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CCMtg07-20-98MinLoN WoOD CITY COMISS Long oodC city C tiers ongvaad F IIIUL MEITINI dalylz o, lsse Present. Mayor R sty Miles oeputy Mayor A argent ssioner S Miller mShelton s City A inistrator Zambxi, City C k se11nM Latchey, A ing CityA ney _hbock, n nity s es Chief ST Yoli ce Uivisionic Monica Mitchell,oir. of Admin. Servvices Absent: and eexcusea' RichetdvS. Taylox,LJr city Attorney (excusea, a. -1-tAececs: A. Selection of Carlton Henley a <ipient of t Key to the City" award, eresenta tion on August J, 1998. argent said although h objection t eof SM ley a e beingan others, did haveha problem toM1owever, going forwararwith him as The Key to The City ic ip ient b of the impact it could possibly h the ty, e believed the city w t doingathisnbef ore, r perhaps w a little t o quick, ith iM coley r ing for public off icesat the c unty level. rther,Mw omfortabl e, and has b asked by t ampaign m nager not tonconfer this AltM1ough very d ing of the a ard, tlid not think it was the time to do thisea�aVwenla net vote in favor. aid she, t opportunity t hi smcampa ign m eager a express. itew cry bad timipnga a ndo ou ld n nef icial toehis campaign, and if m and i id h bnegative impact o the city. FurtheOVeb e het was ru nningafor a county seat, and should he not win, ehiss r CC ]-21-91\21] opponent could take a negative approach t irther, she 1 did n a wnt to put the city in that positionand would not be in favor Ofthis. Mayor Miles s hfelt the timing w extremely nappropr iatoandw stplacing t ity to a awkwaDrdputy Mpositiyon at best. , felt Like C eaor argentHandtdoes n t think itmisstheeappropriate time to select him for this award. Miller said he w speaking on behalf of ihiivitluals rnmthisic ity that requested this. He said he has not spoken to ith his campaign, and although Mr. Henley w not a silent. s e of this city, he did not how 21 years o fthe city a principal of the local high school couldc negative vt. the city ' a opponent uses this a"i— the city, then he should noobee l ected anyway. Thh tty Presentation to the first City Commission meeting in October. ved. onded by commissioner vaeearfor aiaeaaaio�c Discussion e id with respect to deferring t October. Mayor 1 Miles thoughts if this is deferred til a e primary, then the city could c enley oothe basis of his nomination alone and not by some political overtone. Motion ' ill by a four -zero roll call vote, with Commissioner Lovestrand absent. B. t #5 N ation for Business Person for the Monthiof Augustin defer,edoto iAugustr 1. vestea nd's absence, the nomination was 5. HOAAD APPOTNTnENTS: t #3 Nomination to Business Advisory council. Oef erred to August ], 1998. B. t #1 (At arge) N nation to Parks and ory council. Deferred to August 1, 1998. C. ist i t #2 (At Large) N nation to Parks orantl y Board. Deferred to Augusto S, 1998. 1 CC >-zo-ve\— D. District d1 Nomination to charter Advisory Committee. Deferred to August e, 998. 6 A. L i.a ndPD velop—t Code R w (LDc) Ad Hoc Committee Status Report - Nadine Tolos. 11, of the L asked that thecomm i ttee s time frame be extended and explained that, document we would be r d a os as psible and if they ran into problems, theyewould sos—isethe commission. Mayoe b Miles thought perhaps o August 1 e Tolos, a onferr ing with the planner, would be a opresent a updateeL the t e li ne. ou eMiller thght they should e given a of s nthst omplete the r Tolos aId perhapea ordinance could be brought f of the changes the c n has requested. rther, shecsaidme there w s perhaps impossibility of not h ing to repeal the LDc, and thought that option needed to be explored. Public P cipation. There was no participation by the public. mith er d he would be leaving T day e ing lawewho w usly i11 a ou ld return. ould patio ithaa phones umberwa. location where h acbetl.ou ith then referred to a solution o ethenagendartha t would putmone more a ctinq city administrator in place. Folding Machine P rchase. ted o ing askedet folding m aid her a lsoeP phone calla from membersa notnwantingsto do i — o from chairman o ndy, H —1—ton eoard (HPP), to go ahead and purchase thermachine. �bahn hD ao; n ing ne had 1 tnr�eda mlpebpiewo fised the board t aid they pressres w ui Miller askedhaa sene tl Preserve-i— Boar f a Dace was <axan and paaaeatco purbnaseie Di--- eued and it o at s pointed ththe HPB did v t o approvethepurchasI a d question wssea "as to why, if the members voted in favorn they now hada problem with the purchase. h Ldun ders' Day has a $2,511 b and in t he past eborrowea-c I hine w re aamliable ssioner V aid theyaaveac ha— of a folding mhine free of chargea nd it works well. board member, HPB, s the c t ved cf rom is Preserdvation eoa rd, oshesthougM1tatheir —tetrshould be honored. ued with respect to the -direction and v e taken at thee£ unders�sDay subcommiee tt, a roid at the ing h approach M h regarato purchasing a fold inglmachineto en e taka the ti also with pecestVto the purchase of a folding machineata nwhichatr theyapp--d spending approximately $4A0 to purchase afolding machine. ued with respect to purchasing a -chine that could 1 besusedlthroughout the city and whether money was available. Miller p m approve the urchase notnt eea figuretof $479, f ity-wide and t e funds i the Administrator's Budgat. .11 o edtby Deputy Mayor Sargent. however, her m e funds for [his purchase taken from th,.H c Budget ma and that the chine wou bet available for all to_ "rrl" by a.......roll call vote, with commissioner bovestrand absent. 1. Burned out house n o Avenue. Stith request ea snce s guida. n asked if the responsible people d demoli h the house o by the deadline date, July 2lt 1998, should the city gowahead and demolish? n directed the city demolish the house if thb esponsible people do n e the se hou a emolishetl by the deadline dated. D. Letter to Businesses from Business Advisory Council. Mr. m ith t C c reported ory il (BAc) w I, t ssionuappro—e letter from t r board t itnex question w isetl 11 .4utywMayorh5a rgenteas tocwhat I 5 6 i e let terra mith peovided a ampleesaying ifns buildi ngMandEtM1e c n procedure beefolloved, antl perhaps when buildiag, st e disagreement about what the code said, the B ouldhbeea ailable to listen a o ea nd work with the business in trying to work It problbthe t argent m wed to table t August 3 1998155Seconded by Commissioner Miller i order to hear w they have t say. ied by a orce vo ithCommrssioner L.... trand absent.v Mayor Miles suggested Mr6. rn the lWaggoner, chairperson, attend to provide insight on Itemetter. COMMIBBIONEAE' REPORTS. OA#ANO d how close the city was t omplishing s dspaving and r ur facing projects and sidewalk projectsdul ock informed that E and ltr th 5 eet, et al, projects have b ompletedsand forwarded t the clerk's office and upon Ms. Ledford's r n, should go out to bid, requested ea update o s11 pavingca nd tr urfac ing projects; .what h nhdoneatwhat needs to be done, a e....t t sthem d o questioned the status oft Seminole Avenueepaving.on.1. _ithl—id he would provide the Palmetto Ree property, got d molished and asked to— Mr. I. ith Caskts ock w ..ping t minformed a what the city can do to solve the problemw ith respect to t— it I.I . By v rith C .strand the nmd irectadrMr, smith respond to COmml stoner Vacca s request. Upon discussion b ought forth by C the oI the c with C and absent, sstosdirect M .ith, i Taylorlssa act Mr. cchia re lla, and r Y himrt these ity'stadultt and for thevappropriate c angel to be broughtif Drib. orMr. Taylor to follow through on his return from O vstrvet #5. Absent. r CC �-30-98 \223 District X1. Upon discussion i dby yor Miles, the n by v voteewitMaI C e strand abs entCerequested the administrator provide a prioritized list of departmental rojects t nc lode a ted s and dampleti dates. t meetidd.. e provided e ery third in be proded - the August 17, 1998 Mayor Miles reported having had a able and positive —tin it h P Madden of the Wekiva H abou the potential acquisition of SanlandomUtiliti— by thetcity. H aid Nd. Madden pointed out that they w rily opposed to the purchase of Sanla ndo, butrw ned that whoever buys the facility does not dv rp.yeas theydid not want They further w ned that t city, if i purchasehas , the t s dry right to i theirrr e by 25% and there is A fearthis might occur aSdrthose funds could be diverted tosome other project. District XE. No report. tract p8. Miller c ented that he w agreement with MayorsMlles about being provided with status letter of r signation from the Charter c , did mention o person o Chat had total graspta bility and w doing a finee jobma ndthe pointed to Ms. Rebellonwh. was presentain the awdi—l- 5. ADNSEPayAGENDA: Approved Rills. B. Approve M of J ial Meeting, Sne 1998 idrke Sessionna ndnSuly96,S1998 Regular Meeting. C. and of Bid R22-98, P ones Laptop Computers for the Public Safety Department. E. Approve City o dogwood/YMCA Youth Soccer and Plag ootball C F. Approval of nEngagement L r to perform Audit of Babe Rwth cdndess,on stand Revenwes. cchell s she had failed to fill in s s o ankthe ME, ly reportaa ould d t ana r report. Upon question bynMayor MilesSOM hell sa itlushew d provide a detailed report of the expendituresomade from the Commission s Budget. Miller c ended Ms-h— o detailed m s she Fadmpreparedwhich contained excellent. argent m ved for a - onded by C missioner Vacca and carried by voice vote. The commission recessed from 8.00 p. m. to n by C mmissianer V d by Deputy Mayor Sargent, t aid. ied by v Vo lth Commissioner Lovestrand m s a argent cept the city administb.tratorr endationt t 5e the millabill.,Budget it $5.0601.5econded by Commissioner Miller. espouse t iry, MI. S.ith said the budget w s predicated on $5.0601 and it was also the current millage ratb . ied by a four -zero roll call vote, with Commissioner Lovestrand absent. il. - eadopting Article R UTILITIES, CHAPTER 23. UTILITIES, of the Longwo d City ceng Code. . MCLatcbey a nnd h iproof of publication fr the public h--g.Henthen read Ordinance Mo. 98-1415 bytitle on 1y. Mayor Miles opened the public hearing. No one present spoke in favor or in opposition. Miller m ved t ose clthe public i ng 1On byoSar 0eputy Mayor gent and carried bysoice aote. ved t adopt O 95-1415. on Seconded by Oeputy Mayor Sargenteand r CC 1-21-91\223 scope of the project. Type of curbing —I discussed antl the c ilesponded i Quid b s high, s ara curb andlgu[terr e part e and policetregarding s anaard s- was —lI and Troll up type c inghm ceptable. su ltantsusaid iE s andara'c major The roll/rounded C ould bb tiliz ed;uhowevera roll orbs a m u lily ntable and the negative s idtb i. to haver. sse proximity.Si.—hia high anabeing unaed w sed andthe C sultantssaidcthat type of curbing was generally used in medians but could be considered. Ieasiabout the capability of the pond a e pump s on o ending c act c nciude t sadtl itionalnworkeaeetletltonmthe pona�e Mr�tT isdale Baia what is being discussed i d phase a d different possibilities will have to beeexplorea but said the subject project will function as designed. Approving the subject project was di.euseea. MCLatchey said Mr. Taylor had reviewed the agreemen[ and has approved it. Commissioner Miller suggested going forward with the resolution. R. solution 1 -956, adopting the First A enament to the 1 erlocal Agm reeent b C e no le my and thb City o ongwood r ingto funding tf design wiough c on of RangeliRoad (SR 434 to E. E. ne lliamsoh _d). Mr. MCLatchey read Resolution No. 9e-956 by title only. far a ing forward, would be t the city administrator to end a letter [ representative a the C my lequestrhertry t the funding m ved forward mthis3year. .Cl informeohthe c n that they have ved the funding forward from the projectedsyear, 2002, after it had been delayed. M111er said the Iona i igh la nd .ills w again ing a at—t, police chief and r Highland Nillda I cent to the p n as asked for his comments. CC 7-20-9e\225 Chief Jackson s ing the 1 t big r r the Fond .� enceoached about 4a feet uF to the iniersecti— if Loch Lomond ached. e pointed to problems i a part of the pond being tagnant, having r subject to flooding'o felt t lift s an does t have TM1eapac city to remove the water as quicklyas is needned. Mill— s d be would like t and o inget e pond nd ua ld like a ing the city of the""'. aid the citynhassa esFund, anda if n ary, couldHadd t it t make s smdone right and requestedcr endations could be preparedua nd brought forward in this regard, By v vote of the c Commissioner Lovestra nd absent, theremw yageeement tecomomego forwa ea witM1 Commissioner Miner's rndation. Mayor Miles said Highland Hills w scheduled for r ing antl did n call s ing i s year's budget and asketla if the is. ity w a position t urface t oadway, aid he would h andereport b noted it w notheVbudgei but was among them administrator s recommendations for cuts. by C onded by a rgentet ook axeposs ibility of �n ith enge i Highland Hills t c ide w angeline Road project, antl to look a[ possSbility to put back in the budget. Cl Miller pointed t a problem with the underground p ipeitbatnr s behind s othe h and a fence that i in bad repai- M- Smith no{edfCommissioner Miner's comments. dopt Resolution N - by a four iero roll call vo ith Commissioner Lo�esxrana abaenc. preservation b suggested t n listen t July bear position e thexi In cnatbtneaeow end t allow d—litioaeofnd hi.t_icds ing O es building has already v cth, nM ,nay and M tedscneir rthe eimpe—be, e that eryrC sideletihn a d possibilityhb takenstoopostponend demolition o argent house; and that all facts a expert thy befgathered prior to a demolition permit b ing i ,ed onsthe Largent house, as well a any other historic steucture. ts ia ,d of a ing b led today regarding the Largentho,send suggested he action orfdis.... ion occur. Mr. MCLatchey confirmed Mr. Smith's statement. Cable til the City ney�nM ... Vstutbe abilty tt make a espouse torthe s id Commissioner Millertsecondednforediscussion. ss ion ensued with re pe t to information contained in thee., it. lIihreported it had been agreed be hire a nspectithe s , bet the o of the subjectCproperty has stopped anyone fromrtrespass ing one the property. ied by a four -tern o r Ca 11 11 vote, with commissioner—bltrand absent 14, ending the bddget for the fiscal ye.. beg i..iog October lm 1 and ending September 30, 1998, providing for transfers. Mr. MCLatchey read Resolution No. 98-953 by title only. Miller ..led [ adopt R solution Me. -111 by Oeputy Mayor Sargent and ied byeaofoua- _ r vote, with commi..ihner L—trans anseafll 15. AESOLOTION No. 9 -9 appointing a emporary City Administrator whe.nthe City Administrator is out el town. Mr. MCLatchey read Resolution No. 98-95A by ti tl.e only. Deputy Mayor S dopt R solution No. 98-954. Secondedeby Commissioner e.—. aid the only thing s e held 1 changed we_ be t_ thea Second person should bethe city iclerk because ied by a four -veto ox V ith cemmiseloner--trana absent. 16. - endorsing and supporting the Blue Longwoo y hethe d H District bby thewHlstorlc Longwld inood Merchants' As.,oclatlon. Mr. MC1--y read Resolution No. 91-955 by title only. ved to adopt R solution N 98m955s10 ondede by C Miller. ied by a -zero vote withmCommissioner Lovestrand absent. "I TENTATIVE MILLAOE RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1-9 BUDGET. Item ". was considered following Item No. 10 1B. CITY ATTORNEY E R11111. No report. E9. CITY CLERK-1 RBllRT. No report. 20. ADTOBRN. Meeting adjourned a p. m. barges les, III, Mayor C�ys ca lame D. za/ i, city clerk