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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_Regular_03/23/1982 I~1INIITES OF TiiE VII.,LAGE COi1NCTI. MEETING OF THE VILLAGE OF TEt~UESTA, FLORIDA March ~3 , $c, f?? A meeting was he1.d by t~?e Village Cc>~ancil ~f the VillagF~ of Tequesta, Fl~,ri.da, at 7:3(~ P.M., Tuesda;,%, March 23, 1c'~2 in the Vi.ll.age Hall., 3`~~7 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta, F1^rida. C^~~.zncilmembers present were: Br~~wn, Cc~~~ic, Little, Mapes and Stoddard, Als-~ ?resent were: Robert Harp, Vi_lJ_a~;e Manager Cyrese Colbert, Vi_il.age Clem ar~d Jc~hr C, Randc~lPh, Village Att:.~~rne;r, T'~~e obenin,~ Pra~Ter and Pledge ~f Allel~iance t~ the Flag was given btr May~+r Mane::. i~~Zav~r I~Ia~ae.s ann~~unced t'-e Va 1 i a,^~e C~-~ur.cil, sitting as the Ural Plannir:g Agenc~r of the Vi.i~a~;e of Tequesta, wi.11_ hold a ti^T,rksh~>p i~7~etin~T. ~n Tntarsd.ay, P~Zarc1~ 25, 1r~2 in t?~:e Village T1a11, 357 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta, Florida at 7:00 P,P~i. • for tine p~zrp,~se of tr,p discus.sic~n ^f Zoning Ordinance r°evisi.ons. fl-layor Mapes; gave a Village o.f Tequesta Farewell to autgc~in~ Councilrnember Cook grid Presented her with a "Certificate of Appreciation" from the Village. ~-1rs, Goc~~ gave her "Fare~rrell Think you and Good--Bye ", A "Certificate of Election" had been received by Counncil.. certifying the resin:t of the election held in the Village ors ~~'Iarch ~-, 1.~~2 whereby Thomas J. Beddow was duly elected to the office ;~£ Council Seat l`3 having received. '7h.2 votes and ~Nhereas Carltr~n D, Stoddard -~ Council Seat ~1 and Thomas J. Little Council Seat ~`5 were unopposed in said election, all were elected to Council for the term ending, March, 1~~?~L,., Litt.le ;r~o~.~ed, "that ttire accent the March °, 1c?~'2 Election Res7alts", F?r^!Nn seconded and vote nn the m~>t,ion was: Bedd~~w -for Brown -.fo r Little -for Mapc~~, -fc>r and tl'~~>refnre the motir?n was passed and adopted. • The Village Manager administered the "Oath of Office" to tl~+e newly elected Councilmembers, Carlton D, Stoddard C.~uneil Seat ~~1., T}~tomas J. Bedd~-~tra ~- C,~uncl Seat ~f3 and Thomas J. Little - Council. Seat ~~5. ILiatror i~iapes then turned control of the meeting over to Robert Harp, Village Manager so that appointment of the Mayor anal Vice-Nlavor. could. be made, The Village Manager re~riewed the suggested rules and. procedures to be followed for the purpose of electa_ng the Mayor and Vice-R'Iayor, He told Council that nominations do not require a second and as soon as one (,~) of the nominees receives a majority vote, the chair will. declare the nominE;e elected. Another memorandum had been sent to Council. with a suggested resolution for the adoption of a PvTayor and Vice-~Niayor. Stoddard nominated `~~1. Harvey Mapes, Jr, as P~'layor by written resolution pursuant to Article II, Section. 2.(~h of the Charter of the Village. Havir.~; received n~:~ other nominations T~~, Harvey T~iapes, Jr, was re~anpointed I'~Ia~,r~.~r by the Council. Little nominated Carlton D, Stoddard as Vice--PZayor by written resolution pursuant to Article II, Section ?..,~6 of t}die Charter ~jf t,}~e Village. Havint:--• received nr> other nominations Carlton D„ Stoddard Traas rea~?°~~~~::Lnted Vice-T~%~a~~n.r bz~~ the Council.. The ~Tillar,P '} ana,~~~er adrni r; ~stered the ":~at~-~ of Office" to P~Zayor Mapes and. t~ Vire--t~~"ay-~r Stoddard. The Chair was t?!er,, given back tr? 1'~la~rr ~r Mmes. Brawn moved, "t''!at 1.~it;t.le be arn~,i.~~ted. Treasurer". Stoddard seconded and v~-~te ors tti-,e mc~ti~~n was: Beddow -.for Brawn ~f_ or Little -for Maoes -_for Stoddard -for and tti~erefore the motion was passed and adopted, Little moved, „that Beddow be appointed Tax Assessor". Brown. se:~onded and vote on thc~ motion. was: Beddow for Brown -for Little -for P~~anes --:~'or Stoddard -for and t?~eref~~.re the motic;n was paa sed. anal adopted. Stoddard moved, "tti-~at F?row~.z be appnint~:d Tax Collector" ~Li.ttle seconded and v~at,e on t}~1e m~~~t;i_on was: ' 03-2>-~`2 -~'~ Beddow -f~~r Brawn -fn r Litt_lo -~'or T~~ia r. e s - `':~ r Stoddard =fir and therefore tree mnti~n was nasse:d ar:d ad~jz~ted, AI.1 the ne?a1.y appointed r~~fficers were administered. the "Oath. of Office" by the Vill.aF°~e I'~Tanager, The next item considered b.r Co?zncil was 1~d, Appointment n_f ~~t};er Village Personnel. The present Vi1la~;e Council. appointed rersonnel are: Vi1_la e :~''"~ana~;€:r Robert Harp Village Clerk Cyrese Colbert Asst, Vi.lla~;e Clerk Jean Frank Vi.l.latMe Attorney I~'irm: Johnston, Sasser, Randolph °c :~Jeaver (Jo'~n C . Randolph ) Village P~rosecutin~ Attorney Firm: Johnston, Sasser, Randolph R ?rJeaver (John C , Randolph. ) Civil Preparedness Di.rertor Fra?_~~~ii~ °x','~a:~~nery Stoddard moved, ' ;;{ ~,~ , '. e .,: eappcinted". Little • seconded anal vote on the motion was: Beddow -for Brown. --f_ nr Little -for l~~apes for Stoddard -.fr~r and therefore the mo,i;~n was ~~assed and adopted. The "Oath. of Office" was administed to the Village T~~anager and the Village Clerk by the Village Attorney. The Police Chief was out of town and would take the "Oath of Office" at a later date. The next item on tl~e agenda was tT~?e Approval of Village 1~Iana~er's Appointment of Department Heads, The are: Finance Director Bi1.l C. t~ascavelis Police Chief Frar~kli.n E. Flannery Building Official Scott D. Ladd "Jater Dept . Supt . James ?iJ, 1~Jorth Transportation (P~iaint.) Curtis Sapp Recreation ar.d Farks Gary Preston • Little moved, "to approve the Village :`~ianagerts appointment of Department Meads". Brown. seconded and vote ors the mot,ior.. was. Beddow --for Brown -f. or z~ittle -~:for ~'•iapes -for Stoddard -for and therefore the rr~otior~ was paused and adopted, The next item on the agenda was, Appointment of Village Re resentative to Loxahatchee Council of Governments. Brown moved, "to appoint T~'Iayor T'~iapes as the C.O.G. Representaive)". Stoddard seconded and vote on the motion was: Beddow -for L"~rown --f~~r' ~_: i. t t:: ~. t .'.~ ~d, , E-' ~, 'Cs y, ~3tc~cl.dard -for and therefore the motion way-, t a~~~~2 C and adopted, The next item on the agenda teas; Appointment of. Village Representative to Technical Steering Comr~7ittee - Comprehensive Study of the Loxahatchee River Basin and Fier and Dock Ordinance Committee. Little moved., "that we accept Joe D. Yoder, Jr,ts offer to continue serving on trail Committee". Brown seconded and vote ors the motion was; • Beddow -for Brown -for Little -for I'~~apes -for Stoddard -for and therefore the motion. was passed and adopted. The next i.terri on the agenda was for the Approval of Depositories and Required Si nat~res> .far various Vi.lla~;e Fund: , Stoddard moved, "that they be reappointed", Little seconded and vote on the motion was (see attached)", Beddow -for Brown --fcr Little -for ,ap+~s -f,~r toddar°d -for and therefore the rriation wa:~ passed and adopted, The agenda was approvad by Council. The next. iterri on the agenda was the discussion of drainage • improvements fora Tequesta Drive, Seabrook Road intersection presented by John Wise, Gee Fc Jenson, Ivor, V~Tise told Counci.? that there were several suggestions to be made to Council on the drainage improvements, One being ~`3-23-~2 -05 that around Seabrook north of '?'eq~zesta i?rive that the Swale areas be deepened. north anal south of ~^lestwua{~, Avenue. Another suggestion was the modifications to two inlet structures at the Tequesta Drive and Seabrook.. intersectior:~ which. provides for an underground culvert system on the east side of Seabrook Road from Tequesta Drive cannectirL~ to the existing culvert at Beacon Street. ~~~r, 'Elise told Council that the approximate cost for this is ~,30,CCC, I.f thy; underground c~.;lvert was extended to Dover Road 'the approximat.~° ~~ost of that would be ~'20,~00, Council. discussed vaith the Village P;ianager where the mor.~ey would come frorra to finance this additional drainage, that Council_ agreed needed to be done, The ~~ana~rer informed Council that ~~35,900. for drainage improvemer:ts far tr?e 1~f~1/.1 {l~`2 :fiscal. year r.ow has a balance budget of u>2~',9~~,2~. Council talked about the possibility of not paging back ± a MFj„/ P,~a};1a~, ~epa.rt,z~lent the loan payment for this year, Council. instructed ~~r, 1~Jise t,a come back to the ny xt Council r~~eeting with a follow-up presentation. includ:it~^• estimated cost far t,hs various projects to be considered, i'~fr. Jan Browning, Jupiter-Tequesta Fire Control Dist.ric~t• 1. Commis.:~ioner, was present to discuss with Caur.ci7_ the l.r.>catian for t•hr new Jupiter--Tequesta Fire Control District 1 Fire Station • on U.S. ~;ighway No, ~. which will serve high rise building's, P~'r, Browning talked to Council. about the District asking Palm Beach County to donate a parcel of Land across U.S. 1~igr`iway Cne from the Chamber of Commerce, so there will be fire protection East of thc~ railroad, i'~~r, Browning said that the stat,ian wi11. take an acre to an acre and one-half. i~~r, Browning told Counci'_ ~.'riat the Firs District would 1_ike a statement of support from tl.t~~ Council., It was the unanimous cunsE,r~:sry,~s of the Council to authorize iYiayar° A~apes, renresenting the Village on t'r1e Loxahatchee Council of (=avernments, to support the proposal. of Jupiter-Tsqussta Fire Control_ Distri~:~t Pvo, 1 for the Palm reach County Commission to donate K.r:ough Land in the County Fark :>n SR 5 ' i.~ . ~Iighway Na , l ) oppo.~itF~ the ~?upiter-Tequesta Chamber cif Gommerce Building as the ~:ifi:e far t~;e Distrl.:~'t to construct a firs substation. r. '~"ir..r c=?{cted Caunv°:i.lmember Beddow told Cozrnc.il he enjoyed mest:ir:;; ~vE~ryane w?~ile h~ ~r1as running far office and thinks we have a ~-JC~nderful Vi1l.age , Tree next .i~t;err, ~~,;°~ the AF~enda ~A1as t'ne discussa_on of approval of the T~ature Gai.:~~~~~LTaney grant; a`' e:aserrient; for the Intracoastal Crossing. In a let'•<s~• to thc.} Vil.1a~;~~ dated F~iarc~-1 :L~, :1~£~2 from Cee & Jenson they dz'.-•-zted they l;ad na :~~~ri.au.:a ak; jections with the Agr. Bement andrs~commsndtd that, tti,E Vi 11age sxecutc t:r~e Agrc.emsnt, 03 °-21-$2 -OED contingent on the Village Attorney's c:ori<ments and recommendations. Gee ?~ Jer.sor~ recommended that the Village Attorney contact the Conservancy and arrive at a reasor.abl..e, "not to exceed" dollar amount on the monitoring and/or ir.s~~ection that the Conservancy believes they are entitled to, Stoddard moved, "that subject to clarification and approval by the Village Attorney of paragraph $, that we appro ~p~, the grant of easement", Brown seconded and vote on the motion vxas: Beddow -for Brown -for Little --for ~~lapes -for Stoddard -for and therefore the motion was passed and adopted. The Village Att-~orr~ey told Council that he has prepared for Council review an Ordinance t.~hat merges Resolution No, 5-$lf$2 and Resolution Pao. 10-$:L/$2 that the Village had previously adopted and put them into Ordinance form.. The Village Attorney advised that Council could have first reading of the Ordinance tonight, The Village Attorney explained that that tz~acks going into Turtle Creek may • on Country Club Drive into Turtle Creek permit to do so, this Ordinance provides use the north entrance but mint obtain a If a truck makes a delivery to Tequesta then pr~-~ceeds to Turtle Creek it may dr? so buts :oust also obtain a perm:i_t, The Village Attorney read by "title" AN ORDINANCE OF' THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF TEG~UESTA, FLORIDA, PROi~IULG- ATIT~TG AND ADOPTING R'J~,ES RELATIP~IG TO THE GRANTING OR DENIAL OF SPECIAL PERMITS FOR THE OPERATION OF TRUCi~S ON TE~UESTA DRIVE A~~TD COUNTRY CLUB DRI'~~; ~^1ITHTPvT TF~E VILLAGE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR. CODIFICATION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, Stoddard moved, "for approval of first .reading cif this Ordinance", Brovan seconded and discussion fol_lc~wed. Stoddard said that Turtle Creek Hone Owners Association said that if the Village of Tequesta ac~ended our Ordinance then they would drop their law suit if we dropped our counter-suit , ~~~'iapes said that he i s in favor of this Ordinance, but not in favor of dropping the law suit, Brown told Council. he was not in favor of this Ordinance nor is he in favor of dropping tr:e law suit, that t:he Village ~.as come this far we should continue on the same basis, ~'r, Robert Moore, resident, told Council. he believes that 03-23-~?2 ~0i i.f this Ordinance i.s • may be ruled out of would have nothing. not adopted then t.I,e ®riginal Ordinance order or ruled a;~;ainst and then the Village Little talked strongly against changing the Ordinance ir. any way, because he feels the Vill_al;e of Tequesta is giving up everything and Turtle Creek ;Tome Owners Association is giving up nothing. Stoddard said he thinks the Village should change the Ordinance and that will make tr~e orig:~nal Ordinance stronger, He said he would like to see this ended peacefully. The Village Attorney told Council. that he attended the ~'~'Iartin County Commission meeting when the item of. County abandonment of County roads within Turtle Creek was on the agenda. He told Council that he made tre comment on the behalf of the Village of Ter~uesta against the abandonment. Call. for the vote was made o~ the motion; and the vote • was: Beddow -for Brown -against I~ittle -for ltilapes -for Stoddard -for and therefore the motion was passed and adopted. Second reading of this Ordinance will be April 1~ , .L~?~2. The Village I!~ianager's Report for February 21, 1~?~2 to I`larch 6, 1°~2, the Vil.laf;e T~Ianager's Report for March 7, 192 to I~iarch 20, 192, the Vil1_age Financial Statement and ti°Jater i~epartment Statement for February, 192 were received, BeddovJ expressed to Gouncil his concern of the eight (~) story building that is being proposed just south of County Line Road. Council agreed. that they would like the Village Attorney to look into it further to see if the Village has az~y reco~7rse to take against this building, since the Village was never given any written notice of this by the County. Gouncil. also instruct.,ed the Village Attorney to contact other municipal. Attorneys gnat may possibly want to join in a law suit against "'dual. Taxation?'. The meeting v.~as adjourned at x:47 P.M. • '1 ~. Q.~ Cy use Colbert Dat"e A~prov'ecl • ~l~C/ • •