HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-10-14 - City Commission Regular Meeting MinutesCITY OF TAMARAC
CITY COMMISSION MEETING
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2015
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Harry Dressler called the Commission Meeting of the City of
Tamarac to order at 7.02 p.m. on Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 2015 in City Commission
Chambers, Tamarac City Hall, 7525 NW 88th Avenue, 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
and City Clerk Patricia A. Teufel.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Commissioner Glasser led the Pledge of Allegiance.
1. PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:
a. Presentation of a proclamation by Mayor Harry Dressler proclaiming the month of October
2015 as "Domestic Violence Awareness Month". (Requested by Mayor Harry Dressler)
b. Presentation of a proclamation by Mayor Harry Dressler proclaiming the week of October
12th as Customer Service Week. (Requested by the Customer Service Focus Team)
c. Presentation of a proclamation by Mayor Harry Dressler proclaiming October 2015 as
"Breast Cancer Awareness Month". (Requested by Assistant City Manager Diane Phillips)
2. CITY COMMISSION REPORTS:
a. Vice Mayor Bushnell: Vice Mayor Bushnell said she attended a Small Business Seminar
hosted by Representative Hazelle Rogers at the Community Center and the ground breaking
for Chelsea Place. Vice Mayor Bushnell noted that the Community Center celebrated its 15t
Anniversary and also said the Arts & Craft Festival, which will take place next April, is moving
along nicely. Vice Mayor Bushnell said she attended the ceremony where City Attorney
Goren was honored with the "Commitment to Justice" award, the Community Garage Sale
and noted that she is mentoring 4 students at Millennium Middle School. Vice Mayor Bushnell
said she attended the Colony West Workshop and also attended the bowling event hosted by
the Parks & Recreation Foundation.
b. Commissioner Gomez: Commissioner Gomez attended the Chamber of Commerce
Breakfast sponsored by City Furniture and encouraged people to join the American Cancer
Society's Making Strides Event on Halloween. Commissioner Gomez attended the Ft.
Lauderdale's Women's Club Murder Mystery fund raiser; Young Lawyer's Golf Tournament;
Greenhaven Covered Dish event; Lime Bay Bingo; American Cancer Society's fund raising
event; Smart Growth Partnership meeting; Nicholas Ribaldo's 100th Birthday party; and the
recognition event for Commissioner Glasser, Lori Parish and Alcee Hastings. Commissioner
Gomez noted that the Billy Casper Staff at Colony West is taking a wonderful partnership
approach to what they are doing with the golf course. Commissioner Gomez said she also
attended the Ft. Lauderdale International Trade and Cultural Expo and the Employee
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Appreciation Luncheon. Commissioner Gomez invited people to visit the traveling Vietnam
Memorial Wall in Coral Springs October 22 — 26th and Coffee with the Commissioner on
October 29th from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Orange Tree.
c. Commissioner Glasser: Commissioner Glasser congratulated City Attorney Goren on
receiving the "Commitment to Justice" Award. Commissioner Glasser said she attended a
luncheon for Impact Broward which is an organization made up mostly of volunteers. The
volunteers receive training in order to assist or serve people without any expectation of
getting paid. Commissioner Glasser said she was very impressed with the organization and
volunteered her help for anything should they need it.
d. Commissioner Placko: Commissioner Placko said she also attended many of the events
already mentioned. Commissioner Placko congratulated City Attorney Goren on receiving the
"Commitment to Justice" Award and Commissioner Glasser for her Achievement Award.
Commissioner Placko attended the Senior Appreciation Luncheon at the Community Center
and encouraged people to visit the Center and look into the many programs they offer.
Commissioner Placko reported that there will be a COPS training session on October 27th at
6:00 p.m. at BSO District 7 building and welcomed two new communities Westwood 5 and
Faircrest 14 into the COPS Program.
e. Mayor Dressler: Mayor Dressler ceded his time to the City Attorney for his report
3. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT: City Attorney Goren said his firm will be hosting an Ethics
Presentation on October 16th from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the North Lauderdale
Commission Chambers and invited anyone who needs ethics hours to attend.
City Attorney Goren said that on October 17th there will be a visioning session of the Broward
County Charter Commission, which formed in June 2015. This Commission, which will be in
session until June 2018, will look at some global issues that might be of concern.
City Attorney Goren said his office has begun tracking some legislation that pertains to local
government that has been filed to date. Some of the bills they tracking are as follows: texting
while driving in school zones; discharge of firearms, police body cameras; public records and
public meetings; children and animals left in cars; converting statewide municipal elections
with elections in March to November and all municipal elections to odd numbered years;
wireless communications and cannabis. City Attorney Goren said his office will continue to
monitor the legislation and will keep the Commission updated. City Attorney Goren noted
there is no litigation to report and no need of a Shade Session. City Attorney Goren thanked
everyone for honoring him by attending the event where he received the "Commitment to
Justice" Award.
Mayor Dressler talked about pending concealed weapon legislation and said he does not
understand the necessity to openly carry weapons. Mayor Dressler says this comes from the
NRA and he believes it will have a high probability of passing.
Mayor Dressler talked about the issue that was raised in an article in the Sun Sentinel this
past week regarding the issue of a Strong Mayor. City Attorney Goren said the Charter
Review Commission is to actually looking to place an item on the ballot which would convert
the current Semi -Strong Mayor to an actual elected Mayor, which will probably change out
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one or two existing commission districts. The last two Charter Commissions were moving in
the direction of amplifying the authority of the Mayor. Mayor Dressler said the thing that
disturbed him the most about the article is that a former State Attorney General Bob
Butterworth was quoted in a way that he found disturbing. His quote essentially said if people
would like to have a Strong Mayor in Broward County they should be aware of voter
resistance to the concept of having a Strong County Mayor. In order to get around this he
suggested a strategy where you have a Strong Mayor with limited executive powers initially
and that would increase until they got all the power they could possibly want. Someone else
was also quoted in the article about extinguishing local government because it is redundant.
We know that there are people in Tallahassee who think that municipal government is not
necessary which he also found disturbing. Mayor Dressler said he decided to submit a 100
word article to the Sun Sentinel Top 100 Feature, which will appear this Sunday that
addresses this issue. Mayor Dressler commented that he is happy to see the County
Commission, as well as this Commission, remain status quo.
4. CITY MANAGER REPORT: City Manager Cernech congratulated City Attorney Goren on
receiving the "Commitment to Justice". Award as it is well deserved. City Manager Cernech
commented that the Bowling event last evening was very well attended and recognized all
the effort that went into this event making it successful. City Manager Cernech said he was
proud that so many Tamarac employees also participated.
City Manager Cernech said the workshop at Colony West was held in order for the
professionals at Colony West to provide the Commission with an update on improvements
made since last year and to let the Commission know about the plans they have for the
coming year.
City Manager Cernech noted that it was nice to see how many people received awards at the
Employee Recognition Luncheon earlier today. City Manager Cernech said that every year
the City holds a United Way and Mission United Campaign and Tamarac raises more money
per employee than any other city in Broward County. Last year we raised $30,000 and we are
looking to surpass that this year. City Manager Cernech thanked Public Services Director
Strain and Community Development Director Calloway for co-chairing the drive this year.
City Manager Cernech reported that the Parks & Recreation Department has rolled out
Tamarac Gift Cards and they have already sold $2,750 worth of gift cards. Cards start at $25,
have no fees and do not expire. The cards can be used to pay for any city -run recreational
activity. If you use the card to pay for the Turkey Trot Registration you will receive $5.00 off
the registration fee.
City Manager Cernech reported that Tamarac is once again recognized by the Center for
Digital Government as a Top Ten Digital City in the 75,000 and under population group. The
award will be presented at the National League of Cities Awards Reception on November 5tn
in Nashville, Tennessee.
Upcoming Events: Halloween Hoopla will take place at Tamarac Park on Friday, October
23rd from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The Movie in the Park has been rescheduled for November
6th at the Tamarac Sports Complex, will be featuring the movie "PARANORMAN" with food
trucks serving at 5:30 p.m., activities starting at 6:00 pm. and the movie starting at 7:30 p.m.
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The Veteran's Day Ceremony will be held on Wednesday, November 11th at 10:30 a.m. at
Tamarac Veteran's Park.
City Manager Cernech reported the Citywide Buffer Wall Project, Phase 1113, which will
include walls on the North and South sides of Commercial Blvd. between NW 64th Ave. and
Rock Island Road is currently in the initial design phase which includes surveys and
Geotechnical reports. The design segments of this project will begin in January 2016 with
and estimated completion sometime in September 2016.
City Manager Cernech said he recently attended the grand opening of the Art Walk in Coral
Springs which is located on 31st St. just south of Sample Road on University Dr. and
encouraged people to visit the Art Walk.
5. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: Mayor Dressler opened Public Participation and the following
individual spoke: Sharon Baron, 4709 Woodlands Blvd., said she also attended Coral Springs
Art Walk and is looking forward to the Taste of Tamarac; noted that Tamarac Talk is giving
away two tickets to the Taste of Tamarac; would like to see the community more involved in
Commission meetings; talked about having children attending the meetings; suggested giving
service hours for attending and said Tamarac should have an Educational Advisory Board.
6. CONSENT AGENDA: Mayor Dressler said he is pulling item 6 (h) TR12703 — Ground
Lease Agreement for Tamarac Village from the Consent Agenda for discussion.
Mayor Dressler asked City Manager Cernech if there were any other additions/changes to the
Consent Agenda and City Manager Cernech said there were no other additions/changes to
the Consent Agenda. Vice Mayor Bushnell seconded by MG moved approval of items 6 (a)
through 6g) on the Consent Agenda. Motion passed unanimously (5-0). ,
a. Approval of the September 11, 2015 Special Commission Meeting Minutes - APPROVED
b. Approval of the September 22, 2015 Regular Commission Meeting Minutes - APPROVED
c. Approval of the September 24, 2015 Special Commission Meeting Minutes - APPROVED
d. TR12701 - Pumper/Aerial Fire Apparatus Purchase: A Resolution of the City Commission
of the City of Tamarac, Florida authorizing the acquisition of an Emergency One 78 foot
Pumper/Aerial fire apparatus from Hall -Mark Fire Apparatus, Inc., based on the Request for
Proposal process (RFP) 15-01 R and in accordance with the City fire apparatus replacement
program at a total cost not to exceed $681,575; providing for conflicts; providing for
severability; and providing for an effective date.
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e. TR12665 - Janitorial Agreement Renewal (USSI): A Resolution by the City Commission of
the City of Tamarac, Florida, approving Amendment Number 1 to the Agreement with United
States Service Industries, Inc. for Citywide Janitorial Services; authorizing the appropriate
City Officials to execute Amendment Number 1 and any future renewals to the Agreement
with United States Service Industries, Inc.; authorizing the renewal of the existing Agreement
effective July 1, 2015, nunc pro tunc through September 30, 2017, in an annual contract
amount of $213,383.52 for fixed -cost services; authorizing an amount not to exceed
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$23,824.55 to be added to the contract for variable -cost services for a total annual budget of
$237,208.07; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective
date.
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f. TR12702 - Appointing two Resident Trustees to the Police Pension Board: A Resolution of
the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, appointing two Resident Trustees to the
Police Pension Board to serve a two-year term ending October 15, 2017, or until new
appointments are made; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an
effective date.
RESOLUTION R-2015-96
g. TR12679 - Hidden Harbour Re -metering Agreement and First Amendment to the Water
and Sewer Developer's Agreement A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of
Tamarac, Florida, authorizing the appropriate City Officials to accept and execute a Re -
metering Agreement and First Amendment to the Water and Sewer Developer's Agreement
with BH IGF Hidden Harbour Apt. LLC % Marvin F. Poer & Co., for the Hidden Harbour
Apartments located at 8800 NW 78th Court & 8900 NW 77th Court, to allow re -metering of
the water service for the purpose of allocation of the direct cost of water and sewer service
among multiple users and establishing 143 ERC's for water and 143 ERC's for sewer;
authorizing execution of the acknowledgement of Agreement and consent to assignment of
the Water and Sewer Developer's Agreement; authorizing and directing the City Clerk to
record said Agreement in the public records of Broward County; providing for conflicts;
providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.
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h. TR12703 - Ground Lease Agreement for Tamarac Village A Resolution of the City
Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, authorizing and directing, Alan J. Polin, P.A. as
trustee under the Tamarac Land Trust Agreement dated July 10, 2013 to execute the Ground
Lease Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit 1", by and between Alan J. Polin, P.A. as
trustee and JKM Tamarac Village, LLC; for the purpose of developing the Tamarac Village
Property being more particularly described in Exhibit 1" attached hereto and incorporated
herein; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.
Financial Services Director Mason appeared and gave a brief presentation, a copy of which is
on file in the City Clerk's Office. JKM Principal Adam Freedman appeared and gave a brief
presentation, a copy of which is on file in the City Clerk's Office. Financial Services Director
Mason and Mr. Freedman responded to a few questions from the Commission.
Commissioner Gomez seconded by Commissioner Placko moved approval of TR12703 —
Ground Lease Agreement for Tamarac Village. Motion passed unanimously (5-0).
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7. REGULAR AGENDA: There were no Regular Agenda items scheduled for this meeting.
8. ORDINANCE(S) - FIRST READING: There were no Ordinance(s) — First Reading
scheduled for this meeting.
9. PUBLIC HEARING(S): There were no Public Hearing(s) items scheduled for this meeting.
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10. ORDINANCE(S) - SECOND READING: There were no Ordinance(s) — Second Reading
scheduled for this meeting.
11. QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING(S): There were no Quasi -Judicial Hearing(s) items
scheduled for this meeting.
12. OTHER
There being no further business to come before the City Commission, Vice Mayor Bushnell
adjourned the meeting at 8.31 p.m.
Harry Dressler, Mayor
Patricia Teufel'CMfAl
City Clerk
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