HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Council 082175Ra,ULAR MEETING
CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS
AUGUST 21, 1975
The P.egular Meeting of the City Council of Palm Beach Gardens,
Florida, was called to order by Mayor Martino at 8:00 P.M. in
the Assembly Room, 10500 N. 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
Martino, vice Mayor DeLonga, Councilman Wiley, Councilman Kiedis
and Councilman Feeney.
MINUTES: The minutes of the Regular Meeting of August 7, 1975 were
unanimously approved by the Council. The Minutes of the Budget
Workshop Meetings held August 13th, August 14th and August 18,
1975 were approved as presented.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Mayor Martino made the following announcements:
A Budget Workshop N.eeting would be held Monday, August 25, 1975
at 7 :30 P.M.
A Planning and Zoning Commission Aleeting would be held Tuesday,
August 26, 1975 at 7:30 P.M.
The Beautification and Environmental Committee would hold a
meeting on Wednesday, August 27, 1975 at 7 :30 P.M.
A Bicentennial Committee Meeting would be held :dednesday,
September 3, 1975 at 8:00 P.M.
Youth Athletic Association Meeting would be held Wednesday,
September 3, 1975 at 8 :00 P.M.
The First Reading of the Budget would be held at the Regular
Meeting of the City Council on Thursday, September 4, 1975 at 8 :OC
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SEALED BIDS: Sealed bids were received and opened by the City Clerk for a
-!� TON PICK -UP
!� Ton Pick -Up Truck, duly advertised on July 28, 1975.
The following bids were received:
General GMC Truck Sales and Service, Inc., West Palm Beach -
1976 GMC TC10703 - $3,444.00
Garrison Datsun- Lotus, North Palm Beach - 1975 41 ton pick -up
truck - $3,100.00
The bids were referred to the City Manager and the Public Works
Director for review and recommendation.
AWARDING BIDS At the recommendation of the City Manager and the Fire Chief#
FOR 4 PLECTRON
by unanimous motion,the City Council awarded the bid for 4
Plectron Pagersto Central Florida Fire Equipment Company in
the amount of $1,336.00 to be taken from Account 12 -228.
PRESENTATION OF Mr. Jim Titael, Baseball Director, Palm Beach Gardens Youth
TROPHIES - MR.
TITZEL: Athletic Association, presented to the City two trophies won
by the Gold Coast Team, boys in the 16 -18 age group. Mayor
Martino accepted the trophies which will be placed in the
Trophy Case at City Hall.
PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS:
Mayor Martino acknowledged communications from:
PUBLIC SERVICE 1. William DeMilly, Public Service Commission advising of the
COMMISSION:
receipt of Resolution #30, 1975 relative to eliminating the
tariff for fire hydrant rental.
PUBLIC HEARING - 2. Public Hearing to be held on August 27, 1975 at 7 :30 P.M.
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at the Jupiter Middle School, 501 Tony Penna Drive regarding
the progress of I -95 in this area.
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CITY OF BOYNTON 3. City of Boynton Beach Resolution requesting the Public
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Service Commission to explain the electric power rates and charges.
..� OPDINANCES: Mayor Martino declared the Public Hearing open on consideration
of a request for annexation of a parcel of land in Section 5- 42 -43,
duly advertised July 31, 1975.
Mr. George Blanck, owner of the parcel of land in question
addressed the Council, pointing out the location of the property
and advising he was also the owner of the property contiguous
to this parcel, that was formerly annexed into the City and
zoned R -3C.
Mr. Fred Cunningham, a member of the Planning and Zoning
Commission verified that it was the recommendation of that
Board the land be annexed into the City.
The Public Hearing was declared closed by Mayor Martino.
ORDINANCE #16, Ordinance #16, 1975 - annexation of a parcel of land in Section
5 -42 -43 was read on second reading, by title only, by the City
Clerk. Ordinance #16, 1975 was adopted by a vote of 4 to 1.
Mayor Martino, Vice Mayor DeLonga, Councilman JJiley and
Councilman Kiedis voted aye; Councilman Feeney voted nay, stating
for the record it was his philosophy that no parcel of land
should be annexed into the City with a higher classification
than what it is presently zoned.
ORDINANCE #140 Mayor Martino declared the Public Hearing open for consideration
1975= of Ordinance #14, 1975, the annexation of a parcel of land
located in Section 24- 42 -42, which had been tabled from the
Regular Meeting of the City Council held July 17, 1975.
Mr. t�lalter Colbath, representing the client, stated that the
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ownership of the property in question had changed hands since
the last meeting was held. The new owner was North Palm Beach
County Properties, Inc., consisting of Nancy Brown, 5046 interest,
Lee B. Winkler, 251 interest and Bert Reynolds, 25% interest.
Mr. Colbath further advised he and the adjacent property owners
had met and discussed an agreeable buffer zone between the
residential property and the proposed commercial property, and
had not as yet reached an agreement. He asked the Council at
this time to table any discussion to enable him to meet with
Attorney Brant and the residents to come up with a recordable
form in writing.,declaring his clients intent to provide a buffer
zone on the south and east sides of the property.
A discussion followed between members of the audience living on
Dania Drive- Mr. Paulsson, Sr., Mr. Paul, Paulsson and Mr. Fucci,
the Council and Mr. Colbath.
ORDINANCE #14, By unanimous vote of the Council, the Public Hearing on
HEARING RECESSED: consideration of Ordinance #14, 1975 was recessed to the Regular
Meeting to be held on September 18, 1975. This will allow the
petitioner and the residents living adjacent to the property
time to further discuss and resolve their problems.
ORDINANCE #15, Ordinance #15, 1975- requirements for roof covering materials
was discussed by the Council and they concurred to include a
sentence stating that tar and gravel roof coverings shall not
be permitted on any structures erected within a newly developed
R -1 single family residential zoning district.
A Public Hearing and second reading of Ordinance #15, 1975 will
be held at the Regular Meeting on September 4, 1975.
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ORDINANCE #10, After discussion,minor changes were made by the Council to
1975:
Ordinance #10, 1975 .- amending the Landscape Ordinance.
�. First reading of Ordinance #10, 1975 will be held at the Regular
Meeting on September 4, 1975 and a Public Hearing and second
reading will be held on September 18, 1975. Councilman Wiley
will provide a drawing, to be an exhibit to the ordinance,
clarifying the landscaping of a pole sign.
ORDINANCE #12, Ordinance #12, 1975 screen enclosures was discussed by the
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Council, with minor changes made.
First reading of Ordinance #12, 1975 will be held at the Regular
Meeting on September 4, 1975 and a Public Hearing and second
reading held on September 18, 1975.
ORDINANCE #19, Ordinance #19, 1975- Terraces was workshopped and minor changes
made by the Council.
First reading of Ordinance #19, 1975 will be held at the Regular
Meeting on September 4, 1975 and a Public Hearing and second
reading held on September 18, 1975.
ORDINANCE #9, Ordinance #9, 1975 - revisions to the Fire Code was discussed
by the Council after City Manager, John Orr, reviewed his
recommendations made in memo dated June 18, X975.
The Building Inspector and the Fare Chief will attend a Council
meeting to further discuss this ordinance and clarify their
recommendations.
ORDINANCE #171, Ordinance #17, 1975 Interim Services and Facilities Fee was
1975;
tabled to enable the City Attorney to obtain copies of ordinances
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relating to this subject from Boynton Beach and Naples and to
obtain a copy of the circuit court ruling in the case against
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Boynton Beach.
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ORDINANCE #21, Discussion was held on Ordinance #21, 1975 - limitation of time
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a contractor can use a home as a model structure and revised with
the addition of a sentence to read "no sign denoting a model
home may be placed on the premises prior to the issuance of a
C.O. by the Building Inspector."
First reading of Ordinance #21, 1975 will be held at the Regular
Meeting on September 4, 1975 and a Public Hearing and second
reading will be held on September 18, 1975.
REPORTS: Mayor Martino reported he had attended the Planning and Zoning
PLANNING AND Commission Meeting held August 12, 1975 and the minutes of that
ZONING COMMISSION
STING: meeting were available in the information folder.
ITEM'S BY THE CITY MANAGER:
SIGN CODE: City Manager John Orr, reported he had advised Mr. Pappalardo
of the opinion of the City Attorney that the meat market sign,
located at the Tanglewood Plaza, was grandfathered. Mr. Orr
related that Mr. Pappalardo would like the Council to provide
a variance section in the Sign Code.
The Council agreed that Mayor Martino and Attorney Brant review
the variance procedure that was studied during discussions on
the Sign Code ordinance.
APPRAISAL- 9% By unanimous motion, the City Council authorized the City
Manager to obtain a second appraisal on the 912 acres adjacent
to the City Hall.
ITEMS BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
LOCAL COMPREHEN- Mayor Martino acknowledged receipt of a communication from the
SIVE PLANNING ACT:
Department of Administration relative to the Local Comprehensive
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Planning Act of 1975 which must contain, among other things, a
traffic circulation plan. Mayor Martino suggested reconsidering
1-1 the need for a traffic study.
Councilman Wiley presented newspaper articles relative to the
traffic hazard at the intersection of 1_95 and PGA Blvd., and
requested they be placed in a frame and hung in the Assembly Room
for the perusal of the public, and requested continued harassment
of the state officials for their consideration of a clover leaf
at that intersection.
Vice Mayor DeLonga reported he had received complaints,at the
peak hours, of the conjestion at the intersection of Northlake
Blvd. and MacArthur Blvd., due to the construction of Narthlake
Blvd. at that point. The City Manager will investigate.
ADJOURNMENT: No further business, the meeting adjourned at 11 :30 P.M.
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