Minutes 02-23-73 KOstuer, Seconded by p~ Blaket~] unan~mous' 'a ' .0~
Olds ~.in~'oduced ~he question of where hhs new Ci~
~' ~e :fire station'was not now owned ~the Ci~
so tl~,
done.
meeting, he' had studied
~uu south 0f_the'-'!ibra-~ ~as ~ parcel of-tO0,, didn't
but v~outd favor closing S.E. l~st Avenue, is a mu~st for
_ nou ua_~e recreatLon.~land~ but shoui~ consider '!oCat~
'ing ~he !ibrary: to east and north of S.E. tst Avenue.
~-~". Olds suggested s=~e a~ old police station.,
~!ots of parkings: serviced by t-wo s~eets, large, end could be
~au~mfu! place ~-zitle e beauti~u! buildinc
continued
,. som~ c~ay.
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o-ne,_ City pro, er'
Olds'replied-that all' o%2~erswe._e~ too-small' or .not wail'located.
' ~ 'Possible ' ' ' '~
use of ~_e hill.
or'the as
e~ti~al'~e.a.. She was for.
and-
, the site a!on~ ~ede~a!. No..~ 1 was out,_~ue mtwould
for camsmn~ chm!dren
-~ea~ ~affic.-He ~said-the !ibr~y site w ' '
~ as ~or =ed
co--ti ~e court was mons~ous.' so why not move ~e co~ts
~the l~r~y~ in ~is area. Put tibr~y on e-orner .of
~d Seacrest. City Was ~owing, recrea~ona!' area not large enou~~>
so s~oula e~and recre~tmon at ,ther area. He said he' a~eed x~ith
i~s..~uck~e, but because of the-probi~ms of.~a~lc=~' ~ ~_d~ _parking and
that tiaa on land. ~he library
.should ~e !oc~t,ed ~-~,ere the ~an~oa.!! 'courts are- no~
blrs~ ~uckme, asa_ed ~bou~ the land %~'es~ ~of the cemetery.
Mr_' Olds said 15th' AVenue will become a h~a~L~ traffic street that
' wil!'produce headaches later. .
.continued
di..~onds, but i~hat
site for-the library.. ~_e 'stated he wanted .t° Put the '~
handball court 'between the' Sc~t ~uild~n~ ~ '~ : ~ ~ ~ ~
~a ~he bas~mi cO~t
Dut h~ also w~uted more'.~ennis-courts so~e Courts were i6cated. -
Perhaps it-wasn't ~e best spot,..' .'~e noted the
:~ '~ere the tiAr~ would still be encroaching on
:~ he needs more~.~ but tl~ ~e e~ensive~ ~ ~ strafed in ~c ....
or '~he cons~uction of the c°~ts he.~_ought Was.'lega!i
~ ~laLned the Words
eves
' prOpsr ty aCres.~ buy
doors, City does not have enough
area: The City told Charter World how many.acres were
n~_ded ~o= recre~t on, ~n no~s~ve need
- -y · s
Ob ~cres. wml! humid !2 nan~a!l cour%s ~mth l~nt's ~nd c~no~ ~i=
corgis for $7,000 now.
~ristine ~ward said ~she likes area west
o~ shuzz!eboard parking
lo% ~nd basketba]] could be relocated to Pence Park~
Be uty B!a~chette stahed' kids noi~sy~ Will annoy peopze mn library and
on Federal Noj 1, traffic
problem eve~gher e. ~
Minutes - ~ -
P!anning~& ZOning Bo~rd
February 23, !973
Peggy Hansch~aker had been on Recreation Board for !0 years. Youth
not use recreational area, only area that is
drop o~ chm!dren at Center.
ms needea, But'we' shouldn't destroy recreational land_
~s_ ~uCk±e sand ~r. An~erson (Attorney) should be asked if land
o.~.~_e._ed ~v_ Pa!m_,ana was presently owned ~y the City. If 20.5 acres
= fer endure, then
land
~ e~r_ e ns
: ouru busmness, still likes corner of' Ocean Avenue and
Seacrest Boulevard. ~ it-would take pmrkLng, but p~k~g could ~e
~ ~~a~e~a~% zea~ -or Cmvmc Center' and better desi~ed~
.~. Vast~ne , how much dis~ce from ist S~eet. to Civic'Center?
decision
_~s. ~uckie, ~u~ we ~.ave other avenues.
p°s sit~i Ii ties
Board should make
on all the.Board co~ents, suggest meeting of
Board to hash over and consider and then make rec~endations to C5 tv
Should not want ~ hasty decision~ but should consider every-
~_ing_ Board needs to get a united presentation or-reco~endatiDn_
Perhaps Bo~d cou!~ ~tteet tomorrow.
~O~
n'b~ nn~n~mous. Thinks Boazd s~outd ex~ing ~eder~! No. ! site.
. wn~e - p~op!ecan- '
_,~. Blaketer liked Federal No. ! site.
continued_ .... , .
losin~ S.E:j .: --<': i-' .-
=_derick recreation. ~rea w~s: poorly planned; Could
Pi.ck..up more p~king if properly desired.'- ' ~":.
!~, Bige!ow.~. Ci~ ne~.s' e~an~ea~ tibr~ faCiii~ies. ~'wou~d~ ~e Bo~
consi~sr t~_e new libr~ on '~he ~'West sidei? ~ . ~..:~ .
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. . sa~.~st~ke to'm~kA ~ ~ecisi0~ -'~'
s. shaZ!.We'meet · =
Monday ~he 26~ 'tO make a-decision?
:~ : : ~yor: L S~°u!~ ~o~. meet ~4on~y? - t -
~. Weh~sll ~. BO~ra, so s~tit,, cannAt See ~na% could happ. en~ on ~onday.
~r, Eel!y -' the Board has two choices. ~y is the highway not a ~oo~
site? ~nere ~e.there. any..'ohi!~ren to come.from the east'?- Library-.
in West Palm Beach is near or at tS.e center of the City.. ~Tnv shoui~
%he Bo~d.~o~ry ~boU-h-%raffic_ Should ~o~ ~ ~ ~
~= .... s -~erha~s~ Board should_ Sleeo~ on su~j~c~' ~n~= Board should
meet Monday
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called for the question, vote :Was Unanimous] ~' ~: .
ourn untii ~¥Ionday :-F~r.: wehreii-secondad
' at '~h~ LaSaZle UniVersitY~ ..
_~r~ Otdsj Chairman