Notes of the Commission Meeting of November 9 from New City Hall

On November 9, the City Commission met in the New City Hall, and the following are notes of interest (Commission Benson was out of town on City business). All items pass unanimously unless otherwise noted:


PROCLAMATIONS:

HONORING SOME OF LAUDERHILL’S FINEST VETERANS OF THE U.S. MILITARY. (REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER M. MARGARET BATES).


ORDINANCES & PUBLIC HEARINGS --- SECOND READING:

1. ORDINANCE NO. 09O-10-152: AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, INSURANCE AGAINST CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS AND CODE VIOLATIONS REQUIRED PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, DELETING REQUIREMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY AS BEING DUPLICATIVE AND THEREFORE UNNECESSARY.


ORDINANCES & PUBLIC HEARINGS --- THIRD READING:

2. ORDINANCE NO. 09O-09-146: GRANTING TO LM TIC I, LLC, LM TIC II, LLC, LM TIC III, LLC, LM TIC IV, LLC AND LM IDEAL, LLC, A DEVELOPMENT ORDER FOR THE LAUDERHILL CITY CENTER DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT AS REQUESTED IN THE APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL ON A 46 ACRE SITE GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF US. 441/SR-7/NW 40TH AVENUE BETWEEN NW 12TH AND NW 16TH STREET; APPROVING LAND USES AND SQUARE FOOTAGES, INCLUDING 650,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL, 507,210 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE AND 2,500 DWELLING UNITS; APPROVING THE TIMING OF DEVELOPMENT; APPROVING A MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN.


RESOLUTIONS

ADMINISTRATION

3. RESOLUTION NO. 09R-11-251: APPROVING THE PRECONSTRUCTION SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL AND D. STEPHENSON CONSTRUCTION, INC. FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS/CULTURAL CENTER AND THE LAUDERHILL MALL LIBRARY.


COMMISSION

4. RESOLUTION NO. 09R-11-252: SUPPORTING MEASURES TO SAVE TRI-RAIL FROM DEFAULT; SUPPORTING THE ENACTMENT OF A $2.00/PER DAY CAR RENTAL SURCHARGE (REQUESTED BY MAYOR RICHARD J. KAPLAN).

5. RESOLUTION NO. 09R-11-253: REQUESTING THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE TO ENACT A BILL BANNING TEXT MESSAGING ON CELLULAR PHONES WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE(REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER HOWARD BERGER).


FINANCE

6. RESOLUTION NO. 09R-11-255: A RESOLUTION APPROVING NUMEROUS REAL ESTATE PURCHASE CONTRACTS FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL’S NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PROGRAM (NSP); AUTHORIZING NEGOTIATIONS AND DUE DILIGENCE FOR THE POTENTIAL PURCHASES OF PROPERTIES IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $29,700.00 PURSUANT TO THE REAL ESTATE PURCHASE CONTRACTS FROM THE GRANT ALLOCATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD).


QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTERS:

QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTERS, FIRST READING:

REMOVE RESOLUTION NO. 09R-05-117 FROM THE TABLE

7. RESOLUTION NO. 09R-05-117: SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS, TO ALLOW A CONVENIENCE STORE MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE KWIK PIC LOCATED WITHIN THE FORMER MISSION LAKE PLAZA (RENAISSANCE PLAZA) AND SITUATED AT 5440 N.W. 19th STREET, LAUDERHILL, FLORIDA.