CCMtg01-11-93WSMinPresent: Mayor Yaul Lovestrand
Deputy Mayor H vey Smerilson
x Anderson
Commissioner S Miller
Commissioner FredeY arl (1eEt a approx. 6:35 P. M.
James A Fe11 in, City Administrator
raldineMD. Zambri, City Clerk
Becky Vo , ity Attorney
1. Mayor Lovestrand called a work sessron to order at S:oS P.M.
2. STOAMWATER PRIORITIES.
Mayor Lovestrand explainetl that u ua11y there i o public
participation a ork s howevers he had been requested by
ted individuals to sbo allowed to present their c and
hetsaid with the agreement of the Commission he would all owel invited
input t a spokesperson from the Wildmere ar , Shomate Drive and
Skylark.
athy S ag9erty, 247 Tullis A explained Che history
of the flooding in the a referred to uas the Wildmere M
iry Lake Hoge Halo She distributed handouts othe
a od aexplained, u inq a hand drawn map, how the tr Hoff
fromrpaved a Lyman Highs School Field, all streets i Columbus
arbour, andre n grassed a all flow into the Canal (tlitch7.
She said she and as of the affected r sidenta walked the ditch
and c up with s suggestions, i the entire ditch could be
pipedamenlarge all the culverts, s aighten o the 90 degree angle
eider A reduce the a of w r flowing i the ditch,
divert whatVC oEE of Lyman High School, divezt s oof the flow
from the westm end of Lake A t problem ma of
wildmere and Oleander a children vandalize this culvert ne
waggerty further advised that the CR 92] area someone rs
throwing construction materials into the ditch.
owler, Shomate Drive, referenced his letter to
Tiblier and responses from him and presented the C ith a
letter and pictures taken on June 4. aid all w r from CA 42]
ncluding the slope c s down Shomatee also all water from Fisher
Place and Haslip Ct. ome Discussion e red with regard to how t
solve the problem. Spiess asked t address the Commission
and said there w then problem o Shomate D n front of the
Sidence.as Spiess w advised that the1COmmrssron had
received the correspondence fromsMrs. Bates.
artli, 1509 Mockingbird L aitl ner property r
extremely low and backs up to law landsane5 he said this s of
Skylark w r filled in properly and, therefore, drainage i
very pooxa ands water stands For days e after a moderate r
Said she has been there 12 years and itVhas always been a problem.
She further explained the condition of her lot. Sne appealed t
the C t the drainage problem, said she believed
if a e drainage tlitcn w s put between her home and the next
yard tneeater would then r o the street, also s ethinq under
the driveway and a new storm drain on her side of the scree[.
Mayor Lovestrand asked the Adminis tutor and M Tiblier for
input. Anderson said he believed based on funding,
anpower Cand equipment, he would like the Commission to look a the
projects that have been presented in Lhe past and reprioritize.
Tiblier updated the Commission o steps being taken with the
County, i plans and specifications being prepared and submitted
to St. Sohns' River w nagement District r e{fort t
solve the problems in ethe awildmere a referenced antl
explained s of the proposed drainage projec scheduled, v
hake Ruth (Shomate Dr.~ n 1994, and others listed in his memo
dated Sanuary ~, 1993.
cal a o£ c and reprioritiz ing the projects w
aiscussadl '2 esponse t arl, M Tiblier agreed
with him that rthe a o£c Churchn end eGrant, uth cant s
(Wildmere a ea) and Lake Ruth w of a rit ical nature. There w
discussion with respect to the eCOUnty's responsibility to correct
the anon.
Commissioner Miller asked the City Attorney if the City had
any r any m ney spent o the ditch from the
County c0 Mse V eider ould be a appropriate expenditure for
either entity ifeit affects the County and the City.
esponse t meiisaioner P arl, M Tiblier said he had n
yet r ved any a the per nit request. r Pearl
aid hea rbelie~ed this i of a urgent n and es aid he
ould contact 5 and suggested other Commission members do the
expeai[ew the permit. Deputy Mayor Smeril.son aid he
belie ed the Commission should direct the City Administrator to
stay o top of the C nty. The c of c ectinq the o
and Oleander 5 where there w a bottleneck, w s,discussea
antl M Tiblier estimated the c sapproximately $19,000. After
ont inued discussion i s the c of the C that
the City c t this o of then ditch i the Wildmere area
as soon aso the permit fromeSJRWMD was recerved n
There w s discussion c ing deferring the purchase of the
uckaa ighlandcHillo project i order to do the o
ectionti wildmeree a Shomate D e project. Deputy Mayor
rilson nobjeeted to deferring the Highland Nills project saying
its would be c effective to do the project a thin t
would be done vn coordination with a Florida Power' projects and
suggested the bitl fox labor and pipe only be accepted
ing the problem i Wildmere and whether the City might need
to rnvoke the conflict/dispute resolution.
There w ued discussion on the flooding at the lower
end of Shomate D and the possible remedies and estimated cost
to correct the arwatron.
there w o further discussion, the Commission recessed Erom
6510 to 6:2c P. M.
3. GOALS S OBJECTIVES FOA CITY.
Mayor L estrand asked each Commissioner, i number
order, to present their input which he said could Dbe ibroken down
and prroirtrz ed at the next meetrng.
As Commissioner Pearl w nable to stay through the s r ,
Deputy Mayor Smerilson allowed him to make his presentations'
#2. After brief presentation which
background was presented, Commissioner Pearl offered the followings
aid a solid decision needed to be made as to where the City w
to go with s whether to say i the s r business or get o
also where the City w o go withe solid waste. He aid
ial businesses need ato hook up t which may be sthe
and make the system solvent entually. further
suggested the Commission r w the r endations of Code Revrew
Committee proposed revrs tuns to the city code.
District #1. Deputy Mayor Smeril son said his major c
abide by the c rules and Procedures, o ochange
them~ift they a t being rfollowed; sit the budgeT and
perhaps xeprioritize s of the items.to ithr regard t staffing
and layoffs, Deputy Mayoresmerilson said the Personnel Policies and
cedures should be clarified, aid he believed bumping w
0 our contract and asked far an opinion from a second
attorney int
t #3 - Hiller said he believed there w
eedrt othesbndget~ believed there w a lot of fats
Said he would like to take a look a ing s mething to the
taxpayer. Said he agreetl with CommissionernP arl that Mr Fe11in
fine administrator but suggested he system of
performance measurement for the department heads with tickler dates
for v s projects. also suggested there should be some
amendments made to the Personnel Policy.
t k9 - Anderson saitl he too bel ievetl the
e policy, Rules and P cedares, and city code w
eed of r aid during the C nalys is Task F
he made a few r endations as far as downs ing and s
i.nipl.emented. he samid he would also like to see some Senror Crtrzen
Programs implemented
District k5 - Mayor Lwestxand said he would like to s
pilot project on privatization. tie referenced a sidewalk project
done in-house which he said he believed could have been done less
expensively. aid he believed there lot of m Eor
privatization i Public Works. suggestetl that Public Works
could compete with the private sector on a project.
Co~mnissioner Pearl left at this point in the meeting.
Mayor Lovestrand suggested a ork s ith former City
neys t n preparing the garbage contract and suygested
open competition of ing garbage. Said he would like to s
the code r ritten on wback£low prevention. aid he w also
ned with performance m suggested a sultant be
hired to perform salary a rveyn[s omparing salaries the
industry a whole,a not just t other cities. Said he would like
e the Personnel Policy changed and would like t ery job
n the City numbered s when there r a layoff it sc ne be done
onymously= ith regards to advertising, Mayor L estrand said
perhaps the City should do its required advertising ~n a newspaper
of greater crrculat ion.
Mayor estrand aid any questions the suggestions
presentetl tonight could be asked at the next meeting.
Deputy Mayor smerilson referenced the back£low prevention code
and suggested that r sidential a well a ial be r wed.
Deputy Mayor s rile on said he would like t and xlabor
neys opinion o the question of bumpingw rightsc, ing a
different law Eirm. n Fell in aid with the Commission's
he and the City Attorney could go ahead and look i
thisen Mayor L and said he checked with t attorneys and they
both had the s topinion - there w o bumping. Deputy Mayor
rilson Saida this r magen of contracts used where
arts have ruled theresa a bumping procedures and said he believed
nother labor a neys ropinion should be requested. the
of the Commission to request a second opintion s£rom
anotherulabor attorney.
Commissioner Miller suggested, with regard to the s rate
e from the c nty, that the n ary legal actions bertaken
ted by the City Administrator ss aid she needed
direction from the C the exte step go to
mediation and that m it hin fi0 days.n therc of
the Commission that uM e proceed in thet teps required sto qo
she mediation with the county on the sewer rncrcaac.
Anderson referencetl pamphlet released by
LegalnC set which he had r ved in his mail box and
Americthe information was based on municipalities of 400,000
figures where a municipality of our size re concerned
4. Meeting adjourned at 6:50 P.M
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