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HomeMy WebLinkAbout30875 - MINUTES - City Commission S� LLti' `rt1�j i MINUTES REGULAR MEETING DANIA CITY COMMISSION JANUARY 8, 1973 1. Invocation by Commissioner Kay. 2. Pledge of Allegiance. ® 3. Roll Call Present: Mayor: Ted L. Kay Commissioners: Frank Adler Robert Duncanson F William E. Jackson ® John Kay City Manager: Woodward M. Hampton City Attorney: Clarke Walden Building Inspector: Hubert Walker Absent: City Clerk: E. R. Clay 4. Commissioner Duncanson made a motion to approve the minutes of the meetings of December 18th and the Special meeting of December 27th. Commissioner Adler seconded. There were five ayes. 5. A motion was made by Commissioner Adler and seconded by Commissioner Jackson to approve the bills as paid for the month of December. The • motion was unamimously approved. 6. Mr. Fred Beeson of the Technical Coordinating Committee presented the existing Broward Area Transportation Plan as it affects the City of Dania. He asked the Commission to add or delete traffic ways in accordance with the plans of our community and return to the office ® of J. B. Rushing, Transportation Director for Fort Lauderdale by February 1st. 7. Mr. Powell, representing Mr. Harry Labertrandie of 243 S.W. 12th Street came before the Commission to ask that something be done about stray dogs roaming the City. After much discussion the City Manager was asked to contact the County to see if some kind of an agreement could be worked out. 8. A motion was made by Commissioner Adler, seconded by Commissioner Jackson that the bids for the surplus backhoe be closed, opened and tabulated. The motion was unanimously approved. There was one bid from a Mr. L.D. Nordhue for $155.00. A motion was made by Commissioner Jackson, seconded by Commissioner Adler that the bid be turned over to the City Manager. The motion was unanimously approved. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT 9. A motion was made by Commissioner Duncanson to advertise for bids to purchase a pick-up truck for the sewer division, seconded by Commissioner Kay. The motion was unanimously approved. 10. The Commission asked the City Attorney to draw a resolution to bring back to the January 18th meeting for adoption, which would enable the ® City Manager to have citations issued to people who maintain their property in a derogatory manner, i.e. , accumulated trash, junk cars and so forth. Commissioner Jackson also asked the City Attorney to check into the R-2 zoning ordinance which permits some types of auto repair garages in residential areas. Commissioner Duncanson made a motion to adopt the resolution to condemn the McCutcheon property at 401 N.W. 3rd Place, legal is: Lots 25, 26 and 27 of the Hanson-Nelson Sub. , and to clean up the lot at their expense. Commissioner Adler seconded. The motion was unanimously approved. City Commission -1- January 8, 1973 �r ftn 11. The Commission turned the matter over to the City Manager and City Attorney concerning the FEC Railway asking the City to pay an estimated cost of $24,000.00 for the placing of gates at the crossing of N.W. j loth Street. „ 12. A motion was made by Commissioner Jackson, seconded by Commissioner qe Duncanson that a resolution be sent to the County requesting them to four lane Stirling and Griffin roads from Federal Highway west ® and S.E. 5th Avenue from Sheridan Street to East Dania Beach Boulevard, under their secondary road program. The motion was passed by unanimous vote. 13. The City Manager announced that at the Commission's Special Meeting called after the final Police Chief candidate was interviewed, the °7 unanimous)Commission voted :z ® y to appoint James R. Longo as Chief of Police at a salary of $12,500.00 per year. He will report within 30 days or as soon as possible. '•_` 14. A motion was made by Commissioner Ray, seconded by Commissioner Duncanson to authorize the City Manager to bring back to the January 18th meeting, a proposal to contract for a management and organizational stud of the City personnel Y y p positions, from either the Frank C. Brown lc and Company or George Cody and Company. An amount of $2,000.00 was budgeted for this service. The motion passed by unanimous vote. 3 15. A motion was made by Commissioner Kay, seconded by Commissioner ® Duncanson to authorize the City Attorney to draw a resolution of 4; necessity and to set a public hearing for February 5th at 8:15 p.m. to hear objections to the assessing of these streets: S. E. 7th Street from 2nd Avenue east to 5th Avenue; S. W. 5th Street from Phippen Road to 12th Avenue; N.E. 3rd Street west from Gulfstream Road for a distance of approximately one block; the street on the • south side of the Liberty Heights development from S. W. 12th Avenue '} to Dixie Highway; the alley between S. E. 3rd Terrace and S. E. 3rd Place from 4th Avenue to Sth Avenue; alley between S. E. 3rd Street and S. E. 3rd Terrace from 4th Avenue to Sth Avenue. The motion was approved. 16. A motion was made by Commissioner Jackson seconded by Commissioner Kay to authorize a clothing allowance to the Detectives in the amount of $15. 00 per month. The motion was approved. 17. A motion was made by Commissioner Duncanson, seconded by Commissioner Kay to authorize the purchase of two additional vehicles under the ® option reserved in bids received last meeting. The motion was approved. 18. A motion was made by Commissioner Duncanson, seconded by Commissioner Adler to authorize the City Manager to have all substandard structures brought up to code or condemned. The motion was unanimously approved. 19. Mr. J. A. Tootle of 1301 Miami Road, Fort Lauderdale asked the Commission to check into some City machinery that had backed into his nursery while picking up trash on his neighbors property and destroyed some plants, also the workers had taken certain articles from the trash pile and threw them over on his property. The Manager G said he would check into the matter and report back to the Commission. 'A 20. Mr. Bill Davidson asked if there was any news on the future Civic 'A Center and that he would like to see a library built on the second story, if there was a second story. The Commission stated that because of red tape connected with application of Federal funds, that it might be quite a while before we heard anything. 21. Mr. Pete Prossic said he would like to commend the City Manager on the fine job he has done with the Police Department. City Commission -2- January 8, 1973 e 7F E{ sr 22. Commissioner Jackson said he would like to have placed on the next agenda , discussion of our resent zoning, P g, possibly lowering the density and dividing into districts, and also to review R-Apartment zoning that constitutes one acre. 23. Commissioner Kay said he would like to have someone look into the sidewalks on the west side of the street north of Dania Beach ® Boulevard to Tigertail Road (1st Street) and either fill in the holes where plants once had been or replant which ever would be f better, also to look into the problems that are caused by parking on the west side of Fronton Boulevard such as trash being thrown `TY out of cars and cars parking u on the destroying P g P park. itself destro in the i , grass. The consensus of opinion was that the Manager should post fMM pp the area with NO PARKING signs and enforce it. H17 � Ted L. Kay-Mayor ��u p E. . Clay-City C1e c 0 0 0 0 0 0 City Commission -3- January 8, 1973