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Home My WebLink About31183 - MINUTES - City Commission I ' MINUTES DANIA CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING AUGUST 21 , 1990 ROLL CALL: Present : , Mayor: Charles McElyea Vice Mayor: Bob Mikes Commissioners : Jean Cook Bobbie Grace John Bertino City Attorney: Frank Adler City Manager: Robert Flatley City Clerk: Wanda Mullikin i 1. Proposed Water and Sewer Ordinance. I John Calvin, City Engineer, presented drafts of a resolution he has prepared for the Town of Davie for j the City to review in an effort to update their water and sewer ordinance covering charges and procedures . i After further discussion , the Commission agreed to „rr j address this proposed ordinance after the Utility Director has been hired and had an opportunity to include his ideas. J 2. Large User Wastewater Agreement and General Release relating to the Hollywood/Dania litigation. City Manager Flatley mentioned that this new agreement d will replace the 1972 agreement with Hollywood. He also addressed the issue of signing a General Release on the settlement between Dania and Hollywood . City Attorney Adler explained that this agreement relates to the 201 Program established some years ago for wastewater service operated by Hollywood. Mr. Adler mentioned that each city using the plant paid fees to Hollywood and that the fees were determined by Hollywood. Mr. Adler mentioned that each city had reserve capacities and when these ran out that Dania purchased from Hallandale. Mr. Adler stated that it was determined that Hollywood was using other city' s reserve capacities that were not as yet being used and that this was unfair which was the basis of the lawsuit. f f Mr. Adler informed the Commission that the new I agreement still designates Hollywood as the operator j 1 but that all cities , including Hollywood, pay based on usage. Mr. Adler explained that if a city expands and needs additional capacity in the future, they will be responsible for all costs of the expansion that takes place for the plant to service them and that other cities will not be penalized. Mr. Adler added that there is an Advisory Board established to make suggestions to get people to work together but that �;• they do not set rates. Mr. Adler stated that there has I been a substantial savings to each city. Mr. Adler J encouraged approval of this agreement in order to 4 WORKSHOP MEETING 1 AUGUST 21 , 1990 ' n 4a r I i obtain the settlement funds and felt the agreement to be in order. City Manager Flatley mentioned that part of this settlement money will be used towards repairs to the I infiltration system. City Manager Flatley stated that he would add this item to the agenda for the next meeting of. August 28 , 1990. 3. Commercial fence ordinance as requested by the Commission and a revisit of the residential fence ordinance as requested by Commissioner Grace on August 16, 1990. Commissioner Grace mentioned that she has no problem with the commercial fence ordinance but requested the Commission to revisit the negative points of the residential fence ordinance that was recently denied. I Commissioner Grace felt that there are many positive aspects to the ordinance that need to be implemented in the City and requested Commission opinion . i i Vice Mayor Mikes stated that he felt there was no problem with the 1 foot setback as there will always be - some type of maintenance required whether a fence is set at the lot line or with the 1 foot setback. i Commissioner Cook mentioned that several citizens ' expressed their opposition at the regular meeting of August 14 to the I foot setback in the ordi.nance as 1 they felt it would create a garbage catch all . jVice Mayor Mikes mentioned that he felt the ordinance 1 should include a requirement on whether the structural side or decorative side of a fence should show towards 1 the street. Commissioner Cook mentioned that the fence size - inconsistencies within the city have caused a lot of controversy as some citizens have received 6 ' fences without a variance or permit and other citizen ' s requests have been rejected. Discussion continued regarding the different lot levels in the City and the need to leave the fence requests under the variance procedure as it would be difficult i! to adopt an ordinance to address the various property differences in the City. 4. Proposed I.T. Parker Community Center fee structure. i tl Commissioner Bertino explained that he has met with the. I .T. Parker Committee in an effort to increase the fee structure for leasing the center. Commissioner Bertino expressed his concern that the costs to operate and maintain this huge building supersede the revenue coming in from leasing the building for special events . Commissioner Bertino expressed the need to prepare a repair and replacement fund to cover future repairs and replacement of furniture, flooring and roofing. f The Commission reviewed the charges for usage and clean up of the community center to be implemented for I employee, resident and civic groups compared to charges J required for outside individuals . The Commission agreed to continue to have City Manager Flatley negotiate with individuals who request to use the facility for a few days at a time and to place this I ' R WORKSHOP MEETING 2 AUGUST 21 , 1990 a h r i , item on the agenda for the regular meeting of August 28 for approval . t 5. Discussion of revised political sign ordinance. The Commission reviewed the revised ordinance regarding the amount of bond required, the time limits for erections of political signs , the maximum size of signs, and the placement of signs in residential , commercial and vacant commercial lot areas . After further discussion, the Commission generally agreed to leave the present ordinance in effect with no revision. 6. Revisit of the alarm ordinance. Commissioner Bertino mentioned the need for an alarm i ordinance to be implemented in the City in order to require commercial property owners to be responsible for turning off false alarms as they happen in the City. City Attorney Adler suggested adding a provision in the ordinance making it unlawful to install an alarm in a business that doesn ' t automatically shut itself off after 30 minutes. The Commission generally agreed to include this requirement in the ordinance and to V, give existing i businesses in the city 6 months to comply. City Attorney Adler mentioned that he would also include the requirement that if a false alarm does not turn off within 30 minutes , the property owner would be J sited with a $200.00 fine. 1 7. B.S.O. contract City Manager Flatley mentioned that he has resolved several issues with the Sheriff ' s Office regarding contract negotiations. Mr. Flatley expressed his i concern that the City has yet to receive a report of Law Enforcement forfeiture funds for confiscated items for the City of Dania in accordance with the contract since October 1988 . Mr. Flatley rereminded the Commission that the City' s previous Law Enforcement Trust Fund Account started with $80, 000 and, at this time, the balance is $88 , 000 . Mr. Flatley mentioned j i that he expects to receive $26 , 000 shortly as a reimbursement for equipment the city purchased for BSO. The Commission reviewed the operating costs relating to the contract and determined the 1990/91 contract total to be $2 , 528 , 070. City Manager Flatley mentioned that this gives the city the same manpower and basic contract as last year with the exception of three additional road patrol deputies . City Manager Flatley stated that he would obtain a revised letter agreement from the County and place this on the agenda for the next regular meeting of August 28 , 1990. At this time, discussion continued regarding State Statute requirements on the disposition of abandoned vehicles b the City and Y y property owners . WORKSHOP MEETING 3 AUGUST 21 , 1990 r ..., . ... ....h.,.•,a�z,rr'.m.,H;a•.•,carry�pq, A .... s A t( 8. Site plan building elevation ordinance revision. i Vice Mayor Mikes mentioned that the language under Section 1 in the indented paragraph of the proposed ordinance clarify "elevations" as "elevation views" and change the word "picture" to "illustration" and include "and landscaping" to go along with "all structures" on line 5 of the paragraph. i At this time, Commissioner Bertino mentioned that Broward County is coming out with a grant situation whereby any project that will benefit school children i and a community, the City would only pay one-third of the cost . Commissioner Bertino stated that the additional two-thirds would be paid from Broward County and out of another fund for the school system involved. Commissioner Bertino mentioned that since there is going to be a new Olsen Middle School built to apply for this grant to include the construction of a i swimming pool at a cost of around $415, 000. Commissioner Bertino informed the Commission that the cost to Dania would be estimated at $138, 000 . The f Commission generally agreed that this would be a good E benefit to Dania if financially feasible. f Mike Smith, Personnel Director, requested direction from the Commission on how he should charge the people who have reserved the civic center in advance since they have revised the fee schedule for the I .T. Parker 1 Community Center. The Commission generally agreed that j these persons should be advised that the fees have increased and that they have the option to cancel . Commissioner Cook commented on the need to cut back on expenditures in the City since revenues have decreased . 3 City Manager Flatley reassured Commissioner Cook that he is aware of the serious economic crisis in the country and that he will continue to be conservative in his spending. This workshop meeting was then adjourned. „ d j i A --CommI ION ' f CITY CLERK-AUDITOR 3 i � I s` I i 1, ti:ant ti WORKSHOP MEETING 4 AUGUST 21 , 1990 ? ` 1 1 , 1 AGENDA DANIA CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING J AUGUST 21, 1990 J 8:00 P.M. i I . Proposed Water and Sewer Ordinance . 2. Large User Wastewater Agreement and General Release relating to the Hollywood/Dania litigation. 3• Commerical fence ordinance as requested by the Commission and a revisit of the residential fence ordinance as requested by Commissioner Grace on August 16, 1990 . 4 . Proposed I .T. Parker Community Center fee structure . 5. Discussion of a revised political sign ordinance. 6 . Revisit of the alarm ordinance . 7 . 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