Loading...
Minutes 02-09-77MINUTES OF SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, HELD IN CITY HALL, W ~ EDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1977 PRESENT Joseph F. Zack, Mayor Emily M. Jackson, Vice Mayor Richard D. Caldwell, Councilman Joseph DeM~urco, Councilman Frank Kohl, City Manager Tereesa Padgett, City Clerk Mayor Mack called the Special Meeting to order at 9:30 P. M. Ee announced the purpose of the meeting was to report infor- mation from State Attorney David Bludworth~s Office in refer- ence to Village Royale on the Green. Fmyor Zack announced that the City Manager tried to get this information, but was unable to as Mr. Bludworth was in Tal~a- hassee. Mr. Kohl read the attached report regarding his activities today in this matter. Nayor Zack apologized for not having this information and being unable to proceed as intended tonight. They must wait for the informatien from Mr. Bludworth before proceeding. If am appeal is going to be made, it m~st be made by February 14 and they will ask Mr. Bludworth for an extension of time amd if not possible, a special meeting will be called Before the~. Mr. Joseph Aranow appeared before the Comncil and stated that he coutd~nderstand the fact that they must hear from _Mr. Bludworthin order to elucidate to some extent the con- ~e~ts of his letter. He th~ it is imoer~t~w~ i~ must do som .... t~ r . e~nzng.by ~February 1~. Mr, Moore mndicated ~_n~_~ ~ ~ens~gn_ of t%me would be given.andlhe does not ~ow zx~z~ ¢ou+e De ha~ or not. PerhaPS %helCou~cil could reconsider wh~t he suggested yesterd~and possibly give authority to the State Atto~ne~ to re~ ~%~he City in .~nn~o~. ~ith ~$. rehear~nglon the di~ hinct ~nderstand_ ~ ~nere wm±± ~e no charge to the £ tY 0f Boynton Beach. If the Council dOe~ that, it will be Protected By answering that letter and indicting ~h~ ~nd~tions upom which consent would be g!~m. I.f~tis ~_S~t~! A~tg.rney, the~ will ~ be ~on ~na~ a= ~ne presen~ time. Mayor Zack replied that as previously mentioned, they must make a decision prior to February 14. As stated last night, they will wait for information fromMr. Bludworth. Mr. Aramow asked if another meeting would be called and Fmyor Mack replied: definitely. Mr. Ara~ow asked when and Mayor Mack informed him that this would be followed through tomor- row morning. Mrs. Jackson referred to the possibility of an extension of bime being considered in view of the fact that this has come about this way and if it is not granted, there will be a special meeting. If we get an extension of time, it will not be necessary to have a special meeting. MINUTES - SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING BOYNTON ~EACH, FLORIDA FEBRUARY 9, 1977 Mr. Ara~ow continued that he could understand the position of the City Council and sympathizes, but they must remember two things. Judge McIntosh set the date down as the date upon which $ rehearing could be had. He thi~s it is most advis- able tohhave a rehearing to give Judge McIntosh an opportun- ity to correct his decision if he desires when he finds o~t the case h~ based his decision w~was over-ruled. He th~W~ he should be able to correct his obvious mistake. Also, the statute provides a 30 day time limit to take the appeal from the decisio~ and there is no way to get an extension~ He thinks it woul~ be mos~ advisable to give Jmdge MeIntosh the opport~uity to ~dke a correction. ~o DeMarco asked if they would be sticking out their necks if they made this agreement to turn this over to the County and ~. Aranow replied that inttheir position, he would only accept a reply from F~. Bludworth. Ne ~s sure as soon as contact is made with Mr. ~ludwerth, his statements will be verified 100%. If Mr. Bludworth comes i~ tomorrow, he thiaks there still would be sufficient time to prepare and submit the papers to Judge McIntosh. Mayor Eack replied that they planned to do this. Mayor Zack clarified that the City F~nager was instructed to contact Mr. Bludworth intthe morning to ask for an extension of time. ~f Mr. Bludworth consents, he will make the arrange- ments from there on. Mr~ Aranow stressed the importance of the time element and Mayor Zack replied that there would ~e no problem of having the members attend a special meeting. ~. Aranow then thanked the Council for the cooperatio~ they are now getting. He will make every effort to contact both the Council and Mr. Bludworth to see how soon this can be accomplishe~. Mayor Zack asse~ed him that this would be followed up tomorrow morning. Mr. Aran~w replied that he woul~ be at Mr. Bludworth,s office at 8.00 A. M. and would try to have contact made from there. Mayor Zack referred to the wonderful attendance being present and apologized for having them all come out. He announced this was the best the City Council could possibly do. After discussion, it was agreed to set a tentative special meeting for 3:00 P. M. tomorrow on the condition that the information is received from Mr. ~ludworth. Adjournment Mrs. Jackson moved to adjourn, Motion carried unanimously and adjourned at ~:40 P. M. seconded by Mr. DeMarco. the meetiag was properly -2- MI~JTES - SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL ~TING BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA FEBRUARY 9, 1977 CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA ~/vice ~or Member ATTEST: CoUncil Member .~t ty Clerk Recording Secretary (One Tape) MEMORANDUM February 9~ 1977 TO: Honorable Mayor & City Council Members RE: Village Royale on the Green At last night's meeting~ it was decided that I was to call the State Attorney's Office to secure information regarding the law suits on the above. At 8:55 A~M. today~ I placed a call to David Bludv~rth and was informed that~he was in Tallahassee. I then asked for Barry Cohen. He was in a conference~ I left a message for Mro Cohen to returm my call which he did at'approximately 10:00 A~M~ When Mr. Cohen returned my call~ before I had an opportnhity to explain why I was calling, he immediately stated that he would prefer not to say very much about the Village Royale on the Green law suit inasmuch as David Bludworth was in Tallahassee and he did not want to answer for the State Attorney. I then asked Mr. Cohen a question~ but prefaced it by saying I was going to have my secretary on the line to take his answer verbatim. He t~en informed me that he would not answer any questions pertaining to Village Royale on the Green. ~e further stated that he would attempt to contact David Bludworth today and would let me know between 1:00 and 2:00 P.M. today~ About i:~5 P.M~ Mr. Barry Kirshna called me from the State Attorney's Office and informed me that Barry Cohen was unable to locate David Bludworth. However, Mr. Bludworth was expected tomorrow and he would ask him to return my call at that time~ This is for informational purposes onlyo FK:pb City: Manager' CC: Hon. Gene MOOre Central File