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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-06-02 - City Commission Workshop Meeting Minutesr 5811 NORTHWEST 88TH AVENUE 9 TAMARAC, FLORIDA 33321 TELEPHONE (305) 722-5900 May 21, 1981 WORKSHOP MEETING CITY COUNCIL OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA There will be a Workshop Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, June 2, 1981 at 1:30 P.M. in the Council Cham- bers at City Hall, 5811 N. W. 88th Avenue, Tamarac. The purpose of the Workshop is to discuss the following: 1. Tract 27 Remote Storage Tank. 2. System Loop at University Drive and McNab Road. 3. Establishment of a new Well Field. The City Council may consider such other items as may come before it. The Public is invited to attend. Pursuant to Chapter 80405 of Florida taw, Senate gill Ro. 368: 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 the proceedings and for such' purpose, he may need to ensure that a verbatim record includes the:sWW=y� ,A"yid=ss:-UP9'1 whir the ap l�s rcab b� <®d. Carol. A. Evans, Asst. City Cler /lc 5/21/81 CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING JUNE 2, 1981 TANK. LOOP AND WELLFIELD CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Falck called the meeting to order at 1:30 P.M. Tuesday, June 2, 1981, in the Council Chambers at City Hall. ROLL CALL: PRESENT: Mayor Walter W. Falck Vice Mayor Irving M. Disrapll.v Councilwoman Helen Massaro Councilman Irving Zemel Councilman Philip B. Kravitz ALSO PRESENT: Consulting Engineer Tony Nolan Assistant City Clerk Carol Evans City Engineer Larry Keating City Manager Laura Stuurmans Mayor Falck read the Notice of the Workshop into the record. The purpose of the Workshop is to discuss 1. Tract 27 Remote Storage Tank, 2. System Loop at University Drive and McNab Road, 3. Establishment of a new Well Field. The Mayor indicated he has had numerous calls concerning the status of the water situation. Councilman Zemel indicated he wished to discuss the subject, and thought it should be taken up. Councilman Zemel commented from listening to the radio and reading the newspapers he learned when there is too much water in the canals there is a danger of flooding, in the event of heavy rain. Advice is being given to the various geographical areas to reduce the restriction to 10% because of this condition. Councilwoman Massaro suggested that the City Engineer address that as he must be watching the height of the water. Mr. Keating said the canals are at a higher elevation because of recent rains and people had requested to use the water for irrigation. Mr. Keating said he had to inform the people that in accordance with the Ordinance they are prevented from doing so. He indicated the canals are higher than normal, and they are pumping out the water at this time. Vice Mayor Disraelly indicated that Dade County has allowed washing of cars and watering of lawns at the present time. Mr. Keating, City Engineer, stated that once the Water Management District removes the emergency declaration, then the Ordinance is no longer in force. Mayor Falck said the people do not know what the situation is, and he is not in a position to tell them. Mr. Keating noted that the Engineer- ing Department has received many calls, and he has instructed his Staff to inform the people that until officially notified they are to assume the Ordinance is in effect. However, the City Manager or her designee can make exceptions to the Ordinance. City Manager Laura Stuurmans said that based upon the number of calls, they would be treating a number of individual cases. She said she had received a great many calls from residents concerning the situation. Vice Mayor Disraelly pointed out it had rained on Pine Island Road, but not east of University Drive during an hour and a quarter interval. The Mayor said he cannot understand the statements about the Lake being low, and then other statements about flooding people out. Councilwoman Massaro said the water comes from the various canals into the C-14 and the Tamarac canals fill faster, and there is a different situation than at Lake Okeechobee. Mr. Keating explained Lake CkbechobeE_provides the main source of water which stablizes the ground water levels in this area. The are close to the point where Okeechobee will not be able to provide additional water through the conservation areas which ultimately flow to our water table. If the condition had deteriorated more, there would have been ill effects felt in this area. With regard to drainage, Mr. Keating said a fairly stable water table elevation is maintained and the ability of the drainage systems to work is based primarily on a differential elevation of the water in the canals and the water in the streets. The greater that difference, the more water will flow through the pipes. That means when the canals get higher a lesser amount of rainwater can flow through the pipes. Mr. Keating recommended waiting until the restrictions are lifted before doing anything concerning the provisions of the Ordinance. -1- 6/2/81 /lc Councilwoman suggested a very short emergency meeting to be held on June 5th to determine what can be done, she said if it is not necessary to have the moratorium they should dispense with it. The City Manager suggested adding the subject to the Agenda for the special meeting on June 4. The suggestion was agreeable to the Council, the City Engineer indicated some of the restrictions in the Ordinance could be eliminated if the emergency isn't lifted. However, he said if the emergency is not lifted he would not recommend modifying the irrigation restrictions. Other uses, such as washing vehicles, probably could be eliminated. Councilwoman Massaro questioned why it could not be reduced to a voluntary 10% reduction in use, and to use good judgement which is the route taken by the Water Management District. Mayor Falck agreed and said it should be considered on June 4. Councilman Zemel pointed out that not allowing people to water lawns is dangerous, since if the lawns and plants die without water and the land becomes arid, there is no place for the water to go. Therefore, he would like to see the residents be allowed to water their lawns as much as they want as quickly as nature will allow. At the suggestion of the City Engineer, the discussion moved on to: Item 3, Establishment of a new Well Field. Mr. Keating noted that the Consultant had been authorized to proceed and prepare plans and specifications for this work, and to seek bids from a contractor which will be presented in the next 45 days to Council to make an award. Mr. Keating indicated the plans are 90% complete and have been submitted to his office for review and the Consultant Engineer is waiting for them to be returned for finalizing and bid advertising. The City Engineer said at this point there is no further action required. Tony Nolan, Consulting Engineer, explained in order to go out to bid they need the City Engineer's approval and then they will put it out to bid, and at the first meeting in September Council should be in a position to make the bid award. The Well Field will be on University Drive, behind Leadership Housing's old office. 2. System Loop at University Drive and McNab Road. The City Engineer indicated this item refers to previous plans to construct additional 24" water distribution main from the Plant to University Drive. He said after meeting with the Health Department it was concluded that this was redundant and really not necessary. Therefore, Mr. Keating recommended that this be deleted and in its place they substitute a reevaluation of what the current needs are at the Water Plant in the way of additional pumping equipment and in -plant piping which will simplify the operation of those facilities. A report will be made to Council in the future on that subject. Mr. Keating stated the matter had been discussed with Mr. Nolan, Consulting Engineer, and it will probably be underway sometime during the next fiscal year. At the present time there is no high priority to do it now, he said. The Consultant Engineer said the original version of the capital improvement plans had been submitted to Council. in March and at that time they redefined some of the projects that had previously been defined in the official statement and the System Loop was Item #2 in that listing. Mr. Nolan said the problem had been discussed with the Health Department and they had been advised of the redundancy of the line they had antici- pated being built and it was suggested that it was not as important to the overall operation as significant modification within the Plant itself. It was suggdstbd design portions be considered in the second quarter of 1981 fiscal year. Mr. Nolan said the construction was in the first portion of 1982..The design work will be started, and then they will proceed with it subsequently. Therefore, they are now coming up with sRecific recommendations as far as the scope of the work is concerned. Mr. Nolan explained that, from a budgetary standpoint, $200,000. has been left as a project cost, to be clearly defined exactly what the scope of services will be. Mr. Nolan discussed the various problems concerning transfer of water and telemetry problems, and he said they have a general idea of what needs to be done from a high -service standpoint out of the existing ground water storage tank on the water plant site. Councilwoman Massaro asked Mr. Keating when he intends to have a report before Council. Mr. Keating said he thought any improvements made to the treatment facilities need to be given adequate thought beforehand. He explained it is not something that one could have recommendations within a week. He said the only thing the Health Department would be -2- 6/2/81 /lc C _1 W primarily concerned with is whether they are deficient in pumping capacity. Mr. Nolan stated the Health Department's real concerns were not with this, he didn't think. He said the Health Department misconstrued the intent of the previous operators of the Utility where the work was concerned. Mr. Nolan said TUI had received plans and permit applications for the work, and had a permit for the installation of the line. Mr. Nolan indicated he did not know that the concern is of a major proportion. He said the real concern is with the well field and the ground storage west of town. It is no longer an emergency. 1. Tract 27 Remote Storage Tank. The City Engineer noted that in previous discussions on this item they addressed what would be the proper location of the storage tank and what consideration should be given to placement of the tank and proceeding with construction. He said that Council will need to make a few decisions before proceeding to give the Consultants authorization to design the tank and appurtenant facilities as soon as possible. Mr. Keating said one priority Council should be concerned with is whether or not the placing of the tank would interfere with the ultimate use of that site. Mayor Falck asked if there are any objections that Council knows of at the present time to this. Vice Mayor Disraelly commented he thought it had been pretty much concluded, after several meetings, that Tract 27 was the proper tract, and the question is where on the tract it would be located to preserve as much of the site as possible since it could be an active recreation area. Also, some consideration should be given to the fact there will be development around this and they do not want to spoil the surrounding area. Also, there is a need to locate the storage tank near streets where the pipes are going to run to bring the water in and out. The Vice Mayor said it seemed the corner location shown on the map given to Council in August is the logical location. Councilwoman Massaro said the place the storage tank would be located had been fairly well established. She commented at one time they discussed taking four acres because of beautification and she did not think they should be thinking about four acres.of trees, since they are taking land that could be used for recreation. Councilman Zemel said the potential degeneration of the area had been discussed if they did not beautify and use all of that land with beautification, and possibly the four acres would be necessary. Mr. Keating said approximately an acre and a half will be needed for the tank- and equipment that goes along with it, and the entry. The remaining acreage will remain on the park site. Councilwoman Massaro questioned if two acres would be enough for the tank and the beauti- fication area. Vice Mayor Disraelly commented the tank is 260' diameter and including. hook-up that would need two acres. Mr. Nolan said he believed the berming and natural vegetation is the least, expensive and least offensive method of camouflage. Councilwoman Massaro explained that Council does not want a passive park. Vice Mayor Disraelly said that ultimately they will have to decide where the soccer field, etc. will be placed. However, the first consideration is the location of the tank to give the greatest use of the land and preserve the homes in the area. Mr. Nolan commented they can lay all of that out with some guidance from Council, and make sure it all fits. Councilwoman Massaro indicated the Engineer and Consulting Engineer should design the storage tank with regard to what works the best as far as proper functioning is concerned, and to the best advantage of the Utility. Council wants it shielded to protect the aesthetic quality of surrounding properties, but they do not want a passive park and what is left will be decided later. However, the tank should be located where it will best serve the Utility. Mr. Nolan said it is his opinion that they have done that. However, he said he would like to go back with Mr. Keating and Staff and come up with a generalized plan of the utilization of the park. Councilwoman Massaro said at this time they do not know what they want to put into the Park. She suggested Mr. Nolan do his best to achieve what he desired for the Utility as far as the tank is concerned. The rest will be discussed later, she said. =Z 6/2/81 /lc Mr. Nolan agreed to come back in September with a preliminary plan. Vice Mayor Disraelly questioned the figures under "Water - CYAC". He noted the City currently has $175,000. There will be a cost of $400,000. in the Remote Storage area, which would mean in 1982 they will be minus $350,000. He questioned how that would be handled. Mr. Nolan said PAC had been written a letter in March, Council had been addressed in March with the various capital improvement to be undertaken. At that point it was demonstrated where the monies were to come from, and proportioned various projects with regard to contri- butions and Aid to Construction as far as the revenue is concerned. The description of the capital improvement projects and derivation of funds has not changed, Mr. Nolan stated. The monies will be trans- ferred from one account to another to meet the expenditures. Mr. Keating, City Engineer indicated it appears that the decision has been made to locate the tank as shown on the preliminary plans. Councilwoman Massaro said a vote had been taken on that. Mr. Keating said the property will have to be acquired by the Utilities and will have to be rezoned so the tank can be constructed upon it. Mr. Keating said he would like to see a proposal from the consultants to proceed with the design of the facilities and then to go out to bid. He indicated he would like to see included in the proposal some sort of architectural treatment and the maximizing of the design to obtain the lowest profile for the structure, and to take care of the other concerns expressed by Council. Mr. Keating said if Council authorizes the Consultant to proceed, then by the September meeting they can present something for Council's approval prior to going out to bid. Councilwoman Massaro suggested that the City Engineer prepare a memorandum of what he would like proposed at the Council Meeting. Mr. Keating agreed to send a memorandum to Council before June 10th. Norman Karr expressed concern over the location of the storage tank. He said the Recreation Department is concerned about putting a soccer field and a football field at that location and he noted Mr. Nolan had said he could show that on the site plan for the tank. Mayor Falck assured Mr. Karr that will be done at the proper time. There being no further discussion, the Meeting adjourned at 2:30. 00 ,�%MmmSt- POW This public document was promulgated at a cost of $ �o'6e or $ 1,06 per copy to inform the general public and pub officers and employees about recent opinions and considerations by the City Council of the City of Tamarac. -4- 6/2/81 /lc