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HomeMy WebLinkAbout31018 - MINUTES - City Commission &kj MINUTES OF SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MEETING HELD ON MAY 12TH, 1969 AT THE CITY HALL, DANIA, FLORIDA ROLL CALL PRESENT MAYOR-COMMISSIONER ROBERT E. HOUSTON COMMISSIONERS ROBERT KELLY BOISY WAITERS CITY ATTORNEY CLARKE WALDEN POLICE CHIEF PHIL THOMPSON ® BUILDING INSPECTOR HUBERT WALKER ABESNT: COMMISSIONER THORNTON AWAY ON BUSINESS. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MAY 8TH, 1969. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER WAITERS TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER KELLY. 0 THE VOTE WAS THREE AYES, 2. APPROVAL OF BILLS PAID FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL. COMMISSIONER KELLY SAID THAT HE HAD NOT HAD A CHANCE TO GO OVER THE BILL AND MADE A MOTION THAT THIS ITEM BE TABLED. ® '3. APPROVAL OF BILLS TO BE PAIDi BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR PAVING OF N. W. 12TH AVENUE IN THE AMOUNT OF $418.47 SPINA, FRAGA, INC BILL FOR AUDIT OF SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM IN THE AMOUNT OF $925.00. COMMISSIONER WAITERS MADE A MOTION THAT THE TWO BILLS BE PAID, THIS WAS 0 SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER KELLY. ROLL CALL WAS TAKEN AND THE VOTE WAS 3 TO 0. 4. WILLIAM CARNEY - SUPERINTENDENT OF SEWERS ASKED THAT AN ASSESSMENT BE PLACED ON THE ABRAHAM PLOTINSKY PROPERTY, THE LEGAL BEING, THE EAST 203, OF THE S 200' OF THE NE;, OF THE NE}, OF 544 OF SECTION 3-51-42. THIS ASSESSMENT BEING 170' ® 6.10 A FOOT OR $1037.00. COMMISSIONER KELLY MADE ® A MOTION THE ASSESSMENT BE PUT ON THE ROLLS, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WAITERS. ROLL CALL 3 TO 0. 5. YOUNG COLLEGE OF HOLLYWOOD. THE MAYOR STATED THEY HAD REQUESTED TO BE ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. ® THE GENTLEMEN FROM YOUNG COLLEGE THEN ASKED TO MOVED DOWN ON THE AGENDA AS HE WOULD LIKE MR. WALTER BITTNER TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION. IT WAS THEN BROUGHT UP THAT OCEAN SCIENCE INST. WAS FIRST ON THE AGENDA, BUT THE MAYOR STATED THAT THEIR PROPOSAL WAS IN WRITING AND DID NOT THINK IT FAIR TO DIVULGE ALL THEIR FIGURES. THAT WAY THEY WOULD BE BIDDING AGAINST EACH OTHER. THE GENTLEMAN FROM YOUNG COLLEGE THEN STATED WHAT THEY PROPOSED WAS TO HAVE • A TWO YEAR HIGH SCHOOL AND A TWO YEAR COLLEGE PROGRAM, THIS PROGRAM WOULD BE OFFERED TO LOCAL AS WELL AS OUT OF TOWN STUDENTS. A MINUMIN OF SIXTY STUDENTS WOULD BE NEEDED TO BREAK EVEN. THEY HOPED TO OPEN WITH ABOUT A HUNDRED STUDENTS AND TO BUILD THIS UP TO TWO OR THREE HUNDRED STUDENTS. THERE WOULD BE TWENTY CLASS ROOMS. THEY WOULD OFFER AFTER TWO YEARS OF SATISFACTORY WORK AN A A DEGREE. THIS WOULD MAINLY BE ARTS AND SCIENCES. ® THEY WOULD ALSO TEACH THE STUDENTS TO SKIN DIVING, THEY WOULD HAVE A SEA TURTLE AND A PORPOISE OR TWO AND SMALLER EXHIBITS OF WILD LIFE. THEY WOULD ALSO TEACH BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, SHORTHAND, TYPING, OFFICE PROCEEDURES, HOTEL AND MOTEL ACCOUNTING. COMMISSIONER KELLY THEN ASKED IF THIS COLLEGE WAS NOW IN EXISTENCE, HE WAS TOLD THAT MRS MICHALSON WAS NOW OPERATING A COLLEGE CALLED HOLLYWOOD EDUCATIONAL CENTER. THIS YOUNG COLLEGE WOULD BE AN OUTGROWTH OF THE OTHER COLLEGE. THE MAYOR THEN ASKED WHAT THEIR OFFER WAS AND DID THEY WANT TO PUT IT IN WRITING OR TELL IT NOW. THE GENTLEMAN FINALLY SAID THEIR OFFER WAS $500 A MONTH TO START WITH AND IF THE CITY WANTED MORE LATER THEY WOULD HAVE TO NEGOTIATE. THE MAYOR THEN ASKED ABOUT SECURITY AND THE GENTLEMAN SAID THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO PUT UP A REASONABLE AMOUNT AS RENT SECURITY, HE STATED SIX MONTHS RENT IN ADVANCE HE THOUGHT 0- WOULD BE REASONABLE, HE STATED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE THE PRIVELIGE OF BEING ABLE TO CLEAN UP AROUND THE BULKHEAD FOR SOME BOATING ACTIVITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE COLLEGE, ALSO FOR MORE LAND TO EXPAND ON. THE MAYOR TOLD HIM THERE WAS NO MORE LAND AS IT WAS NEEDED FOR PARKING. THE CITY ATTORNEY BROUGHT UP THAT WHEN THE LAND WAS AQUIRED IN 1941 IT WAS STIPULATED IT SHOULD BE USED 0 May 12, 1969 (1) (2) YOUNG COLLEGE CONTID T u, FOR PARK PURPOSES. CITY ATTORNEY ALSO STATED HE THOUGHT THAT THE OTHER GROUPS PROPOSAL ',COULD PROBABLY COLIE CLOSER TO PARK PURPOSES THAT A COLLEGE -' WCULD. CLARKE WALDEN ALSO STATED THAT IN THE CHARTER IT SAID THAT THE CITY ® MAY LEASE LANDS UP TO TWENTY YEARS. IT WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT TIE CITY COULD NOT IEASE THE PROPERTY UNLESS THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE LEASE AS TO HOW MUCH WAS TO BE SPENT ON IMPROVEMENTS. THE CITY ATTORNEY THEN STATED THAT IF THE 710 GROUPS WERE GOING TO BID AGAINST EACH OTHER ACCORDING TO THE CHARTER THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS. 'Y. 6. OCEAN SCIENCE INSTUTITE -' ?'R ROBERT INGALLS SPOKE FOR THEM AND HE WAS ASKED IF HE WANTED TO BRING ' HIS PROPOSAL OUT ON THE FLOOR TONIGHTs AND HE STATED HE WOULD DO AS THE CC".I'ISSIONERS WANTED. HE STATED HE HAD HIS PROPOSAL IN LETTER FORM AND IT ',AS FINALLY DECIDED THAT HE LEAVE IT 114ITH THE CITY CLERK AND THE CITY CLERK 11OUID MAKE COPIES FOR ALL COMMISSIONERS $O THEY COULD STUDY IT OVER THE WEEK END. THEY 'iiFRE ASKED IF THEY WOULD HAVE AN EXHIBITp HE STATED THEY WOULD HAVE ' b A PLACE TO SELL DIVING EQUIPMENT AND OTHER THINGS2 ALSO A GIFT SHOPPE. HE r STATED HE 'NAS HANDLING THIS HIMSELF FOR THE TIME BEING UNTIL A FLORIDA. CORP. COULD HE FOI?lED. HE STATED THE LEASE WOULD BE MADE BY THE PROFIT MAKING CORP. HE STATED THE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WOULD NOT HAVE ANY NET WORTH. IT WAS r'" ® BROUGHT UP THAT THE IFESEE WOULD PAY THE TAXES, THIS TO BE PUT IN THE LEASE. r` IT i'.15 THENSTATED BY THE MAYOR THAT A DECISION WOULD BE MADE AT NEXT MONDAYI3 IN 3 MaETING. .w: hill WALTER BITTNER OF YOUNG COLLEGE THEN ASKED TO BE HEARD. HE THEN GAVE THE BACKGROUND OF DR MICHELSON AND MR YOUNG. HE THEN TOLD THAT THE FACULTY MEMBERS ® ALL HAD A DEGREE OF SOME KIND. HE ALSO STATED THEY 71OUID NOT PUT UP WITH ANY STUDENT UNREST. k% BITTNER THEN SAID THAT ANY STUDENT THAT FINISHED SHE LAST T;70 YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL WOULD BE GIVEN A DIPLOMA EVEN THOUGH HE DID NOT CONTINUE ON TO COLLEGE. HE SAID TO HIS KNOWLEDGE THIS WAS THE FIRST OF THIS KI14D IN THE COUNTRY. HE FURTHER DISCUSSED THAT THE AMPHITHEATER WOULD BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR SPEAKERS AND OTHER DOINGS. HE ALSO SAID THAT AS THEY COULD ® NOT PAY THE CITY ON ANY OVERBID SO THEY WOULD OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS TO RESIDENTS OF THE, CITY OF DANIA. THEY WOULD HAVE TO QUALIFY OF COURSE. THEY WOULD HAVE A COLLEGE BOOK STORE AND A GIFT SHOPPE. HE STATED THAT THEY WOULD PAY $5GG A MONTH PLUS bAINTENANCE COSTS AT THIS TIME, BUT THAT THEY COULD POSSIBLY PAY YORE AT A LATER DATE. COMMISSIONER KELLY THEN ASKED WHEN THE COLLEGE WOULD START IF THEY GOT THE BUILDING, MR BITTNER STATED THEY HAD HOPED TO HAVE A ® SUTPER CLASS BUT THAT THERE WAS TO MUCH WORK TO BE DONE AND HE THOUGHT IT QUID BE BETTER TO START AS OF OCTOBER 1ST. 7. STEINFELD - THOMPSON CO M:R YiAIKER THE BUILDING INSPECTOR STATED THAT THEY HAD PUT ON A SMALL ADDITION TO THEIR BUILDING AND ACCORDING TO THE CITY CODE THEY SHOULD PUT • IN A SIDEPALK ON GRIFFIN ROAD. HE SAID HE COULD HANDLE THE BUILDING BUT HE THOUGHT THE COY.''ISSION SHOULD DECIDE ON THE SIDEWALK, THE CITY ATTORNEY THEN HULE'D THAT THE ORDINANCE STATED IF THE OWNER MADE SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS THEN HE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PUT IN A SIDEWALK. COWdSSIONER WAITERS THAN MADE A 6'OTION TO HAVE THE SIDEWALKS WAIVED, THIS WAS SECONDED BY CO0.ISSIONER KELLY. THE MAYOR THEN SAID ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY IN THE USUAL MANNERS THERE WERE THREE i AYES. e. DANIA DUMP MR GRAISER THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR WAS CALLED UPON AND STATED THAT HE HAD CuI;TTATED QUITE. A FEW PEOPLE AND THE ONLY ONE HE COULD GET THAT WAS INTERESTED „S JCHN SESSA BUL.IDOZZING CO, AND THAT JOHN SESSA HAD RECOMMENDED THAT RATHER 0 THAII DIG A HOLE ON SOMEONE ELSES PROPERTY THAT THEY DIG THE HOLE IN THE DUMP A17D THEN THEY 1SOUDD NOT HAVE TO HAUL THE RUBBISH TO SOMEONE ELSES PROPERTY. GF_,U1!ER THEN STATED THAT SESSA HAD GIVEN HIM A PRICE OF $25 AN HOUR FOR THE DRAG LINE AUD $17 AN HOUR FOR THE BULLDOZER AND STATED IT SHOULD BE DONE IN TWO DAYS TIME. THE Z'AYOR THEN STATED THAT THE HOLE WOULD HAVE TO BE DUG ON THE FRONT FORTION OF THE DUMP AS THE REAR HAD ALREADY BEEN- DUG. THE MAYOR THEN SAID THEY }M?D : 0 4% CONDITION AT THE 'vFATER PLANT WHERE IF THEY HAD THIS HOLE DUG THE DRAG LIKE COULD 1.'C'FE THE LILT; DEPOSIT OVER AND PUT IT IN THE SAME HOIE. COMI!ISSIONER WAITERS THEN "'_DE A POTION TO AWARD JOHN SESSA CO THE CONTRACT ON AN HOURLY BASIS9 THIS WAS ,:.CCNDED BY COITISSIONER KELIY. THE MAYOR THEN SAID ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY IN THE USUAL I:ANNBR2 THERE 'MERE THREE. AYES. MAY 129 1969 (2) e (3) a' 9. THE MAYOR THEN CALLED UP MR ORAMMER AGAIN , AND MR GRAI.lbRR STATED HE HAD AI40TIIER OFFER ON THE 1958 GARBAGE TRUCK AND THE 1967 WRECKED POLICE CAR AFTER Q111TE A DISCUSSION IT WAS DECIDED THAT MR GRAh4•!ER SELL THE TWO ITEMS TO MACIS ns' TO.t1NG SERVICE FOR THE SUL! OF $600. TOTAL, $400 for THE GARBAGE PACKER AND $200, for THE VIRECKED POLICE CAR. THIS PRICE WAS ONLY $25 LESS THAN WAS OFFERED ORIGINALLY. ' P7-STSIDE S'NIININI POOL r LR DICKERSON THE RECREACTION DIRECTOR WAS THEN CALLED UP AND HE STATED x; THE BEST PRICE HE HAD RECEIVED FOR MARBLE TITS THE POOL AND SANDBLASTING • THE POOL WAS $1200. AFTER DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSIONERS IT WAS DECIDED TO HAVE MR DICKERSON CONTACT THE ALA MARBIE CO AND HAVE THEM ISSUE TWO BILLS, "r ONE IN THE AMOUNT OF $800. TO MARBLE TITS THE POOL, AND THEb) OTHER ONEi•T m r $600. TO SANDBLAST THE POOL. G 11. WAGE INCREASESr T`'" • THERE WAS A SHORT DISCUSSION ON THE WAGE INCREASES AND THEAOMMISSIONER KELLY MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THEM AS LISTED, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER `5 rJAITERS. THE VOTE WAS 3 TO 0, THE CITY ATTORNEY THEN BROUGHT UP THE SUBJECT OF TWO ITEMS IN QUESTION WHICH HE 'rN IANTED TO CIARIFY ON, ONE BEING THE CASE 70ERE TYPO PERSON HAD PAID THE SAME • ASSESSI.RNT AND THE CITY CIERK WANTED TO REFUND ONE OF THEM, ALSO THE ITEM OF BROWARD CABLEVISION PAYING THE LEGAL FEES OF CIARKE WALDEN THE ATTORNEY AND THE CHECK BEING b,ADE OUT IN BOTH NAMES, HE STATED THE CITY COULD ENDORSE THE CHECK OVER TO HIM WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT STATE AUDITORS. COMMISSIONER KELLY THEN MADE A MOTION TO ALLOW THE CITY CLERK TO HANDLE THESE TWO ITEM, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMUSSIONER WAITERS. THE VOTE WAS 3 TO 0. • MYOR HOUSTON THEN BROUGHT UP THE SUBJECT OF THE DANIA LADIES BEAUTIFACTION COMMITTEE AND STATED THE CITY WOULD DONATE $700 WORTH CF LABOR TOWARD STREET LIGHTS BETIYEEN DANIA BEACH BLVD AND STERLING ROADv ON FEDERAL HIGHWAY. MR RICKARDS TO DONATE WIRE P(ORTH ABOUT THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS, A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER KELLY TO APPROVE THE CITY PAYING $700. TOWARD STREET LIGHTS LABOR, THIS WAS • SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WAITERS. THE VOTE WAS 3 TO 0/ THE SUBJECT OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AT DANIA BEACH BLVD AND U. S. 1 WAS BROUGHT UP, AFTER SOME DISCUSSION IT WAS DECIDED THAT LA CROIX ELECTRIC SHOULD CHECK THE LIGHT., WITH THE POLICE CHIEF. • ^pRESPECTFULLY �SUBMITTED • ROBERT E. HOUSTON MAYOR — COMMISSIONER ��� . R. CLAY CITY CLERK — A4P R • • May 12, 1969 (3)