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CCMtg03-16-09Min LONGWOOD CITY COMMISSION Longwood City Commission Chambers 175 West Warren Avenue Longwood, Florida MINUTES March 16, 2009 7:00 P.M. Present: Mayor Brian D. Sackett Deputy Mayor John C. Maingot Commissioner Joe Durso Commissioner Mike Holt Commissioner H.G. "Butch" Bundy Teresa S. Roper, City Attorney Tom Jackson, Acting City Administrator Sarah M. Mirus, City Clerk Tom Smith, Division. Manager of Streets/Fleet Richard Kornbluh, Division Manager of Utilities ~ Fran Meli, Recreation Program Manager Katrina Powell, Interim Director of Financial Services Laurie Mooney, Fire Chief David Dowda, Interim Police Chief Ryan Spinella, Executive Assistant 1. CALL.TO ORDER. Mayor Sackett called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. 2. A mon?ent of SILENT MEDITATION was followed by the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 3. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS. Ms. Mirus read the following announcements: A. Senior Matinee will be held on March 18, 2009 from 1:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m., Longtivood Community Bunlding, 200 West Warren Avenue. This month's feature is Intolerable Cruelty. B. Free Florida Friendly Landscaping Class will be held on March 19, 2009 beginning at 6:30 p.m., Longwood Commission Chambers, 175 West Warren Avenue. C. Florida Music will be held on March 20,.2009 from 6:00 p.m. until 9:30 p.m., Longwood Community Building, 200 West Warren Avenue. D: Free Stress Management Workshop for the Corporate Environment and for the Unemployed through Awareness, Inspiration, and Creativity. This event will take place on March 21, 2009 from 1:00 CC 03-16-09/171 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Longwood Community Building, 200 West Warren Avenue. - E. A Blue Grass Pickin' will be held on March 21, 2009 from 7:00 p.m. unti110:00 p.m., Longwood Community Building, 200 West Warren Avenue. F. First Annual Pathways to Care SK &lOK Foot Race will be held on March 28, 2009. The Race begins at 7:00 a.m. next to Lyman High School across from the Sanford Orlando Kennel Club. There will also be music, food, raffle, prizes, and free t-shirts at the Race. G. Annual Longwood Easter Egg Hunt will be held on Apri14, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. unti111:00 a.m., Candyland Park, 599 Longdale Avenue. 4. RECOGNITIONS.. A. Proclaim March 29, 2009 to Apri15, 2009 as Children's Week in the City of Longwood and Apri15, 2009 as. Parents and Children's Day in the City of Longwood. Mayor Sackett read a Proclamation proclaiming March 29, 2009 to April 5,.2009 as Children's Week in the City of Longwood and Apri15, 2009 as , Parents and Children's Day in the City of Longwood. He presented Ms. i Jennifer Small, Corporate Vice President of The. Grove Counseling Center, Inc. with the Proclamation. Photographs were then taken. B. District #4 Nomination of the Business Person of the. Month Award for April 2009. Commissioner Bundy nominated Citizens Bank of Florida, 410 Myrtle Street, to receive the Business Person of the Month Award for Apri12009. Nomination carried by a unanimous voice vote. 5. BOARD APPOINTMENTS. None. 6. PUBLIC INPUT. A. Public Participation. Hector Rivera, 688 South Highway 17-92, said he was the owner of Jewelers Workbench and he represented Longwood Lakes Shopping Center. He stated he spoke at the last meeting regarding., portable signs and the need for the Ordinance to be changed. He said this was not on the Agenda tonight and he did not know if it was up in the air or just forgotten.. He stated the way the Ordinance was written does nothave , equal access to all, was unfair and anti-business. He said they need immediate changes and it was a matter of their Plaza's survival. He stated , the businesses that were left are the old businesses that have been there for 10; 15, and 20 years. He said, if they fail, the commercial owne"rs were CC 03-16-09/172 going to fail. He stated as the Ordinance was currently written, he would ~ only be able to have a sign every three ;years, because you can have a sign every 30 days, then no one can have a.sign for 90 days. He said they feel that is unconstitutional and does not provide equal access to all. Zoila DiSerafino, 17209 Longboat. Lane, Orlando, said she represents the Florida Property Investments, LLC; and she would like to speak to the Commission regarding 11.4 West Bay Avenue. She stated this was a property they foreclosed on. Because it is in the Historic District, there are many restrictions on the property and this was a hindrance to any prospective buyers. She said they were entertaining ifthe City would be interested in acquiring the property. Mayor Sackett explained they do not have a dialogue at this time. However, if a Commissioner desires, during their report-they will hold a dialogue at that time. .Bruce Kubec, 1416 Hearthstone Lane, said he had a couple of observations and thoughts about the Farmers Market. He stated it was nice that the sign in front of the Pic N' Save advertises the Farmers Market, but he declared it was. probably doing more good for the Farmers Outlet in i that Plaza as it does not have where the Farmers Market is located. He said ~ it would be nice to add the words Church Avenue, or something to give ' people not familiar with Longwood where the Farmers Market is located. He stated he was not sure how effective:. the Farmers Market really is. He said the three weekends he has attended. they only had six, seven, and nine vendors. He stated only two or three of the vendors were what he would consider typical Farmers Market types of businesses. The rest of them were eclectic types of businesses that he normally would not consider seeing at a Farmers Market. He said he knew there was a lot of competition with Lake Mary, Sanford, Winter Park,. and Maitland. He stated he would offer just the thought that we try to somehow move the Farmers Market into an arts and craft: type of environment. He said . Longwood was known for its Arts and Crafts Festival. He stated if we started doing something more along the Brie of arts and. crafts with the Farmers Market, as far as he knows, there would be no competition. He declared it could be a good opportunity to potentially build the turnout that comes in November to the Arts and Crafts Festival and we would be rather tuiique. He did offer that they predicate it based on true local artisans. He suggested working with the Longwood Chamber of Commerce to showcase local Longwood businesses. JoAnne Rebello, 301 Loch Lomand, said she was going to talk on Item 7 E, but she has been assured it will be taken out of the Consent Agenda and ~ until a lot of questions were answered that she posed, she would not speak on that. She stated she did want to spea k on something she witnessed today that concerns her. She said we lost our City Administrator a couple of months ago, and they sat in on a process to select a new City GC 03-16-09/173 Administrator. She stated some of it was following the Charter, then they strayed from that and added names; then they sat down and decided what ~J, the selection process was going to be from twelve, which should have ' been ten,. down to six. She said after that it was supposed to be down to three. She stated the whole thing was set. up 'to how it was going to be done. She said in scoring they came up with three and all of a sudden she hears they were not going to take zany of those three and would choose somebody else. She stated that disturbs her and inquired if they were going to just throw the rule book out. She said they needed to take a long look at this and stated they needed to follow the rules and the decisions. 7. CONSENT AGENDA. A. Approve Minutes of the March 2, 2009 Regular Meeting. B. Finance Division of the Financial Services Department recommends payment of approved and estimated bills for April 2009. C. Finance Division of the Financial Services Department recommends approval of the Monthly Financial Report for February 2009. D. The Building Division of the Community Services Department recommends the City Commission consider a request to waive the building permit fees related to the installation of new LYNX bus shelters on Highway 17-92. ~ E. Financial Services Department recommends the City Commission approve a contract not to exceed the amount of $219,650.00 to Elster Amco Water Inc. for-the furnishing and installation of an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Fixed Network water meter reading system and authorize the Acting City Administrator to sign all appropriate documents. F. Finance Division of the Financial Services Department recommends approval of an award of the annual audit contract for fiscal years 2009, 2010y and 2011. to M¢Dirmit, Davis & Co., LLC and authorize the Acting City Administrator to sign the engagement letter and purchase order: Mr. Jackson said Item E deals with. the water meters. He stated the last Commission Meeting there were. only four Commissioners present and that item was neither approved nor disapproved, it was ~a two/two split. He stated depending on which rules of order you refer to, some say if it is voted down, only the members voting it down can bring it back up. He said he had some. direction to bring it back up at the following Commission Meeting so he placed it on the Consent Agenda. He stated he would like to have the opportunity to bring this before the Commission again as an Agenda Item with a positive presentation not only by the City, CC 03-16-09/174 but by the meter company that wishes to partner with the City. He requested the Commission to indulge him in pulling Item E. Mayor Sackett inquired. if Financial Services made a request to withdraw the Item. Mr. Jackson responded in the affirmative. Ms. Roper advised they would need to :remove Item E and then vote. on Items A, B, C, D, and F collectively. Mayor Sackett inquired if Mr. Jackson 'was requesting this to be revisited as an Agenda Item as near as possible. Mr. Jackson responded in the affirmative and said it would be at the next Commission Meeting. De"puty Mayor Maingot moved to withdraw Item 9 E from the Consent Agenda. Seconded by (:ommssioner Durso. Deputy Mayor Maingot said this would be the appropriate way to handle ' this matter. He stated it would permit the Commission to have a meaningful discussion prior to committing to the project. Commissioner Durso said he was one voting against this the last time and after speaking with staff, it sounds like .a great idea and the type of project the City should be moving toward. However, there are a lot of questions regarding where the money was coming from and the long term process. Motion carried by a unanimous roll call vote.. Commissioner Holt moved to approve the Consent Agenda Items 9 A, B, C, and F. Seconded by Deputy Mayor Maingot and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. Deputy Mayor Maingot moved to approve Item D, as presented. Seconded by Commissioner Durso. Discussion was held regarding Item 9 D. Mr. Jackson advised they were looking for eleven permit fees of $800 per site to be waived at a total of $8,800.. He said each location costs a total of $20,300 to construct fora "total construction project within the City of $223,300. Commissioner Bundy inquired if the permit fees were created by Ordinance and do they have the authority to waivethe fees without. CC 03-16-09/175 altering the Ordinance. He said he had no opposition to waiving the fees. He questioned if an ability to waive fees was built into .the Ordinance. ~ Ms. Roper suggested taking this item out of order while she researches this information. Commissioner Holt moved to table Item 9 D to a time they can have an answer. Seconded by Commissioner Bundy and carried by a unanimous voice vote. 8. PUBLIC HEARINGS. A. The Acting City Administrator requests the City Commission read by title. only and adopt Ordinance 09-1887, which establishes a digital traffic enforcement program designed to enhance public safety on roadways throughout the City. Ms. Roper announced having proof of publication. She then read Ordinance No. 09-1887 by title only. Mayor Sackett opened the public hearing. No one spoke in favor or in opposition to the Ordinance. Commissioner Holt moved to close the public hearing. Seconded by Commissioner Bundy and carried by a unanimous voice vote. ~ Commissioner Holt moved to adopt Ordinance No. 09-1887,. as submitted, Public Hearing Item 8 A. Seconded by Commissioner Bundy. Commissioner Bundy said as he stated under the Consent Item previously, under Section 86-133 Penalties, that since this is an Ordinance, they are establishing the penalty by Ordinance. He stated if they desire to increase or change the penalty at some point in the, fiiture, they would have to change the Ordinance: He suggested putting in wording that states, "A violation of this act shall be deemed anon-criminal, non-moving violation for which a civil penalty,. in an amount to be adopted by Resolution." He proposed this as an amendment to the Ordinance. Commissioner Holt said he called the Acting City Administrator regarding this and he has an explanation. Mr. Jackson said this Ordinance was a model ordinance based upon surrounding jurisdictions. He stated the mind set of establishing the punitive part at $125, as with State Statute,. if running a red light, those fine structures are established and pre-determined. He said with this case, if they wish to do that, he stated legal would need to provide advice, but they would, reach the same objective as long as there is a mechanism to determine the official price so that it is not left to discretion. He stated it CC 03-16-09/176 was a fixed, pre-determined violation, .and the only time it would change would be if the. Commission decided to raise it. Commissioner Bundy said his intention. would be to immediately bring forward a Resolution on the next Agenda to establish the penalty. He stated it would cost a couple of thousand dollars to amend an Ordinance and a Resolution can be amended at the: normal cost of doing business. He said he would defer to legal, but he would think once the penalty is established by Resolution, it would have the same force of law. Ms. Roper suggested they may want. to cross reference the Resolution in the Ordinance. She said they could table this to the next meeting and cross reference the Resolution at that time. Commissioner Bundy inquired if they knew what the next resolution number was. Ms. Minis. said she would have to go and check. Commissioner Bundy said he did not want to delay it, because they were nuuung up against the actions of the Legislature in Tallahassee. Ms. Roper said if they don't reference it today, they will have to come back and amend it. The Commission recessed at 7:42 p.m. ,and reconvened at 7:46 p m. Ms. Roper advised, rather than cross rei_ereneng a resolution number, they will reference it by title. Commissioner Bundy moved to amend this under Section 86-133,. Penalties, to state "A violation of this act shall be deemed anon- criminal,, non-moving violation :for which a civil penalty in an amount to be established by the Red Zone Enforcement Resolution shall be assessed." Seconded by Commissioner Holt. Mayor Sackett inquired if there was any place to denote that under definitions, or was there anything else they would need to do. Ms. Roper responded if that is the only place in the Ordinance fines are mentioned, then no. Motion to amend carried by a unanimous roll call vote. Commissioner Holt said he did have a long discussion regarding this entire Ordinance and he was surprisingly satisfied with all of the answers pertaining to his questions. CC 03-16-09/177 Main motion carried, as amended, by a unanimous roll. call vote. 9. REGULAR BUSINESS. A. The Finance Division of the Financial Services Department recommends the City Commission read by title only, set Apri16, 2009 as a public hearing date and approve the .first reading of Ordinance 09-1888 which amends the Fiscal Year 08/09 Budget. Ms. Roper read Ordinance No. 09-1888 by title only. Commissioner Holt moved to approve Ordinance No. 09-1888, Regular Business Item 9 A, as submitted, and set Apri16, 2009 as a Public Hearing date. Seconded by Commissioner Durso. Deputy Mayor Maingot said he was not at the last. Commission Meeting where this matter was brought up; and prior to his departure, he had some real concerns. He stated what he has to say certainly does not reflect on the capability, dedication, nor the proficiency of our City Clerk. He said what they establish in terms of how they are dealing with salary increases that they have to lead by example. He stated some might say the City Clerk has successfully conducted a number of elections. Part of the rationale given was reference to the other City Clerks and their salary scales as a point of averaging. He -said that averaging. was not part of the ~ contract.. When he saw that what was being requested was at the top end of ~ the scale, which is $74,000, plus benefits, accounted for just over a 19% increase. He stated he recalls that this City back in 1990 was almost banknipt because they had expenditures out of control. He said, as elected officials, they are responsible for their fiduciary duties to the citizens and by that they have to set examples as to how they adjudicate things. He stated with all due regard and respect to the incumbent City Clerk, who he thinks is a wonderfiil person. However, he has to separate that away from what they are doing in terms of their fiduciary responsibility and attempt to try and control their costs with the serious economic situation we are now facing in the City. He affirmed they have said to all of the Unions that it is 3% and that is it. He inquired how they could say to one of our other employees within the City that'it is okay to go above and beyond that. He said he thinks that is disingenuous and incorrect. He called the Acting City Administrator and told hirn this. He said'he was thankful that his colleague, Commissioner Durso did not go along with that, but recommended an 11% increase which was $68,500. He stated as he looks at the history, in 2004 she started at $41,600; 2D05 there was a 15.4% increase in basic wages, 2006 there was a 4.1%, 2007 there was a 20% increase, 2008 there was a 3% and now in 2009 an 11% increase. He inquired where they were trying to go. He reiterated in no way does this reflect any ill feeling or disparity towards the proficiency and efficiency of our current City Clerk. He said he wants to avoid setting precedence that other people can tell them that they have failed in their fiduciary responsibility by granting such increases above and beyond what they CC 03-16-0.9/178 have said to others that it is 3%. He stated he could not in .good conscience support this item, because he would be disingenuous to himself to go along with this. He suggested a 5% increase which he felt would more than cover it. Commissioner Durso said he, too had an .issue with a 20% increase for the Clerk. He stated he understands the argument of bringing people up to the averages. He also understands we are in fiscally trying times and that is why he made what he thought was a fair negotiation between two clearly warring sides on the record. He said his. bigger concern has to do with the all of a sudden new found concern they all have for budget items. It did not seem that concern was around when the Gommi sion .approved an Engineering contract that. wastes money. It didn't appear that that was a concern when a Building Official contract was approved that he spoke at length about at the last meeting. He affirmed there didn't appear to be that concern when there was a lawn maintenance contract that clearly wastes money. He stated in this case, they were talking about$3,500 difference between what Deputy Mayor Maingot wanted and what he had recommended. He said there wasn't that level of concern when the pay for City employees continued to go into some kind of mythical system of which nobody can really explain. As he pointed out at the last meeting they have a firefighter that has been here twenty years making $30,000 and another one.that has been here six months making $34,000 and no one can explain this. He affirmed that over i:he past. ten years there hasn't been that level of concern because they have only had one budget workshop. He . said if they were going to get. serious about this and fix the wrongs of the past, quite frankly, this is one of the wrongs of the past, and they need to figure out a way to fix it. He reiterated that they need to be looking at contracts. He stated he did not make the case that they should give it to her because of tenure, but she had earned it and has been more than competent. He said all of a sudden there seems that there is this big massive concern about fiduciary responsibility. He stated the fact of the matter was the .little things they are talking about with regards to pay, pale in comparison to the amount of waste- that this City has gone through. He said he knows in a lot of cases City Administration has presented contracts and they haven't been completely explained. He stated he would respectfully request and suggest that they all move forward on this and pass if as it was fully vetted at the last meeting. Commissioner Holt said the prior City Clerk had elections once a year and now that we have early voting, it is a continual cycle the current Clerk has been thrown into. He stated she does not ,get paid for attending the meetings. Mayor Sackett said her position was a salary position and not hourly. . Commissioner Holt said this was good sound, well spent money and he would hate to lose the City Clerk over a couple thousand dollars. CC 03-16-09/179 Motion carried by a three/two roll call vote with Mayor Sackett and Deputy Mayor Maingot voting nay. Mayor Sackett said the City Attorney had clarification on Consent Item 9 D. Ms. Roper said no where in the Ordinance provides for a mechanism for a waiver or even a reduction. She advised under every class i.t states "the applicant shall" which indicates they must. Discussion was held regarding prior waiver or reduction of fees. Ms. Roper said she was not saying there was not some other reference that would allow the Commission. to waive fees outside of this Ordinance. However, this document,. itself, does not allow them to do it. She stated there. may be-some precedence under case law and so forth that says they are allowed. Commissioner Bundy said he did not feel comfortable waiving the fees not knowing whether or not it is legal. He suggested they bring forward the Ordinance that governs this and pull the fee structure out of the Ordinance and reference the fee schedule by Resolution and include verbiage that states the Commission may waive fees. Ms. Roper suggested they leave it tabled and she. can come. back with a definitive ~J ~ answer or provide direction as to how to accomplish this. 10. ACTING CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT. Mr. Jackson said he had for the Commissions' consideration an addendum to the Florida Department Of Transportation (FDOT) contract that was forwarded to them with the. City's offer of a selling price. He stated they came back with an addendum that would allow all of our requirements or requests for relocation of sewer lines, telemetry, water main and access to the property. He stated Mr. Spinella has been working with this project from its conception and he took a look at it. Mr. Ardaman also reviewed it and the. two of them feel it meets all of our needs. He said if the Commission was so moved to do so, he would forward this to them for signature so itcan be sent back to FDOT. Mr. Jackson reported there was a move inthe Senate by Mr. Bennett to eliminate and make it unlawful for a City to recover emergency response fees to motor vehicle crashes. He is the Chairman of the Highway Safety Committee and they have asked that he produce a statement on behalf of the Police Departments, but -also the cities'' posture on these ordinances. He provided a letter to the Commission for review. It outlines the City's position on why we feel these costs recovery ordinances are necessary, that our ordinance does not double tax and ot~r taxpayers are exempt if they are at fault. The only person that gets charged is the ~ at fault non-resident party. He said the insurance companies are saying they are unlawfiil and people pay taxes for a response service.. He agreed the residents do CC 03-16-09/180. ~ pay for this, but when the non-residents cause t:he impact to the. magnitude it ' happens in this City, they need to incorporate some mechanism that allows us to recover our tax dollars expended on non-residents. He advised this letter would be presented tomorrow on behalf of the City and also the Florida Police Chief's Association. Mr: Jackson reported he has received from.Ms. Powell notification that on March 11 the City asked for an extension on our CAFR, and we were granted the extension due to the unique situation of our financial accounting system upon the departL~re of our Department Head. Mr. Jackson said he had a model ordinance regarding eminent domain. A presentation had been previously made by Mr. Andaman regarding the City protecting ourselves on partial takings of property: He stated that is what this model ordinance does, and he would like to present it to the Commission for a consensus. He inquired if this came from the City Clerk and if the City Attorney's Office had received it for review. Ms. Minus responded in the affirmative and said she believed it was provided to the City Attorney's Office. Mr. Jackson said with the Commission's consensus, he would provide it to the ~ Attorney for review and if it meets our needs hE; will bring it back to the Commission on the next Agenda. Mr. Jackson reported he has been approached by Seminole County requesting to do another presentation to the City Commission regarding the CRA. They would like to get a consensus if the City would like to be a partner or at least start attending some of their meetings to see the benefits of the CRA. Commissioner Bundy said he spoke with Chairman Dallari after the previous presentation and suggested to him in the future :if making a presentation to send someone with more intimate knowledge and hi~~tory of the CRA and perhaps one of their policy makers. He stated it was his understanding-that what Chairman Dallari would like to do was to come or have orie of the other County Commissioners come with a senior member of.t:he planning staff. He said they could open it to fiirther discussion and get. some answers to their concerns. Mayor Sackett said he would give them one more chance to define what it is, where it was and where it is going. Commissioner Bundy said. unless we are part ofthe CRA, when they start marketing and promoting it, and when on a bus tour, they are not going. to slow down in Longwood. Deputy Mayor Maingot said he would agree with having them come back. He stated tfiey needed to weigh the pros and cons. CC 03-16-09/181 It was the consensus of the Commission to have one more presentation on the CRA and to try to have them here mid-April. ~ Mr. Jackson reported he has been approached by Safe House of Seminole and they are aware that the City has a vehicle rotation program. They are also aware that we have a vehicle on which we have no takers. He advised it is a 97 Ford Crown Victoria with almost 90,000 miles and it is a re-paint. He stated Safe House of Seminole does not have an Administrative type of car and have requested the City donate this vehicle to them. He advised the vehicle was potentially worth $2,000 on a good day. He said they put this car out during the Annual Garage Sale and placed a price of $1,100 on it and no one bought it. He stated they turned down offers of $700 and $500. He reviewed issues with the vehicle. It was the consensus of the Commission to donate the vehicle to Safe House of Seminole. Mr. Jackson advised they would have to understand the vehicle was "as is". Mr. Jackson gave an update on Reiter Park. He provided a timeline for the Park and said provided we do not have a lot of rain, they may be ahead of schedule. He said they have had some calls from residents of Longwood Groves regarding the tree removal. He advised the trees were pulled out because of the requirement of the St. Johns Water Management District permit. ~ Mr. Jackson reported it was time for the Police Explorer Annual Car Show. The Police Department is requesting on April 18~' they be allowed road closure for Warren Avenue, Wilma between Church and Bay to host the Car Show. It was the consensus of the Commission to allow road closures as requested. Mr. Jackson said the gentleman spoke earlier regarding the sign issue and this was discussed at the last Commission Meeting. He stated he spoke with Codes Enforcement and would like to offer for the Commission's consideration, having a moratorium for six months at a time that the mobile signs are allowed to stand without removal. This would allow each to have at least thirty days on the sign. He said they would -revisit the situation in six months and re-evaluate at that time. He advised they would still be required to apply for a permit and meet the other requirements. It just will not be thirty days on and ~unety days off. He stated they would like to provide a little more latitude to the plazas that do not have reader boards on their poles ofpre-established signs. Ms. Roper advised the Commission would need to pass a Resolution defining the moratorium. Discussion ensued regarding reader boards and requirements in posting of the signs. CC 03-16-09/182 Mr. Jackson said if it was the Commission's desire to move forward with this matter, he will bring it forward as a Regular Agenda Item to include the current Ordinance and suggested verbiage for a moratorium. Mr. Jackson reported there has been some concern that was raised by members on voluntary boards regarding, no insurance coverage should they have lawsuits brought against them. He said at some point there was' the philosophy that the City provided insurance coverage and then there was some other information that the. City does not provide liability insurance coverage. He requested the City Commissions approval to have the City Attorney research this matter and come up with an official position on this matter. 1VIs. Roper advised this has already been undertaken and she was researching the matter. 11. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS' REPORT. District #1. Deputy Mayor Maingot thanked Commissioner Durso for standing in for him at the last CALNO meeting. He said that even though his esteemed colleagues on this Commission at times disagree with each other and become passionate,. at the same time, they need to view it that they do this to fiilfill their obligation to the people that put them here and they will always. have differences ' of opinions. He stated if the final analysis. was 1:hat the residents benefit, it was good to continue on with those discussions. District #2. Commissioner Durso did attend the CALNO meeting with Mr. Jackson. He reminded everyone that Longwood was hosting CALNO on April 1St He said the cities seem to be talking, about their train stations and since Longwood has been noted as one of the cities further along. in that process, he felt it would not be completely inappropriate for us to do that as well. Mayor Sackett indicated that Mr. Spinella might be able to facilitate something along that line. Deputy Mayor Maingot said this was already approached prior to the departure of ot~r past Administrator. He stated it was an excellent idea and Mr. Spinella has enough information that he could put something together. He said with regard to the actual orchestration and putting together the; other condiments of the. program, our City Clerk always does a super job on that. District #3. Commissioner Holt inquired what the purchasing of 1'14 West Bay Avenue was all about. Mr. Jackson. advised that early last week the re~iltor contacted Mr. Spinella and. inquired if he or 1VIr. Jackson would present it to the Commission. She was told we were not in the real estate business. He said her concern was that because of the impact of the Historic District, it was hard to market and thought the City may want to purchase it as a contributing structure. lie stated she had received it as a foreclosure. CC 03-16-09/183 Commissioner Holt said the Police Department has been doing the Annual Florida Beat the Heat Car Show for quite a while. He stated that last year the Historic ~ Society was asked to help with a car show. Commissioner Bundy said the official name of the car club was Micro Car South. He stated it was all of the people that they were laughing at their cars they were driving five years ago, and we were admiring their foresight now. Commissioner Holt said they rented the parking area where the Farmers Market is held and the Car Industry that has a show on ESPN came out and video taped this and it will be on television at three or four different time segments. He stated he would bring in the times and said there was amazing footage of Longwood. District #4. Commissioner Bundy reported his daughter had the privilege of serving as a Senate Page this week being sponsored by Senator Lee Constantine. He attended a Seminole County Chamber of Commerce event last Thursday in the Lake Mary Event Center. This was the Chambers recognition of the twenty most influential professional women in Seminole County and he was very proud when his wife, Donna's name was called out as one of the. four winners in the Arts and Cultural category. Commissioner Bundy inquired if there had been any communication with Nick Waggoner regarding his letter of intent. ~I Ms. Roper advised Mr. Roper had contacted them when this was originally brought up and was never responded to. Since then he has called them and had a discussion with the Attorney and they have not received anything in response. District #5. Mayor Sackett reported he has been going to each Board meeting and presenting the Historic Tiles to the dedicated members that serve the City. He said he went to see if the City needed any bowlers and the City of Longwood group took home the big prize. He stated this was a nice event and a huge money raiser for the Chamber. He reported the Relay for Life was coming up this weekend starting at 6:00 p.m. on Friday through noon the next day. Mayor.Sackett said there was some fencing down from Reiter Park and he had been contacted by two Eagle Scouts who would like to do a project and asked about a Dog Park project. He stated Mr. Jackson had said there was potential for something to be done over at Arbor Park. He said they now have the materials and laborers who would like to design a plan. He inquired who these young .men should contact. Mr. Jackson suggested Ms. Meli coordinate that plan. Mayor Sackett also requested Ms. Meli work with some Girl Scouts that were working on some research to find Longwood Heroes that have passed away. ~ CC 03-16-09/184 Mayor Sackett said he has driven by the Lynx Bus Stops. He stated the Lynx stops were beautiful and the Jaycee benches were ugly. He said that they approved that look because the Jaycee's would continue with the trash pickup. Mr. Jackson said that was correct. The Jaycees came and did a presentation and made a commitment to clean up the trash and take it away several times a week. He stated the City has had contact with them regarding that and consideration of the benches to stay. He said if Lynx comes in ~Nith their newer upgraded sites and they work in conjunction with the Jaycees to remove the trash, then there is no impact for the City. He stated if the benches were: undesirable and they wished for them to go away, then the trash collection will go .away and it will need to be assessed annually to recover the trash as a City function. Commissioner Bundy said he went back through to see what their discussion was regarding this matter and he hasn't had an opportunity to thoroughly review this. However, the first indication. was that they had made a commitment to upgrade the benches and the upgrade consisted of new advertising panels on the back. He stated this was not part of the contract. He said this was not an upgrade in his opinion. Mayor Sackett. said they needed to invite the Jaycees back to discuss this matter. I ~ Mayor Sackett agreed the sign for the Farmers Market by the Farmers Outlet ' needed to be more. specific and upgraded to give it more quality and more direction. Mr. Jackson said two meetings ago the condition of those signs was brought up. He advised he has been looking into something where they could take a trailer sign and enhance it to make it more personalized for the City. He does not have all of the data at his point in time to be able to f~resent it. Commissioner Holt said with regards to the Heroes of Longwood research, that we already know of one and suggested moving forward with this. Mr. Jackson said what. he believed they were talking about was military service people who had been killed and introducing their names on each of the military monoliths. He spoke to Commissioner Holt about creating, a monolith for Law Enforcement and the Fire Department. He suggested they may want to consider in future budgets creating a monolith for Law Enforcement and the Fire Department. He said they know of an Officer and Fire Chief who have perished. Commissioner Holt inquired about the Farmers Market yellow banner and if it stayed. in place 24/7. ~ Mr. Jackson advised they were working on this and said this should be going up on Friday and down on Sunday. 12. CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT. No report. CC 03-16-09/185 13. CITY CLERK'S REPORT. Ms. Mirus reported the Ethics Committee had their ~ last meeting this past Thursday. She forwarded their recommendations to the City Attorney for her review. She said we would be working. with her Office on those recommendations and would be bringing them to the Commission when they are ready. Mayor Sackett inquired if the Ethics Committee was sunset. Ms. Mirus responded in the affirmative. 14. ADJOURN. Mayor Sackett adjourned the meeting at 9:00 p.m. ~ Brian D. Sackett, Ma r ATTEST: Sarah M. Mirv~s, CMC, MBA City Clerk ~..J CC 03-16-09/186