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WORKSHOP MEETING
CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS
JANUARY 10,, 1974
The Workshop Meeting of the City Council of Palm Beach Gardens was
11� called to order by Mayer Kiedis at 8 :00 P.M. in the Assembly Roomp
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: Councilman Wiley,,
Councilman DeLonga, Council -un Martino, Vice Mayor Dunbar and Mayor
Kiedis, Attorney Brant was present.
MINUTES: The minutes of the Regular Meeting of January 31p 1974,, as amended,,
were unanimously approved by the Council.
PRESENTATION Woodrow Dukes, Recreation Director, presented Mayor Kiedis and the
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Council with a check in the amount of $50.00 as second place winner
for the City's float that was entered in the Jupiter1Tequesta parade.
CORRESPONDENCE: Mayor Kiedis acknowledged receipt of communications from:
1. H. Hallory Privett, Mayor of North Palm Beach advising of the
Tri -City Meeting to be held an January 31, 1974 in their Village Hall,
2. Frank Brutt, Director,, Area Planning Board,, offering technical
staff assistance to the City to accomplish the planning goals toward
receiving funds from the *1701" planning program.
RESORTS: Councilman Wiley reported on the Pla --ing and Zoning Commission Meeting
held January 8,, 1974 as follows: Review of the Site plan for Chudnow
apartment complex on Burns Road and Service Road; a recommendation for
a City Planner was discussed and a joint meeting with the Council will
be scheduled to present their recommendation, after Arlen- Planning
Design Group have been contacted to revise their proposal )if they wish
to meet the cost figure set by the Council; and a report on M-1 zoning
on Burns Road will be ready by February 1,, 1974.
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RECREATION Councilman Martino reported on the Recreation Advisory Board Meeting
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BOARD held January 8, 1974 as follows: new member Dick Feeney was welcomed;
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discussion held on land acquisition of Lake Catherine area; discussion
on neighborhood park concept; discussion on site for proposed handball
courts. The Council agreed to place as an agenda item for the meeting
of January 17, 1974 the Board's recommendation on a site for the
handball courts.
B & E Mayor Kiedis reported the Beautification and Environmental Committee
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METING: discussed the Sign Ordinance at their meeting held January 9, 1974.
PBG HIGH Vice Mayor Dunbar reported he had attended the Pale Beach Gardens High
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STS School parents organization meeting held January 9e 19741 which was
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very informative. Dr. Smith, Principal, related to the audience her
plans and ideas.
The City Manager reported the request for rezoning by Tylander's,
located on Northlake Blvd. in the County, had been granted by the County
Zoning Department.
The City Manager reported Howard Kuhns is progressing with the work
on the emergency generator.
The City F,anager advised he will present a full written report on his
meeting with Howard Searcy, Engineer, regarding the new sewer treatment
plant, after he has received the comments from Per. Searcy.
The City kanager advised the City cannot be excluded from paying Ad
Valorem taxes to the County this year for library services, as a
working library system had to be provided in the City by January 1, 1974.
Consideration will be given next year for library services in the City.
Discussion on the charges for telephone installation and costs for
the InterCity ambulance Service "hot line" will be held at the Regular
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Meeting, January 17, 1974.
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ADMINISTRAT- The Council had no objection to the City Managerts recommendation to
change the hours of work for the administrative employees from S OO A.M.
to 4130 P.M. A futther report will be made an the hours worked in
the surrounding communities.
AGREEMENT A discussion was hbld on the recommendation of the City Manager not to
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DE .s .. have an agreement with the Sheriff's Department to protect various
areas outside the corporate limits of the City. The reasons given were
that tax monies are for law protection in this City; there are other
options open, such as - the State Statutes provides that policemen
can be de*tized, "hot pursuit law#, and citizens arrests can be made.
By these methods the situation could be handled adequately and the
liability to the City minimized.
The Council concurred the type of agreement the City now has does not
satisfy what was intended.
The Council directed the City Manager, the Chief of police and the
City Attorney to further review the present agreement with the Sheriffs
Department and make a report to the Council.
SIGN A Public Hearing was held on the proposed Ordinance #5, 19730 the Sign
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Ordinance. Members of the audience were heard which included a group
of Palm Beach Gardens businessmen.
The Council agreed to postpone the second reading of the Ordinance
scheduled for January l70 1974 until they have completed workshopping it.
Section 24 -16 Non Conforming Signs was clarified by the City Attorney
as it was the opinion of the Council there was misunderstanding among
the businessmen regarding this paragraph.
Mr. Vincent Pappalardo, owner of the Tanglewood Plaza and a resident of
the City, asked for clarification regarding his Plaza sign and was
assured by Councilwt-i±n Martino that the Ordinance as it was now written
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would permit his sign, as it was a "point of purchase sign".
Councilman Martino pointed to the reference in the ordinance where
any non - conforming sign,which is a permitted sign in the ordinance,
is destroyed by any means to the extent of - ;60% or more, it would have
to conform to the Ordinance if reconstructed.
The Council directed the City Attorney to reword Section 24 -16 for
clarification.
Dr. Ginn, Physician located on Northlake Blvd. questioned could his
sign be replaced when Northlake Blvd. is widened and his sign removed,
if it is less than 20* from the right -of -gray. Councilman Wiley advised
Dr. Ginn that the Council had revised that particular section of the
Ordinance to read "no sign shall be closer than 20' to the edge of the
paved roadway" and would probably carry that philosophy through to the
commercial section.
Robert Scoffield, owner of Abbey Road Restaurant in the City, was
concerned about the destruction of his sign by vandalism or other means
and the inability to replace it unless it conformed to the new Ordinance.
He suggested some provision that would allow it to be replaced as is.
Jeni Hamilton, a resident of the City and Chair*"m of the Beautification
and Environmental Committee proposed several changes and agreed to send
written comments to the office of the City Manager.
John Hardwick, a resident living at 10047 Daphne Ave. and General
Manager of Outdoor media addressed the Council and expressed a complaint
about the secretive manner the code was revealed, his inability to
receive copies of the proposed ordinance, the obstinate attitude which
insists that the economic interest shall not be indluded in formulation
4, of the new code and that the code regulations do not follow the
guidelines obtained from the questionnaire."
At the request of Vice Mayor Dunbar, Mr. Hardwick apologized for his
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me arks and continued with a suggestion that a co —i ttee be established
representing residential, governmental and economic interests to
11-1 review the proposed ordinance.
Mr. Hardwick listed his own recommendations as follows:
The requirement that all ground signs to be located within landscaped
areas as defined in the landscape code, which does not exists with a
minimum clearance of V an all sides presents a very wasteful land use.
The maximum size limitation for flat or wall signs of 300 sq.ft. in
R -30 R3A9 R38, R3Cs R3D and R -4 compared to the limit of 100 sq.ft. in
CIA and 180 sq.ft. in Cl, C20 M1 and MZ discriminates against the
commercial developer. Recommended the limits in commercial zones be
removed and the percentage basis be used for purposes of establishing
maximum size.
Elimination of the use of painted wall signs discriminates against the
small business operator, who cannot afford a more expensive sign
i dentification. The use of painted wood, masonite or other less
expensive materials as a background for sign identification would be
less attractive and yet would qualify under the code. Recommended that
painted wall signs be allowed.
The maximum height restriction of 150 on ground or pole signs is
unreasonable. Recommended this be increased to 30'.
No provisions are.made in the code for signs in shopping plazas. You
designate what is a shopping centers and what is a shopping plaza.
Recommended the limitations for shopping centers, page 110 Section (7)
(d) include shopping plazas.
Dave Runkels a resident living at 10184 Dasheen, and who works for
Community Federal Savings and Loan Assoc. advised they had been granted
Permission to establish a new branch office of that bank in Palm Beach
Gardens and the ordinance as proposed is going to restrict them to a
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160 sq.ft. sign. Encouraged the Council to allow more than one sign,
as their buildings are free - standing and located an corners and can
\11/ be seen from several directions.
Councilman Martino pointed out there was a section in the owde dealing
with variances and the right to appeal.
Russell Thompson, Manager of Publix Market questioned whether his
flashing sign, that has been turned off because of the energy crisis,
could at some future time be continued. Attorney Brant answered that
if the sign was geared for movement and flashing )it could be continued
to be used. Councilman Martino in answer to a question posed by Mr.
Thompson stated that window signs used for advertising purposes are
allowed if they do not cover more than 605 of the glass areas.
Ray Desrochers, General Contracting business located in the City and
who lives in the City asked the Council to consider an exception
in the Ordinance to permit signs such as logo type signs that are
trademarks that would not be objectionable yet would not conform to
the ordinance as written.
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION:
JOB The Council concurred with the recommendation of the City Manager and
CLASSIBICATION
- 11 the Merit Board to designate a job classification and pay grade 27
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for a Building Inspector II, and reclassifying Building Inspector as
Building Inspector I. The City Clerk was directed to prepare a
Resolution amending the Merit System Rules and Regulations creating
this classification, which will be placed on the agenda of the Regular
Meeting, January 17, 1974.
COMPUTERIZED The City Manager reported he had discussed with Atlantic National Bank
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a computerized payroll system at a cost of $1200 per year plus a
twenty five cent charge for conversion and W..2 forms for each employee
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and will —ke a more complete report at a later date.
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A copy of the Public Works Weekly Report and the Motor Vehicles Report
were given to the Council.
ITEMS BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL!
COUNCILMAN Councilman DeLonga asked that the Florida Power and Light Company be
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advised that the light at Gardens Blvd. and Holly Drive stays on all
day.
Councilman DeLouga reported he was concerned the citizens could not
reserve the #1 Tennis Court. The City Manager will resolve this problem.
Councilman DeLonga suggested that soccer be offered by the Recreation
Department or the Youth Athletic Assoc. and to determine if the
school facilities could be used for this purpose in order to give the
grass at Plant Drive field a rest.
COUNCILMAN The City Msina►ger and Councilman Wiley will contact Mr. Karl McKinney
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regarding what his plans are for the dam at the FGA golf course.
Councilman Martino suggested writing a letter to Mr. MacArhhur to
deterwine what acreage he would offer for sale in the Lake Catherine
and Plant Drive areas. However the Council agreed not to write a
letter at this time.
The City Attorney advised he was working with the attorney regarding
the Resolution for Tanglewood Streets right-of-ways.
The City Manager was directed to obtain the treatment information for
1973 from the Palm Beach County Utility Company.
Councilman Martino advised the Council of the letter he had written
to Mr. Strahm, DAC (copies of which were given to the Council) stating
it was a follow up letter to the one written in September regarding the
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moratorium.
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Councilman Martino advised the light on the bulletin board at the
tennis courts was out.
The City Manager advised the planting of the trees around the tennis
courts will be scheduled by the Public Works Department.
councilman Wiley suggested a letter be written congratulating Mr.
Culpepper as being appointed Chairman of the County C^�- ssion and
inviting him to attend a Council meeting to discuss County activities.
Mayor Kiedis informed the Council he had asked the City Manager to
write such a letter.
Councilman Wiley on behalf of the Jaycees thanked the Council for
their cooperation regarding the sale of their Christmas trees.
council —n Wiley expressed concern about individual ma -hers of the
Council writing letters without prior knowledge or input of the Council.
Councilman Martino replied he had asked that a letter be sent to the
DPC and the Council took the position not to write the letters He
had written the letter to obtain information he needed to make an
intelligent decision on the matter.
The Appearance Board Ordinance, the Landscape Ordinance and the Fire
Code Ordinance will be placed on first reading at the Regular Meeting,
January 17,, 1974.
The City Manager was directed to determine from the State or County
the time table for the widening of Northlake Blvd. in connection with
the improvements to the sidewalks on that road.
Edith Fudge, spoke from the audience, and thanked the Council on behalf
of the Hetzel Brothers for the cooperation the City gave therm in
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preparing for the Christmas pageant.
ADJOURNMBNr, No further business the meeting adjourned at 11 :30 P.M.
,`Mayor John Kiedis
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`�- Cbunci lman Walter Wiley
Vice M or Gordon Dun r Cou iltn a -aga
Councilman Michael Martino
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Alice J�bn Kerslake, City Clerk