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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Council 091472WORKSHOP MEETING CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS SEPTEMBER 14, 1972 The Workshop Meeting of the City of Palm Beach Gardens was held on September 14, 1972 in the Assembly Room at 10500 N. itiiilitary Trail and was called to order by Mayor Wiley at 8 :00 P.M. The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. ROLL CALL: Roll was called by the City Clerk and present were: Councilman DeLonga, Councilman Dunbar, Councilman Bonncr, Vice Mayor Kiedis and mayor Wiley. City Manager Robert Carlson and Attorney George Baldwin were present. MINUTES: Minutes of the Regular Meeting of September 7, 1972 were approved as amended on a motion by Councilman DeLonga, seconded by Vice Nayor Ki e3is. KIAM CHACE Mayor Wiley announced that he had attended the Special Assembly on WEEK: September 11, 1?72 at thePalm Beach Gardens High School to honor Kim Chace, a participant in the Olympics, and had presented her with a plaque from the City of Palm Beach Gardens and a Proclamation declaring the week of September 11, 1972 as Kim Chace Week. COMMENDATION Mayor Wiley commended the members of the Police Department, Public Works Department and Volunteer Fire Department for their assistance and timely action in an emergency when a gasoline tanker truck overturned on PGA Foulevard. REPORTS: A discussion was held on the status of the improvements to Lighthouse LIGHTHOUSE Drive, a project initiated by the Planning and Zoning Commission and DR IVE IMPROVEMENTS: implemented by the City Council to correct a hazardous condition for pedestrian and bicycle traffic on that street. At the request of the City Council, Howard Searcy, City Engineer, presented aerial photos of the area with base working drawings. He recommended providing 5' wide concrete sidewalks on each side of Lighthouse Drive from the Railroad to the Thompson River Bridge and along MacArthur Boulevard from Light- house Drive to the Earman River, which would move pedestrians and bicycles away from the traffic area and aesthically would provide an Workshop Meeting, September 14, 1972 Page 2 attractive finished project. He stated the original instructions from the Council did not include sidewalks, but the work completed thus far had enabled him to determine that sidewalks could be put in without any difficulty and without changing the grades of the driveway ramps. A group of residents from the Lighthouse Drive area attended the meeting and requested the speed limit be lowered and sidewalks be provided in lieu of the widening of the street. Mayor Wiley polled the City Council for their comments: Councilman DeLonga preferred widening the street to 24t, Councilman Bonner suggested a sidewalk on the south side as a #1 priority but hopefully on both sides, councilman Dunbar suggested lowering the speed limit for a 3 month period, vice Mayor Kiedis preferred a 51 sidewalk on the south side and Mayor Wiley proposed a sidewalk on the south side and also lowering the speed limit. MOTION: Motion by Councilman Bonner, seconded by Vice Mayor Kiedis to authorize REDUCE SPEED LIMIT: the City Attorney to draft an Ordinance for consideration at the next Workshop Meeting to reduce the speed limit on Lighthouse Drive to 25 miles per hour from the North Palm Reach City limits to Dahlia Avenue. Motion unanimously carried. 25 MILE HOUR The Mayor directed the Public Works Director to erect signs effecting a SPEED LIMIT SIGNS: 25 mile an hour speed limit on MacArthur Boulevard from the bridge to Lighthouse Drive and on Lighthouse Drive from Dahlia Avenue to the North Palm Beach City limits, and the Police Department to enforce same. Attorney Baldwin ruled that the idayor, by executive order, can increase or decrease the speed limits on the streets within the City. next The Council agreed to expand their workshop discussion to include speed limitations on all streets in the City. MOTION FOR Motion made by Vice Mayor Kiedis, seconded by Councilman Bonner to have CITY ENGINEER DPAW UP PLANSthe City Engineer draw up plans for the installation of a 5t concrete sidewalk on the south side of Lighthouse Drive from the Railrad tracks to the Thompson River Bridge and to widen the road to 30* along the section between the Railroad tracks and Holly Drive, also to include Workshop Meeting, September 14, 1972 Page 3 sidewalks on both sides of MacArthur Boulevard from the Farman River to Lighthouse Drive. U MOTION TO Motion to table the above motion was made by Councilman Dunbar, seconded TABLE: by Councilman DeLonga. Vote on motion to table the motion - Councilman Dunbar and Councilman DeLonga voted aye, Mayor Wiley, Vice Mayor Kiedis and Councilman Bonner voted nay. Motion was defeated by a vote of 2 ayes and 3 nays. Vote on the original motion - Councilman Dunbar and Councilman DeLonga voted nay, Mayor Wiley, Vice Mayor Kiedis and Councilman Bonner voted aye. Motion carried by a vote of 3 ayes and 2 nays. MOTION FOR Motion made by Councilman Bonner, seconded by Councilman DeLonga that BID OPTION: the City Engineer be authorized to include in his studies a sidewalk on the north side of Lighthouse Drive as a bid option. notion unanimously carried. TECHNICAL Howard Searcy explained the letter that the City had received from the COORDINATING COMMITTEE: Technical Coordinating Committee, West Palm Beach Urban Area Trans_ portation Study. Mr. Searcy is the City's representative on the Technical Coordinating Committee and stated the Committee is requesting assistance to update their 1990 plan to make sure as the development of the Community changes and as population increases, any changes in the highway network are brought to the attention of this Committee and included in the plan. The elements under study that affect Palm Beach Gardens are the ultimate location of I -95 and Military Trail extension. The City Council authorized Mr. Searcy to meet with the Cityts Planning and Zoning Commissicnto determine if any changes should be recommended. APPLICATION Attorney Doyle Rogers, representing Mr. J.D.W. Blyth, addressed the City FOR BUILDING PERMIT -MR. Council and asked for a solution to the moratorium ban to enable his BLYTH: client to build a single family residence in the City. He specifically asked the Council to make a committment to his client allowing him to construct a home with a septic tank with the under- standing that Mr. Blyth would obtain the approval from the State Board Workshop Meeting, September 14, 1972 Page 4 of Health for the septic tank. Mayor Wiley stated the ban is based on a recommendation to do so by the State Board of Health and that is the only body that can make the determination from the health standpoint as to the disposition of the waste water. He advised Mr.'Rogers that the City is drafting a letter to the Governor to actively pursue a solution to the problem. SEPTIC TANKS: Councilman Dunbar and Vice Mayor Kiedis stated they would not be opposed to Mr. Doyle going to the Health Department and requesting the use of a septic tank. Councilman DeLonga said in the past the County's ground rule for granting septic tanks is whervitere is an area of 1 acre or greater and doubted if they would grant a permit for one. Councilman Bonner was opposed to the use of a septic tank. JERRY Jerry Browning, owner of a vacant lot in the City, who also wishes to BROWNING: build a single family residence, told the City Council he had applied for a septic tank and had been denied on the basis that the property in question is presently served by a public water and sewer system. He suggested the City lift the moratorium which would then force the Public Service Commission to direct the Utility Company to provide adequate treatment facilities under their certificate. TENNIS Mrs. Carol Glantz addressed the Council and stated she represented some COURTS: 30 women tennis players and requested that the City Council consider building additional tennis courts. She explained the need for more facilities based on the fact that there is usually a waiting line and additional courts would allow more participation by both men and women. Mr. Dukes, Recreation Director, endorsed the request. The City Council agreed to consider the request at the budget discussions. GASERRAMA: Mayor Wiley announced the North Palm Beach -Palm Beach Gardens ,Jaycees are sponsoring a Gaserrama on Saturday, September 23, 1972 at the Lighthouse Gulf Service Station, with the proceeds to go to the calm Beach Gardens Teen Center. Workshop Meeting, September 14, 1972 Page 5 REPORTS BY City Manager, Robert Carlson, reported on the following items: CITY MANAGER: PLANT DRIVE 1. The Plant Drive lighting project was moving along on schedule and LIGHTS: the target date for completion is September 25th. SAFETY 2. The safety barriers on the walkway approaches to the bridge on the BARRIERS: west side of Military Trail are completed. SHUFFLEBOARD 3. The lights on the shuffleboard courts and the installation of additional light standards on the south slope of the Municipal Complex will be completed by September 25th. LIGHTS BEHIND 4. The City has officially requested the Florida Power and Light Company PUBL IX: to install street lights in the Publix Market - Garden East Boulevard area and the sites will be selected as soon as Mr. Carlson and Mr. Allen from the Florida Power and Light Company can meet. COST ESTIMATE 5. The cost estimates on resurfacing certain streets in the City was CERTAIN STREETS: received from Mr. Devine, Public Works Director, at a cost of $2.25 a lineal foot for a 241 wide area with 14" topping based on a contract the County has with Rubin Construction Company that expires on September 30, 1972. Mr. Devine recommended paving from Seagrape Way west to the Avenue of the PGA and north to PGA Boulevard at a cost of $19,946.00 with first priority to a portion of the Avenue of the PGA between Seagrape Way and Holly Drive and from the bridge between Tamberlane and the Longwood Condominiums at a cost of $7,626.00 and the south side of Holly Drive from I -95 west to ;dilitary Trail at a cost of $7,118.00 Mr. Bridges, a former employee of Rubin Construction Company told the Council that another contract, not necessarily with Rubin, would follow in October and that Rubin Construction Company is obligated to move for $3000.00 a minimum of 200 tons per day at a cost of $11 or $12 a ton. He also questioned the need for 150 lbs. for an overlay. Council agreed to delay discussion on this at a future time but to definitely include it in next years budget. Workshop Meetings September 14, 1972 Page 6 CLEARING 6. Mr. Carlson reported he was unable to get a confirmation on the 10 ACRES: equipment to clear the 10 acres abutting the City Hall for another 5 or 6 weeks, as there is a problem of finding operators for the equipment. COST 7. Mr. Carlson could not get cost estimates to install the lights at the ESTIMATES LIGHTS AT tennis courts, the problem being the source of electrical supply is not TENNIS COURTS: in the immediate vicinity of the courts. Council agreed to defer this to the next meeting and also clarified the .fact they did not intend the City to brine} the power to the tennis courts but only to provide for the installation of the lights Ausing the lights the City has on hand. The Council instructed Attorney Brant to include this in his agreement with the School Board. INSPECTION 8. Inspection Report #19 was received from Schwab and Twitty, Architects REPORT - SCHWAS & TWITTY: indicating progress to this date. PETITIONS AND COPLMUNICATIONS: A.,yor Wiley acknowledged receipt of the following communications: ENCLOSE 1. Copy of a letter to Paul Twitty from Serraes Construction Company FOYER AREA regarding a request from the Council for cost estimates to enclose the foyer area in the Municipal Complex as protection from the weather. Approximate cost, $8,000.00, The Council referred this item to budget discussions to be considered as a capital improvement in next years budget. CALLAWAY, 2. Communication from Auditors Callaway, Carpenter, r•1ay and Company C� & MAY: REPORT: who reviewed the City's financial records, at the termination of employment of the City Clerk, and found them to be in order. Gardens PALM BEACH 3. Palm Beach/Woman's Club requesting that they be allowed to use the WOMAN'S CLUB: new fire station when it is completed for bingo games and also asked for consideration to hold a bingo game along with the barbecue at the opening day ceremonies. This was referred to the Pire Department Committee in charge of the opening day ceremonies. VACATION 4. The communication from the Merit System Board recommending a change SCH�'D[7L'E: to the vacation schedule for City employees was referred to Attorney Workshop Meeting, September 14, 1972 Page 7 Brant to prepare the proper ordinance. PARK VILLAS 5. Park Villas Association pointing out various violations to the ASSOC.: ordinances of the City including trash behind the Publix Markets high grass on vacant lots, black smoke from incinerators at Publix Market and the Palm Beach Gardens Community Hospital. City Manager advised these items had been taken care of and he will notify the Park Villas Association of same. ITEMS BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL: APPOINTMENT A memo from the City Attorney clarifying the hiring practices of the OF OFFICIALS: T City was discussed by the Council. The subject of discussion was the definition of a subordinate officer. Under the present City Charter the City Council has the power to appoint the City Judge, Attorney, Engineer, Auditor, City Clerk, Treasurer, Tax Assessor and Collector, and the City Manager appoints all other subordinate officers subject to the confirmation of the City Council. It was Mr. Brant's recommendation that the Department Head and his immediate assistant be classified as subordinate officers. Councilman Bonner, Councilman Dunbar and Vice Mayor Kiedis considered it the City Managers total responsibility but as a policy to keep the Council fully advised. The item was referred to the next workshop meeting to determine if a resolution was needed to clarify the definition of subordinate officer. LITTER AT Mayor €•'iley informed the Council he had talked to Angel Naya, President BALL PARK: of the Palm Beach Gardens Youth Athletic Association regarding the litter at Plant Drive Ball Park. Mr. Naya requested that the Public Works Department not clean up the park on Monday, September 18, 1972. The players in the Youth Athletic Association and their coaches will clean the park on Saturday before starting the games. ELECTION: Mayor Wiley commented on the poor turn out for the Election held SEPT. 12: on September 12, 1972. Workshop Meeting, September 14, 1972 Page S VICE MAYOR Vice Mayor Kiedis reported the glass on the bulletin board at Plant KIEDIS: Drive Ball Park was cracked and suggested replacing it with plastic or BULLETIN v BOARD GLASS: plexiglass. He also suggested using the board to report the standings of the teams. 1990 -92 Vice Mayor Kiedis reported that Mr. Charles Hyman and Mr. Dick Brumback PRINCIPAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM: from the County Engineerls Office had met with the Planning and Zoning Commission to explain the County's 1990..92 Principal Highway System Plan and were anxious to have the City Council cooperate with the County in their ultimate right -of -way plan with resulting changes in setbacks. COUNCILMAN In answer to Councilman Bonner's question as to the transformer for the BONNER : TRANSFORMER: ball park lights, Mr. Carlson reported it would be air freighted on Monday. POLITICAL Mayor Wiley announced there would be a political forum in the Council FORUM: Assembly Room at 8 :00 P,A, on Tuesday, September 26, 1972. A "Meet The Candidates" night sponsored by the Palm Beach Gardens -North Palm I,— Beach Jaycees. ORM ADJOURNMENT. No further business and the meeting adjourned on a motion by Vice Mayor Kiedis seconded by Councilman Dunbar. Time for the record 11 :14 P.M. M1 AA, 1 Tlayor Walter V4-y�� ce r•tayor John Kiedis Alice Jea4rslake, City Clerk Councilman Jarues D-eei�aIjg-&- Council n Gordo�Duifai aC.unc7lman George Bonner