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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Council 020970REGULAR MEETING CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS February 9, 1970 QUORUM The Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Beach Gardens was held on February 9, 1970 at 8:00 P.M. at 3704 Burns Rd. Mayor Blanck presided and asked the City Clerk to call the roll. Present were: Councilman Prentiss, Councilman Bonner and Councilman James and Mayor Blanck. Vice Mayor Walker arrived at 8:10 P.M. City Manager, Robert Carlson and Attorney,Wm.I}rant attended. WAIVER OF MINUTES Motion by Councilman Prentiss seconded by Councilman Bonner that the reading of the minutes of the Regular Meeting of January 26, 1970 be waived and approval be by each Councilman's signature. Councilman James asked that the minutes be amended to read; under Recreation Board Discussion: for the record: "and voted on by the Recreation Advisory Board." Voting on the motion to approve 4 ayes and 0 nays. MONTHLY REPORTS Mayor Blanck reviewed the monthly reports from the Building, Fire, Recreation, Public Works and Recreation Departments, ]police Dept. PETITIONS & COMMUNI- a. Mayor Blanck read a letter from the Palm Beach County Library System CATIONS in which they stated we would be included in the District as a Library taxing district. b. He read a letter from Pratt & Whitney Aircraft thanking the City for opposing plans for a residential community adjacent to the plant site. c. Mr. Ken Parramore of the Inter City First Aid Squad presented facts on the Squad as to their solvency and activities as a result of the advertisment by the County to raise millage which would be used for County Ambulance Service. Councilman Bonner congratulated the Squad for the wonderful service performed for the Community. Mayor Blanck recommended that the Council get together with the Inter City Squad and Mr. Grupp of the Palm Beach County Ambulance Committee and report any suggestions back to the Council for action. Councilman Bonner motioned to have Mr. Carlson write a letter along with Mr. Parramore and inform the County of the City's standings and bring to workshop for review;seconded by Councilman Prentiss-Vote 5 ayes,Onay Regular meeting 2/9/70 Page 2 ORDINANCE #3 Motion by Vice Mayor Walker seconded by Councilman Bonner to read = DERELICT PROPERTY Ordinance #3, Adopting Florida Statute 69 -324 regulating wrecked and derelect property. Vote 5 ayes and 0 nays. Mayor Blanck directed the City Clerk to read Ordinance #3 in full on first reading. ORDINANCE #4 Motion by Vice Mayor Walker seconded by Councilman Prentiss to read 7MO11TING-MUNICIPAL D Ordinance #4 in full Adopting the Municipal Code of the City Ordinances. Vote 5 ayes and 0 nays. Read on first reading in full by the City Clerk on direction by Mayor Blanck. ORDINANCE #1, Motion by Vice Mayor Walker seconded by Councilman Prentiss to read rUT_U1T=G REGULATIONS Ordinance #1, Lot Clearing regulations by Title only on second reading. Read by the City Clerk at the direction of Mayor Blanck. Motion by Vice Mayor Walker to adopt seconded by Councilman Prentiss. Vote 5 ayes and 0 nays. RECOMMENDATIONS OF Recommendations from the recreation Advisory Board were read by Mayor REC. ADV. BOARD Blanck and they recommended the appointment of Don Mitchell of the three names presented to the Advisory Board . Those recommended were Ken Turner, Don Mitchell and Roger Hilton. Mayor Blanck polled the Council on the 3 candidates. Results were: Ken Turner- Council- man Prentiss and Councilman James and Mayor Blanck; Don Mitchell received votes of Vice Mayor Walker and Councilman Bonner. Council - RESOLUTION #8 man Prentiss moved to read Resolution #8 and insiert the name of 79TWITTIMBER TO REC. ADV. BOARD Ken Turner; seconded by Councilman James. Vote 3 ayes and 2 nays. Councilman Bonner and Vice Mayor Walker voted nay to read. Read by the City Clerk as directed by Mayor Blanck. Motion to adopt by Councilman Prentiss seconded by Councilman James. Councilman Bonner stated he felt that Ken Turner had done a lot of good with the youth in recreation and a fine job but could not understand appoint- ing some one to the Board who over the past years had so many times questioned the qualifications of our Recreation Director, Mr. Dukes, and did not understand what benefit this would be to the Board based on his statements. Council were in accord that Mr. Dukes' qualifica- tions were of the highest. Recreation Advisory Board was in I- Regular meeting 2.970 page 3 attendance and questioned that their decisions carry so little weight and asked, "does it mean our years of service and recommenda- tions are not satisfactory ?'°, stating that previously their recom- mendations had been accepted. Mr. Don Snyder of the Board stated for the record "the Council has made a personal affront to the Recreation Advisory Board." Vice Mayor Walker moved to table Resolution#8 seconded by Councilman Bonner. Vote of 3 nays by Mayor Blanck, Councilman Prentiss and Councilman James; 2 ayes by C6uncilman Bonner and Vice Mayor Walker. Council accepted the recommendations of the Board to appoint two ex officio members to sit on the Board for a 1 year term. Voting on the motion to adopt Resolution #8, Appointing member to the R.Advisory Board 3 ayes and 2 nays. Voting aye, Councilman James, Councilman Prentiss and Mayor Blanck, voting nay, Councilman Bonner and Vice mayor Walker. RESOLUTION #9 Motion by Vice Mayor Walker seconded by Councilman Prentiss to read SON L Resolution #9, Renewing the note for First American Bank on Gradall. Vote 5 ayes and 0 nays. Read by the City Clerk and adopted on a mot- ion by Councilman Prentiss seconded by Councilman James. Vote 5 ayes and 0 nays. PUBLIC SCHOOL Council reviewed a draft of a Resolution to implement a school SYSTEMS attendance plan which will not destroy the neighborhood school concept. Council decided to present views to the League of Municip- alities for presentation to the Legislature for action on school attendance plan. Council was in support of retaining the boundaries and would support any action by the City of Lake Park and the PTA there. Council decided also to table until Monday and work shop after Palm Beach County League of Municipalities reviewed the problems and discuss further the specific objections. RESIGNATION OF Robert Sellers presented a letter to Mayor Blanck in which he stated R. SELLERS FROM BLDG. SIELKING BD. his views and objections and resigned from the Building Steering Committee. He stated that after the insult to the Recreation Regular meeting 2/9/70 Page 4 Advisory Board tonight he definitely felt that calling on the citizens for assistance was in need. He did not feel there was any communication between boards and Council. Council agreed to inform the Planning and Zoning Board that their acceptance of the site plan was for Phase I only. Councilman Bonner moved to accept the resigna- tion of Robert Sellers from the Building Steering Committee with regrets with thanks for his services and to refer the planning of the Municipal site to the Planning and Zoning Board excluding the' accepted Phase I, seconded by Councilman Walker. Mayor Blanck stated he was in the future going to set up meetings with the chair- men of the various Boards for review of their actions and recommenda- tions. He asked Mr. Sellers to rewrite his resignation rephrasing and asked him if he felt the same as what he had written. To which Mr. Sellers stated he would leave it as written. After discussion Mr. Sellers agreed to remove "petty politics and personal jealousies" from the letter. Voting on the motion to accept resignation, 5 ayes and 0 nays. DOG LICENSE City Manager, Mr. Carlson presented information received from the County on the control of animals in which the County has taken over the licensing of dogs and there would be no need of city license. Motion by Vice Mayor Walker to acknowledge County Resolution and discontinue issuance of dog licenses by the Municipality; seconded by Councilman Bonner. Vote 5 ayes and 0 nays. LETTER FROM Mayor Blanck read a letter from the Florida Transportation on N'Rl SPORTATION long range transportation. Letter will be referred to the City Engineer, Howard Searcy and the Planning and Zoning Board for study. Regular meeting 2/9/70 Page 5 ADJOUWOHNT Motion by Councilman Prentiss Seconded by '(rice Mayor Walker to adjourn. Approved unanimously. Time for the record 11:35 P.M. Mayor Blanck Vice Mayor Walker Thelma Compton, Cit Clerk Councilmdn Bonner Councilman Prentiss Councilman James