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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Council 031579REGULAR MEETING CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS MARCH 15, 1979 The Regular Meeting of the City Council of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, was called to order by Mayor Laurie at 8 :50 P.M. subsequent to the Reorganization Meeting. MINUTES: The minutes of the March 1, 1979 Regular Meeting were unanimously approved by the Council, as written. The minutes of the Workshop Meeting of March 8, 1979 were unanimously approved by the Council, as written. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Mayor Laurie announced that meetings of the City's 701 Citizens Advisory Committee and Zoning Board of Appeals will convene at 7:30 P.M. on Monday, March 19, 1979, and Wednesday, March 21, 1979, respectively. Mayor Laurie announced that the Palm Beach Gardens Senior Citizens will hold a "St. Patricks Day Dance" on Monday, March 19, 1979, at 7 :30 P.M. at the Howell Watkins Junior High School. INTRODUCTION OF RICHARD T. WAGNER, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, AND GARY E. AKERS, UNDERWRITER AND FINANCIAL CONSULTANT, OF SOUTHEASTERN NICIPA NDS, INC. Mr. Gary E. Akers, Underwriter and Financial Consultant of Southeastern Municipal Bonds, Inc.,introduced himself and Mr. Richard T. Wagner, Exe- cutive Vise President, and submitted to the Council a proposal of their firm to assist the City as Financial Consultants in the possible acqui- sition of Seacoast Utilities, Inc. These gentlemen will be in attendance at the March 22, 1979 Workshop Meeting to further discuss their proposal for the Council's consideration. AWARDING OF At the recommendation of the City Manager, a motion was made, seconded, BID' and unanimously passed to award the bid for one i1) Kawasaki Police 1000 to Kawasaki Dynamics, North Palm Beach, in the amount of $4685.87 - monies to be taken from the Federal Revenue Sharing Account. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA: MR. SAM Mr. Samuel Carsillo, 10063 Dahlia Ave., PBG, addressed the Council regard- " CARSILLO: ing the following: Congratulated Samuel Laurie and John Kiedis on their new appointments as Mayor and Vice Mayor of the City; noted that, as previously requested, the City Council Regular Meeting, 3/15/79 Page 2 pothole in PGA Blvd. between the Turnpike and the C -18 Canal was repaired; requested direction re: the concrete pillars /flower boxes that display the names of the City's streets; requested that the dempsy dumpster at the Lit' General Store at Keating Drive and Northlake Boulevard be required to be screened; requested the City's Landscape Committee of Adjustments meetings resume re: those businesses granted extensions for compliance; requested that motorists crossing the median on MacArthur Boulevard at the southern boundary line of Howell Watkins Jr. High School be cited; requested the City contact the County Commission re: accelerating the four- laning of A -1 -A Alternate and Military Trail; and requested the City to impose a fine on those littering the City's streets. The policy of the Council re: the concrete pillars /flower boxes that dis- play the names of the City's streets will be discussed at a future Workshop Meeting. Councilman Feeney advised that the pending location of a Helicopter Landing Pad at the PBG Community Hospital will be discussed by the Board of Directors at their meeting next week. MRS. LINDA Per the request of Vice Mayor Kiedis, Mrs. Linda Monroe, member of the City's Beautification and Environmental Committee, submitted a price quote from Deminico's Nursery for the purchase of 13 - 8' tall Acacia Trees to replace those that were planted and didn't live within the median on MacArthur Boulevard. AUTHORIZATION A motion was unanimously adopted by the Council that the City Manager be 7M779RUfASE OF authorized to provide the Beautification and Environmental Committee the SEES sum of $234.00 for the purchase of replacement trees on MacArthur Boulevard, with the City's Public Works' Department to plant the trees and be respon- sible for the proper fertilizing and watering of these trees sufficiently so that they do become established. It will be the responsibility of the B & E Committee to purchase them at the time recommended by the nursery for the planting of them - monies to be taken from the Beautification and Environmental Committee Account. MS. SUE Ms. Sue Williams, 10873 Magnolia St., PBG, and Mrs. Ruby Worrels, 3832 WILLIAMS Dogwood Ave., P8G, addressed the Council requesting that an Ordinance be MRS. RUBY assed which would S p prohibit the parking of all recreational vehicles in a residential area, except behind the front line of the house and screened from street view by a fence or landscaping. City Council Regular Meeting, 3/15/79 Page 3 MR. RON In response to an inquiry of Mr. Ron Cardoza, 9787 Gardenia Drive, PBG, CART the City Attorney advised that the City's Codes as presently written do not prohibit the parking of recreational vehicles within residential districts of the City; however, deed restrictions, which are not enforce- able by the City, may. Individuals occupying mobile homes /campers within non - Mobile Home Districts of the City will be addressed by the Council at a future Workshop Meeting. MS. BARBARA Ms. Barbara Childers of Garden Lakes, PBG, addressed the Council request - CHILDERS ing that those violating the City's Animal Control Code within that pro- ject be cited by the Police Department. Vice Mayor Kiedis suggested that the homeowners that observe these violations assist in this matter by talking to those people and /or contacting the Police Department at the time of occurrence. RESOLUTIONS: By a unanimous vote of the Council, Resolution 26, 1979, rescheduling RESOLUTION 26, T777- City Council monthly Workshop Meetings, was withdrawn from consideration. RESOLUTION 29, By a unanimous vote of the Council, Resolution 29, 1979, extending the time 1TT9-- for the use of a mobile building at RCA by the Florida Aircraft Federal v Credit Union, was read in full by the City Clerk. Resolution 29, 1979, was unanimously adopted by the Council. RESOLUTION 30, At their meeting of March 28, 1978, the City's Planning and Zoning Commission 1979 formally granted the Lake Park Baptist School /First Baptist Church "condi- tional" zoning usages including the establishment of a private middle school at the Gardens Baptist Mission, 11980 Alt. A -1 -A, PBG. At that time, these lands were zoned A -1, Agricultural and Interim District. Mr. Don Hayhurst, Pastor of the Gardens Baptist Mission, addressed the Council re: their request to temporarily place a mobile building on the church property for use as their middle school (i.e., 6th, 7th, and 8th graders). Pastor Hayhurst clarified that the Gardens Baptist Mission is presently a branch of the First Baptist Church of Lake Park; however, the Mission proposes this year to become a non - profit organization and sever its relationship with the First Baptist Church of Lake Park. And, at no time would there be a school located at the site without a Church. The Council recommended that prior to making their firm plans on permanent facilities (i.e., the combination of a school and church on the same parcel), they contact the City staff re: permitted usages of the Zoning District (now AG - Agricultural District), as new zoning codes of the City were City Council Regular Meeting, 3/15/79 Page 4 adopted by the Council November 2, 1978. By a unanimous vote of the Council, Resolution 30, 1979, granting the V Lake Park Baptist School permission to locate a mobile building at the Gardens Baptist Mission for use as a middle school, was read in full by the City Clerk. A motion was made by Vice Mayor Kiedis, seconded by Councilman Martino, that Resolution 30, 1979, be adopted by the Council with the insertion of the words "including landscaping" in the third line of Section 2 between the words "requirements" and "of" and the deletion of the verbiage "subject to landscaping approval by the Site Plan and Appearance Review Committee" in the last line of Section 2. Vote on motion: Mayor Laurie, Vice Mayor Kiedis, Councilman Martino, and Councilman Aldred voted aye; Councilman Feeney voted nay, stating that he felt the landscaping plans for the building should be approved by the City's Site Plan and Appearance Review Committee. The motion passed with four ayes and one nay. ORDINANCE 11, At their Regular Meetings of June 15, 1978 and December 7, 1978, the 1979 Council recessed the Public Hearing to be held in conjunction with their consideration of adoption of Ordinance 11, 1978, which is based on the petition of Mr. David Hendel of HGGS Associates for the rezoning of 27.222 acres fronting on Pros. Farms Rd. from Mobile Home District to Medium Density Residential and General Commercial Districts, until their Regular Meetings of December 7, 1978, and this date, respectively. At their Workshop Meeting of February 8, 1979, the Council acknowledged receipt of a communication from Mr. Hendel dated January 29, 1979 request- ing that the Public Hearing recessed til this date be extended an additional 90 days; and advising that he did expect the POD application to be filed with the City within 45 days. Mayor Laurie declared the Public Hearing open on the intent of Ordinance 11, 1978, which was duly advertised May 27, 1978. Mr. Bert Liljedahl, Manager of the Meadows Mobile Home Park and member of the audience, offered that he was in favor of the recessing of the Public Hearing as requested by Mr. Hendel. Mayor Laurie declared the Public Hearing closed. A motion was unanimously adopted by the Council that the Public Hearing and consideration of Second Reading of Ordinance 11, 1978, be recessed by v the Council until their Regular Meeting of June 21, 1979. A legal notifica- tion for this Public Hearing will be re- published in the newspaper and all owners of property within 300' of these lands will also be re- notified. -ity Council Regular Meeting, 3/15/79 Page 5 ORDINANCE 4, Mayor Laurie declared the Public Hearing open, which was duly advertised 1979 February 26, 1979, and held for the purpose of the Council's consideration of the intent of Ordinance 4, 1979, amending Section 17. Planned Community Districts of Article VII of the City's Zoning Codes, as formally recom- mended by the City's Planning and Zoning Commission at their meeting of February 13, 1979. There wasn't anyone in the audience that spoke for or against the proposed Ordinance. Mayor Laurie declared the Public Hearing closed. By a unanimous vote of the Council, the City Clerk read Ordinance 4, 1979 by title only on Second Reading. Ordinance 4, 1979 was unanimously adopted by the Council. ORDINANCE 5, By a unanimous vote of the Council, the City Clerk read in full on first I777- reading Ordinance 5, 1979, amending the City's Building Code by repealing Appendix "J" of the Standard Building Code and adopting the Model Energy Efficiency Code in its stead. Ordinance 5, 1979 will be workshopped by the Council at the March 22, 1979 meeting; and a Public Hearing and con- sideration of Second Reading will take place at the Regular Meeting of April 5, 1979. In the meantime, the City's Building Official will be requested to provide a memorandum outlining the impact of the Model Energy Code and how it differs from Appendix "J ". ORDINANCE 6, A motion was made and seconded that the City Clerk read by title only on T977-- first reading Ordinance 6, 1979, rezoning 5.126 acres of land located on the west side of Pros. Frms. Road within Section 5 -42 -43 from RH to CPO, per the petition of Mr. George Blanck. Vote on motion: Mayor Laurie, Vice Mayor Kiedis, Councilman Martino, and Councilman Aldred voted aye; Councilman Feeney voted nay. The City Clerk read Ordinance 6, 1979 by title only on first reading with a vote of the Council of four ayes and one nay. Ordi- nance 6, 1979 will be workshopped at the March 22, 1979 meeting; and a Public Hearing and consideration of Second Reading will take place at the Regular Meeting of April 5, 1979. In view of the fact that the proposed zoning of this land and the lands involved in Ordinance 11, 1978, which are located to the immediate north, do not correspond with that recommended on the City's General Development Plan, the input of the City's contracted Land Use Planner, Mr. Marvin C. Hill, will be requested. City Council Regular Meeting, 3/15/79 ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION: Page 6 EXTENSION OF Vice Mayor Kiedis reported that Steve Henning, Director of Recreation and JOGGING TRAIL Parks, is requesting permission from the Westminister United Presbyterian Church for the City to use their vacant lands to extend the Heart Par Cour Jogging Trail on the south side of of Burns Road, adjacent the Fire Station. As of this date, a reply has not been received. STATUS OF SEN- Mr. Henning will be requested to contact County Commissioner Peggy Evatt ION CHIT JS re: the status of the Senior Citizens Center the County proposes to locate CEO COUNTY on the south side of Northlake Boulevard, west of I -95 within the City. REQUIREMENT OF The City Attorney was requested to research whether or not the City can require Builders /Contractors to guarantee their work for a period of time WA R N Y q g certain. ITEMS BY CITY MANAGER: CITY'S INPUT The Council acknowledged receipt of a notification from the Area Planning RE: CINNAMON Board, requesting the City's comments re: the Cinnamon Project's application PROJECT'S APPLI- CATION FOR FED- for Federal Funding Assistance. FUNDING ASSIS- TANCE In reply, the City Manager was requested to compose a communication for his and Councilman Martino's signature recapturing the comments made to them by the Vice President of that Corporation while in attendance at a meeting with County Commissioner Peggy Evatt and Mr. Raymond Liberti, P. B. County's Director of Planning and Zoning at that time, re: their planned annexation into the City of Palm Beach Gardens. This communication will also include comments on those items requested to be addressed in the notification. ITEMS BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL: RECREATIONAL Councilman Feeney suggested that the City reserve its Recreational Activities/ ACTIVITIES/ Facilities solely for Palm Beach Gardens' residents; and that it be sug- FACILITIES TO BE RESERVED gested to the PBG Youth Athletic Association that they retain all existing FOR CITY non - resident memberships but limit all future memberships to City ANTS COUNCILMAN residents. Councilman Martino, Council Liaison to the PBGYAA, will relay rr77 — this recommendation to them for their consideration. This matter will be further discussed at a future Council meeting. VICE MAYOR Vice Mayor Kiedis suggested that perhaps some manner of property control KIEDIS be exercised in the City's Public Works Department. City Council Regular Meeting, 3/15/79 Page 7 MAYOR LAURIE: The City Manager will make a report a a future meeting re: the City's pending purchase of lands an Gardens East Drive from Royal American Industries for the purpose of its exchange with Mr. Nick Raich for lands located on the northern perimeter of Plant Drive Park. The City Manager reported that the City has not received Resolutions from the Town of Lake Park and the Village of North Palm Beach as requested in the City's Resolution 19, 1979 re: their support in the City's proposed acquisition of Seacoast Utilities, Inc.. Next week the Screening Committee will commence their review of the firms that have indicated an interest in becoming the City's Consulting Engineers. The City Manager was requested to send communications to U. S. Senators Richard Stone and Lawton Chiles and U. S. Congressman L. A. "Skip" Bafalis inquiring as to Federal Funds that may be available for the development of a Community Center. ADJOURNMENT: With no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:12 P.M.. f r � M YOR LAURIE VICE MAYOR KIED CITY CLERK - i t � COUNCILMAN 11ARTINO COUNCILMAN FEENEY COUNCILMAN ALDRED