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HomeMy WebLinkAbout30653 - MINUTES - City Commission L MINUTES REGULAR MEETING DANIA CITY COMMISSION APRIL 12, 1977 Invocation by Reverend Brabham, Dania United Methodist Church. Pledge of Alleglance. Roll Call Present: Mayor: John Bertino Vice Mayor: James Adams Commissioners: Jean Cook Robert Donly Howard Hirsch City Manager: John S. Lassiter, Sr. City Clerk: Wanda Mullikin Assistant City Manager: Richard Marant City Attorney: Frank Adler Police Chief: Fred Willis Building Official : Tom Littrell Zoning Consultant: Luther Sparkman Fire Chief: Eugene Jewell BUSINESS I . A motion was made by Commissioner Donly, seconded by Commissioner Hirsch to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of March 22nd and special meetings of March 15th, 28th, 29th and 30th. The motion was carried by all . Mayor Bertino stated that he wanted to mention publicly that when Mr. Adler was appointed as City Attorney at the meeting of March 22nd, he (Mayor Bertino did not vote against Mr. Adler as City Attorney, but against the procedure in which the motion was made and that he was changing his vote to yes giving Mr. Adler unanimous support. 2. Citizens Comments Murray Shockett, Maxine Ritter and Hyman Cole asked the Commission what was being done to issue the residents of Dania season's passes to the beach. A petition was presented by Wendy Erwin to the Commission signed by residents of the City against the parking charges at the beach. Commissioner Hirsch requested that the City Attorney Adler and Attorney Clarke Walden get together and decide on an amendment to the beach parking ordinance regarding resident stickers. Mayor Bertino informed the audience that within two weeks they would have a breakdown of the cost to the residents for their season's tickets. This ordinance will be presented at the April 26th meeting. 3. A motion was made by Commissioner Donly, seconded by Commissioner Cook to adopt the resolution reappointing Eugene H. Jewell to the position of Fire Chief at the present salary of $20,259.20. The motion was carried by all . A motion was made by Commissioner Hirsch, seconded by Commissioner Donly to adopt the resolution appointing Army Tomainl to the position of Recreation Director at the present salary of $18,500. The motion was carried by all . A motion was made by Commissioner Donly, seconded by Commissioner Hirsch to adopt a resolution reappointing Thomas E. Littrell to.the position of Building Official at the present salary of $19,600. The motion was carried with Commissioner Adams voting no. City Cormmission -1- April 12, 1977 A motion was made by Commissioner Donly, seconded by Commissioner Cook to adopt the resolution reappointing Luther Sparkman to Zoning Consultant at the present salary of $2,400. The motion was carried by all . 4. Public Hearinq Mr. Robert Dubow representing Village Club Apartments, requested a special exception be granted which would allow the Village Club Apartments to operate a private club on their premises. Mayor Bertino stated that two petitions had been signed against the request, a petition from the Danians with fifty signatures and a petition from Mrs. Mullins with fifteen signatures. After discussion and citizen's objections to this special exception use, a motion was made by Commissioner Donly, seconded by Commissioner Adams to deny the request for a special exception. The motion passed on a roll call vote. Commissioner Adams - Yes Commissioner Hirsch - Yes Commissioner Cook - Yes Mayor Bertino - Yes Commissioner Donly - Yes 5. A motion was made by Commissioner Donly, seconded by Commissioner Adams to call a special meeting for April 13, 1977 in order for the Commissioners to have time to study the grant from the Department of Community Affairs presented by Mr. James Stephens, Social Services Director. The motion was carried by all . Mr. James Stephens, gave a four year over-view of the Social Services Department. Mayor Bertino stated that Mr. Stephens was doing a good job and encouraged him to continue to do so. 6. Mr. & Mrs. Sam Moschella were present to discuss the deannexation of their Griffin Road property. City Attorney Adler asked Mr. & Mrs. Moschella to allow him until the next regular meeting of April 26th to have the necessary procedure completed and at that time the Commission hoped to be able to deannex their property out of the City of Dania. The Moschella's agreed. 7. A motion was made by Commissioner Hirsch, seconded by Commissioner Adams to table discussion of new telephone system until after the workshop meeting of April 14th. The motion was carried with Commissioner Donly voting no. S. No action taken on request for the City to join the Chamber of Commerce. Mayor Bertino expressed his feeling about joining the Chamber, he felt that if the City joined one organization, they would be put in a position to join other local organizaticnsif requested. 9. A motion was made by Commissioner Donly, seconded by Commissioner Hirsch to have the City Engineer draw up bid specs and a bidding procedure regarding the maintenance of the fishing pier, and then to appear at the next regular meeting to present their proposal to the Commission for their approval . The motion was carried by all . 10. City Manager Lassiter presented a recommendation on fire equipment bids. A motion was made by Commissioner Donly, seconded by Commissioner Adams to accept City Manager Lassiter' s recommendation and award the miscell- aneous fire equipment to the lowest bidder. Items 1 ,2 and 3 were awarded to P.T. Garrett and Item 4 was awarded to Biscayne Fire Equipment. Total amount of the four items was $4,049. The motion was carried by all . City Commission -2- April 12, 1977 II . City Manarler Lassiter opened discussion on request to buy tractor mowers at Stair. bid price. A motion was made by Commissioner Cook, seconded by Commissioner Adams to accept bids on a State bid procedure. The motion was carried by all . 12. City Manarler Lassiter opened discussion on purchase of a boat wash machine for Houston Park at an approximate cost of $1 ,500. A motion was made by Commissioner Donly,seconded by Mayor Bertino after p.ra�, in1 Ih�• g.jvr!l to approve the purchase of thi: machine. Aflf-r di ,,.u,,-,ion the «jolion. was withdrawn and Mayor Bort-Ino made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Hirsch to table this Item until the April 20th Special Meeting when the City Manager would make available the cost figures for the boat wash machine. The motion was carried unanimously. 13. A motion was made by Commissioner Donly, seconded by Commissioner Hirsch to adopt the resolution regarding the loan from Atlantic National Bank of West Hollywood for new fire truck with the additions of the attorney fees amounting to approximately $385 and a fee of 15T per $100 for doc- urnentary stamps. The motion was carried by all . 14. City Manager Lassiter opened discussion on Installation of sewer line along Southeast 6th Street and Southeast 7th Street, the property is owned by Mr. Johnny Sessa. A motion was made by Commissioner Donly, seconded by Commissioner Hirsch to table any action on this property until City Attorney Adler can advise the Commission on what would be the legal way of handling this property. The motion was carried unanimously. 15. Building Official Littrell gave a run-down on the adoption of the Broward County Planning Council as an agency for the City of Dania. Mr. Littrell explained that because the City had not complied with the regulations of the Planning Council that the City no longer is represented by this Council . A motion was made by Commissioner Donly, seconded by Commissioner Hirsch to instruct City Attorney Adler to draw up an ordinance to appoint the Planning and Zoning Board as the City's Comprehensive Land Use Planning Agency. The motion was carried with Mayor Bertino voting no. The Commission instructed Building Official Littrell to put a proposal to- gether regarding his recommendations on hiring a City Planner and also for City Manager Lassiter to put a book together with all the proposals he has in order for the Commissioners to review at a later date. 16. City Manager Lassiter expressed certain objections to the Trafficways Plan of Broward County Planning Council . Mr. Lassiter suggested to petition the Planning Council to exclude Southeast 7th Street from the widening of the 80' right-of-way on the trafficways plan. A motion was made by Commissioner Hirsch, seconded by Commissioner Adams to set a special meeting for April 20, 1977, at 8:00 p.m. and in the mean- lirne the people of the City should be made aware of what one-way pairing and two-way pairing would involve. The motion was carried unanimously. 17. A motion was made by Commissioner Cook, seconded by Commissioner Hirsch to appoint Harold Schank to the Broward County Planning Council 's Citizens Advisory Commission for City's water quality study. The motion wos carried by all . 'I<jyor Bertino instructed the City Manager to put this item back on the April 26th agenda for a second appointment to this committee. ail Mayor- Bertino instructed City Manager Lassiter to put on the agenda for the next regular meeting the appointment of a member to the Human la`ions Committee to replace June Silvernale. City Commission -3- April 12, 1977 C) A motion was made by Commissioner Donly, seconded by Commissioner Hirsch to appoint Mayor Bertino as a voting delegate to the Broward League of Cities. The motion was carried by all . A motion was made by Commissioner Donly, seconded by Commissioner Hirsch to �jppolnt Commissioner Cook as an alternate voting delegate to the Broward Leaguo of Cities. The motion was carried unanimously. D) A motion was made by Commissioner Hirsch, seconded by Commissioner Donly to appoint Mrs. Myrtle Corbin to replace Veta Mae Peterman on the EOCG Board. the motion was carried unanimously. Mr. Dick Marant asked that consideration be given on the next agenda for the appointment of Mr. urt Ely, protem, to the Block Grant Committee. Mr. Marant also sugges1wthat each Commissioner recommend the, appointment of two people to the Block Grant Committee from the target area. Ia. City Manager Lassiter opened discussion concerning the area of S.E. 7th Street and 5th Avenue. City Manager Lassiter explained his letter of reply to the Army Corps of Engineers regarding removing fill on road adjacent to Southeast 5th Avenue and 7th Street. The City Attorney was instructed by the Commission to draft a resolution stating opposition to inclusion of Dania Wetlands since the area Is not considered historical wetlands and authorize appropriate City officials to hand deliver this resolution to Washington to the proper officials. The motion was carried unanimously. 10. A motion was made by Commissioner Donly, seconded by Commissioner Hirsch to table discussion on minimum sewer charges on large users until the meeting of April 26, 1977. The motion was carried by all. 20. A motion was made by Commissioner Cook to approve the bills for the month of March. The motion was carried by all . 21 . A motion was made by Commissioner Donly, seconded by Commissioner Hirsch to recommend for appointments to the citizen's committees the following: Vice Mayor Adams to the Finance Committee. Commissioner Hirsch to the Utilities Committee. Commissioner Cook to the Recreation Committee. Commissioner Donly to the Community Relations Committee. Mayor Bertino to the Police and Fire Committee and the Streets and Sanitation Committee. The motion was carried by all . 22. Building Official Littrell opened discussion on amending Ordinance #100. A motion was made by Commissioner Cook, seconded by Commissioner Donly to direct Building Official Littrell to bring this to the Planning and Zoning Board for their recommendations on 5.34 Article 2 Section 11 pertaining to side yard setbacks and then have it brought back to the Commission for their approval. The motion was carried by all . 23. Mayor Bertino read a proclamation declaring April Ist through April 30th, as Chamber of Commerce Month for the City of Dania. 24. A motion was made by Commissioner Donly, seconded by Commissioner Hirsch to extend the time limit on a decision on the Ocean Protein Building until the meeting of April 26th. The motion was carried unanimously. Mayor Bertino stated that if other bidders were interested to contact City Manager Lassiter between this time and the meeting of April 26th. City Commission -4- April I2, 1977 25. Clly Attorney Adler was Instructed by the Commission to prepare an amendment to the Beach Ordinance IncludIn(l colleClioil of sales tax, jin,t pru,ce, I i I to fhe Commission: Comments Commissioner Hirsch made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Cook to approve Commissioner Donly's trip to Tallahassee to attend a vital meeting of the Florida League of Cities on May 9th and 10th. The motion was carried by all . �\ ayor-Commissioner ity Clerk-Auditor City Commission -5- April 12, 1977 AGENDA REGULAR MEETING DANIA CITY COMMISSION APRIL 12, 1977 8:00 P.M. Invocation by Reverend Brabham of the Dania Methodist Church. Pledge of Allegiance. Roll Call . BUS INLSS I . Approval of Minutes Regular Meeting of March 22nd. Special Meetings of March 15th, 28th, 29th 8 3Oth. 2. Citizen's Comments. 3. Approval of resolution appointing City Manager, City Clerk, Fire Chief, Recreation Director and Building Official , and Zoning Consultant. (Res. forthcoming) 4. Public Flearinq-8: 15 P.M. Request for a special exception use if permitted would allow a private club in an RM-2 zone. Address: 500 N.E. 2nd Street. Request by Village Club Apartments, Ltd. 5. Four year overview of Social Services Department and presentation of Department of Community Affairs State Grant. APPEARANCE: Mr. James Stephens. 6. Discussion of deannexation of property on Griffin Road. APPEARANCE: Mr. 8 Mrs. S. Moschella. 7. Discussion of new City complex's telephone system. APPEARANCE: Mr. Tom Hailoway, Southern Bell Representative. EXHIBIT: Letter from Mr. Halloway. 8. Request by Dania Chamber of Commerce for the City of Dania to Join the Chamber. 9. Discussion on maintenance of the fishing pier. In. City 1'ana,ior' s recommendation on fire equipment bids. it. I: q.n st to Guy tractor mowers at State bid price. ( information forthcoming) I '. Discussion and possible action on the purchase of a boat wash machine f r Houston Park. + EXHIBIT: Memo from Recreation Director. I '. Resolution Approval of resolution regarding loan from Atlantic National Bank of West Hollywood for new fire, truck. (Resolution forthcoming.) I :. Report from City Manager Lassiter on installation of sewer line along Southeast 6th Street, John Sessa's Property. Setting date for workshop. Re: The City's Comprehensive Land Use Plan. I , . Trafficways Plan of Broward County Planning Council . 1 — Appointments a) appointment of two members to the Broward County Planning Council 's Citizen's Advisory Committee for the County's water quality study. b) appointment of member to replace June Slivernale on the Human Relations Committee. c) appointment of a City Commissioner as voting delegate to the Broward League of Cities. d) ,3ppointment of a citizen to replace Veta Mae Peterman on the EOCG Board. .tltt.1 8&P t..• I Discussion e,nd opinion from City Attorney concerning area of S.E. 7th Street ' and ')th Avenue. (see copy of letter to Army Corps of Engineers dated 3-31-77) I!ir,cus;lon of minimum sower charges on large users. J. Approviii of bills for the month of March. ADDENDUM :ax 21 . Mayor's appointment of Citizen's Committees. fi 22. Discussion and possible action on amendment to Ordinance 100, Article 5. 17(8) Page 29, pertaining to side yard corner setbacks. 23. Proclamation from the Chamber of Commerce proclaiming April Ist through April 30th as Chamber of Commerce Membership month for the City of Dania. 24. Recommendation on the lease of the Ocean Protein Building. 25. Amendment to beach ordinance. �Y• O f §" Regular Commission Agenda -2- April 12, 1977