HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-06-29 - City Commission Special Meeting MinutesCITY OF TAMARAC
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1992
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CALL TO ORDER Mayor Bender called the City Council Special
meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. in Conference Room #1, City Hall.
PRESENT :
Mayor H. L. Bender
Vice Mayor Henry Schumann
Councilman Norman Abramowitz
Councilman Irving Katz
Councilman Joseph Schreiber
ALSO PRESENT :
John P. Kelly, City Manager
Dina McDermott, Assistant City Manager
Michael R. Couzzo, Jr., Assistant City Manager/
Director of Public Services
Mitchell S. Kraft, City Attorney
Dan Wood, Chief Building Official
Patricia Marcurio, Office Manager, City Clerk
Phyllis Polikoff, Secretary
1. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION - Any member of the public may speak to
any issue which Is on this meeting notice. Speakers will be
limited to three minutes during this item and at public
hearings. There will be a thirty (30) minute aggregate time
limit for this item, and speakers are encouraged to sign up
in advance with the City Clerk prior to their participation.
Mayor Bender OPENED and CLOSED the Public Participation portion
of the Special Meeting with no further response.
2. MOTION TO APPROVE final payment to Florida Design Irrigation,
Inc., in the amount of $76,347.69 as recommended by Hazen and
Sawyer, the City's Consulting Engineer for TUW Project 88-09,
Raw Water Wells 14 and 15. (Tabled on 6/24/92).
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION
APPROVED
Mike Couzzo, Assistant City Manager and Director of Public
Services, said the $76,347.69 represented final payment for
construction of the Wells 14 and 15. He said this Item had been
TABLED because City Attorney Kraft needed additional
information.
Mr. Kelly thanked the contractor for supplying the two different
Release of Lien forms, an affidavit from the Contractor
indicating that everyone had been paid and copies of releases
from the subcontractors. He said these documents would be
requested in all future bid specifications.
Mr. Couzzo said previously there was a Release of Lien from the
prime contractor who would release the City from any
responsibility.
* C/M Abramowitz MOVED to APPROVE, SECONDED by V/M Schumann.
VOTE : ALL VOTED AYE
3. MOTION TO APPROVE Change Order #3 to the contract with
Utilities Services, Inc., providing for a time extension of
30 calendar days, bringing the completion date to 7/11/92,
and APPROVAL of final payment in the amount of $114,539.99 to
Utilities Services, Inc., for the TUW Project 89-40, Water
Treatment Plant Upgrade - Phase II.
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SYNOPSIS OF ACTION
APPROVED
* C/M Katz MOVED to APPROVE, SECONDED by C/M Schreiber.
Mr. Kelly said Council would not be available at the time the
project would be completed and he asked that final approve
should be given now. He said the City added additional
requirements and the contractor agreed to an extension although
the project would have been completed one month earlier.
Mr. Kelly reiterated his request for approval of final payment
subject to everything else being satisfied.
VOTE : ALL VOTED AYE
4. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION regarding the length of terms
of office for members of the Planning Commission and Veterans
Affairs Committee.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION
Council reaffirmed the action taken
on June 18, 1992 when Resolution No. R-92-105
was approved appointing the following to the
Planning Commission :
Regular members for terms to expire on April 15, 1995:
Milton Meyer, Al Robbins, Abe Garr
Regular members for terms to expire on April 15, 1993:
Zaharia Levy
Discussion was held regarding the Veterans Affairs
Committee and it was determined that they will notify
the City Council after they choose a Chairperson.
Mr. Kelly said specified terms of office were not discussed at
the Meeting when appointments were made for the Planning
Commission and the Veterans Affairs Committee. He said three
members of the Planning Commission were appointed for three
years, one member was appointed for one year and the Alternates
would each serve one year.
Mr. Kelly said the position of Chairman of the Veterans Affairs
Committee also had to be discussed. Mayor Bender said members
of the Veterans Affairs Committee had to nominate a Chairman and
to send their recommendation to the Council for approval.
Mayor Bender said the Veterans Affairs Committee had to be
instructed on the proper way to select a Chairman and nothing
could be done today. Mr. Kelly said the City Clerk would advise
said Committee to make their nomination at their next meeting.
C/M Abramowitz said he understood the Veterans Affairs Committee
selected a Vice Chairman and Mayor Bender said the Charter did
not provide for this position. C/M Schreiber suggested the
Charter should be changed to indicate a Vice Chairman and Mr.
Kelly disagreed and said the Chairman should have the ability to
select who he wanted as Vice Chairman.
Mayor Bender said an Ordinance set up a Committee and procedures
and City Attorney Kraft agreed.
Mayor Bender said the CONSENSUS OF OPINION was that after the
Veterans Advisory Committee made their recommendation to
Council, a Resolution, including Vice Chairman, would be
prepared. City Attorney Kraft said changes could be made
through a Resolution or an Ordinance.
C/M Abramowitz NOMINATED Zaharia Levy to serve for one-year and
Milton Meyer, Al Robbins and Abe Garr to serve for three years.
C/M Katz NOMINATED Milton Meyer to serve for one year.
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C/M Schreiber NOMINATED Abe Garr to serve for one year.
V/M Schumann NOMINATED Al Robbins to serve for one year.
Mayor Bender NOMINATED Zaharia Levy to serve for one year.
C/M Abramowitz MOVED to APPOINT Al Robbins, Abe Garr and Milton
Meyers to each serve for three years and Zaharia Levy to serve
for one year, SECONDED by C/M Katz.
VOTE : ALL VOTED AYE
5. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION regarding City entranceway
signs.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION
APPROVED the purchase of one sign from
Sign Language & Co., Inc., at $850 with
the option for the City to purchase nine
additional signs at $650 each. This first
sign will be located on Commercial Boulevard and
University Drive and the funds will come from the
Beautification Account.
Mr. Kelly said proposals were presented and Council made their
selection of an entranceway sign and he asked for an EXPRESSION
OF INTEREST to move ahead.
* C/M Katz MOVED to PROCEED, SECONDED by C/M Abramowitz.
C/M Katz asked for particulars about the size of the signs and
if the signs met the requirements in the Code. Dina McDermott,
Assistant City Manager, said the signs would be appropriate for
a median and Dan Wood, Chief Building Official, said the Code
indicated there should not be signs in a median but there was no
definitive answer.
Ms. McDermott said most entranceway signs were usually on
Broward County or State roads and the City would have to go to
the Department of Transportation and Broward County Traffic
Engineering for authorization to install the signs once Council
gave their approval. She said there were specifications which
the sign had to meet, i.e., 25 feet off the center line of an
intersection.
C/M Katz said the Sign Ordinance indicated no signs on a median
and C/M Abramowitz disagreed and said that Broward County wanted
to remove the signs which indicated the different communities.
C/M Abramowitz said he was in favor of entranceway signs and
asked if the signs met the requirements stipulated by Broward
County and the State. Ms. McDermott said, yes.
Ms. McDermott said there were 10 locations where entranceway
signs could be installed but Council might not want that many.
She said 10 signs would cost $6,500 and funding was still
available from Beautification or Economic Development and she
asked Council for their preference.
Mr. Kelly suggested that Council should decide where they wanted
the first sign to be located and once the sign was up, if they
liked the sign.
V/M Schumann asked how long the sign would last and Mr. Wood
said, five to eight years.
Mayor Bender asked if the cost would be determined by the number
of signs and Mr. Kelly answered, yes. Ms. McDermott agreed and
said one sign would cost $850 and 10 signs would cost $6,500.
V/M Schumann said installation in concrete would cost an
additional $50.
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C/M Abramowitz asked about an escape clause and C/M Katz said
this was unnecessary if only one sign was ordered and the other
nine signs could be ordered if the first sign was satisfactory.
Mayor Bender suggested ordering the first sign at $850 with the
option of ordering the additional nine signs at $650 as
specified in the proposal. C/M Katz said installation charges
had to be added in.
C/M Katz asked if there was another type of wrap for the signs,
other than tarpaper, before they were put in the ground and Mr.
Wood said he had not seen the specifications but the wood would
be treated.
Mr. Kelly said the signs installed in the Cities of Davie and
Plantation were wrapped in tarpaper. Ms. McDermott said the
wood had other types of coating before it was installed in the
ground.
Mayor Bender reiterated that one sign would be ordered at $850
and the City would have the option of ordering nine additional
signs at the lower price indicated in the proposal.
Mayor Bender asked when the first sign could be ordered and Ms.
McDermott answered that a purchase order could be immediately
prepared.
C/M Abramowitz asked where the funds would come from and Mr.
Kelly recommended the Beautification Account.
Mr. Kelly asked where the first sign would be installed and C/M
Abramowitz suggested the intersection of University Drive and
Commercial Boulevard. Mayor Bender and Ms. McDermott agreed.
VOTE : ALL VOTED AYE
6. MOTION TO APPROVE the attendance of Assistant City Planner at
a training session on the Mapgraphics system from July 20-24,
1992, in Clearwater, Florida.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION
APPROVED
Mr. Kelly said Council had already approved the training program
when the Mapgraphics system was purchased although there were no
provisions for the individual who would be trained.
C/M Abramowitz asked if the training was absolutely necessary
and Mr. Kelly said, yes.
C/M Katz asked who would be going and Mr. Kelly answered
Fredalyn Frasier, Assistant City Planner and G.I.F. Specialist.
C/M Abramowitz asked about the equipment and Ms. McDermott
responded the computer generated maps indicating the City's fire
hydrants, underground lines, telephone lines and utility lines.
She said the computer also printed maps.
C/M Schreiber said a map could
a permit to open a street and
lines. Mr. Kelly agreed.
be given to someone applying for
this would prevent broken utility
Mayor Bender said an individual needing information on any
underground line and wanting permission to break ground in the
City could contact U.N.C.L.E., an association which worked with
all utility companies, telephone companies and cable companies.
* C/M Schreiber MOVED to APPROVE, SECONDED by C/M Katz.
VOTE : ALL VOTED AYE
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7. MOTION TO ADOPT Temp. Reso. #6325 granting a waiver to the
sign code to allow an announcing sign for Regency Homes prior
to final site plan approval at the corner of Northwest 88th
Avenue and Northwest 74th Street (Tract 67 Woodmont Greens).
S" PSIS OF ACTION
A OVED
RESOLUTION NO. R-92-122 PASSED
City Attorney Kraft read Temp. Reso. #6325 by Title.
* C/M Abramowitz MOVED to APPROVE, SECONDED by C/M Katz.
C/M Abramowitz said the sign was already on the site and he
understood the developer made a presentation and received nine
contracts. He said the property was zoned for multi -family but
the developer intended to build single-family homes.
C/M Schreiber asked about the site and Mayor Bender said it was
the same.
C/M Schreiber asked if the site would be rezoned and C/M Katz
said a Planned Unit Development (PUD) was requested.
VOTE : ALL VOTED AYE
C/M Schreiber said there was a discussion before he was elected
about putting up a signal light at the intersection of Northwest
88th Avenue and Northwest 77th Street. He said nothing had been
done_ although over $300,000 had been set aside for signal
lic�ts
C/li Schreiber asked if Broward County was working on this and if
not, could the -City proceed with a signal light installed at
that -location. C/M Abramowitz said Broward County Department of
Transportation did a study and determined a signal light was not
warranted at that intersection.
C/M Abramowitz agreed with C/M Schreiber that a signal light was
warranted and funds were available. He said if Broward County
determined a signal light was not warranted, it could not be
installed. Mayor Bender said Broward County had to give their
authorization.
C/M Schreiber disagreed and said Broward County would permit a
signal light if it was warranted and the City accepted full
responsibility. He said the City should accept full
responsibility only at that location.
C/M Schreiber asked what would happen were accidents to occur
and a signal light was never installed. C/M Abramowitz said
Broward County would defend the City because the intersections
were Broward County thoroughfares.
C/M Abramowitz said Broward County denied putting up a signal
light in front of Fire Station #1. He said Broward County
Department of Transportation did a second study and again
determined that a signal light was not warranted at that
intersection.
C/M Schreiber said the City might never get a signal light at
that intersection and C/M Abramowitz said a proposed project at
that location might make all the difference. Mayor Bender said
the proposed project would add to the traffic pattern.
Ms. McDermott said every time there was an accident, Captain
Goldstein from the Broward Sheriff's Office sent her the Police
Accident Report which she sent to Broward County. She said the
number of traffic accidents was also taken into account when a
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signal light was being considered at a specific location.
Mayor Bender suggested that a composite of all accidents at
specific locations should be sent each year to Broward County.
Mayor Bender asked how many people were expected to move into
the proposed project and C/M Abramowitz said approximately 200
people. Mayor Bender reiterated that this would make a
difference in the traffic pattern.
Mayor Bender said in his opinion, he did not want to assume any
additional insurance liability and C/M Schreiber agreed.
Mr. Kelly said he spoke with representatives of Standard and
Poor and Moody's regarding the bond refinancing. He said
Moody's revised the bond rating from BBB to A and Standard and
Poor revised the bond rating to an A Minus. He said both
companies indicated the City's fiscal responsibility was
excellent and the City's taxing capacity was very minimal. He
said they were concerned about other outstanding bond issues and
they were told the City did not have any capital needs as far as
bonding.
Mayor Bender ADJOURNED the Special Meeting at 9:50 a.m.
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