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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-06-1972 Regular Meeting0 MICROFILMED 4 -24 -80 F, REGULAR MEETING CITY COUNCIL .. JUNE 6, 1972 A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA WAS HELD ON JUNE 6, 1972 AT THE CITY HALL, 105 POLK AVENUE, CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA AT 7:30 P.M. MAYOR GEORGE H. FIRKINS, JR. CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER. ROLL WAS CALLED BY THE CITY CLERK. OFFICIALS PRESENT WERE MAYOR FIRKINS; COUNCILMEN ROGER GRAEFE, LEO NICHOLAS, E. H. RHAME AND G. J. SALVAGGIO; CITY MANAGER A. J. FRANCIS; CITY ATTORNEY STANLEY WOLFMAN; CITY CLERK AN.ITA OSTROM AND SGT. AT ARMS OFFICER KLEIN. THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF COUNCIL ON MAY 16, 1972 WERE APPROVED AS READ BY THE CLERK. MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT_MEETING OF MAY 16, 1972 WERE APPROVED AFTER A CORRECTION AS FOLLOWS: THREE VOTES WERE TAKEN ON THE MOTION TO RESCIND, WITH THE FIRST TWO VOTES SHOWING A 2 -2 TIE, AND THE THIRD VOTE 3 -1, CARRYING THE MOTION. ITEM 1. RESOLUTION 72 -19 - CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION RESULTS MAYOR FIRKINS CALLED FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF THE ELECTION BOARD AS TO THE RESULTS OF VOTING FROM THE VOTING MACHINES, AND THEN CANVASSEDi THE ABSENTEE BALLOTS. THERE WERE 473 MACHINES VOTES AND 15 ABSENTEE BALLOTS, WITH.THE FOLLOWING RESULTS: CHARLES BRIDGES 120 JAMES LANE 74 LEO NICHOLAS 228 A.M. RUTKOWSKI 231 ANN H. THURM 267 CHARTER AMENDMENT FOR: 202 AGAINST: 44 MAYOR FIRKINS READ THE RESOLUTION ENTITLED "A RESOLUTION CERTIFY- ING THE RESULTS OF THE GENERAL ELECTION OF JUNE 6, 1972V BY MOTION OF MR. NICHOLAS, SECONDED BY MR. SALVAGGIO AND A UNANIMOUS VOTE OF COUNCIL, THE RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED, WITH MR. ANTHONY M. RUTKOWSKI AND MRS. ANN H. THURM BEING ELECTED TO THE COUNCIL FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS. PAGE I OF 6 e 1U11CROFILME® 4.24 -80 ITEM 2. RESOLUTION 72 -20 - APPOINTMENT OF CITY AUDITOR MAYOk FIRKINS READ THE RESOLUTION ENTITLED "A RESOLUTION APPROVING AGREEMENT FOR AUDITING SERVICES BETWEEN THE CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, AND ROSENBERG, DOBSON & WILLIAMS,P.A., PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE." THE RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED BY MOTION OF MR. SALVAGGIO, SECONDED BY MR. RHAME AND UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE COUNCIL. ITEM 3. REQUEST 72 -9 - R.P.U.D. CAPE SHORES - PUBLIC HEARING MAYOR FIRKINS REVIEWED THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING S ZONING BOARD ON THE PETITION. MR. FRANK MARTIN, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, STATED THAT ALL REQUIREMENTS HAD BEEN MET, EXCEPT AN ADDITIONAL REQUEST HAD BEEN MADE TO ALLOW 1.5 PARKING SPACES PER UNIT, WITH NOTHING OTHER THAN CARS TO BE PLACED IN THOSE SPACES. THE VOTE OF THE BOARD WAS 4 TO 1 TO ALLOW THE 1.5 PARKING SPACES, AND A 5 TO 0 VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE OVER -ALL PRELIMINARY PLAN. MR. RHAME MOVED TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLANS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING C ZONING BOARD; CONTINGENT UPON THERE BEING NOT LESS THAN 1.5 PARKING SPACES PER UNIT, CONSIDERING THAT THERE BE ALLOWED NO RECREATIONAL UNITS OR BOATS IN SAID SPACES,r AND THAT THE PROBLEM OF THE INTERSECTION BY THE SWIMMING POOL BE RESOLVED PRIOR TO FINAL APPLICATION, IN REGARD TO TRAFFIC FLOW, AND VISIBILITY. MR. SALVAGGIO SECONDED THE MOTION AND IT CARRIED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF COUNCIL. ITEM 4. ORDINANCE 6 -72 - LANDSCAPING ORDINANCE (1ST READING) MR. WOLFMAN STATED THAT THIS ORDINANCE NEEDED CONSIDERABLE MORE STUDY AND RECOMMENDED THAT IT BE TABLED TO THE NEXT MEETING. MR. NICHOLAS MOVED TO TABLE THE ORDINANCE Td THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING; MR. SALVAGGIO SECONDED AND THE MOTION CARRIED BY °UNANIMOUS VOTE.1 ITEM 5. ORDINANCE 7 -72 - BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT (1ST READING) MR. SALVAGGIO MOVED TO TABLE THIS ITEM FOR FURTHER STUDY. MR. GRAEFE SECONDED THE MOTION. MR. SALVAGGIO, MR. GRAEFE, MR. NICHOLAS AND MAYOR FIRKINS VOTED IN FAVOR; MR. RHAME OPPOSED, AND THE MOTION CARRIED. ITEM 6. DISCUSSION R.P M FIRST INTERSTA MENT CORPORATION MR. WOLFMAN STATED THAT THERE IS A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER THE ZONING BOARD HAS THE JURISDICTION TO ACCEPT THIS APPLICATION, A-ND AFTER TALKING WITH THE ATTORNEY FOR THE APPLICANT WHO HAD NO OBJECTION, RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL THAT THE APPLICATION BE TABLED. MR. SALVAGGIO SO MOVED AND MR. GRAEFE SECONDED. MR. SALVAGGIO, MR. GRAEFE, MR. PAGE 2- OF3 MICROFILMED 4 -24 -80 NICHOLAS AND MAYOR FIRKINS VOTED IN FAVOR; MR. RHAME OPPOSED AND THE MOTION CARRIED. ITEM 7. HOME OCCUPATION APPLICATION - FLORIDA BUSINESS SERVICES THIS APPLICATION WAS FOR USE OF THE APPLICANT'S APARTMENT FOR MAILING AND PREPARATION OF CREDIT LETTERS. NO ADVERTISING IS INVOLVED. BY MOTION OF MR. SALVAGGIO, SECONDED BY MR. GRAEFE AND UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE COUNCIL, THE APPLICATION WAS APPROVED. MR. GRAEFE MOVED TO ADD AN ITEM TO THE AGENDA. MR. GRAEFE, MR. SALVAGGIO AND MAYOR FIRKINS VOTED IN FAVOR WITH MR. RHAME AND MR. NICHOLAS OPPOSED. AFTER EXPLANATION OF THE REASON FOR AN ADD -ON ITEM, MR. GRAEFE AGAIN MOVED TO ADD AN ITEM TO THE AGENDA. MR. SALVAGGIO SECONDED AND THE MOTION CARRIED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE. MR. GRAEFE MOVED TO NAME THE ITEM "AMERICAN SIGHTSEEING OF CAPE CANAVERAL ". MR. SALVAGGIO SECONDED AND THE MOTION CARRIED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE. ITEM 8. AMERICAN SIGHTSEEING OF CAPE CANAVERAL REQUEST FOR r_n AA1/-1.1T rr MR. VIC CURTIS EXPLAINED THE PROPOSED BUSINESS TO COUNCIL AND THE NEED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO START OPERATION THIS YEAR. IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THE ACTUAL FRANCHISE AGREEMENT HAD NOT BEEN STUDIED, MR. GRAEFE MOVED THAT IT IS THE INTENT OF THE r CITY TO ENTER INTO A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN SIGHTSEEING OF CAPE CANAVERAL. MR. SALVAGGIO SECONDED THE MOTION AND THE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS FOR APPROVAL. BY MOTION OF MR.'SALVAGGIO, SECONDED BY MR. RHAME, AND A UNANIM- OUS VOTE, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 8:50 P.M. APPROVED THIS 20TH DAY OF JUNE 1972. i PAGE 3 OF3