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Home My WebLink About2012-03-28 - City Commission Regular Meeting MinutesCITY OF TAMARAC REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2012 CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Talabisco called the regular meeting of the City Commission to order at 9:04 a.m. on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 in City Commission Chambers, Tamarac City Hall, 7525 NW 88 Avenue, Tamarac, FL 33321. PRESENT: Mayor Beth Talabisco, Vice Mayor Diane Glasser, Commissioner Pamela Bushnell, Commissioner Michelle J. Gomez and Commissioner Harry Dressler. ALSO PRESENT: City Manager Michael C. Cernech, Assistant City Attorney Julie Klahr and City Clerk Peter M. J. Richardson. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Talabisco led the Pledge of Allegiance 1. PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS: a. Presentation of a proclamation by Mayor Beth Talabisco proclaiming the week of May 20 - 26, 2012 as "National Public Works Week" (Requested by Public Services Director Jack Strain) b. Presentation of a proclamation by Mayor Beth Talabisco proclaiming April 2012 as "Water Conservation Month" (Requested by Laboratory Manager Fran Oney) 2. CITY COMMISSION REPORTS: a. Commissioner Bushnell: Expressed appreciation to her fellow City Commissioners and City staff for their support during the past year. Commissioner Bushnell also expressed appreciation to Marion Swenson for well and ably serving as District 1 Commissioner for approximately one year. b. Commissioner Gomez: Welcomed back Mayor Talabisco and expressed thanks to Commissioner Bushnell for dong a wonderful job in her capacity as Mayor. Noted that she had enjoyed the City's Concert in the Park event on March 16tn and was looking forward to the next concert on Friday, April 13tn Stated that she had missed the March 12tn workshop and March 14tn regular meeting due to her attendance at the National League of Cities Conference. Expressed appreciation to Marion Swenson for her service as District 1 Commissioner. Page 1 of 6 REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING March 28, 2012 c. Vice Mayor Glasser: Welcomed Mayor Talabisco back and expressed appreciation to Commissioner Bushnell for doing a very good job. Noted that there was a very good turnout for the appearance by Caroline Kennedy at the Community Center last Thursday afternoon. Vice Mayor Glasser also said that Vice President Biden had made an appearance at an event in Coconut Creek last Friday. d. Commissioner Dressler: Expressed appreciation to Commissioner Bushnell for very capably serving in the capacity of Mayor. Commissioner Dressler also welcomed Mayor Talabisco back and said he was looking forward to her positive and creative leadership. Expressed appreciation to Vice Mayor Glasser and Commissioner Gomez and City staff for their energies and efforts over the past year. e. Mayor Talabisco: Expressed appreciation to Commissioner Bushnell for ably and effortlessly serving in the capacity of Mayor. Noting that she very much enjoyed working for the City of Tamarac, stated that she was very much looking forward to moving ahead with the City's business. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT: Ms. Klahr welcomed Mayor Talabisco back. 4. CITY MANAGER REPORT: Speaking on behalf of City staff, Mr. Cernech expressed appreciation to Commissioner Bushnell for her past twelve months of service as Tamarac's Mayor. He expressed appreciation to the City Commission for their good work during the past year. Mr. Cernech noted that community meetings would commence again next week, starting on the evening of April 4th at Kings Point. Mr. Cernech also welcomed Mayor Talabisco back to the City Commission dais. Mr. Cernech noted that the Tamarac BSO Division would be holding a community event on Saturday, April 14th at the Kings Point Clubhouse to collect outdated prescription drugs and to offer the shredding of up to five boxes of sensitive documents per event participant. He also stated that the Social Services Division of the Parks and Recreation Department would be holding a Seniors Health Fair event on Saturday, April 21st, between 9:00 a.m. and 12 Noon at the Community Center. Mr. Cernech said that the diabetic healthy living program will begin on Thursday, April 5th for a six -week program in partnership with the Aging and Disability Resource Center. He also noted that the Tamarac Express would be transporting residents to Super Wal-Mart and Coral Square Mall on Thursday, April 5th, with a cost of $1.00 each way. Page 2 of 6 REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING March 28, 2012 Mr. Cernech noted that 350 people attended the recent Tamarac at Twilight Concert held on Friday, March 9th at the Sports Complex. He also encouraged all interested persons to plan to attend the upcoming Tamarac at Twilight concert on Friday, April 13th between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. at the Sports Complex, featuring the Strange Brew Band, a variety rock band. Mr. Cernech also invited interested persons to attend Springfest 2012, featuring face painting, bounce houses, games and an egg hunt on Saturday, March 31st between 10 a.m. and 12 Noon at the Tamarac Sports Complex. He also said that the Splash with Peter Cottontail event for children between the ages of 2 and 5 would take place on Saturday, April 14th, between 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. at the Aquatic Center, with a fee of $4.00 per child for Tamarac residents and $6.00 per child for non -City residents. Finally, Mr. Cernech noted that registrations were presently being accepted for participation in the Co-ed Adult Softball League, with a registration fee of $400.00 per team. 5. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: Sharon Aron Baron welcomed back Mayor Talabisco and expressed her appreciation to Commissioner Bushnell for serving in the capacity of Tamarac's Mayor during the past twelve months. Ms. Aron Baron requested that the Mayor and City Commissioners consider the possibility of taking incremental steps to video -stream or web -stream future City Commission meetings. Hubie Klombers said he was very happy to see Mayor Talabisco back on the City Commission dais. Ron Barish welcomed Mayor Talabisco back to City Hall and said he knew that Mayor Talabisco would do her very best to serve the community's residents. Coral Springs Mayor Roy Gold expressed appreciation to Commissioner Bushnell for her dedicated service as Mayor during the past year. Mayor Gold said that he and his wife Janet were very happy for Mayor Talabisco. Mayor Talabisco said that public service was worth everything. 6. CONSENT AGENDA: Mayor Talabisco asked City Manager Cernech whether there were any changes or additions to this morning's Consent Agenda. City Manager Cernech said there were no changes or additions to the Consent Agenda. Commissioner Bushnell moved, seconded by Commissioner Dressler, to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. The motion to approve the consent agenda as presented was adopted unanimously (5-0). a. APPROVAL OF THE MARCH 14, 2012 REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES APPROVED b. TR12173 - APPOINTING ONE RESIDENT TRUSTEE TO THE POLICE PENSION BOARD: A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida appointing one (1) resident trustee to the Police Pension Board to serve a two-year term of office ending March 28, 2014 or until new appointments are made, providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date RESOLUTION R 2012-44 Page 3 of 6 REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING March 28, 2012 c. TR12174 - APPOINTING TWO RESIDENT TRUSTEES TO THE FIRE PENSION BOARD: A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, appointing two (2) Resident trustees to the Fire Pension Board to serve four-year terms of office, ending February 27, 2016 or until new appointments are made; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date. RESOLUTION R 2012-45 d. TR12176 - WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN - TASK ORDER AUTHORIZATION NO. 12- 01 E: A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, authorizing that the City Commission approves Task Order Authorization No. 12-01 E and authorizes the appropriate City Officials to execute Task Order Authorization No. 12-01 E with Mathews Consulting, Inc., to provide professional services to prepare a Wastewater Master Plan in accordance with the City's Consulting Engineering Agreement as authorized by Resolution No. R-2011-87, for an amount not to exceed $168,475.00; approving funding from the appropriate adopted Utilities Contingency budget; authorizing the appropriate City Officials to administer the contract; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date. RESOLUTION R 2012-46 e. TR12180 - SFWMD WATER USE PERMIT MODIFICATION - TASK AUTHORIZATION NO. 12-03E: A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, authorizing that the City Commission approves Task Authorization No. 12-03E and authorizes the appropriate City Officials to execute Task Authorization No. 12-03E with Eckler Engineering, Inc., to provide professional services to prepare a SFWMD Water Use Permit Modification in accordance with the City's Consulting Engineering Agreement as authorized by Resolution No. R-2011-87, for an amount not to exceed $147,000.00, approving funding from the appropriate adopted Utilities Contingency budget; authorizing the appropriate City Officials to administer the contract; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date. RESOLUTION R 2012-47 f. TR12188 - PRINTING OF CITY OF TAMARAC PUBLICATIONS: A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, authorizing the appropriate City Officials to Award Request for Proposal #12-10R, "Printing & Distribution of City of Tamarac Publications" to and Execute an Agreement with Dodd Communications, LLC, d/b/a Franklin Dodd Communications for Printing Services for a two (2) year period providing for three additional one (1) year renewals at the discretion of the City; authorizing the City Manager to approve subsequent one year renewals and expenditures for Printing; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date. RESOLUTION R 2012-48 7. REGULAR AGENDA: There were no Regular Agenda items scheduled for this meeting. 8. ORDINANCE(S) — FIRST READING a. T02244 - COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT: Motion to adopt an Ordinance of the City of Tamarac, Florida, on first reading amending the Public School Facilities Element and the Capital Improvements Element of the Comprehensive Plan in order meet the Public School Concurrency requirements of the Broward County Public Schools Second Amended Interlocal Agreement for Public School Facility Planning; providing for severability; providing Page 4 of 6 REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING March 28, 2012 for conflicts; and providing for an effective date. Assistant City Attorney Klahr read T02244 by title into the record. Vice Mayor Glasser moved, seconded by Commissioner Bushnell, to approve T02244 on first reading. The motion was adopted unanimously (5-0). PASSED ON FIRST READING MARCH 28, 2012 b. T02245 - PUBLIC SCHOOL CONCURRENCY CODE OF ORDINANCES AMENDMENT Motion to adopt an Ordinance of the City of Tamarac, Florida, on first reading amending Chapter 10, Article VI, Section 10-333, "Public School Concurrency" of the City Code of Ordinances for the purpose of amending the level of service standard for public school facilities; providing for inclusion in the Code; providing for severability; providing for conflicts; and providing for an effective date. Assistant City Attorney Klahr read T02245 by title into the record. Commissioner Dressler moved, seconded by Commissioner Gomez, to approve T02245 on first reading. The motion was adopted unanimously (5-0). PASSED ON FIRST READING MARCH 28, 2012 c. T02246 - SABAL PALM - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT: Motion to adopt an Ordinance of the City of Tamarac, Florida on first reading establishing the Sabal Palm Community Development District; making certain findings regarding the district; describing the external boundaries of the district, naming five persons designated to be the initial members of the Board of Supervisors; providing for severability; providing for conflicts; and providing an effective date. Assistant City Attorney Klahr read T02246 by title into the record. Commissioner Dressler moved, seconded by Commissioner Gomez, to approve T02246 on first reading. The motion was adopted unanimously (5-0). PASSED ON FIRST READING MARCH 28, 2012 9. PUBLIC HEARING(S): There were no Public Hearing items scheduled for this meeting. 10. ORDINANCE(S) - SECOND READINGS: There were Ordinance(s) — Second Reading items scheduled for this meeting. 11. QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING(S): There were not Quasi -Judicial Hearing(s) items scheduled for this meeting. 12. OTHER Ms. Klahr announced that the Mayor and City Commissioners would be recessing their meeting and moving into a shade session in Room 105 of Tamarac City Hall. She noted that the Mayor and City Commissioners would return to the City Commission Chambers following the conclusion of the shade session. The meeting recessed at 9:55 a.m. Following the conclusion of the shade session, the Mayor and City Commissioners reconvened in the City Commission Chambers at 11:08 a.m. Ms. Klahr noted that the Mayor and City Commissioners had concluded their shade session with legal counsel relative to the following matters: City of Tamarac v. Prestige Homes of Tamarac, Inc. Broward County Circuit Court Case No.: 10-45101(03) Page 5 of 6 REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING March 28, 2012 City of Tamarac v. Prestige Homes of Tamarac, Inc. Broward County Circuit Court Case No.: 11-12611 (14) City of Tamarac v. Prestige Homes of Tamarac, Inc. U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Case No.: 10-60468-C IV -WI LLIAMS/SELTZER There being no further business to come before, the City Commission, Mayor Talabisco adjourned the meeting at 11:10 a.m. Beth Talabisco, Mayor 6� -4�-s I/ Peter M. J. Richar on, CRM, CIVIC City Clerk Page 6 of 6 REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING March 28, 2012