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Longwood City Commission Chambers
175 W. Warren Avenue
Longwood, Florida
WORK SESSION
May 13. 1996 MINUTES "1:00 P.M.
Present: Mayor Bill Winston
Com r Iris Henson
Commissiener lim Carrico
Commissioner Ron Sargent
W. Shelton Smith City Administrator
Gealdine D. Lambri. City Clerk
Jobn Brock, Dir. of PlanninglRtdg.
Fernand Tiblier, Dir. of Public Work
Absent: Deputy Mayor Vacca
Ilichard $. Taylor, Jr.. (excused)
I. CALL TO ORDER, Mayor Winston called a work session to ordu at '1:05 p.m.
Moh n by Com r Sargen onded by Commissioner Benson, to suspend
the rules. Carriedsby unanimotu voice vote.
2. REVIEW CITY OF LONGWOOD SEWER AND PAVING POLICIES.
Mr. Tiblier presented a brie! update on the activities wiNin dto w r system u a
salt of the e grvtted by the c n [or residential Hookups. Mr. Tiblier
exhibi[ed a deorch n[ r [hat will be useA to otsfy resider of the vailabiliry of sewer. He
also noted there bade been s e discuuion about provsding i es for c cial
hookups. lie suggested themdoor hanger ould also be usedent otify c cial
Mr. Tiblier gave a bneC overview of a meeting he bed a«ended with MrmSmi[h
ands Mrrserock to begin deliberations on how [o approach a er plans.
e of the ideas dimussed w licipated perhaps wi[hin sly years t~hateall un erved
ould be erved; t m pros taday to year 2000 will w real end
endus rial a and beyonA That w'Ill shift to residential; in the will work on getting
dry lines ac vated; the acquisition o a privace utility was discussed, such as, eegoiring
Longwood Utilities (2 million gPd). Sanlando Utilities (20 million gpd); diswssed
of a on million-gpd plant n r the m er lift sl at Gndyland. In
tarpon inquiry, Mr. Tiblier acid [hat one million sgallons of capacity should take c
of the defer and should be adequate to serve dte city. In rosponse to a quenion about
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hooking in the 800 block of E. Church, Mr. Tiblier said he Iras asked Lochmne Engineering
to give a proposal, being e mndffcation w e Wastewater Systems Agreement for Projects
2,3 and 4, prepared in the 80's, which if the mmmission desired to approve, would take the
projec s from design through pumihing. He explained that due additi nal
projeus, such as, providing sewer to the 800 block of E. ChurGr, he would need additionalr
ce due to the work load. A copy o[ the Cochrane proposal wad tlistributed to the
Commissioner Sargent said c eial hookups a and have been mandatory by
ordinance, and said m offer a discotmt to commercial wmild .seta precedent and a backlash
of criticism would be received from the people. Mr. Smith said he world not recommend
e dismount be given to commercial. During discussion Mr_ Tibliu explained the most of
cial hookup. Mention w s also made that commercial se nections have been
mandatory probably at Ieest from the time the city connected to theocounty, and possibly
es early as the early 80's.
The Pending Sewer LLswmer Lirt, dated May 13, 1996, was Preserved and each category
explained after which disc sued. Tha Commission w s advised that Mt. Taylor
as following up cn no cial c who had nol yet hooked in to the
Farther, Mr. Taylor w nn~he proc ssof preparing the mongeges on othus who
had oregnested to finance Nte required fees, es
With reaped to business along W. Church Avenue, Mr. Smith reminded [he wmmisslon
that the sewer line had not been insalled in the righvwf-way but was ukmt diagonally from
the City HnII complex to the Police building due to the fact that the com mission did no[
to force commercial hook up along W. Church of that tithe. Due to the 500 foot
distance requirement for sewer hookup, he advised the eommisxion would have to Grange
the rule in order to require o0 or put in nothu Tine Mr. Smith said [he most
difficul[ area ro service would benbetween the Apple Becket and Our Boutique
Discussion ensued es to how mandatory se could be enforced. Furthu discussion
hued with respec o the ci[y paying impact fees and n on[hly s er fees. Mr. Smith
'asked to get Mr. Taylor s opini whether the impac s should be paid by the
city to the Cnteryrise Pund. Mc Smith advised that dte cos[ of udli[ies is divided and
Gtarged to [he individual city departments for budgeting purposes; however, charging impac[
fees to [he individual oily departments was discussed end it s the ro of the
not to charge bank those fees. Discussion continued as ring WS Church
Avenues and it noted that the Apple Basket had indicated interest i~hooking in. Mr.
Tiblier will mnmet them in tlt is respuA.
Mayor Winswn rerapperl the status of the individual se categories, noting that
the upper left and upper middle e the n impor mmediate follow up.
Disc imed a enforcing the hookups and charging a onthly s
chargestifn[he cuvwmec shad not yer hooked up after notification of availabil lye sometof
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