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PLANNING AND ZONING ADVISORY BOARD
MEETING MINUTES
NOVEMBER 2, 2006
I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
The Village of Tequesta Planning and Zoning Advisory Board held a regulazly
scheduled meeting at the Tequesta Recreation Center, 399 Seabrook Road,
Tequesta, Florida, on Thursday, November 2, 2006. The meeting was called to
order at 6:32 P.M. by Chair Elizabeth Schauer. A roll call was taken by
Recording Secretary Betty Laur. Boazd members present were: Chair Elizabeth
Schauer, Vice Chair Steve Okun, and Boazd Member Royce Hood. Absent from
the meeting were Board Member Charles Reinwald and Boazd Member Leslie
Cook. Also in attendance were Clerk of the Board and Community Development
Director Catherine Harding, and Recording Secretary Betty Laur.
IL APPROVAL OF AGENDA
MOTION:
Board member Hood moved approval of the agenda with the addition of
board member discussion under Any Other Matters. Vice Chair Okun
seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 3-0 vote. The motion was
therefore passed and adopted and the Agenda was approved as amended.
III. APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES
MOTION:
Vice Chair Okun made a motion to approve the minutes of the regular
meeting of October 5, 2006, with the following language stricken: Vice Chair
Okun agreed he was not a principal (the last line of the first paragraph on page
5). Board member Hood seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous
3-0 vote.
IV. NEW BUSINESS
A) An Application by the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church located at 402
Seabrook Road, Tequesta, for Three (3) temporary Modular Classroom
Units, 24 ft. z 36 ft. to provide Pre-K through 8th Grade in addition to the
Pre-K through 5th Grade now being offered.
Community Development Director Catherine Harding advised the applicant
that there were only three members of the boazd present tonight and in the
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ordinance it stated specifically in the event that only three members are
present, a unanimous vote of all present in favor of an application is required
to make a recommendation of approval. If no motion receives the necessary
majority vote, that shall constitute a recommendation for denial. Raymond
Roy, representing the applicant, stated he was a trustee of the Good Shepherd
School boazd, a former headmaster of St. Michael's School in Stuart, former
interim headmaster of Grosspointe Academy in Michigan and Gulfstream
School in southern Palm Beach County, and co-chair of a committee
empowered by the church vestry and school board to investigate possible
expansion venues for the school. Mr. Roy introduced others present on behalf
of the applicant, Heather Vaughn, Director of Mazketing and a school pazent,
Mrs. Christine Vanderwestheizen, Head of School, Ms. Valarie Sun, a local
contractor and school parent, and Gregg Newcomb, attorney and school
parent. They were looking to start a capital campaign to expand. There was
strong interest among the parents to start a 6~' grade next yeaz. Good
Shepherd School had no room to go to two sessions, they just wanted to
provide a 6~', 7a', and 8~' grade Christian education to the local community
before high school. Mr. Roy asked if there were not a unanimous vote if it
would be possible to appeaz at a future meeting when there was a full board
present. Chair Schauer indicated they had that right, and asked Ms. Harding if
they had to make that decision now. Ms. Harding advised that decision could
be made at any point.
Chair Schauer advised she had been on the Village Council when the Church
of the Good Shepherd School was approved and at that time they had said
there was no need to go beyond 5~' grade. Chair Schauer asked Ms. Hazding
if the church could add an additional floor, to which Ms. Harding responded
any change required going before the Planning Board after this because they
were expanding an existing approved site plan. Mr. Roy assured the board the
portables were to be temporary-they wanted to start a capital campaign to
expand the school, and were akeady looking for off-campus sites. They had
investigated the arts building across the street and had learned there were two
5-year leases, so they were looking for other sites. There was a bank building
where they could move their lower grades, which would allow room on the
present campus to go through. 8~' grade. Mr. Roy reported they had looked at
the modular units used by Palm Beach Day School and the church would
probably use that same manufacturer. Approval of their application would
allow them to approach the pazents for the money they needed to raise. There
were no current plans to add a second story, and the easy way would be to
move the 3, 4 and 5-year olds off site to a nearby location, but they needed the
temporary modular units to house students while they ran a capital campaign.
Chair Schauer referred to the site plan, noted the whole azea was really tight,
that two portables were located in front of the school and the third in part of
the detention area. Mr. Roy explained they had been advised by South Florida
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Management District the school was within their "No Notice" requirement,
and their plan was to re-vamp the detention area, keeping it the same size but
moving it. Valarie Sun reported it was 114' from their property line to the
north side of the existing building, and the sidewalk could be moved. Chair
Schauer estimated it was approximately 71' from the end of unit 3 to the
property line and there was only landscaping by two sheds. Ms. Sun advised
that the site plan only showed existing conditions, and with modification of
the detention area, landscaping would be included. Chair Schauer recalled
when the school was originally approved, the neighbors north of the church
had expressed objections, and recommendations had been made for items such
as landscaping, so the school would not affect the neighbors' daily lives, and
she did not know whether those conditions were ever fulfilled. Ms. Sun
advised they were trying to keep this in the least imposing proximity to
existing neighbors, staying close to the existing building for the common
areas, and they wanted to provide a landscape buffer. All of the existing trees
were intended to remain, except two which were required to be removed to
install the units, and additional landscaping would be added. Chair Schauer
suggested landscaping that could withstand hurricanes be added to buffer
neighbors to the north, along the entire property line. Ms. Sun agreed. Mr.
Roy reported he had a good relationship with Roy Fisher Landscape
Architects as Ms. Fisher was his sister, and he believed they would provide a
plan.
Betty Nagy, 26 Shay Place, expressed concern about traffic. She explained
the traffic increased just after 7 a.m. when children were dropped off, and also
between 2 and 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Parents just stopped in the road,
blocking traffic. Her husband was being brought home after dialysis, and the
driver had to stop and wait to go north. It was not safe if a car came out of
Dover Road or the store on the corner or if the Palm Beach County fire truck
was needed, and that had been the situation since the school opened, and
putting 30-60 more cars on Seabrook was not fair to the residents and they
hoped this would not be approved until the problem was solved. She
suggested the students be bussed.
Michael Palage, 73 Camelia Circle, explained he was an engineer and an
attorney, so he looked at this from both sides, and commented if these were
temporary structures whether one or two years would be sufficient, for 6`t' and
7~` grade. Instead, three structures were requested, which suggested an overall
plan or something that had unfolded piece by piece. Mr. Palage asked that the
board look at the history of what had been taking place-there was an impact
in regard to traffic, and putting extra cars on the road raised a safety concern.
Mr. Palage commented if the third unit were placed in the detention pond
area, he did not know where the detention pond could go-if moved a little to
the right, slash pines would have to come down. Mr. Palage questioned the
timeliness of this-before approving this a lot more needed to be looked at,
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i.e., where the detention pond would be relocated, impacts on traffic, a traffic
survey. Mr. Palage commented he assumed last year's graduating 5~` grade
went somewhere else, and asked to take a slow, cautious approach, and
whether three trailers were needed for three years when there was off-site
space that could be leased, and stated he did not believe all necessary
information had been provided.
Tom Brinkman, 81 Camelia Circle, commented the church was built before he
came here, but he thought the Village Council had given them leeway to build
the school in the first place, and asked how many children went to the school.
The school Principal responded, 136. Mr. Brinkman commented they were
going to add three more grades and asked what that would take it to, the
children were out playing all day long and the teachers came out and made
more noise with the bullhorn, and if they did not have hardly enough room to
build this in the first place, what would happen when the kids reached 8~'
grade-were they going to build a high school? Chair Schauer advised they
could not do that. Mr. Brinkman asked if it were true the Council gave them
allowances and they had to make concessions. Chair Schauer responded she
had been on the Village Council at that time, and there were certain
stipulations, but she did not remember what they were, but all the neighbors to
the north and some to the east had had concerns and the church was to address
those concerns to make the constituents of the Village happy. She did not
know if all the stipulations had been met. Mr. Brinkman advised they were
not, because the fence was just put up, and the trees and retaining wall had not
been put up. Chair Schauer clarified there was no retaining wall--they were
to fence the area, and Mrs. Campbell had offered to pay for a section or for the
whole fence, she could not remember which, but Mrs. Campbell had stated
she would work with Reverend Taylor regarding her donation for the fence.
Mr. Brinkman advised he lived right behind the school.
Carol Pepoby, 81 Camelia Circle, recalled she had been at the meeting when
Dottie Campbell said she was going to put up a wall to be a sound barrier so
the neighbors could not hear anything, but the wall did not go up until this
year, and the school had been built four years. She advised she had mentioned
this at the last meeting and that was when something was done.
Pauline Hutchinson, 77 Camelia Circle, commented the church had not
followed through, and she had visited a neighbor who showed her what they
looked at--high weeds above the detention pond. Mrs. Hutchinson reported
she had spoken to Mr. Von Frank, a member of the church, who spoke to the
Pastor, and the weeds were finally cut.
Christine Vanderwestheizen, the school Principal, indicated she was speaking
as a resident. She was born in South Africa, moved to New York 16 or 17
years ago and lived there 14 years, and specifically chose Tequesta to live in
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because of its character, and emphasized she would do nothing to harm it.
She had noticed a lot of new families with young children were moving to
Tequesta, which she did not notice 3-1/2 years ago. There were therefore a
lot more yellow busses, and the residents had to wait on them. Having their
school in the Village alleviated a lot of that. Currently their school was zoned
for 169 children; there were 137 enrolled.
Raymond Roy noted he believed the boazd had the traffic study which was
commissioned by the school. Ms. Harding advised that had not been
submitted to the board, because it had been received after the packets had
gone out. Ms. Hazding advised the traffic study would be reviewed by the
planning boazd. Mr. Roy explained the school would have staggered arrival
and departure times, which was recommended by the traffic study, and the
additional traffic would consist of 10 or 11 students per grade because the
school would have to stay under the capacity enrollment, making the traffic
impact minimal, and with the addition of staggered release times he did not
anticipate a problem. Mr. Roy commented this was the time to add the 6th,
then the 7~`, then the 8~`. This school could not afford to just go out and
purchase or put out a large amount of money to lease land-the school needed
to run a capital campaign to raise money to be able to go off campus, which
was why they would like to do this temporary measure.
It was confirmed that the building capacity was 169 students, not the zoning.
Chair Schauer noted there were presently 137 students, and if each portable
could accommodate roughly 30 students, they were looking at 227 students
from pre-K through 8~' grade, with all the portables being at full capacity. Mr.
Roy responded that would necessitate 25 or 30 people coming from the 5`~ to
the 6~' grade, and their current enrollment in the 5~` grade was 14, so that
would not happen in the short time this temporary measure would be in effect.
Chair Schauer advised she worked for St. Jude Catholic Church, which had
built All Saints Catholic School in Jupiter. When they started the plans, she
had told them they needed to look to the future and needed to go up in height.
The school was built at three stories. The Town of Jupiter approved pre-K to
8`~, but when the school opened it was only pre-K to 5~' grade, and in June
2007 there would be the first graduating 8 grade class. Chair Schauer
commented this school had a problem, which Mr. Roy acknowledged, and
advised they had to go off-site with part of the school, but did not want to
throw away the 3`d, 4`~, 5~' classes, especially with the strong parent interest
they had. Mr. Roy commented he had been interim headmaster of the
Gulfstream school, and the town of Gulfstream had a cap of 250 students
which they had to abide by, and he did not think the church or the school
board would have any problem if the Village chose to place a cap on their
enrollment. Mr. Roy advised they wanted to expand, but could not on the
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present property, and they wanted to buy some time to move part of the school
off site.
Chair Schauer asked if there were any way to reduce traffic, and asked if the
parents would be okay with school busses. Chair Schauer described the traffic
problems the school originally caused on Seabrook. Mr. Roy read into the
record a summary from the traffic study: According to observed data, there
were no existing queuing problems during either the A.M, arrival or the P.M.
dismissal periods. The addition of a total of 45 middle school students
arriving about the same time as the existing student body is not expected to
cause queuing problems during the A.M. dropoff period. However, during the
P.M. pickup period, the additional students would cause vehicular queues to
expand into Seabrook Road during the peak period if dismissal occurred at
the same time as one of the existing sessions. Therefore, in order to alleviate
the conflicting situation, the proposed dismissal period for middle school
students should be separated from the existing dismissal periods by a
minimum of 30 minutes. This staggered pattern would not interfere with
existing operations and is expected to allow the queue to be accommodated
within the area provided. The traffic study was provided to the recording
secretary for the record.
Vice Chair Okun requested any incident reports or feedback from the Police
Department with regards to any problems relating to traffic and the school, to
come back to this board for review.
Michael Palage commented he would like to see the traffic report and asked if
there were any relationship between the firm that did the report and the
church. Mr. Palage noted the traffic report summary had indicated no queuing
problems, but the neighbors had reported queuing problems, and suggested a
third opinion. Chair Schauer commented that was one reason the Vice Chair
had asked for information from the Police Department, and the study had been
provided tonight to the recording secretary so that it could be a matter of
record and be provided verbatim in the minutes of this meeting.
Hal Hutchinson, 77 Camelia Circle, asked the urgency and the driving force to
put in temporary buildings to expand the school. Chair Schauer advised she
could answer that when 5~' grade students left a religious school they were
leaving a code of conduct and if they were going into Jupiter Middle School,
there was a problem there with the existing student population. The majority
of the time, parents had a haxd time with their children going from a private
school into a public school, and it had taken this length of time to realize they
needed this. Mr. Hutchinson commented they knew when they started the
school that the students were going to progress and graduate, so that wasn't
the driving force, and asked what it was. The Principal, Christine
Vanderwestheizen, responded there was no driving force----every year the
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parents asked for this, and every year the school had said, show me the money
and then we will go to the next step, and this year the 3`d, 4`~`, and 5`h grade
parents had said they would make a commitment to help with money and
immediately start a capital campaign in order to have their children stay in this
school through 8~ grade. Ms. Vanderwestheizen commented she was a
resident of Tequesta and would never do anything to hurt the Village. Starting
a week from Monday, the school would begin staggered dropoff times, one at
2, 2:30, and 3 o'clock, which had been planned before the traffic report was
received. In the mornings, children could be dropped off at 7 a.m., but no one
did that because they had to pay extra for that. They started dropping off at 20
minutes to 8, unti18:30 a.m., so it was extremely staggered already. If another
grade were added it would be half an hour after all the others. Mr. Hutchinson
commented whether or not this was granted, there were major problems
associated with it, the first of which was traffic, and expressed his opinion
they did not have an official traffic study. Ms. Harding confirmed it was an
official traffic study and she needed to review it with staff to be sure it
contained everything needed. It was confirmed that Kimley-Horn and
Associates conducted the study, dated November 1. Chair Schauer
commented they probably submitted it today, which was why the boazd did
not have it. Mr. Hutchinson commented then nobody here knew anything
about the traffic study, but had heard from Mrs. Nagy that she had a major
problem with her husband coming back from dialysis. Mr. Hutchinson stated
a lot of people who traveled Seabrook had a problem with traffic. Mr.
Hutchinson expressed his opinion the buildings were ugly and the neighbors
north and east would have to look at them, the fence was four years late, and
the school had not lived up to its promises. Also, the board had nothing from
South Florida Water Management regarding the impact of using half of the
detention pond, and asked where the water would go if there was a hurricane
with a lot of rain and flooding. Mr. Hutchinson stated the board had some
serious things to consider.
Tom Brinkman, 81 Camelia Circle, conf rmed there were currently only 14
5~' grade students, the modular units each had a capacity of 30, and
recommended giving them one module for that grade-because the other two
would sit empty unless they already had other children coming in to go into
the 6~' grade. Mr. Brinkman asked how many of those children lived in
Tequesta. Chair Schauer responded this was an Episcopalian church, and
open to all denominations. Mr. Brinkman asked why the school was
submitting a plan for three grades when there were only 14 students in one
grade that would need the space. Principal Christine Vanderwestheizen
advised there was one student from Jupiter Farms, one from Hobe Sound, and
the rest were from Tequesta.. The reason they were asking for three modulars
now was to avoid having to come back next yeaz and the year after that. Ms.
Vanderwestheizen explained the school did not get children from other
schools; the children who started at the school stayed with that school. This
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year's 5~' grade did not pick up even one new student. There had been one
new 4~` grader because their family had relocated from New York. There was
a very strict placement test, so the children fit into their community, and they
did not just take anyone to warm the seats. Mr. Brinkman asked how long the
7`i' and 8~` grade modules would remain empty. Principal Vanderwestheizen
commented they would put one now and when there was a commitment from
the parents they would add another, and if necessary, the next, but it would
stop them from coming back to the Village for permission for each one, and
that was the only reason they asked for three units.
Vice Chair Okun asked if the next phase was to move the younger grades to
an off-site location, because of the sequence of students moving on should
free up space now occupied, so that they would not be required to have three
units, and if so, was moving them off site driven by their current enrollment.
Mr. Roy answered that going off-site now would require a great deal more
money to lease an existing building and remodel it--that would cost
substantially more than adding modulazs. Mr. Roy acknowledged they might
expand to 6~' grade and there might not be enough pazent interest to continue
the expansion, and the school might stop the expansion at 6~' grade; however,
they hoped to provide the educational opportunity for pre-K through 8~'
because that would benefit both the school and the Village of Tequesta. Vice
Chair Okun commented three modulars would be a more intensive use than
needed for the first year, which Mr. Roy confirmed and added that the next
year hopefully there would be a 7a' grade. Mr. Roy indicated he did not
believe there would be a problem only adding one unit; the only difficulty
would be site prep for bringing in another in a yeaz, and site prep for another a
yeaz after that. Vice Chair Okun commented it appeared to him the youngest
grades became a feeder for the entire school experience because once they
were in the system they usually went through and the continuity remained, so
they would be controlling enrollment by the lowest grades. Mr. Roy agreed,
but commented first grade enrollment varied from year to yeaz, and advised
maximum class size was 18, even though the modular units had a capacity of
30. Mr. Roy confirmed class size could be restricted by the Village also, and
there was a cap of 250 on the Gulfstream school. Vice Chair Okun noted
they were taking a gamble if they could not have a robust early years program,
which would probably motivate them to have anoff--site location. Mr. Roy
confirmed they fully intended this to be a temporary measure. Vice Chair
Okun commented he was hearing that the units were not going to be
temporary-that they would be a part of the landscape. Chair Schauer
responded, not necessarily. Vice Chair Okun commented he didn't want to be
on this boazd when they were to be taken out.
Chair Schauer recalled when she and Mrs. Watkins were working on the new
Jupiter High School, they had stressed that the school must take into
consideration future growth of the north county. Jupiter Farms students that
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attended Dwyer had gone to the new Jupiter High, and now after only two
years there were so many portables at Jupiter High that they were going to ask
the Jupiter Farms students to go back to Dwyer. The school needed to look at
future capacity, but money was a constraint for a private institution. Vice
Chair Okun commented this school was probably more deliberate about their
planning than the public schools because it was their lifeline, and the sooner
they had anoff-site location to start building their program, the better their
planning would be and the better they would be able to assess all needs. Vice
Chair Okun expressed his opinion that the question asked as to why they
wanted all three portables was valid and suggested they use phasing as an
option; not slamming the door, but if the buildings were there it would be a
burden on them, and there would be a push to fill the buildings.
Vice Chair Okun stated he was eagerly waiting for the police department to
provide real feedback. The only thing he was hearing from the community at
large was the traffic was not only cumbersome and irritating, it actually
introduced a risk factor that this board should not be dealing with, and. now
was probably the best time to deal with it properly.
Tom Brinkman, 81 Camelia Circle, commented it would cost a lot of money
right now to go off-site, but if the Village let them have three modules, and
they were only going to move 5~' grade to the 6~` grade, that meant at least
temporary for at least three years. Modules cost money, and they would be
wasting their money, even though it was temporary, because if they built off-
site they did not need the other modules. If there were only 11 or 12 5~'
graders there might be a way to split it up where they could have two classes
in one room. Vice Chair Okun commented that was basically what he was
saying, that they were going to be fueling their growth by their younger years
and then would have firm control over their future, although the first handful
of years would be difficult, and he appreciated the fact that this was parent
driven and they did not want to send their children out into another
environment until absolutely necessary. Mr. Brinkman asked what they meant
by temporary-if they put the units on the property the neighbors would have
to look at them all the time, they were going to be modulaz homes, and it came
down to the fact that they did not need them now. Vice Chair Okun
commented as far as Mr. Brinlanan's and Ms. Pepoby's concerns about the
wall-it was not the church's fault the neighbors had put up with a
detrimental situation if that was one of the things insisted upon by the Village
to grant approval, so shake their forgers at the Village because the Village was
not diligent in following up, if the Village, in fact, had received a complaint.
Ms. Pepoby had indicated she had had to go to someone on Village staff and
then things happened, and oftentimes unless there was a meeting, Ms. Harding
did not hear about it, but when she did she took swift action to correct the
situation. Mr. Brinkman indicted he just wanted everybody to take a hard
look at this. It could be good for the kids, but there might be a different way of
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going about it, because he could not see putting up three modules for 14 kids
going into the 6`t' grade.
Mary Hinton, 12 Oakland Court, Tequesta commented the units could be
phased, and if it was an aesthetic issue they could be skinned to make them
aesthetically pleasing. Ms. Hinton advised they needed to know how many
they could get on the site because there was a certain amount of infrastructure
planning needed, and the drainage, impervious surfaces, and traffic all needed
to be addressed. The reason the school was here tonight was to ask for
permission to go ahead and do the whole thing, but it did not mean they would
all be installed tomorrow. Vice Chair Okun made the point that when
something was phased you planned for the maximum but did not implement it
all. Mrs. Hinton agreed, but commented the infrastructure had to be in place,
and that was the reason the school was before the board. The church and
school were going to work with the neighbors to satisfy their concerns. The
traffic study had been done by Kimley-Horn, and Mrs. Hinton commented she
could not see that company putting their reputation and license on the line to
do a favor to the school, so she had taken that a little negatively. Vice Chair
Okun commented that was a snapshot in time, whereas the police had a
continuous picture. Mrs. Hinton agreed, and commented the best way was to
work with the police, perhaps bring their traffic engineer in, look at staggered
times, and at what could make this work as opposed to what did not work.
Betty Nagy, Shay Place, commented whether or not times were staggered, this
would mean more traffic on her street and it was not fair to the residents.
Vice Chair Okun responded that was not necessazily true-if the Police
Department came back with recommendations regarding it not being a safe
issue, that would have a huge impact on the decision of this board. Mrs. Nagy
commented then they had to wait until there was an accident. Chair Shauer
advised the board was saying they would make a recommendation to Ms.
Hazding and the school, and would advise Ms. Harding of the issues the board
wanted addressed. Mrs. Nagy commented this was not just for her husband,
and if it meant getting a petition signed by everyone who was against it, that
could be done. Chair Schauer advised the boazd would do their
recommendations by what they had heard this evening and would give
direction. Mrs. Hinton asked the classification of Seabrook, which Chair
Schauer indicated was residential.
Hal Hutchison recalled the Fire Rescue department had previously been
housed in a modulaz unit where there had been a serious problem with rats.
Ms. Harding indicated there was an ordinance allowing modular units but they
had to be temporary, and agreed to research that ordinance for Mr. Hutchison
the next day to provide the ordinance number and definition of "temporary".
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Board Member Royce recommended establishing a time frame for the units to
be there. Mr. Royce commented Jupiter Christian School had a dropoff point
at the bowling alley while they were rebuilding, and suggested the applicant
talk to them about the possibility of getting a used school bus or a temporary
solution for a dropoff point to help alleviate the traffic situation. Boazd
Member Royce also asked for the definition of "temporary".
Vice Chair Okun stated one of the things the board needed to stipulate was an
absolute plan that would take the traffic out of the drive area and manage the
traffic problem.
Chair Schauer asked that at the next meeting a site plan be provided that gave
the exact location and how much of the detention area, and how it was going
to look, a buffer zone to the north and east of the property line, and the exact
location of the units. She requested that more specifics be addressed, stated
the board would like to review the traffic report from Kimley-Horn, have a
response from the Police Department as to what had occurred on Seabrook
Road as faz as incident reports because of the school. Chair Schauer advised
that the more information the applicant could provide, the better, and after
approval by this boazd they would go before the Village Council. The
Council could undo everything this boazd had done. The applicant was asked
to contact Jupiter Christian school, as suggested by Board Member Royce,
and provide some type of verbiage to the board as to an off site location for
drop off/ pickup; approximate staggered times, class limit size; and the
definition of "temporary". Vice Chair Okun suggested the applicant look at
the entire site plan and revise it to manage the traffic off the public road,
which would be more cost effective than offsite dropoff. Mr. Roy
acknowledged that was a very valid point, and asked if, for example, the
school would be able to mandate that all parents had to turn right. Chair
Schauer advised that would be a question for the Police Department, and staff
would ask them. Chair Schauer advised the applicant that the more
information they could provide, the better it would be-such as landscaping,
buffer zone, time line.
Vice Chair Okun expressed his opinion this would be a very valuable
community asset if the problems could be solved.
Principal Vanderwestheizen invited the neighbors to come to the school, buzz,
and ask for Mrs. West, to tell her about such things as the grass needed
cutting, etc., and she would see it was done because she was paying someone
to do that and she did not see everything. She invited them to tell her about
anything-something that was supposed to have been done ten years ago,
because she wanted the neighbors to be happy, and announced her office was
open every day from 7:45 a.m. to 6 p.m. If they saw her blue car with an
American flag they would know she was there.
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Ms. Harding added to the list a complete landscape plan. Chair Schauer
agreed and explained the board needed to know how the total picture would
look-the applicant would have to do it with three units whether or not they
were placed, and if it were approved, the applicant would work with Ms.
Harding regazding placement.
MOTION:
Vice Chair Okun made a motion to table the application for Good Shepherd
Episcopal Church, 402 Seabrook Road, Tequesta, Florida, for three temporary
modular classroom units. Board member Royce seconded the motion, which
carried by unanimous 3-0 vote.
V. COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITIZENS
There was no communication from citizens.
VI. ANY OTHER MATTERS
Chair Schauer reported last month the board had discussed the fact that Board
Member Reinwald missed all the meetings, and she had written a letter, but had
not sent it because of a new development. Ms. Hazding reported Mr. Blase was
resigning for health reasons, so a new alternate was needed as well as a new
member. Ms. Harding indicated an ad could be placed in the Village newsletter,
and she would write to the Village Council to inform them that they needed to
select a member and an alternate, and which district they needed to be from. Ms.
Harding noted she would try to get a letter regazding this matter read at the next
Village Council meeting.
Boazd member Hood made a formal request for a name plate.
VII. ADJOURNMENT
Upon motion by Vice Chair Okun, seconded by Board member Hood, and
unanimously carried, the meeting was adjourned at 8:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Betty Laur
Recording Secretary