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The regular monthly meeting of the Counci7n~en of the Village of
Tequesta, Florida, was held Tuesday, June 18, 1968, at 8x00 P.M. at the
Village Hall. Councilmen present were: Messrs: Sylvester, Valier, Bowden,
Fong and Cunningham. Also present were ~iobert Harp, Village A~1a,nager and
C1erIt and Ir~ill;am ~. Lord, Village Attorney.
The meeting was opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance
to the Flag by Mayor Sylvester.
Mayor Sylvester advised the audience in attendance that the
water situation would be discussed first since that was apparently aahat
most of the audience was in attendance for. He further stated that the
remarks and questions were to be recorded and answers would be provided,
if necessary, following a review of the tape.
Mr. Bowden advised the meeting that he had met for about two
hours with Mr. B. C. Sharpe in person on a Sunday afternoon discussing
the contents of the letter of January 2, 1968, which Mr. Sharpe had sent
to him concerning die purchase of the Water Company by the Vil]age.
Mr. Bowden also read and had distributed to the audience, a
statement explaining the purchase price paid and future commitment to the
Tequesta, 4later Co., Inc. (see copy attached to these Minutes).
The Village Attorney, William A. I;ord, spoke about the Villa,ge~s
purchase of the Tequesta Water Co., Inc. ~:e stated that he acted solely
in beha 1f of the Village of Tequesta in the negotiations for the purchase
and did not act as attorney for or represent the seller in the negotiations.
He further discussed the following:
1. Why did the Village purchase the water company?
2. Was the water company worth the price paid ?
3. ~dhy have the rates increased?
~. What is the purpose o~ the demand charge?
5. taThy is there a 25~ charge on users outside the Village limits?
The Village Manager read a letter from the mater Department
engineers, Brockway, Owen £~ Anderson Engineers, Inc., signed by Charles ~'.
~inderson, recommending that no revision in rates be effected at this time
and that a rate evaluation be delayed until at least a six months operating
record is obtained under conditions which would more nearly reflect anti-
cipated average water sales and operating expenses.
Various members' of the audience asked questions concerning dif-
ferent items relative to the purchase oi° the water company and answers
were given by the Village Attorney, Vi1la,ge Engineer or Councilmen.
The water discussion was c®ncluded at 9:07 P.M.
Boerden moved, second by Cunningham and passed that the reading
of the Minutes of the May meeting be waived.
Valier moved, second by Long and passed that the detailed reading
of the financial statement for N1ay 1968 be waived. The Village Manager
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recapped the receipts and disbursements for the eight (8) months period
ended Map 31, 1968, and upon motion by Bowden, second by Cunningham and
passed, the financial statement and disbursements for-the month of 1'~a.y
were approved. Balances on Hand at A~ay 31, 196, were as follows:
First Bank of Jupiter/Tequesta $45,514.25
Petty Cash 2500
Community Fecl~ral Savings and Loan 13,134.93
Fidelity F~dera.l Savings-and Lawn 13,548.34
U. S. Treamurq Bills 19,440.00
91 662.52
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~bccount balances 'sere as follows :
Operating Account $53,8?2.48
Petty Cash 25.00
Capital Fund 7,225.33
Streets, Roads and Drainage Fund 5,880.32
6~ater Line Relocation Fund 24.659.39
$91,662.52
The Sinking Fund balance was $18,287.55.
The Village Manager read his report cover?~~; Village activities
for the month of May, 1968. The report showed building statistics as
follows:
~~ Year To Date
N Va lvation A1o . Valuation
3813 Houses) $341,738. 240 (61 Douses) $2,161,847.
Las- ~ Vear
20 (2 Houses) $ 77,685. 146 (40 Douses) $1,678,639.
Mayor Sylvester reported on the recent decision of Solitron
Devices, Inc. to locate a new plant on Indiantown Road. The Village Mana-
ger read a Resolution welcoming Solitron Devices, Inc. to the Jupiter-
Tequesta area. Bowden moved, second by Long and unanimously passed tha'c
the Resolution be passed and adopted and a copy be spread upon the Minutes
of the meeting (copy attached).
Mayor Sylvester suggested that 'che Village contact the Florida
mast Coast 1Ba,ilway Company asking their permission for the pillage to pro-
vide beautification of their right-of way on the north and south side of
Tequesta Drive.
The Mayor further suggested that the Village start to consider
implementing the drainage plan where necessary.
Sergeant John Rodericlc presented the Police Department and Civil
Dei°ense Reports for the month of May, 1968, in the absence of Police Chiei
Dusenbery who is on vacation.
° Councilman Cunningham presented his ideas pertaining to require-
ments to provide adequate screening for commercial areas which abut resi-
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dential areas. The Council will consider and study the proposal and a
• ~'ublic Hearing on the subject will be held at 7:30 P.M., Tuesday, August 20,
1968, for the purpose of amending the Zoning Ordinance to provide for such
screening.
Counci Lean Cunningham also presented the Council with proposed
rules and regu]a,tions for use of the Village I~1a11 by various organizations
as follows:
1. Available to service type (not social) organizations having
SOib or more members who reside i.n or own property in Tequesta
on a first come, first serve basis.
2. Hall to be available on Tuesday and ~Tednesday nights only
expept the third Tuesday of each month which is the regula r
Council meeting night.
3. Ito food or drink to be served in tho building.
4. Must reserve meeting night wi th the Tillage P~1a,na,ger at least
one week in advance.
The Council was advised there would be a matter of security for the rest
of the building since the rest rooms are located on the Administrative side
and TrJater Department side of the ®i1la,ge Hall. The matter was tabled for
further study.
Gounci]ma.n Bowden suggested that the Vil].a.ge consider changing
the Village Charter to provide for a third ward which would probably en-
• compass all that area of the 9illa,ge which would lie east of U. S. High-
way No. 1. He also advised that the Tillage residents and taxpayers be
advised of the drainage report as compiled and presented by Brockway,
Owen and Anderson Engineers, Inc. He further stated he had been in contact
with persons in several areas about annexation to the Village. He also
advised that the Villages letter to the Jupiter Fire Control District
about fire hydrant rental fees was not a demand but a suggestion that the
District consider this matter for their 1968-1969 budget. :-fie stated he
believed the Village should accept ~.re Chief Baird~s proposal to meter
the amount of water the Fire Department might use from hydrants for the
prevention and extinguishment of fires and that the Fire Department would
pay for the water so used at the prevailsng rate per 1,000 gallons. Howden
moved, second by Valier and unanimously passed that the Village accept Chief
Baird~s offer for the Fire Department to pay for water used to fight fires
at the prevailing rate per 1,000 gallons but the Jupiter Fire Control
District is to be further advised that this does not affect the i-,atter of
fire hydrant rental charges as provided for in Ordinance No. 13~, which has
not b~nresolved but is being carefully studied by the Village Council and
its 1ega,1, fiscal and engineering consultants.
Mr. Joseph La.terza, consulting engineer for Mr. ~:~il.].iam E.
Schlusemeyer and Irving Schlusemeyer, ~;ppeared before the Council to
a~btain prel.ima.nary approval o~" the proposed condominium plat for the west
side of Seabrook Hoad, north of the Junior Citizens Building. The question
of drainage for the proposed subdivision ~ra,s discussed with Mr. Laterza
stating that the natural contour of the ground was from west to east to
Seabrook toad. A letter from Hobert L. OtiTen, Brockway, Owen €~ Anderson
Engineers, Inc. re]ative to drainage in this area had been foru~rarded to
each CounciLnan. This letter recommended that no additional surface run-
off be permitted to drain toward the intersection of Seabrook 14oad and
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Tequesta Drive. All parties concerned were aware of the existing drainage
problem at this intersection. The ,letter also presented proposed costs
for providing a drainage system from Tequesta Drive west to the north fork
of the Loxahatchee River as proposed i.n the over-all Village Draima.ge ~°lan
for the Village, showing estimated cos'cs for various sections of the
system.
The Council were in general agreement that something should be
done to alleviate the existing condition at Seabrook Road and Tequesta
Drive. They were also in general agreement that the proposed plat should
not be held up because of the existing conditions but should provide some
relief of these conditions. Eastern Sales, Inc. offered the sum of $1,000.
to be used to help defray the cost oz" construction of a drainage pipe under
Tequesta Drive at Seabrook Road. The Councilmen noted that Seabrook Road
is a County road and there could be a possibility that the Eoard of County
Conuuissioners of Palm Eeach County would share the cost of construction
to relieve the condition at this intersection. A tentative meeting was
scheduled for 3:30 P,M,, Friday, June 21, 1965, with representatives of the
Village, Air. Laterza and County Comau.ssioner E. F. Van I~essel to discuss
what could be done at the intersection ~;~ith an~r proposals to be presented
to the Villages engineer for his consideration and recommendations.
Cunningham moved, second bg Eowden that the Village accept the $1,000.
from Eastern Sales, Inc. to be used toward the cost of the solution of
the drainage problem at Seabrook ~doad and Tequesta Drive, that the Village
proceed to find a solution to this drainage problem, and that the preli-
rniraa,ry plat be approved. Eowden, Cunningham and Sylvester voted for the
motion with IAng and Valier voting against the motion because of the
drainage problem.
Eowden moved, second by Cunningham and passed that we advise the
Palm Eeach County Community Action Council that the Village does not want
to participate in. the Economic Opportunity Act.
Long moved, second by Cunningham and passed that the Tax
Assessors request for an extension of time for presentation of 1965 Tax
Roll be approved. The Tax Roll wall be presented to the Council at the
August Council Meetiaag at eahich time the Council will sit as a Eoard of
Equalization of Taxes .
Eowden moved, second by Cunnsngha,m and passed that the written
request from Village Realty, Inc. requesting an additional six (6) months
Developers Sign Perm_i.t for their sign located on the north side of Tequesta
Drive at Venus Avenue be approved, su'oject to receipt of fee and applica-
tion.
Eowden moved, second by Cunn?n~~ that the sum of $1,500. be
contributed to the Jupiter-Tequesta Chamber of Commerce for use in con-
nection with the Solitron Devices promotion which brought that company
to the area,
Mr. Paugh reported that no~much activity is taking place with
the committee working on the proposed forraa,tion of a Sewerage District.
• The Village Manager advised that a contract between the Water
Department and the U. S, Coast Guard had been renewed for a year from
July 1, 1965, to June 30, 1969. Re further reported that the first interest
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payment of. $26,.575. on the 1,063,000. Ulater Revenue Certificates would
be paid pra.or to July 1, 198, to Manufacturers t~anaver Trust Company,
• P1ew York, Mew York, the paying agent for the issue. ~Ie also reported
that the water line relocation across the Intracoastal ti~la~erway had been
completed.
The Village Clerk read an ordinance providing for the amending
of the Village Zoning Ordinance to change the zoning cla,ssifica.tion of a
parcel of ]and owned by Mrs . Jennie Zi egler from C-1 to R-2 cla,ssifica,tion.
Bowden moved, second by C,~+n;ngham that the ordinance be approved. All
CounciLnen being present and voting for the adoptit+n, Ordinance No. 147
was hereby passed and adopted on first reading.
Upon motion by Valier, second by Dowden and passed, the Tax
Collector was authorized to transfer Tax Sale Certificates Mo. 4-65 and
1-66, on Lot No. 159, Tequesta, to the ptar~.~c~,ser of the 1967 Tax Sale
Certificate on the same property, upon receipt of amount due plus interest.
The Village Manager advised that the Tax Sale was held on June 12,
1968. Two certificates were sold, one remains to be sold and due to an
error in advertising, one must be re-advertised and ano~th.er sale held.
Mr. hadlec, from Country Club Point, suggested that the Vil]age
get some definite figures for dredging tine canals in Country Club Point.
Mayor Sylvester said he would look into the possibility of a local builder
taking the dredged material for fill for lots.
• The Village Maintenance Department is to see if anything can
be done to relieve the flooded condition at ~~illow Foad and Tequesta Drive
during heavy rains.
There being no further 'uusiness, the meeting was adjourned at
]1:00 P.M.
Res fully submitted,
Robert :Tarp
Village Clerk
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VILLAGE. OF TEQUESTA
STAT~T Bp TIC COUPICII.
Purchase Price Paid And Future Commitment To
The Tequesta ~7ater Company, Inc.
Many times the press has published and others4~a,ve stated that
the Village of Tequesta purchased the Tequesta Water Company, Inc. at a
price of $1,700,000.
This is emphatically wrong. The Purchase and Sales Agreement
dated August 14, 196?, provided a price of $968,000. based on the volume
of existing business at June 30, 1967, wi'ch subsequent yearly payments
for additional equivalent connections producing annual revenue of $94.60
for a sixteen year period not to exceed $637,000., a maximum price of
$1,605,000.
The Village of Tequesta authorized and issued, validated by
the Circuit Court, $1,700,000. of SI Revenue Certificates and its dis-
position follows:
For Purchase Price of Tequesta j~ater Co., Inc. $ 800,000.
Sold to Sullivan, Nelson ~ Goss, Inc. (at public sale)# 200,000.
#Cash Used For:
Tequesta Water Co., Inc. $105,000.00
Brockway, Owen ~ Anderson 12,500.00
Sullivan, Nelson ~ Goss 15,945.00
Winters, Brackett €~ Lord 7,500.00
Funds to Operate t°~ater Department 13,000.00
Funds to Sinking Fund, 26,666.6?
Funds to Capital Improvement Reserve 19.388.33
Tequesta Water Company, Inc.
For 126 Additional Equivalent
Connections from November 2, 1966
to .Pone 30, 1967 63,000.
To Palm Beach Bank and Trust Co.
As Escrow Agents (in vaul'cs - no
Interest until Released) 637.000.
Total $1.700.000.
SUMrIARV OF PANT TO
TEQULSTA ~aATI';R CO . , INC .
AT MA,'iCII 1, 1968 CLOSIl4IG
5~ Revenue Certificates (863) $ 863,000.
Cash 105,000.
Total Initia 1 Payment $ 968.000.
°. The Council engaged the services of Brockway, Owen £~ Anderson,
Inc. (engineers) to appraise .the physical properties and at August 31
1967, determined that the replacement depreciated value was $951,000.
The Council engaged. the service of Sullivan Nelson ~ Goss, Inc.
and. Thomas M. Cook ~ Co., jointly, (fiscal agents) to prepare a feasibi-
lity study based on existing business at august 31, 1967, and recoimmended
a price of $900,000.
The full Council approved tldis price and proceeded bo finalize
negotia, tions .
The Purchase and Sales Agreement provides that for a period of
sixteen years additional bonds will -~'vered at the rate of $500.00
for each additional equivalent connection:, _t~o exceed $637,000. (1274
at $500.) a maximum final pt~ice for the system`®~ X1,605,000. If this
amount has not been paid at the end of s~a~cteen years,~further payments
cease and the Village agreed maximum purchase`~p~ice of $1,605,000. is
reduced by the difference.
An equivalent connection is determined by increased revenue of
$94.60 and not by count of actual number of connections.
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