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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04121976REGULAR MEETING - APRIL 12, 1976 VERO BEAGH PRESS-JOURNAL Published Weekly Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida COUNTY OF INDIAN RIVER: STATE OF FLORIDA Before the undersigned authority personally appeared J. J. Schumann, Jr. who on oath says that he is Business Manager of the Veto Beach Press-Journal, a weekly newspaper published at Vero Beach in Indian River County, Florida; that the attached copy of advertisement, being in the lished in said newspaper in the issues of Court, was pub- Affiant further says that the said Vero Beach Press-Journal is a newspaper published at Vero Beach, in said Indian River County, and that the said newspaper has heretofore been continuously published in said Indian River County, Florida, weekly and has been entered as second class mail matter at the post office in Veto Beach, in said Indian River County, Florida for a perk~cl of one year next preceedin~ the first publication of the attached copy of adver- tisement; and affiant further says that he has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or corporation any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of securing this adver- tisement for publication in the said newspaper. ---/~/ ~ (,,/ (Business Manager) Clerk of~e Circuit Court, Indian River County, Florida) EAL) that the,, CLty ~. ~l~ will · ~llowlng ~ainance e~: An or~lnaoce 'am~Ulng municlgallty where the said Pr°~wm"~Ce may ~ in, PUBLIC HEARING - APRIL 12, 1976 - 7 P.M. MAYOR CRAGG CALLED THE HEARING TO ORDER FOR THE PURPOSE OF HAVING THE THIRD AND FINAL READING OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE SIGN ORDINANCE ON THE 35' HEIGHT LIMITATION. AFTER THE READING OF THE ORDINANCE AND THERE BEING NO RESPONSE FROM THE AUDIENCE, MAYOR CRAGG DECLARED THE HEARING CLOSED. REGULAR MEETING - APRIL 12, 1976 - 7:05 P.M. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY MAYOR F. EUGENE CRAGG. PRESENT: VICE MAYOR JAMES C. KINARD, COUNCILMEN JOHN R. JOACHIM, LEWIS GRAY AND CLIFFORD HOOSE, MAYOR CRAGG AND MR. L. B. VOCELLE, CITY ATTORNEY. CERTIFICATES OF HONOR WERE PRESENTED TO THREE MEMBERS OF THE SEBASTIAN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT - CARL DAPPEN, BILLY ADAMS AND LEROY PARKHURST FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN THE RESCUE OF TEN CHILDREN AND TWO ADULTS TRAPPED IN A BRUSH FIRE IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY ON APRIL 2, 1976. MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 8, 1976 WERE APPROVED AS WRITTEN. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HOOSE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GRAY, TO PAY FEBRUARY BILLS IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,140.19. CARRIED. MAYOR CRAGG WILL INVESTIGATE THE COMPLAINT RECEIVED FROM MRS. WM. MEDCALF OF SEBASTIAN HIGHLANDS CONCERNING GARBAGE AND DEBRIS BEING ~D IN THE AREA OF SUNPORT ROAD AND STONECROP STREET. SHE REPORTED LAST WEEK TWO BABY LAMBS AND A PIG'S HEAD WERE FLOATING IN THE CANAL ON ENGLAR ROAD AND A CARCASS OF A COW WAS FOUND ON GLADIOLA AVENUE. AS THIS COULD BE A HEALTH HAZARD, VICE MAYOR KINARD SUGGESTED MR. JACK ALLEN, COUNTY SANITATION, BE CONTACTED. MAYOR CRAGG STATED HE WOULD WRITE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS AT ORLANDO TO SEE IF THE CITY CAN GET SOME RELIEF ON THE PRESENT DUMP SITUATION, WHICH WILL HELP TO REMEDY THESE HAPPENINGS. THE STREET DEPARTMENT TRUCKS ARE NOW HAVING TO HAUL DEBRIS TO THE STUMP DUMP IN GiFFORD WHICH IS COSTLY TO THE CITY I~'-L~%T._. FI~3; ~R~A~D~OLINE COSTS. COUNCILMAN GRAY SUGGESTED PLACING NO DUMPING SIGNS IN THE AREA WHERE ~H~OLA.I~o ~ RED. ViCE MAYOR KINARD REPORTED THE PARTI~ d'~ ~.HE CO.~'mITYlC~NTER HAS BESN INSTALLED. THE CSNTER Now HAS TWO POOL TABLSS, TWO PING PONG TABLES, Er~UC~AZRS AN~ rABLE~ ~S A RESULT OF THE COOPSRATZVE ESFORT BETWSSM NORTH INDIAN RZVSR RSCREATION COMMITTED ~ Cr~. HE~LT THUDS WERE ADE~UATE FOR THE PRESENT. HE RS~USSTED ORGANIZATIONS RENTING THE BUILDING BE MADE AWARD OF THS RULE BARRING THE USE OF THUMB TACKS OR NAILS WHICH MAR THE BEAMS. ON THE PLAYGROUNDS AND AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER O~ ffHE~_~ECREATION PROGRAM. HE ASKED THE CiTY CLERK TO DUE IN SHORTLY. EITHER THIS WEEK OR EARLY NEXT WEEK HE PROMISED TO GET TOGETHER WITH THE CITY ENGINEER AND ViCE MAYOR KIN D NCED OURTS ON SCH: Mq IIAyENUE BEEN AWARDED TO NIDY CONSTRUCTION CO., INC% ~F W1]MTER t:Tt~KI ~ A~ND CO~S~RUC?ION SHO']Lr~ BEG.~N WI'~HIi7 THE NEXT TEN TO FOURTEEN COUNCILMAN HOOSE REPORTED A MAN IS NOW WORKING FULL TIME AT THE CEMETERY. IN THE NEAR FUTURE, SOME TREES WILL BE PLANTED TO REPLACE ~HOSE WHICH HAD DIED. MR. DE GRAEVE, CHAIRMAN OF THE ZONING & PLANNING COMMISSION, REPORTED THE COMMISSION, AT ITS APRIL 9 MEETING, RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE SITE PLAN FOR A COMMERCIAL BUILDING ON THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTH US HWY #1, BLOCK 3, EDGEWATER PARK S/D AS ZONING, PARKING AND SET BACKS CONFORM TO THE CURRENT ZONING ORDINANCE. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GRAY, TO ACCEPT THE ZONING & PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE SITE PLAN FOR A COMMERCIAL BUILDING ON THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTH US HWY #1, BLOCK 3, EDGEWATER PARK S/D. CARRIED. THE BUILDING REPORT FOR MARCH REFLECTED A TOTAL OF $188,695 IN NEW CONSTRUCTION. CHIEF CUMMINS REPORTED 180 COMPLAINTS ANSWERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DURING MARCH, NOT INCLUDING TRAFFIC STOPS. HE FURTHER REPORTED THAT TWO "NO LITTERING" SIGNS WILL BE POSTED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS ON US HWY #1 JUST INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS. MAYOR CRAGG REPORTED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE, MR. SWIGER, STATED HE MAY HAVE SOME INFORMATION BY THE NEXT WORKSHOP MEETING RELATIVE TO BUSINESS ENTERPRISES PLANNING TO LOCATE AT THE AIRPORT. THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MET ON APRIL 8, 1976 TO REVIEW RALPH C. RARICK'S REQUEST TO ADD A CARPORT TO HIS TRAILE. AT 302 VALENCIA STREET ALTHOUGH HE IS MINUS 5-1/2' ON THE EAST SiDE WHERE A CONCRETE SLAB NOW EXISTS. THE REQUEST WAS DENIED UNTIL SUCH TIME AS MR. RARICK OBTAINS A LETTER OF CONSENT FROM HIS NEIGHBOR TO THE EAST. IN A LETTER TO THE MAYOR, MR. BETZ SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNATION AS CHAIRMAN AND MEMBER. OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. REGULAR MEETING - APRIL 12, 1976 (CONT'D) MRS. GREISHABER HAS FORWARDED A CHECK FOR $25 WITH A REQUEST FOR REZONING HER PROPERTY AT THE CORNER OF CLEVELAND STREET AND INDIAN RIVER DRIVE FROM R-2 (MULTIPLE FAMILY) TO C-2 (COMMERCIAL). THE REQUEST WILL BE TURNED OVER TO THE ZONING & PLANNING COMMISSION FOR REVIEW AND ACTION. MR. MICHAEL KENNEY HAS SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO CONSTRUCT A 22' FIREPLACE CHIMNEY INTOHIS 10' SIDE YARD SETBACK. THE CHIMNEY WILL EXTEND ONLY 8" PAST THE EAVES OF THE EXISTING ROOF INTO THE EASEMENT. THIS REQUEST WILL BE TURNED OVER TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FOR REVIEW AND ACTION. A LETTER HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL FROM MRS. GRACE D. GRAY, LONNIE & MARY BETH POWELL REPORTING ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SEBASTIAN TEEN CLUB AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, HOPING THAT THE ACTIVITIES WILL MEET THE APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL. THEY WOULD ALSO WELCOME ANY SUGGESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL. MAYOR CRAGG ANNOUNCED THAT FINAL PAYMENT WAS MADE TO THE BANK ON THE LOAN FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER, MAYOR CRAGG ACKNOWLEDGED A BOOK OF POEMS GIVEN TO HIM BY THE AUTHORESS, LOU RILEY WILLIAMS, AND READ TO THE AUDIENCE HIS FAVORITE AMONG THEM, "SEBASTIAN! MY SEBASTIAN". HE THANKED MRS. WILLIAMS FOR THINKING OF HIM AND OF THE CITY IN WRITING SUCH A FINE POEM. THE REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THE GALLENTINE S/D PLAT PLAN HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE CITY ENGINEER AND APPROVAL WAS RECOMMENDED WITH THE FOLLOWING PROVISOS: (A) THE 5' WIDE EASEMENT SHOWN ON THE ORIGINAL PLAN BE CHANGED TO A 15' WIDE EASEMENT, AND (B) THE OWNER ENTER INTO A UTUILITY FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN. MR. LLOYD, CITY ENGINEEER, HAS IN HIS POSSESSION A CERTIFICATE FROM THE ENGINEER OF RECORD, COMPLYING WiTH THE MINIMUM STANDARDS OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, AS WELL AS THE DESIGN CRITERIA FOR THE BASE MIX. MAYOR CRAGG COMMENTED UTILITY FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS WILL HAVE TO BE MADE UP FOR OTHER SUBDIVISIONS WITHIN THE CITY. AS FAR AS THE GALLENTINE S/D IS CONCERNED, HOWEVER, THE ONLY CHANGE NECESSARY AT THE PRESENT TIME IS THE 5' WIDE EASEMENTS TO 15' AND MR. LLOYD HAS ALREADY DISCUSSED THIS WITH MR. MUSICK, THE GALLENTINE REPRESENTATIVE. IN RESPONSE TO MR. VOCELLE'S QUESTION AS TO THE TYPE OF UTILITY GOING INTO THE SUBDIVISION, MR. MUSICK REPLIED THERE IS AT PRESENT A SEWER LINE EXTENDING FROM NORTH SIDE EASTWARD TO A COMMON SEPTIC TANK WHICH IS SHOWN AS A SEPTIC TANK AND DRAINFIELD EASEMENT ~OTJ-- THIS FS_JN_AECORDANCE WITH THE APPROVED INSTALLATION BY THE MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED 3Y COt~CILMAN HOOS~,/TO APPROVE THE GALLENTINE S/D PLAT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE AGREEMENT REGARDING THE SEPTIC~TA~ CA?~IED. II MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED ~ COU~--CILM~-~GRAY, TO CONDUCT A FINAL READING BY TITLE ONLY OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 7 OF THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN KNOWN AS THE BUILDING ORDINANCE AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE~RD~E #184 - CHAPTER 7, SWIMMING POOL FEES) AND A ROLL CALL VOTE. ' '' F- ROLL CALL VOTES: ~ AYES: VICE MAYOR KIN D, COUNCIneSS_ ACS. , GRAY AND HOOSE, AND MAYOR CRAGG. NAYS: NON~,.~ MOTION BY COUNCI E, 0 Y ORDINANCE AND A ROLL CALL VOTE. (ORDINANCE '177, CHAPTER 3, HEIGHT OF SIGNS) ROLL CALL VOTES: AYES: VICE MAYOR KINARD, COUNCILMEN JOACHIM, GRAY AND HOOSE, AND MAYOR CRAGG. NAYS: NONE. CARRIED. COUNCILMAN JOACHIM SUBMITTED THE FOLLOWING PROPOSAL FROM FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY FOR INSTALLATION OF LIGHTS ON SCHUMANN DRIVE FROM THE RAILROAD TRACKS TO GILBERT STREET: INSTALLATION OF FIVE CONCRETE POLES WiTH TWO LIGHTS PER POLE AND UNDERGROUND CONDUCTORS $787.68. DEDUCTING THE POLE NOW LOCATED ON GILBERT STREET AND ELECTRICAL COSTS FOR THE EXISTING STREET LIGHTS ON SCHUMANN DRIVE, THE CITY'S COST WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $462.48 A YEAR. MOTION BY VICE MAYOR KINARD, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GRAY, TO ACCEPT THE FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY'S LIGHTING PLAN FOR SCHUMANN DRIVE. CARRIED. MAYOR CRAGG WAS PLEASED WITH COUNCILMAN JOACHIM'S REPORT THAT THE COUNCIL ON AGING HAS SPENT ONLY $235 TO DATE OF THE $500 GIVEN BY THE CITY TO HELP GET THE "MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM" STARTED, PARTICULARLY SINCE MORE THAN HALF THE YEAR IS OVER. COUNCILMAN HOOSE INDICATED THE CEMETERY COMMITTEE IS DESIROUS OF INCREASING THE PRICE OF CEMETERY LOTS FROM $100 TO $125 FOR SEBASTIAN AND ROSELAND RESIDENTS. COUNCILMAN HOOSE FELT THE INCREASE WAS JUSTIFIED IN VIEW OF RISING COSTS. THE COMMITTEE HAS FURTHER AGREED TO ESTABLISH A CEMETERY TRUST FUND WHICH, IN ESSENCE, WILL BE A PERPETUAL CARE FUND. IN THE FUTURE, 50~ OF THE SELLING PRICE OF ALL LOTS WILL BE DEPOSITED TO THIS FUND. MR. VOCELLE, CITY ATTORNEY, WAS ASKED BY MAYOR CRAGG TO PREPARE AN AMENDMENT TO THE PRESENT CEMETERY ORDINANCE INCORPORATING THE CHANGE. -2- REGULAR MEETING - APRIL 12, 1976 (CONT'D) 355 THE CITY CLERK READ FOR THE SECOND TIME THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE ON VACATING OF EASEMENTS. THE ORDINANCE WILL BE ADVERTISED AND READ AT A PUBLIC HEARING PRIOR TO THE NEXT WORKSHOP MEETING OF MAY 5TH AND PASSED AT DISCUSSION ENSUED CONCERNING THE PURCHASE OF SIX CARD TABLES FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT. VICE MAYOR KINARD STATED HE AND COUNCILMAN GRAY BOUGHT THE TABLES WHICH WERE TO BE PAID FOR BY THE NORTH INDIAN RIVER COUNTY RECREATION COMMITTEE. VICE MAYOR KINARD SUGGESTED THE BILL FOR THE TABLES BE PRESENTED TO THE NORTH INDIAN RIVER COUNTY COMMITTEE FOR PAYMENT. IF THEY REFUSE TO PAY FOR THEM, THEN HE WOULD USE HIS CITY RECREATIONAL FUNDS. IT WAS HIS UNDERSTANDING, HOWEVER, THAT THE COUNTY WOULD PAY FOR THEM. MAYOR .CRAGG STATED THAT THE NORTH INDIAN RIVER COUNTY COMMITTEE HAD BEEN GIVEN $7600 FOR RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT AND ITEMS SUCH AS THIS SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF FROM THIS FUND. COUNCILMAN GRAY REPORTED THE NORTH INDIAN RIVER COUNTY COMMITTEE WILL PUBLISH A REPORT ON THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FROM THE $7600 ACCOUNT AND A COPY MAY BE AVAILABLE AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. A REQUEST WAS RECEIVED FROM FLONNIE OWENS FOR PLACING A MOBILE HOME ON 9TH STREET WEST OF US HWY #1. IN 1970 THIS PROPERTY WAS REZONED FROM C-1 (RETAIL) TO R-i-M (MOBILE HOME). HOWEVER, WHEN THE REQUEST WAS RECEIVED AND REVIEWED, IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT SPACE F~ EITHER A HOUSE OR A MOBILE HOME. THE MINIMUM LOT REQUIREMENT IS 7500 SQ FT. THE EXISTING LOT IS ONLY 6250 SQ FT. THE MATTER WAS TURNED OVER TO THE ADJUSTMENT BOARD WHO RECOMMENDED THAT THIS REQUEST BE GRANDFATHERED AND THEREFORE DID NOT NEED A RULING BY THE BOARD. MR. VOCELLE ADVISED THAT INASMUCH AS THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT IS A POLICY DECISION BOARD, IT WAS HIS OPINION THAT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD SHOULD BE FOLLOWED. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HOOSE AND SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR KINARD TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 8:20 P.M. MAYOR ,] -3-