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~~- ~ ~ Longwood City Commission Chambers
175 West Warren Avenue
Longwood, .Florida
MIN~CT'I'ES
NOVEIVI:B]ER 20, 2006
7:00 P.]Vg.
Present:. Mayor John C. 1VIaingot
Deputy Mayor Dan Ancle:rson
Commissioner Mike Bolt
Commissioner H.G. "Bunch" Bundy, Jr.
Commissioner Brian D. Sackett
Teresa S. Roper, Acting City Attorney
John J. Di•ago, City Administrator
Sarah M. Mirus, City Clerk
Laurie Mooney, Fire Chief
Richard Kornbluh, Division Manager of Utilities
Tom Jackson,. Police Chief
Paul Sizemore, Interim Director of Community Services
Ryan Spinella, Executive Assistant
t~ti~-~ Carol Rogers, Director of Financial Services
Tom Smith,, Division Manager of Streets/Fleets
1. CALL TO ORDER. Mayor Maingot a~lled the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m.
2. A moment of SILENT MEDITATICIN was followed. by the PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE.
3. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS. The following aruiouncement v~~as
made:
A. Annual Rotation of Deputty Ma.yor..
1VIs. Mirus .announced, in accordance with the City Charter, the rotation of
Deputy Mayor will go from District #2 to District #3.
.4. RECOGNITIONS.
A. Recognizing Commissioner Anderson for his service to the City as
Deputy Mayor, November 200`.1 to November 2.006.
1 Mayor Maingot recognized Corrimissioner Anderson for leis service to the
City as Deputy Mayor from I~Iovember 2005 to November 2006. He
~, thanked him for his dedication and service to the City. Photographs were
then taken.
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B. District #1 Nomination of the Business Person of the Month Award
for December 2006. ~ ~
Mayor Maingot nominated Andy and Ila Solanki, owners of Carriage
Cleaners' located at 967 West State Road 43'4, for the Business Person of
the Month Award for December 2006. Nomination carried by a
unanimous voice vote.
5.
BOARD APPOINTMENTS.
A. District #4 Nomination to the Board of Adjustment.
Commissioner Bundy nominated Barry Revels for reappointment to the
Board of Adjustment. Nomination carried by a wianimous voice vote.
B. District #5 Nomination to the Land Planning Agency.
Commissioner Sackett nominated JoAnne Rebello to the Land Planning
Agency.' Nomination carried by a unanimous voice vote.
6.
PUBLIC INPUT.
A. Presentations. Representatives from the Seminole County Chamber
of Commerce will give an update: concerning the Chamber and
explore the opportunity to create a City of Longwood Chamber of
Commerce.
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Andrew VanGaale, 239 North Scott Avenue, Sanford, Denise Ryser, 1707
Littleton Court, Winter Springs, and Frank Ioppola, 3403 Fox Minnow ,
Court, Longwood, and Chairman of the Board, Seminole County Regional
Chamber of Commerce; were present to give an update on the Chamber.
Mr. VanGaale said the. Chamber was moving in exciting directions with
the new leadership of Frank Ioppola this year. He said they had a strategic
plan. and as a regional chamber they would be doing some things different.
He stated, in lieu of a City of Longwood Chamber of Commerce, they
would like to talk. about creating an area council in Logwood. He said
part of the outreach; the Chamber was using their members to focus on
several areas. They have an Issues Committee, Membership Committee,
Government Committee, Economic Development Committee, Finance and
Strategic Planning Committee.. He said he serves on the Government
Affairs Committee and part of their goal is to go out to each City in the '
Cotulty, School Board, Airport Authority, and all of the governmental
agencies to let them know they were available and wanted to engage these
agencies to truly be a Regional Chamber of Commerce. He advised the
City of Longwood has nearly 90 members and was a strong business
community.
Mr. Ioppola said they were here to aslc what they can do for the City. He ~J
stated they have been privileged to have leaders from. the City of
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i Longwood participate on tr~eir Board of Directors to help guide them. He
1~ said customer service was a big l:~art of the Chamber and.they wanied to~
make sure they were delivering value to their members. He affirmed they
wanted to be a strong partner 'to t:he. City. He said. they have been
approached by many of the members to create~an area cowlcil. He.said this
would be an opportunity to assist the members in focusing on a
' geographical area. He inquired what was important to the businesses of
Longwood and events they would like to see tackled. The Chamber would
like to empower and help this group and give them the opportunity to
participate with the Regional Ch~~snber. He said they were looking forward
to spending more time in L~~ngwood and would like feedback from the
Commission or a vote of confidence to proceed.
It was the concurrence oftkie Cormssion to support this idea' and move
forward.
B. Public Participation. None.
7. CITY ADMINISTRA'TOR'S REPOR~.C.
Mr. Drago said a request was made; at the last meeting .for a breakdown if the
Homestead Exemption went up. He stated the one tossed around the most as
having the least impact was to eliminate the Save Our Homes and increase the
_~ Homestead Exemption from $25,000 to ,6100,000. He said Ms. Rogers did the
analysis and if this were to take place, the City would gain an additional $4.,100 in
revenue.
Mr. IDrago reported the City was able to get Mr. Pnckney's contractor to
surrender his building permits. He said I~~1r. Pinckney now understands the
importance of the tree issue. Through.the efforts of Mr. Sizemore and the
Building Official. he has now agreed to sign an agreement where he can re-pull his
buildu1g permit at the new fees and to eii:her provide a certain number of trees to
the City to plant where they choose or the. cash equivalent. He said the City would
allow him to cut. down the dead tree on his property and grind the stump, provide
30 days to accomplish this, with the penalty of either revoking his building,
permits again and/or not giving. hirxi a CE:rtificate of Occupancy. He affirmed this
only affects one of his properties. Ike said hopefiilly this will bring closure to the
matter.
Commissioner Bundy reiterated that if providing 30 days to accomplish this tree
removal, on day 31 the permits be revoked. .
8. MAYOR AND CONIlVIISSIONERS' DEPORT.
District #3. Deputy Mayor Holt relinquished his time to the City Administrator
to provide background on the tree issue for the benefit of Lake Brantley High
School students present for the environrr,.ental issues.
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Mr. Drago• explained a builder tools it upon himself to remove a nice oak tree
without a permit. He was caught and refused to do anything about it and felt he . J
could do this• without following any rules and .regulations. The matter was tal{en to
the Codes Enforcement Board and he was told to get. an arbor permit.. He said
with the new Building Official his property has been checked on regularly. In
talking with the general contractor it was determined he had not overseen any of
the work he was responsible for and was letting the owner do as he .saw fit. He
affirmed. this was actually a violation of the State and his license could have been
revoked. When presented with those options, he relinquished the permits which
put the owner back in control of the permitting process through the City. At this
time, the City made sure the tree issue was addressed relative to the tree being
removed and the Code for replacement trees •made a part of the .agreement.
District #4. Commissioner Bundy reported he would. defer one item to a later
point during the meeting. He thanked City staff for their help with the Arts and
Crafts Festival. He said the Pinckney property was located in his District and
hopefully this would bring closure to this issue.
District #5. Commissioner Sackett inquired if there had been •any meetings with
Barrington since their last meeting. FIe said he was thankfiil~the City
Administrator found that the motion was not a tabled motion,. but a defeated
motion so the previous vote does not hold. He requested an update.
Commissioner Bundy reported Barrington had a community meeting on the •
Tuesday evening following the meeting.. with the Commission. He said 44 of the
56 properties were represented at their meeting. They reviewed different plans
and scenarios and discussed the matter. At that point, Ms. Coact asked for a show
of hands for who wanted to .move forward. He said it was unanimous of the
properties represented and that was well over 60% of the properties. He said they
gave smaller copies of the plans to the people present to take home and review.
He stated they will come up with the final plan and have the. contractor get in •
touch with the City. He said Fairfield Farms was who they wanted to use and a
general contractor would be doing the masonry work. He reported they were
working through the process.
Commissioner Sackett. said it sounded positive that they were moving forward. He
inquired if the concrete slab on Sheridan Court where the mailboxes were placed
could be removed by the~City. He said it was a dangerous situation.
Mr. Drago advised he had isitercepted Commissioner Sackett's e-mail and
forwarded it to Mr. Kornbluh to ,have this taken out.
Commissioner Sackett inquired_if it was possible to tuna on half of the lights at
Candyland Park when there was limited activity.
Mr. Drago said it could be perceived to be a waste. of energy, but, on the other
side, tlZe public has an expectation that the park is open a certain number of hours.
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He said he-would look into the matter to see if this could b~e addressed. He
suggested they could. possibly have a timer switch.
Commissioner Sackett affirmed Arbor Park was in need of maintenance.
Mr. Drago advised Arbor Parlc was on the schedule for the following year.
Commissioner Sackett reported Dp,RE graduations for Longwood Elementary has
been held, and Woodlawn's Elementary would be on December 5, 2006. He
inquired if Mayor Maingot was planning on caroling this ye~.r.
Mayor Maiilgot,responded in the af:firma~tive.
Commissioner Sackett said the Joint Conunis5ion for the County and Cities has:
officially sunset at the last meeting. I~:e said they would be receiving the interim
report.
District #1. Mayor Maingot reported the- Longwood Carolers have been singing
for the past six (6) years. He said on Sunday, December 17, 2006 at 1:00 p.m.
they will start at Chambrel. He said: they were always looking for people with
good voices and there was no age limitat%on. He stated the Tree Lighting
• Ceremony would be taking, place on Saturday,. December 2nd and they have been
asked to sing at the Tree Lighting.
-~ Mayor Maingot reported Longwood hosted the. Mayor and Managers meeting on
November 16111 He said Ms. Dolly Jo JoYmston tLirned 100 and he presented her
with a proclamation from the, City declaring November 22, 2006 as Dolly Jo
Johnston Day..
District #2. Commissioner Anderson reported he attended the Trails rrieeting at
the County last week. He said With the trails referendum not passing he brought
up the timeline and the plan Longwood presented to the County. He advised them
he was going to start being more. vocal regarding getting the Longwood trails
moving forward. He reported they have asked for another'presentation to the
Trails Board on •what the City-was planning then take it to the County
Commission again. He said they could not continue to go ahead with trail projects
everywhere but Longwood and we needed to be included.
9. CONSENT AGENDA.
A. Approve Minutes of Novelmber 6, 2006 Work Session and Minutes of
November 6, 2006 Regular Meeting.
B. Finance Division of the Financial Services Department recommends
payment of approved and estimated bills for December 2006.
C. Finance Division of the Financial Services Department recommends
approval of the Monthly Financial Report for Gctober 2006.
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D. The City Administrator recommends the City Commission award Bid
#17-06 for the construction of Credo Street Paving and Drainage
Improvements to A & M Si Construction Company in the amount of
$1,029,645.00 for labor andmaterials and authorize the Mayor to sign
the contract.
Deputy Mayor Holt moved to approve the Consent Agenda as
submitted. Seconded by Coininissioner Sackett and carried by a
unanimous roll call vote.
10. PUBLIC HEARINGS.
A. The Community Development Division of the Community Services
Department recommends the City Commission read by title only and
approve Ordinance No. 06-1814 to amend (LDCA OS-06) the
Longwood Development Code.. ~ -
Ms. Roper aruiounced having proof of publication for this and all public
hearings listed on the agenda. She then read Ordinance No. 06-1814 by
title only.
Mayor Maingot opened the public hearing. No one spoke in favor or in
opposition to the Ordinance. ~ '
Commissioner Sackett moved.to close the public hearing.
Seconded by Deputy Mayor Holt and carriedby a unanimous voice ~-
vote.
Commissioner Anderson moved to approve Ordinance 06=1814.
Seconded by Commissioner Sackett.
Mr. Sizemore advised he adapted the matrix, as requested, to be.a part of
the Ordinance. He also added language to page six. (6) that addresses inner
jurisdictional coordiriation.
Motion carried by a unanimous roll call vote.
B. The Community Development Division of the Community Services
Department recommends the City Commission read by title only, set a
second public hearing date for the first available City Commission
meeting upon receiving approval from the State Department of
Community Affairs (DCA) on the transmitted comprehensive plan
amendment, and approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 06-1817,.
which amends the City Comprehensive Plan (CPA 01-06).
Ms. Roper advised that this Ordinance may not be quasi judicial since it
was mandated by the State. She then read. Ordinance No. 06-1817 by title
only. .
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~, ,Nancy Smith, The Gail Easley Company, said they have. prepared an.
~~ amendment to the Comprehf>nsive~ Plan that is before the Commission.
The amendment relates to th.e Wekiva study area. She advised this covered
open space, preservation and protc,cton, stormwater, and wastewater
facility plants: She said the City prepared and adopted aii amendment to
the plan last year .also pertaining to the Welciva study area. They are back
this year with language the. Department of Community Affairs requested
• being added, particularly pertaining to the open space element. She stated
in the future land-use element there was proposed objective and policy
relating to the. preservation and protection of open space. She said since
the. City was primarily built out, this would be related to fiiture
undeveloped annexed areas or redevelopment in the future of the extent
that would remove the use on the Nand placing a new use there that tivould
cover approximately five acres of land. She stated there were proposed
policies in this amendment related. to stormwater. Last years amendment
had language to prepare and implement a Master Stormwater Plan i:or the
City of Longwood. This proposed amendment removes that language and
uses the Master Stormwater Management Plan for use in the Wekiva study
area. She advised it continue, the NPDES program, stormwater fund, and
provides for strategies for water conservation. She said it provides for the
use of reclaimed water if that becomes feasible in the futL~re. S`he reviewed
other strategies set out in the; plan. She stated the third area the amendment
addresses is wastewater.
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Commissioner Sackett referenced- page eleven (11) that references a 0-
acres of open space designated as urban and inquired where this was
located.
Ms. Smith said she did not specifically know where this area was located,
but they were not contiguous.
Discussion was held regarding water conservation.
Mayor Maingot opened the; public hearing. No one spoke in favor or in
opposition to the Ordinance.
Deputy Mayor Holt moved to close the public hearing. Secpnded
by Commissioner Sackett and carried by a unanimous voice vote.
Deputy Mayor I-Iolt moved to approve the first reading of
Ordinance No. 06-1 ~ 17 and set the second public hearing date for
the first available City Corrimission meeting upon receiving
approval from DCA. Seco~lded by Commissioner Sackett and
carried by a unanimous. roll call vote.
11. REG~TLAR BUSINESS.
A. The Finance Division. of the Financial Services Department
recommends City Commission read by title only, set December 4,
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2006 as a public hearing date and approve the first reading of
Ordinance 06-1818 which amends the Fiscal Year 06/07 Budget.
Ms. Roper read Ordinance No. 06-181.8 by title only.. •
Commissioner Anderson moved to approve the first. reading of
Ordinance 06-1818 and set December 4, 2006 as a public. hearing
date. Seconded by Deputy Mayor Holt and carried by a unanimous
roll call vote.
B. Deputy Mayor Anderson recommends the City Commission discuss
naming the two city properties on the western corners of the
intersection between Church Avenue. and Ronald Reagan Boulevard
.and give staff direction the Commission deems appropriate.
Commissioner Anderson said he brought this up at the last meeting and.
other Commissioners wanted time to think it over. He stated he still thinks
it`is a good idea.
Commissioner Bundy said he had not changed his mind. He stated he was
opposed to. naming things after someone. He said we would .need to have
very specific criteria in place.
Commissioner Sackett said these people were very admirable in what they
did, but getting into this habit may be problematic at other times. He
preferred not moving forward with this.
Commissioner Holt reiterated he was against this.
Mayor Maingot agreed criteria being developed would lead in the right
direction.
Commissioner Anderson said he did not think they would ever have a
definitive standard. He stated he respected the wishes of the. Commission.
C. City Clerli recommends the City Commission read by title only and
adopt Resolution No. 06-1160,~which designates a depository, •
designates authorized signers and facsimile signatures for the City.
Ms. Roper read Resolution No. 06-1160 by title only.
Deputy Mayor Holt moved to adopt Resolution No. 06-1160 as
submitted, Item 11 C. Seconded by Commissioner Anderson and
carried by a unanimous roll cal-1 vote.
D. The Community Development Division of the Community Services
Department recommends.the City Commission discuss sign
regulations and .give staff the direction. deemed. appropriate.
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Mr. Sizemore said this topic was touched on at the July 10~' Work Session
~ and the Commission gave staff some very clear direction with regards to
garage sale signs, real estate signs, and other temporary signage..He stated
there were a lot of questions that still remained. in regards to the existing
sigh code for permanent sig~?s. He~ said the matrix in the. agenda item was a
commercial sign Bode comparison between the City of Longwood and four
other jurisdictions that have a reputation for having attractive, uniform,
high quality signage. He sta7:ed the Article. within the Development Code
that addresses. the City's ign strur~ture was solid and as good as any of the
others. He said any of these issues the Conunission may see fit to change
or add additional regulations could easily be done within the existing
framework. He stated they vaould like to collect some input on these
various items and' any other key topics the Commission may have an
interest in relations to signa€e. Tbey will then hake that information and
start to assemble it into a~me;aning;ful sign code amendment.
Deputy Mayor Holt asked for an overview specifically regarding open
house signage and the regulation of real estate signs.
Mr. Sizemore advised the conclusion of the discussion at the meeting in
.July was to establish a system where there. would be a real. estate sign
allowed on the subject property being sold. In addition to. that, there could
be two additional off site re~~ estate signs advertising the property being
sold. These could be placed on private property owned by anyone in the
neighborhood with that property owner's penz2ission. He advised nothing
would be required to be turned ini;o the City creating an additional
administrative procedure. T:he property owner would have the right to
remove the sib at anytime. He said in the event of an open house, an
additional sign measuring no ~,~reater .than two square feet could be
attached above or below the real (;state sign indicating an open house for
that property.
Deputy Mayor Holt said this language freed up more than the prior
regulations and opened it so they could have the additional signs.
Mayor Nlaingot advised all. of the items listed on this item were in :regards.
to commercial ignage.
Commissioner Sackett said he was looking for some uniformity within the
signs to make it an avenue affect. He stated tlv s would allow appreciation
of what the business name is witb.out overtalung the avenue, .
Commissioner Bundy agreed. He referenced hiternational Drive stating
the north end had no tmiforlnity, but the south end had uniformity. He said
the uniformity would look rrlueh more attractive. He suggested language
be worked so to not make people tear down their existing signs, but when
~'' it came time to repair or replace them, they would need to comply.
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Mayor Maingot saidin looking at the matrix some of the other cities have
criteria Longwood does not have; not only with height, but also utilization
of brick or blocl{ at the base. He stated Longwood had some conflicting
sections of the Code.
Mr: Sizemore said the last Development Code a.mendmeilt identified this
as an area. for discussion. He stated they broke out some, of the important
issues that were adopted and lesser issues were set aside for a later time.
He .said. one section stated 2'S% of the window can be covered and the
other section states 75% of the window. He advised at the time this was
discussed the Commission directed staff to bring this in the middle to 50%
or less for viewing.
Commissioner Bundy said he viewed this as a safety issue. He stated there
should be a percentage of visibility so that a patrol officer could see inside.
Commissioner Anderson said he would like to go with something close to
what~Palm Beach Garden's regulations are. They state 25% ofthe window
or 100 square feet, whichever is less.
Commissioner Sackett. said some stores place their shelving so that it
blocks the window. He said this was not signs, but it prohibited' interior
sighting. He declared he liked Lalce Mary's regulation.
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Commissioner Bundy suggested there be a provision for placement
approval as well so fo meet public safety viewing.
Deputy Mayor Holt suggested staff work with the Fire Department and
Police Department to come up with something that was amenable to the
businesses for different scenarios. He said there was one building taller
than others around it and they draped a banner from the roof down the side
of the building. He inquired if there was anything in the language to cover
this. type. of signage.
Mr: Sizemore said banners had very limited. regulations. He stated there
had been some temporary sign restrictions passed in terms of height and
size. He said the intent was if a sign was kept up longer than 30 days it
would have to meet wind load requirements and other items the Building
Official would review. .
Commissioner Bundy inquired if this came under temporary signage they
would be required to obtain a permit with a specific time limit.
Mr. Sizemore responded in the affirmative.
Deputy Mayor Holt said they at one. point tried to determine the difference ~
between a banner and a flag. He said there. was always a grey area. ~
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Commissioner Anderson said he liked what Lake Mary has done;
l~ especially on Lake Mary Boulevard. He stated a center would get one
collection of signs. He said -the Boca Raton regulation on the number of
signs of one sign per fronta€;e made sense..He stated we currently prohibit
electronic message centers for the most part. He said the Walgreen's sign
and one other sign near the Truly Nolen business were done well. He said
they convey more uiformation per square foot than you could otherwise
,because of their ability to change over time. He stated he spoke to the
gentleman at the Shell station after he came and spoke at a Commission
meeting. He said his problem was that he has run out of space on his
monument sign to advertise. He stated if he could take square footage out
of the monument sign and it: be replaced with a.message sign, he would be .
able to display everything. He suggested if they work to allow some of
these graphio signs with regulations so they were. not flashing and not
consistently animated would give the ability to limit the size and remove
banners and temporary .signs.
Comniissioner.Bundy said he had a discussion with a minister who wanted
this type of signage on a church. 1:3e stated if you set a time limit on
changing the message a lot of the messages would be missed by people
driving by. He said Walgree;n's sign stays the same until they change the
message. He said it was like; a reader board sign. He stated he did not have
a problem with electronic signs ire this manner with the ability to change
_ ~ the message. ~ .
Commissioner Sackett said he would not be in.favor of electronic signs.
He stated he lilted the Lake Mary presentation of signage or Coral Springs.
He said he would like to discuss a maximum heigllt and suggested a max
of 12-feet. He stated it would take years to bring conformity.
Commissioner Anderson. said regarding elimination ofnon-conforming
signs, he would like them to contemplate a reasonable time limit far the
signs to be changed. He said, Lake Mary. allowed seven (7) years.
Deputy Mayor Holt said some of the signage may have historic or
nostalgic value. He stated he would worry about topography and would
the heigllt be from the bottom of the burin up or the roadway. He said
there were a lot of issues,. to consider. He stated some signs have not been
maintained and need to be replaced.
Commissioner Bundy said he was not aware of atzy signs in Longwood
that would be historical. He stated it would not be unreasonable to set a
time certain. He said the current regulation of 25-feet was from the ground
level. He stated they were moving in the right direction.
~ Mayor Maingot made note -that the real estate signage and garage sale
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signage were not being addressed. at this time. He advised that those
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present interested in this matter could request to be notified when it would
be on the agenda through 1VIr. Sizemore or the City Clerk.
Commissioner Bundy advised the meeting agendas are posted on the
City's website. He tivould like to see the businesses and property owners
be notified.
Commissioner Sackett inquired where we were in the process regarding
removal of signage when a business closes.
Mr. Sizemore advised this issue was discussed; however, it was not
passed. He said he did Have some proposed language to address the matter.
Commissioner Bundy inquired how the Code .addressed off premises
signs. He said billboards were. the only permanent signs he knew of.
Mr. Sizemore said the only exception would be occasionally two property
owner's share an access and they work out an agreement. He reviewed the
matrix and direction from the Commission. He said the calculation for the
allowable sign area currently was. based on two times the lineal frontage of
the building. He said some other municipalities use a formula of two times
the lineal frontage up to 100 and. others base it on the width of the right-of-
way. He advised we currently do not have, a cap on this.
Commissioner Bundy said Palm Beach Gardens allowed for the first 300
feet of right-of--way frontage, then one .for each additional 700 feet of
right-of--way frontage. He said this would give the larger commercial
development the opportunity to have.more signage.
Mr. Sizemore said the issue of electronic. message centers has been back
and forth a lot and was ambiguous. The conclusion at this time was that
the technology was not prohibited by the Code,.. but the changing of copy
was prohibited. The main question is how often the message can be
changed. He inquired if the Commission wanted to allow electronic
message centers and whether they desired to limit how often the message
could be changed..
Commissioner Bundy suggested once a day or once an hour, as long as it
was not constantly changing,
Commissioner Anderson said the goal was not to distract cars .driving by.
He said a threshold could be, set to'no longer than five to ten minutes..
Commissioner Sackett said he would rather not have them. He suggested
language be proposed for consideration.
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Mr: Sizemore said they currently prohibit strings of lights on buildings
other than for theholidays. He inquired if they wanted to allow neon or art
deco lighting.
It was the consensus of the Commission not to allow this type of lighting.
E. City Administrator reconcm.ends the City Commission read. by title
only and adopt Resolution No. X06-1159 supporting the placement of a
Nemours Children's 1-Iospital inn Orlando, Florida and encouraging
other municipalities to publicly express their support for Nemours
Children's Hospital.
. Ms. Roper read Resolution No. 06-1159 by title only..
Commissioner Bundy moved to adopt Resolution No. 06-1159.
Seconded by Cornrtxissiorier Anderson.
Commissioner Sackett said he read an article of 1,500 phis people being
employed. He stated. housing needs had not been addressed.
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Commissioner Bundy said this could drive up the employment salaries and
it would also drive housing,.
~ Commissioner Anderson said the opposition seems to be around people
not. wanting competition. He declared people heed the service and they are
willing to provide the service. He stated competition. always leads to better
service.
Motion carried by a unanimous roll call vote.
F. City Administrator recom:mencls the City Commission review and
discuss a requested rate adjustment for solid waste and recycling
collection services and give staff the direction deemed appropriate.
Deputy Mayor Holt moved to accept the adjusted contract as
submitted, Item 11 I~ . Seconded by Convnissioner Bundy.
Mayor Maingot said lie reviewed this and it satisfied the needs in terms of
comparison. He stated they were aoolcing at $0'.43 per-month per
household as a rate increase: He recommended approval.
Commmissioner Anderson said he lead been receiving phone calls regarding
poor service. He said it seems to be the one area they have consistent
issues. He stated most people are satisfied with their service. He declared
this was justified, but there was some work to be accomplished.
~ Deputy Mayor Holt said there were going to be complaints. He stated they
were doing a good job and he supported their service.
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Commissioner Sachett said he appreciated the readiness of Mr. Dolan, but
he receives the same complaints every three months regarding. service. He ~'
said he could not vote in support of the increase.
Comn~aissioner Bundy said their costs have increased. He stated, as a '
general rule, it is a tough j ob. He said once he contacts the supervisor or
Mr. Dolan regarding a breakdown in service the issue is addressed
immediately..
Motion carried by a four/one roll call vote with Commissioner
Sackett voting nay.
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CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT.
1VIs. Roper said Deputy Mayor Holt had requested information on dog attacks. She
advised Mr. Spinella has been Helping her with research on this matter. They were
looking at several other municipalities. as well as Seminole County. She stated
they have also discussed possibly an interlocal agreement between Seminole
County and the City of Longwood since the County has jurisdiction over catching
and removing these ani_inals. She said they would be, bringing something forward
for consideration.
Ms. Roper advised Mr: Roper had requested she bring to the Commission's -
attention a suit against VWalker Miller Equipment Company which she handed out
a memorandum to the Commission for their: consideration. She stated there was a
generator leased from them that malfunctioned and caused damage to the City's
computer network in the amount of $63,232.90. Currently, PRM has paid
$42,446.90 of this amount and the City has paid $20,786. She advised Roper and
Roper received permission from PRM to pursue Traveler's who has denied
coverage based on Wind Law. She said they were currently pursuing them to.
recover PRM's expenses and would like the Commission's- permission to pursue
recovering the City's expenses.
It was the consensus of the Commission to approve pursuing. this matter.
Ms. Roper said Mr. Roper would like to request a Shade Meeting to discuss some.
recent amendments to the Oakwood claim.
It was the consensus, of the Commission to hold a .Shade Meeting at 6:00 p.m. on
November 27, 200.6.
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Joh~~':/Maing~ot, Mayor
ATTEST:
Sarah M. IVlirus, CMC
City Clerk
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