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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02141977MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY MAYOR F. EUGENE CRAGG AT 7 P.M. PRESENT: VICE MAYOR LEWIS GRAY, COUNCILMEN JOHN JOACHIM, CLIFFORD HOOSE AND RICHARD SZELUGA, MAYOR CRAGG AND MR. L. B. VOCELLE. MR. M. FLUCK, COMMANDER OF VFW POST # 10210, PRESENTED MAYOR CRAGG WITH A FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON JANUARY 12, 1977 WHEN THE NATIONAL COMMANDER OF VFW VISITED SEBASTIAN POST # 10210. MR. FLUCK THANKED MAYOR CRAGG FOR REPRESENTING THE CITY ON THIS MEMORABLE OCCASION. MINUTES OF MEETING OF JANUARY 10 AND JANUARY 26 WERE APPROVED AS SUBMITTED. CORRECTION HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY MADE ON MINUTES OF JANUARY 10 CHANGING NAME OF "HOOSE" TO "JOACHIM" AS MEMBER OF THE CHARTER REVISION COMMITTEE. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN SZELUGA, TO PAY JANUARY BILLS AMOUNTING TO $14,336.57. CARRIED. MR. HOLDER, MARTIN LANE, WHOSE PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO THE INSTA. MART, ASKED THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER HIS REQUEST THAT THE L. E. MYERS COMPANY NOT BE PERMITTED TO USE THE AREA BEHIND THE INSTA MART AS A STORAGE AREA FOR INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT. IT NOT ONLY DETRACTS FROM THE APPEARANCE OF THE AREA AND HIS PROPERTY, BUT, MR. HOLDER COMMENTED, IT WAS IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF THE CITY ZONING ORDINANCE TO PARK INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT IN A C-1 RETAIL AREA. THE SITUATION, IF PERMITTED TO EXIST, COULD CREATE QUITE A HARRASSMENT TO MR. HOLDER AND HIS FAMILY, AS IT DID PREVIOUSLY WHEN THE SAME AREA WAS USED TO STORE EQUIPMENT BY ANOTHER COMPANY WHILE DOING WORK FOR THE FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY. HE URGED THE COUNCIL NOT TO ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN. COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, AND MR. CANT~BURY 03 FP&LI~EVIEWED THE ENGINEERING PLANS FOR THE SCHVMAN DRIVE LIGHT PRO ECT EX. ECTEDI. ]O_ K WILL BE COM 'r. ETED WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. TO DATE, ALL REQUESters8' Ffh% INm~TALLA~ON OF STREET LIGHTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED. REQUESTS FOR SPECIFICATIONS FOR A T/~R~ER WILL BE SENT OUT. THE STORAGE SHED AT THE CEMETERY WiL5 B~ R~OCATED AND A NEW CEMENT BLOCK BUILDING ERECTED AND PLACED FURTHER NORTH OF ~NE PR~ENT LOCATION OF THE STORAGE SHED. HOWEVER, COUNCILMAN HOOSE STATED, THE NEW RQA~ WI~LIHAVE TO BE LAID OUT BY THE CITY ENGINEER BEFORE THIS WORK CAN BE ACCOMPLISH . _J COUNCILMAN SZELUGE HAS SCHEDULED A MEETING OF THE STREET DEPARTMENT COMMITTEE FOR THE PAST CHIEF CUMMINS REPORTED 231 COMPLAINTS ANSWERED DURING JANUARY, NOT INCLUDING TRAFFIC STOPS. MAYOR CRAGG ANNOUNCED THE DREDGING AND DOCK WORK IS PROGRESSING AND THE DOCK WILL SOON BE READY FOR USE. WHEN THE DREDGING IS COMPLETED, WORK WILL BEGIN ON THE RAMP AND RIPRAP, WHICH WILL COMPLETE THE JOB. THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL LIGHT AT THE CORNER OF US HWY 1 AND MAIN STREET WILL BE IN OPERATION SHORTLY. THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL, WHICH COVERS INDIAN RIVER, MARTIN, ST. LUCIE AND WEST PALM BEACH COUNTIES, WAS APPROVED AS OF FEBRUARY 1, 1977 AND IS IN FULL OPERATION. MEETINGS ARE HELD MONTHLY AT THE COUNTY BUILDING IN STUART. MAYOR CRAGG iS A MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL. REGARDING THE PROPOSED PURCHASE OF THE BURR PROPERTY, LOTS 1 THRU 25, BLOCK 7, EDGE[~ATER ~AFflC . S/D, WHICH HAS BEEN APPRAISED AT $162,000 AND OFFERED TO THE CITY FOR PUBLIC USE AT THE ASSESSED VALUATION OF $77,310, MR. VOCELLE STATED HE WOULD NEED AUTHOITY OF THE COUNCIL TO ENTER INTO AN OPTION TO PURCHASE ON A ONE YEAR LEASE AT $5,000. THIS AMOUNT TO BE APPLIED TOWARD THE PURCHASE PRICE. MR. VOCELLE EXPLAINED THE REASON FOR THE ONE YEAR LEASE IS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A POSSIBLE STATE OR FEDERAL GRANT THAT MAY INURE TO THE CITY TOWARD THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY. MOTION BY VICE MAYOR GRAY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN SZELUGA, THAT MR. VOCELLE COMPLETE ARRANGEMENTS WITH MR. BURR TO ENTER INTO A ONE YEAR OPTION TO BUY AT THE RATE OF $5,000. CARRIED. MR. VOCELLE REPORTED ON HIS INQUIRY CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY OF THE WATERFRONT PRO- PERTY ON INDIAN RIVER DRIVE, LOTS 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, BLOCK 13, ACROSS FROM THE BURR PROPERTY. HE CONTACTED MR. POISELL, TRUST DEPARTMENT OF FLORIDA FIRST NATIONAL BANK. MR. POISELL REFERRED HIM TO ATTORNEY STEVE HENDERSON OF VERO WHO APPARENTLY REPRESENTS THE MAJORITY OF STOCKHOLDERS. MR. HENDERSON ASKED THE CITY TO MAKE AN OFFER. BEFORE NEGOTIATING, HOWEVER, MR.VOCELLE RECOMMENDED THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE CITY CLERK TO CONTACT MR. FLOYD WILKES TO SECURE AN APPRAISAL. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HOOSE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, THAT THE CITY CLERK BE POWERED TO CONTACT MR. WILKES FOR AN APPRAISAL OF THE WATERFRONT PROPERTY ACROSS FROM THE BURR PROPERTY. CARRIED. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION CONCERNING A MAP FOR THE CITY, MR. VOCELLE COULD SEE NO OBJECTION TO THE POLICE CHIEF HAVING AN UNOFFICIAL MAP FOR THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH HE NEEDS"IT, BUT FELT THAT BASICALLY THE CITY NEEDS A CURRENT MAP THAT IS ACCURATE TO SHOW FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE ANNEXATIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE SINCE THE ORIGINA MAP WAS APPROVED TEN TO FIFTEEN YEARS AGO. VICE MAYOR GRAY FELT THE CITY SHOULD ARRANGE FOR AN UP TO DATE MAP IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND THAT MONEY SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET FOR iT, EITHER THIS YEAR OR NEXT. COUNCILMAN SZELUGA SUGGESTED THE CITY ENGINEER BE ASK TO QUOTE A PRICE TO UPDATE THE EXISTING MAP AND THIS AMOUNT TO BE REPORTED AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. ¢ MAYOR CRAGG WILL CHECK TO DETERMINE WHETHER PROPERTY REFERRED TO AS TRACT D, SEBASTIAN HIGHLANDS, UNiT 13, IS ACTUALLY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. THE CITY CLERK READ FOR THE FIRST TIME ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE #202 AS AMENDED, CONCERNING REZONING OF W. E. CUNDIFF PROPERTY FROM R-1 TO R-2 AND ALLEN E. MUMM PROPERTY FROM R-2 TO M-1. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HOOSE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING BE HELD ON MARCH 9TH AT 7:00 P.M. AND THAT THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE BE PASSED. ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES - VICE MAYOR GRAY, COUNCILMEN JOACHIM, HOOSE AND SZELUGA, AND MAYOR CRAGG. NAYS - NONE CARRIED. THE CITY CLERK WAS ASKED TO NOTIFY OWNERS OF LOTS IN BLOCK 4 OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. AN UNSATISFACTORY CONDITION PRESENTLY EXISTS REGARDING ELEVATION IN CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOUSES BECAUSE OF FILL REQUIRED BY THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. IN SOME INSTANCES FILL UP TO 36" HAS BEEN REQUIRED,WHICH IS HIGHER THAN THE CITY FEELS IT SHOULD BE, AS IT RESU IN UNEVEN BUILDING LEVELS. MOST OF THIS IS DUE TO LOCATION OF THE HARDPAN. THE MATTER COULD BE ALLEVIATED IN SOME INSTANCES BY REMOVAL OF THE HARDPAN, BUT THIS IS NOT PERMITT BY THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. IT WAS AGREED AT THE WORKSHOP MEETING THAT MAYOR CRAGG CONTACT DR. FLOOD, DIRECTOR OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, REQUESTING HE MEET WiTH THE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS THE MATTER, AND IF iT IS NOT RESOLVED LOCALLY, THAT MAYOR CRAGG TAKE THE MATTER UP WITH THE BOARD OF HEALTH AT JACKSONVILLE WHEN HE ATTENDS THE LEAGUE OF CITIES MEETING IN EARLY MARCH. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HOOSE, THAT MAYOR CRAGG CONTACT DR. FLOOD REQUESTING HE MEET WITH THE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS THE REMOVAL OF HARDPAN. IF THE MATTER IS NOT RESOLVED AT SUCH A MEETING, MAYOR CRAGG BE GRANTED PERMISSION TO REPRESENT THE OITY IN REQUESTING AN APPOINTMENT TO MEET WITH THE OFFICIALS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH IN JACKSONVILLE TO DISCUSS THE REMOVAL OF HARDPAN. CARRIED. VICE MAYOR GRAY'S REQUEST TO PLACE A COKE MACHINE AND JUKE BOX ON A PROFIT-SHARING BASIS WITH VENDORS WAS FAVORABLY RECEIVED. MR. RALPH HAIMOWITZ, INDIAN RIVER CABLEVISION, WHO ORIGINALLY INSTALLED THE SYSTEM IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER HAS AGREED TO INSTALL TWO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS COMPLETE THE JOB. AND MAYOR CRAGG DISCUSSED THE USE OF $6,6~0.00 IN ANTIRECESSION FUNDS RECEIVED BY THE CITY. HE SUGGESTED THIS MONEY BE USED: (1) TO HIRE TWO MEN FOR THE STREET DEPARTMENT ON A TEMPORARY BASIS TO COMPLETE THE WORK ON THE BUILDING PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FOR USE OF THE STREET DEPARTMENT TO HOUSE ITS EQUIPMENT AND, (2) TO HIRE A SECRETARY FOR THE BUILDING INSPECTOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AGREED WITH THE MAYOR'S SUGGESTION COMMENTING THAT THE MEN COULD ALSO HELP IN OTHER AREAS OF NEEDED WORK SUCH AS BUILDING A PROTECTION FOR THE WATER PUMP AT THE TENNIS COURT, A NEW BUILDING AT THE CEMETERY, ETC. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SZELUGA, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HOOSE, THAT U~DER THE ANTIRECESSiON FUNDS PROGRAM TWO MEN BE HIRED ON A TEMPORARY BASIS TO WORK FOR THE STREET DEPARTMENT TO COMPLETE SOME OF THE PROJECTS WHICH ARE NOW READY TO GO, AND THAT A SECRETARY BE HIRE FOR THE BUILDING INSPECTOR. CARRIED. AS PERSONNEL DIRECTOR, MAYOR CRAGG RECOMMENDED AN INCREASE IN THE BUILDING INSPECTOR'S SALARY AND THAT HIS HOURS BE INCREASED TO 30 HOURS A WEEK. MOTION BY VICE MAYOR GRAY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN SZELUGA, THAT THE BUILDING INSPECTOR'S HOURS BE INCREASED TO 30 HOURS A WEEK, THAT HE BE PLACED UNDER THE GROUP INSURANCE PROGRAM, AND HIS SALARY BE INCREASED FROM $4,200.00 to $6,200.00, RETROACTIVE TO FEBRUARY 1, 1977. CARRIED. MAYOR CRAGG READ A PROPOSED RESOLUTION VACATING EASEMENTS BETWEEN LOTS 15 & 16, UNIT #1, SEBASTIAN HIGHLANDS. MEETING - FEBRUARY 14, 1977 (CONT'D) HAVING COMPLETED THE NECESSARY FORMAT FOR VACATING EASEMENTS, MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN SZELUGA, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NO. R-77-3 VACATING EASEMENTS BETWEEN LOTS 15 & 16, BLOCK 40, UNIT 1, SEBASTIAN HIGHLANDS. CARRIED. VICE MAYOR GRAY REPORTED ON THE STATUS OF THE NORTH COUNTY RECREATION COMMITTEE COM- MENTING THAT SEBASTIAN WiLL RECEIVE $5,100 OF THE $12,000 THE COUNTY HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE NORTH COUNTY THIS YEAR. $3,691. WiLL GO TO ROSELAND, $3,042.58 TO FELLSMERE, AND $166.42 FOR MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES. THE $5,100 FOR SEBASTIAN WILL COVER: $2,500 FOR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, $600 FOR MATS FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER (WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED) AND $500 TO RECAP OR REDO THE SHUFFLEBOARDS, AND $1,500 FOR BLEACHERS. THE NORTH COUNTY RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETS IN CITY HALL AT 8 P.M. THE FIRST THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH AND THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME. MAYOR CRAGG READ AN ANNOUNCEMENT HE HAD RECEIVED CONCERNING FUND USER-ORIENTED TYPES OF OUTDOOR RECREATION FACILITIES UNDER THE FLORIDA RECREARION DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOUCES. TWO FUNDING PERIODS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THE PROGRAM. SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED DURING FEBRUARY 15 TO APRIL 15 FOR SELECTION IN MAY, OR PERIOD AUGUST 15 TO OCTOBER 15 FOR SELECTION IN NOVEMBER. NO PROJECT APPLICATION WILL BE ACCEPTED OTHER THAN DURING THESE TWO PERIODS AND NO APPLICATION WILL BE RETAINED ON FILE BY THE DEPARTMENT BEYOND THE SELECTION MONTH FOR WHICH IT WAS SUBMITTED. ELIGIBLE TYPES OF FACILITIES ARE LIMITED TO BASEBALL/ SOFTBALL TEAMS, TENNIS COURTS, EQUIPTED PLAY AREAS, ~IMMING POOLS, AND URBAN BIKEWAYS_~_ MAYOR__CRAGG SUGGESTED THE CITY APPLY FOR FUNDS FOR MOTION BY VICE MAYOR GRAY, SECONDED~Y COUNCILMANI ~OACHIM, TO ACCEPT WITH REGRET MR. KROLL'S RESIGNATION FROM THE ZONING & PL~_~GCOMMI_~SSIONu CARRIED. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN SZELUGA, TO ACCEPT WITH THANKS MR. WM. MEDCALF AS A MEMBER OF THE ZOO& ~NING COMMISSION. CARRIED. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HOOSE, SECONDED BY COUN~LMAN JOACHIM, TO ACCEPT WITH THANKS MRS. MARY BOSTiAN AS A MEMBER OF THE ZONING & PLAN~-~NG COMMISSION. CARRIED. ! MOTION mY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDE~C~CILMAN SZELUGA, TO ACCEPT WITH THANKS MR. GREGORY R. GOLIEN AS A MEMBER OF THE ZONING & PLANNING COMMISSION. CARRIED. ~LITI~ BE~IN~--THT~-U~'~O~- 76' STATION LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF U.S. 1. THEY PROPOSE TO INSTALL A TELEPHONE AND USE THE TRAILER AS A FIELD OFFICE AND TOOL STROAGE WHILE CONSTRUCTING A TRANSMISSION LINE FOR FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT. THESE FACILITIES WILL BE REQUIRED FOR APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS. THEY WILL MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY AND THE TRAILER WILL BE REMOVED AT THE COMPLETION OF THE JOB. IF THE REQUEST IS APPROVED, THE TRAILER WILL BE MOVED INTO ITS LOCATION FEBRUARY 15, 1977. LETTER WAS SIGNED BY JOHN F. COLEMAN, DISTRICT MANAGER. SOME DISCUSSION, A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN HOOSE, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR GRAY TO DENY THE L. E. MYERS COMPANY REQUEST TO PARK ANY EQUIPMENT OR OFFICE TRAILER BEHIND THE UNION "76" STATION. CARRIED. iN RESPONSE TO MR. HARVEY L. DELLENBACK'S LETTER INFORMING THE CITY OF HIS INTENT TO EXPAND PRESENT DOCKING FACILITIES, MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR GRAY, THAT A LETTER BE FORWARDED TO MR. DELLENBACK STATING THE CITY HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE EXPANSION OF HIS DOCKING FACILITIES. CARRIED. IN RESPONSE TO LINDA ARAND'S REQUEST TO SERVE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AT HER WEDDING RECEPTION IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON MARCH 19, 1977, MOTION WAS MADE BY VICE MAYOR GRAY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HOOSE, THAT MISS ARAND'S REQUEST BE APPROVED. CARRIED. CHIEF CUMMINS ANNOUNCED HIS SECRETARY, VIOLA LIMBEEK, WON THE "SWEETHEART" AWARD AT THE MISS SEBASTIAN VALENTINE BALL HELD IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON JANUARY 20, 1977. ARAND WAS RUNNER UP. LINDA COUNCILMAN SZELUGA PRESENTED MAYOR CRAGG WITH A "JUSTICE DOCKET" BOOK DATING BACK TO 1914 THE VOLUME WAS FOUND BY JOHN MAYS OF FELLSMERE WHEN HE WAS CLEANING OUT HIS ATTIC. THE BOOK REFERS TO ST. LUCIE COUNTY AND SEB'ASTIAN. SEBASTIAN AT THAT TIME WAS LOCATED IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY. MAYOR CRAGG WILL OFFER IT TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WHO, IN TURN, WILL MOST LIKELY TURN IT OVER TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. MR. MAYER THANKED MAYOR CRAGG AND THE COUNCIL FOR INCREASING HIS WORK HOURS AND SALARY. HE ASKED THAT HIS HOURS BE FLEXIBLE AND NOT LIMITED TO 9 TO 3. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:45 P.M. CITY CLERK ~~ ~YOR