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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08131979576 COUNCIL MEETING - AUGUST 13, 1979 MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY MAYOR PAT FLOOD, JR., AT 7:00 P.M. PRESENT: VICE MAYOR LEWIS GRAY, COUNCILMEN EVERETT T. GASS, AND J. RANDY JOACHIM, MAYOR PAT FLOOD, JR., AND MR. L. B. VOCELLE, CITY ATTORNEY. MAYOR FLOOD ANNOUNCED THAT COUNCILWOMAN DOROTHY W. MC KiNLEY WAS EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING AS SHE HAD TO RUSH HER HUSBAND TO THE HOSPITAL. COUNCILWOMAN MC KINLEY JOINED THE MEETING AFTER IT WAS IN PROGRESS. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GASS, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR GRAY, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, JULY 9, SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETINGS OF JULY 25, AUGUST 1, AUGUST 8, 1979. CARRIED. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR GRAY, TO PAY JULY BILLS IN THE AMOUNT OF $16,729.49. CARRIED. MAYOR FLOOD SUGGESTED THAT SINCE ALL BILLS HAVE TO BE PAID AND HE DOES CHECK THEM ALL, PERHAPS IT WOULD NOT BE NECESSARY FOR THE COUNCIL TO CHECK THEM OVER, AND THUS A LITTLE BIT OF TIME COULD BE SAVED. THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD PREFER TO CONTINUE THE SAME PROCEDURE AS HAS BEEN FOLLOWED IN THE PAST. MR. WALTER CANDELET THANKED MAYOR FLOOD AND THE CITY COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF ORANGE HEIGHTS FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH THE PROBLEM OF CLEARING UP THE CHARLES GAAL PROPERTY. VICE MAYOR GRAY STATED THAT HE AND COUNCILMAN GASS HAD MADE SOME ALTERATIONS IN THE RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE RENTAL OF THE COMMUNITY CENT~ER AND SEBASTIAN SOCIAL CENTER, THE MAIN CHANGE BEING AN 'MAKE THE CHANGES. MR. VOCELLE ADDED THAT~ , , ~ t~ COUNCIL ~AS ~H~ ~UTHORITY TO REQUIRE A CLEANUP DEPOSIT IF THEY DECIDE SHAT THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. SINCE THE R~COMM~N~ED CHANGES WILL NOT GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL OCTOBER 1, IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT NO TAKEN TIL T EINEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 10 SO THAT THE PROPOSED CHANGES MAY BE GIV~HEACONSI._DERAT~. MAYOR FLOOD APPOINTED FRANK OBERBECK, HANK TOUSSAINT AND CLIFFORD MOOSE AS MEMBERS OF THE RECREATION COMMITTEE TO REPRESENT THE PUBLIC. ~ ~H COUNCILMAN GASS REPORTED THAT TWO REQUESTS FOR ST}~EET TS WERE REJECTED. HE IS WORKING WITH FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY TRYING TO RELOCATE SOME LIGHT~S~-~SEBASTIAN HIGHLANDS TO RELIEVE THE DARK AREAS. ~C I~G MAYOR FLOOD ANNOUNCED THAT THERE WILL BE A PU EA AND SPECIAL MEETING ON AUGUST 15 AT 7:00 P.M. AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAFETERIA TO GIVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INPUT WITH REGARD TO THE ROADS AND DRAINAGE AG~ENT_~ ~L ~P. ME~ LS~AT ~T~IME, BIDS ARE TO BE OPENED FOR MATERIALS FOR TH~ A~ ~ SO~A~ ~ . ~RP~N~A BEHIND THE CITY HALL.~1979-80 BUDGET. AT ~~E__~TI~G~I~__j ~E~ 7 FO~THE MfD~~fLBE USED FOR OFFICE SPACE MAYOR FLOOD ANNOUNCED THAT THE PUMP FOR THE SOUTH WELL AT THE SWIM LAKE WOULD BE PUT IN PLACE SHORTLY. CHIEF CUMMINS STATED THAT THERE WERE 261 COMPLAINTS ANSWERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DURING THE MONTH OF JULY, NOT INCLUDING TRAFFICE STOPS. IDALE WEHR REPORTED THAT THE STREET DEPARTMENT SPENT A TOTAL OF 1489 WORKING HOURS. TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR THE MONTH OF JULY WERE $6,196, THE BULK OF WHICK WAS FOR STOP SIGNS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED THROUGHOUT SEBASTIAN HIGHLANDS. MR. MC ARTHUR QUESTIONED HOW MR. WEHR ARRIVED AT THE MANHOURS WORKED AND WAS INFORMED THAT TIME SHEETS WERE KEPT AND THE HOURS TURNED IN BY THE TWO FOREMEN IN THE STREET DEPARTMENT. MR. MC ARTHUR ALSO QUESTIONED WHY THE CITY EMPLOYEES WERE ALLOWED TO USE THE CITY GARAGE AND CITY EQUIPMENT TO DO WORK ON THEIR PERSONAL CARS. HE WAS INFORMED THAT THIS WAS DONE BY THE MEN ON THEIR OWN TIME AND NOT DURING WORKING HOURS. MR. VOCELLE SUGGESTED THAT THIS PRACTICE BE STOPPED AND NO CITY TOOLS OR EQUIPMENT BE USED BY ANYONE FOR PRIVATE PURPOSES. THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT ISSUED 33 SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING PERMITS VALUED AT $1,700,000 DURING JULY AND TOTAL NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR THE MONTH AMOUNTED TO $1,032,860. PERMIT FEES COLLECTED DURING JULY AMOUNTED TO $5,927.85. TOTAL CONSTRUCTION TO DATE IS $8,132,267, AND TOTAL PERMIT FEES AMOUNT TO $43,813.62. MARY BOSTIAN REPORTED THAT THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION SATISFIED THREE. REQUESTS~ A PROFESSIQNAL BUILDING AT SEBASTIAN HIGHLANDS ON S. R. 512, THE MC ROBB BUILDING ON U.S. 1 FOR A REAL ESTATE OFFICE, AND A LAWN MOWER REPAIR SHOP ON S.R.512. LETTER WAS READ FROM MR. WILLIAM BEVAN, SEBASTIAN HIGHLANDS, REQUESTING A NAME CHANGE FOR ROSE ARBOR DRIVE. LETTER WAS ALSO READ FROM POST MISTRESS BEULAH KINNEY REFERRING TO THE CIRCUITOUS COURSE THAT BOTH ROSE ARBOR DRIVE AND LANDSDOWNE STREET FOLLOW AND REQUESTING ANY IDEAS ABOUT THIS. LETTER WAS READ FROM MR. AND MRS. FRED COOK THANKING ARTHUR MAYER FOR HIS ASSISTANCE TO THEM BEFORE AND DURING THEIR COURT CASE. .T ETTER WAS READ FROM MR. AND MRS. HENRY PRESTON THANKING ARTHUR MAYER FOR HIS ASSISTANCE WHILE BUILDING HEIR HOME AND HIS HELP IN RESOLVING AN UNEXPECTED BILL. LETTER WAS READ FROM INDIAN RIVER CABLEVISiON EXPLAINING THAT BECAUSE OF A SERIES OF HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILURE AND THE LOSS OF PERSONNEL, THEY ARE CONSIDERABLY BEHIND SCHEDULE ON WORK PLANS FOR UNITS 14 AND 2, SEBASTIAN HIGHLANDS. WORK ON UNIT 14 WILL NOT BE STARTED UNTIL EARLY SEPTEMBER AND UNIT 2 CONSTRUCTION WILL 57? COUNCIL MEETING - AUGUST 13, 1979 PAGE 2 BE HELD UP UNTIL COMPLETION OF UNIT 14. LETTER WAS READ FROM MR. RENE VAN DE VOORDE ADVISING THAT THE NEW OWNER OF JACOBSON AIR-AG, INC., IS MR. JOSEPH SPEIDEL, WHO PLANS TO OPERATE AIR-AG AS IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST, i.e. AIR CRAFT MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND REBUILDING. MOTION BY VICE MAYOR GRAY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, THAT THE OLD TRAIN DEPOT BE LOCATED ON LOT NO. 5, BLOCK 13, EDGEWATER PARK SUBDIVISION, EAST SIDE OF INDIAN RIVER DRIVE, CONTINGENT UPON OBTAINING A PERMIT FOR A SPETIC TANK FROM THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH. CARRIED. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GASS, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN MC KINNEY, TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF VICE MAYOR GRAY TO REPRESENT THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD. CARRIED. THE CITY CLERK READ IN ITS ENITRETY AN ORDINANCE SETTING UP TAKE OFF AND LANDING PROCEDURES AT THE SEBASTIAN AIRPORT; SETTING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION; AND SETTING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THERE FOLLOWED A DISCUSSION AS TO HOW THIS ORDINANCE COULD BE ENFORCED AND MAYOR FLOOD STATED THAT HE WOULD APPRECIATE THE HELP OF THE PUBLIC IN REPORTING THE NUMBERS ON ANY PLANES SEEN IN VIOLATION. HE ADDED THAT WHILE THIS MAY BE A DIFFICULT ORDINANCE TO ENFORCE, WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE. A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON THIS ORDINANCE ON SEPTEMBER 5. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GASS, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR GRAY, TO ACCEPT THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE SETTING UP TAKE OFF AND LANDING PROCEDURES AT THE SEBASTIAN AIRPORT; SETTING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION; AND SETTING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: VICE G [--] OOUN i G SS JDA2HI~ COUNCILWOMAN MS KINNEY MAYOK~ --. _ NAYS¢ NONE CARRIED. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GASS, SECONDED BY VICE ~RAY--~O GRANT FREE USE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR CONGREGATE MEALS, STARTING OCTOBER 1, 1979, ~HF-O'3G~ SE~EMBER 30, 1980. CARRIED. MRS. ARLENE FLETCHER THANKED THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIFON BEHALF OF THE CONGREGATE MEALS PROGRAM. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED BY COU~O~MC KiNnEY, TO READ FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1979, AN AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE DEFINING AND REGULATING THE BUSINESS OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND CON~IN~~ ~ -- ~ AFTER THE CITY CLER~D FOR~HE F~ T~ ~NTIRE'~Y AN ORDI~ D~CL~I~G THE OFFICE OF MAYO R A ~TA~AST~N~0~~S I C~i~G O_~~ ~NT~~ ~MF2~B2RS OF__T~IEL-~LA PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MC KINLEY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, THAT PAT FLOOD, JR., BE APPOINTED AS A FULL TIME MAYOR AT A STARTING SALARY OF $15,500, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 1979. ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: ViCE MAYOR GRAY COUNCILMAN GASS " JOACHIM COUNCILWOMAN MC KINLEY (MAYOR FLOOD ABSTAINED FROM VOTING - CONFLICT OF INTEREST) NAYS: NONE CARRIED. MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN MC KINLEY, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR GRAY, THAT A RESOLUTION BE PREPARED RECOMMENDING A TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL BE INSTALLED AT THE INTERSECTION OF S.R. 512 AND U.S.1 AND THAT COPIES BE SENT TO STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND STATE OFFICIALS. ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: VICE MAYOR GRAY COUNCILMAN GASS " JOACHIM COUNCILWOMAN MC KINNEY MAYOR FLOOD NAYS: NONE CARRIED. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GASS, TO ALLOW ORGER HEEN TO BUILD A PORCH ON HIS HOUSE ON INDIAN RIVER DRIVE AND CLEVELAND STREET. CARRIED. THE LION'S CLUB OFFERED TO REFURBISH THE SEBASTIAN SOCIAL CENTER IN LIEU OF PAYING RENT FOR THE USE OF THE BUILDING. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR GRAY, TO GRACIOUSLY ACCEPT THE OFFER OF THE LION'S CLUB TO REFURBISH THE SEBASTIAN SOCIAL CENTER. CARRIED. MR. JOHN HOLDER REQUESTED PERMISSION TO PUT UP A FENCE BETWEEN HIS PROPERTY AND THE 76 GAS STATION, OWNED BY EARMAN OIL COMPANY. A LETTER WAS READ FROM EARMAN OIL COMPANY STATING THAT IT WAS AGREEABLE WITH THEM FOR OTHER PARTIES, AT THEIR EXPENSE, TO ERECT A TEMPORARY FENCE DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE EASEMENT ON THE EAST END OF THEIR PROPERTY ON THE CORNER OF MARTIN AVENURE AND U.S. 1, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FENCE IS TEMPORARY AND IF AND WHEN THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN GETS UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE EASEMENT TO CONNECT TO THESE UTILITIES. COUNCIL MEETING - AUGUST 13, 1979 PAGE 3 MOTION BY VICE MAYOR GRAY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, TO PERMIT MR. HOLDER TO CONSTRUCT A FENCE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EASEMENT, PROVIDING HE SIGNS AN AGREEMENT THAT HE WILL REMOVE THE FENCE IF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN NEEDS THE EASEMENT. CARRIED. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GASS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, TO PERMIT MR. JAMES ROBISON TO LIVE IN A 26 FT. TRAVEL TRAILER ON HIS LOT WHILE HIS HOUSE IS BEING BUILT. CARRIED. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GASS, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR GRAY, TO SERVE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AT A WEDDING RECEPTION ON NOVEMBER 17, 1979 ATH THE COMMUNITY CENTER. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOACHIM, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR GRAY, TO PERMIT JAMES CUMMINS TO SERVE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1979, AT THE WEDDING RECEPTION FOR HIS DAUGHTER. CARRIED. CITY CLERK MAYOR