HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-06-23 - City Commission Workshop Meeting MinutesCITY OF TAMARAC
CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING
TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1992
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CALL TO ORDER : Mayor Bender called the City Council Workshop
Meeting to order at 2:05 P.M. in Council Chambers, City Hall.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND A MOMENT OF MEDITATION : Mayor Bender
asked for the Pledge of Allegiance and a Moment of Meditation.
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
Mitchell S. Kraft, City Attorney
Kelly Carpenter, AICP, Director of Community
Development
Phyllis Polikoff, Secretary
1. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION on proposal for bus depot at
Visual Graphics site.
Finlay B. Matheson, representing Visual Graphics Corp., advised
that the Broward County School Board was .interested in leasing
he property as a storage area for 150 school buses. He said the
roperty was originally purchased as Heavy -Industrial but was
rezoned to Light -Industrial.
Mr. Matheson said the buses would be stored on Tract A and
personal autos would be parked on Tract B. He said a berm with
landscaping would be put up along Northwest 94th Avenue so the
buses would not be seen. He reiterated the property would be
leased to the Broward County School Board and the Lease Agreement
would assure that the curb cuts for the ingress and egress would
be installed off Commercial Boulevard.
Mr. Matheson said the parcel in question was to the north of the
property where vehicles were already being stored.
C/M Katz asked if concurrency would have anything to do with the
traffic flow to the surrounding areas because the buses and cars
would move in and out of the site daily and continuously. He
asked if the storage facility would have any impact on the area
to the west because the City was interested in developing that
land in the future.
Mr. Matheson said Concurrency Standards through Broward County
were presently being met. He said trips were made to meet the
Concurrency Standards and the storage of buses and the personal
ehicles of the drivers was less intense than if the facility was
used as an office.
C/M Katz reiterated his concern about traffic impact on the
property to the west and Mr. Matheson said he would obtain a copy
of Broward County's Traffic Engineering Report. He said there
were enough trips to develop the entire parcel and not just the
13 acres.
Mayor Bender indicated that Council had no information and asked
Mr. Matheson to obtain back-up and submit it to Council. Mr.
Matheson said he did not have this data.
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Mayor Bender asked exactly what was proposed and Mr. Matheson
said he did not have a firm proposal from the School Board. He
said a zeal -estate broker had indicated that the School Board was
interested in the property for parking school buses and the
property fit the School Board's criteria.
Edward W. Easton, Co -General Partner in Visual Graphics Corp.,
said he wanted Council's comments and thoughts before proceeding.
He said the School Board sent a letter indicating they were
interested in the parcel if it was not a problem to the City.
Mr. Easton said the School Board wished to relocate the buses to
West Broward because of the many new schools and the traffic
pattern from the east side of Broward County.
C/M Abramowitz asked if the buses would leave from the storage
area in the morning and make four trips daily and Mr. Matheson
said, yes. C/M Abramowitz said this was 600 bus trips daily.
C/M Katz said the number was higher because not taken into
account were the private vehicles driven by the bus drivers and
C/M Abramowitz said the minimum number of trips daily was 800.
C/M Abramowitz said the area was primarily residential with
single and multi -family homes occupied by senior citizens. He
said he could not understand why the School Board was insistent
about coming into the City because a bus storage area did not
belong in Tamarac.
Mr. Easton said the Lease Agreement would stipulate that buses
could only use the ingress and egress on Commercial Boulevard and
C/M Abramowitz said it would be difficult to enforce.
Mr. Easton said the Lease Agreement would be subject to the
number of daily trips and in his opinion, the number would be
less than if the parcel was used as an office site. He agreed
there would be a great number of trips.
C/M Schreiber asked how the City would benefit if a bus storage
was located there. He said the residents demonstrated that they
did not want a school bus depot in the City. Mr. Easton said the
School Board had that information but in his opinion, the bus
depot was Light -Industrial, it would bring economic base and it
would be kept on the tax -roll.
C/M Schreiber said a great deal of traffic and pollution would be
created by the buses and was not beneficial.
Mr. Matheson said Concurrency limited the number of trips allowed
to the property and it did not matter whether or not the property
was used for school buses, trucks or passenger vehicles. He said
he was not requesting a zone change and he only wanted to put in
a Light -Industrial business which was permitted.
C/M Schreiber asked if there was an option to buy the property
and Mr. Easton advised proceedings had not gone that far.
C/M Schreiber said in his opinion, a school bus storage area was
not desirable and Mr. Easton disagreed and said it was desirable
in accordance with the zoning code and someone needed to tell
Visual Graphics what was agreeable.
C/M Schreiber said City Manager Kelly should advise what the City
considered desirable for that location.
C/M Schreiber said in his opinion, there were other businesses
which were more desirable and beneficial.
C/M Abramowitz asked if a bus broke down in the depot, where
would it be repaired and Mr. Easton said the School Board had
various repair shops where a bus could be towed and it would
depend on what the breakdown was.
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C/M Abramowitz asked if any repairs would be performed at the
storage area and Mr. Easton said, no, because there were no
maintenance facilities.
C/M Abramowitz asked if the buses would be fueled at the storage
area and Mr. Easton said, no, and the buses would only be stored
at the facility but if a flat tire was found, it would be
repaired on the site.
1[/M Abramowitz said he was very concerned about substances
raining into the ground and Mr. Easton said he was sensitive to
the environment and he did not want problems.
Mayor Bender said he was concerned about the pollution generated
from starting the buses continually during the day. Mr. Easton
said the project would not proceed if there were more buses than
was permitted.
Mr. Easton asked if there was a difference between starting one
bus 800 times a day or 800 buses being started once a day. He
said he would comply with the State, Broward County and the
City's rules and regulations with regard to traffic and
pollution.
Mayor Bender OPENED the Workshop to the Public.
Gil Narins, resident, expressed his concerns and said his
community opposed a bus storage facility in the City for use by
the Broward County School Board. He said the facility would not
bring in any additional revenue and it would negate any further
development.
Mr. Easton said there was no maintenance facility, the buses
ould be stored there and the property would be leased and not
sold.
Irving Polk, resident, expressed his concerns and said at the
moment, the School Board was not the issue. He said the area
would be polluted by the fumes and this was hazardous to the
great many senior citizens who lived in the area. He said a bus
facility did not belong in Tamarac.
Anthony Silvestri, resident, expressed his concerns and said
several years ago, Mr. Matheson had asked to rezone the property
to Commercial. He said Mr. Matheson agreed in writing that the
property would not be used as a gas station and as of September,
1992, the property would not be leased to people who stored
buses, trucks and vans there.
Mr. Silvestri said every 24 hours, 54,000 vehicles crossed
University Drive and Commercial Boulevard and 53,900 vehicles
crossed McNab Road and University Drive. He said an investor
would be reluctant to consider any future development on Land
Section 7 if there was a bus depot across from their location.
Mr. Silvestri said approval was granted for two curb cuts on
Northwest 94th Avenue which was the shortcut from McNab Road to
Commercial Boulevard. He said the bus depot did not belong in
the City of Tamarac.
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Mr. Matheson agreed with Mr. Silvestri's statements that a gas
station would not be constructed, that the property would not be
leased to anyone using it to store vehicles of any type and the
property was screened by the use of a fence and landscaping. He
said the plat required the installation of curb cuts for the
ingress and egress on Commercial Boulevard and Northwest 94th
Avenue.
Bruce Hoffman, resident, expressed his concerns and asked why the
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School Board was insistent about putting a bus depot in the City
when they did not want to consider the construction of a new
school. He suggested that the bus depot should be put where the
new school was and Mr. Matheson and Mr. Easton should request a
letter from the School Board with clarification of the School
Board's plans and intentions if the proposal was approved.
C/M Katz said it was his opinion that a real-estate broker and
not the School Board asked for the bus depot to be relocated in
the City. He said a real-estate broker went to the School Board
and solicited the use of the property and Mr. Matheson had
indicated that the School Board did not want to become involved
because the City adamantly opposed the bus depot in the past.
C/M Katz said he hoped Mr. Kelly communicated with Mr. Matheson
about inquiries he received from people who were interested in
locating to the City. Mr. Kelly agreed to make the information
available to Mr. Matheson.
Mr. Matheson thanked Council for permitting him to make his
presentation. He said he wanted to use the property as it was
zoned and not to create any more impact in terms of concurrency
and to comply with local and State regulations. He said a tenant
was wanted because the property had been vacant for approximately
eight years.
Mr. Easton thanked Council for permitting him to make his
presentation.
Mayor Bender said Council could not take any action today because
the meeting was a Workshop meeting. City Attorney Kraft agreed
and said Council had not received any proposal to act upon.
2. DISCUSSION on Board of Rules and appeals policy regarding
fire inspections.
Mr. Kelly said he received correspondence from Broward County's
Board of Rules and Appeals (BCBRA) which indicated the BCBRA
would not accept one fire inspection per year. He said the
BCBRA's Attorney now was requiring a Building Inspector and a
Fire Inspector to do the inspections. He said the City of Coral
Springs appealed the BCBRA's decision and Walter W. Falck,
Executive Director of the Broward League of Cities (the
"League"), asked for a response from the municipalities involved.
C/M Abramowitz said he opposed the BCBRA's actions and that Fire
inspections were mandated by the State. He said at the time of
the inspection, the Fire Inspector would advise the Building
Department if he saw something which needed correction.
C/M Abramowitz said he was a member of the League and they
opposed the actions of the BCBRA who wanted every building, other
than a single-family home, inspected by a Fire Inspector and two
Electrical, Building, Mechanical or Plumbing Inspectors. He said
the residents would have to pay for all the Inspectors.
C/M Abramowitz said the BCBRA made a presentation to the League
and in his opinion, it would provide work to Broward County's
Inspectors. He said the City of Coral Springs had previously
filed an appeal and BCBRA was asked to postpone the hearing and
the request was denied. He said the League asked the City of
Coral Springs if the other 28 Broward County municipalities could
join in the appeal and the City of Coral Springs agreed.
C/M Abramowitz said the hearing was postponed because the League
did not have the information and was not advised in a timely
manner to appeal the action properly.
C/M Abramowitz reiterated what the Fire Inspector did if he saw
something incorrect and that the Building Department sent out
their Inspectors.
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C/M Abramowitz asked that the City join the League in opposing
BCBRA's request for co -inspections by Fire, Building Plumbing,
Electrical or Mechanical Inspectors. He said there could be two
Inspectors at a time doing the inspections and the City could not
absorb those costs.
V/M Schumann said he did not have any back --up and knew nothing
about the matter.
/M Abramowitz said the League requested the postponement on the
earing because they also did not have the information but were
getting the information now.
Mr. Kelly apologized for Council not getting the back-up in a
timely fashion. He said he and Mayor Bender received a letter
from Mr. Falck (copy attached) regarding the appeal by the City
of Coral Springs on behalf of the League. He said C/M Abramowitz
knew about the appeal because he was on the Board of the League
and the League needed feedback on what the City wanted to do.
Mr. Kelly said he spoke with Dan Wood, Chief Building Official,
and Kelly Carpenter, AICP and Director of Community Development.
He said they were of the opinion it would be very difficult to
implement the guidelines. He said Staff concurred with the
League to join the City of Coral Springs and wait for an answer
to their appeal.
V/M Schumann said he wanted a copy of BCBRA's Policy regarding
Fire Inspections, if the City had one.
C/M Katz said today he went to the League office and asked Mr.
Falck for some information and Mr. Falck said he knew nothing
,about the Fire Inspections and the appeal.
C/M Katz said he could not understand why Mr. Falck sent out
directives and denied knowing anything about the matter.
C/M Katz said there was a minimum $25 charge for a fire
inspection and he saw nothing wrong .in charging a resident if an
Inspector had to check out a violation if it was determined there
was a violation. He said there had to be a way for the City to
recover the cost.
C/M Katz agreed with the statements made by C/M Abramowitz but he
was angry that Mr. Falck denied knowledge of the matter. He said
the City should not absorb the cost for an additional .inspection
made by a Building Electrical, Mechanical or Plumbing Inspector
if they were requested to check a violation at the time of a Fire
Inspection. He said the person having the violation should pay
the fee.
C/M Schreiber said Council did not have any information from the
League and the City was asked to support a position taken by the
City of Coral Springs that the League wanted them to support. He
said he needed the information to make a determination and asked
if there was a timeframe.
C/M Abramowitz agreed with C/M Schreiber and BCBRA had a history
of springing requests of this nature with a few days notice. He
said the League wanted to delay the implementation of BCBRA's
request and within a short period of time, all elected officials
in Broward County would be getting all the information. He said
the Directors of the League unanimously voted to support the City
of Coral Springs and the other municipalities were too late to do
this individually and they joined with the City of Coral Springs
in their appeal.
C/M Abramowitz said Mr. Falck and the League would be waiting for
the cities to respond after they reviewed all the information.
3. DISCUSSION on possible County/City purchase of land in
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Tamarac as a natural resource protection area.
Mr. Kelly said the City and Broward County were given an
opportunity to purchase a Natural Resource Protection Area in the
City.
Kelly Carpenter, AICP and Director of Community Development, said
in 1981 she became Plan Implementation Director of the Broward
County Planning Department. She said her Division:
a) implemented the Local Areas of Particular Concern Program
(LAPCP).
b) wrote the original Ordinance.
c) did the original identification work.
d) wrote the implementation requirements.
Ms. Carpenter said there was a special resource site (#51) on
Tracts 74 and 75 in Woodmont which was designated as a LAPCP site
in 1981. She said the designation was based on the Cypress and
Pine trees which grew there. She said the site consisted of
21.06 acres.
Ms. Carpenter said LAPCP was changed to Natural Resource
Protection Areas (NRPA). She said Site #51 was shown on Broward
County's Land Use Plan and the City's Comprehensive Plan. She
said Site #51 was platted in 1979 which predated Broward County's
requirements for preservation and mitigation under the LAPCP.
Ms. Carpenter said in 1989 she came to the City of Tamarac and a
site plan was presented which proposed to cut down most of the
trees on Site #51. She said the project fell through and the
trees were not cut down. She said a State agency sent a survey
asking if there were any sites in the City which were under the
Communities Trust Act and she responded, yes. She said the City
did not pursue the funding because they could not get an option
on the land and have it last long enough for the State Department
of Environmental Regulations (DER) to make a decision before the
option was lost.
Ms. Carpenter said Broward County wanted to purchase the land and
in 1989, a Bond issue of $75,000,000 was adopted to purchase all
environmentally sensitive lands but Site #51 was not considered
at that time. She said Broward County was now considering the
purchase of Site #51.
Ms. Carpenter said she spoke with a representative of the Office
of Natural Resource Protection (ONRP) and the ONRP spoke with the
Broward County Attorney.
Ms. Carpenter said this Item will be on tomorrow's agenda and
requested that Council consider giving Staff approval to
negotiate with Broward County and participate in the purchase of
Site #51. She said the City would only participate to a maximum
of 50% but she hoped it would be less. She said she would use
Park and Recreation Impact Fee funds in negotiating and when the
City went to contract with Broward County.
Ms. Carpenter said Site #51 was the only natural resource area in
northwest Broward County to preserve.
C/M Katz said he had no problem if the City negotiated with
Broward County on the purchase of Site #51 and the City should
get credit for being on the Comprehensive Land Use Plan. He said
if development started again, the City would be in a better
position to collect Impact Fees.
Mr. Kelly said Impact Fee monies and not property tax monies
would be used.
Mayor Bender asked how many acres the City would get credit for
and Ms. Carpenter said this was negotiable and perhaps the City
would get credit for 10.5 acres because this represented half of
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the funding. Mr. Kelly agreed the credit was negotiable but
credit was also based on the covenants in the Environmentally
Sensitive Land Bonds.
C/M Schreiber said Broward County was asking the City to
participate with 50% of the fundings but Broward County would
have control of Site #51 and the City would not have control. He
asked what control the City could have and Mr. Kelly answered
that covenants in the Environmentally Sensitive Land Bonds would
ever change and Site #51 would always be a Natural Resource
rotected area.
C/M Abramowitz said in his opinion, it was a good time to
negotiate with Broward County on this land.
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Mayor Bender said at a prior Workshop, he gave authorization to
Mr. Kelly to send a letter with regard to auditing Continental
Cable. He said Ms. Filipiak telephoned him and advised the audit
could commence the week of July 20.
Mayor Bender asked for an EXPRESSION OF INTEREST to move forward
and negotiate a contract with the lowest bidder to do the audit.
Mr. Kelly said there were two candidates being considered for the
Risk Manager position. He said one of the two candidates was the
Chief Financial Officer for Selkirk Television and could do the
auditing. He said the candidate interviewed very well and made
an excellent impression and Council should meet him. He added
that the position of Internal Auditor was still open.
,Mayor Bender said the entire Council showed an EXPRESSION of
INTEREST to move forward with regard to going out to bid for
someone to do the audit.
Mayor Bender said he received correspondence (see attachment)
from Mr. Falck regarding Broward County's Solid Waste Cooperative
Programs and Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) which needed an
immediate response today.
C/M Abramowitz said the City and the League had a meeting with
regard to the Resource Recovery Program and that the League
needed to know the City's position.
C/M Abramowitz said in his opinion, recycling was not income
producing but income costing. He said he would vote NO on the
first two Items and YES for Item three.
C/M Katz said he understood that Trash Transfer Stations served a
purpose but some non -participating cities utilized these
facilities without any contributions to the cost and their hours
of operation were not convenient to many cities. He said in his
opinion, Trash Transfer Stations should be a negotiable item.
C/M Katz said he heard the Trash Transfer Stations would close if
$2.70 was not paid and C/M Abramowitz disagreed and said $2.70
was not being paid now. He said if Council indicated NO, the
Trash Transfer Stations would remain open because this was a
Broward County program.
C/M Katz said he did not want the City of Tamarac to absorb the
cost if cities did not participate in the Trash Transfer Station
Program.
Mayor Bender said Council EXPRESSED a NEGATIVE response to the
Tipping Fee Surcharge of $.10 regarding County Household
Hazardous Waste.
C/M Abramowitz said some cities had contracts and shared profits
with recycling companies and the cities advised Broward County
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they would be sued by the haulers if the profit sharing ceased.
He said it would cost $.10 to have a MRF and $.97 a month
for a resident to share in the profits and if he was allowed to
vote, he would vote NO on the $.97.
C/M Abramowitz said the majority of the population was from the
three largest cities in Broward County and if the other cities
did not vote NO on the $.97, every resident would pay $.97 per
month. He suggested if Council was allowed to vote, they should
vote YES for the $.10 and NO for the $.97.
Mayor Bender said Council EXPRESSED a NEGATIVE response to the
$.97 and a POSITIVE response on the $.10.
Mayor Bender said he opposed the $1.14 County -Wide Recycling
Tipping Fee Surcharge. C/M Abramowitz asked if this affected
Broward County's Five -City Recycling Program and Mr. Kelly said
the City of Tamarac was not exempt.
C/M Abramowitz asked what the $1.14 would buy and Mayor Bender
said it would do nothing.
C/M Katz said a presentation was made regarding County -Wide
recycling and Mr. Henderson was made aware that Tamarac had a
Five -City Recycling agreement.
C/M Katz said he understood the Five -City Recycling Program would
be incorporated into the County -Wide Program. He asked why the
City would want to participate in a County -Wide program if it was
satisfied with a Five City Program.
Mayor Bender said if he was allowed to vote, he would vote NO on
the $.97 issue and C/M Abramowitz agreed.
Mr. Silvestri expressed his concerns about the residents who paid
and those who did not pay the garbage taxes. He said almost
19,000 residents in the City did not pay taxes because they did
not meet the $25,000 Homestead Exemption and he asked that
everyone should pay their share. Mr. Kelly disagreed and said
almost 1,400 residents did not pay their share.
Mr. Kelly said Attorney Harry Stewart represented an association
which owned and leased to an excavation company located next to
the municipal parking lot on the east side of the City. He said
Attorney Stewart advised a representative from the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) did a study of the site, looking for
pollution and contamination. He said the EPA report revealed
that very heavy equipment was occasionally brought in for
repairs, that large amounts of oils, lubricants, paints, mineral
spirits and other liquids were utilized during its operation.
Mr. Kelly said the report continued that surface water drained
into the ground but it was possible that contaminated surface
water run-off could pose a threat to ground water in the area.
He said there were elevated levels of organic compounds in the
subsurface soil and ground water near the entrance to the
facility but not near the area where the heavy equipment was
maintained. He said similar contamination was not found anywhere
else on the site and that the contamination might have come from
another source.
Mr. Kelly said employees of the excavation company advised that
the Municipal Parking Lot north of this site was formerly used as
a motor pool and may have contained underground petroleum storage
tanks which could now be leaking.
Mr. Kelly said the City had a motor pool type operation which was
cleaned out over 11 years ago and presently there were no
underground petroleum storage tanks.
Mr. Kelly said he was expecting a copy of the EPA report and the
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site in question might qualify for the Abandoned Tank Restoration
Program which had a cut-off date of June 30. He said it was
doubtful the tanks were leaking and he reiterated the tanks were
removed over 11 years ago.
V/M Schumann asked if EPA requirements were met 11 years ago and
Mr. Kelly said EPA requirements were not in place at that time.
Mr. Kelly asked if it would mean the City was admitting it had a
roblem if it filed the application by June 30. V/M Schumann
-aid he did not believe the City was admitting anything if an
pplication was filed.
C/M Abramowitz asked if any professionals double-checked the area
to confirm the EPA report.
C/M Schreiber said if the City filed the application, it might
imply there might be a problem and Mr. Kelly said the City was
covering all the bases.
Mayor Bender said a question was asked whether there was
contamination surrounding the City's property and Mr. Kelly said
he did not know. He said the report indicated the contamination
did not come from their site.
C/M Abramowitz asked if there was any contact with the EPA
representative who wrote the report and Mr. Kelly said, no.
Mr. Kelly said Attorney Stewart was waiting for the City's
response. Mayor Bender reiterated that the City should file and
indicate that the City was doubtful the contamination came from
City property. He said the problem could be resolved at a later
time.
l/M Katz asked if someone had observed a plume on the ground and
r. Kelly said, no, and reiterated the contamination was not
oming from their site but it could be coming from a City site.
C/M Abramowitz reiterated that Mr. Kelly should speak with the
representative of the EPA who wrote the report and to confirm
that the contamination did or did not come from the City. Mr.
Kelly reiterated the report indicated this determination had not
yet been made.
C/M Abramowitz said along with the application should be a
statement which denied the contamination was caused by leakage
from an underground storage tank because the tanks were removed
over 11 years ago. He said the statement should also indicate
this matter was discussed with the City Attorney. Mayor Bender
agreed.
C/M Katz said he was absent when a Workshop was held and
discussion was held relating to the towing franchise. He said he
spoke with Mr. Kelly who indicated the lowest bidder had the
equipment, facilities, and was bondable. He asked if Discussion
and Possible Action on the Towing Franchise could again be
ag�ndized.
C/M Patz said if the City did not contract with the towing
company, it would lose revenue. He expressed his concerns about
the company being the low bidder and whether said company could
perform atter everything was checked out.
C/M Abramowitz said in his opinion, the City did everything in a
hurry to spend money but it took its time to earn revenue. He
mentioned the golf driving range, the towing franchise and the
person who sold non -explosive fireworks. He said he wanted to
act rapidly on things that would bring in revenue as fast as the
City acted to spend money.
Mr. Kelly said the concerns mentioned by C/M Abramowitz were to
be agendized but the meeting was so long and the towing franchise
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was Item V .
George Maffei, representing Sal's Towing, said he attended the
Workshop, hoping the towing franchise would be discussed. He
distributed a packet to each member of the Council and said
Westway, the low bidder, charged $16 and Sal's Towing charged $60
and that $70 was the fee charged for all Florida Highway Patrol
towing.
Mr. Maffei expressed his concerns about the franchise fee and
said Sal's Towing would pay $25,000 per year. He added Sal's had
towed in the City for the past three years and they did almost
$1,000 in free towing each month.
Mr. Maffei said the packet contained a breakdown of what it cost
to run a call with a tow truck.
C/M Abramowitz said the revenue from towing was not as important
as the service the residents would get. He said Westway had
facilities in the City of Tamarac and offered free transportation
to their facility. He said in his opinion, either Westway did
not know what they were doing or Sal's Towing was charging an
exorbitant amount of money for towing and Westway had all the
equipment.
C/M Schreiber asked why Council had not acted sooner on the
towing franchise and Mayor Bender advised the matter was
discussed at a Workshop and action could not be taken. C/M Katz
suggested that Council should move on the towing franchise as
soon as possible.
Mayor Bender asked if the towing franchise could be agendized for
the next meeting and Mr. Kelly said, yes.
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V/M Schumann said he did not remember why some new Planning
Commission appointments were for three years, for two years and
for one year and Mr. Kelly said this matter should also be
agendized for the next Council Meeting.
C/M Abramowitz asked if a Special Meeting could be scheduled to
discuss the Planning Commission appointments. Mayor Bender said
a Special meeting was to be scheduled for Monday, June 30, at
9:30 a.m.
Mayor Bender asked why the new Planning Commission appointments
were for three years, two years and one year and V/M Schumann
said he remembered that in 1991, the appointments were for
specific years and terms of office.
Mayor Bender ADJOURNED the Workshop Meeting at 4:10 P.M.
CAROL A. EVANS
CITY CLERK
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115 SOUTH ANDREWS AVENUE, ROOM 122 FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33301 • (305) 357-7370, FAX (305) 357-5563
June 16, 1992
MEMORANDUM #61/92
TO: M orsCit Managers
FROM: Walter W. a1ck,League Executive Director
SUBJECT: Appeal #722-92-24 Section 305.1 (d)
Back on June 8, 1992 we sent you information regarding the above
matter which is being appealed by the City of Coral Springs.
Since the Board of Directors of the League felt that this matter
affects all of our cities, you undoubtedly would want to offer
testimony when the petition is heard at the September, 1992
meeting of the Board of Rules and Appeals.
The purpose of this memorandum is to let you know that the
petition for delay has been granted as per copy attached.
If your city plans on joining in the appeal please contact Louis
J. Siano, Building Official of Coral Springs, and City Manager,
Edwin A. Eddy and let your wishes be known so they will be able
to count on you when the case is heard.
The League would also like to hear from you since we will want to
participate.
If you have any questions, please call us or the folks at Coral
Springs.
cc: President Goldsmith
Commissioner Sanders r ��
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ATTACHMENT TO CITY COUNCIL W SHOP ETING OF JUNE 23, 1992
DATE; June IS, 1992
TO: Moy"rv/City Mutiubecu
Hroward County Cities (Conrrect Communities)
Uuder 111terlucal Agreewciit for Solid Waste Disposal Service
FRO:: Broward County Leagi;e of Cities
SUBJECT. Cou;tty's Solid Wa6tu Coopera►ily� PKurrema end Mattrinl
Recovery FaCi l i ry (lim')
PIc
riaw ar FAX your rryponyF to this qu
lfrucnelonnaire to the Executive Director of ills
wai'�l I.ea$uC of Cities, FAX 035Y-5563, by .tune 23rd so that we can prej ent:
results to County offic" " nud thf- iteoource Rccavary Beard.
Yuu a110141d refer to lattera dated Wy 1 and June 15, 1992, from the office of
] ntagruted Wade k'"agement for backgroued material and axplaneti„r.0 of progra,s
and proposed tipping fec aurchurgea.
TIPPING 8Hg
PROGRAM
SURCHARGE
aX tarp
YOBS
soCa
uuty Household iiAxardouo Waste
County
.62
-wide Trash Transfer Stations
(excluding three municipal
$ 2.70
statioile)
Materiels Recovery facility (MRy)
Operating Costa
to be covered by revenue
b no material reveuue sharing with
n;utiicipalitiee
i .10
Operating coutd to be Covered by tipping
fea and
24teriel revenue sharlop; to
municipalities
Coe;rty Vide Recycling
.97
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At wurkfihop znaMting yesterday, County "no requested League's opinion on their
?r�4poaal to ace retained earnings from Resource Recovsry operations to it
ou -half (1/2) of costa askociated with all 4 progrdma over the next car
would mean ?, PAY for
one
�- SO/ton tipping fte uurrhar'e to Y This
prDEr•►�+e, With Office of Irtegrated Waste ydnngemet1k funding the at or 2.SU •
g the municipalities for all these
surcharge. Please give your opiutou an this proposal. # /-an
Please
back tous. Thanks. four city and who is sending the report
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