On September 13, the City Commission met for a CRA Meeting and Regular Commission Meeting, and the following items of interest were discussed (all items passed unanimously unless otherwise indicated):
CRA MEETING:
1) Passed Budget
2) Restaurant Survey - Proposed preparing program to promote restaurants in Lauderhill. Including expediting the process for banners and promotion, web site, outside dining and entertainment, coupon book, and others. Consensus was to move forward on developing the program.
3) International Incubator Grand Opening - Looking at Oct. 22 in conjunction with the Arts Incubator opening.
4) School Board Impact Fees - Info given on mitigation agreements to pay impact fees for facilities that are no longer needed. May be a legal challenge on those fees.
5) Meeting of Oct. 11 and the meeting in November is cancelled. A meeting of the CRA is scheduled for Oct. 25 at 3 PM
REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING
PUBLIC HEARINGS ----- FIRST READING:
1. RESOLUTION NO. 10R-09-185: ADOPTING THE TENTATIVE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 2010 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2011, BASED ON THE BUDGET ESTIMATE OF EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES THAT EQUAL $116,456,632.00; APPROVING THE TENTATIVE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2011.
2. RESOLUTION NO. 10R-09-186: ADOPTING THE TENTATIVE PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL AT THE PROPOSED OPERATING MILLAGE RATE OF $5.9574 PER ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR ($1,000) ASSESSMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 2010 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2011; ADOPTING THE TENTATIVE VOTED DEBT SERVICE MILLAGE AT A RATE OF $1.2380 PER ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR ($1,000) ASSESSMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 2010 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 (which keeps ad valorem property taxes to the same rate as the prior year).
3. ORDINANCE NO. 10O-09-152: MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 2010 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2011, BASED ON THE BUDGET ESTIMATE OF EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES THAT EQUAL $116,456,632.00; ADOPTING THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2011.
4. ORDINANCE NO. 10O-09-153: SETTING AND ADOPTING THE 2010-2011 PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL AT THE OPERATING MILLAGE RATE OF $5.9574 PER ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,000); SETTING AND ADOPTING THE 2010-2011 VOTED DEBT SERVICE MILLAGE AT A RATE OF $1.2380 PER ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,000)(which keeps ad valorem property taxes to the same rate as the prior year).
5. RESOLUTION NO. 10R-09-187: ADOPTING THE TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011 FOR THE WINDERMERE/TREE GARDENS SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AREA WHICH SHALL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011.
6. RESOLUTION NO. 10R-09-188: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION ADOPTING THE TENTATIVE PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR THE WINDERMERE/TREE GARDENS SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AT THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE OF 2.0 MILS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 2010 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2011; ADOPTING THE PROPOSED NON-AD VALOREM SPECIAL ASSESSMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $192.00 PER PARCEL OF LAND PER YEAR FOR THE WINDERMERE/TREE GARDENS SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 2010 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2011.
ORDINANCES & PUBLIC HEARINGS ----- FIRST READING:
7. ORDINANCE NO. 10O-09-154: FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ITS $6,565,000 CITY OF LAUDERHILL, FLORIDA HALF-CENT SALES TAX REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS, SERIES 2010 AS REFUNDING BONDS UNDER ORDINANCE NO. 96-110 ENACTED ON APRIL 29, 1996 THE PROCEEDS OF WHICH WILL BE APPLIED, TOGETHER WITH OTHER LEGALLY AVAILABLE FUNDS OF THE CITY, TO REFUND, ON A CURRENT BASIS, THE CITY’S HALF-CENT SALES TAX REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2009 OUTSTANDING ON THE DATE OF REFUNDING AND PAY COSTS OF ISSUANCE OF THE SERIES 2010 BONDS; PROVIDING FOR THE TERMS OF SUCH SERIES 2010 BONDS; DETERMINING CERTAIN DETAILS OF THE SERIES 2010 BONDS; AWARDING THE SALE OF THE SERIES 2010 BONDS TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. PURSUANT TO A NEGOTIATED SALE; APPOINTING A PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR FOR THE SERIES 2010 BONDS; AUTHORIZING THE PROPER OFFICIALS OF THE CITY TO DO ALL OTHER THINGS DEEMED NECESSARY OR ADVISABLE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THE SERIES 2010 BONDS; PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERIES 2010 BONDS.
8. ORDINANCE NO. 10O-09-155: AUTHORIZING INDEBTEDNESS IN THE FORM OF A LOAN IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $10,000,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING, INCLUDING THROUGH REIMBURSEMENT, THE COST OF ACQUIRING, CONSTRUCTING, IMPROVING, EQUIPPING, REPAIRING AND RENOVATING VARIOUS PUBLIC FACILITIES, ALL AS SHALL BE SET FORTH IN THE CITY’S APOPTED FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FROM TIME TO TIME; APPROVING A FORM, AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION AND DELIVERY, OF A LOAN AGREEMENT WITH SUNTRUST BANK AND THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A PROMISSORY NOTE IN CONNECTION THEREWITH; PLEDGING THE REVENUES RECEIVED BY THE CITY FROM THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF THE CITY’S WATER SERVICE UTILITY TAX TO PAYMENT OF THE AMOUNTS DUE UNDER THE LOAN AGREEMENT AND PROMISSORY NOTE; AWARDING THE LOAN TO SUNTRUST BANK PURSUANT TO A NEGOTIATED SALE; AUTHORIZING THE PROPER OFFICIALS OF THE CITY TO DO ALL OTHER THINGS DEEMED NECESSARY OR ADVISABLE IN CONNECTION WITH SAID LOAN, AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH HEREIN.
9. ORDINANCE NO. 10O-09-156: APPROVING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $1,170,000.00 TO BALANCE THE FISCAL YEAR 2010 BUDGET; PROVIDING VARIOUS BUDGET CODE NUMBERS.
10. ORDINANCE NO. 10O-09-157: TO INCREASE WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICE RATES BASED UPON A FEE STUDY PERFORMED, WITH SAID INCREASE NECESSARY TO COVER THE COSTS OF PROVIDING SAID SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH FINANCIAL FORECASTS AND THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX; PROVIDING FOR THE NEW RATE STRUCTURE TO COMMENCE OCTOBER 1, 2010.
11. ORDINANCE NO. 10O-09-158: AMENDING THE HOURS DURING WHICH SALES ARE PROHIBITED; PROVIDING THAT ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES FOR CONSUMPTION OFF PREMISES IS PROHIBITED EVERYDAY FROM 2:00 A.M. TO 7:00 A.M. (REQUESTED BY MAYOR RICHARD J. KAPLAN).
12. ORDINANCE NO. 10O-09-159: APPROVING THE AMENDMENT TO THE SCHEDULE OF RATES, FEES AND CHARGES PURSUANT TO THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. AND INCORPORATING THEM INTO THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF OCTOBER 1, 2010.
13. ORDINANCE NO. 10O-09-160: APPROVING THE AMENDMENT TO THE SCHEDULE OF RATES, FEES AND CHARGES PURSUANT TO THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS WITH ALL SERVICE REFUSE, INC. AND INCORPORATING THEM INTO THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF OCTOBER 1, 2010.
ORDINANCES & PUBLIC HEARINGS --- SECOND READING:
14. ORDINANCE NO. 10O-08-145: AMENDING THE CORPORATE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL TO INCLUDE THE NEWLY ANNEXED AREAS AT THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST CORNERS OF SUNRISE BOULEVARD AND N.W. 31ST AVENUE EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 15, 2010.
RESOLUTIONS
ADMINISTRATION
15. RESOLUTION NO. 10R-09-189: APPROVING THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL AND D. STEPHENSON CONSTRUCTION, INC. UNDER CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS/CULTURAL CENTER AND THE LAUDERHILL MALL LIBRARY IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE (GMP) OF $13,423,389.00 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS PREPARED BY WESTLAKE REED LESKOSKY ARCHITECT/ENGINEER. Passed 4 - 0 - 1 with Commissioner Benson Abstaining due to a conflict.
COMMISSION
16. RESOLUTION NO. 10R-09-190: NAMING THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM AT THE NEW CITY HALL IN HONOR OF SOL SIEGLER (REQUESTED BY MAYOR RICHARD J. KAPLAN).
P&Z
17. RESOLUTION NO. 10R-09-194: RESCINDING AND REPLACING RESOLUTION 07R-08-193; ADOPTING A NEW RESIDENTIAL COLOR PALETTE CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, SECTION 6.11, PAINT STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS, PARAGRAPH 6.11.3.B.
POLICE
18. RESOLUTION NO. 10R-09-195: APPROVING THE DONATION OF FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,000.00 FROM THE STATE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND (LETF) TO LEARNING FOR SUCCESS, INC. TO HELP FUND THE “KIDS AND THE POWER OF WORK (KAPOW) PROGRAM” TO BE PRESENTED TO ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND PAUL TURNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE GUIDELINES; PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT FROM BUDGET CODE NUMBER 120-683-9935.
19. RESOLUTION NO. 10R-09-196: APPROVING THE DONATION OF FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,000.00 FROM THE STATE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND (LETF) TO SPORTS ADVANCING KIDS EDUCATION (S.A.K.E.) TO SUPPORT DRUG TREATMENT, DRUG EDUCATION OR DRUG PREVENTION, CRIME PREVENTION, SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD, OR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE GUIDELINES; PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT FROM BUDGET CODE NUMBER 120-683-9935.
20. RESOLUTION NO. 10R-09-197: APPROVING AND ACCEPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2010-2011 VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT (VOCA) GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STATE OF FLORIDA OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL; PROVIDING FOR THE CITY TO RECEIVE GRANT FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $46,140.00 AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO PROVIDE INKIND MATCHING FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $11,535.00.
NEW BUSINESS
A. SET THE WINDERMERE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SPECIAL MEETING IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE 5.01 PM. SPECIAL MEETINGS ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2010.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
1) A Candidates Debate Night for Commission Seat 2 and 3 is being planned at Lauderhill City Hall at end of September. It will be conducted by the League of Women Voters. more information will follow.
2) Green Fair and Expo to be held Oct 14th from 10 am to 4 pm at the Inverrary Vacation Resort.
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