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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Council 111281CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETI14G CITY OF PALM BEAM GARDENS 14OVEMBER 12, 1981 The Workshop Meeting of the City Council of Palm Beach Gardens was called to order by Mavor Kicd,s ac 8;00 P_M_ in tha P—,m, 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: ;;ayor Y,ledis, Vice ;Iayor Martino, Councilwoman Nonroe, Councilman Aldred, and Councilman Kiselewski. Also in attendance were City Manager John Orr and Attorney William Brant. ANNOUNCE: ✓,Ei1TS: Mayor K edls announced the following: A meeting of the City's Code Enforcement Board will take place on !Ionday, November 15, 1981, at 8:00 P.14, A meetin_- of the City's Site Plan and Appearance Review Committee will take place on Tuesday, lovember 17, 1981, at 7:30 P.',4. ® A meetin of the City's Zoning Board of Appeals will take place on 4Jednesday,-4 ove^:brr 1P, 19"l, at 7:30 P-'1. , and on Thursday, ^'ovenber 19, 19 1, at 3:00 P.N. the City Council will open the Bids for the Community Center, I' M- BY THE CITY UP,RADIF(; PHD:,E The Cit. °Tanager introduced 7✓r. Brian Dunne, Bell Telephone Representative, IFALi'1 AT M'JJJiC' 11ho briefly explained the Horizon Communication, pro oral for the City of iPAL B'JILL'! JC y p p y Palm Beach Gardens. Ilr. Dunne stated the Citv's present communicstions ^ystom 1s over 11 years old and outdated, a• „ ._ntly r City $1100 per month. - ,ouLhern Bell has a penaing increase request before the Public Service Commission of approximately $170 per montn for this system; &'C -_ 3a -1y ,,.._illlil^ tI1) t �,il`i`I"Y "1 _,1i, o ✓or .h _ y_a._ dill frequently ask for increases on these older, sys,ems)as costs 1-3 'gip on main - tainin, them and keeping spare parts in stock. ir. Dunne went on to say that if the City elects to go with the Horizon System, under, their 72 month contract. the, equrament portion cannot ue increased by the telephone company during the le.-iEth of `.ne contract. Also, in order to accomodate the County -slide 911 Emergency System, the Poll: e ® Department must convert to a system with touch tone dialinE, „tow would be -ocd tare to :,upply the entire Clt.y Hall Complex with this new system. 11r. Dunn- explained the benef is that would be derived from the Horizon City Council Workshop Meeting, November 12, 1981 Page -2- System which are: l) will relieve the switchboard operator to perform ®other duties, 2) would delay hiring of another person, 3) can accomodate the 911 System, 4) the City can wake its own physical changes as these sets are modular and movable, as well as make the software adjustments, 5; the City will also be improving its service to the community by giving c_'-4_Zcnz dii r.ct acuOS , Lc i1.s different departments. In response to Councilman Kiselewski, Mr. Dunne stated the installation cost for the Horizon phones will he $3,000 (roughly) for every phone now in eristance. Before making a final decision on the Horizon System, the Council concurred that they would iike to see a demonstration of the system, and Mr. Dunne stated they have seminars where people can observe how this system works. The City Manager will get with Mr. Dunne to set up a demonstration, and also contact Lauderdale Lakes and the City' of Sunrise, who presently hc_v: t'.,i-, syster.!, to get their comments on it. n POR7:3: AYOR KIEDIS: liayor Kieais reported on the Pl:Anninr and Zoninr• Commission meeting of November 10, 19 31. These r€tn!. *.. ;_ ., : f! _ _•, it Lri;' . COr_JNCILIIAI; Councilman Kiselews;ci adv ised -he members of the Council that he is KISELEWSKI: presently serving on the Hij€ School Advisory Hoard, and they are tryinr; to raise flings to pat in a tract, at the atlilutic field which will cost, $64,000, of which $32,000 will come from the School Board, Tt,, ;t;dent� Will be raisins; the rest of the funds. CQUi,C]L,ldOi +A ;; Councilwoman Monroe reported on the City';; Beat €ti_") cat len and Rnvironrnenta3 0dh0 Committee MeetinT held on Wednesday, November 4 1981. c•f,,_ 6 Y, , ih un,a:es are on file in the City Clerk's Office. 6ICL 11AYOR v.tce ':ayor ;:artino reported on the Recreation Advisory Board meetin;, held ,r�i'1'ii3O• Tuesday, Uovemocr 10,1981. Th•__,; ,., note; ar, or, file an the Cz t" Clerk's office. COUdCILiiAii Councilran Aldred reported on the City's Merit Eoard i•+eeting ALDRED: held on Tuesday, November 3, 1981. "hese ^inia`�; are o•; f, le _., the City C'c,k o ft'ii;e. City Council Workshop Meeting, November 12, 1981 Paige -3 - ITEMS BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL: VICE MLAYOR V?ce I,ayor Martino acknowledged a letter signed by residents living on MARTINO: Holly Drive rear the elementary school, requesting steps be taken to erect a 3 -way stop sign at Ironwood Road and Holly Drive to slow down the traffic _. that area, ac they ar_ a.fraiti of a child being injured by speeding cars, Vice Mayor Martino requested the City Manager to contact the Police Depart - rrent, to survey the area and report back with a traffic analysis in helping eliminate this hazard. Also, to check into the fence that is still down at the elementary school. COUNCILMAN in response to Councilman Kiselewska, the City Attorney advised him that he KISFC.EWSKI: is awaiting a response from the Attorney retained regarding the name "Golf Capitol of the World ". Councilman Kiselewski requested the City Manac,er to check into the possibility of ]ig,".ting tE:2 si„n err Militaiy Trail :identifying the City Hall at night. COUNCILWO :•IAN Per the suggestion of Councilwoman Nonroe, the Council concurred that when 3I]P,0 more irPormation is made available, they would agree to adopting; a Resolution Aft to keep the money from the sale of the F.A.U. property on 45th street in Falm Beach County. =C3EEIITS FR %G,! :HE PUBLIC FOR !TENS NOT ON THE = (IENDA: AL VAR:M , i,ir. Al Varney, Sandalwood, PL'G, addressed thy_ Council requesting 2 additional ANDAL',•100P atred,!:ghts or Sandalwood Drive, as that area is very dark at night, and and people being concerned when walking at night. In response to thie request, Vice Payor Martino requested the Council be p,,ovide� 3 ecL&-1ule of tt—eet lights that are neeeed in the City, and the Cit} was requested to look into the possibility of gettir,t7 the 2 additional street liyrts requested on Sandalwood Drive. R O'-UT 0113: !:0? r:CR %SHOP, T=OUTI0[d 67, The Council workshopped Resolution 6'7, 1931, appointing a member to the 1831 City's B & L' Corrunittee, and inserted the name Betty Marks in the blank of Section 1. Resolution 67, 1931, will be considered for adoption at their Regular iMeeting, of Novemoer 19, 1;81. City Council Workshop Meeting, 11/1/81 Page -4- ORD IP:ATICES: (FOR WORKSHOP) ORDINANCE 229, the Council workshopped Ordinance 29, 1981, regulating false alarms to 1951 Police and Fare Departments. During their discussion, the City Manager stated the City is experiencing problems with the aiversification cf alarm Lystems, causing an e;,cessive number o: calls from the same businesses. Some systems are not -installed properly, the upkeep is not up to standard, and people are using lower quality alarms. This proposed Ordinance will allow an individual or business, a certain number of false alarms, and ofter that, a fee will be Lmpo;,ed to help regulate these calls. Mr, Ken Kelly, who owns an alarm business in the area, spoke on the proposed ordinance stating the alarm business people support the need for this type of an ordinance, because the owners themselves are guilty of setting off the alarms in many instances. Alarm systems become more necessary as the City _rows, and are be :t installed by people v,.. snow what they are doing. Ni. Kelly made certain notations on the ordinance which was given to Attorney Brant for ham and Mr. Kelly to discuss and possibly incorporate into the proposed ordinance. For the benefit of the Council Attorney Brant stated there are two types of alarms proposed in tri, Ordinance, any alarm system omits noise, on or off the premise or to a centr-.l system /agency, wh c:i is also covered. Prior to final con�.ideratien of the Ordinance, the Council requested that the Police and Fare Chic—, comment on any recommendations /su gesticns they may have. i'ihiSC �R uISCi!SSIOP�: PERNITTING AS 4 CONDITIOi +AL UZE THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AT THE PGA SH AA17 HOTEL Rttorney Andrei: Jacobson. was in attendance to address the Council during t,'re ;crk, shop SeSSLOn en their conditional use request to allow the sale of FlcDhollc beverages at the PGA Sheraton Resort Hotel. the Plannin, and Zoninr Commission, at their duly advertised Public Hearing of November 10, 1981, unanimously adopted a motion to recommend to the City Council approval of the Conditional Use request. 'fhe members of the Council voiced no objections to this request, and the City Attorney uas requested to draft a Resolution for their consideration at their Regular Meeting of December 3, 1981. City Council Workshop Meeting, 11/12/31 Page -5- 0 MODIFICATIONS TO "VISION I" PUD CREATED BY ORDINANCE 12, 1978 ir. Don Carlson, representing; Mr. Isaac Gamel, owner of the Vision II ,'Ll. was in attendance to address the Council rc,cardin their concerns xnre:,sed at the previous Workohop MeetxnF of September 24, 1981, 111 Carlson stated they have now reworked the plans to indicate more landscaping along the canal by doubling the trees to include a tree every 10' In response to Counciiwoman Monroe, Mr. Carlson stated they will oe re- placing the d,-ad trees once Florida Power & Light finishes their work so they can install a sprinkler system. With retards to the pool, Mr. Carlson stated they are still intending to install the pool where initally proposed, with 51' of a landscaped wall along Mslztary Trail. During the discusyson, Councilman :;i-olr • ^!u cttcd for `hc r,cord that he deaiii, with tn-z nro�e _ for the -sst 2 years. In response to Councilman Kiselewski, Mr. Carlson stated the poolhouse setback has increased from 19' to 30'. Subsequent to further discussion, the m(?r;bers of the Council were in at;reerient with the revised landscaping; however, prior to the petitioner rc-turnin-j back for another i,rork2 hop session, they w.c' .Id li : to see the follou-tn; provided and inaicated on their plans: 1) a complete set of dri,�inz,s rearesentzn� in total what is being• requested, also shoaan„ the th_ t,00! , detpl] a1:r: showing the changes with regards to the drainage,along with the approval from the Cr`.y Engineer, 3) the legal question answered in writinC, regarding the improvements to Phase I to meet the original inten'.. of the PUD. In re-:;ponr,c to „ayor• K'� dis, tht; City Attorney ,epor_ed r i• II of 112 un I pr,, ll rl :od once. `hc property a ^socln *.--o:- __. fi• . �r h , :!r. Tr -1 all of the riFh is a;; the developer in the common lands of Phase I. Mr. Camel does not own in fee simple where future units will be built in Phase I. 1.1r. Camel is the successor in Phase I as far as the common area, which include the berm area, landscaped area, etc, so Phase I amenities can be brought up to standard by the present ueveloper. In response, to Councilwoman t-tonroe, Mr. Carlson stated that the oik•. nar•h 3] c Iit ry 'frail 11 b, .,1 r a a. .•oon s1U th^ berm /] a na;,capin +, is City Council Workshop Meeting, 11/12/81 Page -6- complete, which will t_tKO about. 3 :,0 4 weeks. Subsequent= to further discussion, the City Attorney was requested to draft an Ordinance for the Council`. ccn�,i�eration at a future meeting. PROVIDING FOR THE DEDICATION OF NON- PLATTED SEGIKENT OF SANDTREE DRIVE During the 4,orkshop discussion on providing for dedication of the non - platted segment of Sandtree Drive, th- City Ma.-iager stated that has a separaLe drive that is not a part of the dedicated plat, ,ahicn as from south of Northlake Boulevard to the intersection of what is a co:,tinuation of Sandtree Drive and Northport Drive. The Sandtree Drive that is a cart of Sandtree PUD, basically is dedicated to the City by virtue F, „ - ccepte i b `hu (7it for m i ^ter._:tce cc 'hc ^h, t!Oira ,,,r, � t ha. no' b _. _ Y y thereof. The "outparcel" of Sandtree Drive 13 still under the ownership of the developer, :4r. Robert Harris. In order for the City to properly police tinat roacway, and to have the maintenance- responsibiiity, the City Manager stated we need to accept the dedication of the non - platted segment by Resolution. Mr. Orr went on to say that one of the problems that the City encountered some time ago, was when the road was put in, the sales center was located on Northlake Boulevard, and there was a missing link in the sidewalk. It has since been compieted and approved by the City Engineer, however, the developer has some objection-- to the .'oad being dedicated to the City at this time. Mr. Robert Harris. Developer /Owner of tr; ^andtr' F "D, sdar s_ca till ;'ouncil stating their problem is this road serves their development and Northport Thee are 2 developments being planned, of .;hich, one of these will have 3 accesce 3 oft' of 3andtrcr Drtvc, fie would like to sce thcs, proposal., prior to then aeomcating the. road to the City, so he can have some ray on who will be using the road due to the traffic impact that will t.,, imposed. t:lith re_erence to the Letter of Crecit posted by NPB HoldinLs, inc., for installation of a traffic signal at the intersection of Sandtree Drive and Northlake Boulevara, the City Hanager stated the developer gave the City $25,000, which wa„ put — an interest bearing account, and the devoloper has been collecting the interest. Although the actual cost of the traffic signal will be more than $25,000, the rest of the monies will be split up p by the other developers in the area. bubsequent to further discussion, the Council concurred that the City hIanaZer supply them with the letter(o) on file requesting the dedication City Council Workshop Meeting, 11/12/81 Page -7- of Sandtree Drive prior to a Resolution being considered for adoption. ACCEPTANCE OF GARDEN;, GLEN CIRCLE FOR MAINTENANCE DurinC th,; Workshop discussion on the City's acceptance of Gardens Glen Circle for maintenance, th,, City Manager stated the road in Gardens Glen hie, been approved by the City Engineer for dedication to the City, however, since its completion, the road has begun to deteriorate in sections, along with the landscaping not being kept ur in the entrance and along the sides where the grass has begun to grow up in the hedges. The Council requested the City Manager to contact the Building Official ana have his department check into this matter and report back to them prior to a Resolution bean--,c_v..,.; r•c for adoption, and to also check into h ..,t ;t,_;,.:r a ; :. • n c-i tnr E o11y Drive entrance into Gardens Glen. - 10DIFICATIONS TO MERIT SYSTEM RULES AND REGULATIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE MERIT SYSTEM BOARD (PROVIDING FOR NON - UNIONIZED EMPLOYEES TO RECEIVE BENEFITS COMPARA$LE TO LJEIONIZEI) The members of the Council discussed the modifications to the Merit System Rules and Regulations that were recommended oy the Merit Board, which will Aft rive the non - unionized employees benefits comparable to unionized employees. The members of the Co,incil were in favor of these recommendations and the City Attorney boas requ_ d to draft a Resolu.'an for adoption at a meptin, in the future. F" T1TTO; Li:D COI'1•IU1UCATI0US: STATE DEPARTI -' :'j a. Mayor Ki5 pia ac :no:a ed ?d recei p;, of a communication from the State OF TRANSPORTA'Ioi4 DOT re ` uesin -- --• q � t permiss:nn to luratc a trailer they will be putting, on the :forth tiiue c.1 PGA Boulevard, 7C totlev:rd, on State owned ROW, for a duration of no less tnzn a years. The purpose of this request 's ro provide office space- ;or personnel in,rolved with the acquisition of property for I -95. 6 letter to he cent to t:h „ - pNro-✓in- tn,ir request, ui11 include our t_yu=�� 1hr�t they .n�r¢ly w.�th tho �:ity'.. L.u:ur;ca},c Code. HETZEL PAGAE.NT 2. Requesting the City to place an ad in the newspaper for the Holidays. The Council concurred that a 1/16 page ad for $37. 50 will be placed in the newspaper, and will be voted on at their next Regular Meeting. ALAMANDA SCHOO' 3. Councilman Kiselewski acknowledged a communication from Alamanda School, thanking him for his help in providing mulcn for their temporary path for the kids to walk on to school.