HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Council 022174REGULAR MEETING
CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS
FEBRUARY 21, 1A74
The Regular Meeting of the City Council of Palm Beach Gardens,
Florida was called to order by Mayor Kiedis 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: Councilman
Martino, Councilman DeConga, Vice Mayor Dunbar and Mayor Kiedis.
Councilman Wiley was absent but arrived later in the meeting.
Attorney Brant was present.
MINUTES: The minutes of the Workshop Meeting of February 14, 1974 were
unanimously approved by the Council.
Ai NI OUNCEMENTS: Mayor Kiedis made the following announcements:
1. Junior Police Meeting would be held Monday, February 25, 197
at 7:30 P.M.
2. Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting would be held Tuesday
February 26, 1974 at 8-00 P .M .
3. [roman's Club Meeting would be held Wednesday, February 27,
1974 at 8:00 P.M.
4. The General Election of the City of Palm Beach Gardens woulr'
be held Tuesday, March 19, 1974. Candidates seeking election
must file before Thursday, February 28, 1974 at 4 :30 P.M.
5. The total number of registered voters in the City is 4939.
RESOLUTIONS: Resolution #3, 1974 requesting action be taken by appropriate
RESOLUTION Governmental Agencies to alleviate the ener
3� 1974• 9 gy crisis was read
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in full, by the City Clerk and unanimously adopted by the
Council.
ORDINANCES: Ordinance #3, 1974 amending Chapter 6 of the Palm Beach Gardens
ORDINANCE
#3, 1974: Code, schedule of building permit fees, was read by title only,
on second reading, by the City Clerk and unanimoss ly adopted by
the Council.
ORDINANCE Ordinance #4, 1974 an amendment to Section 4 -3 Chapter 67 --1882
#4, 1974:
the Charter of the City providing for a referendum election
was read by title only, on second reading, by the City Clerk
and unanimously adopted by the Council.
PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS:
Mayor Kiedis acknowledged receipt of communications from:
�-- FLORIDA 1. Florida Slurry Seal Pavements, Inc. expressing thanks for
SLURRY SEAL:
the cooperation during their slurry seal project.
INGE BOWDRE: 2. Letter of resignation from Inge Bowdre from the Beautification
and Environmental Committee.
MERIT SYSTEM 3. Memo from City Clerk advising the terms of Lou Oxnevad and
BOARD MEMBERS:
Dave Runkel on the Merit System Board will expire on March 27,
1974. The City Clerk was instructed to ask Mr. Runkel and Mr.
Oxnevad if they wish to serve another term on the Board.
MRS. AUGUST The City Manager acknowledged receipt of a letter from Mrs.
MAY:
August May expressing thanks to the Public Works for their aid
when her car was stuck in the sand.
JAMES The City Manager acknowledged receipt of a letter from Mr. James
COLLIER :
Collier, Public Service Commission, recapping the results of
the meeting with the City Manager regarding the fee for fire
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hydrant rental.
GERALD Letter was acknowledged by the City Manager from Gerald Sleeter
t. SLEETER:
regarding items needed for the T --Ball season.
REPORTS:
The City Manager reported on the results of a waste paper
WASTE PAPER
DISPOSAL disposal plan. Discussion on this item will be placed on the
PIS
agenda for the Workshop Meeting of February 28, 1974.
AREA The City Manager reported the Area Planning Board at their meeting
PLANNING
BOARD held February 20, 1974 approved the request of D.J. Halewinski
MEETING:
to install a 25,000 GPD Sewerage Package Treatment Plant,
located in the unincorporated area on RCA Blvd. west of
Prosperity Farms Road.
11701 PLANNING The City Manager also reported, at the same meeting, he had
`-� ASSISTANCE:
presented a preliminary Annual Work Program for the City's
application under the 11701 Planning Assistance" program which
the Area Planning Board approved. The Council was given a
copy of this work plan. Consideration will be given at the
Workshop Meeting of February 28, 1974 to the City Manager's
recommendation that a committee be appointed to work with him
regarding this program consisting of a member of the City
Council and the Chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission.
The City Manager reported the Financial Statement from the
Auditors and the Public Works Weekly Report had been given to
the Council.
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ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION:
AWARDING BIDS Motion made by Councilman DeLonga, seconded by Councilman
LIGHTHOUSE
DRIVE: Martino to accept the recommendation of the City Manager and
the City Engineer to award the bid for the pavement widening
and sidewalks along Lighthouse Drive and MacArthur Blvd. to
State Paving Corporation, Hollywood, Florida for the entire
project in the amount of $26,891.75.
Vice Mayor Dunbar made a motion to amend the motion to accept
Alt. B, the widening of the road only, which died for the lack
of a second.
Mayor Kiedis made a motion to amend the motion to accept the
pavement
base bid of $12,188.75 and the Alt. B - widening of / in the
amount of $6,435.00 for a total of $18,623.75, which died for
the lack of a second.
Vote on the original motion -- Councilman DeLonga and Councilman
Martino voted aye, Mayor Kiedis and Vice Mayor Dunbar voted nay.
The Council agreed to hold a Special Meeting before the
Wbrkshop Meeting on February 28, 1974 at 7:30 P.M. to award the
bid, when there was a full Council present.
After Councilman Wiley arrived at the meeting and was advised
of the action taken, the Council agreed to reconsider awarding
the bid.
Motion was made by Councilman DeLonga, seconded by Councilman
Wiley, to accept the recommendation of the City Manager and the
City Engineer to award the bid for the pavement widening and
sidewalks along Lighthouse Drive and MacArthur Blvd. to State
Paving Corp., Hollywood, Florida for the entire project in
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the amount of $26,891.75.
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Vote on motion - Councilman Wiley, Councilman DeLonga and
Councilman Martino voted aye, Mayor Kiedis and Vice Mayor
Dunbar voted nay. Motion carried by a vote of 3 ayes and 2 nays.
The City Manager advised that $20,000 had been predesignated
for the project from the Federal Revenue Sharing Funds and the
balance could be allocated from the $15, 000 designated for land
acquisition from the Federal Revenue Sharing Funds.
ANNUAL The City Attorney was directed to prepare a Resolution
PHYSICALS
FOR KEY CITY incorporating the City Manager's recommendation that a policy
EMPLOYEES;
be adopted that key City employees, namely the Police Chief,
the Public Works Director, the Recreation Director, the Fire
Chief, Building Official, City Manager and the City Clerk have
annual physicals, but that it not be a condition of employment.
REQUIREMENTS The City Manager asked direction from the Council regarding the
FOR FILING
FOR requirement of the City's Election Code that a person filing for
CANDIDACY:
candidacy be a freeholder of property within the City, stating
a candidate had filed who was not a freeholder.
The City Attorney advised the legal alternatives would be to
request an opinion from the States Attorney General or to file
for a declaratory judgment suit. He cited legal precedence
had been established in a similar case in Belle Glade which had
been declared unconstitutional in the Federal District Court
and the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans and a case
in South Bay where the District Court declared it unconstitutional
and South Bay did not appeal further. The Town of Lake Park
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seated a Commissioner who at the time of filing was not a
freeholder.
It was the recommendation of the City Attorney that the candidacy
be allowed to stand and to proceed accordingly. It was his
opinion that if legal action was brought against the City, the
legal requirement of being a freeholder would be struck down as
unconstitutional.
Motion was made by Councilman DeLonga, seconded by Vice Mayor
Dunbar and unanimously carried that the City Manager be
instructed to proceed with the Election as is and that any
candidate be accepted without being a freeholder; an opinion
be obtained from the States Attorney; and immediate steps be
taken to have the City Attorney revise the Election Code to
bring it up to date.
BALL FIELD The City Manager made a progress report on the ball fields in
IMPROVEMENTS :
the City as follows:
1. Plant Drive - Combination Field - good condition, no other
work needs to be done.
2. Soil analysis taken of the ball field areas, the recreation
areas and the Municipal Complex area and have gone into an
extensive turf program.
3. T -Ball three existing fields in good condition.
4. T -Ball field on church property is completed and in good
condition.
S. T -Ball field (second) on church property is being staked out.
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6. Three ball fields at Howell Watkins Junior High School are
in good condition. Problem, on north field is getting water.
City Manager will check with Mr. Pilicy on details for obtaining
water.
7. Two fields at Elementary School have been redone and in good
condition.
8. New fields on 10 acres adjacent to City Complex - main field
has been cut in and waiting for marl. Practice field will be
cut in.
9. Public Works will repair bleachers that are existing.
10. Arrangements have been made for telephone and sani -pots at
Lake Catherine and at 10 acre site.
Angel Naya, President of the Youth Athletic Association addressed
the Council listing the requests of the PBGYAA for their sports
activities, many of which had been reported by the City Manager
as being accomplished.
The City Manager indicated a routine maintenance program would
be outlined by the Director of Recreation, President of the
PBGYAA and himself, to be implemented shortly after the
beginning of January each year, and further recommended the
PBGYAA submit requests for Capital Expenditures in early June
each year to be considered as part of the Budget review.
Councilman Martino proposed that the wooden bleachers at Plant
Drive Field be sanded and painted. The City Manager will
schedule this with the Public Works Department.
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It was agreed by the Council that the PA speakers to be
purchased by the PBGYAA will be hung by the City and placed
higher on the poles to alleviate the theft of same.
The Council agreed with Councilman Martino's proposal and asked
the City Manager to obtain cost figures to completely enclose
the outfield perimeter and cornered over to wherever the dugouts
are ended, with 3' or 41 high chain link fence, and to include
10, extension on each dugout for Fields #2 and #3; also a cost
not including the dugout extension.
The Council expressed no objection to accepting the donation of
score boards from Coca Cola to be used at Plant Drive Field.
Councilman Martino made the suggestion that the Ordinance
pertaining to the Recreation Advisory Board be amended so that
at all dimes a member of the Board of Directors of the PBGYAA
be represented on the Recreation Advisory Board as long as he is
a resident of the City. The Council agreed this item should be
placed on the agenda of a Workshop Meeting for further discussion.
Mr. Naya will present a sketch to the City Manager of the shelves
needed for the equipment room at Plant Drive.
Councilman DeLonga reported the need for more bleachers as the
City only has 13 sets of bleachers on hand for 18 ball fields.
He made a motion which was unanimously adopted to purchase 2
sets of bleachers at a cost of $419.00 per set, funds to be
taken from the Federal Revenue Sharing.
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Motion was made and unanimously carried to replace the players
benches at Lake Catherine and Plant Drive.
MORATORIUM
ORDINANCE: The discussion on the draft of the Moratorium Ordinance was
withdrawn by Councilman Dunbar, in the interest of time, and
when a full Council would be present, and will be placed on
the agenda of the Workshop Meeting of Feburary 28, 1974.
SIGN The Council reviewed the draft of the Sign Ordinance from the
ORDINANCE:
beginning and made the following changes:
Page 4 -- Home Nameplate definition -- add apartment or house
number.
and
Page 5 - Shoeing Center - Motion made /seconded to add "and
have a total retail square footage area of less than 50,000
square feet of structural area." Motion amended to delete
"retail's.
Page 5 - Add "Shopping Mall to read the same as Shopping Center
and add "and have a total square footage area of 50,000 square
feet or more of structural area."
Page 7 - Window Sign - add abut not permanently attached to or
painted on the window."
not in excess of
Page 9 - Section 24 -11 (1) (b).(1) - add /41 in height.
Page 9 - Section 24--11 (1) (b) (4) - Motion made by Councilman
DeLonga, seconded by Councilman Martino to read 11 No sign shall
be closer than 101 to front lot line and 201 to side lot line.
Vote on motion - Councilman DeLonga, Mayor Kiedis and Councilman
Martino voted aye, Vice Mayor Dunbar and Councilman Wiley voted
nay.
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Page 10 - Section 24 -11 (1) (c) (5) - Motion made and seconded
to read "No sign shall be closer than 10' to front lot line
and 20' to side lot line." Vote on motion - Councilman DeLonga,
Councilman Martino, Mayor Kiedis, Vice Mayor Dunbar voted aye,
Councilman Wiley voted nay.
Page 10 Section 24 -11 (1) (d) (3) - Motion made and seconded to
read "no sign shall be closer than 101 to front lot line and 20,
to side lot line." Vote on motion - Councilman DeLonga,
Councilman Martino, Vice Mayor Dunbar and Mayor Kiedis voted
aye, Councilman Wiley voted nay.
Pace 10 - Section 24 -11 (2) (b) (1) - Motion made, seconded and
unanimously carried to insert 'f 20sq.ft. ".
Page. 10 - Section 24 -11 (2) (b) (3) - Motion made, seconded and
unanimously carried to change eight feet to six (6) feet.
Page 10 - Section 24 -11 (2) (b) - add section (4) City Attorney
will write a new paragraph to include combination type of pole
or ground -- free standing sign.
Page 10 - Section 24 -11 (2) (b) - It was unanimously agreed to
add the section as recommended by the B&B Committee and modified
to read "Property having a main street frontage of 1000, or more
may have 2 ground signs located no closer than 50' from side
lot lines and no closer than 500' to each other within that
property on that main street frontage."
The Sign Ordinance will be further discussed at the Workshop
Meeting on February 28, 1974 and will be placed at the
beginning of the Agenda.
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ITEMS BY THE CITY MANAGER:
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The City Manager requested Council to express an attitude
towards the purchase of one or two used vehicles for the Fire
Department for $1,000 - $1,500 if available. The Council
indicated they would be receptive to this if the vehicles were
in good mechanical shape. The City Manager will report back
on these items.
ITEMS BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL:
COUNCILMAN At Councilman DeLonga's request, the City Manager was
DELONGA:
authorized to send a letter to the Board of County Commissioners
asking for participation in the Community School Program in the
amount of $2500.
The City Manager reported in answer to Councilman DeLonga's
question, that he would check further on the State bidding
program relative to the emergency transmitting system.
ADJOURNMENT. No further business, the meeting adjourned at 11 :55 P.M.
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