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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/10/1987Tuesday, November 10, 1987 The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, met in Regular Session at the County Commission Chambers, 1840 25th Street, Vero Beach, Florida, on Tuesday, November 10, 1987, at 9:00 o'clock A.M. Present were Don C. Scurlock, Jr., Chairman; Margaret C. Bowman, Vice Chairman; Richard N. Bird; Carolyn K. Eggert; and Gary C. Wheeler. Also present were Charles P. Balczun, County Administrator; Charles P. Vitunac, Attorney to the Board of County Commissioners; and Virginia Hargreaves, Deputy Clerk. The Chairman called the meeting to order, and County Attorney Vitunac led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. ADDITIONS TO AGENDA/EMERGENCY ITEMS Chairman Scurlock advised that Commissioner Wheeler had re- quested that an emergency item be added in regard to the 12th Street Road Improvement Project, the emergency being that the holiday season soon will be upon us. The Chairman had felt there was an item to be added re the Sheriff's Administration Building, but Administrator Balczun advised that although they had sent it down to be added, they have decided to wait until Mr. Dean returns to put this on the agenda. Chairman Scurlock wished to add under his matters a discussion in regard to the new Assistant Administrator and the compensation level offered. ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Commis- sioner Bowman, the Board unanimously added the above items to today's agenda. NOV 10 1987 Boa 70 a ;� 38 N O V 10 1987 7 BOOK 70 PA;E 39 CONSENT AGENDA Commissioner Eggert requested that Items E, G and K, be removed for discussion, and Commissioner Bird requested that Item H be removed for discussion also. A. 43rd Ave. Ext. N. Gifford Rd. (R/W Acquisition - Carter) The Board reviewed memo of R/W Agent Finney: J&E HONORABLE MEMBERS OF BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS =; THROUGH: Charles P. Balczun r County Administrator DATE:October 23, 1987 FILE: SUBJECT:North Gifford Road R/W 43rd Avenue Extension r: James W. Davis, P.E. tj Parcel #100/Carter Public Works Director '"s REFERENCES: FROKonald G. Finney, S Right -of -Way Acquisition Agent DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS To complete the 43rd Avenue paving north of N. Gifford Road, the county requires a 101x900.5' additional right-of-way. The appraised value as of February 16, 1987 was $4,953.00. The property owner would settle for $10,000.00. The Board authorized condemnation on April 21, 1987. After further lengthy negotiations, the property owner is now willing to sell the above right-of-way to I.R.C. for $7,500.00. At the present time, the County Road and Bridge Dept. is 30% complete with 43rd Avenue construction. Construction cannot proceed until the right-of-way is acquired. If the County does not settle this acquistion, a further 2 month delay will transpire. RECOMMENDATION & FUNDING Realizing the time element to get an Order of Taking, and the time since the appraisal and the following costs, staff requests authoriza- tion to purchase the 101x900.5' right-of-way at $7,500.00. Appraised Value $4,953.00 Minimum condem. costs 5,858.00 Minimum total $10,811.00 by eminant domain Sufficient funds are available in Fund 109- Local Option Gas Tax to underwrite costs of this right-of-way acquisition. ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Commis- sioner Wheeler, the Board unanimously authorized purchase of the above described Right -of -Way at $7,500 as recommended by staff. 2 B. Appointment to I.R. Emergency Outreach Board (Bowman) The Board reviewed the following letter: October 27, 1981 Don Scurlock, Chairman Indian River County Board of Commissioners 1840 25th St. Vero Beach, FL 32960 Dear Mr. Scurlock: Unibed Way of Indian River County 2001 9th Avenue Suite 313, 2001 Building P.O. Box 1960 Vero Beach, Florida 32961-1960 Phone (305) 567-8900 The United Way of Indian River County has-been informed that a -Phase VI grant from the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program has been awarded to this county in the amount of $5,120.00. Federal regulations call for the establishment of a local board to . oversee the expenditure of funds. The Indian River Emergency Outreach Board has fulfilled that function locally for the past several years. It is suggested that one of the Board positions be filled by someone from county government. Would you please consider appointing Maggy Bowman to serve in that capacity? She has served during all previous grant periods, and is knowledgeable about FEMA policies and procedures. The first meeting under Phase VI will be held on Tuesday, November 10, at 8:30 AM, at the United Way office, and we hope to see Maggy'there. Thank you for your assistance in this,matter. Sincerely, Kay Y ngbl t , Exec ive D r ct r I ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Commis- sioner Wheeler, the Board unanimously appointed Commissioner Margaret Bowman to the Indian River Emergency Outreach Board. C. Final PRD Plat Approval - Timber Ridge Village it (Tract G) The Board reviewed memo of Staff Planner Wiegers: NOV 101987 3 BOOK .70 FACE 40 N O V 10 1987 BOOK 1.0 PAGE TO: The Honorable Members of DATE: October 26, 1987 FILE: the Board of County Commissioners DIVISION HEAD CONCURRENCE: -�'SUBJECT: AL PLAT APPROVAL FOR Robert M. Cea ng, CP FIN Planning & Develop nt Director TIMBER RIDGE VILLAGE II Ag(TRACT G) SUBDIVISION THROUGH: Stan Bolin =_ - Chief, Current Development _ FROM: Robert E. Wieg er z -W REFERENCES: timridtractg Staff Planner BWIEG2 It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at their regular meeting of November 10, 1987. DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS: Timber Ridge Village II is a plat of a ±13 acre condominium project tract located in the eastern portion of the Timber Ridge PRD project, situated north of Oslo Road on the east side of the Lateral "J" Canal. The property is zoned RM -6 (Multi -Family Residential, up to 6 units/- acre) and has a land use designation of LD -2 (Low Density Residential, up to 6 units/acre). At its regular meeting of January 6, 1987, the Board of County Commis- sioners granted conceptual PRD approval for the entire Timber Ridge project, which includes the Village II tract (Tract G). On April 9, 1987, the Planning _and Zoning Commission granted Preliminary PRD plan approval for the Village II (Tract G) devel- opment. Although no lots are being created within this tract (normal condominium ownership will be established, the same as.for many non -PRD multiple family projects), the PRD ordinance requires that the tract be platted. A land development permit has been issued and improvements are being constructed in accordance with the approved site plan and the land development permit. The Village II development is adjacent to and interconnected with the recently approved Fox Ridge Subdivision. All conditions of preliminary PRD approval have been satisfied and the owner, Andrew Mustapick, is now requesting final PRD plat approval for Tract G and has submitted: 1. a final PRD plat in conformance with the approved preliminary PRD plat. ANALYSIS: The approved site plan and issued land development permit control the development of this project. All required site improvements will be constructed and inspected on a phased basis, prior to the issuance of C.O.'s for units within each phase area. All require- ments for final PRD plat approval have been satisfied. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners grant final PRD plat approval to the Village II development. 4 SUBJECT PROPERTY ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Commis- sioner Wheeler, the Board unanimously granted Final PRD Plat Approval to Timber Ridge Village II ( Tract G) Subdivision. D. Purchase of Copy Machines for Mailroom/Switchboard The Board reviewed memo of the OMB Director: `T+ TO: Members of the Board .:•+'v of County Commissioners THROUGH William A. Blankenship Personnel Director DATE: November 4, 1987 SUBJECT: PURCHASE OF COPY MACHINES FOR MAILROOM/SWITCHBOARD FROM: Joseph A. Baird OMB Director Description of Conditions The IBM copier, purchased in 1984, has undergone such a tremendous amount of use over the past three (3) years that it has now become necessary to replace it two (2) years short of its projected life. Mechanical problems are occurring with increasing frequency. 5 OV 10 1987 Boa 70 PAGE 42 BOOK 70 pnr1 43 Copier volume, now at well over 100,000 per month, threatens to prematurely erode the quality of the copies due to heavy wear on the equipment. The resulting downtimes create delays which are not only frustrating but potentially expensive. IBM recently ran a promotion involving a special volume discount for the State of Florida. To be eligible, the County was required to declare its intent to purchase a copier by a letter dated no later than October 1, 1987. A letter was sent out September 29, 1987 indicating an interest in the Model 85 and Model 50 copier but with a disclaimer informing IBM that the letter was not an intent to purchase, as this could not be done without prior approval of the Board of County Commissioners. IBM, in a'letter dated October 7, 1987, confirmed that they would put a copier for the County "on hold" pending the approval of the Board. Funds were authorized in the 1987/88 budget to purchase two (2) copiers for $40,000. Our present monthly maintenance costs are $1,052.20 based on a monthly maintenance charge of $313.00 on the hardware alone and a copy cost of $739.20 based on 112,000 copies at .0066 per copy. Purchasing and maintenance costs for the Model 85 and Model 50 units are provided below: OUTRIGHT PURCHASE Model 85 Model 50 Combined Purchase Price 42,500 16,000 58,500 s Less V.P.A. Discount (9,775) (4,000) (13,775) Less Trade In (8,700) (2,750) (11,450) Less Typewriter Promo.* (2,390) ----- ------ Final cost to the County 21,635 9,250 30,885 ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -------- *(County receives two (2) free typewriters or a credit for $2,390) It should be noted that the Model 85 has a monthly maintenance cost of $943.80, -_•_ compared with our current unit at $1,052.20. The first six months of maintenance are free as part of this promotion) Recommendation Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners consider the purchase of one (1) Model 85 and one (1) Model 50 copier. Our recommendations are based on several factors: 1. The favorable discount rate that IBM is offering us on the two (2) machines. 6 MAINTENANCE COSTS Model 85 Model 50 Monthly Availability: Monthly Availability: Model 85 $254.00 Model 50 $156.00- Stapler 29.00 Collator 48.00- $283.00 $204.00 Per Copy Charge 660.80 Per Copy Charge 295.00 (.0059 x 112,000 copies) (.0059 x 50,000 copies) Monthly Cost/Model 85 $943.80 Monthly Costs/Model 50 $499.00 It should be noted that the Model 85 has a monthly maintenance cost of $943.80, -_•_ compared with our current unit at $1,052.20. The first six months of maintenance are free as part of this promotion) Recommendation Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners consider the purchase of one (1) Model 85 and one (1) Model 50 copier. Our recommendations are based on several factors: 1. The favorable discount rate that IBM is offering us on the two (2) machines. 6 2. The excellent service that IBM provides for equipment purchased through them. It should be mentioned that the county has not gone out to bid on this contract. Because of the paralyzing effect that copier downtime has on work output, service is nearly as important a consideration as price. From prior experience, staff regards IBM's service as unparalleled in the industry. 3. Trade-in allowance on the county's old machines. 4. The reduced maintenance cost on the Model 85 compared with the county's current unit - the Model 60. .5. 'The typewriter promotion credit. 6. The six (6) months free maintenance that will be thrown in by IBM as part of the purchase package. Further, it is recommended that the county consider the outright purchase of the two (2) units rather than a lease arrangement. IBM's leases currently average 12% interest - a cost which will exceed what we can earn elsewhere. ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Commis- sioner Wheeler, the Board unanimously authorized the outright purchase of the two copier units described above as recommended by staff. E. Budget Amendment - Automobile for County Staff The Board reviewed memo of the OMB Director: TO: Members of the Board of County Commissioners DATE: November 4, 1987 SUBJECT: BUDGET AMENDMENT - AUTOMOBILE FOR COUNTY STAFF FROM: Joseph A. Baird - OMB Director ACCOUNT NUMBER ACCOUNT TITLE INCREASE DECREASE', Revenue 001-000-364-041.00 Sale of Surplus Property $14,500 Expense 001-201-512-066.42 County Admin. -Automobile $14,500 Explanation The.county staff feels that an automobile needs to be purchased as an all-around vehicle for administrative purposes. Such a vehicle can be used for inspecting large road projects, application for site Nov i o.17 7 BOOK 70 f,1GE 44 L_ ""'NOV 1 � f �987 �ooK 70 PAr,E 45. plans, large utility projects, and long distance travel to seminars and meetings. The estimated cost of a new automobile is $14,500. Funds for this purchase can be acquired through the sale of surplus property in the general fund. Commissioner Eggert believed we had a very lengthy discus- sion about this vehicle at budget hearing time and voted not to put it in the budget, and she expressed her distress on finding this brought back again. She believed we have four-wheel drive vehicles in our inventory and did not feel this is necessary. Chairman Scurlock noted that he voted against this before and will vote against it again. He further noted that he still has a question about mileage versus car allowance and how we handle that and believes we need a list of everyone that is receiving either or both. Commissioner Bird felt that at budgettime he had suggested we check to see if there were possibly any confiscated vehicles the Sheriff might have that might suffice and could be transferred for this purpose. ON NOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Com- missioner Bowman, the Board unanimously denied the request for a budget amendment to purchase a vehicle for administrative purposes as described above. F. Bid #375 - Grapefruit Crop The Board reviewed memo of OMB Director Baird: 8 L� TO: Members of the Board of County Commissioners THROUGH: Steve Futch - Ag. ExtensionP H. T. "Sonny"_Dean - Citrus r ve _ DATE: October 30, 1987 SUBJECT: BID NUMBER 375 - GRAPEFRUIT CROP ' FROM: Joseph A. Baird OMB Director Description and Condition The "Grapefruit Crop" bids were opened on Wednesday, October 21, 1987, at 2:00 p.m. Thirty-three (33) bid requests were sent out and four (4) proposals were received. The four proposals were as follows: } - Vendor Price Egan, Fickett and Company $32,500.00 Hubert Graves Packing Company $55,300.00 Graves Brothers Company $71,041.00 Dole Citrus Packing House "No Bid" Mr. Steve Futch, Agriculture Extension Director, and Sonny Dean have reviewed the proposals and are satisfied with the high bid received from Graves Brothers Company. Funding The revenue from the Grapefruit Crop exceeds the budget revenue. Recommendation Staff recommends the Board of County Commissioners award the sale of the Grapefruit Crop to Graves Brothers Company. ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Com- missioner Wheeler, the Board unanimously awarded Bid #375 for the County Grapefruit Crop to Graves Brothers Company in the amount of $71,041. G. Albamar, Inc., Request to Lease_ County_ Right -of -Way The Board reviewed memo of Administrator Balczun: 10V 10 1987 9 BOOK 70 f'D.GE 46 BOOK 70 P" -UF .41 '+ T0- Board of County Commission CATE•October 30, 1987 FILE. ,." .. _ ALBAMAR, INC. REQUEST SUBJECT. TO LEASE COUNTY RIGHT- OF-WAY FROM: Charles P. Bal czun REFERENCES: County Administrator Qnrvr_oniimn Albamar, Inc. wishes to lease a 1 foot by 60 foot strip of County right-of- way on 14th Avenue at Marian Plaza on which an advertising sign would be constructed. This request is made because our existing right-of-way is 200 ft. wide thereby causing signage to be nearly 65 feet from the roadway. ANALYSIS Our right-of-way at this location is unusually wide and we have no current plans for improvements which would be impaired if we grant the request. The Department of Community Development by memorandum dated October 14, 1987 recommends against such a lease while the Department of Public Works, by memorandum dated October 14, 1987 makes a favorable recommendation. Following my review of the two staff reports, I directed that a licensing agreement be drafted by which the County would grant to Albamar, Inc. a license to use the 1 ft. by 60 ft. strip. RECOMMENDATION I concur with the position taken by the Department of Public Works and recommend that the Board of County Commissioners authorize the Chairman to execute such an agreement with Albamar, Inc. Our best estimate of the reasonable value of the property approximates some $300/yr. The proposed agreement is for a term of five years, requires that the property be used in a lawful manner only and provides for revocation by the County upon 90 days notice and by the Licensee upon 30 days notice. Commissioner Eggert was concerned about leasing R/W to a business for a term of five years with no option to renew or any other such provision, and wondered why there was not such an option. Administrator Balczun advised that Public Works Director Davis developed this agreement based upon what, to his knowledge, is the only prior agreement of this kind approved by the Board, and he believed this is almost a replication of that document. The Administrator merely thought five years was a reasonable 10 V period of time and did not have any problem with an alternative reopener or some kind of extension. Chairman Scurlock had a question relating to the original cost of the sign and whether or not it can be depreciated over the period of this agreement. Commissioner Wheeler believed the City of Vero Beach in their sign ordinance, figured a sign could be depreciated in five years regardless of its cost. He pointed out that we can cancel this agreement on 90 days' notice, and he, therefore, did not have a problem with an option to renew. ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Com- missioner Wheeler, the Board unanimously approved the proposed agreement with the modification of an option to renew as discussed. Administrator Balczun informed the Board that yesterday Albamar's representative proposed by letter an alternative to our licensing fee and felt we should at least put his offer, which is as follows, on the record: Board of County Commissioners 1840 25th Street Vero Beach, F1. 32960 Attn: Mr. Charles P. Balczun County Administrator November 9, 1987 Albamar, Inc., a Florida Corporation, Michael C. Durwin, Manager agrees as consideration under the proposed license agreement for county property abutting the South property line of 1238-1248 16th Street, Vero Beach, F1., it will pay County one dollar ($1.00) per year and maintain current landscaping (mowing, edging) of County right of way in front (south side) of above property. ),It eL'� ,Sc� Michael C. Durvin Manager Albamar, Inc. N VI 11 BOOK d O P'.,E 4S NOV 10 1987 BOOK 70 rHGE 49 Commissioner Eggert believed Albamar is required to maintain the landscaping in any event, and Chairman Scurlock was opposed to Albamar's proposal as he did not want to.have to be involved in a policing action in regard to when the R/W is mowed, etc.; he would rather just take the money. It was agreed the Motion would stand as carried. SAID AGREEMENT IS ON FIDE IN THE OFFICE OF CLERK TO THE BOA.RDI H. F.E.C. Railway___ Agreement to Transfer CR512 RR Crossing to County Jurisdiction The Board reviewed memo of the Public Works Director: -------------- TO: The Honorable Meyers of the DATE: September 8, 1987 FILE: Board of County commissioners THROUGH: Charles P. Balczun, County Administrator FROM:James W. Davis, P.E. ( Public Works Director DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS SUBJECT: Florida East Coast Railway - License Agreement to Transfer CR512 Railroad Crossing frau the Florida DOT to Indian - River County Jurisdiction REFERENCgR. ?-. Fondren, FBC, to. James Davis dated March 16, 1983 The FEC Railway has transmitted to the County a License Agreement to transfer the CR512 Railroad crossing frau the State of Florida DOT to the County. The agreement is a standard FEC crossing agreement, and the Railroad is requesting execution by the County. ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS The agreement proposed for transfer of the crossing contains the following major provision: 1) Grants right of County for road to cross FEC right-of-way and any facility placement requires a FEC Railroad Permit. 2) Any work by the County under/over/or across the right-of-way is to be paid for by the County, whether by reimbursing the Railroad or by direct payment by County. - 3) If the Railroad makes changes that effect paving or County facilities, the County must bear the cost. 4) The County will not take action to prevent operation of trains over crossings. 5) If the County fails to comply with the agreement, it loses the privilege to cross the FEC right-of-way. 6) The agreement is for one (1) year, automatically renewed unless 60 -day notice of termination by Railroad is given. 7) If the County terminates agreement it must remove all improvements in FEC right-of-way. 8) Cost for maintenance of signals shall be the responsibility of the County. 12 � r � The only alternative as per Chapter 77-165 of the Legislature of the State of Florida is to approve the execution of the agreements and adoption of the authorizing resolution. R CKME DATIONS AND FUNDING Based upon mandate by Florida Legislature, Chapter 77-165, it is recommended that the County accept transfer of the CR512 crossing, that the authorizing resolution be approved, and that the Chairman execute the agreement. Commissioner Bird questioned the reason that the corre- spondence on this request goes all the way back to 1983, and Director Davis explained that he sent this request to a former County Attorney and it got misplaced in the files. The F.E.C. Railway called about two months ago to see what happened, and staff tracked it down. Commissioner Bird wished to know, when we accept a crossing such as this from the F.E.C., whether we have the right to expect them to bring it up to some standards before we accept it. Director Davis advised that the F.E.C. informed us several years ago that they were going to rebuild the crossing and bill the county, but we looked into our records and found we did not have the transfer giving us jurisdiction; so, we sent the bill to the D.O.T., who refused to pay it, and it went back and forth for some time. The crossing has been rebuilt in the meantime, and he believed the D.O.T. did pay. ON MOTION by Commissioner Bird, SECONDED by Com- missioner Wheeler, the Board unanimously adopted Resolution 87-138 approving the License Agreement accepting the transfer of the CR512 railroad crossing. 87 13 Boos 70 Pac£ 50 BOOK 70 PAG5 51 RESOLUTION NO. 87-138 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA SIGNIFYING ITS INTENT TO ENTER INTO A LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY BY ACCEPTING THE TRANSFER OF THE CR512 RAILROAD CROSSING FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND FURTHER DESIGNATI14C THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AS THE COUNTY LIAISON FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LICENSE AGREEMENT. WHEREAS, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA intends to enter into a license agreement with the Florida East Coast Railway by accepting the transfer of the CR512 Railroad Crossing from the Department of Transportation of the State of Florida; and WHEREAS, the agreement grants to the County the right to cross a Florida East Coast Railway right-of-way; and WHEREAS the Florida Statutes, Chapter 335 require the counties to enter into such agreements of transfer with the State of Florida Department of Transportation; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA which was duly established by Special Act of the Florida Statutes adopted on the 30th day of June, 192,5, that this official document does hereby certify the Board of County Commissioners intent to accept the conditions of and enter into a License Agreement with the Florida East Coast Railway by accepting the transfer of the CR512 Railroad Crossing form the Department of Transportation of the State of Florida, AND FURTHER THAT, James W'. Davis, P.E., Public Works Director of the Indian River County Public Works Division, 1840 25th Street, Vero Beach, Florida, 32960, phone (305) 567-8000, is hereby authorized to be the County Liaison person charged with the responsibility to coordinate the implementation of the License Agreement; and 14 BE IT FURTHER. RESOLVED that the foregoing resolution was offered by Commissioner Bird and seconded by Commissioner Wheeler to a vote, the vote was as follows: I and being put Chairman Don C. Scurlock, Jr. Aye Vice -Chairman Margaret C. Bowman Aye Commissioner Richard N. Bird Aye Commissioner Carolyn R. Eggert Aye Commissioner Gary C. Wheeler Aye The Chairman thereupon declared the resolution duly passed and adopted this 10th day of November , 1987. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA By _� G Don C. Scurlock, r. Chairman I. Routine Release of County Utility Liens The Board reviewed memo of County Attorney Vitunac: TO: Board Co my Commissioners FROM: Chari s P. Vitunac, County Attorney DATE: November 3, 1987 RE: CONSENT AGENDA - BCC MEETING 11/10/87 ROUTINE RELEASE OF COUNTY UTILITY LIENS This office has processed the following matters and requests permission for the Chairman to execute the standard release forms: (1) Partial Release of Lien Map 41 \ State Road 60 Sewers/Release 1 ERU Paid by REALCOR OF VERO BEACH Lot 269 of COUNTRYSIDE SOUTH (2) Partial.Release.of Lien Map 41 State Road 60 Sewers/Release 1 ERU Paid by REALCOR OF VERO BEACH Lot 284 of COUNTRYSIDE SOUTH (3) Partial Release of Lien Map 41 State Road.60 Sewers/Release 1 ERU Paid by REALCOR OF VERO BEACH. Lot 282 of COUNTRYSIDE SOUTH 15 BOOK 70 PAGE 52 r NOV 10 1981 BOOK 10 pnf 53 (4) Partial Release of Lien - Map 41 . State Road 60 Sewers/ Release 1 ERU Paid by REALCOR OF VERO BEACH Lot 243 of COUNTRYSIDE SOUTH (5) Partial Release of Lien - Map #B State Road 60 Water/Release 12 ERUs Paid by VISTA PROPERTIES OF VERO BEACH Building 432 of VISTA PLANTATION (6) Partial Release of Lien - Map #B State Road 60 Water/Release 12 ERUs Paid by VISTA PROPERTIES OF VERO BEACH ` Building #35 of VISTA PLANTATION The back-up information for the above is on file in the County Attorney's Office. ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Commis- sioner Wheeler,, the Board unanimously approved Partial Release of Liens as listed above. COPY OF SAID RELEASE OF LIENS ON FILE IN OFFICE OF CLERK TO BOARD J. Budget Amendm't - Purchase E-911 Central Communications Equip. The Board reviewed memo of the Emergency Management Director: TO:Board of County CommissionerADATE:October 21, 1987 FILE: IRU: Charles P. Balczun County Administrator Joseph A. Bair Budget Admendment to Purchase OMB Director SUBJECT' E-911 Central Communications Equipment FROM: Doug Wright REFERENCES: Agenda Item Tabled at the Director, Emergency Management 10/20/87 County Commission Meeting The request for a budget admendment to purchase E-911 Central Communication equipment for Emergency Management was submitted to the Board of County Commissioners without being sent out for bids based on the following premise: 1. Sheriff Dobeck had already agreed/contractedlwith Communi- cations of Vero to install E-911 equipment in the Sheriff's Administration Building. 16 2. Except for the Data General hardward, other equipment in the E-911 Center is GE equipment and compatability as well as interfacing ability demanded use of similar equipment in order to maintain reasonable costs. 3. Equipment prices quoted proposal are in line with equipment per GSA prices. in the communications of Vero or less expensive than similar 4. Time is of the essence inasmuch as installation of the equipment could be accomplished prior to walls being sealed and installers are on site preparing the equipment to be brought on line. Staff recommends approval of this budget admendment for the same reasons cited in the initial request so the Executive Group will be capable of communications with various emergency responders in any given scenario of natural or manmade disaster. ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Commis- sioner Wheeler, the Board unanimously approved the purchase of E-911 Central Communication equipment for Emergency Management as recommended by staff. K_ Highway_Safety Grant The Board reviewed memo of OMB Director Baird: TO: Members of the Board of County Commissioners DATE: November 4, 1987 SUBJECT: HIGHWAY SAFETY GRANT FROM: Joseph A. Baird OMB Director Description and Condition Indian River County is requesting permission from the Board of County Commissioners to apply to the state for a Highway Safety Grant. This grant would be used by Traffic Engineering to purchase a• thermoplastic material premelter, equipment which is used in pavement markings. Traffic engineering's staff feels that this instrument will increase highway safety and decrease maintenance schedules through the use of long -life thermoplastic markings. Further, it will allow the county to increase the quantity of signalized intersections having thermoplastic markings from 53% in 1987 to 75% by September 30, 1988, and finally to 100% by September 30, 1989 using current staffing levels. V 1 1987 17 BOOK 70 FA.�E 54 BOOK .70 N, P,,E 55 The grant will be awarded for 900 of the cost of the equipment with the county required to contribute 10%. The cost of this equipment is estimated at $12,500 of which $11,250 would be covered by thegrant and $1,250 would be covered by the County. This $1,250 is already budgeted in account 111-245=541-066.49. Recommendation Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners authorize the Chairman to sign the Highway Safety Grant application. Commissioner Eggert did not have a problem with the grant, but she had a problem in that sometimes a prepaid invoice has to be sent, and just so that nothing falls between the cracks, she would like to see the doing of a project or the purchase of the equipment made conditional on the grant being received. MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Commissioner Bowman, to authorize the Chairman to sign the Highway Safety Grant application with the proviso that there will be no purchase of equipment until the grant is received. Administrator Balczun pointed out that there are two kinds of grants - one in which they send you the money and you go buy whatever it is, and second, where they say you have a grant; you buy it; send us the invoice; and we will send you the money. He noted that all he is looking for is the Board's acknowledgment that they are trying to cover both those bases. In the second instance where we have to buy the equipment first, he wished to confirm that we will be able to proceed if we have written confirmation from the agency. In discussion, it was generally agreed that an item can be purchased when acknowledgment of the grant approval has been received. OMB Director Baird advised the Board that we budgeted for the full cost of this particular piece of equipment and now have found out that we can receive a grant to purchase it. He, 18 therefore, already has the full amount in the budget, and if the Board desires, he can transfer that out, but he will have to have a budget amendment showing that we recorded the grant. COMMISSIONERS EGGERT AND BOWMAN AGREED TO REWORD THEIR MOTION AS FOLLOWS: MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Commissioner Bowman, to authorize the Chairman to sign the Highway Safety Grant application, to approve the necessary budget amendment, and to direct staff to be sure we have the grant in hand before we spend it. Commissioner Eggert clarified that the policy with any grant is that we must know we have received it before any purchases are made. THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. It was voted on and carried unanimously. CLERK'S REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL SPACE AND SECURITY The Board reviewed letters from Clerk Freda Wright: FREDA WRIGHT CLERK, CIRCUIT COURT AND RECORDER INDIAN RIVER COUNTY P. O. BOX 1028 Mr. Charles P. Balczun, VER.O BEACH • FLORIDA County Administrator 32961-1028 Indian River County 1840 25th Street October 1, 1987 Vero Beach, Florida Dear Mr. Balczun: Reference.is made to our telephone conversation today, regarding additional space and providing adequate security for the -operation of the Clerk's operations. Due to several revisions of the Florida Statutes enacted by the 1987 Legislature, including Section 61.14(5)(a), pertaining to child support, all of which mandated additional and time con- suming work, it is imperative that I have sufficient space to NOV 10.19 ? 19 Boa 70 f A:,E 56 1% OV 101987 do the job I am required to do. Court activity brought on by the of the jails has left us with an being able to support the .needs clerk when a good portion of the BOOK 10 F-Klf. 57. Furthermore, the increase in added caseload and overcrowding almost impossible situation -of not of the publicaccess to the Court personnel is in the Courtroom. When the plans were being developed years ago for the new quarters for the Sheriff, I was told at that time I would be able to have the offices vacated by the Sheriff. Included in these offices is a vaulted room and safe which would provide an area to store contraband, such as drugs and firearms, which, by law, remains with the custody of the Clerk for retention until authorized to destroy. As you are aware, there are several offices throughout the state that has come to the surface, where there was either tampering, loss of, or burglary of criminal evidence. I certainly want to safeguard that possibility. My tentative plans at this time would be to move all of the criminal courts, both county and circuit into that area, together with my cashier operations which addresses the subject of more and better security. I am enclosing copies of previous correspondence in this regard. Mr. Charles P. Balczun, County Administrator Indian River County 1840 25th Street Vero Beach, Florida Dear Mr. Balczun: Sincerely, Freda Wright FREDA WRIGHT CLERK, CIRCUIT COURT AND RECORDER INDIAN RIVER COUNTY (305) 567-8000 P. O. BOX 1028 VERO BEACH • FLORIDA 32961-1028 October 21, 1987 Freda has asked me to.make further inquiry into our request for additional space; i.e., the office to be vacated by the Sheriff. This was addressed to you in her letter of October 1, 1987. We are also still very much concerned with the security situation, both in the main Courthouse and the Annex in the rear. As you are probably aware, the front door of the Courthouse was forcibly broken into either Friday night or early Saturday morning this past weekend, by the use of a concrete block. This was reported to the Vero Beach Police Department by Judge Smith at approximately 9:00 a.m. Saturday. Upon learning of the breakin, I, along with our Security Officer, Roland Wirth, checked all the offices of the Clerk and found no damage or entry. However, it would have been no problem had the culprit been serious with either damaging or stealing valuable equipment or contraband evidence_ Please let us hear from you soon. Sincerely, FR�DA WRIGHT, CLERK 20 '-Chief Deputy Clerk Administrator Balczun recalled that about a year ago Mrs. Wright appeared before the Board asking for an allotment of additional space. Mrs. Wright has now requested specific space, and he advised that he has no difficulty whatever with the Clerk's request. He further reported that the Clerk's basic security problem is almost resolved. Clerk Wright advised that the problem is not yet resolved, but she has heard that it will be. She confirmed that they are asking for the space in the Annex that the Sheriff will be vacating. Administrator Balczun then referred to the following memo and informed the Board that staff recommends the Clerk's request be granted. TO: James W. Davis, P.E., Director DATE: October 30, 1987 FILE: Public Works Department SUBJECT: COURTHOUSE SECURITY FROM: Charles P. Balczun REFERENCES: County Administrator I spoke with Clerk of Court Freda Wright today concerning Courthouse security. It is her opinion that her security concerns can be met if the following actions are taken/approved: .. Board of County Commission approves her request to utilize space on the first floor of the Annex being vacated by the Sheriff's Department since the existing vault at that location should provide sufficient secure storage space. .. We install a buzzer system by which she and her personnel would be able to summon bailiffs for assistance in the event of an altercation or crime. Please insure that Lynn Williams installs the buzzer system as soon as possible. 21 BOOK 7® FA,F. 50 NOV 10.1987 t,wG,V 198 BOOK .70 FAGE 59 Chairman Scurlock commented that if the Clerk moves into this space, the potential fifth courtroom would be scheduled to take the space of the Public Defender with the result that we would be looking for additional space for him, most likely somewhere in the downtown area. Commissioner Wheeler believed that probably would be the most convenient and stated that he would like to see Mrs. Wright have the Sheriff's space because there is a large vault there. ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Com- missioner Wheeler, the Board unanimously approved the Clerk's request to utilize the space on the first floor of the Annex being vacated by the Sheriff and also approved the installation of a buzzer system to solve the Clerk's security problems. REPORT ON SEEDLINGS PROJECT Brian Barnett of the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission came before the Board to report on the success of their seedling planting project which was initiated a year ago to pursue the feasibility of establishing coastal hammock vegetation on spoil islands in the Indian River. He submitted the following report: 22 Progress Report - November 10, 1987 ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIVE HAMMOCK VEGETATION ON SPOIL 1ITES DOMINATED BY AUSTRALIAN PINE Fact Sheet 1. In response to a proposal by the Office of Environmental Services of the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission (GFC), Indian River County provided $2,151.00 from tree ordinance violation fines toward the purchase of tree and shrub seedlings to be planted on three county -owned dredge spoil sites. 2. The GFC used this money to purchase approximately 5,000 seedlings from three native plant nurseries. 3. The GFC, with the assistance of a work crew supplied by the Indian River Correctional Institute, planted the seedlings from September 22-25, 1986. The sites were planted as follows: Round Island - 2 sites, 1 acre and 1/3 acre - 2,059 trees Little Round Island (east of R.I.) - 1 acre - 1,342 trees Wabasso Island - 2 sites, total nearly 3/4 acre - 1,595 trees 4. Thirty-one species of trees and shrubs were planted, with a total of 4,996 seedlings on the three sites. From the originally proposed species list, strangler fig was added while marlberry, inkwood, wild coffee, saw palmetto, and yellow elder were unavailable at the time of purchase. 5. An experimental planting grid was established on Wabssso Island to allow growth and survival monitoring of a representative sample. Twenty seedlings each of thirty species were planted in the monitoring grid. All other plantings at the three sites were random. 6. After one year, the survival rate of the planted seedlings is 69%. When the nine species with less than 50% survival are deleted, the remaining twenty-one species had an 87% survival rate. Growth has been good, especially among those species with high survival rates. 7. The GFC's original test planting on a spoil island near Oslo. Road is now 4 -years -old. Survival at that site is 54%, and many trees exceed 4 meters in height. SPECIES CONDITION SUMMARY WABASSO ISLAND HAMMOCK RESTORATION PROJECT SEPTEMBER 1986 — SEPTEMBER 1987 20- 19- 18 zo 20 20 so t t 0 o a >o >z >z U u >s n zo 00 7 17- 16 to to to 16- 80 is- 5 14 >6 14- 70 o, 13- 3 12 a 12- 60 to 11 0 a 0 10 t2 9—CDm 50 5 E 8 to CL 40 z' 7- 6 6- 5- 54 4- s 20 3- 2- - 4 3 10 1 lie �+� 101 4` Sr V44& , dole 0. t Cly `'Si SOP co'� , i cnL Q�"�aAF JAN fid% y� +W � lt° Healthy Distressed Dead r�eeswe� 23 BOOK 70 PACE s® N O 1® .1987 OV 10 1987 BOOK IO I'q0c 61 Mr. Barnett informed the Board that they are very much encouraged by the survival rate, particularly since there was so little rain. They are trying to plant a community that will succeed the Australian pine monoculture, and it seems that it is succeeding. He advised that he will not request more funds today, but he may be back next summer asking for funds from the Tree Ordinance violation monies to expand the project. PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED - PROPOSED ROAD GRID ORDINANCE Staff Planner DeBlois made the following presentation in regard to the financial impact of the proposed ordinance: TO: The Honorable Members of DATE: October 30, 1987 FILE: the Board of County - Commissioners DIVISION HEAD CONCURRENCE: PROPOSED ROAD ADDRESSING SUBJECT: SYSTEM ORDINANCE; STUDY OF... -_ ert M. Kea i , A FINANCIAL IMPACT Community Develo men Director THROUGH: Michael K. Miller, Chief Environmental Planning FROM: Roland M. DeBlois -44,0 REFERENCES: Staff Environmental Planner It is requested that the data presented herein be given formal -- consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at their regular meeting of November 10, 1987. DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS: At a public hearing for the proposed Road Addressing System Ordinance, held on October 13, 1987, the Board of County Commissioners voted to table ordinance adoption until a study of financial impact was presented to the Board. Moreover, minutes of the October 13th hearing reflect the Board's support for building number requirements, but also indicate the Board's concern as to the need and utility of road "number" designations in addition to, and/or instead of, road "name" designations. The information herein is provided for the Board's further consideration regarding adoption of the proposed Road Addressing System Ordinance. 24 � r � M M ALTERNATIVES & ANALYSIS: As presented, the proposed ordinance has only two requirements which produce a Tinancial impact. These are: (1) building number requirements; and (2) road "number" designation requirements. Each of these two requirements impose certain costs and confer various benefits on one or more of the following groups: County administration; property owners associations; developers; individual homeowners; existing businesses; emergency services; and the Postal Service. (1) IMPACT OF BUILDING NUMBER REQUIREMENTS The proposed Road Addressing System Ordinance would require that all buildings in the County have address numbers displayed that are visible from the public or private road on which the building fronts, such numbers to be in sequence with the surrounding building number pattern. In that respect, building number requirements would primarily affect existing buildings with no numbers, or numbers that are out of sequence. County Administration (N/A) COSTS: There would be no direct costs to County administration; enforcement and field inspections would be conducted by code enforcement staff as part of routine duties. (+) BENEFITS: The requirement of sequential building numbers would result in better public service response, and minimize complaints received concerning address inadequacies. Adoption of the ordinance would authorize the County to require needed changes. — Property Owners Associations (N/A) COSTS: Building number requirements would not result in cost to a property owners - association, except as may apply to individual landowners whose building _ numbers are not in conformance (see "individual homeowners" heading). (+) BENEFITS: Consistent, sequential building numbers within a private development would result in efficient emergency services response, and other address -dependent services (i.e. postal delivery). Developers (N/A) COSTS: The proposed ordinance would not result in any additional costs to new development beyond what is already required. (+) BENEFITS: No substantial benefits over present circumstances. Individual Homeowners COSTS: The proposed building numbering requirement would have minimal costz only to homeowners whose present address is out of sequence or whose house number is 25 BOOK 70 f -AIDE 62 Boaz 70 r, ,F nonexistent. Cost of address change would include: *Price of 3" building numbers: $.75 to 2.00 (per number, X 4) = $8.00 **Reorder of personal checks: (per 200) $10.00 **Personal letterhead: (per 25U sheets) $15.00 **Notice of address change: (unquantified) ± $35.00 NOTE: *Required changes **Potential costs (as applicable) It should be noted that the Postal Service would forward mail for up to 12 months, during which time supply reordering (i.e. personal checks, letterhead) would normally occur, even without an address change. (+) BENEFITS: For those homeowners whose address would change as a result of the ordinance, the benefits would be a needed improvement in emergency service response, and in other address -dependent services. Existing Businesses (-) COSTS: Costs related to the proposed ordinance would only apply to businesses with addresses out of sequence with the proposed ordinance requirements. Costs would be similar to individual homeowners, but with added expenses- such as advertisement changes, business cards, etc. An estimate would be: *Cost of 3" building numbers: ($2.00-$5.00 per no. X 4) _ $20.00 **Reorder of business checks = $20.00 - 50.00 **Stationery = $25.00 (per 250 letterhead; envelopes) **Business cards = $35.00 (per 1,000, X no. of employees) **Notice of address change = Unquantified **Advertisement of address change = Unquantified $130.00+ NOTE: *Required change **Potential costs (as applicable) As with individual homeowners, the Postal Service would allow for up to a 12 month forwarding period, although it is acknowledged that it is in the best 26 - M M interest of businesses to finalize address change tasks within a short period of time. (+) BENEFITS: An address in sequence with surrounding address patterns would allow for quicker emergency service response, and would result in the business being more easily located by potential customers. Emergency -Services: (N/A) COSTS: Building number requirements would result in no cost to emergency services. (+) BENEFITS: Emergency services response to calls would be greatly enhanced, with field personnel able to follow logical building number patterns. Postal Service: (N/A) COSTS: Building number requirements would result in no additional costs to the Postal Service. (+) BENEFITS: The Postal Service would be able to provide better service to those buildings with addresses presently difficult to locate. (2) IMPACT OF PROPOSED ROAD DESIGNATION REQUIREMENTS The ordinance as proposed would require that roads in the County be identified by a "number" designation, instead of or in addition to "name" designations. With reference to existing "name" roads, the ordinance would require that road signs presently without "number" designations be brought into conformance over time as the signs deteriorate or become missing. County Administration H COSTS: The County would undergo additional costs to what is already spent on public road signs, but only in cases where dual (name and number) designations occur. There are an estimated 1,500± intersections of public roads in the County, of which approximately 500 exist that would be subject to signs with dual designations. Under the proposed ordinance, the County would retain the option of issuing dual designations (i.e.: memorial and/or historic road names), though it is anticipated that most public roads would continue to be designated with a number only. In using cost estimates provided by the County Traffic Engineer the following cost estimates are presented: Present Estimated Sign Budget: 1,500 intersections (total) @ 1.5 blades per intersection = 2,250 blades at $5.77 = $12,982.50 Annual budget based on 5 yr. life of sign = $2,596.50 27 Boor 70 64 Nov 10 1987 BOOK 70 F��E ' f 5 Additional Cost for Dual Designations: 500 intersections @ 1.5 blades per intersection = 750 blades at $6.00 = $4,500.00 Additional annual budget cost based on 5 yr. life of sign = $900.00 (+) BENEFITS: In that the County's main function is to serve the citizens in the interest of health, safety, and welfare, the requirement of road "number" designations would be a benefit in helping to provide quicker emergency service response. Property Owners Association (-) COSTS A private.development's property owners association (P.O.A.) would be responsible for replacing any road signs _ in a subdivision, where signs either deteriorate_ or are missing. Therefore, any costs to a P.O.A. would occur incrementally, when any particular sign requires replacement. The expense of replacing a sign would be a determination of the P.O.A., providing that the replacement sign meets minimum standards set by the County Traffic (COSTS) cont'd.: Engineer. If a road within a private subdivision/development has a number designation only, the proposed ordinance would not result in any additional costs to a P.O.A. than what is presently required. (+) BENEFITS: The requirement of road "number" designations in addition to or in place of road "name" designations would provide field reference for emergency services personnel, and therefore more efficient emergency service response for residents and members of a P.O.A. - Developers (-) COSTS: Road "number" designations requirements would result in added expense to developers who wish to plat subdivisions with aesthetic road "names". However, the developer would still have the option of designating a road with a "number" only, which would result in no additional cost beyond what is already required. (N/A) BENEFITS: The road designation requirements would not result in any direct benefit to the developer. Individual Homeowners (-) COSTS: Cost to the individual homeowner, based on the requirement of road number designations, would only affect those homeowners who presently live on a road with a "name" designation. The cost would be the homeowners contribution to 28 _ M (+) BENEFITS: Existing Businesses: the P.O.A.'s expense of replacing nonconforming (deteriorated) or missing road signs. The proposed road designation requirement would not have an impact on present addresses; homeowners would be able to continue using their present road designations. Road "number" designation requirements would result in more efficient emergency service response. (N/A) COSTS: Existing businesses would not have any direct costs due to the proposed' road designation requirements. (+) BENEFITS: More efficient emergency service and other address dependent service response. Emergency Services: (N/A) COSTS: Cost to Emergency Services would consist of staff time needed to update data bases with reference to roads in the County that presently have "name" designations only. Such an update would occur over a period of time, thus minimizing staff time beyond normal tasks and duties. Emergency Services Cont'd. (+) BENEFITS: The requirement of road "number" designations would aid emergency service field personnel (i.e. ambulance drivers) in locating addresses more readily. Postal Service (-) COSTS: The Postal Service (Vero Beach) has expressed concern that the proliferation of roads with dual designations would result in confusion and difficulty regarding postal delivery. While the Postal Service has mastered delivery on existing roads with two designations (i.e.: Glendale Road, 8th Street), the Vero Beach Postmaster has recently indicated that the Postal Service would prefer that roads have one designation only, either a "number" or a "name". (+) BENEFITS: The Postal Service has acknowledged that the requirement of road "number" designations (only) would be beneficial regarding the delivery of mail. 29 BOOK 70 F.,,X 66 -7 Nov 10`d97 BOOK 1 O PA GF. 67 To summarize the estimated costs/benefits of the proposed Road Addressing Ordinance on various entities in the County, the following matrix is provided: -. BUILDING NO. REQUIREMENT RD. NO. DESIGNATION REQ. County Entities (-) Costs (+)Benefits (-) Costs (+)Benefits County N/A Improved No Addi- Improved Administration public tional public service costs for service roads with no. only Complaints Double road minimized sign costs for dual designations (Approx. $900/ yr.) Property Owners N/A Improved Replacement Improved Assoc. emergency costs services service of road to resi- to individ. signs where dents homeowners deteriorated or missing. Developers N/A N/A Initial costs N/A for road signs with two designa- tions (optional) Individual/ Address change Improved Cost contri- Improved Homeowners for existing address- bution to address- non-confor- dependent P.O.A. to dependent mities. services replace road services (approx. $8.00 ers signs tions to $33.00±) Exist. Address change Improved N/A Improved Businesses for existing address- address- non-confor- dependent dependent mities; services services (approx.$8.00 to roads with to deliver - to $130.00±) two designa- ers Emergency N/A Improved Incremental Improved Services response incorporation public to emer- of designa- service gency calls tion additions into data base Postal N/A Able to Additional "Number" Service locate confusion/ designation addresses costs for (only) - easier for delivery beneficial postal to roads with to deliver - delivery two designa- ers tions 30 Planning staff estimates that approximately 5% of the residences in the unincorporated County have building numbers that are either out of sequence or nonexistent. Areas of concern are Gifford (approx. 650 residences would be subject to change), Tropicolony Subdivision (approx. 140), Vero Beach Country Club (20), and approximately twelve (12) businesses in the area of south Old Dixie Highway. -_ The cost estimates provided herein for residential and business building number changes would only apply to the estimated 5% of total locations in the County. Also, considering that a residence or business has up to 12 months during which mail would be forwarded, actual address -change costs would most likely be less than the conservative figures previously referenced. Following is a total cost estimate of required changes based on the number of nonconforming residences and businesses identified: Residences: Gifford - 650 Tropicolony - 140 Vero Beach - 20 Country Club 810 x $8.00 (bldg. nos.) = $6,480.00 Businesses: S. Old Dixie Hwy. - 12 x $20.00 (bldg. nos.) _ $240.00 Area In that the Postal Service has expressed concern that dual road designations would be confusing and result in a substantial increase in workload, staff recommends that, if roads are to be limited to one designation only,' that. -designation should be a "number". While road "names" are aesthetic, they do not provide information as to the location of a particular address. The benefits of requiring building numbers and road designations to conform to 1 logical grid pattern is not easily quantified. However, it is staff's position that the requirements would enhance timely life-saving emergency service response, and therefore substantially outweigh any minimal costs and inconveniences. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners adopt the proposed Road Addressing System Ordinance. Planner DeBlois emphasized that the cost to the home owner would be minimal; it would not really affect the address of an individual property owner because they would still maintain the street name. Chairman Scurlock asked how this would affect the 911 system if, for instance, there were two 1936's. Planner DeBlois di.d not anticipate any duplications of building numbers. He noted there will be a name and.a number, and the purpose of the number is for grid reference. Planning Director Keating believed the two 1936's is a good example of why the ordinance has been requested because the V 10* 1987 31 BOOK ,70 PAGE 6� N 0 V 10 1997 Boa 70 PA-IJE 09 proposed ordinance would give the county the opportunity to require that any duplicated numbers be changed. Commissioner Wheeler questioned how you address a develop- ment such as Vista Royale that is large and established with winding roads, and also wished to know how the grid system would address private. subdivisions that have taken on a particular theme in the naming of their roads. Director Keating explained that the proposed ordinance will not require new development coming in to be a perfect grid with nothing but straight roads. It just sets up a logical method whereby a circle or winding road will have a consistent approach for the numbering. In regard to existing subdivisions - the requirement would be that when their road signs deteriorate and need to be replaced, they will then have to have both name and number. There will not be any immediate cost. The Chairman asked if anyone present wished to be heard. William Koolage, 815 26th Ave., wished to know if the big problem with numbering in Summerplace was ever resolved. Director Keating advised that staff looked at that subdivi- sion this morning and determined that a change was made some years ago so that the numbers now are logical, in sequence and consistent with the grid. Mr. Koolage advised that in the subdivision in which he lives, on some of the avenues the numbers start at 801 and on others, they start at 815. When it was proposed at one point in to change all the numbers so the first house number on an avenue would consistently start at 801, for instance, it meant a whole lot of changes, and he objected because of the problem this would cause with mail being delivered, newspapers, stocks, bonds, etc. Mr. Koolage, therefore, encouraged the Board not to make arbitrary changes if the number sequences on a street are logical. Planner DeBlois advised that they did not anticipate any mass changes. 32 Fred Mensing, Roseland, stated that he was impressed with everything in the ordinance except Sec. 18-61 a, b and c, which he felt can be sharpened up for the benefit of emergency services. He felt there should be a requirement that the lettering on the signs should be of a size that is readily readable at night with a spotlight and in a certain location near the front door. He also felt homes on large tracts should be required to have their identification signs at their driveway entrance, and did not believe the ordinance addresses that. Mr. Mensing did not really like the idea of renumbering Roseland, but he hoped staff could take a real futuristic look at the whole unique conglomeration of roads there to see if something might be done to help emergency services locate places more easily. Director Keating agreed the Fleming Grant area is unique in that the roads there run from southeast to northwest so they are about in the middle of whether they could be called avenues, which run north and south, or streets which run east and west, and staff has looked at this very closely. As to visible numbers and the location of identification signs on a large tract, Director Keating felt the proposed ordinance deals with that by requiring that "All buildings shall have an assigned building number displayed in a manner such that the numbers are visible from the public or private road on which the building fronts." Anthony Cueto, Postmaster, Vero Beach, informed the Board that he and Ms. Doody, Postmaster, Sebastian, who are responsible for delivery of mail in 950 of the county, are here today to share their concerns with the Board, and they have also asked Maxwell Scott, Postmaster of the Melbourne area, to come with them to speak about the problems he encountered with the proposed system in the Palm Bay area. Mr. Cueto read the following letter aloud and circulated to the Commissioners a copy of the Mail Distribution Scheme that their employees have to memorize and work from: 33 BOOK 70 F,,A,E 70 NOV 10 1987 „p.TES POST, C N W T F p Z �� n � LLSMAII n1 •aura+ United States Postal Service VERO BEACH, FLORIDA 32960-9998 November 10, 1987 Boa 70 Fa;E 71 THE POSTMASTER OF VERO BEACH HALED DELIVERED A COPY OF THIS LETTER TO THE FOLLOWING AT THE REGULAR BOAM OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER MEETING ON NOVEMBER 10, 1987, PRIOR TO THE FINALIZATION OF THE ROAD ADDRESSIM SYSTEM1 PROPOSAL. Don C. Scurlock, Jr., Chairman Margaret C. Bowman, Vice Chairman Richard N. Bird Gary C. Wheeler Karen K. Eggert The U.S. Postal Service appreciates the opportunity to appear before the Indian River County Commission regarding the proposed Road Addressing System Ordinance; Study of Financial Impact. Based upon our current understanding of the grid development process and the fact that it may not tie into the City of Vero Beach numbering system and that dual street names are a part of the consideration, the U.S. Postal Service objects to the proposed road addressing system ordinance. 1. We are the only service organization that will have to deal with this problem on a daily and massive scale. We object very strongly to tying our service credibility to this challenge. 2. Page 6 of the letter from Roland M. DeBlois dated 10-30-87 appears to indicate that the U.S. Postal Service employees have learned and the U.S. Postal Service is willing to accept dual addresses as a routine way of doing business. 'vie do not accept that philosophy. 3. in addition to a service deterioration that would be caused I y the use of dual street names, consideration has not been given to the cost to organizations involved. U.S. Postal Service cost for the first year would be a minimum of $150,000. While we do not object to county efforts to improve the address system on a permanent basis, we believe that the cost would be lost and we still would not be able to deliver the mail properly. 4. The control of our customer's mail and a timely delivery is based upon the purity of customer addresses and many other internal activities. Our Postai Operations Manual, Section 122.2, restricts the addressing format for the purposes of machine readability and employee handling. The options do not include dual street names. The options address the use of a post office box and a street address. The address shown above the city name is the way mail is to be delivered. Carrier casing equipment is designed for single street names. Dual street names will not be shown on post office sorting equipment. of multi -line character readers will sort upon the shown immediately above th use a naJ4 n our data bank that mail is addressed and will be returned to sender. 34 Eventually, machinery in the way mail to delivery routes based e city. If the custaner opts to considered undeliverable as 5. Our position will be that we will not recognize any street addresses beyond those currently carried in our schemes unless the county adopts a traditional grid system, ties into the City of Vero Beach numbering system and the county takes the position Of single street addresses. Finally, we want to assure you that we will cooperate in every way with the new numbering changes or name changes as long as they represent the logic that has been considered traditional by all service organizations, maps and post office addressing. Our biggest concern, if the county adopts their present proposal, is that many of our custaners would experience problems with undeliverable mail. lhfortunately our reponse to our custaners would have to be that the U.S. Postal Service did not participate in this decision and very strongly objected to the implementation of the use of dual street names. Thank you. zle�l G5& A. Cueto, jr. Postmaster Vero Beach, F1. 32960-9998 L. S. Doody Postmaster Sebastian, F1. 32978-9998 Commissioner Eggert asked if she may assume that the Post Office is not objecting to the house numbering, and Postmaster Cueto clarified that they are not - they will support the Board on the grid system but not dual addresses. Commissioner Bird asked if instead of the dual addresses, they would prefer that we stay with name designations rather than numerical designations because he feels strongly about names, and if he has to make a choice, he will stay with the names. Postmaster Cueto stated that the way it is now is fine; they just can't have dual designations for roads. Postmaster Doody informed the Board that they will adjust to whatever the Board proposes - if the desire is to maintain the historical names, there is no problem with that, and if the Board wishes to go with the grid system, they will adjust to that though the Board will have to bear with them taking some time to retrain their employees. What they cannot go along with, for instance, is 300 Cardinal Drive also being 300 30th Avenue. Director Keating noted that the original intent.was to change everything to numbers but that proved unworkable; so, they pursued a compromise where 911 agreed they could overlay a dual system. He pointed out that there are a lot of streetsthat NOV 1 1987 3 5 BOOK 70 P�,E 72 Nov 10 "1987 Boou 70 F-A,E 73 presently have dual designations, i.e., 4th_Street or Citrus; 8th Street or Glendale; 58th Avenue or King's Highway, etc. Postmaster Cueto agreed that there are.some dual designa- tions that have been in existence for many years, but stressed that they don't want to keep on compounding the problem. Commissioner Wheeler asked if there is any p-roblem with using the grid system but grandfathering whatever is here now. He pointed out that specific subdivisions may have a specific theme. For instance, those who live here know that on the beach north of Beachland Boulevard, the streets are named for trees while south of Beachland Boulevard, they are named .for flowers. He believed a grid system can also cause a problem; for instance, 29th Avenue stops at 4th Street and picks up again at 15th Street, and you need local information to answer that emergency call. Postmaster Cueto introduced Postmaster Scott of Melbourne. Postmaster Scott informed the Board that the Melbourne area has seven post offices, one of which is Palm Bay where about three years ago they changed every lot number to relocate the center of town, and some 7,000 street numbers were changed. Unfortunately they also changed 400 street names, and in the first year trying to adjust to these changes cost the Post Office about $75,000, the main reason being that they had people who would not participate and notify everyone involved. They had customer problems as well as internal problems and found they simply could not deliver the mail. Postmaster Scott, therefore, believed it would be a very good choice to grandfather in the old names. Director Keating pointed out that, in essence, is what staff is proposing, but in addition, overlaying the numbering. The ordinance would allow new developments to use the name and put the dual name and number on it. If it is desired to go with the Post Office's recommendation, future developments would have to be limited to one or -the other - names or numbers. A second 36 alternative is whether or not the Board wants all the existing named roads just to remain named and not overlay a number system. As to having a system different than Vero Beach, staff worked with the City staff a great deal, and while they recognized politically it would not be feasible to change a lot of the street names, they were amenable to overlaying a number system. Director Keating further reported that the City does their house numbering in a unique manner quite different than our system re the odd and even numbers, and he felt our system is more rational. Commissioner Wheeler asked if it is allowable currently for someone in a development on a cul de sac to have a name instead of a number, and it was confirmed that this is allowed. Planner DeBlois advised that if the road is to be dedicated to the county, we generally ask for numbers. Privately maintained roads generally have name designations. Commissioner Wheeler favored a system where new subdivisions could have names if they have a specific theme or are consistent in some way. It was determined that no one else wished to be heard, and the Chairman declared the public hearing closed. Commissioner Bowman commented that the proposed ordinance provides that "where further division requires roads to be located between two sequentially numbered 'Streets' north of 1st Street, such road shall be identified, in order, from south to north as 'Place,' 'Lane,' and 'Manor." She asked why this sequence is not done alphabetically which would be easier. Director Keating explained that this is the system that has been used over the years, and leaving it the same would prevent having to change a lot of designations that are already in place. Commissioner Bird had a problem with the provision on Page 6 that public roads shall be designated by number only, except that road names of historic significance shall be preserved in addition to the assigned number designation. He personally felt NOV 10 1987 37 BOOK 7D FA uF 74 OV 10 1987 Boa 70 pnf 75 that Indian River Boulevard is a good name and would hate to think that if we were to do that project today, we would have to call it Third Avenue or something like that. The proposed provision sounds as if it is mandatory. Planner DeBlois felt that the intent was to allow flexibility for the County Commission to use names if they felt that was appropriate, and that provision could be changed to reflect that it would be the Board's discretion to use names for public roads if they wished. In the continuing discussion, the Chairman believed we want to accommodate the Post Office and still achieve our objectives. Director Keating believed to do that we should require any new public or private roads to have a number designation. Commissioner Bird stated that he will not vote for that. Commissioner Wheeler suggested it be worded that "any new roads other than those designated by the County Commission will have a number designation." Director Keating suggested the wording should be "to require any new public or private roads other than those specific roads the County Commission wishes to assign a name to have a number designation in conformance with the existing grid system." MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Commissioner Bowman, to approve the ordinance as proposed with the addition of the wording such as suggested above. Commissioner Bird stated that he plans to vote against the Motion. He understood the purpose behind the ordinance, but questioned whether our county is that big or sophisticated that we have to do away with the charm of the area. He believed there are some large cities that function with named streets. Postmaster Cueto continued to stress that the Post Office does not object to names; they just object to the the dual system 38 ® a � where one street would have two names. They can live with the few dual names that are traditional, but they don't want to keep on adding more. Commissioner Bird felt he could support the staff recommen- dation for a grid system if it were to encourage developers to go along with this voluntarily rather than making it mandatory. Commissioner Wheeler believed the private developer would have the ability to come to the Commission if he wished to name the streets in his project. Nancy Offutt, although she realized the public hearing has been closed, wished to comment on staff's suggested wording. She would ask that private subdivisions be allowed the latitude to have their theme carried forward in their roads because she felt to require them to come before the Commission for permission to designate internal roads in a subdivision seems like a lot of unnecessary trouble. Chairman Scurlock believed we go through that process in the site plan review and felt we could vest authority in Planning & Zoning Commission to handle this and then it could be appealed to the County Commission. Discussion continued re clarification of the Board's intent, which Commissioner Eggert believed was grandfathering whatever is existing and'then new roads would be designated by number according to the grid unless during site plan procedure, they ask for those roads to be specific names and it is approved as part of their site plan. THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION on approval of the ordinance amended as discussed. It was voted on and carried 4 to 1 with Commissioner Bird voting in opposition. Director Keating suggested that staff make the recommended changes and then bring the ordinance back for final approval. NOV 101997 39 BOOK 70 FAGS 76 rNOV 10 1987 BOOK ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, the Board unanimously tabled final action on the revised road numbering ordinance until the Regular Meeting of November 24, 1987, at 9:05 A.M. COUNTY JAIL, PHASE II, ARCHITECT 70, Pnl 77'." Iu Attorney Vitunac reported that the Attorney's office, along with Commissioner Wheeler and Administrator Balczun, has been trying to get more space in our jail. There have been enormous problems with opening Phase II, and the problem is that one of the sub -contractors has been holding up one of the electronic boards. Schopke Construction has made the following proposal: 1. That the electronic -detention portion of these damages be reduced to $10,500.00. 2. That the balance of these damages ($4,500.00) be borne by Schopke Construction & Engineering, Inc. * This represents half of the total damages, per our discussion. We believe that we could successfully prevail for more than this reduction but are willing to settle for this and get this job behind us. Per our further discussion, continued liquidated damages will be terminated as of this date pending substantial completion of the job by November 18, 1987. Should Schopke Construction & Engineering, Inc. be unable to complete by November 18, 1987, damages will begin being assessed as defined in ARTICLE 3 of the contract documents. Should the above be accepted, Schopke Construction & Engineering, Inc. agrees to waive its rights to time -delay claims prior to this date on the above referenced project. *3. The graphics enunciator locking and lighting lower level panel must be. physically on the project site no later than 12 noon Thursday, November 12, 1987 or this entire agreement is void. Commissioner Wheeler advised that while he had some serious problems with the proposal, he was willing to support it because it seems to be the practical thing to do. Administrator Balczun agreed that staff would prefer to play hard ball and say abide by the terms of the contract. The obvious problem, however, is that without this equipment, we will continue to have over -capacity problems at the jail. There might be some opportunity for us to go out and have the missing compo- nents built outside of the existing contract, but unfortunately 40 we do not have any electronic engineers on staff and would have to hire one. Commissioner Eggert asked what costs we are facing in not opening this building. Commissioner Wheeler felt we probably are looking at a mini- mum of 120 days to have this piece of equipment built some place else. County Attorney Vitunac emphasized that we are looking at a 3 million dollar building, 15 guards hired and in training, plus the cost of putting prisoners somewhere else, all of which would cost far more than the $15,000. Also if we went to court on the $15,000, Schopke feels he is going to win and we feel we are going to win. No one is thrilled with this settlement, but if we sign the proposed agreement, we will still get $15,000 damages; we will have the equipment Thursday; and the jail will be open the week after that. Chairman Scurlock remembered the great debate we had with Schopke, and the economic decision made by Schopke to choose the other supplier. He did believe it is a reasonable settlement and the only problem is the additional potential damages. He wished to know what happens if they don't perform in the future after they deliver the equipment. Attorney Vitunac advised that from November 18th on there will be $250 a day additional for every day the jail is not substantially complete. They have, in essence, bought another 30 days. ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Commissioner Wheeler, the Board unanimously approved the agreement proposed by Schopke Construction and authorized the signature of the Chairman. 41 pp Nov 10 1� BOOK 70 PAGE 70 %A101181iler Schopke Construction & Engineering, Inc. General Conrracrinq and Engine>enr q Srroc-, 1620 Tangr,nne ST, Molbounit, Lic. 12794 November 9, 1987 Indian River County Board of County Commissioners 1840 - 25th Street Vero Beach, FL 32960 Attention: Charles P. Vitunac County Attorney Reference: Indian River County Jail - Phase II Dear Sir: BOOK 70 PA UF 79 f Per our discussion of November 9, 1987, Schopke Construction & Engineering, Inc. in an attempt to settle the $15,000.00 -alleged damages assessed proposes the following: 1. That the electronic -detention portion of these damages be reduced to $10,500.00. 2. That the balance of these damages ($4,500.00) be borne by Schopke Construction & Engineering, Inc. * This represents half of the total damages, per our discussion. We believe that we could successfully prevail for more than this reduction but are willing to settle for this and get this job behind us. Per our further discussion, continued liquidated damages will be terminated as of this date pending substantial completion of the job by November 18, 1987. Should Schopke Construction & Engineering, Inc. be unable to complete by November 18, 1987, damages will begin being assessed as defined in ARTICLE 3 of the contract documents. Should the above be accepted, Schopke Construction & Engineering, Inc. agrees to waive its rights to time -delay claims prior to this date on the above referenced project. *3. The graphics enunciator locking and lighting lower level panel must be physically on the project site no later than 12 noon Thursday, November 12, 1987 or this entire agreement is void. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the'undersigned COUNTY and SCHOPKE have executed this document on the date shown below. ATTEST: Freda Wright, ClenY Approved by the Board: November 10, 1987 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA C.0,0Z &-I, Don C. Scurlock, Jr., C tirpn SCHOPKE CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING, INC. c Neil Schopke, P sident DISCUSSION RE HIRING OF ASSISTANT_ COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Chairman Scurlock advised that he has had expressed to him both by Commission members and by the general public that there may be some misunderstanding and differences of opinion regarding the hiring of the Assistant County Administrator. He noted that he went back and Listened to the tapes of the budget sessions, and as may be remembered, he voted not to hire any assistant but was overruled by the majority, and a level of compensation was set at $41,400. He then supported the majority view. The Chairman further noted that the tapes of the workshop sessions also reflect that the intention of the Board was to hire a risk manager prior to an assistant administrator being hired. He believed we need some discussion on the present situation because while there is no question that Mr. Balczun has the authority to hire his own assistant without conferring with the Board, it seems that the terms offered are in question because apparently the amount offered was quite a bit in excess of the $41,400 that was budgeted. We have had approximately five pay periods in this budget year; so, that $41,400 as an annual salary would be reduced by that amount, if that were the intention of the Board. The Chairman believed we need to clear up this matter and move forward. Chairman Scurlock noted that the Board has not had a formal presentation re the terms offered the assistant administrator in the letter of employment, and he requested that Administrator Balczun outline just what he has offered, including compensation level, fringe benefits, travel expenses, etc. Administrator Balczun reported that essentially he offered a salary of $51,000 yearly to start, and typically in those kinds of employment letters,.you stipulate the conditions under which that can be increased over a period of time, i.e., annual raises, evaluations, etc. He stated that there will not be any costs arising from relocation other than the mileage of getting from A to B. There will be no on-site costs such as hotel, motel. The Nov 1 � 197 43 BOOK ,70 . PAGE 80 N 0� 101987-7 BOOK 7G PAM= '' letter does say he would be subject to all other rules, regula- tions and benefits afforded other employees, including car allowance. Administrator Balczun noted that he needs to have a discussion with OMB Director Baird about this as to what is really budgeted and what is not. He believed we had a discussion about systemwide increases in the car allowances, and he was not sure how we really treated any of that. Administrator Balczun wished to assure the Board that he is very confident in his new assistant's ability. He certainly recognizes the risks one faces when he recruits and hires someone he has worked with before, and if he were not that confident, he certainly would not have done it. However, if it is the Board's policy that those kinds of decisions be run by them, informally or formally, they are the ones who make the rules, and if that is the rule they want, he will follow it. He stated that he just did what he thought was normal procedure. Chairman Scurlock asked with the $51,000 offered, if there would be a probation period with an anticipated 5% raise at the end of six months, and Administrator Balczun stated that as a generality every new employee after completion of six months goes up 5% automatically. Commissioner Eggert noted that her problem is that during budget hearings we discussed this position, set an amount, and asked the Administrator if felt he could get someone for that amount. He confirmed that he believed he could, but with some room for negotiation. With negotiation in a situation such as this, she would not be surprised to see possibly a thousand or so dollars difference, but she was amazed at a $10,000 difference. Commissioner Eggert pointed out that the Chairman sat here during the public hearings on the budget and assured people that we go over everything line item by line item and lay out positions with their salaries, etc.; so, with something this different from the amount set at budget time, she felt very strongly that it should be brought back to the Commission because she felt we set a 44 policy in setting that salary amount when we did the budget in the first place. Apparently it is a misunderstanding, but she believed there is a lot of policy set in the budget that doesn't necessarily have to be laid out every time something comes up. Administrator Balczun noted that, certainly everyone has their own philosophy, but budgets normally are a financing plan to underwrite the cost of goods and services, etc., for the fiscal year, and with respect to salaries, the cost of that position for the fiscal year. He has always operated on the basis that wherever a level of compensation fits on a salary schedule, and multiplied times that portion of the year that the job is going to be filled, is the budget amount. However, it is becoming apparent that the Board's belief is that a budgetary number with respect to a position actually mandates the salary. Normally it is a two step procedure. Commissioner Eggert confirmed that to her a budget level the way we have been doing it mandates a salary, (the same as a capital item and its cost), and if we see a difference, we come back with a budget amendment. That is why she has a problem with the concept of program budgeting. It is very difficult for us to know exactly what is going on and tell a taxpayer this is what we are doing unless the budget is laid out and followed. Chairman Scurlock believed there is a little different philosophy in Indian River County, and possibly the Board has not been communicating as well as we should have with a new person who has operated under a different system. For example, Mr. Balczun just came from a county that has 38 Commissioners spread all over; the meetings are extremely short; and they totally rely on the administrative division to run the whole show - they are not involved to the extent this Commission historically always has been. Our make-up is that the five County Commissioners are intimately involved in the running of the county government, and possibly that is where we are a little awry in this situation, especially when we are talking about a second in command, who, if NOV �1 V 101987 45 BOOK 70. P'cr. . 02 L6� V 10 1987 BOOK .70 F -AGE 83 something should happen to the Administrator, would be taking over. The Chairman did not know what flexibility the Administrator has and would not want to put him in an untenable position, but noted that he is going have a hard time voting for $53,000 when we budgeted $41,400, which means to him that the amount remaining after five pay periods would be less than $40,000. Commissioner Bird concurred that we need to clarify for the future. He agreed the Administrator has the ability to hire and fire and the Board works with him to set the salary levels for some of the key department heads, and he believed the Board felt we had done so at budgettime. Commissioner Bird felt if the Administrator had gone out to fill this position and found he couldn't acquire a person of the caliber he needed at that price range, he should have come back to the Commission with that information and possibly the Commission would have reconsidered. Certainly this is the way it should be done in the future. Administrator Balczun stated that he could certainly assure the Board that this will not happen again - (a) because the Board has enunciated the rules and (b) because he has never thought of himself as being overly stupid about making the same mistake twice. He continued that he would like to suggest that our personnel professional do further study on the issue, and, of course, whatever the Board decides will be followed, but the Administrator pointed out that at a salary of $41,400, the assistant administrator would be the 8 or 9th person in salary stacking in the county ratings. Chairman Scurlock did not believe he necessarily has to be the second highest paid in the county, and Commissioner Bird agreed that you do not necessarily need the compensation to have the authority, as recently proved by Col. Oliver North. Chairman Scurlock further noted that Palm Beach County has 7 or 8 assistant administrators. Also, he felt the salary depends on where exactly the assistant administrator is to be put in the 46 r � � county structure, what exactly he will do, and what assignments he has. Commissioner Eggert agreed that until we see just what the job entails, it makes a difference, i.e., if he is to replace former Intergovernmental Coordinator "Tommy" Thomas, for instance. Commissioner Wheeler pointed out that in the near future we will have a personnel study completed, and since we are paying for this, he is going to feel strongly about adopting some kind of uniform salary range procedure, job classification, etc., which may well involve some salaries being raised and some reduced. Commissioner Eggert agreed and stated that she would hate to put someone in at too high a level and then chop it down that fast. Commissioner Bird commented that even if the Administrator. had followed the suggested procedure, he personally would have had a difficult time being convinced to approve a salary as high as $51,00; although, he might have been agreeable to exceeding the $41,000. He asked if it is possible we can go back to the $41,400 figure which was approved at budgettime and compensate the Assistant Administrator for the remaining pay periods of this year, with the automatic increase in six months if he works out all right, and do that until we get the study completed by the consultant. Administrator Balczun did not see that we can't. He noted that frankly there is no alternative, and if that is what the Board wants to do, that is what we will do. His only concern in the circumstances is to be as reasonable and fair as possible. Commissioner Eggert suggested a Motion to establish the compensation for the Assistant Administrator at $41,400 for the remaining pay periods of this fiscal year with the ability to have a 5% raise at.the end of the probation period. 47 BOOK 1U PAGE 84 OV 10 197 BOOK iO f`A,GE. 85 Chairman Scurlock made the point that, figuring this out mathematically, if the Board approved the $41,400 for the remaining pay periods, we would, in effect, have approved the $51,000 salary offered by the Administrator. ON MOTION by.Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Com- missioner Wheeler, the Board unanimously approved an annual salary of $41,400 for the Assistant Adminis- tor with the normal 5 percent increase after the six month probationary period. Commissioner Eggert advised that she has something else she wished to ask the Commission about. Possibly she stands alone in this, but she is very concerned about costs and budgeting, and as she has sat in the audience over the years, there has been discussion on and off about whom the Budget Officer should report to. She felt we should review whether he should report to the County Commission or to the Administrator as he is doing now. Commissioner Eggert wished to make sure we have a direct conduit, that we are understanding where everything is going, and that nobody's job is made more difficult, be that a county commissioner, administrator or budget officer, by internal politics or anything else that might be going on. Chairman Scurlock stated that he is very clear on this subject. It was his absolute belief at the time that Mr. Balczun came aboard that Mr. Baird should report directly to the County Commission, possibly because of our bad experience with Mr. Wright, and he still feels Mr. Baird should report directly to the Board. The person Mr. Balczun is hiring apparently has a very good financial background so that those project numbers, etc., that need to be run directly for the Administrator can be done by him. Commissioner Eggert confirmed she has come to that same con- clusion but did not know what we do about proceeding with this. 48 Chairman Scurlock noted that if she believes she can get a majority that feels the same way, she could just make a Motion to that effect. Commissioner Wheeler expressed his personal feeling that before any action is taken in this regard, he would like to have the matter tabled at least a week so he can research it, and Commissioner Bird concurred. Administrator Balczun asked if this could be tabled for at least 30 days because it will require some staff study and analysis. Chairman Scurlock stated that he did not want to table it and would vote against a motion to table. MOTION MADE by Commissioner Wheeler to table action on the above matter until the next Commission meeting carried on a 3 to 2 vote with Chairman Scurlock and Commissioner Eggert voting in opposition. FELLSMERE LIBRARY LEASE Commissioner Eggert announced that the Lease with The Fellsmere Library Association finally has been completed and is ready to be signed. She advised that it is pretty much what was talked about before - they will continue to carry their $500 share of the all- peril insurance on their building and they will be seeing that the janitorial and grounds work is done, etc. ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Com- missioner Wheeler, the Board unanimously approved the Lease with The Fellsmere Library Association and authorized the signature of the Chairman. NOV 10 1987 49 BOOK 70 P,.,UF 86. BOOK 70 PAGE ''87 BUSINESS LEASE November THIS AGREEMENT, entered into this 10th day of 9[�— f 1987, between THE FELLSMERE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, hereinafter called the lessor, party of the first part, and INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, in the State of Florida, hereinafter called the lessee or tenant, party of the second part: WITNESSETH, that the said lessor does this da,y lease unto said lessee, and said lessee does hereby hire and take as tenant under said lessor, Lots 16 through 26, inclusive, Block 101, Town of Fellsmere, situate in Indian River County, Fellsmere, Florida, to be used and occupied by the lessee for a Public Library and for no other purposes or uses whatsoever, for the term of five (5) years subject and conditioned on the provisions of clauses of this lease beginning the 10th day of November , 1987, at and for the agreed total rental of TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS, payable as follows: Five Dollars ($5.00) each year payable on the first day of each year, all payments to be made to the lessor on the First day of each Year and every year in advance without demand at or at such other place and to such other person, as the lessor may from time to time designate in writing, and for additional considerations as set forth herein to be performed by lessee. The following express stipulations and conditions are made a part of this lease and are hereby assented to by the lessee: FIRST: The lessee shall not assign this lease, nor sublet the premises, or any part thereof nor use the same, or any part thereof, nor permit the same, or any part thereof, to be used for any other purpose than as above stipulated, nor make any alterations therein, and all additions, fixtures or improvements which may be made by lessee, except movable office furniture, shall become the property of the lessor and remain upon the premises as a part thereof, and be surrendered with the premises at the termination of this lease. SECOND: All personal property located or moved into the premises above described shall be at the risk of the lessee or owner thereof. Lessor shall not be liable for any damage to said personal property of the lessee or owner thereof arising from the bursting or leaking of water pipes, or from any act of negligence of any co -tenant or occupants of the building or of any other person whomsoever. THIRD: The tenant shall promptly execute and comply with all statutes, ordinances, rules, orders, regulations and requirements of the Federal, State, and City Government and of any and all their Departments and Bureaus applicable to said premises, for the correction, Prevention, and abatemenr of nuisances or other grievances, in, upon, or connected with said nrenises during said 50 term; orders for the and shall also promptly comply with and execute all rules, and regulations of the Southeastern Underwriters Association prevention of fires, at his own cost and expense. FOURTH: In the event the premises shall be destroyed or so damaged or injured by fire or other -casualty during the life of this agreement, whereby the same shall be rendered untenantable, then the lessor shall have the right to render said premises tenantable by repairs within ninety. days therefrom. If said premises are not rendered tenantable within said time, it shall be optional with either party hereto to cancel this lease, and in the event of such cancellation the rent shall be paid only to the date of such fire or casualty. The cancellation herein mentioned shall be evidence in writing. FIFTH: The prompt payment of the rent for said premises upon the dates named, and the faithful observance of the rules and regulations printed upon this lease, and which are hereby made part of this covenant, and of such other and further rules or regulations as may be hereafter made by the lessor, are the conditions upon which the lease is made and accepted and any failure on the part of the lessee to comply with the terms of said lease, or any of said rules and regulations now in existence, or which may be hereafter prescribed by the lessor, shall at the option of the lessor, work a forfeiture of this contract, and all of the rights of the lessee hereunder. SIXTH: If the lessee shall abandon or vacate said premises before. the end of the term of this lease, the lessor may, at his option, forthwith cancel this lease or he may enter the premises as the agent of the lessee, and-relet the premises with or without any furniture that may be therein, as the agent of the lessee, at such price and upon such terms and.for such duration of time as the lessor may determine, and receive the rent therefor, applying the same to the payment of -the rent due by these presents, and if the full rental herein provided shall not be realized by lessor over and above the expense to lessor in such re -letting, the said lessee shall pay an deficient, and if more than the full rental is realized lessor will pay over to said lessee the excess of demand. SEVENTH: The lessor, or any of his agents, shall have the right to enter said premises during all reasonable hours, to examine the same to make such repairs, additions or alterations as may be deemed necessary for the safety, comfort or preservation thereof. EIGHTH: Lessee hereby accepts the premises in the condition they are in the beginning of this lease and agrees to maintain said premises in the same condition, order and repair as they are at the commencement of said term, excepting only reasonable wear and tear arising from the use thereof under this agreement. NINTH: This contract shall bind the lessor and its agents or successors, and the heirs, assigns, administrators, legal representatives, executors or successors as the.case may be,' of the lease. TENTH: It is understood and agreed between the parties hereto that time is of the, essence of this contract and this applies to all terms and conditions contained herein. ELEVENTH: It is understood and agreed between the parties hereto that written notice mailed or delivered to the premises leased hereunder shall constitute sufficient notice to the lessee and written notice mailed or delivered to the office of the lessor shall constitute sufficient notice to the lessor, to comply with the terms of this contract. TWELFTH: The rights of the lessor under the foregoing shall be.cumulative, and failure on the part of the lessor to 51 0V 10'901 BOOK 70 PAGE 88 BOOK 70,A ,A89 exercise promptly any rights given hereunder shall not operate to forfeit any of said rights. THIRTEENTH: It is further understood and agreed between the parties hereto that any charges against the lessee by the lessor for services or for work done on the premises by order of the lessee or otherwise accruing under this contract shall be due and unpaid. FOURTEENTH: Lessee will provide personal property and fire and casualty insurance on the building on the premises in their full insurable value. Lessor shall continue to hold its existing Commercial Property Coverage and Commercial General Liability Coverage Policy, Number 77 -PR -546-424-8000, with Nationwide Insurance Company, Columbus, Ohio. Lessor shall pay Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) toward the purchase of this policy and Lessee will pay any remaining balance. Lessor will designate Lessee as a Named Insured on the Nationwide policy. Lessor shall Provide Lessee with a Certificate of Insurance within 14 days of the effective date of the policy and shall obtain in writing an obligation from the insurer to notify Lessee in writing at least 20 days prior to cancellation or refusal to renew any such policy. Lessee shall further procure and maintain during the term of the lease public liability. insurance with. coverage of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) for each person injured and Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) for any one accident, such limits to be adjusted from time to time to match the waiver of Sovereign Immunity limits in Section 768.28 Florida Statutes. Lessor shall be named as an additional insured on all such policies and lessee agrees to obtain in writing an obligation from the insurers to notify lessor in writing at least twenty (20) days prior to cancellation or refusal to renew any such policy. To the extent permitted by law, lessee will be responsible for all claims, demands, suits, liabilities, damages and losses arising out of or resulting from the negligent acts of its employees, agents, or representatives and hold the landlord harmless and indemnify the landlord therefor. The lessee shall not use the premises in any manner that will increase risk covered by insurance on the building where the premises are located in such a manner as to increase the rate -of insurance premium covering the building. Lessor shall pay the first Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) of each annual premium due for the insurance described herein and lessee shall pay the balance of the premium over and above Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) each year. FIFTEENTH: Lessee expressly agrees that the lessor will not be responsible for any -repairs or maintenance to the building or — g-r-a;a-e4s or any part of the leased premises. Lessee agrees to maintain the leased premises in clean, sanitary and safe conditions at all times and all grounds and building maintenance necessary, provided that Lessee should not be required by this paragraph to perform any structural repairs to the building costing more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Lessor shall provide all necessary janitorial services for the building and grounds maintenance. �/� SIXTEENTH: Lessee shall not make any improvemenTs or alterations to the leased premises without the prior consent of lessor which shall not be unreasonably withheld. Lessee shall submit any plans and designs for such improvements to the lessor for approval and any improvements or alterations erected on the leased premises shall upon expiration or termination of the lease belong to the lessor without compensation to the lessee. SEVENTEENTH: The lessee shall pay for all utilities furnished to the premises for the term of this lease including electricity, gas, telephone service, and water consumption but not costs of installation of public water or sewer service or impact fees or assessments therefor. EIGHTEENTH: Either party may terminate this lease for good cause shown by providing sixty (60) days notice to the other party. 52 M M M NINETEENTH: Lessor retains the right to conduct meetings for the Fellsmere Library Association or its successor organizations at all reasonable hours after reasonable notice to lessee. TWENTIETH: Any books belong to the lessor that remain on the premises may be used by the lessee as part of the books of the public library but the lessor shall retain title to all such books during or after the term of the lease. Lessee shall not be responsible for any loss of books or damage to books belonging to Lessor. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunto executed this instrument for the purposes herein expressed, the day and year above written. WITNESSES � w FELLS ERE LIBRAR AS CI ON BY: INDIAN I_ EE- COOY.. BY: V�ueGKGL"MZ DISCUSSION RE COMPLETION OF 12TH STREET ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT The Board reviewed memo from Commissioner Wheeler: TO: County Commissioners ®ATE: November 9, 1987 FILE: SUBJECT: 12th Street Road Improvement Project FROM: Gary C. Wheeler REFERENCES: Commissioner I have received numerous complaints from business people on 12th Street in the vicinity of Old Dixie Avenue, and from people traveling through that area. I would like to discuss the possibility of the County Commission looking at some solution to cleaning up and expediting construction of this project. With the Christmas holidays and the increase in traffic, the situation is becoming intolerable. One suggestion might be for the County to hire a coordinator to expedite the construction. It is my personal opinion that this is the sloppiest, most disorganized road improvement project I have over seen. NOV10 1987 53 'AOOK 70 PAGE - 90 jq 0V 1®` 987 Boa 70 PA GE 9 Y Commissioner Wheeler advised that he has received various complaints about this project and has talked with Public Works Director Davis about it. He understood we are paying a fee to Kimley-Horn & Associates to manage and coordinate this project, and it seems very obvious to him that the level of coordination has not been sufficient to mitigate the problems caused. In addition, the upcoming holidays will make this situation really impossible, and we are talking of serious financial problems for businesses in this area. The Chairman suggested Commissioner Wheeler offer a Motion to authorize Administrator Balczun and Director Davis to meet with Kimley-Horn and express our concern and dissatisfaction and report back. Commissioner Wheeler stated that he also would like to look at the possibility of putting a crew on additional time. Chairman Scurlock did not feel he could support that as he was not sure whose expense it would be, and Commissioner Bowman also was concerned about the expense. Public Works Director Davis informed the Board that the time of completion on the project has not been exceeded. The project began in about August of 1986 and the time of completion is over one calendar year, but there have been change orders due to �arious utility problems, and most times a Change Order is approved, there is a time extension associated with it. At this point we have been told that they are going to do the final striping on 12th St. east of U.S.I next week. They are working very hard on the section west of U.S.I., but they have had intermittent delays due to the weather, and also the railroad was two weeks late working on the crossing. The actual crossing is handled by the F.E.C., and they are very difficult to work with. Discussion continued re the year timetable, and Director Davis explained that the whole 4 million plus project involving the Boulevard extension south, the 12th Street widening, and the 8th Street connection, was bid at once. It was indicated we did 54 not want the contractor to tear up the 12th St. corridor prior to the Boulevard extension being completed, and the project was phased accordingly. It had been hoped to have everything done prior to the season, which actually begins about December. Commissioner Bird inquired what the current estimate for completion is. Kevin MacAdam of Kimley-Horn & Associates informed the Board that the contract as written was about a 450 day contract, and through change orders is now about 529 days, which would bring it somewhere around mid January. They are looking to be on schedule and have the majority to where it is open by Christmastime. Within the next week they hope to try to open 12th Street approaching U.S.I between Keen's and the Mail to 4 lanes as it hits U.S.I and basically develop the U.S.1 intersection, and they also are looking by next week to stripe 12th St. including U.S.I on through to 6th Ave. and Indian River Boulevard and open that whole section as well as to stripe and open up 8th Street from 6th Avenue to the Boulevard. The signalizations at 6th Avenue and at Indian River Blvd. should all be in operation by that time. Mr. MacAdam believed that will open up the traffic and clean that area up. In regard to 12th. St. between the railroad and Old Dixie, Mr. MacAdam reported that he has talked at some length with Mr. Weiss, owner of Weiss Meat Market, and while this has been a major inconvenience for him, it is on the downhill side now. One of Mr. Weiss' concerns was that there is a sign on Old Dixie that says "NO THRU TRAFFIC." That is incorrectly signed and that will be corrected before the day is out. Otherwise, the contract is proceeding pretty much to schedule. Commissioner Bird asked if it there is any time when it is anticipated the traffic will be completely stopped, and Mr. MacAdam advised that when they pave at the tracks there may be a four hour period where it may be necessary to close the traffic off to finish off the base; there is temporary asphalt there now. 55 Boas 70 PAcf .. NOV 10 1987 NOV 10m Boa 0 DGE 93 They will try to coordinate this to have the least harmful effect. Commissioner Wheeler believed there have been barricades with non-functional lights, some barricades tipped over, large drop offs, etc., and stressed that although all this is a bit late, he was very glad to hear that they are well on the way to solving the problem. Commissioner Bird noted that the roadwork on U.S.1 to the north was a pet peeve of his when Dickerson was working up by Scotty's, and he wished to know who is supposed to ride herd over a contractor to make sure they do everything possible to protect the safety of the motorist. Chairman Scurlock believed it should have been Kimley-Horn's inspector. He felt we paid $70,000 for that, but he understood the inspector has been sick and apparently there have been some problems. Mr. MacAdam confirmed that their inspector had been sick, but that was seven months ago; it has not been a recent problem at all. As to whose responsibility this is, it is the contrac- tor's responsibility to take care of the traffic situation. Kimley-Horn's responsibility was to provide a resident project representative to observe the construction, the quality of the construction, and the progress, and should they observe anything not in accordance with the contract or out of the ordinary, they bring this to the contractor's attention or to the county's attention. Chairman Scurlock believed the Board is telling everyone involved to get their act together and expedite as much as possible. Commissioner Wheeler noted this isn't something that just occurred; it has been going on for a very long time. Public Works Director Davis pointed out that not all the activity on 12th Street has been associated just with this road job. Southern Bell has been involved with a major relocation, 56 and also there has been other utility work; it has been one job piggybacking another. He noted that D.O.T. has a seven year schedule for this kind of project, and we have done it in about 3 years. DOCUMENTS TO BE MADE A PART OF THE MINUTES Amendment of Lease with Shopping Centers, Ltd., re space for the Sheriff's North County office at Washington Plaza, Sebastian, is hereby made a part of the Minutes as approved at the Regular Meeting of October 27, 1987. This agreement made as of the by and between SHOPPING C called LANDLORD and IN hereinafter called TENANT. LEASE AMENDMENT 25th day of September , 19 87 , ERS, LTD. , hereinafter WHEREAS both parties are desirous of amending a certain lease for the premise being described as Washington Plaza, Spaces #9 & #10, 71U Washington Street, Sebastian, FL 32958 , said lease being dated July 16 , 1985 for the term of One Year & 3Months commencing on August 1 , 1985 and further extended until November 3U, 1987 NOW THEREFORE both parties agree for mutual good and valuable con- sideration to forever amend the aftersaid described lease term or provi-sions as follows: This Lease Agreement shall be extended for One (1) additional year from December 1, 1987 until November 30, 1988 upon the same terms and con- ditions as the above mentioned Lease Agreement. WITNESSES: 61VA SHOPPLNG--CENTERS,, LTD. � / J •Y R v KINGSWOOD WEST, INC. GENERAL PARTNER Approved: 10-27-87 B y TENANT V INDIAN RIVER COUNTY BOOK 70 m -GE. 94 NOV 10 1987 BOOK 70 PAGE 9 There being no further business, on Motion duly made, seconded and carried, the Board adjourned at 10:45 o'clock A.M. ATTEST: ___G ___ Clerk Chairman 58 � � i