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HomeMy WebLinkAbout30696 - MINUTES - City Commission P MINUTES REGULAR MEETING DANIA CITY COMMISSION OCTOBER 12 , 1976 Invocation by Dick Marant, Assistant to the City Manager. Pledge of Allegiance. Roll Call: Present : Mayor: Robert H. Duncanson Vice Mayor: John Bertino Commissioners : Frank Adler Robert Donly John Kay City Manager: John Lassiter City Clerk: Wanda Mullikin City Attorney: Jack Milbery Rep. Police Chief : James Serpe Absent: Building Official: Tom Littrell (ill) Zoning Consultant : Luther Sparkman Business 1. Minutes A motion was made by Commissioner Donly, seconded by VicT e Mayor Bertino to approve the minutes of the workshop meetings of September 21st and the 28th and the regular meeting of September 28th. The motion passed unanimously. 2 . Citizen' s Comments The Mayor thanked Tom Sette, President of the Chamber or Commerce for the beautiful bi-centennial tapestry that the Chamber had presented to the City. 3 . West Wellfield Project a. City Manager Lassiter presented an outline of the cost of a change order in the amount of $4,312 . 12 to American Consol- idation, Inc. Commissioner Adler made a motion to approve this change order. Commissioner Donly seconded the motion and it passed by a unanimous vote. b. Mr. Cohen from Rachlin and Cohen auditing firm presented a written interim rate study of the Sewer Fund. He reviewed this study for the Commission and recommended that they adopt the interim monthly rate increase contained therein, which would increase residential rates from $2 . 50 per toilet to $3. 75 , multi-family from $2. 50 per toilet to $3 .75 and commer- cial from $2 . 50 per toilet, $1. 50 per urinal, $1. 50 per sink, . 75< per washer in coin laundries or 100% of water bill, whichever is greater to 150% of the water bill. After dis- cussion, the Commission instructed the City's Manager and Attorney to set up a special meeting as soon as possible to take action on these interim rates. It was then decided to include it on the October 26th agenda. 4a. No action was taken on a resolution approving a "201" Facilities Plan . 1;b. City Attorney Milbery read a resolution opposing a rate increase by the Florida Power & Light Company. After discussion, Com- missioner Donly made a motion to adopt this resolution. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Adler and it passed by a 4-1 vote. The Mayor voted no. Froward Linen Service City Manager Lassiter presented a : : oposed agreement from Broward Linen pertaining to the install- dtion of a 6" water line on North Federal Highway to Northwest 1st Avenue and Northwest 1st Avenue to Northwest 2nd Street. `Phe City Manager presented the cost to the City for this S e �uT installation and recommended that the City enter into this agreement with Broward Linen Service. Commissioner Adler ,c made a motion, it was seconded by Commissioner Kay that the ;F: City accept the City Manager' s recommendation and authorize the proper officials to sign the agreement. The motion passed by a unanimous vote. sy v{ 6 . Water Cooling Tower Mayor Duncanson called for any bids for the installation of a one ton water cooling tower at City Hall. A bid was submitted from Meyer Air-conditioning of 619 Southwest 21st Avenue, Hollywood. A motion was made by Commissioner Adler, ' seconded by Commissioner Donly that the bidding be closed and that the bids be opened and tabulated. The motion passed unan- imously. The City Manager opened and read the bid which was s in the amount of $6,192 including an option for payment in the sp% amount of $1,800 deposit and the balance upon completion. S Bid included 1 year free service and 4 years additional war- x' ; ranty on the compressor. A motion was made by Vice Mayor Bertino seconded by Commissioner Donly to turn the bid over to the City Manager for evaluation and recommendation. The motion passed r:T• on a unanimous vote. fit= 7 . Public Hearings a. Consideration and possible action on a request by "Something ; • Different, Inc. " at 1301 South Federal Highway for a special exception use which if allowed would allow entertainment upon -'" the premises. Mr. Irving Pugach, petitioner, spoke to the Commission. A letter from an attorney, William Birch, Sr. who is a property owner on Southeast 13th Streetobjecting to entertainment. A petition was read from twenty-four residents from the area of Southeast 13th Terrace. This petition was objecting to entertainment not described. The concern was over what type of entertainment will be held in this building. Mrs. Kenyon of 27 Southeast 13th Street said there was not adequate parking and the property also had a sewer problem. Mr. Martin of the area also objected. Charles DeMuzzio said the law needed to be more explicite. A motion was made by Vice Mayor Bertino, seconded by Commissioner Donly to table this item until the City Attorney could draw up an agreement relating to entertainment to be signed by Mr. Pugach. The motion passed unanimously. b. Consideration and possible action on a request for a special exception use which if allowed would permit parking for the Dania Funeral Home at 601 Southwest 12th Avenue to be located upon a lot adjacent, but not contiguous with the premises requiring off-street parking. A motion was made by Commissioner Adler, seconded by Vice Mayor Bertino to grant this special exception use with the agreement that if the owner should sell either of the two lots, that this exception would no longer be in effect and that a fence be installed along the east side of the property and the parking lot should be paved. The motion passed on a unanimous vote. 8 . Appointments a. A motion was made by Commissioner Adler, seconded by Vice Mayor Bertino that Eugene Jewell be appointed Fire Chief. Commissioner Kay said he would like to see other firemen in the Department who were qualified to be interviewed if they so desired. Vice Mayor Bertino then withdrew his second. Mayor Duncanson passed the gavel and seconded the motion. After some discussion a roll call vote was taken. Mayor Duncanson-yes Commissioner Kay-no Vice Mayor Bertino-no Commissioner Adler-yes Commissioner Donly-yes The Mayor asked if the no votes would like to make it unanimous and Vice Mayor Bertino changed his vote to yes. City Commission -2- October 12 , 1976 ati4 i, b. Consideration and possible action on a request from City Manager Lassiter to appoint two arbitrators to hear a Fire Department grievance. A motion was made by Vice Mayor Bertino, seconded by Commissioner Adler, to accept the City Manager' s recommendation that Mr. Kurt Ely and Mr. Kerm Wenkstern be appointed as the City' s two arbitrators to hear a Fire Department grievance. The vote was unanimous . 9 . Ordinances a. Consideration and possible action on an ordinance assessing an additional $1 as a court cost for training purposes. A motion was made by Commissioner Adler, seconded by Commissioner Donly to pass this ordinance on first reading. A roll call vote was taken. Mayor Duncanson-yes Commissioner Donly-yes Vice Mayor Bertino-yes Commissioner Kay-yes Commissioner Adler-yes b. Consideration and possible action on an ordinance providing authority of the City Commission to adopt a resolution for a pay schedule of Special Assessments. A motion was made by Commissioner Adler, seconded by Commissioner Donly to . pass this ordinance on first reading. A roll call vote was taken. Mayor Duncanson-yes Commissioner Donly-yes Vice Mayor Bertino-yes Commissioner Kay-yes Commissioner Adler-yes 10. Public Hearing Consideration and possible action on an ordinance provid ng for the creation of a towing rotation list for the City. The City Manager stated that after looking into the sit- uation that he would recommend a number of 81 parking spaces would be a fair amount for fenced storage. Mr. Palladino of Collision Clinic spoke to the Commission concerning some changes that had been made in the new ordinance. He also objected to the amount of parking spaces , and to the telephone listing, he feels it is arbitrary and the words of "full line garage" he also objected to. Mr. Stuart said he objected to the chain link fence installed by Collision Clinic, but was told that the Building Department was looking into the matter. The Mayor asked the City Manager to give a written report on the fence, on City right-of-way, etc. A motion was made by Commissioner Kay, seconded by Vice Mayor Bertino to pass this ordinance on second readin'g. Mayor Duncanson-yes Commissioner Donly-yes Vice Mayor Bertino-yes Commissioner Kay-yes Commissioner Adler-yes The Motion passed unanimously. 11. Bid Proposals - Ocean Protein Building The City Manager said e h would like a family recreational type of proposal and that it be a net lease where the leasee would be responsible in the future for any type assessments to the property and that the terms of the lease as far as paying for it would be on the flat rate and a percentage of the gross sales of the business. The Mayor asked that the City Manager, City Attorney and City Clerk write up the specifications and bring them back to the Commission before the next meeting and a special meeting would be set up. Attorney Lewis Cohen said he represented one of the people whom had submitted a proposal and said he was not happy with the invitation method, and would like to submit a proposal to spec- ifications . 12 . Surplus City Property Mr. Lassiter said there was a lot of City property that needed to be put up for sale. The Mayor asked the City Manager to prepare a list and bring it back to the Commission so they could declare these items surplus. City Commission -3- October 12 , 1976 UN,t L �hzC 5' 13. The City Manager said two hearings had been held with PERC and it was his recommendation to the Commission that they vote to have a consent election of the non-represented employees of the City. Vice Mayor Bertino seconded . The motion passed W on a three-two vote with Commissioner Kay and Mayor Duncanson voting no. 3 14 . Affirmative Action Plan Mr. Tomaini asked that this be taken off the agenda for tonight and have it appear on the agenda r of October 26th. 15. A motion was made by Commissioner Donly, seconded by Vice Mayor ;u Bertino to pay the bills for the month of September. The motions passed unanimously. s 16. Dick Marant reported that the cost of City dumping at the East Marsh would be 50� a yard with Waste Management. A motion was ;. In � made by Mayor Duncanson, , lseconded by Commissioner Kay that we enter into an agreement with Waste Management under the terms z ' brought forth by our Assistant City Manager. The motion passed unanimously. The City Attorney was asked to draw up an agreement. 17. Mr. Marant gave the Commission his recommendation on the old s Dania Elementary building renovation. Mr. Marant said he had been in touch with Mr. Kerley and has secured from him an Vj estimate on a new building that would be located at the present facilities. He also obtained from Mr. Farina, City y1 Engineer, a cost estimate to renovate the elementary school of approximately $55 ,000 . The Mayor asked Mr. Marant to put " together three or four projects with rough sketches that he feels would be suitable to submit for the public works money in the next few days and then the Commission will arrange a workshop and give an indication of what they would like to do. 18. Mr. Marant presented in writing, a proposal he had prepared concerning the Housing Authority. Mr. Milton Rosen, a principal of Dania Village Development Corp. proposes that his corporation develop Block 2 , Henry Park into a townhouse, low-income devel- opment under the public housing laws that now exist. This is a 4. 2 acre tract which is west Dania Beach Boulevard-, bordered on the north by Dania Beach Boulevard, on the south by South- west 1st Street and on the east by Southwest 8th Avenue and on the west by Southwest llth Avenue. The Corporation will assume the responsibility of making applications to the Department of Housing and Urban Development under Section 8 of the U. S. Housing Act of 1937 to obtain funds for new construction. These plans and applications have been discussed at length with a Housing Development officer. The Corporation would then lease the project to a City of Dania Housing Authority under a net , net lease for a term of twenty-five years , and at the end of that time there be an option to purchase the land and building at a price to be determined based on 10% of the appraisal, but not less than $200, 000. Mr. Marant said this was discussion- action taken by the County-Wide Citizens Advisory Committee on September 22 , 1976. A tentative workshop meeting was set for October 14th at 8 : 00 P.M. 19. A motion was made by Commissioner Donly, seconded by Vice Mayor Bertino to accept the City Manager' s recommendation to advertise for bids for radio maintenance for the next year. The motion passed unanimously. 20. Commissioner Adler made a motion to pass a resolution to appoint Kurt Ely as an alternate voting delegate; Dave Howard as a continuing chairman and voting delegate; Murry Goodman as a voting delegate and Bob Kaplan as an alternate voting delegate to the Citizens Coalition Committee,and Vice Mayor Bertino seconded. The motion passed unanimously. City Clerk Mayor-Commissioner City Commission -4- October JT-, 1976 12. AGENDA REGULAR MEETING ' DANIA CITY COMMISSION? a+� OCTOBER 12, 1976 8:00 P.M. ra �1. Invocation uv Pledge of AlLegiance :u2 Roll Call . r Business 4 1 , Approval of Minutes x. Workshop Meeting - Sept. 21 ;; Workshop Meeting - Sept. 28 Regular Meeting - Sept. 28 2. Citizens Comments 3. West Well Field Project Consideration and possible action to approve a change order in the amount of $4,3I2. 12 for the West Well Field Project. EXHIBIT: Letter from Broome & Farina a. Presentation from Rachlin and Cohen on interim Sewer Rates. 4. Resolutions a. Consideration and possible action on a resolution concerning Facilities Plan to improve the wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal within Broward County. EXHIBIT: Letter from Mr. Calhoun, Hollywood Director of Utilities and Resolution. b. Consideration and possible action on a resolution opposing a rate increase by Florida Power and Light Company. EXHIBIT: City of Margate, Resolution 5. Agreement on 6" Water Line Installation Consideration and possible action on an agreement with Broward Linen Service to install a 6 inch water line at 303 N. Federal Highway. EXHIBIT: Letter from Mr. Richard Ghioto of Broward Linen Service. 6. Bid Receipts Consideration and possible action on receipt of bide for the Water Cooling Tower for the A/C System in the Administration Building. EXHIBIT: Notice to bidders and Specs. 7. Public Hearings a . Consideration and possible action on a request by "Something Different Inc." - 1301 South Federal Highway for a special exception use which if allowed would allow entertainment upon the primiseg. EXHIBIT: Letter from Mri and Mrs. Layton Gray. b. Consideration and possible action on a request for a special exception use which if allowed would permit parking for the Dania Funeral Home at 601 S.W. 12th Avenue to be located upon a lot adjacent but not contigious with the premises requiring off street parking. 8. Appointments a . Consideration and possible action on appointing a Fire Chief for the City of Dania. EXHIBIT: Recommendation (forthcoming) b. Consideration and possible action on a request from City Manager Lassiter to appoint two arbitrators to hear a Fire Department grievance. EXHIBIT: Letter from John Roberson. 9. Ordinances - First Readings a. Consideration and possible action on an ordinance assessing an additional $1.00 as a court cost for training purposes. EXHIBIT: Ordinance and Memo from City Clerk b. Consideration and possible action on an ordinance providing authority of the City Commission to adopt a resolution for a pay schedule of Special Assessments. EXHIBIT: Ordinance 10. Ordinance - Second Reading Consideration and possible action on an ordinance providing for the the creation of a Towing Rotation List. for the City of Dania. EXHIBIT: Ordinance 11 . Bid Proposals Consideration and possible action to.advertise for firm proposals on the Ocean Protein Building. 17.. Surplus City Property Discussion of sale of Surplus City Property. 13. Water Line Installation Discussion of possible installation of a water line on North Federal Highway to N.W. 1 Ave. and N.W. L Ave. to N.W. 2 St. 14. Consideration and possible action on report from City Mananger on ® PERC hearing and decision by Commission on whether or not to hold a consent election or await a decision from PERC. 15. Affirmative Action Plan Consideration and possible action on•propdsal from.Affirmative Actiou Officer A. Tomaini to update the Affirmative Action Plan. EXHIBIT: Proposal Previously Distributed 16. Approval of Bills for the month of September. L7. Discussion of agreement with Waste Management on trash dumping at East ® Marsh. s s s Regular Commission Agenda -2- October 12, 1976 I&t � V V RE ADDENDUM REGULAR MEETING DANIA CITY COMMISSION >� OCTOBER 12, 1976 I 18. Discussion on renovation of Dania Elementary School Site Project. ® 19. Discussion of action taken by County-Wide Citizens' Coalition and Community Development Advisory Committee on September 22, 1976. 20. Advertise for bids for radio maintenance for the next year. 21. Resolution to appoint Dave Howard as a continuing chairman and voting delegate of the Citizens' Coalition Committee; Murray Goodman as a voting delegate; Kurt Ely as an alternate voting delegate and Bob Kaplan as an alternate voting delegate. i♦ i t i