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CCMtg05-03-99MinLONGWOOD CITY COMMISSION LoagwOod City Cmnntission Chatnben 175 W. W arren n-- Longwood, Florida 32750 MINUTES May 3,1999 Present. Mayor Paul Lovestrand DePnty Nlayor Steve3tiiler contnd.rroner Da.. nnaer:on Cantmissi0ner Husty Miles Commissioner Annmonrie Vaeca John J. Drngo, City Administrator Geraldine D. Zambri, Cite Clerk Richard S. Taylo Jt., City Attorney Jahn Rroek, Di, Of Comotnnity Services Monica Mitchell, Dir. Of Financial Services Chief Jackson, Police Divkion Richard K—,binh, Utilities Division Manager Tot t Sntifh, St—IfFleets Division Ma— ­Lt. Yelvington, D,Mfl,n Manager I. CALLTOORDEIL Mayoc Miles celledereguler meeting to order at'1 04PM. 2. A moment of SILENT MEDITATION was FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 3. ANNOUNCE RESULTS OF APRIL, 27, 1999 SPECIAL ELECTION. The City Clerk read the election restilts which indicated Mr. Dan Anderson had received theg ternamberofvotes and was elected to the Commission. 4. ELECTION OF MAYOR. Meyor Miles opened the Floor to nominnt — Contnnssioner Vacea nommated Mayor Mlle,. Deputy Meyor Miller nonvinated Commissioner [,ovestrand. Mayor Miles passed the gavel and nomine4ed Dopaty Mayor Milim. Deputy Mayor Mi l ter asked if there were any other nominations. There were no others. Mayor Miles Quad to cAos s S—i,iI,dby Comnnssioner Lovestrand and carried by voice vote Deputy Mayor Miller returned fhe gavel to Mayor Miles. Mayor Miles celled for the vote on each nomination m order received. Nomination ofMayor Miles failed by a three to two vote with Comm er L.—and. C.—, Anders and Deputy Mayor Miller v ring nay, Mayor Miles and Commissioned V.— —mg aya Nom i of Com er Lov and carfied by a fou with Con er Anderson, Deputy Mayor Miller, Connn�ssionnrte Vac and Commissioner L.ovestmnd voting aye end Mayor Miles v ring nay ea Nomination of Deputy Mayor Miller Oiled by a three to two vote, with A,,d— Mayor Miller, Commissioner Lovestrand and Commissioner Anderson voting nay, Mayor Miles and Commissioner Vaaa voting aye Mayor Miles announced the election of Paul Lovestrand as Mayor. Commissioner Lovestrand then assumed the seat as Mayor. Mayor Lovestrand thanked the Commission for selecting him as Mayor. l l—id M would try to be N,, to please correct him when wrong make a poi, of order, refer to Roberts Rules Mein principle is that the minority is heard but the majority prevails 5. COMMUNITYANNOUNCEMENTS. There were no announcements. 6. RECOGNITIONS. A. District N. 5 Presenmtion of the Business Person of the Month A.- 1, hlay, I999, to Rill L King, Managing Diremor, Woodlawn Carey Hand Funeral Home. Mayor t,overtrend recognized Bill King, local resident end businessmen For the last 40 yearsm south Se nolo County, noting his academic omplkl--ts community involvemem, end his current business affiliation as Managing Difector oftho Woodlawn Ci,,, Band Funeral Home Mr_ Kmgaweptedtheaward. Photogt IBweretaken. 7. ROARDAPPOIN'I'MENTS. A. Distriot42 Nomination to the Nistorlc Praservation Board. Con,m�ssionnr Anderson requested deferment to the next meeting having had 1—ffident lime to review the list of,plicems. B_ Appoint Comntirsion nmmbm ,(primary end alternate) to Seminole County Council of Local Governmems (CALNO). Mayor Lovestrand opened the Floor to nominations for primary representative to CALNO. Depury Mayor Miller nominated Commissioner Anderson. Commissioner Anduson said he would be more comfortable with another Commissioner being the primary. but would serve as alternate_ Deputy Mayor Miller asked if Mayor Ll,—t—d would accept_ Mayor Lovestrand said he would move up from alternate to primary for a period of one year. Mayo, Lovestrand asked if Commissioner Anderson would accept the nomination for altemate_ Commissioner Anderson acupmd_ Thera were no other nontinnticns'. Deputy Mayor Miller moved to close nominations. S—,ded by Commtssioner Miles and carried by voice vote. CommissioneaAnderson was selected as the CALNO aJt—b, epresenative. Mayor Lovestrand was seluxed as the CALNO primary representative Mayor Lovoslrand asked the Clerk to schedule the election of representatives to CALNO d the frst Commission meedmg in May. 2000. Deputy Mayor Miller moved to consider Item 10 a, this p61,l in the eting noting the many people present wishing d speak. Motion died for lack osecond. Mayor Lovestrand suggested item 13 B be moved [orv�ard_ D Deputy Mayor Miller said that was whet he intended. Deputy Mayor Mille, moved to wnsider Item 13 B m this point in the tiny. Seconded by er Anderson and carried by a four/one voice vote, with Cammi"issioiterMiles v tiny nay. A entln Item no. I3 wa [orwaM ana consltlered at this o n the merlin nut will remain in the scheduled order or br,siness. 8. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. Craig Van Hn.ven, 546 Thames Cirele, snggestod it —stricken under Sution C in the Code Compliance Work Sehed.le should be put back under the routine violations sermon noting they were routine violations and bdieving it would be jun as easy[. institute them inlheworkpr,g— Hebeli... d ifthey were not in the program, they would not be t isoossed_ Funkier, pointed out thm Mr Drag,' agendai said staff has been given direction t, give guidance to propeny on how to correct rather than to enforce and unless the work schedule was [nue ,,d would read it n that what they have bee ruled t, do_ He t c,ntinueA to disouse proAotive codes enforeeanent and consismncy in enr,rc�ment. JoAnne R.bdi., 301 Loclr Lomond, spoke about her dismay about the integrity of the City and the striving for control by two camps and of rum,rs that have personally hurt both candidates. She spoke about one rumor about the impropriety of,n and rw emees ployand that there were violari s,flhe City chart e,idrthe pars nel polici and bec eoflhe implica e, believed an inquiry was war —td and asked the Con n if they would request an inquiry or if she should go d,—]y to the State Ati—,'s Omce Mayor Miles asked Ms. Rebell. if site would share the names widt C,mmission. Mayor Lowest mud said he too had diliiculry understanding what Ms. Rebell, was speaking .fend that she dip indeed have access ro the State Auorney s office as well as the Ethics Commission. Ms. Rebell, wntinued to ,q—t Miles continued with Ms. Rebelloa cnptmyt, date elf what chew asking wasvwlthin Commissio -s purviews that of the Cnty Administrator_ Mayor Lovesirand said he would be happy to speak with Ms. Rebcllo in private Commissioner Miles mfrrad to the Commusioii s nrles and pmcedmes whirl[ says the subjeces shall be reviewed.. and rhea n.y es parliamentarian will date a ifa subjeo is _ one and asked fo ra paint of clarification from ihn tit —ay_ Mr. Taylor responded there was inadequate information to determine what the omplaint was about m order to determme whether it was within the purview of Commission or the City Admin�strztor. Commissioner Miles said if it k determined to be insufTcient. information should be brought forward to make a determination. Depoty Mayor Millet inferred this rehearsed incident and suggested Carom er Miles bring tlhs up under his report if wants everyone to know what it is. Comm er Miles said there orchest and Celt the subject and meuer import and felt it unbent upon the Commission.ase bd on whet is being said alleged, if the Commission or the Administrator is thejudge tie also said Lire inference made by Deputy Mayor Miller was false and rose to a point ofpersonal privilege on that point. Nadine Toles, Righland Rills, asked the Commission if they had or had not sled the Administrator to enforce the codes. Mayor U—trand replied the Commission instructed the Administrator to continue to enforce the codes. Ms Tolos then asked if Contn er Anderson had resigned from the Codes Enforcement Bomd. Commissioner Anderson said he had submitted a lettar of ,signation. Jim Dnly, 625 Oxford Street, commended Rusly Miles tenure as Mayor and chat 1eged the and the new Mayor to be as involved in the community as Mayor Mile,. The Commission recessed from 9 45 PM to 9-00 P.M. 9. CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT. A Schedule work session to discuss water leak policy. Coro to scheduleda orkse nto diswss the water leak policy at 600 P.M. on May 17. 1999�r B_ Mr. Drago announced the bids far Rangeline Road wet, opened and the low bid received was from Paquette [ndusmes in the amount of $1.158.556. Theawardofbidwdl be scheduled on the next agenda. C_ Mr. Drago reported the bids for It'd— Avenue drainage project were n die strew;the expected wns—ion cost was b120,000. Tthe bid,a 0o high sdff.ill nvestigate with the successful bidder fthe Rangeline Road project to see if they will agree to a change order Mr_ Drago said he would keep Commission informed. 10, MAYOR A N D COM M ISS ION ERS' REPORTS. VI- miti­d di,.­,i­ ,d suggested the on duct Mr. Drag - t. h­ I orderII.— study d... I �,, t� it the viability r ater or sewer or water andseww rates. M, D,dp said it as his it­t t, p,,p,, having , qu,li fitd! rate study bye _,,,lint during bi,dg,,i and t. have , ­itw d th, d­ m- f­ 11 ­11 ­ C...iIIi, V­. ­d for I ­­­ . direr the Administrator to hav' I ­dt, study d­ .,d,,, t . . . n,id the viability of,ddu ,,g .1 and 1­11 1­ and t, bring back as I partfhiI Wdg,t, Seconded by Deputy May., Mille, and ­W by I voicevote. Diltltat a5 Mayor Ll,lltll.,d discussed Ng. 145 m the Code ofOd w, and after tIprequested1t­ M requested I, Wm b, "fid t. ­­d Cll.ptll I S11 , - 1, ,,l, section F , to require pay and class if, cations pl,,, t, b, amended by .ididt,­ v, resolution. Mayor L.­­dd moved that a,, ordinance be prepared I, ­,,di, Ch 2, "i I -,di, Pay and Cl kw 11II, t, change dbe aIl solution -di Seconded by Cd A,dd,­ and by 6,1, vote, with Commissioner Miles voting nay. May., L-ve ,ddiscussed the 0,l,,dd Sentinel', reporting and ­lde, written that ­amed mf . ..... li­ that h. ,­idd,,d had not been checked - ,offitit,,lly in that the reporter did not get full information f,.,,, all t­­, h, �­d a,, Iftid,, that quoted T,,, Btk,, as saying that Mayor L­—nd had signed deck requests. when. h,, said. h, had m fid. signed the.k, lbidl­ said he took l,iIj.b with importance .,d f., six ­th, lb,,kid every check b,d,l signing rnl,,,, it .,, ­ W,, y ,,ndd th,t h, I, ,,d �d by I P.lifitt� Committee- He also believed the r,.o­ was d,dfidi­t i., not h.,m, published I iu,Z ­,­ from rho m., flheelection and hopd in future h, would ask b.1, side, and be fid, DistzictPi Commissioner M,11, reported, in relation d m­ regarding the Teen C­­, that two offto three people have been cleared by the ­i., Commission Ii,d that he believed the ­h would b, the same with the third. C- — with pit,i­ t­, I, d I et wg, regarding the T­, Center, that I resolution which would have put r ­d, J, m place for all dry activities was, in fad, b,.,,,I,, bt,fi­ the C-mmission.andtheC,i denoted C L- _, ­d .,,, absent from that ­,ti, lie also noted the >> �h I r� �mpl� i . - hay �r was tad p © he eroR i i bang C M l : III, d, l,d mad l IN-, Lave: d. coring I I aPoli -.0 cd<':1,g 14-11 osr-aaid nndl he produced wp(ofeheComm..,,,,siedemend oforea,izarion. Meyor Loves rand said be had no hno. W o, of bein¢ endoreeA, Cue tbankM rbe Comm lace fod irs eI,, elenl U-stHet k2.( ";1Ail -iced ontldl,la t--made nrda-e of en nt 1 the C! "IN Col and ha ived iwc l,.�c .i eh he bll ed ed al l corm ss i ols had been coV�ed. Comnilssioner Ande, son etnphal-d Abe imporeance of -. Decal 1 d ,. p von t t of rill not be inla�m �a. 6':[ c�f43. D ��llndotM 11 tended st IeFldmini. - ,r .., the Spring Clean -UP ceinpeu3n. Depe t Miller, (. cnpi doq 1 ai level I,, cicai p Con �r t1i,,. ( l --do�c D puvMa( \1-I. rfurtheru k i 1 '.lebeddn II -_ed the ne.ti lime. Depuy Ma( \t If dami t I,Chane 1i rvConimree has e ersre➢ped. d�trep d f re[�e aiyboards. Oihmvise, hshould be fl)forced m bnog h'u name forward and would irgnesi ie be irmoved the city boards. Di,Dury 11,, 1111 d.cussed 0, 11 li-r flh, i for ebe l,D('41I C d - t d dhae Ih, ( I—," a -en he LDC. Commztnl eivns made that ihv Ad Iioc Comn:iiice dvculd sunscd in lull-. D,,,, Mal 111 d - ,,,sed 1 (b , Ad--(. e he leas N—lookn,m wand bdliri,hdc i-boa Ial,o. "I'll" .p��ne<I vd,:,d,�•r3nard m�nutw a.. .ni and cc -,,lode that .o...... tee. ( 11J,I 16evl, endm�o e'p'e.�wo lll,a d i, i. -doc, ,sim4 �uui tho ,tiven process. Deputy Mayor Miller agreed some individuals have done, wonderful job but if any items ate proposed chances are all wil i get mod down.n ring he has eednthe m and in his opini only four issues should be revised_ I{e believ s the Charter is x historic document and should not be rewritten every five yearse Commissioner Mile,, said he would challenge anyone who talks to the Chxnu as an hist cal doc as he believ adoc t that should live and workm the pres and ammtmumof- e eery three year reviwpe,1M should be mmntained. Com er Vao said she had it endea d a ting se eral months ago nd advised them that the more items putt forward the less people read and understand but felt they should be allowed to go through the prouss and present their re__dxtio,c Mayor Loves ud asked ifthe oomm4- would sunset the ei,d of Mey. The City Clerk advised that it was one of the fire Pew days in June Mayor Lov end requested the recommendations be forwarded to the Commission in rank order. It. CONSENT AGENDA, A. Pay approved bills mid estimated bills for Mey, 1999_ B. Minatesof April 19, 1999 C. 2tl° Contract Renewal of Contract Na. AL496 with III, Florida Depar cot of Transportation In perform mntinunnintenancc on Stole Road Rights-o[-way within the City of Longwood D. Gravity sewor Ilne easement ng'--t with SeI I Manngemmit Corpor E. Chwl,OrderN..l to Pnrchnsc Order'1827 to Bentley Architects and Engineers m the amounl of SS — F. Surplus fin 113M Lmn Printer and auth--he sale —he highest bidder Deputy Mayor Miller moved to approve the consent agenda as submitted_ Seconded by Commissioner V,,— and carried by e unan�moae roll call tote 12. PUBLIC DE.ARIKGS. A, Fina ceDivi nofiheFina cial5ery es Depan endsthe City Com cad by title only, hold the public hoaring end adopt ORDINANCE NO. 99-1452, which amends the FY 98199 budges. Mr Draeo introduced the agenda item explaining it provided receipt of Ili It— the slate recycling. Mr. Taylor then read Ordinance No. 99-1452 by title only and announced having proofofpublieation for the public hearing Mayor L.vestrand opened the public hearing_ No one present spoke m favor or in opposition. Deputy Mayor Miller moved m dose the public hearing. Seconded by Commissi.— Vacca end carried by a voice vote Commissioner V.— moved m adopt Ordinance N. 99-1452, conil d by Deputy Mayor Miller. ]vkhh, earned by a unenimouc roll call votz 13. REGULAR BUSINESS. City Admi endsthe City Commission adapt Resolntioa No.99- nttg id recomm 98], opposing video lotteries and othu casino gambling. A. NU Taylor read Resolution N. 99-981. Deputy Mayor Miller moved to adopt Resolution No. 99-987_ Seconded by Commissi ht, Vann end—ied by a urtanimou5 ro B. City Administrator recommends City Commission review the proposed Cade Compllnnee W-k program for the remainder of this f5cal year end provide comments that it daems apptopriatc Mr. Drag. advised ofa ring he had with the code enforc staff and the com code plian work prt.W-pres-d had bee ended for the cinder ofthe year_ HerequestedeCon inpumasmwhethernwas —1p1able or as t. what chap,,they—Odslsk n Deputy Mayor Miller diswssed the Att iort process ofthe Land Development Code, noting it was a 300+ page document. And, following adoption a eentmiaee was developed noting some ofthe main concerns, were size offence/hedge required, s e of sheds end oo Dial vehicles- Dther than those three which comon had agreed to loot: th end change, ...ythina else should be wforced Hem ned if Con anted to have the ol code requir i. Po end of8 footefets. then n thess ould ask for a modifmation or relaxation .f enforcement on that paniouler code until it is chmtged- Upon inquiry_ Mr. Taylor agreed that could be done Con er Anderson understood. based on some citizens having been cited, Ilk connmssion agreed to a ,]....on of enforcement of ,—m codes but noticed m the program that the word suspens ion vs. relaxation was used and indicated his concern with the word sus pension. Corn - Vac indieatod cocwith the s oodes being imemen plted throughout the re City given thefhet that someaareav, due to size of lots, etc. nali' t wmply and thooghtthe City needed to look at having oodes that would be p—iical for all utizens. Mayor Loves'mnd said Its believed enforcement was thejob of the Administrator and the Com Hakes r changes the law Thought, perhaps, there were we changes eeded, but flat eepplieiitwn was neededm dealing i'n some ofthe issues and he chew o-cxzmples. Mayor Lit —trend opened the Moor to public input Mike Spindler, 513 Winding Oak Lane, spoke in favor ofbeing allowed to bring his commercial vehicle into his neighborhood one day o week in order to wash it. Mr. Spindler discussed beinharasse g d by woman who said she was a aity official, h--, later found out sIie was not a city oToiiil He said she omplaioed about his cial vehicle degrading the neighborhood. He then had the wrnten oomplenrt he had filed earlier distributed to the Commrssioa Sondra L1,1x ParrotIV,,objected to the code being put in abeyance. Only ordinance can amend or repeal pit ordinance and advised the Attontey dot he should inform the Commission that'hey are violating the ohart", if that was e fact. Robert Ifu'1ey, 505 winding Oak said Mr_ Spindler is correct, he pulls his rook in, for approximately eight hours, washes it end toat; akes it does not believe this is improper given the location oftheir subdivision, adjacent to commercial property as well as a railroad track. Susan McMann, 525 Devonshire -d.. encouraged enforcement of the oily oodes frog hem ns doiot hove the enters nt pow and said the residers ofthe uty need help when voluntary compliance is ---Cland asked that established guidelines be kept. Keith Tefans, Soy Windiog Oak. said rv's and boats are long to oiditig on property vs_ a comnteroiel vehicle whiUt is brought home once a week to wash- a He then explained the reasons why he brings his vehicle It once a week. Further, the only complaint is from someone who is a prospective buye, not a resident m the area. Ilal Taylor, 530 Devonshire echoed Ms. MCMann s comments Craig Van Hooves, 546 Thames G,dt., ,—sing himself as a homeowner well es Tyler s Cove HO Assodation president, spoke in favor oPenPoreement of the city codes. He distributed ph—g,nphs of areas in and out fthe City; me photo, showing areas where the codes are obeyed and soma of areas outside the City where vehicles. trailers. etc. ar randomly parked. He noted, three of the photos. the t ,sightly and dangerous situations that can Dewy with nod."' o enforcement of codes. noting these areas were in unincorporated W,gwood next to the CGty and he pointed to the other photos which showed how nice the area can look with wde compliance. He strongly requested the city require—pliance. Phyllis Turner, 362 Harbour Isle Way, believed everyone should have the right to be heard; all should be informed of the changes made and not find out when they make a complaint; thought everyone should be concerned with what the f.1— ,fLongwood should be notjust a select few. believed all violators should be oiled, no selective enforcement'. strongly endorsed the wtforcement af,,hy codes. David Dmdong, 600 Devortvhire Blvd.. indicated concern far codes enforcement and did not believe it should be suspended. -mg ring he too had been cited ia and 0 w wmpliance. Believed enforcement ofcodes was impottxnt to rato proPerty values. J,tAnn Rebell, — Would defer comments to public participation. Nadine Tulns, Highland Hills, recommended the codes not be suspended; and ended anonymo —phhhh of ce be a pt,d and suggested ways w n age complia� inform throughnwdes atforcemem caizen5.vh. are in violatioq advise ways to solve problem. if not resolved isste first perhaps, coed or third warring. This provides citizens with an education on the wdes. Those whofu rese to comea ply. u be taken to codes board_ No selective enfore and no disc othe eftfom nt. Further the wd,treally need to be looked at and can be di m-hlory based h, whoa you live. Mayor L. ,,,t—d asked Ms. Toles for her address for the record and Ms. Toles ,,,plied Highland Hills. Mayor[.ovestrand said, m future. he would require address information. \Valley Temple, 105 Saad Pine Lrne. Longwood speaking as the developer and s the hom repres ve(br Harbour lsle Rere ling he,hoee to ex his 0o t:,=y imo Longwood baud on viability of neighborhood which depends upon codes enforcement which he believed they would have in Longwood. hlespokeinfilvorofenformment of the codes. Robert Woua, 705'rt h,hy Comv, asked [there was a City code against littering, and indicated his displeasure with political brochures having been distributed. Commission members then discussed the Code Compliance program presented. Deputy Mayor Miller said it was a misconception that the Commission does no[ enforce the modes, and he discussed some modif ations to the program presented. Commissioner Miles said with the LDC in place it needs bo be enforced and any nodif— .that ould need an.rdib e-EnPerc nthe bands of d,, Admi anti he has o to latitede, but end snspwlQuid be s ur part. Additi ally, Com er Miles addressed alex[ included n theagendi, om mials fiDense Clarks with respec b, the bus benches and suggested the wntract with the Jay-C b be reviewed and if they are remiss in ."Plying with the wntract to bake action t. have them removed. Deputy Mayor Millis agreed to suspend the codes would rgbi,, en ordinance but felt the wde comld be relaxed until the review is completed. With respect to cial vehicAes in residential areas, Lt. Yelvimgton explained that wde say, cW vehicle may be parked for no mare than one hour in any 24-1—, lili_dm Deputy Mayor Miller replied then a new washimg spot may need to be found. Commissioner Vacca said she was not in favor of repealing, but thought the code should be customized fr diff nt areas,flhl, city. Mayor Lo..... m...... dawmm.n sense approaoh_ He enwureged engaging in some conversation with the h.me.wners noting that many times tssuee can be taken �are.Pwibt e suggestion_ Commissioner Anderson s.id'i,, the explanatioNbackground m I., memo, Mr. Drag, addresses the[ issue. Deputy Mayor Miller moved to approve the program with the following modifioa trik,, Item Cunder Residential Code Compliance Work prog,,.,, Seconded by Commissi—, Varna. Commissioner Miles diswssed the wmmercial/industrial section, noting he had a problem with not investigating anonymous complaint,, Commissi.ner Anderson agiwd with Commissionm Miles, and believed ifit is e legitimate complaint, it should be acted upon. Depty Mayor Miller moved to amend his motion to adopt with the fllowi.g omissions: strike It,,, C. Sea I and 2. and, in the industrial III program 11 like language regarding anonymous complainl, on Motias amended sewnded by Commissioner Vawa. ll—, Lokva>trnnd said the I to 1t11k, the 11.111 I I , ,,ked if h, ",—i "'d ............. m, Id a,d fl, '. ffi, I'l,' C.,- \tilU slidfl-, fl- bn to the Id and [,,,I take the . Fl i eion. M I W a 1D p y 1z1or lffll- iced. Ur. Taylor -kd lo, d suspzns , s�rnck orwas A ,I stun I l-,, swclk "p"', Me \Jffl, said all ,fl ck \i orl.aves and said it 11 fi,-damiceri ib<kld bare0 Id b, -1 Ihm M, Motion I b, a voice vole Mt. DI'BLo uckcd for cat it ical�on on Ibc benches. b5 I I (MIE, Is 11-011l ,port 13. I FA ITI�K'S REPORT. No rcooa 16 IDJOI "'d I o. a "la', This px, b,—t—Aly left blank.