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VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA 1�
Post Office Box 3273 • 357 Tequesta Drive
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F EB RUARY 2 2 1989
A Tequesta Village Council Workshop Meeting with the Community
Appearance Board was scheduled for 2:00 P.M. in Village Hall, 357
Tequesta Drive, Tequesta, Florida, for the purpose of discussing
landscaping relative to the new County Line Plaza. The meeting
commenced at 2:05 P.M. Councilmembers present were: Mayor Ron T.
Mackail, Vice-Mayor Edward C. Howell, Councilmember William E.
Burckart, Councilmember Joseph N. Capretta and Councilmember Earl L.
Collings. Community Appearance Board members present were:
Chairman Leslie A. Cook, Vice-Chairman Paul Coben, and Janet Gettig.
Village staff members present were: Thomas G. Bradford, Village
Manager, Wendy K. Harrison, Administrative Assistant to the Village
Manager, and- Scott D. Ladd, Building Official.
The Mayor initiated the meeting by noting that the purpose of
the same was to review the landscaping plans for County Line Plaza
in order to review all matters related thereto in response to many
public concerns relative to the inadequacy of the landscaping.
Scott Ladd, Building Official, reviewed the history of the
landscaping plans for County Line Plaza. Of major importance was
the factor that in an effort to help expedite development approvals
for the project, the Village agreed to allow Village Council site
plan review without having completed the landscaping review
process. Thus,, the landscaping plans were finalized subsequent to
site plan approval by the Village Council. Additionally, a
subsequent revision to the landscape plan was necessitated by virtue
of the expansion of "Building A" . This revised landscape plan
provided for less trees than the original landscape plan. This
resubmittal was approved by the Community Appearance Board. Upon
questioning, Mr. Ladd informed those present that in his opinion,
the landscaping being installed at the site of the Shopping Center
did in fact comply with the final approved landscape plan.
Upon further discussion, Councilmember Capretta pointed out that
the major lesson from this course of events was that the Village
Landscape Code is inadequate requiring modification and that action
was needed to address the inadequacy of the landscaping at County
Line Plaza. Mayor Mackail and Mr. Bradford indicated that part of
the problem could be blamed on procedure in that normal procedure
was sacrificed in order to expedite the site plan approval process.
Mr. Bradford inquired as to the Village Council 's intent
relative to specifics needed within the Landscaping Code to
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avoid these problems in the future. It was the consensus of the
Village Council that the Village' s forthcoming Landscaping Code
should require that all landscape plans, among other things, should
clearly indicate the size of the proposed landscaping at the time of
planting. Further, it was the consensus of the Village Council that
wherever feasible, the Village should require minimum standards or
specifications relative to crown and trunk size of applicable
vegetation in order to meet the intentions of the Village in its
beautification efforts. Janet Gettig pointed out that the Village
commercial lot coverage allowances were exceedingly liberal and
outdated requiring review in order to have more acceptable setback
requirements and open space requirements. It was pointed out that
the Village Attorney was working on this very issue.
The meeting temporarily adjourned at 3:00 P.M. in order to
depart Village Hall to meet at County Line Plaza to witness the
landscaping being installed. At approximately 3:10 P.M. , the
parties gathered to review the same. It was evident that certain
areas of the parking lot were somewhat barren requiring additional
landscaping to provide visual relief from the harsh bleakness of a
commercial parking lot. Upon questioning, Mark Pantlin indicated
that he would be willing to entertain provision of additional
landscaping in return for the Village cooperating with him in order
to allow for conditional certificates of occupancy in order to
facilitate the opening of Winn Dixie and Rite-Aid. It was agreed
that Rood Landscaping would design a plan addressing various
concerns about the County Line Plaza Landscaping. The plan would be
reviewed by both Mr. Pantlin and the Village staff. If found to be
acceptable by the Village staff, the Village staff would meet with
Mr. Pantlin's contractor, Dennis Miller, in order to work toward a
compromise on outstanding issues related to the entire overall
project in an effort to come to an agreement for the issuance of
conditional certificates of occupancy relative to the Winn Dixie and
Rite-Aid premises. In the event an arrangement acceptable to the
Village staff can be concluded, the same would be presented to the
Village Council for final acceptance and approval.
• The foregoing being the consensus of those Village
Councilmembers present, the meeting was adjourned at approximately
3:45 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Thomas G. Bradfor
Village Manager
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