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Home My WebLink About30754 - MINUTES - City Commission MINUTES REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER 18, 1975 1. Invocation - Reverend Milton Jones, Sr. of St. Ruth's Baptist Church ?. Pledge of Allegiance. 3. Roil Call: Present: Mayor: Robert H. Duncanson Vice Mayor: John Bertino Commissioners: Robert Donly City Manager: John Kooser City Attorney: Jack Milbery City Clerk: Wanda Mullikin Building Inspector: Thomas Littrell Police Chief: Fred Willis Zoning Consultant: Luther Sparkman Absent: Commissioner: Frank Adler Commissioner: John Kay Vice Mayor John Bertino made a motion to excuse Commissioner ® Adler's absence, seconded by Commissioner Robert Donly and motion passed unanimously. The minutes of the regular meeting of November 4 were approved as corrected and the minutes of the November 13 special meeting were approved as presented. '® 4. Chief Willis commended the following citizens for aiding in police action: Mr. & Mrs. James Mullikin and Mr. William Honold. 5. CITIZENS COMMENTS: A. Mrs. Gilda Fisher, President of the Dania Bicycle Club, j� proposed methods of creating different bicycle areas within the city. City Manager, Kooser was asked to get cost estimates on Dania Beach Boulevard for bike paths. B. Mr. Al Letto from the Townhouse East presented complaints on conditions around building and asked City to take action ® to correct them. C. Mr. Maury Sockett commented on future location of AIA 6. Mayor Duncanson opened the public hearing to hear objections on the ordinance setting closing hours for bars to 3:00 a.m. Several citizens voiced their opinions for and against this ordinance. A motion was made by Commissioner Donly to adopt this ordinance ofi first reading, seconded by Commissioner Bertino and motion passed on the following roll call vote: Commissioner Bertino - Yes Commissioner Donly Yes ® Mayor Duncanson - Yes 7, Mayor Duncanson opened the public hearing on the second reading of an ordinance modifying certain aspects of the city bidding procedure. There were no objections from the audience. Mayor Duncanson declared the public hearing closed and Vice Mayor Bertino made a motion to amend the ordinance by adding " Properly noticed for Public Hearing and by unanimous vote of all commissioners present". The motion also added the following to the ordinance title; "but all areas where City Commission -1- November 18, 1975 • +> practical, bidding procedures must be used." This motion seconded by Commissioner Donly and passed on the following roll call vote: Vice Mayor Bertino - Yes Commissioner Donly - Yes f V` Mayor Duncanson - Yee A motion was then made by Vice Mayor Bertino to adopt the ordinance •` on second reading as amended, seconded by Commissioner Donly and passed on the following roll cell vote: Vice Mayor Bertino - Yes P�` Commissioner Donly - Yes Pit Mayor Duncanson - Yes g Mayor Duncanson called for any bids from the addience for the cutting and removal of coconut or adonida palms. A motion was made by Commissioner Donly, seconded by Vice Mayor Bertino to close the bidding anoopen the bids. Active house was the only bid submitted. A motion was made by Conmissioner Donly, seconded by Vice Mayor Bertino to turn the bid over to the staff for tabulation and recommendation. Since no bids were submitted for repairing the roof over the police T` Department, Vice Mayor Bertino made a motion seconded by Commissioner Donly to readvertise for bids for the December 16 meeting. Motion passed unanimously. 9. Since no bids were submitted for the replacement of the Westside swimming pool filter system, Vice Mayor Bertino made a motion seconded by Commissioner Donly to readvertise the bids for the December 16 meeting. Motion passed unanimously. City Manager Kooser was asked to see if he could find a company that would do this as soon as possible and the commission will treat it as an ,emergency item. 1 motion by Commissioner Donly seconded by Vice Mayor Bertino was made to pass an ordinance adding a new section 2-2 entitled "collection charges on delinquent accounts, providing that collection cosrm be added to past due and delinquent accounts requiring City action was passed on the following roll call vote: , Vice Mayor Bertino - Yee Commissioner Donly - Yes Mayor Duncanson - Yes A public hearing and second reading of this ordinance was set for December 16 meeting. 10. Occupational license - City Manager Kooser recommended that the City Commission deny Mr. Anders Muller an occupational license to operate the Hut Bar because he had falsified his application. Upon the advice of City Attorney Milbery,it was dedided that the City has no choice but to issue a license to Mr. Muller. This advice based on the fact that the state law controls alcoholic beverage licensing. City attorney, Milbery will check into thtprocedure to appeal to the State. 11. City Manager Kooser presented a cost break down of materials for painting certain facilities at the Dania Beach a Bicentennial motif. Further discussion and comments ensued but no action was taken. 12. City Manager Kooser presented a request from the Dania Improvement Committee that the city replace approximately nine antique lights which have been brokeior destroyed. The estimated cost to be $1,800 ($200 per light) . Upon passing the gavel to Vice Mayor Bertino, Mayor Duncanson made a motion to have the City replace these lights. Motion died for lack of second. On a motion by Vice Mayor Bertino, seconded by Commissioner Donly, City Manager Kooser was asked to investigate the possibility of replacing the lights at the least expense. Motion passed unanimously. City Commission -2- November 18, 1975 it 13. City Manager Kooser answered to the proposed closing of S.E. 2nd Avenue during certain hours for pedestrians and bicycles. He felt that this would not be feasible due to the fact that the City would have to close off at least 20 streets and numerous alleys. w The City commission agreed and supported City Manager Kooser's concept to increase public awareness of the large amount of school children using this avenue and to increase the awareness on the part of the bicylist and pedestrians of their own responsibilites in permitting traffic safety. F 14. On a motion by Commissioner Donly seconded by Vice Mayor Bertino the commission unanimously authorized a resolution to be drawn up appointing the following members to the local citizens committee: Sarah Spates, Dave Howard, Murray Goodman, Robert Kaplan, Nickolas Fallonari. 15. On a motion by Vice Mayor Bertino seconded•by Commissioner Donly, the commission unanimously authorized a resolution to be drawn up appointing two of the residents who have also been appointed to the local citizens committee to the county wide coalition board. The coalition will be the citizens advisory body to the committee of the community development program and each participating municipality is authorized to have two members on the coalition. 16. On a motion by Commissioner Donly seconded by Vice Mayor Bertino, the Commission authorized a resolution to be drawn up appointing City Manager John Kooser as representative to the Community Development Advisory Council. Motion passed unanimously. Commissioners Comments: Mayor Duncanaon reported that he presented the City's resolution pertaining to county wide interim development plan to the County Commission. The County Commission set a public hearing for 7:30 p.m. December 17 for consideration of an ordinance to do basically what our resolution proposed. Mayor Duncanaon reported that Jerry Thompson, former Mayor of Wilton Manors, was elected as chairman of the County Commission and Hugh Anderson was elected as Vice Chairman. As a point of information, Mayor Duncanaon advised the commission that he has been appointed one of the ten delegates for the State of ® Florida from the Florida League of Cities as a voting delegate to the National League of Cities Convention. Robert H. Duncanaon - Mayor A tk' Mullikin City Clerk City Commission -3- November 18, 1975 . AGENDA REGULAR MEETING x DANIA CITY COMMISSION NOVE14BER 18 , 1975 8 : 00 P.M. i. Invocation• e; h' Pledge of Allegiance. Roll Call. 1 . Approval of minutes . z; Regular meeting of November 4, 1975 . °3 Special meeting of November 13, 1975. + 2 . Citizen' s Comments. F 3 . Public Hearin,s . ; 1. Public hearing and first reading of ordinance to :.: change the bar closing hour to 3, 00 A.M. irk: r 11 2. Public hearing and second reading of ordinance3 '^ modifying certain aspects of the City' s bidding 'u 6 procedure. s 4 . Receipt of Bids. It 1. Cutting and removal of 1) coconut 2) adonidia palms. a 2. Repaving of a portion of the City Hall roof over the Police Department. ® 3. Replacement of filter system-Westside swimming pool. 5 . Ordinance. YF Consideration of an ordinance adding a new section 2-2 1 entitled "collection charges on deliquent accounts" , r providing that collection cost be added to past due and O delinquent accounts requiring City action. EXHIBIT: a. City Manager Memo # 81 b. Letter from City Attorney dated 11-3-75 . c. Ordinance. 6 . Occupational License. Consideration of a request by Mr. Andy Muller for approval by the City Commission of his request for an occupational license to operate a tavern at 329 S.W. 7th Street, Dania, known as the "Hut Bar". EXHIBIT: a. City Manager' s Memo # 82 S b. Letter from Mr. Andy Muller. C. License application. APPEARANCE: Mr. Muller. 7 . Bicentennial Celebration. I Further consideration of a proposal to decorate Dania Beach in a bicentennial motif. 0 EXHIBIT: City Manager' s Memo# 83 8 . Anti Li hts Re la cement. Consideration o replacement of certain antique lights on U. S. 1. EXHIBIT: City Manager' s Memo # 84 9 . Southeast 2nd Avenue. Further discussion of a proposal to close S.E. 2nd Avenue from Dania Beach Boulevard to Sheridan Street, to improve bicyclists and pedestrian safety. EXHIBIT: City Manager' s Memo # 85 10 . Community Development Program. a. Considerat of n of a resolution appointing a local antique committee to formulate a committee development proposal for the City. b. Consideration of a resolution appointing two members of the local citizen' s committee to the Countywide Citizen's (Over) Coalition for the purpose of reviewing proposals from all participating municipalities. C. Consideration of a resolution appointing a representative to the Community Development Advisory Council. EXHIBIT: City Manager' s Memo #86 11 . Legal Representation. Consideration of a request for legal representation for Officer Steve Zofnas. EXHIBIT: City Manager's Memo #87 12 . Building 5 Zoning Moritorium Extension. Consideration of an extensio-n of the current building and zoning moritorium which expired on November 2nd, 1975 . EXHIBIT: City Manager' s Memo #88 e Commission Agenda -2- November 18, 1975