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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986-02-03 - City Commission Special Meeting Minutesgo MAIL REPLY TO: P.O. BOX 25010 TAMARAC, FLORIDA 33320 5811 NORTHWEST 88TH AVENUE 0 TAMARAC, FLORIDA 33321 TELEPHONE (305) 722-5900 January 31, 1986 NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING CITY COUNCIL TAMARAC, FLORIDA PLEASE BE ADVISED of a Special Meeting of the City Council to be held on Monday, February 3, 1986 at 8:00 A.M. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 5811 N.W. 88th Avenue, Tamarac Florida 33321. The items to be considered are: Item #1: Tamarac Utilities West - Capital Improvements Discussion an6 possible to authorize three (3) capital improvement projects be placed on the March 11, 1986.General Election Ballot by Temp. Reso # 3986: A) Installation of five (5) potable water wells at Midway Plaza located at the northwest corner of University Drive and 57th Street in an amount up to $ 800,000. B) Relocation of water and wastewater lines asso- ciated with the county road widening project of University Drive in an amount up to $ 1,300,000 as may be needed. C) Preparation of final design and construction contract documents for the rehabilitation and expansion of the existing water treatment plant to comply with state health requirements. Item #2: Tamarac Police Department - Discussion and possible action relating to the Broward Sheriff's Office/ Tamarac Police Department - Temp Reso # 3987. Pursuant to Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes ?* If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the city 4* ouncil with respect to any matter considered at such meeting or ,earing, he will need a record of the proceedings and for such purpose, he may need to ensure that a verbatim record includes Marilyn ert olf, , CMC the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. City Clerk AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAPPED STATUS 1 CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING February 3, 1986 Tape 1 CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Kravitz called the meeting to order at 8:00 A.M. on Monday, February 3, 1986 in the Council Chambers of City Hall. ROLL _CALL: PRESENT: Mayor Philip B. Kravitz Vice Mayor Helen Massaro Councilman Arthur H. Gottesman Councilman Raymond J. Munitz Councilman Sydney M. Stein ALSO PRESENT: Larry Perretti, City Manager Jon M. Henning, City Attorney Carol E. Barbuto, Assistant City Clerk Patricia Marcurio, Secretary MEDITATION AND PLEDGE QF A,LLEGIANCE: Mayor Kravitz called for a Moment of Silent Meditation followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. 1. Tamarac Util't'es West - Capital Im o m n s - Discussion and Possible action to authorize three (3) capital improvement projects be placed on the March 11, 1986 General Election Ballot by Temp,_Reso. #3986: a) Installation of five (5) potable water wells at Midway Plaza located at the northwest corner of University Drive and 57 Street in an amount up to $800,000.00. (Project 86-4) b) Relocation of water and wastewater lines associated with the County road widening project of University Drive in an amount up to $1,300,000.00 as may be needed. (Project 86-2) c) Preparation of final design and construction contract documents for the rehabilitation and expansion of the existing water treatment plant to comply with State health requirements. (Project 84-20) ,SYNQPS IS OF C, CT ION : APPROVED as amended. RESOLUTION NO. R-86-44 PASSED. Mr. Henning read Temp. so 86 by title. C/M Stein asked if it was legal to put three separate items on the referendum under one Resolution. Mr. Henning said in the past they placed ballot questions on by one Resolution but there could be more. He suggested separate votes could be taken on each item, a), b) and c) and then a vote on the one Resolution. Mr. Henning said in the one Resolution there are three separate ballot questions and, assuming this Resolution is approved unchang- ed, the people of Tamarac west of 441 would be asked to cast three separate votes for three separate projects. He said the only question is whether or not the Council feels their votes would be compromised because they are not in favor of all of these projects. C/M Munitz said in Temp, Reso. #3986 it states the expenditures to be made will come "from the approved funds". He asked what these are. Mr. Henning said review would have to be given to each of the three ballot questions for that answer. He said some come completely from impact fees and CIAC funds, some come partially from CIAC and other general revenues of the water plant or the R & R Account. 1 2/3/86 /pm C/M Munitz said he would like to see the source of the funds included in this Resolution and Mr. Henning said whether or not the funds come from one line item or another line item, the most significant thing the public has been concerned with in the past whether it concerns impact fees from developers, grant money from another government agency or from general revenues or ad valorem taxation. He said if it is a grant or impact fees, the people are told. C/M Munitz asked if this Resolution is passed and goes to the ballot will it be indicated where the money will come from. Mr. Henning said it will indicate just what is in the question but there is a limitation of 75 words per question by State Statute. V/M Massaro noted for the record that there is an error in the c) item. She said it shows "$2,500,000.00" and it should be 11$250,000.00". a) Bill Greenwood, Utilities Director/City Engineer, said this project is #86-4 and concerns the installation of 5 wells. He said today's request is for consideration to comply with the Charter require- ments to place this project on the ballot. He said the expendi- tures have not all been allocated for this project but Council has approved $250,000.00 to date, which is covered by a previous referendum ballot question from last year in the amount of $400,000.00. Mr. Greenwood said these wells had to be installed at this time s 01 that the City could obtain the necessary easements from the dev- eloper to conform with the Master Well Plan. He said the wells will be phased in approximately two wells per year except on the last year when one will be phased in. He said during the 1986/87 budget period they will be requesting Council authorization to equip the basic wells with motors, pipelines and electrical. Mr. Greenwood said in 1987/88 they will come back to Council for authorization to equip those two wells and in 1988/89 they will request authorization to equip that well. He said these wells are desperately needed to keep up with the ever increasing demands of the City. C/M Stein said Council approved $250,000.00 when Midway came with their site plan and these wells can be built without any further action by Council. He asked why this must be acted on today and Mr. Greenwood said questions have arisen on whether a project can be phased or if a ballot question must be placed on the March ballot to cover the entire project. He said the original intent was to phase construction but, after discussions with the City Manager and City Attorney, it was determined best to place the entire project on the ballot. V/M Massaro said this is essential because the Council cannot circumvent the Charter and the entire item should be approved. V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of Subsection a) of Temp. Reso. #3986, SECONDED by C/M Gottesman. Dr. Bernard Newman, resident, asked what the volume of water will be from these wells in 1986 and 1987 and its effect on the treatment plant. Mr. Greenwood said each well will be producing approximately 1 million gallons and rehabilitation and expansion of the water treatment plant will be discussed later. 2 2/3/86 /pm Mr. Greenwood said the volume will be going into the wastewater treatment plant and Council has voted to pursue regional connection if the necessary agreements can be obtained within a reasonable period of time. He said either the existing plant will be rehabilitated or the City will go to the regional system; therefore, there would be capacity either way. VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE b) Mr. Greenwood said the County has notified the Council and Engineering Department that they are in the process of designing the road widening of University Dr. from Commercial Blvd. to Southgate Blvd. He said one of the requirements that the County has with any and all road widening projects is that lines made out of asbestos cement be removed and replaced. He said the City has main lines in this particular road corridor made of asbestos cement and these lines must be replaced. He said while the road is torn up, there are other interconnects of the water system to insure fire flows that will also be installed to increase the hydraulics within the system. C/M Gottesman asked what type of pipe this will be replaced with and Mr. Greenwood said the City standard is ducticle iron cement lined and coated, minimum class 52. C/M Stein said he understands the urgency of installing the pipe when they work on University Dr. but he questioned why they are working on the design phase. He said there is us4ally approxi- mately two years between the design phase and the building with the County. He said he does not feel Council has enough facts to put this on the ballot now. He said he does not see the urgency here and, although he does not want to vote against it, he felt he was not knowledgeable enough to know what is needed. C/M Stein said this could go on the ballot for the November election and he suggested this item be tabled for more information. V/M Massaro said the previous Council entered into this contract with Mitch Ceasar, Grants Consultant for the City, and should have been discussing this with him. She said Mr. Ceasar informed her that the County expects to go to bid in June on this project and hope to begin work in October of this year. She said she feels the people should give their approval of this as required by the City Charter. Mr. Henning said on 1/30/86, it was realized that the Midway Plaza wells would be going over the threshold of $150,555.00, they contacted the Supervisor of Elections to determine if the printing of the ballot could be held. He said the ballot has been printed but not proofed and they cooperated to wait until today's meeting. He said originally they were only concerned with the planning phase and the initial installation of Midway Plaza but when that exceeded the $155,000.00 amount, they decided to put the entire project on which included all the pump equipment and future lines that are required. Mr. Henning said they have been told that it costs approximately $15,000.00 to run a Special Election. He said the November election is preset, is not a City issue and the County will share that expense with the City, thereby costing approximately $7,500.00. He said the City election in March has no additional cost. 3 2/3/86 �f /pm C/M Gottesman said the purpose of putting this on the March ballot is to get the City's approval for the County to do this widening in an expedient time for them to use this data in their design. V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of the b) portion of Temp. Rgso. #3986, SECONDED by C/M Gottesman. VOTE: C/M Stein Absent C/M Munitz Absent C/M Gottesman Aye V/M Massaro Aye Mayor Kravitz Aye c) Mr. Greenwood said Council previously authorized a report be prepared by James M. Montgomery, Consulting Engineers. He said that report has been received and they will be requesting this be placed on the Council agenda for 2/12/86. He said this report indicates that major rehabilitation is required plus expansion of the treatment plant. He said the expansion elements were also in the original consulting engineers report attached to the 1979 bond issue and purchase. Mr. Greenwood said this ballot question does not authorize the expenditure since that will be a separate subject for Council's approval. He said this is just to put it on the referendum because. work must proceed within the coming year. He said this particular project will be coming out of the Construction Fund, Water Treat- ment Plant Account #434--511--598-324 with an unencumbered balance o $1,398,956.00. Mr. Henning asked if that is strictly a CIAC Account or are other funds included and Mr. Greenwood said monies were transferred into the Construction Fund in October from the General Reserve, R & R and CIAC. V/M Massaro asked if R & R comes down from CIAC and Mr. Greenwood said the excess funds in a trust indenture will flow into the R & R Account. He said this is a separate fund that is maintained at $500,000.00. Mr. Henning asked if the source for the dollars for the $250,000.00 and Mr. Greenwood said the General Reserve and R & R are excess monies that come down as part of the bond requirement from the coverage. He said the excess revenues above and beyond the operating expenses flows down into the particular funds. He said the R & R Account for Renewal and Replacement is maintained at $500,000.00 and the General Reserve is also part of the revenue, which is excess monies required by the bond as it flows down through the funds. C/M Gottesman MOVED APPROVAL of c) of T.Qfnp. Reso. #3986, SECONDED by V/M Massaro. VOTE: C/M Stein Aye C/M Munitz Absent C/M Gottesman Aye V/M Massaro Aye Mayor Kravitz Aye Mr. Henning advised that a vote is needed on the Resolution as revised with all three questions on the Resolution. 4 2/3/86 /pm 1 V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of TAMP. Reso.,,,_U986 as amended, SECONDED by C/M Gottesman. VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE Mr. Henning said for the record that c) is for design only of the water plant. He said there is a typographical error, it should be "$250,000.00" instead of "$2,500,000.00". V/M Massaro said the agenda should be corrected on the c) portion of this item to show the amount of $250,000.00. 2. Tame p Polic„e_DepartMent - Discussion and possible action relating to the Broward Sheriff's Office/Tamarac Police Depart- ment - Temps Reso. #3987 SYNOPSIS OF -ACTION: APPROVED. RESOLUTION NO. R-86-45 PASSED. Mr. Henning read Temp, geso. #3,987 by title. V/M Massaro MOVED APPROVAL of TCMD. Reso. #3987, SECONDED by C/M Gottesman. Mayor_.Kravitz read Temp. Reso,_#3987 in full for the benefit of the public -:-present. Mayor Xravitz said there is not an emergency situation within the City «rid he objected to the Sheriff's intervention by sending BSO off.i-c*r's into Tamarac. He read Police Chief McIntosh's memo, dated 1/31/86 into the record. (See Attachment 1). He noted for the record that neither he, the City Attorney nor the Police Chief requested the Sheriff's assistance. He said no one Council member can request this assistance on behalf of the City. Mayor Kravitz said this has nothing to do with the proposed contract with the Sheriff's office and he resented this situation. C/M Gottesman said he received several calls complaining about the BSO officers in the City and referred to one in particular which concerned a BSO officer patrolling a residential area with a police dog. Tape 2 C/M Munitz questioned the fourth "Whereas" clause which read, "Whereas, the Broward Sheriff's Office has limited resources and budgetary restraints...". He questioned who is aware of this fact and Mr. Henning said it is a fact that any government office has work budgeted and the resources are limited. He said there are many problems regarding the jail, courthouse security, patrols in unincorporated areas, training, etc., and this statement is an accurate one. C/M Munitz said the budget does establish restraints but he questioned whether there is money available to the Sheriff for him to perform this service which he considers necessary. He noted that the Sheriff is a Constitutional Officer of the State of Florida and is not elected by the Broward County Commission. Mr. Henning noted that, like the Police Chief, he has been trying since Friday to contact Sheriff Navarro and has been told that the Sheriff is out of town for the week for a Florida Sheriff's Association meeting. He noted that the City wants to discuss this with him in a businesslike manner but he is difficult to reach. 5 2/3/86 r. There was a brief verbal altercation.,Oetween two Council members and Mayor Kravitz called a 5-minute recess. After the 5-minute recess, Mayor Kravitz called the question. VOTE: C/M Stein Absent C/M Munitz Absent C/M Gottesman Aye V/M Massaro Aye Mayor Kravitz Aye Mayor Kravitz urged anyone with any statements or questions to submit them to Council. Mayor Kravitz adjourned the meeting at 9:15 A.M. 1 This public document was promulgated at a cost of $55.72 or $1.54 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 OFF City CIO 6 2/3/86 c /pm F ATTACHMENT 1 - Special Council Meeting on 2/3/86 - Item 2 - Tamarac Police Department �J 0,119 ot Cja0taicac INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM P.D. #86--01-12 MEMO TO: Larry Perretti, City Manager FROM: Joseph McIntosh, Chief of Police DATE: January 31, 1986 SUBJECT: BSO UNITS REFERENCE: Patrolling Tamarac On Wednesday, January 29, 1986, at approximately 7:00 P.M., I arrived home after spending the day in Federal Court. At that time I received the message to meet you in City Hall at 9:00 P.M. Upon my arrival at 9:00 P.M., I went to my office to see what messages were waiting. One of the messages was about a BSO Lieutenant calling and stating that Sheriff's Department units would be assigned to Tamarac beginning on Thursday, January 30th. I then met with you and Judy Deutsch and told you that this was all the information I had at that time. At no time did I ever request BSO units to come to Tamarac to assist this police department. I stated to you that we use BSO units when we need K-9,..helicopter, crime lab or other specialized units. In'yout presence, I then contacted the BSO office and spoke to Lt. O'Neill and asked that the units not be assigned to Tamarac since I had not requested them and was told that he did not have any control since the orders came from the Sheriff. Later that same evening I tried to call the Sheriff personally with no success. Rather than waiting until morning I then called Chief Leo Callahan, who is acting in place of Colonel Worter, and made my request to him to keep the units from being assigned to Tamarac. I told him my concerns and he stated that he would attempt to locate the Sheriff and convey the message to him. After 11:00 P.M. that same night,I received a call back from Chief Callahan who told me that the Sheriff would not pull off but the units would still be assigned,but only to be close by if we need them. He stated that they would not plan to be routinely patrolling our City or handling calls on their own, At this moment, I still have not heard from Sheriff Nick Navarro. JM/cb momr ���// //'/l _.� . of r POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAPPED STATUS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER