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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDocumentation_Regular_Tab 4B_7/13/1989 .12 • • • VIL LAGE OF TEQUESTA Post,Office Box 3273 • 357 Tequesta Drive • .1-41-1;le • e� Tequesta, Florida 33469-02'3 • (407i 5-5-6200 FAX: (407) 575-6203 VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JUNE 22 , 1989 I . The Tequesta Village Counc; i held a regularly scheduled Village Council Meeting at. the Village Hall , 357 Tequesta Drive , Teque Florida , on Thursday, June 22 , 1989 . The meeting was called to order at 9 : 00 A.M . by Mayor Joseph N . Capretta. A roll was taken by the Recording Secretary. Councilmembers present were : William E . Burckart ; Ron T. Mackail ; Earl L. Collings ; and Mayor Joseph N. Capretta. Vice-Mayor Edward C . Howell was not in attendance . Village Officials present were : Thomas G. Bradford , Village Manager ; Ms . Pam Mc\ierney sitting in for Village Attorney John Randolph , Esquire; Wendy K . Harrison, Administrative Assistant to the Village Manager ; Department Heads and Bill C . hascavel :s , Finance Director . II . Councilmember Mackail gave the Invocation and led those in attendance to the Pledge of allegiance to the American Flag . III . APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA Councilmember Mackail moved to approve the Agenda as submitted , and the motion was seconded by Councilmember Collings . The vote was : William E. Burckart for Ron T. Mackail - for Joseph N. Capretta - for Earl L. _Colli.ngs - for the motion therefore passed and was adopted . • Village Council Meeting' Minutes June 22 , 1989 Page 2 IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND REPORTS (A) Community Appearance Board Meeting - June 7 , 1989 : (B) Village Council Meeting - June 8 , 1989 . (C) Village Manager ' s Report - June 5 , 198E - June 16 , 1989 . Council.member Mackail moved to approve the above-referenced Minut.- s and Reports as submitted . Councilmember Burckart seconded the motion . The vote was : • William E. 'Burckart for Ron T. Mackail - for • Joseph N . Capretta - for Earl L. Collings - for the motion therefore passed and was adopted. • V. REVIEW OF COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS AND CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS . (A) Public Works Committee Meeting - June 9, 1989 : Village Manager Bradford informed Council that the June 9 , 1989 Public Works Committee meeting was a one-man meeting to discuss with Mr . Howell ways and means of enhancing recreation programs in the Village, to review the ability to provide a Tequesta Recreation Center, and to discuss Village sponsorship of various civic and/or cultural activities . The outcome was : Basically, Mr. Howell would like staff to look for ways to work with others , or to provide our own Recreation Center, if and when that opportunity ever becomes available . Mr. Howell desired that the Village look into the feasibility of budgeting some extra funds within the Recreation budget to provide for programming , other than the Summer Youth Program the Village presently runs , i . e . , in terms of a festival type of gathering , similar to the Constitution Park Dedication Ceremony. Mr. Bradford stated Mr. Howell felt if the Village could remove the financial burden of Tequesta Park being the responsibility of the Village, or seek to have others cost-share that responsibility, it would, in theory, free up funds which may allow the Village to have its own Recreation Center which could consist of a building and an adjacent field, centrally located . Mr. Bradford suggested a 10-question survey submitted with the next Village Newsletter, asking citizen ' s Village Council Meeting Minutes June 22 , 1989 Page 3 • opinions on such a project . Councilmember Collir.a_ recommended the Public Works Committee and Village staff prepare a formal , detailed study report on this from standpoint of what other Villages do , and what_ recommendations should be made , and look at it in contrastsf what happens now , and what would h:aspen , if it could hap __-. , to a000mpl i.sh what Mr . Howell is :ggest i ng , and disci:. : - at a later meeting . Council agreed to do that . (B) Finance and Administration Committee Meeting - June 9 , 1989 : Mr. Staudinger, Gee & Jenson, gave a brief synopsis of how the 10-year water plan for the Water Department came about . Village Manager Bradford, Mayor Capretta, and Councilmember Collings then brought to the attention of the Council the revisions that have occurred to that Plan . Mr . Staudinger presented an overhead projection presentation of the Plan. Mayor Capretta explained to Councilmembers . Mackail and Burckart that Mr. Staudinger presented this same report at the above-referenced meeting . Since that time modifications had been made that perhaps the Village ought to go with revised 2 Plan . Plan 2 consisted of continuing Jupiter purchases through contract term, expanding surface water plant with Wells 24 , 25 and 26 , then implement R/O system in 1996 . Mayor Capretta explained further that another meeting • had taken place on June 21 , 1989 , where a slightly different position was taken, and in essence , there have been three steps of modifications , and those would be presented this • morning . Plan 2 , modified : Two incremental expansions - first in 191 to add three filters to the green sand filter plant that the Village presently has , raising it 1 . 3m gals/day. Second expansion in 1994 , to add 3m gals/day R/O facility. • • Village Council Meeting Minutes June 22 , 1989 Page 4 • Recap of Dollars and Timing connected with that: Well 24 , production well , presently waiting for permit from South Florida Water, planned to be on-line in 1990 . Also adding 3m gals/day of ground storage in 1990 , and 1 =00 gals . of high service pumps at the water plant site to help store water during peak demand times and to get the water out with decent pressure into the system . In 19= 1 , we w ;ld be going i :;r well =25 , which is a backup well . which ::-onld help us through emergency .situations , such as happened when well went down . In 1991 , we would also do an e•,:pansion of 1 . 3m gals/day, adding three filters to the existing plant , and add a second production well to provide water for that expansion and take care of the surficial aquifer tapping . In 1991 , R/0 test program would begin : drilling a test well to check out the quality of the water to be sure it blended well with our • surface water; also begin engineering on the plant in 1992 , and in 1993 , drill three production wells into the floridan aquifer, and in ' 93- ' 94 have under construction a 3m gal/day R/O plant, add 2m gal/day ground storage, once that plant is on-line with necessary high service pumps . Councilmember Mackail expressed concern regarding R/O with the Village ' s coordination with surrounding communities , and suggested perhaps the Village ought to undertake a comparative analysis to be sure the Village understands what they ' re doing . Village Manager Bradford stated he had spoken • with other locals concerning R/O and was told it was found to be astronomical in cost . Mayor Capretta suggested a combination of education of the community on water conservation and strong disciplinary measures taken with the community regarding water usage , would perhaps change the slope of the curve substantially and hold up R/O until the Village was technically and economically ready to do so. Councilmember Collings and Mayor Capretta suggested modifications to 'the 10-year water plan were the implementation of conservation methods to put off as far into the future as possible, any investment in R/O, because of the unknown variables relative to R/O. Their recommendation for _ the 10-year water plan is: delete the R/O treatment process . within the 5-year Capital Improvement Program; that education, conservation and enforcement efforts be stepped up; and in regard to the analysis that is also taking place, to increase the capital connection charges in anticipation of higher capital costs in the future; that the current demand that we forecast to be provided by R/O be planned to be provided by current methods to reduce the amount of the capital connection charges . Village Council Meeting Minutes June 22 , 1989 Page 5 • • Councilmember Collings moved that a moratorium be put on capital connections until the Village has fully analyzed The problem; anyone who comes in for a building permit dur:ng this interim period would he told there is a moratorium and they will have to return in 30 days . Councilmember seconded the motion . The vote was : William E . Burckart - for Ron T. Mackai .l - for Joseph N. Capretta - for • Earl L. Collings - for • the motion therefore passed and was adopted. Mayor Capretta brought up two additional points : 1 ) an enforcement program applying to people who have their own wells ; he expressed the need for some technical support in the form of a letter from the Water Department showing there is a relationship between people taking water out of their own . wells , and the effect it has on the Village water system; and 2 ) he suggested that some temporary workers be hired to go door-to-door , with literature, to talk to citizens about conservation. Tom Hall , Manager of the Water Department , stated he had some ideas of enforcement to be discussed and r Item IX( D) , New Business . Councilmember Collings moved that the 10-year water plan , as modified today, be -incorporated into the Village' s Comprehensive . Plan . - Councilmember Mackail seconded the motion . The 'vote was : William E. Burckart - for Ron T. Mackail - for Joseph N. Capretta - for Earl L. Collings - . for the motion therefore passed and was adopted. • Village Council Meeting Minutes June 22 , 1989 Page 6 VII . APPOINTMENTS (A) Consideration of Reappointment of Janet Gettig to the Community Appearance Board for Term Ending June 30, 1992 . Because Janet. Gettig was on vacation and cr,uld not he whether she wanted the reappointment , it was moved Councilmember Collings that the reappointment he delayed • until Ms . Gettig could be contacted . The motion was seconded by Councilmember Mackail . The vote was : William E. Burckart - for Ron T. Mackail - for Joseph N. Capretta - for Earl L. Collings - for • the motion therefore passed and was adopted. VIII . DEVELOPMENT MATTERS (A) Consideration of Site Plan Review for Addition of a Structural Canvas Awning at the East Side of an Existing Structural Canopy, Alex Webster ' s Restaurant , 209 Tequesta Drive . Bill Swain , Owner-Manager , Alex Webster ' s Restaurant , presented color photographs of the location of the proposed awning . Scott Ladd commented that the Community Appearance Board had approved the awning . Councilmember Collings moved to accept the awning as_ proposed . Councilmember Burckar- seconded. The vote was : William E. Burckart - for Ron T. Mackail - for Joseph N. Capretta - for Earl L. Collings - for the motion therefore passed and was adopted . Village Council Meeting Minutes June 22 , 1989 Page . IX . NEW BUSINESS - (A) Ordinance - First Reading - An Ordinance Amending Chapter 9 of the Village Code of Ordinances ; Fire Code and Open- Burning Permits . Pam `1 Nierne , substitute for Vill ze Atrnrnev Randniph , gave the first "eadine of Ordinan Amendment , "PROVIDING FOR ' AN .A:1ENP!ENT TO CHAPTER 9 OF T rEE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ELIMINATING ALL REFERENCE TO FI=.E CONTROL DISTRICT NO. 1 OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA ; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. " Councilmember Collings moved to . accept the first reading . Councilmember Mackail seconded . The vote was : William E. Burckart - for Ron T. Mackail - for Joseph N. Capretta - for Earl L. Collings - for • the motion therefore passed and was adopted . (B ) Ordinance - Consideration of a Proposed Franchise Ordinance Agreement for Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company. Pam McNierney, substitute for Village Attorney. Randolph , gave the first reading of "AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA , PALM BEACH COUNTY , FLORIDA , AUTHORIZING THE SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY TO USE THE PUBLIC STREETS OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ERECTING, CONSTRUCTING, MAINTAINING AND OPERATING LINES OF TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH EQUIPMENT THEREON AND THEREUNDER; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING . FOR CODIFICATION ; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.' Village Manager Bradford summed up modifications proposed by Southern Bell , which consisted of: ' previously the Ordinance referenced the fact that Southern Bell would provide the usage of their facilities which would allow the Village, for example, antennas and telemetry communications from remote sites, etc . , which was deemed unnecessary in the opinion of Southern Bell because they are in that business and that ' s a separate aspect of what they do, and they are always willing to make money in any way they can. Mr. Bradford stated he was comfortable with that . Regarding a ten year franchise - a minimum Southern Bell will do is ten years - previously it was a 30-year. A ten year franchise was requested because it would allow the Village to re-visit the franchise and take • Village Council Meeting Minutes June 22 , 1989 Page 8 advantage of any technological changes that may occur. Councilmember Collings moved to accept the Ordinance with the modifications . Councilmember, Mackail seconded . The vote was : William E . Burckart. - for Rr,n T . Mackail - for Josep . Capretta - for Earl L . Collings - for the motion therefore passed and was adopted . (C) Consideration of Amending Conditions of Construction to Allow For Cost Savings . Tequesta Drive Improvement Project - - Hardrives of Delray, Inc . Village Manager Bradford pointed . out a savings option of $35 , 500 would come from shutting off . sections of Tequesta Drive for 30 days each , first section being closed sometime in August , 1989 , and second section would be after completion of first section, with an estimate of September, entailing a timeframe of 65 days . Th. • - alternative would be single lane traffic which could tie u:, construction for a four-month period. Councilmember Collings expressed concern for businesses within Lighthouse and Tequesta Plazas , his concern being , would, it be better, community- relations wise , to protect those businesses in that area that may suffer economic impact . Mayor Capretta agreed surrounding businesses would not be happy, but his concern was about this construction spilling over into the season and becoming more of a burden than was necessary. Councilmember Mackail moved to approve the consideration to close off the two sections of Tequesta Drive during the construction process , and the Village would receive a $35 , 500 cost savings . Councilmember Collings seconded the motion . The vote was : William E. Burckart - for Ron T. Mackail - for Joseph N. Capretta - for Earl L. Collings - for the motion therefore passed and was adopted. (D) Discussion of Enforcement of Mandatory Water Restrictions - Councilmember Collings . Tom Hall , Water Department Manager, expressed suggestions for water conservation : 1 ; distributing to citizens printed matter explaining different possible measures which can be taken to promote better Village Council Meeting Minutes June 22 , 1989 Page 9 conserva-.ion ; 2 ) limit hours and days of irrigation ; 3 ) wat - saving kits purchaseable at a minimum cost which have =_ conservation success rate of 75%-80%; 4 ) modify plumbing codes to require minimum toilet water usage , water saw.; devices on shower 5 ) 3dd : - i :-,, . . rates in system ; and F, , install a stiff lane`for violaters and : - violatic,n continues , disconnect their water . \)-_,y - - Caprettasuggest.ed soliciting manpower from local• Associations to go around in their specific communities to c: something in their own communities about conserving water usage . Councilmember Collings suggested a heavy fine t - violators would certainly get. • their attention . Councilmember Mackail suggested that most citizens don ' t realize how muck. water they, individually, are - using and would probably }- delighted to lower usage and save on their water expenditures . Councilmember Burckart. moved • to limi - irrigation watering of . lawns to three days a week . Councilmember Collings seconded . The vote was : William E . Burckart - for Ron T. Mackail - for Joseph N. Capretta - for Earl L. Collings - f-,r the motion therefore passed and was adopted . X. ANY OTHER MATTERS No other matters were brought before the Council . • XI . ADJOURNMENT There being no other matters before the Council , the meeting w adjourned at 11 : 00 A .M. Respectfully submitted, Fran Bitters Recording Secretary /fgb DATE APPROVED: July 6 , 1989