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TAMARAC, FLORIDA 33320
CITY OF TAMARAC
CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
WEDNESDAY. JULY 24. 1985
CALL TO ORDER: 9:00 A.M.
FIRST CLASS MAIL
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF TIME ALLOCATIONS - MOTIONS TO TABLE - The Chair
at this time will announce those items which have been given a
specific time to be heard, and will entertain motions from
Council members to table those items which require research.
Council may agendize by majority consent matters of an urgent
nature which have come to Council's attention after publication.
AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS
1.
Employee_Service
Awards - Presentation
by Acting City Manage
Parretti
of a�five-year pin to Michael
Vaillant, Utilities
West.
2.
Broward_County
Transit - Bus Schedule -
Presentation by
Jay Gross
and Commissioner Howard Craft
(This item is
scheduled
to be heard approximately 1:30
P.M.)
3. Judge Steven Shutter - Presentation (This item is scheduled
to be heard approximately 3:30 P.M.)
BOARDS AND COMMITTEES
4. Insurance Advisory Committee - Temp. Reso. #3727 - Dis-
cussion and possible action to appoint one 1 member.
5. Board of Consumer Affairs - Temp.Reso�_#3728 - Discussion
and possible action to appoint one Tl7 member.
CONSENT AGENDA
6. Items listed under Item #6, Consent Agenda, are viewed to be
routine and the recommendation will be enacted by one motion
in the form listed below. If discussion is desired, then th
item(s) will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be
considered separately.
a) Minutes of 5/22/85 - Regular Meeting - Approval
recommended by City Clerk.
b) Minutes of 6/12/85 - Regular Meeting - Approval
recommended by City Clerk.
7/24/85 pg. 4
PRESENTATIONS
7/24/85 pgs.24-
28 PRESENTATION
7/24/85 pg. 35
PRESENTATION
7/24/85 pg. 35
APPROVED
I L41 6D pg.
ABLED
7/24/85 pgs.
37 - 39
APPROVED items
a) through f)
,and H) through
1m); g) REMOVED
I
and APPROVED
c)
d)
e)
f)
Minutes of 6/14/85 - Reconvened Regular Meeting -
Approval recommended by City Clerk.
Minutes of 6/28/85 - Reconvened Regular Meeting -
Approval recommended by City Clerk.
PAGE TWO
7/2,4/85
Minutes of 7/2/85 - Special Meeting - Approval recommended)
by City Clerk.
Minutes of 7/5/85 - Special Meeting - Approval recommended
by City Clerk.
g) Alan F. Ruf - Consulting City Attorney - 7/18/85 -
$1,062.00 ($1,032.00 from Professional Services Account
001-106-514-310 and $30.00 from TUW Professional Services
Account 425-368-535-310) - Approval recommended by City
Attorney and Acting City Manager.
h) CH2M Hill - Engineering Project 84-2 Deep Injection Well
Holding Pond Design - Invoice #06-405 - 6/7/85 -
$5,002.82 - Account #434-368-535-681 (Deep Well) -
Approval recommended by Utilities Director/City Engineer.
i) CH2M Hill - Engineering Project 84-2 Deep Injection Well
Holding Pond Design - Invoice #06-465 - 6/19/85 -
$1,478.97 - Account #434-368-535-681 (Deep Well) -
Approval recommended by Utilities Director/City Engineer.
j) Public Works Department - Approval to go to bid for a
Fuel Storage Facility - Overflow Protection and Monitoring
Well Installation.
k) Approval to pay invoices received during Council's August
recess upon the approval of the Acting City Manager and
the Mayor or Vice Mayor.
1) Water Shortage Plan - Temp. Ord. #1193 - Approval to
remove this item from the agenda as recommended by the
Utilities Director/City Engineer (First Reading Tabled on
4/1 0/85) .
m) Request made by Broadview area for City annexation -
Approval to remove this item from the agenda (tabled from
4/24/85).
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE/FINANCIAL
7. Pension Plan - Discussion and possible action on:
a� Authorization for Kruse, O'Connor and Ling, Actuaries, to
conduct a study in various areas of concern (tabled from
6/12/85)
b) Amendment to the Pension Plan to provide for an additional
member to the Administrative Board to be elected from the
White Collar/Blue Collar Bargaining Unit (Federation of
Public Employees) - Temp. Ord. #1210
c) Funding for Pension Expenses
d) Muller, Mintz, Kornreich, Caldwell, Casey, Crosland &
Bramnick, P.A. - Invoices for May and June, 1985 -
$2,981.10 ($1,370.30 charged for Pension expenses and
$1,610.80 charged to City Attorney Professional Services
Account 001-106-514-310).
(This item is scheduled to be heard approximately 10:00 A.M.)
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11,
7/24/85 pgs.
3 & 31 - 34
a) APPROVED
as stipulated
b) APPROVED
c) TABLED
d) TABLED to
Special Mtg.
on 7/29/85;
e) TABLE
to
Special
Mtg. on
7/29/85
8. Employee
action on
insurance
employees
one year.
PAGE THREE
7/24/85.
Health Insurance - Discussion and possible 7/24/85 pg.39
a recommendation to pay the first years' health TABLED to Spe-
premium for totally, permanently disabled cial Mtg. on
who have been employed with the City more than 7/29/85
9, Legislative Aides - Discussion and possible action to
approve appointments of aides for Mayor Kravitz.
10. Tamarac Park Satellite Building - Discussion and possible
action on:
a) Status report on construction
b) Other Council concerns regarding this building
(tabled from 7/10/85 and 7/12/85)
11. Municipal Complex - Discussion and possible action on:
5 Status of appointing a Construction Manager
b) Status report of Preconstruction Review Committee
c) Payment of Miller & Meier Invoice F1307 in the amount
of $35,191.66.
(tabled from 7/10/85)
d) Status report on General Obligation Bonds
12. Personnel Matters - Discussion and possible action on:
a7Confirmation of the appointment of Michael Couzzo as
Public Works Director (tabled from 7/10/85)
b) Confirmation of the appointment of Frank M. Etheredge
as Finance Director
c) Assignment..pay_.for Dan Saale, former Deputy Finance Director
d) Assignment pay for Larry Perretti, Acting City Manager
13. Aquati c . Plant_. Con_trol.__.Funds - Temp_ Re_so. #.3.729 - .Di s.-
cussion and possible action to designate the officials
responsible for administering this program for Fiscal
Year 1985/86.
14. Richard S. Rubin - Consultant City Planner - Discussion
and possible action on payment of June, 1985, invoice in
the amount of $3,626.25 (tabled from 7/10/85)
15. Touche Ross, City Auditor - Status report on audit of
investments and special audit of two City departments.
16. NW 57 Street Bike Path - Discussion and possible action
to approve this project, with work to be performed by
Broward County, from University Drive to NW 88 Avenue.
17. EngineeringDepartment - Discussion and possible action
on a reque-bthe U-tilities Director that Ed Shuty be
authorized to attend a workshop on asphalt given by the
Asphalt Institute and Technology Transfer Center.
18. Broward League of Cities Business - Discussion and
possible action.
19. Northwest Council of Mayors Business_ - Discussion and
possible action.^�
UTILITIES WEST
20. Utilities West - Bid #85-27 Award - Project 85-18 - Temp_
Reso. #3724 -Discussion and possible action to award a
bid for construction of an 18-inch force main, Turnpike/
Commercial Boulevard crossing, and modifications to two
existing pump stations.
7/24/85 pgs.
39 & 38
APPROVED
i/L4/6D pgs.
10-12
a) Status re-
port given by
CBO;
b) TABLED to
Special Mtg.
7/29/85
7 pgs.
18-20 TABLED
a), b) & c) toi
Special Mtg.
on 7/29/85;
d) Report
7/24/85 pgs.
40-42 TABLED
to Special
Mtg. on 7/29
7/24/85 HELD
to Special
MtR. on 7/29
7/24/85 HELD
to Special Mtge
on 7/29/85
7/24/85 HELD
to Special Mtg
on 7/29/85
7/24/85 HELD
to Special Mtg
on 7/29/85
7/24/85 HELD
to Special Mtg
on 7/29/85
7/24/85 HELD
to Special Mtg
on 7/29/85
7 HELD
to Special Mtg
on 7/29/85
7/24/85 HELD
to Special Mtg
on 7/29/85
PAGE
FOUR.
7/2
/85
21.
Utilities West - Bid 85-26 - Project 85-4 - Discussion and
possible action to authorize staff to negotiate a price
with contractors to reconstruct Pump Station 16-A pursuant
to Code Section 9-37(8) as no bidders responded to
7/24/85 HELD
to Special Mtg
on 7/29/85
solicitation.
7/24/85 pgs.
22.
Utilities West - Tract 27 - Water Storage Tank and Pump
Station-- Project 84-19 - Discussion and possible action
on: _ T �^
a) Waiver of the platting requirements in Chapter 20 of
the Code for installation of this storage tank and pump
22-24
a) APPROVI
b) TABLED
Special Mtg.
on 7/29/85
station - Temp. Reso. #3725
b) Approval to go to bid for installation of these
facilities.
23.
Utilities West - Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project
$4-4 - Discussion and possible action on:
a Authorization to approve
�� pp payment to Interstate Pipe
7/24/85 HELD
to Special Mtg
on 7/29/85
Maintenance, Inc., for the progress payment that will
be invoiced during Council's August recess pursuant to
contract terms in accordance with U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Regulations.
b) Approval of an amendment to the construction services
contract with Williams, Hatfield & Stoner for additional
services.
24.
Utilities West - Expansion and Upgrade of Sewage Treatment
Plant - Project 85-19 - Discussion and possible action on:
a Approval to advertise for proposals for this project
b) Authorization for the Acting City Manager and Utilities
7/24/85 pgs.
30 & 31
a) APPROVED
b) APPROVED
Director/City Engineer to establish a five member
selection committee.
25.
Utilities West - Water Treatment Plant Improvements -
Project 84-20 - Discussion and possible action to approve
an agreement with James M. Montgomery, Consulting Eng-
ineers, Inc., to prepare a Preliminary Design Report.
7/24/85
HELD to Spe-
cial Mtg. on
7/29/85
26.
Utilities West Revenue Bonds - Discussion and possible
action to approve a proposal by CH2M Hill to perform a
detailed engineering financial feasibility study required
by Touche Ross for the bond issue.
7/24/85 pgs.
20 & 21 TABLED
to Special Mtg
on 7/29/85
7 2 85 HELD
27.
Utilities West - Word Processing Equipment - Discussion
and possible action to amend the accounts this equipment
for Special
Mtg. on 7/29
is to be charged against.
7/24/85 HELD
28.
Utilities West - Operations Buildin5 - Project 84-17 _
Discussion and possible action on:
a) Acceptance of the work and approval of final payment in
for Special
Mtg. on 7/29
the amount of $13,595.20 to Marsten Leasing.
b) Converting a performance bond to a one year warranty
bond - Temp. Reso. #3726
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PAGE FIVE
7/24/85
PUBLIC HEARING - 2:00 P.M.
29. Sunset Isle Maintenance Association 13, Inc. - Rezoning
Petition #15-Z-85 -Temp. Ord. #1208 - Discussion and
possible action to rezone the lands adjoining the
Recreation Area of Mainlands 13 on the north side of
NW 59 Court, and being bound on the east by NW 84 Terrace
and on the west by NW 85 Terrace, from R-1 (Single Family
Residential) to S-1 (Open Space/Recreational) Second
Reading.
a) Acceptance of Affidavit of Publication and Affidavit
of Posting
b) Consideration of application
LEGAL AFFAIRS
30. Interim Traffic Impact Fee - Temp_. Ord. #1186 - Motion to
deny on second readingPublic hearing held 5/12/85)
31. Pit Bull Dogs - Temp. Ord. #1209 - Discussion and possible
action to createArticleII of Chapter 4 of the Code to
provide for the regulation of these dogs. First Reading.
32. Land Section 7 - Discussion and possible action on the
status of the purchase of 45 acres of land by the City:
a) Settlement of condemnation case and outstanding claims
of Toll Development Corp.
b) Funding sources for the purchase of land
c) Title insurance policy for the purchase of land
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
33. University Park Office Center - Discussion and possible
action on:
a) Site Plan - Temp. Reso. #3720
b) Landscape Plan
c) Water and Sewer Developers Agreement
d) Water Retention Agreement
e) Right -of -Way Deed for 40-feet along University Drive -
Temp_. Reso. #3721
f) Utility Easement - Temp. Reso. #3722
g) Public Safety Ingress/EgressTEasement - Temp. Reso.
#3723
(to be located on the east side of University Drive,
north of NW 77 Street, opposite the entrance to Woodmont)
34. Executive Center - Bond Release - Temp. ^Reso. #3711 -
Discussion and possible actiontorelease a cash bond
posted for uncompleted beautification work.
35. Univers Drive_ Partnership - Discussion and possible
action on:�
a) Site Plan - Temp. Reso. #3716
b) Landscape Plan
c) Water and Sewer Developers Agreement
d) Water Retention Agreement
e) Right -of -Way Deed for 40-feet along University Drive -
Temp. Reso. #3717
f) Utility Easement - Temp. Reso. #3718
g) Public Safety Ingress/Egress Easement - Temp. Reso.
#3719
(to be located on the east side of University Drive,
north of NW 77 Street, opposite the entrance to Woodmont)
7/24/85 pg.24
a) ACCEPTED
b) APPROVED
on Second &
Final Reading
P.H. held
7/24/85 HELD
for Special
Mtp_. on 7/29
7/24/85 pgs.
6-8 APPROVED
on First Rdg.
7/24/85 pgs.
28 & 29
a) No action
necessary
b) APPROVED
c) AUTHORIZED
preparation o:il
documents
7/24/85 pgs.
8-10 APPROVED
a), d), e), 0
and g); b) &
c) APPROVED A`
AMENDED
7/24/85 pg.10
APPROVED
7/24/85 pgs.
4-6 APPROVED
PAGE
SIX
7/24/85
36.
Colony West Associates - Rezonig_Petition #3-Z-85 - Temp.
7/24/85 HELD
Ord..#1169 - Discussion and possible action to rezone the
to Special
Mtg. on 7/29
Shops of Tamarac Shopping
p Aping Center (platted as Colony West
Shopping Center) (less the lands and building owned by
Broward County for a Library) from B-1 (Neighborhood
Business) to B-2 (Planned Business) Second Reading.
(Public hearing held 3/13/85) (tabled from 7/10/85)
37.
Mobil Service Station (west side of 441 at Commercial
to Special
Spec l 1 to
Boulevard) - Discussion and possible action on a request
Mtn. on 7/29
to waive the platting requirements in Chapter 20 of the
Code (tabled from 7/10/85)
38.
Tract 24 - Temp. Reso. #3681 - Discussion and possible
7/24/85 HELD
for Special
action to temporarily waive the platting requirements in
Mtg. on 7/29/8'
Chapter ZO of the Code in order to, construct public
improvements (tabled from 7/10/85)
39.
Lake Colony CBrookwood Gardens) - Discussion and possible
7/24/85 pg 18
action on:
a) APPROVED
a) Release of a cash warranty bond posted for the sanitary
b) TABLED to
sewer system - Temp_. Reso. #3712
9/11/85
b) Status of traffic light bond (tabled from 6/13/84)
40.
Woodview Tract 38 - Calico Country - Discussion and pos-
7/24/85 HELD
sible action after status report by City Attorney on the
for Special
following items:
Mtg. on 7/29
a) Water and Sewer Developers Agreement
b) Closing on property by developer which was scheduled
for 7/15/85 (tabled from 6/26/85)
41.
California_ Federal Savings & Loan - Temporary_ Commercial
7/24/$5 HE ..>r
for Specia 1
Structure - Discussion and possible action to renew a
Mtg. on 7/ 29
permit for this trailer.
42.
Woodmont Tracts 74/75 - Discussion and possible action on:
7/24/85 HELD
for Special
7 Site Plan 2, Phase 2 - Release of a warranty bond
on 7/29
posted for public improvements - Temp. Reso. #3713
b) Site Plan 4 - Release of a warranty bond posted for
public improvements - Temp. Reso. #3714
43.
Woodmont Tract 48 (Waterford at Woodmont) - Model Sales
7/24/85 HELD
Facility Discussion and possible action to renew a model
for Special_
on 7/29
sales permit and waiver of the 300-foot distance require-
ment for certificates of occupancy (tabled from 7/10/85)
44.
Tamarac Gardens - Discussion and possible action on:
7/24/85 pg. 21
aT Renewal of a model sales permit and waiver of the 300-
a) APPROVED
b) DENIED
foot distance requirement for certificates of occupancy
(tabled from 7/10/85)
b) Calling a performance bond posted for sidewalk and sod-
TemD. Reso. #3709
45. Woodmont Tract 56 Model Sales Center - Bond Release - Tem
Reso. #3710 - Discussion and possible actionto release a
cash bond posted for uncompleted beautification work.
46. Woodmont Tract 72-C_�Pineapple Park) - Discussion and
possible action on:
a) Renewal of a model sales permit
b) Renewal of a waiver to the sign ordinance for a temp-
orary announcing sign on property other than their own -
Temp. Reso. #3715
7/24/85 HELD
for Special
Mtg. on 7/
7/24/85
HELD for Spe-
cial Mtg. on
7/29/85
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7/24/85
47. Treehouse Apartments - Model Sales Facilill - Discussion
and possible action to renew a model sales permit and
waiver of the 300-foot distance requirement for certifi-
cates of occupancy.
48. Fish Kettle, Inc. - Family Mart Shopping Center - Temp.
Reso. #3707 - Discussion and possible action on a request
to transfer a special exception (delicatessen) to M & M,
Inc. (tabled from 7/10/85)
REPORTS
49. City Council
50. City Manager
51. City Attorney
City Council may consider and act upon such other business as
may come before it.
Pursuant to Chapter 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
may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is
made which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which
the appeal is based..
CITY OF TAMARAC
Carol E. Barbuto
Assistant City Clerk
Following are the residential and commercial zoning districts in the City:
A-1
- Limited Agricultural
A-5
- Agricultural/Excavation
B-1
- Neighborhood Business
B-2
- Planned Community Business
B-3
- General Business
B-5
- Limited Business District
B-6
- Business District
I-1
- Institutional
M-1
- Light Industrial
M-2
- Medium Industrial-
R-1
- Single Family Residence
R-lB &
R-1C -
One Family Dwelling
R-2 -
Two Family Dwelling
R-3 -
Low Density Multiple Dwelling
R-3U -
Row House
R-4A -
Planned Apartment
R-5 -
Motel/Hotel
RD-7 -
Two Family Dwelling
RM-5 -
Residential Multi -Family
Dwelling
RM-10 -
Planned Apartment
S-1 -
Open Space/Recreational
T-1 -
Trailer Park District
7/24/85 HELD
to Special
Mtg. on 7/29
7/24/85 pg.28
APPROVED
7/24/85 HELD
for Special
Mtg. on 7/29
7/24/85 HELD
for Special
Mt ,. on 7/29
5 HELD
for Special
Mtg. on 7/29
52.
53.
54.
55.
Mainlands 4 Clubhouse - Revised Site Plan - Temp. Reso.
- Discussion and possi 1e action
Authorization for TUW Employees to Attend the University of
Florida TREEO Seminar - Discussion and possible action
Waiver of Bidding for Generator Repair-- TUW - Discussion
possible action
PAGE SEVEN
7/24/85
17/24/85 pgs. 1
I36 APPROVED as
presented
Public Works - Authority to bid for Wheel Balancing Machine,
Computerized Engine Analyzer and Computerized Fuel Card
17/24/85 pgs. 1
36 APPROVED
7/24/85 pgs.2,
36 & 37
AUTHORIZE
w/conditi s
1/Z'+/0D pgs-.z
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CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
July 24, 1985
Tape 1 CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Kravitz called the meeting to order on
Wednesday, July 24, 1985 at 9:00 A.M. in the Council Chambers of
City Hall.
ROLL CALL: PRESENT:
ALSO PRESENT•
Mayor Philip B. Kravitz
Vice Mayor Helen Massaro
Councilman Arthur H. Gottesman
Councilman Raymond J. Munitz
Councilman Sydney M. Stein
Larry Perretti, Acting City Manager
Jon M. Henning, City Attorney
Carol E.Barbuto,Assistant City Clerk
Patricia Marcurio, Secretary
MEDITATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Kravitz called for a
Moment of Silent Meditation followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.
Mayor Kravitz announced that whatever items were not completed at
today's meeting would be held for a Special Meeting on Monday,
July 29, 1985 at 9:30 A.M. in the Council Chambers of City Hall.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
52. Mainlands 4 Clubhouse-.Revised.Site Plan - Temp.
Reso. #3733 - Discussion and possible action.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Agendized by.Consent.
(See Page 36)
V/M Massaro MOVED to Agendize this item by Consent, SECONDED by
C/M Gottesman.
VOTE•
C/M Stein Absent
C/M Munitz Aye
C/M Gottesman Aye
V/M Massaro Aye
Mayor Kravitz Aye
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE/FINANCIAL
53. Authorization for TUW employees to attend the University -of
Florida TREEO Seminar - Discussion and possible action.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Agendized by Consent.
(See Page 36)
V/M Massaro said the City Engineer requested that some of his men
attend this session and she MOVED to Agendize this item by
Consent, SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE•
C/M Stein Absent
C/M Munitz Aye
C/M Gottesman Aye
V/M Massaro Aye
Mayor Kravitz Aye
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54. Waives of Bidding,fo,r GeneratorRepair - TUW - Discussion and
possible action.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Agendized by Consent.
(See Pages 36 & 37)
V/M Massaro said there was a request from the Superintendent of
Field Operations concerning a waiver of bid process for generator
repair for an emergency condition in the amount of $11,806.45.
She MOVED to Agerad i ze i l-i i s i t eni by Consent, SECONDED by
C/M Gottesman.
VOTE:
C/M Stein Absent
C/M Munitz Aye
C/M Gottesman Aye
V/M Massaro Aye
Mayor Kravitz Aye
55. Public Works - Authority to bid ,for Wheel Balancing
Machine,_Computerized Engine_ Analy�sr snci_ Computerized
Fuel. Card. System - Discussion and possible action.
SYNOPSIS_OF ACTION: Agendized by Consent.
(See Page 37)
V/M Massaro MOVED to Agendize by Consent Capital Equipment and
Machinery for public advertising:
(1) Computerized Wheel Balancing Machine
(1) Computerized Engine Analyzer
(1) Computerized Fuel Card System.
C/M Gottesman SECONDED the MOTION.
VOTE:
C/M Stein Absent
C/M Mtlni.tz Aye
C/M Gottesman Aye
V/M Massaro Aye
Mayor Kravitz Aye
56. Transfer of Parks and Recreation Personnel to Public
Works - D,C-;c-i,.q,sjor1 and possible action.
EYIJOPEIE CY ACT:rc.r.: Aaer)6i �,J-C 1:1,
(EE'P Pac:ES 12 tfr rough .17)
1-7/Pi Dias&ejc.y sa:i() �.re iecommendations by the Acting City
Manager for transfer of Parks and Recreation Department personnel
to the Public Works Department and she MOVED to Agendize this by
Consent. SECONDED by C/M Gottesman,
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
57. Florida_League_of Cities_ Convention - Discussion and possible
action.
SYNOPSIS -OF -ACTION: Agendized by Consent.
(See Page 17)
V/M Massaro said there should be discussion corkerning Close
n Oel ber s of Cc l•1ec'j l V'Il c to ��i i c rC• i l;(F e or i 0? ) of
Cora�Vel'i i or. Wj i.l- �; voi i r;g rr err k%c r al proved at this meeting.
She MOVED to Agendize this item by Consent, SECONDED by
C/M Stein.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
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58. Intent to Authorize Formation of a Sister City Relationship
with Givatavim - Temp._Reso. #3731 - Discussion and
possible action.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Agendized by Consent.
(See Page 17)
V/M Massaro MOVED to Agendize this item by Consent, SECONDED by
Gottesman.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
59. Authorizing Appointment of a TeLnporary Chairman of the City
Council by the Mayor_ - Temp. Reso. #3732 - Discussion and
possible action.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Agendized by Consent.
(See Page 21)
V/M Massaro MOVED to Agendize this item by Consent, SECONDED by
C/M Gottesman.
VOTE•
ALL VOTED AYE
60. Departmental Budget Adjustments - Discussion and possible
action.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Agendized by Consent.
HELD for the Special Meeting on 7/29/85.
V/M Massaro MOVED to Agendize this item by Consent to be heard at
the Special Meeting on 7/29/85, SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
V/M Massaro referred to Ordinance 84-49, which deals with adopt-
ing the Annual General Fund Budget for Tamarac. There had been
some changes and she asked if this must be acted on now so that
when the next Ordinance is written to adopt the new budget there
will be guidelines. She said there are some items in there that
are detrimental to the public's right to know. Mr. Henning
suggested that this be added as a subsection under Item 60 and
discussed on Monday.
7. Pension Plan - Discussion and possible action on:
e) Muller, Mintz Invoice for $1,504.44
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Agendized by Consent.
(See Pages 31 through 34)
Mr. Henning noted that there is a bill dated 7/2/85 for Muller,
Mintz in the amount of $1,514,44 that should be on the agenda.
V/M Massaro MOVED to Agendize this item by Consent, SECONDED by
C/M Stein.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
61. Telecommunications Tax - Discussion and possible action.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Agendized by Consent.
HELD for the Special Meeting on 7/29/85.
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Mr. Perretti said he is requesting this item be Agendized by
Consent for discussion and possible action at the Special Meeting
on 7/29/85 so that Council can have an opportunity to review this
further.
V/M Massaro so MOVED, SECONDED by C/M Munitz.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS
1. Employee Service Awards - Presentation by Acting City Manager
Larry Perretti of a five-year pin to Michael
Vaillant, Utilities West.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Presentation
was made.
Acting City Manager Perretti presented a five-year pin to
Michael Vaillant of Utilities West.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
35. University Drive Partnership -- Discussion and possible action
on:
a) Site Plan - Temp. Reso._#3716
b) Landscape Plan
c) Water and Sewer Developers Agreement
d) Water Retention Agreement
e) Right -of -Way Deed for 40-feet along University Drive -
Temp. Reso. #3717
f) Utility Easement - Temp. Reso. _#3718
g) Public Safety Ingress/Egress Easement - Tem Reso.
_#3719
(to be located on the east side of University Drive, north of
NW 77 Street, opposite the entrance to Woodmont).
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: RESOLUTION NO. R-85-247 PASSED.
APPROVED a) through g). RESOLUTION NO. R--85-248 PASSED.
RESOLUTION NO. R-85-249 PASSED.
RESOLUTION NO. R-85-250 PASSED.
a) Richard Rubin, Consultant City Planner, said this application is
for a 3-story office building constructed upon Lots 15 and 16 of
Block 11 on the east side of University Drive opposite the
entrance to Woodmont. He said the name of the development is
University Drive Partnership and the property is zoned B-6 about
1-1/2 acre in size. He asked Council to be sure they have the
final plan which was submitted yesterday. He said the only
difference between the two plans is that this one has a change in
the entry so that there will not be any requirements to change
the existing site plan for the landscape nursery that is located
on the north side of the entrance road.
Mr. Rubin said this property is landlocked and does not have
access to University Drive; therefore, they are being required to
construct an off -site entrance road north across the next lot
where there is a legal driveway entrance committed by Broward
County. He said this project was coordinated between the City
and Broward County Engineering and certain fees are due today.
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V/M Massaro asked if all the requirements suggested by the
Planning Commission have been addressed and Mr. Rubin said yes
and they are all on the drawing. C/M Gottesman said there is no
indication of how many parking spaces or handicapped spaces are
provided. Senator Peter Weinstein, one of the owners of this
property, said he has decided on having his law firm located on
this property.
Bob Miller, another owner of the property, said there is a data
sheet on the site plan which states "Statistics" and identifies
the total as 70 parking spaces. He said there are 3 handicapped
parking spaces most immediate to the entrance and the elevator.
V/M Massaro said she must refer to both the Landscape Plan and
the site plan together. She said there are 3 palm trees shown on
the Landscape Plan at the rear of the property and the Code
requires more. She said it is not possible to put everything
that the City requires because of the utility lines that are
located there. She said, however, there are enough areas where
there is adequate space for 5 trees. She requested that instead
of those 3 shown on the plan now, there be 1 there and 4 others
which can be identified on the plan now. She said because the
City is reducing the number of trees that are normally required
she asked that those trees be 12 to 15-feet in height after
planting. Senator Weinstein said he has no objection to that.
Mr. Rubin said the architect has drawn the trees on the Landscape
Plan and initialled it.
Mr. Henning read Temp. Reso. #3716 by title.
V/M Massaro MOVED APROVAL of Te�Reso. #371.6, SECONDED by
C/M Gottesman.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
EDITOR'S NOTE: A check was submitted at the meeting in the amount
of $14,420.80 for:
$12,240.00 - CIAC Charges
2,030.00 - Drainage Retention Fee
150.80 - Drainage Improvement Fee
b) V/M Massaro said with the modification just discussed, she MOVED
APPROVAL of the Landscape Plan, SECONDED by C/M Stein.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
c) Mr. Henning said the Water and Sewer Agreement has been reviewed
and he recommended approval.
V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of the Water and Sewer Agreement,
SECONDED by C/M Munitz.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
d) V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of the Water Retention Agreement as
presented, SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
e) Mr. Henning read Temp. Reso,_43717 by title.
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V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of Temp. Reso. #3717 accepting the
Right -of -Way Deed for 40-feet along University Drive, SECONDED by
C/M Gottesman.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
f) Mr. Henning read Temp. Resp._M#3718 by title.
V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of Temp.Reso. #3718 accepting a
Utility Easement, SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
g) Mr. Henning read Temp. Reso. #3719 by title.
V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of Temp._Reso. #3719 accepting a
public safety Ingress/Egress Easement, SECONDED by
C/M Gottesman.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
LEGAL AFFAIRS
31. Pit Bull -Dogs - Temp. Ord. #1209 - Discussion and possible
action to create Article II of Chapter 4 of the Code to
provide for the regulation of these dogs. First Reading.
SXNQPSIS OF ACTION: APPROVED
on first reading.
Mayor Kravitz said he received a letter on 7/15/85 from a resi-
dent, Mrs. Carol A. Testa, who was the spokesperson for concerned
residents. He said their concerns are about the danger of attack
by pit bull dogs. He said in reviewing Ordinances of neighboring
cities of Sunrise, Lauderdale Lakes, etc., it was decided that a
meeting will be called in the near future to discuss this fur-
ther. He said in the meantime, the City Attorney has drafted a
temporary Ordinance and yesterday the Police Chief sent him a
memo in connection with this.
At V/M Massaro's suggestion, Mr. Henning read Tgmp_._Ord_._#1209 in
its entirety.
Mr. Henning said there is concern over a Hollywood Ordinance that
may or may not have been upheld in the courts. He said there are
at least 2 other cities in West Broward that have passed Ord-
inances similar to this and this Ordinance was patterned after
those 2 Ordinances. He said he paid careful attention to the
penalty provisions. He said some of the other cities had pro-
vided for $1,000 fines and his advice is not to exceed the $500
fine at this time, which is a typical or maximum penalty that
other Ordinances in the City provide for. He said there is a
provision for jail time up to 60 days for the third offense and
at the suggestion of the new City Prosecutor, the City is provid-
ing minimum fines for guidance to the courts. He said the first
offense is $50.00, the second offense is $100.00 and thereafter a
minimum of $100.00 fines.
Mr. Henning said there has been a lot of press about the pit bull
dogs and there have been statistics established that affirm they
are either first or second in the number of bites to people. He
said what does not seem to be included in the statistics is the
severity of the attacks. He said before second reading of the
Ordinance, he will provide Council the approximate cost of the
insurance that the City is requesting. He said 1 million dollars
seems to be the standard amount of liability insurance in the
industry for concerns of businesses and residences.
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Mr. Henning said the restrictions are 3 different types; the
first 2 types are basically confinement in a house, business,
building or in a secure pen which includes a cover and these may
be unattended. He said if a dog is to be on a leash, it is to be
attended. He said it is the intention that the dog is not to be
tied and left alone. He noted that this is only first reading
and the Ordinance will not be effective until approved on second
reading sometime in September.
C/M Stein said before this Ordinance was brought to the attention
of the City Attorney, he had a visit from Ms. Brenda Edwards, who
represents the Heathgate/Sunflower area of the City. He read an
Tape 2 editorial from the Sunday, July 21, 1985, Sun Sentinel/Fort
Lauderdale News, which told about a little boy who had been
attacked by a pit bull dog.
C/M Stein MOVED APPROVAL of Temp. Ord. #1209 on first reading,
SECONDED by V/M Massaro.
Mr. Henning noted for the record that the Approval is for the
7/22/85 Revision of this Ordinance. He said there will be an
advertised public hearing for second reading in September.
Carol Testa, resident of Heathgate/Sunflower, thanked the Council
for responding to the concerns of the residents by considering
this proposed Ordinance. She said the number of pit bull dogs
registered in Broward County is 1.5% of all the dogs registered;
however, that breed is responsible for 10% of all the bites and
attacks. She said the ratio of the attacks of these dogs is 3
times greater than the German Shepherd and 5 times greater than
the Doberman but it is the intensity of the attack which is most
alarming.
Mrs. Testa said they have no malice toward the responsible pit
bull owners. She said the responsible owner follows guidelines
set by law and uses common sense. She said these views are
shared by Richard F. Stratton, author of "The World of the
American Pit Bull Terrier". She presented this book to Council
for their references. She said the author defends the breed of
the pit bull dog and she quoted from Page 6 of the book, "Since
the bull is a unique breed of dog, special precautions are needed
for keeping him." She said that is recognized by the owners of
the pit bulls themselves and she suggested that this proposed
Ordinance would only support what the owners are saying.
Lillian Pyle, resident of Heathgate/Sunflower, said in Temps
Ord. #1209, Section 1, 4-11 b), states "Within a totally enclosed
and lockable pen, with a top, constructed of 6-foot high chain
link fence or an equally secure material." She said upon
research and speaking with pit bull owners, they felt it
necessary to have a totally enclosed six -sided, locked pen with
material such as chain link for a top and a secure bottom such as
concrete or chain link covered in dirt. She said it has been
determined that they can climb trees as well as a cat and dig
tunnels.
Mrs. Pyle referred to Page 173 of
pit bull dogs digging deep holes
picture of how they climb a tree.
the book, showing pictures of
and on Page 49, there is a
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Bill Greer, resident of Heathgate/Sunflower, said regarding the
type of leash used to restrain this type of dog, responsible pit
bull owners recommend the use of 1/4-inch cowchain because it
cannot be chewed or broken. He said a normal sized dog chain is
virtually useless and he recommended that the requirement of 1/4-
inch cowchain be specified in the Ordinance. He showed Council
the difference between the two types of chains.
Mr. Greer asked Mr. Henning if the requirement that the leash be
held by a person is in the Ordinance and Mr. Henning said that
was added to the revision of 7/22/85, Section 4 - 11 c), which
states, "Muzzled and on a leash of a length no greater than 3
feet held securely by a person." Mr. Henning said he understands
the concern over the type of leash; however, since the Tamarac
Ordinance requires attendance of the leash, he assumed the
attendant of the dog would control any chewing on the leash.
Ken Stanbro, a resident of North Lauderdale, said his cousin owns
the dogs that are being referred to by the previous speakers. He
said he owns 2 of these dogs himself and they are very gentle.
Mr. Henning said the City is not outlawing the dogs but they must
be registered at a one-time cost of $50.00 and the owner must
have the appropriate insurance. He said Council is responding to
a specific public concern about the health, safety and welfare of
the residents of Tamarac.
Carolyn Mascolo, resident of Heathgate/Sunflower, said the
residents are only asking for responsibility of the owners. She
said there have been several police reports of these dogs running
loose. She asked whether or not the dogs already in the City
will be affected by this Ordinance and Mayor Kravitz said yes,
they will. She questioned Mr. Henning concerning the Ordinance's
provisions of separate offenses and Mr. Henning read from the
bottom of Page 2, "Each violation of any provision of this
Ordinance shall be considered and shall constitute a separate
offense."
Mrs. Mascolo asked if there is any way a number can be placed on
the amount of dogs per residence that a person might own and
Mr. Henning said the County has a law that allows a maximum of
either 3 or 4 dogs. She asked when the second reading of this
Ordinance will be held and Mayor Kravitz said sometime in Septem-
ber.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
COMMUNITY_DEVELQPMENT
33. University Park -Office Center - Discussion and possible
action on:
a) Site Plan - Temp. Reso. #3720
b) Landscape Plan
c) Water and Sewer Developers Agreement
d) Water Retention Agreement
e) Right -of -Way Deed for 40-feet along University Drive -
Temp, Reno_._ #3721
f) Utility Easement - Tem Reso. #3722
g) Public Safety Ingress/Egress Easement - Temp. Reso.
#3723
(to be located on the east side of University Drive, north of
NW 77 Street, opposite the entrance to Woodmont).
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION:
APPROVED a), d), e),
f) and g).
RESOLUTION NO. R-85-242 PASSED.
RESOLUTION NO. R-85-243 PASSED.
RESOLUTION NO. R-85-244 PASSED.
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SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Cont'd.
b) and c) APPROVED as RESOLUTION NO. R--85-245 PASSED.
amended.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following checks were submitted at the
meeting:
$2,030.00 - Drainage Retention Fee
150.80 - Drainage Improvement Fee
7,650.00 - Water and Sewer Contribution Charges
$9,830.80 TOTAL
17.00 - Recording Fees
a) Mr. Henning read Temp. Reso. #3720 by title.
V/M Massaro said this is just north of 77 St. and Lots 22 and 23
belong to the group which Senator Weinstein is party to, then 5
lots further north is this one particular lot. She said the
intervening 5 lots are vacant now.
Dan Oyler, representing the applicant, gave the check to the
Assistant City Clerk. V/M Massaro said the Landscape Plan must
be reviewed as well as the Site Plan and she asked Mr. Oyler if
he will agree to install five 15-foot trees in place of the seven
as normally required at locations on the Landscape Plan. She
said they must be a minimum of 15-feet after planting. Mr. Oyler
agreed to this and initialled the plan.
Florence Bochenek, Chairperson of the Beautification Committee,
said she agreed with the Vice Mayor's recommendation. She said
the Beautification Committee is requesting shrubbery and berm in
the back as well.
V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of Reso. so Temp__.._#3720 approving the
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site plan as presented, SECONDED by C/M Gottesman. V/M Massaro
said it should be noted for the record that the approval is for a
maximum building size of 12,714 square feet.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
b) V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of the amended Landscape Plan requir-
ing four trees in the rear as noted and initialled on the
Landscape Plan by Dan Oyler, to be a minimum of 15-feet high
after planting. SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
c) Mr. Henning said on Page 4, Paragraph 2, a "yes" should be
indicated for platting.
C/M Gottesman MOVED APPROVAL of the Water and Sewer Developers
Agreement, SECONDED by C/M Munitz.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
d) V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of the Water Retention Agreement as
submitted, SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
e) Mr. Henning read Temp. Reso._43721 by title.
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C/M Gottesman MOVED APPROVAL of Temp. _Reso._#3721 approving the
Right -of -Way Deed for 40--feet along University Drive, SECONDED by
V/M .Massaro.
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VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
f) Mr. Henning read Temp. Reso. #3722 by title.
C/M Stein MOVED APPROVAL of Temp. -Rego. #3722, SECONDED by
C/M Gottesman.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
g) Mr. Henning read Temp_.__Reso._ #3723 by title.
V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of Temp._ Reso. #3723 accepting the
public safety Ingress/Egress Easement, SECONDED by C/M Stein.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
34. Executive Center - Bond Release - Temp. Reso. #37ll --
Discussion and possible action to release a cash,bond posted
for uncompleted beautification work.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: APPROVED RESOLUTION NO. R-85-246 PASSED.
release of the cash bond in the
amount of $5,850.00.
Mr. Henning read Temp. Reso._#3711 by title.
V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of Temp. Reso.#3711 releasing the
cash warranty bond, SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
GENERAL _ADMINISTRATIVE/FINANCIAL
10. Tamarac Park Satellite Building - Discussion and possible
action on:
a) Status report on construction
b) Other Council concerns regarding this building
(tabled from 7/10/85 and 7/12/85)
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION:
Status report was given by
the Chief Building Official
and the item HELD for the
Reconvened Meeting on 7/29/85
a) Bob Jahn, Chief Building Official, said during the end of last
& week a building agreement was reached with Mr. Feld concerning
b) his continuing work and problems were resolved. He said on
Monday there was a rain storm and they could not begin work but
they have begun work today. He said there are 4 people at the
job site and they will prepare the trusses and flag them. He
said Mr. Feld has now made the proper application to his insur-
ance company to try and recoup the loss of the money for the
trusses that fell down.
Mr. Jahn said he and Richard Rubin have affected this agreement
in verbal form, therefore, there is nothing to physically present
to Council.
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Mr. Jahn said there are some changes of cost -saving items, such
as, the architect had called for 8'2" openings on the doors, and
these will be lowered to the normal height of 6'8" for a lower
cost. He said Mr. Rubin, the architect, agreed that at the
ballpark he had not taken into consideration the possibility of
balls coming over the fence on the metal roof. He said they have
ascertained that a greati deal of savings can be made by using
using an asphalt shingle.
V/M Massaro questioned whether Mr. Feld supplied the appropriate
insurance on their workers and Mr. Jahn said it is actually the
same subcontractor working on this and he has their compensation
insurance. Mr. Henning said there has been some positive re-
sponse from the liability insurance company that is insuring
Mr. Feld.
Mayor Kravitz asked Mr. Henning if the City has protection con-
cerning the insurance coverage which would stipulate that
whatever lost took place Mr. Feld will pay for and assuring that
the building will be built at the original price agreed to.
Mr. Hepning said the City has a contract with Mr. Feld for a
specikic pride but the contract does not require Mr. Feld to have
storm insurance. He said the City has storm insurance if the
carrier is notified that this should be included under the
protection. He said as of yet, the City's insurance carrier has
not been officially notified that there is another asset to be
covered under the program. He said there may be an additional
cost involved but this would have to be checked further.
Mr. Henning said there is a requirement for liability insurance
in the contract and Mr. Feld does have that insurance. He said
as far as having the building built for the original agreed
price, there are provisions in the contract if the City wishes to
authorize change orders. He said the question of a performance
bond has come up in the past and, after research, it was deter-
mined that the performance bond would have been an additional
cost of $6,000. He said on 2/20/85, it was reported that the
total price was indicated as $195,950 for the building and
Council approved the waiver of the performance bond to save the
City the additional amount of $6,000.
Mr. Henning said he is concerned about the sewer line relocation
and the subcontractor feels it will cost more than he has indi-
cated to do the job. He said one recommended change order is for
less than $2,000 for a manhole adjustment. Mayor Kravitz said he
would feel more comfortable if he received some legal notifica-
tion concerning what Mr. Feld is doing.
Tape 3 V/M Massaro said at the last meeting that this item was discuss-
ed, it was stated that the City would guarantee the cost with the
checks paid directly to the subcontractors with Mr. Feld's
approval and be deducted from his fourth draw. She said at that
time they did not include the sewer line because of the problem
between the contractor and the subcontractor. She said before
they do anything further, there should be a firm understanding in
writing about this so that the City would not have any liability.
Mr. Jahn said he has not solved the sewer problem as yet but he
is working on it. He said there will probably be some change
orders issued during August but they will benefit the City rather
than have additional cost. He said he sent Council his analysis
and spread sheet which showed that even under the worst condi-
tions, he would still be able to complete the building and have
approximately $2,000 left over.
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C/M Stein asked if, when the City makes a payment, there is a
certification of no liens given to the City and Mr. Jahn said he
has been requiring that he keep the check in his desk drawer
until Mr. Feld brings him the notarized releases for the items
that would be included in each draw. C/M Stein suggested that
the City should have a policy for any construction work covering
the City for any hazards just in case the underlying person is
not covered.
Mr. Henning said there is coverage but the insurance carrier has
to be informed of any building that the City wants covered. He
said it should be clarified what authorization will be given for
the next month or so. He said at previous meetings there was
authorization given for amounts to be made against the fourth
draw with a balance of approximately $9,000. Mayor Kravitz
suggested the City Attorney give Council a written report before
Monday, 7/29/85, so that Council can determine what actions
should be taken.
V/M Massaro said the contractor and subcontractor should resolve
their differences and bring the agreement to Council in writing.
C/M Stein MOVED to have the Tamarac Park Satellite Building
covered under the City's Hazard Insurance Policy, SECONDED by
V/M Massaro.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE/FINANCIAL
56. Transfer of Parks and Recreation Personnel to Public Works
Discussion and possible action.
SYNOPSIS_OF_ACTION: Agendized by Consent on Page 2)
No action was determined necessary regarding
the changes proposed by the Acting City Manager
in his 7/22/85 memo.
Acting City Manager Perretti said he sent Council a memo re-
commending transfer of personnel from the Parks and Recreation
Department to the Public Works Department. He said the afternoon
of July 22nd, he received a resignation notice from Sharon Ellis,
the Director of Parks and Recreation. He said after analyzing
the letter he submitted to Council, he recommended some addi-
tional changes.
Mr. Perretti said in Section 1 of the memo it was recommended to
transfer 4 hourly employees from Parks and Recreation to Public
Works and he suggested amending that to 6 hourly employees. He
said that would deplete all of the hourly staff out of the Parks
and Recreation Department and put all 6 employees, who are
Maintenance Workers I and II as well as Bob Hurley, the present
Parks Superintendent, to the Public Works Department. He said
this would put them all under the direction of the Public Works
Director, Mike Couzzo.
V/M Massaro said no approval is needed here since no changes are
being made which are not permitted under the Charter. She said
the Acting City Manager is putting the people back where they
were before they were illegally changed.
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Mr. Perretti said it was determined approximately one year ago
that certain medians and swales and the Parks and Recreation
would be handled by the Parks and Recreation Department and not
the Public Works Department. He said the City Manager agreed
there would be a transfer of employees from Public Works to Parks
and Recreation since they were going to be under the direction of
Sharon Ellis,
Mr. Henning asked Mr. Perretti to clarify Section 7 of his memo
which concerned the transfer of Bob Hurley. Mr. Perretti said
now there is the classification of Crew Leader in the Public
Works Department and his present classification of Parks Superin-
tendent would be eliminated since there would be no one to
supervise in that area. He said that is the next classification
below the two Superintendents that are presently in the Public
Works Department. He said Mr. Hurley's present classification of
Parks Superintendent is Supervisory Exempt and the Crew Leader
position is Federation of Public Employees Non -Exempt.
C/M Munitz asked how many employees this will leave in the Parks
and Recreation Department and Mr. Perretti said it would leave
none as far as the Recreation Department is concerned. He said
all of the grass cutting would be the responsibility of Public
Works and, since Sharon Ellis resigned, he is in the process of
reevaluating the Parks and Recreation Director. C/M Munitz
questioned whether Council is trying to do away with the Parks
and Recreation Department.
Mr. Henning said it was Mr. Perretti`s intention to transfer the
median maintenance to the Public Works Department and keep a 2
man crew at the parks to maintain the parks. However, since the
Department Head resigned, Mr. Perretti is transferring all of the
maintenance people to Public Works for supervision until a new
Department Head is determined. He said when there is a new
Department Head for Parks and Recreation, it is possible that the
2 positions for parks maintenance could be transferred. He said
there are two specific duties of the Parks and Recreation Depart-
ment, one has been maintenance of the parks and the other has
been supervision of programs. He said there has been no discus-
sion concerning any change in the programs.
C/M Stein said there are still 2 people needed to maintain the
parks in the City and he questioned why 6 people are being moved
to Public Works instead of 4. He said he thought it was agreed
that the Parks and Recreation Department was the best qualified
to maintain the ball fields.
Mr. Perretti said 2 of the employees were being kept in Parks and
Recreation because they would have had supervision but since
receipt of her resignation and the recommendation that Bob Hurley
be transferred to the Public Works Department, there is no
supervision there. He referred to the last paragraph on the
first page of his memo, which read, "The two months left in the
Fiscal Year would be a good indication as to the success of the
above recommended transfers, especially since we are in the
height of the grass cutting season. it will give us a good
indication as to whether it will be necessary to require revi-
sions to the request for the 85/86 Fiscal Year."
V/M Massaro said the fact that these people are transferred to
Pubic Works does not mean they will not be taking care of the
various ball fields, etc. She said Mr. Perretti is trying to
determine how some of the cost is going to be eliminated and
still have good supervision. She said the Parks Superintendent
did not give proper supervision to the grass cutting program and
there has been a terrible loss of money there.
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V/M Massaro said Sharon Ellis was excellent as a Recreation
Director but there should be a division between Recreation and
the maintenance of all the park areas. She said by the end of
the year, the request that has been made to supplement the budget
and the amount that is already overdrawn, will leave an overdraw
of approximately $70,000.
Lou Solomon, Parks and Recreation Commissioner, said on behalf of
the Parks and Recreation Department, he feels Council is upset-
ting the status quo. He said he is sorry Sharon Ellis has
resigned and he commended her for the work she has done for the
City. He said since Bob Hurley has been associated with Sharon
Ellis, he recommended Bob Hurley take over as Director of Parks
and Recreation since Mr. Hurley is a very hard worker. He
recommended to Council that the Parks and Recreation Department
maintain the City's four parks and relinquish the mowing of the
medians.
Florence Bochenek, Chairperson of the Beautification Committee,
said she said there should be an evaluation of what has been
accomplished to see where a better job can be done. V/M Massaro
said this is why the Acting City Manager can make these deter-
minations during the next two months. She said record should
have been kept of the time the maintenance people spend on each
job, etc. Mrs. Bochenek said she would prefer any department be
allowed to remain the way it is until the situation is studied
and then adjustments could be made.
Robert Curcio, Chairman of the Parks and Recreation Committee,
said there was a partial schedule submitted to V/M Massaro of the
Parks Crew work schedule and the staff schedule breaking down
times and duties, etc. He said he attended a Council meeting on
5/22/85 when several residents and he presented their views on
why the Parks and Recreation Department should remain together
with parks remaining as a division of Parks and Recreation. He
said due to the lack of adequate equipment and machinery and not
enough personnel to carry the day to day operations of median and
swale maintenance, along with maintaining 4 City parks and
working special events as well, he brought before Council a
recommendation that the median and swale maintenance be presented
to an outside private vendor or be the responsibility of the City
Public Works Department. He said the Public Works Department has
more equipment and staff to handle this ever increasing responsi-
bility.
Mr. Curcio said at the 5/22/85 Council meeting, he left with the
understanding and impression that the subject was taken care of
and a decision reached by Council and the former City Manager to
keep 4 men with the Parks Department and return 3 men for median
work to Public Works. He asked what action prompted bringing
this action up again and what it will take to convince Council
that the views of the Parks and Recreation Committee and himself
have not changed. He said Lou Solomon, Parks Commissioner, also
came before Council with information showing that Parks and
Recreation belong together compiled from Municipal Parks and
Recreation Departments by the State of Florida Department of
Natural Resources and the Florida State University.
Mr. Curcio said Mr. Solomon presented research from not only this
recent survey but research compiled by the Florida Recreation and
Parks Association.
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Mr. Curcio said returning the parks division to Public Works
would be disastrous to the people of Tamarac and against the
wishes of the City Parks and Recreation Committee. He said
residents placed on this Committee by Council's vote which
indicated a trust that they are a valuable asset to the City and
that Council values the Committee's judgment and recommendations.
Mr. Curcio said several of the members of this Committee would
like to speak to Council on this subject but are on vacation now.
He said the Parks and Recreation Committee has recommended that
parks should remain with Parks and Recreation, not just two men
lining ball fields, but a Parks Department that is concerned with
providing a total parks and turf management program, ground
maintenance program, maintenance of the new Recreation Center
once it is completed, development of new parks and facilities and
the upgrading of those parks in the City. He said, for example,
total beautification of the Tamarac Veterans Park at Cypress
Creek Commons.
Mr. Curcio said he is concerned that Mr. Perretti's recommenda-
tion that only 2 employees remain in a newly created Recreation
Department. He questioned what facilities Mr. Perretti is
referring to, whether they are the 4 City parks currently under
the jurisdiction of the City Parks and Recreation Department or
just those related to active parks, such as, Tamarac Park and
Tract 27.
Mr. Curcio referred to Mr. Perretti's recommendation to change
Bob Hurley's position as Park Superintendent at a present salary
Range 26 B to a Crew Leader Range 15. He questioned how such a
recommendation can be made to reduce an employee from a
Superintendent to a Crew Leader after he served the City for 7
years without one letter of complaint or reprimand. He said, in
fact, to Mr. Hurley's credit there are 10 complimentary letters
from residents and organizations.
Mr. Curcio said the Parks and Recreation Department was not given
the opportunity to make a request of needed items for the
maintenance program since they were told to go to Public Works to
use their equipment. He said one riding mower was purchased
through the Parks and Recreation Fund and this item is now at the
manufacturer's office waiting for an estimated $1,000 worth of
repairs which, if it had been originally sent to the Parks and
Recreation Department for the repairs, they could have done
them at no cost to the City. He said the Parks and Recreation
Department has received only one of the Dodge Pickup Trucks that
were purchased for them and the other, with 250 miles attributed
by someone in Public Works, has been returned to the Dodge dealer
twice. He said both trucks had military hitches placed on them
but the Parks and Recreation Department has equipment that cannot
use military hitches.
Mr. Curcio said there is a donated baseball batting cage, which
was received only through the efforts of Bob Hurley and is now
being used by Tamarac youth at Tamarac Park. He said the Parks
and Recreation Department scheduled a rededication ceremony on
4/4/85 at Tamarac Park which some Council members attended. He
said in order to get the batting cage ready for the evening's
presentation, the Parks and Recreation Director requested the
cooperation and assistance of the Public Works Department Acting
Director at that time.
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Mr. Curcio said on the advice of the Public Works Gargage
Superintendent, Parks and Recreation was informed that the welder
was available to come to the park to review the project which
required his assistance. He said this request was made on 2/6/85
and the welder informed staff that he would get the materials
together and return as soon as he had them to complete the job.
He said 2 months later, with the work still not completed, the
welder was unavailable and the Acting Public Works Director
suggested that the Parks and Recreation Director go to an outside
vender, which they did at a cost of $500.
Mr. Curcio suggested the recommendations of Mr. Perretti be
considered carefully.
Irving Schneider, Chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee and
Commander of the Jewish War Veterans, Edward Goldberg Post #519,
said the Veterans Alliance, which consists of 4 veterans
organizations: the American Legion Post #265, the Amvets Post #2,
the Disabled American Veterans Chapter #73 and the Jewish War
Veterans Post #519, decided to entertain handicapped veterans
hospitalized in the Miami Veterans Hospital by having them come
to the Tamarac Park for a picnic. He said this event occurred
twice and without Bob Hurley's help it could not have been done.
He recommended Mr. Hurley be kept at his present position.
Vickie Beech, resident, said an audit should be done on the
Public Works Department.
C/M Munitz said he is opposed to the recommendations of the
Tape 4 Acting City Manager since it could mean the end to the Parks and
Recreation Department as it is now.
V/M Massaro said no action is necessary here since the Acting
City Manager just notified Council as to what he intends to do.
She said no one is trying to destroy anything but the Council
must assure that the dollars are well spent. She agreed with
Vickie Beech that an audit should be done and, under discussion
of Item 15 on today's agenda, she will recommend an audit of the
Parks and Recreation Department and the Public Works Department.
Bob Curcio asked if the Acting City Manager has the right to
dissolve a department or should an interim Director be appointed.
Mayor Kravitz said the City Manager has the authority of handling
the personnel of the City; however, as liaison to the Parks and
Recreation Department, he will discuss this further.
C/M Stein said he has heard many comments commending the parks
and ball fields in this City and he questioned how the City could
reward the person who is responsible for this by demoting him.
He said, especially since Sharon Ellis resigned, Mr. Hurley
should be kept in that position to continue the programs.
Mr. Solomon said he has a survey of several Parks and Recreation
Departments of other cities throughout Florida and Mayor Kravitz
suggested Mr. Solomon submit that to Mr. Perretti.
C/M Munitz asked Mr. Henning if Council has the right to advise
the Acting City Manager not to put these recommendations into
effect and Mr. Henning said since Council has the right to fire
the City Manager, they have the right to give the City Manager
some guidance on how policies should be set.
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Sharon Ellis, Director of Parks and Recreation, thanked
Mayor Kravitz, C/M Munitz and C/M Stein for supporting the Parks
and Recreation Department for helping the City to grow 65% and
become one of the leaders in Florida in growth in Parks and
Recreation.
57. Florida League of Cities Convention - Discussion and possible
action.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Agendized by Consent on Page 2)
Mayor Kravitz was appointed as the voting
member for the Convention to be held
from 10/10 through 10/12/85.
V/M Massaro MOVED to appoint Mayor Kravitz as the voting member
of the Florida League of Cities Convention, SECONDED by
C/M Gottesman.
VOTE•
ALL VOTED AYE
58. Intent to Authorize Formation of a Sister City Relationship
with Givata im - Temp. Reso. #3731 - Discussion and possible
action.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Agendized by Consent on Page 3)
APPROVED. RESOLUTION NO. R--85-254 PASSED.
Mr. Henning read Temp. Reso. #3731 by title.
V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of Temp. Reso. #3731 expressing the
City Council's intent to authorize the formation of a Sister City
relationship with the City of Givatayim. SECONDED by
C/M Gottesman.
C/M Stein said he asked the City Clerk why the correspondence
that was alluded to at the Special Meeting concerning the former
Sister City Commissioner's telegram, was not received by Council.
He said the City Clerk told him that she was not in possession of
this and that the Mayor told her these were private communica-
tions and the Commissioner had also not responded. He questioned
why Council does not have this backup on this item.
Mr. Henning said the first he heard of communicatons was from the
report that was made to Council and he does not know why they
were not public documents. He said he just heard from the City
Clerk that she attempted to get the records and Mayor Kravitz
suggested they were private letters and not public documents.
C/M Munitz questioned whether this was a personal Sister City
relationship between the Mayor of Tamarac and the Mayor of
Givatayim. Mr. Henning said it would be prudent for the Mayor to
send copies or the original letters to the Clerk's office so that
they can be distributed to Council members.
VOTE-
C/M Stein Nay
C/M Munitz Nay
C/M Gottesman Aye
V/M Massaro Aye
Mayor Kravitz Aye
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
39. Lake Colony/Brookwood Gardens - Discussion and possible
action on:
a) Release of a cash warranty bond posted for the sanitary
sewer system - Temp. Reso. #3712
b) Status of traffic light bond (tabled from 6/13/84)
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION:
a) APPROVED.
b) TABLED to the 9/11/85
Council meeting.
RESOLUTION NO. R-251 PASSED.
a) Mr. Henning read Temp. Reso. #3712 by title.
V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of Temp. Reso. #3712 releasing the
cash warranty bond of $10,000, SECONDED by C/M Munitz.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
b) V/M Massaro MOVED to TABLE this item to the 9/11/85 Council
meeting for further research, SECONDED by C/M Munitz.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
GENERAL_ADMINISTRATIVE/FINANCIAL
11. Municipal. complex - Discussion and possible action on:
a) Status of appointing a Construction Manager
b) Status report of Preconstruction Review Committee
c) Payment of Miller & Meier Invoice F1307 in the amount of
$35,191.66.
d) Status report on General Obligation Bonds
SYNQP 1S OF_ ACTION:
TABLED a), b) and c) to the
Special Meeting on 7/29/85.
d) Stan Ross, Financial Advisor,
and Gerry Heffernan, Bond Counsel,
gave status reports.
V/M Massaro MOVED to TABLE the a), b) and c) portions of this
item to the Special Meeting on 7/29/85, SECONDED by
C/M Gottesman.
VOTE•
ALL VOTED AYE
d) Mr. Henning said there is a referendum approval for an 8 million
dollar bond issue and Council approval for Touche Ross, the
City's Auditors to move forward with the cash flow analysis. He
said the advisors are recommending a personal presentation in New
York to the bond rating agency.
Stanley Ross of Dean, Ritter & Reynolds, Financial Consultants to
the City, said these bonds were offered for public sale and 3 or
4 days before the actual sale, the ESM situation became public
and they recommended withdrawing the sale indefinitely. He said
they are prepared with the offering circular which now has to be
updated and they will need to cover the disclosure about the ESM
situation. He said they feel that it is necessary for some
additional work, which Council has already authorized in connec-
tion with a comfort letter, to assure the prospective buyers and
protect the City against any failure of disclosure of an import-
ant financial event.
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Mr. Ross said they are prepared to proceed. He said they have
kept the two rating agencies aware of what has happened and they
said since there are no ratings on these bonds, it is best to
keep this on hold.
Mr. Henning asked Mr. Ross what would be the earliest date that
Council could act on this and Mr. Ross said about the third week
in September they should receive bids. He said they would need a
ten day advertising period before that and the cash flow material
must be in. Mr. Henning said he understood the bids were to be
received on the day of the Council meeting, opened at the Council
meeting, analyzed during the lunch break and they must be awarded
the same day they are received.
Mr. Ross said this circular must be printed and approved by the
Council before it is released. He said about 3 weeks are needed
before the actual sale date.
Gerry Heffernan of Fine Jacobson, Bond Counsel for the City,
said the bonds have been validated and they are in a position to
move forward. He said from a legal standpoint, he would like to
see whatever needs to be done with the rating agencies and the
insurance companies done for the official statement to update
this. He said he would like to see all of that before this
Council at the time that the Notice of Sale is authorized. He
said to get to that point, they need a Cash Flow Report from the
Finance Director. He said once this is organized they can, in
10 days time, advertise, award the bonds and 3 weeks letter they
can get the City's money and close.
Mr. Henning asked how specific a Cost Estimate is needed and, if
the sale of bonds is expedited to the end of September or
October, Council should be advised of some arbitrage strategy
that it will be beneficial to the City to expedite it.
Mr. Heffernan said the market place right now is 8-1/2%, but
where it will be 3 months from now is uncertain. He said the
IRS allows at the time of a bond closing, as long as a City
expects to use those funds for a defined project, such as the
Municipal Complex, within 36 months of the time of closing, that
money can be put into a construction fund and invested if there
is an arbitrage. He said this depends on the market at the
time, it will dictate how much arbitrage, if any, is available.
He said the City can invest and make some arbitrage earnings on
that money until construction is started. He said the City can
continue to make arbitrage until all the construction fund money
is used.
C/M Gottesman said he is uncertain if the new Finance Director
can get the Cash Flow Analysis Report to the Advisors soon
enough and Mr. Henning said the auditor tells the City what he
wants and the City staff does the job. Mr. Ross said when these
bonds were put out for bid in February, the rate was 9-1/2% and
today the municipal rates on 20-year bonds have fallen about 1%.
He said there is a very material saving in interest over 20
years for that 1% and the question is whether or not the rates
will go up or down.
Mr. Ross said if the Council plans to sell the bonds this year,
if they are put in the market by September or October it would
be beneficial on the rate paid for the bonds. He said as far as
the rate on the arbitrage, the short term market today is
approximately 7-1/2% to 8%.
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Mr. Henning asked how important is it that the General Obliga-
tion Bond sale precede the Utility Bond sale because the City
Hall may be on hold for a few months but the City will need the
utility money soon. Mr. Ross said this has been authorized and
their recommendation 3 weeks ago was that they would like to get
the first out of the way at least 30 to 60 days ahead of
bringing in the second. He said in his view it would be better
to go back into the market with the General Obligation Bonds
first and come in with the water and sewer bonds second.
Mr. Heffernan said the same process needs to be followed if the
Council decides they need the utility bond money first.
Tape 5 C/M Gottesman asked Mr. Heffernan if they are in the position to
give the City the necessary papers to be completed to establish
a cash flow. Mr. Henning said the auditor, Touche Ross, works
on the cash flow with the City staff. Mr. Heffernan said it is
up to the Council to determine how fast this will be done and
once the bond counsel gets this information, they will take
those cash flow reports and the auditor's comfort letter and
submit that to the rating agencies to have that accepted. He
said if the rating agencies do not accept that it may be nec-
essary to send someone to New York to get the rating agencies to
get the committee to analyze it.
Mr. Ross said when they have the cash flow report available and
ready to mail out, within two weeks they can be prepared to come
to the Council. V/M Massaro said Council is not in a position
to take any action at this time and a determination should be
made what is most important, the municipal complex or the sewer
bonds. She said Council will not know that until all the facts
have been analyzed.
Mr. Henning noted that the cash flow analysis has already been
authorized and that will proceed without any additional Council
action. He said once the cash flow analysis is completed,
hopefully, before the first September meeting of Council, it
should be determined: first, whether Council wants the bond
consultants to proceed to the rating agencies to attempt to get
a rating on the bonds and, second, if the consultants determine
that it is necessary for a couple of staff members to go to
New York, that will be authorized.
V/M Massaro said she would suggest that no action be taken until
September and, in the meantime, they are to proceed with what-
ever the auditors have to do to advise the Finance Department
what to prepare for them. She said no one should be authorized
to go to New York until Council decides whether they will go to
the utility or municipal bonds first.
UTILITIES -WEST
26. Utilities West Revenue Bonds -- Discussion and possible
action to approve a proposal by CH2M Hill to perform a
detailed engineering financial feasibility study required
by Touche Ross for the bond issue.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION:
Correction made to above title.
HELD for the Special Meeting on
7/29/85.
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Mr. Henning said this item concerns a similar cash flow study
and he noted that the agenda should be corrected to read "re-
quired by Stan Ross not by Touche Ross for the bond issue". He
said the backup memo was in error.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE/FINANCIAL
59. Authorizing Appointment of a_Temporary Chairman of the
City Council by the Mayor - Temp. Reso. #3732 -- Dis-
cussion and possible action.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Agendized by Consent on Page 3)
APPROVED the revision of RESOLUTION NO. R-85-255 PASSED.
7/24/85.
Mr. Henning read Tem Reso. 3732 by title.
Mr. Henning said he prepared a revision dated today which adds
the last sentence to Section 1 which states, "The appointment
shall be in writing and filed with the City Clerk."
V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of Temp Reso. 3732 as revised,
SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
Mayor Kravitz recessed the meeting to 1:30 P.M. for lunch.
Mayor Kravitz called the meeting to order at 1:30 P.M. and all
were present.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
44. Tamarac Gardens -- Discussion and possible action on:
a) Renewal of a model sales permit and waiver of the 300-
foot distance requirement for certificates of occupancy
(tabled from 7/10/85)
b) Calling a performance bond posted for sidewalk and sod -
Temp. Reso._#3709
SYNQPSI$ OF ACTION:
a) APPROVED for 6 months
from 7/27/85 and to expire
1/27/86.
b) DENIED.
a) V/M Massaro MOVED to APPROVE renewal of the model sales permit
and waiver of the 300--foot distance requirement for certificates
of occupancy, SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
b) Mr. Henning read Temp._Reso. #3709 by title.
V/M Massaro MOVED to DENY Temp. Reso. #3709, since renewal of
the performance bond has been posted and there is no need for
the item, SECONDED by C/M Stein.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
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UTILITIES WEST
22. Utilities West - Tract 27 - Water Storage Tank and
Pump -Station - Project 84-19 - Discussion and possible
action on:
a) Waiver of the platting requirements in Chapter 20 of the
Code for installation of this storage tank and pump
station - Temp. Reso. #3725
b) Approval to go to bid for installation of these
facilities.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: RESOLUTION NO. R-85-241 PASSED.
a) APPROVED.
b) HELD for the Special
Meeting on 7/29/85.
a) Mr. Henning read Temp. Reso. #372.5 by title.
V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of Temp-.-Reso. #3725, SECONDED by
C/M Stein.
Julian Leiber, resident, said in 1981 there were plans to have a
water tank installed on the park property, buried 5 feet and
extend 20 feet into the air with an 8-foot berm and landscaping.
He said the plans proposed today are for a tank that will be 38-
feet above ground and he questioned why this is being con-
sidered.
Bill Greenwood, Utilities Director/City Engineer, said the
project began in 1981 and action was taken at that time suggest-
ing that the tank would be buried 5 feet into the ground with an
8-foot high berm. He said since then the tank has been com-
pleted by the consultants for the City and is 38-feet above
ground with a 2-foot high planting berm and proposed areca palms
spaced approximately 8-feet on center, 7 to 8-feet high. He
said that is the existing proposal from the consultants and the
design has been completed. He said this is desperately needed
by the City for fire protection and also to conform with the
H.R.S. requirements, which date back to 1979 and was one of the
conditions imposed by the Health Department when the City
purchased the Utility to obtain additional storage and to have
storage at the end so that chlorination would remain within the
water.
Mr. Greenwood said it is a standard concrete -type construction,
circular tank with a dome roof. He showed Council a picture of
a similar -type tank and noted that the only difference between
the picture and the one proposed is that there is no architec-
tural treatments on the outside of the tank.
C/M Stein asked why the plans were changed from burying the tank
to having it above ground. Mr. Greenwood said he tried to
research the files and there is reference to the 10/20/81
Council meeting where the tank was proposed to be buried 5 feet.
He said a subsequent memo was written by the consultants on
7/14/82 pertaining to a meeting held with the City Manager, City
Planner and City Engineer. He said their recommendations were
then placed on Council agendas but it was tabled month after
month. He said the reason for the tabling was not in the
project files. He said they have checked with the consultants
and they refer back to the 7/14/82 memo and the end result is
the present completed design which is ready for bid.
V/M Massaro said in 1981 there was discussion regarding this
tank and there were two options: first, to put the tank above
ground and the second was to bury the tank 5 feet.
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V/M Massaro said if it was buried 5 feet into the ground, it
would cost an additional $86,000 because the tank would have to
be strengthened because of the pressure of the berm. She said
the berm was not going to help because an 8-foot berm is not
adequate. She said they also discussed putting seeding there
for the park that will ensue around it since the land left was
to be used for recreational facilities.
V/M Massaro said not only would it require $86,000 to sink the
tank but it would require an additional amount of $12,000 to
amend the specs and plans that were done. She said as it stands
now, the plans are all done, there are no costs or any modifica-
tions. She recommended that the Beautification Committee be
permitted to do all of the landscape planning and require
whatever they think is appropriate. She said if they install
trees that are 25-feet after planting, the tank will not be seen
from the road.
Florence Bochenek, Chairperson of the Beautification Committee,
said with the proposed plans of a 38-feet high tank with a 2-
foot berm, she cannot think of any landscaping that would hide
it. She said perhaps a compromise should be reached with a 10-
foot berm.
Mr. Henning said Council is voting on the waiver of platting and
not the site plan or design, however, this has been prepared as
a temporary waiver of platting in order to preclude any delay in
moving forward.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
b) V/M Massaro said there were two options discussed in 1981 and
1982, first, build it on the ground and, second, to sink the
tank 5 feet. She said the option to sink it 5 feet would cost
an additional amount of $86,000 plus whatever engineering
changes would be necessary for an approximate amount of $12,000.
She said to have a berm would put additional pressure on the
tank and the money that would be spent for that could go toward
beautification of this area.
C/M Stein MOVED to APPROVE going to bid of the tank as proposed
by the City Engineer above ground with the proper beautification
proposed at a later date by the Beautification Committee,
SECONDED by V/M Massaro.
V/M Massaro said Bob Foy"s memo does not require any modifica-
tions and she questioned where the amounts of $8,000 and $12,000
for the two different methods came from. She requested the City
Engineer consult with Williams, Hatfield & Stoner on this since
the plans were already prepared by them. Mr. Greenwood said the
requested modifications pertain to removing and deleting a crane
system that they had within the project, some electrical modifi-
cations and some instrumentation modifications. She asked who
requested these modifications and Mr. Greenwood said he did.
She said this should be discussed with Williams, Hatfield &
Stoner and she WITHDREW her SECOND to the MOTION. C/M Stein
WITHDREW his MOTION.
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V/M Massaro MOVED to TABLE this item to the Special Meeting on
7/29/85, SECONDED by C/M Stein..
VOTE:
PUBLIC HEARING
AL VOTED AYE
29. Sunset Isle Maintenance_ Association_13, Inc. - Rezoning
Petition #15-Z-85 - Temp. Ord. #1208 - Discussion and
possible action to rezone the lands adjoining the Recrea-
tion Area of Mainlands 13 on the north side of NW 59 Court,
and being bound on the east by NW 84 Terrace and on the
west by NW 85 Terrace, from R-1 (Single Family Residential)
to S-1 (Open Space/Recreational). Second Reading.
a) Acceptance of Affidavit of Publication and Affidavit of
Posting.
b) Consideration of application.
a
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION:
a) ACCEPTED Affidavits of
Publication and Posting.
b) APPROVED on second and
final reading.
Public Hearing was held.
ORDINANCE NO. 0-85-39 PASSED.
a) Mr. Henning read Temp. Ord. #1208 by title.
Mayor Kravitz asked the Assistant City Clerk if the Affidavits
of Publication and Posting have been received and she said yes.
C/M Gottesman MOVED to ACCEPT the Affidavits of Publication and
Posting, SECONDED by V/M Massaro.
VOTE: AL V TED AYE
b) Mayor Kravitz opened and closed the public hearing with no
response.
C/M Gottesman MOVED APPROVAL of Temp. -Ord. #1208 on second and
final reading, SECONDED by V/M Massaro.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS
2. Broward County -Transit - Bus Schedule - Presentation by Jay
Gross and Commissioner Howard Craft.
SYNOPSIS OF -ACTION: Jay Gross
gave a presentation.
Mayor Kravitz said he received a communication that Commissioner
Craft will not be able to be present today.
Amy Lew, resident of Bermuda Club, thanked Channel 19 for
covering this item on television and the D.O.T. for coming down
today. She said Tamarac has approximately 35,000 senior citi-
zens, who are the largest potential users of public transporta-
tion.
Jay Gross, Chief of Urban Transit Planning for the Broward
County Transportation Planning Division, said today's discussion
concerns part of the improvement package that the staff has
developed to be presented to the County Commission at an 8/15/85
Public Hearing.
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Mr. Gross said there have been 5 public meetings throughout
Broward County and they made extra efforts to provide this
meeting today for Tamarac.
Mr. Gross said as a technical staff, they are required to make
recommendations on information they have and they made these
recommendations for service throughout the County. He said some
suggestions concerned changing the service by reorienting,
which means finding new destinations for unproductive routes.
He said there are some parts of the County where they found they
could not reorient service and they tried to find better schedu-
ling so that the transfers are easier.
Tape 6 Mr. Gross said the last part are those areas which required a
great deal of thought and concerned elimination of service. He
said these areas included some parts of Pompano Beach, Margate,
Fort Lauderdale, south Broward County and Tamarac. He said
he will review the process they used briefly by showing what
exists now, the areas that are being eliminated and what will be
put in. He said the final recommendation is to be given again
to the County Commission on 8/15/85, at which time, a decision
will be made by them.
Mr. Gross said they collected information concerning ridership
throughout the County and surveyed the bus routes by having
someone sit on all the buses and survey people getting on and
off, where and time of day. He said this was done in the
beginning of 1983, 1984 and 1985. He said the first surveys
were about 5 round trips or 10 samples passing a specific point.
He said this is important to understand because this determines
how they base their recommendations. He said in 1984 there were
between 9 and 12 surveys, depending on the routes and in 1985
there were between 7 and 12 surveys. He said they tried to get
those days that were sunny and not holidays to determine those
routes that would have the most people using them at the time of
the surveys.
Mr. Gross said surveys in themselves only provide actual count;
however, there are other problems such as road conditions and
areas that are growing. He said outside of that technical area
the Federal Government is recommending that the operating
assistance, that is, helping the local transit system provide
transportation, will be more difficult by cutting back on
Federal share of operating assistance. He said Broward County
gives approximately 5 million dollars, almost 25% of its entire
budget to the transit authority. He said, however, there are
many recommendations from Capitol Hill which range from keeping
it the same to bringing it down to zero. He said under those
contraints there are other problems, costs are going up and
there are many budgetary constraints. He said the County
Commission is trying to deal with more demands on it.
EDITOR'S NOTE: At this point in the meeting, Mr. Gross
referred to a Graphic Map he displayed on the board:
Mr. Gross said the recommendations they are making are the
following:
- the red is existing Route 82, the blue is existing Route
30, the green are north/south routes on University Drive
and there are other routes shown as well.
there are two routes that are very hard for service with a
lot of mileage throughout which is passing by most of the
developed areas of Tamarac's portion of the County.
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- the productivity system averages about 2 passengers per
mile.
in order to be fair, if the bus picks up 1 passenger per
mile, they will not recommend any deletion of service.
those segments that fall below one half passenger per mile,
they must review the service.
- when there is one passenger every 5 miles, which is 1/10th
the system average, they must question whether they are
expending their limited resources in the best way.
- Routes 82 and 30 have hour service presently and there are
several other routes throughout the County that have hour
service.
there are several other routes throughout the County which
have a higher productivity than 82 and 30 that have start-
ing hours later than the work trip with ending hours before
7:30 P.M. and no Sunday service.
since most trips in this area are not generated for work at
the same proportion as other parts of the County, they felt
they should be extra sensitive to this area in terms of
those trips generated in the middle of the day.
- the ridership on Route 82 covers a lot of area and they
suggested breaking this up into different segments.
- they did a survey in 1983, 1984 and 1985 and the best
ridership was in 1985. For 12 round trips there were 12
passengers getting on board which means every 2 times a bus
passes, 1 person gets on board or 1 passenger every 6
miles. That is 1/12th of the system average, which is very
unproductive.
- NW 70 Avenue - in 1983, there were 5 round trips for a
total of 7 miles altogether, only 3 people got on board.
This was surveyed during the height of the season and in
October, 1984 through March, 1985 this was surveyed 9 times
and 6 people got on board.
- this was surveyed 12 times, that is, 24 times that the bus
passed, 6 people got on board.
- on 88th Avenue - they had the early survey in the winter of
1983 - for 5 round trips there were 7 passengers. That is
about 1/4 passenger per mile and they need 2 passengers per
mile.
Mr. Gross said south of McNab Road is Route 30 and in 1983 there
were 6 passengers for 5 surveys. He said over a period of time,
for 7 surveys it went up to 10 people for 7 surveys. He said
recently for 12 surveys there were 6 passengers and these are the
figures with which they have to work. He said there are also
similar low -ridership figures for other links of this Route but
not as low. He said although there are approximately 35,000
people in this area the generation of trips on the transit system
is very low for the entire County. He said there are approxi-
mately 13 or 14 million passengers riding the system this year.
Mr. Gross said they realize that use of the buses is very import-
ant even if only 1 person uses it; however, this has to be
balanced with keeping a bus on the road every hour at marginal
cost for at least $25.00. He said if the bus travels 12-1/2
miles an hour, it averages $2.00 to $3.00 per mile. He said the
average revenue per mile is approximately $.35, $.38 or $.40 and
the Tamarac area generates $.09 per mile.
Mr. Gross said they will maintain those trunkline routes on
University Drive and 441.
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Mr. Gross said they are recommending a new route going down 32nd
Avenue into Fort Lauderdale and on Commercial Boulevard, they
recommended keeping Route 30 and having it drop out of the
Mainlands area. He said on Rock Island Road, picking up where
Route 82 is now Bailey Road, this will be kept on going down to
64th Avenue. He said following Route 82 to where it is now going
to University Drive and they recommend dropping the part that
goes down 50th Avenue, 50th Street and Rock Island Road. He
said they are recommending that it stops at University Drive,
whether or not it goes through the intersection into the
Modernage Shopping Center.
Mr. Gross said they are recommending another route going through,
Route 25, which they suggest will come across the Cypress Creek
area. He said Cypress Creek is a growing business/commercial
area and they recommend it goes through 441, up Kimberly Drive
and then down to 81st. He said there is a large development
there and there is a canal with no bridge there. He said road
systems and development patterns put a great handicap on the
people trying to provide public transportation and emergency
medical services and police and fire protection. He said the
route would come to McNab Road and go straight across to 100th
Avenue, up 100th Avenue across 81st and then back to Pine Island
Road, up to Atlantic Boulevard and then into Coral Square Mall.
Mr. Gross said the Number 2 bus passes by University Hospital.
He said those areas recommended to be dropped have the lowest
ridership but this is the best balance of service they can
provide. He said they have translated this to actual vehicle
hours, driver hours, time of day, type of service, frequencies,
etc. and this is the final staff recommendation. He said it is
not the final alignment or total service which the Commission
itself will select. He said when the County Commissioners look
at this they are also looking at the rest of the County and, if
there is demand from one area for more service, that will have to
come from another area. He said this year is a tough year for
the County providing any type of public transportation service
over and above what they have now.
Nick Camerano, member of the Mayor's Committee on Transportation,
said he and Amy Lew are the Committee and have worked on this a
long time. He said since bus Routes 30 and 82 are being elim-
inated, there will be no service through Sunflower/Heathgate,
Sections 17, 21 and 4, Sands Point, Concord Village, Lime Bay,
Westwood and other areas. He said reduction of bus service will
limit the traveling of residents who cannot drive or walk any
distance. He asked that this be considered and noted that buses
are not used because there is no public awareness of the bus
schedule. He said the residents have to wait an hour or more for
a bus and there is no way to get to the buses that are needed.
He suggested Mr. Gross meet with him and Mrs. Lew before the
staff makes their final recommendatons to the County Commission.
Mayor Kravitz noted that it was through the efforts of Mrs. Lew
and Mr. Camerano that this presentation was possible today and
they are working diligently to see that the routes are amended
for the benefit of all the residents.
,Tack Huber, Vice President of Bermuda Club, said he questioned
whether Mr. Gross's recommendations were improvements for the
City.
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Jack Robinson, resident of Westwood 17, said the people used the
buses more in the past because the routes went further and, now
that the routes have been changed, it is more difficult to travel
by bus. He suggested the old routes be restored.
Mayor Kravitz said that the Committee will meet with Mr. Gross to
acquire the best service possible for the City.
COMM NITY DEVELOPMENT
48. Fish Kettle, Inc. - Family Mart Sho in Center - Temp.
Reso. #3707 - Discussion and possible action on a request to
transfer a special exception (delicatessen) to M & M, Inc.
(tabled from 7/10/85)
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: APPROVED. RESOLUTION NO. R-85-252 PASSED.
Mr. Henning read Tem . Reso. #3707 by title.
V/M Massaro said this item was Tabled for appropriate application
to be filed and remittance of a fee of $250.00. She said both
have been accomplished and she MOVED APPROVAL of Temp._Reso.
#3707, SECONDED by C/M Stein.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
LEGAL AFFAIRS
32. Land Section 7 - Discussion and possible action on the
status of the purchase of 45 acres of land by the City:
a) Settlement of condemnation case and outstanding claims of
Toll Development Corp.
b) Funding sources for the purchase of land
c) Title insurance policy for the purchase of land
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION:
a) No action necessary since
Mr. Toll withdrew the case.
b) APPROVED funding to be charged
to Account #434-368-535-622
titled "Land Acquisitions".
c) Authorized Alan Ruf to prepare
documents necessary or examine
the documents together with the
City Attorney and move forward
with the appropriate persons for
the purchase of this land. Mr.Ruf
was authorized to have the policy
written for title insurance at a
cost not to exceed $2,000.
a) Mr. Ruf said the settlement of the condemnation case was resolved
and there was a contingent claim made by Gene Toll and the
lawsuit he had filed, which was a Notice of Appeal for the
settlement already approved by the Court, has been withdrawn. He
said the case is now finished and no action is necessary.
b) Mr. Ruf said he sent Council a memo on 7/17/85 indicating that
this transaction would probably be closed during the August
recess and before the next regular Council meeting in September.
He said Council has already approved the terms of the Settlement
Agreement and the purchase in the settlement of the litigation.
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Mr. Ruf said before Dan Saale, Deputy Finance Director, left he
asked him to submit a memo of where these funds would be coming
from to make the purchase. He said Mr. Saale gave him that memo
dated 7/12/85 and he attached it to his 7/17/85 memo to Council.
V/M Massaro said the funding for the purchase of this land should
Tape 7 come from the CIAC money at the present time and be charged to
Account #424-368-535-622. She suggested that it be determined at
a later date exactly how the replacement of this money is to be
made because there are several sources rather than only bonding.
She said at one time she suggested borrowing from the Florida
League of Cities at the rate of 5-1/2% or, whatever the rate
might be at the time, for a ten-year period. She said there is
also a consideration that a small portion of that money might be
charged to something else.
V/M Massaro MOVED that the funding be charged to Account #424-
368-535-622 and be taken from the CIAC Account with the replace-
ment of this money to be determined at a later date. SECONDED by
C/M Gottesman.
Mr. Henning said he distributed to Council a copy of the Florida
League of Cities bond proposals for review and discussion at a
later date. He asked if Mr. Ruf has a free hand to move forward
with the closing after the last item is resolved.
C/M Munitz asked if V/M Massaro is precluding the fact that when
the water and sewer revenue bonds are sold the proceeds will be
used to liquidate this receivable account on the City's books
and V/M Massaro said that was not the intent. She said the
question of the replacement would be determined at a later time
because from the proceeds of the bond, the City may not have to
bond it if it would be less expensive to go through the Florida
League.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
c) V/M Massaro MOVED that Mr. Ruf be authorized to prepare whatever
documents are necessary or to examine any documents that are
necessary together with the City Attorney and move forward with
the appropriate persons in the purchase of this land. SECONDED
by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
Mr. Ruf said it would be appropriate for the City to have a Title
Insurance Policy on this parcel of land for approximately 1
million dollars. He said he writes Title Insurance in his
practice and he called 4 other title insurors for a quote on this
policy and there is no underlying title policy and there are 4
volumes of abstracts. He said the Federal Land Title Co. quoted
$2,025.00, Chicago Title Insurance Co. quoted $2,359.50, Stuart
Title quoted $2,025.00, Lawyer's Title Insurance Corporation
quoted $2,821.00 and he asked for Council's authority to write
the policy on behalf of the City on Attorney's Title Fund at a
price of $2,000.00.
C/M Gottesman MOVED to authorize Alan Ruf to have the policy
written for Title Insurance on this property at a cost not to
exceed $2,000.00. SECONDED by V/M Massaro.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
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UTILITIES WEST
24. Utilities West - Expansion-and-lJpgrade of Sewage Treatment
Plant - Project_85-19 - Discussion and possible action on:
a) Approval to advertise for proposals for this project
b) Authorization for the Acting City Manager and Utilities
Director/City Engineer to establish a five member selec-
tion committee.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION:
a) APPROVED.
b) APPROVED a 7 member committee
with a member of Council to be
appointed by Mayor Kravitz, to
evaluate responses, rank them
and report back to Council.
a) Mr. Greenwood said the City has made a decision to keep the
existing sewage treatment plant at its existing site. He said,
as was recognized back in 1979 when the City purchased the
utilities, extensive repair, upgrading and maintenance would be
required. He said they are requesting authorization to place
requests for proposals in the newspapers to have the City receive
proposals from interested consulting firms, make a selection in
accordance with the Florida Statute and recommend to Council a
consultant to perform the upgrading and expansion of the existing
sewage treatment plant.
V/M Massaro said the maintenance and operations building was
reduced to $500,000 and she questioned whether that will be
needed since they have an office/trailer set up already.
Mr. Greenwood said the trailer facility as constructed is
adequate for what they are presently being used for. He said in
an effort to try to decrease operation and maintenance costs with
the plant, additional in-house machinery and mechanical equipment
would not be housed there since it is only designed for office
space.
V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL to advertise for proposals for this
project. She asked Mr. Greenwood if they are seeking proposals
and Mr. Greenwood said these would be proposals stating the
consulting engineers qualifications to evaluate the problems at
the existing plant and to design corrected features.
Ted Slade, resident of the Isles of Tamarac, asked if the Federal
Government has determined that this plant had to be brought up to
proper standards. Mr. Greenwood said the upgrading being man-
dated to Tamarac is mainly from the Broward County Environmental
Quality Control Board. He said they are requiring that the City
discharge their effluent to either the initial spray irrigation
project and/or the selected plan to deep injection well.
Mr. Slade asked which way the City is going to go and Mr.
Greenwood said the City has a design for deep injection well and
should be in a position to bid that project for the deep injec-
tion well sometime in September.
C/M Gottesman SECONDED the MOTION.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
b) C/M Stein MOVED that the Acting City Manager and Utilities
Director/City Engineer establish a five member selection com-
mittee to evaluate the responses, rank them and report to Coun-
cil. SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
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V/M Massaro said she feels a Council member should be a party to
that five member committee. Mayor Kravitz suggested the MOTION
be amended to include a member from Council and he suggested he
appoint that member. C/M Stein said he would ACCEPT that amend-
ment to the MOTION and C/M Gottesman, as the SECOND, agreed.
Mr. Henning suggested that Council, might want to have a seven
member committee of which one member will be a Council member
appointed by the Mayor and C/M Stein ACCEPTED the amendment as
part of the MOTION, as did C/M Gottesman as the SECOND.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE/FINANCIAL
7. Pension Plan -w Discussion and possible action on:
a) Authorization for Kruse, O'Connor and Ling, Actuaries, to
conduct a study in various areas of concern (tabled from
6/12/85)
b) Amendment to the Pension Plan to provide for an additional
member to the Administrative Board to be elected from the
White Collar/Blue Collar Bargaining Unit (Federation of
Public Employees) - Temp. rd. 12 0 First Reading.
c) Funding for Pension Expenses
d) Muller, Mintz, Kornreich, Caldwell, Casey, Crosland &
Bramnick, P.A. - Invoices for May and June, 1985 -
$2,981.10 ($1,370.30 charged for Pension expenses and
$1,610.80 charged to City Attorney Professional Services
Account 001-106-514-310)
e) Muller, Mintz, Kornreich, Caldwell, Casey, Crosland &
Bramnick, P.A. - Invoice dated 7/2/85 - $1,504.44 ($52.50
charged for Pension expenses and $1,451.94 charged against
City Attorney Professional Services Account 001-106-514-
310)
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: (See Page 3)
a) APPROVED as stipulated.
b) APPROVED Temp. Ord.1210 on
first reading.
c) TABLED until Council receives
documentation to review.
d) HELD for the Special
Meeting on 7/29/85.
e) Agendized by Consent and HELD
for the Special Meeting on
7/29/85.
a) Mr. Henning said there have been various requests regarding
changes or increases in benefits from the Pension Board and there
is a need for an actuarial study to determine how much this would
cost. He said the letter dated 6/5/85 from Kruse, O'Connor and
Ling, Inc., lists 11 items with a quote of up to $1,475.00 on
these items for these studies.
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Mr. Henning said the second part of this a) item concerns a memo
to Larry Perretti, Acting City Manager, from Judy Deutsch,
Assistant Personnel Director, dated 7/22/85 which stated,
"Richard Meisner of MIA has advised that the State of Florida has
recently passed legislation requiring municipalities to provide
the State with an actuarial certification. We contacted several
actuaries for cost impact and recommend Kruse, O'Connor and Ling
prepare the study. As soon as we receive Council approval for an
expenditure of $1,000.00, we will have the information provided."
Judy Deutsch, Assistant Personnel Director, said that the
$1,000.00 is for the City's Self Insured Health Insurance -
program. She said this year the Legislators are requiring that
all self --insured health insurance programs have an actuarial
impact statement.
V/M Massaro asked Mr. Henning if there is a problem for Council
to require that these funds come from the Pension Fund and Mr.
Henning said there was an extensive Joint Workshop between the
Council and the Pension Board and this was one of the items
discussed. He said another item discussed was that in order to
be eligible for the Fire and Police contributions from the State,
certain funding is required by the Florida Statutes. He said the
City has been making contributions in the past at a percentage of
payroll, or matching funds, to employee contributions.
Mr. Henning asked Mrs. Deutsch if the City has made lump sum
contributions to the Pension Plan in order to qualify for State
monies. Mrs. Deutsch said it has been made monthly. Mr. Henning
said the percentage of payroll is determined based on the actuar-
ial soundness determined by the actuary as to how much the City
must match for contributions. He said he reviewed the Ordinance
and has not found anything that would preclude the City Council
from charging the Pension Plan for these particular expenses. He
said there are many cities in Broward County that do just that.
V/M Massaro said in the meantime, the expense should go where it
belongs, that is, to the Pension Fund and if there is something
to be made up to equal the necessary amount, the City would have
to be prepared to do that.
V/M Massaro said that any expenses that Council approves today
are to come from the Pension Plan. Mr. Henning suggested that
the attorney's fees be addressed separately. V/M Massaro said
the attorney's fees as well should come out of the Pension Fund
providing the attorney worked on the Pension Fund. She said if
the attorney's invoice shows more than one subject, they should
be charged to the proper places.
Mr. Henning said Attorney Gordon Rogers, was at the Pension Board
meeting at the City Manager's and his request and not at the
Pension Board's request. V/M Massaro suggested that in the
future, Mr. Rogers should get approval from Council, too, if they
are to pay the bill.
Morris Haber, Chairman of the Charter Board, asked how the
Pension Fund can be charged for something that was unauthorized
by the Fund itself. Mr. Henning said Council may want to direct
the Pension Board to make this agreement and, if they decide they
do not want to have this study because they do not want to pay
for it, the Council will not force them to have this study. He
said Council is authorizing them to make the study if they want
to pay for it.
Peter Prior, Fire Department representative to the Pension Board,
said in the past, if the Board felt they needed work done by the
actuaries, the Board authorized the work and the actuaries sent
the bill to Council and Council paid the bill. He said for this
reason, they now have to submit cause and reasons to Council
before they can get the work done.
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Mr. Prior said if this is going to be changed, perhaps on the c)
portion of this item on today's agenda, rather than a Motion, it
would be appropriate to allocate a budget so that the Pension
Board can have the means of spending money.
V/M Massaro said she does not agree because the Pension Board
should come to Council for approval because if the Pension Fund
runs short of money, the Council has to pay the balance of the
bill. She said as long as the City has the responsibility to
make up the difference, the Council should be there to oversee
the expenditures.
Steve Melnick, Police Department representative to the Pension
Board, said the Pension Board did not request the services of the
attorney. He said the State Law stipulates that the actuarial
study is supposed to determine whether the money can be taken
from the Pension Fund or not and that is why the Pension Board is
requesting Council pay for this study.
V/M Massaro said it is not necessary for the Pension Board to pay
for attorney's fees that were unsolicited by the Pension Board;
however, in the future, the Pension Board is to come to the City
Council for permission before creating an expense. Peter Prior
said Chapter 175-351, Article. League, Paragraph 11, reads, "No
Retirement Plan or amendment to a Retirement Plan shall be
proposed without the proposed plan or amendment containing an
Actuarial estimate of the cost involved." He said they feel the
City should continue to pay for the actuarial study.
V/M Massaro MOVED that authorization for Kruse, O'Connor and
Ling, Actuaries, to conduct a study in the various areas of
concern of the Pension Board be approved and that the funding
come from the Pension Fund. SECONDED by C/M Stein.
Jim Godin, Charter Board Vice Chairman, said the Ordinance only
requires an actuarial study every three years and Mr. Henning
said that is if there are no changes in the benefits. C/M Munitz
said while the Council may insist that the Pension Board pay for
the actuary study, if that should create a shortage, the City
will have to pay anyway. V/M Massaro said as this Fund grew, the
City has been funding this but now that fund is no longer a
responsibility of every taxpayer to absorb these costs.
Mr. Henning said the Pension Board is suggesting that they want a
12th item to the actuarial study which would be to determine that
the Pension Plan could be charged the administrative costs.
Tape 8 Mr. Melnick suggested that the Council should pay for this
actuarial study and if they determine that the Pension Plan is
strong enough to pay for its own fundings in the future, then the
Pension Board will not have to seek funds from the Council again.
V/M Massaro said that is not her Motion.
C/M Stein said if the Actuary states that the Pension Board
cannot pay for this study under the law then the City will have
to pay for it. Morris Haber, Chairman of the Charter Board, said
the Council is allowing the Pension Board to have as many studies
as they like and the Pension Board should only have a study
whenever necessary.
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Mr. Henning suggested Council authorize approximately $250.00 to
get the 12th item on the list of the actuaries and Mrs. Deutsch
said they have received a letter from the actuaries which states
that would probably be the extent of the cost incurred.
V/M Massaro said she would include that in her MOTION and
C/M Stein as the SECOND agreed.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
b) Mr. Henning read Temp. Ord. #1210 by title.
Mr. Henning said the Pension Board wanted to have a member on the
Committee that was elected from the White Collar/Blue Collar
Bargaining Unit and this adds a member and also leaves a member
on there who would be a representative elected from the Super-
visory/Confidential and Managerial employees. He said this would
add one member to the Board and one member to the quorum,
changing it from four to five members.
V/M Massaro asked how that affects the City and Mr. Henning said
except for the cost of having someone attend the meeting once a
month and the moderate cost of holding an election in-house every
year or so, there is none.
C/M Stein MOVED APPROVAL of Temp. Ord.-#1210 on first reading,
SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
c) V/M Massaro MOVED to TABLE this item until Council has documenta-
tion to review, SECONDED by C/M Stein.
Mr. Henning said for the record that the budget outline has been
submitted and, until Council turns it down, it is an active
request. V/M Massaro said this will be discussed at Council
Budget Meetings.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
d) Mr. Henning said the first bill for Muller, Mintz is in the
& amount of $2,981.10 and, of that amount, $1,370.30 was Pension
e) work by the law firm, however, this was at the request of the
City Attorney and City Manager and not at the request of the
Pension Board. He said he allowed funds in his Professional
Services budget for this if Council approves it.
V/M Massaro asked Mr. Henning why this invoice was broken down
into two separate amounts and Mr. Henning said he did so at the
request of Council since the original bill was a lump sum. He
said when these people were hired he was under the impression
that the money would come from the City Attorney's budget. He
said some of this bill is Pension business and Council can either
charge that to the Pension Board or to the City Attorney's
budget.
V/M Massaro MOVED to TABLE both portions d) and e) of this item
to the Special Meeting on 7/29/85, SECONDED by C/M Stein.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
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AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS
3. Judge Steven 5hutter - Presentation.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Judge
Shutter gave a presentation.
County Judge Steven Shutter said he has been reassigned to the
West Satellite
tion Department
Court and
brought
yesterday the Tamarac Parks and Recrea-
the children to the Satellite Court for
the "Goldilocks
Trial",
a yearly event for the children. He said
he is noted for
his high
fines and he projected the City may
realize another
$50,000
for fine and forfeiture money.
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Judge Shutter said there is a new law that will be effective
10/1/85, Senate Bill 33, Chapter 85-227 of the Florida Statutes,
authorizes each City, if they choose, to establish a separate
account for handicapped parking fines. He said 1/3 of the funds
deposited would go to the expenses of administration and 2/3
would go to improved facilities for qualified physically disabled
people. He said if Tamarac should adopt this, they would need a
special Ordinance.
Judge Shutter said Tamarac has their criminal cases and municipal
Ordinances prosecuted by the Assistant State Attorney's Office
and he introduced to Council the Assistant State Attorney for
West Broward County, Charles Cherry.
Mr. Henning noted that recently
offices of Alan Ruf with Chris
City Prosecutor.
BOARDS AND COMMITTEES
the Council appointed the law
Carsky assisting the City as the
4. Insurance Advisor Committee - Temp. Reso. 3727 - Dis-
cussion and possible action to appoint one (1) member.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: APPROVED RESOLUTION NO. R-85-240 PASSED.
appointing John J. Assenzio for
a term to expire 5/11/86.
Mr. Henning read Temp. Reso_#3727 by title.
Mayor Kravitz noted that John Assenzio submitted an application,
he is an attorney, is knowledgeable about insurance matters and
he recommended his appointment. He said it is his understanding
that Mr. Assenzio is the President of the Legal Alumni Associa-
tion for St. John's University of southern Florida.
V/M Massaro MOVED to APPROVE Temp. Reso. t3727 appointing
John J. Assenzio to this committee, SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
5. Board of Consumer Affairs - Tem . Reso. 3728 - Dis-
cussion and possible action to appoint one (1) member.
SYNOU'IS OF ACTION: TABLED
at the request of the Chairman.
Mayor Kravitz noted that he received a memo from Nat Cohen,
Chairman of the Board of Consumer Affairs, requesting that this
item be tabled since there are presently enough members.
C/M Munitz MOVED to TABLE this item at the request of the Chair-
man, SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
iLOTE :
ALL VOTED AYE
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
52. Mainlands 4 Clubhouse - Revised Site Plan - Temp. Reso._
#3733 - Discussion and possible action.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Agendized by Consent on Page 1)
APPROVED as presented. RESOLUTION NO. R-85-253 PASSED.
Mr. Henning read Temp. Reso. #3733 by title.
V/M Massaro said this is simply an addition to the platform they
now have and the size is 6' x 251. She said they also wish to
increase the size of their barbeque as well.
V/M Massaro MOVED to APPROVE Temp. Reso. #3733 as presented,
SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE FINANCIAL
53. Authorization for TUW Employees to Attend University of
Florida TREEO Center Seminar - Discussion and possible
action.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Agendized by Consent on Page 1)
APPROVED attendance to the above -
named seminar for William Greenwood,
Richard Charlton and Richard Ruhl.
V/M Massaro said the Utilities Director/City Engineer has
requested that two of his men, one of which is an Operator from
the Water Treatment Plant, be permitted to go to the University
of Florida's TREEO Center to be cross -trained. She said the
request also included Richard Ruhl, who is from the Sewage
Treatment Plant. She said Mr. Greenwood feels he can work with
two less people by doing this and he would like to attend that
school as a Utilities Director/City Engineer.
V/M Massaro MOVED that Mr. Greenwood and his men be authorized to
attend this seminar at a cost of approximately $436.00 for
Mr. Greenwood, $333.50 for Mr. Charlton and $333.50 for Mr. Ruhl.
SECONDED by C/M Stein.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
54. Waiver of Bidding for Generator Re air - TUW - Discussion and
possible action.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Agendized by Consent on Page 2)
Utilities was authorized to proceed
with emergency repairs to the
mobile generator at a cost not to
exceed $7,000.
Acting City Manager Perretti said there was a request of waiver
of the bid process for generator repair by letter from
Bob Woelke, Superintendent of Field Operations, dated 7/15/85.
He said at the present time, the City owns two 25-year old mobile
generators that must service 68 lift stations in case of major
power failure by FP&L.
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Mr. Perretti said one of the generators recently suffered a major
breakdown and the City cannot be in a position to suffer any
further breakdowns without moving forward and getting these
generators prepared. He requested that this be approved.
Mr. Henning said the authorization appears to be a maximum amount
of $6,368.20 and they do not know which of the three items is the
actual cost until they get the serial numbers.
Mr. Greenwood said the equipment was taken apart at a cost of
$300.00 and the serial numbers are completely obliterated,
therefore, they will not know until they examine them against the
specifications for replacement. He said the R & R Certificate is
being requested from Williams, Hatfield & Stoner in an amount not
to exceed $7,000.00.
V/M Massaro MOVED that the Utilities Department be authorized to
proceed with the emergency repairs to the mobile generator at a
price not to exceed $7,000.00. SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
55. Public Works - Authority to Bid for Wheel Balancing
Machine Computerized Engine Analyzerand Computerized Fuel
Card _System - Discussion and possible action.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Agendized by Consent on Page 2)
Authorization was given to go
to bid.
Mr. Henning noted that this is a request to go to bid for three
pieces of equipment that Public Works would like to have.
V/M Massaro MOVED to authorize Public Works to go to bid and
return to Council in September with whatever bids are received.
SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
CONSENT AGENDA
6. Consent A ends
a)
Minutes of
5/22/85 -
Regular Meeting - Approval recommended
by City Clerk.
b)
Minutes of
6/12/85 --
Regular Meeting - Approval recommended
by City Clerk.
c)
Minutes of
6/14/85 -
Reconvened Regular Meeting - Approval
recommended
by City
Clerk.
d)
Minutes of
6/28/85 -
Reconvened Regular Meeting -- Approval
recommended
by City
Clerk.
e)
Minutes of
7/2/85 -
Special Meeting - Approval recommended by
City Clerk.
f)
Minutes of
7/5/85 -
Special Meeting - Approval recommended by
City Clerk.
g)
Alan F. Ruf
- Consulting
City Attorney - 7/18/85 - $1,062.00
($1,032.00
from Professional
Services Account 001-106-514-310
and $30.00
from TUW
Professional Services Account 425-368-
535-310) -
Approval
recommended by City Attorney and Acting
City Manager.
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h) CH2M Hill - Engineering Project 84-2 Deep Injection Well
Holding Pond Design - Invoice #06-405 - 6/7/85 - $5,002.82 -
Account #434-368-535-681 (Deep Well) -- Approval recommended
by Utilities Director/City Engineer.
i) CH2M Hill - Engineering Project 84-2 Deep Injection Well
Holding Pond Design - Invoice #06-465 - 6/19/85 - $1,478.97 -
Account #434-368-535-681 (Deep Well) - Approval recommended
by Utilities Director/City Engineer.
j) Public Works Department - Approval to go to bid for a Fuel
Storage Facility - Overflow Protection and Monitoring Well
Installation.
k) Approval to pay invoices received during Council's August
recess upon the approval of the Acting City Manager and the
Mayor or Vice Mayor.
1) Water Storage Plan -- Temp. Ord. #1193 - Approval to remove
this item from the agenda as recommended by the Utilities
Director/City Engineer (First Reading TAbled on 4/10/85).
m) Request made by Broadview area for City annexation - Approval
to remove this item from the agenda (tabled from 4/24/85).
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION:
APPROVED Items a) through f)
and h) through m). g) was
REMOVED and then payment of
the bill was APPROVED but the items
must be charged to the appropriate
areas after discussion with Finance
and the City Manager.
V/M Massaro requested that g) be REMOVED for discussion and she
MOVED APPROVAL of Items a) through f) and h) through m), SECONDED
by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
g) V/M Massaro said on Mr. Ruf's bill, there are references to Land
Section 7, which concerns the land that the City is purchasing
and that money should come from the fee in the amount of approxi-
mately $600.00.
Mr. Henning said in the past several meetings he has been excis-
ing the TUW Professional Services for Land Section 7 and other
utility matters. He said this particular bill only has $30.00
for Land Section 7 and others have been in the hundreds.
V/M Massaro suggested that this bill be paid but that those two
items should be charged to the appropriate areas.
Melanie Reynolds, Charter Board Aide, said on 7/11/85 there was a
charge on Mr. Ruf's bill to George Feld & Associates, which
concerns the Tamarac Park Satellite Building. She said the
Charter Board is reviewing this.
Tape 9 V/M Massaro MOVED that this bill be paid but that the items be
charged to the appropriate areas after discussion with the Acting
City Manager and the Finance Department. SECONDED by
C/M Gottesman.
Acting City Manager Perretti noted that Council passed a Resolu-
tion today giving a designated Council person authority as a
Temporary Chairman of the City Council, as well as the City
Manager and the Finance Department and he suggested this be added
as well. Mr. Henning said it is understood that the Temporary
Chairman would act in the absence of the Mayor or Vice Mayor.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
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Mayor Kravitz announced that today's agenda will not be completed
by 5:00 P.M., therefore, any items left for discussion will be
added to the agenda for the Special Council Meeting on 7/29/85.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVEZFINANCIAL
8. Employee Health Insurance -- Discussion and possible action on
a recommendation to pay the first years' health insurance
premium for totally, permanently disabled employees who have
been employed with the City more than one year.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: HELD
for the Special Meeting on
7/29/85.
V/M Massaro said although the City sympathizes with these people,
this is too much of a burden for the City and she felt this
should be denied.
Acting City Manager Perretti said the intent of this was to save
the City money and not lose money. He said this was strictly for
an employee of more than one year that was 100% disabled. He
said this would take them off the group plan of insurance so that
the experience rating would not go up with the anticipation that,
if the person is ill, they will be utilizing many doctors,
medication, etc., which would make the City's program run high.
He said this enables the City to pay a flat rate for one year and
allows the individual, after that year, to take the insurance on
their own but, during that year, there is no group experience
rating.
Mr. Henning said the City is self -insured and the M.I.A.
administrator administers the City's money. He questioned if a
person has a one-year health insurance policy separate with the
premium paid by the City, where would the funds come from to pay
the doctor's bills that come in during that year. Acting City
Manager Perretti said that would be from the self-insurance fund.
C/M Stein said it is the same amount of money and Acting City
Manager said it is as if that employee was on the City's payroll
for one more year except that they are not getting a paycheck and
the City is not getting any experience for them.
V/M Massaro MOVED to HOLD this item for the Special Meeting on
7/29/85, SECONDED by C/M Stein.
VOTE•
ALL VOTED AYE
9. Legislative Aides - Discussion and possible action to approve
appointments of aides for Mayor Kravitz.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Council
APPROVED appointment of
Murray Weiner and Jack Farber
as aides for Mayor Kravitz.
Mayor Kravitz said Ordinance 85-29 authorized appointment of
Legislative Aides and he requested appointment of
Murray Weiner and Jack Farber as his Legislative Aides.
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V/M Massaro MOVED that Murray Weiner and Jack Farber be appointed
as Legislative Aides to Mayor Kravitz, SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
Mayor Kravitz read Ordinance 85-29 by title.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
12. Personnel Matters
- Discussion and possible action on:
a)
Confirmation of
the appointment of Michael Couzzo as
Public Works Director
(tabled from 7/10/85)
b)
Confirmation of
the appointment of Frank M. Etheredge as
Finance Director
- Temp. Reso. #3730
c)
Assignment pay
for Dan Saale, former Deputy Finance
Director.
d)
Assignment pay
for Larry Perretti, Acting City Manager.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION:
a) through d) HELD
for the Special Meeting
on 7/29/85.
b) Acting City Manager Perretti said the b) portion of this item was
APPROVED by Council on 7/19/85. Mr. Henning said he prepared
Temp. Reso. #373_0 for this appointment and he read this by title.
�He noted that Section 3 should read, "This Resolution shall
become effective retroactively to Monday, July 22, 1985." He
noted that in Section 2, there is a typo that should be "2 c"
instead of "l c". He said that "2 c" cross references a benefit
plan Resolution 85-6 and he referred to the last Page of that
Resolution, D, where the Finance Director's benefits are listed.
He said car allowances are not addressed in the benefit plan but
the Resolution specifically states that there will be no car
allowance for this Department Head.
V/M Massaro said she has objection to this and feels that this
plan needs to be reviewed. She said when she reviewed the list
of the maximum and minimum salaries being paid she was astonish-
ed. She said she wants to get a copy of the 47 cities that were
rated so that she can compare Tamarac. She said there is no
maximum limit in vacation and sick time accrual and this is an
expense to the City. She said if, at the end of each year, the
employees have not used their sick time she feels it should die
there with the time accrued starting again the following year.
She said she feels the employees should not accrue more than a
year and a half because vacation and sick time should be absorbed
by the employees that are in the City.
Mayor Kravitz suggested this be discussed with the Acting City
Manager. V/M Massaro suggested that it be noted that if this
benefit package is changed, Mr. Etheredge would be subject to the
new package.
Acting City Manager Perretti said it has been the practice in the
City that any changes are made at the start of the Fiscal Year,
October lst. He said there are three contracts in the City, the
Federation of Public Employees, which is a 3-year contract that
just took effect 10/1/84 and there is no way by law that the City
can legally change that for the 3-year period of the contract.
He said the F.Q.P. contract is a 2-year contract and expires
9/30/86 and the only contract that is open this year is the
I.A.F.F. with the Fire Fighters and that contract is presently
being negotiated and expires 9/30/85.
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Mr. Perretti said in the past the City has attempted to be
consistent with the Managerial/Confidential employees in the same
fashion as the union employees and past history has proven if
they are not treated equally or better, they could also form
unions. He said he would suggest that at least until 10/l/85,
all Managerial employees should keep the present Executive
Management Plan as was adopted last year.
V/M Massaro said there should be a condition that these changes
might be made and the Managerial employees would have to accept
whatever changes are made. Mayor Kravitz suggested V/M Massaro
discuss this with the Acting City Manager and instruct the City
Attorney to have a written report for the 7/29/85 Council meet-
ing.
V/M Massaro suggested the b) portion of this item be discussed
further at the Special Meeting on 7/29/85.
a) V/M Massaro said this is the same situation and the benefit is
not being increased at this time; however, there is a memo that
allows Mr. Couzzo an increase within a certain period of time.
She said there are 4 increases in one year that amount to
$7,231.41 and she suggested this be reviewed thoroughly. She
suggested this be HELD for the Special Meeting on 7/29/85.
C/M Gottesman MOVED to TABLE portions a) and b) of this item to
the Special Meeting on 7/29/85, SECONDED by C/M Stein.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
c) Acting City Manager Perretti said this was discussed at the
previous Council meeting and Dan Saale is requesting $800.35 that
he feels is due him. He said although the City Manager did not
officially appoint Mr. Saale as the Finance Director, since he
was the highest ranked employee in title in the Finance Depart-
ment, the feeling was that he was assuming the responsibilities
of the Finance Director and was deserving of these additional
monies. He said the Personnel policy stipulates that if an
employee works temporarily in a higher classificaton for more
than 80 hours, that employee should receive a 4% increase or Step
A, whichever is the greater amount. He said in this particular
case, it would be Step A.
Mayor Kravitz said if Mr. Saale was not appointed Finance Director,
what would make him entitled to the extra salary and Mr. Perretti
said one of the arguments is the job description of a Deputy
Finance Director. He said under the major functions of a Deputy
Finance Director, the last sentence states, "Serves as Deputy
Finance Director to the Director of Finance and acts in the
Director's behalf when in absence." He said Mr. Saale is relying
on that particular sentence.
Mr. Henning said there are many ex officio and deputy positions and
there is no action involved. He said the way the job description
is written, it appears that when the Finance Director leaves, the
Deputy steps in. He said this has no monetary impact on the City
as long as the Finance Director comes back in less than 2 weeks.
He said if the Finance Director does not come back within 2 weeks,
there is another rule that takes place. He said Mr. Saale has a
point to be noted. He said he was notified during the lunch break
that the Finance Department left out a weeks' pay in Mr. Saale's
computation and the correct amount is $933.74. He said he indi-
cates in his memo that there are other Department Heads that are in
acting status.
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Mr. Henning said the Acting Public Works Director has received a
merit increase because he has been acting as a Department Head so
long that he is up for an increase. He said there is the Acting
Fire Chief, an Acting Personnel Director and an Acting City
Manager.
Mayor Kravitz said there are many unanswered questions and he
suggested that portions c) and d) be TABLED to the Special Meeting
on 7/29/85.
V/M Massaro so MOVED, SECONDED by C/M Stein.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
Mayor Kravitz recessed the meeting at 5:00 P.M. to the Special
Meeting on Monday, 7/29/85 at 9:30 A.M.
ATTEST:
ASSISTANT CITY CLERK
Ll
This public document was promulgated at a cost of $284.20 or $7.89
per copy to inform the general public and public officers and
employees about recent opinions and considerations by the City
Council of the City of Tamarac.
CITY OF TAMARAC
APPROVED AT MEETING OF
City Clerk
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CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
July 24, 1985
Tape 1 CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Kravitz called the meeting to order on
Wednesday, July 24, 1985 at 9:00 A.M. in the Council Chambers of
City Hall.
ROLL CALL: PRESENT:
ALSO PRESENT:
Mayor Philip B. Kravitz
Vice Mayor Helen Massaro
Councilman Arthur H. Gottesman
Councilman Raymond J. Munitz
Councilman Sydney M. Stein
Larry Perretti,.Acting City Manager
Jon M. Henning, City Attorney
Carol E.Barbuto,Assistant City.Clerk
Patricia Marcurio, Secretary
MEDITATION AND PLEDGE OF.ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Kravitz called for a
Moment of Silent Meditation followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.
Mayor Kravitz announced that whatever items were not completed at
today's meeting would be held for a Special Meeting on Monday,
July 29, 1985 at 9:30 A.M. in the Council Chambers of City Hall.
COMMUNITY_ DEVELOPMENT
52. M inlands . 4 Clubhouse - Revised .. Site ..P7 an . Temp
Reso. #3733 - Discussion and possible action.
SYNOPSIS OE ACTION: Agendized by.Consent.
(See Page 36)
V/M Massaro MOVED to Agendize this item by.Consent, SECONDED by
C/M Gottesman.
VOTE:
C/M Stein Absent
C/M Munitz Aye
C/M Gottesman Aye
V/M Massaro Aye
Mayor Kravitz Aye
GENERAL ADMI TRATIVE/FINANCIA,,
53. Authorization for TUW em to ees to attend the -University -of
Florida TREEO Seminar -- Discussion and possible action.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Agendized by Consent.
(See Page 36)
V/M Massaro said the City Engineer requested that some of his men
attend this session and she MOVED to Agendize this item by
Consent, SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE:
C/M Stein Absent
C/M Munitz Aye
C/M Gottesman Aye
V/M Massaro Aye
Mayor Kravitz Aye
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54. Waiver of Bidding.to,r Generator_ Repair - TUW - Discussion and
possible action.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Agendized by Consent.
(See Pages 36 & 37)
V/M Massaro said there was a request from the. Superintendent of
Field Operations concerning a waiver of bid process for generator
repair for an emergency condition in the amount of $11,806.45.
She MOVED to Ageridiv-e this item by Consent, SECONDED by
C/M Gottesman.
VOTE:
C/M Stein
Absent
C/M Munitz
Aye
C/M Gottesman
Aye
V/M Massaro
Aye
Mayor Kravitz
Aye
55. Public Works - Authority_to- bid_for.Wheel Balancing
Machine,_Computerized Enaine_Ana v2,,e _ a.nd_Computerized
Fuel Card. System - Discussion and possible action.
SYNOPSIS, OF_ACT ION: Agendized by Consent.
(See Page 37)
V/M Massaro MOVED to Agendize by Consent Capital Equipment and
Machinery for public advertising:
(1) Computerized. Wheel Balancing Machine
(1) Computerized Engine Analyzer
(1) Computerized Fuel Card System
C/M Gottesman SECONDED the MOTION.
VOTE:
C/M Stein Absent
C/M Munitz Aye
C/M Gottesman Aye
V/M Massaro Aye
Mayor Kravitz Aye
56. Transfer of Parks and Recreation Personnel to Public
Forks - Elasr-passion and possible action.
SYNOPSIS' OF ACT)-QN: Agendi.zeC) by Corisent..
(See Pages 1.2 througr, 17)
V/M Massaro said thPre are recommendations by the Acting City
Manager for transfer of Parks and Recreation Department personnel
to the Public Works Department and she MOVED to Agendize this by
Consent. SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
57. Florida _League of Cities_ Convention - Discussion and possible
action.
S_ YNOPSIS_ O_F_ ACTION: Agendized by Consent.
(See Page 17)
V/M Massaro said there should be discussion concerning those
Piev:ber s of Council wY:o 4�i sr. to clt t (-i:d t.rjf• F1 oy i da L•eaataF of
Ca t a ('s Convent: i ors wi t.1i a Voting R*P,k)E'r approved at this meeting.
She MOVED to Agendize this item by Consent, SECONDED by
C/M Stein.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
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58. Intent to Authorize Formation of a Sister City Relationship
with Giyatay_im - Temp. Reso. #3731 - Discussion and
possible action.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Agendized by Consent.
(See Page 17)
V/M Massaro MOVED to Agendize this item by Consent? SECONDED by
Gottesman.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
59. Authorizing Appointment of a Temporary -Chairman of _the _City_
Council by the Mayor - Temp_. Reso._43732 - Discussion and
possible action.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Agendized by Consent.
(See Page 21)
V/M Massaro MOVED to Agendize this item by Consent, SECONDED by
C/M Gottesman.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
60. Departmental Budget Adjustments - Discussion and possible
action.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Agendized by Consent.
HELD for the Special Meeting on 7/29/85.
V/M Massaro MOVED to Agendize this item by Consent to be heard at
the Special Meeting on 7/29/85, SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
V/M Massaro referred to Ordinance 84-49, which deals with adopt-
ing the Annual General Fund Budget for Tamarac. There had been
some changes and she asked if this must be acted on now so that
when the next Ordinance is written to adopt the new budget there
will be guidelines. She said there are some items in there that
are detrimental to the public's right to know. Mr. Henning
suggested that this be added as a subsection under Item 60 and
discussed on Monday.
7. Pension Plan - Discussion and possible action on:
e) Muller, Mintz Invoice for $1,504.44
SYNOPSIG__OP ACTION: Agendized by Consent.
(See Pages 31 through 34)
Mr. Henning noted that there is a bill dated 7/2/85 for Muller,
Mintz in the amount of $1,504,44 that should be on the agenda.
V/M Massaro MOVED to Agendize this item by Consent, SECONDED by
C/M Stein.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
61. Telecommunications Tax - Discussion and possible action.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Agendized by Consent.
HELD for the Special Meeting on 7/29/85.
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Mr. Perretti said he is requesting this item be Agendized by
Consent for discussion and possible action at the Special Meeting
on 7/29/85 so that Council can have an opportunity to review this
further.
V/M Massaro so MOVED, SECONDED by C/M Munitz.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
AWARDS_ AND PRESENTATIONS
1. Employee Service Awards - Presentation by Acting City Manager
Larry Perretti of a five-year pin to Michael
Vaillant, Utilities West.
Y OPSIS F A TION: Presentation
was made.
Acting City Manager Perretti presented a five-year pin to
Michael Vaillant of Utilities West.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
35. University Drive. Partnership -- Discussion and possible action
on.
a) Site Plan - TeMp. Reso 716
b) Landscape Plan
c) Water and Sewer Developers Agreement
d) Water Retention Agreement
e) Right -of -Way Deed for 40-feet along University Drive -
Temp. Reso # 717
f) Utility Easement - TeMR. Reso 3718
g) Public Safety Ingress/Egress Easement - Temp. Reso.
#3719
(to be located on the east side of University Drive, north of
NW 77 Street, opposite the entrance to Woodmont).
Y 0 SI OF ACTIO : RESOLUTION NO. R-85-247 PASSED.
APPROVED a) through g). RESOLUTION NO. R-85-248 PASSED.
RESOLUTION NO. R-85-249 PASSED.
RESOLUTION NO. R-85--250 PASSED.
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a) Richard Rubin, Consultant City Planner, said this application is
for a 3-story office building constructed upon Lots 15 and 16 of
Block 11 on the east side of University Drive opposite the
entrance to Woodmont. He said the name of the development is
University Drive Partnership and the property is zoned B-6 about
1-1/2 acre in size. He asked Council to be sure they have the
final plan which was submitted yesterday. He said the only
difference between the two plans is that this one has a change in
the entry so that there will not be any requirements to change
the existing site plan for the landscape nursery that is located
on the north side of the entrance road.
Mr. Rubin said this property is landlocked and does not have
access to University Drive; therefore, they are being required to
construct an off -site entrance road north across the next lot
where there is a legal driveway entrance committed by Broward
County. He said this project was coordinated between the City
and Broward County Engineering and certain fees are due today.
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V/M Massaro asked if all the requirements suggested by the
Planning Commission have been addressed and Mr. Rubin said yes
and they are all on the drawing. C/M Gottesman said there is no
indication of how many parking spaces or handicapped spaces are
provided. Senator Peter Weinstein, one of the owners of this
property, said he has decided on having his law firm located on
this property.
Bob Miller, another owner of the property, said there is a data
sheet on the site plan which states "Statistics" and identifies
the total as 70 parking spaces. He said there are 3 handicapped
parking spaces most immediate to the entrance and the elevator.
V/M Massaro said she must refer to both the Landscape Plan and
the site plan together. She said there are 3 palm trees shown on
the Landscape Plan at the rear of the property and the Code
requires more. She said it is not possible to put everything
that the City requires because of the utility lines that are
located there. She said, however, there are enough areas where
there is adequate space for 5 trees. She requested that instead
of those 3 shown on the plan now, there be 1 there and 4 others
which can be identified on the plan now. She said because the
City is reducing the number of trees that are normally required
she asked that those trees be 12 to 15-feet in height after
planting. Senator Weinstein said he has no objection to that.
Mr. Rubin said the architect has drawn the trees on the Landscape
Plan and initialled it.
Mr. Henning read Temp. Reso. #3716 by title.
V/M Massaro MOVED APROVAL of Temp.Reso. #371.6, SECONDED by
C/M Gottesman.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
EDITOR'S NOTE: A check was submitted at the meeting in the amount
of $14,420.80 for:
$12,240.00 - CIAC Charges
2,030.00 - Drainage Retention Fee
150.80 -- Drainage Improvement Fee
b) V/M Massaro said with the modification just discussed, she MOVED
APPROVAL of the Landscape Plan, SECONDED by C/M Stein.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
c) Mr. Henning said the Water and Sewer Agreement has been reviewed
and he recommended approval.
V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of the Water and Sewer Agreement,
SECONDED by C/M Munitz.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
d) V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of the Water Retention Agreement as
presented, SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE:
ALL _VOTED AYE
e) Mr. Henning read Temp* Reso._13717 by title.
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V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of Temp. Reso. #3717 accepting the
Right -of -Way Deed for 40-feet along University Drive, SECONDED by
C/M Gottesman.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
f) Mr. Henning read Temp. Reso. #3718 by title.
V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of TeMR. Reso_,_, 3�718 accepting a
Utility Easement, SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE: ALL -VOTED AYE
g) Mr. Henning read Temp.--Reso,_#3719 by title.
V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of Temp._Reso_,_#3719 accepting a
public safety Ingress/Egress Easement, SECONDED by
C/M Gottesman.
VOTE:
LEGAL AFFAIRS
ALL VOTED AYE
31. Pit_Bull. Dogs - Temp._prd. #1209 - Discussion and possible
action to create Article II of Chapter 4 of the Code to
provide for the regulation of these dogs. First Reading.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: APPROVED
on first reading.
Mayor Kravitz said he received a letter on 7/15/85 from a resi-
dent, Mrs. Carol A. Testa, who was the spokesperson for concerned
residents. He said their concerns are about the danger of attack
by pit bull dogs. He said in reviewing Ordinances of neighboring
cities of Sunrise, Lauderdale Lakes, etc., it was decided that a
meeting will be called in the near future to discuss this fur-
ther. He said in the meantime, the City Attorney has drafted a
temporary Ordinance and yesterday the Police Chief sent him a
memo in connection with this.
At V/M Massaro's suggestion, Mr. Henning read TeLap. Ord,__41_209 in
its entirety.
Mr. Henning said there is concern over a Hollywood Ordinance that
may or may not have been upheld in the courts. He said there are
at least 2 other cities in West Broward that have passed Ord-
inances similar to this and this Ordinance was patterned after
those 2 Ordinances. He said he paid careful attention to the
penalty provisions. He said some of the other cities had pro-
vided for $1,000 fines and his advice is not to exceed the $500
fine at this time, which is a typical or maximum penalty that
other Ordinances in the City provide for. He said there is a
provision for jail time up to 60 days for the third offense and
at the suggestion of the new City Prosecutor, the City is provid-
ing minimum fines for guidance to the courts. He said the first
offense is $50.00, the second offense is $100.00 and thereafter a
minimum of $100.00 fines.
Mr. Henning said there has been a lot of press about the pit bull
dogs and there have been statistics established that affirm they
are either first or second in the number of bites to people. He
said what does not seem to be included in the statistics is the
severity of the attacks. He said before second reading of the
Ordinance, he will provide Council the approximate cost of the
insurance that the City is requesting. He said 1 million dollars
seems to be the standard amount of liability insurance in the
industry for concerns of businesses and residences.
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Mr. Henning said the restrictions are 3 different types: the
first 2 types are basically confinement in a house, business,
building or in a secure pen which includes a cover and these may
be unattended. He said if a dog is to be on a leash, it is to be
attended. He said it is the intention that the dog is not to be
tied and left alone. He noted that this is only first reading
and the Ordinance will not be effective until approved on second
reading sometime in September.
C/M Stein said before this Ordinance was brought to the attention
of the City Attorney, he had a visit from Ms. Brenda Edwards, who
represents the Heathgate/Sunflower area of the City. He read an
Tape 2 editorial from the Sunday, July 21, 1985, Sun Sentinel/Fort
Lauderdale News, which told about a little boy who had been
attacked by a pit bull dog.
C/M Stein MOVED APPROVAL of Temp.Ord,_41209 on first reading,
SECONDED by V/M Massaro.
Mr. Henning noted for the record that the Approval is for the
7/22/85 Revision of this Ordinance. He said there will be an
advertised public hearing for second reading in September.
Carol Testa, resident of Heathgate/Sunflower, thanked the Council
for responding to the concerns of the residents by considering
this proposed Ordinance. She said the number of pit bull dogs
registered in Broward County is 1.5% of all the dogs registered;
however, that breed is responsible for 10% of all the bites and
attacks. She said the ratio of the attacks of these dogs is 3
times greater than the German Shepherd and 5 times greater than
the Doberman but it is the intensity of the attack which is most
alarming.
Mrs. Testa said they have no malice toward the responsible pit
bull owners. She said the responsible owner follows guidelines
set by law and uses common sense. She said these views are
shared by Richard F. Stratton, author of "The World of the
American Pit Bull Terrier". She presented this book to Council
for their references. She said the author defends the breed of
the pit bull dog and she quoted from Page 6 of the book, "Since
the bull is a unique breed of dog, special precautions are needed
for keeping him." She said that is recognized by the owners of
the pit bulls themselves and she suggested that this proposed
Ordinance would only support what the owners are saying.
Lillian Pyle, resident of Heathgate/Sunflower, said in Temp.
Ord. 41209, Section 1, 4-11 b), states "Within a totally enclosed
and lockable pen, with a top, constructed of 6-foot high chain
link fence or an equally secure material." She said upon
research and speaking with pit bull owners, they felt it
necessary to have a totally enclosed six -sided, locked pen with
material such as chain link for a top and a secure bottom such as
concrete or chain link covered in dirt. She said it has been
determined that they can climb trees as well as a cat and dig
tunnels.
Mrs. Pyle referred to Page 173 of the book, showing pictures of
pit bull dogs digging deep holes and on Page 49, there is a
picture of how they climb a tree.
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Bill Greer, resident of Heathgate/Sunflower, said regarding the
type of leash used to restrain this type of dog, responsible pit
bull owners recommend the use of 1/4-inch cowchain because it
cannot be chewed or broken. He said a normal sized dog chain is
virtually useless and he recommended that the requirement of 1/4--
inch cowchain be specified in the Ordinance. He showed Council
the difference between the two types of chains.
Mr. Greer asked Mr. Henning if the requirement that the leash be
held by a person is in the Ordinance and Mr. Henning said that
was added to the revision of 7/22/85, Section 4 - 11 c), which
states, "Muzzled and on a leash of a length no greater than 3
feet held securely by a person." Mr. Henning said he understands
the concern over the type of leash; however, since the Tamarac
Ordinance requires attendance of the leash, he assumed the
attendant of the dog would control any chewing on the leash.
Ken Stanbro, a resident of North Lauderdale, said his cousin owns
the dogs that are being referred to by the previous speakers. He
said he owns 2 of these dogs himself and they are very gentle.
Mr. Henning said the City is not outlawing the dogs but they must
be registered at a one --time cost of $50.00 and the owner must
have the appropriate insurance. He said Council is responding to
a specific public concern about the health, safety and welfare of
the residents of Tamarac.
Carolyn Mascolo, resident of Heathgate/Sunflower, said the
residents are only asking for responsibility of the owners. She
said there have been several police reports of these dogs running
loose. She asked whether or not the dogs already in the City
will be affected by this Ordinance and Mayor Kravitz said yes,
they will. She questioned Mr. Henning concerning the Ordinance's
provisions of separate offenses and Mr. Henning read from the
bottom of Page 2, "Each violation of any provision of this
Ordinance shall be considered and shall constitute a separate
offense."
Mrs. Mascolo asked if there is any way a number can be placed on
the amount of dogs per residence that a person might own and
Mr. Henning said the County has a law that allows a maximum of
either 3 or 4 dogs. She asked when the second reading of this
Ordinance will be held and Mayor Kravitz said sometime in Septem-
ber.
VOTE: ALL VOTE
COMMUNITY DEVELQPMENT
33. UniYe,rs ty_ Park _Office Center - Discussion and possible
action on:
a) Site Plan - Tem . Reso..#3720
b) Landscape Plan
c) Water and Sewer Developers Agreement
d) Water Retention Agreement
e) Right -of -Way Deed for 40-feet along University Drive -
TeMp. Reso. #3721
f) Utility Easement - Temp. -Re -so. #3722
g) Public Safety Ingress/Egress Easement - Temn. Reso.
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(to be located on the east side of University Drive, north of
NW 77 Street, opposite the entrance to Woodmont).
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION:
APPROVED a), d), e),
f) and g).
RESOLUTION NO. R-85-242 PASSED.
RESOLUTION NO. R-85-243 PASSED.
RESOLUTION NO. R-85-244 PASSED.
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SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Cont'd. .
b) and c) APPROVED as RESOLUTION NO. R-85-245 PASSED.
amended.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following checks were submitted at the
meeting:
$2,030.00 - Drainage Retention Fee
150.80 - Drainage Improvement Fee
7,650.00 - Water and Sewer Contribution Charges
$9,830.80 TOTAL
17.00 - Recording Fees
a) Mr. Henning read TeLnR. Reso. 43720 by title.
V/M Massaro said this is just north of 77 St. and Lots 22 and 23
belong to the group which Senator Weinstein is party to, then 5
lots further north is this one particular lot. She said the
intervening 5 lots are vacant now.
Dan Oyler, representing the applicant, gave the check to the
Assistant City Clerk. V/M Massaro said the Landscape Plan must
be reviewed as well as the Site Plan and she asked Mr. Oyler if
he will agree to install five 15-foot trees in place of the seven
as normally required at locations on the Landscape Plan. She
said they must be a minimum of 15-feet after planting. Mr. Oyler
agreed to this and initialled the plan.
Florence Bochenek, Chairperson of the Beautification Committee,
said she agreed with the Vice Mayor's recommendation. She said
the Beautification Committee is requesting shrubbery and berm in
the back as well.
V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of Temp., Reso. #3720 approving the
site plan as presented, SECONDED by C/M Gottesman. V/M Massaro
said it should be noted for the record that the approval is for a
maximum building size of 12,714 square feet.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
b) V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of the amended Landscape Plan requir-
ing four trees in the rear as noted and initialled on the
Landscape Plan by Dan Oyler, to be a minimum of 15-feet high
after planting. SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE: ALL -VOTED AYE
c) Mr. Henning said on
Page 4,
Paragraph 2, a "yes" should be
indicated for platting.
C/M Gottesman MOVED
APPROVAL of the Water and Sewer Developers
Agreement, SECONDED
by C/M
Munitz.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
d) V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL
of the Water Retention Agreement as
submitted, SECONDED
by C/M
Gottesman.
VQTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
e) Mr. Henning read Temp_._ Reso._ #3721 by title.
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C/M Gottesman MOVED APPROVAL
Right--of-Way Deed for 40-feet
V/M .Massaro.
VOTE:
of Te . Reso. #3721 approving the
along University Drive, SECONDED by
AbL VOTED AYE
f) Mr. Henning read Temp. Reso. 43722 by title.
C/M Stein MOVED APPROVAL of TeMR. Reso. 3722, SECONDED by
C/M Gottesman.
VOTE:
ALL __yQTED AYE
g) Mr. Henning read Tem. Reso.-i-3723 by title.
V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of Temp, Reso.. #3723 accepting the
public safety Ingress/Egress Easement, SECONDED by C/M Stein.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
34. Executive Center - Bond_ Release -- Tgmp.. Resos #37:11 --
Discussion and possible action to release a cash bond posted
for uncompleted beautification work.
SYNOR5JS OF ACTION: APPROVED RESOLUTION NO. R-85--246 PASSED.
release of the cash bond in the
amount of $5,850.00.
Mr. Henning read Temp. Reso. #3711 by title.
V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of Temp. Reso. #37ll releasing the
cash warranty bond, SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE: ALL_VOTED AYE
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIV /_FINANCIAL
10. Tamarac Park Satellite Building - Discussion and possible
action on:
a) Status report on construction
b) Other Council concerns regarding this building
(tabled from 7/10/85 and 7/12/85)
EY�TS_ OE ACTION:
Status report was given by
the Chief Building Official
and the item HELD for the
Reconvened Meeting on 7/29/85
a) Bob Jahn, Chief Building Official, said during the end of last
& week a building agreement was reached with Mr. Feld concerning
b) his continuing work and problems were resolved. He said on
Monday there was a rain storm and they could not begin work but
they have begun work today. He said there are 4 people at the
job site and they will prepare the trusses and flag them. He
said Mr. Feld has now made the proper application to his insur-
ance company to try and recoup the loss of the money for the
trusses that fell down.
Mr. Jahn said he and Richard Rubin have affected this agreement
in verbal form, therefore, there is nothing to physically present
to Council.
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Mr. Jahn said there are some changes of cost -saving items, such
as, the architect had called for 812" openings on the doors, and
these will be lowered to the normal height of 6'8" for a lower
cost. He said Mr. Rubin, the architect, agreed that at the
ballpark he had not taken into consideration the possibility of
balls coming over the fence on the metal roof. He said they have
ascertained that a great deal of savings can be made by using
using an asphalt shingle.
V/M Massaro questioned,whether Mr. Feld supplied the appropriate
insurance on their workers and Mr. Jahn said it is actually the
same subcontractor working on this and he has their compensation
insurance. Mr. Henning said there has been some positive re-
sponse from the liability insurance company that is insuring
Mr. Feld.
Mayor Kravitz asked Mr. Henning if the City has protection con-
cerning the insurance coverage which would stipulate that
whatever lost took place Mr. Feld will pay for and assuring that
the building will be built at the original price agreed to.
Mr. Hepning said the City has a contract with Mr. Feld for a
specific pride but the contract does not require Mr. Feld to have
storm insurance. He said the City has storm insurance if the
carrier is notified that this should be included under the
protection. He said as of yet, the City's insurance carrier has
not been officially notified that there is another asset to be
covered under the program. He said there may be an additional
cost involved but this would have to be checked further.
Mr. Henning said there is a requirement for liability insurance
in the contract and Mr. Feld does have that insurance. He said
as far as having the building built for the original agreed
price, there are provisions in the contract if the City wishes to
authorize change orders. He said the question of a performance
bond has come up in the past and, after research, it was deter-
mined that the performance bond would have been an additional
cost of $6,000. He said on 2/20/85, it was reported that the
total price was indicated as $195,950 for the building and
Council approved the waiver of the performance bond to save the
City the additional amount of $6,000.
Mr. Henning said he is concerned about the sewer line relocation
and the subcontractor feels it will cost more than he has indi-
cated to do the job. He said one recommended change order is for
less than $2,000 for a manhole adjustment. Mayor Kravitz said he
would feel more comfortable if he received some legal notifica-
tion concerning what Mr. Feld is doing.
Tape 3 V/M Massaro said at the last meeting that this item was discuss-
ed, it was stated that the City would guarantee the cost with the
checks paid directly to the subcontractors with Mr. Feld's
4pproval and be deducted from his fourth draw. She said at that
time they did not include the sewer line because of the problem
between the contractor and the subcontractor. She said before
they do anything further, there should be a firm understanding in
writing about this so that the City would not have any liability.
Mr. Jahn said he has not solved the sewer problem as yet but he
is working on it. He said there will probably be some change
orders issued during August but they will benefit the City rather
than have additional cost. He said he sent Council his analysis
and spread sheet which showed that even under the worst condi-
tions, he would still be able to complete the building and have
approximately $2,000 left over.
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C/M Stein asked if, when the City makes a payment, there is a
certification of no liens given to the City and Mr. Jahn said he
has been requiring that he keep the check in his desk drawer
until Mr. Feld brings him the notarized releases for the items
that would be included in each draw. C/M Stein suggested that
the City should have a policy for any construction work covering
the City for any hazards just in case the underlying person is
not covered.
Mr. Henning said there is coverage but the insurance carrier has
to be informed of any building that the City wants covered. He
said it should be clarified what authorization will be given for
the next month or so. He said at previous meetings there was
authorization given for amounts to be made against the fourth
draw with a balance of approximately $9,000. Mayor Kravitz
suggested the City Attorney give Council a written report before
Monday, 7/29/85, so that Council can determine what actions
should be taken.
V/M Massaro said the contractor and subcontractor should resolve
their differences and bring the agreement to Council in writing.
C/M Stein MOVED to have the Tamarac Park Satellite Building
covered under the City's Hazard Insurance Policy, SECONDED by
V/M Massaro.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
GENERA,L ADMINISTRAMIYEZfINANCIAL
56. Transfer of Parks and Reg reati n ersonne to Public -Works --
Discussion and possible action.
SYNOPSIS --OFACTION: Agendized by Consent on Page 2)
No action was determined necessary regarding
the changes proposed by the Acting City Manager
in his 7/22/85 memo.
Acting City Manager Perretti said he sent Council a memo re-
commending transfer of personnel from the Parks and Recreation
Department to the Public Works Department. He said the afternoon
of July 22nd, he received a resignation notice from Sharon Ellis,
the Director of Parks and Recreation. He said after analyzing
the letter he submitted to Council, he recommended some addi-
tional changes.
Mr. Perretti said in Section 1 of the memo it was recommended to
transfer 4 hourly employees from Parks and Recreation to Public
Works and he suggested amending that to 6 hourly employees. He
said that would deplete all of the hourly staff out of the Parks
and Recreation Department and put all 6 employees, who are
Maintenance Workers I and II as well as Bob Hurley, the present
Parks Superintendent, to the Public Works Department. He said
this would put them all under the direction of the Public Works
Director, Mike Couzzo.
V/M Massaro said no approval is needed here since no changes are
being made which are not permitted under the Charter. She said
the Acting City Manager is putting the people back where they
were before they were illegally changed.
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Mr. Perretti said it was determined approximately one year ago
that certain medians and swales and the Parks and Recreation
would be handled by the Parks and Recreation Department and not
the Public Works Department. He said the City Manager agreed
there would be a transfer of employees from Public Works to Parks
and Recreation since they were going to be under the direction of
Sharon Ellis,
Mr. Henning asked Mr. Perretti to clarify Section 7 of his memo
which concerned the transfer of Bob Hurley. Mr. Perretti said
now there is the classification of Crew Leader in the Public
Works Department and his present classification of Parks superin-
tendent would be eliminated since there would be no one to
supervise in that area. He said that is the next classification
below the two Superintendents that are presently in the Public
Works Department. He said Mr. Hurley's present classification of
Parks Superintendent is Supervisory Exempt and the Crew Leader
position is Federation of Public Employees Non -Exempt.
C/M Munitz asked how many employees this will leave in the Parks
and Recreation Department and Mr. Perretti said it would leave
none as far as the Recreation Department is concerned. He said
all of the grass cutting would be the responsibility of Public
Works and, since Sharon Ellis resigned, he is in the process of
reevaluating the Parks and Recreation Director. C/M Munitz
questioned whether Council is trying to do away with the Parks
and Recreation Department.
Mr. Henning said it was Mr. Perretti"s intention to transfer the
median maintenance to the Public Works Department and keep a 2
man crew at the parks to maintain the parks. However, since the
Department Head resigned, Mr. Perretti is transferring all of the
maintenance people to Public Works for supervision until a new
Department Head is determined. He said when there is a new
Department Head for Parks and Recreation, it is possible that the
2 positions for parks maintenance could be transferred. He said
there are two specific duties of the Parks and Recreation Depart-
ment, one has been maintenance of the parks and the other has
been supervision of programs. He said there has been no discus-
sion concerning any change in the programs.
C/M Stein said there are still 2 people needed to maintain the
parks in the City and he questioned why 6 people are being moved
to Public Works instead of 4. He said he thought it was agreed
that the Parks and Recreation Department was the best qualified
to maintain the ball fields.
Mr. Perretti said 2 of the employees were being kept in Parks and
Recreation because they would have had supervision but since
receipt of her resignation and the recommendation that Bob Hurley
be transferred to the Public Works Department, there is no
supervision there. He referred to the last paragraph on the
first page of his memo, which read, "The two months left in the
Fiscal Year would be a good indication as to the success of the
above recommended transfers, especially since we are in the
height of the grass cutting season. It will give us a good
indication as to whether it will be necessary to require revi-
sions to the request for the 85/86 Fiscal Year."
V/M Massaro said the fact that these people are transferred to
Pubic Works does not mean they will not be taking care of the
various ball fields, etc. She said Mr. Perretti is trying to
determine how some of the cost is going to be eliminated and
still have good supervision. She said the Parks Superintendent
did not give proper supervision to the grass cutting program and
there has been a terrible loss of money there.
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V/M Massaro said Sharon Ellis was excellent as a Recreation
Director but there should be a division between Recreation and
the maintenance of all the park areas. She said by the end of
the year, the request that has been made to supplement the budget
and the amount that is already overdrawn, will leave an overdraw
of approximately $70,000.
Lou Solomon, Parks and Recreation Commissioner, said on behalf of
the Parks and Recreation Department, he feels Council is upset-
ting the status quo. He said he is sorry Sharon Ellis has
resigned and he commended her for the work she has done for the
City. He said since Bob Hurley has been associated with Sharon
Ellis, he recommended Bob Hurley take over as Director of Parks
and Recreation since Mr. Hurley is a very hard worker. He
recommended to Council that the Parks and Recreation Department
maintain the City's four parks and relinquish the mowing of the
medians.
Florence Bochenek, Chairperson of the Beautification Committee,
said she said there should be an evaluation of what has been
accomplished to see where a better job can be done. V/M Massaro
said this is why the Acting City Manager can make these deter-
minations during the next two months. She said record should
have been kept of the time the maintenance people spend on each
job, etc. Mrs. Bochenek said she would prefer any department be
allowed to remain the way it is until the situation is studied
and then adjustments could be made.
Robert Curcio, Chairman of the Parks and Recreation Committee,
said there was a partial schedule submitted to V/M Massaro of the
Parks Crew work schedule and the staff schedule breaking down
times and duties, etc. He said he attended a Council meeting on
5/22/85 when several residents and he presented their views on
why the Parks and Recreation Department should remain together
with parks remaining as a division of Parks and Recreation. He
said due to the lack of adequate equipment and machinery and not
enough personnel to carry the day to day operations of median and
swale maintenance, along with maintaining 4 City parks and
working special events as well, he brought before Council a
recommendation that the median and swale maintenance be presented
to an outside private vendor or be the responsibility of the City
Public Works Department. He said the Public Works Department has
more equipment and staff to handle this ever increasing responsi-
bility.
Mr. Curcio said at the 5/22/85 Council meeting, he left with the
understanding and impression that the subject was taken care of
and a decision reached by Council and the former City Manager to
keep 4 men with the Parks Department and return 3 men for median
work to Public Works. He asked what action prompted bringing
this action up again and what it will take to convince Council
that the views of the Parks and Recreation Committee and himself
have not changed. He said Lou Solomon, Parks Commissioner, also
came before Council with information showing that Parks and
Recreation belong together compiled from Municipal Parks and
Recreation Departments by the State of Florida Department of
Natural Resources and the Florida State University.
Mr. Curcio said Mr. Solomon presented research from not only this
recent survey but research compiled by the Florida Recreation and
Parks Association.
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Mr. Curcio said returning the parks division to Public Works
would be disastrous to the people of Tamarac and against the
wishes of the City Parks and Recreation Committee. He said
residents placed on this Committee by Council's vote which
indicated a trust that they are a valuable asset to the City and
that Council values the Committee's judgment and recommendations.
Mr. Curcio said several of the members of this Committee would
like to speak to Council on this subject but are on vacation now.
He said the Parks and Recreation Committee has recommended that
parks should remain with Parks and Recreation, not just two men
lining ball fields, but a Parks Department that is concerned with
providing a total parks and turf management program, ground
maintenance program, maintenance of the new Recreation Center
once it is completed, development of new parks and facilities and
the upgrading of those parks in the City. He said, for example,
total beautification of the Tamarac Veterans Park at Cypress
Creek Commons.
Mr. Curcio said he is concerned that Mr. Perretti's recommenda-
tion that only 2 employees remain in a newly created Recreation
Department. He questioned what facilities Mr. Perretti is
referring to, whether they are the 4 City parks currently under
the jurisdiction of the City Parks and Recreation Department or
just those related to active parks, such as, Tamarac Park and
Tract 27.
Mr. Curcio referred to Mr. Perretti's recommendation to change
Bob Hurley's position as Park Superintendent at a present salary
Range 26 B to a Crew Leader Range 15. He questioned how such a
recommendation can be made to reduce an employee from a
Superintendent to a Crew Leader after he served the City for 7
years without one letter of complaint or reprimand. He said, in
fact, to Mr. Hurley's credit there are 10 complimentary letters
from residents and organizations.
Mr. Curcio said the Parks and Recreation Department was not given
the opportunity to make a request of needed items for the
maintenance program since they were told to go to Public Works to
use their equipment. He said one riding mower was purchased
through the Parks and Recreation Fund and this item is now at the
manufacturer's office waiting for an estimated $1,000 worth of
repairs which, if it had been originally sent to the Parks and
Recreation Department for the repairs, they could have done
them at no cost to the City. He said the Parks and Recreation
Department has received only one of the Dodge Pickup Trucks that
were purchased for them and the other, with 250 miles attributed
by someone in Public Works, has been returned to the Dodge dealer
twice. He said both trucks had military hitches placed on them
but the Parks and Recreation Department has equipment that cannot
use military hitches.
Mr. Curcio said there is a donated baseball batting cage, which
was received only through the efforts of Bob Hurley and is now
being used by Tamarac youth at Tamarac Park. He said the Parks
and Recreation Department scheduled a rededication ceremony on
4/4/85 at Tamarac Park which some Council members attended. He
said in order to get the batting cage ready for the evening's
presentation, the Parks and Recreation Director requested the
cooperation and assistance of the Public Works Department Acting
Director at that time.
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Mr. Curcio said on the advice of the Public Works Gargage
Superintendent, Parks and Recreation was informed that the welder
was available to come to the park to review the project which
required his assistance. He said this request was made on 2/6/85
and the welder informed staff that he would get the materials
together and return as soon as he had them to complete the job.
He said 2 months later, with the work still not completed, the
welder was unavailable and the Acting Public Works Director
suggested that the Parks and Recreation Director go to an outside
vender, which they did at a cost of $500.
Mr. Curcio suggested the recommendations of Mr. Perretti be
considered carefully.
Irving Schneider, Chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee and
Commander of the Jewish War Veterans, Edward Goldberg Post #519,
said the Veterans Alliance, which consists of 4 veterans
organizations: the American Legion Post #265, the Amvets Post #2,
the Disabled American Veterans Chapter #73 and the Jewish War
Veterans Post #519, decided to entertain handicapped veterans
hospitalized in the Miami Veterans Hospital by having them come
to the Tamarac Park for a picnic. He said this event occurred
twice and without Bob Hurley's help it could not have been done.
He recommended Mr. Hurley be kept at his present position.
Vickie Beech, resident, said an audit should be done on the
Public Works Department.
C/M Munitz said he is opposed to the recommendations of the
Tape 4 Acting City Manager since it could mean the end to the Parks and
Recreation Department as it is now.
V/M Massaro said no action is necessary here since the Acting
City Manager just notified Council as to what he intends to do.
She said no one is trying to destroy anything but the Council
must assure that the dollars are well spent. She agreed with
Vickie Beech that an audit should be done and, under discussion
of Item 15 on today's agenda, she will recommend an audit of the
Parks and Recreation Department and the Public Works Department.
Bob Curcio asked if the Acting City Manager has the right to
dissolve a department or should an interim Director be appointed.
Mayor Kravitz said the City Manager has the authority of handling
the personnel of the City; however, as liaison to the Parks and
Recreation Department, he will discuss this further.
C/M Stein said he has heard many comments commending the parks
and ball fields in this City and he questioned how the City could
reward the person who is responsible for this by demoting him.
He said, especially since Sharon Ellis resigned, Mr. Hurley
should be kept in that position to continue the programs.
Mr. Solomon said he has a survey of several Parks and Recreation
Departments of other cities throughout Florida and Mayor Kravitz
suggested Mr. Solomon submit that to Mr. Perretti.
C/M Munitz asked Mr. Henning if Council has the right to advise
the Acting City Manager not to put these recommendations into
effect and Mr. Henning said since Council has the right to fire
the City Manager, they have the right to give the City Manager
some guidance on how policies should be set.
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Sharon Ellis, Director of Parks and Recreation, thanked
Mayor Kravitz, C/M Munitz and C/M Stein for supporting the Parks
and Recreation Department for helping the City to grow 65% and
become one of the leaders in Florida in growth in Parks and
Recreation.
57. Florida League -of -Cities -Convention - Discussion and possible
action.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Agendized by Consent on Page 2)
Mayor Kravitz was appointed as the voting
member for the Convention to be held
from 10/10 through 10/12/85.
V/M Massaro MOVED to appoint Mayor Kravitz as the voting member
of the Florida League of Cities Convention, SECONDED by
C/M Gottesman.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
58. Intent -to Authorize e Formation o _ f a Sister City Relationship
with Givatayim - Temp._Reso._#3731 - Discussion and possible
action.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Agendized by Consent on Page 3)
APPROVED. RESOLUTION NO. R-85-254 PASSED.
Mr. Henning read Temp. Reso. 13731 by title.
V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of Temp. Reso. #3731 expressing the
City Council's intent to authorize the formation of a Sister City
relationship with the City of Givatayim. SECONDED by
C/M Gottesman.
C/M Stein said he asked the City Clerk why the correspondence
that was alluded to at the Special Meeting concerning the former
Sister City Commissioner's telegram, was not received by Council.
He said the City Clerk told him that she was not in possession of
this and that the Mayor told her these were private communica-
tions and the Commissioner had also not responded. He questioned
why Council does not have this backup on this item.
Mr. Henning said the first he heard of communicatons was from the
report that was made to Council and he does not know why they
were not public documents. He said he just heard from the City
Clerk that she attempted to get the records and Mayor Kravitz
suggested they were private letters and not public documents.
C/M Munitz questioned whether this was a personal Sister City
relationship between the Mayor of Tamarac and the Mayor of
Givatayim. Mr. Henning said it would be prudent for the Mayor to
send copies or the original letters to the Clerk's office so that
they can be distributed to Council members.
YE:
C/M Stein Nay
C/M Munitz Nay
C/M Gottesman Aye
V/M Massaro Aye
Mayor Kravitz Aye
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OM UNITY DEVELOPMENT
39. Lake Colony/Brookwood-Gardens - Discussion and possible
action on:
a) Release of a cash warranty bond posted for the sanitary
sewer system - Temp. Reso. #3712
b) Status of traffic light bond (tabled from 6/13/84)
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: RESOLUTION NO. R-251 PASSED.
a) APPROVED.
b) TABLED to the 9/11/85
Council meeting.
a) Mr. Henning read Tem . Reso. 43712 by title.
V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of Temp. Reso. 13712 releasing the
cash warranty bond of $10,000, SECONDED by C/M Munitz.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
b) V/M Massaro MOVED to TABLE this item to the 9/11/85 Council
meeting for further research, SECONDED by C/M Munitz.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
GENERAL._ADMINISTRATIYEZFINANCIAL
11. Municipal Complex - Discussion and possible action on:
a) Status of appointing a Construction Manager
b) Status report of Preconstruction Review Committee
c) Payment of Miller & Meier Invoice F1307 in the amount of
$35,191.66.
d) Status report on General Obligation Bonds
SYNO SIS OF ACTION:
TABLED a), b) and c) to the
Special Meeting on 7/29/85.
d) Stan Ross, Financial Advisor,
and Gerry. Heffernan, Bond Counsel,
gave status reports.
V/M Massaro MOVED to TABLE the a), b) and c) portions of this
item to the Special Meeting on 7/29/85, SECONDED by
C/M Gottesman.
VOTE: ALL_YOTED AYE
d) Mr. Henning said there is a referendum approval for an 8 million
dollar bond issue and Council approval for Touche Ross, the
City's Auditors to move forward with the cash flow analysis. He
said the advisors are recommending a personal presentation in New
York to the bond rating agency.
Stanley Ross of Dean, Ritter & Reynolds, Financial Consultants to
the City, said these bonds were offered for public sale and 3 or
4 days before the actual sale, the ESM situation became public
and they recommended withdrawing the sale indefinitely. He said
they are prepared with the offering circular which now has to be
updated and they will need to cover the disclosure about the ESM
situation. He said they feel that it is necessary for some
additional work, which Council has already authorized in connec-
tion with a comfort letter, to assure the prospective buyers and
protect the City against any failure of disclosure of an import-
ant financial event.
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Mr. Ross said they are prepared to proceed. He said they have
kept the two rating agencies aware of what has happened and they
said since there are no ratings on these bonds, it is best to
keep this on hold.
Mr. Henning asked Mr. Ross what would be the earliest date that
Council could act on this and Mr. Ross said about the third week
in September they should receive bids. He said they would need a
ten day advertising period before that and the cash flow material
must be in. Mr. Henning said he understood the bids were to be
received on the day of the Council meeting, opened at the Council
meeting, analyzed during the lunch break and they must be awarded
the same day they are received.
Mr. Ross said this circular must be printed and approved by the
Council before it is released. He said about 3 weeks are needed
before the actual sale date.
Gerry Heffernan of Fine Jacobson, Bond Counsel for the City,
said the bonds have been validated and they are in a position to
move forward. He said from a legal standpoint, he would like to
see whatever needs to be done with the rating agencies and the
insurance companies done for the official statement to update
this. He said he would like to see all of that before this
Council at the time that the Notice of Sale is authorized. He
said to get to that point, they need a Cash Flow Report from the
Finance Director. He said once this is organized they can, in
1.0 days time, advertise, award the bonds and 3 weeks letter they
can get the City's money and close.
Mr. Henning asked how specific a Cost Estimate is needed and, if
the sale of bonds is expedited to the end of September or
October, Council should be advised of some arbitrage strategy
that it will be beneficial to the City to expedite it.
Mr. Heffernan said the market place right now is 8-1/2%, but
where it will be 3 months from now is uncertain. He said the
IRS allows at the time of a bond closing, as long as a City
expects to use those funds for a defined project, such as the
Municipal Complex, within 36 months of the time of closing, that
money can be put into a construction fund and invested if there
is an arbitrage. He said this depends on the market at the
time, it will dictate how much arbitrage, if any, is available.
He said the City can invest and make some arbitrage earnings on
that money until construction is started. He said the City can
continue to make arbitrage until all the construction fund money
is used.
C/M Gottesman said he is uncertain if the new Finance Director
can get the Cash Flow Analysis Report to the Advisors soon
enough and Mr. Henning said the auditor tells the City what he
wants and the City staff does the job. Mr. Ross said when these
bonds were put out for bid in February, the rate was 9-1/2% and
today the municipal rates on 20-year bonds have fallen about 1%.
He said there is a very material saving in interest over 20
years for that 1% and the question is whether or not the rates
will go up or down.
Mr. Ross said if the Council plans to sell the bonds this year,
if they are put in the market by September or October it would
be beneficial on the rate paid for the bonds. He said as far as
the rate on the arbitrage, the short term market today is
approximately 7-1/2% to 8%.
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Mr. Henning asked how important is it that the General Obliga-
tion Bond sale precede the Utility Bond sale because the City
Hall may be on hold for a few months but the City will need the
utility money soon. Mr. Ross said this has been authorized and
their recommendation 3 weeks ago was that they would like to get
the first out of the way at least 30 to 60 days ahead of
bringing in the second. He said in his view it would be better
to go back into the market with the General Obligation Bonds
first and come in with the water and sewer bonds second.
Mr. Heffernan said the same process needs to be followed if the
Council decides they need the utility bond money first.
Tape 5 C/M Gottesman asked Mr. Heffernan if they are in the position to
give the City the necessary papers to be completed to establish
a cash flow. Mr. Henning said the auditor, Touche Ross, works
on the cash flow with the City staff. Mr. Heffernan said it is
up to the Council to determine how fast this will be done and
once the bond counsel gets this information, they will take
those cash flow reports and the auditor's comfort letter and
submit that to the rating agencies to have that accepted. He
said if the rating agencies do not accept that it may be nec-
essary to send someone to New York to get the rating agencies to
get the committee to analyze it.
Mr. Ross said when they have the cash flow report available and
ready to mail out, within two weeks they can be prepared to come
to the Council. V/M Massaro said Council is not in a position
to take any action at this time and a determination should be
made what is most important, the municipal complex or the sewer
bonds. She said Council will not know that until all the facts
have been analyzed.
Mr. Henning noted that the cash flow analysis has already been
authorized and that will proceed without any additional Council
action. He said once the cash flow analysis is completed,
hopefully, before the first September meeting of Council, it
should be determined: first, whether Council wants the bond
consultants to proceed to the rating agencies to attempt to get
a rating on the bonds and, second, if the consultants determine
that it is necessary for a couple of staff members to go to
New York, that will be authorized.
V/M Massaro said she would suggest that no action be taken until
September and, in the meantime, they are to proceed with what-
ever the auditors have to do to advise the Finance Department
what to prepare for them. She said no one should be authorized
to go to New York until Council decides whether they will go to
the utility or municipal bonds first.
UTILITIES WEST
26. Utilities ..West -Revenue Bonds - Discussion and possible
action to approve a proposal by CH2M Hill to perform a
detailed engineering financial feasibility study required
by Touche Ross for the bond issue.
SYNOPSI!$ OF ACTION:
Correction made to above title.
HELD for the Special Meeting on
7/29/85.
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Mr. Henning said this item concerns a similar cash flow study
and he noted that the agenda should be corrected to read "re-
quired by Stan -Ross not by Touche Ross for the bond issue". He
said the backup memo was in error.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE/FINANCIAL
59. Authorizing -Appointment of a Temporary Chairman of the
City Council by the Mayor - Temp. Reso. #3732 Dis-
cussion and possible action.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Agendized by Consent on Page 3)
APPROVED the revision of RESOLUTION NO. R-85-255 PASSED.
7/24/85.
Mr. Henning read Temp. Reso. #3.732 by title.
Mr. Henning said he prepared a revision dated today which adds
the last sentence to Section 1 which states, "The appointment
shall be in writing and filed with the City Clerk."
V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of Tem . Reso. 13732 as revised,
SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
Mayor Kravitz recessed the meeting to 1:30 P.M. for lunch.
Mayor Kravitz called the meeting to order at 1:30 P.M. and all
were present.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
44. Tamarac Gardens - Discussion and possible action on:
a) Renewal of a model sales permit and waiver of the 300-
foot distance requirement for certificates of occupancy
(tabled from 7/10/85)
b) Calling a performance bond posted for sidewalk and sod -
Tem . Reso. 13709
SYNOP5I9 OF ACTION:
a) APPROVED for 6 months
from 7/27/85 and to expire
1/27/86.
b) DENIED.
a) V/M Massaro MOVED to APPROVE renewal of the model sales permit
and waiver of the 300-foot distance requirement for certificates
of occupancy, SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
b) Mr. Henning read Temp, .Reso. #3709 by title.
V/M Massaro MOVED to DENY Temp._Reso._13709, since renewal of
the performance bond has been posted and there is no need for
the item, SECONDED by C/M Stein.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
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UTILITIES WEST
22. Utilities West - Txact_27 - Water Storage Tank and
PMMp Station - Project 84-19 -- Discussion and possible
action on:
a) Waiver of the platting requirements in Chapter 20 of the
Code for installation of this storage tank and pump
station - Tem . Reso 3725
b) Approval to go to bid for installation of these
facilities.
SYNOPSIS_OF_ACTIOM: RESOLUTION NO. R-85-241 PASSED.
a) APPROVED.
b) HELD for the Special
Meeting on 7/29/85.
a) Mr. Henning read Temp. Reso. #3725 by title.
V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of Tem . Reso. 13725, SECONDED by
C/M Stein.
Julian Leiber, resident, said in 1981 there were plans to have a
water tank installed on the park property, buried 5.feet and
extend 20 feet into the air with an 8-foot berm and landscaping.
He said the plans proposed today are for a tank that will be 38-
feet above ground and he questioned why this is being con-
sidered.
Bill Greenwood, Utilities Director/City Engineer, said the
project began in 1981 and action was taken at that time suggest-
ing that the tank would be buried 5 feet into the ground with an
8-foot high berm. He said since then the tank has been com-
pleted by the consultants for the City and is 38-feet above
ground with a 2-foot high planting berm and proposed areca palms
spaced approximately 8-feet on center, 7 to 8-feet high. He
said that is the existing proposal from the consultants and the
design has been completed. He said this is desperately needed
by the City for fire protection and also to conform with the
H.R.S. requirements, which date back to 1979 and was one of the
conditions imposed by the Health Department when the City
purchased the Utility to obtain additional storage and to have
storage at the end so that chlorination would remain within the
water.
Mr. Greenwood said it is a standard concrete -type construction,
circular tank with a dome roof. He showed Council a picture of
a similar -type tank and noted that the only difference between
the picture and the one proposed is that there is no architec-
tural treatments on the outside of the tank.
C/M Stein asked why the plans were changed from burying the tank
to having it above ground. Mr. Greenwood said he tried to
research the files and there is reference to the 10/20/81
Council meeting where the tank was proposed to be buried 5 feet.
He said a subsequent memo was written by the consultants on
7/14/82 pertaining to a meeting held with the City Manager, City
Planner and City Engineer. He said their recommendations were
then placed on Council agendas but it was tabled month after
month. He said the reason for the tabling was not in the
project files. He said they have checked with the consultants
and they refer back to the 7/14/82 memo and the end result is
the present completed design which is ready for bid.
V/M Massaro said in 1981 there was discussion regarding this
tank and there were two options: first, to put the tank above
ground and the second was to bury the tank 5 feet.
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V/M Massaro said if it was buried 5 feet into the ground, it
would cost an additional $86,000 because the tank would have to
be strengthened because of the pressure of the berm. She said
the berm was not going to help because an 8-foot berm is not
adequate. She said they also discussed putting seeding there
for the park that will ensue around it since the land left was
to be used for recreational facilities.
V/M Massaro said not only would it require $86,000 to sink the
tank but it would require an additional amount of $12,000 to
amend the specs and plans that were done. She said as it stands
now, the plans are all done, there are no costs or any modifica-
tions. She recommended that the Beautification Committee be
permitted to do all of the landscape planning and require
whatever they think is appropriate. She said if they install
trees that are 25-feet after planting, the tank will not be seen
from the road.
Florence Bochenek, Chairperson of the Beautification Committee,
said with the proposed plans of a 38-feet high tank with a 2-
foot berm, she cannot think of any landscaping that would hide
it. She said perhaps a compromise should be reached with a 10-
foot berm.
Mr. Henning said Council is voting on the waiver of platting and
not the site plan or design, however, this has been prepared as
a temporary waiver of platting in order to preclude any delay in
moving forward.
VOTE: ALA VOTED_ AYE
b) V/M Massaro said there were two options discussed in 1981 and
1982, first, build it on the ground and, second, to sink the
tank 5 feet. She said the option to sink it 5 feet would cost
an additional amount of $86,000 plus whatever engineering
changes would be necessary for an approximate amount of $12,000.
She said to have a berm would put additional pressure on the
tank and the money that would be spent for that could go toward
beautification of this area.
C/M Stein MOVED to APPROVE going to bid of the tank as proposed
by the City Engineer above ground with the proper beautification
proposed at a later date by the Beautification Committee,
SECONDED by V/M Massaro.
V/M Massaro said Bob Foy's memo does not require any modifica-
tions and she questioned where the amounts of $8,000 and $12,000
for the two different methods came from. She requested the City
Engineer consult with Williams, Hatfield & Stoner on this since
the plans were already prepared by them. Mr. Greenwood said the
requested modifications pertain to removing and deleting a crane
system that they had within the project, some electrical modifi-
cations and some instrumentation modifications. She asked who
requested these modifications and Mr. Greenwood said he did.
She said this should be discussed with Williams, Hatfield &
Stoner and she WITHDREW her SECOND to the MOTION. C/M Stein
WITHDREW his MOTION.
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V/M Massaro MOVED to TABLE this item to the Special Meeting on
7/29/85, SECONDED by C/M Stein..
VQTE:
PUBLIC HEARING
ALL__VOTED AYE
29. Rezoning
Maintenance 13. Inc. -- Sunset Isle Ma�nt _ . _
Petition #15-Z--85 - Temp Ord. #1208 - Discussion and
possible action to rezone the lands adjoining the Recrea-
tion Area of Mainlands 13 on the north side of NW 59 Court,
and being bound on the east by NW 84 Terrace and on the
west by NW 85 Terrace, from R-1 (Single Family.Residential)
to S-1 (Open Space/Recreational). Second Reading.
a) Acceptance of Affidavit of Publication and Affidavit of
Posting.
b) Consideration of application.
SYNQPSJS OF ACTION:
a) ACCEPTED Affidavits of
Publication and Posting.
b) APPROVED on second and
final reading.
Public Hearing was held.
ORDINANCE NO. 0-85--39 PASSED.
a) Mr. Henning read Temp.-O-rd. #1208 by title.
Mayor Kravitz asked the Assistant City Clerk if the Affidavits
of Publication and Posting have been received and she said yes.
C/M Gottesman MOVED to ACCEPT the Affidavits of Publication and
Posting, SECONDED by V/M Massaro.
UTE: ALL VOTED AYE
b) Mayor Kravitz opened and closed the public hearing with no
response.
C/M Gottesman MOVED APPROVAL of TeMp. Ord. #1208 on second and
final reading, SECONDED by V/M Massaro.
VQTE : ALL_ VOTED_ AYE
AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS
2. Browa_rd County Transit - Bus Schedule - Presentation by Jay
Gross and Commissioner Howard Craft.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Jay Gross
gave a presentation.
Mayor Kravitz said he received a communication that Commissioner
Craft will not be able to be present today.
Amy Lew, resident of Bermuda Club, thanked Channel 19 for
covering this item on television and the D.O.T. for coming down
today. She said Tamarac has approximately 35,000 senior citi-
zens, who are the largest potential users of public transporta-
tion.
Jay Gross, Chief of Urban Transit Planning for the Broward
County Transportation Planning Division, said today's discussion
concerns part of the improvement package that the staff has
developed to be presented to the County Commission at an 8/15/85
Public Hearing.
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Mr. Gross said there have been 5 public meetings throughout
Broward County and they made extra efforts to provide this
meeting today for Tamarac.
Mr. Gross said as a technical staff, they are required to make
recommendations on information they have and they made these
recommendations for service throughout the County. He said some
suggestions concerned changing the service by reorienting,
which means finding new destinations for unproductive routes.
He said there are some parts of the County where they found they
could not reorient service and they tried to find better schedu-
ling so that the transfers are easier.
Tape 6 Mr. Gross said the last part are those areas which required a
great deal of thought and concerned elimination of service. He
said these areas included some parts of Pompano Beach, Margate,
Fort Lauderdale, south Broward County and Tamarac. He said
he will review the process they used briefly by showing what
exists now, the areas that are being eliminated and what will be
put in. He said the final recommendation is to be given again
to the County Commission on 8/15/85, at which time, a decision
will be made by them.
Mr. Gross said they collected information concerning ridership
throughout the County and surveyed the bus routes by having
someone sit on all the buses and survey people getting on and
off, where and time of day. He said this was done in the
beginning of 1983, 1984 and 1985. He said the first surveys
were about 5 round trips or 10 samples passing a specific point.
He said this is important to understand because this determines
how they base their recommendations. He said in 1984 there were
between 9 and 12 surveys, depending on the routes and in 1985
there were between 7 and 12 surveys. He said they tried to get
those days that were sunny and not holidays to determine those
routes that would have the most people using them at the time of
the surveys.
Mr. Gross said surveys in themselves only provide actual count;
however, there are other problems such as road conditions and
areas that are growing. He said outside of that technical area
the Federal Government is recommending that the operating
assistance, that is, helping the local transit system provide
transportation, will be more difficult by cutting back on
Federal share of operating assistance. He said Broward County
gives approximately 5 million dollars, almost 25% of its entire
budget to the transit authority. He said, however, there are
many recommendations from Capitol Hall which range from keeping
it the same to bringing it down to zero. He said under those
contraints there are other problems, costs are going up and
there are many budgetary constraints. He said the County
Commission is trying to deal with more demands on it.
EDITOR'SNOTE: At this point in the meeting, Mr. Gross
referred to a Graphic Map he displayed on the board:
Mr. Gross said the recommendations they are making are the
following:
- the red is existing Route 82, the blue is existing Route
30, the green are north/south routes on University Drive
and there are other routes shown as well.
- there are two routes that are very hard for service with a
lot of mileage throughout which is passing by most of the
developed areas of Tamarac's portion of the County.
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the productivity system averages about 2 passengers per
mile.
in order to be fair, if the bus picks up 1 passenger per
mile, they will not recommend any deletion of service.
-- those segments that fall below one half passenger per mile,
they must review the service.
when there is one passenger every 5 miles, which is 1/10th
the system average, they must question whether they are
expending their limited resources in the best way.
- Routes 82 and 30 have hour service presently and there are
several other routes throughout the County that have hour
service.
-- there are several other routes throughout the County which
have a higher productivity than 82 and 30 that have start-
ing hours later than the work trip with ending hours before
7:30 P.M. and no Sunday service.
since most trips in this area are not generated for work at
the same proportion as other parts of the County, they felt
they should be extra sensitive to this area in terms of
those traps generated in the middle of the day.
the ridership on Route 82 covers a lot of area and they
suggested breaking this up into different segments.
- they did a survey in 1983, 1984 and 1985 and the best
ridership was in 1985. For 12 round trips there were 12
passengers getting on board which means every 2 times a bus
passes, 1 person gets on board or 1 passenger every 6
miles. That is 1/12th of the system average, which is very
unproductive.
NW 70 Avenue - in 1983, there were 5 round trips for a
total of 7 miles altogether, only 3 people got on board.
This was surveyed during the height of the season and in
October, 1984 through March, 1985 this was surveyed 9 times
and 6 people got on board.
- this was surveyed 12 times, that is, 24 times that the bus
passed, 6 people got on board.
- on 88th Avenue - they had the early survey in the winter of
1983 - for 5 round trips there were 7 passengers. That is
about 1/4 passenger per mile and they need 2 passengers per
mile.
Mr. Gross said south of McNab Road is Route 30 and in 1983 there
were 6 passengers for 5 surveys. He said over a period of time,
for 7 surveys it went up to 10 people for 7 surveys. He said
recently for 12 surveys there were 6 passengers and these are the
figures with which they have to work. He said there are also
similar low -ridership figures for other links of this Route but
not as low. He said although there are approximately 35,000
people in this area the generation of trips on the transit system
is very low for the entire County. He said there are approxi-
mately 13 or 14 million passengers riding the system this year.
Mr. Gross said they realize that use of the buses is very import-
ant even if only l person uses it; however, this has to be
balanced with keeping a bus on the road every hour at marginal
cost for at least $25.00. He said if the bus travels 12-1/2
miles an hour, it averages $2.00 to $3.00 per mile. He said the
average revenue per mile is approximately $.35, $.38 or $.40 and
the Tamarac area generates $.09 per mile.
Mr. Gross said they will maintain those trunkline routes on
University Drive and 441.
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Mr. Gross said they are recommending a new route going down 32nd
Avenue into Fort Lauderdale and on Commercial Boulevard, they
recommended keeping Route 30 and having it drop out of the
Mainlands area. He said on Rock Island Road, picking up where
Route 82 is now Bailey Road, this will be kept on going down to
64th Avenue. He said following Route 82 to where it is now going
to University Drive and they recommend dropping the part that
goes down 50th Avenue, 50th Street and Rock Island Road. He
said they are recommending that it stops at University Drive,
whether or not it goes through the intersection into the
Modernage Shopping Center.
Mr. Gross said they are recommending another route going through,
Route 25, which they suggest will come across the Cypress Creek
area. He said Cypress Creek is a growing business/commercial
area and they recommend it goes through 441, up Kimberly Drive
and then down to 81st. He said there is a large development
there and there is a canal with no bridge there. He said road
systems and development patterns put a great handicap on the
people trying to provide public transportation and emergency
medical services and police and fire protection. He said the
route would come to McNab Road and go straight across to 100th
Avenue, up 100th Avenue across 81st and then back to Pine Island
Road, up to Atlantic Boulevard and then into Coral Square Mall.
Mr. Gross said the Number 2 bus passes by University Hospital.
He said those areas recommended to be dropped have the lowest
ridership but this is the best balance of service they can
provide. He said they have translated this to actual vehicle
hours, driver hours, time of day, type of service, frequencies,
etc. and this is the final staff recommendation. He said it is
not the final alignment or total service which the Commission
itself will select. He said when the County Commissioners look
at this they are also looking at the rest of the County and, if
there is demand from one area for more service, that will have to
come from another area. He said this year is a tough year for
the County providing any type of public transportation service
over and above what they have now.
Nick Camerano, member of the Mayor's Committee on Transportation,
said he and Amy Lew are the Committee and have worked on this a
long time. He said since bus Routes 30 and 82 are being elim-
inated, there will be no service through Sunflower/Heathgate,
Sections 17, 21 and 4, Sands Point, Concord Village, Lime Bay,
Westwood and other areas. He said reduction of bus service will
limit the traveling of residents who cannot drive or walk any
distance. He asked that this be considered and noted that buses
are not used because there is no public awareness of the bus
schedule. He said the residents have to wait an hour or more for
a bus and there is no way to get to the buses that are needed.
He suggested Mr. Gross meet with him and Mrs. Lew before the
staff makes their final recommendatons to the County Commission.
Mayor Kravitz noted that it was through the efforts of Mrs. Lew
and Mr. Camerano that this presentation was possible today and
they are working diligently to see that the routes are amended
for the benefit of all the residents.
Jack Huber, Vice President of Bermuda Club, said he questioned
whether Mr. Gross's recommendations were improvements for the
City.
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Jack Robinson, resident of Westwood 17, said the people used the
buses more in the past because the routes went further and, now
that the routes have been changed, it is more difficult to travel
by bus. He suggested the old routes be restored.
Mayor Kravitz said that the Committee will meet with Mr. Gross to
acquire the best service possible for the City.
COMMUNITY DEVELQPMENT
48. Fish Kettle, -Inc. - Family Mart ghoRvinq Center - Temp.
eso. #3707 - Discussion and possible action on a request to
transfer a special exception (delicatessen) to M & M, Inc.
(tabled from 7/10/85)
SYNOPSIS -OF ACTION: APPROVED. RESOLUTION NO. R-85-•252 PASSED.
Mr. Henning read Temp.. Reso.^#3707 by title.
V/M Massaro said this item was Tabled for appropriate application
to be filed and remittance of a fee of $250.00. She said both
have been accomplished and she MOVED APPROVAL of TemA..Reso.
3707, SECONDED by C/M Stein.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
LEGAL AFFAIRS
32. Land -Section 7 - Discussion and possible action on the
status of the purchase of 45 acres of land by the City:
a) Settlement of condemnation case and outstanding claims of
Toll Development Corp.
b) Funding sources for the purchase of land
c) Title insurance policy for the purchase of land
SYNQPSIS OF ACTION:
a) No action necessary since
Mr. Toll withdrew the case.
b) APPROVED funding to be charged
to Account #434-368-535--622
titled "Land Acquisitions".
c) Authorized Alan Ruf to prepare
documents necessary or examine
the documents together with the
City Attorney and move forward
with the appropriate persons for
the purchase of this land. Mr.Ruf
was authorized to have the policy
written for title insurance at a
cost not to exceed $2,000..
a) Mr. Ruf said the settlement of the condemnation case was resolved
and there was a contingent claim made by Gene Toll and the
lawsuit he had filed, which was a Notice of Appeal for the
settlement already approved by the Court, has been withdrawn. He
said the case is now finished and no action is necessary.
b) Mr. Ruf said he sent Council a memo on 7/17/85 indicating that
this transaction would probably be closed during the August
recess and before the next regular Council meeting in September.
He said Council has already approved the terms of the Settlement
Agreement and the purchase in the settlement of the litigation.
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Mr. Ruf said before Dan Saale, Deputy Finance Director, left he
asked him to submit a memo of where these funds would be coming
from to make the purchase. He said Mr. Saale gave him that memo
dated 7/12/85 and he attached it to his 7/17/85 memo to Council.
V/M Massaro said the funding for the purchase of this land should
Tape 7 come from the CIAC money at the present time and be charged to
Account #424-368-535-622. She suggested that it be determined at
a later date exactly how the replacement of this money is to be
made because there are several sources rather than only bonding.
She said at one time she suggested borrowing from the Florida
League of Cities at the rate of 5-1/2% or, whatever the rate
might be at the time, for a ten-year period. She said there is
also a consideration that a small portion of that money might be
charged to something else.
V/M Massaro MOVED that the funding be charged to Account #424-
368-535--622 and be taken from the CIAC Account with the replace-
ment of this money to be determined at a later date. SECONDED by
C/M Gottesman.
Mr. Henning said he distributed to Council a copy of the Florida
League of Cities bond proposals for review and discussion at a
later date. He asked if Mr. Ruf has a free hand to move forward
with the closing after the last item is resolved.
C/M Munitz asked if V/M Massaro is precluding the fact that when
the water and sewer revenue bonds are sold the proceeds will be
used to liquidate this receivable account on the City's books
and V/M Massaro said that was not the intent. She said the
question of the replacement would be determined at a later time
because from the proceeds of the bond, the City may not have to
bond it if it would be less expensive to go through the Florida
League.
VOTE: ALL -VOTED AYE
c) V/M Massaro MOVED that Mr. Ruf be authorized to prepare whatever
documents are necessary or to examine any documents that are
necessary together with the City Attorney and move forward with
the appropriate persons in the purchase of this land. SECONDED
by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
Mr. Ruf said it would be appropriate for the City to have a Title
Insurance Policy on this parcel of land for approximately 1
million dollars. He said he writes Title Insurance in his
practice and he called 4 other title insurors for a quote on this
policy and there is no underlying title policy and there are 4
volumes of abstracts. He said the Federal Land Title Co. quoted
$2,025.00, Chicago Title Insurance Co. quoted $2,359.50, Stuart
Title quoted $2,025.00, Lawyer's Title Insurance Corporation
quoted $2,821.00 and he asked for Council's authority to write
the policy on behalf of the City on Attorney's Title Fund at a
price of $2,000.00.
C/M Gottesman MOVED to authorize Alan Ruf to have the policy
written for Title Insurance on this property at a cost not to
exceed $2,000.00. SECONDED by V/M Massaro.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
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UTILITIES WEST
24. Utilities West - Expansion and -Upgrade of Be -Treatment
Plant - Project 85-19 - Discussion and possible action on:
a) Approval to advertise for proposals for this project
b) Authorization for the Acting City Manager and Utilities
Director/City Engineer to establish a five member selec-
tion committee.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION:
a) APPROVED.
b) APPROVED a 7 member committee
with a member of Council to be
appointed by Mayor Kravitz, to
evaluate responses, rank them
and report back to Council.
a) Mr. Greenwood said the City has made a decision to keep the
existing sewage treatment plant at its existing site. He said,
as was recognized back in 1979 when the City purchased the
utilities, extensive repair, upgrading and maintenance would be
required. He said they are requesting authorization to place
requests for proposals in the newspapers to have the City receive
proposals from interested consulting firms, make a selection in
accordance with the Florida Statute and recommend to Council a
consultant to perform the upgrading and expansion of the existing
sewage treatment plant.
V/M Massaro said the maintenance and operations building was
reduced to $500,000 and she questioned whether that will be
needed since they have an office/trailer set up already.
Mr. Greenwood said the trailer facility as constructed is
adequate for what they are presently being used for. He said in
an effort to try to decrease operation and maintenance costs with
the plant, additional in --house machinery and mechanical equipment
would not be housed there since it is only designed for office
space.
V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL to advertise for proposals for this
project. She asked Mr. Greenwood if they are seeking proposals
and Mr. Greenwood said these would be proposals stating the
consulting engineers qualifications to evaluate the problems at
the existing plant and to design corrected features.
Ted Slade, resident of the Isles of Tamarac, asked if the Federal
Government has determined that this plant had to be brought up to
proper standards. Mr. Greenwood said the upgrading being man-
dated to Tamarac is mainly from the Broward County Environmental
Quality Control Board. He said they are requiring that the City
discharge their effluent to either the initial spray irrigation
project and/or the selected plan to deep injection well.
Mr. Slade asked which way the City is going to go and Mr.
Greenwood said the City has a design for deep injection well and
should be in a position to bid that project for the deep injec-
tion well sometime in September.
C/M Gottesman SECONDED the MOTION.
VOTE•
ALL .VOTED AYE
b) C/M Stein MOVED that the Acting City Manager and Utilities
Director/City Engineer establish a five member selection com-
mittee to evaluate the responses, rank them and report to Coun-
cil. SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
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V/M Massaro said she feels a Council member should be a party to
that five member committee.
Mayor Kravitz suggested the MOTION
be amended to include
appoint that member.
a member from Council and he suggested he
C/M Stein said he would ACCEPT that amend-
ment to the MOTION and
C/M
Gottesman, as the SECOND, agreed.
Mr. Henning suggested
that
Council might want to have a seven
member committee of which
one member will be a Council member
appointed by the Mayor
and
C/M Stein ACCEPTED the amendment as
part of the MOTION, as
did
C/M Gottesman as the SECOND.
C'
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE/FINANCIAL
7. Pension Plan - Discussion and possible action on:
a) Authorization for Kruse, O'Connor and Ling, Actuaries, to
conduct a study in various areas of concern (tabled from
6/12/85)
b) Amendment to the Pension Plan to provide for an additional
member to the Administrative Board to be elected from the
White Collar/Blue Collar Bargaining Unit (Federation of
Public Employees) Temp._Qrd.2210 First Reading.
c) Funding for Pension Expenses
d) Muller, Mintz, Kornreich, Caldwell, Casey, Crosland &
Bramnick, P.A. - Invoices for May and June, 1985 -
$2,981.10 ($1,370.30 charged for Pension expenses and
$1,610.80 charged to City Attorney Professional Services
Account 001-106-514-310)
e) Muller, Mintz, Kornreich, Caldwell, Casey, Crosland &
Bramnick, P.A. - Invoice dated 7/2/85 - $1,504.44 ($52.50
charged for Pension expenses and $1,451.94 charged against
City Attorney Professional Services Account 001-M106-514--
310)
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: (See Page 3)
a) APPROVED as stipulated.
b) APPROVED Temp._Qrd. 41210 on
first reading.
c) TABLED until Council receives
documentation to review.
d) HELD for the Special
Meeting on 7/29/85.
e) Agendized by Consent and HELD
for the Special Meeting on
7/29/85.
a) Mr. Henning said there have been
changes or increases in benefits
is a need for an actuarial study
cost. He said the letter dated
Ling, Inc., lists 11 items with
these items for these studies.
various requests regarding
from the Pension Board and there
to determine how much this would
6/5/85 from Kruse, O'Connor and
a quote of up to $1,475.00 on
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Mr. Henning said the second part of this a) item concerns a memo
to Larry Perretti, Acting City Manager, from Judy Deutsch,
Assistant Personnel Director, dated 7/22/85 which stated,
"Richard Meisner of MIA has advised that the State of Florida has
recently passed legislation requiring municipalities to provide
the State with an actuarial certification. We contacted several
actuaries for cost impact and recommend Kruse, O'Connor and Ling
prepare the study. As soon as we receive Council approval for an
expenditure of $1,000.00, we will have the information provided."
Judy Deutsch, Assistant Personnel Director, said that the
$1,000.00 is for the City's Self Insured Health Insurance
program. She said this year the Legislators are requiring that
all self -insured health insurance programs have an actuarial
impact statement.
V/M Massaro asked Mr. Henning if there is a problem for Council
to require that these funds come from the Pension Fund and Mr.
Henning said there was an extensive Joint Workshop between the
Council and the Pension Board and this was one of the items
discussed. He said another item discussed was that in order to
be eligible for the Fire and Police contributions from the State,
certain funding is required by the Florida Statutes. He said the
City has been making contributions in the past at a percentage of
payroll, or matching funds, to employee contributions.
Mr. Henning asked Mrs. Deutsch if the City has made lump sum
contributions to the Pension Plan in order to qualify for State
monies. Mrs. Deutsch said it has been made monthly. Mr. Henning
said the percentage of payroll is determined based on the actuar-
ial soundness determined by the actuary as to how much the City
must match for contributions. He said he reviewed the Ordinance
and has not found anything that would preclude the City Council
from charging the Pension Plan for these particular expenses. He
said there are many cities in Broward County that do just that.
V/M Massaro said in the meantime, the expense should go where it
belongs, that is, to the Pension Fund and if there is something
to be made up to equal the necessary amount, the City would have
to be prepared to do that.
V/M Massaro said that any expenses that Council approves today
are to come from the Pension Plan. Mr. Henning suggested that
the attorney's fees be addressed separately. V/M Massaro said
the attorney's fees as well should come out of the Pension Fund
providing the attorney worked on the Pension Fund. She said if
the attorney's invoice shows more than one subject, they should
be charged to the proper places.
Mr. Henning said Attorney Gordon Rogers, was at the Pension Board
meeting at the City Manager's and his request and not at the
Pension Board's request. V/M Massaro suggested that in the
future, Mr. Rogers should get approval from Council, too, if they
are to pay the bill.
Morris Haber, Chairman of the Charter Board, asked how the
Pension Fund can be charged for something that was unauthorized
by the Fund itself. Mr. Henning said Council may want to direct
the Pension Board to make this agreement and, if they decide they
do not want to have this study because they do not want to pay
for it, the Council will not force them to have this study. He
said Council is authorizing them to make the study if they want
to pay for it.
Peter Prior, Fire Department representative to the Pension Board,
said in the past, if the Board felt they needed work done by the
actuaries, the Board authorized the work and the actuaries sent
the bill to Council and Council paid the bill. He said for this
reason, they now have to submit cause and reasons to Council
before they can get the work done.
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Mr. Prior said if this is going to be changed, perhaps on the c)
portion of this item on today's agenda, rather than a Motion, it
would be appropriate to allocate a budget so that the Pension
Board can have the means of spending money.
V/M Massaro said she does not agree because the Pension Board
should come to Council for approval because if the Pension Fund
runs short of money, the Council has to pay the balance of the
bill. She said as long as the City has the responsibility to
make up the difference, the Council should be there to oversee
the expenditures.
Steve Melnick, Police Department representative to the Pension
Board, said the Pension Board did not request the services of the
attorney. He said the State Law stipulates that the actuarial
study is supposed to determine whether the money can be taken
from the Pension Fund or not and that is why the Pension Board is
requesting Council pay for this study.
V/M Massaro said it is not necessary for the Pension Board to pay
for attorney's fees that were unsolicited by the Pension Board;
however, in the future, the Pension Board is to come to the City
Council for permission before creating an expense. Peter Prior
said Chapter 175-351, Article League, Paragraph 11, reads, "No
Retirement Plan or amendment to a Retirement Plan shall be
proposed without the proposed plan or amendment containing an
Actuarial estimate of the cost involved." He said they feel the
City should continue to pay for the actuarial study.
V/M Massaro MOVED that authorization for Kruse, O'Connor and
Ling, Actuaries, to conduct a study in the various areas of
concern of the Pension Board be approved and that the funding
come from the Pension Fund. SECONDED by C/M Stein.
Jim Godin, Charter Board Vice Chairman, said the Ordinance only
requires an actuarial study every three years and Mr. Henning
said that is if there are no changes in the benefits. C/M Munitz
said while the Council may insist that the Pension Board pay for
the actuary study, if that should create a shortage, the City
will have to pay anyway. V/M Massaro said as this Fund grew, the
City has been funding this but now that fund is no longer a
responsibility of every taxpayer to absorb these costs.
Mr. Henning said the Pension Board is suggesting that they want a
12th item to the actuarial study which would be to determine that
the Pension Plan could be charged the administrative costs.
Tape 8 Mr. Melnick suggested that the Council should pay for this
actuarial study and if they determine that the Pension Plan is
strong enough to pay for its own fundings in the future, then the
Pension Board will not have to seek funds from the Council again.
V/M Massaro said that is not her Motion.
C/M Stein said if the Actuary states that the Pension
cannot pay for this study under the law then the City
to pay for it. Morris Haber, Chairman of the Charter
the Council is allowing the Pension Board to have as
as they like and the Pension Board should only have a
whenever necessary.
Board
will have
Board, said
many studies
study
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Mr. Henning suggested Council authorize approximately $250.00 to
get the 12th item on the list of the actuaries and Mrs. Deutsch
said they have received a letter from the actuaries which states
that would probably be the extent of the cost incurred.
V/M Massaro said she would include that in her MOTION and
C/M Stein as the SECOND agreed.
VOTE•
ALL VOTED AYE
b) Mr. Henning read Temp. Ord. #1210 by title.
Mr. Henning said the Pension Board wanted to have a member on the
Committee that was elected from the White Collar/Blue Collar
Bargaining Unit and this adds a member and also leaves a member
on there who would be a representative elected from the Super-
visory/Confidential and Managerial employees. He said this would
add one member to the Board and one member to the quorum,
changing it from four to five members.
V/M Massaro asked how that affects the City and Mr. Henning said
except for the cost of having someone attend the meeting once a
month and the moderate cost of holding an election in-house every
year or so, there is none.
C/M Stein MOVED APPROVAL of Temp. Ord. #1210 on first reading,
SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
VQTE• ALL VOTED AYE
c) V/M Massaro MOVED to TABLE this item until Council has documenta-
tion to review, SECONDED by C/M Stein.
Mr. Henning said for the record that the budget outline has been
submitted and, until Council turns it down, it is an active
request. V/M Massaro said this will be discussed at Council
Budget Meetings.
VOTE- ALL VOTED AYE
d) Mr. Henning said the first bill for Muller, Mintz is in the
& amount of $2,981.10 and, of that amount, $1,370.30 was Pension
e) work by the law firm, however, this was at the request of the
City Attorney and City Manager and not at the request of the
Pension Board. He said he allowed funds in his Professional
Services budget for this if Council approves it.
V/M Massaro asked Mr. Henning why this invoice was broken down
into two separate amounts and Mr. Henning said he did so at the
request of Council since the original bill was a lump sum. He
said when these people were hired he was under the impression
that the money would come from the City Attorney's budget. He
said some of this bill is Pension business and Council can either
charge that to the Pension Board or to the City Attorney's
budget.
V/M Massaro MOVED to TABLE both portions d) and e) of this item
to the Special Meeting on 7/29/85, SECONDED by C/M Stein.
VOTE•
ALL VOTED AYE
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AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS
3. Judge Steven Shutter - Presentation.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Judge
Shutter gave a presentation.
County Judge Steven Shutter said he has been reassigned to the
West Satellite Court and yesterday the Tamarac Parks and Recrea-
tion Department brought the children to the Satellite Court for
the "Goldilocks Trial", a yearly event for the children. He said
he is noted for his high fines and he projected the City may
realize another $50,000 for fine and forfeiture money.
Judge Shutter said there is a new law that will be effective
10/l/851 Senate Bill 33, Chapter 85-227 of the Florida Statutes,
authorizes each City, if they choose, to establish a separate
account for handicapped parking fines. He said 1/3 of the funds
deposited would go to the expenses of administration and 2/3
would go to improved facilities for qualified physically disabled
people. He said if Tamarac should adopt this, they would need a
special Ordinance.
Judge Shutter said Tamarac has their criminal cases and municipal
Ordinances prosecuted by the Assistant State Attorney's Office
and he introduced to Council the Assistant State Attorney for
West Broward County, Charles Cherry.
Mr. Henning noted that recentl
offices of Alan Ruf with Chris
City Prosecutor.
BOARDS AND COMMITTEES
y
the Council appointed the law
Carsky assisting the City as the
4. Insurance Advisory Committee -- Temp_._ Reso. 43727 - Dis-
cussion and possible action to appoint one (1) member.
SYNOPSIS -OF ACTION: APPROVED RESOLUTION NO. R--85--240 PASSED.
appointing John J. Assenzio for
a term to expire 5/11/86.
Mr. Henning read Temp. Reso, #3727 by title.
Mayor Kravitz noted that John Assenzio submitted an application,
he is an attorney, is knowledgeable about insurance matters and
he recommended his appointment. He said it is his understanding
that Mr. Assenzio is the President of the Legal Alumni Associa-
tion for St. John's University of southern Florida.
V/M Massaro MOVED to APPROVE Temp, Reso. #3727 appointing
John J. Assenzio to this committee, SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
NOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
5. Board of Consumer Affairs - Temp. Reso. 13728 - Dis-
cussion and possible action to appoint one (1) member.
SYNOPSJE_DE, ACTION: TABLED
at the request of the Chairman.
Mayor Kravitz noted that he received a memo from Nat Cohen,
Chairman of the Board of Consumer Affairs, requesting that this
item be tabled since there are presently enough members.
C/M Munitz MOVED to TABLE this item at the request of the Chair-
man, SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
voTE: ALL VOTED AYE
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
52. Mainlands 4 Clubhouse - Revised -Site Plan - Temp. Reso.
3733 - Discussion and possible action.
SYNOPSIS
_OF ACTION: Agendized by Consent on Page 1)
APPROVED as presented. RESOLUTION NO. R-85-253 PASSED.
Mr. Henning read Temp._ Reso. #3733 by title.
V/M Massaro said this is simply an addition to the platform they
now have and the size is 6' x 25'. She said they also wish to
increase the size of their barbeque as well.
V/M Massaro MOVED to APPROVE Temp.-Reso. #3733 as presented,
SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
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53. Authorization for TUW Employees_ to Attend —University -of
Florida TREEO Center Seminar -- Discussion and possible
action.
SYNOPSIS QF ACTION: Agendized by Consent on Page 1)
APPROVED attendance to the above -
named seminar for William Greenwood,
Richard Charlton and Richard Ruhl.
V/M Massaro said the Utilities Director/City Engineer has
requested that two of his men, one of which is an Operator from
the Water Treatment Plant, be permitted to go to the University
of Florida's TREEO Center to be cross -trained. She said the
request also included Richard Ruhl, who is from the Sewage
Treatment Plant. She said Mr. Greenwood feels he can work with
two less people by doing this and he would like to attend that
school as a Utilities Director/City Engineer.
V/M Massaro MOVED that Mr. Greenwood and his men be authorized to
attend this seminar at a cost of approximately $436.00 for
Mr. Greenwood, $333.50 for Mr. Charlton and $333.50 for Mr. Ruhl.
SECONDED by C/M Stein.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
54. Waiver of .Bidding_ for_ Generator Repair - TT� - Discussion and
possible action.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Agendized by Consent on Page 2)
Utilities was authorized to proceed
with emergency repairs to the
mobile generator at a cost not to
exceed $7,000.
Acting City Manager Perretti said there was a request of waiver
of the bid process for generator repair by letter from
Bob Woelke, Superintendent of Field Operations, dated 7/15/85.
He said at the present time, the City owns two 25--year old mobile
generators that must service 68 lift stations in case of major
power failure by FP&L.
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Mr. Perretti said one of the generators recently suffered a major
breakdown and the City cannot be in a position to suffer any
further breakdowns without moving forward and getting these
generators prepared. He requested that this be approved.
Mr. Henning said the authorization appears to be a maximum amount
of $6,368.20 and they do not know which of the three items is the
actual cost until they get the serial numbers.
Mr. Greenwood said the equipment was taken apart at a cost of
$300.00 and the serial numbers are completely obliterated,
therefore, they will not know until they examine them against the
specifications for replacement. He said the R & R Certificate is
being requested from Williams, Hatfield & Stoner in an amount not
to exceed $7,000.00.
V/M Massaro MOVED that the Utilities Department be authorized to
proceed with the emergency repairs to the mobile generator at a
price not to exceed $7,000.00. SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE• ALL VOTED AYE
55. Public Works - Authority to Bid for Wheel Balancingg
Machine Computerized Engine Analyzer -and Computerized Fuel
Card System - Discussion and possible action.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: Agendized by Consent on Page 2)
Authorization was given to go
to bid.
Mr. Henning noted that this is a request to go to bid for three
pieces of equipment that Public Works would like to have.
V/M Massaro MOVED to authorize Public Works to go to bid and
return to Council in September with whatever bids are received.
SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE•
CONSENT AGENDA
ALL VOTED AYE
6.
Consent Agenda
a)
Minutes of 5/22/85 -
Regular Meeting - Approval recommended
by City Clerk.
b)
Minutes of 6/12/85 --
Regular Meeting - Approval recommended
by City Clerk.
c)
Minutes of 6/14/85 -
Reconvened Regular Meeting - Approval
recommended by City
Clerk.
d)
Minutes of 6/28/85 --
Reconvened Regular Meeting - Approval
recommended by City
Clerk.
e)
Minutes of 7/2/85 -
Special Meeting - Approval recommended by
City Clerk.
f)
Minutes of 7/5/85 -
Special Meeting - Approval recommended by
City Clerk.
g)
Alan F. Ruf - Consulting City Attorney - 7/18/85 - $1,062.00
($1,032.00 from Professional Services Account 001-106-514-310
and $30.00 from TUW
Professional Services Account 425-368-
535-310) - Approval
recommended by City Attorney and Acting
City Manager.
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h) CH2M Hill - Engineering Project 84-2 Deep Injection Well
Holding Pond Design -- Invoice #06-405 - 6/7/85 - $5,002.82 -
Account #434--368-535-681 (Deep Well) - Approval recommended
by Utilities Director/City Engineer.
i) CH2M Hill - Engineering Project 84-2 Deep Injection Well
Holding Pond Design -- Invoice #06-465 - 6/19/85 - $1,478.97 -
Account #434-368-535-681 (Deep Well) - Approval recommended
by Utilities Director/City Engineer.
j) Public Works Department -- Approval to go to bid for a Fuel
Storage Facility - Overflow Protection and Monitoring Well
Installation.
k) Approval to pay invoices received during Council's August
recess upon the approval of the Acting City Manager and the
Mayor or Vice Mayor.
1) Water Storage Plan - Temp. Ord. #1193 - Approval to remove
this item from the agenda as recommended by the Utilities
Director/City Engineer (First Reading TAbled on 4/10/85).
m) Request made by Broadview area for City annexation - Approval
to remove this item from the agenda (tabled from 4/24/85).
SYN PSIS OF ACTION:
APPROVED Items a) through f)
and h) through m). g) was
REMOVED and then payment of
the bill was APPROVED but the items
must be charged to the appropriate
areas after discussion with Finance
and the City Manager.
V/M Massaro requested that g) be REMOVED for discussion and she
MOVED APPROVAL of Items a) through f) and h) through m), SECONDED
by C/M Gottesman.
VOTE: ALL_VOTED AYE
g) V/M Massaro said on Mr. Ruf's bill, there are references to Land
Section 7, which concerns the land that the City is purchasing
and that money should come from the fee in the amount of approxi-
mately $600.00.
Mr. Henning said in the past several meetings he has been excis-
ing the TUW Professional Services for Land Section 7 and other
utility matters. He said this particular bill only has $30.00
for Land Section 7 and others have been in the hundreds.
V/M Massaro suggested that this bill be paid but that those two
items should be charged to the appropriate areas.
Melanie Reynolds, Charter Board Aide, said on 7/11/85 there was a
charge on Mr. Ruf's bill to George Feld & Associates, which
concerns the Tamarac Park Satellite Building. She said the
Charter Board is reviewing this.
Tape 9 V/M Massaro MOVED that this bill be paid but that the items be
charged to the appropriate areas after discussion with the Acting
City Manager and the Finance Department. SECONDED by
C/M Gottesman.
Acting City Manager Perretti noted that Council passed a Resolu-
tion today giving a designated Council person authority as a
Temporary Chairman of the City Council, as well as the City
Manager and the Finance Department and he suggested this be added
as well. Mr. Henning said it is understood that the Temporary
Chairman would act in the absence of the Mayor or Vice Mayor.
VOTE; ALL VOTED AYE
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Mayor Kravitz announced that today's agenda will not be completed
by 5:00 P.M., therefore, any items left for discussion will be
added to the agenda for the Special Council Meeting on 7/29/85.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE FINANCIAL
8. Employee Health insurance - Discussion and possible action on
a recommendation to pay the first years' health insurance
premium for totally, permanently disabled employees who have
been employed with the City more than one year.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: HELD
for the Special Meeting on
7/29/85.
V/M Massaro said although the City sympathizes with these people,
this is too much of a burden for the City and she felt this
should be denied.
Acting City Manager Perretti said the intent of this was to save
the City money and not lose money. He said this was strictly for
an employee of more than one year that was 100% disabled. He
said this would take them off the group plan of insurance so that
the experience rating would not go up with the anticipation that,
if the person is ill, they will be utilizing many doctors,
medication, etc., which would make the City's program run high.
He said this enables the City to pay a flat rate for one year and
allows the individual, after that year, to take the insurance on
their own but, during that year, there is no group experience
rating.
Mr. Henning said the City is self -insured and the M.I.A.
administrator administers the City's money. He questioned if a
person has a one-year health insurance policy separate with the
premium paid by the City, where would the funds come from to pay
the doctor's bills that come in during that year. Acting City
Manager Perretti said that would be from the self-insurance fund.
C/M Stein said it is the same amount of money and Acting City
Manager said it is as if that employee was on the City's payroll
for one more year except that they are not getting a paycheck and
the City is not getting any experience for them.
V/M Massaro MOVED to HOLD this item for the Special Meeting on
7/29/85, SECONDED by C/M Stein.
VOTE:
ALL VOTED AYE
9. Legislative Aides - Discussion and possible action to approve
appointments of aides for Mayor Kravitz.
SYNQS,IS OF ACTION: Council
APPROVED appointment of
Murray Weiner and Jack Farber
as aides for Mayor Kravitz.
Mayor Kravitz said Ordinance 85-29 authorized appointment of
Legislative Aides and he requested appointment of
Murray Weiner and Jack Farber as his Legislative Aides.
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V/M Massaro MOVED that Murray Weiner and Jack Farber be appointed
as Legislative Aides to Mayor Kravitz, SECONDED by C/M Gottesman.
Mayor Kravitz read Ordinance 85-29 by title.
VOTE:
ALL.VOTED AYE
12. Perso nel Matters
- Discussion and possible action on:
a)
Confirmation of
the appointment of
Michael Couzzo as
Public Works Director
(tabled from
7/10/85)
b)
Confirmation of
the appointment of
Frank M. Etheredge as
Finance Director
- Temp. Reso. 43730
c)
Assignment pay
for Dan Saale, former Deputy Finance
Director.
d)
Assignment pay
for Larry Perretti,
Acting City Manager.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTION:
a) through d) HELD
for the Special Meeting
on 7/29/85.
b) Acting City Manager Perretti said the b) portion of this item was
APPROVED by Council on 7/19/85. Mr. Henning said he prepared
Temp. Rego. #3730 for this appointment and he read this by title.
He noted that Section 3 should read, "This Resolution shall
become effective retroactively to Monday, July 22, 1985." He
noted that in Section 2, there is a typo that should be "2 c"
instead of "1 c". He said that "2 c" cross references a benefit
plan Resolution 85-6 and he referred to the last Page of that
Resolution, D, where the Finance Director's benefits are listed.
He said car allowances are not addressed in the benefit plan but
the Resolution specifically states that there will be no car
allowance for this Department Head.
V/M Massaro said she has objection to this and feels that this
plan needs to be reviewed. She said when she reviewed the list
of the maximum and minimum salaries being paid she was astonish-
ed. She said she wants to get a copy of the 47 cities that were
rated so that she can compare Tamarac. She said there is no
maximum limit in vacation and sick time accrual and this is an
expense to the City. She said if, at the end of each year, the
employees have not used their sick time she feels it should die
there with the time accrued starting again the following year.
She said she feels the employees should not accrue more than a
year and a half because vacation and sick time should be absorbed
by the employees that are in the City.
Mayor Kravitz suggested this be discussed with the Acting City
Manager, V/M Massaro suggested that it be noted that if this
benefit package is changed, Mr. Etheredge would be subject to the
new package.
Acting City Manager Perretti said it has been the practice in the
City that any changes are made at the start of the Fiscal Year,
October 1st. He said there are three contracts in the City, the
Federation of Public Employees, which is a 3-year contract that
just took effect 10/1/84 and there is no way by law that the City
can legally change that for the 3-year period of the contract.
He said the F.O.P. contract is a 2-year contract and expires
9/30/86 and the only contract that is open this year is the
I.A.F.F. with the Fire Fighters and that contract is presently
being negotiated and expires 9/30/85.
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Mr. Perretti said in the past the City has attempted to be
consistent with the Managerial/Confidential employees in the same
fashion as the union employees and past history has proven if
they are not treated equally or better, they could also form
unions. He said he would suggest that at least until 10/l/85,
all Managerial employees should keep the present Executive
Management Plan as was adopted last year.
V/M Massaro said there should be a condition that these changes
might be made and the Managerial employees would have to accept
whatever changes are made. Mayor Kravitz suggested V/M Massaro
discuss this with the Acting City Manager and instruct the City
Attorney to have a written report for the 7/29/85 Council meet-
ing.
V/M Massaro suggested the b) portion of this item be discussed
further at the Special Meeting on 7/29/85.
a) V/M Massaro said this is the same situation and the benefit is
not being increased at this time; however, there is a memo that
allows Mr. Couzzo an increase within a certain period of time.
She said there are 4 increases in one year that amount to
$7,..231.41 and she suggested this be reviewed thoroughly. She
suggested this be HELD for the Special Meeting on 7/29/85.
C/M Gotfesman MOVED to TABLE portions a) and b) of this item to
tbe.Spl ial Meeting on 7/29/85, SECONDED by C/M Stein.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
c) Acting City Manager Perretti said this was discussed at the
previous Council meeting and Dan Saale is requesting $800.35 that
he feels is due him. He said although the City Manager did not
officially appoint Mr. Saale as the Finance Director, since he
was the highest ranked employee in title in the Finance Depart-
ment, the feeling was that he was assuming the responsibilities
of the Finance Director and was deserving of these additional
monies. He said the Personnel policy stipulates that if an
employee works temporarily in a higher classificaton for more
than 80 hours, that employee should receive a 4% increase or Step
A, whichever is the greater amount. He said in this particular
case, it would be Step A.
Mayor Kravitz said if Mr. Saale was not appointed Finance Director,
what would make him entitled to the extra salary and Mr. Perretti
said one of the arguments is the job description of a Deputy
Finance Director. He said under the major functions of a Deputy
Finance Director, the last sentence states, "Serves as Deputy
Finance Director to the Director of Finance and acts in the
Director's behalf when in absence." He said Mr. Saale is relying
on that particular sentence.
Mr. Henning said there are many ex officio and deputy positions and
there is no action involved. He said the way the job description
is written, it appears that when the Finance Director leaves, the
Deputy steps in. He said this has no monetary impact on the City
as long as the Finance Director comes back in less than 2 weeks.
He said if the Finance Director does not come back within 2 weeks,
there is another rule that takes place. He said Mr. Saale has a
point to be noted. He said he was notified during the lunch break
that the Finance Department left out a weeks' pay in Mr. Saale's
computation and the correct amount is $933.74. He said he indi-
cates in his memo that there are other Department Heads that are in
acting status.
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Mr. Henning said the Acting Public Works Director has received a
merit increase because he has been acting as a Department Head so
long that he is up for an increase. He said there is the Acting
Fire Chief, an Acting Personnel Director and an Acting City
Manager.
Mayor Kravitz said there are many unanswered questions and he
suggested that portions c) and d) be TABLED to the Special Meeting
on 7/29/85.
V/M Massaro so MOVED? SECONDED by C/M Stein.
VOTE•
ALL VOTED AYE
Mayor Kravitz recessed the meeting at 5:00 P.M. to the Special
Meeting on Monday, 7/29/85 at 9:30 A.M.
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SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
There will be a Special Meeting of the City Council on
Monday, July 29, 1985 at 9:30 A.M. in the Council Chambers of
City hall, 5811 N.W. 88th Avenue, Tamarac, Florida.
The items remaining from the Council agenda of July 24, 1985
to be considered are as follows:
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE/FINANCIAL
7. Pension Plan- Discussion and possible action on:
d) Muller, Mintz, Kornreich, Caldwell, Casey, Crosland
& Bramnick, P.A. - Invoices for May and June, 1985 -
$2,981.10 ($1,370.30 charged for Pension expenses and
$1,610.80 charged to City Attorney Professional Ser-
vices Account 001-106-514-310).
e) Muller, Mintz, Kornreich, Caldwell, Casey, Crosland &
Bramnick, P.A. - Invoice dated 7/2/85 - $1,504.44
($52.50 charged for Pension expenses and $1,451.94
charged against City Attorney Professional Services
Account 001-106-514-310)(agendized by consent 7/24/85)
8. Employee,Etalth JDIRXance - Discussion and possible
action on a recommendation to pay the first years'
health insurance premium for totally, permanently
disabled employees who have been employed with the City
more that one year.
10. ZaMaXac dark Satellite Building - Discussion and
possible action on:
a) Status report on construction
b) Other Council concerns regarding this building
(tabled from 7/10/85 and 7/12/85)
11. Municipal CoMRlex- Discussion and possible action on:
a) Status of appointing a Construction Manager
b) Status report of Preconstruction Review Committee
c) Payment of Miller & Meier Invoice F1307 in the
amount of $35,191.66.
(tabled from 7/10/85)
12. Personnel Matters- Discussions and possible action on:
a) Confirmation of the appointment of Michael Couzzo as
Public Works Director - Temp. Reso. #3734 (tabled
from 7/10/85)
b) Confirmation of the appointment of Frank M. Etheredge
as Finance Director- Temp. Reso. #3730.
c) Assignment pay for Dan Saale, former Deputy Finance
Director
d) Assignment pay for Larry Perretti, Acting City
Manager
13. Aguatic plant Control Funds - Temp. Reso. #3729- Dis-
cussion and possible action to designate the officials
responsible for administering this program for Fiscal
Year 1985/86.
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14. Richard S. Rubin - Consulting City Planner- Discussion
and possible action on payment of June, 1985, invoices
in the amount of $3,626.25 (tabled from 7/10/85)
15. Touche Ross City Auditor - Status report on audit of
investments and special audit of two City departments.
16. NW 57th Street Bike Path - Discussion and possible
action to approve this project, with work to be per-
formed by Broward County, from University Drive to
NW 88th Avenue.
17. Engineering De artment - Discussion and possible
action on a request by the Utilities Director that
Ed Shuty be authorized to attend a workshop on asphalt
given by the Asphalt Institute and Technology Transfer
Center.
18. Broward League of Cities Business - Discussion and
possible action.
19. Northwest Council of -Mayors -Business -Discussion and
possible action.
UTILITIES WEST
20. Utilities _West -Bid #85-27 Award - Project 5-18 -
Temp. Reso. #3724 - Discussion and possible action to
award a bid for construction of an 18-inch force main,
Turnpike/Commercial Boulevard crossing, and modifica-
tions to two existing pump stations.
21. ptilities West -Bid 85-26 - Project 5-4 - Discus-
sion and possible action to authorized staff to negoti-
ate a price with contractors to reconstruct Pump Station
16-A pursuant to Code Section 9-37(8) as no bidders
responded to solicitation.
22. Utilities_ West- Tract 27-Water Storage Tank and
Pump Station -Project 84-19- Discussion and possible
action on:
b) .Approval to go to bid for installation of these
facilities.
23. Utilities West- ganitary Sewer Rehabilitation_Pro-
ject 84-4 Discussion and possible action on:
a) Authorization to approve payment to Interstate Pipe
Maintenance, Inc., for the progress payment that will
be invoiced during Council's August recess pursuant
to contract terms in accordance with U.S. Environ-
mental Protection Agency Regulations.
b) Approval of an amendment to the construction services
contract with Williams, Hatfield & Stoner for addi-
tional services.
25. Utilities West- Water Treatment Plant Improvements--
Proiect__84-20- Discussion and possible action to
approve an agreement with James M. Montgomery, Consult-
ing Engineers, Inc., to prepare a Preliminary Design
Report.
26. Utilities West Revenue Bonds- Discussion and possible
action to approve a proposal by CH2M Hill to perform a
detailed engineering financial feasibility study
required by Touche Ross for the bond issue.
27. Utilities West- Word Processin E ui ment-- Discus-
sion and possible action to amend the accounts this
equipment is to be charged against.
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28. Utilities West- Operations Building --Project 84-17
Discussion and possible action on: ,
a) Acceptance of the work and approval of final payment
in the amount of $13,595.20 to Marsten Leasing.
b) Converting a performance bond to a one year warranty
bond - TemR. Reso. #3726
LEGAL AFFAIRS
30. Interim Traffic ImRact Fee- Temp._Qrd.#1186- Motion
to deny on second reading (Public hearing held 6/12/85)
36. Colony West Associates- Rezoning Petition#3-Z-85
Temp. Ord. #1169 - Discussion and possible action to
rezone the Shops of Tamarac Shopping Center (platted as
Colony West Shopping Center) (less the lands and build-
ing owned by Broward County for a Library) from B-1
(Neighborhood Business) to B-2 (Planned Business)
Second Reading. (Public hearing held 3/13/85) (tabled
from 7/10/85)
37. Mobilervice Station west side of 441 at Commercial
Boulevard)- Discussion and possible action on a
request to waive the platting requirements in Chapter
20 of the Code (tabled from 7/10/85)
38. Tract 24- Temp. _Reso,__#3681- Discussion and possible
action to temporarily waive the platting requirements in
Chapter 20 of the Code in order to construct public
improvements (tabled from 7/10/85)
40. Woodview Tract_3_1-- Calico Country- Discussion and
Possible action after status report by City Attorney
on the following items:
a) Water and Sewer Developers Agreement
b) Closing on property by developer which was scheduled
for 7/15/85 (tabled from 6/26/85)
41. California Federal Savings & gan-Tem orar Commer-
cial Structure -Discussion and possible action to
renew a permit for this trailer.
42. Woodmont Tracts 74/75-- Discussion and possible action
on:
a) Site Plan 2, Phase 2 - Release of warranty bond
posted for public improvements - Temp. Reso.3713
b) Site Plan 4 - Release of a warranty bond posted for
public improvements - Temp. Reso. #3714
43. Woodmont Tract 48 (Waterford -.at Woodmont) - Model
Sales Facility- Discussion and possible action to
renew a model sales permit and waiver of the 300--foot
distance requirement for certificates of occupancy
(tabled from 7/10/85)
45. Woodmont Tract 56 Model Sales Center- Bond Release
Temp. Reso.._#3710- Discussion and possible action to
release a cash bond posted for incomplete',:, beautifi-
cation work.
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46. Woodmont Tract.7.2-C__(Pineapple Park)- Discussion and
possible action on:
a) Renewal of model sales permit
b) Renewal of waiver to the sign ordinance for a temp-
orary announcing sign on property other than their
own Temp. Res,o._#3715
47. Treehouse A artments-Model Sales Facility- Discus-
sion and possible action to renew a model sales permit
and waiver of the 300-foot distance requirement for
certificates of occupancy.
REPORTS
49. City Council
50. City Manager
51. City Attorney
60. Departmental Budget Adjustments for Fiscal Year
1984/85 (agendized by consent on 7/24/85) --Discussion and
possible action on:
a) Engineering Department
b) Utilities West - Operations
l) Water Treatment Plant Account #363
2) Combined Account #362
3) Wastewater Treatment Account #368
c) City Clerk Department
d) Building Department
e) Parks and Recreation Department
f) City Attorney Department
g) Provisions within Ordinance 84-49, which adopted the
General Fund Budget for Fiscal Year 1984/85, pertain-
ing to intradepartmental transfers.
h) Any other departments Council may wish to address
61. Tax on Telecomunications Services- Discussion and
possible action (agendized by consent on 7/24/85)
City Council may consider and act upon such other business
as may come before it.
Pursuant to Chapter 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 may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceed-
ings is made which record includes the testimony and evidence
upon which the appeal is based.
CITY OF TAMARAC
Carol E. Barbuto
Assistant City Clerk
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