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HomeMy WebLinkAbout31006 - MINUTES - City Commission - 6 (1) REGULAR CITY COMMISSION 14CETING HELD SEPTEMBER 2ND, 1969, AT DANIA CITY MAIL, DANIA FLORIDA. ROLL CALL PRESENT MAYOR-COMMISSIONER ROBERT E. HOUSTON COMMISSIONERS WILLIAM E. JACKSON ROBERT KELLY JOSEPH THORNTON BOISY WAITERS CITY ATTORNEY CLARKE WALDEN CITY MANAGER STEPHEN A. DERRY BUILDING INSPECTOR HUBERT WALKER CITY CLERK-AUDITOR E. R. CLAY POLICE CHIEF PHIL THOMPSON EXCUSED 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF AUGUST 18TH AND AUGUST 25TH, 1969. COMMISSIONER JACKSON MADE A NOTION THEY HE APPROVED, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER KELLY. ROLL CALL WAS TAKEN AND THE VOTE WAS FIVE TO ZERO. 2. BILLS TO BE APPROVED BEFORE PAYMENT; BROOME & FARINA BILL FOR $55.00 INVESTIGATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON SIDE79ALK LOCATION FOR PICKERING PROPERTY ON FEDERAL HWY. BROOKE & FARINA BILL FOR $50,00 FIELD MEASUREMENT & LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR SANITARY SEW:'ER EASEMENT THROUGH LOT 18, BLOCK 109 T014N OF DANIA. W"ODFIN - SIMON PROPERTY. COMMISSIONER WAITERS MADE A MOTION THAT THESE TWO BILLS BE PAID, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER THORNTON. ROLL CALL WAS FIVE TO ZERO. THE MAYOR THEN STATED THE NEXT BILL WAS FROM W. S. DARLEY & CO FOR THE NEW PUMPER AND EXTRA EQUIPMENTS THE TOTAL AMOUNT WAS $13040.00. THE MAYOR STATED THE PUMPER AND POVER SHIFT FOR MAIN PUMP WERE COVERED BY A CITY PURCHASE ORDER AND A SEPARATE PURCHASE ORDER HAD BEEN MADE OUT FOR THE 42 GALLON GAS TANK AND THE TANK REFILL LINE. COMMISSIONER KELLY THEN ASKED THE CITY MANAGER IF HE HAD CHECKED OUT THIS EQUIPMENT. HIS ANSI-,ER FAS NO, THAT THE EQUIPMENT HAD JUST ARRIVED A SHORT TIME AGO AND HE HAD NOT HAD TIME. THE COMMISSIONERS THEN INSTRUCTED HIM TO CHECK OUT THIS EQUIPMENT SO THE CITY CLERK COULD PAY THE BILL OUT OF LAST MONTHS BUDGET. HE STATED HE FDULD DO SO BEFORE NOON THE NEXT DAY. COMMISSIONER KELLY THEN ASKED THE CITY ATTORNEY IF THEY COULD APPROVE THE BILL SUBJECT ID THE CITY MANAGER INSPECTION AND APPROVAL THE NEXT DAY, THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID THIS COULD BE DONE. COMMISSIONER KELLY THEN MADE A MOTION TO PAY THE BILL SUBJECT TO THE CITY MANAGERS INSPECTION THE FOLLOWING DAY, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WAITERS. THE MAYOR THEN ASKED ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY IN THE USUAL MANNER. THERE WERE FIVE AYES. THE NEXT BILL WAS FROM WIDELL ASSOCIATES, ING IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,184.400 THIS ?,,TAS ESTIMATE #1 ON THE RAW WATER WELLS. THE MAYOR THEN STATED THAT THIS BILL HAD BEEN HELD UP AND ASKED THE CITY ATTORNEY IF HE KNEW THE REASON. THE CITY ATTORNEY STATED THAT ABOUT TEN DAYS AGO THE CITY MANAGER HAD C^NTACTED HIM REGARDING THE CITY BEING CHARGED THE SALES TAX. HE SAID THAT THE WAY THE CONTRACT HAD BEEN FIRITTEN HE THOUGHT IT WAS PROPER, BUT THAT HE HAD I-MTTEN THE COMPTROLLER IN TALLAHA.SEE FOR A RULING. THE CITY ATTORNEY STATED THAT THIS BILL COULD BE PAID AND IF THERE ATAS ANY ADJUSTMENT DUE IT COULD BE CORRECTED ON THE NEXT PAYMENT. A MOTION WAS THEN MADE BY COMMISSIONER THORNTON AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON THAT THIS BILL BE PAID. COMMISSIONER VAITERS THEN ASKED HOW MUCH FURTHER THEY HAD TO GO ON THE W.'ELLS, JOHN FARINA THE CITY ENGINEER ANSWERED FROM THE AUDIENCE THAT BOTH G.'ELLS WERE FINISHED AND THAT THEY WERE AWAITING THE TESTS. HE ALSO STATED THIS BILL W;'AS THE JULY ESTIMATE AND DID NOT INCLUDE EITHER WELL. ROIL CALL W"AS THEN TAKEN AND THE VOTE WAS FIVE TO ZERO. Sept 2, 1969 (1) r:a (2) 3. THE MAYOR THEN SAID THEY HAD A FEW MINUTES BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING SO THEY COULD TAKE UP THE SECOND READING ON THE LEASE BETWEEN THE CITY OF DANIA AND OCEAN PROTEIN CORP ON THE MARINE LIFE BUILDING, THE CITY ATTORNEY THEN SAID HE HAD JUST PASSED OUT A SHORT TIME AGO A COPY OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT, BUT THAT HE WAS VAITING FOR THE SURVEYOR MR BERRY TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY, THE CITY ATTORNEY THEN SAID HE 'WOULD GO THROUGH THE LEASE AGREEMENT PARAGRAPH BY PARAGRAPH AND THEN IF THERE WERE ANY QUESTIONS HE WOULD TRY TO ANSWER THEM. AFTER GOING THROUGH THE COMPLETE LEASE THE MAYOR STATED TO MR BECKWITH WHO WAS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT HE REALIZED IT WOULD TAKE THEM ABOUT A WEEK TO GO THROUGH THE LEASE AND HE SUGGESTED THAT THEN THEY CONTACT THE CITY ATTORNEY AS TO ANY CORRECTIONS TO BE MADE. HE THEN STATED THAT THE CHECK THEY HAD GIVEN THE CITY FOR $2100. WAS TO HAVE BEEN FOR THE FIRST TWO MONTHS RENT AND THE LAST MONTHS RENT, HE POULD LIKE THIS TO BE A SECURITY DEPOSIT, THIS WAS AGREEABLE TO MR. BECKWITH. COMMISSIONER JACKSON MADE A MOTION THAT THIS BE APPROVED ON SECOND READING, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WAITERS. ROLL CALL WAS TREN TAKEN AND THE VOTE !-AS FIVE TO ZERO. 4. PUBLIC HEARING 8:15 P. M. PETITIONERFOR A VARIANCE WHICH IF GRANTED 'WOULD PERMIT THE EXPANSION OF THE TRAIL IS END TRAILER. PARK IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION TO COVER A FIVE ACRE TRACT OF LAND OWNED BY MR. CALDER IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE TRAILIS END TRAILER PARK PROPERTY AND SOUTH OF N. W. LOTH STREET. A MR. JOSEPH A. BENNETT JR OF 203 S. E. 1ST STREET, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA SAID HE WAS THERE TO REPRESENT 7)4J S. A. CALDER. HE THEN GAVE A RATHER LENGTHY SPEECH VEY MR CALDER F?AS ASKING FOR THE VARIANCE. HE STATED THAT AT MR CALDERIS REQUEST HE AND MR ACKLES, MR FARINA AND HIMSELF HAD GONE TO THE ROME OF MR. JOHN BIXBY TO MEET WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA WHO WERE CONCERNED WITH THIS PROPERTY. HE SAID THERE WERE SEVENTEEN PEOPLE THERE AND IT WAS EXPLAINED TO THEM WHAT MR. ACKLES WANTED TO DO, AMID ALSO WHAT MR CALDER COULD DO WITH THE PROPERTY. IT WAS ALSO BROUGHT OUT THAT MR CALDER HAD BEEN APPROACHED BY OTHER PEOPLE WANTING TO BUY HIS PROPERTY TO PUT UP HI RISE APTS, AS THE LAND WAS ALREADY ZONED R-3, HE STATED THAT AFTER ALL THIS WAS EXPLAINED THERE WAS A VOTE TAKEN AND TWELVE FAMILIES WERE IN FAVOR OF A TRAILER PARK AND FIVE FAMILIES WE Z OPPOSED TO IT. HE ALSO SAID THAT THE BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WERE MORE OR LESS LEAD TO BELIEVE THAT THE PROPERTY WAS TONED R 1 and did NOT KNOW IT HAD ALREADY BEEN ZONED R-3, HE TRW ASKED THAT THE LETTER FROM THE BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BE PUT IN THE RECORDS AND HE PROCEEDED TO READ IT. HE THEN SAID THEY WOULD RECEIVE A PETITION FROM SOME OF THE PWPLE WHO WENT OUT INTO THE AREA TO SECURE NAMES AGAINST THE VARIANCE. THERE WAS THEN A LONG DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE CITY ATTORNEY, COMMISSIONER KELL Y AND MR BENNETT. MOST OF THIS CONCERNED HARDSHIP, TRAILER PARK OR HI RISE APTS ETC, COMMISSIONER KELLY SAID THERE WERE OTHER THINGS BESIDES A TRAILER PARK OR A HI RISE APT, SUCH AS SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS AND DUPLEXES. MR BENNETT EXPLAINED THAT YOU 11O ULD PROBABLY FIND NO PROPERTY OWNERS WITH LAND ZONED R-3 WHO I-DULD VANT TO BUILD SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS ON IT AS THE LAND WAS TO EXPENSIVE. MR FARINA THE CITY ENGINEER THEN SHOWED A SKETCH OF THE PROPOSED TRAILER PARK AND EXPLAINED THE SIZE OF THE TRAILER SPACES AND ALSO THE PLANTING AREA AROUND THE PARK. THERE' WOULD BE A CHAIN LINK FENCE AROUND THE TRAILER PARK. THERE WOULD BE NO ENTRANCE FROM LOTH STREET, THE ONLY ENTRANCE WOULD BE FROM 4TH AVENUE, FARINA ALSO STATED THAT THE ENTIRE PARK THE OLD SECTION AS WELL AS THE NUl' WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SANITARY SEWERS BEFORE IT WAS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY HOARD OF HEALTH. HE SAID THESE SEWERS WOULD BE CONNECTED TO THE CITY OF DANIA SYSTEM AND A PUMP STATION WOULD BE BUILT BY THE OWNER AND DEDICATED TO THE CITY. IT WAS THEN ASKED ABOUT MELLALUCA GARDENS AND WHETHER THEY COULD BE SERVED, THE CITY ENGINEER STATED IT COULD NOT BE HANDLED THROUGH THIS PUMP STATION BUT THAT IT W:*)ULD BE POSSIBLE TO TIE THE TWO FORCE MAINS TOGETHER, IT WAS THEN DISCUSSED AS TO HOW MUCH MORE THE PRESENT SEWERAGE PLANT COULD HANDLE, FARINA STATED ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AGO THEY WERE AT 67% OF CAPACITY AND HE BELIEVED THEY WOULD BE AROUND 75 TO 80% AT THE PRESENT TIME. A MRS HANSEN THEN HAD A QUESTION OF THE CITY ENGINEER, SHE ASKED HOW MUCH GROUND WAS AROUND THERE, FARINA ANSWERED THAT THERE WAS A 10FOOT PLANTING STRIP PLUS A 30 FOOT ROAD RIGHT OF WAY, PLUS THE SETBACKS. IT WAS STATED THAT THERE WOULD BE NOTrIING WITHIN 60 FEET OF HER PROPERTY, Sept 2, 1969 (2) ME I (3) KIM A MR , MATT CANIDA THEN SPOKE AS OPPOSED TO THE VARIANCE, HE STATED TH;iT AT THE MEETING THEY HAD THE PEOPLE WERE LED TO BELIEVE THERE WERE TWO CHOICES EITHER A TRAILER PARK OR A HIGH RISE. HE SAID HE SAW NO VALUE OF A TRAILER PARK TO THE CITY OF DANIA, IT WOULD MEAN MORE POLICE AND FIRE PROTECTION AS WELL AS GARBAGE PICKUP. MR. PETE PROSSIC THEN SPOKE AS BEING OPPOSED TO THE VARIANCE, HE ASKED MR CLAY IF HE HAD MAILED NOTICES TO ALL THE PEOPLE WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE PROPERTY, MR CLAY ANSWERED YES. HE STATED THAT OUT OF THE 32 PEOPLE WHO WERE MAILED NOTICES THAT HE HAD 22 PEOPLE WHO SIGNED THE PETITION , MR PROSSIC THEN READ THE PETITION AND TURNED IT OVER TO THE CITY CLERK. AT THIS POINT COMMISSIONER JACKSON MADE A MOTION THAT THE VARIANCE BE DENIED , THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER KELLY. AFTER A LOT MORE DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER THORNTON MADE AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION TO THE EFFECT THAT THE CITY CLERK SEND OUT REGISTERED LETTERS TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE 300 FEET AND ADVISE THEM THAT THERE WOULD BE A SPECIAL MEETING ON MONDAY AT 8:00 P. M. THE DATE BEING SEPT 8TH , 1969. THIS MEETING TO BE HELD IN THE CITY HALL OF DANIA, FLA. THE LETTER TO STATE THEY SHOULD APPEAR IF THEY WERE EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THE VARIANCE, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WAITERS. ROLL CALL WAS THEN TAKEN AND THE VOTE WAS AS FOLLOWS: COMMISSIONER JACKSON NO COMMISSIONER KELLY YES COMMISSIONER THORNTON YES O COMMISSIONER WAITERS YES MAYOR HOUSTON YES. 5. THE MAYOR THEN STATED THAT THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WAS THE OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE FEE SCHEDULE, DANIA AS COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES. THERE WAS THEN A REAL LONG DISCUSSION REGARDING LICENSES. IN THE END O IT WAS DECIDED BY THE FINANCE CHAIRMAN THAT THERE WOULD BE A MEETING OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ON THURSDAY SEPT. 4TH , 1969 AT 7:30 P. M. 6 . THE CITY MANAGER THEN STATED HE HAD PUT AN AD IN TWO OF THE PAPERS, ONE ON DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND THE OTHER FOR A MECHANIC. HE STATED THAT ON THE PUBLIC WORKS AD HE HAD RECEIVED NINE ANSWERS, BUT O ON THE MECHANIC HE HAD RECEIVED NONE. HE STATED THAT ON THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HE HAD CUT IT DOWN TO A FEW AND ON MAN THAT HAD A CHANCE AT ANOTHER JOB WAS HERE TONIGHT AND HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE COMMISSIONERS TALK TO HIM. THERE WAS THEN A LONG DISCUSSION WHETHER THESE MEN HE WAS INTERVIEWING WERE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTORS OR FOREMEN. HE STATED THAT THEY WERE WITHIN THE RANGE. THE MAYOR SAID HE WAS NOT O READY TO TALK TO ANYBODY UNTIL HE SAW THEIR APPLICATION. THE CITY MANAGER THEN GAVE THE APPLICATION TO THE MAYOR. THE CITY MANAGER THEN SAID HE HAD ANOTHER ITEM WHICH WAS A RESULT OF A COUPLE OF TELEPHONE CALLS HE HAD RECEIVED TODAY. THEY WERE BOTH IN REGARDS TO TTEMS THAT WERE PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPERS. HE STATED HE WISHED THE ITEMS WERE CORRECT AS IT WOULD MAKE HIM AND THE COMMISSION O HAPPY. ONE WAS ON THE AD VALOREM TAX INCREASE, IT STATED THE INCREASE WOULD BRING IN AN ADDITIONAL $243,710 DOLLARS WHEN IT WILL BRING IN ONLY $32 ,780, the other item was that the CITY MANAGER WAS ORDER TO REPAIR ALL THE STREET INTERSECTIONS IMMEDIATELY. HE COMMENDED THE NEWSPAPERS FOR LOOKING AHEAD A LITTLE BIT. HE STATED THE ABOVE WAS NO CRITICISM TO THE NEWSPAPERS. O / , THE NEXT ITEM WAS A CHECK PAYABLE TO ROBERT DUBOW FOR WORK DONE BY THEM. ON BROWARD CABLEVISION IN THE AMOUNT OF $500. THIS CHECK WAS PAYABLE TO ROBERT DUBOW AND THE CITY OF DANIA. COMMISSIONER THORNTON MiA!)S A MOTION THAT THE CHECK BE DEPOSITED IN THE GENERAL FUND AND A i:ITY CHECK BE ISSUED TO ROBERT DUBOW, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMM. JACKSCN . ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY 1N THE USUAL MANNER, FIVE AYES. a b . CITY ATTORNEY SAID HE HAD A CHECK FOR $250 FROM PONCIANNA HOTEL ON THEIR PAST DUE SEWER MONTHLY CHARGE AND ASKED THAT THE CITY WAIT TILL DEC 30TH , 1969 FOR THE BALANCE.CITY ATTORNEY WILL FCLLOW UP, NO MOTION. j 9 . COMMISSIONER WAITERS SAID HE HAD THE APPROVAL FORM FOR WATER FOR J ChM.P BLANDING, THEY WILL NOW BE TURNED OVER TO HUD. 10 . COMMISSIONER JACKSON BROUGHT UP THE BAD SITUATION IN THE DOWNTOWN ®' j,.hEA AROUND THE CA:PPERINE HOTEL. THE CITY MANAGER WAS THEN INSTRUCTED TO TAKE CARE OF IT. 11 , COMMISSICNER THORNTON THEN BROUGHT UP THE OVERTIME DUE JERRY ENGL.AND. CC,h:NISSIONER KELLY MADE A STATEMENT THAT HE THOUGHT IF JERRY ENGLAND WAS REQUESTLNG IT HE HAD IT COMING. A� Sept 2, 1969 ( 3 ) COMMISSIONER THORNTON THEN MADE A MOTION TO PAY THE OVERTIME DUE TO JERRY ENGLAND, IN THE A}10UNT OF 261 HOURS, THIS WAS THEN SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER KELLY. THE MAYOR THEM SAID ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY IN THE USUAL MANNER, THERE 14ERE FIVE AYES. 12. THE MAYOR THEN SAID HE HAD PROMISED TO BRING UP A FE4) THINGS UNTIL HE GOT SOME ACTION ON THEM, ONE WAS THE OLD HOUSES, THE BUILDING INSPECTOR SPOKE UP AND SAID HE PLEADED GUILTY, HE WAS STILL WORKING ON TRW. THE MAYOR THEN TOLD WALKER HE HAD BEEN GIVEN THE 00 AHEAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO, AND THAT HE WAS TO HAVE GOTTEN 70GETHER WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY TO GET THE LEGAL NOTICE THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE SERVED, AND THEN SERVE THEM. ALSO Tn GET TOGETHER WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE MEANTIME AND TO SEE IF THEY VnULD NOT TEAR THEM DOWN, WALKER 14AS TOLD ONCE AGAIN TO GET THE NOTICES OUT. THE MAYOR THEN STATED HE THOUGHT THE JUNKED CARS WERE MOVING. HE TdEN BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE UTILITY COMMITTEE GETTING TOGETHER AS THERE 1,ER.E SOME ITEMS TO STRAIGHTEN OUT SUCH AS RATES FOR THE LAUNDRIES AND CAR WASHES. COMMISSIONER KELLY THEN SUGGESTED THAT THE CITY MANAGER GET TOGETHER WITH THE CITY ENGINEER AND WORK OUT SOME FORMULA MAY BE TO CHARGE PER THOUSAND GALLONS. COMMISSIONER THORNTON THEN SAID THAT THE CITY ENGINEER HAD ALREADY WORKED OUT A FORMULA ON DANIA RIVERSIDE LAUNDRY AND HE COULD SEE NO REASON WHY IT COULD NOT APPLY TO ALL OF THEM. THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ENGINEER TO GET TOGETHER AND BRING BACK A RECOMMENDATION TO THE NEXT MEETING. THE MAYOR THEN BROUGHT UP THE PAVING OF THE BEACH PARKING LOT, HE SAID HE THOUGHT THEY HAD ALL AGREED THAT IT SHOULD BE PAVED. HE SAID HE MOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY ENGINEER GIVEN APPROVAL TO DRAW-UP PLANS, HE SAID IT WOULD TAKE CONSIDERABLE TIME TO GET SPECS, PLANS AND ADVERTISE. HE SAID IT WOULD BE TWO MONTHS IF THEY STARTED NOV!. COMMISSIONER THORNTON MOVED THAT THE PLANS BE DR07N AND PREPARED FOR ADVERTISING9 THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER VAITERS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY IN THE USUAL MANNER, THERE WERE FIVE AYES. THE MAYOR THEN ASKED COMMISSIONER WAITERS ABOUT TRAIL'S END TRAILER PARR, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ON THIS IN SIR MONTHS AND HE WANTED THE CITY MANAGER TC TAKE THIS OVER IMMEDIATELY. HE SAID THE CITY CLERK WOULD GIVE HIM THE LETTER AND ALSO THE AMOUNTS THAT WERE ASSESSED TO TRAIL'S END TRAILER PARK AND ALSO TO TELEDYNE CO. THE CITY MANAGER THEN SAID HE WAS PUZZLED AS TO HOW THE STREET INTERSECTIONS WERE TO BE HANDLED BY BID OR HOW, THE MAYOR THEN SAID THAT THEY HAD TOLD COMMISSIONER ?^1AITERS TO GET A PURCHASE ORDER FOR ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ABED SEE HOW FAR IT WOULD GO AS TO PAVING THE INTERSECTIONS. MEETING WAS THEN ADJOURNED. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED 'Ar MAYOR ROBERT E. HOUSTON E. R. CLA CITY CLERK-AUDI Sept 29 1969 (fit)