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CITY OF TAMARAC
CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1996
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Abramowitz called the Workshop Meeting to order on
Monday, February 26, 1996, at 9:30 a.m. in Conference Room #1, 7525 Northwest 88th
Avenue, Tamarac, Florida.
PRESENT:
Mayor Norman Abramowitz
Vice Mayor Sharon Machek
Commissioner John E. McKaye
Commissioner Joseph Schreiber
Commissioner Larry Mishkin
ALSO PRESENT:
Robert S. Noe, Jr., City Manager
Mitchell S. Kraft, City Attorney
Dina M. McDermott, Assistant City Manager
Stanley Hawthorne, Finance Director
Vernon Hargray, Utilities Director
Jeffrey Miller, Community Development Director
Karen Jackson, Office Specialist
Tapes 1 & 2
Mayor Abramowitz announced that there are three locations within the City with truck
rentals which are under several violations of the Code and the Code Enforcement
Division is handling these situations for compliance.
Hartman & Associates Results on Water and Wastewater Rates Analysis
Rick Copeland and Lloyd Griffith, representatives from Hartman & Associates, gave an
overview of the findings on the rates analysis.
Mayor Abramowitz directed Assistant City Manager McDermott to run a series of
educational articles in the Tam -A -Gram regarding the water and wastewater rates.
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Mayor Abramowitz RECESSED the meeting at 11:00 a.m. and RECONVENED at 11:05
a.m. with all present.
Tape 3
The presentation continued by Hartman & Associates.
2. Engineering Contract for Hiatus Road
Mr. Miller stated that the extension of Hiatus Road from Commercial Boulevard to
McNab Road is ready to begin construction.
Brian Mercer of Carr Smith Associates confirmed that the feeder road for the Butters
project is near completion.
Discussion was held regarding the Westpoint Plat and the possibilities for Tamarac with
the pending sports arena in Sunrise.
Mr. Noe stated that the Hiatus Road expansion item would be agendized for the first
regular meeting in March.
Tape 4
3. Census Update
Mr. Miller said that the City staff conducted an in-house census and the population
projected 50,880. Discussion was held regarding the facts of how to get the State of
Florida and the Federal Government to recognize the City's new population.
Mayor Abramowitz said when the population tops 50,000, the procedure for grant
applications is different. He directed Mr. Miller to follow up on more information
involving the costs of a Special Census.
V/M Machek requested that the backup and agendas be electronically forwarded to her
and Mr. Noe requested that the Commission give Levent Sucuoglu a little more time to
set this up for the computers. Further discussion was held regarding electronically
mailing agenda items.
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4. Commission Vacation Schedule - August 1 - 28
Mr. Noe recommended August 1 through 28 for Commission vacations and said that
the Charter states Commission must take four consecutive weeks of vacation.
Comm. Schreiber expressed his concerns regarding the Florida League of Cities
meeting to be held within this time period and V/M Machek said she felt this was an
advantage to her.
With no further business, Mayor Abramowitz ADJOURNED the meeting at 12:15 p.m.
Carol A. Evans, CMC
City Clerk