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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08191996 RIVERAW CALL TO ORDER: City of Sebastian 1225 MAIN STREET o SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA 32958 TELEPHONE (407) 589-5330 7 FAX (407) 589-5570 RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING MONDAY AUGUST 19, 1996 /1� VICE CHAIRMAN SMITH CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:07 P.M. ROLL CALL: PRESENT: MR. SMITH MR. WILD MR MOORE MR CHAPIN MR. BENNETT MS. CORUM MR. THOMPSON (ALTERNATE) ALSO PRESENT: ROBERT MASSSARELLI, CITY PLANNER DAWN CORAPI, SECRETARY ABSENT: MR COLLINS (CHAIRMAN) - EXCUSED MR. KRULIKOWSKI (ALTERNATE) - EXCUSED ANNOUNCEMENTS: NONE. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: MEETING OF JULY 1, 1996. MS. CORUM MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF JULY 1, 1996. RIVERFRONT COhQvQTTEE REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 19, 1996 MR CHAPIN SECONDED THE MOTION. A VOICE VOTE WAS TAKEN. THE MOTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. MEETING OF JULY 29, 1996. MR. SMITH ASKED THAT THE MINUTES REFLECT THAT HE AND MR. BENNETT WERE EXCUSED FROM THAT MEETING. MR. WILD MADE A MOTION THAT THEY APPROVE THE MINUTES OF JULY 29, 1996. MR CHAPIN SECONDED THE MOTION. A VOICE VOTE WAS TAKEN. THE MOTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. GUEST SPEAKER: ROSALEE HUME RE: PAUL KREOGAL THE IST GAME WARDEN IN THE UNITED STATES. MR. SMITH INTRODUCED ROSALEE. HUME. MR. HUME BEGAN HER PRESENTATION BY SPEAKING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF MR KREOGAL. SOME OF THE KEY POINTS OF HER PRESENTATION WERE AS FOLLOWS. • PAUL KREOGAL WAS ABOUT NINE YEARS OLD WHEN HE CAME TO SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA. • PAUL HIS BROTHER AND THEIR FATHER LIVED ON BARKERS BLUFF • PAUL WAS INCENSED BY THE TREATMENT OF THE PELICANS AND THE EGRETS IN THAT TIME AND WROTE TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND THE AUDIBON SOCIETIES ABOUT IT. • THROUGH HIS EFFORT TO SAVE THE BIRDS THEODORE ROOSEVELT APPOINTED HIM THE FIRST GAME WARDEN OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1903. MRS. HUME RECALLED HER MEMORY OF HIM AND HER FONDNESS FOR HIM. SHE DISPLAYED THE 2 MINIATURE BRONZE STATUES SHE MADE OF HIM. 2 SHE SAID THAT SHE HAS HAD THE IDEA FOR A LONG TIME TO SCULPT A LIFE SIZE REPLICA OF MR KREOGAL TO DISPLAY IN THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN. SHE EXPLAINED THAT SHE WOULD SCULPT THE CLAY FIGURE AND THE FOUNDRY MAN SAID FOR ABOUT $20,000 HE WOULD MAKE THE WAX AND FROM THE WAX MAKE THE BRONZE. HE WOULD ALSO BRING IT OVER AND SET IT IN PLACE. SHE SAID THE ONLY THING HE WOULD REQUIRE OF THE CITY OF THE SEBASTIAN WOULD BE THAT THEY BUILD A REINFORCED CEMENT BASE FOR HIM TO PUT IT ON. MR. SMITH ASKED WHERE SHE WOULD PROPOSE THEY DISPLAY SUCH A STATUE. rql V. vY J /moi ka RIVERFRONT COIvM=E REGULAR MEETNG OF AUGUST 19, 1996 3 /00►` SHE SAID IN THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF RIVERVIEW PARK FACING TO THE SOUTH EAST WHICH WOULD BE IN LINE WITH PELICAN ISLAND MR SMITH ASKED IF SHE PROPOSED THE FUNDING BE DONE WITH PUBLIC MONEY. SHE SAID YES IF IT COULD BE SECURED. MR. MASSARELLI SUGGESTED THAT THE CITY STAFF WORK WITH MRS. HUME TO DEVELOP IDEAS AND FIND OUT WHAT FUNDING POSSIBILITIES THERE WERE. HE SAID BECAUSE OF THE INTERNATIONAL INTEREST, THE SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE ENTIRE NATIONAL WILDLIFE SYSTEM AND THE AUDIBON SOCIETY'S INTEREST IN MR. KREOGAL IT MAY BE RATHER EASY FOR A NON PROFIT CORPORATION TO RAISE THE FUNDS FOR IT. THE COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ASKED QUESTIONS AND MADE COMMENTS RE MS. HUME'S PROPOSAL. SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS MADE FOR FUNDING POSSIBILITIES WERE AS FOLLOWS: • SUPPORT FROM THE KREOGAL FAMILY. • SELLING THE NIINIATURE STATUES TO RAISE MONEY. • SUPPORT FROM FISH AND WILDLIFE. AT THIS TIME MR. SMITH THANKED ROSALEE HUME FOR COMING TO THEIR MEETING. NEW BUSINESS: LAND USES IN THE RIVERFRONT: A. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. MR. MASSARELLI MADE A PRESENTATION ON THE PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT PRESERVING THE RIVERFRONT CHARACTER.. THE COMMITTEE AGREED TO DISCUSS EACH PARAGRAPH OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT ONE BY ONE. THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED OBJECTIVE X-X.X: PRESERVING THE RIVERFRONT CHARACTER THE FOLLOWING KEY COMMENTS WERE MADE: THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY AGREED THAT THE WORD HANDICAPPED BE INCLUDED IN THE SENTENCE DESCRIBING THE NEEDS OF ALL THE CITIZENS OF SEBASTIAN MS. CORUM ASKED THAT GENDER NEUTRAL LANGUAGE BE USED THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT. MR. MASSARELLI SAID THAT ANYTHING THAT COULD BE CONSTRUED AS GENDER SPECIFIC WAS VERY INFREQUENT AND WOULDN'T TAKE MUCH TO EDIT TO MAKE IT GENDER NEUTRAL MR. BENNETT MADE A SUGGESTION TO INCLUDE INFORMATION ON THE HISTORY OF SEBASTIAN. f'•"N { RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 19, 1996 4 THERE WAS A LENGTHY DISCUSSION AMONG THE COMMITTEE AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON THE SENTENCE "...CONSIDER THE NEEDS OF ALL THE CITIZENS OF SEBASTIAN - �••1 YOUTH, SENIORS, RESIDENTS, BUSINESSMEN, SPORTSMEN, ETC.;";... THEY QUESTIONED WHETHER THEY SHOULD JUST LEAVE THE WORDS "ALL THE CITIZENS OF SEBASTIAN' OR SHOULD THEY IDENTIFY EACH GROUP OF CITIZENS. MS. CORUM SUGGESTED THAT THEY ADD A SENTENCE THAT STATED THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE NEEDS OF THE LAGOONS FRAGILE ENVIRONMENT. IN ORDER TO MOVE ALONG MR SMITH SUGGESTED THAT WHEN AN ISSUE CAME UP MR. MASSARELLI COULD TAKE NOTE, DEVELOP SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD LOOK AT NEXT TIME AS A COMMITTEE AND THEN THEY COULD VOTE ON IT. THAT WAY THEY WOULDN'T GET HUNG UP ON EVERY ISSUE. THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED POLICY X-X.X.X: RIVERFRONT MIXED USE DESIGNATION (RMU). THE FOLLOWING KEY COMMENTS WERE MADE: ERNESTINE PARK, INDIAN RIVER DRIVE PROPERTY OWNER, EXPRESSED HER CONCERN OF THE LAND USE PLAN HAVING AN AFFECT ON THE COR ZONING DISTRICT. MR. MASSARELLI EXPLAINED THAT BEING IN RMU WOULD ALLOW 'OTHER USES IN THAT AREA BUT, THAT'S WHERE THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS CAME IN TO THE IMPACT ON THE EXISTING USES IN THE AREA. THERE WAS A BRIEF DISCUSSION AMONG THE COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE USE PARKING LOTS WITHOUT A BUILDING ON THE LOT. MR. WILD ASKED IF IT WAS POSSIBLE TO MAKE PARKING REQUIREMENTS LESS STRINGENT FOR RESTORED HISTORICAL BUILDINGS. MR. MASSARELLI EXPLAINED THAT PARKING WAS A MAJOR ISSUE. HE SAID STAFF WAS TRYING TO DEVELOP IDEAS TO PUT IN SOME FLEXIBILITY INTO THE PARKING. THE COMMITTEE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED THE USE VEHICULAR SALES. WHETHER IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED OR NOT. THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS REMEMBERED REMOVING IT AS A USE IN ONE OF THE PREVIOUS EXERCISES. THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED POLICY X-X.X.X: WATERFRONT THEME. THE FOLLOWING KEY COMMENTS WERE MADE: MR. MASSARELLI EXPLAINED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE JANUARY, 1998 DATE IN THE DOCUMENT. HE SAID THAT THE COMP. PLAN WOULD BE ADOPTED IN DECEMBER, 1997 AND AS SOON AS THAT WAS ADOPTED THEY WOULD BE PREPARED TO GO FORWARD WITH THE AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO COMPLIMENT THE RIVERFRONT THEME. HE SAID THAT CURRENTLY ANY PROJECTS THAT HAVE COME IN THEY STRONGLY URGE THEM ON THE "OLD FLORIDA FISHING VILLAGE THEME". THE COMN[ITTEE DISCUSSED POLICY X-X.Y.X: PRESERVING RIVERFRONT ACCESS. THE FOLLOWING KEY COMMENTS WERE MADE: RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 19. 1996 $ THERE WAS A DISCUSSION AMONG THE COMMITTEE AND A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REGARDING PROPERTY RIGHTS. MR. MASSARELLI EXPLAINED THAT IF THE PUBLIC NEED WAS CAUSING HARM TO A PROPERTY OWNER IN THE AREA THEY WOULD HAVE TO BUY IT. HE SAID THEY NEEDED TO IDENTIFY THE FUNDING SOURCES AND PROGRAMS THAT THEY COULD USE TO ELIMINATE THAT CONFLICT AND HARM TO A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER. THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED POLICY X-X.X.X: PRESERVATION OF EXISTING ASSETS. THE FOLLOWING KEY COMMENTS WERE MADE: SAL NAGLIA, SEBASTIAN RESIDENT, INQUIRED TO WHERE THE FUNDING WOULD COME FROM. FOR THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORICAL STRUCTURES. AT THIS TIME COMMITTEE FINISHED DISCUSSING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT AND MR MASSARELLI ASKED THEM CONCEPTUALLY WAS IT THE DIRECTION THEY WANTED TO HEAD IN AND DEVELOP A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOW THEY SHOULD DEAL WITH LAND USES IN THE RIVERFRONT AREA. MR. SMITH SAID THAT CONCEPTUALLY MR. MASSARELLI WAS TAKING THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH THE LANGUAGE. HE SAID THERE WERE A FEW ISSUES THEY IDENTIFIED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE HIM TO INCORPORATE IN THE LANGUAGE AND AT THE NEXT MEETING THEY COULD GIVE HIM A FINAL APPROVAL. MR. MASSARELLI SUGGESTED THAT THE REMAINING TWO ITEMS LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS BE PUT OFF UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING WHEN e4"'� HE COULD COME BACK WITH BETTER LANGUAGE AND MORE DETAILS. THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO DEFER THOSE ITEMS. MR. MASSARELLI, UPON REQUEST, UPDATED THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROGRESS MADE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG THE RIVERFRONT THAT HAD ISSUES WITH THE SIDEWALK PROJECT. MR. MASSARELLI COMPLIMENTED THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON THEIR COOPERATION ON TRYING TO COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT WOULD WORK. THE COMMITTEE THANKED MR. MASSARELLI FOR MEETING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND SHOWING HIS COOPERATIVE SPIRIT. PUBLIC COMMENT: SAL NAGLIA EXPRESSED HIS CONCERN THAT NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE HAS NEVER BEEN DISCUSSED AND IT WAS PART OF THE RIVERFRONT DISTRICT. MR. SMITH READ A LETTER THAT HE RECEIVED FROM SEBASTIAN RESIDENT VIRGENE SCHERRER THAT STATED HER SUGGESTIONS FOR THE RIVERFRONT. VICE CHAIRMAN MATTERS: MR. SMITH SUMMARIZED HIS FEELINGS OF WHAT THEIR COMMITTEE WAS ALL ABOUT AND WHERE THEY WERE HEADED. w RIVERFRONT COhG%G TEE REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 19, 1996 6 ` o-0 MR. SMITH ASKED MR. MASSARELLI WHAT HIS RECOMMENDATIONS WERE FOR THE NEXT MEETINGS. /,491b1 MR. MASSARELLI SAID THE NEXT TWO SCHEDULED MEETINGS WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 9' AND SEPTEMBER 23RD HE PROPOSED THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEMS: AT THE SEPT. 9TH MEETING HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SESSION OF IDENTIFYING WHAT FEATURES DESCRIBE THE OLD FLORIDA FISHING VILLAGE TO FEED THAT BACK TO THE A.I.A. AT THE SEPT. 23RD MEETING HE WOULD LIKE TO GET BACK INTO THE ZONING AND THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. IN OCTOBER HE WOULD LIKE TO GET INTO THE DISCUSSION ABOUT "ACCESS" - HOW DO THEY DETERMINE WHERE THEY WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT ACCESS TO THE RIVER. MEMBERS MATTERS: MS. CORUM SUGGESTED THAT THEY COULD SUPPORT THE GRANT THAT MR. MASSARELLI MENTIONED FOR A HISTORICAL ELEMENT IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. MS. CORUM MADE A MOTION TO PUT THE ISSUE OF APPLYING FOR A HISTORICAL GRANT FOR AN ELEMENT FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON THE AGENDA NOW. MR BENNETT SECONDED THE MOTION. A VOICE VOTE WAS TAKEN. eool1 THE MOTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. AFTER A LENGTHY DISCUSSION MS. CORUM MADE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THEY APPLY FOR A GRANT FOR A HISTORICAL ELEMENT IN THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN. MR. BENNETT SECONDED THE MOTION. A VOICE VOTE WAS TAKEN. THE MOTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. SAL NAGLIA EXPRESS HIS EXTREME OPPOSITION TO THE COMMITTEE VOTING ON THAT ITEM WITHOUT STUDYING IT. STAFF MATTERS: NONE ADJOURNMENT: VICE CHAIRMAN ADJOURNED THE MEETING AT 9:45. f� (40,11) f°"h City of Sebastian 1225 MAIN STREET o SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA 32958 TELEPHONE (561) 589-5330 o FAX (561) 589-5570 SEBASTIAN RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE MINUTES OF MEETING HELD APPROVED AT MEETING HELD m H. COLLINS, CHAIRMAN " :e2z- &a . M. CO I, SECRETAL�Y — RCMAS.WP (As r4q"Sc� E9 - City of Sebastian 1225 MAIN STREET o SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA 32958 TELEPHONE (407) 589-5330 o FAX (407) 589-5570 AGENDA RWERFRONT COMMITTEE MONDAY AUGUST 19, 1996 7:00 P.M. 1. CALL TO ORDER. 2. ROLL CALL. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: MEETING OF JULY 11 1996 J MEETING OF JULY 29, 1996 4. ANNOUNCEMENTS. S. GUEST SPEAKER: ROSALEE HUME RE: PAUL KROECHLE THE 1ST GAME WARDEN IN THE UNITED STATES. 6. NEW BUSINESS: LAND USES IN THE RIVERFRONT A. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT B. LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT C. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS 7. PUBLIC COMMENT. 8. CHAIRMAN MATTERS. 9. MEMBERS MATTERS. 10. STAFF MATTERS. /Oft\ 11. ADJOURNMENT. IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA), Kf"b) ANYONE WHO NEEDS SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THIS MEETING SHOULD CONTACT THE CITY'S ADA COORDINATOR AT (407)-589-5330 AT LEAST 48 HOURS PRIOR TO THIS MEETING. r'j e0oll" City of Sebastian 1225 MAIN STREET o SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA 32958 TELEPHONE (407) 589-5330 o FAX (407) 589-5570 PUBLIC MEETING CITY OF SEBASTIAN 1225 MAIN STREET INDIAN RIVER COUNTY THE RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, WILL HOLD THEIR REGULAR MEETING ON MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1996 AT 7:00 P.M. IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. D WN M. CORAPI, S CRETARY RIVERFRONT COMMITTEE NOTE: IF ANY PERSON DECIDES TO APPEAL ANY DECISION MADE ON THE ABOVE MATTERS, HE/SHE WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS, AND FOR SUCH PURPOSES, HE/SHE MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES THE TESTIMONY IN EVIDENCE ON WHICH THE APPEAL IS BASED. NOTE: IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA), ANYONE WHO NEEDS A SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION FOR THIS MEETING SHOULD CONTACT THE CITY'S ADA COORDINATOR AT 589-5330 AT LEAST 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. /� RCPUBMTI.WP