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Home My WebLink About2016-05-09 - City Commission Workshop Meeting MinutesCITY OF TAMARAC CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Harry Dressler called the Workshop of the City Commission to order at 9:38 a.m. on Monday, May 9, 2016 in Conference Room 105, City Hall, 7525 NW 88th Avenue, Tamarac, FL 33321. ROLL CALL: Mayor Harry Dressler, 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 C. Cernech, Assistant City Manager Diane Phillips, City Attorney Samuel S. Goren and City Clerk Patricia A. Teufel. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Dressler led the Pledge of Allegiance 1. Presentation to the Mayor and Commission by Millennium Middle School Principal Dr. Cheryl Cendan, Director of Demographics & Student Assignments Pat Sipple and Broward County Public Schools Demographer Specialist Joe Beck.. Mr. Sipple said the 17/18 boundary process will begin on May 24th at which time there will be a meeting with the Boundary Committee to talk about the process and plan a time line with the important dates for the Boundaries committee. School boundary proposals will be accepted between May 31st and October 3`d. The Committee will then go through all the proposals after which they will be uploaded to the website for public comments until mid -November, 2016. Mr. Sipple said in the fall they will go out and have meetings with communities and municipalities that will potentially be affected by the boundary proposals. Mr. Sipple said there will be a second workshop in January 2017 to discuss all the proposals and those will then be forwarded to Superintendent Runcie to make recommendations for the 17/18 school boundaries. City Manager Cernech left the meeting at 9:45 a.m. Mr. Beck talked about impacts to surrounding communities and Piper and Taravella High Schools. Dr. Cendan said Tamarac is in the Taravella Zone, which is interesting because we are a Tamarac school in Coral Springs, and when the time comes there will be somebody from our location on the Boundary Committee. Dr. Cendan said that for the first year there will only be 75 seats in a class and thereafter they will be adding another class each year. Dr. Cendan noted that she doesn't anticipate pulling a lot of kids out of Taravella or Piper High Schools. This grade reconfiguration will require some facility changes as the high school will be housed in the three story building and away from the lower grades. Mr. Beck said this is a complicated package to roll out and they are ready for the City to take on the initiative. Dr. Cendan said that since they cannot take this proposal to the School Board they need to know that this Commission will take the lead on this proposal. Page 1 of 3 COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING MAY 9, 2016 Assistant City Manager Phillips said there needs to be an expression of interest from the Mayor and Commission that you want to move forward as a sponsor of this initiative. Assistant City Manager Phillips said after the Resolution passes City Staff will work with Dr. Cendan and her team on the next steps. City Attorney Goren confirmed that we need a consensus today which can be ratified at the meeting on Wednesday via Resolution. All agreed that this will be a win -win situation for Tamarac. Mayor Dressler asked for a consensus and all were in agreement. 2. TR12767 - Amendment to Fifth Cent Additional Local Option Gas Tax Agreement Item No. 6 (b) on the Consent Agenda. (TR12767) A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida authorizing the appropriate city officials to execute the 2016 Amendment to Interlocal Agreement between Broward County and City of Tamarac providing for division and distribution of the proceeds from the Broward County Fifth Cent Additional Local Option Gas Tax on Motor Fuel for Transit, providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date. 3. TR12768 - Amendment to Additional Local Gas Tax Agreement: Item No. 6 (c) on the Consent Agenda. (TR12768) A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida authorizing the appropriate city officials to execute the 2016 Amendment to Interlocal Agreement between Broward County and City of Tamarac providing for division and distribution of the proceeds from the Broward County additional local option gas tax on motor fuel ordinance; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date. 4. TR12769 - Amendment to Gas Tax Agreement: Item No. 6 (d) on the Consent Agenda. (TR12769) A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida authorizing the appropriate city officials to execute the 2016 Amendment to Interlocal Agreement between Broward County and City of Tamarac providing for division and distribution of the proceeds of the local option gas tax imposed by the Broward County local option gas tax ordinance; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date. Financial Services Director Mark Mason appeared and gave one presentation on Item No. 2 - TR12767, Item No. 3 — TR12768 and Item No. 4 — TR12769. A copy of the presentation is on file in the City Clerk's Office. Financial Services Director Mason responded to a few questions from the Commission. 5. TO2333 - Commercial Vehicle Ordinance: Item No. 10 (e) on Ordinance(s) - Second Reading: (TO2333) An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida amending Chapter 14 of the City's Code of Ordinances, entitled "Motor Vehicles and Traffic" by specifically amending Article II, entitled "Stopping, Standing and Parking," Section 14-30 entitled "Parking or Storage of Commercial or Recreational Vehicles, Boats and Boat Trailers" to prohibit the parking and storage of certain commercial and recreational vehicles in residential areas except as provided herein; providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date. Community Development Director Maxine Calloway and Code Enforcement Manager Scott Krajewski appeared. Community Development Director Calloway said staff has gone back and made some changes to the Ordinance after first Page 2 of 3 COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING MAY 9, 2016 reading as a result of the discussion that took place at the March 21, 2016 Workshop and the March 23, 2016 Commission meeting. Community Development Director Calloway went over the limited changes to the Ordinance. Code Enforcement Manager Krajewski said the justification for the change in the length of a vehicle from 19ft. in length and 8 ft. in height to 20 ft. in length and 8 ft. in height was based on in depth research on the average length of the different makes of commercial vehicles. Commissioner Gomez said she understood the reason for changing the length and height of commercial vehicle but expressed concern about the potential of weighing down vehicles with hazardous materials. Vice Mayor Glasser asked how people would be educated as to the restrictions on certain commercial vehicles and Community Development Director Calloway said it is the obligation of the people in the community to look at the rules and regulations. Community Development Director Calloway said there will be a grace period for individuals to comply and a brochure that is currently in the Welcome Packet given to new residents will be updated to include the new regulations. Commissioner Placko suggested that staff provide the Commission with the updated brochures so that they can be distributed to their HOA's to include in their Welcome Packets. Community Development Director Calloway and Code Enforcement Manager Krajewski responded to questions from the Commission. There being no further business to come before the City Commission for consideration, Mayor Dressler adjourned the meeting at 10:30 a.m. TA Patricia Teufel, City Clerk G: ESTABLISHED = ►: 1963 4 ` SEAL coul'o Page 3 of 3 COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING MAY 9, 2016