HomeMy WebLinkAbout12091974MEETING CALLED TO ORDBI~ BY MAYOR F. EUGENE CRAGG AT 7 P.M.
P~.SENT: VICE MAYOR YATES EXCUSED. COUNCIlmEN FIX)ODs ~DOSE AND KINARD AND BIAYOR CRAGG.
MI N3TES OF PUBLIC ~JkRING OF NOV~iBER 11, 1974 AND MINUTES OF REGULAR ME~TING OF SAME DATE
9~RE APPROVED AS R~D.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FLOODs SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HOOSEs TO PAY NOV~}4BER BILL.9 FOR $6s098.10.
MRS. ANN DEWHURSTs PELICAN ISLAND GARDEN C~UB, EXPP. gSSED THt~ HOPE THaT THE CITY WILL ADOPT THE
NEW TRF. E ORDINANCE AS PROPOSED. SHE ADVISED THAT MRS. LOIS CARLSENs WIFE OF THE COUNCILMAN IN
%ZERO BEACH AND A M~4EMBER OF THE GARDEN CLUBs WILL DONATE A TREE OR SHRUB FOR THE NEW CCIMMUNITY
CENTER. THE PELICAN ISLAND GARDEN CLUB WILL DONATE FOUR OAK TREES WHICH MR. AL BUNCH I4ILL PLANT
AT NO CHARGE TO THE CITY. M~MBERS OF THE PELICAN ISLAND GARDEN CLUB WILL BE HAPPY TO COOPERATE
IN BEAUTIFYING THE GROUNDS OF THE CC~.~4L~ITY CENTER AND WILL ACCEPT PLANTS AND SHRUBBERY FOR THIS
PURPOSE FROM THE CITIZENS OF THE AREA.
MAYOR CRAGG THAWED MRS. DEWHURF~T FOR HER GENEROUS OFFER AND FOR THE CLUB'S COOPERATION. HE WILL
GET TOGETHI~.R WITH THE URBAN FOREMTER~ DAN PADGET~ AND DECIDE WHERE THE OAK TREES SHOULD BB PLANTED.
LETTERS CF THANKS WILL BE FORWARDED TO MRS. CA~LSEN AND MR. BUNCH AS SOON AS THI~ TREES ARtS P~C'D.
MR. CARL SMITH DISCUSSED THE NEED FOR A STREET SIGN AT CANAL CIRCLE. MR. BEVAN, GENERAL MANAGER
OF GDC~ ADVISMD THERE WAS A STREET SIGN AT THIS LOCATION AT ONE TIME. HOWEVERs ANOTHER ONE
HAS BEEN ORDERED AND WILL BE INSTALLED AS SOON AS IT ARRIVES~ MR. BEVAN ASKED THE COOPERATION
OF THE RESIDENTS TO REPORT ANY VANDALISM SUCH AS TEARING EIDWN OF STREET SIGNS~ ETC. ~ THEY MAY
WITNESS.
COUNCII2VL~N Ii)OSE P~,PORTED PLANS FOR THE CENT~,N!3!IAL P~OGRAM ARE PROGRESSING I,~=.LL AND IN RESPONSE
TO A QUESTION FROM MRS. DEWHURST SAID THAT ALL ~XHBIT SPACES WOULD B~ FREE.
POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED 107 COI~PLAINTS ANS%'~RED DURING NOVEMBER, NOT INCLUDING TRAFFIC ST_OPS.
THE BUILDING INSPECTOR REI~ORTED NO NEW HOMES WERE CONSTRUCTED DURING NOVt'~4BER AND THAT ADDITIONS
TO ~[ISTING BUILDINGS AbIOUNTED TO $2s299.00. HE ODMMENTED THAT QUITE A FEW STORAGE SHEDS ARE
BEING ERECTED BEHIND FIOMES WITHOUT PER~IIT$. IT IS THE R~PONSIBILITY OF THE PUBLIC TO OBTAIN
PER~4ITS BECAUSE IN MANY INSTANCES THEY APOV., NOT TIED DOWN CORRECTLY AND COULD BE DANGEROUS IN EVENT
OF A HURRICANE. MAYC..q C~GG ADVISED THAT AN ARTICLE ON THIS SUBJECT WILL BE PUBLISHED iN THE
NEWSPAPER.
A LETTER HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM MR. R. SZELUGA REQUESTING THAT THE SIDE EASY'lENT BETWEEN
LOTS 3 & 4s BLOC!~ 112$ SEBASTIAN HIGHLANDSs UNIT #2s BE ABANDONED TO LOCATE A FIDUSE ON THE CENTER
OF THE IX)TS. THE LOTS ARE LOCATED ON GAY AV~.~NUEo
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN ttOOSEs SECONDED BY COUNCIL~iAN KINARDs TO ABANDON THE EASEMENT BETWEEN
LOTS 3 & 4s BLOCK 112s DESCRIBED ABOVE.CJkRRIBD.
A REQLrf~_~GT F_~OM MRS~ META CHBSSER BOLINGER FOR VARIANCE ON LOTS 1-4s BLOCK 9~ HARDEE'S SUBDIVISION~
WILL BE TURNED OVER TO THE VARIANCE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION.
IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST F~qOl4 MR. RENE G. VAN DE VOORDE REQUESTING STOP SIGNS AT THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS IN SEBASTIAN HIGHLANDS: OORNER OF VOCELLE A~ND BAr6BER STS. ~ WIMBROW AND LAKE DRIVE,
AND D~4PSEY AND BARBER STS. ~ ~E~YOR CRAGG ADVISED THIS WAS DISCUSSED AT A REC~NT WORKS}t0P ME~TING.
THERE IS PRESENTLY A STOP SIGN AT VOCELLE AND BARBER STS. THE ADDITIONAL REQUESTED SIGNS WILL BE
INSTALLED BY THE STREET DEPARTMENT.
MAYOR CRAGG VISITED VICE MAYOR YATES YESTERII*~Y AT THE ORLANDO HOSPITAL AND WAS PLEASED TO REPORT,/
ON HIS PROGRESS. VICE MAYOR YATES ASKED TO BE R~4[.~4BErfl~D TO HIS FRIENDS AND TO THANK THEM FOR
THEIR CARDS AND GOOD WISHES.
A NOTICE HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM MRS. BERGBOMs AND iT HAS BF~N %~RIFI~Ds THAT YESTERDAY WAS THE
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INCORPORATION OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN. THIS WILL DE RJ$CORDED.
COUNCIibIAN FLOOD PRtiSENTED A R~CP. EATIONAL PLaN FOR T.U2~ ~.08 ACRES OFFERED TO THE CITY BY GDC.
GDC HAS STIPULATED THAT THE PARK MUST BE COMPLETED OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OR THEIR OFFER WOULD BE
WITHDRAWN. FOLLOWING ARE THE THREE PHASES AS PROPOSED BY COUNCIIJ~L~N FLOOD: (1) ALL-PURPOSE FIELD
AT THE SOOUTH END FOR FCOTBALL~ SOCCER AND SOFTBALLs (2) PLAYG~DUND AREA IN THE NW CORNER~ AND
(3) AN ALL PURPOS~ LIGHTED FIELD FOR VOLLEY BALL AND TENNIS. TH~SE PHASES WILL BE INCORPORATED IN
A LETTER TO GDO ASSURING THAT THE PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED BY 1980 TO C~LY WITH THE DEAI~INE
FOR COMPLETION. FOLLOWING COUNCII~.aN FLOOD'S ~PLANATIONSs MR. BEVAN ACCEPTED THE PLAN ASKING
THAT HE BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY iT BEFORE FOR~LY ACCEPTING IT.
COUNCILiiAN FLOOD FURTHER STATED THAT HOPEFULLY BY MARCH 1s 1975s THE CiTY OF SEBASTIAN WILL HAVE
A LIGHTED ALL-PURPOSE COURT ON SC}K1MANN DRIVE IN THE TWiN LAKES SECTION OF SEBASTIAN HIGHLANDS.
MINUTES OF. REaR MEETING
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN KINARD, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN }~00SE~ TO AUTHORIZE COUNCILMAN FLOOD TO
NEGOTIATE THE C~P~iNT AND ILr~OCURE NECESSARY PER~{ITS FOR THE CITY MARINA, CARRIED.
A PLAN SU]~4ITTED BY MR. & MRS. GALLgNTINi~ FOR AN AREA THEY FURC_aqASED IN ORANGE HEIGHTS BUT
WHICH h~kD NOT BF~]N PLATTED, WILL BE TURNED OVER TO THE ZONING & PLANNING COMMISSION FOR SITE PLAN
APPROVAL,
MAYOR CRAGG REFERRED TO GDC'S OFFER TO THE CITY TO TAKE OVER THE MAINTENANCE OF FIV.~ MILES OF
STREETS IN PHASES 4 & 5 OF UNIT #2 IN EXCHANGE FOR WHICH GDC WOULD ASSU~.~g RESPONSIBILITY FOR
REPLACING APPROXIMATELY 12 DRAIN PIPES IN E~XiSTING DRIVEWAYS IN PHASE I OF UNIT 2~ MAYOR CRAGG
~XPLAINEI) 15{AT UNIT 2, PHASE I~ WHICH IS AN AREA OF ABOUT 4 BLO(](S WIDE AND 6 OR 7 BLOCKS DEF~P
WHICH NEVER HAD ANY DITCHES IN THE REAR AS MOST OTHER AREAS DO FOR DRAINAGE, THE RESULT BEING
THAT NOW WITH A DOZEN ~0USES IN THERE, AND NEVER HAVING DONE ANYTHING ABOUT DRAINAGE EXCEPT
SWALE DRAINAGE, IT DOF. S NOT DRAIN PROPERLY. GDC HAS COMPLECTED UNIT 1 AND THE CITY HAS ACCEPTED
T~OSE. NOW GDC iS COING TO START ON UNIT 2. ~OWt.~VER~ THEY WANT THE CITY TO ACCEPT ANOTHER FIVE
MILES OF $TRF~TS. AT THE TIME THiS WAS BROUGHT UP AT TH~ LAST COUNCIL MEETING IT WAS THOUGHT
AN AGREEMENT COULD BE DRAWN UP TO ACCEPT GDC'S OFFER. HOWEVER, UPON ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
AN A~;ENi~4ENT TO THE CITY O~qDINANCE WOULD BB NECESSARY BEFORE THE CITY COULD LEGALLY ACCEPT THESE
STRF~ETS,
MR. I~DCELLE, CITY ATTORNEY~ EXPLAINED THAT THE PRESENT ORDINANCE ON THE BOOKS WOULD REQTJIPJ~ A
CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF IMPROVEMENTS TO BE DONE IN ANY ONE SUBDIVISION PRIOR TO ACCEPTING THE
STRF. ETS. THEREFOR~ IT %~)ULD REQUiRE AN AMENE~4ENT TO ACCEPT ANY STREETS THAT DO NOT COMPLY
WITH THE TER~$ OF THE ORDINANCE AND THAT AN AMENDMENT WOULD REQUIRE A PUBLIC HPJIRING.
MR. VOCELLE (XDN~MENTgD IT WOULD PROBABLY ESTABLISH A DANGEROUS PReCEDENCE TO AMEND THE PRF~SgNT
ORDINANCE ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE STREk'TS IN QUESTION.
MAYOR CRA(K; P~qSPOND?2) THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO BB DONE BY AN ORDINANCE AND IF IT iS THE FEELING
OF THE CITY ATTORNEY THAT IF WE OPEN IT UP ONE TIME WE ARE SUBJECT TO BEING REQUESTED TO DO
OTHER OPENINGS, '~UHICH WOULD VIOI~%TE THE CITY ORDINANCE, ME FELT~ THEREFORE, IT WOULD NOT BE IN
GOOD ORDER TO ACC~ THIS AR~NGI~4ENT WITH CDC. MR. BEVIN ASKED TH~ COUNCIL TO WITH~DLD ANY
DECISION UNTIL GDC'S LEGAL STAFF HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ~F~XPLORE THE MATTER FURTHER,
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FLOOD THAT ANOTHER AM~ENT TO ORDINANCE 179 NOT BE PERMITTED.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN I(iNARD, CARRIED.
M~TING ADJOURNED TO S~,R IN F. LECTED OFFICIALS.
MAYOR CRAGG ~XPLAIN~'~D THE REASON FOR NOT ~0LDING A CITY ELECTION TODAY WAS THAT ALL THREE
CANDIDATES RAN UNOPPOSED AND THE LAW STATES THAT IF A CANDIDATE IS UNOPPOSED, AN ELECTION DOgS
NOT HAVE TO BE HELD, AT 8 P.M. COUNCILMEN MOOSE~ GRAY AND KINARD W~P.~ SWORN IN BY MRS. PHELAN,
SUFERVI$OR OF ELECTIONS.
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY MAYOR C~RAGG AT 8:0z~ P,M.
THE NFD(T ORDER OF BUSINESS WAS TO SELECT A VICE MAYOR. COUNCILMAN KINARD NOMINATED COUNCILMAN HOOSE
FOR THIS POSITION. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FLOOD AND CARRIED,
AT A RECENT ENVIRO~iENTAL COMMITTEE MEETING ATTENDED BY COUNCILMAN KINARD~ THE SUBJECT OF
WATER SITUATION BETWEEN WABASSO AND INDIAN RIVER SHORES WAS DISCUSSED. AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL
M~TING ONE OF THE FAMILIES ASKED THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN TO HELP TH~I WITH THEIR FIGHT, PREVIOUS
TO THAT, THE ~JNVIROb~4ENTAL ~ITTF. E HAD "HANDS OFF." THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE IS NOW GOING
TO MAKE A SURVEY FROM WABASSO TO INDIAN RIVER $~ORES ON THE WATER SITUATION, THERE IS A
POSSIBILITY THAT IN FUTURE YEARS SEBASTIAN COULD C4~T INTO TROUBLE ON THIS, THE ASHLAND OIL
IS BUILDING A NEW CITY SOUTH OF iNIYfAN RIVER COUNTY LINE AND WATER IS ALSO A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION.
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IS GOING TO PLAY A BIG PART ON THIS~ DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY. REPRESENTATIVE
.CHESTER CL~ ATTENDED THE MEETING AND TALKED FOR SOME TIME,
MR, ML~dM, BUILDING INSP~R~ REPORTED THAT IN AUGUST 1973 T~ STATE ENACTED A NEW TIE DOWN LAW
AND T~IS YEAR C~ IN %*;ITH A REVISED LAW SIMILAR TO THE 1973 LAW. ME HAS WRITTEN AND REQUESTED A
OOPY OF THE REVISED LAW, MANY HOMES IN CP~_~ASTIAN WILL NOT MEET THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW
LAW. HE STRESSED T~ IMPORTANCE OF DISSEMINATING T~r~S INFORMATION TO THE MOBILE F~DME OWNERS IN
SEBASTIAN. THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL WRITE FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION BEFOR~ TAKING ANY ACTION.
THE TREE ORDINANCE WILL BE TURNED OVER TO THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION AFTER WHICH A PUBLIC
HEARING ~ILL BE HELD, A COPY OF THE FROPOSED ORDINANCE IS ON FILE IN CITY HALL FOR ANYONE WANTING
TO READ IT,
MR. BOB KROLL HAS BEEN APPOINTED THE 5TH MEMBER OF THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION,
THE ZONING AND PLANNING CO~D4ISSiON WILL hY3LD AN ELECTION TO S~BCT A CHAIRMAN AND TO LOOK OVER
THE CITY PLAN REQUEST. THEY WILL FOLLOW THROUGH WITH ANY biBETINGS NF.C~SARY TO GET GOING ON THI{
SEBASTIAN MASTER PLAN COPY OF S/D SUGGESTIONS AND CC~4PL~ED ORDINANCE SUGGESTIONS.
MR, RANDY JOACHIM HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE SERASTIAN CITY OOUNCIL REPRESENTATI~ ON THE INDIAN
RIVER COUN(Z[L ON AGING. COUNCILMAN FLOOD (2f~v~MENTED THAT MRS. LOY IS STILL ATTEMPTING TO RETAIN
THE iRC ON AGING AS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA CHAPTER INSTEAD OF THE EAST CENTRAL CHAPTER.
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REGULAR_ MEETING__ ..,..,.- DECEMBER... -..9,,~
VICE MAYOR }{DOSE REFERRED TO THE MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL SEVERAL MONTHS AGO CONCERNING THE
ORANGE HEIGHTS BULLETIN BOARD. THE BULLETIN BOARD WAS TO BE MOVED 50' %~F. ST OF iTS PPESENT
LOCATION; ~DWEVER~ NOTHING }{AS BEEN DONE.
MR. GASS~ REPRESENTING THE IR)ME OWNERS' ASSOCIATION STATED THE REASONS THEY HAD FOR NOT WANTING
TO MOVE THE BULLETIN BOARD STATING IT WAS F~LACED WHERE EVERYONE IN THE AR~EA GOULD SEE IT. HE
PRESENTED A PETITION $IGNF~D BY 32 RESIDENTS ASKING TI{AT IT BE PBR~IITTED TO REMAIN IN ITS
PRESENT LOCATION,
CHIEF CU~4MINS WAS ASK~F.D TO CHECK OUT TWO 4X4 POSTS PLANTED WITHIN 2-5' OF THE HIGHWAY.
COI~CiI.JqAN GRAY A~ED THAT THE MATTER OF THE OF~NGE HEIGI-ITS BUL.L~TIN BOARD BE TABLF_~ FOR ANOTI~R
MONTH AND I~YOR Ct~GG CONCURRED STATING IT WiL&. BE PLACED ON NF2~T MONTH'S AG~'XlDA.
MR. SWIGER; AIRPORT CHAIR~IAN, REPORTED A MEETING IS SCHEDULED SOMETIME THIS
DOUG LAUDEI~4ILK, NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE JAYCEES~ OFFERED TO COOPERATE WiTH THE CITY'S
CHRISTMAS PARTY. MAYOR CRAGG ANNOUNCED THE PARTY WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY~ DECEMBER 21~ AT THE
NEW COMMUNITY BUILDING. THIS WILL ALSO BE THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
COUNCILMAN FLOOD MOVED TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 9:55 P.M.
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