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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_Regular_07/12/1990 VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA Post Office Box 3273 • 357 Tequesta Drive Tequesta, Florida 33469-0273 • (407) 575-6200 FAX: (407) 575-6203 V I L L A G E O F T E Q U E S T A V I L L A G E C O U N C I L M E E T I N G M I N U T E S J U L Y 1 2, 1 9 9 0 I. The Tequesta Village Council held a regularly scheduled meeting at the Village Hall, 357 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta, Florida, on Thursday, July 12, 1990. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 P.M. by Mayor Joseph N. Capretta. A roll call was taken by the Recording Secretary, Fran Bitters. Councilmembers present were: Mayor Joseph N. Capretta, Earl L. Collings, Edward C. Howell, and William Burckart. Vice- Mayor Mackail was on vacation. Village Officials present were: Bill C. Kascavelis, Finance Director; Thomas G. Bradford, Village Manager, and Department Heads. Also in attendance was Village Attorney, John C. Randolph. • II. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Councilmember Edward C. Howell gave the Invocation and led those in attendance to the Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag. III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA A. Councilmember Burckart stated he had a few subjects to bring up under item VIII. ANY OTHER MATTERS. B. Councilmember Collings stated he would like to report on the COG meeting under VIII. ANY OTHER MATTERS. He also asked if the water surcharge would be discussed at this meeting. Mr. Bradford reported that would be covered at the next Village Council meeting. C. Village Manager Bradford stated he would like to discuss under item VIII. ANY OTHER MATTERS, two items: 1) An explanation of the Solid Waste Authority Assessment Notice recently received by everyone; and 2) the water surcharge. • Village Council Meeting Minutes July 12, 1990 Page 2 ------------------------------- Councilmember Burckart moved to approve the Agenda as amended. Councilmember Collings seconded the motion. The vote was: Mayor Capretta - for Edward Howell - for Earl Collings - for William Burckart - for the motion was therefore passed and the Agenda was approved as amended. IV. CONSENT AGENDA All items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion. V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND REPORTS • *A) Community Appearance Board Meeting; June 20, 1990. *B) Finance and Administration Committee Meeting; June 21, 1990. *C) Village Council Meeting; June 28, 1990. *D) Village Manager's Report; June 25 - July 6, 1990. Councilmember Burckart moved to approve the Consent Agenda as submitted. Councilmember Collings seconded the motion. The vote was: Mayor Capretta - for Edward Howell - for Earl Collings - for William Burckart - for the motion was therefore passed and the Consent Agenda was approved as submitted. VI. COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITIZENS There were no citizens who had signed in to speak before the Village Council. Village Council Meeting Minutes • July 12, 1990 Page 3 VII. NEW BUSINESS A) Discussion of Palm Beach County Public Transportation System. Mayor Capretta explained he had been invited to a meeting with the Mayors of several municipalities in the local area to take place at the Jupiter Town Hall on July 23 to consider public transportation for northern Palm Beach County. He explained the objective was to re-establish public transportation under Co-Tran and asked for Council's position on this matter. Councilmember Collings suggested it would be a good idea to ask, through the next Village Newsletter, for input from the citizens regarding their feelings toward this subject matter. Councilmember Howell stated he was in favor of looking at the idea of public transportation. Councilmember Burckart felt it was a good idea to do a survey through the Village Newsletter. • VIII. ANY OTHER MATTERS A) Councilmember Burckart stated he had noticed that the mosquito population is increasing and asked if the spraying program was still in effect. Village Manager Bradford explained that there is a program and some spraying has taken place. Years ago it was a regular routine to spray but the State no longer allows that. Now the need to spray needs to be documented before such spraying can be done. General spraying is prohibited. Mayor Capretta suggested that be another item for the Newsletter. B) Councilmember Burckart explained there is an old Spanish Galleon found in tact off the Jupiter-June Beaches. There are plans to bring this Galleon up for salvaging, done by local people, and the old Winn-Dixie store located at Lighthouse Plaza may be used to display temporarily the artifacts as they are brought up. The rear wall will be painted to resemble the ship that is raised. A few canons have already been brought up. These will be placed in large vats for cleaning in the center of the room so that the public can come in and witness the process as it progresses. These artifacts will be positioned at the ship's painting so the public could understand where it came from on the ship. This • will be an attraction for State and County tourism. This is presently under way. The permanent location for • Village Council Meeting Minutes July 12, 1990 Page 4 ------------------------------- this display will eventually be at Burt Reynolds Park. A building will be built to house the ship and its artifacts. C) Councilmember Collings reported on the Council of Governments (COG) recent meeting. An announcement of the formation of the Palm Beach County countywide Planning Council which the public is urged to both be aware of and be involved in. Its purpose is to develop uniform countywide standards resulting in jurisdictional conflicts and land use. Plans for the two bridges at Donald Ross Road and Frederick Small were presented at the meeting. There was also a presentation at the meeting by the new County-hired coordinator for One Stop Permitting for motion picture and television productions within all 11 municipalities of Palm Beach County. Councilmember Collings presented a suggested Resolution to Council and Mr. Bradford for such permitting. D) Village Manager Bradford explained the Solid Waste Authority Assessment Notice: The Notice stated the • assessment for single family homes to be $149.03 for the FY 90-91. The reason for this is that in recent years there has been a major expansion of the waste resource recovery facilities, a transfer station, etc. In order to pay for all this, Bonds had to be issued. In order to get a satisfactory interest rate on those Bonds, they needed to have a guaranteed source of revenue as opposed to the present procedure of receiving their revenues at the dump through the issuance of weight tickets to the hauler. The cost of hauling and disposal is presently in the taxes for a single family home in Tequesta. Nichols Sanitation is paid with this tax revenue. The present tax rate for single family homes in Tequesta is $16.75 per house per month. The cost of hauling is $8.19; the cost of disposal, $8.56. Theoretically, starting next year, Tequesta will no longer be concerned with the $8.56 which is represented by the amount of assessment now being placed on those properties. The Solid Waste Authority is changing the way property owners pay for something they have been paying for all along. This will reduce the cost to the Village, since the cost will now be borne directly by each individual homeowner. Mr. Bradford stated the Village Staff will propose that the Village begin, in October, to bill each homeowner directly, on the monthly water bill for garbage hauling • Village Council Meeting Minutes July 12, 1990 Page 5 ------------------------------- and the recycling charge. It will never again be as low as it is now, by virtue of the special assessment billing. This will cause the Village to be able to compare fairly the Village tax rate with all other cities and counties. It will also cause equitability between commercial and residential properties in what is being paid for garbage collection services. E) Mayor Capretta asked Council to come to some decision as to where they wanted the new County Library to be built. The position discussed previously to be most probable is south of the Post Office. Gary Van Brock is presently negotiating with the Post Office about a possible future expansion southward. In approximately 30 days it will be determined how much land the Post Office needs to acquire. Village Manager Bradford stated the Master Plan is now on an auto-Cad computer with rough sketches of different locations for the library and other suggested changes, and will be presented to Council within two • weeks, with hand-drawn sketches so direction might be given. F) Mayor Capretta stated he had a recent meeting with Mark Pantlin, the owner of County Line Plaza, to discuss the status of the bankruptcy. The land under Bank Atlantic has been sold to Bank Atlantic, giving Pantlin some monies to work with. Mr. Pantlin again mentioned his desire to have the land deeded back to him which was deeded to the Village for the Village Boulevard right- of-way. Mr. Pantlin proposed an idea to Mayor Capretta to ask the Village Council to defer the taxes on County Line Plaza for several years with an agreement to pay it back over a two or three years. Mayor Capretta was not sure if there was any precedent for that. Mayor Capretta also had a meeting with Gary Van Brock who informed the Mayor that Mr. Dorner would be interested in a lease-back situation if the Village ever considered building a Town Hall, or a public building. Mr. Van Brock explained he and Mr. Dorner now have a partner who will be coming to the Village soon with a proposal to build 280 rental units behind the County Line Plaza shopping center. They also want to build a restaurant and marina on the peninsula of land jutting out into the Intracoastal Waterway north of County Line Road. i Village Council Meeting Minutes July 12, 1990 Page 6 ------------------------------- G) Dottie Campbell asked if the Parks and Recreation Committee had recently had a meeting and if they are doing anything to promote more park area for the Village of Tequesta. Village Manager Bradford stated the Parks and Recreation Committee had their last meeting approximately two years ago and were not presently pursuing any new park areas. Mrs. Campbell suggested the Village pursue a heart trail and/or tot park area. Councilmember Burckart agreed with Mrs. Campbell. Councilmember Collings suggested the Parks and Recreation committee call a meeting to pursue such an endeavor. IX. ADJOURNMENT Councilmember Collings moved to adjourn the meeting. Councilmember Burckart seconded the motion. The vote was: Mayor Capretta - for • Edward Howell for = Earl Collings for William Burckart - for the motion was therefore passed and adopted and the meeting was adjourned at 8:05 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Fran Bitters Recording Secretary ATT~ra~'' Bill C. K cavelis Finance Direc or/Village Clerk DATE APPROVED: a6 , /9 9a