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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity of Tamarac Resolution R-1975-136Proposed by: � - e SS Introduced b� �- -1 �• EZ1`'4r4� Temp. #442 CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA RESOLUTION N0. L A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN. WHEREAS, the Local Citizens Committee has presented to the City Council their recommendations for the Tamarac Community Development Plan, and WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed such plan and is desirous of adopting same. NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA: SECTION 1: That the Tamarac Community Development Plan prepared by the Local Citizens Committee is hereby adopted by the City Council for the City of Tamarac, Florida. SECTION 2: That the Local Citizens Committee is hereby authorized to present the Cit.y's Community Development Plan to the Countywide Citizens Coalition. PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED thisg �-� day of ) )-p� L,J\, ,1975 . ATTEST: I CLE I HEREBY CERTIFY that I have approved the form and correctness of this RESOLUTION. RECORD OF COUNCIL VOTE M - D. JOHNSON VM- M. GLICKSMAN C/M-O. TUCKER C/W-H. MASSARO C/M-W. FALCK r TAMARAC SENIOR CITIZEN, TRANSPORTATION APPLICATION FOR YEAR #2 AMARAC SCT 0 4D GEOGRAl LOCATav ram WEST PALM BEACH DMPANO -EACH RT UDERDALE -LYWOOD MI kCH FIGURE I ■ CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA AND CENTRAL SROWARD COUNTY COMMUNITIES ■ 1 ti CORAL SPRING Uj w W COCONU M A A MARGATE CREEK / NORTH Lj aRDA L � C 0. ;u F T. LAUD. C 0. -7` LAUDERDALE L.AUDERHIL LAKES SUNRISE OAKLAND PARK WILTON r - MANC moo\ POMPANO BEACH FORT LAUDERDALE Figure 2 X. SCALE IN MILES 7� mrrrr -2- 2. Population The 1970 Census showed 5,078 persons residing in Tamarac. It is felt that this figure is very much outdated and insignifi- cant. A special Census, by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, complete as of May 8, 1974 reported the population of Tamarac as having grown over 340 percent to 22,614. Table 1 expresses the tremendous growth of Tamarac and surrounding communi- ties in Broward County. TABLE 1 Population Change 1970-1974 1970 Census 1974 Estimate % Change Tamarac 5,078 22,614* 340% Coral Springs 1,489 13,476 805% Margate 8,867 22,146 150% No. Lauderdale 1,213 9,285* 666% Lauderdale Lakes 10,577 22,518 113% Lauderhill 8,465 25,255 198% Sunrise 7,403 20,727 180% *Actual totals from U.S. Department of Commerce Special Census of Tamarac (May 8, 1974) and North Lauderdale (Oct. 17, 1974). Source: Tamarac Comprehensive Plan It is important to show the growth of the entire area as the Tamarac proposal may be beneficial to interested residents of these areas. The 1975 population of Tamarac is over 25,000. I T ASLE 2. AOE, RACE, AND SEX, FOR TAMARAC, FLORIDA AS Or 197'�4 (source: U.S. Dept. of Commerce Special Census) TOTAL. AREA AND AGE. MOTH SEXES MALE FEMALE CITY OF TAMARAC, SROvd.ARD CO., FLORIDA ALL AGE'S . . . 22 614 10 717 11 897 UNDER 1 YEAR . . . 136 81 55 1 YEAR. . . . . . 141 78 63 2 YEARS . . . . 149 75 74 3 YEARS . . . 152 79 73 4 YEARS . . . . . 181 90 91 5 YEARS . . . . . 199 102 97 6 YEARS . . . . . 160 84 76 7 YEARS . . . . . 132 68 64 8 YEARS . . . . . 126 68 5�3 9 YEARS . . . . . 104 53 51 10 YEARS . . . . . 127 55 72 11 YEARS . . . . . 107 54 53 12 YEARS . . . . . 93 48 45 13 YEARS . . . . . 109 54 55 14 YEARS . . . . . 79 45 34 15 YEARS . . . . . 86 40 46 16 YEARS . . . . . 90 55 35 17 YEARS . . . . . 99 52 47 18 YEARS . . . . . 96 50 46 - 19 YEARS . . . . . 107 51 56 20 TO 24 YEARS . . 762 318 444 20 YEARS . . . . 88 38 50 21 YEARS . . . . 130 52 78 25 TO 29 YEARS . . 1 271 591 680 30 TO 34 YEARS . , 951 506 445 35 TO 39 YEARS . . 545 284 261 40 TO 44 YEARS . . 479 248 231 45 TO 49 YEARS . . 762 292 470 50 TO 54 YEARS . . 1 396 577 819 55 TO 59 Yl`-A`iS . 2 658 1 028 1 63O 60 TO 64 YEARS 3 881 1 706 2 175 65 TO 69 YEARS 3 923 2 008 1 915 70 TO 74 YEARS 2 334 1 295 1 039 75 TO 79 YEARS . 781 418 353 80 TO 84 YEARS 272 122 150 85 AND O'dER. 126 42 r -� MEDIAN AGE 10 0 . 0 60.0 60.7 59.3 -3- 3. Po ulation Characteristics These local cities, especially Tamarac, show a large majority of their population as being 55 years of age or older. In Tamarac, 82 percent of the 5,078 residents of 1970 were of this age category. Over 61 percent of the 1974 population, or almost 14,000 people, are over 55; 48 percent of the 1974 Census total were over 65 years. The mean age of a resident of Tamarac is 60.0. (Table 2) 4. Economic Base The population statistics indicate that the large majo- rity of residents of Tamarac are retired and are living on savings and social security. While Tamarac cannot be considered a blight or slum area, there is an inconspicuous, yet ever present amount of people living on fixed incomes. According to the Area -wide Council of Aging statistics, some three to six percent of the City's older residents live on incomes below federal poverty level guide- lines and there are a good number of people living on moderate or lower incomes. The impact of the current recession and inflation have made Ve economic situation difficult for those people living on fixed incomes. For those senior citizens willing and wishing to work, it is extremely difficult to find jobs. If they do, the work is usually low in pay. The unemployment rate in Broward County has been running over 15 percent, one of the highest in the nation and persons in this age range (over 55) comprise a large portion of that statistic. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROPOSAL CITY OF TAMARAC BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA The City of Tamarac is seeking funds through the Community Development Block Grant Program (Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974) for the benefit of the citizens of Tamarac. It is requested that Tamarac be considered in Broward County's Community Development application to HUD. Tamarac recognizes the immediate development will be concen- trated in designated areas of blight and deterioration and pro- viding suitable living environment for persons of low - moderate income. However, it is the belief of the City that the proposal of Transportation, Education and Social Service Program for Senior Citizens, where presently no similar program exists is beneficial and eligible under the objectives of this Act. SECTION A - PHYSICAL DATA 1. Location The City of Tamarac is a new community which was incorpor- ated as one of Broward County's municipalities in July, 1963. The City is situated in the West Central Sub Region of the County, beginning 6.2 miles West of the Atlantic Ocean, and is bordered by the municipalities of North Lauderdale and Fort Lauderdale in the East, Sunrise, Lauderhill, and Lauderdale Lakes in the South, Coral Springs and unincorporated Broward County on the North, and the Everglades to the West (see figure 1 and 2). -4- 5. Current Transportation Networks and Services The City of Tamarac lies on both sides of the Sunshine State Parkway (Florida's Turnpike) and is also accessible by State Road 7 (441), University Drive, and just east of Tamarac, I-95, in a North -South direction. These roads provide adequate routes between local cities and for long distance travelers, such as tourists. A problem in Tamarac is that only Commercial Boulevard/N.W. 57th Street is available for continual East - West traveling. This road is only two lanes wide for a good portion of its distance, and where it is four lanes, there are low speed limits and a very large S curve which hinder traffic flow. This situation makes traveling East, to other local municipalities, for shipping or to obtain needed services, undersirable at times, and always time consuming. Public transportation in Tamarac is provided by a single bus route, Route 80 of the Broward County Transit Division. There is, by schedule, at least a one hour wait between return trips to a stop along this bus route. Taxi transportation, between Tamarac and the rest of the County, runs into money. There is no train service. Current plans are to complete I-95 to the Palm Beach area by 1976 and to begin or continue work on a number of East - West roads, but these will take some time to complete. Due to the poor public transportation, inadequate roadways, and the high cost of running an automobile, persons on fixed incomes hesitate to travel far to obtain needed services. It is also a fact that many elderly people lose the ability to drive. -5- 6. Community Services A City the size of Tamarac may normally have a department of recreation or a variety of programs under a social service um- brella. Tamarac has no such program within the City government, and because of the distance and road situation of Tamarac from the County hub, no private or County organizations have service programs operating in this area on a steady basis. A few needs of the residents of Tamarac are inadequately met by representatives of various agencies scheduling a day and time in various places around the City. This type of programming usually results in few people hearing about the service being offered until after the scheduled time, if at all, thus poor turnout by potential recipients. Many of the necessary social and rehabilitative services are not offered in Tamarac at all and it is necessary to leave Tamarac in order to obtain them. It is noted by the City that there are plans to develop a multi -purpose senior citizens center in Northwest Broward County sometime in the near future. The City would like to coordinate it's proposed program, as detailed later in this document, with that center, as it is felt that such a center is needed and is important to the residents of this section of the County. Until such a time as the center is operational and coordination of the program is feasible, the Transportation, Education and Social Ser- vice Program for Senior Citizens will perform a number of the services that we need here. The Area -wide Council on Aging has acknowledged the need of social service delivery for senior citizens in this area. 10 SECTION B - STATEMENT OF GOALS AND OBJECTIVES The City of Tamarac recognizes the need for sufficient and practical delivery of social and rehabilitative services to the senior citizens the majority of the population - of Tamarac. As this is the primary goal, the following are supplimentary goals that this g Mnt proposal deems important and will strive to obtain: a) to provide a coordinated method of supplying required soc- ial and rehabilitative services and programs to the senior citizens in Tamarac; b) to educate the citizens of Tamarac as to the available social services available for them; c) to provide as many services and programs as possible; d) to provide transportation for the handicapped, fragile, and those persons on limited incomes to obtain needed services out- side of Tamarac. These goals are to be met objectively by a Transportation, Education, Social Service Program for senior citizens. The short- term objective is to acquire two vehicles, one being a large mobile trailor, the other a van, to immediately offer social services programs, educational material, and transportation to the senior citizens of Tamarac. The long range objective will be to further provide social and rehabilitative services until coordination with the proposed senior citizen center is accomplished. At that point, the Tamarac program will continue providing transportation to and from the center and will continue its educational purpose as outlined SC in the next section. At present it appears feasible to outline a three year plan: Year 1 - Obtain a van and mobile trailor and provide a number of social and rehabilatative services as well as educational material concerning social services and where to obtain them if not offered by this program. Year 2 - Expansion of services and transportation. Coordinate program with senior center if completed. Year 3 - Obtain second van for transportation purposes. Expansion and continued operation of program. SECTION C - PROPOSED PROGRAM WORK ELEMENT Year 1 - The City of Tamarac proposes a Transportation, Education, and Social Service Program for senior citizens. The City would maintain a mobile trailor (a bookmobile unit size) and a passenger van. The mobile trailor would be used to stock information on social services and would offer services itself by having scheduled County and private non-profit agencies provide services out of the trailor at a prearranged location. The mobility of the unit would allow the service to be scheduled in various places throughout the City, bringing the service to the residents. Tamarac is divided into over 25 close-knit, self-contained communities, spread out over some 13 sq. miles, where at one point there is over a 15 mile distance from the East to the West border of the City. Each section has its own clubhouse. With the poor transportation and roadways available, and considering the age factor of the residents of the City, mobility of the residents is limited around the City as well as out of the City. It is possible to obtain the service of a County or private 1 agency for a period of some days, hopefully, on a steady periodic basis (the Council on Aging has agreed to supply services and aid in obtaining others to provide services, as well as present contacts with service agencies and the County to be made). With the mobile unit providing space for the delivery of services, the unit will be scheduled at various clubhouses throughout the City. It will eliminate the need of senior citizens having to travel to obtain services. A van is requested as a heart of the program. The problems of economics, and transportation as described earlier, and the fact that there are frail and handicapped senior citizens, makes the need of a van for transportation of these people necessary. In the first year, the van will be used to transport people out of Tamarac to where they can obtain services that are not at present or cannot be offered by the mobile unit. The City of Tamarac has a wealth of talent of retired citizens, many of whom have contacted the City and would offer their time as volunteers in program coordination, clerical, and other duties. A number of these dedicated people are retired professional people, whose expertise would be extremely helpful to the project. Ma Year 2- This program is to be continued and the services offered expanded. If the proposed senior multi -purpose center in Northwest be sought Broward whereby is in operation, a cooperative agreement will residents of Tamarac can be transported to the center in the van. The mobile unit will continue to serve the City's senior citizens and enhance the senior center as a satellite. If such a senior center fails to materialize, the City of Tamarac still sees the need for it and would apply for funds in which to develop a multi -purpose center here. Year 3- Continuation and expansion of program. A second van is sought to aid in the transportation of the needy senior citizens. SECTION D - FUNDING SUMMARY The following funds are requested: 1. VAN, approximately 12 seats $ 8,750. INSURANCE 656. 2. MOBILE UNIT, 27 ft. 17,500. RENOVATION AND ADDITION OF EQUIPMENT 1,000. INSURANCE 656. FURNISHINGS 4,000. 3. ALLOWANCE FOR PROGRAM SERVICE COSTS (To provide services from private agencies who require for personnel involve�aymen.t 3,000. TOTAL FUND REQUEST $ 35,562 The City of Tamarac would absorb overhead expenses (mail, telephone, office supplies), provide maintenance, and drivers for the vehicles, and coordination of services.