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Post Office Box 3273 357 Tequesta Drive
Tequesta, Florida 33469-0273 (561) 575-6220
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VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA
VILLAGE COUNCIL WORKSHOP
MEETING MINUTES
AUGUST 5, 2000
I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
The Tequesta Village Council held a Public Information
Workshop Meeting on the subject of Municipal Facilities at
the Village Hall, 357 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta, Florida,
on Saturday, August 5, 2000. The meeting was called to
order at 10:36 A.M. by Mayor Joseph N. Capretta. A roll
• call was taken by Betty Laur, Recording Secretary.
Councilmembers present were: Mayor Joseph N. Capretta,
Councilmember Basil E. Dalack, Councilmember Geraldine
Genco, and Councilmember Sharon Walker. Also in attendance
were: Acting Village Manager and Village Clerk Joann
Manganiello, Acting Assistant Village Manager Richard
Diamond, Fire Chief James Weinand, and Police Chief Steve
Allison. Vice Mayor Elizabeth A. Schauer was absent from
the meeting.
II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Councilmember Walker made a motion to approve the Agenda
as submitted. Councilmember Genco seconded the motion.
The vote on the motion was:
Joseph N. Capretta - for
Geraldine Genco - for
Basil Dalack - for
Sharon Walker - for
The motion was therefore passed and adopted and the Agenda
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was approved as submitted.
TII. URBAN DEVELOPMENT ON FLORIDA'S EAST COAST
A) Dr. Lance deHaven-Smith, Professor and Assistant
Director of the Institute of Government at Florida
State IIniversity, was introduced by Mayor Capretta.
Dr. deHaven-Smith commented that he studied growth
and development all over Florida and in other parts
of the country, and would be talking today about
the transformation occurring around the Village
what the Village needed to do to maintain the
quality of life in the face of the rapid
urbanization around Tequesta.
Dr. deHaven-Smith noted that those who had lived
in Florida for some time had seen the
• transformation of Florida from rural to urban,
which could occur in as little as 10 or 15 years.
Dr. deHaven-Smith commented that he would briefly
go over same items that should be kept in mind as
facilities which required a significant investment
were considered, and advised that he had found that
when there was disagreement over such matters
usually people were focusing on one item or issue
rather than on the bigger picture. The presentation
would also cover Florida's growth cycle and the
origins of the urban blight running up the east
coast, mainly along the Dixie Highway corridor,
where Tequesta fit into all of this, and would
note that Tequesta was approximately six miles
north of the coming growth. Dr. deHaven-Smith
commented that some pocket areas would become less
economically affluent, which could affect the
Village, that investing in capital facilities was a
proven way to protect the Village from those
effects and to reverse any downward trends, and
that publiclprivate partnerships were also a proven
approach and he would present examples of other
places who had used that method. Essentially what
was involved was that public dollars were leveraged
• to jump start private development which then had a
lot of spinoff benefits beyond the initial
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investment.
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
spending more for long-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 community;
impacts in contiguous land uses in surrounding
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 calendar (the surrounding growth). Dr.
deHaven Smith explained that what the Village did
along their borders could have an effect on crime
and that who located around the Village could
• affect the property values within the Village.
Traffic had been a concern mentioned at the last
meeting. Dr. deHaven-Smith explained that he would
provide a paper to the Village after all the
meetings, and that traffic would be one of the
items highlighted. A question raised at Thursday
night's meeting had been whether the Village would
be competing against private sector business, to
which Dr. deHaven Smith's response was that this
would stimulate economic activity that would
benefit everyone throughout the business community.
Dr. deHaven-Smith asked everyone to think about
the image of the Village both to the residents and
to surrounding communities, because how others
think about an area affects property values.
Although the Village was almost built out, growth
around it was lust beginning; and although
protected by the water bodies, the Village would
still feel some impacts from the development.
Dr. deHaven-Smith presented a growth chart showing
the state's population of under 2 million in 1930,
increasing over the years to 15 million
approximately eight months ago. Dr. deHaven-Smith
• explained that Florida's growth was not all
alike-citing examples of Cuban, Haitian, and
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retirement groups. Dr, deHaven-Smith commented
that in 1994 Governor Chiles had sued the Federal
Government to try to get them to pay the cost of
the State's contribution to provide public services
to the Haitians. Although he did not win the case,
he drew attention to the problem. Dr. deHaven-
Smith noted that in 1985 there had been 17,000
Haitians living in Delray Beach, that different
groups tended to live together, and that it often
took time to assimilate different cultures into our
culture. The population of Florida was currently
increasing at the rate of 550 people per day, which
was not as rapid as in the past.
Dr. deHaven-Smith discussed the baby boomers,
people born between 1946 and 1964, which were now
approaching retirement, with one baby boomer
turning 50 every seven seconds. This would greatly
impact the retirement population, with enormous
change by 2025, which was significant for the
Village because of where the senior retirement
population located. Dr. deHaven-Smith presented a
map showing the percentage of seniors in each
county, and indicating that they do not locate in
the big cities, but rather one or two counties out,
which creates a growth pattern. Palm Beach County
was now entering a retirement growth phase, and the
southern part of the county had already gone past
it.
Dr. deHaven-Smith reviewed four stages of
urbanization: (1) rural (or older cities); (2) a
retirement boom; (3) after that young people move
in to provide services; and (4) retirement decline
(when retirees move to the next county). Housing
left vacant by retirees was then filled by ethnic
minorities-first generation immigrants, which could
have a big effect when there were 17,000 of them in
one area. Dr. deHaven-Smith explained that this
trend was coming right up the east coast, with Dade
and Broward declining in retirees as they moved
north to Palm Beach County. Dr. deHaven-Smith noted
that around 1975 Miami had been a Jewish retirement
community, which had subsequently moved up to
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Broward County, and were now moving into Palm Beach
County. Dr. deHaven-Smith commented that Miami
had changed very quickly, in only ten years, from a
Jewish retirement community to the center of Latin
disco. Dr. deHaven-Smith explained that Charlotte
County currently has the highest percentage of
retirees in the state, and commented that in 15-20
years there will be a lot more people in the senior
counties. Dr. deHaven-Smith noted there was also
the same trend around Orlando in Orange County,
with most of the seniors living in adjacent Lake
County. Poverty rates for different racial and
ethnic groups were reviewed. Dr. deHaven Smith
noted that Professor Julius Wilson of Harvard
IIniversity had studied urban poverty in relation to
race and he argued that this issue had been
avoided. Dr. Wilson's main point was that the
poverty of African Americans and Hispanics was
• different from the poverty of whites, because the
minorities were living in concentrated groups while
whites were spread out. Dr. Wilson had written a
book on the subject titled, The Truly
Disadvantaged. Dr, deHaven-Smith explained that
poor people living next door to poor people created
a totally different situation than poor people
living next to middle class people, and gave an
example that if one's car broke down or a baby
sitter was sick the next door neighbor could not
help out if they were alsa desperate. Also, there
were no good success role models, resulting in high
levels of crime and drug use. The state of Florida
was expected to be 40~ minority by 2025. The
African American population, which had declined for
the last 50 years, was now increasing; and the
Hispanic population was also increasing, changing
the population of the state very dramatically very
quickly. Dr, deHaven-Smith pointed out from
census tract information that the Hispanic wave
coming 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 of
Orlando was comparable in size to that in Dade
• County; however, the Dade County Hispanics were
Cuban, and the central Florida Hispanics tended to
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be Mexican.
Dr. deHaven-Smith discussed why urban blight
existed along the coast in predominately African
American neighborhoods, explaining that it was a
vestige of Florida's southern history. The state
of Florida had been the third state to secede from
the IInion, and had segregated beaches, restrooms,
etc., up until the mid-1960's. Dr. deHaven Smith
discussed a book by Leon Dash, who won a Pulitzer
prize, titled Rosa Lee, which was the story of an
African American family living in Washington, D.C.
In studying this family, Mr. Dash found that some
of their dysfunctional patterns-drug use, etc.,
went away back historically, and they had come out
of a very different situation. Dr. deHaven-Smith
expressed his opinion that the same thing was true
of African Americans in Florida, and commented they
• had lived here for 4-5 generations but had had a
very difficult time. The reason African Americans
live in a strip running up the coast was because
there had been a zoning category "Negro Housing" in
the 1940's and 1950's. The belt of blight now ran
from Miami to Jacksonville and run-down
neighborhoods could be seen approximately every two
miles. The civil rights laws allowed healthy,
educated African Americans to leave this area, so
that the remaining black population consisted
mainly of young, sick, and old individuals. Dr.
deHaven-Smith explained that typically as
predominantly white urbanization occurred inland,
malls were built approximately every six miles.
The reason they were built every six miles 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 that another book by Dr. Julius Wilson
was When Work Disappears, who had studied this
problem in different areas of the country and found
that although everyone had a job, it was usually
for only a part of the year, and Dr. deHaven-Smith
explained that was the situation in the corridor
moving up the coast, and Tequesta was not insulated
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from this old Florida tragedy. Pictures of areas in
Ft. Lauderdale, Deerfield only a short distance
from Mizner park were displayed which depicted run-
down conditions, which Dr. deHaven Smith explained
could be very close to affluent areas. Dr. deHaven
Smith commented he was currently working with
another community roughly the size of Tequesta
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 moving in, creating a mix
of young and old, and a beginning decline in
retirement population. Dr. deHaven-Smith presented
a Palm Beach County population chart and a Tequesta
population chart. Dr. deHaven-Smith commented
that Tequesta was a small village and had no
control over the pressures created by the growth
which surrounded them. The Village was approaching
• buildout, but the population would change to be
more racially diverse, and Tequesta was currently
about six miles north of this diversity. The
African American and Hispanic populations were a
little south of Tequesta, with Tequesta being the
last point of growth coming up from the south.
Dr. deHaven-Smith discussed the impacts of public
investments, and what the Village could do to keep
their community healthy and to pick it back up if
it deteriorated. Photographs of Las Olas Boulevard
in Ft. Lauderdale were shown. Dr. deHaven-Smith
gave a brief history of Ft. Lauderdale and
explained that the county had invested heavily in
the city and eventually turned it around, and that
they had turned their beach around in ten years.
Another example, Delray Beach was shown. Delray
Beach had keen in dire straits but had invested a
lot of money and had made a lot of progress.
Boynton Beach was now in the process of turning
itself around, as was West Palm Beach with Clematis
Street and the Kravis Center, after 5-6 years of no
development downtown after Ross Development
Corporation had gone bankrupt. Dr. deHaven-Smith
commented that Mizner Park was the closest
comparison he could think of to what Tequesta was
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doing, and was a real success which had been
accomplished with a public/private partnership to
develop a rundown shopping center with many closed
down businesses and a parking lot that flooded,
where teenagers would hang out. Dr. deHaven-Smith
explained that the developer came in, the City
bought the land and leased it to the developer at a
very low cost, and the developer invested privately
to build Mizner Park. As the park becomes more
successful, the City's lease increases, creating
additional cash flow over time from something that
had been a drain on the tax base. In Tallahassee,
an example was Kleman Plaza, and Ft. Pierce was now
working on the same kind of redevelopment.
Dr. deHaven-Smith provided a summary and
implications, and asked the residents to think
about what would happen in Tequesta in the next 15
• years, and explained that now was a decisive time
in this community, which could get better, but
which could also deteriorate rapidly if the right
things were not done to maintain quality of life.
Dr. deHaven-Smith expressed his opinion that the
Village was doing the right thing by investing in a
place that was a drag on property values and a
source of potential problems, and investing in new
facilities in that location through the proven
method of a public/private partnership could be
very good. Dr. deHaven-Smith stated his view was
that this was a smart move.
IV. OVERVIEW OF PROPOSED MUNICIPAL FACILITIES
A) Acting Village Manager Joann Manganiello provided
an overview of the proposed municipal facilities
and explained that the Village, incorporated in
1957, was a full service community, offered a
highly attractive living environment positioned
between the Loxahatchee River and Atlantic Ocean, a
small town with home-town friendliness, shops,
parks and recreation, and churches of various
faiths. Acting Village Manager Manganiello
explained that the importance of planning and
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managing growth could not be underestimated nor
ignored, and that a priority and vision of the
Village Council for more 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 Tequesta
would not be compromised. An integral part of
building for the Village's future included a
municipal facilities master plan. The history of
the Village Council's actions regarding 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 needs study update in 1997, central business
district charrette in 1997, Tequesta Village Center
master site plan approval in 2999, and approval of
the Redevelopment Committee recommendation in 2000.
• The Master Plan Phase I had relocated Village
Manager, Village Clerk, finance, and water service
offices to the Wachovia bank building, making the
east wing of the Village Hall available to the
Police Department and the east wing in the annex
building available to Fire Rescue Administration.
In Phase II the public services facility was built
on Bridge Road and the reverse osmosis water
treatment plant had recently been completed. Phase
III, construction of a public safety facility for
Police and Fire Rescue, and a Municipal Center, was
the final planning effort in the municipal
facilities master plan. New municipal facilities
would address the following concerns: space that
was inadequate and overcrowded; functional
obselence; deteriorating physical conditions;
inadequate life safety code compliance; and
occupying temporary facilities. Photographs
depicting existing facilities conditions which were
the Tequesta employees' working environment were
shown, and included inadequate storage areas,
overcrowded employee work space, and inadequate
space for equipment. A series of pictures compared
existing to prototype public safety operations
• space and included a police department lobby,
dispatch communications room, work stations, mail
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distribution center, holding cells, and a sally
port. Acting Village Manager Manganiello noted
that the Police Department currently had no
available holding cells or sally port, and that
detainees were now transferred to the Palm Beach
County jail. Next shown were pictures depicting
deteriorating conditions, temporary quarters which
had housed firefighters since 1993, and rented
office space which had cost approximately $50,000
annually since 1996. Acting Village Manager
Manganiello commented that the need for new
facilities was real and warranted, and that the
Village Council had made the decision to provide
new facilities.
A rendering depicting the southeast view from
Tequesta Drive of the new public safety facility
was presented, to be built on the present site of
• Police and Fire Rescue with the Village Green Park
remaining intact. Another rendering was presented
which showed the facility from Tequesta Drive and
that the fire rescue apparatus bays would be right
up front. A conceptual site plan of the public
safety facility delineating separate operations by
use of different colors was presented.
Acting Village Manager Manganiello explained that
in September, 1989, the Village Council had held a
Master Plan Charrette to develop a conceptual
master plan for future development east of the FEC
railway. The area consisted of 90 acres of mostly
vacant land and deteriorating shopping plazas. The
master plan provided for mixed use zoning,
including residential, commercial, cultural, and
civic uses. As a result of this Charrette, the
Village Council had created the mixed use zoning
district to stimulate development and redevelopment
in the central business district. A Village Hall
was envisioned in this district, as well as a
traditional urban design pattern with emphasis on
pedestrian-friendly access. In May, 1997, a
Tequesta Village Center Charrette had been held to
• focus more intently on development and
redevelopment of the central business district by
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receiving input from property and business owners
in the study area. Preliminary site plans
reflecting ideas and concepts resulted. Among the
many concepts were a new main street, streetscapes,
new buildings with plazas, and people places. In
August 1999 the Master Site Plan for Tequesta
Village Center, which was in keeping with
recommendations from both charrettes, was
unanimously approved by the Village Council.
Acting Village Manager Manganiello explained that
the groundbreaking and subsequent development of
Tequesta Village Center was of major significance
in the revitalization of Tequesta's downtown
central business district as conceptualized in the
1989 Master Plan. The focal point was to be the
new Municipal Center.
Acting Village Manager Manganiello presented a
• rendering of the new Municipal Center on Bridge
Road, and explained that a land swap was available
which would place the facility on Tequesta Drive.
The proposed facility on each site was described.
The Village Council was requesting the residents'
preference of the two sites at this meeting, which
they would take into account in making their
decision for the location. Acting Village Manager
Manganiello explained that the Village Council
envisioned a Municipal Center that would provide
people places for children to play, adults to
relax, and families to gather; a place to 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 the
Village. The Municipal Center would include space
for administrative offices, public records, finance
department, water customer service, utilities
department, public works and recreation, community
development, and the Village Council chambers. The
Municipal Center would be a place for community
meetings, such as homeowner association meetings;
business-professional association functions; social
• gatherings, such as receptions, parties, and
ceremonies; informational seminars and lectures;
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children's special activities such as youth movie
nights; government-sponsored special events such as
a citizens' appreciation barbeque. The Municipal
Center would offer a friendly, small-town
atmosphere.
The Bridge Road streetscape plan was presented,
which together with the Municipal Center would
revitalize the central business area, benefit
existing businesses, attract new businesses,
enhance and compliment 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 downtown, and revitalization of Bridge
Road would involve major infrastructure
improvements as well as major aesthetic
• improvements.
Costs for the proposed Village facilities were
reviewed. Total estimated cost for the public
safety building and site was $3.2 million; total
cost 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 The cost of the land swap-$106,000;
carillon clock-$20,000; and carillon clock
tower-$65,000, were not included. Acting Village
Manager Manganiello explained that for their
investment the residents would be provided with a
Public Safety Facility which would include Police
administration, communications, patrol services,
investigative services, compliance inspection, Fire
administration, emergency medical services, and
fire suppression services. The Municipal Center
would include administrative offices, public
records, finance and utilities departments, public
works and recreation, department of community
development, and the Council chambers. The
facilities would be paid for by 30-year bonds using
utility tax revenues now going into the General
Fund. The General Fund would be replenished by
additional revenues generated by new development
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and redevelopment, along with revenue increases
from other General Fund sources, so that to a
significant extent the new facilities would pay for
themselves. Acting Village Manager Manganiello
explained that new development. generates new value,
new value generates additional tax dollars,
additional tax dollars increase revenues of the
General Fund, increased revenues of the General
Fund replenish 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 property today was $725,000,
while the projected assessed va~.ue of Tequesta
Village Center was $10 million. Current tax revenue
from Tequesta Plaza based on a millage rate of
6.7305 was $5,000; while the projected future tax
revenue was $67,000 annually. Acting Village
Manager Manganiello noted that Kimley Horn &
• Associates estimated a $4.00 return on every $1.00
invested in streetscapinq. The Bridge Road/Main
Street streetscapinq would involve an investment of
approximately $600,000, resulting in a return on
that investment of $2.4 million increase in
property values, business revenues, and other
monies.
Acting Village Manager Manganiello noted that this
project was the culmination of planning which had
taken place over the years since the 1989 citizen
charrette, and that the Village Council had had the
foresight to reserve funds for debt service
payments over a number of years in anticipation of
the municipal 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 would bring each resident a sense of
safety and security, and the new Municipal Center
would provide residents with a sense of community
and a sense of identity--of the Village as a place
for families to call home.
Acting Village Manager Manganiello introduced
Architect Jim Stergas of Stergas & Associates, and
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explained that Mr. Stergas and his artist Wallace
McTammaney had been responsible for the renderings
shown in the presentation.
V. INPUT ON MUNICIPAL CENTER SITE OPTIONS
A) Dr. Lance deHaven-Smith requested input from
residents for their preference of location.
John Giba commented that for a time he had felt all
facilities, administration, and services of the
Village should be in one location, but had changed
his mind after seeing the master plan. Mr. Giba
commented that the geography and population were
not likely to change, but that areas that would be
likely to change were traffic coming into the
Village from the outside, services the Village
• might have to provide in the future, and the
community's lifestyle. Mr. Giba commented that he
hoped the lifestyle would not change dramatically
from the current nice, warm community. Mr. Giba
expressed his opinion that Fire Rescue and Police
services needed to be consolidated in one area, and
locating them on the present site west of the
railroad tracks was good because their services
were required primarily from the residents. Mr.
Giba commented that the Municipal Center belonged
downtown because there it would provide services
not only to residents but to the commercial areas,
and would be readily available to people coming
into 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 commented 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 location would be hard to describe to people.
Mr. Giba favored the idea of the clock tower since
it would create a unique landmark that would be
worth the extra cost, and the cost would be
amortized.
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Kevin Kinnebrew complimented those responsible for
the outstanding presentation, and stated he had had
experience with such presentations and with
architecture and knew how much everyone involved
had done. Mr. Kinnebrew commented that Mr. Giba
had made great comments, and questioned whether the
clock tower could be at the Tequesta Drive
location. Tequesta Drive was Mr. Kinnebrew's site
preference because of it being the main
thoroughfare and there the facility could be a
showcase and would tend to accomplish the goal of
revitalizing the downtown, since he believed new
commercial development would follow. Mr. Kinnebrew
expressed his opinion that the Municipal Center
should not be on a back street like Bridge Road.
Acting Village Manager Manganiello responded that
the clock tower 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 rendering and the smaller
carillon clock in the Tequesta Drive rendering.
Architect Stergas pointed out on the master site
plan the proposed location for the clock tower,
which was in the .plaza area. Mr. Kinnebrew
commented that Tequesta Plaza had been a black eye
for the community and this was an opportunity to
get rid of it, and requested that the Tequesta
Drive location be chosen.
Vi Laamanen expressed concern that another shopping
center on II.S. One 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 when. vacated., and that the
facilities would consist of all new construction.
Mrs. Laamanen commented that she did not have a
preference between the Tequesta Drive and Bridge
Road locations, but might lean to Bridge Road only
to take traffic off 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
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Center would create less trips than any other use;
and therefore now preferred Tequesta Drive.
Ed Nelson commented he had attended the charrettes
and had worked with the people present and with
many others, and thought the proposed plan was
excellent and was what the Village needed. Mr.
Nelson noted that if the Municipal Center were
located on Bridge Road that would free the site on
Tequesta Drive for a commercial property that would
generate more income for the Village, and that
using the plan as presented by the architect, the
Municipal Center would not be buried. Mr. Nelson
stated either location would be fine. Mr. Nelson
commented that when one senior citizen moved out
that person frequently was replaced by three
people, which meant the Village would have a
growing population. Mr. Nelson complimented those
• involved in the presentation.
Dr. deHaven-Smith commented that he would add the
excellent comments from this morning's meetings to
his slide presentation.
A show of hands to express preferences for each
site indicated approximately 13 in favor of the
Tequesta Drive site, while only three favored the
Bridge Road location.
IV . CO1~it7NICATION FR~I CITIZENS
There were no additional communications from citizens.
Dr. deHaven-Smith expressed appreciation for those who had
attended and for their input.
VII. ADJOURI~NT
Councilmember Walker moved that the meeting be adjourned.
Councilmember Genco seconded the motion. The vote on the
motion was:
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Joseph N. Capretta - for
Basil Dalack - for
Sharon Walker - for
Geraldine Genco - for
The motion was therefore passed and adopted and the meeting
was adjourned at 12:10 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Betty Laur
Recording Secretary
ATTEST:
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Joann Manganiell
Village Clerk
DATE APPROVED:
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