10-30-58 OCTOBER $OTH, 1958.
A Special Meeting of the City Council of the Cityof Delray Beach.~
was he.ld in the .Council Chambers at 7:30 P.M., with Mayor J. LeRoy
Croft ~n the Chaxr, City. Ma.nager W. E. Lawson Jr., City Attorney
Harry T. Newett and Commxssxoners Col. Dugal G. Campbell, Fred B.
McNeece, George Talbot Jr., and George V. Warren.
City Manage.r Laws.on referred to the coming "Florida .Planning and
Zoning Association" E~ghth Annual Conference go be held in Lakeland,
Florida, November 6-8, 1958, and the re2uest of the Council that this
Special Meeting be arranged for further consideration and discussion
of 'The ~'~orkable Program' for the C. ity of Delray Beach, with the City
Planning & Zon/ng Board together wzth Nm. George ~V. Simons, Jr.
Hr. George Vi. Simons, Jr., Planning, Zoning and Municipal Consult-
ant, informed the Council that a Comprehensive City Plan, as that in-
dicated to be desired by the City of Delray Beach, is generally in-
corporated into a contract with the Florida Development Commission,
which contract i.s to be prepared, and event.uall.y approved by the State
Development Comzussion and then the U. S. Dlstr~ct Office in Atlanta,
Georgia, prior to final clearance in Washington, D. C.
Nm. Simons further advised the Council that expense of such a pro-
gram is shared bY the Federal Government, on a.n equal basis, only when
funds for such programs are a.vaitable, and thzs.type of program and
c.ontract negotiations supportzng same are for Czties of 25,000 popula-
tion or under. He further stated that there have been created three
roups of such .a Plan, forwarded to ~Uashington, and that seven con- -
facts of the first group have been cleared by the Federal .Government,
however, nothing has been heard relative to t.he progress being made
on Groups 2 and $, and evidence h. as been received from Uas. hington that
no funds are available at this tune. Such funds are provxded by the
F.ederal Governmen.t through no~.l~ 1 B. udget procedure and .State Atloca
tzons, and there zs not much l~kel~hood of any funds being made avail-
able for a year or more. However, Mm. Simons believes it wise for the
City to proceed with application for contract with the State Develop-
ment Commission, if that be the desire and intent of the Council, in ·
order to get on a "List" for clearance through Tallahassee and Atlanta.
Mr. Simons reviewed the following letter, dated September 4th, '58
which he had forwarded to Col. Andrew Fabens, Chairman of the Planning
& Zoning Board:
"Pursuant to our discussion of last week I am pleased to outline
herein the various studies and work that would be included in the pre-
paration of a Comprehensive Ci.ty Plan for De]may Beach. These are the
items that have been included xn contracts with the Florida Develop-
ment Commission so presumably would be approved by them.
1. Preparation Of a. Bas..e .Map of the corporate area and a reasonable
area conti~uous--thereto~ 'Th'is map would be at a scale of 400 or 800
feet to the inch.
2. Economic Baokgr.qund and Population Stud~ie. s o These studies will re-
1.ate~to~ the eConomy, of-th.e City' and'tributary area and the people. It
wzll include a conslderatzon of resources and economic forces
fluenoing the chara.cter am~ growth of the city. It will further dis-
close the characterzstic, distribution and age grouping of the people
with projections of future growth. These studies are basic to subse-
quent studies.
3. Land Uses. Existing land uses will be studied and revealed on
maps in-b6th"black and white symbols and in colors .according t.o a
c.ode of symbols recommended by the Development. C.ommssion. Th~s map
w~ll bring your land uses map to a current ~os~t~on. It will also be
fundemental to any studies relating to the ~evision of the Zoning Ord-
inance and Map and to the preparation of a General Land Use Plan.
4. Major Street Plan. From studies of land uses, trends of physical
development, pop~a:'Yon distributions, neighborhood characteristics and
traffic flow observa, tions, a major plan of .arterial and secondary
streets will be pro~ected. In the preparation of this plan and the
studies incident to it, the Traffic and Planning Division of the State
Road Department will cooperate.
5. Traffic Flow and Parking. This'.study will evaluate the relative
volu~'s' Of t'~afI'ic Utilizing the v.ar.~ous principal streets, and also
make an inventory of parking facilxtles from which a comprehensive
Parking P~ogram will be evolved. It will relate to both on street and
off-street parking facilities.
6. Central Business District studies will be made to determine the
needl~~' ~ssential~0 i%s"future stabilization.
7. Comm~mity Facilities P..1...an. This will consist of studies of school
sites and l'8~ibns, pa~( ~hd recreation needs also a consideration of
p.ublic building requirements, such as City Hall, Libraries, Fire Sta-
tions, Community Centers, etc.
8. Area Treatment Plan. As a result of the land use studies, study
of n~igh, bOrh60dS "and 6'onditions of. housing areas of.t.he city will .be
classified as area suitable for (a) Urban Renewal, (b) Rehabilitation,
(c) Conservation. Urban Renewal Areas will be evaluated for their fu-
ture uses.
9. Zonin~ Plan and Ordinance. From all of the various aforementioned
studies tH~ "'ZOning or$~ance and Map will be studied and recommenda-'
tions made for such revisions and changes as may be deemed advisable.
10. Altho you now have a Subdivision regu~at, ion, it will be reviewed
in the light of the various s'~udie~ and in-it Such changes or modifi-
cations recommended as may seem reasonable and just.
11. Studies will also be.included on which any policies relating to
Annextion may be defined.
The sequence of these studies can be rearranged or othe;' items
which may be p.art£cular concern to you may be added.
From the t.zme such a program has been approved by the State Devel-
opment Commissxon and the funds have been made available b.y both the
City and Federal sources, the program would require appro×~mately one
year to execu.te. The co.st of such a program would be $10,000., one-
half to be pa~d by the City.
Du~ing the progress of the work I would appreciate having a quali-
f.ied field representative employed, one half by me and one half by the
Cxty, who, after completion of the work, could remain as a full time
City employee' as a Director. of Planning to insure a continu~., y...~ pt' o~ o -
oration. Such aman, working under my direction f.rom th~:?eg~_nning,
could receive a vast fund of infommation and experience
would be most invaluable to the City in carrying on future planning
with your Board.
After you have considered the above I should be glad to hear from
you. If there are any questions that c~me to you, let me lmow and I
shall endeavor to fill the gaps.
If you should .conclude to follow any other plan of approach,
shall be glad to d~scuss that also."
/S/ GEORGE U, SINONS JR.
Mr. Simons further informed the Council that "Urban Renewal", as
univeraally conceived and.recognized, wa.s d.eclared invalid, many years
ago, by the State of Florida. However, it ~s possible to effect such
desired results by local government purchase of land for public parks,
recreations, etc., not to be resold to private parties. This procedure
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has accomplished urban renewal results by approximately twenty-five
cities in the State of Florida.
Mr. Simons again reminded the Council that it would be well to
institute its desired program and get it before the State Development
Commission regardless of how the City proposes to eventually proceed
rocedure wise. An Urban Renewal Program is not processed through
allahassee, as is the Comprehensive Plan, the former being handled
initially through Urban Renewal Division in Atlanta. However, both
programs, if desired, could be processed ~ointly.
Commissioner ~cNeece expressed himself as greatly favoring the
Comprehensive Plan for the future benefit of all concerned.
Col. Andrew Fabens highly favored such a Plan and felt it very
necessary from an inspirational point of view.
Planning Board Member Paul Knowles considers such a Plan, as out-
lined, to be most needed and sound workable plan.
BoardMembers Kenneth Jacobson and "Dick~' Hanna highly favors the
Comprehensive Plan as being one for definite healthy growth and devel-
opment of a community.
Commissioner McNeece moved that the City Council establish its
declaration of intent, with the Florida State Development Commission,
concerning the "Comprehensive Plan" and to recommend to-said State
Development Commision the employment of~. George ~V. Simons Jr.,
as Consultant relative to the ultimate contract. Motion was seconded
by Commissioner Campbell and unanimously approved by the Council and
all Planning Board Members present Chairman Col. Andrew Fabens and
Messrs. Kenneth Jacobson, L. Stuart Lankton, Paul S. Knowles and
Richard T. Hanna.
0n motion of Commissioner McNeece and seconded by Commissioner
Talbot, the Council unanimously approved provision for the City's
share of the Comprehensmve Plan's Consultant's Fee, in the amount of
$8,000.00, from the Reserve for Contingencies..
City l~nager Lawson then read the following letter from Hertz
System, Inc., concerning the plans of Gulfstream Motors for an office
building on East Atlantic Avenue:
"~ith regards to our request for a permit to construct a new
building at our location on Atlantic Ave., it is our intent to do all
possible to make it's appearance attractive. ~e plan to do this by
p~oper landscaping, and will place a hibiscus or other type of hedge
alone the front of Atlantic Ave.
Trusting you will find this arrangement to your satisfaction, and
that we may be granted our permit as requested, I am"
/S/ J~.~S ~. DOHERTY
Commissioner Campbell moved that permit to construct an office
building in accordance with plan~ s~bmitted be granted the Gulfstream
Motors. Motion seconded by Commmss~oner McNeece and upon Roll Call -
Commissioners Campbell, McNeeceand Warren, together with Mayor Croft,
voted in favor thereof, Commissioner Talbot abstaining.
The City .M~.~ager informed the Council of having received a request
from Hoyle-Cad~llac-01dsmobi?e ~hat they be permitted to grad? and
oil seal, to a width of ten (lC) feet, the dedzcated alley lying be-
tween N.E. 6th and 7th Avenues and 4th and 5th Streets, total expense
to be borne by the applicant.
Of seven property owners within the block, only one objected to
the opening of said .alley, he ~eingNr..KarlKasten, owner of Lot 86,
Hailer & Groatman S/D, upon which lot l~es the Kasten Apartments.
. Mr. Kasten was present and stated that ~uch alley opening would
mnjur? the.val? o~ his property and make dmf~icul~ the renting of
certamn unmts mn his apartments due to an obvmous ~ncrease in traffic
at the north end of the alley.
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OCTOBER 30th, 19~8
On motion of C.ommissioner Campbell and seconde.d by Commissioner
McNeece, the Council unanimously agreed that the C~ty Manager and the
City _Attorney investig.ate 'Rear-yard' set-b.ack.requirements in .C-2,
for clearance on location of the present buald~ngs of Hoyle-Cadxllac-
Oldsmobile relative to their rear lot line, aswellas the rights of
owne.~s of property affected t9 petition and show cause why such alley
openmng request should be denxed.
Mayor Croft referred to a letter from Mm. Henry J. Mellon, wherein
the Developers of Tropic Palms expressed a desire, as well as a pro-
~osal, for a revision, of terms _and condit.ions concerning the-supply-
xng of Water to Tropic Palms S/D by the C~ty of Delray Beach, from
the original provision therefor, as contained in and forming a part
of Ordinances G-272 and G-277, which Ordinances provided for Annexa-
tion of said SSdivision.
Following a general discussion of the contents of Mr. Mellon's
letter and the possible affect of any revision of Water Supply agree-
merits on the terms and conditions of the Water Revenue Certificates-
Issue of 1957, and on motion of Commissioner Talbot, seconded by Com~
missioner Campbell, the Council unanimously agreed that the City Man-
ager be requested to obtain the services of smith & Gillespie and
legal counsel for preparation of a Proposal, satisfactory to the City,
on the basis of Mr. Mellon's need of supply, which shall be submitted
to the Council for consideration at the next regular meeting.
On motion of Commissioner Campbell and seconded by Commissioner
Talbot, the Council unanimously approved renewal of Occupational Li-
cense No. 1S1 (1987-1958) to Butler's Place, 111 S.%V. §th Avenue,
permitting the Sale of Beer for Off The Premises Consumption.
ADJOURNED:
R. D. WORTHING