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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-02-21 Marine Advisory Board Minutes h City of Dania Beach • Marine Advisory Board Meeting February 21'',2007 The Marine Advisory Board met on Wednesday,February 21"in the Conference Room at City Hall. Chairman Clive Taylor was absent. Mike Grady served as Acting Chairman. Chairman Grady called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m. Members present: A AL44- Bernard Swindell Billy Phipps Carol Stokrocki Mike Grady Debby Bradford Gary Rowe Robert Schmid John Kafourus Craig McAdams Members absent: Ray Lair William Wosenitz (excused) Brian Carroll Clive Taylor Others present: Bob Anton,Vice Mayor Ivan Pato,City Manager Colin Donnelly,Assistant City Manager Jay Jackson,Marina Dock Master • Deputy Jason Riddle,BSO Hakeem Ismail Suzanne & Bud Witz Minutes of the January 17* meeting were presented for approval. Motion to approve as written made by Robert Schmid, seconded by John Kafouros.Motion carried. Chairman Grady welcomed the members and guests. He asked new Assistant City Manager Donnelly and Dock Master Jackson to tell the Board a little about themselves. Assistant City Manager,Colin Donnellysaid he came to work for the City in late December. He is from New Jersey and has worked in municipal government for over fifteen years but has no previous marine experience. He said he is looking forward to working with the Board on the Marina Project. Dock Master,Jay Jackson said he has lived in this general area most of his life. He and his family have been involved in boating for a long time. He is a licensed Captain through the Coast Guard Merchant Marine and he is trained in fire fighting as well as CPR. He plans on keeping his license current in case there are any emergencies. He mentioned he sees a number of improvements that are needed on the docks and he is looking forward to doing a good job for the City. • 1 • City Manager Pato said he wanted to let the Board know the Marina is a priority report and suggestions furnished b for the City and stated the p gg y the Marine Advisory Board is one of the major items the City is using to assess and plan the future needs of the Marina. He said Colin Donnelly will work closely with Jay Jackson on the Marina issues. Mr.Jackson will be the Boards representative and he will attend all future board meetings. He stated the Commission is very supportive of the funding to make the Marina a positive success. Soon some dramatic improvements at the Marina will take place. One of them being the repair and redesign of what is called the pink building. The Commission has already awarded the bid and Mr. Donnelly will be overseeing the project. Mr. Pato thanked the Board for their input and stated he didn't want the Board to feel their contributions were going unnoticed. The first item for discussion was the plans for the pink building. Mr. Donnelly said he had not been pleased with the first plans he saw. They were not suitable for a Marina with a Dock Master. They seemed more suitable for storage of lifeguards beachwear. When he received a copy of the Boards report from Mr. Pato he felt some of the ideas in the report should be incorporated into the plan. He and Mr. Jackson met with the contractor and came up with a new plan. In the first plan the space assigned to the Dock Master was an area where he could not see the dock. The plans called for a 20 x 20 storage shed in addition to the • original building. With the new plan the storage shed will contain the Dock Masters office and a locker room for the lifeguards. The new plan has the Dock Master where he has an unobstructed view of the docks and boaters have an easy access to his office. The old ice cream place will be used for storage and there will be male and female public bathrooms for the beach as well as handicapped bathroom and shower facilities for the boaters.Laundry facilities are also being considered as suggested by the Board. Some questions were asked about security. Mr.Donnelly said he is renegotiating the present security and will have more information on this issue later. Mr. Donnelly also said that he and Mr. Jackson are currently working on a one year capital improvement plan and a five year improvement plan. The Dock Rental Agreement was the next item discussed. The Board had been asked for suggestions regarding changes they feel are necessary. Mr. McAdams said his pet peeve is the dive boats and parking. The pet issue should be examined as well as light boat maintenance. He made several suggestions and said he feels the Board should take some time to read the Rental Agreement carefully before giving it the Boards blessing and passing it on to the Commission.Board members need a copy of the most recent Rental Agreement in order to properly consider it. A motion was made by Jeep Webb, seconded by Carol Stockrocki that all members of the Board be furnished a copy of the Marina Rental Agreement. Motion carried. 2. • Neat on the agenda was the issue of residential boat refueling. Vice Mayor Bob Anton stated the Commission had voted to eliminate the residential refueling ordinance. He said the Commissions decision was based largely on the Boards recommendation. At a later date a new ordinance will be drafted to set a cap of 2800 gallons on the trucks. This is necessary to keep anything larger from entering the residential areas. He asked the board members to be vigilant and contact BSO if they observe any pirates in the area. Fuel trucks should be properly marked and DOT approved. Also there are going to be significant traffic problems as a result of the casino and possibly larger vehicles may try to use residential areas as a shortcut. He stated there may be other related issues that have to be addressed at a later date. Officer Riddle said he didn't have much to report. He is still working on the problem of derelict vessels and trying to secure funding for their removal. He said there was a Range Rover stolen in Oakland Park which was dumped in the canal just west of US 1. It has been removed from the canal. Funding for removal of derelict vessels was the next item discussed. A suggestion was made that a small fee might be attached to Marina rentals or boat ramp fees to augment the expense of removal. Vice Mayor Anton said there is a certain amount of the boat registration money that goes to the State. It might be possible to try to get some money from the State but it is very difficult to find the money to handle this problem. • Craig McAdams asked if something could be done about the trees that are extending out over a large area of the Cut Off Canal between Harbor One and the US 1 bridge making it very difficult to navigate. Vice Mayor Anton said he will ask Mr. Donnelly to look at the problem and see if there is anything the City can do about it. Under"Board Member Comments"some of the members took advantage of the opportunity to ask questions of Vice Mayor Anton. BillyPhipps asked about the widening of the US 1 bridge over the Cut Off Canal. Mr.Anton said it pertained to widening the sidewalk a few inches to meet the handicapped requirements. Craig McAdams inquired about bike paths. Mr.Anton said when Dania Beach Boulevard is redone a bike path reaching from US 1 to the beach will be included. He said anything to do with a State road has to be done through DOT. The City cannot even put up a traffic light in the City. There being no further business to discuss,the meeting was adjourned by Chairman Grady at 7:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Mike Grady,Acting Chairman Suzanne Witz • 3.