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Home My WebLink About30855 - MINUTES - City Commission y MINUTES REGULAR MEETING DANIA CITY COMMISSION AUGUST 6, 1973 Invocation by Clarke Walden 1,; 2. Picdge of Allegiance. i. RoI I Ca I Pro sent: Vice Mayor: Robert Duncanson Commissioners: William Jackson John Kay Acting City Manager: Charles McNally � �- City Clerk: Wanda Mullikin F' City Attorney: Clarke Walden Building Inspector: Hubert Walker �a Police Chief: James Longo �) Absent: Mayor: Ted Kay a Commissioner: Frank Adler n. A motion was made, sustained and passed to approve the minutes from the �., meetings of July l6th and 19th as corrected, and that the corrected copies be mailed out to the Commissioners. 5. On a motion by Commissioner Jackson, seconded by Commissioner Kay, the i bills were approved as paid for the month of July. The vote was unanimous. _r #� 6. The request for condemnation on Lot 3 Block 3 Woodhaven Amended was referred to the City Attorney to determine the legality of the proposed condemnation, and was tabled until the August 20th meeting. On a motion by Commissioner Kay, seconded by Commissioner Jackson, a resolution of condemnation of Lots 12 8 13 Block I Dania Heights was approved unanimously. This is a two story frame house, open at door and window, much ravaged by time and the elements, evidence of termite infestation and damage, and vacant. 7. 8: 10 P.M. The bids were called for on a tractor with a 5 foot rotary mower with approximately 30 HP. No bids were received because of production problems, delivery problems, and fluctuation in the price structures in this type of equipment. No interest in bidding was evidenced. The Commission tabled this item and instructed the City Manager to solicit bids if at all possible for A the next meeting. 8. :-Irs. Partain, of the United Clubs of Broward County, Inc. did not appear to discuss the assistance that they are rendering the City and it was the Commission's wish that if they desire to be heard, to reestablish themselves on the agenda. 9. Johnna Pound, Associate Director of the Broward Housing Center, Inc. presented to the Commission the ability of the Center to assist certain underprivileged, and requested that $700.00 be set aside from the City's Revenue Sharing Fund to provide partial support for the Center's operating and program expenses. It was the opinion of the City Attorney that it was not legal to contribute. Commissioner Jackson made a motion that this be t,ibled pending advice from the City Attorney as to the legality of making tho requested contribution. Commissioner Kay seconded. The motion passed unanimouslY. 10. lho Community Service Council had notified the City Manager's office thit they would be unable to attend. Their appearance will be rescheduled for the meeting of August 20th, to discuss their Project on Aging. il . A m, ,fion was made, sustained and passed unanimously to pass on second and y ' :Bird rending, the ordinance for intent to annex the area that Iles generally 1or1h, of 'We,,t Dania Beach Boulevard extended, west of Bryan Road, East of I- and south of Griffin Road. This property is generally referred to as th- Kim; Olds Project. The City Attorney was instructed to proceed with ' Hie noces;ary advertising. A Special meeting was called for September IJth at 8:00 P.M. , for passage of an ordinance for final annexation and consideration of ordinance for rezoning. i ? I?. fhc Ciiy Manager read the annual report from the Dania Community Library which was approved unanimously by the Commission. The City Manager requested the opinion of the City Attorney as to whether It would be legally proper for the: City to assume the insurance cost of the library as part of the City's insurance program. The City Attorney's opinion was that it would be legally propor to do so. The Commission then instructed the City Manager to assume the cost of insurance of the City Library. The Commission also requested the City Manager for a report to be submitted at the next regular meeting on ® the progress of the County Library program. 1 ;. Mr. Davidson' s development plan for the N.W. 10th Street Park was tabled until the August 20th meeting. i r 14. Commissioner Jackson inquired whether or not a policy could be established, whereby certain single family homes could have their present large water meters exchanged for smaller water meters at some reduction in cost. The Ciiy Manager suggested that during a 90 day period, meters could be changed for those single family residents requesting such change, subject io following stipulations: 1 ) that the exchange be limited to single family residential users requesting such change, 2) no exchange be made which is not in conformance with the South Florida Building Code, 5) the customer to pay the list price for a new meter, 4) customer to pay repair cost for the old meter removed, 5) customer to pay the actual labor and material cost ® required by the exchange. This proposal was accepted by the Commission and the City Manager was instructed to notify all single family owners who now have a large size water meter as to the availability of the exchange proposal and to establish the 90 day period in which the exchange could be made. ® I`>. A motion was made, sustained and passed unanimously to pass the resolution which sets the closing date and time of the agenda at noon on Tuesdays !,.:fore the Mcnday night meeting and that these agendas should be delivered to the Commissioners no later than Wednesday evenings. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT ® I6. Request for extension of H 8 it Crane's contract was presented for approval with a comment by the City Manager and communication from the City Engineer AS to difficulty in establishing good criteria for the requesting of compet- ilive bids, and emergency nature of the work covered by the proposed contract. It was also noted that the request was for extension of an existing agreement `• of .overal years standing; that this was not a new concept. Commission denied request for extension and instructed the City Manager io prepare criteria for the taking of competitive bids with the assistance of th.i City Engineer. ;O 17. )n �j motion by Commissioner Jackson, seconded by Commissioner Kay, the Commission unanimously authorized Woodward Hampton as the voting delegate to tho 47th annual convention of the Florida League of Cities in Miami on October- 26 & 27th. 1,0. Doctor Prumberg' srequest for reestablishment of a parking lot at 599 South Pedoral Highway was tabled for further study. Cily Commission Meeting -2- August 6, 1973 F 14. The City Attorney presented the resolution for adoption of the 1973-74 I,udgeI . A motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously to adopt the resolution. The City Attorney was also authorized to publish the budget •: in conformance with legal requirements. A special meeting for the budget' he.jring wns set for August 15th at 8:00 P.M. `L 20. An ordinance regulating train speed was discussed by the City Attorney p M d it will be presented at the August 20th meeting. 21 . Commissioner Duncanson requested that copies of any corrected minutes k he sent to the Commissioners. ^° 22. Charles DCMnZZio spoke to the Commission about improper parking on the right-of-way on S.E. 2nd Avenue. This was referred to the City Manager for inspection and his recommendation. 23. The City Manager presented to the Commission a request from Mr. Dan DiMauro ,t of the Broward County School Board that the City include the old school building within the City's liability insurance program. The Commission ani-horized the City Manager to Investigate and if in the best interest rf of the City, to comply. 1N c T *:- Kay-Mayor Wanda Mullikin-City Clerk r City Commission Meeting -3- August 6, 1973