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Minutes 02-01-56MIi~JTEB OF A SPECIAL ~EETtNG OF THE COUNCILLORS OF BOYNTON BEACH., FLORIDA, P~-~D AT THE CiTY HALL, BOYNTON BEACH, FEBRUARY l, 1956. PRESENT: Mayor Sta~y~'Weaver Vice Mayor Doe DeMarco Mr. A. E. Shook ~r. Mott Partin Nr. Don Rehburg. Mr. N.R.Field and Sr.Leonard Brand attended the meeting mad presented a plat of Rolling Green Ridge. Mayor Weaver called the meeting to order at 8 P.M. Et was agreed that it would be advisable to submit plats to the Florida Power & Light Company so that guy lines can always be on the lot lines and the easements can be placed where the Company wants them, for the convenience of their installations. City Clerk D.~.Williams Mr. Zell Taylor ~r. Carl Stone. Small plats were handed round for the information of the Councillors. ~. Field said there are about 21 acres included in the plat which are not yet platted, and 950 lots. ~gr. S~ook said the plat can be tentatively approved, but not accepted. It was stated that the lots are to be in consecutive blocks mud that Mfs.Williams has the street numbers, and that there is a good deal mor~ work in the direction of engineering ~tc., to be done before the plat can be presented as finished. Two name streets were mentioned, as remaining,- 0team Parkway and Bgynton Parkway. ~r~ Griffit~ asked what was going to be done about mail delivery~ if the roads etc., have names instead of numbers. ~r. Brand asked whether the Council would like to go into the zoning in which a slight correction has been made. D~. Shook said this would have to be advertised and passed to the Zoning Board. Nr. Brand said everything would be c~ecked and have to be approved oefo_e use. Mr. Weaver said it is the desire of the Council to discourage the building of small houses, and to have as high a zoning as possible. If the requested zoning is allowed~ from the figures worked out as assessment for tax purposos, loss Homestead, it would mean that the City's oxpensos would be up and income nil. He said he never liked the type of building being built in Rolling Green Ri'dge, and never did care for 'prOjects'. Looking at it from the City, s point of view, we can afford to hold our standard high. In the South end of town we have been urged to raise our limit to 1250 sq. ft., and there is a real demand for such rostricted lots. .t~ we can get a house of 1,O00 Sqo ft. or better, we can at least benefit slightly from it. Nr. Field said they wanted to do what is bvs~ ~ for the City~ as they had as much ~t stake as anybody. They definitely are going to advertise widely and hope that two out of three people replying to the advertisements will come to their property, but they will come to th~ other developments i~Boynton as well and be b ' enefzt to the City. He added that they want to do a creditable job. in his development at Fort Dauderdale ~00 lots have been sold; although buildings were zoned to be 450 sq. fto most are o~er l~000 sq. ft. ~ · Mr. Shook pointed out that the lots being less than 78 ft. wide prohibited a large house being built. After further discussion, ~r.Fiold said they expected to have a shopping center. He added that the reason they decided on 900 sq.ft, was that twovbodroom houses they built '~ _ - l~ ~ort Lauderdale sell for $1~,000 and only have 925 sq. ft. ~ro Shook said the City benefmted' more from taxo~ on vacant lots than on homes down to 1,O00 sq. There was a discussion on the Suggestion that an Ordinance be passed taxing 100% assessment instead of 80% and lowering the millage. ~. Griffith advised ~Tr.Field to leav~ their suggestions on house~ sizos in writing with 5~-rs.Williams, with a plat. That the procedure is to pass it to the Planning Board, which passes it to the Zoning Board, and it then goes ~o the Council. It was stated that the next Pla~aing Board meeting would be held at City Hall at 7 P~.~'~., ~¥ednesday, February 8. ~.fl~. Field said they would attend that meeting. There was a long discussioh on roads in the develop~nt, and .~¢Tr. DeMarco gave tho following details of specifications :- Wes~ Palm Beach: 8" shell rock afte~ conipaction. Laks ~Vorth: 8" bonded shell rock base. Delray: 8~' of lime rock~ Palm Beach County: 8" lime rock, shell or marlo. Nr. Field said he had been assured that the 'bond: will be guaranteed perfect mud he thought no repair work ~o uld be necessary for thirty years. Nfo Taylor disagreed with ~ Field in the matter of road materla_ ~ua said he preferred Plant Kix ke~t to a.minimum of B~' width. Nr. Field said his specifications for roads were better than the CityTs. This was not agreed with. In discussi~ sidewalks, Nr.Field said it was not proposed to put any in until the lots a~e sold~ ~. Neaver outlined the City,s specifications for ~oads~ Er~Field said he will guarantee good dra~nag~ and everything else to make it a firstclass Job. and Nr~ Weaver pointed out the necessity of providing for a High Sdhool and Grammar School in such a development, if it goes through° Nr. Field said he will agree to sell land for such schools for the price he gave F~ it~ that he has also fourteen acres which he will present to the City ~er~a~p~k. He later said he will donate the land on the hill, or in another place, to the School Board for the schools. He said he will give them,free of cost, lots, but only when they are ready to build,- for school, playground or ~uythi~g else~ He said he is willing to give them a~y spot they like to pick out. He will give them two sites f~ schools if they need them. Nr. Field referred to the City incinerator and said he would be willing to talk to Roy Nichael to get the County to give Boynton Beach acreage fbr amore suitable site for the i~cinera- tot, and would even be willing to pay a little something for it. It was agreed that this would be advantageous to the City and he was asked to see what he could doo Continuing the discussion on streets N~. Field thought a ~0~ plant mix with t~ shoulder on either side would be all thst is necessary, and described s~m~lar streets they had built in Fort Lauderdale. ~r. Field said he would put in two miles of streets now and will continue after sales are made. It was stated that to use BO~ plant mix would mean a change in the Ordinance to allow ~0' width, and ~r. Shook thought this should have been arranged when the Ordinance was drawn up. It was agreed not to decide on the roads this evening until the ~0~ plaut mix roads in Fort Lauderdale have been inspected by ~ayor Weaver and Vice ~ayor De,arco, who arrange~ to meet at the construction office of ~r.Field,s brother at ~.18 Friday after- ~oon. The next question taken up was that of water supply to the development. Mr. Field handed reund to the Council copies of a memorandum ~e extension of the water service in Boynton Beach, for their consideration, ~r. Griffith said he did not know if the law referred to in the memorandum was still in effect, aud that Boynton Beach only furnished water to the property line. Mr. Field asked if it would be incumbent upon the ~ty to bring it to the property line. Mr. Griffith said the City would bring it ~o a point accessibie to the property, but that our present Ordinance says subdividers must put in the water mains~on their property at their own expense, mud describedin detail the present method of the City's handling of sub'dividers with regard to water supply. Field asked if he could have a franchise. l~[r. Griffith said a franchise would not be allowed under the terms of our present water bond agreement, and thought in any case it would be a very poor move for the City to provide a franchise within the City limits$ it would not be reasonable or in the best interests of the City. ~gr, Shook said the City would not p~t in the water mains, ,the developers always do it. ~r. Field quoted his lawyer as saying he can put th~ system in with an agreement with the City to take it ~Ver in a year, and added he is willing to say it will not cost the City anything. He says he has never put in a water system and not got his m~ney b~c~; he thinks ~nywhere in the City limits must be o~ovided w~tn water by the City, and not only to the property ~mneo ~. Shook said nowhere could a City be obliged to run water lines into a property where no homes had yet been built. ~r. Field said he would like to go over the matter with ~. Griffith, but the lat~er said he had already discussed it several times and cahnot afford to take up so much of his office time on City matters, unless the City will authorise it. After further discussion it was agreed that Er. Griffith be authorised to contact Mt.Field and his lawyer~ ¥~.Cm~son, and the City would pay his expenses. Mr, Weaver said Er.Field should have some kind of an a~swer regarding streets by Tuesday morning. The meeting was then adjourned at ll.30 Clerk.