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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-10-19 Marine Advisory Board Minutesr • City of Dania Beach Marine Advisory Board October 19,2005 Chairman Clive Taylor called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM. Members present: Craig McAdams John Kafouros Ray Lair Clive Taylor Carol Stokrocki Bernard Swindell Billy Phipps William Wosenitz Members absent' Lester McKenny Brian Carroll Louis(Jeep)Webb Debby Bradford Charles McKenna Mark Latimer Mike Grady Others present: Capt.Glenn Morris,Liaison Dominick Orlando,Dania Beach Public Works Director Claudia Coleman,Vice President of"A Child is Missing,Inc" Suzanne Witz Bud Witz Minutes of the previous meeting were presented for approval. Motion to approve as written made by Bill Wosenitz,seconded by Billy Phipps. Motion carried. • Chairman Taylor questioned distribution and handling of the minutes. Capt.Morris said an effort is being made to get the minutes to the members in advance of the meeting. Chairman Taylor introduced Claudia Coleman,Vice President of"A Child is Missing,Inc". She explained the activities of the organization and informed the board members of the upcoming fund raising event. The event will be a Swordfish Tournament,scheduled for the weekend of July 7th, 2006. She said she had met with the I.T.Parker Center Advisory Board to request their support for a waiver of fees for use of the Parker Center for the kick off event. The Parker Board voted in favor so she hopes the Commission will approve the waiver. Marine board members expressed a great deal of interest in the event.Chairman Taylor suggested the board show their support with an endorsement of approval. Motion made by Craig McAdams,seconded by Bill Wosenitz and carried unanimously. Chairman Taylor explained Mr.Orlando was present because the board has been very concerned with the problem of derelict boats and had asked the former Public Works Director for an amnesty program so city residents could voluntarily dispose of their boats by taking them to public works. Mr..Orlando said public works is not supposed to accept boats and stressed they are not a disposal facility,they are a transfer station and are not equipped to handle boat disposal,mainly because they would have to dispose of gasoline,oil and other hazardous materials. Chairman Taylor said the boat owners would be expected to take care of that and the boats would be mostly abandoned shells. Mr. Orlando said the material the shells are made of would present a problem. It would cost the City a great deal of money to dispose of fiberglass and even though wood would not be an issue,if lead or copper paint were present it would present a problem. Capt. Morris asked if there were other options. Mr.Orlando stated,in his opinion,there are no other options without it costing the City a great deal of money. Capt.Morris stated he had talked with Officer McClusky,who has been very instrumental in trying to solve the derelict boat problem. He said any boat that he gets is usually just a shell and all the investigation is taken care of so there are no liability issues involved. • 1. • However,if these derelict boats are not removed it's going to cost the City much more. The amnesty program was suggested by the board as a possible solution. The previous Public Works Director had approved of the plan. A lengthy discussion followed. Everyone agreed there needs to be an advance plan to take care of the problem. A number of suggestions were made. Mr.Orlando said he would have his assistant contact Waste Management regarding their policy in this regard. The County will also be approached to find out how they handle the problem. The discussion covered several other areas of concern to some of the board members. Mr.Orlando requested the members notify his office when they observe anything that public works needs to be aware of. He said his department is short-staffed and it's impossible for them to be aware of some of the problems unless they are brought to their attention. Chairman Taylor said he bad volunteered to dig up facts about Hollywood Beach Marina. He met with the Dock Master and obtained their rate information,as well as information on operation and staffing as covered in his handout sheet titled"Hollywood City Marina". A special item of interest is that the marina does not have meters for water or electricity. They charge a flat rate. The most important thing he learned is that it doesn't cost the city anything. It is actually a good profit center for the city. The Dock Master said they were previously under parks and recreation department but five years ago they went under public works which has proved much better because of maintenance. Capt. Morris commented it might be good to make a recommendation to put the project under public works now because the city manager had mentioned putting it under parks and recreation. The board agreed it should be placed under public service in order to have a smoother working environment. Chairman Taylor stressed the board needs to put together a set of recommendations to give to the commission and should have at least a ball park budget figure of what would be coming in,showing them it is a profit making proposal. One other thing that should be stressed is that residents get priority. That is possible as long as no grant money is obtained from the state. The board agreed it is advisable to bring a proposal to the attention of the commission as soon as possible. • Capt.John Kafouros will prepare a rough proposal which he will bring to the next board meeting for suggestions and approval. There being no additional business to bring before the board,Chairman Taylor adjourned the meeting at 8:00 PM. Clive Taylor,Chairman Respectfully submitted, Suzanne Witz 2. •