MEETING: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, REGULAR/WORKSHOP

1. CALL TO ORDER: May 26, 1998, at 9:35 a.m., in the Palm Beach County Governmental Center, West Palm Beach, Florida.

1.A. ROLL CALL

MEMBERS AND OFFICERS PRESENT:
Chair Burt Aaronson
Vice-Chair Maude Ford Lee
Commissioner Ken L. Foster
Commissioner Mary McCarty
Commissioner Karen T. Marcus - Arrived later
Commissioner Warren H. Newell
Commissioner Carol A. Roberts - Absent
County Administrator Robert Weisman
Assistant County Attorney Barbara Alterman
Assistant County Attorney Bob Banks
Deputy Clerk Michael E. Cummins

2. AGENDA APPROVAL

2.A. ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, SUBSTITUTIONS - None

2.B. ADOPTION

MOTION to adopt the Agenda. Motion by Commissioner Lee, seconded by Commissioner Foster and carried 5-0. Commissioners Marcus and Roberts absent.

3. REGULAR AGENDA

3.A. CLERK

(CLERK'S NOTE: Items 3.A.1. and 3.A.2. were considered together.)

3.A.1.

WARRANT LIST DATED MAY 25, 1998. APPROVED 5-26-98

COMPUTER CHECKS $4,714,281.06

WIRE TRANSFERS 4,103,692.30

MANUAL CHECKS 731,108.39

$9,549,081.75

3.A.2.

CONTRACTS ON THE CONTRACT LIST EXECUTED BY THE PURCHASING DIRECTOR:

a.
TERM CONTRACT RENEWAL FOR $414,000 WITH D. S. EAKINS CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION; MURRAY LOGAN CONSTRUCTION, INC.; CHARLES S. WHITESIDE, INC.; AND HARDRIVES, INC., TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION CREWS AND EQUIPMENT ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS FOR VARIOUS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FROM JULY 11, 1998, THROUGH JULY 10, 1999. APPROVED 5-26-98

b.
TERM CONTRACT FOR $165,000 WITH TELEIMAGE SYSTEMS, INC., AND MEGG CORPORATION FOR COMPUTER AND RELATED HARDWARE, REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS FROM JUNE 7, 1998, THROUGH DECEMBER 6, 1999. APPROVED 5-26-98

c.
(1)
CLAIM SETTLEMENT WITH LESLIE BERRY FOR $160,300 FOR WORKER'S COMPENSATION CLAIM OF JANUARY 6, 1993. APPROVED 5-26-98

(2)
CLAIM SETTLEMENT WITH KATHY HOCHHOLZER FOR $50,200 FOR WORKER'S COMPENSATION CLAIM OF MAY 15, 1990. APPROVED 5-26-98

MOTION to approve the Warrant List, contracts on the contract list and the claim settlements. Motion by Commissioner McCarty, seconded by Commissioner Foster and carried 5-0. Commissioners Marcus and Roberts absent.

3.B. FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS

3.B.1. DOCUMENT R-98-725-D
CONTRACT CLOSE-OUT AGREEMENT WITH SVERDRUP CORPORATION AND FINAL PAYMENT OF $998,079.72, WHICH INCLUDES $798,234.78 FOR BALANCES OWED, $124,844.94 FOR REQUIRED CONTRACT INCREASES AND $75,000 FOR WORK RELATED TO THE INTERIM BOOKING FACILITY, FOR THE WEST COUNTY JAIL AND GOVERNMENT CENTER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. (AMENDS R-94-1376-D) APPROVED 5-26-98

3.C. COMMUNITY SERVICES

3.C.1.
PAYMENT OF $90,562.50 TO REIMBURSE GULFSTREAM GOODWILL INDUSTRIES, INC., FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SERVICES TO PROVIDE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS FROM DECEMBER 15, 1997, THROUGH MAY 19, 1998. NO LOCAL MATCH REQUIRED. APPROVED 5-26-98

WORKSHOP ITEMS

4. 9:30 A.M. - SIGN CODE AND ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS REVIEW.

a. SIGN CODE REVISION. DIRECTION 5-26-98

STAFF WAS DIRECTED TO:

• Review the sign code with a view to updating its provisions.

• Research the costs of signs to businesses and how long it takes them to recover the costs.

• Contact Airports about changing its sign at the entrance to Palm Beach International Airport.

• Find out how much charities make from advertising on bus benches.

• Research how to make bus benches more attractive.

• Research the possibility of:

• Increasing the number of Code Enforcement personnel.

• Restricting large, freestanding signs which list multiple businesses and requiring the same size and color lettering.

• Reducing the height of signs.

• Requiring only one sign on freestanding poles.

• Eliminating temporary signs and marquee signs as second signs and limiting the time balloons could be used for advertising.

• Restricting vehicles and trailers with signs to how close they may park to a road right-of-way.

• Prohibiting signs from being erected behind bushes and trees.

• Requiring businesses to put street numbers on signs.

• Gradually replacing bus benches with bus shelters.

b. ESTABLISHMENT OF ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS. DIRECTION 5-26-98

STAFF WAS DIRECTED TO:

• Determine the best composition of an architectural review board for the County and the types of reviews that should be done.

• Investigate how other locales with architectural standards implemented them.

• Contact other locales where staff does the reviews to find out how effectively they carried out their superiors' directions.

• Investigate the costs of implementing architectural standards and operating a review board.

• Determine if the costs would be paid from the ad valorem, general or enterprise funds.

• Provide a list of standards already in effect in other areas of the County.

• Ask the American Institute of Architects if they would provide some help.

• Review architectural styles and suggest what they like.

• Report results, recommendations and suggestions in 90 to 120 days.

5. SOLICITATION OF FUNDS ON PUBLIC ROADS. DIRECTION 5-26-98

(CLERK'S NOTE: Commissioner Marcus joined the meeting.)

STAFF WAS DIRECTED TO:

• Determine enforceability of an ordinance regulating panhandling.

• Research the costs associated with trying to enforce such an ordinance.

• Recommend alternatives to an ordinance to reduce panhandling.

• Ask the Sheriff's Office to determine at which intersections the most panhandling occurs.

• Contact Fire-Rescue, Muscular Dystrophy Association and other agencies and organizations about finding other ways to solicit contributions.

• Establish a public awareness program to educate the public about panhandling.

• Research ways to redesign medians to inhibit their use by panhandlers.

6. ADJOURNMENT

The Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 11:58 a.m.

ATTESTED: Clerk APPROVED: Chairman