HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Council 020675REGULAR MEETING
CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS
FEBRUARY 60 1975
The Regular Meeting of the City Council of Palm Beach Gardens was
called to order by Mayor Martino at 8 :00 P.M. in the Assembly
Room, 10500 North Military Trail, Palm Beach Gardens, and opened
with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
ROLL CALL: Roll was called by the City Clerk and present were: Mayor Martinos
Vice Mayor DeLonga, Councilman Wiley, Councilman Kiedis and
Councilman Feeney. Attorney Brant was present.
MINUTES: The minutes of the Workshop Meeting of January 30, 1975 were
unanimously approved by the Council.
PROCLAMATION: A proclamation proposed by the Village of North Palm Beach
entitled "National Crime Prevention Week" was read by Mayor
Martino.
PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS:
Mayor Martino acknowledged receipt of communications from:
R.F. GLADWIN: 1. R.F. Gladwin, Vice President of Gladwin Construction Company
commending Jack Hanson, Building Official, for the service received
from the Building Department during the construction of the
Community Federal Savings and Loan Bank.
HAROLD LANE: 2. Harold Lange,a resident of the City, commending Leonard Devine
for services rendered to the residents, in particular the cleaning
of the Earman River.
DEPARTMENT OF 3. Department of Revenue, State of Florida, advising of a change
REVENUE:
in Revenue Sharing Distributions to Municipalities effective
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February 1975 which the City Manager calculated would mean a
decrease of $3,000 to $4,000 per month to the City.
RESOLUTIONS: Resolution #2, 1975 appointing the Election Officials for the
RESOLUTION #2*
RESOLUTION #4�
RESOLUTION #59
975:
R ESOLUT ION #6,
ORDINANCES:
ORDINANCE #10
General Election to be held March 18, 1975 was read in full by
the City Clerk and unanimously adopted by the Council..
Resolution #4, 1975 requesting Public Officials and Governmental
Agencies to pursue remedies for increase in cost of oil products
and sugar and sugar products was read in full by the City Clerk
and unanimously adopted by the Council.
Resolution #5, 1975 requesting the Governmental Agencies to
encourage the Federal Government to release impounded funds that
may create new jobs for the unemployed was read in full by the
City Clerk and unanimously adopted by the Council.
Resolution #6, 1975 proclaiming the week of February 16 through
February 22, 1975 as National Engineers Week in Palm Beach
Gardens was read in full by the City Clerk and unanimously adopted
by the Council.
This resolution was prepared at the request of Bill Antill, Fred
Fetterly and Associates, on behalf of the Palm Beach Chapter of
the Florida Engineering Society.
Mayor Martino declared the Public Hearing open for consideration
of Ordinance #1, 1975 Secondhand Dealers* which was duly
advertised on January 16, 1975.
No member of the City Council or member of the audience spoke for
or against the Ordinance.
Mayor Martino declared the Public Hea:ing closed.
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Ordinance #l, 1975 Secondhand Dealers was read by title only,with
the amendments since the first reading of the Ordinance, by the
City Clerk and the Ordinance was unanimously adopted by the Council.
REPORTS: Mayor Martino reported he had addressed the members of the Meadows
MEADOWS TRAILER Trailer Park Association located on PGA Blvd. regarding the
PAR K AS OC . :
happenings in the City with his imput on the status of PGA Blvd.
The Council concurred with Mayor Martino's suggestion that a
March Workshop Council Meeting could be scheduled to be held
in the Meadows Trailer Park Auditorium if proper notices were
posted advising of same.
Councilman K:i.edis reported he had also attended the meeting at
the Meadows Trailer Park and related two complaints from the
residents; the need for more lighting at the entrance and a
drainage problem at PGA Blvd. which the City Manager stated was
a problem of the County.
PALM BEACH Councilman Wiley reported he had attended the meeting of the Palm
GARDENS
BIC'NTENNIAL Beach Gardens Bicentennial Committee held February 5, 1975. Some
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of the highlights of the meeting were: flag contest is being
conducted and notification of this will be placed in the next
newsletter; consideration of the prize being a U.S. Savings Bond
and Councilman Wiley indicted to the Committee he would ask the
Council to consider the committment of funds toward this and other
activities; presentation was made on flag5in the Country and a
bicentennial flag was adopted; consideration of printing a booklet
containing historical documents with items about the City; a
trade fair; plans for 4th of July Celebration; against painting
the fire hydrants; members interested in library and serving on
the County Library Board and will attend meeting on February 10,1975.
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LIBRARY- LAGUNA
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PROPERTY:
MEETING WITH
DR. CARROLL:
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Highlights of Council meetings will be sent to officers of the
Committee; next meeting to be Wednesday, March 5, 1975 at 7 :30 P,M.;
will hold regular meetings first Wednesday of each month.
Mrs. Nancy Laurie spoke from the audience and questioned the land
proposed to be donated by the Laguna Village Planned Unit
Development for a library and was advised by the City Manager
that construction on this project had temporarily been dropped,
and said location on the north side of PGA Blvd. was not suitable
for the residents of the City.
The City Manager reported he had attended a meeting with Dr.
Carroll and was informed the summer enrichment funds have been
terminated.
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION:
APPEARANCE Discussion was held on the Appearance Code and the Council
CODE:
concurred with the proposal made by Mayor Martino to incorporate
all elements of the Appearance Code, the Site Plan Review Ord.,
the Landscape Ordinance and the Sign Ordinance, which the City
Attorney was directed to prepare; to create a one function
committee to draw up an Appearance Plan; the committee to consist
of 6 or 7 members; the plan to be completed within 90 days*
The City Council will recommend prospective members to the City
Manager whb will contact them to determine if they would be
interested in serving.
SECURITY The City Manager advised Dr. Smith had selected a family to reside
TRAILM AT
HJLUH L: in a trailer which will be placed on the grounds of the High
School for security reasons. Discussion by the Council followed
and no action will be taken until the City Manager obtains further
information in writing as to the exact location of the trailer
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and the name of the family involved.
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Sam Carsillo spoke from the audience and suggested exploring the
use of the Burns Agency to provide security at a lesser cost.
EMERGENCY ROOM Mr. Carsillo also asked the status of the emergency room at the
PBG COMMUNITY
HOSPITAL: Palm Beach Gardens Community Hospital and was informed by Councilman
Feeney a meeting would be held March 27, 1975 to determine the
availablity of money and supposedly construction would begin soon
of ter.
BELLEWOOD A group of ladies from Bellewood Street with Mrs. Smith and Mrs.
STREET
RESIDENTS: Schlosser as spokesmen addressed the Council making them aware
the children in that area have no place to play. They were
informed by Mayor Martino the Council is making every effort toward
buying property in that vicinity.
ITEMS BY CITY MANAGER:
LIBRARY The City Manager reported Mrs. Biller, Director, County Library
LOCATION:
System had visited the City and inspected the recreation room
as a possible location for a temporary library, and had concluded
it was not conducive for this use.
ENCLOSE POLICE At the recommendation of theCity Manager, the Council authorized
DISPATCHERS
the expenditure of $799 to enclose the Police Dispatchers area;
funds to be taken from the Federal Revenue Sharing Account.
The City Manager announced that Nancy Laurie and Clair Andersen
would participate in a program on TV Channel 12 at 12 noon on
Sunday, February 9, 1975 pertaining to the Land Use Plan adopted
by the City.
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LETHEL YELLawjNG :The City Manager reported preventive measures against lethel
yellowing disease in the palm trees would be taken after Mr. Devine,
Director of Public Works attends a meeting on February 7, 1975 to
determine the cost factor.
TREE Don Kitchings addressed the Council from the audience expressing
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concern about the severe trimming of the palm trees. The City
Manager explained the tree trimming program and stated corrective
measures will be taken when the program is initiated next year.
ITEMS BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL:
MAYOR MARTINO: A recommendation will be made by the City Manager regarding the
protective rails for the bridges.
Mayor Martino advised he was participating in a donkey basketball
game on February 7, 1975.
VICE MAYOR Ordinance #3, 1975 drawn on the recommendation of the mayor and
DE LONGA:
presented by Vice Mayor DeLonga increasing the annual salary
O_RDINANCE #3�
of the City Manager, was read in full by the City Clerk and
unanimously adopted by the Council.
Second reading and a public heax'ing on Ordinance #3, 1975 will be
held at the Regular Meeting March 6, 1975.
The City Manager reported the new sewer treatment plant was in the
checkout phase.
AGREEMENT_PBG An agreement between the City and the Palm Beach Gardens Youth
YOUTH ATHLETIC
ASSOC. AND CITY: Athletic Association, pertaining to the new storage building
being constructed by the PSGYAA and turned over to the City,
was reviewed by the Council and corrections made at the
suggestion of Councilman Feeney.
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The Council with the exception of Councilman Feeney concurred
the air conditioning system be excluded from the contract and
made a responsibility of the PBGYAA.
Attorney Brant was directed to return with a modified copy of
the agreement incorporating the changes made by the Council,.
COUNCILMAN Councilman Kiedis proposed that the street markers be painted
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red, white and blue for the Bicentennial Celebration.
Councilman Kiedis mentioned he had received a credit memo from
his insurance company on the decrease in rates due to the lower
fire rating classification.
At the request of Councilman Kiedis, all written material from the
City must be dated.
The City Manager will determine the purpose of the stakes on the
south side of Lilac Street.
Councilman Kiedis requested and the Council agreed the Tree
Preservation Ordinance be placed on a future agenda for review.
MAYOR MARTINO: Mayor Martino informed the Council of the District Basketball
Tournament to be held at the High School on February 21, 1975
and the request by Mrs. Peg Snyder for $ 100.00 toward expenses.
The Council concurred it was not their policy to donate monies
and suggested contacting a civic group.
ADJOURNMENT: N further busine�s, the meeting adjourned at 11 :00 P.M.
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ouncilman Walter
Councilman John Kiedis
Councilmad Dick Feeney