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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-03-21 - City Commission Workshop Meeting MinutesCITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP MINUTES MONDAY, MARCH 21, 2022 10:00 AM COMMISSION CHAMBER Call to Order Mayor Gomez called the Monday, March 21, 2022, City Commission workshop, begin held in Commission Chamber to order at 10:00 a.m. Roll Call Present were Commissioner Debra Placko and Mayor Michelle J. Gomez. Vice Mayor Mike Gelin was present virtually. Commissioner Marlon Bolton arrived in person at 10:02 a.m., and Commissioner Elvin Villalobos was absent. Also present were City Manager Kathleen Gunn, City Attorney John Herin, and City Clerk Jennifer Johnson. Pledge of Allegiance Mayor Michelle J. Gomez led the Pledge of Allegiance. 1. Agenda 1.a FDOT PD&E Study impacting Sable Palm Park Lisa Stone of Kimley-Horn & Associates and Andrew Velasquez of AECOM Lisa Stone of Kimley-Horn & Associates, provided a presentation, which in on file in the City Clerk's Office. Commissioner Bolton requested a meeting with the presenter regarding the project. Commissioner Placko asked what a realistic timeframe to see the project starting was. Ms. Stone stated they would have more information toward the end of the year, but expectations were late 2020s to early 2030s. Mayor Gomez requested information regarding the sound walls, and that FDOT plan to speak with the residents about the project. 1.b 2021/2022 Charter Board Report City Attorney John Herin and City Clerk Jennifer Johnson City Attorney John Herin provided a presentation, which is on file in the City Clerk's Office. Discussion by the members of the Commission ensued. Commissioner Placko requested consideration of the following items: a. consistency with majority or supermajority b. city needs to further defined in Section 7.16 to the city of Tamarac City Attorney Herin clarified the language in Section 7.10(d), regarding monetary inter - department and departmental transfers is consistent with state law. Commissioner Gelin requested consideration of the following items: a. the voters decide if their government should be City Commissioner/Manager form of government or a strong mayor form of government with a chief administrative officer b. the City Clerk and the Fire Chief are Charter positions and should be appointed by the City Commission rather than the City Manager c. have four (4) elected officials that represent each of the districts, an (1) elected official at -large, a (1) elected at -large Vice Mayor and one elected at -large Mayor d. in Section 4.05(c), all vacancies should be selected by the people, and there should be a specific timeframe to conduct the process to fill a vacancy [a fixed period of time, 90 days or 120 days] e. there should be consistency with the suspension and removal of the City Manager or City Attorney, and should remain at a majority vote Charter Board Chair, Sally James, stated the board decided to recommend a supermajority for the City Manager and City Attorney, to deter politics from taking place on the dais. In addition, James added that the items brought forward by the board were to based on updating, clean-up and eliminating obsolete language versus dramatic change to a system that is set and working. As for the change in government, those changes typically come when there is negative resident sentiment and there has been no grassroots/outcry from the public to change the form of government or number of elected officials. Mayor Gomez requested consideration of the following items: a. the termination of the City Manager or City Attorney should be by supermajority b. after, or in lieu of clean-up, can there be a definitions section added to the Charter for clarity c. in Section 4.05(b)(2), it needs to be cleaned up with the addition of a due process clause, removal from office by any matter authorized by law d. in Section 4.05(b)(5), it should be "consecutive" months e. the dates for the summer hiatus are too restrictive, and more general for July and August annually f. the City Clerk should be appointed by the City Manager, remove "with consent of the commission" g. in Section 5.04, remove "if required, subject to the approval of the majority ofthe commission" h. consider keeping the public hearing requirement for the Charter Board i. Replace the word shall, with should, in Section 11.05 "Provisions of state law applicable to city planning and zoning j. reconfigure Section 11.10 "Amendments" to read except as provided for by law. Director of Financial Services, Christine Cajuste, clarified the City Commission is the final approving authority of designating a bank, because the selection is completed through the procurement process, and is in accordance with Section 7.08. City Attorney Herin stated he would work with the administration and City Clerk to identify all the requested changes, and to bring those requests in a memo format for consideration at a future meeting. Break Commissioner Bolton departed the meeting at 11 A7 a.m. Mayor Gomez recessed the meeting at 11 A9 a.m., and reconvened at 1:00 p.m. 1.c Enforcement and regulation of party houses City Attorney John Herin City Attorney John Herin provided information regarding the enforcement of party houses, and included recent state legislation, which will become effective July 1, 2022. Discussion by the Commission ensued with regard to enforcement, maintaining a decent quality of life for families who have parties versus "party houses", enforcement of repeat offenders, review the noise and nuisance ordinances from the City of Pompano Beach, and consider having Code Enforcement work nights and weekends. The consensus of the Commission was to have the City Attorney draft an ordinance, that can be as strict as possible for enforcement of "party houses" without being an infringement of the day-to-day lives of the residents. 1.d Sign Code Amendment Director of Community Development Maxine Calloway Director of Community Development, Maxine Calloway, provided a presentation, which is on file in the City Clerk's Office. Discussion by the Commission ensued. Vice Mayor Gelin requested the notes, summary and attendance of the business members present at the local business roundtable. Mayor Gomez asked that the sign code updates be sent to the businesses before the business tax receipt annual reminder, there be a permit for signs under 40% coverage, include information in the BOSS program, consider window tinting, require the name of the business on the back on the building, move the address to the top of a monument sign because the landscape ends up covering it, request conformity to the new requirements after a long-standing tenant vacates a commercial property. Adjournment There being nothing further to discuss, Mayor Gomez adjourned the meeting at 2.00 p.m. Minutes transcribed and submitted by City Clerk Jennifer Johnson. 4lr- - Jennifer Johns n, C Michelle J. Go ez, Mayor Note to the reader: The above signature is the City Clerk, of the City of Tamarac, Florida. If the minutes you have received are not signed, or completed as indicated above, they are not the official minutes of the regular City Commission meeting held Wednesday, March 21, 2022. 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