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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-09-06 - City Commission Special Meeting Minutes7525 Northwest 88 Avenue Tamarac, rL 33321-2401 11 RECORD OF COUNCIL ACTIONS/DISCUSSIONS September 4, 1991 NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING CITY COUNCIL OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA There will be a Special Meeting of the City Council on Friday, September 6, 1991, at approximately 10:30 a.m. or immediately following the 10:00 a.m. Special City Council/Charter Board Joint Meeting in the Conference Room #1, Tamarac City Hall, 7525 N.W. 88 Avenue, Tamarac, Florida. The purpose of this meeting is as follows: 1. on a full time City Attorney. FINAL ACTION: APPROVED placing an ad for a full-time City Attorney. 2. D-iscussion of the proposed amendments to the Land Development Code. FIKAL ACTION* Discussion was held. LMIC PARTICIPATION -- Any member of the public may speak to any issue which is not agendized for public hearing at this meeting. 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. The City Council may consider such other business as may come before it. All meetings are open to the public. Pursuant to Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the City Council with respect to any matter considered at such meeting or hearing, he will need a record of the proceedings and for such purpose, he may need to ensure that a verbatim record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based Carol A. Evans City Clerk City Council Special Meeting 09/06/91/elo Page 1 CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1991 Mayor Abramowitz Council to order Hall, 7525 NW 9$th PRESENT: Mayor Norman Abramowitz V/M Dr. Larry Bender C/M Henry Schumann C/M Irving Katz C/W Diane Glasser ALSO PRESENT: called the Special Meeting of the City at 10:26 a.m. in Conference Room #1, City Avenue, Tamarac, Florida. John P. Kelly, City Manager Dina McDermott, Assistant City Manager Chris Carsky, City Attorney Kelly Carpenter, Director of Community Development Abbe Hoctor, Associate Planner Ellen Wood, City Clerk's Office ITEM 1. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A FULL TIME CITY ATTORNEY. SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: APPROVED placing an ad for a full-time City Attorney. 1.1 Mayor Abramowitz said a request has been made to discuss the merits of having a part-time City Attorney and/or a full time City Attorney. He said C/W Glasser has asked for this meeting. part-time City Attorney has not served the as the previous Council had thought it it was a good idea and possibly the City would have saved some money at that point. She said after reviewing the earnings of the part-time City Attorney, she feels it would serve the purpose of the City much better if it had a full time City Attorney on staff. She said she would feel more comfortable and that there have been times that advice has been needed from a City Attorney or the City Attorney was needed to sit in on a meeting when he was not present. She said when he is not here, he is a telephone call away but he has other business. She said she feels that she is looking out for the welfare of the City. She said there are dollars that can be saved and more input on behalf of what is done in the City legally. C/W Glasser said a needs of the City might. She said C/W Glasser MOVED to immediately put an ad into the Broward, Palm Beach and Dade County Reviews, also the Florida Bar News, the Fort Lauderdale News/Sun Sentinel and the Miami Herald for a full time City Attorney and it should be done in a timely manner, SECONDED by C/M Katz. C/M Katz said he is in agreement with the thoughts of C/W Glasser with reservations. He said if the Council decides to look for a full time attorney, he hopes the Council would allow Ruf and Carsky to remain as Interim Attorneys until a ` new attorney becomes part of the City staff. He said there have been occasions where he has been more comfortable with Ms. Carsky rather than Mr. Ruf, but there is different expertise and exposure between the two. He said there were times that Mr. Ruf called Ms. Carsky for information. He asked whether the City was being charged by Mr. Ruf and by Ms. Carsky during these times or being charged by one. He said this is where he takes exception to some of the costs that might be absorbed as against a full time attorney in the office. City Council Special Meeting 09/06/91/elo Page 2 C/M Schumann said there is no reflection here on competency. He said a full time attorney would better serve the City, primarily because the person would be here all the time. V/M Bender said the City has grown considerably and there is a need for an attorney to be in the City at least an 8-hour day minimum to answer questions. He said Ruf and Carsky know the City very well and they are responsive to questions that are asked. He said he feels it is time that the City has a full time attorney. Mayor Abramowitz said everyone here has the welfare of the City at heart. He said Mr. Ruf has served the City well. He said maybe the City will be in better hands and served better with a full time attorney. He said the difference is that it needs to be done in a business like sensible fashion. He asked how much Mr. Ruf has cost the City up until this point, against how much a full time attorney would cost up until this point. He said if the City can get someone with good municipal experience and a litigator, who can do real estate closing and handle the functions of the City, then he is in favor of a full time attorney. He said the idea is to get the best thing for the City. He said numbers are needed regarding what other City Attorneys make so an evaluation can be made. City Manager Kelly said he has some information but does not have it all; some cities have been reluctant to provide the information. He said the information he has should be looked at but it is inconclusive. He said the salary would depend on qualifications and the services that are going to be provided against the services that are now being provided to make a determination as to whether this is the course of action that they want to pursue. C/W Glasser said an evaluation is not the City Attorney and how much he is earning or how much he is not. She said the evaluation is that the City needs a full time City Attorney. Mayor Abramowitz said requests for resumes are not sent out until you are ready to do what you have to do. C/W Glasser said the Motion has been made and Seconded. She said she is ready to do what she said she wanted to do. Mayor Abramowitz said he had no objection to the Motion and he is going to vote for it. C/W Glasser said there is no need for assumptions, wait and see what comes in. She said Mr. Ruf is very good and the City has had other attorneys do work that he could not do. She said if expertise is needed in another direction, then get another attorney. C/M Katz asked Ms. Carsky about salary levels for other full time City Attorneys. Ms. Carsky said she had no idea. City Manager Kelly said Dania has a full time inhouse attorney with no assistant at $54,787 (verbal, over the phone). He said there is an hourly retainer at $26.34 per hour. He said for litigation there is a separate budget of $285,000 liability and $163,900 workers compensation. He said the second city is Hallandale with an assistant inhouse. He said the salary for the City Attorney is $88,302 and for the assistant is $37,303. He said in Hollywood, the full time attorney makes $97,000. V/M Bender said apples and oranges are being compared here. He said every city has a different population and a different requirement. He said every city has an attorney that may or may not litigate. He said the Mayor has said he wants an attorney that litigates so there will be a savings. He said 1.1 City Council Special Meeting 09/06/91/elo Page 3 if an attorney is being paid $75,000 to $90,000 and that attorney subcontracts the litigation, the City would be no better off than it is now. He said all these things have to come on the table when the City goes out for qualified attorneys. He said this City has 46,000 people and a track record of litigation; he said the costs vary very little throughout the years. He said it is time to look at what is available on the outside and then go through it carefully and come up with some conclusions. Mayor Abramowitz said that he still wants the City Manager to make a comprehensive report on the budgets of the various cities, not just the salary of the city attorney. He said when this City had a full time attorney there was also two full time woman on his staff and Council should see this. He said Council needs all the facts and he would still like to continue so Council can compare apples to apples. C/W Glasser asked City Manager Kelly if the City was supplying staff to the City Attorney now. City Manager Kelly said the City has a contract. Mayor Abramowitz said that contract is for a part time employee. He said a full time City Attorney required two people. C/W Glasser said cost is not the issue. She said she is talking about the need for a full time City Attorney. She said if Mr. Ruf can supply that need, maybe the City will retain him. Mayor Abramowitz said he does not have a problem with this concept at all. He said the difference is that it is the Council's obligation to have all the facts before a decision is made. V/M Bender asked who was going to handle the requirements in the advertisement. City Manager Kelly said he would prepare it and get back to Council next week. Mayor Abramowitz called for a vote on the Motion. VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE Melanie Reynolds, resident, said Council and Attorneys do not take into account what the Charter says. She said the intent of the Charter is that the City have a full time inhouse Attorney to take care of what three attorneys did before. She said Mr. Appligate and Mr. Doody violated the Charter by saying they were attorneys for Council only. She said this is not true. She said the City needs to look for a City Attorney that feels that the Charter is our law. Vice -Chairwoman Kitograd said the Charter Board has retained an attorney who will reassure that there will be no violation of the Charter for the City of Tamarac. She said she would also like to suggest that City Manager Kelly look at the ad that the Charter. Board placed. ITEM 2: DISCUSSION OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Discussion was held. City Manager Kelly said the purpose of this is because at the next meeting there are several items on the agenda, under Public Hearings, which are amendments to the Code. He said if the City had advertised them separately it would have been about $8,000 so they were combined for a savings. City Council Special Meeting 09/06/91/elo Page 4 Ms. Carpenter said the City has a landscaping section in Chapter 11 of the Code. She said there are major amendments to the entire landscape Ordinance which primarily affect requirements for the landscaping and xeriscape requirements, which is still in a draft form in the office. She said today, they are dealing with maintenance and pruning problems that the City has experienced over the last year. She said her department had to deal with Code Enforcement and the Ordinance is currently not clearly written so that the Code Enforcement people can go out and determine if someone is improperly maintaining a tree, whether they hatracked it or pruned it improperly. She said this amendment establishes standards describing what was proper pruning and requiring a permit process for all but single homes and utility companies which, by their franchises, are exempt. She said the Ordinance has grown by input of the utility companies and detailed input from the Planning Commission. She said all the licensed landscape companies in the City of Tamarac and all the major firms that the department knew to be operating in Tamarac were invited to the series of workshops and not one of them showed up. She said FPL participated in every detail, Ms. Carpenter said Dana Sussman, an Urban Forester with the Florida Division of Forestry, is going to present a slide show which shows the public what proper and improper maintenance on a tree is. She said this is like a training slide show and it will describe the kinds of activities that the City Ordinance is trying to regulate. Ms. Sussman said she works for the Division of Forestry and her background is with trees and proper care of trees and why improper care can lead to problems. She said these are the things she is going to address this morning. She said trees give beauty, shade, cooling and help to reduce the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. She said trees, especially those on City property, are an investment. She said the City spends money to plant them and to take care of them. She said the City will pay money out if they cause damage to someone's car that is parked underneath it or a resident that happens to be walking by. She said proper tree care is a money oriented issue and also one of aesthetics. Ms. Sussman said trees that are pruned improperly cannot recover the way nature intended. She said trees planted closer together, as in the forest, will naturally prune lower branches because they cannot get enough sunlight. She said losing branches is normal for a tree. She said in an urban setting where there is more space, trees tend to spread out more. She said in this setting, we are taking away the natural ways that the tree has to keep its growth under control. Ms. Sussman said when a tree is cut it is a wound and they do not regenerate tissue at the site of the wound. She said trees build a wall around the dead tissue and do not allow the decay to spread. She said a wound dressing hurts the tree more and accerlerates decay. She said planting the right tree in the right place is important so that it does not outgrow its area. She said flush cuts (stubs) are no longer an accepted practice because important tissue is removed around the branch collar which stimulates the tree to cut off decay. She said a tree in an urban environment is already under stress from lack of water, fertilizer, carbon dioxide and heating islands. She said stubs leave the tree open to decay caused by insects, disease and the fact that it will never close off the area. Ms. Sussman said when powerlines run through the center of a tree, most often the trees should be removed. She said the branch collar should not be cut or touched at all. She said the branch is all that should be cut so the tree will build a wall around the remainder of the branch that is left inside City Council Special Meeting 09/06/91/elo Page 5 the trunk and does not allow the dead wood to spread any further. She said pruning should be done according to National Arborist Association standards. Ms. Sussman said sometimes a tree becomes multi-trunked, where it has two dominant stems, one needs to be removed. She said the landscape ordinance will address what should be accepted on projects. ape 2 Ms. Sussman said when a tree is strong and healthy, it can usually handle any insects that come along. She said natural branching is solidly connected; whereas, once stubbed, there is new growth but not solidly connected. She said improper care of trees is unsightly and hazardous. She said it is important to have qualified people care for trees. She said that covers the slide presentation. Mayor Abramowitz asked if this would help us get back into tree city. Ms. Sussman said yes. She said any city that is not committed to proper tree care is not eligible. She said tree city is designed for two purposes; to encourage people to create and expand an urban forestry program, which means planting trees and taking care of them properly, and an incentive to get an award. Mayor Abramowitz said about six months ago, Concord Village on University Drive and McNab Road, hired a tree company to do the pruning. He said they pruned on University Drive and did a magnificient job. He said Community Development cited them and made them stop work because the trees were against the Code. He said they proceeded and did McNab Road as per Code and disliked every tree that they worked on. He said they certainly did not want to hurt their trees. Ms. Carpenter said what was done at Concord Village is very similar to what happened at Wings and Things and the Burger King, where the vendor went in and topped off the trees and hatracked them. She said the Code does not have the standards in it to tell them how to do it right and this Ordinance will set the standards and tell how to do it right. She said after they were cited and worked with, the job was done properly. She said what Concord Village did on the McNab side was the hatracking and what was done on the University side was proper pruning of the tree. She said the Ordinance sets forth specific definitions of what is tree abuse and it sets the standards of how to do it properly. She said it has words and pictures. She said the standards are attached to the pictures and become a part of the Ordinance. Mayor Abramowitz asked if a permit is needed before tree trimming takes place. Ms. Carpenter said yes, that is the third part of the Ordinance. She said permits are required before trimming is done. She said the single home is excempt. She said multi- family projects, commercial projects and industrial projects are required to obtain a permit and an inspection. She said that does not mean that the landscaping inspector is going to go out and inspect every tree that is pruned on a site. She said they have the ability to see that the vendor has done this set of trees properly and they can look at set after set of trees rather than individual trees. She said this Ordinance does not set the fee amount, it sets the ability to collect the fee and staff will come back to Council in the next month or two with a Resolution that will set the fee. She said the fee is not intended to be revenue generating, it is intended to cover the cost of providing the service. Ms. Carpenter said staff will only save the trees and help V City Council Special Meeting 09/06/91/elo Page 6 them to not be damaged when people seek the permit. She said it sets forth the Code Enforcement provisions, it falls under the enabling language that is used to set up the new Code Enforcement procedure, the citation procedure from Chapter 162 and it is written in such a way that they are cited and go through the Code Enforcement Board if they fail to get a permit. V/M Bender asked why the single homes are excempt. Ms. Carpenter said because it is too much of an enforcement problem to go out and get a permit and inspect every single family and in addition, when the single home owner trims his trees on weekends it means additional staff. V/M Bender said his house needs a major trim and it needs to be thinned out. He said people have given him cards and estimates that say insured and licensed. He said he checked on many of them and they were not insured or licensed. He asked what can be done in the City to stop these people from coming in and working. Ms. Carpenter said the Ordinance states that work has to be . done by a licensed contractor. She said there is not a cerification process existing in the State of Florida for tree trimming companies. She said there is a desire for this and the Division of Forestry is looking at this on a State wide basis. V/M Bender said many of the trucks do not even have proper identification on them. He asked if the City has Code Enforcement officers to ride around and pick this up. City Manager Kelly said many of those are arrested. Ms. McDermott said BSO does this. Mayor Abramowitz said if a person does not have identification the police have a right to arrest that person. City Manager Kelly said many of these landscapers going around without identification are being stopped on the roadside. Ms. Sussman said the City is requiring a permit be pulled before a trim so there would be a procedure. V/M Bender said the City needs to start somewhere but if it cannot be enforced then it is a waste of time and effort. Ms. Sussman said at this point, the areas that should be concentrated on are commercial and multi -family, which are easier to deal with and have the biggest impact on the image of the City. She said concentrate on other properties rather than the single home until people understand there are different forms of tree abuse and shaping is as much of an abuse as topping is. She said the natural shape of a tree is not a circle on a stick and that when a tree assumes its natural shape it has a beauty and is also healthier. V/M Bender asked if the County has regulations covering this. Ms. Carpenter said it exceeds the County's requirements and they do not have jurisdiction over a. City Ordinance. Mayor Abramowitz said this is more stringent than the County's. Ms. Carpenter said the County has put in a more restrictive Ordinance which will take place October 16, 1991 but if the City's Ordinance is not as stringent as the County Ordinance then the County will supersede the Ordinance but it is believed that the City's is stronger than the County's. City Council Special Meeting 09/06/91/elo Page 7 Ms. Carpenter said two types of enforcement are being dis- cussed. She said the Ordinance fan be enforced as it is currently written and it is the job of Code Enforcement. She said the Ordinance defines what is tree abuse, it sets the standards of how to do it properly and sets a violation procedure. She said these are the three things that are needed. She said it does not and cannot set a standard for licensing a company other than to say it has to have an occupational license in Broward County because there is no arm to set the standard for the tree trimming company. She said it would have to be a county or state wide effort. Mayor Abramowitz asked what would happen after the fact, such as the golf course on McNab Road. He said thank goodness FPL came and removed everything. Ms. Carpenter said if the tree belongs to the property owner and is not in a utility easement, the property owner can be cited and the property owner's agent, if they paid someone to damage.the tree. She said if it is in a utility easement, the City cannot do anything because the franchise agreements allow the utility companies to do what is needed to provide service. She said the Ordinance provides for a requirement that the utility company notifies the City 30 days in advance that they are going to be doing trimming and the City through internal publications like the Tam -A -Gram, gives notice to the neighborhoods in which the utility company will be working so that the property owner has the ability to hire a professional to shape the tree so that it is not damaged and also satisfies the requirements of the power company. She said in 99% of the cases this is not going to happen. She said the property owner is going to allow the utility company to do whatever it wants because it is expensive and they are afraid of the power lines. Mayor Abramowitz asked Ms. Carsky why the City does not have the ability to mandate to the utility companies that they adhere to the Code. Ms. Carsky said they are regulated by regulatory agencies and the State. She said FPL said they are on track with the same issues of the City and State. Jim Hunter, with FPL External Affairs Department, said they have been working with Ms. Carpenter. He said two of the Codes they adhere to are the National Electric Code and the National Arborist Association Standards to the extent that they can. He said the difficulty comes in allowing proper clearance around the utility lines so that workers can get to them safely and so pedestrians can be safe. He said when a tree gets too close to powerlines it often will be removed, topped or crutch cut. He said they try to keep from totally removing the trees. He said FPL employs only two tree companies and they are under the supervision of a forester. He said everything possible is being done so as to not abuse the tree and that they under- stand what is good for the tree. Ms. Carpenter said the other way to look at the problem is to say that planners across the nation have not adequately described where trees should be put on a lot. She said if street trees are required, very often they end up right over the City water and sewer lines and for years the City has allowed black olives to be used as street trees. She said now staff knows they have to take out all of the black olives because they grow into the sewer lines. She said this is a maintenance and pruning Ordinance and it was brought forward because of Code Enforcement problems. She said the rest of the Ordinance which addresses a tree should be properly placed and what kind of tree is proper in a specific location is not in front of Council yet. She said they will go hand in hand because if the proper trees had been placed under those powerlines, these problems would not exist. f City Council Special Meeting 09/06/91/elo Page 8 Mayor Abramowitz asked Ms. Carsky if this was made as sensible and intelligible so that it can be enforced with a minimum of expenditure and time. Ms. Carsky said it has not been tested yet but she is generally pleased with the Ordinance. She said it is simpler than some she has seen. She said the amount on conviction would be better at $500. She said the minimum penalty is very minimal compared to the value of a large tree. She said an expert witness would have to be hired or the landscape architect has to be qualified by the court as an expert witness. She said the testimony has to be put in rather than a formula based on caliber, etc. She said it might be worth flushing that out some. She said she would like to see the penalties beefed up and she thinks it is enforceable. C/M Katz suggested that on page 2, section 2d, where the word "building" is crossed out and "Community Development" under- lined, that inserted should be Community Development: or a Certified Inspector with the Building Department and the Administration of which should be left to the City Manager to say what department. Ms. Carsky asked if it could be stated "shall post with the City a cash bond". C/M Katz said except that at one time this was a Building Department matter and in the future may be there again. He said the certified inspector may at sometime be from the Building Department. City Manager Kelly said in posting it with the City, it allows all those options and others. Ms. Carpenter said she had no objections. She said it says Community Development because the Planning Commissioners felt strongly that it should be the Community Development Department. Mayor Abramowitz said to use the word "City" would cover more territory and makes sense. C/M Katz said a certified inspector is needed and it should not be restricted to Community Development. He said the City Manager should be able to make an administrative decision that, if it arises, the City may be better off having the Building Department Inspector doing the job. Mayor Abramowitz asked what was the objection from the Planning Commission regarding using the verbiage "City". Ms. Carpenter said they did not object but they felt the responsibility should be specifically placed. She said the only certified inspector in the City of Tamarac is Abbe Hoctor. Ms. Carsky asked what posting a cash bond has to do with a certified inspector. C/M Katz said this was on the first page but he is including the verbiage throughout the entire Ordinance. He said he does not want to restrict the City as to what it is going to do. Ms. Carsky said this provision raises a different: issue in that possible a cash bond should go directly through the Finance Department. V/M Bender said whenever an Ordinance is prepared it should not be predicated on requiring a change when a title is changed on a reorganization. r Ms. McDermott said to refer to the inspector as certified. Jr n �J I City Council Special Meeting 09/06/91/elo Page 9 C/M Katz left the meeting at 11:45 a.m. Mayor Abramowitz said the massive information and advertisement seen in the paper this past week saved the City $7,000 by putting the ad in that way. He said to put in one ad at a time would have cost $8,000. V/M Bender said at the previous meeting he had made a recommendation concerning the bill submitted regarding Bernie Hart. City Manager Kelly said it was given to Risk Management and Ms. Tillman is acting on it. He said he cannot give a report at this time but if she comes in this morning he will get back to Council in the afternoon. V/M Bender said he does not want to sit on this issue and it has already been a number of weeks. C/W Glasser said that after the budget process she feels that consideration should be given to employing an internal Auditor. She said the City went from a possible 4% utility tax with a slight increase in taxes to lowering the taxes completely. She said the City needs some streamlining and needs to seriously look at many budgetary processes within the City and maybe there will be more money that can be used. She said the monies in the City should be justifiably used to help the people who live in the City and contribute to those taxes. Mayor Abramowitz said the City had an internal Auditor. C/W Glasser said she would like the internal Auditor to respond to the City Council. V/M Bender said he is an advocate of an independent Auditor for a long time. He said the organizational placement of this individual is very important. He said the person would have to be isolated and work independently without pressure from anyone from the City and accountable to Council and the Mayor. City Manager Kelly said that does bring up the issue of Council and the Charter Board needing to get together to discuss the Charter amendments for March. He said Council has until January to accomplish it and get it to Jane Carroll. C/W Glasser said then workshop meetings are needed. Mayor Abramowitz said he has written a letter to the Chairman of the Charter Board asking for a meeting and the problem is that there were Council members that. were not available. He said he feels it is important that everyone be available. C/W Glasser said Council should be in workshop first so that their direction is known before the meeting with the Charter Board. Mayor Abramowitz said with this exception, there are other things that the Charter Board has that they want to bring before Council. He said what has been done in the past is that Council and the Charter Board expressed desires for certain things to be placed on a referendum and then met separately to make determinations. He said they met jointly again to hammer it out. He said after the holiday, he wrote another letter to the Charter Board and asked for several dates. He said the Charter states that an internal auditor does work for the City Manager because it states everyone but the City Attorney. He said a Chanter amendment is needed. Mayor Abramowitz said he is trying very hard to get a series City Council Special Meeting 09/06/91/elo Page 10 11 of meetings set up with the Charter Board. C/M Schumann said he would like to get an expression of interest from Council on removing the plaque off the back of this building and putting it out front. Council members agreed; however, the Mayor said it was something that had never been done before. City Manager Kelly said he will have it moved. V/M Bender said all Council has to do is give direction to the City Manager. Mayor Abramowitz said C/M Katz is not here and he would like to wait until the meeting Wednesday when he would be present. C/W Glasser said it does not make any difference if there are three votes. C/M Schumann said he would bring the plaque up at the next Council meeting. Mayor Abramowitz wished everyone a healthy and happy New Year. With no further business, Mayor Abramowitz ADJOURNED the meeting at 12:00 p.m. Attest: �i CAROL A. EVANS CITY CLERK r YOR NORMAN AW'394OWILTZ CITY OF TAMARAC NPROVED AT MEETI G (_ l d City Clerk "This public document was promulgated at a cost of $131.57 or $ 2.92 per copy to inform the general public, public officers and employees of recent opinions and considerations of the City Council of the City of Tamarac." L