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Home My WebLink About2003-01-08 - City Commission Regular Meeting Agenda7525 Northwest 88 Avenue Tamarac, FL 33321-2401 FIRST CLASS MAIL CITY OF TAMARAC REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING CITY HALL CHAMBERS WEDNESDAY JANUARY 8, 2003 CALL TO ORDER: 7:00 P.M. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: ROLL CALL: 9 INTRODUCTION 1. PROCLAMATIONS/SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS: a. Presentation by Mayor Schreiber proclaiming January 22, 2003 as South Florida Senior Games Day. 2. City Commission 3. City Attorney 4. City Manager r-I-: ffTrel- PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 5. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION - Any member of the public may speak to any issue which is not agendized for public hearing at this meeting. Speakers will be limited to three minutes during this item and at public hearings. There will be a thirty (30) minute aggregate time limit for this item, and speakers are encouraged to sign up in advance with the City Clerk prior to their participation. January 8, 2003 1 When an issue has been designated as quasi-judicial, public remarks shall only . be heard during a quasi-judicial hearing that has been properly noticed for that matter. ANNOUNCEMENT 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 the Commission members to table those items which require research. The Commission may agendize by majority consent matters of an urgent nature which have come to the Commission's attention after publication. CONSENT AGENDA 6. Motion to adopt items 6(a) through (q). Items listed under 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 the item(s) will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be considered separately. a. APPROVE the minutes of the December 9, 2002 special commission meeting. b. APPROVE the minutes of the December 11, 2002 regular commission meeting. C. WARRANTY BOND RELEASE — HAMPTON INN PROJECT: (TR9975) . Releasing a Public Improvement Warranty Bond in the form of an Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit No. 277 from Harbor Federal in the amount of $7,406.62 for the Water Distribution and Sewage Collection System improvements installed by Wynne Building Corporation for the Hampton Inn Project located at 4499 West Commercial Boulevard; authorizing the City Clerk to release Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit No. 277. .7 d. WARRANTY BOND RELEASE — WALGREENS PROJECT: (TR9976) Releasing a Public Improvement Warranty Bond in the form of Surety Bond #LPM4122936 from Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland in the amount of $15,994.75 for the Water Distribution and Sewage Collection System improvements installed by FOG Partners Two, Ltd., for the Walgreens Project located at 8801 West Commercial Boulevard; authorizing the City Clerk to release Surety Bond #LPM4122936. e. BLANKET PUBLIC SAFETY INGRESS/EGRESS EASEMENT — CATALINA LAKES: (TR9998) Executing a Blanket Public Safety Ingress/Egress Easement with Catalina Lakes, Inc., for the Catalina Lakes Project, located on the southwest corner of Nab Hill Road and NW 80t" Street, to provide proper access to the property for municipal services such as utility, canal, fire and police protection, emergency and other public safety services; authorizing and directing the City Clerk to record said document in the public records of Broward County. January 8, 2003 2 f. TAMARAC WATER AND SEWER UTILITY EASEMENT — CATALINA LAKES: (TR9999) Executing a `Tamarac Water and Sewer Utility Easement" with Catalina Lakes, Inc., for the Catalina Lakes Project, located on the southwest corner of Nob Hill Rod and NW 80th Street, to allow legal access by City Utility Personnel for installing, maintaining, and operating the Water Distribution and Sewage Collection Systems; authorizing and directing the City Clerk to record said document in the public records of Broward County. g. WARRANTY BOND RELEASE — WENDY'S OLD FASHIONED HAMBURGERS PROJECT: (TR9972) Releasing a Public Improvement Warranty Bond in the form of Surety Bond #6127042 from Safeco Insurance Company of America in the amount of $4,324.50 for the Water Distribution and Sewage Collection System improvements installed by Wendy's of N.E. Florida, Inc., for the Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers Project located at 8901 West Commercial Boulevard; authorizing the City Clerk to release surety bond #6127042. h. BILL OF SALE ABSOLUTE — HESS GAS STATION NO. FL-160: (TR10000) Accepting a Bill of Sale Absolute from Amerada Hess Facilities Business Trust No. 1998-1 by Amerada Hess Corporation, its authorized agent for the Water Distribution and Sewage Collection System Improvements installed for the Hess Gas Station No. FL-160 Project, located at 8550 North University Drive, for City ownership; authorizing and directing the City Clerk to record said document in the public records of Broward County. • i. - PT�O..,PR,ASES A-D, I-J AND RECREATIONAL CENTER: (TR10005) Releasing a Public Improvement Warranty Bond in the form of an Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit No. S002240 from Suntrust Bank in the amount of $46,412.75 for the Water Distribution and Sewage Collection System Improvements installed by Lennar Land Partners for the Southampton Phases A-D, I-J and Recreational Center Project located on the west side of Nob Hill Road between NW 71$t Place and NW 80th Street; authorizing the City Clerk to release Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit No. S002240. GRANT AWARD — FIRE RESCUE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND GEAR: (TR10001) Accepting a grant award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the amount of $195,230, with a City match of $83,670, for a total project cost of $278,900 for new Fire Rescue personal protective equipment and gear; authorizing the appropriate City officials to amend the grants fund budget in the amount of $195,230 in accordance with proper accounting procedures. k. GRANT APPLICATION — FIRE RESCUE LIGHTWEIGHT PERSONAL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING: (TR10003) Submitting an application to the Florida Department of Community Affairs through the Emergency Management Preparedness and Assistance Trust Fund for an Emergency Management . Municipal Matching Grant in an amount not to exceed $50,000, providing for a January 8, 2003 3 match of up to $100,000 for lightweight personal protective clothing for all City fire rescue personnel. I. TAMARAC WATER UTILITY EASEMENT — TAMARAC EAST UTILITIES UPGRADE PHASE II: (TR10007) Executing a "Tamarac Water Utility Easement" with Tamarac Lakes South, Inc., for the Tamarac East Utilities Upgrade Phase II Project, located on the south side of West Commercial Boulevard between NW 31st Avenue and Prospect Road within Land Section 17, to allow legal access by City Utility Personnel for the installation, maintenance, and operation of a Water Distribution System Interconnect Meter with the City of Fort Lauderdale; authorizing and directing the City Clerk to record said agreement in the public records of Broward County. M. PERFORMANCE BOND RELEASE -- 7-ELEVEN PROJECT: (TR9974) Releasing a Performance Bond in the form of Surety Bond #3-614-864 from the Ohio Casualty Insurance Company, in the amount of $23,896.28 posted by Petropac, Inc., held as guarantee of performance and as warranty for the construction of a stormwater management system within the public right-of-way of NW 57t" street as an off -site improvement for the 7-Eleven Project located on the northwest corner of Commercial Boulevard and N.W. 79t" Avenue. n. PERFORMANCE BOND RELEASE — HESS GAS STATION: (TR10010) Releasing a Performance Bond in the form of Surety Bond #423443 from Amerada Hess Corporation in the amount of $25,726.03 for paving and drainage improvements located at the Hess Gas Station on 8550 North University Drive subject to the receipt of a Warranty Bond in the amount of $6,431.51 o. GRANT APPLICATION — NEW FIRE STATION/EOC: (TR10004) Submitting an application to the Florida Department of Community Affairs through the Emergency Management Preparedness and Assistance Trust Fund for an Emergency Management Competitive Matching Grant in an amount not to exceed $300,000, providing for a match of $2,000,000 in the form of a hardened fire station and emergency generator and a total project cost of $2,300,000, for an Emergency Operations Center. p. INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT -- GRANT AWARD FOR TAMARAC PRESERVATION PARK: (TR10008) Entering into an Interlocal Agreement with Broward County accepting a $2,000,000 grant award for the acquisition of Kings Point Replat Parcel R (also known as Tamarac Preservation Park) and accepting the Conceptual Open Space Management Plan included in the agreement for the development of Tamarac Preservation Park and providing for the inclusion of the project in the City's five year Capital Improvement Program; authorizing the appropriate City officials to execute the Declaration of Restrictive Covenants, authorizing the City Clerk to record the Declaration of Restrictive Covenants in the Public Records of Broward County; authorizing the appropriate City officials to amend the grants fund budget in the amount of $2,000,000 in accordance with proper accounting procedures. January 8, 2003 4 • q. GRANT APPLICATION — EMS TRANSPORT VEHICLE: (TR10002) Submitting an application to the Florida Department of Health for an Emergency Medical Services Matching Grant in the amount of $200,000, providing for a match in the form of personnel salaries and benefits, for one fully -equipped emergency medical services transport vehicle. END OF CONSENT AGENDA REGULAR AGENDA ORDINANCE -- FIRST READING 7. AMENDING CHAPTER 16 OF THE TAMARAC CODE — PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT: (TO1994) Motion to adopt Ordinance on first reading amending Chapter 16, entitled "Pensions and Retirement", Article Vill, Division 4, entitled "Benefits" to provide adjustments for normal retirement benefits; providing adjustments for early retirement benefits; providing adjustments for pre - retirement death benefits pursuant to amendments of Chapter 185 of the Florida Statutes; providing for codification. The City Commission may consider and act upon such other business as may come before it. In the event this agenda must be revised, such revised copies will be available to the public at the City Commission meeting. Pursuant to Chapter 286.0105, Florida Statutes, if a person decides to appeal any decision made by the City Commission 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. The City of Tamarac complies with the provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act. If you are a disabled person requiring any accommodations or assistance, please notify the City of such need at least 72 hours (3 days) in advance. Marion Swenson, CMC City Clerk January 8, 2003 5