HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Council 051872REGULAR MEETING
CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS
MAY 18, 1972
The Regular Meeting of the City of Palm Beach Gardens was called to
order by Mayor Wiley at 8:00 P.M. The meeting was held at 10500 N.
Military Trail in the Assembly Room and opened with the Pledge of
Allegiance to the Flag.
ROLL CALL:
Roll was called by the City Clerk and present were: Councilman Dunbar,
Vice Mayor Kiedis and Mayor Wiley. Councilman DeLonga was attending
a meeting of the Law and Order Forum to represent the Mayor and the
Council and Councilman Orr was out of town.
MINUTES:
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of May 4, 1972 were unanimously approved
on a motion by Vice Mayor Kiedis seconded by Councilman Dunbar.
Minutes of a Special Workshop Meeting of the City Council held Tuesday,
May 16, 1972 were read and approved. The meeting was called to discuss
the Merit System Rules and Regulations and Merit Increases.
OPENING OF BIDS Mr. Carlson opened the bids for the ball park lighting equipment and
BALL PARK
FIXTURES:
hardware. The call for bids had been advertised in a Newspaper of
General Circulation in the area. The following bids were opened:
Graybar Electric Inc. $3395.28 _ total bid for 50 items
Consolidated Electric Inc. $3159.84 _ total bid for 50 items,
The bids were referred to the Consulting Engineer, Mx. Kuhns and the
City Manager for a more thorough review of the bids and to report to
the Council as soon as possible.
REPORTS:
Mayor Wiley read a written report from Leonard Devine, Public Works
PUBLIC WORKS
REPORT ON
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Director, who had attended the Florida Chapter Public Works Association
Conference at Tampa from May 3rd through May 6th, 1972,
RECREATION
Mr, Woody Dukes, Recreation Director, submitted a written report to the
ASSOCIATION
Mayor and Council on his Workshop Meeting of the Florida Recreation
Association which was held at St. Petersburg on May 7 through May 10,
1972. Mayor Wiley reviewed the report giving the highlights of the
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program. Council was in accord that in the future conference reports
by the employees will be made in person and also that a file of any
�.. material and literature obtained at the conferences be maintained
for future use.
UNIFORM CRIME Mr. Carlson reported on the Annual Uniform Crime Report, State of
REPORT:
Florida, Department of Law Enforcement as reported to him by William
L. Reed, Commissioner of Law Enforcement, State of Florida.
Information was that the survey showed the City of Palm Beach Gardens
moved from last place to 18th place on the list for crimes cleared
since the semi annual report was submitted. Council did not agree
with the population estimate which showed an increase of only 272 in
the last 6 months. Mr. Carlson estimated the total population at
about 7500. The official population of the 1970 Census was 6102.
SCHWAB &
Report from Architects Schwab and Twitty on the progress of the Central
TWITTY
ARC- HITECTS:
Fire Station was reviewed by Mayor Wiley.
PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS:
CORNERSTONE:
Mayor Wiley announced that a meeting was held with Schwab and Twitty,
Architects, Ted Jensen and Gordon McBride of Palm Beach Gardens
Masonic Lodge to discuss the Cornerstone Ceremony and the Dedication
Plaque. The plaque will be of similar architecture and material as
those in the City Hall and will be placed side by side on the north-
east corner of the East wall. The dedication ceremony will be held
July 29, 1972.
REPORT FROM
Council reviewed an analysis of the trouble reports filed with the
CA13M TV:
Cable TV Company by the customers of the City for the month of April,
1972.
APPOINTMENT Council was in receipt of a letter from Palm Beach County Municipal
OF STUDY
751 ION: League regarding the appointment of members to the 50 member Study
Commission in which they stated the delegates should be only elected
officials. Council was not in accord and again unanimously approved
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the appointment of Mr. Carlson and Attorney Brant who had been
appointed by the Council at the Meeting of May 11, 1972. Mayor Wiley
requested that their resumes be sent to the Palm Beach County Municipal
League.
SIGN ORDINANCE: Mayor Wiley read a letter from Perrin Sign Company requesting time
on the Agenda of May 25, 1972 to discuss the proposed Sign Ordinance.
Council scheduled the discussion on the Sign Ordinance for the
Workshop Meeting of June 8, 1972 and will notify Mr. Perrin and also
inform the Beautification Committee.
RESOLUTION #21 Council was in agreement to appoint E. Craig James to the Planning
APPOINTMENT TO
=. . ING AND and Zoning Commission. A poll had been conducted of the existing
ZONING MMMISSION:
Planning and Zoning Commission and they were in accord also.
Resolution #21 appointing E. Craig James was read by the City Clerk
and unanimously approved on a motion by Councilman Dunbar seconded by
Vice Mayor Kiedis.
RESOLUTION #22 Resolution #22 appointing a member to the Beautification and
Environmental Committee was tabled for the recommendations of the
Committee, as they have invited perspective applicants who desire to
to serve on their Board to come to their next meting. Mayor Wiley
suggested that Council attend the meeting.
ORDINANCE #8 Ordinance #8 - Change of Zoning from C -1, Limited Commercial to C -2
CHANGE OF
ZONING -LOUIS General Commercial in Section 4- 42 -43, as petitioned by Louis Bills,
was read by the City Clerk on a motion by Vice Mayor Kiedis, seconded
by Councilman Dunbar. Mayor Wiley reviewed a communication from the
Planning and Zoning Commission as a result of their Public Hearing and
they recommended that the City Council grant the rezoning for the
following reasons: convenience factor, PGA Blvd. will be 4 -laved in
the near future, there will be less traffic from a gasoline station
selling gas and oil than the PDQ Store that exists and there were no
objections from the Public. Ordinance #8 will be scheduled for
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Workshop Meeting and a Public Hearing has been advertised for June 1,
1972.
STUDENT IN
Student in Government Day will be scheduled for a meeting on May 25,
OVERNMT
1972 and Mayor Wiley has made suggestions for their agenda.
ORDINANCE #9
Ordinance #9 - providing for registration of certain persons engaged in
ID CARDS:
soliciting, peddling etc, was read in full by the City Clerk on a
motion by Councilman Dunbar, seconded by Vice Mayor Kiedis. Vote 3
ayes and O nays. Section 15 -50 was modified to delete City Manager
for appeals and to change 15 -48 to 15 -40. Mayor Wiley deferred
further discussion to the Workshop Meeting of May 25, 1972.
ITEMS BY CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLARK:
Mr. Carlson submitted his recommendations to the Council for the Merit
increases to eligible employees. Mayor Wiley stated the policies and
review of the Employee Performance Reviews were discussed at the
Special Meeting, May 16, 1972. Motion by Vice Mayor Kiedis, seconded
by Councilman Dunbar that the City Manager be authorized to grant those
merit increases as discussed and approved at the Special Meeting with
the increases retroactive from May 4, 1972 and checks be given to the
employee on the last day of May. Vote 3 ayes and O nays.
SHUFFLEBOARD
Mr. Carlson announced that the shuffleboard canopy specifications were
CANOPIES:
approved by the City Engineer and can now proceed with installation.
Recommendations from the Engineers Mock, Roos and Searcy were that the
Council might prefer using redwood rather than the pressure treated
wood. Council expressed that they would use the pressure treated wood
with perhaps redwood stain. Mr. Carlson presented two types of corrugated
panelling. Mayor Wiley suggested that the heavier quality be used and
the color choice be referred to those senior citizens who use the courts
ANNOUNCEMENT:
Mr. Carlson announced that Mr. Robert Cassell of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development visited him today for the purpose of
viewing the site of the lands that the City intends to acquire with the
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funds from the Open Space Program. He inspected the site and was
informed of the use of the land and was pleased with Palm BeachGardens.
He left Mr. Carlson with the parting remark that he thought the
application for funds would be approved favorably by the Housing and
Urban Development and should be accomplished soon.
DR. EISSEY: Mr. Carlson announced that Dr. Eissey will make a public presentation
of his trip to Russia on June 5, 1972 at 7:30 P.M. and urged everyone
to attend. This will be held at the Palm Beach Gardens High School.
MOVE ANTENNA: Mr. Carlson stated there has been a suggestion to move the tower and
antenna from the location on private property East of the City onto
the new Fire Station. Fire Chief Summers will report to the Council
on the proposal.
HYDRAULIC
Mr. Carlson announced that the bids for the hydraulic lift have been
LIFT:
sent out and advertised and returnable May 25, 1972.
EMPLOYMENT:
Announcement of advertisement for Parks and Maintenance man was made.
POSTAL UNIT:
Mr. Carlson reported that the City received authorization from the
Corps of Engineers to proceed with the slab and that the Field Engineer
at the Homestead Air Force Base will make the inspection of the slab
prior to the pouring of the concrete.
CLEAN UP
Council was in agreement and authorized the Public Works Department to
ENTRANCE TO
MAC ARTHUR
mow the grass and trim the shrubs in the area around the mounds at the
BLVD:
entrance of Mac Arthur Boulevard. Council requested a record be kept
of the time spent in doing the work.
PGA GOLF
Mr. Dukes announced the Annual City Golf Tournament will be held on
TOURNAMENT:
Sunday, June 25, 1972 at the PGA Golf Course.
MAYOR AND COUNCILx
VICE MAYOR
Vice Mayor Kiedis suggested that the Palm Beach Youth Athletic Assoc.
KIEDIS;
be contacted in regards to the score board and make a determination
whether a line would be required to be brought in to hook this up.
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MAYOR WILEY: Discussed a news item appearing in Tuesday, May 16, 1972, the Times
and entitled "County Municipalities Tax sharing ° from the Federal
REVENUE
SHARING: Government. He felt that we could compare ourselves along with North
Palm Beach and Lake Park as to population and was somewhat disturbed
with the amount of money Palm Beach Gardens received in comparison to
these cities. He suggested the City Manager or Attorney Brant find
out what the major factors are which influence the determination of
this money. If it is by population he would like to know what it would
cost to get the City census redone on an official basis as he felt the
census was a gross inaccurate count of our population. Attorney Brant
will explore this and also suggested petitioning the Legislative
Delegation. Mayor Wiley suggested moving quickly since they are going
to accomplish formula computations for July 1972 distributions and
would like a breakdown of how this money is derived. Mr. Carlson
stated he would try to have this for the Workshop Meeting.
ADJOURNMENT. Motion for adjournment by Vice Mayor Kiedis seconded by Councilman
Dunbar. Time for the record 9:30 P.M.
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