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04-03-78SpMtg 333 APRIL 3, 1978 A Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, was held in the Council Chambers at 7:00 P.M., Monday, April 3,1978, with Mayor James H. Scheifley presiding and City Manager J. Eldon Mariott, City Attorney Roger Saberson and Council members Robert D. Chapin, David E. Randolph, Aaron I. Sanson, IV., and Leon M.Weekes, present. 1. The opening prayer was delivered by Rev. Donald Clawson of ~. Paul's Episcopal Church. 2. The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America was given. 3.a. Mr. Chapin stated he has enjoyed the friendship and advice that Mr. Randolph has given him and stated it has been a pleasure having Mr. Randolph as a colleague. 3.b. Mr. Randolph stated that tonight closes another chapter in the life of Dave Randolph but this chapter has been a beautiful one; it is one that he is extremely proud of. He stated he started several times to prepare a statement but he would do it from the heart. In closing this chapter, it has been a great pleasure and an honor to serve with City Council and also other City employees. He added that he does not have any notable challenges like the one he received from Mr. Youngblood. When he assumed his Council seat, he had reservations wondering if he could do the job that the citizens would be proud of. Mr. Randolph stated he personally feels that maybe he has succeeded, from the kind remarks that have been made to him over the past 20 some odd days. He leaves with one hope and that is is to have a center for performing arts in Delray Beach. The City deserves an institution like the Sunrise Musical Theatre. Mr. Randolph stated his wife is not present at this meeting because she is doing what she has been doing for the past 4½ years, that is running the family-owned business. She has been the strength of his salvation. Mr. Randolph stated when Mrs. Durante assumes the Council seat, he will be a source of support and hoped that the people who are present tonight will not forget but will return to help give her the inspiration and guidance that she will need to perform admirably in this job. 3.c. Mr. Sanson stated Mr. Randolph and Mayor Scheifley will be the only Council members that will have served the entire time that he has served on Council and seeing Mr. Randolph leave makes him very nostalgic. Mr. Sanson added it has been a pleasure and an honor to serve with Mr. Randolph and Mr. Randolph has done an'admirable job - one which years from now people will remember as being a job that was performed in. the utmost spirit of ethics and morals. One of the finest monuments that really is attributable to Mr. Randolph is Pompey Park complex, which was badly needed by the youth of the City. Mr. Sanson stated he wanted to wish Mr. Randolph the best of luck and hoped that Mr. Randolph would come around once in a while to let us know when he thinks we are going in the wrong direction. 3.d. Mr. Weekes stated throughout his political life he has always had to cope with the problem of a name starting with W which means that you come last and Mr. Sanson took some of the remarks that he intended to make about Mr. Randolph. One of the things that he has been most proud of with this Council is the outside involvement of its members. Mr. Weekes pointed out that Mr. Randolph is presently on the Charter Study Commission for Palm Beach County, he has been president of the Palm Beach County Municipal League, and has been very active in the Community Development Program and without Mr. Randolph, personally, we would not have the center at Pompey Park under construction at this time. Mr. Weekes stated Council is going to miss Mr. Randolph and he wished him well in the future. 3.e. Mayor Scheifley stated he has been on Council for nine years, the last six years and three months as Mayor and, as he said many times during the recent political campaign, the major challenge presented to the City government has been the rapid growth of the City. Many measures were taken to see that this growth was dignified and with quality and the citizens of the City should be very proud of the manner in which their City Councils have met this challenge. Mayor Scheifley stated he, personally, would like to thank each member of the Council for their cooperation and help in making his job easy and gave special thanks to Mr. Randolph. In addition to thanking all the Council members individually and collectively, he thanked the City administration and all the employees of the City, as they have done an excellent job. Mayor Scheifley~thanked his wife for being so patient during these past nine years. 4. Mr. Randolph moved, at 7:15 P.M., for the adjournment of the meeting, seconded by Mr. Chapin, said motion passing unanimously. ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF COUNCIL 1. Councilwoman-elect Charlotte G. Durante, Councilman-elect James H. Scheifley and Mayor-elect Leon M. Weekes subscribed to the Oath of Office administered by Elizabeth Arnau, City Clerk. 2. Mr. Robert D. Chapin was unanimously elected to the position of V~'ce-Mayor for one year on motion by Mrs. Durante, seconded by Mr. Scheifley. 3.a. Mayor Weekes presented Resolution No. 31-78: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, COM~NDING RETIRING COUNCILMAN DAVID E. RANDOLPH. (Copy of Resolution No. 31-78 is on file in the official Resolution Book.) Mr. Sanson moved for the passage of Resolution No. 31-78, seconded by Mr. Chapin. Upon roll call, Council voted as follows: Mr. Chapin - Yes; Mrs. Durante - Yes; Mr. Sanson - Yes; Mr. Scheifley - Yes; Mayor Weekes - Yes. The motion passed with a 5 to 0 vote. Mayor Weekes presented a copy of Resolution No. 31-78 and a plaque to Mr. Randolph commending him for his service to the City as Councilman. Mr. Randolph stated this has been one of the greatest joys of his life to have served on Delray Beach City Council. He thought that getting out of VietNam and making it home safely to his family, when the plane touched down in California, was the greatest joy in his life. He has to retract that statement - this is the greatest City in the world and he would not want to live anywhere else. 3.b. Mayor Weekes presented Resolution No. 33-78: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, CO~ENDING RETIRING b~YOR JAMES H. SCHEIFLEY. (Copy of Resolution No. 33-78 is on file in the official Resolution Book.) Mr. Chapin moved for the passage of Resolution No. 33-78, seconded by Mrs. Durante. Upon roll call, Council voted as follows: Mr. Chapin - Yes; Mrs. Durante - Yes; Mr. Sanson - Yes; Mayor Weekes - Yes. The motion passed with a 4 to 0 vote, with Mr. Scheifley abstaining. Mayor Weekes presented a copy of Resolution No. 33778 to Mr. ~ Scheifley and noted there is a plaque accompanying it, unfortunately his name was spelled wrong. 3.c. Mr. Chapin stated he thought a year ago that the renourishment of the beach was of prime importance and now a year later, he still thinks it is very important. Mr. Chapin added he is very proud of the fact that the recommendations of the Pla~nning & Zoning Board, the staff and planning consultants were approved and the Land Use Plan was adopted. Mr. Chapin expressed his optimism to having county pockets annexed. He also stated he feels that the building codes are being properly enforced; he is pleased that Council has unanimously recommended that the code of ordinances be recodified, and he is satisfied with the progress that has been made in Miller Park and Pompey Park. He also expressed his optimism to having the swimming pool at Atlantic High School..He noted that a year ago, 17% of the housing in this City was substandard and that something should be done in terms of the Community Betterment Program and the Housing Authority to alleviate the substandard housing conditions. He stated he was hopeful that Council could exercise fiscal constraint in the budget and he is - 2 - 4/3/78. 335 convinced that the procedures that resulted from the budget process last fall will be implemented this year. Mr. Chapin stated he appreciates the support shown not to smoke at Council meetings. There are many competent people serving on the various City boards and he wanted to, also, commend the Council for supporting a modified water filtration system. 3.d. Mrs. Durante stated it is an honor to have been elected by the citizens to serve on Council.Very special appreciations go to the many volunteers who worked very hard for this victory. Mrs. Durante added she has been enjoying the congratulations and after tonight, she knows the darts will start to fly. Mrs. Durante stated Mr. Ozie Youngblood is in the audience and she is sure he is very proud to see that something he started ten years aso is still going on. Mrs. Durante stated the award for best supporting performance would go to her family. Her sister who is in the audience is like a right hand to the family. She is grateful to her husband for his being so supportive and understanding. She thanked the citizens for their votes and encouraged the citizens to participate in City government in making their suggestions and also present solutions to problems. Council does not need anger and hostility, and should realize that you can't always have it your way but we will try to do our best. 3.e. Mr. Sanson stated the following items deserve a lot of Council attention: 1. To recognize the tremendous growth that is now taking place in the City. The City is leading Palm Beach County in the issuance of building permits. He feels that the City has a slight handle of control on the growth. His major concern is the lack of adequate solutions to the problems of where we are going to find the money to make capital expenditures to handle the many new people who will be moving into the community. He suggested that, perhaps some of the developers should share the cost of the burden. 2. The question of the expansion of the water plant has gone on for four years. The question is to obtain a cost effective system which would save taxpayers money. He has spent hundreds of hours and was happy to find the support of other Council members. If we stay steadfast, we will successfully win this battle and the taxpayers of this City will be saved in excess of $2 million. 3. He would like to see, from a financial aspect, as to how the City is going to purchase the golf course and how the City is going to complete Phase III Miller Park. These two projects are absolutely necessary for the future recreational well-being of the citizens, expecially the youth; the youth has. been short-changed and after many years, we are now providing the needs of youth. 4. His hope of having a new public works complex, citing it is very badly needed. 5. He is very hopeful that we will take a serious look at the , budget to see that there is no tax increase and that the budget be balanced in which no additional monetary strain will be put on the pocketbooks of the citizens of the City. Mr. Sanson remarked by saying it has been a pleasure serving with Mayor Scheifley and the City has been fortunate to have had his guidance. In 1972, when the City had its building boom and could have gone on many different paths, how it would be in terms of population growth, he was always there leading the way to try and insure that this town would not become similar to many that have been ruined in Dade and Broward counties. Mr. Sanson welcomed Mrs. Charlotte Durante to Council by saying he knows that she will recognize that the primary function of Council is to set the policy of the City. 3.f. Mr. Scheifley thanked the present Council members and the administration for their help and cooperation during the past six years. His first three years on the Council, when he was elected in 1969, were beneficial in that he had some associates who were good teachers. Mr. Youngblood was one of them and, at this time, he would like to pay special tribute to Jack Saunders; he was a hard act to follow and he learned a lot from him and the City should be indebted to him. - 3 - 4/3/78. Mr. Scheifley welcomed Mrs. Durante on Council and congratulated Mayor Weekes and stated under his leadership, the City will develop in a very orderly manner with a good quality of life. 3.~. Mayor Weekes introduced his family who were in attendance at the meeting. Mayor Weekes stated Jack Saunders was a great Mayor, a great gentleman and a great servant of this community. Mr. Scheifley is the only Council member who has been serving with him during his time on Council, which goes back to 1970. As Mr. Sanson said, we have seen this City grow from 19,900 to approaching 40,000 people and if there hadn't been for some good conservative thinkers on Council at that time, there is no telling where this City would be today. Mayor Weekes thanked Mr. Scheifley for his leadership and he is happy to have Mr. Scheifley as a fellow Council member. Mayor Weekes welcomed Mrs. Durante to Council saying she is no newcomer to City affairs having served on the Planning & Zoning Board and having been very active in many civic duties. Mayor Weekes stated he agrees with the priorities that Mr. Chapin and Mr. Sanson have set forth and pointed out the importance of completing the water treatment plant and the public works complex. 4. Mr. Sanson suggested that Council meetings be moved to Tuesday ~-~ghts, as he finds the only time ke has to relax is on the weekends and a lot of times he does not pick up the agenda packet until Monday and it is hard to give attention to the agenda. He noted that most other Councils in this area meet on Tuesdays. It was noted by Mayor Weekes that one of the reasons why Council has been meeting on Monday nights is because of the deadline of the Delray Beach News Journal. Mr. Scheifley stated it would suit him fine to have the meetings changed to Tuesday evenings. Mr. Chapin stated the weekend is the one time he can devote to Council business without having the pressures of his private business interfere and the public has generally accepted the idea of Monday night meetings. He stated he would be in favor of Monday night meetings. It was noted by the City Manager that the Planning & Zoning Board meets on Tuesday evenings. Mrs. Durante stated she is in favor of Monday night meetings as she has already planned her schedule around Monday night Council meetings. Mayor Weekes stated it does not make any difference to him. Mr. Chapin moved that Council schedule the Council meetings on the second and fourth Monday nights at 7:00 P.M., with tke exception of the month of December witk regular meetings to be held December 4 and December 11, 1978, seconded by Mrs. Durante. The motion passed unanimously. It was noted, by Mayor Weekes, tkat tke workshop meetings would continue to be the same, first and third Monday nights at 7:00 P.M. 5.a. The City Attorney advised that before board appointments begin, he would like Council to add an understood condition of each appointment that the appointments are subject to early termination prior to their normal expiration when and if City Council adopts an ordinance consolidatin the various boards and committees. This condition would apply to items 5.c. and 5.d. The City Manager called for the appointments of Committee and Board members with the first being the Beautification Committee. He stated that the name of Alfred Elliott is recommended as per Mr. Boerner's request. Therefore, twenty-one appointments are recommended by the Beautification Committee with one vacancy remaining. Mr. Scheifley moved that the following names be accepted for the Beautification Committee, seconded by Mr. Chapin. The motion passed unanimously. - 4 - 4/3/78. 337 Mrs. John Ross Adams Mrs. George Hodges Mr. George Armas Mr. William Kerr Mrs. John Banting Mrs. George Little Mr. Quentin Boerner Mr. Tom Lyman Mrs. John Bordeman Mrs. W.H. Matthews Mrs. James Bowen Mrs. Wayne Morgan Mrs. Vince Canning Mr. Ron Oprzadek Mrs. N.C. Chapman Mrs. Franklin Outcalt Mr. George Feeley Mr. C.V. Short Mr. John E. Gomery, Jr. Mr. Clayton Wideman Mr. Alfred Elliott 5.b. The City Manager recommended that Dr. Edward Doyle and Dr. Edward White be reappointed as City Physicians to serve a one year term. Mr.. Sanson moved for the reappointment of Dr. Edward Doyle and Dr. Edward White as the City's physicians to a term of one year, seconded by Mrs. Durante. The motion passed unanimously. 5.c. Mr. Chapin moved that the following names be accepted for the Electrical Examining Board for two year terms, subject to the early termination of those positions, if those positions should be eliminated pursuant to the proposed consolidation of all city housing and development boards, seconded by Mr. Sanson. The motion passed unanimously. Richard T. Hanna J. D. Acheson C. W. Trieste J. R. Clinger Charles Hill R. C. Keen Robert Slager 5.d. Mr. Chapin moved that the following names be accepted for the Plumbing Board for one year term, subject to the early termination of those positions if those positions should be eliminated pursuant to the proposed consolidation of all city housing and development boards, seconded by Mr. Sanson. The motion passed unanimously. Lem Brawner Dr. Edward Doyle Alvin A. Doherty Eugene Elliott John Knudson Malcolm Tubbs Quinton Bishop 6. The City Manager reported that the City has been requested by the County Commission to follow the lead set by the County Commission to adopt Resolution No.32-78 which had to do with air quality. There are four municipalities in Palm Beach County who are members of the Metropolitan Planning Organization. There were 26 federal tests that were conducted at the three testing stations in Palm Beach County and it was discovered that tn one location on one particular test, that the air quality was not of an acceptable level''because of one element ozone being more than the allowable Limit. Because of this, the federal government requested that proper action 9e taken in the county to correct that condition. As a result, the governor of the State of Florida requested the MPO to correct that condition. The City Manager recommended that this resolution be adopted. The City Manager presented Resolution No. 32-78: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING DESIGNATION OF THE WEST PALM BEACH URBANIZED AREA MPO AS THE DESIGNATED AGENCY TO PERFORM NON-ATTAINMENT AIR QUALITY PLANNING FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY AND INDICATING DELRAY BEACH'S INTENT TO ~PPROVE APPROPRIATE CHANGES TO THE MPO ORGANIZATIONAL AGREEMENT. (Copy of Resolution No. 32-78 is on .file in the official Resolution Book.) - 5 - 4/3/78. Mrs. Durante moved for the passage of Resolution No. 32-78, seconded by Mr. Chapin. Upon roll call, Council voted as follows: Mr. Chapin - Yes; Mrs. Durante - Yes; Mr. Sanson - Yes; Mr. Scheifley - Yes; Mayor Weekes - Yes. The motion passed with a 5 to 0 vote. Before roll call, Mr. Sanson noted, as the City's representative of the Metropolitan Planning Organization, he will vote hesitantly for passage. The MPO never needed to be set up as a separate organization and what we do by approving this resolution is to build a base upon which this can grow into another bureaucratic agency. Mr. Sanson asked that he be contacted if anyone had any questions or comments. Mr. Sanson stated it has been brought to his attention that through the City's involvement on this committee that there might be some answers in what the City can do to insure that A1A would never be four-laned. Mr. Sanson added he is going to do a lot of investigation and research into this and will return to Council. 7. Mr. Chapin advised Council that Mr. Randolph asked him to table the item of the Delray Beach Sickle Cell Fund - Request re Screening and Educational Contract. · he City Manager stated he does not see the necessity for tabling the item, if Council is agreeable. Mr. Chapin moved that Council approve the request to support the screening and educational contract for the Delray Beach Sickle Cell Fund, seconded by Mrs. Durante. The motion passed unanimously. Mr. Sanson noted the initial, cost is $135,000 and that in the future that would only be $100,000 and the balance would come from local agencies. With the same situation with the Drug Abuse Foundation, etc., he hoped that the Sickle Cell people will understand that the City of Delray Beach will not automatically be receptive to picking up the other 25%. Mr. S~heifley moved, at 8:15 P.M., for the adjournment of the meeting, seconded by Mr. Chapin, said motion passing unanimously. CLERK APPROVED: MAYOR The undersigned is the City Clerk of the City of Delray Beach and that the information provided herein is the minutes of the meeting of said City Council of April 3, 1978 which minutes were formally approved and adopted by the City Council on ~ ~ /~?Wm . NOTE TO READER: If the minutes that you have received are not completed as indicated above, then this means that these are not the official minutes of the City Council. They will become the official minutes only after they have been reviewed and approved which may involve some amendments, additions, or deletions to the minutes as set forth above. - 6 - 4/3/78.