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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-04-1975 Regular MeetingREGULAR MEETING r CITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 4, 1975 MICROFILMED 4.24 -80 A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL WAS HELD ON FEBRUARY 4, 1975 AT CITY HALL,. 105 POLK AVENUE, CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA AT 7:30 P.M. MACLAY. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY MAYOR FRANKLYN P. THE ROLL WAS CALLED BY THE CITY CLERK. OFFICIALS PRESENT WERE: MAYOR MACLAY, COUNCILMEN L. C.,.. NICHOLAS, E. H. RHAME,. MRS. ANN THURM, CITY MANAGER A. J. FRANCIS, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY RICHARD SCOTT, CITY CLERK ANITA J. OSTROM, SGT. AT ARMS OFFICER RAMSEY. THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF JANUARY 28 WERE READ BY THE CITY CLERK. MAYOR MACLAY ASKED THAT THE TIME OF RECESS - BEIINSERTED IN THE MINUTES. BY MOTION OF MR. RHAME SECONDED BY MAYOR MACLAY, THE MINUTES WERE APPROVED. UNFINISHED BUSINESS ITEM 1. ORDINANCE 34 -74 RE: BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT 2ND READING THE MAYOR READ THE ENTIRE - ORDINANCE ENTITLED: AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 7 -72, WHICH ORDINANCE ADOPTED SPECIFIC PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 176, FLORIDA STATUTES, PERTAINING TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BY MOTION OF MAYOR MACLAY, SECONDED BY MR. RHAME, AND UNANIMOUS VOTE, THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED. NEW.BUSINESS ITEM 1. REQUEST FOR BEACH CONCESSSION THE.APPLICANT WAS NOT IN ATTENDANCE TO CLARIFY HIS REQUEST. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION REGARDING REGULATIONS, POSSIBLE FRANCHISE ETC. FOR BEACH CONCESSIONS. BY MOTION OF MAYOR MACLAY, SECONDED BY MR. RHAME, AND UNANIMOUS VOTE, THIS ITEM WAS POSTPONED UNTIL THE APPLICANT COULD BE PRESENT. ITEM. 2. STATUS OF ELECTION LAWS MR. SCOTT EXPLAINED THAT AN ORDINANCE SETTING OUT THE ELECTION LAWS SHOULD PROVIDE FOR PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS, A160 QUALIFYING DATES WERE DISCUSSED. THE CONSENSUS WAS TO ADOPT THE STATE'S CARE. IT WAS DECIDED TO PUT AN ORDINANCE ON THE NEXT COUNCIL AGENDA FOR FIRST READING. I MICROFILMED 4 -24 -80 ITEM 3. PROGRESS OF LOT CLEARING MR. ALLEN REPORTED THAT THERE WERE 30 PROPERTY OWNERS..IN THE CITY BEING CONTACTED.REGARDING LOT CLEARING. FIVE HAD INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO CLEAN-, THE LOTS AND THEY WOULD PAY FOR IT, OTHERS WERE UNDECIDED AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD CLEAN THEIR OWN,LOTS OR ASK THE CITY TO DO SO. MR. ALLEN WAS ASKED BY MR. NICHOLAS TO HAVE AMORE COMPLETE REPORT FOR THE NEXT MEETING WITH A PROJECTED SCHEDULE ALSO. MR. RHAME ASKED THAT THE PROGRESS OF LOT CLEARING BE MARKED ON A CITY MAP FOR REFERENCE. ITEM. 4. REPLACEMENT OF CHIEF nF Pnr.TrV. TEM CITY :ATTORNEY READ FROM ORDINANCE 15 -63 REGARDING SET UP OF POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CITY CHARTER WHICH INDICATED THAT THE POLICE CHIEF WOULD BE APPOINTED BY COUNCIL BY RESOLUTION. THE ATTORNEY WAS TO REVIEW ANY ORDINANCES OR LAWS PERTAINING TO HIRING OF POLICE CHIEFS AND REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL AT THE NEXT MEETING. ITEM 5. DISCUSSION OF PROGRESS PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE CITY MR. NICHOLAS STATED THAT HE FELT THE CITY SHOULD BE MAKING FUTURE PLANS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY IN VIEW OF EXPANSION AT THE PORT, THE SPACE SHUTTLE, AND THE EXPECTED INCREASE OF PEOPLE AS A RESULT. HE FELT THAT THE COUNCIL AND BOARDS OF THE CITY SHOULD CONSIDER A COMMITTEE TO WORK ON SUCH A PLAN. IT WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD IS WORKING ON A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO COVER ALL PHASES OF PLANNING 'FOR THE CITY GROWTH. MR. NICHOLAS FELT THAT OTHER BODIES OF THE CITY COULD OFFER VALUABLE INPUT TO SUCH A PLAN ALONG WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, MR. VAN WAGNER, CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, REPORTED TO COUNCIL THAT THE COUNTY PLANNERS WOULD PRESENT A PLAN TO THE CITY COUNCIL AT A FUTURE DATE AND INDICATED THAT IDEAS FROM OTHER BOARDS AND THE COUNCIL WOULD BE OF VALUE.. ITEM 6. DISCUSSION OF FORMING CITIZENS' GRIEVANCE MR. NICHOLAS STATED THAT THE IDEA OF A GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE OR OMBUDSMAN WAS TO GIVE THE PEOPLE AN OUTLET FOR COMPLAINTS AND HOPEFULLY AVOID THINGS GETTING BOGGED DOWN MINUTES of 2/4/75 PAGE 2 OF 4 MICROFILMED 4 -24 -80 AND TO SEE THAT - COMPLAINTS WERE TAKEN CARE OF THROUGH CITY WIDE OR DEPARTMENTAL ACTION. MR. NICHOLAS ASKED FOR COUNCIL'S CON- SIDERATION OF APPOINTMENT OF SUCH A COMMITTEE. DISCUSSION WAS REGARDING PREFERENCE OF A COMMITTEE OR AN OMBUDSMAN. MR. RHAME SUGGESTED PERHAPS A COMPLAINT FORM TO BEADOPTED BY ORDINANCE WITH A TIME LIMIT FOR RESULTANT ACTION. MR. NICHOLAS BROUGHT OUT THAT SEVERAL PAPERS ON OMBUDSMAN WERE AVAIL- ABLE AT THE CITY LIBRARY. MR. SCOTT STATED THAT HE FELT A COMMITTEE WITH A PROPER ACTION FORM WOULD BE THE BEST FOR THE CITY. NO ACTION TAKEN ON THIS ITEM. ITEM 7. AUTHORITY FOR MAYOR TO APPEAL TRAILER TO BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION ON THE LEGALITY OF COUNCIL'S INVOLVEMENTfIN SUCH AN APPEAL, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE DEADLINE UNDER THE .ZONING ORDINANCE FOR SUCH AN APPEAL UNDER THE 60 -DAY REQUIREMENT WAS FEBRUARY 2. SINCE THE APPEAL DATE HAD PASSEDP NO FURTHER DISCUSSION WAS HELD ON THIS ITEM. ITEM 8:- AUTHORIZATION FOR MAYOR TO TAKE MAYOR MACLAY STATED THAT HIS REQUEST INVOLVED CERTAIN LOTS.AT BOTH CONDOMINIUM COMPLEXES._WHERE SIDEWALKS WERE REQUIRED AND NOT CONSTRUCTED. SOME CONDOMINIUM OWNERS FROM SAND PEBBLES WERE IN THE AUDIENCE AND STATED THAT THEY FELT THAT THEY HAD- BEEN CHEATED WHEN SIDEWALKS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE A PART OF THEIR COMPLEX AND INSTALLED BY THE DEVELOPER. MR. SCOTT SUGGESTED THAT THE MAYOR ASK THE BUILDING OFFICIAL IF HE WOULD ENFORCE THE ORDINANCE AS TO THE SIDEWALK REQUIREMENTS. THIS WAS DONE. MR. ALLEN'S REPLY WAS I CANNOT ACT ON THIS WITHOUT PLANS OF THE SAND PEBBLES AND WILL HAVE TO REVIEW THE WINDJAMMER PLANS ALSO. THE MAYOR REQUESTED THAT MR. ALLEN BRING A WRITTEN OPINION TO THE COUNCIL AT THE FEBRUARY 25 MEETING. ITEM 9. PLANNING & ZONING MINUTES MR. VAN WAGNER REPORTED THAT THERE WERE NO MINUTES AVAILABLE DUE TO A CHANGE OVER IN SECRETARIES ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. A NEW SECRETARY WAS HIRED AS OF THIS DATE AND WOULD SOON HAVE MINUTES CURRENT. MRS. THURM REQUESTED THAT THE CITY CONSIDER GETTING ANOTHER MICHROPHONE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AUDIENCE COMMENTS MINUTES OF 2/4/75 PAGE 3 OF 4 MIOR0FiLMED 4 -24 -80 AT MEETINGS. . MEETING ADJOURNED, BY MOTION OF MAYOR MACLAY, SECONDED BY MR. RHAME, AT 14:32 P.M. APPROVED THIS 11TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1975. MAYOR PRO TEM I It MINUTES OF 2/4/75 PAGE 4 OF 4