HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-05-18 - City Commission Special Workshop Meeting MinutesCITY OF TAMARAC
SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP
LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
MONDAY, MAY 18, 2015
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Harry Dressler called the Special Workshop of the City
Commission to order at 9:33 a.m. on Monday, May 18, 2015 in the Mango Room at the
Tamarac Recreation Center, 7501 North University Drive, Tamarac, FL, 33321.
ROLL CALL: Mayor Harry Dressler, Vice Mayor Pamela Bushnell, Commissioner
Michelle J. Gomez, Commissioner Diane Glasser and Commissioner Debra Placko
were in attendance.
Also in attendance were City Manager Michael C. Cernech, City Attorney Samuel S.
Goren, Assistant City Manager Diane Phillips, City Clerk Patricia Teufel, Community
Development Director Maxine Calloway, Planning & Zoning Manager Frank Zickar,
Assistant Planner Ann Johnson and Public Information & Media Specialist Elise Boston.
City Manager Cernech said the point of this special workshop is to update the
Commission with the Land Development Code Rewrite. The last time there was a
rewrite was in 1971 and this is a major undertaking to get the code into shape for 2015
and beyond. City Manager Cernech said this will give Community Development Director
Calloway the opportunity to let the Commission know where we are at this point and get
feedback regarding any concerns. This rewrite will have an impact on Tamarac going
forward and staff wants to make sure we are going in the right direction and to make
sure everyone is well versed.
Community Development Director Calloway introduced Planning & Zoning Manager
Zickar and Assistant Planner Johnson to the Commission and acknowledged Joel
Davidson and Larry Torn who are members of the Land Development Regulation
Rewrite Advisory Committee and in attendance at the meeting.
Community Development Director Calloway gave a presentation, a copy of which is on
file in the City Clerk's Office along with a copy of the Assessment of the current land
development regulations and annotated outline of a new land development code.
Community Development Director Calloway, City Manager Cernech, City Attorney
Goren and Planning & Zoning Manager Zickar responded to questions and concerns
throughout the presentation. There were discussions on the Mixed Use District, the
dissolution of the Woodlands Overlay District and improving property values which will
attract people with higher per capita income, among other items.
Mayor Dressler recessed the meeting at 11:09 a.m. and reconvened the meeting at
11:20 a.m. with all present as before.
Community Development Director Calloway opened the workshop up for discussion and
staff responded to questions and concerns voiced by the Commission.
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City Manager Cernech said staff will take the feedback that the Commission provided
today, meet with the consultants and get back to the Commission with another update in
the future.
There being no further business to come Mayor Dressler adjourned the meeting at
12.21 p.m.
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Patricia Teufel, CM
City Clerk
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