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Home My WebLink About30934 - MINUTES - City Commission �f 7�y REGULAR MEETING DANIA CITY COMMISSION APRIL 19, 1971 F 1. Invocation by Commissioner Kelly. 2. Pledge of allegiance to the flag. ;? 3. Roll Call Present Mayor-Commissioner William E. Jackson Commissioners Ted Kayi Robert Kelly t Frank Salvinon _ Boisy Waiters •>F,a City Manager Woodward Hampton ? City Clerk E. R. Clay City Attorney Clarke Walden 'Q Building Inspector Hubert Walkern' Police Chief Edward Baxter 4. Approval of Minutes. Commissioner Waiters made a motion to ;a accept the minutes of the regular Commission meeting of April Sth and the special meeting of April 7th. Commissioner Salvino seconded. a There were five ayes. 5. Palm Beach Foods. Commissioner Kay made a motion to pass on second reading the application for a 2APS beer license by Palm Beach Foods. Commissioner Waiters seconded. There were five ayes. 6. Michael's Inn. Commissioner Salvino made a motion to pass on first reading the transfer of a 4 COP license from Thomas Manillo, Open Door Bar to Michael's Inn, 1431 North Federal Highway. Commissioner Kay seconded. There were five ayes. 7. Approval of Bills. Commissioner Waiters made a motion to approve the bills paid for Match, 1971. Commissioner Kay seconded. There were five ayes. 8. Planning and Zoning Board Minutes. The City Attorney read the minutes of the Planning and Zoning Board's meeting of April 13, 1971. Commissioner Kelly made a motion to authorize the public hearing requested by the Planning and Zoning Board for Finnegan & Suess' petition to rezone from R-2 to R-3, Lot 16, Block 24, North Hollywood at 225-227 S. W. 13th Street. Commissioner Kay seconded. There were five ayes. Commissioner Kelly made a motion to authorize the public hearing requested by the Planning and Zoning Board for Sagribellni's petition for a variance to permit construction of a second apartment on a lot in R-2 zoning which was only approximately 3600 sq. feet, instead of the required 6000 sq. feet. Commissioner Kay seconded. There were five ayes. la It was recommended by zoning consultant, Luther Sparkman, that the following be adopted by the City Commission: that all parcels zoned R-3 without alleys have a minimum frontage of 75' and in the areas where there is R-3 zoning with alleys the minimum frontage for multiple use, the minimum of 601. Where there are platted lots in the R-3 zoned of S0' frontage, the maximum use will be a duplex or single family. Commissioner Kelly made a motion for the City Attorney to draw an ordinance to this effect. Commissioner Kay seconded. There were five ayes. Commissioner Kelly made a motion to authorize three public hearings for the May llth meeting of the Planning and Zoning Board for Graf & Zenobia , Anderson & Stanford and Gallet and Herald Enterprises, Inc. Commissioner Kay seconded. There were five ayes. s. �71 9. Fishing Pier Lease. Commissioner Kelly made a motion to accept theCity Manager's recommendation that the lessees be permitted to ® continue operations at the sufferance of the City and that monies collected above the approved price of admission be remitted to the City. Also to authorize the City Clerk and City Manager to meet with the lessees to discuss the cost of operation and profit picture and to report back to the Commission within thirty days with a recommendation on adjustments, if any, to the admission price schedule. ® Commissioner Kay seconded. There were five ayes. 10. A conference meeting between the Commission and the Planning and Zoning Board was set for May 10th at 7:30 P. M. to jointly discuss and consider modifying procedures in which an application for a public hearing is handled after the time of the initial application. 11. Sprinkler system. Commissioner Kelly made a motion authorizing the City Manager to advertise for bids for improvements to Wayside Park, which would include sprinklers and a small paved parking area with an access drive, also bids for a sprinkler system for the Fire Station and the Chamber of Commerce grounds. Commissioner Kay seconded. There were five ayes. 12. Peoples Gas Franchise. The Commission asked the City Attorney to redraw the franchise ordinance with Peoples Gas in regard to implementing the franchise fee of 3%. This being effective April 30, 1971, and will be presented at the May 3rd meeting. 13. Water meter ordinance. The Commission authorized the City Attorney to draw an ordinance which would require property owners to not enclose water meters or cover them in such a way as to interfere with reading same. Also that the ordinance provide that the owner of the property be responsible for damaging meter faces. 14. Public Hearing 8:30 P. M. Sanitary Sewer Charges. Commissioner Kelly made a motion to pass the sanitary sewer charge resolution made effective April 19, 1971. Commissioner Salvino seconded. There were five ayes. 15. Bids for demolition of houses. Commissioner Salvino made a motion to award the bid for the house at 302 N. W. 5th Avenue in the amount of $944.00 to Big Chief and for the house at 709 S. W. 12th Avenue to Pete's Trucking in the amount of $425.00. Commissioner Waiters seconded. There were five ayes. The City Manager stated that the house at 302 is already in the process of being demolished, however, ® he asked that the bid be awarded in order to assure compliance with the City's request. 16. Voters registration. Commissioner Kelly made a motion for the City Attorney to draw a resolution to turn over the registration of voters to the County. Commissioner Kay seconded. There were five ayes. 17. Trail's End Trailer Park. Commissioner Kelly made a motion to pass the resolution on first reading approving the compromise for street and sidewalk assessment of $3,500. 00. Commissioner Kay seconded. There were five ayes. 18. Trail's End Trailer Park. Commissioner Kay made a motion to pass the resolution on 1st reading approving Trail's End Trailer Park as a part of the sewer district and accepting the assessment levied of $3,645. 00. Commissioner Salvino seconded. There were five ayes. 19. 6" water line. Commissioner Kelly made a motion to ,pass the resolution ® on lst reading approving the payment of $1,948.75 to H S H Crane Company to install a 6" water line from Phippen Road to Nelson Subdivision. Commissioner Salvino seconded. There were five ayes. Page two April 19, 1971 „r 20. County Beach Improvements. Commissioner Kelly made a motion to < < pass the resolution on 1st reading requesting Broward County to complete improvements to the county beach north of our fishing pier. Commissioner Salvino seconded. There were five ayes. 21. Fire Fighter's Association. After a report by the City Attorney "s on the Fire Fighter's request and some discussion, the City Manager P . said he will continue to meet with the Fire Fighter's Association as he has in the past, but there should be no changes in procedures. 22. Commissioner Salvino made a motion to accept the agreement with Mr. Baker for public trash containers for a two year contract ending July 1, 1973. Commissioner Kay seconded. There were five ayes. 23. The City Attorney reported that the Sunshine Villas does not need a letter of agreement for services. slu _ 24. The Mayor reported that he and Mr. Hampton had attended the meeting of the Legislature Saturday, April 17th and the annexation had not been brought up. It seems as though Fort Lauderdale has dropped the request. 25. Mr. Pete Prossic from the audience asked about the bicycle path on loth Street. After much discussion the City Manager said he will check on some prices for having this work done. 26. The City Attorney asked for the authority to hire Mr. Luther Sparkman, ® as the City's appraiser. Commissioner Kelly made a motion to grant the attorney' s request. Commissioner Kay seconded. There were five ayes. 27. Commissioner Salvino commented that the streets were in need of cleaning and the matter was turned over to the City Manager. Commissioner Salvino also said the Fire Department Volunteers will give up their pay for any unnecessary calls. The Commission approved this with favor. 28. Commissioner Kay said he would like to see the department heads and the Commissioners meet. He asked for the City Manager to set up a meeting time, possibly during working hours. 29. Commissioner Kelly mentioned that he would like to see the City hire a Personnel Director. After much discussion the City Manager was asked to set a date and time for the Commission to meet with the Civil Service Board and Mr. Mace, the part-time personnel director. 30. Commissioner Kelly also stated he would Like to see a recorder purchased for the Fire and Police Departments to record incoming calls, and improvements made on our existing telephone system. 31. Commissioner Kelly said he would like to see lights put up on Sheridan Street as it is extremely dangerous at night, especially during the nights that Pirate's World is opened. 32. Commissioner Kay said he had taken it upon himself to draft up 400 questions from which he and Mr. Walker will pick out 100 for the contracting exam, and will report more on it at the next meeting. The meeting was adjourned. Mayor-Will . Jackson E . Clay-City Cler 'i Page three April 19, 1971