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CITY OF TAMARAC
CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING
MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1999
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Schreiber called the workshop to order on Monday, January
11, 1999, at 9:30 a.m. in Conference Room #1 of Tamarac City Hall, 7525 NW 88th
Avenue, Tamarac, Florida.
PRESENT: Mayor Joe Schreiber, Vice Mayor Larry Mishkin, Commissioner John E.
McKaye, Commissioner Karen L. Roberts and Commissioner Marc L. Sultanof
ALSO PRESENT: Robert S. Noe, Jr., City Manager, Mitchell S. Kraft, City Attorney, Tim
Hemstreet, Assistant City Manager and Carol Gold, City Clerk.
Mayor Schreiber reported that he had to leave early due to a doctor's appointment.
Consensus of the Commission was to continue the meeting after Mayor Schreiber
leaves.
City Manager Noe asked that Item #2 be heard before Item #1.
2. Resource Recove Board. Assistant City Manager Hemstreet retported
that the Resource Recovery Board will be meeting Friday, January 15" and
Items #6 and #7 of their agenda concern the City of Tamarac. Item #7, ILA
Amendments, concerns proposed refinancing of bonds, and Item #6, Revenue
Generation Study, involves possible assessments. Mr. Hemstreet reported these
issues in detail and addressed Commission questions.
1. Architectural Presentation — Community Center. Kathleen Margolies,
Parks and Recreation Director, introduced Thomas Berley, Architect,
Construction Planning & Design Manager of Department of Management
Services (DMS), 4508 Oak Fair Blvd, Suite 200, Tampa, FL 33610, Larry
Roemer, Senior Architect of DMS, 4508 Oak Fair Blvd, Suite 200, Tampa, FL
33610, and H. R. Hough, Administrator, Contract Section of DMS, 4030
Esplanade Way, Suite 315M, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0950, and Robert Walters,
AIA, President, of RWA Architects 620 SE 1st Street, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301,
specialists in sports and recreation projects in Broward County. Mr. Walters
listed the projects his company worked on in Coconut Creek, Christ Methodist
Church, Ft. Lauderdale, and the City of Hallandale, and addressed questions
from the Commission.
3. 1/13/99 Agenda Items
(a) Item #7, Temp Reso. #8477, Aerial Data Reduction Associates, Inc.
(Planimetric and Utility Feature Mapping Portion of the GIS Project)
Temporary Resolution #8477, authorizing the appropriate City Officials to
execute Phase II (the above -ground Planimetric and Utility Feature Mapping
Portion of the GIS Project) of the agreement with Aerial Data Reduction
Associates, Inc. for the completion of the City of Tamarac GIS Compatible
Planimetric Base Map, at a cost of $399,540.00.
Jeff Miller, Community Development Director gave a presentation
regarding Aerial Data Reduction Associates, Inc. (ADR), and responded to
Commission questions.
(b) Item #61, Temporary Resolution #8499, Pension Bill
Temporary Resolution #8499, opposing House Bill 3075 infringing upon the
rights of local governments to regulate Local Law Pension Plans.
City Manager Noe advised opposing the Bill as it would have an adverse
impact on many cities, and Peggy McGarrity, Finance Director gave a
presentation.
(c) Item #6q, Temporary Resolution #8500, Employee Recognition Plan
Temporary Resolution #8500, authorizing the appropriate city Officials to
execute the employee recognition plan — phase 1; authorizing the appropriate
budgetary transfers of funds.
City Manager Noe introduced Cindy Diemer and Fran Oney, members of
the employee recognition task force. Ms. Diemer responded to questions from
the Commission, and Finance Director McGarrity addressed the tax issue.
Mayor Schreiber left the workshop at 10:45 a.m.
Temporary Resolution #8485, approving the purchase of new and replacement
Personal Computers (PCs); authorizing an expenditure in an amount not to
exceed $102,250.00; utilizing State of Florida Contract #250-040-99-1; approving
funding from the appropriate accounts.
MIS Director Sucuoglu responded to questions from the Commission.
Temporary Resolution #8451, authorizing the appropriate City Officials to
renew the 1997 agreement with Prestige Property Management and
Maintenance, Inc., in the amount of $255,964 for landscape services for an
additional one-year period; authorizing a reduction in the Public Works
Department personnel Complement; authorizing a budget transfer; authorizing a
contract addendum in the amount of $50,006 for additional landscaping services;
authorizing a total annual expenditure in an amount not to exceed $305,970.
Mark Greenspan, Public Works Operations Manager, responded to
questions from the Commission.
Temporary Resolution #8506, authorizing the appropriate City Officials to
refund Traffic Signalization Impact Fees paid to the City by Blatt Commercial Plat
and subsequently sold to Pep Boys in the amount of $64,227.37.
Tim Hemstreet, Assistant City Manager gave a short history of the fees.
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4. Street Naming Daniel D. Cantor - Mayor Schreiber. Mayor Schreiber
left the meeting at 10:45 a.m., and this item was deferred.
5. Attending School Board Meeting — Commissioner Roberts.
Commissioner Roberts gave an update on the facility task force, and asked
that the letters get returned by February. There will be a breakfast in March,
and things are working in the City's favor for a 12 room addition to Tamarac
Elementary School as well as a new school site.
6. Planning Commission — Commissioner McKaye. Commissioner
McKaye said he felt the Planning Commission members should not be using the
title "Commissioner". There was an expression of interest to change the
Planning Commission to Planning Board
i. Appointment of Member to Investment Advisory Committee — Mayor
Schreiber. This item was deferred.
8. City Bus Funding — Commissioner Sultanof. Commissioner Sultanof
asked for support from the Commission to get assistance from Broward County
in the amount of about $20,000.00. There was discussion and City Manager
Noe said there was a proposed plan to purchase at least one (1) other bus.
There was a short recess at 11:00 a.m., and the meeting resumed at 11:03 with
everyone present except Mayor Schreiber.
9. Satellite Cily Hall — Vice Ma or Mishkin. There was discussion about a
Satellite City Hall, and there was an expression of interest from the Commission.
10. Proposed Charter Amendments — time frame - Mayor Schreiber. This
item was deferred.
11. Tree Protection Ordinance. There was discussion about the County
taking over regulation of trees. Assistant City Manager Hemstreet said the
County imposes minimum standards and the City can impose higher standards
There being no further business, Vice Mayor Mishkin adjourned the Workshop at
11:05 a.m.
Carol Gold, CMC/ E
City Clerk -
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