Minutes 11-01-66MINUT]ZS 01~ SP~L~L i,~f'~J OF 0iTl COUNCIL, HET_D I~ CiTY ~L~!.L, BOYIFfON
BEACH~ F~*XDA,~ N0%~ER £~ 1966 at 7:30
PRES~T:
%~alter A. ?ladsen~
i~'smk ~;,~Coy, Jr.~ ~ice Mayor
J. Allison Banks, Cou_uc~.lman
Charles N. Boos, Councilman
Gilbert Collins, Councilh~n
F. T. ~L~in~ City Mansger
~e Noore~ City Attorney
Tereesm Padgett, City Clerk
Mayor 2-~dsen called the meeting to order. He introduced the candidates for
the coming election: ~. Mahoney.. ~Ir. ~chael~ .wit. Hester, Mr, tenkpie!
~ud also ~:~. l~i~dsen. ~, N. R. Field was also recognized in the audience
~ Mr. Mad~en.
Mr. KaL~ stated that Commissioner Warren had called him this afternoon and
said ~hat he and Mr. Frost could not be present at this meeting, but Mr.
Bill Hill would be present. Mr. ¥~arren asked Mr · X~Lu to make two announce-
ments~ n.~mely, that the money for ~oolbright Road w~ come from t.he
million bond issue and will not be avaLlable uutil April or F~y, 1967.
Engiueer~ng and ~cquisitien funds have been l~dgeted for procurement of
right-of-~,~y along the lines tSth Ave. ~_ll take where~ constructed. Also,
N~, ~arren said he regretted the delay in the beginning of work on Seacrest
but stated work ~-'I! begin by next Monday morning. ~ir. Eain: by- ~y of sum-
ming up F~~. ~arren's remarks~ stated that the $25,000 budgeted for Seacrest
is ~,vaila;oie and work w~l~ b~gin immediately~ but the $20,000 budgeted for
Woolbrigh~ Hoed is no lon~er avs~t~ble, hut mo~_ies for this project would
be sA~af~lab!e fr~ proceeds efa bond issue already voted on and construc-
tion work cazmot stazt until a later dat~.
Mr. I~mdsen ~aid he w~ald lik~ to discuss the sewer and water bond situation
in Boynton. He said he would like to have Mr. Reilley of Bache & Co. come
to Boynton Beach to discuss this situation ~ith Council, Nme. Wallace
and Mr. EaLu. Mr. Kain stated he had two letters, one from Mr. Alcoek
and a copy of ~ letter from l~r. ~eili~2 ~o l~ir. Alcock. N~. P~eilly is
listed as beir~ ~rlth the Municipal Revenue Bond Depar~aut. ~r. Kain said
he would like to have ~. Ha'W~ins present also.
Mr. K~.in quoted from ~,~, Aleock's letter as follows: "It would seem to me
~lth the recent improvememt in the bond market that I might be able to
place the bonds for you that might enable you to e~end your sewer system
and benefit from the revenue that comes from additional connections." Mr.
Kain stated he had called several people familiar ~,rlth these situs%ions and
he ~,~s told by the fiscal agmnt that this is the aorst bond market in 26
years and that five w~eks ago it was %he worst bond ~wket in ~i years.
On September ~6, 196b, the k~nicipal Finance Officers N~w~ Letter contained
a statement about the bound market Jm. th~ Unite~ States: "At that time
$170 ~dd.lion worth of mur~cipal and state bonds ~t~ 16 s~ates plus $190
million financing proposal by the Oklahoma %k~z~ike Authority and ~9
million in tax anticipation notes Ln the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania %mrs
withdra%~u from the market because of ur~easonabte interest rates".
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SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL. M~]TIR~
November 1, 1966
Mr. Kain stated that whatever problems we may have with our water and sewer
system, he could not agree that now is the oime to sell ~dditioD~l bonds.
The situation has gone from bad to worse. Mr. I~ain quoted the following
from Mr. Reilly's letter: '~or your further information~ we have examined
the budget for the fiscal year 1966-1967 and found that their budget is in
violation of the same 1.25 rate covenant. Of course, the revenue budget
is ve~y close to the engineer's estimate, but their operation expenses
again are way above the estimate of the engineer. Here again they are in
violation of the rate covenant and if the matter is not willful then it
is one of negligence."
Mr. K~.u ~tated tt~at if the city is in any difficulty on these Bonds, it is
not willfttl and certainly not negligence. He said he could tak~ only
the strongest issue with such a line. He said it indicts him as city
manager and thinks it indicts everyone who ,has worked very hard to make
this th~og valid and to operate.
~[r. ~adsen stated that everyone on Council participated in this budget and
agreed to sign the budget. He stated that the area has had excessive rains
which has cut the revenues down and also additional wells have been drilled
which has cut revenues dov~ again. He stated their iutentions were
not negligence.
~Lr. KaLu stated tb~t i~ there is any discrepancy, he feels it can he worked
out. He said ,he did not specifically know what Bache and Co. want and if
the city ~re told what steps to take frc~ a practical standpoint that
they would be taken.
Mr. Madsen said he did not feel that there w~ll be any trouble in working
out the details to the satisfaction of Bache & Co. or anybody else. He
felt the city should invite all of them here to discuss this and find o~
more about this situatio~ It v~s suggested that ~. Alcock, Mr. Reilly
and Mr. Hawkins be invited here to discuss the m~tter.
Mr. Kain recommended that Mr. Alcock, as well as someone who can speak
authoriatively for Bache & Co.~ ~irs. ~11ace and Mr. Hawkins be ~_~vited
to discuss tkis matter.
Mr. Banks asked if it is the intention that this man from Bache & Co. come
down here at their expense or the city's expense. If he is ~llling to
come at his owr~ expense, he ~ould be in favor of it, if it is the city's
expens% he would not be in favor. He stated that the last report from
Mrs. Wallace showed that the city was only short approximately $6,000 of
the $38,750 needed to make the one-quarter over 100 per cent.
~Lr. Kain stated that this thing has been generated by this company that
represents a substantial interest in these bonds. Mr. Alcock was brought
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l~ovember !, 1966
in because they know him. He feels it is going to be advisable to speak
with ~h~. Alcock and someone from Bache & Co. He feels this is a situation
that the city has to respond to Guickly ~ud directly and thinks it deserves
an ~.s~r ss soon as it is kno~ specifica~y what they want to know. Mr.
Kain ~t~ted ~gain t~t it is n~t a willf~ or nsgligent act on the part of
the city. He said he feared ~hat it would do to the eity:s credit stand-
lng ~s well as to our public countenance. He feels that ~ consultation
with the facts on the table would be better. ~. igsin said he feels the
city has been embarrassed o~Uecessarily and unrightly.
~Ir. Boos said he felt it would be wi~e to have the air cleared and have
them point out. if the city h~s been dereliot~ if we have been, ~ud to clear
the ~ir. T.his ~ould be worth ~ach more than the few hundred dollars tha~
we might hzve to spend to get them here. ~r. Kain ~tated~ at this point,
he woul~ be willing to bring them down here at his owa expense.
Mr. Boos m~zed that the city manager be authorized to invite ~.ir. Alcock
and a ~ ~-esen~a~.~e from Bache & Co. to come here and assist the city in
this matter. M~r. Collins seconded~ ~ne vote was & - For and i - Against.
Mr. B~a~ks voted agair, st this motion stating that it is all right ~_th him
for them ~o come ao~m here~ b~t he thiuks the~~ s~uld pay their own w~y.
Street Prog~r_e~.T~_-_~9£~ton B~ach - 1_~966-19o7
Mr. Kain stated that in order that N. E o - N. t~, 17th Avenue may be quali-
fied as ~ Lnterchaoge ooLut Lu the 1-95 route, it ~dll be necessary to
irmorove this road ~ud e~cend it both east and ~st. Mr. Field, ~
and i,[r. Lovfs %,ere asked to attend this m~eting ii% order that Council may
have theJ_~, thoughts and suggestions as %o how this project can be accom-
piished. ~Lr. Kain prosented a large sketch to show a suggested =~o~te
this avenue which wo~id qualify as a primary county road smd which would
meet the standards necessary to have an interchange approved at this point.
Mr. Kain stated tD~t l~,k~. H~I and l~Lr. Kane were present from the County
Engineer ' s office.
At this time Mayor i~fadsen recognized Mr. Summers, a candidate in the forth-
c omS_ng election.
Mayor ~4adsen asked ~. Field if he would grant the right-of-way on his
property for this proposed road. M~r. w~ ~
.... ld stated that he had told
Boos ~oout a year ago that he would give this right-of-way and $~0,000
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~ove~foer 1~ 1966
for the building of this road, am_d also the right-of-way for the inter-
change° l~[r. Moore asked ~. ~-eld if these matters were properly engineered
including property east o£ Seacrest, ~ould he execuve the necessary in-
s~z~uents leaving th~m ~u escrow pendim~ ~hs fL~alization of this matter.
He stated this he ~outd bare to look at~ that he ~r~ld accept ~hat is
reasonable and has to be done and the city c~ be assured of his cooper-
ation.
M~r. ~[oore stated that before any negotiations can be started with the rail-
road or the State Road. Dep~artment, t~,at the city should be able to show, at
least~ that the necessary instrt~ments are held iu escrow pending the fir~li-
zation of this LUterG~e. ~r, Field agreed to this.
~ro Boos smu~ned up the understanding as foilo}~: !_) that Mr. Field wiL~. pro-
~ide the z~ight~of~way ~sterly from Seacrest; 2) that he ~1 provide land
for the Lnterch~ge at no cost~ 3) that he ~*~l provide $~,~0 to b~d
that westerly road,
.w~. Boos ~hen noted that leaves the easterly ~atter to resolve and asked
Mr. Field if be would ~ork with ~. Moore to come to some equitable line-
age. Mr. Field stated that he w~] ] not contribute any mere mor~y, but if
the right-.ef-~m~y can be worked ou%~ he will do this.
I~, Field stated that the most important thing of all is to get county
baol.~L.mg, He s'bate~ hs is go~ug to, Ta]]ahassee soon because hs has five
~tsrchanges involved on the propose~ ~95 along bne coast, but that he
needs the f%~ll cooperation of the county-.
Mr. Fiel~ said tb~ f~st thing is to ~ass a resolution asking the Co~mty
to participavs to the extent they-~Lll. ~,L~. Boos explained that the
Council has already done this: in fact~ several resolutions have been sent
to the County, ~r. Field sai~ he would take these and see what he could
do dm Tailahassee.
Mr. Kain stated that ~a order to get consideration by the Tec~hnical Coor-
dinat~mg Com~%~ Stabs Road Department mud Bureau of Romds, there would
have.to be s~.~a.~s~of engineer's plah,
M~r. Hi]:l-agreed and stated these plans would have to bs substantially
tmder~nstruction ,~hen 1-95 comes through. Mr. Kain asked if the County
could preoars plans of a quality t.hat would be acceptable to the Stats Road
~epartmsm~ for the city, h~.~-~.. H52al answered yes~ the Board could be asked
to prepare them for the city, The necessaz~¥' r~ht-of-~.~v would have to be
mn hand s~ad it could be .~s ~ cooperative venture with the city or as a
county road.
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SPEC~L% CITY C001¢07L
November i¢ 1966
Mr. Kain asked if it is possib]e that ~he cotunty wo%~ld p~y for the total
cost of the const~ac%ion except for ~uhat is being donated by the developers.
Mr. HiLl stated that vFna% the Board e~lots for projects is entirely up to
tnem,~ but he would take this question back to the Board next Tuesday.
Mr. Boos noted that the railroad signals ~we in ~.ud Mr. F~_u stated that
Mr~ Field would give the right-of-way add asked ~. Field exactly what the
$20~000 is to be usem for. ~ Field replied that tkls is his gift to t~e
City of Bo~uator,~ Beach. ~[r, Kain stated Cotuuci! is agreeable to making
such e request of the Board if Mro Hill would carts~ it to them~ The city
is not iiaa position to undertake such a project.
Mm. Zone asked if the County has ever participated in such a project before.
Mr. Kain stated that fraud's were budgeted for l~th Ave_uue~ but unfortunately
it was diverted~ but 'ohs precedent was set. ~,L.~. Hill also noted this was
done when the Turnpike came through, but it is at the discretion of the
C o~uu'by C o~missior~ers.
Mr, Hill stated that a letter to the ~oard ~..dll be sufficient for h~_m to
give them.
~. B~uks me-ced that the city request this participation of the Ootuuty and
to Pm~ve Mr, i{a~-u to write this letter of request. M~. McCcy seconded,
Mr. Boos stated that he felt PAr. Field and ~[r. Lows and Associates should
get wi~h the Cotuuty Engineer and get e~u aligu~en_t of rD_is road so that they
%~ll know what is requested of them.
Mr. Kain asked Mr. Hill %~at he thought of ~hat approach. M~. Hill answered
that the State Road. Department approval should be gotten¢ but how is an
aligrmuent entered ir~bo? if the Board did decide to go along¢ it would be
with the stipulation that the Federal Government would agree to put in an
interchar~e at this poLut, ~. HLll stated that the Oo~auty Engineer's
office vdll help in ar~- ~y it c~: except for the physical work. He
stated the letter is ~oortant. The align~aemt of this road would h~_uge
on the co'~aty~s par'(icipation in making a co.~,~nitment for or agai~¢t dedi-
cati-%Z this mousey should everything else be accepted by the State Road
Department ~
Motion ~s un~ui~ously carried°
Mr. Kain stated he would dictate the letter tomorrow,
City Street Pro~r~s~
Mr. Kain stated at the workshop meetJ~g of October 25~ t~ agenda con-
tained recommendations for the improvement of four streets Lu the city.
These are: N. E. - S. E. ~th Street; Portion of So E, 12th Avenue~ Por-
tion of N. E. 8th Avenue~ and Portion of East Ocean A~enue, If the pro-
posed program is limited strictly to street %mpr¢¢ements, this could be
carried out ~_th the amou~uts that are b~dgeted for this year, Mr. Kain
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Novem2osr 1~ 1966
presented a sketch shorting the st.ree-~s Lu question a~d stated he would
like to k.~.o~ if any or all are acceptable for inkorov~ment.
~h~. Kain stated on N. Et 6th Avenue, there is ~he problem that 6th crosses
3rd arid r~us ~to private property~ He said he wo~m!d ilks to improve this
street by reb~ildirg that alig~ment an~ eiso resurfacing from the track
do~ to U.S. lo
~ Eain svrongly recommended that N, E, and S. Et Lth be improvsd by
lsveli~ surfacing sa~d some construction. Oces,u Avenue from Seacrest to
U.S. l~ the sur£a~e on that road shield be covered. The recommended
program provides for resuPfacing s_ud smme levelSmg to bring it up to the
st~udard that it is '~st of Seacrest. S~ E. 12th Avenue~ at least t~t
portion t~t goes ~_to U.S. I where it jo~us ~th Street, ~ho~d
pr~d. So~ side~.~s can be el~m~uated ~d ~ere w~ have ~a~uage,
they sl~].d cer~ai~y be 'out
Mr, Boos asked if right-Of-way is available for 6th and Mr. Ea~n~ answered
that it i% But the street is not built on the right-of~-way and some of
the right-of-way is on private preperty, i, Lro Boos asked if the road will
be taken off the property it is encroach~_ug on. ~fir. Kain answered nc~ but
that there is sufficient right-of-v~y ~ vne south side~
Mr. Boos stated he felt strongly about S. E. ~th Avenue. PLr. BemJ~s also
noted t?~t this is a mai~ artery and is the on](f t~rough street from
Ocean and ther, the ns~ is 12~h. Mr. Boos suggested that No E. 6th Avenue
lay for aaother year a~ud get S~ E, ~th Avenue over as far as 1st Street
so that the crossir~ ~]~ be in. It ~s noted tb~t if the bond issue
passe% there will bs sor;~m storm drainage there and that ~?~ll br~.~ag it on
o~.~er to Seacrss'o~
M~, HcCoy stated ne v. euid like %o see sidewalks .at Pence Park, PP, Boos
stated t~% tNese can be assesses,
Mr. ~faim_ stated ~he amount budgeted this year for ~hese improvements
would be $28~00~ $22:500 im~ streets $2~500 ~or drai~age and $2,500 for
side~ks. He stated the city could' get good prices on asphalt tuutil
Februarl and ~ou].d like to get bids no~r.
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P~. McCoy morea/a~a~normze the ~ty ~an~ger to get the proper bids for
1) resurfacing A%h Street~ north and south, from N.E. ~_d ~3.~e. to 12th
Avenu% sot~sth~ including the corner~ 2) Ocean Avenue from_ Seacrest to
U.S. l~ and ~) S, E. 5th Avenue from the FEC to U.S. 1. F~r. Ba~ks
seconded mad it was U~uani~ously carried.
Hr. Boos moved that smme~.~l~s and cmrb~ be put in these areas where they
ars not, in where the er~mueers indicate and vb~ they be assessed.
Barrios se~o ..... d,
]JLr0 Collir_s objected to side-~calks on S. E. 5th ~venue because of the
sn~.ll amounz of pedestrian tra_zzc ~ad z~t~a usage of Pence Park.
[~. Boos stated he felt that a n~mber of people use thio facility.
Motion ~as unanimously carried.
Discus siono_f the Se~nita~y______S~sr Construction~ ._~. _._ _~_~ProEr~m - .System.. ~ _m_~B
[~Lr~ Kain stated that the original estimate on thio work sbmwed that it
would cost $~5~100 to install this system. Because of difficulties in
obt&L~_ing easements ~ud requirements imposed on the procurement of thooe
easements by the ownero of benefiting properties, pl~s~ the fact that the
basic system ~,¢as revised~ the estimated cost is now $68~000. M~o Kain
asked the consulting engineers to have reco~er, dations ready whereby this
system mk~y be ba~_t at a more reasonable figure.
Drawings were presented cad ~-. Klinck of~ussell & .~on explained them
in detail. ~ KZLinck read the follo~g letter from Russell &Axon to
Council ~ ted ~
as, ~ ~ovem~er 1~ 1966:
"In compi'_Lance ~_th the rsoues~ of City }%nager, F. T. Kain~ wm have re-
evaluated Se~litary Se~;~r System 5-B for possible savi~s t~at ~o~ld enable
the City vc realize a more favorabls ret~n on its capital investments of
waver and ~ewer f~ds.
i'fith one exception~ all of the properties ~cluded within the ~nticipated
service area of Sysvem 5-B are ~uus~odivided acreage, ~zad taxed as such~
with ~o platted s-oreevs open to public use s~ud ?~intenanceo The City,
there£ore~ has the option of whether to provide interior se~.~erage facili-
ties, as presently center,elated Lu the System 5-B plan, or, as ~ the caoe
of e~ny other private property~ makir~ the service ava~e~le to the property
line. in th~ latver case~ the propervy mcners ~euld f~mrnish their o~
interior services~ as is customary for all types of oroperty~ including
private residencee~ garden apartments~ motels, ce~.z~ercial properties~ and
any si~,gle tracts of
With this in m~ud~ 3 optional plans have bee~ developed for your consider-
ation, bas~ on the location ~d extent of sewerage to ce dnstallsd by the
City~ Each o.vtienal plan includes alternates for lift station construction
above =~ro~d or ~.sr gro~-~d. S-~v~arized~ they are:
Plan ~L..i~Z._~ ~ ~
_~ oe,*~.~a~e L.S, Above ~0o, Beto~ Per
Gro~d~ Ground Co~ectio~
I (a) All interior lines ~5,~ 3_~ $580
(b) All interior ]Jmes $68,063 740
II (a) Main a!cDg high%ray $4g,~0 480
..a~n a~ons hiEhway 61~000 665
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SPECIAL CITY CODNCYL
Novembez, i~ 1966
L~S. Above - -~ ' r
l .... Be~=o~ Per
. _Cir_o_~u_~. ___ Grouted Connection
$37~o6o $~o3
~51,460 559
The comparative cosvs of Plans Ii and III~ both to the City and to the
property o%mers~ ~ks Plan III the more practical of the two~ because
Plan III ~ ~
oa~=s advantage of the natu~al slope of the terrain.
All thrse Pl~ns~ with either alternate, ~i1 work Lu au operational sense.
OpsratLng ~ud mainte~mce costs ~,~ll vary mn ~h~ same order as construction
costs.
Your Engineers present these optional Plans for your consideration. We
¢~ um01ement yo~3m decision in any case,
SLucerely~
RUSSELL & !aXON
CONSULTLNG .ALI\~II .~i~P.~ ~C.
/s/ John H~ Kiinck~ P,E.
Dmr. ec'~er of Prooect Development
There was considerable discussion ~mor~% Co'm, asil mer£oers~ ~. F, Linck s~ud
Mr. Lows. Mr. Boos ssgd v~_th some assurances that 92 com_nections are
going to be tied ~to the sewer line Ln the immediate future~ he ~outd
move to adopt the reccemiended Plmn ~3 if all things are in order as
represented and go to bid as soon as practical, i~LTM. McCoy seconded. More
discussion follov~d a~ud it was pointed out the 92 co~_uecbions vmre
questionable a~ud ~ny other considerations discussed.
his motion and }-ir, ?[cCoy ~_thdrew his second.,
M~. Boos then moved to instruct the City Manager to ~nstrmct the engineers
to submit a plan to provide sewerage to this proper~y by ~mat=oever method
is accept~.ble and p~o~,ab~e to the city. !ir. Banks seconded°
A'fter some Clarification as to 'the monies put into the other two systems
and what ms ava:~able and %~at will bring Lu~rodiate res~lts~ Mr. Banks
~;~thdrew bis second and Mm, Boos withdrew his motion,
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SPECIAL CIT~J~CiL MEET.TNG
November i~ 1966
Considerable d~scussion followed again vrlth ~ l~,m and. l~r, K]i~ck and
Mr o Lowe poiuted o~ that he felt -ar~der P~ ~g3 there ~uld be ~ to 92
co~uecti~s in the ~tediate fut~ ~ud that b~s P~s re~ potential,
to ~nton ~acb ~n ~he d~veio~ent is co~ol~ted.
Mr. Boos moved that Plan I (b) of System, 5-B go for bid if that is the one
tha~ conforms ~th the dedications ~ud covenants agreed to in acquiring
the right-of-waV~ i~[ro McCoy sec~ndeo_.
Mr. Bm%ks stated tD~3 this is the closest section that wo~~ld be practical,
i~o~lo~ ~~$ urkg~lJ~lo~sl carried.
~eeting adjo~zrned at 10:~5
Attest:
Tereesa ~'adg~~ierk
A1,_mson Bmaks~ CounciLm~m