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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-01-18 Marine Advisory Board Minutes • City of Dania Beach Marine Advisory Board January 18th,2006 The Marine Advisory Board met in the City Hall Conference Room on Wednesday,January 18th. Chairman Clive Taylor called the meeting to order at 6:10 PM. Members present: Debby Bradford Mike Grady Ray Lair Lester McKinney Craig McAdams Billy Phipps Carol Stokrocki Bernard Swindell Clive Taylor Louis Webb William Wosenitz Members absent: Brian Carrol(excused) Charlie McKenna(excused) John Kafouros Mark Latimer Others present: Capt.Glenn Morris,Liaison Officer Jason Riddle,B.S.O.Marine Unit Frank Herhold,representing the Marine Industrial Assn. of South Florida Minutes of the November 10h meeting were presented for approval. Mr.Wosenitz said he had requested an excused absence but it was not noted. Motion to approve minutes as corrected made by • Debby Bradford,seconded by Carol Stokrckl. Motion carried. Chairman Taylor welcomed Officer Jason Riddle who is replacing Officer Mike McClusky. Officer Riddle said he was familiar with some of the work previously accomplished by Officer McClusky and was looking forward to working with the City and the Advisory Board. Capt.Morris was asked if Officer McClusky ever received the plaque the board had discussed and,if so,was it presented at a Commission Meeting. Capt.Morris said Officer McClusky received a Certificate of Appreciation at the send off party given by some of his friends. Mr.McKenny asked if Officer McClaskys address was available. He said he would like to wish him well. CapL Morris will bring the address to the next board meeting. Chairman Taylor reported on the current status of Sea Tech Marina. He said John Kafouros and I met with City Manager Ivan Pato to discuss the idea proposed by this committee,that being the creation of a Dania Beach Yacht Club at that location.We gave Mr.Pato all the facts and figures that John had prepared,as well as the information which I gathered from various other city marinas. Mr.Pato seemed to be open to what we were saying and agreeable to basically everything. He told us the attorneys are going to get this all wrapped up by the end of January and the city will be taking over the marina at that time. We volunteered the boards help to make it a smooth transition. The two points that we made to Mr.Pato was that it will be a profit center and will make money. If all the existing docks are filled,we believe there will be$500,000 a year income. Miami,Ft.Lauderdale and Hollywood all ran their own marinas using city employees. Hollywood has been operating since 1923. We stressed we don't want any grants or outside influence and want to give preferential treatment to Dania Beach residents. Mr.Palo seemed to agree with what we proposed. We also talked about other things,such as upgrades with the first thing being to repair what's in disrepair. We want to get the records insofar as who the present tenants are and review their lease agreements to determine if they are adequate. We recommended that all vessels be insured by their owners • 1. before they are accepted. We expect to be called by the City Commission sometime in the near future to expand on what we said to Mr.Pain and to offer any other backup information the Commission may want. Chairman Taylor asked the board members if they had received copies of the outline compiled by John Kafouros.Since no one had,be briefly covered the basic points. A question was asked about how many vessels the marina will be able to handle. Chairman Taylor said 14 forty foot, 14 thirty five foot and 75 twenty foot,with a total of 117 slips. A good survey is needed.It could be done by Public Works or it could be sent out for someone else to do. His recommendation was for Public Works to look at it.Also an inspection needs to be done by the Fire Department to determine if there is anything that needs to be corrected. The project appears to be on track and moving. The next item on the agenda was a report from the liaison,Capt.Morris. He said the renourishment project is complete. Eighty trees are being planted and five chickees are being built. The restaurant is actually ahead of schedule but a delay has occurred because more pilings must be installed. Ms. Stockrocki asked about showers on the beach. Capt.Morris said there is one being installed at the present time just south of the pier.Additional showers will be added later. Capt.Morris also announced a two mile rescue board and surf ski exhibition will be held on Sunday, January 29`s on the beach. Everyone was invited to attend. Under new business Frank Herhold announced the Florida Inland Navigation District is having a meeting at Bahia Mar on Friday,January 27`'at 9:00 AM. There will be a discussion of the Broward dredging project which includes the Dania Cut Off to US 1 and the ICW from 17`s Street to Las Olas.He urged the board members to attend the meeting in support of the project. Chairman Taylor is going to make a statement regarding improving the US 1 bridge area. This could be very beneficial to the area. He would like as many board members as possible to attend. Officer Riddle • said he will try to attend to stress what is needed as far as safety is concerned. Mr.Herhold said one of the major issues of MIAS is the loss of marina facilities due to land being converted to build residential hi-rises. Five years ago there were 19 locations and now there are 13. Of the 13,offers to purchase have been made for 9. He said he was very happy to hear that this board is working toward taking over Sea Tech. He congratulated the board and said it's a smart move and there wont be empty slip. Mr.Herhold said he would like to be included on the boards mailing list and he will try to make as many board meetings as he can. There being no further business to bring before the board,the meeting was adjourned at 7:30 PM. Clive Taylor,Chairman Respectfully submitted, Suzanne Witz • 2.