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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Council 030978i WORKSHOP MEETING CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS MARCH 9, 1978 The Workshop Meeting of the City Council of Palm Beach Gardens was called to order by Mayor Feeney at 8:00 P.M. in the Assembly Room, 10500 N. Military Trail, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and opened with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. ROLL CALL: Roll was called by the City Clerk and present were: Mayor Feeney, Vice Mayor Laurie, Councilman Martino, Councilman Kiedis and Councilman Wiley. Attorney Baldwin was in attendance. MINUTES: The Minutes of the Regular Meeting of March 9, 1978 were unanimously approved by the Council as written. ANNOUNCEMENTS:Mayor Feeney made the following announcements: Merit System Board Meeting - Monday, March 13, 1978 at 7:00 PM Recreation Advisory Board Meeting - Tuesday, March 14, 1978 at 8:00 PM Volunteer Firemen's Meeting - Tuesday, March 14, 1978 at 7:30 PM TOM VREELAND: Tom Vreeland, who stated he was representing the Volunteer Fare Department, addressed the Council asking them to consider formulating a plan, to coincide with the growth of the City, which would include hiring one or two paid men in the near future, and those men to come from the volunteer ranks. Using this method the Department would continue to serve without any conflict between paid members and volunteers; these people live in this City and are familiar with this area. It was also their opinion it would lessen the immediate tax burden on all. Councilman Wiley stated he had a warm and close relationship with the Fire Department and commended Mr. Vreeland for approaching the Council mid way between the budget and encouraged the Council to consider their request and act accordingly. i Workshop Meeting, March 9, 1978 Page 2 RESOLUTIONS: Resolution 16, 1978 appointing members to the Board of Trustees RESOLUTION of the Firemen's Retirement Trust Fund will be considered at 16, 1978 the Regular Meeting, March 16, 1978. Kenneth Gordon representing the Fire Department is a paid employee of the City and Larry Siehl, the other member, is a volunteer. RESOLUTION Resolution 15, 1977 executing a contract for the employment of RESOLUTION a tennis pro and operation of a tennis pro shop was reviewed 157 1977: by the Council Ms. Alyce Marshall, Tennis Pro addressed the Council stating that she had two employees to asist her and that the tennis pro shop was open from 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM during the week days, 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM on Saturdays and 8 :00 AM to 12 noon on Sundays; that Nancy Ellis worked between 44 -50 hours and Andy worked approximately 30 hours. She requested additional money for her employees, however, stated she was very pleased with the present contract and her relationship with the City. Vice Mayor Laurie informed the Council he was the liaison member to the Tennis Committee and he assumed that they were satisfied with the tennis program since they have had no meetings of late. The Council agreed to take under advisement the suggestion of Ms. Marshall to increase the sum of $75.00 per week for a person to man the pro shop-to $100.00 per week, which will be formally considered at the Regular Meeting on March 16, 1978. Mayor Feeney requested an expenditure and revenue comparison to determine if the program is self sustaining. ORDINANCES: Ordinance 3, 1978 annexation of lands lying within Section 19-- ORDINANCE 42 -43 on a petition from Eugene Bie was workshopped by the Council. Councilman Wiley reiterated why he had voted against reading Workshop Meeting, March 9, 1978 Page 3 the Ordinance on first reading that he felt in principle it was morally wrong to annex property into the City with no intended use, no time limit on development and no reversion clauses. Mayor Feeney was of the same opinion and suggested that all annexations be brought in as R -1 and after 6 months be considered for rezoning. Vice Mayor Laurie and Councilman Kiedis were satisfied that it met the Land Use Plan if rezoned to C -2. A Public Hearing and second reading on Ordinance 3, 1978 will be held at the Regular Meeting on March 16, 1978. ORDINANCES No changes were made to Ordinance #6, 1978 creating a new sub- - ORDINANCE paragraph of Section 11, C -2 General Commercial District of 6, 1978: Article V, Appendix A, Zoning entitled "Special Regulated Uses" and a Public Hearing and second reading will be held at the Regular Meeting on March 16, 1978. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION: SANDTREE Discussion was held on a recommendation from the Planning and PUD' -. -� -� Zoning Commission for the creation of Sandtree Commercial Recreational /Multiple Family PUD within Section 19- 42 -43, proposed by Mr. R. G. Harris. Mr. R. G. Harris, the developer, made a presentation, to the Council assisted by Mr. Chaunce Wallace, Engineer for the project. The project is located on extend 20 acres located on the east side of I -95 and /1700 feet back from Northlake Blvd. and is presently zoned C -2, General Commercial. It will consist of 152 units of 2, 3 and 4 bedroom two story double townhouses and a Sportplex including 3 tennis courts, pool, 5 racquetball courts, a health spa and a pro shop-on 22 acres. A playground and open recreational area on 1 acre i Workshop Meeting, March 9, 1978 Page 4 will provide standard playground equipment and creative play- ground equipment. 1--' Mr. Buddy Baarcke was introduced to the Council. Mr. Baarcke will run the sportplex and stated he had worked for the NPB Country Club for 14 years as swimming director and coach for the surrounding school swimming teams and plans on continuing this work at the sportplex. The road into the property from Northlake Blvd. is owned by the developer but will be built by Mr. Kendall, the adjoining property owner and will be excluded from the PUD. Mr. Harris requested, that if a traffic light is warranted, any other development that comes to that area must bear the cost for the signal. The City Manager John L. Orr reported that according to the traffic study, signalization will be needed at the completion of Mr. Harris' PUD and the one proposed by Mr. Kendall in the County. Mr. Harris provided a homeowners document for the record. The street within the project will be dedicated to the City with 24' of paving and a 60' right -of -way. The Council requested that sidewalks or walkways be provided on the homeowners property and not on City property. Mr. Harris agreed to reduce the right-of -way to 50' to provide a sidewalk on either side of the road. His plans were for a mulch trail, however the Council suggested a concrete sidewalk. An elevation plan of the sidewalks with details in picture form is to be provided by Mr. Harris. Concern was expressed by the Council relative to only-2 parking spaces provided for each building, and Mr. Harris was advised that his parking area did not comply with the Landscape Workshop Meeting March 9, 1978 Code. Page 5 Items that the individual Council members were concerned about and felt that Mr. Harris should review and consider were: Buildings located too close to each other. Use of railroad ties along sidewalks debatable. The density of 9.9 was too great. Consideration of an area to be designated to park recreational vehicles that could also be used for minor car repair. Provide more recreation in the NE corner. Parking lots to be landscaped. Sidewalks be concrete Consider donating money to the general fund equal to the cost of an acre of land and in lieu of additional recreation. Provide positive drainage plan. Mr. Gordon Hunter a new resident of the City who lives in Plat 4 was in the audience with his wife and state he was a retired City Manager from Michigan. He expressed concern that the parking facilities were not enough and the 24' pavement at the entrance into the project was too narrow for such a heavily trafficked area. Another workshop session will be held at the Regular Meeting on March 16, 1978. r Workshop Meeting, March 9, 1978 PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS: Page b PHIL LEWIS: Vice Mayor Laurie acknowledged receipt of a letter from Senator Phil Lewis thanking the City for the copy of Resolution 12 opposing the Florida Business Development Act. Councilman Kiedis reported his daughter had been appGinted to the National Honor Society. REPORTS: Councilman Wiley reported he and Vice Mayor Laurie were working on a letter to the residents in the unincorporated area advising them of the benefits if they annex into the City. Vice Mayor Laurie reported he had attended the meeting of the Beautification and Environmental Committee held March 8, 1978. ITEMS BY CITY MANAGER: BIDS TO CLEAN The City Manager John L. Orr advised he will have a recommendation 7TULK _ , & PAINT CITY regarding the awarding of the bids to clean, caulk and paint the COMPLEX & FIRE City Complex and Fire Station, but needed an indication from STATION: the Council if they wanted to expend monies for this project. The Council agreed to consider the recommendation for the awarding of the bids when received, monies to come from the Anti Recession Fund and Federal Revenue Sharing Fund. ZONING CODE The Council reviewed the schedule prepared by the City Manager UPDATE: for the adoption of the Zoning Code and the Comphrehensive Plan. They agreed to a target date of July 1, 1978 for updating the zoning code with a review of Article V at the Workshop Meeting on March 23, 1978. ITEMS BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL: Vice Mayor Laurie reported that the annual Easter Egg Hunt would be held on Friday, March 24, 1978 at 9:00 A.M. at Plant Drive Park. s Workshop Meeting, March 9, 1978 Page 7 COUNCILMAN Councilman Wiley asked the Council to consider at a future WILEY: workshop meeting the petition and related material concerning the use of the existing Florida Turnpike as a link between 1 -95 at PGA Blvd. and Ft. Pierce. Councilman Wiley asked the Council to follow up on the concern that the Municipalities might lose the revenues from the Cable TV franchise, and that the rates would go up without the benefit of a Public Hearing. Councilman Wiley expressed appreciation to the Council for the opportunity to serve the City as an Interim Councilman. The Council, in turn, thanked Mr. Wiley for his services to the City. COUNCILMAN Councilman Martino called attention to mention in Chief Arrants' MARTINO: monthly report that a portion of the 12 acres could be used by the Fire Department as a fire training area. He had no objection to this but stated he did not want to allocate funds for a building, due to the lack of funds at this time. The City Manager gave an update to Councilman Martino on the construction at Camdaras, Inc. located on Burns Road: that the permits had been issued and Mr. Clark has 60 days to construct the fence. VICE MAYOR Vice Mayor Laurie reported he had given his items to the City LAURIE: Manager in written form. Mr. Gordon Hunter congratulated the Council for a fine community; publicly thanked the City Manager John L. Orr for his cooperation in cleaning up the entryway to Plat 4 where he lives; stated he was extremely impressed with the Police Department and with the police coverage in that area; the Public Works employees on the trash pick -up were very cooperative, and that he had met and talked with both the Workshop Meeting, March 9, 1978 Building Inspectors. Page 8 ADJOURNMENT: No further business the meeting adjourned at 11:45 P.M. Mayor Feeney Vice Mayor Laurie /% Vity Clerk Councilman Martino Councilman Kiedis �Counc'itman Willey