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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-06-06 - City Commission Special Meeting MinutesLl 1 MAIL REPLY TO: P.O. BOX 25010 TAMARAC, FLORIDA 33320 5811 NORTHWEST 88TH AVENUE TAMARAC, FLORIDA 33321 TELEPHONE (305) 722-5900 May 30, 1985 NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING/PUBLIC HEARING CITY COUNCIL TAMARAC, FLORIDA There will be a Special Meeting/Public Hearing of the City Council on Thursday, June 6, 1985 at 10:00 A.M. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 5811 NW 88 Avenue, Tamarac, Florida. The purpose of this hearing is to discuss and receive comment on the Northwest Force Main/Pump Station Project. This hearing is required by the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation because the City of Tamarac has applied for a State Grant, which is a Step 2+3 grant assigned Project No. 753030. The original grant applica- tion adapted the route described in the Broward County 201 Facilities Plan. Subsequent engineering hydraulic analysis indicated an alternate route is more cost effective; however, an Amendment to the 201 Facilities Plan will be requested. The public is invited to attend. Marilyn B hol CMC City Clerk Pursuant to Section 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 will need a record of the proceedings and for such purpose, he may need to ensure that a verbatim record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. �� r •. iS��r�iri�i�• • •N *-LUZ 1.11rJ;CF !i J r... a■ v4 piL Equal• • • • • _f 0 Tape CALL TO ORDER: 1 on Friday, June of City Hall. ROLL CALL: CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING JUNE 6, 1985' Mayor Kravitz called the meeting to order 6, 1985 at 10 A.M. in the Council Chambers 0111M IN ABSENT AND EXCUSED: ALSO PRESENT: Mayor Philip B. Kravitz Vice -Mayor Helen Massaro Councilman Raymond J. Munitz Councilman Arthur H. Gottesman Councilman Sydney M. Stein Elly F. Johnson, City Manager Patricia Marcurio, Secretary Diane Williams, Secretary Mayor Kravitz read the Notice of the Special Meeting into the record which stated that,the purpose of the hearing is to dis- cuss and receive comment on the Northwest Force Main/Pump Station Project. This hearing is required by the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation because the City of Tamarac has applied fora State Grant, which is a Step 2+3 grant assigned Project No. 753030. The original grant ap- plication adopted the route described in the Broward County 201 Facilities Plan. Subsequent engineering hydraulic analysis indicated an alternate route is more cost effective; however, an Amendment to the 201 Facilities Plan will be requested. MEDITATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Kravitz called or a Moment of Silent Meditation followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. SYNOPSIS OF ACTION: APPROVED The following is a verbatim transcript of the above --referenced meeting: MAYOR KRAVITZ: Good morning, Council. COUNCIL: Good morning, Mr. Mayor. MAYOR KRAVITZ: And good morning, ladies and gentlemen. And I want to say it's good to have our Vice Mayor back again in Council. VICE MAYOR MASSARO: Thank you. MAYOR KRAVITZ: And, at this time, I would like to go right into the meeting. Do we have our City Engineer here? CITY ENGINEER WILLIAM GREENWOOD: Yes. MAYOR KRAVITZ: Do you want to give the presentation? C/E GREENWOOD: Mayor, Mr. Tony Nolan.. MAYOR KRAVITZ: All right. You're going to give the pre- sentation a dressing Mr. Nolan)? All right. TONY NOLAN: Good morning, Mayor. Thank you. My name is Tony Nolan; I'm with Williams, Hatfield & Stoner. We've. been engaged by the City to perform consulting engineering services on this project. You've accurately stated from the record, I think, the purpose of the public hearing and without belaboring that point I'd like to just try and create the history -1- 6/6/85 /vdw that has brought this project to the forefront at the present time. Now that dates back to 1979, 1980 when the City was in the process of acquiring Tamarac Utilities Incorporated assets. It became obvious through the acqui- sition process that prior planning by the Utility had provided for an additional wastewater treatment plant to be situated along the C-14 and it's in within the City of Tamarac, obviously, but along the C-14. And some of the outlying areas had pump stations and force mains planned and partially constructed. The force main network that was provided directed wastewater towards that proposed site and not really back towards the existing site except for the temporary line or what was viewed as a temporary line at that point and time. Preliminary studies in the acquisition process identified a route and some method- ology in order to convert the system that had been planned to facilitate continued treatment at the existing wastewater treatment site, and hydraulic redirection of those flows. That plan was incorporated in the Capital Improvement Plan back in 1980 and was carried forward and also incorporated in the 201 modifications that were made two years ago. Once we got into more detailed analysis of the system, it became obvious that there really ... the cost differential between the route that is indicated on that map..and I think, Steve, if you'll just follow the routing for me. The route that was chosen was the existing corridor essentially from intersection... MAYOR KRAVITZ: Excuse me. Could we just turn that around so that the public can see that, too? (MAP PLACED SO THAT THE PUBLIC MAY VIEW IT.) MAYOR KRAVITZ: I think it'll help those sitting there. All right. MR. NOLAN: You can see that we picked up the existing piping network and we're paralleling a portion of it halfway down McNab Road, bringing it out to University Drive and then para- lleling the existing piping down University Drive to the sewage treatment plant site, and manifolding into the portion of the force main network which is of adequate size at that point. Another force main had been anticipated to extend out along 62nd Street to accept flow from Land Section 7. All right, when we got into the detail analysis of the network coming down from the northwest corner, that is Land Section 6, it became evident that a revisit to the route was appropriate, and out of this analysis came the next map. Please, Steve. This accomplishes both objectives of providing access for the westerly sections of Land Section 7, also provides for the rerouting of wastewater from Land Sections 5 and 6 back down to the existing sewer treatment plant site... provides adequate hydraulics to be able to accomplish that, and, in fact, the detailed engineering reveals that there is a..a electrical cost savings..uh..though negligible when you look at the entire city, it still..it still is a savings —and uh..needs to be addressed to some extent ... Uh... The present time, the Department of Environmental Regulation has..has told us or advised us that uh..modification of the 201 plant is necessary in order to uh..to continue the grant eligibility of portions of this project —and that —that again, is the purpose of this meeting. The —The collection of wastewater is from the same sources that was originally planned and uh..the place of treat- ment is..is at the same location as previously planned; the only difference being the —the route. This route does save money from an operations -maintenance standpoint; it does cost a little bit more..er... The route shown by that map will result -2- 6/6/85 /vdw in approximately $90,000 more construction costs. It's.. We need to note that the route is ... totally within road rights -of -way; therefore, nothing of an environmental con- cern..is..uh..jeopardized by rerouting in this —this fashion. Uh... All the environmental considerations that are..uh... required by the... Department of Environmental Regulation have been adhered to and addressed in..in the documentation that has been forwarded to them ... So..the point I'm trying to make is that —that there are no..uh..environmental effects that are detrimental from this project..uh..Really, the... the human effects that are..are gained from this project really get..get the construction away from the busy corridors of McNab Road and University Drive. The other consideration is that uh... the portion of University Drive from uh... Com- mercial Boulevard to Southgate Boulevard is uh..is under design at the present time uh..for a major widening and —and I don't know that it would be beneficial to anyone to clutter that construction with an additional force main so, therefore, the —there are intangible benefits from..from the re..rerouting as well ... uh... Again, the cost increase of this is..uh... $90,000 in construction costs. The monies that will be..uh.. derived to..uh..offset the cost to the city are..monies that have been captured..uh..by contributions in aid of con- struction that were laid out in your original Capital Improvement Program uh that will go to offset this cost. The EPA funding or state funding will be uh capture and offset the costs, and there will be a portion with either route that will be borne by the users of this system. The uh..analysis that we've done to demonstrate the impact uh... to users of the system..uh...by this increased cost ... has to speak to an item that you really haven't uh... addressed yet..formally•.. but...uh..your rate studies that are —that have been under- way uh..speak towards uh..refinancing the ex —the existing $15,000... $15 million dollar debt and providing you with an additional $15 million to go forward with the Capital Im- provement Programs that you've selected to undertake ... uh.. The fixed portion of the user charge is..er..the portion which will deal with the recapture of capital...uh..That portion is predicted to be $4.25 per month per customer... If you follow our analogy that the additional construction cost is $90,000.... the uh..new capital for Capital Improve- ments is $15 million; that $15 million is being supported by approximately 1/2 of the $4.25... The ... The ratio of $90,000 to the $15 million will result in an approximate effect on the customers of the system of 1¢ per month... 1.20 per month is the math ... I believe that... concludes all the items that we needed to..touch upon as far as public hearing is concerned and I would encourage uh.. questions at this point. MAYOR KRAVITZ: All right. Vice Mayor. VICE MAYOR MASSARO: The 1.20 is what —based on what?.. That's not a total for the month uh..Is it on uh.. MR. NOLAN: One point.. VICE MAYOR MASSARO: uh..a certain point or part of the consumption or what? MR. NOLAN: You're re —You're refinancing the original debt... which is $15 million... -3- 6/6/85 /vdw VICE MAYOR MASSARO: Yeah. MR. NOLAN: You are raising an additional $15 million. VICE MAYOR MASSARO: Hmmmhuh. MR. NOLAN: The fixed portion of the..uh..of the customer charge. ­ will be $4.25... If half of that $4.25 recaptures the original $15 million... and the other half captures the new $15 million, that's $2.12� for $15 million. $90,000 increase in this route versus the other route... is $90,000 divided by..$50 mil... VICE MAYOR MASSARO:, I... MR. NOLAN: $15 million times $2... V/M MASSARO: I see. MR. NOLAN: uh..12�0 comes out to 2.20 per month per customer. V/M MASSARO: 1.2. MR. NOLAN: 1.20, that's right. V/M MASSARO: Okay. Now I see what you're talking about. uh... Does this satisfy everything that they wanted?..uh..Is this the total amendment to the 201 plan... MR. NOLAN: No, this is —this is..this is... V/M MASSARO: that they're talking about? MR. NOLAN: This is one of the requirements in the..in the 1 plan amendment process. V/M MASSARO: Hmmmhuh. MR. NOLAN: Uh..We have to complete the public hearing process, get the public testimony into the record and —and go forward from there ... uh..The next step is at the county level and the —the date of selection uh... advertisement for this meeting was to fit into their schedule. V/M MASSARO: But it was on the same ... thing.. MR. NOLAN: Yes,.. V/M MASSARO: that you presented MR. NOLAN: Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. V/M MASSARO: today? There's nothing different.....that still MR. NOLAN: No. V/M MASSARO: has to be done. If this is approved by every- ody, then it takes care of the requirement... MR. NOLAN: That's right. V/M MASSARO: for the amendment. MR. NOLAN: Your..your obligation, yeah. V/M MASSARO: Uh... That other ... red line there, I don't know what street that is...No, go in ... Now if you go to the left a little bit.... -4- 6/6/85 /vdw STEVE: All right. V/M MASSARO: No, no, no ... There. MR. NOLAN: 88th Avenue ... Pine Island Road.. V/M MASSARO: And that's going to hook into uh..that... MR. NOLAN: All right, there's an existing feeder coming down Pine Island Road... V/M MASSARO: Yeah....and what happens? Why the red line there now. Is that going to be replaced or something? MR. NOLAN: No ... There is no existing line there at this point and time. V/M MASSARO: Oh ... There's going to be one placed there... MR. NOLAN: Yes... V/M MASSARO: It's a continuation of the other one... MR. NOLAN: There are —several things that are —that are depicted y that map..uh... V/M MASSARO: Yeah. MR. NOLAN: Uh... The map really depicts almost all of the mo i ications that are spoken to ... both in the existing 201 plan and in the proposed modification.. V/M MASSARO: Hmmmhuh. MR. NOLAN: You have to remember that the reason for this force main network..change is to relieve hydraulic congestion within the existing system ... Uh..We have problems with the existing system that prevent pump stations from operating properly; this will alleviate that. There are also pump stations in that network that need to be revisited from ... from a pumping -capacity standpoint. But that needed to be done irrespective of the routing. V/M MASSARO: And was planned to do that... MR. NOLAN: The plan that the city developed... addressed that... V/M MASSARO: Hmmmhuh.. MR. NOLAN: The plan that the previous owners of the system developed did not. They were ... They were opting to build a sewage treatment plant on the C-14 and discharge waste into the Cµ14... that —that was their plan. Their plan is not a permitable..buildable plan at this point ... and I..I believe in 1976 they scrubbed their plan..But nevertheless, the.. the infrastructure was put in place with that plan in mind. And this work is to correct that... MAYOR KRAVITZ: All right. Is there anyone else? Council? CITY MANAGER JOHNSON: Mr. Mayor? One question if I could ask Tony. Uh..Time factor on constructing the alternate compared to the original. We're talking about we can... I think the alternate can be constructed a lot quicker..I know we have some real hydraulic problems in that northwest.. uh..section of Tamarac ... with some commitments the city's made for sewer capacity ... and —with some of the building and stuff going on...Is there ... Is this a better time factor on -5- 6/6/85 /vdw this or not? MR. NOLAN: We..We have used unit prices to depict the differential in costs... C/M JOHNSON: Yeah. MR. NOLAN: and we use the same unit prices..essentially.. C/M JOHNSON: Uh-huh. MR. NOLAN: for both routes. The dollar savings that —that that uh..or the dol... the extra cost of going this route IF I don't know is totally reflective of the absolute construction costs but that's the mathematical algorithm •••• C/M JOHNSON: Yeah. MR. NOLAN: that we've gone through ... The fact is that this is an easier route to build... will obviously uh..require less time to construct —And probably in the final analysis will be less expensive to build —but that's not... C/M JOHNSON: I understand... MR. NOLAN: the purpose of the..the.. C/M JOHNSON: Okay. You've answered my question. Thank you. MAYOR KRAVITZ: Anyone from the public who wishes to be heard? Yes, Vickie? MS. BEECH: Vickie Beech, resident. I would like to uh..through the air address Mr. Nolan... MAYOR KRAVITZ: Sure. MS. BEECH: Uh..Mr. Nolan, were you aware of this change ... When were you aware that this change had to take place and was this presented in your previous ... uh consulting at the time the bond issue..uh..was being put out to the referendum... on the original plan that you presented to the city? MR. NOLAN: This original... This modification was uh..actually uh... Yes, I believe it was. It was..It was..It was during Mr. Keatings' tenure as city engineer that this —this original modification was discussed. MS. BEECH: I mean this change... MR. NOLAN: That's right. MS. BEECH: at that time? MR. NOLAN: Yes, ma'am. MS. BEECH: All right. Thank you, sir. MR. NOLAN: If..if..if you're asking —and I think really ... the question was: Is ... Is the anticipated construction costs of this ... that is the users!..share..included in the $15 million, yes. MAYOR KRAVITZ: All right. Anyone else from the public? Yes, sir. MR. SHAIR: Yes, sir. I'm Robert Shair... -6- 6/6/85 /vdw MAYOR KRAVITZ: Would you come up, please, identify yourself, an state your point. MR. SHAIR: I'm Robert Shair; I'm with the County with the Water Resources Management Division. The County is the State's authorized representative for 201 plans and modifications and uh..our office has been involved with Tamarac on..uh..putting together the entire plan .... As far as we're concerned, having reviewed it in the office, we find that the plan is cost ef- fective; it's environmentally sound, and it is implementable and we certainly do endorse it. The County, because of the complex Federal regulations, has a public hearing scheduled on the same issue for next Tuesday at 10:00 in the morning; there'll be a very brief presentation by me summarizing it; your technical representatives will be present, and I'm sure that the County, by resolution, will then adopt and approve the plan and it'll be scooted right up to DER and I think you're in a good position to get a grant. V/M MASSARO: Thank you. MAYOR KRAVITZ: Thank you. Anyone else from public?... Anyone else from public? .... Anyone wish to speak from the public?.. NO RESPONSE.. MAYOR KRAVITZ: Closed to the public. Council? V/M MASSARO: Mr. er uh... Mr. Mayor ... I think at ... this ... this point, what you're looking for is the approval of the... presented amendment to the 201. plan as presented by Mr. Nolan of Williams, Hatfield & Stoner, and I would MOVE that it be' accepted. MAYOR KRAVITZ: All right. We have a motion... C/M MUNITZ: May I get a little information, Mr. Mayor, if I may. MAYOR KRAVITZ: Uh..Before you say... C/M MUNITZ: In the... MAYOR KRAVITZ: Go ahead. C/M MUNITZ: In the notice of this meeting... MAYOR KRAVITZ: Yeah. C/M MUNITZ: It says the purpose of this hearing is to discuss and receive comment. That does not state... anything referring to action... Is that... MAYOR KRAVITZ: Well, it's a special... C/M MUNITZ: an oversight or... MAYOR KRAVITZ: No. It's a special meeting including a public Baring. C/M MUNITZ: Yes, I know but at no point does it authorize us to take action. MAYOR KRAVITZ: If it's a meeting, then you can take action... That's een my interpretation all along ... If it's a public hearing only, you can not... -7- 6/6/85 /vdw V/M MASSARO: Mr.. C/M MUNITZ: Well, I just want to make sure that... C/M JOHNSON: Mr. Mayor, if I might ... This is a ... This is the same way we've done all the other public hearings... MAYOR KRAVITZ: Right. C/M JOHNSON: and we have taken action... MAYOR KRAVITZ: That's correct. C/M JOHNSON: You're not adopting an ordinance or resolution... MAYOR KRAVITZ: Right. C/M JOHNSON: you're just confirming the proposed ordinance. C/M MUNITZ: I just wanted to make sure that we were touching all the right bases. C/M JOHNSON: Yeah ... This is what we've done with all of them. C/M MUNITZ: and not being caught off second base on a home run. MAYOR KRAVITZ: No. I don't believe so ... to the best of my knowledge this is perfectly all right. C/M MUNITZ: I'll second the motion. MAYOR KRAVITZ: We have a motion and a second. Call the question please. VOTE: ALL VOTED AYE MAYOR KRAVITZ: And that being the only item on the agenda this morning, this meeting is now adjourned. Mayor Kravitz adjourned the meeting at 10:25 A.M. i MAYOR ATTEST: ASSISTANT CITY CLERK This public document was promulgated at a cost of or $ 2. '7,I per copy to inform the general public and PuBlic officers and employees about recent opinions and considerations bythe Council of the City of Tamarac. I CITY OF TAM C APP OVER AT MEETING OF G /4651. -8- 6/6/85 City Clerk /vdw