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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes Council 122079CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING c CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS DECEMBER 20, 1979 E The Regular Meeting of the City Council of Palm Beach Gardens was called to order by Mayor Samuel Laurie 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 City Clerk and present were: Mayor Laurie, -� Vice Mayor Kiedis, Councilman Martino, Councilman Feeney, and Councilman Aldred. City Manager John Orr and Attorney William Brant were also in attendance. MINUTES: The minutes of the December 6, 1979 Regular Meeting were unanimously �— approved by the Council, as written. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Mayor Laurie announced that the City's Administrative Offices will be closed on Monday, December 24th, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day. PROCLAMATIONS: Mayor Laurie read a Proclamation proclaiming January, 1980, "National Volunteer Blood Donor Month ". Mayor Laurie will present this Proclamation to the Director of the Palm Beach Blood Bank's branch at the Palm Beach Gardens Community Hospital, Mrs. Bobbye Ison, M.T., and personally donate blood during the month of January, 1980. AWARDING OF Per the recommendation of the City Manager, the City Council unanimously ID : awarded the bid received by the City an December 13, 1979 from General GMC HEAVY DUTY DUMP Truck Sales & Service, Inc., for one heavy duty dump truck in the amount of TRUCK $43,675.00 - monies to be taken from the Public Works Department Account. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA: MRS. LINDA Mrs. Linda Monroe, Chairperson of the City's Beautification and Environ- MONROE mental Committee, addressed the Council commending Dick Cameron, Supervisor of Maintenance and Repairs in the City's Public Works Department, for his assistance to the Committee in landscaping projects and for the maintenance of the City's landscaped areas. MR. SAMUEL Mr. Samuel Carsillo, Member of the City's Beautification and Environmental CARSILLO Committee, addressed the Council echoing Mrs. Monroe's comments and wishing the Council a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. City Council Regular fleeting, 12/20/79 Page 2 MR. LEONARD Mr. Leonard Devine, Director of the City's Public Works Department, reported DEV� that the City will be receiving from the Forestry Division 500 Malayan Cocoa- ` nut Palms. Pursuant to the discussion at the December 13, 1979 Workshop Meeting, fir. Devine reported that it will cost approx. $1,100 for the installation of a new entrance conductor (main feeder lines) at the Plant Drive Park con- cession stand. These monies will be considered for approval by the Council at a future meeting. RESOLUTIONS: By a unanimous vote of the Council, the City Clerk read in full Resolution RESOLUTION 96, 96, 1979, establishing tennis membership fees for the City's reservation T779-- courts. Resolution 96, 1979 was unanimously adopted by the Council. RESOLUTION 97? Mayor Laurie declared the Public Hearing open, which was recessed at the 177T Council's Regular Meeting of December 6. 1979, and held on the intent of Resolution 97, 1979, permitting as a "conditional use" the retail sale of malt and wine beverages at the "Lickety Split" restaurant located within Oakbrook Square Shopping Center at 11642 -A U. S. #1, PBG. There wasn't anyone in the audience that spoke for or against the adoption of Resolution 97, 1979. Mayor Laurie declared the Public Hearing closed. By a unanimous vote of the Council, the City Clerk read in full Resolution 97, 1979. Resolution 97, 1979 was unanimously adopted by the Council. RESOLUTION 98, Mayor Laurie declared the Public Hearing open, which was recessed at the I977 Council's Regular Meeting of December 6, 1979, and held on the intent of Resolution 98, 1979, permitting as an exception to Chapter 3 of the City's Code the sale of malt and wine beverages for on- premise consumption at the "Lickety Split" restaurant, which is located closer than the required 750' to other alcoholic beverage vendors, specifically Publix Super Market and Ashley's Restaurant. There wasn't anyone in the audience that spoke for or against the adoption of Resolution 98, 1979. Mayor Laurie declared the Public Hearing closed. By a unanimous vote of the Council, the City Clerk read in full Resolution 98, 1979. Resolution 98, 1979 was unanimously adopted by the Council with the insertion of the verbiage "Palm Beach Gardens, Florida" after the street address in Section 1. City Council Regular Meeting, 12/20/79 Page 3 RESOLUTION 99, By a unanimous vote of the Council, the City Clerk read in full Resolution T37T- 99, 1979, appointing Stewart Barr a member of the City's Merit System Boaro. Resolution 99, 1919, was unanimously adopted by the Council. Mr. Barr was previously an alternate member of this board, and this Resolution appointed him a regular member to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Lloyd Mazer. RESOLUTION 100, By a unanimous vote of the Council, the City Clerk read in full Resolution 19 9 100, 1979, approving an amendment to the agreement between the City and County Sanitation, and Exhibit "A" attached to Resolution 100, 1979. Resolution 100, 1979, amending the City's Resolution 58, 1979, which adopted the agreement, was unanimously adopted by the Council with the insertion of the word "may" in the stead of the word "shall" in the revised Paragraph 16 of the exhibit. RESOLUTION 101, By a unanimous vote of the Council, the City Clerk read in full Resolution -T77T 101, 1979, establishing a bank account for the purpose of depositing all road and school impact monies received from the PGA National project for Northlake Boulevard construction and the construction of schools within the Palm Beach Gardens area. These monies will be collected by the City per the Development Order for the PGA National and then forwarded, in part, to Palm Beach County and the School Board for the construction of these projects. Resolution 101, 1979, was unanimously adopted by the Council with the insertion of the verbiage "from the PGA National project" at the end of the title of the bank account in the heading paragraph and in Section I. ORDINANCES: Mayor Laurie declared the Public Hearing open, which was duly advertised ORDINANCE 16, December 3, 1979, and held on the intent of Ordinance 16, 1979, providing T77T- for the creation of the "Glenbrook" multi- family Planned Unit Development on a 3z -2cre tract located on the west side of Gardens East Drive, south of the Cedar Gardens multi- family project. Mr. Gordon Nelson, representative for Mr. Stanley Wilson, the owner/ developer of the project, addressed the Council strenuously requesting that they consider adopting this POD with the contingencies that the City Engineer approve the paving and drainage plans for the project and that they post a performance bond or letter of credit for the on -site improve- ments prior to the time of the City's issuance of a building permit for the project, as postponing judgment on the project until the Council's next Regular Meeting in 1980 will cause the developer a real financial burden. City Council Regular Meeting, 12/20/79 Page 4 There was't anyone else in the audience that spoke for or against the intent of Ordinance 16, 1979. Mayor Laurie declared the Public Hearing closed. By a unanimous vote of the Council, the City Clerk read on second reading Ordinance 16, 1979 by title and Section 2 revised to read "Prior to the issuance of a building permit for buildings, Petitioner shall post a performance bond, cash bond, or a letter of credit in a sum of money to be determined and approved by the City Engineer in requisite form, which sum of money as being sufficient to guarantee the performance and eonstruc- ton of the on -site drainage system of said development. Further, the final drainage plan for said Planned Unit Development shall be approved by the City Engineer prior to issuance of a building permit for buildings." Ordinance 16, 1979 was unanimously adopted by the Council. ORDINANCE 17, By a unanimous vote of the Council, the City Clerk read on first reading, T777- by title only, Ordinance 17, 1979, repealing a portion of Ordinance 7, 1978, which created the Sandtree POD. Ordinance 17, 1979 will be considered for adoption by the Council at their Regular Meeting of January 17, 1960. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION: CANCELLATION OF By a unanimous vote of the Council, their workshop meeting regularly 12/27/79 MEETING scheduled for the fourth Thursday of the month, December 27, 1979, was cancelled, PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS: Mayor Laurie acknowledged receipt of communications from: SENATOR LAWTON I. U. S. Senator Lawton Chiles replying to the City Manager's letter CHILES to the Department of Environmental Regulation re: the use of high sulfuric fuels by Florida Power & Light Company. THOMAS J. MILLS 2. Thomas J. Mills, Superintendent of Schools, advising that the State Department of Education Survey Section will be in Palm Beach County in early February, 1980, to review student population and residential growth statistics throughout the county. The City Manager was requested to ascertain the dates in which this department will be in the Palm Beach Gardens area. REPORTS: Vice Mayor Kiedis and Councilman Feeney reported that they attended the VICE MAYOR KIEDISopening ceremony of the Hetzel Brothers Christmas Pageant. FEENEY City Council Regular Meeting, 12/20/79 Page 5 ITEMS BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL: COUNCILMAN Councilman Martino encouraged the members of the public to attend the MARTINO: hearings to be held by the Public Service Commission in January, 1980, on the request of Seacoast Utilities, Inc. for an increase in rates. The City Manager was requested to give the resurfacing of Lilac Street, which was damaged by Hurricane David, top priority. The members of the Council wished everybody a happy holiday season. ADJOURNMENT: With no further business, the meeting adjourned at 9:10 P.M.. i r I 1 i 'MAYOR SAMUEL LAURIE VICE N' OR JOHN KIEDIS ✓'- - % MY CLERK ✓It.e4t� � /Cry � G:,. COUNCILMAN MIKE MARTINO COUN LMAN DIEIf-�EY COUNCILMAN DICK ALDRED