that he has been in contact with other municipalities regarding their tree preservation ordinance, and incorporated this information into the draft. Bankers Land Company assisted him with the legal verbiage. Subsequent to further discussion, the member of the Council concurred that they would rather poetpone any further discussion until their next meeting, (time permitting) when the revised draft was completed and they had time to review it. Mr. Skokowski will have the completed 40 draft by Tuesday for the Council's maildrop that evening. ORDINANCE The City's Fire Marshal, Tom Vreelanc. was in attendance to discuss 1982 with the Council, the amended draf* of the City's Fire Prevention and FIRE PROTECTIOI` ARID PREVEIITIO;J Protection Code, he prepared. Mr. Vreeland went over each page with the Council, making various changes, and the draft was given to the City Attorney for him to prepare in Ordinance form incorporating the thoughts of the Council, for their review, prior to the Council's consideration of adoption, at a Public Hearing to be held in the near future. ITEMS FOR DISCISSION: COUNCII:4AN KIEDIS: Councilman Kiedis stated that some thought should be given to our Zoning Codes regarding FUD's, in that our Codes are categorized by units per acre, which is what density is based on. For instance, in a multi- family PUG, you can have 8 units per acre, regardless of the number of bedrooms, ai,d further stated he feels density is people, ® not units per acre. The impact on a community, roads, etc., could be triple what it is now with one unit containing 1000 sq. ft. versus a t,,iit that has 2,000 sq. ft. with 3 bedrooms. It was the consensus of the Council that this shoud be taken into City Council Workshop Meeting, 4/8/82 Page -4- into consideration, when a PUD is being developed. ! ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 10:30 P.M. —) , k'' -- / - -' MAYOR KISELEWSKI COUNCILMAN KIEDIS VICE MAYOR MONROE 0 COUNCILMAN ALDRED Roberta A. Pearce, Deputy City Clerk 11 COUNCILMAN 1,1ARTINO