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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-06-1976 Regular Meetingt REGULAR MEETING MICROFILMED 4.24 -80 CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 6, 1976 - A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE -CANAVERAL.WAS HELD ON JANUARY 6, 1976 AT CITY HALL, 105 POLK AVENUE, CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA AT 7:30 P.M. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY MAYOR FRANKLYN P. MACLAY. THE ROLL WAS CALLED BY THE CITY CLERK. OFFICIALS PRESENT WERE: MAYOR FRANKLYN P. MACLAY, COUNCILMEN L.C. NICHOLAS, E.H. RHAME, G.J. SALVAGGIO AND MRS. ANN THURM. CITY MANAGER ALBERT J. FRANCIS, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY RICHARD F. SCOTT, SGT.'AT ARMS CHIEF TWEED, CITY CLERK ANITA J. OSTROM. MAYOR MACLAY READ THE PROCLAMATION NAMING JANUARY AS VOLUNTEER BLOOD DONOR MONTH. THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF DECEMBER 16. AND SPECIAL MEETING OF DECEMBER.29 WERK MPROVED AS READ. UNFINISHED BUSINESS ITEM 1. REPORT FROM POLICE CHIEF RE: JUVENILES IN BARS MAYOR MACLAY MOVED THAT THIS ITEM BE POSTPONED FOR TWO WEEKS BY REQUEST OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE. MRS. THURM SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. NEW BUSINESS ITEM 1. EMPLOYEE EVALUATION MRS. THURM REVIEWED A COMPLAINT RECEIVED BY MR. MURPHY REGARDING HIS EVALUATION BY HIS SUPERVISOR. MR. MURPHY RESPONDED BY GIVING HIS REASONS FOR THE COMPLAINT. THE CITY ATTORNEY AND COUNCIL EXAMINED THE PERSONNEL POLICY AND ADMINISTRATIVE.REVIEW ORDINANCE OF THE CITY. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS ITEM SHOULD BE HELD FOR TWO WEEKS UNTIL MR. FEILTEAU IS BACK FROM VACATION AND UNTIL THE CITY MANAGER HAD TIME TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE THE SITUATION. ITEM 2. REPORT FROM COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD MR. RHAME REVIEWED HIGHLIGHTS OF THE REPORT FROM THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD AS TO THEIR ACTIVITIES AND PLANS. COUNCIL ACCEPTED THE REPORT AND OFFERED ANY ASSISTANCE POSSIBLE TO THIS BOARD IN THEIR FUTURE WORK. MICROFILMED 4 -24 -80 s ITEM 3. RESOLUTION 76 -1 COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD APPOINTMENTS MR. BRADY, REPRESENTING THE BOARD, STATED THAT IT WAS: THE BOARD'S UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION THAT MR. GEMENDER BE APPOINTED AS A FULL -TIME MEMBER, HOWEVER, THERE WAS ONLY ONE APPLICATION TO FILL THE ALTERNATE POSITIONS.. MR. RHAME MOVED THAT THIS ITEM BE POSTPONED TO NEXT WEER UNTIL AFTER THE NEXT MEETING OF THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD. MRS. THURM SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 'ITEM 4. DISCUSSION: BUILDING PERMIT #2148 MR. NICHOLAS EXPLAINED THAT THERE WERE THREE.ALLEGED VIOLATIONS IN THIS BUILDING PROJECT; NAMELY, -1. DISTURBANCE OF THE DUNE LINE AND VEGETATION, 2. GUEST HOUSE FACILITIES IN AN ACCESSORY BUILDING, 3. ILLEGAL FENCE. MR. FRANCIS STATED THAT HE AND MR. SCOTT HAD MET WITH MR. LAF.RAMBOISE AND HE HAD INDICATED HE WOULD BE WILLING TO REMOVE THE FIXTURES FROM THE GUEST UNIT. HE STATED THAT THE GARAGE AND STORAGE UNIT WAS PERMISSABLE. MR. LAFRAMBOISE STATED THAT THE BLUFF LINE AND VEGETATION WAS BEING RESTORED. MR. REUTER,- CONTRACTOR ON THE PROJECT, WAS IN ATTENDANCE AND DEFENDED HIS POSITION ON'THE BUILDING PROJECT. MR. SCOTT TOLD COUNCIL THAT HE NEEDED A WRITTEN OPINION FROM THE BUILDING OFFICIAL AS TO HIS RULING ON THIS MATTER AND THAT HE WOULD BE MEETING WITH THE BUILDING OFFICIAL AND MR. LAFRAMBOISE TOMORROW, JANUARY 7, IN A FURTHER ATTEMPT TO SETTLE THIS MATTER TO COMPLY WITH THE ZONING.ORDINANCE. ITEM 5. DISCUSSION RE: S CHRISTMAS TREES ON BEACH MAYOR MACLAY AGAIN ASKED FOR A REPORT REGARDING COMPLAINT ON SIGNS. MR. FRANCIS REPORTED ON THE STATUS OF THOSE SIGNS ENUMERATED BY THE MAYOR. MRS. THURM STATED THAT MR. BALOUGH WAS STILL WORKING ON THE SIGN ORDINANCE AND HAD PROMISED TO COMPLETE THE FEE SCHEDULE PORTION IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR ADOPTION BY THE COUNCIL. AS TO THE CHRISTMAS TREES ON THE BEACH, MAYOR MACLAY PROPOSED THAT BY THE CHRISTMAS SEASON NEXT YEAR THE CITY SET UP A PLAN FOR USED CHRISTMAS TREES TO BE BURIED ON THE BLUFF LINE AT THE BEACH TO HELP PROTECT IT FROM EROSION. COUNCIL MINUTES 1 -6 -76 PAGE 2 OF 3 __ __ f MICROFILMED 4.24 -80 ITEM 6. ELECTION SCHOOL THE CITY CLERK TOLD COUNCIL THE REASON FOR THIS ANNUAL ELECTION SCHOOL AND GAVE AN MR. NICHOLAS MOVED THAT THE THIS SESSION IN TALLAHASSEE BURSED. MR. RHAME SECONDED IN FAVOR, MAYOR MACLAY, MR. OPPOSED,.MRS. THURM. MOTION DISCUSSION ITEMS APPROXIMATE COST OF EXPENDITURES.,- - CITY CLERK BE AUTHORIZED TO ATTEND AND THAT HER EXPENDITURES BE REIM- THE MOTION. VOTE WAS AS FOLLOWS: NICHOLAS, MR. RHAME AND MR. SALVAGGIO, 9 CARRIED. MR. NICHOLAS QUESTIONED THE RECENT ABSENCE OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE FROM THE CITY, THE TYPE OF LEAVE GRANTED HIM AND HOW .. THE RECORD OF THIS ABSENCE WAS HANDLED IN CITY HALL. MRS. THURM ALSO BROUGHT OUT ADDITIONAL HALF -DAY LEAVE THAT WAS GIVEX�TO. CITY EMPLOYEES. MR. RHAME COMPLIMENTED THE BEAUTIFICATION BOARD ON THEIR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AT CITY HALL AND THEIR ASSISTANCE IN BEAUTIFYING THE RECREATION COMPLEX. HE ALSO PASSED OUT TO COUNCIL LOT CLEARING REPORTS FROM THE BOARD. MRS. THURM ANNOUNCED THE BREVARD LEAGUE MEETING TO BE HELD TUESDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 13.-AND ASKED THAT SHE BE EXCUSED FROM THE COUNCIL MEETING DUE TO HER INSTALLATION AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. BY MOTION OF MAYOR MACLAY, SECONDED BY MR. SALVAGGIO, MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:15 P.M. APPROVED THIS 13 DAY OF January , 1976. W 010 IN __ COUNCIL MINUTES 1 -6 -76 PAGE 3 OF 3