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Home My WebLink About2005-10-21 Marine Advisory Board Meeting MinutesCity of Dania Beach Marine Advisory Board October 21, 2005 Chairman Clive Taylor called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM. Members present: Craig McAdams Clive Taylor Billy Phipps Members absent" Lest€r McKenny Debby Bradford Mike Grady John Kafouros Carol Stokrocki William Wosellitz Ray Lair Bernard Swindell Brian Carroll Charles McKenna Louis (Jeep) Webb Mark Latimer Others present: Capt. Glenn Morris, Liaison Dominick Orlando, Dania Beach Public Works Director Claudia Coleman, Vice President of "A Child is Missing, lnc,, Suzanne Witz Bud Witz Chairman Taylor questioDcd distribution and handling ofthe minut$. Capt. Morris said an effort is being made to get the minutes to the Dembers in advance of th€ meeting. ("[c,, r"--Chairman Taylor introduced Claudia Colemair, Vice President of 'A Child is Missing, Inc". Sh€ explained the activities of the organization and informed the board members of the upcoming fund raising event. The event will be a Swordfish Tournament, scheduled for the weekend ofJuly 7,h, 2006. She said she had met with the L T. Parker Center Advisory Board to requ€st their support for a lYaiver offees for use ofthe Parker Center for the kick offcvent. The Parker Board voted in favor so she hopes the Commission will approve the waiver. Marire board members expressed a great deal of intcrest in the event. Chairman Taylor suggested the board show their support with an €Ddors€mcrt of approval. Motion made by Craig McAdams, s€condod by Bill Wosenitz and carried unanimously. Chairman Taylor explaitred Mr. Orlaltdo ryas pres€nt becaus€ th€ board has been v€ry concerned with the problem of derelict boats and had asked the former Public Works Director for an amoesty program so city residents could volunterily dispose of their boats by taking them to public works. Mr.. Orlando said public works is not supposed to accept boats and stressed they ar€ uot a disposal facility, they are a transfer station and are not equipped to handle boat disposal, mainly because they would have to dispose ofgasoline, oil and other hazardous materials. Chairman Taytor said the boat owoers would be expected to take care ofthat and the boats would be mos y abandoned shells. Mr.orlando said the material the shells are made of would present a problem, It would cost tbe city a great deal of money to dispose of fiberglass and even though wood would not be an issue, if lead or copper paint wer€ present it would present a problem. Capt. Morris asked if there were other options. Mr. Orlardo stated, in his opinion, therc are lro other options without it costiDg the City agreat deal ofmon€y. Capt. Morris stat€d he had talked with Officer McClusky, who has been very irstrrmental in trying to solve the derelict boat problem. He said any boat that he gets is usuallyjust a shell and all th€ investigation is taken cere of so there are no liability issues involved. Minut€s of the preyious meeting were preserted for approval. Motion to approye as written made by Bill Wosenitz, seconded by Billy Phipps. Motion carried. l. However, if these derelict boats are not removed it's going to cost the Citv much more. The amnestv program was suggested by the board as a possible solution. The previous public worksDirector had approved ofthe plan. A lclgthy discussion followed. Evervone agreed there needs t0 be an advance plan to take caro of thc problem. A number of suggestions wcre made. Mr, orlando said he would have his assistant cotrtact waste Managemert r€garding their policy in this regard.The County will also be approached to lind out how they hardle the problem. The discussion covered several other a reas of concern to somcofthe board members- Mr. orlandorequGsted the members notify his oflic€ whe[ thev obscrv€ anything that public works [€eds to b( aware of. He said his department is short-shffed and it's impossible for them to be aware ofsomeofthc problems unlcss thcy src brought to their attention. Clive Tay r,Chai anRespectfully submitted,g1tl Phfft ZA Witz chairman Taylor said he had volutrteered to dig up facts ebout Hollywood Beach Marina. He mcrwith the Dock Master 8rtd obtained their rate information, as well as information oD operation andstaffirg as covered in his handout shect titled 'Holl,.rvood City Marina'. A special item ofinterest isthat the marina does trot have m€ters for water or electricity, They charge a flat rate. Thc mostimportant tbing be learncd is that it doesn'a cost the city rnything. tt is actually a good profit centcrfor the city. The Dock Master srid they wer€ previously underparksand recreation department but aive years ego th€y w€nt under public works which has prov€d much bettcr because of maitrtenance.capt. Morris commented it might be good to makc e recommetrdatior to put the project under public works now bccaurc tho city manager had mentioned putting it under parks and rccreation. The board agreed it should bc placed under public service in order to have a smoother working enYirotrmenL Chairman Taylor stressed the board needs to put togethcr a set of recommendatiors togive to the commission and should havG et least a ball park budget ligure of whal would be comingin, showing lhem it is s protil making proposal. one other thing thrt should be str€ss€d is that r€sidents get priority. That is possible as long as no grant mooey is obtsiled from the stat€. Thebolrd agrced it is advissble to britrg , proposal to the sttention of the commi$iotr as soon as possible.capt. John Kafouros will preprre a rough proposal which he will bring to the next board meeting for suggestions and approval. Therc being no additioDal bulinesJ to bring bcforc the board, Chairman Taylor adjourned thc meeting at t:00 PM. 2