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CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS
OCTOBER 13, 1977
The Workshop Meeting of the City .Council of Palm Beach Gardens
was called to order by Mayor Feeney at 8:10 P.M. in the Assembly
Roomo 10500 North 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 Kiedis and Councilman Wiley. Attorney
Baldwin was in attendance. Councilman Martino arrived later in
the meeting.
MINUTES: The Minutes of the Regular Meeting of October 6, 1977 were
unanimously approved by the Council as written.
TOM SCHi�ARTZ: Tom Schwartz, Director of baseball, Palm Beach Gardens Youth
Athletic Association, addressed the Council as Chairman of a
Special Projects Committee relative to a fund raising project
they are proposing. He stated they will sell advertising on 4 x 8
fence board signs, and when fastened together will make a 150' to
200' outfield fence on the proposed baseball fields to be placed
on the 10 acres adjacent to the City Hall c emplex. The signs will
be mobile and can be put up or down by four men in about twenty
minutes; the fence will be at ground level attached to pipes
placed in the ground 2 foot; services of professional sign painters
will be used; maintenance to be done by YAA; the storing and
problem of vandalism will be responsibility of YAA; advertising
� will be sold at X150.00 each, and the Association would realize
approximately 110;G00:00. The signs will remain up for the
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duration of the season, and the contracts will be let for a period
of 1 year.
Discussion followed by the Council regarding the City's liability,
the fact that billboards are not allowed in the City, and the
safety factor. The Council concurred with the suggestion made by
Councilman Nartino that the P13GYAA obtain permission from Mr.
MacArthur, and consider placing these signs at the Lake Catherine
fields. The City Manager was directed to contract Boca Raton,
Lantana and lake Worth as to their experience with this type of
advertising.
Lou .zones, Vern Stephenson and Paul o'elch., also on the Special
Projects Committee were at the meeting in support of the fund
raising project. Councilman Martino asked the group to relay to
the football coaches the concern the Council has for the children
riding their bicycles after dark, and not to schedule games or
practices that would continue later in the evening.
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA:
iNURRAY KELLER; Murray Keller, 3940 Flag Drive asked what action had been taken
regarding the problem of bicycles and mopeds being driven across
his property destroying the lawn and trees. City Manager ,john L.
Orr replied that the Church had been contacted in reference to
extending their fence, and consideration is being given to keeping
the easement open for maintenance purposes.
PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS:
Mayor Feeney acknowledged receipt of communications from:
P &Z COMMISSION: 1. Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation as a result of
a Public Hearing re commercial recreational facilities. Further
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discussion will be held at the 'Workshop Meeting on October 27, 1977.
BILL JAMES: 2. Bill James, House Minority Leader acknowledging receipt of
Resolution #37, re utility rate increases.
NORMAN JACKSON: 3. Norman A. Jackson, Executive Director, Department of Community
Affairs declaring Dec. 4-11, 1977 as Human Rights t'eek. A
similar Proclamation will be prepared by the City.
RESOLUTION #44 The City Manager John L. Orr presented the Council with a copy of
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_ an application form for the Local Government Comprehensive Planning
PLANNING ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM: Assistance Program and Resolution #44, 1977 requesting the
Department of Community Affairs to include the City's application
among those requesting financial assistance. At his suggestion,
and by a unanimous vote of the Council, the Workshop Meeting was
recessed at 9:00 P.M. to hold a Special Meeting to consider the
above Mentioned application and Resolution.
The Workshop Meeting reconvened at 9:06 P.M. with a full Council
in attendance.
ORDINANCES: Ordinance #13, 1977 providing that the Site Plan and Appearance
ORDINANCE #13, Review Committee shall have certain authority to waiver the
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_ requirements of buffer areas was explained by Councilman Kiedis,
that this pertains to buffer areas when a conditional use is
involved for medical or dental clinics, or professional offices
within the R -3, R -3A, R -3B, R -3D, and R -4 zoning districts.
Discussion followed by the Council. Councilman wiley was concerned
that the restrictions pertained only to the R -3 through R,4 districtr
and also felt each case should be assessed on its own merit.
�-' Councilman Martino did not like the concept of the Ordinance, and
felt that the granting of a variance should be at the discretion
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of the Council and not with the Site Plan and Appearance Review
Committee. Mayor Feeney also felt it should be subject to final
approval by the City Council. Vice Mayor Laurie expressed
concern about the noise factor generated by the traffic as opposed
to traffic noise from a multiple family use.
The Ordinance will be modified to include "subject to final
approval by the City Council" and "does not reduce the privacy
of residential property adjacent to ", for first reading on
October 20, 1977.
ORDINANCE #142 Councilman Kiedis explained Ordinance #14, 1977 relative to
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reserved parking improvements, which gives the Site Plan and
Appearance Committee authority to waive up to 250 of parking
spaces required by the Code. Discussion followed and concern was
expressed that it was too arbitrary and if the parking requirements
were inadequate, the Code should be changed.
A poll of the Council was taken and the Ordinance will not be
considered as an Ordinance by the City Council. It will be
referred back to the Planning and Zoning Commission for specifics
regarding the parking requirement section of the Code to determine
if the Code needs to be changed.
ORDINANCE RE: Vice Mayor Laurie reiterated the reasons for consideration of an
PARKING OF
ordinance restricting the parking of commercial vehicles in
VEHICLES IN
RESIDENTIAL residential areas, which was promoted by a petition from residents
AREAS:
of the City and presented by Louis Zehnle at the Workshop Meeting
on Oct. 14, 1976. Discussion followed and the Council agreed to
change the wording 3/4 ton to 1 ton wherever it appears in the
Ordinance, and strike the word "volunteer" in Section D (3) and
insert the words "fire and medical ".
First reading of the Ordinance will be held on October 20th and
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and it will be workshopped on October 27, 1977.
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION:
INTER -LOCAL City Manager John L. Orr presented the Council with copies of an
AGREEMENT -
COMMUNITY DEVEL- Inter -Local Agreement extending the agreement from last year
OPMENT CT:
through September 30, 1979, joining *ith the County so they may
qualify as an urban county to receive entitlements under the
Community Development Act. Consideration of the agreement will be
held at the Regular Meeting, October 20, 1977.
LAND USE PLAN: City Manager John L. Orr recommended, and the Council concurred,
to defer discussion about State requirements for overall Land Use
Plan with public input and participation, until the P &Z Commission
has completed the re -write of the Zoning Code. Mr. Orr will set
up a time table so that the deadline for compliance to the State
requirements will be met.
IMPROVEMENTS TO The improvements to the 10 acres and location of ball fields was
IU ACRES:
briefly discussed by the Council and further discussion will be
LOCATION OF
BALL FISEDS: held on October 20, 1977.
Councilman Wiley suggested that a total, recreational valuation
should be given to the placement of the ball fields relative to
other existing and future utilization for that property. A
further look will be given to the layout plan for the fields as
recommended by the Recreation Advisory Board, and a request made
for a recommendation from Steve Henning, Recreation Director.
REPORTS: Councilman Martino reported he had attended the Recreation Advisory
Board Meeting held October 11, 1977. The Tennis Committee has
requested benches to be placed inside the fenced area; a litter
bag affixed to the fence; mention was made of fabric being used
as a wind screen; and a complaint made of water from the sprinklers
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hitting the tennis courts. The City Manager was asked to
investigate the hours worked by the part time person at the tennis
courts.
Councilman Martino reported he had attended the meeting held
October 10, 1977 in Juno on growth rate control through local
legislation which dealt with the economics of growth.
Councilman Wiley reported he would be unable to attend the Zoning
Board of Appeals meeting on October 19th and Mayor Feeney
volunteered to attend in his place as liaison member to the Board.
Councilman Kiedis reported he had attended the Planning and Zoning
Commission meeting held October 11, 1977, and public hearings
had been held on buffer strips and reserved parking and the public
hearing relative to amending the conditional uses in M -lA Light
Industrial District was recessed until October 25, 1977 at the
request of the Attorney for Camdaras, Inc.
ITEMS BY THE CITY MANAGER:
ANNE`{ATION City Manager John L. Orr stated he had given the Council a copy
PROCEDURES:
of Annexation procedures as supplied by the Florida Department of
Community Affairs and made reference to the possibility of
Kendall Construction Company wanting to annex a parcel of land
into the City. Mr. Kendall will provide a large scale drawing
of his proposed project.
BUDGET: City Manager John L. Orr advised that the City has placed an ad
in the newspaper, to comply with the Statute, that the Budget
is available for inspection by the public at the office of the
City Clerk.
ITEMS BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL:
COUNCILMAN Councilman Kiedis asked that the canal at Honeysuckle be cleaned;
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reported tall grass at the Woodland Lakes area and suggested that
Mr. Pappalardo be advised.
In answer to inquiries by Councilman Kiedis, City Manager John Orr
advised that the recreation area at Sandalwood Phase II is completed;
no answer has been received from the School Board re a proposed
recreation area near Pine Tree Blvd.; no answer has been received
from the Inter City First Aid request to use the picnic area;
no answer has been received from Mr. Hayes, Manager FP &L regarding
street lights; and the City is awaiting permission from FP &L
to put in the electrical requirements for the Holly Drive median
strip project. Councilman Kiedis requested that the soil be
retained to fill in between the curbing.
VICE MAYOR LAURIE. The City Manager advised that the teen center will be back in
operation next week.
ADJOURNMENT: No further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:00 P.M.
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