HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-01-14 - City Commission Special Workshop Meeting MinutesCITY OF TAMARAC
SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP
STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT
TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2014
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Talabisco called the Special Workshop of the City Commission to
order at 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday, January 14, 2014, in the Mango Room at the Tamarac
Recreation Center, 7501 North University Drive, Tamarac, FL, 33321.
PRESENT: Mayor Beth Talabisco, Vice Mayor Michelle J. Gomez, Commissioner Pamela
Bushnell, Commissioner Diane Glasser and Commissioner Harry Dressler were in
attendance.
Also in attendance were City Manager Michael C. Cernech, Assistant City Manager Diane
Phillips, City Attorney Samuel Goren, City Clerk Patricia Teufel, Human Resources Director
Maria Swanson, Information Technology Director Levent Sucuoglu, Financial Services
Director Mark Mason, Public Services Director Jack Strain, BSO Captain Neal Glassman,
Chief Building Official/Director Claudio Grande, Community Development Director Maxine
Calloway, Parks & Recreation Director Greg Warner, Fire Chief Mike Burton, Planning &
Zoning Manager Frank Zickar, Process Consultant Dave Harrawood and Management Intern
Laura Karpaviciute.
City Manager Cernech made brief opening remarks regarding today's meeting and indicated
that staff will also be providing updates on pressure washing, opening the parks on Mondays
and Building Department issues. We will also have a presentation on the Corridor Study
Buffer Wall Analysis and the Commercial Arterial Redevelopment Study. We will also be
talking about what the Commission wants to do in the future.
Mr. Harrawood asked the Commission for their key priorities for the 2015 Strategic Plan.
Mayor Talabisco and the Commissioners outlined their individual priorities which were then
discussed in detail.
The meeting was recessed at 9:37 a.m. and resumed at 9:46 a.m. with all present as before.
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Mr. Harrawood resumed the meeting and Public Services Director Strain gave a brief
overview of re -opening the parks on Mondays and he and Parks & Recreation Director
Warner responded to questions from the Commission. All were in agreement to re -open the
parks on Mondays. Public Services Director Strain talked about the costs, and estimated time
frame for completion, associated with pressure cleaning the medians, curbs and sidewalks in
the City and responded to questions from the Commission. Chief Building Official Grande
gave a Building Department Action Update and said there are still challenges and gave a
status of the steps they have taken and will be doing to rectify service issues. Chief Building
Official Grande spoke about the Electronic Plan Review Process and responded to questions
from the Commission.
The meeting recessed at 11:11 a.m. and resumed at 11:20 a.m. with all present as before.
Mr. Harrawood facilitated the Environmental Scan Report Out and the department directors
reported their critical findings, their importance and responded to questions and concerns
from the Commission. Prior to the completion of the Environmental Scan Report Out the
meeting was recessed for lunch at 11:51 a.m. and resumed at 12:11 p.m. with all present as
before.
Mr. Harrawood resumed the meeting and moved out of order of the agenda to take up the
presentation from Calvin, Giordano & Associates on the Commercial Arterial Redevelopment
Study. Planning & Zoning Manager Zickar introduced Shelly Eichner, Sr. Vice President, who
then introduced Gianno Feoli, Director of Landscape Urbanism, Jankristof Devastey, Traffic
Engineer and Curt Keyser, Sr. Manager, Engineering. Ms. Eichner and Mr. Feoli gave a
presentation, a copy of which is on file in the City Clerk's Office, and responded to questions
from the Commission.
The meeting was recessed at 1:19 p.m. and resumed at 1:30 p.m. with all present as before
except for Public Services Director Strain who left the meeting with Assistant Public Works
Director John Doherty joining the meeting.
Mr. Harrawood resumed the meeting and staff completed the rest of the Environmental Scan
Report Out. Mr. Harrawood said that due to the lack of time, the Corridor Study update will
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be moved to the January 21, 2014 Commission Workshop. Mr. Harrawood reviewed the
City's Vision, Mission and Values and asked if there were any recommended changes,
Commissioner Dressler said with regards to the City's Mission Statement he suggested
changing "Responds to the Customer" to "Responds to and Anticipates Customer's Needs"
there was a consensus to keep the Vision, and Value's as they are.
Mr. Harrawood then went over each of the Five Goals and asked if there were any
recommended changes to the Five Goals, all were in agreement to keep them as they are.
Department Directors gave overviews of action items and responded to questions from the
Commission.
The meeting was recessed at 3:26 p.m. and resumed at 3:34 p.m. with all present as before.
Mr. Harrawood resumed the meeting and went over the Commission's priorities for the
upcoming year. City Manager Cernech made his closing comments and said that staff will
finalize the Strategic Plan and bring it back to the Commission for adoption and will follow-up
on the items they requested.
There being no further business to come before the City Commission, Mayor Talabisco
adjourned the meeting 4:07 p.m.
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