HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Council 060575REGULAR MEETING
CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS
JUNE 59 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 and opened with the Pledge of
Allegiance to the Flag.
ROLL CALL: Roll was called by the City Clerk and present weave: Mayor
Martino, vice Mayor DeLonga, Councilman Wiley and Councilman
Kiedis. Councilman Feeney was absent because he was attending
his son's graduation. Attorney Brant was in attendance.
MINUTES: The Minutes of the Workshop Meeting of May 22, 1975 were
unanimously approved by the Council.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Mayor Martino made the following announcements:
A Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting would be held Tuesday,
June 10, 1975 at 7 :30 P.M.
A Recreation Advisory Board Meeting would be held Tuesday, June 10,
1975 at 8:00 P.M.
A Meeting of the volunteer Firemen would be held Tuesday, June 10,
1975 at 7 :30 P.M.
A Beautification and Environmental Committee Meeting would be
held Wednesday,June 11, 1975 at 7:30 P.M.
A Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting would be held Thursday, June 12,
1975 at 7 :30 P.M.
Masonic Cornerstone Laying Ceremony would be held at the Court
House Complex, PGA Blvd., Saturday, June 14, 1975 at 2 :00 P.M.
A Public Hearing by the Palm Beach County Planning Commission
on June 12, 1975 and a Public Hearing by the Board of County
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Commissioners on June 26, 1975 relative to a petition of Palm
Beach County Utilities Company for a special exception to allow
a water treatment plant to be located in Section 36741 -42 on Hood
Road.
A new branch library opened May 311, 1975 at the Tanglewood Plaza
and dedication ceremonies will be held at a future date.
PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS:
Mayor Martino acknowledged receipt of communications from:
P &Z COMMISSION- 1. Recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission that
GOALS, OBJECTIVES
the "Goals, Objectives and Policies" to be part of the City ►s
proposed Comprehensive Land Use Plan be adopted by the City Council.
REP. LEWIS: 2. Representative Tom Lewis to the Florida East Coast Railroad
requesting they consider a walkway over the railroad tracks at
Lighthouse Drive and Alt. AlA for the safety of pedestrian and
bicycle traffic.
COUNTY 3. Notice from Robert Rollins, County Administrator advising
ADMINISTRATOR:
of public meetings relative to a charter form of government for
Palm Beach County.
REP. POORBAUGH: 4. Representative Poorbaugh relative to Medical Malpractice
Insurance.
WILLIAM JAMES: 5. Minority Leader William James advising he is in contact with
the DOT regarding construction on PGA Blvd.
TOM WEBB: 6. Tom Webb, Secretary of Transportation, DOT, to Lawton Chiles
requesting the District Engineer Ben Simpson contact the City
regarding the schedule of I -95 projects.
DOT: 7. Department of Transportation acknowledging receipt of
Resolution #17, 1975 - proposal of clover leaf at I -95 & PGA Blvd.
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REP. LEWIS: 8. Representative Tom Lewis agreeing with Resolution #17, 1975
intersection of I -95 and PGA Blvd. concern.
SEN. JOHNSTON: 9. State Senator Harry Johnston concerning medical malpractice
crisis in Florida.
RESOLUTIONS: Discussion was held on Resolution #11, 1975 appointing members
RESOLUTION #110 to the Merit System Bca rd.
Councilman Wiley reported he had attended the Merit System Board
Meeting held May 19, 1975. Prospective members who expressed an
interest for appointment to the Board were present and advised of
the functions of the Board. Councilman Wiley recommended that an
Alternate member be appointed.
The names Henry Comstock, Meyer Kesner and Lloyd Mazer were
submitted for consideration for appointments; a poll of the
Council was taken, and by uannimous vote of the Council, Resolution
#11, 1975 inserting the names Lloyd Mazer and Meyer Kesner in
Section 2 was read in full by the City Clerk and unanimously
adopted by the Council.
RESOLUTION #219 Discussion was held on Resolution #21, 1975 appointing members
to the Site Review and Appearance Code Committee.
Motion was made, seconded and unanimously carried to insert the
names Arthur Nelson and Hilmy Adeeb in Section 1 of Resolution 21,
1975. The Resolution was read in full by the City Clerk inserting
the above names and unanimously adopted by the Council.
ORDINANCES: The Public Hearing on consideration of Ordinance #7, 1975- Tree
ORDINANCE #7-, Preservation Ordinance was declared open by Mayor Martino, which
had been duly advertised on April 3, 1975, recessed to May 1, 1975
and recessed again to June 5, 1975.
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Councilman Kiedis mentioned that specimen and /or historic trees
and designated native trees were listed in the ordinance by
1� definitions only; and suggested that the Beautification and
Environmental Committee could indicate a specimen or historic
tree by a tag. The Public Hearing was declared closed by the Mayor.
motion was made by Councilman Kiedis to read Ordinance #7, 1975 -
Tree Preservation Ordinance, in full, on second reading.
The motion died for a lack of a second.
Councilman Wiley stated he did not second the motion as the intent
of the motion was to read the ordinance in its entirety, which
in essence puts it back on first reading again,since substantial
changes had been made since the first reading. Therefore he
felt the Council had not workshopped the ordinance in this form,
and should do so to get a better ordinance; and suggested returning
the ordinance to the Beautification and Environmental Committee
for review.
Vase Mayor DeLonga stated he felt the ordinance was unenforceable
and infringed on peoples rights and did not favor sending it back
to the B &E Committee. He objected to the Ordinance in its present
state, in particular, Sec. 31.11 the word improved and in Sec.31.17
the word developed.
Councilman Kiedis agreed the ordinance would be difficult to
enforce but not unlike other ordinances on the books that are
difficult to enforce. He felt some control should be made on
multiple family and commercial lots, and as compromise, exempt
the single family homes and developed property.
Mayor Martino was in favor of returning the ordinance to the B &E
Committee with subsequent review by the Council.
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Councilman Kiedis made the motion, seconded by Councilman Wiley
to return the Tree Preservation Ordinance back to the B &E Committee
with the thoughts of the Council as expressed, for review and
rework and final consideration by the Council. The motion and
second to the motion were withdrawn.
Motion was :Wade by Councilman Wiley, seconded by Vice Mayor
DeLonga that Ordinance #7, 1975, as currently drafted, be
defeated by a motion of the City Council, and that draft be
submitted back to the B &E Committee for rework, for subsequent
submittal to the Council and then be placed on first reading and
advertised as a new ordinance.
Vote on motion - Mayor Martino, Vice Mayor DeLonga and
Councilman Wiley voted aye; Councilman Kiedis voted nay for the
reason he had reservations that the B &E Committee intended
to make any drastic revisions.
The Council will relay to the B &E Committee the areas they have
objections to, and authoriziation was given to Attorney Brant,
at the appropriate time, to advise the Committee in any areas
they needed assistance.
ORDINANCE #9, Discussion was held on Ordinance #9, 1975 .. Revisions to the
1975:
Fire Code. Vice Mayor DeLonga questioned the meaning of the
definition multiple dwellings in the Standard Building Code.
It was the consensus of the Council to possibly exclude 2 story
multiple dwellings, 24 feet in height with 5,000 square feet of
floor space from putting in sprinkler systems.
Ordinance #9, 1975 will be returned to the Building Official,
the Fire Chief and the City Manager for further review and
recommendation to the Council.
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SAM CARSILLO: Sawn Carsillo, spoke from the audience and advised he had this
evening attended the public hearing held at the Palm Beach
Gardens High School, concerning the proposed charter form of
government for Palm Beach County, and was dismayed at the few
people in attendance, however explained to the group this was
also graduation night.
Mr. Carsillo suggested that smoke detectors be included in the
fire code ordinance as mandatory for hoppitals, nursing homes etc.
ORDINANCE #10, Ordinance #10, 1975 Revisions to the Landscape ordinance was not
considered for discussion by mutual consent of the Council.
REPORTS: Mayor Martino reported he had attended the Health Planning
HEALTH PLANNING Council. Meeting held June 4, 1975, which was informative to a
COUNCIL MEETING:
degree, but it was his opinion that they could have publicized
more what their intentions were. He requested a list of various
clinics available for residents, who are economically unable to
provide for health care, and asked them to consider in their
long range plan senior citizens health care, health care for
underprivileged, and a dental plan combined with the school
systems plan.
He was advised a group of Doctors and Representatives are working
toward a clinic type arrangement to offer medical services to
senior citizens and offered the assistance of the Council to
aid in making the schools in this area available for such an
endeavor.
YAA MEETING: Councilman Kiedis reported he had attended the Palm Beach Gardens
Youth Athletic Association Meeting held June 2, 1975. The City
Manager will compile a list, to be sent to the President of
the Association, of improvements made by the City to the various
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ball fields with the amount of monies spent for these facilities.
APPEARANCE PLAN Councilman Kiedis reported he had attended the Appearance Plan
COMMITTEE MEETING:
Committee Meeting held June 3, 1975, a copy of the minutes,
which are self explanatory, was placed in the information folder.
BICENTENNIAL Councilman Kiedis reported he had attended the Bicentennial
COMMITTEE MEETING:
Committee Meeting held June 4, 1975 - a golf tournament is planned
for July 12, 1975 and plans are being made to hold a flea market
also in July.
By unanimous vote of the Council, the City Manager was authorized
to set up a voucher system enabling the Bicentennial Committee
to expend funds in the amount of $300.00 to be taken from the
Contingency fund of the City.
POSTER CONTEST: The City Manager will convey to the Bicentennial Committee that
`-' they do not wish to participate in judging the poster contest
sponsored by that committee.
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION:
WORKSHOP MEETINGS By unanimous vote of the Council, the workshop meetings during
CANCELLED DURING
JUNE, JULY AND June, July and August will be cancelled except for budget
AUGUST:
discussions. The Regular Meetings will be held as usual on
the first and third Thursdays of each month.
COS+IPREHENSIVE The City Clerk was directed to schedule a public hearing for
LAND USE PLAN-
GOALS, OBJECTIVES July 3, 1975 for consideration of the Goals, Objectives and
Policies, to be a part of the City's proposed Comprehensive
Land Use Plan.
The City Attorney was directed to prepare a Resolution adopting
this plan after the public hearing is held.
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ITEMS BY THE CITY COUNCIL:
SKATE BOARD: The Council concurred with the City Manager to allow the children
to skate board on the sidewalk on the south slope of the City
Complex.
ITEMS BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL:
COUNCILMAN WILEY: Councilman Wiley recommended to proceed with the proposal shade
by Leonard Devine, Director of Public Works dated May 29, 1975
concerning an adequate water supply for present and future
sprinkling needs. The Council concurred. The City Manager will
determine from City Engineer Howard Searcy the feasibility of
the plan; what account the money will come from, for discussion
by the Council at the Regular Meeting June 19, 1975.
Councilman Wiley reported Mrs. J eni Hamilton does not wish to
serve any longer on the Beautification and Environmental Committee.
Plans will be made for some recognition to be given to Mrs.
Hamilton for her service on that Board.
Councilman Wiley requested that the Council consider Resolution
#229 1975 appointing a member to fall the unexpired tern of office
of Roger Strickland on the Planning and Zoning Commission, before
the close of the meeting.
VICE MAYOR The City Manager will follow up on the following items presented
DE LONGA:
by Vice Mayor DeLonga: beverage concession at the 4th of July
celebration, the bus seen on the streets of the City, and early
garbage pick up in the PGA 1 section.
COUNCILMAN Councilman Kiedis expressed concern about construction companies
KIEDIS:
using their model homes as offices, which is not allowed by the
Code. The City Manager will follow up on this item.
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COUNCILMAN In answer to Councilman Wileyts inquiry, the City Manager will
WILEY:
review the hours of the ice cream vendor trucks for safety
reasons.
RESOLUTION #221 Discussion was held on Resolution #,22, 2975 appointing a member
- to the Planning and Zoning Commission and it was the consensus
of the Council to postpone consideration of this Resolution
until a future time.
ADJOURNMENT: No further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:00 P.M.
MAYOR
VICE MAYOR-
CITY CJ�ARK
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