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HomeMy WebLinkAbout31122 - MINUTES - City Commission N,n MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING, CITY COMMISSION, CITY OF DANIA, FLORIDA, HELD JUNE 5, 1967. i The City Commission of the City of Dania, Florida, met in ® Regular Session in the Commission Room at the City Hall. F Present were: MAYOR-COMMISSIONER RICHARD MARANT COMMISSIONERS JAMES G. ADAMS GUS S. BRICE ROBERT KELLY BOISY N. WAITERS CITY ATTORNEY CLARKE WALDEN CITY MANAGER STANLEY GOLDBERG CHIEF OF POLICE ANTHONY CARACCI BUILDING INSPECTOR HUBERT WALKER CITY CLERK MARY THORNHILL a The meeting was called to order at 8:00 P.M. by Mayor Marant, after which Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance were held. MINUTES OF MEETINGS HELD May 15, 17, 6 22, 1967 to be approved. A motion was made by Commissioner Adams that the minutes be ap- proved as read. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Brice, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Adams Yes ® Brice Yes Kelly Yes Waiters Yes Marant Yes PUBLIC HEARING: 8:00 P.M. EDT. A 1. Improving and surfacing street running parallel with FEC RR, from N.W. loth Street to the South line of Teledyne Corporation property. Mayor Marant called for objections. There were no objections. After some discussion, A motion was made by Commissioner Brice to table this for further investigation, and bring it back to the next meeting. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Kelly, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Adams Yes Brice Yes Kelly Yes Waiters Yes Marant Yes 2. Improving and surfacing S.W. loth Street, S.W. llth Street, and S.W. 13th Street, from Dixie Highway to S.W. Second Avenue. :Mayor tdarant called for objections. Those objecting were: (1) Clayton Wilkes, representing property owners on S.W. llth and S.W. 13th Streets. He stated that the City has money budgeted'for paving streets and it should be used. (2) C. F . Hill, 261 S.W. 13th Street. (3) Mrs. Preziose, S.W. 13th Street and 3rd Avenue. -1- 'rr. 3 There followed a discussion on whether or not this was advertised correctly. City Attorney Walden suggested that it be readvertised. Commissioner Brice recommended that it be readvertised to read: S.W. 10th Street, from Dixie Highway to S.W. 2nd Avenue; and S.W. llth, ® 12th and 13th Streets, from Dixie Highway to Federal Highway. City Attorney Walden presented a Resolution of Necessity for the im- proving and surfacing of the above mentioned streets, setting a public hearing for Wednesday, July 5, 1967. ® A motion was made by Commissioner Waiters that the resolution be passed. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Adams, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Adams Yes ® Brice Yes Kelly Yes Waiters Yes Marant Yes ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSES: ® TRANSFERS (1) Transfer 4 COP license from Frank Heinrich to Anthony Barcelona and Alexander A. Curcio, Jr. , 1120 S. Federal Highway. (First Reading) (2) Transfer 4 COP License from Emile LeMerdy and Denis Rety to L?Auberge Bretonne, Inc. , 400 East Dania Beach Boulevard. (First Reading) (3) Transfer 2 COP License from Vincent Nucelli to Jacques Jasmin, 324 South Federal Highway. (First Reading) A motion was made by Commissioner Brice to pass these transfers on First reading. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Adams, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Adams Yes Brice Yes Kelly Yes Waiters Yes Marant Yes ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSES: NEW LICENSES (1) Application for 2 COP License, Viola Betterson, 412 Phippen Road. (First Reading) A motion was made by Commissioner Waiters to pass the application on first reading. The motion died for lack of a second. City Attorney Walden advised that the City would be subject to a suit of Mandamus if they did not approve this application. motion was made by Commissioner Waiters that the application be approved on first reading. The motion was seconded by Commissioner ;rice, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Adams Yes Brice Yes Kelly Yes Waiters Yes Marant Yes -2- rr`=€ r .MA BIDS: 8:15 P.M. Miscellaneous chemicals and lime for Vo Water Treatment Plant. A motion was made by Commissioner Adams that the bids be closed. @q The motion was seconded by Commissioner Kelly, and the roll being called , the Commissioners voted as follows: Adams Yes � Brice Yes - " Kelly Yes Waiters Yes ' ® Marant Yes L � OUR City Manager Goldberg presented the bids as follows: � h l w AQUACHEM COMPANY: Chlorine $13.00 per unit 36 .00 per unit } 85 Calgon 53.50 per unit 600 HTH 29.00 per unit { r 50 # Soda Ash 14.10 "+ Lime rf . S 26.50 per ton `; . DREW CHEMICAL CORP: $1,150.00 T F. H. ROSS & COMPANY: ® 130 - 150 Chlorine $14.25 per unit 2,500 # alum 4.25 per unit 85 bags Calgon 16.75 per unit 600 HTH 28.75 50 bags 100 Ash 3.95 per unit 350 # lime No bid. A motion was made by Commissioner Kelly to refer the bids to the City Manager for tabulation and recommendation. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Brice, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Adams Yes Brice Yes Kelly Yes Waiters Yes Marant Yes ARCHIBAL M. BLACK, representing Dorsey B. Collins, regarding a building on his property. Attorney Black stated that it was not the intent of his client to violate the laws of the City of Dania. After much discussion, it was suggested by Mayor Marant that Mr:: Collins present a set of plans within 15 days, and bring the build- ing up to code as far as the Building Department is concerned. Charles DeMuzzio, representative of the Planning & Zoning Board asked if Mr. Collins is allowed to live in this building while the work is ® going on. City Attorney Walden: No sir. RECOMMENDATION FROM THE MAY 16 meeting of the Planning & Zoning Board. `s (1) The meeting was held for the purpose of discussion of recommendations for the rezoning of the area north of the is Dania Cut-off Canal. -3- R ` Mann ." 4yr '. After a very lengthy discussion, it was decided that the & Board at this time would make the following recommendation to the City Commission: A motion was made by Mr. DeMuzzio that "due to information this board has received, it is imperative that we recommend to the City of Dania that a moratorium be put on all areas North of the Dania Cut-off Canal to the North City limits, East to the East City Limits, and West to the FEC railroad." O The motion was seconded by Mr. Erwin, and carried unanimously. Commissioner Brice: Gentlemen, I think this is premature. They are trying to recommend something for an area that we have not even annexed yet. Therefore, I am not in favor of approving it. O Mayor Marant called for Mr. DeMuzzio to come foreward. . Mayor Marant: You understand the situation that now exists as far as the annexation is concerned for area 3? Charles DeMuzzio: Yes, I dontt know how much of that land you were going to get. O Mayor Marant: As it stands right now, we dontt know how much we are going to get. It has to be put up by referendum. We think there is approximately 10 property owners up there who own all of the land that we are speaking of South of Shaw Road. I think that what we are going to have to do before we can do anything else is petition those people O to come into the City of Dania, and then present it to the legislation. Charles DeMuzzio: Well we have a certain area up there right now that someone has asked to rezone. Commissioner Brice: You can hold it. O Mayor Marant: Is it presently in the City? DeMuzzio: It is in the city limits. It is right along the highway. Commissioner Brice: Gentlemen, the reason that I think we are premature O on this is that as we go into this petition to get these people to come into Dania, they may have bought that land up there with certain idea in mind of what the use was going to be. And I think that we should leave ourselves open to be able to discuss this, rather than to try to tie this thing up as the Zoning Board has recommended here. We know that some of that land up there is owned by oil companies which would be strictly in- dustrial zoning. And if we couldn't assure them that that is what it will be, well, they would not even consider coming into Dania. DeMuzzio: We received some information on what was going on in the far east there, and we thought this would sort of safeguard things until we could get a chance to zone it. That is the only reason we were really ® asking for it. City Attorney Walden: This discussion is talking about land that is already in Dania, isn't it? O DeMuzzio: Well, yes, the biggest portion of it. City Attorney Walden: You are not concerned about-this land that we hope to get, aren't you? We have got no control over that land now. We have no jurisdiction and no right to do anything. DeMuzzio: Well, thatts the reason we were trying to hold them up. City Attorney Walden: So therefore, you want to hold up on any lands within the limits of Dania? -4- MEM..' Ask i-� DeMuzzio: Right. City Attorney Walden: I don't think legally you can do it indefinitely. Tf someone comes in with an application he is entitled to be heard. You may turn him down. . . Ms'':: DeMuzzio: No, we don't want to stop anyone with the present zoning we have got, if they want to build in our present area. s, ' = ® City Attorney Walden: What do you want to stop? z DeMuzzio: Well, we were figuringdry on the annexation part, I guess, more s than anything else. t r� City Attorney Walden: We don't have any jurisdiction over it. k ® DeMuzzio: No, not now we don't. i' r Commissioner Brice: That's the reason I said I think it is premature. r +; City Attorney Walden: I don't think there is any action to be taken on it then. 1171, ® DeMuzzio: No, I don't think so now. No action. k , ® PETITION FOR PAVING AN ALLEY in Block 2, Dania Tropical Estates. City Attorney Walden read the petition requesting an asphalt back-alley constructed on the said block No. 2 on the easement already dedicated to the City. Location: between N.W. 8th and 9th Avenue, Block 2, Dania Tropical Estates. Commissioner Brice suggested that they check into this to see that they actually have an easement all the way through there. City Attorney Walden suggested that this be turned over to the Building Inspector to bring up to the next meeting. A motion was made by Commissioner Brice to table this until the next meeting. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Kelly, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Adams Yes Brice Yes Kelly Yes Waiters Yes Marant Yes BILL FROM LOLRY INSURANCE AGENCY: $1,128.07 Audit of Comprehensive General Liability Policy for period January 18, 1966' to January 18, 1967. Commissioner Kelly stated that he talked to Mr. Loury about this, and he explained that it was the annual audit. "I also spoke to Mr. Walker and asked if he would be willing to take a look at this and see that it :ias in order, which was with Mr. Loury's consent, and he said he would." A motion was made by Commissioner Kelly that the bill be paid, with the stipulation that it is checked by the City Manager and. Walker Insurance Company. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Adams, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Adams Yes Brice Yes Kelly Yes Waiters Yes Marant Yes =5= CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: < < <' City Manager Goldberg reported that the City Engineer has recommended that the awarding of the bid for the repainting of the Water Tank be given to John H. Moyer for $7,960.00 plus $120.00 for sandblasting, if necessary. Commissioner Brice stated that he went over this bid with the City engineer, who checked Mr. Moyer out and found him to be reputable. r Also, Mr. Farina sent personal letters to others who he knew did this y ® sort of work, and was informed that they were not interested, and they r„fie- would not consider doing it because 'they had all the work they could do up to January, 1968. =' A motion was made by Commissioner Brice to award the contract to John � H . Moyer,y., , at a price of $7,960 plus $1,200 for sandblasting if necessary. , .; The motion was seconded by Commissioner Adams, Robert Houston asked if anyone has checked the specifications and cost for previous cleanings, sandblastings and refinishing of this tank. "? + Fie stated that this bid is all out of proportion by comparison. He also asked if anyone has gone up there and made an inspection to see -�' if it won't hold over until January. Mayor Marant stated that Mr. Farina is going to make that inspection. He added that he is speaking of the inside of the tank, not the out- side (for inspection) . ® Commissioner Brice stated that this bid was checked against previous bids , but this bid calls for extra coating of paint over what was called for before. He added that the last time the tank was done was about 5 years ago, and material and labor costs have gone up since then. Commissioner Kelly stated that they rely on the Engineer to recommend ` 0 such things, and he recommends that this is a fair price. He felt that they should take the recommendation of the Engineer. The roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Adams Yes 0 Brice Yes Kelly Yes Waiters Yes Marant Yes City Manager Goldberg recommended that, in regards to the removal of 0 junk cars, the City accept bids on June 19, 1967, at 8:30 P.M. City Manager Goldberg: Along with this, gentlemen, I would like to have you discuss at this time your support, if that's what we require, in regards to police action necessary to patrol the unlicensed junk yards that are located in some parts of the city. What I mean by un- 0 licensed junk yards are the yards where there may be 5, 10, 15 or 20 cars in a yard being taken apart. . .generators being taken out. . .and being stripped generally. In effect they are operating as a junk yard. None of these are licensed, by the way. Mayor Marant: Mr. Walden, I would like to ask you something. I have 0 observed something on the west side of the railroad track right across from S .W. 4th Avenue, down around I guess 5th Street. I have already contacted the Chief on this one item. I think it is Tom's Garage. It used to be the old Grammer Contractors building. This gentleman over there supposedly is running a garage, I beliEve. And I see each day a new derelict moved in there and set up along side the railroad track. j Fie started off with about 4 or 5 of them, and I think it has gotten up to about 20 cars that are sitting there now, and it is quite obvious whin you are riding down S.W. 4th Avenue. Instead of the situation getting any better, I think. . .and I don't know whether the Chief has -6- lY r' Q YYYFFF... talked to the man or not. . .but he says he would like to do something with the cars he has got there, but I don't think that is our problem. He put them there, and he ought to be made to get rid of them. fi ® City Attorney Walden: I think he is in violation of the zoning ordi- nances if he is running what amounts to a junk yard. And I think that ' . he can be arrested for violating the ordinances . I just wonder though, before you haul him in here, is there someway you can straighten him out by just talking to him; Chief? ® Chief Caracci: I think I will make a survey in the next two days, because I believe even when you have three or four cars, he might be using it just for parts services. I'll find out if they are using these junk cars just for that specific purpose. Let me make a survey I: on it, then I'll appraise you at the next meeting. `< Commissioner Waiters stated that he has already talked to Tom, and he f said that he is going to start getting those cars out. Mayor Marant: He is adding more to it, that's what he is doing, Mr. Waiters . There is no doubt about it. ® Commissioner Waiters stated that there is another incidence on N.W. 1st k. Avenue where the fellow has a garage, but he is trying to get those cars cleaned up too. City Manager Goldberg: Actually, I was not referring to the one that the Mayor has brought up here. That is a business where the man does ® have a license for this garage where he may happen to have some cars that the Mayor may consider junk cars. But principally I was trying to do something in regards to the several places around town, some of them being actually residential areas, where there are maybe 20 dars sitting in somebody's front yard, back yard, side yard, and on the corner of the street. This condition I am sure you gentlemen are aware ® of . This is the condition that I think we have to attack one of these days, and I just want to make sure that we do have the legal right to. . City Attorney Walden: We have the legal right. I just wondered if anyone has talked to those people. ® City I-Tanager Goldberg stated that the various building inspectors have gone to these people and informed them that they are in viola- tion, that they have no permits and have to get the cars out. He added that he personally had gone out with the former Police Chief, and they talked to these people. City Attorney Walden stated that since they have talked to them, they ought to arrest one or two of them and bring them in if they have not followed the suggestions. NIr. Houston pointed out that it won't do any good "because you can't tell them where to take the cars, any more than you know what the man ® who finally gets these bids will do with them. Frankly that is going to be a problem for him. I assume that whoever gets this bid will have some solution. It won't solve the thing on a long-term basis." Mayor Marant pointed out that the important thing is to begin to do something about getting the cars cleaned up, and then when they do 0 get them cleaned up, to enforce the laws on the books. It was discussed as to whether the city or the property owner would have to pay for cars removed from private property. Commissioner Kelly stated that he did not think the city should have to remove the cars from private property. Y Commissioner Brice suggested that the city give the offender a warning, "and if it is not complied with by the time we open these bids, then they will know where they can take them. . . .and if not, then they will -7- know where they can take, them." City Manager Goldberg: Alright, Chief, will you see that proper '. notices are given to these people, and give them until next meet- ing to see what kind of action is taken. a'z City Manager Goldberg presented his recommendation for the award- ing of the bid for the extension to the Sewer Collection System. is Ile stated that the City Engineer has recommended that the contract be awarded to Hosey Contracting Company. A motion was made by Commissioner Brice to award the contract to Hosey Contracting Company. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Kelly, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: f Adams Yes kr Brice Yes Kell a Y Yes ` Waiters Yes x n� r; Marant Yesf n City Attorney Walden: On this I am in to suggest F going that you not �1 ® actually authorize the contract to go ahead and do any work until we are absolutely certain that we can collect from the property owner. I think the city ought to have a special meeting some time next week so we can review this thing. Commissioner Brice: Mr. Walden, when it comes to the report from ® the Commissioners , I would like to discuss that further with you. Those that we have that the legal be checked before we authorize. You know we have about 7 easements that are signed, 6 or 7. Now those could be started. But I think that before any work is to be given out, you should check those even though they ar6 signed. A Mayor Marant asked Commissioner Brice to set up a meeting of the Utilities Committee. City Manager Goldberg presented his recommendation for the awarding of the bid for the extension to the Water distribution. He recom=mended that the contract be awarded to All Construction Company. e A motion was made by Commissioner Brice to award the contract to All Construction Company. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Adams, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Adams Yes Brice Yes Kelly Yes Waiters Yes ' Marant Yes City Manager Goldberg presented bills from Broome 6 Farina as follows: Water line layout, Griffin Road: $350.00 Sketch-Dania Colored Cemetery: 81.00 Sketch-Block 5 Memorial Park Cemetery: 88.00 Unit prices-Sanitary Assessment Roll: $500.00 4 copies of same: 76.80 A motion was made by Commissioner Brice that the bills be paid and charged to the designated accounts. The motion was seconded by Com- inissioner Waiters, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Adams Yes Brice Yes Kelly Yes Waiters Yes Marant Yes -8- �.. _ S City Manager Goldberg stated that he had a talk with Tom Walker, who stated that he had been requested by the Commission to look into the group insurance. Mr. Walker requests a letter of autho- rization to discuss the Group Insurance Program with the Aetna ® Life & Casualty Company. an A motion was made by Commissioner Kelly to authorize the City Manager to send Mr. Walker a letter of authorization to check into the Group Insurance Policy and make any recommendations that they see fit. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Brice. Commissioner Brice explained that the -insurance comrittee discussed this with Mr. Walker with the idea that it would be a good thing to look into our group insurance and hospitalization to see whether it needed any revisions to up-grade. 41 Mayor Marant asked Mr. Goldberg to include along with that letter the fact that he (Marant) set up a Safety Coordinating Committee, and the request that Mr. Walker and other members of this committee from Aetna come down and sit with this Safety Committee "and tell us what we are supposed to do" . City Manager Goldberg: Mayor and Commission, I would like to take this occasion, which is my anniversary with the City, to express my sincere appreciation for the co-operation of the citizens, the Com- mission, and particularly the co-operation and assistance of the City employees in order to make this a very progressive and successful year Of accomplishment. It is true the work,which sometimes is a labor of love, makes it pos- sible to provide the services and growth which makes the community one in which people can be proud. In particular, My thanks to those depart- ments of the City which have done such a commendable job as the Recrea- tion Department, which has been reorganized into four separate depart- ments, now under one director with full control and authority to pro- vide increased recreation for young and old, from the Beach to the Ball- fields, to the tot-lot areas. A commendable job much appreciated. The Public Works Department, which has been reorganized combining five dif- ferent departments under one superintendant, now providing improved ser- vices in park maintenance, public rights-of-way, public grounds, impro- ved garbage and trash collection, street maintenance, drainage canals, vehicle maintenance, and tremenddus improvement in street and other City cleanups which I am sure has been noticed by all of the Citizens of Dania. The Police Department has conscientiously put in many hours, much of which has been uncompensated volunteer time, in order to elim- inate illegal activities of all forms, in order to provide additional safety and protection for the citizens. It's success which has fre- quently been reported in the newspapers can be confirmed with other X Police agencies of other communities, the Sheriff's department, and various state police agencies with which our Police Department has functioned 'ih a close co-operative manner. The Fire Department which, although small in number, has fbr the first time this year as compared to the past four years had additional staff to the permanent compliment of firemen so as to be able to rotate and fill in during off days and vacations so that the department can operate at full efficiency. The quick response of the fire department to all emergencies, and in par- ticular the excellent work of the rescue division, can be attested by hundreds of people who have received these services. The Buildinc Department, in spite of several changes, is being handled by a big man doing a quiet job and a big one. As reported in today's newspaper, Dania has been a bright spot among South Broward Cities in regards to building permits, which other cities have experienced a decline. Dania's permits show for the year to date 257 for a whopping $919,135.00 compared to last year's 174 permits for $571,361.00. The City Hall Staff, although sma11 in number, has been doing the quiet but necessary work in handling the complaints and paper work necessary for the efficient operation of the various city departments. They say there is a woman behind every man, and it is only through the co-operation of these women that the adminis- trative work and the field work can be carried smoothly and efficiently. -9- .�.45 SX �l 4 ' F The Sewer Department. The City of Dania has come into being. The Sewer Department for the first time this year, with the completion of the sewer system and all the tremendous work in completing and PKI ; putting into operation a better-than-two-million-dollar department to the City to provide future growth and development for the City of Dania. The hours spent by the members of this department, the -' ® Commission, the City Attorney, and others too numerous to mention k; at this time to recite here, but I am sure everyone has heard enough ek about the Sewer System to appreciate the work that has been done to provide the City with a completed Sewer System and operating depart- ment. Last, but not least, is the Water Department and a reliable service being provided together with the addition of many new meter _ ® accounts previously unmetered. The improvement of the Water Plantts appearance with regular and necessary work of meter reading and bill- ing, and the steps that are being taken to provide additional services, better service, and more efficient expenditure of operational costs. 'Ty Through the further co-operation of the Water Department and Utility 1 Committee, for the first time the City has a City Water map which has ® been prepared, showing the location of and size of water lines and the location of water shut-off valves so necessary in emergencies. a Certainly the three most outstanding additions to the City in the past year, which will have many fruitful benefits over future years, ,r r; are the completion of the City Sewer System, the completion and ad- dition of the multi-million-dollar Pirates World Amusement Center ® in Dania, and the provision of the Charter RBvision Committee's re- commendations for improved government, organization and growth to the City. These things that I have mentioned certainly do not cover all of the Progress that has been made this past year with the help of all con-- • cerned. But I wish to say thanks again to all of these spokes in the work wheel which has helped to move the City foreward-" CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT: City Attorney Walden reported on the charter changes which the legis- lative delegation indicated it would approve. The one in particular concerning the annexation of the "Port area" east of Federal Highway. He stated that the delegation basically agreed that it would go along with the annexation of that part of the area South of Shaw Road, with the City offering some kind of proof that the majority of property + owners (based on an area majority) debire to be annexed to the City. "While in Tallahassee they suggested that I write a bill providing for a special type of election, so that we will have some sort of proof that the majority want to be annexed-" Mr. Walden continued "I don't necessarily recommend that we have any kind of referendum election if we can solve the problem in some other fashion. The other fashion that I suggest to you is simply contacting each property owner in this area within the next several days, trying to encourage him to sign something whereby he agrees to come into the City. I have asked Mr. Farina to draw up a diagram showing the over-all area, and that dia- gram should break itself down to sections showing the individual owners. I have also asked a local title company to prepare a list of the owners ." He informed me that Mr. Haliburton of the Dania Improve- ment Corporation stated that he was willing to go and contact each owner;"and he leads us to believe that he has already had substantial con- tacts with these individual owners, and they indicate to him that they are favorably inclined towards coming into the City-" He suggested that they give Mr. Haliburton time to contact these people. Therefore, he would delay for a number of days the preparation of this legislation bill. He stated that unless anyone had any objections, he would contact Mr. Haliburton. -10- '�3Y9:w Sup milli t City Attorney Walden reported, regarding the prospects of developing a municipal golf course in an unincorporated area west of town, that e.: the city tentatively agreed that they would employ a professional ® golf course expert to prepare an economic survey showing whether it 'r would be economically feasible for the city to entertain the project. Ile stated that he has contacted Mr. James Pruitt who built a major championship golf course in the state, who seems to be recognized as r' something of an expert. He added that the two developers seem to be impressed with Mr. Pruitt and have agreed to go along with him. Mr. Walden suggested that they have a meeting with Mr. Pruitt to explain • ® what the City wants to do. City Attorney Walden presented a summary of the work--that was required s. in bringing the initial sewer project,and the financing of such project, to the city of Dania. He then went on to explain the happenings since ty ® the original contractor was put off the job. He stated that he now has in excess of 500 hours on the sewer project since May of last year, and 5 suggested that the City grant him compensation in the amount of $3,750.00, based on an hourly rate of $7.50 o City Attorney Walden then read: ®� A RESOLUTION authorizing_ g the payment of the sum of $3,750.00 to Clarke Walden, City Attorney, for all extraordinary legal services rendered to the City in connection with the Sanitary Sewer Program. ® A motion was made by Commissioner Adams to adopt the resolution. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Brice, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Adams Yes Brice Yes ® Kelly Yes Waiters Yes Marant Yes Commissioner Brice suggested that the Commission send a Resolution to the Broward County Delegation for their consideration of the matters ® that were presented to them by City Attorney Walden and the City Man- ager. "I personally feel that they were very favorable towards Dania, in spite of the fact that the newspaper gave us to believe that in a lot of cases they were not going to be" . Commissioner Waiters suggested that they wait until the completion of 0 the bills before the delegation. Commissioner Kelly stated that it doesn' t hurt to say thanks to any- one "and we can even say it again if they give us some more" . A motion was made by Commissioner Brice to authorize a resolution to ® be drawn up and passed thanking the Broward County Delegation. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Kelly, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Adams Yes Brice Yes 0 Kelly Yes Waiters Yes Marant Yes Commissioner Brice suggested the Commission give authority to the Utility Committee to contact the City Engineer of Hollywood on a preliminary basis of exploring the possibility of tying in the West Side providing the City decides to go into the sewer program, if they ever build the outfall line."Now, I realize that this is two or three -11- '. ;a G R-F ' r Years ahead." But, he stated, now is the time to let Hollywood know that we would be interested, while they are planning their work. ` `, ® The Commissioners gave their approval for the Utilities Committee to t, hold the discussion with the City of Hollywood. " Commissioner Brice asked the Commission to authorize the City Attorney, the City Manager and Commissioner Adams to negotiate for two pieces of property that they checked on for well fields. One is on the school ' '> grounds and the other is on Stirling Road. a A motion was made by Commissioner Brice to authorize the City Manager, � Commissioner Adams, and City Attorney Walden to look into the posi- bilities of obtaining2 pieces of, p' property for water wells. The mo- tion was seconded by Commissioner Kelly, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: ; 3` Adams Yes b';u2 Brice Yes Kelly Yes ' Waiters Yes ± � ® Marant Yes Commissioner Brice stated that, in regards to the easement papers that t have not been signed, he would like to ask that the Commission authorize n Y g personally contact these people and try to the City Manager to p p y get these easements signed. "I have a two-fold reason for asking that the City Manager do it; :first, I think it is a function of the administrative body, and the second thing is that I feel that a lot of these people would like to have more information about why we need the easements, and different agreements that we enter into. And I feel that he is the most capable man in our City government to do the job." • City Attorney Walden stated that it would not have to take a motion. Commissioner Brice stated that he was handed this past week, as Utility Chairman, a list of the survey that was made by Mr. Lindeman regarding the residences and the commercial establishments in the sewer district, as to the number of bathrooms. "In checking this over, I find a good many shall I say errors? Anyway, there is a lot of things in there, a lot of buildings listed as single family where I know they have more than 1 bathroom. Now this was not carried on at the time with the basis of how many bathrooms, really. It was carried on with the type of build- ing. We have, I believe, about 60% of our connections made. And as you know, we are starting our billing this month. And in looking over this list, we do not have the number of bathrooms and urinals and sinks listed by the commercial establishments. So therefore, I think our billing department is going to have quite a hard time making At accurate billing. I would like to ask that the Building Inspector and his assistant check this over against the list that is already made, where permits have been issued. Especially in the cases of apartments, commercial and otherwise, to actually check them. I know it is an impossible task to go out there and check all of them. But I do believe it could be done on the commer- cial establishments." A motion was made by Commissioner Brice that the building inspector and his assistant check the list, and then varify the commercial. The mo- tion was seconded by Commissioner Adams, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Adams Yes Brice Yes Kelly Yes Waiters Yes Marant Yes Commissioner Waiters: You say you are going to just check the commer- cial? You are not going to the residential? -12- u j Commissioner Brice: Well, Boisy, I don't feel like that they really I have the time.now to check all the others. This list is fairly accu- rate as far as single dwellings and duplexes, in checking it. But for commercial, we have no indication on the list at all as to how many bathrooms is there, or how many washing machines, or how many sinks, or such as that. And a good many of our commercial are not hooked up yet. Now, in the event that they could find any of the rest of them, that will be fine if they have the time. City Clerk Thornhill stated that at the time the list was made, the Commercials were going to be charged 100% of their water bill. That is the reason they were not on there. Commissioner Brice stated that the Chamber-of Commerce is pushing to do something about the old Dania Bank Building. "I would like to have the Commission appoint Mr. Adams as chairman and possibly somebody else ® with him to go ahead and negotiate for the improvements that are to be made over there for them, and let's get this going-" Commissioner Adams stated that last Wednesday he met with about 8 or 10 members of the Chamber, and they went over the building to fret an idea of what they wanted . "They appointed a committee headed up by ® Mr. Rickards . And I think it would be in order to have a committee from the City to meet with them this week on that." Mayor Marant appointed Commissioner Adams chairman of the committee. Commissioner Brice stated that he had one other thing pertaining to safety. "And this is not in the form of criticism, but I think it should be brought to the attention of the Safety Co-ordinator that I have experienced here recently vehicles belonging to the Volunteers, without lights, being handled in a manner which is not in accordance with the best safety. "Now I realize that those men are trying to get there in a hurry, but at the same time we must use some discretion. ® And to try to get there to investigate one accident and create another one is certain3.51. not going to help. So I think this is something that should be brought to the attention of the safety committee." Mayor Marant asked the City CommissiontD authorize a letter of com- mendation to two of our firemen for an act that they fulfilled in the A line of duty last Sunday out at the Beach in the saving of a three-year old girl. He stated that the two Firemen are Lieutenant Dick Eglinas and Fireman Francis Straugh. He asked the Commission to authorize this letter of commendation to be presented to these men as soon as possible. A motion was made by Commissioner Brice to authorize the letter of com- mendation to be presented to the two firemen, Dick Eglinas and Francis Straugh. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Waiters, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Adams Yes Brice Yes ® Kelly Yes Waiters Yes Marant Yes Mayor Marant suggested that, regarding the Fire Department building,the walls are out of line, the doors don't fit, the paint is coming off the g� building. He suggested that they have the City Engineer contact the contractor and get these things "squared away" once and for all. He stated that the Chief has provided the City Engineer with a punch list of things that should be corrected. "I take it upon myself, as chair- man of the Police & fire committee, to come up with 'a more substantial report for the next meeting for recommendation by the Commission." '!ayor Marant presented a letter of thanks from Marshall LaBree Post #304, ; or the help they received from the Police Department on Memorial Day, and in particular Officers Sherfield and Palmer. -3:3- 7 " et'. ow �e P' Also, from the same organization a proclaimation proclaiming the period from June 12 to June 17, 196711as a time of redddication to .: new glory for old glory" , to display the flag on June 14, 1967, " ® Plag Day. Mayor Marant stated that some time ago the Commission authorized a plaque to be presented to the Fire Chief for 10 years of service to the City of Dania. He requested City Clerk Thornhill to check into it to see if this plaque has been ordered. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned. s Mary ornhill ® City Clerk Auditor Richaard1)MarIXa1nt Mayor-Commissioner 6- ti if S1