FEBRUARY 13, 2007
WORKSHOP – 4:30 P.M.
REGULAR MEETING – 5:30 P.M.
MINUTES
WORKSHOP
The North Lauderdale City Commission met in a workshop session to discuss Property Tax Reform. The session began at 4:40 p.m.
Property Tax Reform – City Manager Sala gave a slide presentation and laid out the various revenue issues.
Adjourned at 5:39 p.m.
REGULAR MEETING
The City Commission of the City of North Lauderdale, Florida met on February 13, 2007 at the Municipal Complex. The meeting convened at 5:41 p.m.
INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Vice Mayor Moyle
ROLL CALL
Present:
Mayor J. Brady
Vice Mayor R. Moyle
Commissioner G. Frankel
Commissioner J. Cangemi
Commissioner D. Hilton
City Manager R. Sala
City Attorney S. Goren
City Clerk C. Dyer
APPROVAL OF MINUTES - January 30, 2007 -
Commissioner Hilton asked that the minutes be corrected as follows. That the date for the next meeting is the 28th
not the 29th. Also the
comments he made under Commission discussion relative to Wal-Mart were not
included. He asked to include the
following: “Commissioner Hilton called
the developer and spoke with him on the phone.
Fairly good news - according to John McGill, he is in the final stages
probably a week to l0 days away from signing off on agreements with
Wal-Mart for him to develop the front of the property and actually his company
will be owning that property . He will be purchasing the front of
the property from Wal-Mart. He said the end of February or the beginning
of March he will be starting the site development. His responsibility was
to build a pad for Wal-Mart as well as all the parking, landscaping, lights and
the buildings in the front. Mr. Sala said that he is meeting with
the leasing team with Mr. Lipp and said they have an impressive list of who
they are working with and also have a letter of intent from a hotel and that
they hopefully will be coming to report some of that to you on the 13th
or 28th of February. He also said that Colonial Bank will be
doing the financing and that their managing project partner will be Paul Fromm
and that Chris from Wal-Mart in
Commissioner Frankel moved to approve the minutes as amended. Seconded by Commissioner Hilton. All yes.
MINUTES APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
PUBLIC DISCUSSION
Joyce Clyde and Jerry Graziose presented a check of $250 to the cadets in appreciation of the help received from the cadets at the Broadview/Pompano Park Bazaar. Mr. Graziose said he fully endorses the explorer programs.
Bill Latram re: Pollo Tropical – Said he was not at the meeting where it was discussed. He said “We are trying to work on the site plan to work into the concepts the city wants.” He asked that the Site Plan be put on an agenda without the variance. “So we can take a look at what you want for that corridor.” He said he wants to meet with Staff & the City Manager to see how we can bring this matter forward.
PRESENTATIONS
BSO Annual Report – Presented by Chief Lou Cavallo
Mr. Sala thanked the Chief and all BSO officers for a good report. Mayor Brady congratulated all of the officers “they do a great job” he said. Commissioner Cangemi. thanked the police & fire departments for their help at his neighborhood block party. Vice Mayor Moyle said he appreciates the officers who say they like working here.
ORDINANCE SECOND
Amendment to Master Business List - Chapter 106 “Zoning” Of City’s Code Of Ordinances
Commissioner Frankel moved to read. Seconded by Commissioner Cangemi. All yes. Attorney read:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NORTH LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 106, ENTITLED, “ZONING,” ARTICLE I, ENTITLED, “IN GENERAL” SPECIFICALLY, SECTION 106-3 ENTITLED “DEFINITIONS” TO ADD DEFINITIONS AND AMEND EXISTING ONES RELATING TO USES AND ZONING IN THE CITY; AMENDING CHAPTER 106 ENTITLED “ZONING,” ARTICLE XV ENTITLED “BUSINESS DISTRICTS,” DIVISION 2, ENTITLED, “MASTER BUSINESS LIST,” DIVISION 2 ENTITLED “MASTER BUSINESS LIST” TO AMEND SECTION 106-467, ENTITLED “SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS” TO PROVIDE FOR SECONDARY USES IN THE MASTER BUSINESS LIST, AND SECTION 106-468, ENTITLED, “MASTER BUSINESS LIST,” OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NORTH LAUDERDALE, TO DELETE USES INCLUDING TAVERNS, BATH/MASSAGE PARLORS/ESCORT SERVICES, BARS/LOUNGES/SALOONS, PAWN SHOPS, AND SIMILAR USES FROM THOSE PERMITTED WITHIN ANY ZONING DISTRICT, TO PROVIDE MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS AS PERMITTED USES SUBJECT TO SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPROVAL IN THE B-2 AND B-3 DISTRICTS, AND TO PROVIDE AMUSEMENT/INDOOR RECREATIONAL ENTERPRISES AND BILLIARDS AS SECONDARY USES SUBJECT TO SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPROVAL; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Staff presentation by Tammy Reed. Public hearing opened. No comments. Public hearing closed. Vice Mayor Moyle moved to adopt. Seconded by Commissioner Cangemi. All yes.
ORDINANCE #07-02-1181 passed and adopted with 4 yes votes. Commissioner Frankel was off the dais at time of vote.
CONSENT AGENDA
Vice Mayor Moyle moved to read.
Seconded by Commissioner Hilton.
All yes. Attorney Goren
read:
RESOLUTION -
Bid # 06-12-291
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NORTH LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH NEEDHAM ROOFING INC. FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ROOF ON THE VEHICLE MAINTENANCE BUILDING AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $76,940.90 AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
RESOLUTION 07-02-5203
RESOLUTION - Sungard HTE, Inc.
Annual Maintenance Contract Payment
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
RESOLUTION 07-02-5204
RESOLUTION - Advanced Data Processing, Inc., Agreement for –
Rescue Ambulance Billing & Related
Professional Services
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
RESOLUTION 07-02-5205
Commissioner Frankel moved to adopt the consent agenda as read. Seconded by Vice Mayor Moyle. All yes.
CONSENT AGENDA APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
OTHER BUSINESS
RESOLUTION - City’s Fire/Rescue Special Assessment Program
Commissioner Hilton moved to read. Seconded by Commissioner Cangemi. All yes. Attorney read:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NORTH LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER, TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORTH LAUDERDALE AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES GROUP, INC. TO ASSIST THE CITY IN UPDATING THE CITY’S FIRE RESCUE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE ASSESSMENT RATE SCHEDULES FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE FISCAL YEARS AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $17,875.00; PROVIDING FOR FUNDING; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Vice Mayor Moyle moved to adopt.
Seconded by Commissioner Frankel.
All yes.
RESOLUTION 07-02-5206 PASSED AND
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY.
Hurricane Preparedness -
Debris Collection and Clean-up Recovery Operations
COMMISSION Action:
Mr. Shields gave a presentation and
asked for option desired by the Commission.
Mr. Sala explained the different options. Mayor Brady said he prefers option 1. Commissioner
Frankel made a motion to authorize the City Manager and/or his designee to
proceed with Option “1” to handle the
post hurricane debris collection and clean-up recovery operations
and to ask for 3 letters of agreement from the company and maybe set them up
with a pre-hurricane agreement. Seconded
by Commissioner Hilton. All yes.
MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOOUSLY.
REPORTS
Discussion on City storage space and surplus items (verbal) (M. Shields) – Mr. Shields explained the need
to clean up storage space and find out what we are going to do with the
computers that were set aside for
Air Conditioning update for Commission Chambers (verbal) (M. Shields) Mr. Shields advised that the air-conditioning problem has been taken care of.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE/COMMISSION
COMMENTS
Commissioner Hilton said with reference to the wall project along
McNab “the contractor is ready to go and we will be saving $500 on the project.” Consensus of Commission – we should
begin.
CITY MANAGER COMMENTS
Discussion and possible motion regarding 2007 Commission Retreat
Mr. Sala said they are looking at
MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
Update on new Computer System - Mr. Sala said we did reach an agreement with the computer company with a lot of work from staff and one of the Commissioners. We are happy to report that we are moving ahead.
CITY ATTORNEY COMMENTS
Report –
Mr. Goren said “There is
currently a proposal on the table with Stiles regarding the sale of the charter
school building located at
Commissioner Cangemi moved to go forward. Seconded by Commissioner Hilton. All yes.
MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
ADJOURNMENT – There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 7:08 pm.
C.M. DYER
CITY CLERK
SPECIAL EMERGENCY MTG OF WATER CONTROL DISTRICT.
The City Attorney requested the convening of a special emergency meeting of the Water Control District Board of Supervisors which was convened and conducted beginning at 7:09 p.m..
Present:
Chairman R. Moyle
Secretary J. Brady
Supervisor G. Frankel
Supervisor J. Cangemi
Supervisor D. Hilton
Administrator M. Shields
City Manager R. Sala
City Attorney S. Goren
City Clerk C.M. Dyer
At the request of the City Attorney the Board of Supervisors authorized and approved by ratification the appropriation and expenditure of $8000 to obtain general liability insurance coverage from the Florida Municipal Insurance Trust. The City Attorney further reported that the pending litigation against the district in the Desir matter was dismissed and withdrawn with the assistance of the city’s outside special insurance counsel Bruce Johnson.
The City Attorney further reported on the expeditious action taken by the City Manager, Human Resource Director and Director of Public Works in finalizing this important matter. Supervisor Hilton made a motion to pay the $8,000 for the insurance Seconded by Supervisor Cangemi All yes.
MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
ADJOURNMENT – There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 7:16 p.m.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
C. MILLI DYER
CITY CLERK