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CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS
SEPTEMBER 191 1974
The Regular 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 Gardenss
and opened with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
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.
The Minutes of the Workshop Meeting of September 12, 1974, as
amended, were unanimously approved by the Council.
Mayor Martino announced that a Planning and Zoning Commission
Meeting would be held Tuesday, September 24, 1974 at 7:00 P.M.
Mayor Martino, on behalf of the members of the City Council and
the residents of the City presented Robert J. Smedberg, a
Police Officer with the City, with the Outstanding Employee
Award, for his prompt and efficient manner in administering
first aid to a heart attack victim which saved this personts
life. He was given a Certificate of Merit and a Savings Bond.
Mayor Martino read a letter of thanks from the victimts wife,
Anne Houlihan.
A five minute recess was held to congratulate Patrolman Smedbemrg
and his family.
Bids were received and opened by the City Clefk for one (1)
� mowing type tractor, duly advertised September 4, 1974 and
read by the City Clerk as follows:
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Sunrise Ford Tractor, Route 1, Sox 869, Orange Avenue,
Extension, Ft. Pierce, Florida 33450
Delivery price - $5,530.00
Trade In - 19,930.00
Net Difference - 3,600.00
Trail Ford Tractor Company, 4065 Military Trail, Lake Worth, Fla.
Delivery price - $50449.59
Trade In r 1,989.59
Net Difference - 3,400-00
The bids were referred to the City Manager and the Director of
Public Works for their review and recommendation to the Council,
to be awarded at the Special Meeting, September 26.9 1974.
RESOLUTIONS: Resolution #41, 1974 appointing additional members to the
RESOLUTION #41t Committee of Adjustments as created by the Landscape Ordinance,
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was read in full by the City Clerk and unanimously adopted by
the Council.
The City Clerk was directed to notify the members of their
appointment and the City Manager will schedule a meeting for
the purpose of considering a variance as requested by Rudy
Arsenicos, Architect for the proposed County Court House.
RESOLUTION #42? Resolution #42, 1974 preservation of the Kelsey City Gates was
read is full by the City Clerk, as modified by Councilman Wiley,
the first Whereas to read gates to "Kelsey City, now the Town of"
etc. and in Section 1. last line to read "relocate" in place of
erect.
vice Mayor DeLonga requested that more knowledge regarding the
funding for moving the gates,be obtained, and the Council
concurred.
Section 2 was amended, by unanimous vote of the Council,, to
strike "bear proportionate expenses for the moving and relocation
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of same" to read "and requests all north County municipalities
to join in a mutual effort,"
Resolution #42, 1974, as amended, was unanimously adopted by
the Council.
The City Clerk was directed to send copies to the Mayors of the
north county municipalities, the Legislative Delegation, the
Palm Beach County Historical Society and the Board of County
Commissioners.
Proposed
RESOLUTION #430 / Resolution #43, 1974 appointing a 5 member Building Code Board
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of Adjustments and Appeals was explained by Jack Hanson,
Building Inspector, as an immediate need, as a result of a
request from the builder of the proposed PGA Blvd. Plaza, for a
variance to the Southern Standard Building Code regarding a
floor elevation. Mr. Hanson advised he had recommended a number
of people from the building industry to serve on the Building
Code Board of Adjustments and Appeals. The Council concurred
to take his recommendations under advisement.
Discussion by the Council followed with the suggestion that a
layman, who is a resident of the City be a member of the Board
and Councilman Feeney recommended a retired senior citizen who
has the expertise be a member of the Board. Councilman Wiley
objected to constituting another Board and the lack of a require-
ment for advertising a public hearing on said variances, and
proposed blending this Board with the Zoning Board of Appeals or
to consider not adopting this particular section of the Southern
Standard Building Code and substitute verbage conforming to
the verbage of other City Advisory Boards.
A motion was made by Councilman Wiley to table discussion on
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Resolution #43, 1974 and it be referred to the City Engineer,
the City Attorney and the Zoning Board of Appeals, a meeting
�._.- date to be determined by the Mayor, for a recommendation to the
Council how this Hoard should be constituted.
Councilman Kiedis made a motion, seconded by Vice Mayor DeLonga,
amending Councilman Wiley's motion that the City Attorney,, the
City Engineer, the Building Inspector and the City Manager
schedule a meeting with the Mayor within the next week, to
recommend how this Board should be constituted. The amended
motion was unanimously carried by the Council.
ORDINANCE #171, Ordinance #17, 1974 the General Budget for 1974 -75 was discussed
by the Council.
Councilman proposed a list of objectives for consideration during
the upcoming budget year. It was recommended that the proposed
�-' millage rate not be changed but indicated these items could be
realized from monies already allocated in the budget.
Discussion by the Council resulted in a list of items recommended
as follows to be added to the list of proposed pnojects to be
taken from the Federal Revenue Account:
1. Bicycle paths
2. Land Purchase
3. Curbing islands east of fire station
4. Curbing, on radius ends only= islands on Holly Drive
5. Palm Beach Gardens Youth Athletic Assoc. contingency fund.
6. Improvements to 10 acres adjacent to City Hall.
It was indicated by a member of the Council that the Fire
Department had received a generous offer for their annual dinner.
ERRS
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The City Manager will determine from the County the amount of
money allocated in their budget for bicycle paths and if any
are anticipated for the City.
Mr. William Haythorn spoke from the audience and questioned the
need for the proposed tennis pro shop in lieu of bicycle paths
or other needed items. It was explained the building wo'Lld
house rest rooms to serve the people using the shuffleboard
courts, the picnic area and the tennis courts, and the pro shop
would be used to perform a service for the City by providing
two extra recreation personnel at a nominal cost to the City.
REPORTS: Aayor Martino reported on the Planning and Zoning Commission
PLANNING AND ZONING Meeting he had attended on September 17, 1974 as follows:
Marvin Hill, Planning Consultant, presented in final force the
updated Land Use Map; the Commission instructed Mr. Hill to
revise the map further to designate the parcel of land owned
by RCA in Section 10 and 15, 42 East, 42 South, as a Low -
Density Residential Zoning District; and scheduled a public
hearing on October 8, 1974 for consideration of adoption
of the Land Use Document and Map.
Mayor Martino stated the Planning and Zoning Commission had
verified that the wording "gross leasable area" in their
recommendation for parking requirements for shopping centers,
was correct and purposely used to include all retail and
Storage space.
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The City Attorney was directed to prepare an Ordinance
�.. encompassing the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning
Commission enabling the off - street parking requirements for
all shopping centers to be 5.5 off - street parking spaces for
each 1000 square feet of gross leasable area, which will be
discussed at the Workshop Meeting, September 269 1974.
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION:
PALM BEACH At the suggestion of Councilman Wiley, a Palm Beach Gardens
GARDENS
BICENTENNIAL Bicentennial Committee will be formed in conjunction with
COMMITTEE_
the nation wide effort toward this endeavor. Edith Judge,
a resident of the City, volunteered h *r services to serve
on the Commi.tteet and an item will be placed in the next
newsletter soliciting volunteers to serve.
ri'LA"I L^W L`6: The Council agreed a newsletter will be printed and mailed
the second week in October.
ITEMS BY THE CITY MANAGER:
The City Manager reported on the following:
SIDEWALK'S - HOLLY 1. The construction of the sidewalks on Holly Drive is
DRIVE;
�" underway, the contractor will start work on Monday,
September 23, 1974 with an approximate completion date of 12
days.
LIGHTING PROGRAM- 2. The Florida Power and Light Company, after the aerial
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easements have been acquired from the residents, will begin
street
the/ lighting program for Plat ##1.
EMERGENCY 3. The work on the emergency generator will be completed
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GENERATOR:
approximately September 30, 1974, however, there will be a
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delay on the availability of a switch gear until Oct. 21, 1974.
A/C IN POLICE By unanimous motion, the Council authorized the expenditure of
�.� D7EPARTMENT:
$399.00 for the electrical work for upgrading the air
conditioning in the Police Department, to be taken from the
Contingency Fund,
MERIT INCREASES: The City Manager, John Orr, recommended the revisions made
by the Merit System Board regarding merit increases be
adopted by Resolution. By unanimous motion, the Council
directed the City Attorney to prepare a Resolution adopting
the recommendations of the Merit System Board, which will
be placed on the agenda of the Special Meeting September 26,
1974, concurrent with the adoption of the Budget.
ITFIVS BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL:
COUNCILMAN At the suggestion of Councilman Feeney, condolences will be
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sent by the City to the Gallaway family.
COUNCILMAN Councilman Kiedis asked that Air. Blakely, Kelsey City Nursery,
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be contacted for suggestions on a ground cover for the slope
on the east side of City Hall.
COUNCILMAN Councilman Wiley advised that the road on the east side of
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PGA Blvd., that was cut for the laying of the sewer pipe,
needed to be re-patched,
Councilman Wiley asked that an article be placed in the
newsletter concerning the apathy of the voters in the City
at the Primary Election, and urge all citizens to set Palm Beach
Gardens as an example for above average voter turnout.
�.r Councilman Wiley offered the City an Accacia Tree that is
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1- V ICE MAYOR
DE LONGA:
ADJOURNMENT:
located in his yard.
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The City Manager advised Vice mayor DeLonga, in answer to his
questions that the new sewer treatment plant would be
operational the end of October, at which time a trial period
to test the plant for a two week period would be held.
Vice Mayor DeLonga asked the City Manager to give some thought
to having the outside of the City Hall painted or spray
cleaned.
No further business, the meeting adjourned at 1000 P.M.
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Cdunc ��k Feeney