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11-23-59 269 NOVEMBER 23RD, 1959. A Regular Meeting o.f the City Council was held .in the Cou~.cil . Chambers at 1:00 P.M., with Mayor George Talbot Jr. zn the Chair: City Manager W. E. Lawson Jr., City Attorney Harry T. Newett and C?m~.~s- sioners J. LeRoy Croft, Fred B. McNeece andGeorge V. Warren being ,;'..' present. An opening prayer was delivered by Mr. Ben Ha~mett. The Council, by general consent, approved the Minutes of November 16th and 18th meetings. City Manager Lawson submitted the following BIDS received: GALVANIZED PIPE 2000' 2" 2000' 1" Charles Sales Corp., $ 1,055~20 $ A74.40 A & B Pipe & Supply Co., 1,046.60 491.60 Davis Meter & Supply Co., 1,126.20 $29~00 Gulfstream Pipe & Steel Supply Co., 1,160.00 540.00 Peninsular Supply Co., 1,163.00 846.20 GALVANIZED FITTINGS Charles.Sales Corp., $ 501.46 A & B Pipe & Supply Co., 501;52 Peninsular Supply Co., 651~75 Davis Meter & Supply Co., 721,20 Gulfstream Pipe & Steel Supply Co., 736.25 On motion of Commissioner McNeece and seconded by Commissioner Croft, the Council unanimously approved an award of purchase for the Pipe and Fittings to the LOW BIDDER. The City Manager presented the request of John M. Duane, Jr., Sec.-Treas. of Seacrest, Inc., for the RE ZONING of "Palacino Park" from R-1 to R-3._ This property is bounded by S.W. 2nd Street on the north, S.W. Srd Street on the South and S.W. 15th Avenue on the west and comprises the west-half of Block 3 in Priest's Addition to Atlan- tic Park Gardens. The Council, on motion of Commissioner ~Varren and seconded by Commissioner Croft, unanimously agreed on referral of said Re-Zoning application to the Planning/Zoning Board, requesting said Board to provide for 'Public Hearing' thereon and submit a recommendation and report from results of such 'Hearing'. City Manager Lawson the.n read the following letter, dated Novem- ber 16th, from a representative of the First Presbyterian Church: "This letter is written on behalf of the First Presbyterian Church~ who are the owners of the property indicated on the attached sketch. You will note that 'the Church owns 66.6 feet frontage on Gleason Street, and separating that property from the main church property at the rear is Palm Avenue, which extends northerly to Atlantic Avenue. It is the desire of the church that the south 66.6 feet of Palm Avenue be abandoned, and it will be appreciated if you will take the necessary action to consider this request. If I can furnish any further information in the matter, please advise. NOVEMBER 23r~, 19~9. You will further note that this 66.6 feet is at the end of Palm Avenue, and dead-ends at property owned by George W. White, and the end of Palm Avenue is not used except for church purposes at this par- ticular area involved. /S/ NEIL E. MacMILLAN The Council, on motion of Commissioner McNeece and seconded by Commissioner Croft, agreed that this request be referred to the Plan- ning Board for its study and recommendation. City Manager Lawson informed the Council that N~. Calamia, for several months, has requested relief from the poor storm drainage con- ditions on Palm Trail at N. E. 4th Street. Investigation shows that it is not possible to correct the drainage problem by adjustment of surface grades, and, therefore, an underground storm sewer appears necessary and could be taken care of in two ways, namely 1. By an ~mmediate survey of the drainage area and installation of necessary lines on the usual assessment basis, 2. Coordinate installation of necessary d~ainage with the work done by the State Road Department when U.S.~l is improved. Commissioner Warren moved~ that this matter be tabled for study of agreement between theState Road Department and the City concerning an over all proposed drainage program, and possible tie-in of the Palm Trail drainage with such program, and, further, that Mm. Calamia be ad- vised of the Cit~ Cguncil's action relative to his request. Motion was seconded by Co~ssloner McNeece and unanimously passed. On motion of Commissioner McNeece and seconded bY Commissioner V~arren, the Council unanim?sly agreed that the CityManager be re- quested to provide for having imposed on a map, the area to be covered in the over-all drainage program as indicated on the 'Agreement' and to consult with Russel & Axon as to the feasibility of providing need- ed a~ditional drainage, east of Federal Highway, to tie-in with the- over all current program of the State Road Department, and, further,. to consult w~th the State Road Department concerning such proposed tie- in if same is determined to be feasible. The City Nenager presented the following letter, dated Nov. 9th: "I am enclosing check for $8§A. lO. We wish to protest this as- sessment for the drainage on Basin Drive as it does not seem to be of benefit to us. Whenever it rains, the water stands for hours in front of our house and backs up several feet in the drive. In view of this situation we should like to have this assessment cancelled." /S/ PAUL and ISLA JUDSON . The City Manager informed the Council that when the Basin Drive storm sewer project was installed the engineers determined that Sea- breeze Avenue, between Thomas Street and Basin Drive, could be drained by use of swales or by regrading the street. It appears that the street regrading would be preferable due to the royal palm trees being very close to the edge of the pavement. Further, Seabreeze Avenue is on the schedule this year for the non-assessment plant mix surface,is applied.~and the regrading should be done before the plant mix surface The Council, on motion of Commissioner Croft and seconded by Com- missioner NcNeece, agreed that the City.Manager be requested to con- tact the engineers who provided the basic plans for the Basin Drive area drainage program to determine the liability of, and corrective measures for, the conditions as cited by Mr. Judson, in his letter ap- pearing above. The Council further requested that Mr. and Mrs. Judson be advised that the City will investigate this matter and provide for corrective steps to be taken. NOVEMBER 23rd, 19~9. City Manager Lawson submitted the 'Zoning Classification' change request of Mr. A. G. Pruyser Jr., concerningLots 97, 98, 99, 100 and lO1, in PLUMOSA PARK, from R-1AA to On motion of Commissioner Croft and seconded by Commissioner McNeece, the Council unanimous.ly approved referral of Mr. Pruyser'.s request for Re-zoning of ce.rtaln Lots in Plumosa Park to thePlann.~ng and Zoning Board for a Public Hearing thereon to be provided by said Board, and for their recommendation resulting therefrom. The City Manager then read the following 'Report' from the Plan.- ning Board relative to a 'Deviation' Request received from Mrs. Marie W. Sayre of $45 N.E. 7th Avenue: "The Planning Board met in a Special Session on Saturday, Nov. 21st, with Chairman~Paul S. Knowles and Board Members - Col. Andrew Fabens, "Dick" Hanna, Kenneth Jacobson and J. Stuart Lankton being present The Board unanimously approved the denial of the request from Mrs. Marie W, Sayre for a 'Deviation' to permit construction of Carport on Lot 26, Block 121, Delray Beach." /S/ PAUL S. KNO¥~LES Chairman The Council, on motion of Commissioner McNeece and seconded by Commissioner Warren, unanimously agreed that said Deviation request be denied, as recommended by the Planning Board. City Manager Lawson then read the following let. t.er received from the Plannin$ Board, and dated September llth, explaining to the Coun- cil that said letter had been .held up, awaiting th.e return of Mm. Knowles, Chairman of the Planning & Zoning Board, inasmuch as the subject involved might be related to the future planning of the Board as concerns improvement of the west sector of the city: "The Planning Board, meeting in special session at 4:00 P.M. on Friday, September llth, following discussion of a previous recommend- ation by Chairman Paul S. Knowles, at present on vacation, unanimous~ ly rec~ends that the City Council contact Mr. F. A. Brahms and Mrs. E. A. Brahms, P.O.Box 14, West Palm Beach, for the purpose of consid- ering negotiation concerning the purchase of the South half of the South half of Block 11, less the West 50' of the South iSS', for a Playsround .and Recreational area subject to the approval of the Rec- reation Advisory Board. The above described land in owned by the parties mentioned here- inabove, who, being civic minded, desire to make this land available for a recreation center, rather than subdivide same, and feel that it is ideally located for a playground ~rea." /SI JA~ES I. SINKS Acting Chairman - Planning/ Zoning Boar~. The Council, on motion of Commissioner Warren and seconded by Commissioner Croft, unanimously agreed that the City Manager be re- quested to contact Mr. Brahms relative to possible negotiation con- cerning the offer pertaining to said land. Mr. Paul S. Knowles, Chairman of the Planning & Zoning Board, presented the Council with a set of plans for possible future im- provement of W. Atlantic Avenue, resulting from a Survey by Elliott ross.& As.sociates, which, amazingly, indicated but few constructions existing wzthin a proposed 106' R/W The Council, highly commending Mr. Knowles for his accomplish- ments thus far, as reflected in this set of plans, suggested that he continue with his efforts, relative to such a proposed improvement of W. A~lantic Avenue, through the prop_er County channels and thence to the State Road Department, through Mr. Carleton, for further advice. 272 NOVE~BER 23rd, 1959. City Nanager Lawson submitted the following BILLS for payment: General F~u/ $ 4,425~19 ~Vater Fund (Oper. Fund) -355.05 Payroll Accounts 3,545.0? The Council, on motion of Commissioner NcNeece and' seconded'by Comm~:ssioner Croft, unan'.zmously approved payment of Bills, submitted by the City Nmnager, subject to the approvalof the Finance Committee. The City Manager .then presented two bills from Smith & Gillespie, Engineers, of Jacksonvzlle, Florida: RE: Calamie S/D Water System, Delray Beach, Florida. "In connec.tion with .revi?w of de.sign of Calam!a S/D Water System,~ in accordance wzth authorzzatzon by Czty of Delray Beach, August 13, 1958" $ 204.88 RE: Tropic Palms ~¥ater System, Delray Beach, Florida: 'jim connection with review of design of Tropic Palms Water Sys- tem, zn accordance with authorization by City of Delray Beach, on August 4, 1958." $ 575.38 On motion of Commissioner NcNeece and seconded by Commissioner Warren, the Council unanimously approved payment of said Bills from' Smith & Gillespie, as presented by the City Nanager. As recommended by the City Nanager, f.ollowing his c. onference _ with Nr. Senzor, District Nanager for Florzda Power & Lzght Co., the Council, on motion of Commissioner NcNeece and seconded by Comm~ssion- er Warren, unanimously agreed that the City Nanager be requested to provide for th.e billing of electricity constm~tion at the Public Li- brary to.the Czty of. De?ay Beach, owner o.f the property, rathe.r t.h~n to the Lzbrary Assoczatzon, thereby effectzng a substantial sawng zn the cost of electrical energy supplied the library building. .The Council, on motion of Commissioner Warren. a .nd seconded .by Commssioner Croft, muanimous!y agreed that disposztzon of the Kiln and used molds, at the Youth Center, be tabled until next meeting in order to determine if this equip, m.ent, might possibly.be desired for use by some school or local actzvzty, rather than d.~spose of same by sale. City Nanager Lawson presented the Council with the ...... RECERTIFICATION OF THE WORKABLE PROGRAN received from the U. S. Housing A~ministrator, Norman P. Nason, of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, which Recertification expires on December l, 1960. The City Nanager reminded the Council of its meeting with the ' Board of Directors for the '~edgowood Apartments", and Nr. Alfred B, Nichaels Jr., of "Narineway", relative to possible annexation of said properties, at lO:O0 A.N., Wednesday, November 25th, at "Narineway". The Council, on motion of Commissioner NcNeece and seconded by Commissioner Croft, unanimously approved appointment of Nr. Lens Brn~ner a.s an additional Inspect.or, at t.he Polls, to th.ose app.ointed for Electzon duty, as contained zn the m~nutes of Counczl Neetzng held on November 2nd, 1959. 4 NOVEMBER 23rd, !9~g9. 2?3 Mr. Paul S. Knowles, Chairman of the Planning & Zoning Board, reminded the Council.of the coming meeting of the Florida Zoning Con- ference, to be held in Orlando on Dec. Srd, 4th and Sth, and in ad- ditiqn to hoping for Council Member attendance to ~his important meeting, requested that Mr. Ralph Hughson, City Building Inspector, be requested to attend the meeting. The Council, on motion of Commissioner McNeece and seconded by Commissioner Croft, unanimously agreed that .N~. Hughson be requested to attend the Florida Zoning Conference Meeting in Orlando, on Dec. Srd, 4th and 5th, and authorized payment of expenses incurred by su¢~ attendance. MEETING ADJOURNED: R. D. WORTHING .... C {Y ...... ' APPROVED: -i ....MA.~ / 274 NOVEMBER 23rd, 1959.