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RECORD OF COUNCIL ACTION$/DISCUSSIONS
September 4, 1991
NOTICE OF JOINT SPECIAL MEETING
CITY COUNCIL AND CHARTER BOARD
There will be a Joint Special Meeting of the City Council and
Charter Board on Friday, September 6, 1991 at 10:00 a.m. in
Conference Room #1, City Hall, 7525 NW 88 Avenue, Tamarac,
Florida.
The purpose of this meeting is to receive the final report of the
Redistricting Committee.
FINAL ACT-IONm
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Carol A. Evans
City Clerk
CITY OF 'f AMARAC , FLORIDA
JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL AND CHARTER BOARD
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1991
Mayor Abramowitz called this Joint Special Meeting of the
City Council and Charter Board to order Friday, September 6,
1991 at 10:00 a.m. In Conference Room *1, City Hall, 7525 NW
88th Avenue, Tamarac, Florida. He said the purpose of this
meeting is to receive the final report of the Redistricting
Committee.
PRESENT:
CITY COUNCIL
Mayor Norman Abramowitz
V/M Dr. Larry Bender
C/M Henry Schumann
C/M Irving Katz
C/W Diane Glasser
CHARTER BOARD
Chairwoman Muriel Davis
Vice Chairwoman Judy Kitograd
Isaac Feldman
Morton Winter
ALSO PRESENT:
Chris Carsky, City Attorney
Oscar Brawer," Chalrman of Redistricting Committee
Jerry Fordln, Redistricting Committee
Helen Massaro,'Redlstrlcting Committee
Dr. Al Wald, Redistricting Committee
Ray Munitz, Redistricting Committee
Ben Sonkin, Redistricting Committee
Carl Alper, Redistricting Committee
Ellen Wood, City Clerk's Office
ABSENT AND EXCUSED:
David Krantz, Charter Board
Sharon Machek, Redistricting Committee
Mayor Abramowitz sald.the Redistricting Report was extremely
comprehensive and easy to understand. He asked if the
Redistricting Committee had anything to bring before City
Council or the Charter Board before discussion.
Mr. Feldman said under the Charter, Section 603 on
Redistricting, it says the report of the Redistricting
Committee should be final. He said the Committee had no
report, therefore, there is no need for discussion because it
has to be turned back to what It was and Is now. He made a
Motion to accept the report of the Committee, that they did
not come to a conclusion and they have to have It In by
September 6th, so It should be final the way It Is at the
present time.
Mr. Munitz said the Redistricting Committee does have a
report.
Mr. Feldman said the Committee did not come to an agreement
on the report.
Mr. Munitz said the report does have an agreement.
Mayor Abramowitz asked for a Second on the Motion. He said
the Motion dies for lack of a Second. He said the Committee
worked so hard and, because of reasons beyond the Committee's
control, a conclusion could not be made.
Chairman Brawer said several plans were proposed and because
of restrictions in the Charter, these plans could not be
executed. He said the first plan Involved the separation of
Precinct 22J and 4J which are now In the same District. He
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said It was pointed out by C/W Glasser that part of Westwood
2.4 is part of Precinct 4.1 and In Precinct 22J. He said this
was discovered after the vote had been approved. He said the
second plan involved moving Precinct 7J, which appears on the
map as Lime Bay. He said the City Clerk objected to the
description of the boundaries. He said the map does not show
It but part of Tamarac Gardens was In Precinct 7J, which
meant that Precinct 7J could not be moved away from Precinct
21J. He said there were no other alternative plans submitted
which would have come within the limits set by the Charter.
He said Jane Carroll, Broward County Elections Supervisor,
called their attention to the fact that there will be a State
Redistricting In 1992. He said the Committee concluded that
the best method would be to leave the present Districts and
Precincts where they were since only one of the Districts was
.6 of 1% out of the limits.
Mayor Abramowitz thanked the Redistrict-Ing Committee. He said
the Committee worked very hard and met often. He said the
reason a conclusion was not reached was due to no fault of
their own. He said the report Is comprehensive and under-
standable.
C/M Katz asked when the reapportionment will take place. He
said there Is an election In March.
Mayor Abramowitz said the City Is between the Charter and the
State law. He said the State Is going to make the
reapportionment In September, 1992 after the March election.
C/W Glasser said there is more than one thing that takes
place. She said the reapportionment Involves the Legislators
and Congress for the most part. She said beyond that Jane
Carroll gets Involved in making and dividing precincts. She
said once that becomes a fact, the Redistricting Committee
would have to be formulated once again to district our City.
Mayor Abramowitz said It would be wise for the City of
Tamarac to notify Jane Carroll that before anything happens
the City wants to meet with her office and correct the City
problems.
C/M Katz said he is suggesting a Charter change by referendum
so that the Council would be the last word for legislative
approval for redistricting.
Mayor Abramowitz said the verbiage Is being objected to that
the Redistricting Committee is the final authority. He said
C/M Katz feels the legislative body of this City should be
the final approval.
C/M Katz said In addition there Is a problem with verbiage in
the Charter which does not allow this Redistricting Committee
to do certain things. He said he feels that If It Is going to
referendum it might be in the benefit of the Council and the
Charter Board to review the verbiage so that certain things
can be allowed that are not allowed now.
Mayor Abramowitz said the referendum can certainly dictate
who the final authority is but the referendum Is not going to
tell the State.
C/M Katz said he Is not talking about State law. Mayor
Abramowitz said he agrees and It will be discussed at a Joint
meeting with the Charter Board.
Chairwoman Davis said In other words there will not be a
solution of the precincts until after the election next year
which means the same problems will exist.
Mayor Abramowitz said the City does not have a problem. He
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said the City Is .6 of 1%. he said this Is about 200 votes
out of 30,000 registered voters. He said this was done
because the law says this is what Is to be done. He said
there Is no workable solution at this time.
C/W Glasser said the problem Is that this is done once every
ten years State wide and there has been a tremendous growth
In Tamarac In the ten years. She said this may have worked
ten years ago but It Is not working now.
C/M Katz said next year the City can anticipate additional
growth in District 3 because It Is the only place still being
developed.
C/W Glasser said growth Is easy to handle because Districts
can be changed according to growth. She said the problem is
that a neighborhood has been spilt Into two precincts. She
said the law prevents us from making changes when that
happens.
C/M Schumann MOVED to APPROVE the Redistricting Report
presented to the Charter Board and to the City Council,
SECONDED by Vice -Chairwoman Kitograd.
VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE
With no further business, Mayor Abramowitz ADJOURNED the
meeting at 10:20 a.m.
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CAROL A. EVANS
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Redistricting Report
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Revised 7/18/91
CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE REPORT
MONDAY, JULY 8, 1991
A report of the Redistricting,Committee, appointed by the
City of Tamarac by Resolution No. R-91-75, April 24, 1991,
pursuant to Section 6.03 of the City Charter.
The Redistricting Committee was appointed to establish four
(4) districts, each containing as close to one quarter of the
total registered voters as possible in a contiguous region
without dividing any precinct, residential rental or
condominium development or residential section.
the Committee has considered, approved and then rescinded the
establishment of several new districts, when it was
determined that such new districts would divide a condominium
developn�yit or residential section.
The preeeti:t =districts are as follows:
District No. Registered Voters
1
6,798
2
7,421
3
8,429
4
7,453
TOTAL
30,101
The present District 1,�District 2 and
contain more than 22.50% and less than
registered voters. District 3 contains
registered voters, 6/10 of 1% more than
in the City Charter.
% of Voters
22.58%
24.65%
28.01%
24.76%
100.00%
District 4, each
27.50% of the
28.01% of the
the 27.50% guideline
The Redistricting Committee has; therefore, approved the
Motion that this Committee recognizes problems in District 3
and recommends -that the Districts remain the same and that
further review of District 3 Precincts be directed to ,lane
Carroll, Broward County Supervisor of Elections office for
review and consideration of apportionment.
The boundaries of the Districts, as shown on the attached map,
are as follows (See Attachment 1)t
District 1 Boundaries
All lands within Tamarac City limits that
a) North of Commercial Boulevard and
Avenue; and
b) South of Commercial Boulevard and
Road.
are:
east of NW 61
east of Rock Island
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District 2 Boundaries
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Revised 7/18/91
All lands within Tamarac City limits that are:
a) North of Commercial Boulevard, east of Pine Island
Road, south of Lagos De Campo Boulevard and McNab
Road, including Buildings 11 and 12 of Concord Village
at the southwest cornet of McNab Road and Lagos De
Campo Boulevard, and west of NW 61 Avenue; and
b) South of Commercial Boulevard, west of Rock Island
Road, north of NW 44 Street and east of NW 64 Avenue.
District 3 Boundaries
lands within Tamarac City limits that are bounded by Pine
Island Road (NW 88 Avenue) on the east, Commercial Boulevard
on the south, City limits on the West and the C-14 Canal on
the north.
District 4 Boundaries
Ill lands wit in Tamarac City limits bounded by Pine Island
Road (NW 88 Avenue) on the west, the C-14 Canal on the north,
Tamarac City limits on the east, north side of McNab Road and
north side of Lagos De Campo Boulevard on the south, excluding
Buildings 11 and 12 of Concord Village at the southeast corner
of McNab Road and Lagos De Campo Boulevard.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
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OSCTR I. BRAWER
CHAIRMAN
Record of the Committee vote to adopt this report:
Joe Schreiber Aye
Jerry Fordin Aye
Dr. Al Wald Aye
Sharon Machek Aye
Chairman Brawer Aye
Absent and excused:
Ray Munitz
Helen Massaro
Ben Sonkin
Carl Alper
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