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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_Regular_1/25/1983 MINUTES OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA January_25,.,1.983_1 A meeting was held by the Village Council of the Village of Tequesta, Florida at 7:25 P.M. , Tuesday, January 25, 1983 in the Village Hall, 357 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta, Florida. Councilmembers present were: Beddow, Brown, Little, Mapes and Stoddard. Also present were: Robert Harp, Village Manager, Cyrese Colbert, Village Clerk and John C. Randolph, Village Attorney. Members of staff present were: Scott Ladd, Building Official. The opening Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was given by Councilmember Brown. Mayor Mapes announced a Council Workshop meeting for Wednesday, January 26, 1983 at 5:00 P.M. in the Village Hall; to discuss the possibility of selling a Village owned parcel of land. Changes made and approved to the agenda were: Change 3. Councilmember's Reports to 3. Old Business add 3a. Beddow's draft letter on sale of F.M. Water Co. add 3b. Urban League. Resolution add 3c. Deposit of silt into Loxahatchee River add 3d. River Ridge Development Change 5 Adjournment to 5. Councilmembers Reports The minutes of theMay 25, 1982 Council Meeting were received as submitted. The minutes of the January 11, 1983 Council Meeting were received with corrections. The Village Manager's Report for January 10-22, 1983 the Village Financial Statement for October 1982 were all received. Stoddard said the Building Department is to be commended on the monies it has collected from unlicensed contractors doing business in Tequesta. Mr. John Wise, P.E. , Gee & Jenson was present to review with Council the Dover Road flooding problem. He gave to Council a letter from himself to Council dated January 25, 1983. The letter covered an analysis of and recommendations regarding the flooding conditions which some Village residents experienced during the November.81_1982 rainstorm. The letter explained that before the November 8th rainfall there had been a measureable amount of rain that contributed to high ground water levels and ponding in the low areas, therefore when the rains came on November 8, it was unable to infiltrate into the ground. The letter also stated that they believed this was an 800 year storm and to design a drainage system to handle that intense a storm is not economically feasible. There was also a high flood tide elevation that night in the Loxahatchee River, which didn't help matters. 01-25-83 -02 The letter pointed out that the first floor elevation of homes in the Dover..Road area is in the range of 6.65 feet to 6.80 feet and the paving elevation on Dover Road in the flooded area is approximately 4.50 to 4.70 feet. Gee & Jenson believes that if there were no flap gates in the culverts that there would only be a difference of.2 cubic feet of flow between that and having the flap gates on and with all debris removed. Mr. Wise told Council that the flap gates were permitted by the DER to restrict tidal-flow back into the Dover Road ditch which could bring salt water intrusion into the area and that causes concern because there are people in that area who have irrigation wells.. Mr. Wise said there were three options,. 1. remove flap gates • which would requie,:a::DER permit, agreement to which they believe is highly unlikely 2,` replace existing flap gates with aluminium flap gates that would allow for more flexibility, 3. add an additional discharge pipe , which would require a modification to both the DER and .SFWMD permits and 4. keep the flap gates and construct a simple four foot high chain-link screen across the channel upstream of the culverts. Councils main concern was with the opening of the flap gates. Council told Mr. Wise that the gates are just too heavy and the Village has to send men out with a backhoe to lift the flap gates in a heavy rain. Council instructed. Mr. Wise to get prices on the aluminium flap gates and report back to them. • Jim Collin, Gee & Jenson was present to give. Council an update on the plans for the Tequesta Drive drainage project. Mr. Collins told Council that he has added four (4) additional inlet on •T.equesta•.Drive. In doing so they have noticed conflicts with the water mains. •1•he drainage pipe is running close to the water main which means the water main should be relocated. The relocation of the water main will require a permit from the Palm Beach County Health Department. There is another conflict of royal palm trees that will have to be relgcated. Mr. Collins told Council that the Tequesta Drive drainage project could be advertised for bid on January 30, 1983• and February 6, 1983. The . bid opening will February 10, 1983, we should receive all necessary documents by February 26, 1983,have the pre-construction meeting March 3, 1983 and the job completed by May 16, 1983. Stoddard moved, "that we proceed with bids". Little seconded and vote on the motion •was: Beddow -for Brown -for Little -for • Mapes -for Stoddard -for and therefore the motion was passed and adopted. Beddow was concerned with monies being used from.: the Water Department to do the drainage project. He said he was: in favor of the project but at the same time concerned with depletion of water funds to be used for Village drainage. 01-25-83 -03 Stoddard and Little agreed that this has to be done even if it means increasing the water rates. • Jim Collins, also told Council that he is in touch with River Construction and has informed River Construction that Council is withholding final payment for the Seabrook Road drainage project until they repair the three (3) pot holes that Council feels should have been completed and repaired before they moved out of the area and should not be considered warranty items. River Construction would like to have the monies due put in an escrow account and an agreement drawn up that River Construction will repair all unfinished items on a list prepared by Gee & Jenson and will perform all works, required by Gee & Jenson. '.,After such time as Gee & Jenson has approved the work th,p money will then be paid to River Construction. Mr. Collins told Council that River Const. is concerned that if the money is not put in escrow and they do the items that Council now wants done, Council may change its mind and find something else and withhold payment again. Stoddard moved, "to agree to putting $16,368.70 in escrow provided that Gee & Jenson get a complete check list before we sign anything and providing that if anything goes wrong again we are covered by the Bonding Company and that this will not exclude any further warranty items". Brown seconded and vote on the motion was: Beddow -for Brown -for Little -for Mapes -for Stoddard -for and therefore the motion was passed and adopted. Mr. Ed Oliver, Oliver & Glidden, Architects, told Council he was here tonight representing River Ridge and that although he had been informed by the Village Clerk that Council did not want to hear from River Ridge until after the P.B.C. Commission Meeting of January 27, 1983 he had an obligation " to P.B.C. Planning & Zoning Commission to appear before the Village Council and he wished to speak under "Time for Visitors". Council recessed at 8:52 P.M. until 9:00 P.M. Mr. Oliver showed Council the Site Plan Review drawings that he had presented before the P.B.C. Planning & Zoning Commission for the proposed eight (8) story office building. Then he showed a sketch of what could go in that area if the Zoning was not changed. He told Council the Zoning that they are requesting of P.B.C. is actually more restrictive than the present zoning. He also said that he realized. that the County made an error in not notifyingTequesta of the zoning change request but they did not know and they are caught in the middle. Council listened to Mr. Oliver and to Mr. Henry Skokowski, Planner for River Ridge as they both explained that they had talked to the single family residents in that area and had no objections from them. Council explained to Mr. Oliver that they are concerned with any eight story building in that area not just River Ridge. Tequesta has adopted 01-25-83 --04 a Comprehensive Land Use Plan that buildings do not exceed four (4) stories and that the County seems to care less about the municipal..'::::.: Land Use Plans or their desires of what they would like surrounding the municipalities. so that there would be some form of flow of building ' heights. The Village Attorney read by title, a second reading of an' Ordinance entitled AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA,:.FLORIDA DECLARING A CONTINUED TEMPORARY MORATORIUM UPON APPLICATIONS FOR BUILDING PERMITS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES WITHIN ALL COMMERCIAL AND MULTI-FAMILY ZONING DISTRICTS OF THE VILLAGE: MAKING LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS OF FACT; DECLARING THE INTENT AND PURPOSE OF THIS y ' ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR EXCEPTIONS; PROVIDING• FOR WAIVERS FROM THE ORDINANCE AND ESTABLISHING A PROCEDURE FOR PROCESSING APPLICATIONS FOR WAIVER; PROVIDING FOR AUTOMATIC REPEAL; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, and announced this was second reading and that a Public Hearing on this Ordinance had been held at 7:00 P.M. this same night. Beddow moved, "that the Ordinance be adopted". Stoddard seconded and vote on :the motion was: Beddow -for Brown. . -for Little -for Mapes -for Stoddard -for and therefore Ordinance No. 318 was passed and adopted. • The Village Attorney told Council that a letter is to be received from Rinker Material stating that they will comply with all requests of the Village of Tequesta and then we go from there. on Rinker's proposed improve- ments to their Tequesta plant. The next itein;'on the agenda was Councilmember Beddow's draft letter to the Martin County Commission about the purchase of F.M. Water Company by Jupiter. Beddow said that it was useless .to send the letter now because the Martin County Commission was to have made a decision on the approval today. Council asked the Village Attorney what approval did Martin County have to give Jupiter in order for Jupiter to purchase F.M. Water Company and the Attorney told Council that the Martin County Commission did not have to give their approval but:.it was a courtesy gesture on the part of Jupiter. Beddow and Little expressed concern that Jupiter will, once it owns the F.M. Water Company, sink new wells in that area and tap into the Villages acquifer and try to gobble up the Villages water system. Beddow expressed his desire that the Village purchase F.M. Water Company. Mapes told Council that the Village Manager and himself met -with • F.M. Water Company months ago and were told that F.M. Water Company would not even talk to the Village as long as they were in negotiation with the • Town of Jupiter. Mapes is to again look into th�.s and talk with Martin County to see if there is hope for Tequesta and to make the Village's wishes that Jupiter not be allowed to drill new wells in .the Tequesta wells area known to Martin County Commissioners. 01-25-83 -05 Mayor Mapes told Council he had received a request from the Urban League that the Village adopt a resolution supporting them in their efforts. . Council requested copies of the Resolution for their review. . Mayor Mapes told Council that he had received a letter from the Jupiter Inlet District on the depositing of silt into the Loxahatchee:from the Dover Road drainage ditch. He told Council thatche walked the ditch with the JID administrator Cal Christian and showediMr. Christian that the wash out in the ditch was in an area that was not touched by Tequesta and that it was an act of Mother Nature and not Tequesta. , He also told Council that there will be a meeting of the JID on January 26, 1983 and that he will • be there to represent the Village. tr Council authorized Mayor Mapes and Vice-Mayor Stoddard to be at the P.B.C. Commission meeting when the request for rezoning for River Ridge comes up. • Beddow discussed the anti-litter law and requested that a letter be sent to the Tequesta Association of Voter and Taxpayers to let them know that we have a State Statute that covers anti-litter and they have Councils approval to put up "No Littering" signs paid for by them and also requesting that they be at the next Council Meeting. Little asked Mayor Mapes what was being done on the setting up of an Administrative Assistant. Mayor Mapes referred the question to the Village Manager. The Village Manager said that he had not given it much thought but he would look into it. The meeting was adjourned at 10:05 P.M. yr se Colbert Date Approved: Thomas J. Beddow Lee M. Brown • Thomas J. Little W.H. Mapes, Jr. Carlton D. Stoddard