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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDocumentation_Regular_Tab 08D_09/14/2000 � w " VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA - DII'ARTMF.[�l'f OF CAMIVIUNPIY DEVII.OPN�N'f ^� Post Office Box 3273 • 357 Tequesta Drive �'� Tequesta, Florida 334b9-0273 • (561) 575-6220 Fax: (561) 575-6239 � C VILLA.GE OF TE�UESTA VII..LAGE CUUNCII� WaRKSHOP � MEE�.G S AUGU�T 5, 2000 I. CALL TO ORDLR .A1�1D ROLL �''nT.T• The Tequesta Village Council held a Public Inform.a.tion Workshop Meeting on the subject of Municipal Facilities at the Village Hall, 357 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta, Florida, on Saturday, August 5, 2000. The m.eeting was called to order at 10:36 A.M. by Mayor Joseph N. Capretta. A roll call was taken by Betty I,aur, Recordiag Secretary. Coun.cilmembers present were: Mayor Joseph N. Capretta, Cowa.cilm.ember Basil E. Dalack,� Councilmember Geraldine Genco, and Coun.cilmember Sharon Walker. Also in attendance were: Acting Village Manager and Village Clerk Joann Manganiello, Acting Assistant Village Manager Ri.chard Diamond, Fire Chief James Weinand, and Police Chief Steve A1lison. Vice Mayor Elizabeth A. Schauer was absent from the meeting. II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA . Counci��� Walker made a awtion ta'approve the Agenda . as sub�ni.tted. Counci.lie�nber Genco seconded the moti.on. The vote on the m�tion was: . Joseph N. Ca.pretta -.. for Geraldine Ger�co - for Basil Dalack - for Sharon Walker - for The mo�ion was therefore passed and adopted and the Agenda Recycled Paper . VILLAGE COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETIN6 MINUTFS August 5, 2000 PAGE 2 ----------------------- was approved as submitted. IIi. DRBAN DEVELOPMENT ON FLORIDA'S EA3T CQAST A) Dr. Lance deHaven-Smi.th, Pro.fessor and Assistant Director of the Institute of GovernmQnt at Florida State IIniversity, was intraduced by Mayor Capre�ta. Dr. deHaven-Smith comm.ented that he studied growth and developm.ent alI over F�.orida� a�d in other parts of the coux�try, and would be talking today about the transform.ation aceurring around the Village what the Village needed to do to m.a.intain the quality �f life in the face o� �he rapid urbanization around Tequesta. I?r, deHaven-Smu.th. noted that t�.ose who had lived in F1Qrida for �oau.e time had seen the �ra.nsforma.t%oa of �`lorida fram rural to urban, which could occur in as lit�le as 10 or 15 years. Dr. deHa.Qen,-Smith eoma�ented th.at he wauld b�ie�ly � go o�ver some items that should be kep� in mind as facilities which required a significant investment were considered, and advised that he had fou.�d that when there was disagreement over such matte�s usually peopl� were focusing on one item or issue rather than orr t�e bigge.� picture .�.`he presentatio� would alsa cover Floric�a's growth cycle and the ori.gins of the urban hligY�t runni.ng up the east coast, mainly along the Dixie Highway corridor, w�.ere Tequesta fit into all of this, and would note that Tequesta was approximately six miles north of the coming growth. Dr. deHavez�.-Sm�.th coaunented that some pocket areas would become less economically affluent �ah.ich could affect the Viilage, that inv�esting in capital facilities was a proven way to protect the Village from. those effects and to reverse any downwarcl trends, and that publ�cfpri.vate partn.erships were also a proven approach and he would present exam.ples of other places wl�.o had used that method. Essentially what was involved was that public dollars were leveraged to j�amp start private development which then had a lot of spinoff benefits beyond the initial VIZLA+C�E CU[7NCIL WORRSHOP MEETING MINOTE3 August 5, 2000 PAC� 3 � --------------------�-__ investm.ent . Dr. deHaven-Smith's presentation began with facility investment cost, and he explained that although short-term cost could be cheaper, maintenance costs would be very high as opposed to spex�ding more for lon.g-term. investment. Dr. deHaven-Smith noted the effects on property values; appearance of the facility and how it would fit currently and long term in a changing comm.unity; im.pacts in eontiguous land uses in surroundi�g neighborhoods and to surrounding businesses; the effects on the Village image short term and long term, and effects on. distal and proximate urban forum and �alendar E�he s�rrounding grovathy. Dr. deHaven Smith explained that what the Village did alang their borders co.uld have an effect on crime and that who located around the Village couid affect the propertp �alues w�.thin the Village. Traffic had been a concern mentioned at the last meetinq. Dr. deHaven-Sma.th explaiMed that he would provide a paper to the V'illage aft�r all the meetings, and that traffic would be one of the i.tems highlighted. A questian raised at Thursday night's m.eeting had been �hether the �i.11age would be competing again.st private sector business, to which Dr, deHaven Smith's respon.se was that this would stimulate economi.e activity that would he�efit everyone throughout the busi.ness com�r.unity. �r. deHaven-Smith asked everyone to thiak about the image of �he Vi�lage both to the reside�ts and to surrounding communities, because how others think abaut an area affects property values. Although the Village was almost built out, growth around it was �ust beqinnirzg; and although protected by the water bodies, the Village would still feel sonte impacts from th.e development. Dr. deHaven-Sm.ith presentecl a growth chart sho�ring th.e state's population of under 2 mi.11ion in 1930, increasing over the years to 15 million a�proximately eiqht months ago. Dr, deHaven-Smith explained that Florida's growth was not all alike-citiAg examples of Cuban, Haitian, and VILLAGE CODNCIL WORK3HOP I�ETING MINtITBS August 5, 2000 PAC� 4 reti.rem.en�t grou�s. Dr. deHaven-Smith commented that in 1994 Governor Chiles hacl sued the Federal Government to try to qet them to pay the cost of the State's contribution to provide public services to the Ha�tians . Att�.otigh I^ie did r,,ot win the ease, he drew attention to tla.e problem. D=, deHaven- Smith noted that in 1�85 there had been �.7,QU0 Haitian� living in Delray Beach, that different grougs tended to ].ive together, and that it oft�n took time to assimilate different cul.tures into our culture . Tlze population of Florida was current�.y increasing at the rate of 550 peoplE per day, which was not as rapid as in th.e past. Dr. deHaven-Smith discussed the baby boamers, peaple born between 1946 a�d 196�, which were r.�o�r approaching retirement, with on.e baby boomer turning 50 every seven seconds. TMis would greatly impact the retirement populatian, with enormous change b� 2t325� whieh was sig�ifa.can�t foz the Village becau5e of where the senior retirement populatio� loca�teei. Dr. c�eHaven-Smatl� presentec�. a map showing the percentage of seniors in each county, a�ad indica�ing that they do �a.ot �acate i�. the big cities, but rather one or two counties out, �hich creates a growth pattern. Palm Beach County was now entering a retirement growth phase, and the sout�ern. part o� tk�e county had already gone past it. Dr. deI�aven.-Sm�.th reviewed fau� stages of urba.�.izatio�.: (1) rural (or older cities ); ( 2) a retirement boom; (3) after �hat young people move in to provide services; and (4) retirement decline (whea retirees moge to t�i.e next county). Housing left vacant by retirees was then f�.11ed by ethnic minorities-first generation i.mmigrants, whi.ch could have a big effect when there we�e 17,000 of th.em in one area. D=. deHaven-Smi.th explaixzed t�at this trend was coming right up the east coast, with Dade and Brotiaard declining in retirees as they maved north tt� Palm. Beach County. Dr. deHaven-Smi..th noted that arou.xzd Z975 Miami. had been a Jew2sh retirement community, wh.icY�. had subsequently moved up to VILLAGS COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING MINEITE$ August 5, 2000 PA+�E 5 Broward County, and were now mosring into Palm Beach County. Dr, deHaven-Smith commented that NLiami had changed very quickl�, in only ten years, from a Jewish retirement community to the center of Lati.n disco. Dr. deHazren-�mith e�plained that Charlotte County currently has the highest percentage of retirees in the state, and co�a.ented that in 25-20 years there will be a lot more people in the se�.ior couat�es. Dr, de.�iaven-Smi�h Moted there was also the sam.e trend around Orlando in C?raaa.ge County, with m.ost of the sena.ors living in adjacent Lake County. Poverty rates for differen� racial a.n.d, etY�nic groups were re�riewed. Dr. deHaven Smith noted that Professor Julius Wilson of Harvard ffniversity had st'txdied urban pover�ty in relation to race and he argued that this issue had been avaided. D�. Wilso�'s main point was that the poverty of African Americans and Hispanics was clifferent from �he poberty of whites, because the min orities were living in concentrated groups while whites were spreaCl out. Dr. �Tilson had wri�ten a book on the s�.bj ect titled, The Tru1y Disacivantaged. Dr, deHaven�Smi.th explained that poor people liv�ing next door to poor people created a totally different situation than poor p�ople living nex� to middle class people, and gave an exam.ple that if one' s car broke doran. or a baby sitter was sick the next door neighbor could not heip out if they were also desperate. AEso, there were no good success role models, resulting in iligh l�vels of crime and drug t�se. The state o� Florida was expected to be 40� minority by 2025. The African American po�ulation� which had decl.i.ned for the last 50 years, was now increas,ing; and the Hispanic population was also increasing, changinq the population of the state very dramatically �ery qu.ickl�. Dr, deHaven-Smith �ointed out frpm census tract information. that the Hispanic wave cvming up the southeast coast now came as far north as just north of West Palm Beach, and that the Hispanic population located a little south ot Orlando was comparable in size to that in Dade County; however, the Dade County Hispanics were Cuban, and the central Florida Hispanics tended to VILLAGE COIINCIL WORKSHOP MEETING MI1�lOTES August 5, 2000 FAf�E 6 ----------------------- be Mexican. Dr, deI�aven-Smi�h discussed why urban blight existed along the coast in predominately African American neighborhoods, e�eplai.n.ing that it �ras a vestige of Florida�s southern history. The state of Florida had been the third state to secede �rom the IInion, and had segregated beaches, r�strooms, etc., up until the mid-1960's. D�. deHaven Smith discu�sed a book by L�on Dash, who won a Pu].itzer prize titlect 1�osa Lee, wh�ch was the story of an African Am.erican family livixig in Washington, �.C. In studying this fami.�y, Mr. �ash found �hat some of their dysfunctional patterns-drug use, etc., went away back hi.storically and they had come out of a�rery different situation. Dr. deHaven-Smith expressed his opinion tha� the same thing was true of African Americans in Florida, and commented they � had lived. he�e for 4-5 ger�.erations but had had a very difficult time. The reason African Americans live in a str�.p �-+�n�+� ng up the coast was because there had been a zoning cateqory "Negro Housing" in the Z940's an.d a.95U�s. The belt of b].ight now ran from Miami to Jacksonville and run-down neighborhoods could b� seer� apgroxi�a�ely every tEao miles. The civil rights laws allowed healthy, educated .�i€rican Americans to leave �his area, so that the remain:i.ng black population consisted mainly of young, s.ick, and Qld individuals. IIr. deHaven-Sm:i.th explained that typically as predomi.nantly white urbanizatian occurred inland, m.alls were built approximately every six miles. The reason they were built ev�ery six �niles was because it takes 100,000 people to support a regional mall. As this urbanization moved west, the jobs held by African Americans, domestic help and agriculture, disappeared. Dr. deHaven Smith commented t�.at another book by Dr. Julius Wilson was When Work Disap�near,�, w�i.o had studied this problem in different areas of the country and found that although everyone 1^aad a job, it was usually for only a part of the year, and Dr. deHaven-5mith explained that wa� the situation in the corridor moving up the coast� and Teguesta was not insulated VII�I+AQ�E COUNCiL WQRKSHOP METTING MINQTE� August 5, 2000 ' PA[�E 7 ----------------------- from thi.s old Elorida.traged�. Pictures of areas in Ft. Lauderdale, Deerfield only a short distance from. Mizner park were da.splaged which depicted ruri- down conditions, which Dr. deHaven Smith explained could be ver�r close to affluen.t areas . Dr. deHaven Smith commented he was currently working with another community roughlg the size of Tequesta located half a mile from a xun-down area and they vzere seeing a decl�ne in their housi�.g values. In the growth cycle, Tequesta was in between stages 3 and 4� writh your�.g people moving in, creating a mix of young and oZd, and a beginning decline in �eti,remen.t populat�on. Dr. deHaven-�mith preser�.ted a Pa]xn.Beach County population chart and a Tequesta populati.on chart. Dr. de�iaven-Sm%th commented that Tequesta was a 5ma11 village and had no control over the pressures created bg the growth which �urrounded them. The Village was approaching buildout but the �opulation would cY�a,rage to be more racially diverse, and Tequesta was currently about s.ix miles north of this diversity. The African America�a. and Hispani.c populations were a little sQUth of Tequesta� with Tequesta being the last poa.nt of growth comi.ng up from the south. Dr. deIiaven-Smith discussed the impacts of public investments, and �rhat the Village could do to keep tl�eir community healthy and t� picl� it back up if it deteriorated. Photographs of I�as Olas Boulevard - in Et. I,tauderdale �re shQwn. I2r. deHaven-Smith gave a brief history of Ft. Lauderdale and. explain�d that the eounty had i�vested heavily in the city and eventually turned it around, and that they had turned their beach aro�nd �n ten years. Another e�ample, Delray Bea�h was shown. Delray Beach had ?aaeen in di.�e s.t�aits l�ut had invested a lot of money and had made a lot of progress. Boyn.ton Beach was now in the process of turning itself around, as was West Palm.Beach wi.th Clematis Street and �he �Cravis Center after 5-6 years af no development downtown after Ross Development Corporation had gone bankrupt. Dr. deHaven-Smith commented that Mizner Park was the closest comparison h.e eould think of to what Tequesta was VILLAGE COUNCIL �TORKSHOP MEETING MINUTES August 5, 2000 PAGE 8 � ----------------------- doing, and was a real suGCess which had been accomplished with a public/private partnership to develop a rundown shopping center with ma.ny closed down businesses and a parking lot that flaoded, where teenagers would hang out. Dr, de�aven-Smith explained that the developer came in, the City bought the land and leased it to the developer at a very lo�ca cost, and the developer invested prigately to build Mi.�ner Park. As the park becomes more successful, the City's lease increases, creating additional cash flow over time from something that had been a dxain on the tax base. In Tallahassee, an example was Kleman Flaza, and Ft. Pierce was now working on the same kind of redevelopment. Dr. deHaven-�mith provided a summary and i:mplicatioas, and asked the residex�ts to think abo�zt what wquZd happen in Tequesta i.n the next 15 years, and explained that now was a decisive time in th�.s community, whieh could get better, but which could also deteriorate rapidl� if the right things were �.o� done to maintain qual�ty of li.�e. Dr. deHaven-Smith expressed his opinion that the Vi.11age was doing the right tliing by investing .in a place that was a drag on property values and a �ource of patential problems, and investing i.n new facilities in that location through the provEn m�thod of a public/prigate partnership could be very good. Dr. deHaven-Smith stated his view was t�i.at this was a smart move . IV. OVERVIEW OF PROP05ED MUNICIPAL FACILITIFsS A) Acting Village Manager Joann Mangan�.ello pravided an overview of the proposed municipai facilities and explained that the Village, �n�orporated in 1957, was a full sezv�ice community, offered a highl�,t attractive living enrrironmer�.t positioned between the Loxahatchee River and Atlantic Ocean, a small town with hame-town �riendliness, shops, parks and recreation, and churches of various faiths. A.cting Villag� Manac�er Manganiello explained that the im.�ortance of planr�.ing and VILLAG� COUNCIL WORRSHOP 1�ETING MINUTES August 5, 200� PA�E 9 ----------------------- managing growth could not be underestimated nor ignored, and that a pri.ority and vision of the Village Caunail for more than a decade had been building for Tequesta's future. The Village Council had taken a pra-active, aggressive, and fiscally conservative approach to ensure that the vitality an.d overall quality of life %� Tequesta would not be compromised. An intagral part of building for the �Fillage' s ftzture i�clta,ded a municipal facilities master plan. The history of the Village Council's actions regard�ng municipal facilities began with a master plan charrette in � 1989, followed by a space needs study in 1993, life safety and code compliance evaluation in 1995, space aeeds stta.dy updat� in 19�7, cent�al business district charrette in 1997, Tequesta Village Center ° master site plan approval in 1999, and approval of the Redevelopment Coxnmittee recommendation in 2000. The Ntaster Plan Phase I had relocated Village Manager, Village Clerk, finance, and water service offices to the Wachovia bank buiZd.ing, making the � east wing of the Village Hall available to the Police Department and the east w.ing irz the annex bui.lding avai.lable to Fire Rescue Administration. � �n Phase II the public services facility was built on Bridge Road and the reverse osmosis water t�eatment plant had recent�.g been completed. Phase III, construction of a public safety facility for PQlice and Fire Rescue� and a Municipal Cex�.ter, w�.s the final planning effort in the �nunicipal faci.�ities master plan. New muni,cigal facilities would address the following concerns: space that was inadequate and overcrowded; functional obselence; deteriorating physical conditions; inadequate life safety eode compliance; and occupying temporary facilities. Photographs depicting existing �acilities cqnditions which were the Tequesta employees' workinq environment were shown� an.d i.ncluded inadec�.uate storage areas, overcrowded employee work space, and inadequate s�ace for equipment. A series of pict�res compared existing to prototype public safety operations space and included a police department lobby, dispatch co�ara.unications room, work stations, mail VILLAGE COiJNCIL WORKSHOP METTINC� MZNtTTSs August 5, 2000 PAC�E lO distribution cente�, holding cells, an,d a sally port. Acting Villag� Manager Mariganiello noted that the Police Department currently had no available holding cells or sally port, and that detainees were naw transferred to tkie Falm �eacM. County jail. Next shown were pictures depicting deteriorating eondit.ions, tempozary quart��s �rhich had housed firefighters since 1993, and rented offiee space wh�,ch had cost appro�i�natellr $50, 4Q0 annua3ly since 1996. Acting Village Ma.n.ager Manganiello commented that the need for new facilities was real and warranted, and that the V�.11age Goun.cil had made the decision to prosride n�w facilities. A rendering depicting the southeast vie�a from Tequesta Drive of the new publ�.c safety fac�.�.ity wa.s p�esented, to be built an the present site of Police and Eire Rescue with the Village Green Park rema.ining intact. Another rendering was presented wY�ich showed the facility fr+om Tequesta �rive and that the €ire �esct�e apparatus bags would be right � up frant. A conceptual site plan af the public safety facility deliaeating separate operations by use of different colors was presented. A�ting �Til�.age Manager l�anganiello explained ��at in Septemb�r, 1989, the Village Council had held a Mas�er Plan Charrette to develap a conceptual master plars for future develop�.ent east of the FEC railwa�r. The area consisted of 9Q acres of mostly 4dCdT1't 13Y1C�, and deteriorating shopping plazas . The master plan provided for mixed use zoning, including residential, comm.ercial, cultural, and civic uses. As a result of this charrette, the Village Councii had created the mi�ed use zoning district to stimulate develo�ment and redevelopment in the central business district. A Village Hall was envi.sioned in this dist�i.ct, as well as a traditianal u.xban design pattem with. emphasis on pedestrian-friendly access. In May, 1997, a Tequesta Viliage Center Charrette had been held to focus more ix�.tently on development and redevelopment of the central busi.ness district by VILLAGE COUNCIL WORKSHOP ME�TINQ MINUTES August 5, 2000 PAGE Z1 ----------------------- receiving input from property and business owners in the study area. Preliminary site plans reflecting ideas and cancepts resulted. Among the many co�.cepts were a new main street, streetscapes, new buildin.gs with �lazas, and people places. In August 1999 the Master Site Plan for Tequesta Village Center, which was in keeping with recommer�.dations from both charrettes, was unanixnously approved by the Village Cauncil. Acting Village Manager M�nganiello explained that the groundhreakinq and subsequent develapment of Tequesta 37'illage Center was of major significance iA the re�ritalization of Teques�a's dawntown central business district as conceptualized in the 1989 Master Plan. The focal point was to be the ne�r Mun.icipal Center. � � A�ting Vi.�lage Manaqer Manganiello presented a renderix�g of the new Municipal Center on Bridge Road� and explained that a land s�rap was available which would place the facility on Tequesta Drive. The proposed facility on each site �r�.s described. The Village Council was requesting the residents' prefe��nce of th.e two sites at this meeting, wrhich they �ould take into account in making their decision for the location, Acting Village Ntariager Mangani.ello explained that the Vi.11age Council envisioned a MuriiCipal Center that would prov,ide people places for children to play, adults to relax, and families to gather; a glaee ta hold outdoor community events and to host meetings and seminars� a vibrant Municipal Center of which the residents could be a part; and that the Municipal Center would provide a sense of identity for �h� Village. The Muni.cipal Center would include space for administrative offi.ces, publie records, fi�.ance department, water customez service, utilities department� public works and recreation, comm.unity development, and the Village Council chambers. The Municipal Center would be a place for co�unity meetings, such as homeowner association meetings; business-professional association functions; so.cial gatherings, such as receptions, parties, and ceremonies;. informational semi.nars and lectures; VI� COUNCIL WORKSHOP MBETING MINUTES . August 5, 20Q0 PAGE 12 ----------------------- children' s special acti�rities such as yo2a.th movie nights; government-sponsored special events such as a citizens' appreciation harbeque. The Municipal Center would offer a friendly, small-town atmosphere. The Bridge Road street�cape pla�. was presented, which together with the Municipal Center would revitalize the central business area, benefit existing busin.esses, at�tract new businesses, enhance and compliment new development and renovation in the downtown area, and increase property values. Acting V.illage Manager Manganiello explained that the Bridge Road Streetscape Plan wQUld be the finishing touch for Tequesta' s downtown, and rejritalization of Bricl.ge Road wou].d invo�ve major inf�astru�ture i,mprovements as well as major aesthetic improvements. Costs for the proposed. Village fac.ilities were reviewed. Total estimated cost for the public safety building and si.te was $3.2 million; total eost for the municipal center based on approXimately 17,000 square feet to provide for future expansion was $1.8 million for the building and site '�l�e cost of tYie land swap-$106, 000; Earillon clock--$20,000; and carillon clock tower-$65, U00, _were not in.cluded. Actinq Vil3.age Ma.nager Manganiello e�plained that for their inv�estment the residen�ts would be provided witli a Public 5afety Facility which taould include Police administration, commianications, pafirol se�vices, investigative services, compliance inspection, Fire administration, em.ergency medical services, and fire suppression sereices. The Municipal Center raould incl7.zde admini�trative offices, publi.e recos�ds, finance and uti.lities departments, public works and recreation, department of cammunity development, and the Council chambers. The facilities would be paid for by 30-year bonds usi.ng utility tax revenues now going into the General Fund. The General Fund would be replerxished by additional �evenues generated by new de�relopment 'VILZAGE COUNCIL WORKSBQP MEETING MINUTES August 5, 2�00 PAGE 13 ----------------------- and redevelopment, along wi.th revenue increascs from other General Fund sources, so that to a significant extent the new facilities would pay for themselves. Actinq Village Manager Mangan,iello explai.ned that new development gen�rates new value, new Qa1n.e gen.erates additional tax dollars, additional tax dollars 5.ncrease �evenues of the General Fund, increased revenues of the Gen�ral Fund replenish utility tax revenues pledged for debt service on the band, for which the follawing exam.ple was provided: The curren� assessed value of the Tequesta Plaza property today was $725,000, while the projected assessed va�.ue of Tequesta Villaqe Center was $10 million. Current tax revenue from Tequesta Plaza based on a millage rate of 6.7305 was $5,000; while the pro�ected future tax revenue was $67,000 annually. Acting Village Manaqer Manganiello noted that Etimley Horn & Associates estimated a$4.00 retur�. on every $1.00 invested in streetscapinq. The Bridge Road/Ma.in Street streetscaping would involve an investment of approxim.ately $600,000� resultinq in a retu�n. on that investment of $2.4 milliqn increase in property values, business �evenues, and other monies. Actirig Village Manager Manganiello noted that this proj ect was the culminatior�. of planning which had taken place.over the years since the 1989 citizen charrette, and that the Villaqe Council had had the foresight to reserve funds for debt service payments over a number of years in anticipati.on of the municipal facilities project. Acting Village Manager Manqaniello explained that the goal of the past eleven years coulcl now b� made a reality. Ms» Manganiello commented that the Public Safety facility would bring each resident a sense of safety and security, and the new Municipal Center would provide residents with a sen5e of community and�a sense of identity--of the Village as a place for f to call home. Actinq Village Manager Manganiello introduced Archite�t Jim. �tergas of Stergas & Associates, and VILLAGE COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING MINUTES August 5, 2000 PAGE i4 ------------�---------- explained that Mr. Stergas and his artist Wallace McTammaney had been responsible for the renderings shotan in the presentation. V. INPIIT ON MONICIPAL CENTER 3ITE OPTIONS A) Dr. Lance deHaven-Smith requested input from residents for their preference of location. John Giba co�n.ented that for a time he had felt all facilities, administration, and services of the Village should be in aae location, but had changed his min.d after seeing the master plan. Mr. Giba commented that the geography and population were not likely to change, but that areas that wou�.d be likely to change were traffic coming into th.e Villaqe from the outside, �ervices the Village might have to provide in the future, and the community's lifestyle. Mr. Giba commented that he hbped t�e. lifestyle would not change drama.tically from the current nice, warm community. Mr. Giba expressed his opinion that Fire R�scue and Police serviees needed to be consolidated in one area, and locatin them on the present site west of the railroad tracks was good because thei.r services w�re requir�d primarily from the residents. Mr. Ga.ba commented that the Municipa.I Center belonged downtown because there it would provide services not only to residents but to the commercial areas, and �ao�].d be readily av.ailable to people comi.ng i.nto the area from II.S. One. Mr. Giba stated his personal preference for the location of the Municipal Center was Tequesta Drive, being the main street in the Village, and caminented that the only problem, he saw was the ingress and egress, which could be solved. Mr. Giba stated he did not want to see the Municipal Center on a side street where its 1o��tic�n would be .har� to describe to people . Mr. Giba favored the idea of the clock tower since it would create a uni.que la.ra.dmar� that would be worth the extra cost, and the cost would be amortized. VILLAGE COUNCIL WORKSHOP M�ETING MINQTES August 5, 2000 PAGE 15 ----------------------- Kevin Ki.nnebrew complimented those responsible for the outstanding presentation, and stated he had had experience with such presentations and with architecture and �.ew how much everyone involved had done. Mr. Rinnebrew comm.ented that Mr. Giba had made great comments, and questioned whether the clock tower could be at the Teguesta Drive I.ocation. Tequesta Drive was Mr. Rinnebrew's site preference because of it being the main thorouqhfare and there the facility could be a showcase and would tend to aceomplish the goal of re�ritalizing the downtown, six�.ce he believed new commercial.development would follow. Mr. Ri,.nnebrew expressed his opinion that the Nlunicipal Center should not be on a back street li.ke Br�dge Road. ,Acting Village Manager Manganiello responded that the clock towex could be seen from either location, since it would be very tall and visible above the ' buildings. Discussion ensued regarding the access to Bridge Road from Main Street, the carillon clock tower in�the Bridge Road readering a�.d the sma.11e� carillon clock ia the Tequesta Drive rendering. Architect Stergas pointed out on the master site plan the proposed location for the clock tower, whieh was in the plaza area. Mr. Rin.nebrew commented that Tequesta Plaza had been a black eye for the community a.�d this was an opportunity to get rid of it, and requested that the Tequesta Drive locati:on be chosen.. Vi Laama.nen expressed concern that another shopp3ng center on II.S. �ne was beginning to deteriorate, and questioned whether provision had been made for the current Village Hall. Mayor Capretta responded that provision had been made to tear down the current building �,rhen vac.ate.d, a:nd that the facilities would consist of all new construction. Mrs . I,aam.anen commen.ted that she did not have a ' preference between the Tequesta Drive and Bridge Road locations, but mi.ght lean to Bridge Road only to take traffic otf Tequesta Drive. Mayor Capretta advised that he originally favored Bridge Road because he did not want more traffic on Tequesta Drive, but had come to realize that the Municipal , VILLAQE COUNCIL WORKSHOP N�EETING MTNtTT�8 AuguSt 5, 2000 PAC3E 16 ----------------------- Center would create less trips thara. any cther use; and therefore now preferred Tequesta Dri.ve. Ed Nelson coma�ented he had attended. the chatrettes and had worked with the people present and with many others, and thought the praposed plan was excellent and was what the Village needed. Mr. Nelson aoted that if the Municipal Center were located on Bridge Road that would free the site on Tequesta Drive �or a coffimercial propert�r that wou�.d generate more in.come for the Village, and that usix�g the plan as presented b� the architect, the Municipal Center would not be buried. Mr. Nelson stated either loca�ion would be fir.�e. M�. I�elson commented that when one senior ci.tizen mo�red out that person frec�uently was seplaced by three people, which meant the STillage would have a grow�.ng population. N.f�. Nelsoa complim,ented those involved in the presentation. Dr. deHaven-Smith commented that he would add the excellent comments from this morninr�'s meeti�gs to his sl�de presen�ation. A show of hands to express preferences for each site indicated ap�roximately 13 ix�. favor of tl�.e Teqt�esta Drive site, while only three favored the Bridge Road location. IV. CO1�1fJNICATION FR.OM CITIZENS There were no addit3.onal commun.icatians from citizens. Dr. deHaven-Smith expressed appreciation for those who had attended and far tY�.eir input . VII. ADJOURNMENT Counci�*��+- Walker m�ved that the meeting b� adlourned. Councilmember Genco seconded the motion. The vote on the �tion was: a � vir�E covrrczL woRxsxoP MEETING MINtJTES August 5, 2000 PAGE 17 ----------------------- Joseph N. Capretta - for Basil Dalack - for Sharon Walker - for C�eraldine Genco - far The uation was therefore passed and adopted and the m�eting was adjourned at 12:10 p.m. Respeetfu.11y submitted, Betty Laur Recording Seeretary .ATTEST: Joann Ma.ngax�.iello Village Clerk DATE APPROVED: