Notes of Special Commission Meeting of 5/22/06

On May 22, the City Commission conducted a Special Commission Meeting to handle business of the city that could not wait until the Regular Commission Meeting of June 12. The meeting normally scheduled for May 29 was cancelled, due to the its conflict with Memorial Day. Commissioner Margaret Bates was absent. All items passed unanimously.

The following matters of interest were on the agenda:

1) Ordinances for Second Reading:

a) Approved an ordinance restricting the area in which an adult entertainment business can operate. The ordinance sets up a distance requirement between and from/to certain types of other properties. This is in addition to the present restrictions that they cannot locate in any area of the city other than that zoned light industrial. The Supreme Court has previously rules that cities cannot make such zoning requirements so restrictive as to totally prevent such business, which have protection under the First Amendment;


2) Resolutions:

a) Approved 3 resolutions approving the distributions of gas tax monies collected with the county, to reflect populations updates;

b) Approved the change of meeting facilities for the City Commission to the new City Hall, 3800 Inverrary Blvd., first floor, at such time as the facilities are completed. It was hoped that the Regular Commission Meeting of June 12 would be the first meeting at the new facilities. However, it now looks like the meeting room will not be available yet. The next potential meeting at the new City Hall would be the workshop of June 19. Notice will be given as to the move when decided;

c) Approved a Special Exception to Wachovia Bank to operate a free standing bank with drive thru at the site of Inverrary Falls, 5899 W. Oakland Park Blvd. The site was originally Pan American Bank many years ago, and more recently was a funeral home and the Lauderhill Police Station. Wachovia Bank will be closing their other facility 1/4 mile to the east when this opens;

d) Approved a Resolution asking the Broward County Commission to place on the November ballot a question asking voters to authorize a 1 cent sales tax for transportation and transit.