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HomeMy WebLinkAbout86419 - MINUTES - City Commission 0 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING, CITY COMMISSION, CITY OF DANIA, FLORIDA, HELD JANUARY 20, 1964. 0 The City Commission of the City of Dania, Florida met in Regular Session in the Commission Room at the City Hall. PRESENT WERE: VICE-MAYOR R. L. GRAMMER COMMISSIONERS VIRGIL L. TARPLEY JOSEPH D. THORNTON S. ELLIS YOUNG CITY MANAGER E. S. TUBES, JR CITY ATTORNEY CLARKE WALDEN CHIEF OF POLICE MONTIE F. SMITH . BUILDING INSPECTOR CHARLES LINDEMAN CITY CLERK MARY THORNHILL Meeting called to order at 8:00 o 'clock P. M. by Vice-Mayor Grammer. A motion was made by Commissioner Thornton that Mayor Hill be excused as she is ill. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Young, and the roll being called, commissioners voted as follows: Grammer Yes Tarpley Yes Thornton Yes Young Yes Minutes of meetings held January 6 and January 8, 1964 were read. A motion was made by Commissioner Young minutes of meetings held • January 6 and January 8, 1964 be approved as read. The motion was seconded by -Commissioner Tarpley, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Grammer Yes Tarpley Yes Thornton Yes Young Yes An ordinance rezoning Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, of Block 1, VICTORIA VILLAS, from R-1 Classification to R-2 Classification was read by Attorney Walden. A motion was made by Commissioner-Thornton this ordinance be. pass- ' ed on third and final .reading. The motion was seconded by Commiss- ioner Tarpley, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Grammer Yes Tarpley Yes Thornton Yes Young Yes Commissioner Tarpley: At the last meeting the City Attorney was authorized to draw a resolution dedicating the two vacant lots owned by the city between First Avenue and Federal Highway as S. W. Park Street. -l- a',c. �s( ti; Attorney Walden: What you need is a motion dedicating Lots 11, 12, Block 22, Town of Dania as a public thoroughfare and providing that in the event the thoroughfare is later vacated, the street will rev- ert back to the City of Dania rather than to the adjacent property • owners. A motion was made by Commissioner Tarpley that a resolution be pass- ed and adopted dedicating Lots 11, 12, Block 22, Town of Dania, for public street purposest and dedicating the name of such street as S. W. Park Streett and providing that the .title to such street shall • revert to the City of Dania, Florida, in the event same is ever va- cated or abandoned. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Young. Commissioner Grammer: I would like to ask the Attorney if this is dedicated as a public street, would we not have trouble if we ever 41 wanted to sell the property, to get the street closed and get the title back? Attorney Walden: What you would have .to 'do in effect if this came to pass is vacate the street. Ordinarily, when you vacate a street the title to the street then reverts to the adjacent property owners. That is why I suggested you put this restriction in the dedication. If you do vacate it, it then reverts back to the city. So if you do wish to sell it at a later date, you first have to vacate the street. There is a procedure involved of a public hearing, after that if the procedure is successful, you'can then sell it. Commissioner Thornton: The resolution will written in such a way that it will revert back to the city if it is ever vacated? Attorney Walden: Yes. Vice-Mayor Grammer called for a vote on the motion. it was as foll- ows: Grammer Yes Tarpley Yes Thornton Yes Young Yes Bills for the month of December were presented for, approval for pay- ment. A list of the bills will be attached to and made a part of these minutes. A motion was made by Commissioner Young bills as presented be approved for payment. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Tarpley, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Grammer Yes Tarpley Yes ` Thornton Yes Young Yes a' Recommendations from the January 14, 1964 meeting of the Planning and Zoning Board were read as follows: "�.". -2- 'at' • Item 1. R. B. Gautier, Attorney representing the Dania Jai Alai Fronton, speaking in their behalf pursuant to a variance permit from the provisions of Ordinance 392 A, Section 16, insofar as it • requires the construction of sidewalks around the Dania Jai Alai Fronton. . Mr. Gautier stated that he didn't consider the traffic as pedestrians that the sidewalks would'nt be used by pedestrians if they:.were put inj the North side is not being used, and the South side will, in time, be put in by the State. Also; that the sidewalks would work an inconvenience to the public because of parking, instead of being helpful, would present a safety hazard. ft is not a question of money or hardship, but an exceptional case. • A motion was made by Mr. Rickards and seconded by Mr. Jackson that a public hearing be held on February 11, 1964, at 8:00 P. M. for a variance permit from the provisions of Ordinance 392 A, Section 16, insofar as it requires the construction of sidewalks around the Dania Jai Alai Fronton. The motion was carried. • A motion was made by Commissioner Young authorizing the public hear- ing before the Zoning Board, February 11, .1964 at 8:00 P. M. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Tarpley, and the roll being call- ed, the Commissioners voted as follows: Grammer Yes Tarpley Yes Thornton Yes Young Yes • Item 2. A motion was made by Mr. Casciello and seconded .by Mr. Jack- son that a recommendation be made to the City Commission that if a variance is granted to an ordinance, it be used within ninety days or it reverts to its original form. The motion carried. Attorney Walden: If you wish to accept that recommendation you are goint to have to adopt an ordinance. If you indicate whether a maj- ority approve the recommendation and want to accept it, I will have to prepare an ordinance for the next meeting. • A motion was made by Commissionx Thornton that this item be tabled at this time. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Tarpley and carried. Item 3. A motion was made by Mr. Rickards and seconded by Mr. Jack- son that the City furnish the Zoning Board a tape recorder for its meetings. The motion carried. Commissioner Thornton: I recommend the City Manager be authorized to buy a tape recorder to be used by the Zoning Board. • City Manager Tubbs: You have a new recorder now. Why not let the City Clerk see if she can work out something with the secretary to the Zoning Board whereby it can be used for both. A motion was made by Commissioner Tarpley that the Zoning Board • use the tape recorder we now have. The motion was seconded by Com= missioner Young, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: t• -3- • Grammer Yes Tarpley Yes Thornton Yes Young Yes • Item 4. Public Hearing. - 8:30 P. M. Lots 11 2, and 3, Block 3, St. James Park North, as recorded in Plat Book 31 Page 33, of the Public Records of Broward County, Florida. From B-2 Classification to C-1 Classification. Henry Ransburgh, Attorney, spoke representing the property owners, Thelma Russo, Ruby Warner, Mr. Krajewski and others in the area affected by the rezoning. He said the property owners have been unable to improve their property and it is getting very run down. There is no foot traffic so the area is not good for retail stores. Atlantic Refining Company will go along with City requirements to have attractive stations. It is nbt suitable for an office build- ing because there is no room for parking. My clients and I believe • that it is best to have a service station on this property and they want the chance to improve the property. The following people spoke in favor of re-zoning the property so that a gas station could be builts Thelma Russo, Mr. Krayweski, Marie Favarato, Mrs. Card, Dominick Paolillo and Dave Greenberg. No person spoke against the gas station or re-zoning. Mr. Jackson made a motion that the request for re-zoning be denied, seconded by Mr. Rickards. Roll call vote as follows: • Kennedy No Rickards Yea Jackson Yes Casciello No Loury Yes " Attorney Walden: Mr. Ransburg, representing the owners called me and asked whether or not at any future hearing you would consider this as rezoning and/or a variance permit. We have done this occ- asionally. About all you can do at this meeting is authorize a hearing -of some kind before the commission. Commissioner Thornton: Does he want a hearing? Attorney Walden: Yes. The .hearing will have to be February 17, 1964. Do you have any objections as to how it is advertised? A motion was made by Commissioner Tarpley to advertise for a public hearing for rezoning, hearing to be held February 17, 1964, at 8:15 P. M. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Young, and the roll ?� being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: Grammer.' Yes Tarpley Yes Thornton Yes t = Young Yes -4- a: r • Vice = Mayor Grammer: We will hear Mr. James Tuten at this time about annexation. Mr. Tuten: Thank you for the opportunity of appearing before you to ask some questions about annexation before the election on February 14. I am sorry I was not invited to the last meeting of the group that met in our community. We would like to ask a few questions for your record and for ours. The question has come up as to whether you are • going to give us services, and when. After reading the resolution in the Dania Press, and the statements in the Sun-Tattler, we wonder if we can receive your promise of getting services without any in- crease in ad valorem tax or in our utility tax? We would like to know if we are going to get the same garbage service as the residents • of Dania now? You now have three business and two residential pick- ups each week. Commissioner Grammer: We have discussed this with the city manager and we feel that one packer will pick up the garbage. • City Manager Tubbs: We plan to give you the same service and the same number of calls each week that the residents of Dania have now. Mr. Tuten: When do you expect this service to begin? Commissioner Grammer: The ordinance read by the City Attorney stated that fire, police and garbage collection would start right away. City Manager Tubbs: Garbage collection will start as soon as equip- ment and personnel is available. • Attorney Walden: The ordinance stated September 1, 1964 at the latest. Commissioner Tarpley: One reason for this was to give the independent contractors a break. We did not want to infringe on any one collect- ing garbage out there at the present time. Mr. Tuten: Chief Smith stated that you probably needed a couple of additional cars and from 6 to 8 men to serve the area and the add- itional area in the city. When can we expect this service to start? • When we are annexed we automatically lose the sheriff's protection. Attorney Walden: That is correct and for that reason the ordinance says this protection will start immediately. + Mr. Tuten: When do we get our fire station and fire protection? The reason I ask this is because we have been told that we will not get a reduction in our fire insurance rate until there is a station built in our area. Attorney Walden: The ordinance says the fire protection will be pro-vided immediately, it is up to the commission to build a station. . Mr. Tuten: What type of equipment will we have? Commissioner Young: We have equipment right now such as a self con- tained truck, fire hose, etc. In fact, our fire department has made numerous calls out there over the years. As far as the location, we will have to rent a building to store the equipment. It will be a little premature for us to ask you or any one else if they have ,a building- available. 0 Commissioner Grammer: We have answered just about as many calls as the Ravenswood Fire Department. Sometime we are there before they get there. • Mr. Tuten: Are we to expect street lighting in the residential as well as the business area? Commissioner Grammer: I would not want to say the exact date you will have lights. You will not be paying any taxes for a year, but • I am certain we would work for street lighting for the people out there as well as the people in Dania: We have a street lighting program under way now for the city. Commissioner Young: Florida Power & Light has a large back-log of • orders and it will take them quite some time to catch up. It will probably be June before they complete the service we have asked for in Dania, that was ordered sometime ago. It is not a case of them jumping out and throwing up poles. Surveys have to be made and eng- ineering done to determine what type of lights are needed at what location. So that cannot be done immediately. • Mr. Tuten: I would like to know what the cost of street paving is. Commissioner Thornton: You pay one-third of the cost. Commissioner Grammer: I think it is one-half to each property owner and the City pays for the intersections. city Manager Tubbs: It has been worked a number of different ways. The main thoroughfares have been done on a one-third basis, and some • on a full assessment with the city paying for the intersections. Mr. Tuten: Have you made any additional studies on the water sit- uation? When can we expect it? Commissioner Thornton: I would say you would get it as quick as the • county could give it to you. First of all, they will have to expand the plant already there before they can give you water, and they have made no plans to do that. We have let the contract to expand our plant and they have" not advertised for bids. • commissioner Grammer: I would say for the Stirling Road area, they will get water quicker from the city than from the county. To my _ knowlwdge, the county is not foguring on putting,water .in the Stirling Road area. Mr. Tuten: They have not petitioned for water. Will we get the same services for mowing lots and trash pick-up as you get at the present time? Commissioner Thornton: We are anticipating that. You will be a resident of the city the same as any one living here forty years. Mr. Tuten: The people out there do not know what services you give - and we would like to know before coming into the city. We would like to know how often you pick up trash. • City Manager Tubbs: Trash is picked up approximately every three . to five weeks, depending on the load. We could safely say once each month. There is no set date. -6- Mr. Tuten: Has there been any plans for recreation for the area for children and adults? • Commissioner Thornton: Yes, we have an estimated cost for recreation. Mr. Tuten: We would like to know if you anticipate raising ad valorem or utility taxes, even' though other cities around pay more? Commissioner Grammer: We do not have any intention of raising any taxes at this time. They will remain the same. Mr. Tuten: In all fairness to both sides -- The Griffin Civic Assoc- iation has always taken a stand of being neutral, we wonder why all • the clerks and inspectors picked for this special election were all for annexation and none from the opposition side. Commissioner Young: Several named on this list were also on the county board. •' Commissioner Thornton: Did you submit any names? Mr. Tuten: Yes. I submitted names to Mrs. Thornhill to give to Mr. Young and it was the group that had been inspectors and clerks in Precinct 68A since its inception. The same ones Mrs. Gates uses. Commissioner Thornton: We do not have the same ones in the city that we always use. Commissioner Young: Mrs. Vasa and Mrs. Johnson have served on the county boards and they are on this special election board. Commissioner Thornton: It does not matter who is on the board any way. Mr. Tuten: How can we get absentee ballots? Commissioner Grammer: You will have to go to the court house. Mr. Tuten: We were told we would have to get them here. • Attorney Walden: You can get the forma here. Commissioner Young: You were notified by public notice they were available. Mr. Tuten: Not that they were ready, because I have called Mr. Walden's office and Mrs. Thornhill. In fact, she called Mr. Walden's office a couple of times for us and they were not ready. Attorney Walden: They are ready now. Mr. Tuten: Do the people have to apply for them in person? Attorney Walden: Yes. Mr. Tuten: How soon do they have to be back? Attorney Walden: Up to five (5) days before the election. a —7 ft Mr. Tuten: I appreciate you letting us be heard tonight. The people in the Griffin Road area in the last five and one-half years have learned a lot by forming such an organization as ours. We have learn- ed how to go about asking for things for our area. In out area you will find we have citizens that have held various positions in var- ious cities all over the country where they came from. They intend to become good citizens if you elect to take them into Dania and they elect to come in and be a part of the City of Dania. They will offer their services in various capacities when the proper time comes. Commissioner Grammer: Before I ask for the next speaker, I would like to say this-- I think we have answered most of the questions Mr. Tuten asked very satisfactorily, and let's not ask the same questions again. I will now call Mr. Frank Eby. i Mr. Eby: I did not come up to make a speech, in fact, I did not know my name would be on the agenda, but I do appreciate this oppor- tunity. The reason I am here is to find out if this is the proper move for the town. I know as a taxpayer here I am interested in anything that is good for the town and I know all the other taxpayers in town feel if this is a good move they will all be very much behind it. This is not a new problem, it has been brought up before, it has been studied before. I remember when I wan on the commission, about the time we annexed the area to the North, we studied thoroughly the an- nexation of the property to the West of us. At that time we found that it was just impossible to take in that area without a sizeable increase in taxes and a sizeable increase in water rates. In the first place, the area between the railroad and Ravenswood Road is a very bad area as far as revenue is concerned. You would realize very little revenue and it is one of the most expensive areas to take care of as far as police, sanitation and water is concerned. I talked to a number of the commissioners individually about this and I don't think this thing has been given proper study, and I don't think you have the answers. I spent some time studying it this week-end and I 'also got a copy of your budget ,and last financial statembnt for the fiscal year just ended. I went out and made a physical check of the area and I would like to give you my figures. I know my figures are strictly guesses and nothing else. What I object to, if there are any, is the fact that this problem to double the size of the city is coming before the voters without having somebody qualified to study this thing and give everybody the right so answers. I figure after looking at your budget and what I see out there, the capital expenditure for the police .department; fire de- partments sanitation; mowing and trash; street lights, will amount to more than $76#000. That amount includes two police cars; build- ing for fire truck; one garbage truck; one trash truck and one mower. I also figured the operating cost just to handle this part will run better than $100,000 per year. This is for four men in the police department and four men in the fire department; three men for San- itation and three men for mowing and trash pick-up. This does not give you anything for recreation, street maintenance' or street im- provements. You will have extra expense as far as tax assessing and ;O tax collecting and voter registration. This is all going to cost quite a sum of money. -8- I counted the number of businesses just driving around out there Saturday and Sunday. From what I can give you from my observations as far as income is concerned it is something like this: 0 $8,000 Utility Tax 151000 Cigarette Tax 11000 Permits 51000 Fines 98000 Franchise Tax . It is anybody's guess what the ad valorem' tax will be. In making a check with the tax assessor's office on the present tax roll it should amount to around $40, 000. The area between the present city limits and Ravenswood Road, as far as residences go, will not pro- duce hardly any ad valorem tax. On a $10,000 house at the present assessment of 5 1/2 mills after homestead, you would probably get $13.75. on a $15, 000 house at the present 5 1/2 mills, would net you about $30.00 per year. Commissioner Young: Are you talking about the assessed valuation? Mr. Eby: I am talking about 75% of the actual appraised value. Commissioner Young: On a $10, 000 house with homestead exemption, • it would.be $27.50. Mr. Eby: Not putting on the 75% actual appraised value. Take a $10,000 house at 75%, which would be $7,500, less $5,000 homestead, you would pay 5 1/2 mills on $2,500. • I am not starting any movement for anti-annexation, I am 100% for it if we can afford it. . But this thing might get out of hand and be very embarrassing if take over double the size of the area we have now and cannot afford it and can't produce what you promised. Once these people are taken into the city. they are just as much a part of the city as those of us that have been here 25 or 30 years and they are entitled to .the same .services we get now. Commissioner Tarpley: The figures you called off amounts to about $83,000 per year income. Mr. Eby: That is my guess. I do not see where you can find much more than that. Commissioner Young: In your expenses you had a number of capital improvements which are one shot expenses. Mr. Eby: That is right. I separated the capital improvements from your operational expenses. Commissioner Thornton: What are you including in your capital ex- penses? Mr. Eby: In the police department I included two police cars, one fire truck and a fire house. + Commissioner Thornton: is that for renting a building or construct- ing a new one? r . • • Mr. Eby: You may rent one now, but eventually you have to build one of your own. I allowed $20,000 for a fire house. O Commissioner Tarpley: What do you think of it a a a long range pro- gram? Mr. Eby: I think a long range program is fine. As I said, we stud- ied this thing back in 1956-1957 and we knew we could not awing it • then. Now you have quite a sizeable improvement out there, you have had quite a growth out there, but I still think you are a few years too early. Commissioner Thornton: There is one thing-- the people out there ' and the people in Dania have to vote on it. No one is going to push them, they can either vote for it or against it. We made a rough estimate what the revemne would be and what the expenses would be and our figures don't jibe. Mr. Eby: That is true, but you are doing just like I am, you are • guessing at it. CommissionerThornton: Part of it is fact. When you set up a budget for the city you anticipate revenue, but you don't know you are going to get it other than your ad valorem tax. Mr. Eby: You can also count on your utility and franchise tax. z : Commissioner Thornton: You set up $40,000 for ad valorem tax, we figured it to be $50,000 from the county tax roll. The license we' figured at $8,000. Mr. Eby: I counted every business I could see, there may be some in the Camp Blanding area I missed. I even counted the vacant stores and I do not believe -the license will be more than $5,000. How many ' bar license did you count? City Manager Tubbs: We counted six bar license. Mr. Eby: There are only four license at this time, two of them were moved from the area. Commissioner Thornton: The utility tax, according to the county figures, which is 700 accounts on Griffin Road, when you figure phone bills at a minimum of $16.00 per months light bills at $15.00 per months water bills at $2.00 per month, would be a total of $32.00, at the present utility tax rate multiplied by the 700 accounts, would be $2,000 or more per month income and in twelve months you would have $24, 000 from utilities alone. Mr. Eby: I don't think you will get nearly that much. For the whole City of Dania, including the fronton, bank and a. lot of heavy users, you don't get that much. You will have small users in the whole area. You only have $42, 000 budgeted for the city now. Commissioner Tarpley: You will have more .than 700 users, the Stirling Road area and the Camp Blending area are not included in that figure.. -10- • Commissioner Thornton: The cigarette tax in the city will be a lot more than in that area out there. Mr. .Eby: I think you have a big error in your cigarette tax for • this year. It is up from $72,000 to $110,000. Commissioner Thornton: That is the figure given us for anticipated revenue for this year. Mr. Eby: You do not have a super market in the area and people do not buy cigarettes at .35 per pack in the small stores. I am not trying to argue about this. I made 's survey of the area over the week-end and studied it. What I object to is the fact that ` we don't get somebody qualified to either give this thing a study or come up with some figures on the cost. I know you folks are very sincere in what you are trying to do. If you think it is good for the town, and it is good for the town, I think everybody in the town will be behind it. But I do not think it has been given proper study. • Commissioner Thornton: That is why we put it up for a vote. Mr. Eby: That is not enough because the average person in town when you talk annexation it sounds good. I am for it, I would like to see the town grow, bit I do want to know what it is going to cost me. I have six vacant lots on Dania Beach Boulevard that cost me $219.00 each every year. That is $1, 500 tax on vacant lots that have nothing on them but grass. I don't want the taxes to go up a lot. It would be very embarassing if this came to a vote and passed and we cannot deliver, or if we wind up paying double taxes and run the water rates away up- Commissioner Thornton: All I know is to tell the people to go to the polls and decide for themselves whether they want this or don't want I t. • Mr. Eby: That is not fair to the taxpayers here. Commissioner Tarpley: I have had people in this town tell me they would gladly pay, more taxes. Mr. Eby: I do not mind paying more taxes if it is within reason and that in the long run it is going to mean something to the town itself. I am not against annexation. I sat on this commission for eight years, I know what it takes to run this city. �. Commissioner Tarpley: We still have the lowest tax of any city in the county. Mr. Eby: Taxes are always too high. no matter what they are. I would like to say one more thing about .the water situation. Person- ally, I do not see how you are going to float a revenue bond issue. You have two issues out now. One in 1946 and one in 1955, and I know we worked and sweated here for six months trying to get the 1955 Revenue Bond issue through for $600,000. We finally did it by pledging our utility tax. We got a 3 1/2% rate on .it by dis- counting that to bring the yield up to 3.65. Right now you do not have anything to pledge against a new issue. You are going to have >•' to retire your old bonds, and you will have to pay $4.00 per hundred ;;;.,' or $40.00 per thousand for pre-payment. You can resolve this very easily, it would not coat you a dime to call on the B. J. Van Ingen Company, or any other bond house. They will send a man up here to make a survey and give you some true facts on whether of not you can ,float another revenue bond issue. That is ® going to be your big problem. You are going to wind up with better than a million dollars in water revenue bonds. I would like to see some one that knows a little bit more about it to give us more infor- mation on the water situation. This is something for us to study and as I said before, I am not against this thing. I am strictly for it if it is good for the town. But I do think we should have more in- formation to give the people. so they can know what they are getting into. A lot of people are going to vote against this because they are not sure what the story. is, and a lot of people are going to vote for it because it sounds good. Then when they get an increase r in their tax bill each year they are going to be right here at city hall. i Mr. Thomas E. Byrd: I am an attorney for John Schmeller, a resident of the area which is proposed to be annexed. Mr. Schmeller is a member of a group called the Griffin Anti-Annexation Group, organized to explain to the people in the area to be annexed why they should not be annexed, and why they should vote in opposition to the annex- ation. f: I am requesting for that group that they be permitted to place at the polling places in the area of annexation, poll watchers, who would merely be observers for the anti-annexation forces and see that all election laws are complied with and that the election is carried on according to law and that all people voting are properly qualified to vote. I contacted Mr. Walden this week and pointed out to him the Florida Statutes which are involved here. Its not a matter of whether the law is clear cut. I don't believe the ordinance s of the City of Dania provide for poll watchers. However, the election being car- ried on out in the county area and in the county election where we have Democrat vs Republican, or, one candidate vs another, poll watchers are permitted. I believe the residents of the county should be given this right since they are opposed to the annexation. There is a group in favor of the annexation, they should be. entitled to the same right. Therefore, the Griffin Anit-Annexation Group request the right to have three poll watchers present within .the limits of the polls. They will not do any politicing and they will see that no politicing will be done by any of the officials. We are not sug- gesting that any of the officials are dishonest or careless in this matter, but this is one of the checks and balances our system provi- des and we are asking for that right. fr Attorney Walden: het me state this-- Mr. Byrd did write me a letter. The particular statute that he quoted in the state election law is one that I think pertinent to the election of a candidate where each party is given a poll watcher and each candidate is given one. I think legally there is no requirement that a poll watcher be allowed. Yet on the other hand I see no objection to having them if you can adopt some reasonable restriction on the number. I assume the anti- annexation group would like to have three. -12- i.'S. Mr. Byrd: That is the number they informed me they would like to have. I am sure they have no objections to the same right being given to the group that is formed that is proposed to the annexation. • Commissioner Thornton: Mr. Walden, what will it take to grant this request? Attorney Walden: I think a motion is sufficient. Frankly, if they are entitled to any at all it is for only one at each polling place. • We have one polling place in the county and three in the city. If the city is going to be consistent with the state law we should give each group four, that is one at each polling place. Mr. Byrd: I realize the state law allows only one at each polling • place. They are only interested or concerned with the polling place in the county area. They have not asked for them in the city poll- ing places. Attorney Walden: Let me make this suggestion to the commission. • If you allow the three they have requested to represent the anti- group, and if between now and the end of the month-- the state law provides that application has to be made 14 days before the elect- ion-- that you permit three who say they are in favor of annexation. serve as poll watchers. That seems to be the fair thing to do. • Commissioner Young: Won't they be stumbling over each other. They are not allowed to sit in front of the machines or take any part in the voting. Mr. Byrd: We are aware of that, they will only observe. There is this problem-- perhaps the three will not be there all the time, so if we name three, at least one will be there at all times. Commissioner Young: Usually you only have one poll watcher for each candidate or organization and some publis spirited citizen takes them • a lunch or coffee while they are doing the work. Commissioner Thornton: Give each side three and let them have them all at once or any way they want it. Attorney Walden: Let's make a motion then that the Griffin Anti- Annexation Group be permitted to designate three before the end of . the month, or 14 days before the election, and that three more be allowed if they sign a statement indicating they favor the annex- ation. • A motion was made by Commissioner Tarpley that poll watchers be allow- ed as recommended by the City Attorney. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Thornton and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: • Grammer . Yes Tarpley Yes Thornton Yes Young Yes Mr. Westfall: I have filed three names with the City Clerk for poll watchers. Commissioner Thornton: I suggest the other group submit their names. -13- 4' • Mr. Robert E. Houston: I would like to have a few minutes on the annexation problem. I would like to suggest as Mr. Eby has, that the facts be brought out in regard to water, what the cost will be 0 to the area to be annexed. I think all of you are aware of the fact that I have been closely connected with the water plant since its inception, and I am pretty familiar with it. I took the time to drive the area and I just wonder if there is some problems that you gentlemen have considered. It is my candid • opinion, knowing what it costs us herein the city, that to place water out there based on the county survey, it will probably cost in the neighborhood of a half million dollars. There are several things to be considered if you wanted to run water lines out there at this time. I am speaking of Griffin and Stirling Roads. We all know that these two roads have to be widened. You have to lay water lines in the right-of-way. I think you are all aware also that when the state or the county comes in to widen roads it is the ob- ligation of the city to move their utilities. You have three bridges to cross with water lines, which will cost money. As to what size pipe or anything like that, I do not know, I am not an engineer. But I think if you had some one to go over that you would find out how much it is going to cost. All the streets that run north and south off Griffin Road or Stirling Road are dead-end streets. You will need fire hydrants for fire protection. , The fire underwriters call for 1000 feet in residential areas and 500 feet in business areas for fire hydrants. If you drive the area and see how many fire hydrants you need, they will run into considerable money. Also, they have to be put on a 6 inch main. The figure has been mentioned as to how many meters we have in the city. From the county report you have 700 in this area you are con- templating annexing, and I believe it includes Playland Isles also. They were counting the counting the connections they would service when this report was made so the report could go to their bonding attorneys. Their lines were only going to the Griffin area to Rav- enswood Road. You will be going much further and also along Stirling Road. When it comes to water accounts out there, you do not have any big users. if we did not have the big .users that we have in the City of Dania, I guarantee you would have an awful tough time oper- ating the plant and paying off your bonds. It is the big users that counts. We have accounts in the city here that use hundreds of thousands of gallons of water each month. One of these will use more than 500 residential accounts. That is how the revenue builds up in the water department. Even on that basis and after eight �• years operations, it has been very hard to accumulate any surplus in the water department. I think you have $50,000 on deposit in s savings. You have other problems to consider too. It has been my ambition to see Federal Highway widened when they set up their next budget. When that happens you have got to lay water lines and move water lines at a tremendous expense. Nearly all the streets I talked about being dead-end in the area you are talking . about annexing, you will have to loop these streets with your water lines. When I say $500,000 for this water expansion, that is strict- ly what it cost us here in the city and making a guess at it. I could not tell you what size main you will have to run off the water plant. We took off with a 14 inch main for the city, you will have to use a larger main for this area. You will possibly have to have a water tower. -14- At the time we floated the $600, 000 issue, as Mr. Eby told you, we did a lot of thinking, planning and conniving in order to get this bond issue through. You come up with 500 or 600 accounts, because it will be the same as it is at my house, they will all be minimum, because all these people have wells and they will only use the water inside the house. At the meeting out there you were asked if you laid mains, do we have to connect to them? You told them no. There are a lot of people out there that will not make this connection. So you will have a very samll income from out there. You are breaking your back today to take care of your bond obligations. Your obligations increase in a few years. You started off at $5,000 now it is $11, 000, it goes to $12,000 then to $23,000 plus interest. I cannot see how you can ask these people to ego to the polls without el now come giving them the facts. The factshave annex that uurea Ieam all efor • Eby, if it is economically possible way because if the county lays the it. I should be all for it any water lines it will cost me $1,000, if you lay them, it will not cost me a quarter. I am not being selfish at all when I ask for this re- port. This is the first thing you should do, d °togoeto°the°polls 1 . a qualified man to do it. You cannot expect epeople and vote on annexation when you know your taxes will increase and also your water rate. I would like to see you go on record tonight to get n that the iform some of these facts out. We will at least get which have ationot had has come out here tonight into the newspapers, a before. Let the people know what they are faced with. You say you u have about 2,400 accounts in the have 700 accounts out there, yo arison, and you have some big accounts in the city-- that is the comp city. You do not have any big accounts in the unincorporated area. '? Don't think that places like Tropical Acres uselcheck yourot of ro re r aurants and gas stations do not use water, y can cords and find that out. You g care of garbage from restaurants. have a tremendous job takin come into Dania and you find out you if these people should vote to . can't service them, you are definitely in trouble. I do not want to see that. You should have a full report on the whole thing. Mr. Eby's report on taxes is correct, his report on. the number of bars is correct. There are two licenses you figured on that have been sold moved out of the area. When he made his check out there hscheck- and ed vacant stores giving you the benefit of the doubt on e there s not any We all know that as you grow the overhead goes up, way you can stop it. It will mean more help in the city hall and all en with the figures he quoted you if they are other departments. Ev any way near right, you are not going to get any tax money for one +`. and one-half years. That means you will have to carry a $1500000 load for that long, you have not got that kind of money. You can • only get it one way, and that is to raise taxes. If you need $150,000 you have got to double your millage and I do noon want doubleotbe aroundwater here when you fellows double the Hetionsillage/ any oneorybenwould like to ask me, I either. If there are any to answer them. will be very glad to try • Vice Mayor Grammer called for the City Manager' s report. City Manager haveabbill from theTony illiamse the new eAdvertising nServiceifor ng pier. We payment of the bill. $1,640.00 for 100,000 brochures. I recommend • A motion we a made by Commissioner Young this bill be paid. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Tarpley, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: • Grammer Yes Tarpley Yes Thornton Yes Young Yes • City Manager Tubbs: We have a $100,000 Time Deposit expiring January 31, 1964. This money is loaned to the water fund by the general fund for water works expansion. I would like to recommend that we re-de- posit it for another six months period. It will not be needed until about the time it is due again. • Commissioner Thornton: You have to have .this money. available to match the money we received from the HHFA for the water plant. The money has to be available to pay for this contract. I recommend it be checked into before we decide what to do abou t it. • City Manager Tubbs: You authorized engineering done on street light- ing for two more blocks on Federal Highway. The plans and specifica- tions are ready and I 'would like to recommend you advertise for bids to be received February 17. This item .is in the budget. • A motion was made by Commissioner Young to advertise for bids for street lighting as recommended, bids _to be, received until 8:10 P. M. o'clock, February 17, 1964. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Tarpley, and the roll being called, the' commissioners voted as follows: • Grammer Yes Tarpley Yes Thornton Yes Young Yes Mr. Paul Pisculli, a member of the audience asked to be heard at this time. Mr. Pisculli: I want to apologize for not being on the agenda but I have been in the hospital. I called Mrs. Thornhill about getting on the agenda, and she said the agenda had been made and mailed out. I have something of utmost importance to the restaurant owners in the city. We must close our restaurants and bars at 2:00 A. M. Hollywood, Hallandale and Ft. Lauderdale are open until 6:00 A. M. It is nbt right. People leave m place at 2:00 A. M. and walk to Hollywood, g P Y Yw which is just about two blocks, leave their cars in my parking lot :, . . and spend their money in Hollywood. We starve in Dania waiting for the nine week tourist season. Why can't we have a chance to exist by granting us another hour or two to be open. You give us one more hour and we are willing to give you, the money for it, whether it is $100 or $200. We have got to sell to the tourists, there are not enough people in Dania to support all the places. There is a proper way to do this I know, but please try to do some- thing for us this evening. -16- k 0 Attorney Walden: This has to be done by ordinance and you run into two conflicts. .We have a so-called night club ordinance, which gives a few places the right to stay open for two additional hours if they pay an additional amount of money. It would seem to be fair • to them if you are going to let the general run of the mill bars stay open two hours later, that they be allowed to stay open an additional two hours. Another thing, if you are going to re-write the ordinance I do not think it can be done this quickly, that is -- do it tonight. as an emergency. Every. time this has come up we have always had a • public hearing. Mr. Pisculli: We are only asking for temporary relief. Commissioner Thornton: If we were to grant this tonight without a public hearing-- you are talking about business-- we would get the business, we would be run out of town. Attorney Walden: The only thing a municipality can govern with respect to alcoholic beverage license is the hours of closing. In Dania we do it by ordinance and customarily an ordinance is passed on three readings. The commission can, on an emergency basis pass an ordinance on three readings in one meeting. Bit if the commission is inclined to go along with this request I would much prefer they call a special meeting and let me have an ordinance ready for them. We are not only changing one ordinance, I can think of about three • we will have to change. The charter does not require it, but I cannot think of a single instance where we got involved in changing hours that we did not have a public hearing. That is in the nine years I have been sitting here. • Mr. Pisculli: Isn't there any exception to the rjZe? Commissioner Tarpley: We always try to take the City Attorney's advice. Commissioner Young: You say you represent all the bars in town, do j you have a petition? Mr. Pisculli: No. I spoke to them about itand they say -- what is the use, they will not do anything in Dania as far as we are concerned, forget it. Commissioner Grammer: I understand your problem, but I would never pass an ordinance like this without a public hearing. I think every- body has a right to have their say about such an ordinance being passed. I will not go for it unless we have a public hearing. Attorney Walden: The hearing will have to be held in February. Vice Mayor Grammer: You will have to see the city clerk and pay the $25.00 advertising fee if you wish to go ahead with it. e jc Mr. Pisculli: We wish to go ahead with it and we would like to ask ?1 for two additional hours. A motion was made by Commissioner Tarpley to advertise for a public hearing to be held February 17, 1964 at 8:30 o'clock P. M.on Mr. Pis- w`' culli 's request. The motion was secondedby, Commissioner Young, and the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows: e-: i -17- Grammer Yes Tarpley Yes Thornton I want to make this plain because we are going to be getting a lot • of calls-- I am voting YES for a public hearing only. Young I am voting YES for a public hearing as I feel any taxpayer A is entitle d to be heard. Mr. Hizjak: I would like to discuss a few points about annexation. I think you have done a good job in explaining to the people. I would like to explain a little further on some points. What has the county done for us-- Mr. Houston said we would be small users, I would like to say this. We cannot use the water from our wells on our lawns because it is too salty. We have a number of trailer courts that are large usersy I believe there are seven or eight large users, in the area. We asked the county what are you going to give us water, when are you going to start expanding if you buy this water plant? They have not told us anything. They will tell us we cannot get by with such a few customers and they will raise the price of the water. We have a few people from the civic group that are out giving false statements. 0 Mr. Lucas: . I am interested in the figures that were given. There are 9 homes on 38th Terrace. Three of the people showed me their bills. There was only one family that had a bill under $21.00 and that was mine, . it was $19.92 for that month. Most of the people have air conditioners with reverse cycly and their bills are. run- ning over $30.00 per month now. I have central gas and I used $60'.00 worth of gas this winter. My light bill runs an average of $20.00 per month, the phone bill is higher. But the average family phone bill runs a little over $10.00 per month. I have a very deep well and I have receittly lost two fruit trees and some evergreens. We cannot water our shrubbery with the well water. We go to Ft. Lauderdale or Dania to get our water. We prefer the. Dania water. I will probably be stuck very hard with a tax bill. I built a very large house, but I will make the sacrifice if we get the water, it will be worth it. I have replaced faucets and a panel in my dishwasher and have only been in my house since June. This is a problem we are all fighting, so I would like to see the commission get the facts before the public, publicize them so the people will know. I told you there would be a lot of opposition and to get the facts in writing so the people will know. Publsih it in the news- papers so there will not be any bickering back and forth. If the !` people know what they are going to get they will vote for it. Mr. DeCozza: I want water too, even though I do not need it at the present time. All these people talking about water, they too could have good water if they spent $5.00 for a filter until we could get this thing settled. ` At this point Mr. DeCozza told a lady in the audience to -Shut Up-- and Vice Mayor Grammer ruled him out of order. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned. Mary 1 Thornhill City Clerk R. L. Grammer Vice-Mayor -18- CITY OF DANIA, FLORIDA ® DIS13URSFNMS December, 1963 GENERAL FUND A The Travelers Insurance Company 639.75 Duncan Parking Meter Div. 800.00 W.H. Meeks, Jr. Tax Collector 180.80 Florida Revenue Comm 77.41 City of Dania Payroll Account 5,200.62 B.F. Reames, Jr. Postmaster 80000 City of Dania Payroll Account 999:16 B.F. Reames, Jr. Postmaster 80.00 B.F. Reames, Jr. Postmaster 150.00 City of Dania Payroll Account 955*55 Smith & Hooten 1,500.00 Petty Cash 7:67 Leon S. Gagliardi 15.50 City of Dania Payroll Account 53286.88 Acre Tize Co. 37.50 The Dania Bank 11973.96 City of Dania Payroll Account 909.31 Kennedy Santana, Inc. 50.00 John H. Tukes 4:00 Mamie J. Dukes 10000 City of Dania Payroll Account 779:40 Acre Tize Company 37:50 Vera Hill 125:00 Robert L. Grammer 100:00 j S. Ellis Young 88.59 Virgil Tarpley 88.59 x J.D. Thornton 88.59 W.E. Bunch, Jr. Clerk of the Circuit Court 7.50 Clarke Walden 421:92 Florida State Board of Health 20.00 Humane Society of Broward County 25.00 A.M. Black 138.59 Dania Chamber of Commerce 375:00 Lindfors & Waite 50:00 Charles Lindeman 25:00 Richard Dickerson 25,00 Petty Cash 3.98 H.F. Mason Equipment Corp. 4.90 People's Gas System 21.42 Orkin Exterminating Co. 6.00 Marietta Pool Equipment Co. 33:50 Maus Chemical & Industrial Supply Co. 12:40 John Sessa Bulldozing 48.00 City of Hollywood Utilities 31:41 Dania Texaco Service 3:28 City Products Corp. 39:90 Hollywood Car Wash 6:00 Southern Photo, Inc. 5.79 Pan American Tire Co. 18:38 The Miami Herald 95.00 Dania Volunteer Fire Department 2:75 ;! Coastal Business Equipment 107.50 Florida Dust Control 6.00 Business Equipment Co. 79*06 Biscayne Market 42.11 P Ft G Electric Co. 31.25 Grif fey Hardware 32.48 Burrell Brothers Oil Co. 88.91 Cameron Lumber Co. 263.79 Duality Wood Products 1.50 Broward Grain & Supply of Dania, Inc. 371.74 Spaulding Displays .452.50 k. Carried Forward $ 233163.34 • - Pal CITY OF DAMIA, FLORIDA • DISBURSEMENTS Continued December, 1963 GENERAL FUND • Brought Forward $ 23,163.34 Mister Auto Supply 25.84 Dania Plumbing Co. 37.96 LaCroix Electric Co. 32.15 1•7atkins. Paints 16.00 McDonald Distributors of Florida 166.12 • Owens Communication Service 45.00 Lauderdale Refrigeration 30.00 Florida Asphalt Co. 51.00 Columbus Ribbon & Carbon Co. 5.55 Enfields 39.75 Kraynak Office Machines 275.00 • The Dania Press 37:20 Osborne Service & Equipment 96.16 Eddie's Auto Electric & Speedometer 16.31 Jaxsons Ice Cream 163.20 Lien Chemical Co. 10.46 Florida Linen Service 2:90 • Lou's Atlantic Service Station 4:44 Dania Volunteer Fire Department 837:00 Stuart's Garage 151:20 Lee's Locksmith 6:20 Cushman Motor Scooter' 33.55 Broward Publishing Co. 87.55 • Jones Equipment 73:49 Powell Motor Co. 21:70 Florida Power & Light Co. 1,,660.30 Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co. 164:39 Hector Turf & Garden Supply 148:00 H & M Grocery 23.00 McLaughlin Engineoring Co. 63.27 Dania Motors 1:81 General Dynamics Corp. 6:88 John Sessa Bulldozing 497:25 John Sessa Bulldozing 48.00 Lexow Auto Parts Co. 21016 • Standard Sanitary Supplies 39:69 Beacon Ambulance Medical Supplies 2:60 Sears, Roebuck, & Co. 2:95 Anglers Tackle & Sports Shop 50!82 Leo's Standard Garage & Body Shop 120069 Standard Oil Company 631:42 • DePadro Yacht Basin 3:52 Callahan Motor Co. 35:80 Cates Service 81:59 F & M Shell Service 1.25 Synaball Company 14.32 Sub—Total Disbursements $ 29,047.78 Total Christmas Bonus Checks 19200.00 Grand Total Disbursements $ 30,247.78 C Christmas Checks listed on page 3 bf- r M • CITY OF DANIA, FLORIDA ® DISBURSEMENTS December, 1963 GENERAL FUND • Christmas Bonus Checks Donald Ambrister $ 25.00 Edward J. Baxter 15.00 Jack H. Booher 25.00 Edwin H. Burton 25.00 • Richard F. Bressler 25.00 G.R. Conn 25.00 Robert Cowart 25.00 John F. Clemons 25,00 Clarence Cofield 25.00 Jesse Davis 25.00 • Phillip S. Davis, Sr. 25,00 Richard Dickerson 10.00 Richard Eglinas 25.0 Robert E. Edwards 25.00 Ben Gittens 25.00 Thomas H. Hampton 25.00 • Lee Hines 25.00 Melvin Hollander 10.00 Carl G. King 10.00 John P. Kelly 25.00 Mildred R. Kindlan 25.00 Dan Johnson 25.00 • Sam B..Jones 25.00 William C. Jones �5.00 Charles Lindeman 25.00 John S. Lassiter, Sr. 25.00 Richard W. Lees 10.00 Lucius McCray 10.00 • Raymond J. Markiewicz 25.00 Oreste E. Mazziotta 10.00 George Mitchell 25.00 Willie Mobley 25.00 Henry M. Mason 25.00 Willie Mitchell 25.00 • Anna J. Moore 25.00 Alva K. Peters 25.00 Herbert Penn, Jr. 10.00 Mildred D. Pipkin �5-00 Michael J. Riccis, Jr. 25.00 Calvin Roaker 25000 • Frank A. Robbins Jr. 15.00 Benjamin Shine, Jr. �5.00 Montie Smith 25.00 Edgar S. Tubbs, Jr. 25.00 Clinton Taylor 25.00 Ernest Taylor 15.00 George Thomas 25.00 Mary Thornhill 25.00 John H. Tukes 25.00 Thomas J. Walsh 25.00 R.L. Williams 25.00 Willie Wise 25.00 • Oscar Washington 10.00 Raymond C. Yeager 25XO Total Christmas Bonus Checks $ ls200.00 • CITY OF DANIA, FLORIDA DISBURSEMENTS • December, 1963 WATER FUND • Dewitt Masencup $ 7.88 Birdina Cheeks 2.46 C.O. Parrish 5.17 P.M. Construction 2.75 P.M. Construction 1.90 • Leto & Sons 7.88 Maine Bldg. Corp. 10000 R.T. Hodges 7.88 Joseph Wojcik 5.76 Signore & Scirpo 6.40 Jacob Adamian 10.00 • Total Water Deposit Refunds .0 B.F. Reames, Jr. Postmaster 82.72 City of Dania Payroll Account 431.58 City of Dania Payroll Account 67.56 Petty Cash 2.13 • General Fund 430.44 City of Dania Payroll Account 66•0 City of Dania Payroll Account 439.37 City of Dania Payroll Account 27:16 City of Dania Payroll Account 48.00 Lindfors & Waite 50,00 • B.F. Reames, Jr. Postmaster 83.56 Addressograph-tfulitgraph Corp. 66.60 Florida East Coast Railway Co. 324.40 McDonald Distributors of Florida, Inc. 53.16 F,H. Ross & Company 366.7G • Davis Meter 7 Supply Co., Inc. 55.75 Certified Laboratories 64.76 Florida Power & Light Co. 518.78 Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co.' 14•52 Addressograph-Multigraph Corp. 2.65 Neptune Meter Company Liquid Meter Division 393.31 • Total 5 32657.24 • • •