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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-05-16 Marine Advisory Board Minutes • City of Dania Beach Marine Advisory Board Meeting Wednesday,May 10,2007 Chairman Clive Taylor called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Members present: Clive Taylor Debby Bradford Ray Lair Gary Rowe Carol Stokrocki Billy Phipps John Kafouros Bernard Swindell William Wosenitz Members absent: Robert Schmid Louis Webb Mike Grady(excused) Craig McAdams Tom Grace Others present: Mayor Bob Anton Jay Jackson,Marina Dock Master Deputy James Lemieux,BSO Suzanne& Bud Witz Minutes of the previous meeting were presented for approval A motion to approve • was made by Carol Stokrocki,seconded by Gary Rowe. Minutes approved as written. Chairman Taylor reported he had attended the recent meeting of the Broward County Marine Advisory Board. He said the meeting was lengthy because they were trying to wind up any unfinished business since they do not meet during the summer. They completed their grant approvals. One item they discussed was the creation of a new park area.The location is a shallow area in the Intercoastal at the turn to go up New River. It's a spot where boaters have been running aground for quite some time. It was formerly an island with pine trees and other vegetation but due to fallen trees and erosion over the years it has become submerged in several feet of water.The County is in the process of buying the area which is about three acres. They plan to make it a park which will be accessible by boat. This will definitely be a big improvement. Another thing discussed at the meeting was a deep water port A deep water port is a natural gas transfer station. They want to put two moorings six miles off shore and moor a permanent vessel that will handle gas compression as well as decompression. The gas will be put into a pipe which will run underground,under the reef and through the port somewhere in Port Everglades. The company being used for the project is Suez. This project should help the energy situation in South Florida. • 1. • The next item on the agenda was a report on the Marina. Dock Master Jay Jackson said the Fire Department had come to the Marina to make the inspection of the valves which he had requested. However they came on his day off. They checked the valves but did not issue a report. He is going to contact them for a recheck. He stated the parking permits previously discussed are completed and issued, including the permits requested by the Board. He said he is disappointed that there has not been any action in regard to his request to allow fuel trucks into the Marina. He has posted the new water restrictions and will follow up to make sure they are strictly observed. In conclusion he said he has been doing some research in regard to purchasing a good pump out system for the Marina and has found a good system can be obtained as cheap as$5,000. If the State guide lines are followed it might be possible to get the State to pay 100% of the cost. After some discussion it was decided Mr.Jackson will talk to the City Manager about the project and if he approves,it will be brought to the Commission for approval. Deputy Lemieux said he was representing Deputy Riddle who was unable to attend because he is having shoulder surgery. He reported Deputy Riddle had completed the grant request for approximately$88,000 for derelict vessel removal. Chairman Taylor asked if barges were included. The answer was yes. Deputy Lemieux also talked about the recent Air& Sea Show. He said everything went very well. There was one boat that went down at the inlet. It had four people on board who were safely removed. The boat washed up on the beach two days later. The boat was • actually for sale and the people on board were the prospective buyers. He mentioned that he and Deputy Riddle had done an operation on Friday and Saturday night checking for stolen boats and other problems. They were out until four in the morning but they found little activity. They plan to report the operation in the near future. Next on the agenda was to be a discussion on a traffic circulation issue at the ramp at Griffm Road and 30'b Avenue. The problem was brought to the attention of the Board by Jeep Webb but since he was not present at the meeting tonight,the item was postponed. Under New Business,Mayor Anton was asked if he had anything he wanted to bring to the attention of the Board.He mentioned the importance of the water shortage issues. Two wells used to service the Dania Beach area have now been shut down and the City will have to purchase water from Broward County and Hollywood. This will make it necessary to add a small charge to all water bills. This will be a temporary charge that will cease as soon as the water situation improves. It's anticipated the average extra charge will be about$3.00 per family. Also he stressed it's very important that everyone observe the posted water restrictions. Fines will be levied up to as much as$500 to people who do not comply. He gave the Board • 2. information on what is taking place at the present time in the City insofar as traffic, the casino,the airport and other issues are concerned. He said the city is being very cautious insofar as planning for future spending because of the problems that may result from the upcoming special session of the Legislature. Mr.Wosenitz made several comments. He did not use a mike and the comments could not be picked up from the tape. Chairman Taylor asked Mr. Wosenitz if he was referring to money which the power company had given the City. Apparently the answer was yes. Chairman Taylor then said an inquiry probably needs to be made as to what happened to the funds in question. Discussion followed. Chairman Taylor said he will contact Ms.Varney in the Finance Department,to obtain whatever information is available in this regard. Mr. Wosenitz made several additional comments which are not able to be heard from the tape. Chairman Taylor said the issue was becoming very confused but it seemed to concern mapping waterways within the City limits. This was an issue which was discussed with Bonnie Temchuck several years ago. Ms.Temchuck is no longer employed by the City. Chairman Taylor said he thought the mapping issue was just a possibility that was discussed and had no direct bearing on the funds from FPL. The first issue that needs to be taken care of is whether or not there is any funds available from the FPL agreement. The issue will be explored and placed • on a future agenda. There being no further business to bring before the Board, the meeting was adjourned. CliveTaylor,chairman Respectfully submitted, Suzanne Witz