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NTINUTES OF THE VILLAGE COUNCII. METING
OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA
January 26, 19$2
A meting was held by the Village Council of the
Village of Tequesta, Florida, at '7:30 P.i~~7, , Tuesday, January 26, 1932
in the Village Hall, 357 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta, Florida.
Councilmembers present were: Brown, Cook, Little, Mapes
and Stoddard. Also present were: Robert Harp, Village
il~anager, Cyrese Colbert, Village Clerk and John. C. Randolph,
Village Attorney.
The opening Prayer and Pledge cif A1.a.~7iance to the
Flab, was given by Mayor Mapes. -
Dr, Stanley Jacobs, Country Club Community, told
Council he wanted to commend the Police Department on the
fine ~iob they did on the remodeling of the Police Department.
Peter Baron, 7 Garden Street, told Council he did
• not agree with the County Commissioners i.d.ea of adding an
additional 2~ - 4~ tax for culture programs ire the County,
i~~r. Baron feels a Councilmember should attend the CGUnty
Commissa.ori Meeting.
The following item was added. as 4a. on the Agenda.
4a. Disc'assion of Tequesta Tribute - 25 Years
Mr. Cotter Christian, Gee 8c Jenson, was present to
review with Council a permitting problem with the Intracoastal
Crossing _ Blowing Rocks, that has come up.
Mr. Christian told Counc~.l tYat the Army Corps. o~'
Engineers and D.E.R. have reviewed the Intracoastal Crossing
Blowing Roek project and they have notechnical objection to
it.
~Ie also told Council tYYat they have been promised
a letter from the Nature Conservancy this week which states
thea.r intent to grant us the easement..
P~'Ir. Christian told Council teat Mr, Von Zabern. has
the necessary papers for the easement and there is no prot~l~:;m
there. ivTr, Von Zabern. is going to give the Village an ea:>emEnt
on the West side of the Intracoastal.
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iUlr. Chri stia n told Council that Mr, Hamilton Gasque
owner of the land south. of Conch Cove :Marina, has sent a letter
to the Army Corpsof Engineers with a simi-lac letter to D,E.R.
stating various objections he has with the project, Mr, Christian
explained to Council. the various steps Gee & Jenson is recommending
that should be taken to ratify Mr, Gasque's objections.
Stoddard moved, "that we approve the procedure to install
a rip rap structure to stabilize and protect this peninsula and.
that we authorize this to be worked out in cost detail and
en gineering detail. by Gee & Jenson working with our Village
Manager and Village Attorney", Little seconded and vote on the
motion was:
Brown -for
Cook -for
Litt le -for
Mapes -f or
Stoddard -.f. or
ar~d therefore the motion was passed and adopted,
The Village Attorney gave Council an update on what
has transpired since receiving r~-~s~.den~; Rober~fi ~fiore ~s
letter suggesting that the Village file suit for Declaratory
Judgrn~nt; to settle pending litigation in reference to truck
Ordinance,
• Th.e Village Attorney to1.d Council that the offer of
the suit for Declaratory Judg menu was made in good faith to
the Attorney of Turtle Creek Property Owners Association
and he was told by their Attorney that the offer was totally
unacceptable,
Little asked the Village Attorney what would happen
if 'the Village went along with the Turtle Creek Property
Owners Association request and opened Country Glub Drive North
to allow trucks to come into Tequesta that route, could we be
challenged again, The ViJ ] e~~; Attc+rnev a~3v:i.sed Little that the
Village could be challenged b3T any group. Little told Council
that he feels tree Vi]_lage should proceed with the presently
pending law suit,
Mr, Robert P~Zoore, resident, told Council that he is
for the declaratory judg went- settlement instead of proceeding
with the lawsuit.
Mr, John Giba, resident, asked the Village to think
about the enforcement of the Resolution. and feels the Resolution
that was recently adopted is easy to follow and to enforce.
Dr, Stanley Jacobs, resident, told Council he feels
there should be another workshop meeting with all- parties
involved.
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Councilmember Cook feels that the Village should
• request a fee from Turtle Creek Property Owners Association
for the eventual deterioration of Tequesta~s roads caused
by heavy traffic into their area.
It was the consensus of Council to have a Workshop
Meeting next week with all Attorney involved, TequestaTs Attorney,
Turtle Creek Property Owners Associationts Attorney and HartlandTs
Attorney to discuss the situation.
The Minutes of the January 12, 19$2 Council Meeting
and the Village Managers Report for January 10, 19$2 to
January 23, 19$2 were approved.
Stoddard said he would like to see Mrs. Midge Little
come to a meeting and talk about the Advance Life Support
System.
Mayor Mapes told-Council he would like a consensus
from them on the future of C.O.G. It was the consensus of
Council to keep C.O.G. going.
Little informed Council of the 25th. Anniversary
Celebration that the Village is going to have.
Bob Rose, resident, briefly ran down the list of
the events that are going to take place during the Celebration.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:0'7 P.M.
Cyrese Colbert
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Carlton D. Stoddard