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03-09-1965 VC REG-M• MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEEETING OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH PALM BFA.CIi, F1IJRIDA, HELD TDESDAY, MARCH 9, 1965 A Public Hearing preceded the regular meeting of the Village Council PUBLIC T,''F'ARTNG _ ' on Tuesday, March 9, 1965, at 8:00 p.m. Two requests for rezoning were considered• (1) The Palm Bible Chapel, Lots 23 and 24, Block 51, Plat #6; and (2) Northlake Properties, Inc., Lots 28 - 3~, Block 40, _ Plat #6, both f'r'om R-1 to R-2. Both requests were denied by the Council after a lengthy discussion and hearing arguments from the audience. The motion to deny the request of the Palm Bible Chapel was made by Council- man Watt, seconded by Vice-Mayor Lewis and was passed by a 3-2 vote, Councilmen Watt, Bell and Vice-Mayor Lewis voting to deny, with Mayor Beery and Councilman Churchill against denying. The motion to deny ' the request of Northlake Properties was made by Counci7.man Watt, seconded by Councilman Bell, all members voting unanimously to deny the rezoning. PRESENT; Harold W. Beery, Mayor Thomas F. Lewis, Vice-Mayor ci an 11 lman 0oun Herbert Watt Leslie Churchill, Councilman Herbert Gildan, Village Attorney Frank R. Spence, Village Manager and Village Clerk Beulah Samples, Deputy Clerk Mayor Beery called the Council meeting to order at 9:45 p.m. and asked ROLL CALL = the Clerk to call the roll, all members beingipresent. The Clerk read the corrections to the minutes of the regular meeting of ~~~'-'~'S OF February 9th and on motion of Councilman Watt, seconded by Vice-Mayor 2/9, 2/23, Lewis, all members voting aye, reading of the mirnates was dispensed with. ~ 2/25/65 and were approved as corrected and printed. The Clerk read the minutes APPROVED of the regular meeting of February 23, 1965 and after one correction, on motion of Councilman Bell, seconded by Councilman Watt, all members voting ' aye, these were approved as corrected. Minutes of a special meeting of on motion of Uice-Mayor 1965 were read and with one addition Februar 25 -- , y , Lewis, seconded by Counci]snan Watt, all members voting aye, these were ap- proved as amended. Mayor Beery, on behalf of the Council, presented a check ~ the amount _ $1750 TO of $1,750 to the Inter-City Ambulance Service. and this was accepted for INTER-CITY _ the Service by its president, Mr. Charles Staples. AMBULANCE Councilman Bell, on behalf of the Riviera Beach Jaycees, presented a JAYCEES check in the amount of X800 to the Council, to be used for the installa- GIVE X800 __ tion of a well and pamlp at the ballfield at Prosperity Park. This Bona- FOR PARK Lion brings to a total of X1,500 the money donated by the Jaycees for this project. The Mayor instructed the Manager to write a letter of _ thanks to the Jaycees for this and other contributions they have made. - The Treasurer reported the General Fund account report would be delayed TREASURER • for a short time due to the illness of the Village Bookkeeper but said he REPORTS expected it would be available at the next Council meeting. The Treasur- er read a comparative report on the operation of the Counixy Club covering the first quarter of the present fiscal year, versus the first quarter of last year, and this report indicated a net gain in operations of X3,239. The Clerk read a letter from the Raymond May Company, owner of a lot on INTEREST U. S. #1, in the area zoned C-lA Limited Commercial, expressing interest IN REZODTING in possible rezoning along the west side of U. S. #l. The Council refer- U.S. #1 red. this letter to the Plann;ng and Zoning Advisory Board for their study INDICATED and consideration. The Clerk read a letter from th.e Florida Inland Navigation District, F.I.I~.D. stating a meeting would be held in Titusville, March 19, 1965, at which MEETING time the Village's request for release of the spoil area in Yacht Club SET Addition for public recreation purposes would be considered. The Village __ Engineer's representative, Mr. Howard Searcy, will attend this meeting and present the Village's case. On. motion of Vice-Mayor Lewis, seconded by Councilman Churchill, all members voting aye, Councilman Watt was also authorized to accompany Mr. Searcy to this meeting. The Manager was in- _ structed to send a copy of the Village Resolution to all members off' the E.I.N.D. Commission. Mr. James Graham of Burnup ~ Sims, Inc. insroucted Mr. Shannon of C.A.T.V. • Meredith-Avco, In c., Merritt Island, Fla., who made a full presentation. EXPLALNED of the plan for cable antenna television service in North Palm Beach and answered questions from the Council regarding all phases of the proposal. ORD. 116-65 March 9, 1965 PAGE TRlO On motion of Vice-Mayor Lewis, seconded by Counci]snan Watt, all mem- ORD. 116-65 bers voting aye, except Councilman Bell, who voted nay, proposed FIRST READING Ordinance No. 116-65, entitled C.A.T.U. FRANCHISE AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PAIN BEACH, FLA. GRANTING TO BURNUP ?x SIMS, INC., A FLA. CORPORATION, A FRANCHISE TO USE THE PUBLIC STREETS, HIGHWAYS, ALLEYS, AND EASEIIIENTS OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PA IM BEACH, FLA., FOR THE PURPOSE OF EFFCTING, CONSTRUCTING, MAINTAINING, AND OFER4TING A COMMTJNITY ANTENNA TELEVISION SYSTE-II THEREON AND THEREUNDER uaas placed on first reading and. read in full. The Village Manager and __ Village Attorney were instructed to meet with the Burnup 8c Sims attorney and representatives prior to the next Council meeting to complete final data for such items as date of beginning this service, franchise tax, e tc. On motion of Councilman Churchill, seconded by Vice-Mayor Lewis, all ORD. 117-65 members voting aye, proposed Ordinance No. 117-65, entitled FIRST READING. LIBRARY BOARD AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PAI~II BEACH, FLA., CREATING A VILLAGE LIBRARY BOARD, SETTING FORTH ~®~ERS THEREOF, THEIR DUTIES AND QUALIFICATIONS, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE was--placed on first reading and read in full. On motion of Councilman Churchill, seconded by Vice-Mayor Lewis, all RES. 231-65 _ members voting aye, Resolution No. 231-65, entitled ADOPTED. CHANGE OF A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL, NORTH PAIM BEACH, STREET NAME FLORIDA, CHANGING THE ATAME OF FATHOM ROAD NORTH TO GULFSTREAM ROAD was adopted. - On motion of Vice-Mayor Lewis, seconded by Councilman Churchill, all RES• 232-65 members voting aye, Resolution No. 232-65, entitled ADOPTED. RELEASE OF A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL, NORTH PA IM BEACH, SPOIL AREA FLORIDA, SEEKING THE RELEASE OF CERTAIN LANDS WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PAIM BEACH, LYING ON THE WEST SHORE OF LAKE NORTH, FROM THE FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT AND FROM TRUSTEES OF THE IDTfiE_RNAr IMPROVE~NT FUND, FOR USE AS A VILLAGE RECREATION FACILITY was adopted. On motion of Councilman Churchill, seconded by Vice-Mayor Lewis, all RES. 233-65 members voting aye, Resolution No. 233-65, entitled .ADOPTED. COMPENSATION A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL, NORTH PALM BEACH, FOR COUNCILMEN FLORIDA., FIXING THE COMPENSATION OF ALL ELECTED METERS OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL AND SETTING FORTH Ai~T EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THIN RESOLUTION was adopted. On motion of Vice-Mayor Lewis, seconded by Councilman Be11, all mem+= RLE'USE COLLECTION- • bers voting aye, all bids received on the proposal of contracting out .BIDS RE.TECTED the collection of Village refuse and garbage were rejected and it was unanimously agreed that the Village would continue to operate its own sanitation service. The Manager was instructed to write each of the three bidders, thanking them for their bids, and the time spent in dis- cussion and interviews. The Village Manager read a tabulation of bids received on a recent PACKER PURCHASE _ call for furnishing the Village with a used garbage packer. The com- CON'T'RACT AWARDED panics bidding were Tom Wood Equi~nent, Miami, X2,500; National Equip- ment Co., Miami, X2,900; H. F. :Mason Equipment Corp., Hialeah, X4,150. On recommendation of the Village Manager and on a motion made by Coun- cilman Churchill, seconded by Councilman Watt, all members voting aye except Vice-Mayor Lewis who dissented, the contract for furnishing a - - packer went•--to the low bidder, Tom Wood Equipment. The Manager reported that he and Councilman Watt attended the Palm VILLAGE IS Beach County Commission's hearings on requests for projects from the REPRESENTED AT State Road Board. He noted that the Village and West Palm Beach were CO. ROAD HEARINGS the only municipalities who were represented at the hearing, and be- cause of the criteria presented presented, the Village's requests are - expected to be considered high on the priority list when the Board convenes in Ft. Lauderdale. He did advise the Council, however, that the bulk of road funds in Palm Beach County this next year would go t d th t ti f I 95 owar e cons ruc on o - . The Manager announced that the voter registration list for the VOTER LIST ON coming election is being made available this year by the use of elec- EIE;CTRONIC _ tronic data processing cards instead of the long typewritten list as DATA CARDS , MARCH 9, 1965 PAGE THRFF in past years. He stated that the use of such cards will be increased from year to year until, he hopes, all information regarding residents and voters will be available on such cards. The Manager reported that Brockway, Weber and. Brockway, Inc., has I~OOLEN COURT requested Village approval of the Doolen Court replat, which had pre- REPLIST ' viously received tentative approval. The Manager was instructed to have the Village Engineer study the replat drawing and make his recom- mendations to the Council before the resolution accepting it is eon- _ sidered. Councilman Churchill requested that the Manager investigate the pos- PARK LAND sibility of acquiring additional park lands for the public use, pos- STUDY sibly in the acreage south of Monet Road, east of Prosperity Farms REQUESTED Road. Approval of the Recreation Advisory Board's By-Laws was delayed. RECREATION because some of the provisions of these By-laws are at variance with BOARD'S the Council's Resolution creating the Board. and with the Village BY-LAWS Charter. TARI,ED The Village Clerk announced that the Village Council would sit as the CANVASSING Election Canvassing Board on Wednesday, March 17, 1965, at 7:00 p.m. BOARD in the Village Hall, to canvas the results of the March 16th General MEETING Election. SET There being no further ing was adjourned at 1 8:00 p.m. business to come before the Council, the meet- ADJOURN~NT 1:50 p.m., until Tuesday, March 23, 1965, at ~._m FRANK R. VILLAGE ui n;Krc r ~~ '`J