CCMtg10-04-93MinPre ent:
Mayor Paal Lovestrana
Deputy Mayor Harvey S rilson
Anderson
Steve Miller
red P arl
Fellin, city Aaministrator
raiai~eM~ ambri, city clerk
Hecky V ity A ney
Richard Wells, CitytPlanner
1. Mayor Lovestrand called a regular meeting to order at ]. 00 PM.
2. A m of silent meditation was followed by the Pledge of
Allegiance eto the Flag.
ead a Proclamation PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF
OCTOBER, 1993 AS SDOMESTIC VZOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.
8. Ms. V oclamation PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF
OCTOBER 1993, AS SPINAL HEALTH MONTH.
Mayor L and presented the P oclamation to Di. R erg.
enberg introduced Or. D and Dr. e on and then extended his
appreciation to the City and the Doctors.
4. PUHLIC PARTICIPATION. No one from the public paeticipated.
5. CONSENT AGENDA_
HILLS A oBER.
H. APPROVALOOF MINUTES OF EMERGENCY MEETING~RHEPTEMBEA 23,
C. HEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN INSURED
INCOMEAPROPERTS ES L1982HAND THE CITY OF LONGWOOD.
Mayor Lovestrand asked that Item C. be considered separately.
n by C r Anderson, s d by C r Pearl,
that i andsH not t consent Agenda be approved LO Carried by
unanimous roll call vote.
Mayor Lovestrand asked the agreement should be adopted by
solution. Ms. Vose advised that the easement is being granted to
the City.
by Anderson, ondetl by Deputy Mayor
rilson, that the rS t Agreement b red
ropeeties and the c ty of Longwood be approved.2e Carrie by
unanrmous roll call vote.
ALL G N (AM N INDUSTRIAL) S E 7-9 AND LOTS
UTH L Io ANT: AMERICAN
IAL CENTER. OWNER. DAN WOODS ?EPROPOSED USE: WAREHOUSING.
Wells presented the site plan and explained that the proposed
ce/warehouse building would b sq. £ that city
ailable a e project will be subject t nole
untyeroadr impact fees and to WM permit o emption~ E aid
staff recommended approval subject to meeting those requirements.
by C ar 1, s onded by Deputy Mayor S rilson,
t tapprove the Al.1rG Site Plan subject to compliance with staff
comments. Carried by eunanimous roli call vote.
~. E%TRAORDINARY COSTS TO E%TI NGUISN FIRE AT AAA TREE SERVICE.
McFell in referred the c report from the Fire
Chief titled Alarm 5 ary, O
noted that n osts w ncluded, but the report ew s broken down
rnto personnelchou nrts hours and assistance agencies.
Mayor Lovestrand asked if the City had a ordinance that allows
charging back. Ms. Vose said the City does n t have a ordinance,
uch, but a specific ordinance is not needed. ted
Florida c which i volved the costs being charged ba ck~,oo
nmparticular being Orlando, r which they r d 95 cents o
the dollar of their cost after a uit w s filed f red
up a spi 11 that had o red o - wed a
that then ouldv use rn
attempting to uchargef for textraordi nary costs rncureed.
ued a o possible c of the fire, whether i
sedco duen negligence, relessness spontaneous
ombustion. Mayoro Lovestrana w copposed to AAA
being charged £ ary costs to fight the firer ca ingvthe
fact that the City did not have a ordinance whicR allowedreharging
back the cost of fighting fires ~ r Miller w opposed
o AAA Tree S e being charged as she believed AAASw not
esponsi ble for t ating t int where the c
fight the Ordinarythand he referenced s
Chapman's memo rn whichehee recapped the daily progress of the f~iref
recover 52,]"!5, the extraorarnary cost to purchase the foam.
with regard t whether the height o mulch
pilesssand cinaccessibility was a contributing factortRrn Che
calation of the fire, whether the fire calated due to
breakdown i equipment or whethee the cause wassdue to spontaneous
combustion.n
arl spoke in favor of charging for the e ary
ostss andn said i understanding that, had the rp it es nn
been s high, the possibility of bringing in the foam would n
have been n ary. Further, i s brought in because
of height andeinaccessibility offtheemounds.
Miller said the fire started way in the back a
ithe piles and because of a eakdown i equipment, theafire
rekindled because it was not adequately put out and then moved to
the largee piles.
Deputy Mayor Smerilson asked if the need to use this foam was due
and there was insufficient access to the fire as vt was surrounded
by woods.
Mayor L and, s ted there i ally no precedence for charging
and the cityr Ras no ordinance that says we will charge victims of
fires.
ted during discussion that ted by code
enforcement for The height of the mulch piles andsi tow also n ted
that there is still a open case at Code Enforcement with regard to
Deputy Mayor 5 rilson said Re w unfortunately, unable t make
special m ing. ontinuea saying this w the first fire
of etRis type tRat the City has extinguished and n~f Ch is was gross
relessness. Said the problem he would have 1 if the City w
s these people, a they going t ess others and then
howadoeyou determine who and when to assess.
Mayors rilson a Miller voting nay ana commissioner
i earl and commissioner Anderson voting aye.
except that all reference to recovered mateeials was removed
ted that the only reference r ing w n Article
Vwh ich orequired c ial e tablishmentsn to comply with all
eequiiements of any recycling program.
Motion by c mmissioner Miller, s onded by c Anderson,
that Ordinance N cepted o eading antl that a
public hearing be scheduled for October fl8, 1993. Carried by
unanimous roll call vote.
Wells referred to his m o dated September 3 1993 which he
aid w the s s his prior m ith the e ception of s
angel m sea o However, saia ne aid
take the Market out ofvthe c rolmof tthe City. noted s
oftthe changes: deleted "Recreatvon Dvrector and replaced it with
ector; apply $1.00 of the $12. D0 rental fee to a cupational
e fee so the vendors a shown to be paying a license fee.
Mecnoted that Section 1 of the City Code allows the C
to set fee for ncOlass if ied rchants and asked that sthe
Commvsslon set up a fee of $I per Saturday pee vendor.
Wells d tributed a ing the
startup and iongoing cost for the Longwood C ityc Farmees Market
d then requested the C n to approve $SOO i order t begin
advertise t arket mm that on the first day of the
arket there w oand 250/30 shoppers o r the day.
Further, M orliss~, etheeo of the vegetable standVehas agreed
to be the market m Hager and nwill not charge for the service until
the market is up and running.
Deputy Mayor S rilson asked, if a rchant a early had a City
occupational license, wou l.d the $1.o0m fee be wavved and Mr. Wells
n by Deputy Mayor Smerilson, s onded by c Miller,
0 1o ec ommvssvoner
that the City appropriate $500 t ablish the Market, and that a
$1. 0 per w k per v cupational Lvicense fee be charged.
Carried by unanimous roll call vote.
lo. APPOINTMENT OF CANVASSING BOARD FOR NOVEMBER 2, 1993 ELECTION.
ambri explained that City Code requires that a Canvassing
Board be appointed in order to canvass the absentee ballots and
the Clerk and ity ssioner, nsti<ute the
ingnB and and that she wou ld os ong w
BatesssP that ethe Commis sionerM appointed
could not be a cand idateSwith opposition.
mayor Lowedtrana saia he wianea < Miller.
Seconded by Comm issvoner Bear 1. carriedn by unanimous voace voce.
Eellin said a the loot c ehe c
gave permission t iclemautbor iz atiw u til r solu<ion
aiauaftetr r rching, it appears when the
change proposed by the Mayor w supposed t orporated, a
did not c e back fors and r sing i the m reflected i the
notes, w~na when orai~a~ e w passed er the worainyn as
inconsistent with whatewas vn the mvnutes.
by approving c that then becomes a officially
approved actvvityav The second sentence says the parameters will be
s to what udget cycle" m but said it appears to
approved a ity unless it v changed. But s
thought at nt does have the duty t Sider it, b aid
she did not believe vthat what was previously approved wouldubecome
It was the consensus of the Comm vssion that a budget amendment
five advisers for a f 54]8.75. aid this would
expense panda wouldt be funded from ethe Confiscation
undo amid the Explorers would a ist in such things as crowd
controlEfor special events in the city.
Mot vo by Deputy Mayor Smerilson, seconded by Commvssroner Peael to
Carried by unanvmous roll call vote
regaed t inquiry last week about
orkers compensation of aid Mr. Coleman advised that
there is a $2,500 deductiblecper claim.
of an addvtvonal dvsbursemenT. of $822.44 for pay for the Building
off ioiar a A onference. xe n tnat it w a budgeted
and that t ity w not paying f any t nsportation costs
It was tnehconsensus of Commission to approve the disbursemen
13. CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT.
Ms. Vose Bard the City nad race rued a check for $506.20 for pay
s due a a part o ttl ement. Ghe advised that s
aademand letter and a aonOCtobe[ 4, the d they w requiaredet
pay, o payment w calved. Ms, aid rn eher letter o£
September 2 ashe did advise themVOP the penalties that could
be i recta i rminal charges e filed and triple damages
charged and said Ter r ould be t Eile a omplai nt
for triple <he a enpaid.n s the c sensus of the
commrseion that Ms. vos~oao wna<e~er is neoeeaary on
T R3. Deputy Mayor S ith
the two Sbargaininq u s have been r tifiedsar aeid tnereowere no
changes so there was no need for an executive session.
TRICT #2. arl aid he had r ved
reque tsf additionalms een lignting o be r talledeat the
front, back and the G ant Street side of the Longwood Retirement
ing F cility. Me Pe llin said he w ork ing with the
Police Department and Public Works with regards to the request.
arl said he had r calved a ouple of calls from Bay
raboune code iolat ions antic noted that the Code
Enforcemeht Officer had been very actrve in this area.
T #3. Miller said a the last m ing
during Public Pa rticipationos entioned tthat the drainage
problem a rch and G t had on [epaieea. aid h
personally spoke to the o of the N ing H and the problem
had been repaired and complemented the City Administrator for
having had the problem resolved.
T p4, r Anderson se id certain questions
nave beenasked of them Cityr Attorney and eye beows were ra rsed by
defending a position on school buses
Mayor Lovestrend said he would need .
Mayor Lovestrand passed the gavel and made a able t e
discussion to the next meeting. Seconded by Commrssroner i+earl h
aid with regard t rdi na nce dealing with solid w
y she had tried to explain the State law i biguous, and said
shetspent 40 hours r rching. I my w ashe finally got i
uch with M aat the League that s able to get the
information needearrsshe c saying sheehad sgone through the
ordinance c refully and tt 8id do t hurt anything to pass the
authorizing aordinance as presented a it would have allowed the
- xclusive pickup to begin. She said it w s the best thing the
cityelegally could have done at that point.
Motion careied by unanimous roll call vote.
DISTRICT C5. Mayor L and said the City may have t
revrew its occupational License code as rt relates to sidewalk
they sell, they fear for their business
ted. said she is having a problem with s ral juveniles
nthe a a jumping her fence and is fearful they will be hurt. He
aid she has called Ue police but the call i Bated a
urgent call and the juveniles are gone before the police arrive.
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