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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Council 030272REGULAR MEETING CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS MARCH 2, 1972 The Regular Meeting of the City Council of Palm Beach Gardens was called to order by Mayor DeLonga at 8 :00 P,M., Thursday, March 2, 1972 and was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. ROLL CALL: Roll was called by the City Clerk. Present were: Councilman James, Councilman Orr, Councilman Kiedis, Vice Mayor Wiley and Mayor DeLonga. Mr. Robert Carlson, City Manager and Attorney William Brant attended. MINUTES: Minutes of the Regular Meeting of February 17, 1972 were unanimously approved on a motion by Councilman Kiedis, seconded by Councilman Orr. REPORTS FROM Reports for the month of February from the Building, Police, Recreatior DEPARTMENTS: Public Works, Fire and Vehicular Maintenance Departments were reviewed and approved. Council was interested to know if the courses offered by the North Technical Education Center could be offered in the City of Palm Beach Gardens and instructed Woody Dukes, to inquire about this and offer the use of the facilities at the City Complex and contact St. Marks Church as to the availability of their Sunday School Class Rooms. KASSUBA Mr. Larry Coleman of the Kassuba Development Corporation was present DEVELOPMENT PROJECT: to solicit response to their position to rezone from C -2 to R -4 the southerly 22.5 acres at the Intersection of I -95 and Northlake Blvd. to develop a Garden Apartment Community of approximately 478 units. He presented sketches of the development and discussed these with the Council. He stated they would be served water by the North Palm Beach Utility Company and as to sewer they are obtaining a permit for a temporary sewer treatment plant. He added that if the zoning is changed they will meet all requirements of the Sub - Division Regulations Open space was discussed and he assured the Council this was included in the plans. Council will consider the petition after the Public Regular Meeting March 2, 1972 Page 2 Hearing by the Planning and Zoning Commission scheduled for March 22, 1972. L- REPORTS: POSTAL UNIT: Mr. Carlson reported on the status of the Self Service Postal Unit and that he was waiting receipt of the lease from the real estate division of the U.S. Corps of Engineers. He stated that another site for the Unit may have to be selected if the costs of providing electrical power was prohibitive. Council agreed to workshop this after investigating other sites. TENNIS COURTS: Resurfacing of the tennis courts of the Palm Beach Gardens Senior High School was discussed and Mr. Carlson reported that the School Plant Planning Department had received the request from Dr. Eissey and had it under consideration. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS: A letter dated February 22, 1972 from William R. Boose, Director, Palm Beach County Planning and Zoning and Building Department outlining their policy procedures necessary to prepare notices to Municipalities of Public Hearings on petitions for change of zoning on conditional uses. ORDINANCE #4 Motion to read, Ordinance #4, establishing a Code of Ethics, by title CODE OF ETHICS: only along with amendments on second reading was by Councilman James, seconded by Councilman Kiedis and unanimously approved. Ordinance #4 was read by the City Clerk and unanimously adopted on a motion by Councilman Kiedis, seconded by Councilman Orr. ORDINANCE #6 Ordinance #6, providing for reciprocation with West Palm Beach in the CONTRACTORS LICENSE:� issuance of certain Occupational Licenses, was read by the City Clerk on first reading. RESOLUTION #9 Resolution #9- Adopting the Employee Performance Review Form and EMPLOYEE REVIEW �. FORM: Manual was read by the City Clerk and unanimously adopted by the Council on a motion by Vice Mayor Wiley seconded by Councilman Kiedis. i Regular Meeting March 2, 1972 Page 3 RESOLUTION #10 Resolution #10 - Appointing Chief Pecht and certain other Police POLICE OFFICERS AS DEPUTY Officers as Deputy City Clerks, was read by the City Clerk and CLERKS: .. adopted unanimously on a motion by Councilman Kiedis, seconded by Vice Mayor Wiley. RESOLUTION #11 Resolution #11 - Disclaimer for Donald Warner property at 388 DISCLAIMER: Lighthouse Drive was read by the City Clerk and adopted by the Council on a motion by Vice Mayor Wiley seconded by Councilman Orr. Vote 5 ayes and 0 nays. CHANGE ORDER: Council gave consideration to Change Orders of the contract with Serraes Construction Company. Vice Mayor Wiley recommended to the Council that all 6 options to the contract with Serraes Construction Company be approved. Mr. Carlson stated that the only other expense that had not yet been received was for the New York Bonding Attorney's fee. Motion was made by Vice Mayor Wiley that the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to sign a Change Order for Options 1 through 6 as presented, seconded by Councilman Kiedis. Voting on the motion was unanimous. ITEMS BY CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK: Mr. Carlson read a letter from Dr. Eissey, Principal of the Palm Beach Gardens Senior High School in praise of the wonderful assistance from the Police Department in the troubles which occurred this week at the school. VICE MAYOR WILEY: Vice Mayor Wiley asked that a copy of the Bill from the Florida League of Municipalities on annexation be forwarded to the Planning and Zoning Commission. Mr. Carlson reported that he and Fire Chief Summers met with Mr. Schwenke, manager of the Palm Beach County Utilities Company and Fred Trapnell, operator, to discuss improvements to our Fire Defenses with the objective of lowering the City's classification. An Regular Meeting March 2, 1972 Page 4 elevated storage, condition of the fire hydrants, and extension of water lines were discussed. He reported the meeting was very favorable and recommendations for these improvements will be made by Mr. Schwenke to the owner of the Utility Company. MAYOR DELONGA: Mayor DeLonga read a letter from Mr. John D. MacArthur in appreciation for the engraved gavel that he was presented and Mr. MacArthur asked that his thanks be extended to all those who contributed to the happiness of the teenagers at the opening of the recreation rooms. ADJOURNMENT. No further business and motion for adjournment by Vice Mayor Wiley, seconded by Councilman Kiedis. Time for the record 10:00 P.M. 1 Mayor DeLonga t I 4. ��QL Vice Mayor Wiley Thelma Compton, QKty Clerk unci n James) Councilman Orr i C,b�lincilman Kiedis