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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-10-18 Marine Advisory Board Minutes • City of Dania Beach Marine Advisory Board Meeting October 18,2006 Chairman Clive Taylor was out of town. The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Mike Grady,Acting Chairman. Members present: Mike Grady Debby Bradford Billy Phipps Bernard Swindell Louis Webb Carol Stockrocki Craig McAdams Ray Lair Robert Schmid Members absent: Clive Taylor William Wosenitz Brian Carroll John Kafouros Others present: Officer Jason Riddle,BSO Mark Felicetty,Senior Facilities Manager,Parks& Recreation Hakeem Ismail,Marine Supervisor,Parks& Recreation Jim &Kathy Lewis and several other boat owners who have their boats docked at the marina now controlled by the City were also present. • Acting Chairman Grady welcomed the guests and thanked them for attending. He then asked for approval of the minutes of the September board meeting. A motion to approve as written was made by Billy Phipps,seconded by Louis Webb. There were no additions or corrections. The first item discussed was the issue of residential boat refueling. Chairman Grady said the committee appointed at the September meeting met with Chief Land on Thursday,October 12n. Basically the same items were discussed as were covered at the previous board meeting. No further progress can be made until the City Attorney looks at the issue and examines information from the National Fire Protection Association to see if there are any ordinances involved in doing anything with the issue. The NFPA has rules and suggestions that pertain to the issue. He said he is waiting to hear from Chief Land. The next item on the agenda was the marina. Hakeem Ismail,the Marina Supervisor, said he wanted to let the board know what is being done insofar as maintenance of the marina is concerned. He had pictures showing improvements made to the docks. He explained the photos but did not always use a mike so a good bit of what he explained was lost in the recording. He was asked several questions but the people asking the questions did not use their mikes or identify themselves so much of the presentation was also lost to recording. 1. • Chairman Grady asked if the pictures of a sunken boat had anything to do with the maintenance. Mr.Ismail said the pictures had to do with security,to make sure no oil was leaking into the water. Someone asked about money that had been budgeted to the marina. Mr. Ismail said he does not have anything to do with that and could not answer the question that was asked. Mark Felicetty commented that at the last Commission meeting a rate hike was approved. The permanent dock went up to$430 and the floating dock went up to $230. He also said the RFP is out now for the marina restaurant building. Bids will be accepted on rebuilding the entire structure. A pre-bid meeting will be held on November P and on November 17a sealed bids are due at city hall. A start date of January and a completion date of April or May is expected Mr. Ismail displayed a copy of the new marina rental contract which was prepared by the City Attorney and also a copy of the old Seafair contract. He passed them around so the people present could compare them. In addition he had copies of the new application and the rules and regulations. Chairman Grady asked Officer Riddle for his report. Deputy Riddle did not use a mike and it was not possible to hear his report from the tape. He was complimented for the excellent job he is doing. • Next on the agenda was new business. None was introduced. Under board member comments,Craig McAdam(absent at several previous board meeting) expressed his opinion on the resident boat refueling subject. While he was speaking, Ivan Pato,Dania Beach City Manager arrived. Mr.Pato apologized for his late arrival and offered to answer questions the board might have. Chairman Grady explained that Mr. McAdams had been talking about the residential boat refueling issue. Mr. Pato said a letter from the Marina Mile Association supporting the idea of delivering diesel and not gasoline had been received Mr. Pato was questioned about a number of issues not related to the Marine Advisory Board including plans for a Halloween Party for the kids in Dania Beach. Mr.Pato pointed out that since the budget has been approved citizens will be seeing a number of projects getting underway. Some he mentioned were construction of the new building at C.W.Thomas Park,construction at City Hall including the installation of an elevator and new water and sewer lines in several areas, Information will soon be available regarding plans for the Jai Ab►i project There will be meetings and planning sessions concerning traffic flow,parking and • 2. • protection of the community. (A number of questions asked by those in attendance could not be heard because no mike was used Also a number of side conversations were going on and being picked up on the tape. This made it impossible to hear some questions and answers). Many of the questions asked and information given had no bearing on activities of the Marine Advisory Board There was some conversation concerning the Pier Restaurant and what impact it may have on the marina Mr.Pato commented the completion is near. He also mentioned the view from second floor of the Pier Restaurant is outstanding. There was quite a bit of time spent discussing the airport and even drainage in the southeast section and other areas of Dania Beach was questioned. Questions were asked not only by board members but by people in the audience as well. Most of the audience questions could not be heard because no mike was used. Apparently someone questioned something to do with the new rules at the marina. Mr. Ismail answered their questions. Someone else asked if it some items in the new marina rules could be changed. Mr. Pato said he would be glad to see what could be done. New board member,Robert Schmid made a motion that the Advisory Board review the rules of the marina and suggest changes they thought were necessary. Motion seconded by Louis Webb. Motion carried. • Carol Stockrocki requested board members be furnished copies of the rules. Mr. Ismail said he would see that the board members each received a copy. A great deal of general conversation followed. There being no further business to bring before the board,Chairman Grady adjourned the meeting. Mike Grady,Acting Chairman Respectfully submitted, Suzanne Wits 3,