Notes of the Commission Meeting of March 11

On March 11, the City Commission held its regular Commission Meeting.   Both Commissioners Benson and Thurston were away on city business.  The following are notes of interest (all items passed unanimously unless otherwise indicated):


PRESENTATIONS

A. MAYOR MIKE RYAN'S PRESENTATION ON BROWARD'S BOARD OF RULES AND APPEALS (BORA).


ORDINANCES & PUBLIC HEARINGS - FIRST READING

1.  ORDINANCE NO. 13O-03-110:   Amending the Land Development Regulations and addressing holiday sales.

2.  ORDINANCE NO. 13O-03-111:  Amending the Land Development Regulations Schedule I., Sign Requirements; amending Section 4.0., Signs development permit application and permit fee exemptions by restricting the residential exemption for flags to single and two family dwelling units and by repealing the exemption for bus shelter and bench signs; amending Section 8.0., Specific sign requirements, Subsection (a), Temporary Permits, Paragraph 2., Model signs, repealing the provision allowing two flags per model center; amending Section 8.0., Specific sign requirements, Subsection (b), Permanent Permits, Paragraph 10., Flags, by clarifying under what circumstances a sign permit is needed to fly flags, by allowing flags to be affixed to the walls of single and two-family dwelling units, by providing for internal consistency in the application review process, and by adding criteria addressing the maximum number of flags.


RESOLUTIONS

3.  RESOLUTION NO. 13R-03-64:  ACCEPTING A GRANT FROM THE SOUTH FLORIDA HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA (HIDTA) TASK FORCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000.00 TO OFFSET OVERTIME COSTS IN REFERENCE TO "OPERATION BRICK HOUSE", AN OPERATION DESIGNED TO DISMANTLE OR DISRUPT A VIOLENT DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION; PROVIDING THAT NO MATCHING FUNDS ARE REQUIRED.

4.  RESOLUTION NO. 13R-03-60:  SUPPORTING THE PASSAGE OF COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM; URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO ENACT LEGISLATION MODERNIZING THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM DURING THE 113TH CONGRESSIONAL SESSION BASED ON SPECIFIED PRINCIPLES; SUPPORTING THE FRAMEWORK FOR COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM RECENTLY PROPOSED BY A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF UNITED STATES SENATORS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE (REQUESTED BY CITY COMMISSION AS A WHOLE). Due to having only 3 Commissioners present, an unanimous vote is required to pass legislation.  At the prior Commission Meeting a group of people came forward requesting the City to adopt this Resolution.  The Commission at that time agreed to do it as a whole.  However, at this meeting Commissioner Berger stated that he could not support this Resolution.  So to prevent the Resolution from failing on a 2-1 vote, a Motion unanimously passed to Table this to the next agenda and to change the Requested By to be stated by the Mayor and all Commissioners except Commissioner Berger.