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REGULAR MEETING
CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS
NOVEMBER 15, 1979
The Regular Meeting of the City Council of Palm Beach Gardens was kr
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 Deputy City Clerk and present were: Mayor Laurie,
Vice Mayor Kiedis, Councilman Feeney, Councilman Martino, and Councilman Aldred.
City Manager John Orr and Attorney William Brant were also in attendance.
MINUTES: The minutes of the November 1, 1979 Regular Meeting were unanimously approved
by the Council as written.
The minutes of the November 8, 1979 Workshop Meeting were unanimously approved
by the Council as written.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Mayor Laurie announced that the City's Administrative Offices will be closed
IPon Thursday, November 22, 1979 and Friday, November 239 1979, in observance of
"Thanksgiving."
PRESENTATION OF PLAQUE TO HILMY ADEEB, MEMBER OF THE CITY'S SITE PLAN AND APPEARANCE REVIEW
COMMITTEE
Mayor Laurie presented a Plaque of Appreciation to Mr. Hilmy Adeeb which was
engraved, "Presented To Hilmy Adeeb In Appreciation For Dedicated And Con-
scientious Service To The City Of Palm Beach Gardens As Member Of Site Plan
And Appearance Review Committee June, 1975 - August, 1979 From The Palm
Beach Gardens City Council."
RECOMMENDATION At the recommendation of the City Manager, a motion was made by Vice Mayor
RE: AWARDING Kiedis, seconded by Councilman Feeney to award the bid for storm shutters for
OF BIDS:
the fire station to Folding Shutter Corporation;of West Palm Beach - in the
STORM SHUTTERS:
EXPANSION OF
BASKETBALL
COURTS:
amount of $3625.00 - monies to be taken from Council Contingency Fund. The
motion passed unanimously.
At the recommendation of the City Manager a motion was made by Vice Mayor
Kiedis and seconded by Councilman Feeney to award the bid for the expansion of
the basketball courts to Heavy Construction of North Palm Beach - in the
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amount of $5403.95 - monies to be taken from the Recreation Department
Account, and subject to the City receiving approval in writing from Banker's
Life, the removal of 3 pine trees - motion was passed unanimously.
4 MALIBU POLICE. At the recommendation of the City Manager, a motion was made by Vice Mayor
CARS: Kiedis and seconded by Councilman Feeney to award the bid for (4) 1980 Malibu
Police cars to Roger Dean Chevrolet in the amount of $6766.04 per unit for a
total cost of $27,064.16 - monies to be taken from Federal Revenue Sharing.
Motion passed unanimously. The money received from the auctioning off of
the old police cars will be put back into Federal Revenue Sharing.
IRRIGATION. At the recommendation of the City Manager, a motion was made by Vice Mayor
SYSTEM FOR CITY
HALL AREA: Kiedis and seconded by Councilman Feeney to award the bid for the irrigation
system for Area I only(Softball.Fields)to Sunnyland Irrigation in the amount
of $14,476.00 - monies to be taken from the Recreational /Land Account. Motion
passed unanimously.
This will take care of the 20 acres east of the City Complex.
Council will consider Area 3 at their next workshop.
�OMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA:
MR. SAM CARSILLO: Mr. Sam Carsillo, 10063 Dahlia Avenue, addressed the Council re: requesting
a letter to be sent to the State's Attorney-General.'_s office investigating an
imposing fuel adjustment tax on the people; the potholes on PGA Boulevard,
between C -18 Canal and the Turnpike need to be taken -care of; the pending
location of a helicopter landing pad at the PBG Hospital; the replacement of
the Fire Chief's vehicle; any plans for the library and post office; putting
reflectors on the street to indicate where a fire hydrant is located; a con-
trol light at Holly Drive and 'Military Trail; and 4- laning of A -1 -A.
RESOLUTIONS:
RESOLUTION 84, Resolution 84, 1979, appointing a member to the City's Site Plan and Appear -
19-79: ance Review Committee was read in full by the Deputy City Clerk by a unani-
mous vote of the City Council, with the name of Stephen Boruff inserted in the
blank of Section 1. Resolution 84, 1979, was unanimously adopted by the
Council as read.
.RESOLUTION 90, By a unanimous vote of the Council, the Deputy City Clerk read in full Res -
1979: olution 90, 1979, requesting the implementation of laws and policies curbing
windfall profits of the petroleum industry. Resolution 90, 1979, was adopted
by the Council with a vote of 4 ayes and one nay, with the word, "control"
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inserted in the stead of the word "regulate" in the third from the last
line of Section 1. Mayor Laurie, Vice Mayor Kiedis, Councilman Feeney,
Councilman Martino all voted aye; Councilman Aldred voted nay.
The written comments of Councilman Aldred setting forth his objections and
counter proposals to this Resolution will be forwarded to the Legislative
Delegation subsequent to the sending of Resolution 90, 1979.
RESOLUTION 91, By a unanimous vote of the Council, the Deputy City Clerk read in full
1979: Resolution 91,.1979, approving a Memorandum of Understanding between the City
and PGA National Venture Ltd., setting forth the procedures for the collection
deposit, and disbursement of funds contributed by PGA National Venture Ltd.,
for Northlake Boulevard construction.
Resolution 91, 1979 was unanimously adopted by the Council. The revisions
made by the Council to the Memorandum of Understanding will be incorporated
by Attorney William Hillier, General Counsel for the PGA Project, and will be
provided the City for signature.
For the record, the City would designate the bank with the highest interest
• rate in this area.
RESOLUTION 92, By a unanimous vote of the Council, the Deputy City Clerk read in full
1979: Resolution 92, 1979, approving a Memorandum of Understanding between the
P.B. County School Board, the City, and PGA National Venture Ltd., setting
forth the procedure for the collection, deposit, disbursement, and accounting
of funds required from the PGA National Venture Ltd., for additional school
facilities.
Resolution 92, 1979, was unanimously adopted by the Council. The revisions
made by the Council to the Memorandum of Understanding will be incorporated
by Attorney William Hillier, General Counsel for the PGA Project, and will be
provided the City for signature.
Councilman Martino related that his definition of the phrase "General P.B.G.
area" is the reserve annexation area that the City of Palm Beach Gardens
registered with the Area Planning Board in the year 1972.
Per the recommendation of Mr. Orr, the City Attorney was authorized by the
Council to set up a Resolution establishing a Trust Fund Account for this
money and the money to be used for road and drainage improvements within
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the City of Palm Beach Gardens.
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RESOLUTION 93, Mr. Mike Rosen, Project Manager, Mr. Hank Skokowski, President of Urban j
1979: Design Studio, and Mr. Allen Strassler, Architect, addressed the Council
regarding the "Office Core" POD, which will consist of initially the PGA
National Sales and Reception Center and the Professional Golfer's Associa-
tion Administrative Office. The plans for the Professional.Golfer's Associa-
tion Hall of Fame and the PGA National Administrative Office, which are also
proposed to be located within "Tract A -1" , and the traffic circle located
in the Avenue of Champions and the ingress and egress to this POD will be
submitted for the City's consideration of approval at a later date.
Pursuant to the discussion at the November 8, 1979 Workshop.Meeting, Mr.
Skokowski reviewed with the Council those changes incorporated into the
plans for the "Office Core" POD.
Mr. Jan Browning, City Engineer, addressed the Council.relating his comments
regarding the paving and drainage plans for this POD.
• By a unanimous vote of the Council, the Deputy City Clerk read in full
Resolution 93, 1979. creation of the "Office Core" POD proposed to be located
within Tract A -1, Plat #1, of the PGA National PCD. Resolution 93, 1979,
was passed by a vote of 4 -1; vote on motion: Mayor Laurie, Vice:`.Mayor Kiedis,
Councilman Martino, and Councilman Aldred voted Aye; Councilman Feeney voted
Nay. Councilman Feeney voted against the adoption of this POD due to the
lack of the incorporation of the changes recommended by the City Engineer.
As requested by Mr. Skokowski, a motion was made by Councilman Aldred and
seconded by Councilman Feeney and unanimously adopted that the creation of
the "Office Core" POD not be subject to Site Plan Approval.
RESOLUTION 94
1979: By a unanimous vote of the Council, the Deputy City Clerk read in full
Resolution 94, 1979, extending the time for the use of a mobile home trailer
in the parking lot of the Meadows Mobile Home Park, Resolution 94, 1979
was unanimously adopted by the Council.
RESOLUTION 95, Resolution 95, 1979, authorizing the execution of the Community School Pro -
979: gram Agreement was postponed to their next meeting of December 6, 1979,
until a representative from that program was in attendance to discuss with
the Council the various problems they have been encountering.
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_ ORDINANCES: With a full Council in attendance, Mayor Laurie declared the Public Hearing
RDINANCE 15,
open which was duly advertised 10/23, 10130, 11/6 & 11/13 1979, and held
for the purpose of the Council's consideration of the annexation of a 3.554
acre parcel located north of Oakbrook Square within Section 4- 42 -43, with
a zoning classification of -CG -1, General Commercial District.
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Attorney George Ord, representing the petitioners, addressed the Council
regarding the annexation of the 3.554 acre parcel north of the Oakbrook
Square Shopping Center, which they plan to develop in the near future.
Attorney Walter Colbath, representing the homeowners in Hidden Key North,
addressed the Council stating they are not against the annexation, only
what could be developed in the future that would affect the valuation of
the homes in Hidden Key North. Members from the audience also addressed the
Council echoing Mr. Colbath's remarks.
At.-the-Planning and Zoning Commission meeting of September 11, 1979, a
Public Hearing was held on the above mentioned property, and a motion was
made to recommend to the City Council that they zone this property to RE -1,
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Residential-.Estate District._
Subsequent to further discussion, Mayor Laurie declared the Public Hearing
closed.
By a unanimous vote of the full Council, Attorney Brant read in full on
Second Reading, Ordinance 15, 1979. Ordinance 15, 1979 was unanimously
adopted by the Council as read by the City Attorney with the following
modifications:
1. The insertion of the verbiage "and zoning a part of said lands currently
zoned by the County of Palm Beach as Commercial to CG -1, General Com - --
mercial District and that part of said lands currently zoned by the
County of Palm Beach as RS to RS -4, Single Family Residential District,
simultaneously with said annexation ", in the stead of the verbiage,
"and, zoning same to CG -1, General Commercial District simultaneous
with said annexation ", in the Title Paragraph.
2. The paragraph of-Section 2 -was deleted in its entirety and placed
in'.-its = stead was,, "Concurrently with the annexation of said aforesaid
described lands that part of same currently zoned Commercial by the
County of Palm Beach and reflected as such in the official zoning
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COUNCIL:
COUNCILMAN FEENEY:
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map of said County shall be classified as zoning districts CG -11
General Commercial District, and that part of said lands currently
zoned RS for the County of Palm Beach and reflected as such in the
official zoning map of said County, shall be classified as zoning
district RS -4, Single Family Residential District."
Councilman Feeney stated that the traffic on Burns Road and A -1 -A
between the hours of 4:30 - 5:30 P.M., is extremely heavy and the
lines are backed up to Riverside Drive. He would like to request
a police officer to be stationed there during this time to expedite
the flow of traffic.
VICE MAYOR Vice Mayor Kiedis stated that he arranged a meeting with Lou
KIEDIS: Oxnevad, Dick Cameron, Leonard Devine, and Steve Henning to examine
the Plant Drive Park field, regarding the refurbishing of that
field. According to Lou Oxnevad, there is sufficient roots under
the bermuda grass where it looks bare, and can be revived once the
weeds were killed off.
ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 12:45 A.M.
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APPROVAL:
MAYOR LAURIE
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ROBERTA A. PEARCE, DEPUTY CITY CLERK
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COUNCILMAN MARTINO
COUNCILMAN ALDRED
Dear Sir:
By now you are in receipt of Resolution 90, 1979 . of the City
of.Palm Beach Gardens, passed;_by a vote, of four-:to one by the City
Council of Palm Beach Gardens on November 15, 1979. As the lone;
objector to this resolution, I wish to take this opportunity to set
forth, rather completely, my objections and counter proposals to
this resolution.
'First, as to Resolution 90, 1979, it essentially and correctly
notes that petroleum prices are slipping upward. It-calls for the
enactment of laws regulating the pricing of petroleum products.
Since such laws already exist, the resolution can.-only be construed
as a hearty endorsement of the policies and practices which have
led -our country to its present position -of undue energy -dependence
on oil exporting countries.
As.to the resolution's shortcomings (set forth in greater detail
later, herein), they are summarized as follows:
1. Endorses past policies and practices which have created
the mess we are currently in.
2. Does not provide alternatives for
(a) development of petroleum energy alternatives,
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At the outset of the lengthy comments which follow, I will
agree that decrying oil company so- called "excessive profits" makes
excellent election material for politicians seeking election or
re- election, simply because it sounds good. I will submit, however,
the proposition that oil company profits are not only not excessive -
they are inadequate to provide the funds necessary to.develop alter-
natives to petroleum energy.
The American public must be made aware that present price con-
trol of gasoline and other oil based energy forms, while beneficial
to their pocketbooks in the short run, results in.the development of
detrimental long -range economic and foreign policy.. We must decon-
trol the pricing of oil products in order to assure us of adequate.
supplies, of these commodities until energy alternatives are devel -.
oped.
DOMESTIC ECONOMIC POLICY.
Because of price control, our governmental entities have a
proven record of ineptness in dealing with our energy problems.
As evidence, I submit long gas lines and short supplies of fuel
oil in winter. Supply of any commodity will follow the line, or
market, in which it can be sold most profitably. The artificial
restriction of price and profit by U.S. authorities will assure
that the supplies of scarce oil products will flow to other countries
willing to pay for them. We will then continue to suffer chronic
shortages of supplies. These shortages will become so severe that
industry production will have to be curtailed, putting many employees
out of work. Long gas lines will again develop and while people are
in these lines, they cannot produce goods and services, so production
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•will decrease. Accordingly, if public demand for goods and services
is not diminished, inflation will be further increased.
The history of civilized man has taught us that the private
sector is more creative in developing technology than is government.
Even in the.space programs, it was the governmental contractors who
developed the useful technology we find on our store shelves today.
Development of energy alternatives, therefore, belongs in the private
sector and can only be adequately financed by profits.
The oil companies have a stake in developing alternative energy
sources. The world's proven oil reserves are expected to be com-
pletely exhausted within thirty years, at current usage levels. If
the oil companies do not develop alternative energy sources - they
• will be out of business; we will all be out of business. Massive
research and development expenditures will be required to develop
the alternatives. .Adequate profits, which are inadequate now, will
be necessary to finance these costs.
'While containing less than 60 of world population, the U.S.
consumes over 20% of world oil production. The U.S. is, therefore,
an energy glutton. Many Americans have, arrogantly, come to expect
to receive gasoline and other oil based energy forms at 40% of the
price the rest of the world pays. The price for continued arrogance
will be the eventual economic strangulation of the U.S. by countries
willing to pay competitive prices for energy. With this economic
strangulation will come unemployment and shortages of goods and
services as U.S. production capability begins to wither. We will be
forced into accepting increasing socialistic or even communistic
government policies in order to assure fair distribution of
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•increasingly short supplies of goods and services. In short, we
will lose our freedom.
The American public will not begin to seriously consider
conservation of energy supplies..until its cost is very expensive.
The psychological trigger, in the.form of increased price, must be
pulled soon, so that conservation will begin in earnest, practiced
as only Americans can when confronted with a challenge.
As to excessive profits, the public should be made to realize
that for each dollar of profit reported by the oil companies, the
oil companies paid a dollar in income taxes (even without a windfall
profits tax). If the profits are excessive, then it logically follows
that the.taxes must also be excessive, since they are equal to the
profits. These taxes should be frozen and earmarked for the develop-
ment of efficient mass transit facilities to take some of the burden
off the average taxpayer for increasing costs and dwindling supplies
of energy.
Deregulated gasoline prices, floating upward to world prices
of.$2.50 a gallon, would force auto manufacturers to more rapidly
develop more efficient auto engines, which would double your current
mileage per gallon. Your cost of gasoline would double, but you
would be able to drive.twice.as far on a gallon.
In summary, then, as to domestic effects, deregulation of gaso-
line and other oil based energy forms would accomplish the following.
(see appendix for specific enactment procedures):
1. provide sufficient.profit to finance the development of
. energy alternatives.
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2. provide sufficient taxes to develop adequate mass transit
facilities.
3. provide adequate supplies of oil, while energy alterna-
tives are being developed.
4. encourage, if not force, conservation through mass transit
use, auto manufacturer and American public efforts.
5. conservation would (a) extend the supply of oil, giving
us more time to develop energy alternatives..and (b) reduce
the demand for oil, thereby reducing upward price pressures
as long as the supply lasts.
6. the continued, present price regulation accomplishes the
opposite of these benefits.
FOREIGN POLICY
Our gluttonous energy consumption and arrogant attitude towards
our rights to oil energy sources contribute to our "ugly American"
image and waning influence in world affairs. It gives communist
countries an opportunity to point out how selfish the U.S. is with
its importation of such vast volumes of oil.
OPEC will continue to raise prices as long as we keep demanding
excessive quantities of oil. Only.through serious conservation can
we reduce or impair their ability to raise their prices and diminish
their inflationary, impact. Because the OPEC nations have no other
significant national resources, they must take advantage of the
situation now, in order to provide for their own people when the oil
runs out.
We compete with other industrialized countries, free_and communist,
for oil energy supplies, because energy (like blood in a body) is
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essential to keep industrialized countries alive.
Unless present energy supplies can be stretched until alterna-
tive energy sources are found, we face an inevitable world war over
the remaining energy supplies. Unless alternative energy sources are
developed, we can expect this world -wide confrontation far sooner than
thirty years from now, when supplies are expected to run out. If
history is a reliable teacher, we can expect this apocalypse by the
end of the next decade.
The U. S. must deregulate the price of oil based energy supplies
and must do it in much the same way that cancer chemo- therapy works.
In chemo- therapy, a poison is injected into the body as fast as
possible to kill the cancer, but notso fast as to kill the body. We
must deregulate quickly, but in logical steps.
• Inflation and energy shortages are but symptoms of the disease
we face - much the same as one of cancer's seven warning signs
( "unusual bleeding ", to name one). The tumor itself, the malignancy,
is the world -wide struggle for energy supply supremacy among indus-
trialized nations.
Unless the medicine of conservation through deregulation pro-
vides enough time and money to develop an energy cure in the form
of energy alternatives, the body will not survive. Because Resolu-
tion 90, 1979, if followed, would preserve the price restriction
status quo, which results in poor domestic and foreign policy and
ultimately encourages world -wide aggression over control of increas-
ingly scarce oil supplies, as well as proliferation of socialist and
• communist political and economic ideology, I could not support it.
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• FINAL OBSERVATIONS
It is easy to criticize, but much more difficult to develop con-
structive alternatives to our present dilemma. In an attempt to pro-
vide the beginnings for such alternatives, however, I provided an
outline of a program,.attached hereto as Appendix A, to our City Council.
In essence the program calls for:
(A) An offer by government to the oil companies to deregulate
the pricing of oil products.
(B) In return for deregulation, the oil companies would agree to
the following conditions until such time as the U.S. was free
of oil energy dependence:
(1) Limit dividend payments to stockholders, keeping more
• funds in their companies to finance research and de-
velopment of alternatives.
(2) Provide an estimated $10 billion, annually, from their
increased profits to finance research and development
of energy alternatives.
(C) Government would allocate the taxes from such increased
profits to the development of mass transit facilities and
require development of ".life- line" utility rates to protect
the elderly, disadvantaged and those on fixed incomes.
As a result of the Iranian Crisis, I hear my fellow Americans
beginning to understand the serious nature of our energy dependence
and the consequences which could occur if the madness possessing Iran
were to spread throughout the oil exporting nations. Americans are
• rejecting the old policies and practices, such as price control, which
got us into the position of being slaves to petroleum energy, I just
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like a junkie is dependent upon his.pusher for dope. I believe also,
that Americans are on the verge of.rejecting their leaders who con-
tinue to support these policies.
We want the tools with which to free ourselves from slavery! We
want the plans to fight our way back to independence!. We want to
regain our dominant, leading role in world affairs! We want to be
proud of our country! We want to begin now, while the affrontery to
our sensibilities, arising from the Iranian actions, are fresh in our
minds. We have the resolve to act now. We must not.let this oppor-
tunity pass.
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Enclosure.
Sincerely,.
Richard D. Aldred, CPA
City Councilman
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
APPENDIX A
ALTERNATIVE NG TO
RESOLUTION 90, 1979, GIVEN
TO THE PALM BEACH GARDENS CITY COUNCIL
FOR CONSIDERATION ON.NOVEMBER 6, 1979
WHEREAS the American public has grown weary of being held hostage by
the oil producing countries of the world and desire to adopt reasonable
plans and take action to free themselves from this economically imposed
slavery
WHEREAS the continued life of our industrialized economic and free
political system is dependent upon adequate supplies of energy to
operate our production facilities, maintain employment, provide for
employee transportaion to and from their jobs and provide for the
health and welfare of United States residents through utility con-
sumption
WHEREAS the continued increasing demand for energy supplies by indus-
trialized countries creates the opportunity for OPEC and other pe-
troleum exporting countries to continually raise the price of petroleum
energy supplies, contributing to serious world -wide inflation, thereby
eroding the purchasing power of all persons and causing hardship for
many, which hardship results in people having to make serious decisions
concerning their health and welfare - choosing, for example, between
food and heating their homes
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WHEREAS the United States, while containing less than six percent of
world population consumes approximately twenty percent of world
petroleum production and suffers from an international trade deficit
thereby contributing to an international energy consumption imbAlance.
WHEREAS considering that by most estimates, presently known supplies
of petroleum energy will be exhausted by the.end of the next genera-
tion of man and that, unless adequate energy alternatives are devel-
oped, it is,likely that world -wide aggression over the control of
increasingly scarce petroleum energy will occur.
• WHEREAS con servation.of petroleum energy is necessary to reduce the
demand for and continued inflationary pricing of petroleum products
and extend the amount of time we have to develop energy alternatives.
WHEREAS, our governmental entities have a proven record of less than
adequate energy measures, are ill equipped to develop the required
technology, that will require the substantial financing of research
and development costs, to provide the energy alternatives necessary
to reduce our dependence on petroleum energy
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APPENDIX A - CONTINUED
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED
That.the City of Palm Beach Gardens proposes our elected govern-
mental officials.consider. the following:
Section 1
The oil companies would be offered deregulation of petroleum
products, to be accomplished over a three year period, to reduce the
impact such deregulation would have on essential usage costs and
provide for a reasonable transition period.
In return for such offer, the oil.companies shall agree to:
(A) Limit dividend payments to shareholders to present levels,
with no more than ten percent annual increases hereafter,
thereby keeping more profits in the companies to finance the .
research and development of energy alternatives.
(B) Commit no less than fifty percent of their annual net income,
before deductions for research and development costs, to
research and development of petroleum energy alternatives,
providing an estimated $10 billion, annually, for such
research, in addition to the Federal Government's $34 billion
program.
(C) Agree that such conditions shall continue in full force and
effect until such time as United States consumption of
petroleum shall have decreased to the point where such con-
sumption shall be no greater than the percentage of U. S.
population to world -wide population (presently, approximately
six percent and decreasing).
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Section 2
United States governmental authorities shall appropriate all taxes
paid on oil company profits, which -taxes will approximately equal oil
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company reported profits, and use such taxes (estimated to exceed
$10 billion, annually) together with such other funds which may be
appropriated, for the development of adequate mass transit facilities
to take the burden of increasing transportation costs off the average
consumer.
In addition, all public service commissions shall be instructed
to require utility companies under their jurisdiction to develop
minimum "life -line" rates for their users so that the disadvantaged,
the elderly and all persons on fixed and.limited incomes will be
assured of adequate health and welfare measures.
Section 3
Because of our energy consumption imbalance and in order to reduce
.inflation through increased production, until such time as the United
• States trade and balance of payments is equalized, foreign aid shall
consist,. only, of goods (such as turn -key factories or food) produced
- in the United States or services and technology provided by U. S.
citizens resident in foreign lands.
In addition to providing full employment for U. S. citizens and
sharing the benefit of our energy consumption with other countries,
such a measure would provide less advantaged countries with the
opportunity to participate in the fruits of free enterprise and
thereby resist proliferation of socialist and communist economic and
political ideology.
Section 4
U. S. residents shall be encouraged by all elected officials to
• declare the moral equivalent of war on inflation, through conservation
.of energy efforts and any other measures, such as reducing the
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• purchase of non - essential items, until such time as inflation is
brought under control, alternative energy supplies have been made
abundantly available and we have been freed from our,energy dependent
slavery to oil producing countries.
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