HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Council 112075REGULAR MEETING
CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS
NOVEMBER 20, 1975
The Regular Neeting 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 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 Martino,
Vice Mayor DeLonga, Councilman Wiley, Councilman Kiedis and
Councilman Feeney. Attorney Brant was in attendance.
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MINUTES: The Minutes of the Workshop Meeting of November 13, 1975 were
unanimously adopted by the Council. ^
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Mayor Martino announced that a Planning and Zoning Commission
Meeting would be held Tuesday, November 25, 1975 at 7:30 P.M. and
that the Administrative offices would be closed on Thursday,
November 27, 1975 for Thanksgiving and there would be no Council
meeting that evening.
PRESENTATION Mayor Martino presented silver plates to the following winners
OF AWARDS:
of the Miss Palm Beach Gardens contest and the Jr. Orange Bowl
Preliminary Contest: Miss Palm Beach Gardens - Linda Voigt,
1st Runner -up - Caron Joyce, 2nd Runner-up - Cathy Delie; Jr.
Orange Bowl Preliminary Contest winners Debbie Pezzuti and Susan
Voigt. Mayor Martino mentioned that the girls will ride on the
Palm Beach Gardens float in the Boynton Beach Parade on December
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I CHECK PRESENTED TO ROGER STRICKLAND, GENERAL CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN UNITED WAY:
Mayor Martino presented a check in the amount of $ 100.06, on
behalf of the City of Palm Beach Gardens, to Mr. Roger Strickland,
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General Campaign Chairman of the United Way. Mayor Martino
received the $100.00 for being the winner of a tomato picking
contest for Mayors held in Lantana on Saturday, November 14, 1975.
Roger Strickland, in accepting the check on behalf of the United
Way, stated the check was rather indicative of the sincere concern
Mayor 'Vlartino and the Council show for other people, and thanked
the Mayor and Council for the effective leadership shown for the
people of Palm Beach Gardens.
The meeting was recessed for five minutes to allow the Council
and members of the audience to congratulate the beauty contest
winners and to meet with Mr. Stickland.
BID OPENINGS: Bids were received, opened and read by the City Clerk for two (2)
new 1976 6- cylinder two door coupes and for Three (3) new 1976
Novas, four door sedans, as duly advertised on October 23 and 24,
1975 as follows:
Bruce King Chevrolet, Inc. Lake Park, Fla. - 2 coupes - $8070.94
less trade in of $800.00 - net .- 7270.94; 3 Novas - $14,168.07
less trade if of $2,400.00 - net $11,768.07
Dick McCulley Ford, [vest Palmy Beach, Fla. - 2 coupes - Ford
Mavericks - $3,994.50 ea. total $7,989.00
Wayne Akers Ford, Inc., Lake Worth, Fla. - 2 coupes - Ford
Mavericks - $8,209.08 plus $ 330.86 sales tax, $62.50 notary,
$40.00 license and transfer, total - $8642.44
Roger Dean Chevrolet, West Palm Beach, Fla. - 2 coupes - $70965.88
less trade in of $500.00 and $400.00 - net $7,065.88; 3 Novas -
$13,952.01 less trade in of $2275.00 - net $11,677.01
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The bids were given to the City Manager for his review and
recommendation.
PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS:
Mayor Martino acknowledged receipt of communications from:
ROBERT CULPEPPERI. County Commissioner Robert Culpepper acknowledging receipt of
the Mayor's letter regarding Northlake Blvd.
ANSELL 2. Ansell Jefferies, Director, Housing and Community Development
JEFFER IES :
announcing a Community Development Planning Conference for Palm
Beach Gardens has been scheduled for November 21, 1975 at 9.00 A.M.
at the conference room, Area Planning Board.
SENATOR LEWIS: 3. Senator Philip D. Lewis acknowledging receipt of Resolution
#49 relating to the disposal of yard trash.
AMUR FISH: Councilman Kiedis reported he had been in contact with the Game
and Fresh Water Fish Commission in Tallahassee regarding the
Amur fish that hopefully can be used in the canals in the City
as a test area. The City Manager will keep in contact with the
Commission for more information.
RESOLUTIONS: Resolution #50, 1975 officially requesting the State of Florida
RESOLUTION #509 Department of Community Affairs to include the City in its
application for local planning assistance funds was read in full
by the City Clerk and unanimously adopted by the Council,.
ORDINANCES: Mayor Martino declared the Public Hearing open on consideration of
ORDINANCE #21, Ordinance #21, 1975 limitation of time a contractor can use a home
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as a model structure, which had been recessed from the Regular
Meeting of November b, 1975.
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Mr. Doyle Irwin, Mr. Seymour Fine and Mr. Malcolm, local
contractors who have model homes in the City spoke from the
audience posing questions they wanted clarified regarding the
ordinance, and suggested that a section should be added to cover
situations such as a moratorium that would allow for an extension
of time.
Discussion was held by the Council and accordingly, upon a motion
by Councilman Wiley, seconded by Vice Mayor DeLonga, a new sub-
section (d) was added to Section 6 -11 with the existing sub - section
(d) renumbered to read sub - section (e), dealing with the time limit
in the event a moratorium was effected.
The City Clerk read Ordinance #21, 1975 in full, on second reading,
including the new sub - section (d) of Section 6 -11.
Motion to adopt Ordimnee #21, 1975 as read wa°s made on a motion
by Councilman Wiley, seconded by Vice Mayor DeLonga.
A motion was made by Councilman Kiedis, seconded by Councilman
Feeney to amend the motion to adopt by adding to Section 6_10 (b)
"90 days from time of passage of this ordinance will be allowed
for conformance to this section ".
A motion was made by Councilman Wiley, seconded by Vice Mayor
DeLonga that the motion on the floor be amended such that the
placement of the text as staffed above shall not be in sub - paragraph
(b) of Section 6 -10 but shall constitute a new sub - paragraph (e)
of Section 6-10.
Vote on motion - Mayor Martino, Vice Mayor DeLonga, Councilman
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Kledis, Councilman Feeney voted aye; Councilman Wiley voted nay.
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Vote on the main motion to adopt Ordinance #21, 1975 as read by
the City Clerk,with the amendment,was unanimously adopted by the
City Council.
Mayor Martino thanked Mr. Fine, Mr. Turk, Mr. Irwin and Mr.
Malcolm for their input and reiterated that the City would make
the Home Owners Association and local contractors aware of any
ordinances relative to the building industry, and in turn invited
them to bring to the Council any ideas or problems they would like
considered.
ORDINANCE #249 By a unanimous consensus of the Council, consideration of
Ordinance #24, 1975 side and rear yard setbacks in commercial
zones will be workshopped at the Regular Meeting of December 4, 1975.
REPORTS: Councilman Kiedis reported he had attended the Appearance Plan
..� APPEARANCE Committee Meeting held November 18, 1975. Minor changes were made
PLAN COMMITTEE:
to the Appearance Plan, and a Public Hearing will be held by the
Committee on December16 , 1975.
RECREATION Councilman Feeney reported he had attended the Recreation Advisory
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MEETING: I Board Meeting held November 18, 1975 and discussion was held on
the location of the new tennis courts.
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION:
ORD. #10 1975: The Council concurred with the recommendation of the ''ity Manager
that Ordinance #10, 1975 revisions to the Landscape Ordinance
in its present form be discarded and a new draft be written by the
City Attorney for consideration at the Workshop Meeting of
December 11, 1975.
C_� The Council concurred that discussion on theCharter Revisions will
REVISIONS:
be made at a meeting where that subject alone is discussed or at
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a special meeting called for that purpose, so that the time table
needed for the legal requirements can be met jto place the
changes on a referendum vote on the March election ballot.
LOCATION OF The meeting was recessed to allow the Council members to inspect
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the locations staked out by the City Manager for the new tennis
courts.
Upon their return, by unanimous consensus of the Councils the
tennis courts will be located east of the existing tennis courts
with a 601 green area between the existing courts and the new
courts.
The Mayor will advise the Recreation Advisory Board and the Tennis
Committee of this decision stating the reasons are that a minimum
of trees will have to be removed and the existing circus area
can be relocated between the tennis courts.
ITEMS BY CITY MANAGER
SOLID WASTE: 1. The City Manager John L. Orr, advised he would attend the
meeting with the County Commission at the North County Courthouse
on Friday, November 21, 1975 relative to Solid Waste Disposal
solutions.
STORM DRAINAGE 2. The City Manager ,john L. Orr will obtain additional copies of
REPORT:
the Preliminary Storm Drainage report as prepared by Mock, Roos
and Searcy for the City in 1970 for the purpose of adopting the
document by resolution.
POPULATION 3. Relative to a letter received from the Division of Population
STUDIES:
studies, University of Florida, stating the estimated population
for the City was 8,595, the City Manager stated he considered
this an unreasonable figure, however, he was unable to convince
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the department that their figures were low. The number of winter
residents and the number of vacancies in rental units have a significant
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bearing on the total population count.
ITEMS BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL:
COUNCILMAN WILEY: Councilman Wiley requested that the building permit posted on the
pro shop be removed.
A complaint was registered by Councilman Wiley to the milky condition of
the water during the past week.
In answer to Councilman Wiley's request, the City Manager advised that
the bleachers would be located at the Plant Drive field for the two
bowl games to be held there on Saturday, November 22nd and Saturday,
November 29th.
Councilman Wiley asked that the field be closed the latter part of
December or first of January to plant grass that is badly needed in that area.
Councilman Wiley presented an article, which the Council concurred to place
in the newsletter, taking issue against the financial disclosure amendment
as proposed by Governor Askew.
Due to the fact that two vacancies exist on the Merit System Board, the
City Clerk was instructed to ascertain if the applicants to the various
advisory boards wish to serve on that board, and also make a determinations
if the applicants are registered voters, which is a prerequisite to
serving on the Merit System Board.
VICE MAYOR, DELONGA: Vice Mayor DeLonga reported that an odor was coming from the lift
station which the City Manager will investigate.
� COUNCILMAN FEENEY: Mayor Martino advised Councilman Feeney that in accordance to Council
Policy, the Mayor gives the disposition made by the Council, on any
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recommendation made by an advisory board, to that Board.
The City Manager reported that the DOT has ruled that they are not allowing
any boxes, meters or pumps in preparation of a sprinkler system, to be
installed on the median strip or rights of way during or after the
construction of PGA Blvd. He informed the Council the cost for the
installation of the cast iron pipe for the length of PGA Blvd. would
be approximately $8,000.
The Council concurred not to pursue this project for an irrigation system
in the median strip of PGA Blvd. due to the cost involved.
The City Manager will contact local businessmen for an opinion as to
whether they wish to sponsor such a project costwise.
ADJOURNMENT: No further business, the meeting adjourned at 11 :10 P.M.
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