05-27-2004 VC WS-MMINUTES OF THE WORKSHOP SESSION
OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL
OF NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
HELD THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2004
Present:
Donald G. Noel, Mayor
Dr. Edward M. Eissey, Vice Mayor
Charles R. O'Meilia, President Pro Tem
David B.
Robert F.
Dennis D
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Kathleen
ROLL CALL
Norris, Councilman
Rennebaum, Councilman
.Redmond, Village Manager
W. Baldwin, Village Attorney
F. Kelly, CMC, Village Clerk
Mayor Noel called the meeting to order at 9:40 p.m. All members of Council were present. All
members of staff were present.
COUNCIL COMMENTS
Village Manager Dennis Redmond was asked to make sure that grass is being replaced in the area north
of the driving range, as well as the palm trees that have died. Flowers beneath the palm trees are all
gone also, without having been replaced. The sprinkler system needs to be checked. There are areas
that are not reached by the sprinklers, and something should be done to correct that.
Finance Director was asked to provide the calculated fund balance on the month reports. Additionally,
staff was directed to find out why Florida Power & Light has not put the additional light in the parking
lot.
GRANT APPLICATION FOR BUS SHELTERS
Village Manager Dennis Redmond stated that the deadline for the grant application is 6/15/04. The
agreement is for 2 shelters. Mr. Redmond called the Department of Transportation, as well as Palm
Tran, to ask if the Village can combine the project to have one shelter in the current fiscal year, and then
put one on U. S. 1 adjacent to the Country Club property in the coming fiscal year. Both parties said
that if the Village decides not to put up a shelter, it doesn't have to do so, but once a shelter is built, the
Village will have to maintain it for 10 years. Mr. Redmond, based on comments by the DOT and Palm
Tran that we go ahead and sign the contract, recommended that the Council sign the contract along with
a motion that it is contingent upon building a shelter according to the specifications on the table (as
installed on Military Trail in Palm Beach Gardens and ask the DOT to amend the contract by taking
away 2 shelters and creating one shelter. This will be placed on the Regular Session of June 10, 2004.
Minutes of Workshop Session
Held Thursday, May 27, 2004
JOINT FUNDING PROPOSAL -PROFESSIONAL REVIEW OF ADELPHIA RATE FILINGS
Continued discussion was held concerning a proposal by the Town of Palm Beach for 13 cities to jointly
fund a review of Adelphia Cable Company rate filings. Village Manager Dennis Redmond reported on
his conversation with Ila Feld of Liebowitz & Associates, who recommended against joining with Palm
Beach at this time. The consensus of Council was not to join, but to look toward gathering information
on wireless communications for the future. This will be placed on the Action Log.
FIBERGLASS IN-GROUND POOLS
Discussion took place concerning amending the Village Code of Ordinances to permit in-ground
fiberglass pools in the Village. Building Official Bill Denison told the Council that if the Code is to be
changed to allow fiberglass pools, it would be advisable to change not only the part of the Code which
specifies only concrete pools, but we should write another ordinance which requires some engineering
efforts as well. Uplift and the engineering should be addressed during the submittal process. A draft
ordinance will be brought back to a workshop agenda.
ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT
Discussion was held concerning economic redevelopment in the Village. Village Manager Dennis
Redmond asked that this item be continued to another workshop. He reported that there is a hybrid way
to do this rather than creating a CRA. Certain properties can be nominated or certain groups of
properties, and then they qualify as a CRA. With some legislation change in this regard, Mr. Redmond
will provide additional information by the next Workshop on June 10, 2004.
CITIZENS' TELEPHONE SURVEY -STATUS REPORT
Representatives of PMG Associates, Inc. were present and provided a Powerpoint presentation to the
Village Council showing the results the citizens' survey they conducted within the Village. The Council
requested that they verify that the SW neighborhood was included, as it did not show on the map. Also,
they were asked to change the way their graphs were done, as it was reversed from the usual way that
most people are accustomed to reading that type of graph. The will change the graphs and will also
convert their Powerpoint presentation to hard copy to give to the Village. Country Club staff was
directed to compare the results against the last survey done at the Country Club, and to list actions to be
taken as a result of the survey. This item will be placed on the Action Log.
VAN POOL PROGRAM -STATUS REPORT
Discussion took place concerning the status of the van pool program. The program provides car-pooling
as well as a van pool program. The car-pooling is done on a personal basis, with a list of contacts who
are also interested being provided. Assistant Village Manager Doug Smith reported that a representative
of the program has been to the Village and presented the program to all employees who are interested.
Mr. Smith has contacted surrounding cities to determine whether there is interest in joining the pool, but
is still waiting for responses. If there are enough employees interested in joining, the Council authorized
staff to take the next step in joining the program.
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Minutes of Workshop Session
Held Thursday, May 27, 2004
Items g. and h. were not heard due to the approaching curfew.
ADJOURNMENT
Having reached the 11 p.m. curfew, the meeting adjourned.
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athleen F. Kelly, CMC
Village Clerk