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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_Regular_09/26/1978 :~1INUTES OF THE i~~ZEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA September 26, 197 • A 1~'Ieeting of the Council of the Village of Tequesta Florida was held, immediately following a Public Hearing on Budgets, Tuesday, September 26, 1978, in the Village Hall, 357 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta, Florida. The meeting was started at $:27 P.M. Councilmembers present were Brown, Cook, Mapes and Ryan. Yoder was still on vacation. Also present were Robert Harp, Village Manager, Cyrese Colbert Village Clerk and John C. Randolph, Village Attorney. Vice-Mayor Mapes gave the Prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Mayor Brown announced a meeting of the Loxahatchee Council of Governmentson October 12, 197 at 7:30 P.M. in the Village Hall. He also announced a meeting on I-95 in the Jupiter High School, September 2$, 197. He announced the October 5, 197 run off elections. Mayor Brown also thanked State Representative Bill Taylor for helping the Village receive Pund.ing for the Comprehensive Plan. The Village Manager announced the October 5, 1~?7~ ENCON meeting at Jupiter and the Palm Beach County Solid Waste October 1~, 197g Council Meeting. The Council Meeting Minutes for September 13, 197$, Village Manager's Report for September 10, 197 to September 23, 197 and the Financial Statement for August, 197 and the ~~later Department Financial Statement for August, 197 were received without detailed discussion. ldir. John Giba, Consultant on the Village of Tequesta Comprehensive Land Use Plan was present and told Council that the Committee is ready to discuss the Land Use Plan with. Council. Council set up a Workshop Meeting for i4Tonday, October 16, 197 at 4:00 P.N~. P~Tr. John McKune, Gee & Jenson, told Council that Pflr, Sydow, Gee & Jenson, was back in I.C.U. because he suffered a cardiac arrest (the Village received word, September 27, 197 that A~1r, Sydow had expired at 10:30 P.M., September 26, 1°7$). Mr. McKune told .Council that when he attended the meeting of Jupiter Hills and the South Florida Water TJIanagement District, at the instructions of Council, on Jupiter Hill's application for three (3) additional wells, he told SFG^TT~~~ that the Village of Tequesta ti~aould have no objections as long as that area would be subtracted from the previously allocated units in the Jupiter 0~-2.6-7$ -2 Hills PUD, there was na objections by Jupiter Hills and they were given permission by the SFW~ to drill the three (3) additional wells. TiTr, McKune reminded Council that we now have a permit for our wells in Tequesta Park to pump a max. of 2.0 mgpd. If we were to service the additional areas in Martin County, we would need to pump a total of 2.6 mgpd. 1~Zr. Gleason, SFt~JP~1D, told T~?r. P1cKune that the Village could probably receive without much problem a total of 2.3 mgpd. That would give the Village a total of 4,55 mgpd water with the water purchased from the Town of Jupiter Water Syst~/m. The 2.6 mgpd that is needed would service east of U.S. z~1 anal River Edge. It would not include Indian Hills and Rolling Hills and the Beach area. Council discussed what amount of waters would be needed and where. The Village Attorney told Council that he was under the impression that the report tonight from Ns. l~'IcKune was only a status report and there may not be a need for a franchise in the T~'Iartin County area because we may not be able to drill more wells in Tequesta Parlt, because of several reasons, one being a possible ruling by the Supreme Court on the Broadview Case, Tf the Supreme Court rules i.n favor of Broadvieva, the Village of Tequesta w~1.1 be unable to drill outside its territoral limits and he advised Council to hold off any action to increase the areas served by Tequesta Water Department until after the Supreme Court ruling. Mapes asked Ts. l~icKune, and Council agreed, to prepare a report of the number of gallons of water needed for Jupiter HilJ_s, U.S. ~1 and Heritage Oaks. T~Ir. McKune, Gee & Jenson, told Cot.xncil that Mr. Miller wa,~ on vacation and could not be present for the meeting tonight. The Village Attorney had gotten together with T~Tr. Simmons, Gee 8c Jenson, to discuss some changes in the contract for engineering vaork to be done for the Village of Tequesta on streets resurfacing and drainage program, that the Council desired. P~~. Simmons and the Village Attorney agreed on the changes in the contract. Mapes moved, "that the Village Council employ Gee ~ Jenson, Engineers-Architects- Flanners, Inc. Okeechobee Blvd., as the Engineering firm to handle our road and drainage proposed construction project pursuant to the Agreement presented to Council this date and authorize the appropriate Village Officials to execute the same". Ryan seconded and vote on the motion was: Brown -for Cook -for Mapes -for Ryan -for and therefore the motion was passed and adopted. The Village T~f'Ianager reviewed briefly the manner in which the Village Water System is providing the requ~.red deposit of $532,261.0$ with Jacksonville National Bank, Escrow Holder, T~iapes asked what the Water Refunding Bonds Reserve Account was and the Village T~Ianager :7a id it is for the principal and interest on the ~3g0,015. TJ~anes asked v~~hat the amount is that; Oc-26-7F' -3 has to be in the Reserve Account? The Village Manager answered • that it is X55, 671.00 to make a total amount o.f ~s266, 519. T~iapes asked where does the interest go. The Village Manager answered the interest of the Reserve Account goes into the Revenue Fund Account. Ryan moved, "that we approve the finalization of the refunding program as of the September l~, 1°7~ memorandum". A~Ianes seconded and vote on. the motion was: Brown -for Cook -for Manes -for Ryan -for and therefore the motion was passed and adopted. The Village T~~Ianager read by "title only" A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGETS FCR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 197' • T~~lapes moved, "the adoption of this Resolution". Reran seconded and vote on the motion was: Brown -f_ or Cook -for Mapes -for Ryan -f o r and therefore I-tesolution l~To. 16-77/7 was passed and adopted. The Village Manager read by "title only" A RESOLUTION Or' THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR LEVYING A T~TILLAGE RATE OF ~~1,..OOG DOLLARS PER $1, OOO OF TAXABLE VALUATION FOR THE YEAR 197". Ryan moved, "that we adopt the Resolution providing $4.OOc millage rate for Ad Valorem taxes for 197". Cook seconded and vote on the motion was: Brown -f o r Cook -for i~iapes -for Rya r~ -f o r and therefore Resolution I~Io. 17-77/7 was passed and adopted. The Village P~ianager gave notice of the three (3l steps needed to be followed for the Village of Tequesta to receive ~5,t~06. from State Department of Community Affairs for Comprehensive Planning Financial Assistance. The Village Manager assured Council that we have complied with all the necessary steps. Ryan moved, "to approve the contract and to respond within the 21 days acknowledging the fact that we would like to accept the money and abide by the terms of the contract". I~?apes seconded and vote on the motion was: Brown -for Cook -for Mapes -for Ryan -f o r OG-26-?~ -~,. and therefore the rnotion was passed and adopted. • Brown advised Council that Peter Pimentel, Executive Director of the Loxahatchee River Environmental Control District, announced in a •'iartin County newspaper that there is a misunderstanding and that the sewer rates will be lowered if they pay off the outstanding governmental bonds and buy straight market bonds. ENCOPT will sewer in terms of need. COG is going to have a meeting October 12, 197 at which time dir. Pimentel. will attend. to answer questions asked by the COG Board. Brown a7_so reminded Council that there are two (2) seats up for election to the Board of ENCON, The Village Attorney advised Council that he would recommend that they not take any action tonight, but wait to see what i~~ir. Pimentel. has to say. He feels it is not a good idea for a governmental body to pass a Resalution requesting an investigation on another governmental body, because their records are open to the plabli.c, they are people voted in by the public and that if anyone feels things are not right they can look at ENCOTI's pavers, reports and records to obtain the information they need. The Village Attorney also said that if Council wants something like this it should be better worded, but he did not agree with the Resolution as it stands now. Council agreed that the Resolution should be put off until after the October 12, 1°7~ meeting. Ryan felt that Brown should work with the COG Attorney and administrator to toughen up the Resolution and have it ready by next Council Meeting. The Village i~iunager explained Palm Beach County's Metropolitan Criminal Justice Planning Unit's Application for a Funding Assistance for• Law Enforcement A~aplicant Processing Center Grant. The amount of the grant is ~$0,3~0. The Village Manager told Council. that there was a Resolution attached to the application and that the application would need approval of Council if they felt it was beneficial. Mapes moved, "approval of Council to support this application". Cook seconded and vote on the motion was: Brown -for Cook -for Mapes -for Ryan -for and therefore the motion was passed ar.d adopted, The Village Manager told Council of the State's Department of Transportations request to widen U.S.~1 from North Palm Beach to 70'7. Council voiced no ob,jection~. The Village :Manager told Council that the Community Action Council through the Board of County Commissioners Baas applying for a grant. Council voiced no objections. 09-26-7$ -5 Ryan spoke to Council and asked the Village Attornev to research an Ordinance about dog refuse, similar to the law that New York just passed. Brown spoke of an article in the Courier in reference to the long meetings being held by Council until late at night and told the reporte r from the Courier to check the minutes to find out how late the meetings were, because in his opinion they did not exceed 10:00 P.NI. very often. The meeting was adjourned at ,10:45 P.M. ~'; ~ _~ Cy~ese Colbert