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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDocumentation_Regular_Tab 08E_09/14/2000 � � r� � � A VILLA.GE OF TEQUESTA DEPAlrIfi�1T' OF CO1��IlVIIJNITY DEVII C)PMENT � � Post Office Box 3273 • 357 Tequesta Drive �'� o Tequesta, Florida 33469-0273 •(561) 575-6220 � y Fax: (561) 575-6239 y cq VII.,LAGE OF TEQUESTA VII.LAGE COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEET�V� MINiJTES �iUGUST 8, 2000 I- CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL The Tequesta Vi.11age Council held a Public Infoxmation Workshop Meeting on the subject of Municipal Facilities at the Village Hall, 357 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta, Florida, on Tuesday, August 8, 2000. The meeting was called to order at 7:03 P.M. by Mayor Joseph N. Capretta. A roll call was taken by Betty Laur, Recording Secretary. Councilmembers present were: Mayor Joseph N. Capretta, Vice Mayor Elizabeth A. Schauer, Councilm.ember Basil E. Dalack, and Councilmember Sharon Wall�er. A.l.so in attendance were: Acting Village Manager and Village Clerls Joann Manc�aniello, Acting Assistant Village Manager Richard Diamond, Fire Chief James Weinand, and Police Chief Steve A1lison. Councilmember Geraldine Genco was absent from the meeting. II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Vi.ce Mayor 3chauer made a motion to approve the Agenda as submitted. Councilmember Walker seconded the mc�tian. The vote on the m�tian was: � Joseph N. Ca.pretta - for � Elizabeth A. Schauer - for Basil Dalack - for Sharon Walker - for The motion was therefore passed and adopted and the Agenda. Recycled Paper V'ILLAG� COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETINt3 MINtJT�S August 8, 2000 PA� 2 ----------------------- �as approved as submi.tte�i. IIi. URBAN DEVELOPMENT ON FLORIDA'S EAST CQ1�ST A) Dr. Lance deHaven-Smith, Professor and Assistant Director of the Institute of Covernm.ent at Florida State IIniversity, was introd.uced by Mayor Capretta. Dr. deHaven-Smith coama.ented that he would talk about growth and development patterns in Flari.da and where Tequesta fits into those patterns, and that anyone who had b�en here very long had seen the change from rural to u.rban, which could occur ia as little as 15 years. D�. deHaven-Smith cam�tEnted that he would briefly go over some item.s that should he kept in mind as facil3ties which required a significant investment were considered, and advised that he had found that when there was disagreem.ent over such matters usually people were focusing an ane item or issue rather than on the bigger picture. The '�Tillage Council must balance the considerations, and a few more items had been added from the previous wo�kshop: �he presentatia�. would also cover Florida's grawth cycle and the origins of the urban blight running up the east coast along the Dixie Highway corridor, where Tequesta fit i�.to all of ' this, and that Teque�ta should iavest in tM.e new � m.unicipal facilities which would help prevent the Village becoming a victim of gro�rth patterns whi.ch seem.ed to �.ffect even the best of communities in the State. Dr. deHaven-Smi.th commented that the presentation would also include inform.ation on public/private part�erships, which had been eiane successfully around the State. Implications for facility investments would also be discussed. Dr. deHaven-Smith's presentation began with facility in.vestment cost, and he exglained that although short-term cost could be cheaper, maintenance costs would be ver� high as opposed to spending more for long-term inwestment. Dr, deHaven-Smith noted the eff�cts or�. property values; v�� c�v�c=L wo�xsHO� �ETING MIN[TTES August 8, 2000 PAC3E 3 ----------------------- appearan.ce of the facility and how it would fit currently and long term. in a changing conununity; impacts in contiguous land uses in surrounding neighborhoods and to surrounding businesses; the effects on the Village ima.ge short term. ar�.d long term, and effects on the surroisnding growth. Dr. deHaven Smith explained that what the V'illage did along their borders could have an effect on crime and that who located around the Village could affect the praperty values within the Village. Traffic im.pacts to the Village must be considered. Dr. deHave�.-Smith asked everyone to think about the ima.ge of the Village both to the residents and to surrounding communit�.es, becaus� how others think about an area affects property �ralues. An example was Boca Raton, which was thought of �.s a premier eity, although it really was no differen� from other cities in la�ge parts of it. Boca Raton had developed a persona which added value to their property. Although the Village was alm.ost bui.lt out, growth around it was just bega.nni.rlg; and although protected by the water bod.ies, the Village would still feel som� im.pacts from the develogment, and must thi.nk about traffic coming in from outside and must thin.k about crim.e . Dr, deHaven-Smith presented a growth chart showing the state's population of under 2 million in �930, increasing over the years to 15 million approximately eight months ago. Dr. deH�.v�n-Smith. eXplai�.ed �that Florida's growth. was not all alike-citing examples of Cuban, Haitia�a., and retirement groups. The population of Florida was currently increasing at the rate of 550 peopl,e per day, which was not as rapid as i� the past. Dr. deHaven-Smith discussed the baby boomers, people born between 1946 and 1964, which were notnr approachin.g retirement, with one baby boamer turning 50 every seven seconds. This would greatly impact the retirement populatioa, with enormous change by 2025, which was significant for the Village because of where the senior retirement population located. Since people tended to vote v��� couNCZL wo�csHOp MEE�ING I�INUTE3 August 8, 2000 PAGE 4 ----------------------- more as they grew older, i.t was estimated th.a� almost half the population would be voting seniors. Dr, deIIaven-Sxru.th presented a map showing the percentage of seniors in each county, and indicating that they do not locate in the big citi.es, but rather one or two counties out, which creates a qrowth pattern. Palm Beach County was now entering a retir�ment growth phase, and the southern part of the county had already gone gas� it. Dx. deHaven-Smith review�ed faur stages of urbanization within the counties: (1) rural (or qlder cities); (2) a retirement boo�; (3� after that young people move in to provide services; and (4) retirement decline {y,�en retirees move to the next county). Dr. deHaven-smith explai�ed that . Flor.ida is a foreign ia�ni.grant d�stination, and housirig left vacant by retirees was then fi.11ed by ethnic minorities-first generation. izruna,g�ants, wlv..ch could have a big effect. Dr. deHa.een-5mith explairied that this trend w�s �oming right up the east coast, with Dade and Broward declining in retirees as the�* moved north to Palm Beaeh CQUnty. Dr. deHaven-Smith noted that aro�.n.d 1975 Mi.ami had been a Jewish retir�m.ent co�munity, which had subsequently moved up to B�owa.�d County, and were now mQvix�q into Palm, Eieach Count�. Dr. deHa�en- �mith commented that Mi.ami. had c�ianged v�ry quickly, in only ten years, from a Jewish retir�ment community to a Latin popu�.ation center. Dr, deHaven-Szaith expiained that Char.�atte County currently has th� h�ghest percentage of retirees in the state, and comment�d that in 15-�0 years ther� will bc a lot more people in the senior count�es. Dr. de�iaven-Smith noted there was also �k�,e same trend around Orlar�.do in Orange Cotu�.ty, with most of the s�n.iors living in adjacent I►ak� County. Po�rerty rates for different racial and ethnic g�oups wexe reviewed. Dr. de�iaven Sm,itk� �ot�d tk�,at Fxofessor Julius Wilson of Harvard IIniversity had studied urban pover�y in relation to rac� and he argued that this issue had b�en avoided. Dr. Wa.lson' s main point was that the poverty af �xican vz�E covNCZL wo�HOp r��r� �rnrr�s Au�st a, 2000 P.P�C`�E 5 ----------------------- Americans aa�d Hispanics was differen� from the poverty of whites, h�cause the minorities were livi.ng in concentrated groups v�hile �rh.ites w�ere spread out. Dr. Wilson had written a book on the subj ect, titled The Tru�y pisadvantagerl. Dr. deHaven--Smith explained that poor people living next daar te poar peQple created a totally different situation than poor people living next to middle cl�ss peaple, and gav� a� example that if • one's car broke down or a baby sitter was sick the next door neighbor could nat help out if t�ey� were also desperate. A1so, there were n.o good suecess rol� model.s, r�sulting in hi.gb. levels of c�ime and drug use. The state of Florida was expected to be 40� minority by 2025. The African Ameriesn papulation, which had declined for the last 50 �ears, was now increasi.ng; and th� Hisp�nic population. was also increasing, c�.anging the papulation of the state ver� dramaticall�r �rery quickYy. Dr. deHasren-Smith poir�ted out from census tract info�mation that the Hispani� r�aave camir�g �.p the southeast coast now came as far north a.s just north of West Pa�m �each, and that the Hispana,c population located a little south of Orlando �aas comparable in size to tl�.at in Dade County; however, the Dade County Hispanics were Cuban, and �he central Flor.ida Hispa.uics tended to be Me�i,can. Dr. deHaven-Smi.th discussed wY�.y urban blight existed along the coast in predominately Af�ican Am.erican neighborhoods, explaining that it was a vestige of Flarida's southern history. The state of Florida had been the third state to secede from the IInion, and had segregated laeaches, restrooms, etc., up until the mid-1960's. The reason African Americarss live in a strip running up the co�st was becau�e there had been a zoni.ng category "�Tegro Housing" in the 1940*s and 1.950's. The belt of blight now ran from Miami to Jacksonville and run.- down �eighborhoods eould be seen approxim.atel� every two miles. Dr. deHaven Smith discussed a book by I►eon.Dash, who won a Pulitzer pri2e, �itled .Rosa Lee, which was the story of an African Ameriean fami..ly living i.n t�tasl�,i.ngton, D. G. Ix� vzr�� ccxn�c�z woxxsHOp MEETI�iQ� MINUTES August 8, 2000 PAQ�E 6 studyinq th.is family, Mr. Dash found that some of their dysfvnctional patterns-drug use, etc., went away back historically, and they had come out of a very different sit�tzation. Dr. deHaven-Smith expressed his opinioa that th� sam.e thing was true of African Am.ericans in Florida, and comm.ented they' had lived here for 4-5 generations but had had a aery difficult time. The civil rights laws allowed healthy, educated Afriean .Americans to lea�re the corridor, so that the remaining black population. consisted main.ly of the least-educated, the yaung, sick, and old individuals. The corridor could be se�n today by looking at the congressional district of A1c�e Hastings, which had been designed to be a majority minority district. Dr. deHaven-Smi.th explained that typicall� as predominantly white urbanization occurred inland, ma.11s were bui�.t approximately every six miles. �'he reason they were built e�rery six miles was because it takes �.00, 000 people to support a regional mall, wi�.ich accurred within a thre�-�ai.le radius in the development patterns here. As this urbanization moved W�S'�� th.e jobs held by A�rican Americans, domestic help and agricu.lture, disappeared. Dr. deHaven Smith commented that another book by �r. Julius Wilson was When Work Uisappears, �.o had studied this problem. in different areas of the cou.�try and found that altho�gh in the African Ameriean communities most males had a job, i.t was usually for only a part of the y�ar, and Dr. deHaven-Smi.th explained that was the situation in the carrido� mov�ing up the coast. Tequesta was not insulated fram this old Flarida tragedy. Pictures of areas in Ft. Lauderdale, Deerfield only a short distance from Mizner p�rk were displayed wh�.ch depicted run-down conditions, which Dr. del�aven Smith expla,ined could be very close to af.fluent areas. Dr, deHaven �mi.th commented he was currently working with an,other community roughly the size of Teq�esta located half a mile from a run-down area and they were seeing a decline in their housing values. In the growth Cycle, Tequesta was in between stages 3 and 4, with young people mt�ving in, creatin�g a mix of young and old, v��E cot�tcrL wo�csHOF r�TT� r�rTV�rs August 8, 2000 PAC�E 7 ----------------------- and a beginning decline in retirement population. Dr. deHaven-Smith noted that at the last workshop a resident had mentioned that whera. a retired person or couple moved out they were typically replaced with a family of thxee or more, so that Tequesta would experience grow�h. Dr. deFiaven-Smith presented a Pa1m Beach County population chart and a Tequesta population chart. Dr. deHaven-Smith camm.en�ed that Tequ�sta was a small village and had no control over the pressures created by the c�rowth whi.ch surrounded them. The VilZage was apgroaching buildout, but the population would change to be more racially diQerse, and Teques�a was curr�n�ly about six miles north o� this diversity. The African American and Hispanic populatians were a little south of Tequesta, with Teques�a being the last poin� of growt�i coming up from the south. �r. deHaven-Smitl� disct�.ssed the impacts of public investments, and �hat the Village could do to keep their community healthy as�.d to pic� it back up if it deteriorated. Photographs of Las Olas Boulevard in Ft. Lauderdale were shown. Dr, deHaven-Smith gave a brief history of �'�. Lauderdale and explain�d that the county had in�rested heavily in the cit�r and eventually turned it around, a�d that they had turned their beach araund in ten years by arrestir�g e�rergone with. a beer in th�ir hand�, and advertising in Germany to attract German tourists. This exam.ple sho�red that Tequesta could shape their future by ma.ki�g investments in the commun�.ty. Anoth�r �xample, Delray Beach �as sho�tn. Delray Beach had been in di.re straits but had invested a lat of money and had made a lat of proqress. Baynton Beach was now in the process of turning itself around, as �nras West Palm Beach w:ith Cle.matis Street and the Rravis Center, after 5-6 years of no devel4pment do�rntown after Ross Dev�lopm�nt Corporation had gone bankrupt. Dr, deHaven-Smith cammented that Mi2ner Park was the closest camparison he could think of to what Tequesta was do.ing, and was a real success �hich had I�een accomplished with a public/private partnership to develop a rundow� shQpping ce�ter with man�r closed v�� covrrciz r�o�s$op ��nac� r�r�s August 8, 2000 PAGE 8 ----------------------- down Iau�inesses and a parki.ng lot that flooded, where teenagers would hang out. Dr. deHaven-Smith explai.ned that the dev�elo�,aer cam.e in, t�e City bought the land and leased it to the developer at a ve�y low cost, and th.e degelo�aer inv�ested prisrately to build l+�izner Park. As the park becomes moa�e successful, the City's le�se i.ncreases, creating additional cash.flow over tim.e from something that had b+��n a drain on the t� base. In Tallahassee, an example was Rleman Plaza, and Ft. Pierce was now working on tYie saane kind of redevelopmen�. Dr. deHaven-Smith provided a summary and imgZa.�ations, �d asked the resid�n�s to �h.ink abaut �,.at �rdulcl Y�a.pp�� in Tequesta in the next 25 years, and explained that nos�r raa:s a decisiQe time in tl�i.s community, which could get better, but �h�ch could also deteria�at� rapidl�€ i� the right things were nat done to mainta3.n. quality of life . Dr. deH�ven-Smith e�res�ed his apinion that th� � Village was doing the right thing by investing in a plac� that �ras a d.�ag en. prop�rty valu�s ancl a source of potential problen�.s, and investing in new faci.lities in that loGatio� throtkgh th� progen method of a public/private pa�tnership could be very good. Dr. deHaven-Smith stat�d his Qie�+r was that buiidin.g a new mt�nicipal complex on the Vi].lage �rder was a smart mou�. I'V. OVERVIEW OF PROPOSED MUNICIPAL FACILITIES A) Acting V3.3.laqe Manag�r Joann l�angani�llo prosrided an overview of the proposed municipal faciliti.es and exglained that the Village, incorporated in 1957, was a full service comnaunity, offered a highly attra�tive living env.irenment positioned between the Loxahatchee Riuer �.n.d Atl.antic Ocean, a san.all tawn wi�h home-to�n. friendline�ss f shops, parks and recreation, and churches of various faiths. Acting Village M�n.ager Manganiello e�alained that the import�nce of planning and managir�.g gro�ath could not be underestimated nor ignored, and that a priority and gision of the VILLAGL COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING MINZaTLS August B, 2000 PAt�E 9 ----------------------- Village Council for m.ore than a decade had been building for Tequesta's future. The Village Council had taken a pro-active, aggressive, and fiscally conservative approach to ensure that the vitality and overall quality of life in �equesta would not be compromised. An integral part of building for the Village's future i.xzcluded a municipal facilities master plan. The history of the Village Council's actior�s regarding municipal facslities began with a master plan charrette i.n 1989, followed by a space needs study in 1993, life safety and code compliance evaluation in 1995, � space needs study update in 1997. central business � district charrette in 1997, Tequesta Village Center master site plan agproval in 1999, and approval of the Rede�relopment Committee recomm.endation in 2000. The Master Plan Phase I had relocated V'illage Manager, Village Clerk, finance, and water service officES to the Aachovia barik building, ma.kin.q the east wing of the Village Hall available to the , Pc�lice Department and the east wan.q ir.� the annex building availab�.e to Fire Rescue Administration. In Phase II the public services faci�.i�y was built on. Bridge Road and the reverse asmosis water treatment plant had recently bee� completed. Phase III, construction of a public safety facility for Palice and Eire Itescue, and a Munici.pal Center, �ras the final planning effort ix�. the municipal facilities master pl�n. New munici�al facilities would addres� the followw3..ng concer�s: space that was inadequate and overcra�rded; functianal o�aselence; deteriorat�.ng phy�ical conditions; inadequate life safety code comglian��; and occupyi.ng temporary facilities. Photographs depieti.ng existing facilities conditions �ahich �rere the Tequesta employees' worki.ng environment were sM.own, and included inadequate stbrage area.s, overcrowded employee work space, and inadequate space far equa.pment, A series of pictures campared ex�.sting to prototype public safety operations space and included a police department lobby, dispatch communications room, work stations, mail dis��ibuti.on center, holdix�g cells, and a sally port. Acting Village Manager Manganiello noted v�r:z�E cotnvciL wo�xsHOp MELTING MINLITES August 8, 2000 PA(� 10 ----------------------- that the Poliee Department currently had na available holding cells or sally port, and that detainees were naw transferred to the Palm Beach Caunty jail. Next shown were pictures depicting deteriorating conditions, temporary quarters which had housed firefig�.ters since 1993, and ren�ed affice space va�hich had cost approximatel�r $50, 000 annually since 1996. Acting Village Manager Manganiello commen�ed that �he need tor ne�r facilities was real and warranted, and that the _ Villa.ge Cvuncil had made �he decision. to grov�i.c�.e new facilities. A rende�ing depicting the southeast view from Tequesta Dri4e of th.e new public safety facility was gresented, to b� buil't on the present site of Police and Fire Rescue with the Village Gree�. Park remaining ir*tact. Anoth,er rendering was presented whic�i showed the facili�y from Tequesta Drive and that the fire reseue agparatus b�ys would be r�ght up front. A conceptual site plan of the publ.ic safety facility delineating sepa�ate operat�.cans I�y use of different colors was presented. Aeting �Tillag� Manager Manganiells� explaix�ed ��i.a� in Septembe�r, 1989, the Village Council had held a Master Plan Charret�e �a de�°elop a canc��stual master plan for future development east of the �'LC �ail�ray. The area cQnsisted o� 90 acres Q� mostly� vacant land and deteriorating shoppinq pla�as. The master plan prav�ided tor mixed use �aninq, including xesidential, commercial, cultural, and civic uses. As a result o� this charre�te, the Village Cauncil had created the m.ixed use zoni.n.g C�1St�a.Ct t0 s�imulate de�relopment and rede�relcrpment in the central business district. A Village Iiall was env�isioned in this district, as well as a traditional urban design pa�tern with emp�.asis on pedestrian-friendlgr access. In May, 1997, a Tequesta Villaqe Cent�r Charrette had be�n held to focus more intently ari de�elopment and redevelopment of the central business district by reeeiving inp�t from prapert� a�.d business o�.ers in the study area. Preliminary site plaris VILLAGE COUNCIL WORK$H4P MEETINC� 1�IINQTES • August �, 2000 PAGB 11 ----------------------- reflecting ideas and concepts resulted. 1�mQng t��.e many concepts were a new m.ain street, streetscapes, new buildings with plazas„ and peogle places. In August 1999 the Ma.ster S,ite Plan for Teque�ta �Tillage Centex, w►hich was in keegiara�g with recommen.datioas from both charrettes, was unanimously approved by the Villaqe GQUncil. Acting '�1'illage Manager Manganiello explained that the groundbreaki�q aza,d sukasequent deve�oga►te�,t of Tequesta Village Center was of major significance in the �evitalization of Tequesta's do�ntown central business district as canceptuali.zed in the 1�89 �Ia.ster Fla�� The fo�al poa�nt was to be �h,e new l+�unicip�.l Center . Aeting Village Manager I�a�ganiello presen�ed a rendering of the new Municipal Center on Bridge Road� and explained that a land swap was availaTale whici� would place the f�ci�.ity on Tequesta Drive. The grQgc�sed faeility or� each si.te was described. The Village Council was requestinq the residents' p�eferenee of the two sites at this meetir�g, which they would take into account in m,aking their deeisioM for '�he 1QCation. Acting Village Man�.g�e� Manganiello explained that the Vi.11age Council envisioned a Munici.pal Ce�.ter that would pro�ride people places for children to �lay, adults to relax and fam�.lies to qa�her; a pl�.ce �a hold outdoor co�arn.unity events and to ho�t meetings and sema.aars; a vil�rant Mu��iGip�.l Center Qf w�ich. the res�dents could be a part; and that the Municipal Cen�er �rou�.d pro�ride a sense ot iden�ity tqr tM.e Village. The Municipal Center would include space for admini.strative offices, public recorc�s, fi.�.anCe department, water customer service, utilities departmen�, pul�lic works and recreatior�, e4mm.uni�y� development, and the Village Council chambers. The Municipal Cent�r wQUld be a place fQr c�*�mt2ni.ty meetings, such as hoan,eowner association meetings; business-pro�essional as�oci.ation functior�sR social gatherings, such as receptions, parties, and ceremonies� informational seminars and lectures; children's special activities such as youth movie nights; ga�re�nment-sponso�ed ��aecial e4ents such as VILLAG� COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETTNC� MII�iUTES AuguBt 8, 2000 PA'4rE ].2 a citizens' appreciation barbeque. The Municipal Center would offer a friendly, sm.all-town atmosphere. The Bridge Road streetscape plan was presented, which together with the Municipal Center would revitalize th.e central business area, benefit existing business�s, attract new businesses, enhance and complim�nt new development and �, renovation in the downtown area, and increase property values. Acting Village Manager Manganiello explained that the Bridge Road Streetscape Plan would be the finishing.touch for Tequesta's downto�an, and, revitalization of Bridge Road would invol�e major infrastru.cture im.prov�ments as well a5 major aesth�tic improvements. Costs for the proposed Village facili�ies were reviewed. Total estimated cost for the public safety bu:i.lclin.g and site was $3.2 million.; total cost for the municipal center based on approxi�rtately 17, 004 square feet to prcavide for future expansion was $1.8 mill�on for the building and site The cost of the land swap-$146,OQ0; carillon clock-$20,000; and carillor� clock tower-$65,QQ0, were not included. Act�.ng Village Manager Manganiello e�lained that for their investme�.t th,e residents would be gravid�d with a Public Safety Facility �iich would inclv:de Police aclministration, communications, patrol �ex�ices, investigati4e services, compliance inspectian, Fire aclministratio�., emergency �nedical servic�s, and fire suppression services. The Muni.cipal Center would include admi.nistrative affice�, public records, fi.nance and utilities departments, p�a.blic works and recreation, department of community development, and the Council chambers. The facilities would be paid for by 30-gear bonds usin,g utility tax revenues naw going in.to the General Fund. Th� Gen��al Fun,d would be repl�n�.s�ed by additional revenues generated by n�w development and rede�elopmex�,t, alonq with revenue ix�,c�eases from other Gen.eral Fund sources, so that to a VILLA�GE CO[JNCIL WORKSHOP MElSTING AqINUTES August 8, 2L100 PAGE 13 significant extent the new facilities would pay for themselces. Acting Village Manager Manganiella explained that new developn�ent generates new value, new value generates additional tax dollars, additional t� dollars increas� revenues of the . General Fund, increased revenues of the General Fund replena.sh utility tax revenues pledged for debt service on the bond, for which the following example was provided: The current assessed value of the Tequesta Plaza praperty today was $725,000, while the projec�ed assessed aalue of Tequ.esta Village Cen`�er was $10 xnillion. Current taX revenu.e from Tequesta Plaza based on a millage rate of 6.7305 was $5,000; while the p�ojected future tax reve�.ue was $67, 000 annually. Actiia.g Village Manager Manganiello noted that Rimley Horn & Associates estimated a$4.Q0 return on ever�r $1.Q0 i,nvested in streetscaping. The Bridge Road/Main �treet streetscaping would i.nvolve an investment of approximate�y $600,000, resulting in a return on that inves�m.ent of $2.4 million increase in property values, business revenues, and other monies. Act.ing iTillage Manager Manganiello noted that this groject was the culmi.nation of planning which had taken place o�er the years six�ce the 1989 citizen charrette, and that the Village Council had had the foresight to reserve fund� for debt se�rice payments o�ver a number of years in anticipation of the mun.ici.pal facilities project. Acting Village Manager Manganiello explained that the goal of the past eleven years could now be made a reality. Ms, Manganiello commented that the Public Safety facility �rould bring each resider�.t a sense of safety and securi�y, and the new Municipal Center would provide residents with a sens� of community and a sense of identity--of the Village as a place fo= families to call home. Acting Village Manager Manganiello introduced Azchiteet Jim Stergas of Stergas � Associates, and explained that Mr. Stergas and his artist Wallace McTamm.anay had been responsible for the renderings VILLAGE COUNCIL WORRSHOP MEETING MINi7TES Angust 8, 2000 PAC�E 14 ----------------------- shown in the presentation. `T. INPUT ON MUNICIPAL CENTER SITE OPTIONS A} Dr. Lance deHaven-Smith requested input from residents for their preference of location. �'ohn Giba comm.ented that l�.e was in favor of the plan because as a 31-year resi.dent he had seen many developments includi.ng correction of stormwater problems, acquisition of a Fire-Rescue S�rvice, a reverse osmosis water plaat wlz.ich �rould allow the Village to be i.ndependent of Jupiter and prevent salt-wa�er in.trus�.on, new malls, etc. During this period the Village population had grown from 2,000 to abo�a.t 5, 000, anc� Mr. Giba estim�ted the commu�n..ity's population would peak at about 6, 000. During all this progress the government facilities had not_kept up with the growth of the Village. Mr. Giba descr.�.�aed the inadequacies of the present facility, vahich was built 45 years ago, before any of the r�.ew developments. Mr. Giba e�plained that splittir�.g the Village facilities made sense, leaving F�re and Police near the residents wY�o needed those services. Administration at a �funa.cipal Center cauld be in either the Bridge Road location or on Tequesta Drive. Mr. Giba favored Tequesta Drive since it was an the main road, everyone would know the location, and he liked the idea of a clock tower as a landmark, Mr. Giba commented that this plan gave identity and an image to Tequesta that was currently lacking, which was a serious consideration. Mr. Giba favored a carillon elock in the clock tower, which would preseree the small town image. Mr. Giba explained that this was a bargain -$1.25 a day over 44 years, and urged . the Village to be visionary and to provide a municipal center which would last for 40-50 years. JQe Hall commented that Mr. Giba had mentioned most of the things he had planned to mention. Mr. I3a.11 thanked the Villags Council for holding the three public information workshops and complimented those VI?�LA�E COIINCIL WORKSHOP MELTING MTIiEJTES Augu�t 8, 2000 Pa�GE 15 ----------------------- responsible for a great job. Nlr. Hall explained that for a long time he had wanted th� Village facilities all in the area of the present Village Hall, but now felt the planned facility would do a good job far Tequesta. Mr. Fiall stated he was happy to see that the Public Safety building would be on this side of the railroad track. Mr, Hall indicated that the proposed building seemed to have a lot of ti.le and he assumed the roof design was to make it hurricane hardened. Mr. Hall expressed his opinion that the new Municipal Center 5hould face , Tec;ta.esta Drive, since it was the main drive, everlrone l�new that location, it was where the monum.ent and traffic light were locat.ed and was the same street on which the Publi.c Safety facility wov.ld be lo�ated. Mr. Hall stated people should be able to see �he Municipal Contplex when they �rere • coming into Tequesta Drive facing into the tow�.. Mr . Iiall commented that looking at the renderi.ngs . of the build.i.ngs, the one shown for the Bridge Road lacation ].00ked like a lot nicer, warmer, people building than the one sh4wn for Tequesta Drive, Mr. Hall eomnaented the Tequesta Drive bui3.ding looked like a wonderful Fire station. Mr. Hall sugge�ted us.ing the Bridge Road building at the Tequesta Dr.ive location. Mr. Ha11 commented the clock tawer was icing on the cake. R�ss�ll von Frank commentecl. both Mr. Giba and Mr. Hall had m.ade the comm.exzts he would ha�e liked to make, and he was only concerned about one other item, which was what wou.Id happen in the event of an emergency if paramedics were blocked by a train., during the time of the tem.porary move while new facilities were under constzuction. Ac�,ing Village Manager Mangan,iello responded th.at was a�ery important concern, and explained that during the temporary move that would be required, emergency ssrv,ices would be a4ailable on both sides of the ra.ilroad tracks. Tom Bradfard expressed h.is preference for the , Tequesta Drive location for the reasons given by Mr. Giba and Mr. Hall, and suggested incorporating VII�7�AGE CODNCIL Ti�RKSHOP MEETING MINQTES August 8, 2000 P.AGE 16 the �lock tower into the architecture of the building itself on the corner rather than having a stand alone tower. Joe Hall suggested keeping in touch with Jupiter, since he had learned while attending a conventi.on in I7enver, Colarado, that they planned to place a clock tower between the new Eckerds and Walgreens sto=es on Military Tra.il, and Tequesta should not have the same design. Joe Bak�r questioned why the Bridge Road building looked so different from the one shown for the Tequesta Drive location. Acting Village Manager Manganiello responded that the renderin,gs were conceptual and that from i.nput at these meetings, probably the best features from each building could be used in the new facility. The same artist and architect had done both renderings; and since the available space for each bui.ldi.ng was configured differently that might have been wh.y the buildings were depicted to laok different. Mr. Baker expressed his opinion that the architect had clouded the issue by depicting the buildings differently. Dr, deHaven-Smith indicated that input from the res.idents suggested guttixa.g the Bridge Road design on the Tequesta Drive site. Nea.l Dsnder Waal expressed preference for the Tequesta Drive site. Mr. Vander Waal commen�ed Mr. Giba's points had been very appropriate. Mr, Vander Waal expressed cancern with underwriting the proj ect and stated he found it hard to believe this project would generate $10 million. Mr. Vander Waal e�lained that he was a real.tor and always had vacancies in his office faci.lities and that ather vacancies a].ways existed. M,�. Vander Waal commented he saw no reason people would want to go to this project, since there was no real draw. M'r. Van�.er Waal req�ested the Village Council watch the first building very clqsely to see if it was leased, expressed concezn regard�.ng paying for the facili.ties, but hoped the project would work. . VILLAC3E C�UNCIL WORFCSHOP L�TTiNG MI1�IiITES August 8, 2000 PAGE 17 �������������T��������� A show of hands to express preferenees for each site indicated an otrerwhelming m.ajority in fazror of the Tequesta Drive si.te, while only two people favored the Bridge Road location. Richard Berube commented there were a lat af new peaple present who had not attended Village meetin.gs and were not aware that there was a group of residents challenging what the Village Council wanted to do but were not challenging that riew Fire Rescue quarters were needed and that the Police needec� new faciliti,es . Mr. Berube comxreented several scenarios for using the present property had been presented to the Village Council, whiGh if done by building the new facility beside the exi.sting Village Hall would elitni.nate the necessity� for a temporary move. Another idea discussed by Mr. Berube was that the Village could get $477,000 back for their property at Tequesta Village Center•which could be applied to building a new Village Hall on the present site and free that downtow� site for anather building that would gen�rate t� revenue. Mr. Berube commented that at these meetings the Village Council was telling the resid�nts tah.at they were doing, and he wanted people to realize there were oth.ers who did not think this was the best plan. Mayor Capretta commented there had not been any discussion about how to pay for the facilities, which would cost of $5.7 million. Increased tax retrenue to tYze Villaqe from new developments already under construction as well as others to be built in the near future would provide suffi.cient income �o pay for the proposed facilities over a 30-ye�.r period. The population would be increasing since a downtown apartme�t complex would house 1,400 new residents very shortly. Ma,yor Capretta commen.ted that ther� were some other residents like Mr. �erube who believed the new �acilities should be on the present site; however, he believed that placing the Municipal Complex downtown would help assure the developer's success. r � VILLAt3E COUNCIL WpRKSHOP MSBTINf3 MINtfTE$ Auqust 8, 2000 PAQE 18 N. CC�tINICATIk�I�' FRt�! CITIZENS There were no additional communicatior�.s from citizen.s. VI I . .At?JO�I�NT Counei].member Walker moved that the meeti.ng b� adjou�r��d. Vice Mayor 3cha�er second�d the motion. The vote an the m�tion was: Joseph N. Gapretta - for Elizabeth A. Schauer - for Basil Dalack - for Sharon Walker - for The awtion was the�efore pass�l and adopted and the m�tinq was adjourned at 8:46 p.m. Respectfully submi.tted, � . C-�cz-�eC�, � . ��� �� Betty I,aur Recording Secretary ATTEST; Joann Manganiello Village Cle�k DATE APFRQVED: