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CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
February 27, 1967
REGULAR MEETING The regular meeting of the Council of the City of Palm Beach Gardens
was held on February 27, 1967, at 8:00 P.M., at the Meridian Park
Clubhouse, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
QUORUM
Mayor Diamond instructed Councilman Earle to lead in the Pledge of
Allegiance to the Flag.
At the direction of the Mayor, the roll was called. All of the
Councilmen were present.
MINUTES Motion by Councilman Hughes, seconded by Councilman Brown, that the
reading of the minutes of January 23, 1967, be waived and approved
by each Councilman's signature. Vote was 5 -0 in favor of the motion.
RES. #6 -1967
AUTHORIZING THE COUNCIL
TO PRESENT THE REVISED
CHARTER TO THE 1967
LEGISLATURE
Motion by Councilman Hughes, seconded by Councilman Brown, that the
reading of the minutes of the regular meeting February 13, 19672 be
waived and approved by each Councilman's signature. Vote was 5 -0
in favor of the motion.
Motion by Councilman Hughes, seconded by Councilman Brown, that
Res. #6 -19672 authorizing the Council to present the revised charter
to the 1967 Legislature, be read by the Clerk. Vote was 5 -0 in
favor of the motion. Mayor Diamond explained that this Resolution
had been placed on the February 13th agenda and read, but was tabled
because Exhibit A was not completed and could not be attached. The
City Clerk informed the Mayor that Exhibit A was available tonight
and will be attached to the Resolution. Mayor Diamond stated that if
the revised charter meets with approval at the Legislature, it will
be brought back to the vote of the people and before this vote, it
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Page 2
will be discussed in great detail. Attorney Nason advised the Coun-
cil and the audience that a copy of this revised charter will be on
file at the Palm Beach County Law Library and at the City Hall. Mo-
tion by Councilman Earle, seconded by Councilman Bonner, that Res.
#6 -1967 be approved as read by the Clerk. Vote was 5 -0 in favor of
the motion.
ORD. #4 -1967 Motion by Councilman Hughes, seconded by Councilman Earle, that
MUMINT-MD. #1, THE
ZONING , EC- Ord. #4.. 1967, changing Ord. #1, the Zoning Ordinance, by amending
ON XIII AND SECTIO N
VIl Section XIII (C) (1) and Section VII (C) (4), be placed on first
reading and read by the Clerk. On the discussion of the motion,
Mayor Diamond informed the audience that this Ordinance had been
placed on first reading before, but due to additional discussion on
editorial changes, they were advised to place it on first reading
again. Mayor Diamond called for the vote on the motion. The vote
was 5 -0 in favor of the motion.
ORD. #5 -1967 Motion by Councilman Hughes, seconded by Councilman Brown, that
REZONING AN AREA OF LAND
RUNNING FROM I -95 WEST Ord. #5 -1967, amending Ord, #1, the Zoning Ordinance, by rezoning
TO INCLUDE METAL FABRI-
CATORS FROM R -2 to M ZONE a section of land running from I -95 West to include Metal Fabri-
ORD. #6 -1967
CHANGING THE ZONING ON
PGA PLAT #1 FROM 0 & R
AND C -1 TO R -1 EXCEPT
BLOCKS 1 AND 2
cators from R -2 to M Zone, be placed on first reading and read by
the Clerk. Vote was 5 -0 in favor of the motion.
Motion by Councilman Earle, seconded by Councilman Bonner, that
Ord. #6 -1967, changing Zoning Ordinance #1 by rezoning a portion
of PGA Plat #1 from 0 & R and C -1 to R -1 except blocks 1 and 2,
be placed on first reading and read by the Clerk. Vote was 5 -0
in favor of the motion,
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Page 3
ORD. #7 -1967 Motion by Councilman Brown, seconded by Councilman Earle, that
REZONING OF SOUTHWEST
AND NORTHWEST CORNER Ord. #7 -1967, changing the zoning to C -2 and R -1 -T on the southwest
OF PGA BOULEVARD AND
PROSPERITY FARMS ROAD and northwest corner of PGA Boulevard and Prosperity Farms Road, be
TO C -2 ARU RBI--
placed on first reading and read by the Clerk. Vote was 5 -0 in
favor of the motion.
CORRESPONDENCE Mayor Diamond directed the Clerk to read a letter from the State
Board of Health releasing the present building in Tamberlane for
Certificates of Occupancy.
GENERAL DISCUSSION ON Mayor Diamond, before proceeding to the items of new business on the
ALL ORDINANCES AND
RESOLUTIONS AS SET agenda, declared the floor open for discussion on any of the Ordin-
FORTH ABOVE IN THE
MINUTES ances and Resolutions passed and placed on first reading earlier in
the meeting. Councilman Bonner asked if any new building permits
had been issued for Tamberlane. He was informed by the City Manager
that there were none to his knowledge. Mayor Diamond recognized
Mr. John Schwarz,, He asked the Council, "How soon does the Council
have to have the proposed new charter for the legislature ?" W.
Nason, the City Attorney, answered that it had to be in the County
Law Library the first week in March and one copy on file in the
City Hall. Mr. Schwarz asked when this would come before the people
on referendum. He was advised that it would be within sixty days
after it had passed the Legislature during their session.
Mr. Jewett asked where the new trailer park site was. He was in-
formed by the Mayor that it was the southwest and northwest corner
of PGA Boulevard and Prosperity Farms Road. Mr. Jewett then said
the Ordinance read Avenue of the PGA in lieu of PGA Boulevard. Mayor
Diamond recognized this was an error and directed the City Clerk to
change this portion of the Ordinance before second reading. He
said this was an editorial change.
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Page 4
NEW BUSINESS Mayor Diamond stated that the Council was in possession of the final
audit from the City Auditors, Calloway, Carpenter & May, and that
the Council and City Clerk would review it in detail for the members
of the audience. Mayor Diamond went through the audit page by page
in detail. At the end of the review of the audit, the following
facts were determined: Mayor Diamond stated that the Council had
started with a surplus of $135,933.09 on December 31, 1965, and that
at the end of the year, December 31, 1966, they had a surplus of
$132,457.19. He pointed out that they had underestimated the rev-
enues in the amount of $1,220.12. He stated that in reviewing the
estimated budget with actual expenditures, it showed that 1966 was
under budget by a sum of $5,607.53. Mayor Diamond stated that the
Council was pleased with the operation for the year 1966 and es-
pecially with the final outcome, because in the beginning there were
so many unknown factors, and that many projections were based on
1_� actual guess rather than past performance.
Mr. Jewett asked the Mayor if the meeting to be held with the hos-
pital authorities was an open meeting. Mayor Diamond replied that
it was not. Mr. Jewett then asked if a prospective candidate who
had qualified to seek the office of Councilman would be admitted.
Mayor Diamond said that he would not. Mayor Diamond stated that
the meeting that was going to be held was an executive planning
session and that there would be no minutes or any decisions made.
at this meeting. It was the Council's intention to tell the people
at the next regular meeting what had transpired, and that the Mayor
would make a statement for the tress after the meeting was concluded.
Mayor Diamond stated that the Council would take the position that-
if the public demanded entrance to the meeting, they would have'to
let them come in. He emphasized that it was the Council's desire
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to ask the people to let the Council have this meeting in private
with these people so that they could get down to the bare facts
and nothing would be withheld for fear of personal involvement.
Mr. Jewett said, "If some of us in the past six or eight months
felt that the Council had not leveled with them, why should they
believe that the report after this meeting would divulge the facts
as they actually took place ?" Mayor Diamond answered, "If you
feel that the Council has not leveled with you, then you are welcome
to make some accusations, but be prepared to prove them." Mayor
Diamond concluded by stating that the persons from the State and
Federal level of the hospital branch had requested this meeting and
had asked that the City run the meeting however they thought best to
do so. The Council agreed that the closed meeting would be the
only way to investigate every possibility to get the hospital opened.
Councilman Bonner added that many groups, heretofore, had been in-
terested in the hospital and they had asked that they not be ex-
posed, or information relative to their interest, be published. The
Council felt that the meeting with the hospital authorities should
be private so that they could get the information and possibly pro-
ceed to consumate a transaction with the City.
Mr. Brewer, President of the Homeowners Association, advised the
Council that a new non - profit corporation had been formed and has
leased the playground area in Plant Drive. He requested the Council
to study the feasibility of selling or donating the playground
equipment owned by the City that is presently on the Plant Drive
property. Mayor Diamond stated that the Council would take it under
advisement.
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OLD BUSINESS Motion by Councilman Hughes, seconded by Councilman Bonner, that
$5,000 be paid to the Corporation that sponsored the National PGA
Four -Ball Tournament. On the discussion of the motion it was brought
out that this amount of money had been budgeted, and the expenditure
of this was authorized by a Resolution passed by the Council before
the tournament was put on. Councilman Hughes informed the audience
that our auditors had audited the tournament records to establish
that the $5,000 was the City's pro rata share of the loss on the
tournament. Mayor Diamond called for a vote on the motion. The
vote was 5 -0 in favor of the motion.
Councilman Bonner said, "I would like to compliment the City
Attorney, in the face of a very heavy agenda, plus other extra
curricular activities going on in behalf of the City at the present
time, I know that his office is quite loaded, and I think he did a
good job in meeting the agenda committments."
Councilman Earle said he would like to compliment the Fire Department
on an excellent job done on a fire in Meridian Park Saturday morning.
He said that any delay on their part would have caused a catastrophe.
Nine men showed up for the fire.
ADJOURNMENT Motion by Councilman Earle, seconded by Councilman Brown, that the
meeting be adjourned. Vote was 5 -0 in favor of the motion.
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ATTESTED: APP D:
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tr a . Poston, City Clerk Robert C. Diamond, Mayor
/,Tames W. Hughes, Vice^ygrr
George A/. Bonner, Councilman
William D. Earle, Councilman
Norman E. Brown, Councilman