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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-02-18 - City Commission Special Workshop Meeting MinutesCITY OF TAMARAC SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP 1s� QUARTERLY FY 2016 FINANCIAL UPDATE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016 CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Harry Dressier called the Workshop of the City Commission to order at 8:48 a.m. on Thursday, February 18, 2016 in the Mango Room at the Tamarac Recreation Center, 7501 NW N. University Drive, Tamarac, FL 33321. ROLL CALL: Mayor Harry Dressier, Vice Mayor Diane Glasser, Commissioner Pamela Bushnell, Commissioner Michelle J. Gomez, and Commissioner Debra Placko were in attendance. Also in attendance were City Manager Michael Cemech, City Attorney Samuel Goren, Assistant City Manager Diane Phillips, City Clerk Patricia Teufel, Information Technology Director Levent Sucuoglu, Public Services Director Jack Strain, Human Resources Director Maria Swanson, Financial Services Director Mark Mason, Parks & Recreation Director Greg Warner, Assistant Chief Percy Sayles, Chief Building Official Claudio Grande, Community Development Director Maxine Calloway, BSO Chief Neal Glassman, Assistant Community Development Director Frank Zickar, Planner Robert Johnson, Assistant City Engineer Samira Shalan, Fire Inspector Tommy Demopoulos, Assistant Building Official Pat Richardson and BSO Deputy Jennifer Marion. City Manager Cemech said this is our quarterly financial update for the first quarter of FY2016. This morning we are going to discuss and update the commission on several things. City Manager Cemech said the complete Development Review Committee (DRC) is hen; to talk about the development process and what an applicant has to go through before getting to the Planning Board and the Commission for a decision on site plans, etc. Financial Services Director Mason will also talk about the Auditor Selection Procedures as we will be going out with an RFP for a new auditing firm. Dr. Cheryl Cendan, Principal of Millennium Middle School will join us to talk about a proposal she has been working on for the past three years regarding creating a University School at Millennium Middle School and will be asking for support from the Commission. Planning & Zoning Manager Zickar gave a brief overview of Section 10-2 of the Code of Ordinances - "Site Plan Review Procedures & Standards". Planning & Zoning Manager Zickar introduced the members of the DRC to the Commission. The DRC members gave a presentation, a copy of which is on file in the City Clerk's Office. Planning & Zoning Manager Zickar gave examples of past Major Revised Site Plans: Fire Station 78, Central Parc South and Chelsea Place. Planning & Zoning Manager Zickar talked about the process after DRC Review. Staff responded to questions from the Commission. Mayor Dressler recessed the meeting at 10:31 a.m. and reconvened the meeting at 10:41 a.m. with all present as before. Financial Services Director Mason gave a presentation on the 1Sr Quarter FY 2016 Financial Update, a copy of which is on file in the City Clerk's Office. Financial Services Director Mason responded to questions from the Commission throughout the presentation. Page 1 of 3 SPECIAL COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING February 18, 2016 1ST QUARTERLY FY2016 FINANCIAL UPDATE Financial Services Director Mason gave a presentation on the Auditor Selection Procedures, a copy of which is on file in the City Clerk's Office. After a discussion about the new Ethic's Ordinance which now allows Commission Members to attend a Selection Committee — meeting, City Attorney Goren urged the Commission members not to attend the meetings. 1 Mayor Dressier said he was opposed to any Commission member attending the Selection Committee meetings. There was a discussion regarding the relationship between an auditor and auditee and the length of time to have the same auditor. City Manager Cemech said Dr. Cheryl Cendan has been the Principal of Millennium Middle School for thirteen years and has been a good friend to staff, the City of Tamarac and has done a great deal for our children. Dr. Cendan has a proposition that the School Board supports and is here to tell us about that proposition and ask for the Cky's support. Dr. Cendan said Millennium Middle School has very exciting news to share. This idea has been developing over the past three years. Currently Millennium- students have the opportunity to accelerate their high school career by taking high school courses in middle school. You might wonder why a child would want to accelerate into high school courses while in middle school and should be enjoying their teenage years. If you accelerate your high school career as you roll into a traditional high school you then have the opportunity to take college courses with Broward County Public Schools paying for 80 college credits, which is basically an Associate's Degree or the equivalent. This is an excellent opportunity for our Tamarac working class parents to get two years of college free. We have very dedicated parents that want the best for their children and education opens the door and college grads create better citizens for our community and Broward County. Dr. Cendan said their goal was to accelerate these children in middle school so that they can open those doors in high school and afford themselves the opportunity to take these 60 college credits free. Dr. Cendan said that after pursuing this successful innovative program over the past three years they are now looking to expand this program into grades 6 through 12. Dr. Cendan said they have gotten tremendous support from the District and presented this to City Manager Cemech last week. At that time Dr. Cendan indicated that she was ready to talk with the Commission and get the support of the City in order to show a unified front that this is what we want for the children and the families of Tamarac. What is being proposed for school year 17/18 is to re -purpose and then become a grade 6 thru 12 school. Dr. Cendan said she hopes that it will be called something like Millennium Middle School College Academy or Preparatory in order to draw attention. Dr. Cendan gave an overview of how the program would work. Dr. Cendan said the only other school like this is College Academy at Broward College and Millennium will be the only other school to have such a program in Broward County. Dr. Cendan responded to questions from the Commission. All were in agreement that this is an excellent program and Mayor Dressler asked what how the Commission can help make this happen. City Manager Cemech said staff will find out exactly what we need to do to initiate the boundary process and will get back to the Commission to formalize the process. City Manager Cemech said staff has requested a representative from the MPO to come to a Workshop and provide the Commission with an update regarding the proposed infrastructurettransportation sur tax. There was a lengthy discussion regarding the proposed _ surtax. L., Page 2 of 3 SPECIAL COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING February 18, 2016 15T QUARTERLY FY2016 FINANCIAL UPDATE There being no further business to come before the City Commission, Mayor Dressler adjourned the meeting at 12:26 p.m. Patricia Teufel-C C �P......... `'. c ;n= �5 ,S�P� :'-v O Wo ARD G Page 3 of 3 SPECIAL COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING February 18, 2016 1ST QUARTERLY FY2016 FINANCIAL UPDATE