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CCMtg03-03-08Min ]LONGWOOD CITE' COMMISSION Lon ood Ci Comnnission Chambers lam' ~ 175 West ~Varr•en Avenue Longwood, Florida MINUTES March 3, 2008 7:00 P.:VI. Present: Mayor John C. Maingot Deputy Mayor H.G. "Butch" Bundy, Jr. Commissioner Brian D. Sackett • Commissioner Dan Anderson Commissioner Mike Holt Donovan A. Roper, City Attorney John J. Drago, City Administr;itor Sarah M. Mirus, City Clerk Tom Smith, Division Manager of Streets/Fleet Don Castner, Fire Marshal Cindy Carbonell, Fire Department ' - Tom Jackson, Police Chief Paul Sizemore, Director of Cormunity Services 1. CALL TO ORDER. Mayor Maingot called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. 2. A moment of SILENT MEDITATIOhI was followed by the.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 3. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS. Ms. Minis read the following announcements: A., Annual Easter Egg Hunt will be held on Saturday, March 15,2008 from 9:00 a.m. unti111:00 a.m., Candyland Park, 599 Longdale Avenue. B. "Need Answers"- a panel of Industry Professionals will be available for questions and answers concerning pertinent senior issues, which will be held on Saturday, March 15, 2008 from 11:00 a.m. unti12:00 ' p.m., Longwood Community Building, 200 West Warren Avenue. C. A Blne Grass Pickin' will be helld on Saturday, March 15, 2008 from 7:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m., Lon;;wood Community Building, 200 West ~ Warren Avenue. ~ D. NutYition Seminar- DieticianlNutritionist `vill be speaking at this session, which will be held on Monday, March 17, 2008 from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m., Longwood Community Building, 200 West Warren Avenue. CC 03-03-(18/53 4. RECOGNITIONS. A. District #1 Presentation of the Business Person of the Month Award for March 2008 to Bill Byrd, M.D. of Family Physicians of Longwood/Winter Springs, located at 500 East State Road 434. Mayor Maingot read a brief biography on Bill Byrd, M.D. of Family Physicians ofLongwood/Winter Springs, and presented him with the Business Person of the Month plaque for March 2008: Photographs were then taken. 5. .BOARD APPOINTMENTS. A. District #2 Nomination to the Land Planning Agency. Commissioner Anderson nominated Bruce Noyes, 301 Ferdinand Drive, for reappointment to the Land Planning Agency. Nomination carried by a unanimous voice vote. 6. PUBLIC INPUT. A. Public Participation. Dan McCoy, 137 East Maine Avenue, said they were cited by Codes Enforcement in April or IVTay of last year for having high weeds along the side of his house. He stated he cut it down with a brush. cutter and Codes Enforcement reinspected and said it looked great. He reviewed some ~ pictures and said since that time he has done his best to keep it cut as close to the ground as he can. Unfortunately, the open lot next door is not doing. anything and there is fifteen to ttiventy feet of overgrowth along side of his property that is eight to ten feet tall. He said on ttivo occasions he spoke with Codes Enforcement to ask if the Code was different for commercial and residential. He was informed it was not. He stated the last time he spoke with them was five months ago and nothing was being done with the property. He said he was here because Codes Enforcement does not seem to want to cite the person who owns this property. He was told on his notice that this was a haven for wildlife and rodents. He asked that this please be addressed so to make a difference with the rodent problem. Simboonath D. Bhagwandass, 585 North Wayman Street, said he was here because he had a Stop Work Order at his house. In the past, he has had permitting issues with the Building Division. He said an Inspector came out to do an inspection that was not called in. He stated he had called for two separate, inspections, one for a rough plumbing inspection that was passed. He also called for a slab and footer inspection that was also passed to go to the next phase of the constriction. He said he now has vested. rights into the permit and the constriction. He declared the solution was to reinstate his permit without his having to go through legal matters to get this issue sorted out. He stated, at present, his roof was dismantled; and as the weather comes, it will create more damage. He would like this matter to be resolved. CC 03-03-08/54 Mayor Maingot said his concerns have been duly noted and would receive ~ the appropriate attention. 7. CITY ADMIN)<STRATOR'S REPORT. . Mr. Drago said at a prior Commission meeting the Commission requested a Workshop with the County relative to some issues on State Road 434 and the road widening. The County has responded in. an e-mail stating they were willing to meet on Tuesday,. March 25, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. after a County Commission . meeting. He stated Ms. Coto specifically asked that the City provide specific issues to be placed on the agenda. She ~~ent on to say whatever specific issues that were contained in Mayor Maingot's lettf;r to the County Commission would be addressed in written correspondence. He inquired what issues the Commission desired to discuss with the County at this meeting. Deputy Mayor Bundy said unless they get some movement on State Road 434, this does need to be included in the. Work Session. He stated one issue he has discussed with Mr. Drago was regarding moving forward with the Commuter Rail Transit Station. They need to have a way to have some linkage, with that section of~town, to the Historic District. He said Larry Adams with ACi was trying t:o come up with some ideas to make it more pedestrian friendly. He said County Road 427 was a perceptual barrier. He stated there were ways to use traffic calming devices to slow the traffic and help with connectivity issues and some of these were already in our Design Standards. He said there were many cities in the State that have brought a pedestrian feel and calmness to traffic areas. He declared this would be worth discussing. Mayor Maingot said he has been involved with this for a while and there were a number of issues he has discussed with I`?Ir: Drago that need to be addressed. He stated they know from the Lynx presentation that they have funding to start the Lynx operation along State Road 434 by the end of this year. He said this was two years prior to the commencing of the Commuter Rail. He would like to present that this be delayed and bring it all. together until such time as the Commuter Rail is about ready to start, then the Bus Rapid Transit (BRTj should start at that time. He would like to say to the Commission that the components need to marry together and come on as fillly operafiona.l at the same time. He stated there was a congested intersection outside the Hospital. If the widening ends at Rangeline Road, this will further choke that intersection and it needs to be addressed. Fle said he understands there was a commitment by the Hospital so the BRT can loop into the front of the Hospital to pickup and drop off people. He stated there were also some considerations being made with regard to what can be done with chicanes along State Road 434. He said these should. be agreed upon with the widening project. He stated they also neE;d to show the County that this is not just a "give me" situation. He said the :people. of Longwood pay taxes and they were asking for equitable distribution. He declared the City could undertake the ~ landscaping of the medians. He said they needed to pinpoint everything and bring all to the table to address the matters without delay. He stated with regard to the Commuter Rail, the City has yet to receive a formal bid from Florida Department CC 03-03-(18/55 of Transportation (FDOT). He advised he and Mr. Drago have a meeting coming. up with the Project Manager of FIDOT. He reiterated they needed to address all of ~ their matters. He said the retention pond at Rangeline Road is not .going to be moved, so they don't need to argue that point. Mr. Drago said they need to have the County reaffirm that they will site the pond where they want to, but design it in such a way it does not require fencing and the • City would be willing to maintain it. He stated he needed to know if the six items in the letter were the items the Commission wanted to talk about for State Road 434, plus the 'intersection, and not placing the buses in operation until the train • comes into operation. He said he would do bullet points regarding these issues plus any other item the Commission wanted to discuss. Commissioner Sackett said they needed to say this was a vision they have for the City and how they envision making this work. They need to ask how they can work together to create these Millet points and put this together as a total package. He stated he did not expect to get everything. Commissioner Anderson said the manner in which the 434 widening has been approached has not been conducive to helping the City of Longwood. He would like to point out how this severely impacts the City and what areas would help the City, suchas improving the intersection in front of the Hospital. He stated the bus needs to be tied to the overall vision. They need to raise the point that we want to . be partners and make these alternative modes of transportation successfiil. He said ~~,i' they need to approach the bullet points as fitting this in with the big vision and working together to make it happen. He stated they need to go in with wanting to come together to be successful., Commissioner Holt said what he heard at Lynx was that they were going to trial run this for two years, regardless of whether it was tinder construction. He stated it was a-good bullet point to discuss and they didneed tb make sure there was a . turn lane into the Hospital. He said he agrees with the issue regarding County Road 427. Mayor Maingot said Carlton Henley was Chairman of the Lynx operation, which was why he suggested they bring this matter up. Deputy Mayor Bundy said they could bring up about changing the buses. However, they are fiinding this with a grant from the State so there may be time restraints. He agreed with Commissioner Anderson they should not expect the City to fund this continuing if it fails. He stated they have a unique position with the Commuter Rail.. He said the Metro Rail System in South Florida had a massive amount of debt since the revenue did not come near to covering the operation cost. They have a grace period to build the ridership of the Commuter Rail System. He stated the Commuter Rail System is included in the Heritage Village vision so they can feed off of each other. He reiterated they need to go ~ into this meeting knowing what is really important to accomplish. He declared CC 03-03-08/56 when everyone walks away unhappy, this was usually a sign of a good compromise. 8. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS' )REPORT. District #3. Commissioner Holt inquired if the City Administrator was aw~~re of the problem with the property Mr. McC~~y spoke about. Mr. Drago said he heard about this just i:onight and he was sure Chief Jackson took some notes. Commissioner Holt asked Mr. Drago if he had anything to say about the matter Mr. Bhagwadness spoke about. Mr. Drago said he turned this matter over to the City Attorney to respond to appropriately. Mr. Roper advised he gave the gentleman his business card and said he would speak to Mr. Aldrich tomorrow anal get back with him regarding potential solutions. District #4. Deputy Mayor Bundy said :he has glanced through the information provided. He stated the permit expires if you do not obtain an inspection within six months. He reviewed the dates for inspections and said they were talking I about it expiring within less than a month. He stated he would not be adverse since we did an inspection after the permit expired. Mr. Roper said he wanted to obtain some: clarification. Commissioner Holt said he was also concerned about the addresses. He stated they were talking about multiple constniction projects. Deputy Mayor Bundy reported he did meet with representatives from Publix, and others regarding the project last. M onday. He said this was a very good meeting. He stated no one stormed out. of the meeting angry and they agreed to have another meeting. He said when everyone, left they were excited about potentially merging the two projects to bring the residential. element in on the project. He advised they were not adverse to providing land for a bus turn out. He said he received a call from Craig. Buchanan a fe;w days later and he seems to be the most excited about the project. He has already contacted his architects and engineers to. start working. He spoke with the City Administrator and said they would probably want to hold one more meeting and then have a third meeting to bring in City staff to address and look at the issues. Following this they will be ready to do a presentation to the Commission. Commmissioner Sackett inquired if this was with the connectivity. Deputy Mayor Bundy responded in the affirmative. He said he suggested leaving the Publix in direct proximity with the Township Plaza and doing the connectivity CC a3-03-08/57 on the eastern edge of the property, and possibly dressing up the first portion of Savage Court. Deputy Mayor Bundy said 16 years ago today his daughter, Emily, was born. District #5. Commissioner Sackett said it was exciting to see 650 young. children this past weekend involved in baseball at Candyland Park. He stated he admired Warren Brown for all of his work with Babe Ruth and. Mr. Brown vas very proud of the way Ms. Renfro and staff have worked to make the fields ready for the teams. He said he was asked at the Professional Business Peoples' meeting to put together a talk regarding First Response and how this was working. He said this was part ~of the matrix and agenda at the Joint City meeting coming up on March 19th. He would like to have something on the agenda at the next Commission meeting, as a guide, so he has a recommendation from the Commission regarding what they would like to .do with the First Response, the inequity, and City versus County calls. He said he would provide information to Ms. Minis for the agenda item. - District #1. Mayor Maingot congratulated Debby Reimers on her recent election to the position of State Secretary of the Florida Association of Business Tax Officials. He reported on February 23rd he participated, along with Deputy Mayor Bundy, in a Longwood Area Chamber of Commerce retreat at Chambrel. On Friday, February 29th, he addressed the Kiwanis Club of Longwood and Altamonte Springs and reviewed the City's accomplishments. He attended `,,J opening day on Sahirday for the Babe Ruth Baseball. He also commended Ivls. Renfro for her dedication and hard work. District #2. Commissioner Anderson said as they prepare in talking about the First Response, they need to get an agreement that gets us close to equity. 9. CONSENT AGENDA. A. Approve Minutes of the February 18, 2008 Regular Meeting. . B. Finance Division of the Financial Services Department recommends payment of approved and estimated bills for March 2008. C. The Fire Department recommends the City Commission approve a Purchase Order to Capri Remediation Services for $39,995.00 to authorize the City Administrator to sign all associated documents. D. The Fire Department recommends the City Commission approve a Purchase Order to H. Navarro Enterprises, Inc. for $36,367.00 and authorize the City Administrator to sign.all associated documents. E. The Fire Department recommends the City Commission approve a Purchase Order to Williams Scotsman for $21,000.00 and authorize ~ the City Administrator to sign all associated documents. CC 03-03-08/58 ~ Commissioner Sackett moved to approve the Consent Agenda as submitted. Seconded by Commissioner Anderson. Discussion was held regarding I1:ems D and E. Motion carried by a unanimous roll call vote. 10. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. The City Clerk recommends the City Commission read by title only and adopt Ordinance No. 08-1361 submitting the proposed Charter amendments to the voters at tb a November 4, 2008. General Election. Mr. Roper read Ordinance No. 08-1861 by title only. He then announced having proof of publication. Mayor Mangot opened the public hearing. No one spoke in favor or in opposition to the Ordinance. Commissioner Holt movE:d to close the public hearing. Seconded by Commissioner Sackett: and carried by a unanimous voice vote. Commissioner Anderson. moved to adopt Ordinance 08-1861. ~ Seconded by Deputy Ma~~or Bundy and carried by a four/one roll ~ call vote with Commissioner Holt voting nay. 11. REGULAR BUSINESS. A. The Fire Marshal of the Fire Rescue Department recommends the City Commission read by title only, schedule March 17, 2008 as the public hearing date and approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 08-1862, establishing open burn regulations. Mr. Roper read Ordinance No. Of>-1862, by title only. Mr. Castner reviewed the changes to the Ordinance from the last meeting. Commissioner Sackett referred to Section 1 (d) and inquired what. substantiates the complaint or a legitimate nuisance. Mr. Castner said if there was a complaint, the Fire Department would respond and determine what was going on at the residence and whether it would be considered a nuisance. He explained that nuisance was already in the Code. ~ Commissioner Sackett said he would like to see nuisance listed under. definitions and what is a substantiated complaint. Mr. Drago said it is normally the officer-in-charge. CC 03-03-08/59 Mr. Roper said they could take some of the language from Section (e) and insert it in Section (d). ~ Commissioner Holt suggested eliminating the letter (e) and it become all inclusive under Section (d). Mr. Roper responded in the affirmative. Mr. Drago said if the Commission approves this at first reading he would like the City Attorney to provide the suggested language for the final reading. He stated under definitions that. the word "sz~pervise "needs to be changed to "responsible person. "Also, in (b), under exceptions, they need to add the verbiage of "or property line " at the end. Mr. Roper said they would review and have language for a final reading. Commissioner Holt said the rate schedule would change periodically and he suggested not listing it in the Ordinance. Mr. Drago advised this rate schedule came from the recovery act. He said it was placed here to be easier to lookup from the public perspective. Commissioner Anderson said there were rates in multiple areas such as the Community Building, Special Events Permits, and Recovery Rates. He suggested there be a City of Longwood established rate schedule ordinance or document, and once a year or every other year they could review it and make revisions. Commissioner Holt moved to approve Ordinance No. 08-1862 and set March 17, 2008 as a public hearing date. Seconded by Commissioner Sackett and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. 12. CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT. IVIr. Roper reported the eminent domain case of Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) versus City of Longwood, Altamonte Springs, and several other private. property owners has a hearing on March 6th at 3:00 p:m. with Judge Allan Dickey in Sanford. This' is on the City's' Motion to Dismiss the case and also on FDOT asking for an Order of Taking from the Court. He said it was important for the Commission to know that all of the properties they are talking about are west of Interstate 4. He stated for some reason the City was added, even though all of these properties are outside of the City limits. He advised they were trying to get FDOT to voluntarily dismiss the lawsuit. They have asked the City to file some paperwork with the Court showing that we don't own or maintain the property. He stated this was their burden to prove. The goal on March 6th is to try and have this dismissed from the City's perspective. He stated FDOT has been asked to pay the City's attorney fees in what is a frivolous case at this point. Otherwise, the Court will be asked to award the costs. CC 03-03-08/60 ~ Mr. Roper said a Codes Enforcement Case was filed approximately a year and a half ago on Mary Gamble to enforce and foreclose on some long outstanding Codes Enforcement Board fines. He advised an interior inspection. will be done on this house by appropriate personnel on :March 4~' at 11:00 a.m. He said Ms. Gamble was no longer using the house as her residence. The property has become extremely dilapidated and there were o~igoing issues. He stated there was a hearing in front of Judge Dickey last week where the .City filed a Motion to allow entry into the interior of the building. F-l:e reviewed some of the history of this ease. He advised that several of the neighbors attended the hearing. Ms. Gamble was at the hearing and she. has been living at the LaQuinta Inn in Lake Mary. She admitted to the Cotirt that she has not lived at the residence since~August 13, 2004. Mr. Roper said at the last meeting the Commission had been given two options regarding the property at 131 Longwood Hills Road, one being whether the City would maintain final permitting authority versus the County. He spoke with the County Attorney last week and explained what the two options were and voiced the fact that the City wished to maintair.~ the permitting agency rights. The Board of County Commission met last Tuesday and came back with a unanimous decision to ask the City to enter into an Interlocal Agreement whereby the County would maintain final permitting authority. He distributed a document prepared by - the Cotmty of what they consider to be ~~n amendment to an already existing Enclave Annexation Agreement between the City and the County. He stated this was too brief if the City Commission was agreeable to enter into an Interlocal Agreement with the County. He advised there needed to be verbiage to the effect that the City retains full authority to intervene directly to the County daring: the constniction process in the event it is deaermined the project is in noncompliance with City Code. He suggested language needed to be added giving the City of Longwood full authority for final approval over all sixteen (16) Certificates of Occupancy. Commissioner Anderson said he wanted to make sure this project was done in accordance to the City Code. Mr. Roper agreed and said not only have the right to intervene, but also the City have final approval prior to issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy. Mr. Drago said there will be code complaints against this property and the County needs to deal with the complaints relative to this project. He stated the. Count~~ needs to be held accountable for any inspections they perform. Deputy Mayor Bundy said the Florida Fwilding Code was the unified code :for both the City and the County. He said the Design Standards'was what they needed i to worry about. He declared if the City becomes involved with the final say of the ~ issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy, there will be a liability issue. He suggested that language be inserted that the City reserves the right to make sure all of the Land Development Codes are met prior to connecting utilities. He said CC 03-03-08/6.1 they did not need to approach it from the point of the building. They need to approach this from the standpoint of the project and the City's Design Standards. ~ Mr. Roper said the language needs'to be clear that it is to be in compliance to Longwood's Codes. It needs to be made clear as to when the jurisdiction reverts back to the City. Mr. Drago said he would not. hook up the utilities until all the other amenities were complete. Mr. Roper advised the Board of Adjustment approved the two variance applications. on this project. at their meeting last week. Mayor Maingot said that somewhere along the line the City needs to control the situation. If the City determines they are not meeting the Longwood Development Code, they need to have the right to address this matter with the County. He stated if the matter is not corrected, they need to reserve the right to void the Interlocal Agreement. i Deputy Mayor Bundy said they needed to use language that stated the City reserves the right to void. the Interlocal Agreement rather than it being automatic. Mr. Roper suggested a time certain cure period for any non-compliance. He ~ reiterated that it needed to be clear when Longwood has jurisdiction over the ~ ! project. Commissioner Sackett said he was not comfortable with the Interlocal Agreement and taking this back to the County. Mr. Roper advised that at the County Board of Commission meeting there was a unanimous front for the proposition that there was a breakdown in communication between County Staff and the County Commission that they wanted to retain final permitting agency status. The County Attorney was directed to draft a proposed Interlocal Agreement to bring back to the City Commission. He said this would have to be agreed upon by the City Commission. He advised he received the County's proposal Friday afternoon: He stated he would bring forward an amended document by the next Commission meeting. 13. CITY CLERK'S REPORT. Ms. Mirus said she had placed an e-mail in the Commission mailboxes concerning the proposed House Bi11991 and Senate Bill 2276. She stated this vas called the "Voice of the People. Act" establishing new requirements with regards to the opportunity for citizen inptrt at local government meetings and workshops. She inquired if the Commission would like her to draft a letter to our Representatives stating the City was in objection to this. ~ CC 03-03-08/62 Deputy Mayor Bundy said the City provided Public Participation at the beginning of their meetings. In reading this, it allows three minutes on any item on the agenda. He suggested Ms. Mirus draft a letter and bring it back for review. Commissioner Anderson said he can understand this sentiment. However,. they have to be able to conduct business. He declared there needs to be some type of constraint. He said Longwood places P~.iblic Participation in the beginning of their meetings so people have the opportunity to speak without being required to stay the entire meeting. Mayor Maingot said he attended a session at the last Florida League of Cities Conference where they reviewed hotiv cities conduct business. He was amazed that over fifty percent (SO%) of the cities place their Public Participation as the last item of their agenda. 14. ADJOURN. Mayor Maingot adjourned. the meeting at 9:15 p.m. - Jo'.hn C. t, yor . ATTEST: Sarah M. Mirus, CMC City Clerh I , CC 03-03-08/63 This Page Left Blank Intentionally. ,J CC 03-03-08/64