CCMtg02-02-98MinPresent. Hayor A sty Hiles
Deputy Mayor A argent
au lSL ana
scion Steve Miller
ss lon
mith80ci ty A istratox
raldinenD. 2ambri, CitymCl eik
Taylor, .i ity A ney
rry eakex, o Public Safety Department
unity S axtment
Monvca nie~heiieCDareccor, AamiD.esero,oea Department
Mayoe Mi 1es ca l3 ed a regular meeting to
orderCat ].CO p.mR
2. of SILENT MEDITATION vas FOLLOWED HY THE PLEDGE of
ALLEGIANCE.
r 3. COMMUNITY ANNONNC£MENTS. There were no announcements.
4. NE/RE
PNOCLPreseontationoof 1~998SNart in Luther King, S
Crtrzensh ip Award to Or. Luelene McPhersonr8weeting.
[Ipon the a val of D ing, C estra nd read a
proclamationai cognitioneof D ing~sra ompl ishments.
hen presentedethe proclamation and
photographsrwere takend t
B. District N4 N ina Lion of Business Person of the Month,
February 1998.
ted M icholas Waggoner
mthevF arycl h
ard, n Lng M Wa9gonerni er/operator ofnt
Nicholas waggoner P ralegal S Waggonee's
hop, a afflliation with n
ity boards a soclatlons. Ncma nationus
carried by vovice vote.
C. Cation of City of Longwood Employee of the Year
Awardn
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Mayor Miles aenounoea ine name oe e ominee and t
espective department/ai~i.sioneneadsa~ecogni:ea ea n ~omrnee for
eheir inaieiaaal a omp li sDments.
Police Divismonees, urkshire
au1sR
Administrative/City Hall rol Williams
arks 0 David Newland
Public Works Divrs ion McKinley Elliott
From the n rol Williams, Admini stoat ion/City Hall, was
se totted a~mtheeElnp SOyee of The Y r for 1 Plaqves were
awarded to each employee and photographs were taken.
D. Award 5/l0/15/20 Year Employee Servrce Prns.
The following employees were recognized for their employment
Servrce to the city:
5 years roy Hickson, Police
30 years rola A ong, Public Works
Police
orge (Pat)o5 ithLSPUblic Works
35 years acksonm Je., Police
arlaRentfro, Police
John Rougeux, Fire
20 years ichael H rry, f
Cathy P[icekeCOdes Enforcement
5. TMENT6:
Ao~ t $4 At Large Nomination to Codes Enforcement
sozrar(cee7.
arses c Miles,
mifor reappointmentrto cEE. carried by voice
vote.
6. PUELSC PARTSCIPATION.
. Tom Rawlings, Columbus NarDOUr, spoke to a dra.i nage c
at the c of E rthalomew and Columbus Circle a r
n the r way is backing up onto his property. He saiamt
problem began following the r ing of the roads i Columbus
arbour. With the c Mayor Miles
requested the city admrnrstrator take carerof rthe p oblem.
y. MAY DAStrcoMMlFa OksRS82RE#zRTFI
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asked t
Vofct Lake MarytHigh 5 00l Choir
beingdi represent t of F rich i
performanceea Celebration of Music
cogniz eethe group far their
omplishme nts. suggested t e presentation
becmade i April, asethey would be going to Eueope
n May. r Miller said he would s and
sinner Vacca s motion. Carried by voice
pistrict #5,.
and said he wou l.d like t any impact
feesidevelopersva required to pay to the cityeV1Perhaps, there
eed to reduce o eliminate s may be the
spur the cityrneeds t rage development.
requested this i e be c sideredcat a ork s andHthat the
n be given information as to the currentifees being
chargedio
add t
themFebruary 9 1998,vwork s onded byto
Commis sr ~~er Miller and carri ed iby voice vote.
Mayor M ently, the order of business
the agendasplaces t erAdministrator's Report i
the end of thehm ing. Mayor Miles saidshe
felt strongly that the administrator cou l.d present
information and discuss c ith the
n that might also b ioYiinteee .t to the
publicsa suggested discussing the c
rules a aaprocedures and m the A istrator's
Report forward on the agendae He suggested this
By voice vote, the suggestion was approved
Mayor Miles requested a briefing, under the Administeator's
Report, o status of tRe c ity center sinking f
also indicated h1s interesT in moving forward with thisupdroject.
_?..sksist #x.
Deputy Mayor Sargent questioned the difference between the a
m the sale o ooa xealin c ity a
the a sale price. Taylorwexplained thae t e
city received was the netrproceeas after payment ofhthembond_th
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Weputy Mayor Sargent a setl a letter w by %
ity c referred
poll cyethatethe cityrd tigate u omp
ought t enpoli~yew abs isnea aye t
wantingnthe code offrcer to be policingsneighborhoods.
Taylor recalled that [he policy applied to resitlent
commercral.
commrssroner Lovestrand thought the policy neeaea to be
the city look better, i Dula i e propeety values a
thereby i ad valorem t ted the
subject neighborhood and thoughtsit lookedrprettyrbad. He
ial support and suggestea she used valuable t n paper
woeketa=t might n t be making good use of city resources.
and said when he w ampaigning i
neighborhooasLOOnetof The major complaints, especiallynonhthe 1
ssion might w Sider r ing the policy ana
suggested it be a subjectcfor a workVSessron.
s the c of the c sit
It wa onsensus ommrssron to revs
the c t policy with respect t ing code
iolaCions a seneawlea worx s on
eebrnarv e, is Sae pro~iaea time allow a~
pist}_i ct
ss loner Miller asked for a s to study a explore
thempossibility of doing roatl pav~ngeand goad r ing
projects in-house, r Miller said heehadfm a few
calls and did some calculations and presented some preliminary
administeator ask Public W up w e
or s o come v some more accura
f iqures than he had gathered t this w asible.
If all the roads were paved, then taxlbase wouldlgo up~e
Motion by Commissioner Miller, second by
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n aoinq
r pavingsa urfaci ngsproj ectsa 1inuhouce, oat the
April 13, 1.998, ark session.
6. BRFayAapproved bills a led bills for February.
B. Approve M notes o aryri Special M ing and
ork G and J ary 1 Regular M ing.
C. Approvesexpend iture of $~, OOOIf onf iscation Fund to
Lyman High S ool and Lake MaryCHigh School
iojeot Graanaeion.~~
D. Approve a cep[ance of L cal L Enforcement Block Grant
(LLEBG) in the amount of $16,996.
approve the c
agendas ra ted.Ve ondea by C
Mrll er and carried by unanimous roll call svo{ez
9. RDIrvaNCE N - ending D n
PUBLBUStinessNAdvisoey Council, r ing S 2-1551vby1o
ing the number of membersef n (7) to twelve
(12)edproviding for the staggeringrof t the initial
appointment of membe thereafter, provitlingtf or two year
terms.
Taylor a ced proof of publication for this and all public
hearings listeduon the agenda and then read Ordinance No. 9B-iI94
by title only.
Mayor Miles opened the public heaeing and called for those rn
opposition and those in favor.
Nadine Tolos, Highland M did n rily favor
oppose but believed, r is llyd the B oulden make a
quorum because the total membership has notcbeen appointed. She
thought perhaps 1 embers w e too many and hoped that changing
the membership on2 this boardewould not set a precedent.
No one else spoke in opposition or rn favor.
estrana called a point of order with eespect t
requiring t n favor
speakingyf first andow neddif procedure w not followed
it could i val idateot erproceedings. Taylor contirmetl
those in favor s ou ld speak first, but did not feel, e if
procedure was not followed, it would invalidate the proceedings.
Mayor Miles called for those in favor and then for those opposed.
maae earlier scill apps iea. rvo
one ekes spoke in fa~or or inhopposition.
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Miller m Ved t adopt O[di na nce NO. .`
98-1396. Seconded by Deputy Mayor Sargent.
Deputy Mayor Sargent r red t the C cif of L
ents~ (CALNO) policy of h ing a which
provides for the ability t achva quorumrna sardeperhaps this
would De a solution to the SAC q rum problemnd
estrand thought rather than doubling t
n thesb Lthe problem needed t0 be Erred. He saideheuwou ld
be votingaagainst the ordinance.
Commissioner Miller said it w impression that the
ing t and to get a e diverse board
fromrLOngwoodsbasedebusinessesbos emberso£rom Longwood
businesses, making it more well roundedm and also to assist with
reaching a quorum.
r Vacca felt this would be sending a ong m sage t
themboardnmembets. Statement has been made thatww eelook ing
for CEO ~s o ongwood based businesses a ought the
d did c ist of m pagers and o nofsLOngwoodtbusinesses.
Sherbelievednthis ordinance was sayi ngrthe commissron does not
have confidence in them.
Mayot Miles thought appointment of a 12 membe[ b azd does n
oily a a quorum will be a as up totthe 1
commsttee to findea time a quorum couldcbe reaahed.w
n failed to c rry by a vote, Mayor Miles,
ingsnayera ndvC er Millerrand Deputy
Mayor sa rqe nt voting raye.n
10. C HNARINC - - granting a -
xBlusive franchi~eDf orwtheNOOllection of commercial solid
waste to ewi/southland waste systems.
Mr. Taylor read Ordinance No. 98-1395 by title only.
Mayor Miles opened t e public hearing. No one present spoke in
favor or rn opposition.
Deputy Mayor Sargent m ved to close the public
hearing. onded by C mmzssroner Vacca and
carried bySVOrce vote.
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t mbri eXplaioea t all o ene c .
effect u rl eoptioefor~a eryear
wal w ouldrbe throughw0 aid staff
ould bringct ack t ob[he commassaon at an
appropriate trmeapr for tone p atron.
Carried by unanimous roll call vote.
13. eaffe8mongRSUpportingRthesC rido~Na eapreferred
alignment for the LYNX central Florrda LighthRa it system.
Miller said he believed Che c ved too
tilylwith regard to passing R solution Nomr98 r934~o aid he
agreed the C riaor is the r~ght place; however, thought the
solution should h had s e language i say that 100&
consideration be given to Chemresidents inndowntown Longwood.
Deputy Mayor Sargent d not thrnk rt vas necessary to do
anything at this pcintrd
e Lovestra nd discussed the public hearing that w
held3at3Lyman Nigh S ool a which a of opposition
took place. aidch red theedemonstration had been
staged by c n lobby istsswho got a volved t speak
against the eC Xrbecause they would prefer rthe rail system b
r e I-4 c ridor. urther, did n t believe their
of lected t of the people.
a ndtsaiafhelvou ld have n objection t ing
language put i solution that due cons~derat ion be given to
the Longwooa resraents.
Discussion continued with respect to how the language should
recta.
Mayor Miles indicated concern with adding any language at this
time.
Miller m aaa a aaaitional
ena c elamx, t all aae
siaeracioeceegi~ee to the r siae~tshin
aownmwn Longwooa in the corriaor.
Deputy Mayor Sargent felt said there have b ea
presentations, o o the c wellsa
public h ing. n aria i as lspeopleain favorsdotnot
show up; ethose opposed w111 come.
Commissioner Lpvestrand secondetl the motion.
Discussion c ued o e language should b
eespect to whatrcons trtutes the tlowntown area and eshoulaetherword
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ree iaenar~ ba asea.
1
Miller m yea a anaea motion to say
thatrM1e1a drthe city a ney woula meet a aft
appropriate languagerand r introduce thedr
solution a regular m ing.
by c mrssroner Lovestra nd ana carrrea byavorce
12. - ending Article III.
Departmen~sNOby ~epea l.i ng s Department and 2-
Police Department a replacing w
titled Public Safety Department, providing for renumbering
of subsequent sectrons.
Mr. Taylor read Ordinance No. 98-1J 96 by title only.
ved t cept Ordinance N
- n firstcreaai nq anaa to schedule a public
hearing foe February 16, 1998. onded by Deputy
Mayor Sargent and carried by una nrmous roll call
vote.
13. ending tM1e budget for the fiscal
yea~Lbeginn~ng O tober 1 199J and ending September 3 ,
1998, providing for budget amendment.
Mr. Taylor read Resolution No. 98-932 by title only. ~
Commissioner V vea to adopt Resolution No.
98-932. ondeaaby Deputy Mayor Sargent and
carried byeunanimous roll call vote.
14. EsOLNTION N - uthoriz ing e cutien of a andum
of Agreement between6tM1e City of Longwood and the Florida
Department of T nsportation for the maintenance of State
Road RigM1ts-of way by the City.
Mr. Taylor read resolution No. 98-935 by title only.
vea to adopt Resolution No.
- onaeda by C missloner Miller and
carrzed byeveice vote.
espouse to C r Lovestza nd, Mr. S ith s
red a arkham Woods Road t Ta lmots
a ndeo Hwye 1 - 2 from Shepard Road t o Nowevertre
will be unae e'c on and did not believeathere would be as
mem mowing to beaao eei
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15. ITY A
- A. water ana sewer write-offs ana rate stuay.
ith s requestetl M Mitchell provide h report
(aa I/21/96)hrege tling w er/sewer w -offs wh ichrheawas
providing for the commissionts in[ormatron.
ith referred t vetl from the city auditor
espect t informationtrequested o the cost of a water rate
studyrand recommended the study De accomplished.
r Lovestxand w of the opinion tRe study did not have
ombesdone by a and it ingaf irm, but could be done internally. He
suggested perhaps a internal c ing o th,
ity c e froamF nance, andsanother staffmr
memb r, cou ldsaccomplishethe study.r
ith s d he a tudy, r n-house,
ouldmbe a aeptha nAdditionallyhea expertfc ing li ou ld
Rave m redi bi li ty than staff, however, i ou ld be done i -
house ifethe commrsaron was willing to accept the staff s report.
r Lovestrand asked for opin s from the other members
of these Commissioner Milleroana Mayor Miles favored
an in-hou erstudy.
ompleted b udget, aed by Comm issaoner
Miller. Carried by voice vote.
m Seminole C my staff members re. taki
over county util it iesou
thought the c eeded to hear from them. aid
he would assumem rRearing no objections, that they shouldmbe here.
c. Sinking Fund.
ith said h ing w that the s ing fund Eor
construction of a communitynaenter was to be established
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following final payment n ono fAaqust 1 gal.
estrana en oyne5e ebhaa been aiso~ssion about
takingsactionLduring budget this year.
15. A rditD e p nt vs. City of Longwood - Genial of
coverageev
Taylor b fed the c the s
litigation, that being t ompa nytssdenial o athen
claim due to the s not askingafor m netary damages. f
Taylor suggested, due to Mr. Roper having handled litigation for
o hire M Roper to a t him w e litigation a the s
rate he charges the i ompa nyth$100 per h Taylor
aid it would be difficultnt say h any hours will berneeded,
but did believe i Quid probably bewexpensive to defend.
said he and Mr. Roper would not duplicate any efforts but would
represent the city 1n the Hardin litigation; Mr
litigation. Seconded by Deputy Mayor Sargent.
Upon inquiry, M Taylor explained h s litigation fee w s 5125 1
per hour a Roper's w s $300 per hour. Taylorasaid as
the c e progresses, h with the c
cutive s but i dry to havema ~rtireporter
present because the meetingssbecomespublic record after the
litigation ends.
ssiener Miller felt the commission should be updated monthly
on the progress and expense.
Motion carry ea by unanimous roll call vote..
B. Sale of Longwood Health Care Center.
r. Taylor repoetea that the sale of the Longwood Health C
cility had been finalized. t proceeds to the city aftere
payment of bond, approx. 51,340e000 which w approximately
5200,000 m rig finally anticipated. a Taylor a d he
had also negotiated for Beverly to pay the associated closing
Mr. Tayloe said the city's insurance company is handling the
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~, i aaa m oper eeaiaf; nowewer, M roper i
ingts istancera willrp bly n
about 20 hours ofslitigat.i on otimehauthorizedeby the comm issron.
n by C coded by Deputy
Mayor Sargent tosgrant M Taylor 20 hours of
litigation t uit. otion
carried by una nrmous roll calls vote.
No report.
ved to adjourn. a by
DeputysMayor Sargent and carried by vorce vote.
The meeting adjourned at 9.0 p L//./.
.m CRyYf le~ Mi ~, I22, MaYOr
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