2000.05.01_TC_Minutes_SpecialTOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH
MINUTES OF TOWN COMMISSION MINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING
Tuesday, May 01, 2000 11: 15 A.M.
Note: This was to be the Special Meeting before Session 2 of an advertised
Attorney -Client Private Session.
Mayor Thomas J. Reid called the Special Meeting to order in Commission Chambers at
11:15 A.M.
Town Clerk Doris Trinley called the roll. The Mayor, Vice Mayor Michael W. Hill„ and
Commissioners John J. Sorrelli, Paul R. Kane and Robert L. Lowe were present.
Town Attorney Thomas E. Sliney and Town Manager Ben Saag were present, as were
Attorney Larry Corman, Attorney Debra B. Potter and members of the general public.
After roll call, the Pledge of Allegiance was given.
• Attorney Sliney advised that there was a difference of legal opinion between the Town's
attorneys and attorneys representing The Sun Sentinel regarding the Attorney -Client
Session which was to follow, because no actual litigation had commenced. Mr. Sliney
further advised that, after conferring with the Town Manager, it was agreed that, rather
than argue the point, an Attorney -Client Session would not be held; rather the Special
Meeting now underway would be the vehicle wherein strategy regarding the Hoffmann
property would be discussed.
By way of background it was noted that attorneys for Camille Hoffmann had presented
a petition to the Town wherein vested rights were claimed for the Hoffmann property (7+
acres) as part of an original RPUD, along with a proposal to build a 150 -unit adult
congregate living facility (ACLF). It was further noted that attorneys for the Omega
Group, whose property is immediately to the north, and Jeffrey Pechter, a resident
whose property is immediately to the south, had addressed the Commission in opposition
to the Hoffmann petition.
Therefore, it was advised by the Town's attorneys that it would be in the best interests
of the Town to file a Complaint for Declaratory Relief with the Court, thereby asking the
Court to decide the issue. After some discussion, the Commission agreed to this filing,
and also to include in its language that the Commission favored the current zoning
density (6 units per acre), and also current land use, i.e., there is no section of the
current zoning code which addresses ACLF's. MOTION to this effect was made by
COMMISSIONER KANEXOMMISSIONER SORRELLI, followed by unanimous favorable
roll call vote.
• Minutes of Town Commission Special Meeting
May 1, 2000 Page 2 of 2
Attorney Larry Corman advised that the Complaint for Declaratory Relief would be filed
this date.
There being no further business to come before the Commission at this time,Mayor Reid
adjourned the Special Meeting at 11:40 upon MOTION by COMMISSIONER
LOWE/COMMISSIONER SORRELLI.
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Thomas J. Reid, Mayor
Michael W. Hill, Vice Mayor
Jo J. Sorreli, ommissioner
Paul R. Kane, Commissioner
Obert L. Lowe, Co66issioner
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