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DANIA CITY COMMISSION
WORKSHOP MEETING
NOVEMBER 3, 1988
7: 00 P.M.
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Mayor: Charles McElyea
Vice Mayor: Jean Cook
Commissioners : John Bertino ( late)
Anthony Stevens
City Attorney: Frank Adler
City Manager: Robert Flatley
City Clerk : Wanda Mullikin s
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Commissioner: Howard Hirsch ( ill ) j
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1 . Discussion of road construction east of U.S . 1 including Taylor Road,
7th Avenue, loth Street (Griffin Road Extension ) .
City Manager Flatley introduced Wilson Atkinson, Attorney, and
explained that Mr. Atkinson would be presenting for the Commission 's
consideration a draft of an agreement that is agreeable to the Port.
-.. City Manager Flatley pointed out that if the Commission agrees to the
i roadwork as presented, Hollywood Inc. has offered to front the money
and collect its return through an assessment process over a ten year e
period .
Wilson Atkinson presented a conceptual plan toward the early
development of approximately 300 acres in the northeast section of •
Dania, commonly referred to as the commercial/industrial area of Port
Everglades . He said one benefit of the plan is that Dania will never
have to pay any money for the roads that would be constructed in that
area; basically SE loth, SE 7th and the refurbishing of Taylor Rd.
and the second benefit of the plan is the p generation of additional ad
valorem taxes for Dania due to the fact that, once the roads are in, f
any property owner in that area has the immediate ability to plat his
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Mr. Atkinson addressed concerns of the Melaleuca Gardens residents
and suggested that the link of I-595 from the Port to I-95 allowing
access both north and south on I-95 will be opened on January 3, I
1989, and that should relieve the New Griffin Road neighborhood of
the burden of the heavy tractor-trailer traffic. He asked the
Commission to consider an agreement with the Port Authority by which
terms the City would allow the road to go through at this point in I
time and the Port would cause all of its traffic to be directed to
' and from the north and would install physical barriers to ensure that
r ingress and egress to the north . He also described alternative
methods of local control of loth Street traffic with regard to 18 d
wheelers .
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Mr. Atkinson stated that right now the motivating forces are Mr.
Vitolo, who would like to get Taylor Road put in as previously agreed '
upon, Mr. Bond, who would like to develop his property and recognizes
he cannot put in that kind of an investment without the road
infrastructure being there, and Hollywood Inc. , whose property
development would be hastened if the link of road were in.
Mr. Atkinson offered to work with the city 's staff on the exact
language in the proposed agreement with the Port and described the
steps necessary to establish the special assessment project, with the
money for the road construction being guaranteed by Hollywood Inc.
The Commission expressed concerns for the interests of the eastern
property owners as well as those of the homeowners in the western r .
area.
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Mayor McElyea invited citizens ' comments. Many Melaleuca Gardens
residents voiced objections to the plan. During discussion of the
possibility of incorporating the water and sewer as part of the
special assessment district, it was noted that the sewer and water
lines have already been put in on Taylor Road. The 10th Street area
residents expressed their concerns about dust, traffic hazards and
property values and the suggestion was made to wait and see if the
opening of I-595 does solve all their problems as predicted. Among
lan was the point that this would also
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open the way for direct ship container traffic.
Mr. Chris Vitolo stepped forward to address his comments specifically
to Taylor Road, also known as NE 7th Avenue . He briefly summarized
the status of the road to date, said the northernmost and
southernmost part of it has been built by D.O.T. and said that he is
to put in the central portion as promised.
still waiting for the City
Mr. Vitolo described his plight with regard to increased tax
assessment and pointed out that the City is getting no return on its
million dollars invested in water and sewer lines because none of the
landowners of those 300 acres in Dania can obtain financing for
development without access roads . Mr. Vitolo, noting that the sewers
are in, the road is partially built, and money has been set aside for
the purpose of finishing it, asked the Commission to consider the
urgency of completing Taylor Road.
The Mayor allowed more citizen input. Vincent Carroll suggested
° �.. running loth Street across but dead-ending it at 7th Avenue . Gloria
Daly commented that adequate access to the 300 acres east of US-1 can j
be provided without going to a four-lane highway and asked the
Commission to consider what Dania wants , not what Hollywood Inc.
wants . Bob Mikes reported the Dania Civics Association ' s passage of
a resolution opposing any further industrial traffic linkage into the
Dania network of local road systems . Area residents also pointed out
that their position on the airport issue with regard to inverse
condemnation would suffer with increased road noise level .
The Commissioners generally agreed on the need to provide the access
ap required by Mr. Vitolo and the other Taylor Road area property
owners, but, acknowledging the concerns of the Melaleuca Gardens
residents, said they would not want to go further south than 7th
Avenue, preferring to move slowly and see what happens after I-595
opens. Realizing that Hollywood Inc. ' s offer to pay up front was no
longer applicable since the Commission was not in favor of accepting
the entire proposal as presented by Wilson Atkinson, the Commission
discussed possible ways of getting the money to do Taylor Road and
loth Street to 7th Avenue and expressed the belief that it would be a
good investment. City Manager Flatley reported that the City has
$193, 000 in the bank set aside for this and that the Engineer 's
estimate of cost is approximately $475, 000.
* At the end of Agenda Item 2 discussion, Wilson Atkinson interpreted
the feeling of the Commission as wishing to abandon the connection to
the Port but proceed with Taylor Road and asked for direction on how
to proceed on behalf of his clients who are in the 300 acres of
Dania. This being a workshop meeting, the Commission could take no
official action, but recommended that Mr. Atkinson work with the City
` Attorney and City Manager and then bring it back to the Commission.
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4 2. Discussion of a proposed annexation bill for the next legislative
' session to include the unincorporated area west of Ravenswood Road,
1 north of the Dania Cut-off Canal , south of State Road 84 and east of
the Davie City limit. f
City Manager Flatley reported that December 12th is the deadline for '} �
I submitting local bills. He welcomed some Ravenswood Civic
L Association, Dania Chamber of Commerce and Annexation Committee t
members in attendance .
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Noting interest from the City of Davie and the City of Hollywood in
the subject unincorporated area, Mr. Flatley asked for direction from
the Commission regarding drawing up a bill that would be agreeable to
the people that own property in that area. j
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City Manager Flatley reported that Mike Nichols from the Alanco I
property will be submitting a letter shortly to the three interested
cities asking a series of questions about sewer/water/building fees,
basic structure of government, etc. and their choice of the city to
service them will be based on the answers to those questions .
Judy Slaughter and Robert Lang of the Ravenswood Civic Association
requested on behalf of their residential property owners that they be
left alone and not included in Dania ' s annexation plans, anticipating
that within several years they will be bought out by the County.
Alex Perry, President of the Broward County Professional
Firefighters , related his experiences opposing Hollywood 's annexation
plans and stated that the majority of residents of Ravenswood/Griffin
area do not want to be annexed at the present time .
During discussion, Commissioner Bertino expressed his belief that the
legislature should address reserve areas . Vice Mayor Cook commented
on the progress being made with voluntary annexation.
After discussion, City Manager Flatley said he would set up the
parameters just to include the commercial/industrial areas , excluding
the residential areas , and start getting the word out about the
advantages of coming in to Dania to those property owners within the
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* (At this time, discussion returned to Agenda Item 1 . )
City Manager Flatley distributed a draft of the notice on the land use
plan that will go out to affected property owners if approved by the
Commission and asked that the Commission be prepared at the next regular
meeting to set a date for the public hearing on the land use plan.
Motion passed to adjourn this Workshop Meeting.
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CITY CLERK-AUDITOR
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AGENDA
DANIA CITY COMMISSION
WORKSHOP MEETING
NOVEMBER 3, 1988
7:00 P.M.
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1. Discussion of road construction east of U.S. 1 including Taylor I
Road, 7th Avenue , loth Street (Griffin Road Extension ) .
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2. Discussion of a proposed annexation bill for the next
legislative session to include the unincorporated area west of
Ravenswood Road, north of the Dania Cut-off Canal, south of
the Davie City limit.
State Road 84 and east of
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