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
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Hearing by the Planning and Zoning Commission scheduled for March 22,
1972.
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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.
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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
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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.
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