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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNULL (530) ... _ i MINUTES DANIA CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING APRIL 20, 1993 i . i ROLL CALL' { Present: Mayor: Bobbie Grace Vice Mayor: Bob Mikes Commissioners: John Bertino Bill Hyde Albert Jones ' City Manager: Robert Flatley City Attorney: Frank Adler City Clerk: Wanda Mullikin }' ITEM 4 WAS HEARD AT THIS TIME ITEM I WAS HEARD A171-ER ITEM 4 I o 1. Will Allen, Growth Management Directr, presented a chart on the status of impact fees for 1 labitat for Humanity and L.E.S. Mr. Allen advised that the City cannot waive water and sewer impact fees, however, the City has waived building, inspection, police and fire impact and general interim service fees in the past. Mike Smith, Personnel Director, advised that a request is being made through the Community Development Block Grant program to pay these impact fees for these organizations. He cautioned that these fees may not be covered based on CDBG requiring that funds cannot be issued for projects that have already been started or completed. He advised that even if the City is successful in receiving grant funds, they will not be available until October 1993. Mr. Allen advised that these fees can add up based on the fact that Byrd Point built 25 single family units, Dania Housing Authority recently built 40 units, and that DEDC is considering 24 family ownh mes next to Collins Elementary. Water and sewer impact fees are used for infrastructure, extending water and sewer lines, and for treating plants and although building WORKSHOP MEETING 1 APRIL 20, 1993 RF 1 4, inspection fees have been waived, the City still incurs costs to go out and complete the {((( inspections for these organizations. [ A ; Commissioner Bertino expressed his concern that a precedent will be set and that the City is 4 not in a financial position to be waiving these costs. He suggested to consider City Attorney Adler's idea of liening the property and collect the fees when the property is sold. City Manager Malley advised that liening the property does not always work when property is sometimes abandoned and turned back over to the organization. f 1 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY Discussion followed with Habitat for Humanity representatives on the possibility of taking out a second mortgage with no interest for the amount of the impact fees so that building could go forward. The mortgage maturity date could be set the same date as the first mortgage on each property. Vice Mayor Mikes suggested to leave the amount of interest free for 10 years as an incentive to pay this off and then 3% interest would accrue after 10 years. City Attorney Adler mentioned that promissory notes were suppose to be executed on each 1-labitat for Humanity home and that some of the homes did not have promissory notes executed by the Building Department. Attorney Allsworth questioned the legality of going back and liening a property that has already closed. Mayor Grace requested to add the Habitat for Humanity request to the April 27 meeting. j 111j Mr. Graham, LES, stated the difficulty of building low-income housing with limited funds from the Community Block Grant Program. Mr. Graham advised that clear title has to be ! obtained on these properties and that financial institutions would not accept a lien for impact fees. Discussion followed on whether these properties are tax exempt and not on the tax rolls which is different from the other projects. Mr.Jerry Carter, DEDC, advised that his project has no outstanding impact fees at this time and that his organization is interested in community revitalization. He commended the efforts by City Staff to pursue funds to cover these impact fees and urged the Commission to weigh the benefits of providing affordable housing in the City in relation to the impact fee amounts. Mr. Carter reported that there is a property owner who is willing to donate a vacant lot over to DEDC to develop but that the property has numerous lot mowing liens placed against it by the City. He requested the City to waive the mowing charges on these properties so that a 4 single family home could be developed and felt that the City would benefit because the property would generate tax revenue by being developed opposed to remaining a vacant parcel. WORKSHOP MEETING 2 APRIL 209 1993 117 as Vice Mayor Mikes expressed concern for not hiving enough funds to provide public safety services for these properties and that Dania has done more than its fair share of providing public housing compared to other Broward cities. o 2. Will Allen, Growth Management Director, presented eight alternatives for airfield alignment at the airport that was presented by County Engineers at the recent Technical Advisory Committee Meeting. Mr. Allen stated that the no build" alternative was not presented and then commented on the alternatives submitted. 'File three preferred alternatives selected by the Airport were N3, N4 and #8. The Aviation Department chose Alternative M4 I which will extend the south runway 10,000 feet over US I and the tracks towards the wetlands and that this alternative will be presented to the County Commission for approval in two to three weeks. Ed Curtis (Attorney representing the City in the airport expansion) mentioned that the County Commission is requesting 6 million dollars more in federal grant funds for land acquisition in the clear zones and some noise parcels. fie felt that action will be taken to remove the noise zones around the airport as they arc getting alot of static from the fact that some of these noise zones have been found incompatible with residential use. This has helped to the success of the inverse condemnation cases for individual homeowners based upon Broward County's own ordinances. Mr. Curtis requested the Commission to provide him direction and policy guidenec so that he can proceed with legal research on the City's options. I-le felt that the areas to pursue are at the planning and funding levels as he didn't feel that the City would have much luck in i pursuing an injunction to stop the expansion. Mr. Curtis said that research has to be conducted to see if the City can possibly obtain grant funding to participate in the planning process either with Broward County as an adjoining municipality in the master planning or be I` able to participate separately with the FAA in a Muter Plan and Part 150 study. Mr. Curtis advised that the Dania Plan and the 1977 Technical Update Plan were closer to the capacity projections in comparison to the South Florida Regional Planning Council plans with the (' current 91/92 figures and that this may be helpful in requesting FAA grant funding. Vice Mayor Mikes suggested that City Manager Fladey research the current affect on the development orders with the recent legislative changes that have been made to the Regional Planning Council. The Commission generally agreed to have Mr. Curtis prepare the City's options to be brought back as soon as possible. 3. Tim Tapp, Recreation Director, presented the changes that have been made to Dania Pier design/build proposal. Mr. Tapp noted Commissioner Jones' request to include language to encourage bidders to provide informaton on minority participation. Discussion followed with the Commission and Coastal Technology representatives on additional changes in the specifications, size of the piling, language in the RFP and environmental permitting requirements in extending the pier 200' with a reef. WORKSHOP MEETING 3 APRIL 20, 1993 U 1 • I F Harvey Sasso, Coastal Technolgy, commented on his company's willingness to pursue the necessary permits instead of having this included in the bid proposal to assist in the timing of the project. ITEM 4 WAS HEARD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. I ! 4. City Manager Flatley advised that BSO, the Building Department, Code Enforcement ' and Mike Smith, Personnnel Director, are involved in applying for funds to set up a Code Enforcement Task Force thru the Community Block Grant Program. t - Mike Smith advised that the Code Task Force grant totals $290,000 which includes funds for a full-time Building Inspector, Fire Inspector, an additional Deputy, a case prosecutor, secretarial assistance, demolition and title searches. The program will be combined with BSO programs and City programs in the Recreation and Public Works Departments. j Captain Farley, BSO, stated that the program will address problems of structural decay, drug I abuse and crime in targeted areas. Captain Farley felt that after a period of time, the program will be able to pay for itself and perhaps generate revenue over and above operating costs. Rodney Hyatt, Code Compliance Inspector for the City of Ft. Lauderdale, described the procedure used by Ft. Lauderdale's Code Team to encourage residents to comply with code violations and on prosecuting the cases. Further discussion followed on the possibility of the I City establishing a Wednesday team if the grant funding is not approved. ITEM 5 WAS HEARD AFTER ITEM 3 5. Marie Jabalee, Finance Director, reported that expenditures and revenues are on target and that EMS collection fees are down in the City's budget. Wanda Mullikin, City Clerk, mentioned that the report does not include the receipt of rent revenue for Harbor Towne. G. The Commission discussed the need to prioritize the items on the agenda and to attempt to not take so much time in an effort to reduce the meeting time. Mayor Grace suggested that Mr. Flatley fax her a copy of the agenda prior to distribution. { This workshop meeting adjourned. A ftCcL Mayor-Commissioner City Clerk-Auditor WORKSHOP MEETING 4 APRIL 20, 1993 " - �-Z d4 ` � y`X.�`gar ��'Y^p-rr m.' i•... .. .. i m , { AGENDA DANIA CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING APRIL 20, 1993 8:00 P.M. 1 . Liens, impact fees and other charges on properties belonging to Habitat for Humanity, L.E. S. , D.E.D.C. , Dania Housing Authority and property owners seeking to build affordable housing on their properties. (Staff) 2 . Airport runway alternatives and the City of Dania' s position. Ed Curtis will be present. (Staff ) 3 . Dania Pier design/build proposal . Kevin McCabe, P.E. will be ! present. (Staff) 4 . Code Enforcement Task Force in coordination with the Broward Sheriff ' s Office. ( Staff ) 5 . Quarterly budget review. (Staff) 6 . Meeting cut-off times . (Mayor Grace) ANNOUNCEMENT: Town Meeting at City Hall on Thursday, May 13, 1993, 8 :00 p.m. r ` , � 1v ; s • r � , 4 •—. —=-fit .-r.�,^ . .� r.. it ��' .. K^ �fet- _ �:tv: _ _ }�* � - .�� <: � .. .r_ ap _ ...:. _ .'. 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