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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDocumentation_Regular_Tab 7B_10/12/2000 .• '. VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA { e .•.- DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT '' �!� Post Office Box 3273 • 357 Tequesta Drive ` a`�\\ � Tequesta, Florida 33469-0273 • (561) 575-6220 �c = Fax: (561) 575-6239 M • co VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA COMMUNTTY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES AUGUST 9, 2000 I . CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL The Tequesta Community Appearance Board held a meeting in the Village Council Chambers at 357 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta, Florida, on Wednesday, August 9, 2000 . The meeting was called to order at 10 : 11 A.M. by Chair Vic Strahan. The roll was called by Recording Secretary Betty Laur. Boardmembers present were Chair Vic Strahan, Vice Chair Steve Parker, Robert Stein, Richard Sterling, and Gerald Wenta. Also in attendance was Scott D. Ladd, Clerk of the Board, and alternate Karen Flint, who was present to observe the proceedings . II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Clerk of the Board Scott D. Ladd explained that at this point it would be proper for any member of the Board to add an agenda item under Any Other Matters . Vice Chair Parker made a motion to approve the Agenda as submitted. Boardmember Wenta seconded the motion. The vote on the motion was: Vic Strahan - for Steve Parker - for Robert Stein - for Richard Sterling - for Gerald Wenta - for The motion was therefore passed and adopted and the Agenda was approved as submitted. Recycled Paper COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES August 9, 2000 PAGE 2 III. COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITIZENS There were no communications from citizens . IV. APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES The minutes of the June 21, 2000 meeting were discussed. Requested corrections were to change an to and in the first paragraph on page 4; and to change Boardmember Stein to Boardmember Sterling on page 13 under Any Other Matters . Vice Chair Parker made a motion to approve the minutes of the June 21 , 2000 meeting as corrected. Boardmember Wenta seconded the motion. The vote on the motion was: Vic Strahan - for Steve Parker - for Robert Stein - for Richard Sterling - for Gerald Wenta - for The motion was therefore passed and adopted. VI. NEW BUSINESS 1 . An application from Jupiter Speedi Sign for a 4 ' x 8' plastic covered plywood sign for "Lighthouse Center for the Arts Studio" at 395 Seabrook Road. Proposed sign is slate blue with white lettering and silver/grey accent. This is a revised submittal of a sign approved by CAB on June 21, 2000, approval letter attached. Jeffrey Weiss of Jupiter Speedi Sign presented the request and explained that the original submittal had been for a 1/2" thick plywood sign, which had not been acceptable . Mr. Weiss presented a sample of a plywood material coated with plastic on each side with a matching white plastic trim cap on the edge, which was now proposed for the sign. Mr . Weiss explained that this plastic would eliminate deterioration and painting problems . The applicant had COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES August 9, 2000 PAGE 3 decided they did not wish to use the gold color on the sign as presented at the last meeting, and wanted the colors to be a more muted blue and gray. Color chips were presented. Mr. Weiss explained that the cap around the sign would be sealed with silicone which would prevent moisture getting to the plywood. Mr. Weiss commented that the applicant felt this proposed sign would look richer, and the colors would not fade . The sign would be attached to the building with tapcons and screws every 30" across the width and at the top, middle, and bottom lengthwise . Vice Chair Parker made a motion to approve the application from Jupiter Speedi Sign for a 4 ' x 8 ' plastic covered plywood sign for "Lighthouse Center for the Arts Studio" at 395 Seabrook Road, to have slate blue with white lettering and silver/grey accent as submitted. Boardmember Wenta seconded the motion. The vote on the motion was: Vic Strahan - for Steve Parker - for Robert Stein - for Richard Sterling - for Gerald Wenta - for The motion was therefore passed and adopted. 2. Application from Jupiter Speedi Sign for a 16" x 9' logo sign painted on the front awning of "Lighthouse Center for the Arts" at 373 Tequesta Drive (Gallery Square North) . Proposed sign is black background, white lettering with silver/gray accent. Jeffrey Weiss, representing the applicant, explained that the request was to add their logo with paint on the awning, and that there was already an existing sign which consisted of individual lettering at the top of the building. Chair Strahan noted that the existing letters on the building were offset to the location of the awning, and questioned whether the letters could be moved. Mr. Weiss explained that the letters would not survive moving and would have to be replaced with new letters, which would mean additional expense for the applicant. Discussion ensued regarding placement of the lettering and the logo on the awning. Mr. Ladd advised that the Board had the COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES August 9, 2000 PAGE 4 ability not to approve a second sign. Mr. Weiss explained that the applicant felt the existing signage was generic and they would like to call attention to their building by adding their logo. A suggestion was made to adjourn the meeting to step outside to view the building since the proper location could not be determined. Vice Chair Parker made a notion to adjourn the meeting at 10 :34 a.m. Boardmember Wenta seconded the motion. The vote on the motion was: Vic Strahan - for Steve Parker - for Robert Stein - for Richard Sterling - for Gerald Wenta - for The motion was therefore passed and adopted. The meeting reconvened. Vice Chair Parker made a motion to reconvene the meeting at 10:39 a.m. Boardmember Wenta seconded the motion. The vote on the motion was: Vic Strahan - for Steve Parker - for Robert Stein - for Richard Sterling - for Gerald Wenta - for The motion was therefore passed and adopted. Clerk of the Board Scott D. Ladd clarified that the existing signage was centered on the frontage owned by the applicant and not according to any doors or awnings. Also, the sign could not be seen by occupants of vehicles coming down the road until one was right at the entrance to Gallery Square North. Chair Strahan commented that with the additional sign, the signage would be well within the sign allowance for the size of the building; that the existing letters were centered on the existing building, whereas the awning proposed for the logo was offset. Vice Chair Parker commented he had no problem with the request. Boardmember Sterling commented no other tenants had two COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES August 9, 2000 PAGE 5 signs. Chair Strahan commented none of the other buildings were as large . Boardmember Stein suggested that the logo might be placed instead on the left, shorter awning. It was noted trees blocked the high lettering. Clerk of the Board Ladd expressed his opinion that the logo should be placed so that it had good visibility so that it would not occur to the applicant to hatrack the trees . During discussion of how long the logo sign would last, Mr. Weiss explained that the life of the awning was approximately ten years and the logo would probably need to be repainted three times during that time. Vice Chair Parker made a motion to approve the application from Jupiter Speedi Sign for a 16" x 9' logo sign painted on the front awning of "Lighthouse Center for the Arts" at 373 Tequesta Drive (Gallery Square North) with black background and white lettering with silver/gray accent, as submitted. Boardmember Wenta seconded the motion. During discussion of the motion, Clerk of the Board Scott D. Ladd noted this would be a reverse accent, and Chair Strahan commented the use of the approved colors was up to each individual applicant plus each was allowed one accent color. The vote on the motion was: Vic Strahan - for Steve Parker - for Robert Stein - for Richard Sterling - for Gerald Wenta - for The motion was therefore passed and adopted. Chair Strahan commented that the trip to view the building reinforced the need for everyone to examine the applications before coming to the meetings. Mr. Weiss commented he had made the applicant aware that they could not paint on the outside of their Seabrook Road building. Mr. Ladd responded they could come to this Board for approval for some kind of mural. Vice Chair Parker inquired whether applicants should be sworn in at this meeting, to which Mr. Ladd responded that would begin at the next meeting. Mr. Ladd stressed the importance of each Boardmember studying the criteria for approval between now and the next meeting. Mr. Ladd explained that Boardmembers would need to disclose if they had visited a site or if they had spoken to anyone regarding an application. COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES August 9, 2000 PAGE 6 3. Application from Rood Landscape for the Tequesta Oaks Home Owners Association to modify the approved uniform planting plan for Tequesta Oaks Subdivision by replacing the Spider Lilies around the Hibiscus Trees in the planter area between the garages with Wax Jasmine. Jonathan Kogud, representative for Rood Landscape, explained that the spider lilies were not doing well and creating a problem with the hibiscus, and suggested replacing the spider lilies with wax jasmine which would be compatible with the hibiscus . During the following discussion, it was noted that spider lilies were native, and wax jasmine was not. Mr. Stein commented he lived at Tequesta Oaks and the spider lilies had looked terrible and had now been removed and replaced with gravel. Mr. Stein explained the hibiscus were doing okay. The applicant explained the wax jasmine would do well in the small planters and was compatible with the hibiscus . Mr . Ladd explained that this project was well over the native requirement so that replacement with a non- native plant would not create a problem with the percentage. Maintenance was discussed and felt not to be a problem since the development was so well-maintained. Vice Chair Parker made a motion to approve the application from Rood Landscape for the Tequesta Oaks Home Owners Association to modify the approved uniform planting plan for Tequesta Oaks Subdivision by replacing the Spider Lilies around the Hibiscus Trees in the planter area between the garages with Wax Jasmine, as submitted. Boardmember Wenta seconded the motion. The vote on the motion was: Vic Strahan - for Steve Parker - for Robert Stein - for Richard Sterling - for Gerald Wenta - for The motion was therefore passed and adopted. Mr. Kogud questioned how much time was allowed to install the replacement plant materials, to which Mr . Ladd responded the project was now in violation of the original approved landscape plan and replacement should be done within a reasonable time. Mr. Ladd explained that the COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES August 9, 2000 PAGE 7 applicant could apply for a permit at any time and then 180 days was allowed to complete the work, but he hoped it would not take that long. VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 1 . An application from Loxahatchee River District for the rehabilitation of Lift Station #70 at the corner of Tequesta Drive and Country Club Drive, which was tabled from the June 21, 1000 meeting in order to revise the landscape plan to coordinate with the Village streetscape plan and to incorporate the suggestions made by the Board. Paul Brienza, Director of Engineering for ENCON, presented the request to replace a wet-dry station installed during the 1970' s with a more efficient modern lift station and explained this item had been tabled in order to coordinate the landscaping with the Village streetscape plan. Mr. Brienza reported that George Gentile, Landscape Architect, had combined the plans. Mr. Brienza responded to a question regarding the neighbor who had attended the last presentation that he was out of town, but was primarily concerned with his fence, and that ENCON would provide him with a new fence. Vice Chair Parker verified that the revised plan matched the comments and suggestions made by the Board-that they had a free form bed, had done a nice job of curving the access road to lessen the view from Country Club Drive, that sod was planned but it should be noted that the shell should be removed and replaced with topsoil before the sod was installed, that a bed should be extended as close as possible to the access road, that more eye level heavy plantings needed to be added behind the poinciana, and Boardmember Stein suggested using all awabuki to make a thicker screen. Mr. Parker recommended moving the jatrophas to a better location and replacing them with a better blocking plant. Vice Chair Parker also recommended the two oaks be removed and really go heavy with awabuki and ligustrums. During the discussion, it was decided to use more sod and less mulch, and to use gravel in traffic areas . Alternate Karen Flint left the meeting at 11 :06 a.m. Clerk of the Board Scott D. Ladd commented this was one of the few lift stations that was not fully fenced with chain link fencing. Mr. Brienza advised everything would be COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES August 9, 2000 PAGE 8 locked, and that he advocated not using fencing except in bad neighborhoods. Mr. Brienza suggested that the Village have the landscape contractor who was doing their work, Rood Landscape, to do ENCON' s work, then ENCON could reimburse the Village . Mr. Brienza commented he could contact Rood Landscape and ask them to let him know what ENCON' s share was, and estimated they would have approximately $4, 000 in plants. Mr. Sterling asked if the beds were raised. Vice Chair Parker suggested a berm of 6" to l' would be nice . Mr. Wenta agreed that would add to the aesthetic value and would not be much more to maintain. Chair Strahan cautioned against creating unnecessary expense for the applicant, to which Mr. Parker responded that the cabbage palms and oaks were not really necessary, and that the sabals could be eliminated, and the money applied to thicken the landscaping screen. Mr. Wenta suggested spreading the oaks farther apart and leaving them, to which Mr. Stein agreed. Mr. Parker commented that the combination would be good but mid-level plants were needed. During ensuing discussion, Chair Strahan commented this site would be severely scrutinized because it was so highly visible and the landscape needed to be thick. A comment was made that it would be best to have mulch to delineate ENCON' s area from Village property so that maintenance personnel would know the areas they were to perform work. Mr. Brienza commented the project would take three weeks to construct. Mr. Ladd commented that the work would not begin until ENCON had completed the sewering project and the Village had completed their water and drainage improvements. The Board conferred on marking the plans, which was done by Vice Chair Parker. Mr. Brienza would take the marked plans to Ms . O'Mahoney at George Gentile and Associates and if they disagreed with anything then the applicant would need to come back to the board. Boardmember Wenta made a motion to approve the application from Loxahatchee River District for the rehabilitation of Lift Station #70 at the corner of Tequesta Drive and Country Club Drive subject to the landscape plan prepared by George Gentile and Emily O'Mahoney and revised by the Community Appearance Board. Boardmember Stein seconded the motion. The vote on the motion was: COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES August 9, 2000 PAGE 9 Vic Strahan - for Steve Parker - for Robert Stein - for Richard Sterling - for Gerald Wenta - for The nation was therefore passed and adopted. Clerk of the Board Ladd commented this was an important application since it would set a precedent for future right of way landscaping. VII. ANY OTHER MATTERS Clerk of the Board Scott D. Ladd announced that the Community Appearance Board might have a large project soon since Centex Homes was negotiating for 7-1/2 acres at the corner of Old Dixie Highway and Tequesta Drive which would consist of between 90 and 129 townhomes . Mr. Ladd announced that Clarebridge and The Crossings had solved their money problems and were getting ready to finish the projects . Clarebridge was approximately 90% complete, and the owners had indicated they wanted to put up a sign announcing they would open in October. Boardmember Sterling inquired whether there was any pressure to hide the railroad track. Mr. Ladd explained there was actually a buildable strip along the railroad track. It had been hoped there would be a Tri-Rail station built there. Councilmember Sharon Walker, who was present in the audience, commented that was going to be addressed in the interlocal agreement as part of the U.S . One Corridor. Phyllis Monier, a Tequesta resident, expressed concern regarding the state of the grounds of the new postal facility. Mr. Ladd responded there had been a lot of concern and that it was being addressed. Chair Strahan invited Ms . Monier to read the minutes of the last meeting which described the situation and what the Village was doing. Councilmember Walker explained to Ms. Monier how to contact the proper postal authorities regarding this situation. Ms. Monier was advised that COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES August 9, 2000 PAGE 10 the Village would greatly appreciate any follow-up efforts . IX. ADJOURNMENT Boardmember Wenta made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Boardmember Stein seconded the motion. The vote on the motion was: Vic Strahan - for Steve Parker - for Robert Stein - for Richard Sterling - for Gerald Wenta - for The motion was therefore passed and adopted, and the meeting was adjourned at 11 :34 a.m. Respectfully submitted, 6"se-4-A-lj Betty Laur Recording Secretary ATTEST: ikes-ttci). cc<dif Scott D. Ladd Clerk of the Board DATE APPROVED: 7 f 00