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CCMtg04-05-10Min IL®n~gw®®d Cgty ~®~n~n~~fl®~ Cfl~a~n~~rr~ g`~~ ~~s~ ~I~rr~n Avenua~ 1L®ngw®®d, E+ flo~°nda I~]I1~T'~'~~ A~rflfl ~9 2®]l® 7 e®® ~<li!1I. Present: Mayor .Iohn C. Mai~ngol Y~eputy Mayor Joe I?urso Com~issioncr Bob Cortex Coua~lssfloner I~. G. "Butch" Bundy Cogu~issioner Arian I?. ~ackctt Bengal IC,angley, City Attorney I~atri~aa Powell, City Aduain~st~ator ~a~°ala M. IVlarus, City Clerek .Tohn Pct~rs, ~3irector of Public Worms/City Engineer fob Pike, Buildang ®fficial Coanflnander ~u~~ Cohen, Police l~cpartanent Slgex°yl Bowe,1)irecto~ of Co~naunity IDeveYopmcnt Iran Mali, Director of IJeisurc ~ca°~ice~ Pat~icc Murphy, As~istaut to the City Administrator I. CAI_,I_, B'® ®I2I~EI2. Mayor Maingot called the. meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 2. A moanent of SII~El~l'~ MBlII'~'ATIOl~ was followed by the PI.~IIGl~; ®P A]L]LEGIAI~TCE. 3, C®IVIIVITJI~I~I'~ Al~TI~0IJ1elClEMEl~1~~. None. 4. I~CC G1vI'I'I®1`1S/PIt®CIlAMATI~I~S. A. District #S. Presentation of the )$usiness Person of the Month Award for Apri12010 to l~leville Martin, ®wner of rev's Caribbean shop, located at 190 Ronald Reagan Boulevard. Mayor Maingot.read a brief biography on Mr. Neville Martin, Owner of Nev's Caribbean Shop, and presented him with the Business Person of the Month Award for Apri12010. Photographs were then taken. B. Proclaami~g flee Month of Apri12010 as Claild Abuse Prevention Monnth. .Mayor Maingot read a Proclamation proclaiming the Month of Apri12010 as "Child Abuse Prevention Month". He presented the Proclamation to Ms. Laura Phipps, Kids: House of Senunole County. Photographs were then taken. CC 04-05-10/83 ~~AI~~ A]P'lP®~l~t'~M'+1~7C~. A. IDg~tr'Ilet #21®?®Il~na~aation t® the Cha~te~° AdvIl~®~ C®nIlIlYaattee. Deputy Mayor Durso deferred lis nomination to the April. 19, 2010 City Convnisson Meeting. 6. ~~J~J<,~~ ~I~1~><J'TC. A. ~~ebliic ~~a°tnegp~taon. R. Ediwin Morrow, 1465 Cricket Court, said he came here to talk about the karate program. He stated he was a student in this organization and his eleve?i (11) year old daughter was a student. He said this ~~hole organization was based on family: He stated if a person ea.n't afford karate, the Instructor has initiated scholarship programs far children whose parents don't have the funds. The. Instructor will reduce the fees based on what the fanny can afford. He said most karate academies charge anywhere fiom $120 to $150 a month per student. He stated the Instructor can help people because the rent is within reason and h~ does not have to charge high exorbitant prices. He said if the rent is raised, then there may not. be a Seide Karate Program. He stated he has approximately twe~ity (20) to twenty five (25) students with an average of $50 to~ $60 a month. He said to raise the rent to $40 an hour would triple the :Program. He decla~~ed Longwood has a great. deal to be proud of in this gentleman. He stated the Instructor deserves to be honored for what he has given to this comrr~unity. He said the parents that bring their children there know that their children are in good, safe hands and are learning g~~od citizenship, discipline, and obedience. He asked the City to not raise the rent. Gilbert Alstein, 255 Mounts Bay Court, said he has been vivolved in Martial Arts for thirty (30) years and does this frill-time. I4:e began teaching in Longwood in 2002. He said their rates are very low compared to the average school. They charge'$9 per class that avera€;es out to $36 to $45 a month.. He stated to be able to charge like this, he teaches at comn~.unity centers. He said this allows a lot of people to be able to take karate. that would otherwise not be able to. He stated:, as Mr. Edwin Morrow indicated, if a person cannot afford the full fee, they pay what they can. He said his rent at this time in Longwood is $.12.:50 an hour and they use the facility one to two hours on Mondays and Thursdays. At most, Lie has twenty (20) students.. He stated if the rate is increased, the only way he .can survive is to increase the tuition. He said karate was an art that teaches confidence, ethics, and self-control. He staled they hold a tounlament every year in Maitland and one hundred percent (100%) of the proceE:ds are donated to children's charities. ' Susie :Dolan, 1083 Cross Cut Way, said the American Cancer Society in conjunction with the Cities of Longwood and Casselbei7y held Relay for Life lastweekend. -She thanked everyone who participated fronrthe City of Longwood and supported the. event. She thanked the Police Department CC 04-OS-10%g4 and Fire Department for putting together teams. She thanked the Mayor and Commissioners for their participation. JoAnne Rebello, 301 Loch Lomond Avenue, said she has noticed under the Consent Agenda some expenditures over the last several months that she has questioned. She reviewed expenditures that'concerned her. She stated when the Commission approves expenditures, they need to look at whether these expenditures were budgeted, were they unexpected, and if so, how will it affect the end of the year. C~l~~lEl~'f AG~1~DA. A. Ap~rcove Miffirate~ of the Mix ch 1~, ~®fl® ~eganflarr Meetiffi~. B. Ap~~ovafl of the Aia~°ifl ~®fl® ~xpefficiita~~°es. C. Apprcovall of Tt+affinifly ~o~aas flffiterclocafl ~oIlu~ffitar~ Coo~pc~°~.tio~ Ag~°eement fore ®pe~°ation~l Assi~ta~nee. Conunissioner Sackett moved to approve the Consent Agenda as submitted. Seconded by Cotnrnissioner Bundy. Discussion was held regarding Item 7 B. Discussion was held regarding the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) enunent domain cases. Motion carried by a unanimous roll call vote. Ms. Murphy gave a brief update on the Legislative Session. She said the Session ends on Apri130, 2010. The Florida. League of Mayors is having a fly-in on April 21St and April 22°d. She stated Mayor Maingot, Deputy Mayor Durso, and Commissioner Coi-tes are gouig to be in Tallahassee representing the City of Longwood.. She :advised there are about thirty-two (32) unfunded mandates that are moving forward and gave an overview for some of these bills. ~gJBfl,flC ~~Alt~1~~GS. None. 9. 1GTJLAR BflJSfl1~lESS. A. Di~~ussioffi on tlae Seise Ka~°ate ~'outh P~o~xaBffi. Ms. Powell said at the February 15:, 2010 City Commission Meeting, Commissioner Bundy asked the Commission to revisit the-use of the Community Building by the karate group. She stated information has been provided to the.. Commission and staff was looking for direction from the Commission as to whether to remain at the $12.50 hourly rate or raise this to $40 an hour. She stated another option would be for them to contract with Leisure Services and become a City program with the City collecting CC 04-OS-10/85 20°/~ of the gross revenues. She advised the Seide Karate Program at this time: pays the City approximately $3,000 annually in rcnf:als. Co7runissioner :Bundy said he met with Ms. Powell this afternoon regarding this issue. He stated part of the reason he brou€;ht this up before the Commission was due to his being contacted by a couple of people who own karate schools in town that were concerned the City was subsidizing a program. He said he would preferably like to see it become a program undE;r Leisure Services with the 80/20 split. Con;u~lissioner Coi-tes inquired what Mr. Gilbert Alstein was paying at othe:c areas. Mr..Alstein said the other places were based on a percentage. Commissioner Sackett said the 80/20 split made more sense. Deputy Mayor Durso said he was fully supportive of what was being proposed to keep the program here. It ways the consensus of the Commmission to have the City Administrator draft. an agreement and bring it back to the Commission for approval. ~anl!un~ for Professaon~I C®~asuflgan~ ~ervnce~ (7[~'P ~~i1~~ ®)a Mayor Maingot read paragraph 5.7.3.1 as follows: "The Selection Committee shall rank all complete 1a~ritten proposals received for formal oral presentations or interviews in order of preference and submit this ranking as a f nal recommendation to the City Commission. The City Ccanmission, at . ' its discretion, may accept the Selection Co»zmittee's >^ankings as submitted, or alternatively the City Commission may reorder the rankings. In any event, the City Commission will establish and a;prove the final ranking of proposals. The City Com;haission will be the sole judge of its own interests,. the proposals, a;~d the resulting agreements. The City Commission's decision will be final. " Ms. Powell said she would like for the Commission to go by groups and if they desire to change the rankings to do so at that time. Deputy Mayor Durso said he reviewed Group A- Engineering Services (Stoiynwater). He stated the top three rankings were appropriate and recoilunended approval of Pegasus Engineering as number one (#1), Woolpert, Inc. as number two (#2), and Tetra Tech as number three (#3). CC 04-OS-10/86 Commissioner Sackett said he reviewed Group B - Geotechnical Engineering Services. He stated lie had the top iluee listed, but not in the same order. He ranked PSI, Iiic. as number ogle (#1), Unversal as ntunber two (#2), and Geotechnieal ~ Envroiunental Services as number flues #3). He inquired if the Connnisson should make a motion on the Groups as they go through them. Mr: Langley advised when making their decision. as a Commission, they will take.all information given and any other factors the Cornn~ission deems appropriate for evaluating the qualifications of the fir-rn. He suggested the Commission may want to make a decision on the Groups at. the time they review that Group. Deputy Mayor Durso moved to approve the three companies in Group ~ ui the order as presented by City staff. Seconded by Commissioner Sackett: 1VIr. Langley clarified the Commission was approving a ranking. They were not. awarding a contract. He said the awarding. of the contract would be the next step. Motion carried by a unanimous roll call vote. Commissioner Sackett moved to approve Group B, Geotecluucal Engineering Services moving forward with PSI, Inc., Universal, and Geoteclnucal ~ Environmental Services in that order. Seconded by Mayor Maingot and carried by a unanmous roll call vote. Corrunissioiier Bundy said he reviewed Group C- Surveying and Mapping Services. He recommended ranking CPH as number one (#1), Cochrane Engineering as number two (#2); and Southeastern Surveying & Mapping as number three (#3). Commissioner Bundy moved to approve under Group C, Surveying asld Mapping Services the following, rankings of 1) CPH, 2) Cochrane Engineering; and 3) Southeastern Surveying oL Mapping. Seconded by Mayor 1Vlangot and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. Commissioner Sackett said he reviewed Group D-.Architectural Services for Building Design and Planning Assistance. He ranked ACi as number one (#1), Bentley Architects Si Engineers, hic. as number two (#2), and C.T. Hsu as number three (#3). Conunissioner Sackett moved to approve Group D, Architectural .Services ranking as 1) ACi, 2) Bentley Architects ~ Engineers, CC 04-OS-10/87 . , m . Inc., and 3) C.T. Hsu. Seconded by Conunissioner Bundy and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. Mayor Maingot said he reviewed Group 1J- Landscape Architecture Services. He recommended Dix Lathrop as number one (#1), Bellomo- Herbe-rt as number two (#2), and Canizi as number tln-ee (#3). Mayor Maingot moved to approve the ranking for Group E, Landscape Architectural Services as 1) Dix Lathrop, 2) Bellomo- Herbert, and 3) Canin. Seconded by Commissioner Sackett and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. Commissioner Cortes said he reviewed Group F- Civil L-;ngineering (Transportation) Services. He reconunended keeping the rankings in the order .as recommended by City staff. Commissioner Corties moved to keep the rankings for Group F, Civil I?ngineering Services -Transportation as 1) T.Y. Lin, 2) Kirnley-Horns, and 3) Woolpert, Inc. Seconded by Deputy Mayor Durso arld carried by a unanimous roll call vote. cC. Appmo~al o~ the ®al~oo~l Settleancnt Agx°ee~xaent. Mayor Maingot amlounced Item 9 C has been withdrawn from the Agenda. ~D. Approval ®f Silo JPlan~fl~~06 (Pine-Wile P~°oje~t) and :Lot Split9 anc~ approval o~Pay Avenue P~°o,~ect g.o~, Split. Mayor Maingot amlounced Item 9 D has lzeen withdrawni from the Agezid'a. Restr~IlCta~rin~ o~ tlge ~Cognanunity Services Depa~ta~ernt9 l~railcling ~ivisil~n. Ms. Powell said the City has an increase in the permits and: inspections. She stated this was causing some issues with regards to taking care of the customers. She said with the restructuring being proposed, they are looking to downgrade the current open position of Cemtnunity Development Coordinator to a Permit Clerk. She stated they are recorrnnending changing the Administrative Secretary for Planning Services under both Divisions. This person is currently receiving out of classifiicationgay since she is not. part of the Building. Division. It is also being recommended to hire a contractual part-time Buildin;; Inspector to work as needed. Deput3T Mayor Durso inquired if there would be a pay increase for the Administrative Secretary being split between the two Divisions. CC 04-05-10/~S Ms. Powell responded in the negative. She said the pay would be split between the two Divisions with ilo increase to the. Budget.. Conunissioner Bw1dy said the salary of the Building Coordinator was X50,000 and inquired what the salary would be for the Pei7nt Clerk. Ms. Powell .advised the pay range was $2,000 to $36,000. Cointnissioner Bundy said the savings in downgrading that position would almost off-set the cost of the pant-time Building, Inspector. Commissioner Cortes inquired if there would be any affect on the pai~t- timeposition with the new requirement regarding health insurance. Ms. Powell said a lot of that would probably depend on whether they were contracting through a company or an individual. She said this person would be under contract with the City and she would need to research that fiu-ther. Commissioner Sackett expressed concerns regarding this since they have • not seen any numbers on the Budget. He said this seems to be a little .unclear to lZVn and he would not be in favor of something he did not see charts and numbers on. Commissioner Bundy moved to approve the reorganzation as presented. Seconded by Deputy Mayor Burso. Mayor Maingot said they need to give an opportunity where they can effect some reorganization and improve th.e efficiency in that Department. He stated the City Administrator has affn-~ned that this restructuring will in no way negatively,affect the Budget. Conunissioner Bundy recoin~nended they may want to amend the motion so that the part-time position is limited to twenty (20) hours a week or a limited dollar amount. 1VIs. Powell said she would need to evaluate what would happen when Mr. Pike gores onvacation. She stated the position may be over twenty (20) hours a week, but the actual dollar amount for the montlrmay be lower. Commissioner Bundy moved to amend the motion to cap the part- time Building Inspector position to an average of twenty (20) hours a week for the remainder of the Budget year. Seconded by Deputy Mayor Durso and carried by a four/one .roll call vote with Commissioner Sackett voting nay. Main motion carried, as amended, by a four/one roll call. vote with Commissioner Sackett voting nay. CC 04-05-10/89 g®, C~T~ A~I~[~l~>IST>t~A`J['~I~'S l~.lE1P®~Ti. Ms. Powell invited the Commission to the Employee. Appreciation Luncheon on Friday, April 9th from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Conununity Building. She said the City will be closed during that time period. She stated this was a time to show appreciation.to the employees. Service pins will be gvenout during that time as well as the Employee of the Rear. ]L]L. MA ]L L-~1:V~ ~®MM~~~1L®1`~~L~A~9 1~UJC ®~T. district #1. Mayor Maingot said the Easter Egg Hunt at Reiter Park was a tremendous success. He congratulated staff and the co-organizers. He stated there were a few thousand peoplethere and it was very well orgaized. He reported that he attended Relay for Life and assisted with cooking at the Chamber booth. Bi~tiriet Deputy Mayor Durso said he was amazed at the lar€;e Easter Bunny and how he tolerated the heat and all of the children at the Laster Egg Hunt. He recognized a'nd thanked all involved with this event. He stated 1:hExe has been an increase in crime throughout the country and he thanked the Longwood Police Depaitment i.'or all they have done. He reported the subconunittee of MetroPlan, the Quiet Zone Committee, will hold their first meeting this Thur;~day. He said there was Borne Legislation in Tallahassee that. deals with Property Assessment, Clean Energy (PACE) Bonds. He stated PACE Bonds were iil otl~.er states and it was something meant to encourage job creation, the use of new enviroiunental technologies that goes nicely with the Green Ordinance the Cit~T has been working on. He said he would be bringing back some information regarding this at a future meeting. Disgrict; #3. Coininissioner Cortes thanked everyone for their support during his wife, Virginia's illness. He reported the early moining garbage trucks continue with picking up prior to 7:00 a.m. Coininissione:r Sackett advised he saw Waste Pro pi`elcing up residential garbage at 6:40 a.m. Coininission€.r Cortes requested the City Clerk contact Waste Pro regarding this .matter. Commissioner Cortes also thanked the Police Department and said his business was one of the victims, and they caught the .suspects. He said his business worked with the Fire Department today on a training session. He attended Relay for Life with Ius sister,. who is a cancer suivivor. He thanked everyone involved. He stated he had a vision of events being held at Reiter Park when he saw people walking there for the Fsaster Egg Hunt. Deputy Mayor Durso left the meeting at x:44 p.m. and retuined at 5:46 p.m. Mayor Maingot said there were people in attendance at the Easter :Egg Hunt from various areasthroughout Central Florida. CC 04-05-10/90 JtDi~ti~ict #4. Commissioner Bundy said Apri122nd was the 40t1i At~niversaiy of Barth Day. He reported that Wayne, Densch Theatre was partnering with Keep Seminole Green to sponsor an Earth Day Birthday that starts at 10:00 a.m. Waste Pro is a sponsor of the event and Whole Foods is spoiisoruig the luncheon. He stated he would like to have the City of Longwood's Green Ordinance on display. Coilunissioner Bundy said one of the tlwigs that have come out of the new health care was new Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulations regarding the 1099 foi~rns for contract employees effective for payments to be made after December 20.11. He suggested contacting Congressional Representatives to make them aware of this requirement. ~i~trict Commissioner Sackett said with his wife being a cancer survivor two times that he really appreciated the Relay for Life. He reported Relay for Life raised funds of X31,000. He thanked Mayor Maingot for kicking off the event, and the Police Department and Fire Department for participating. Commissioner Sackett said the IJaster burury was 6'3" and there were almost 10,000 people attending this event. He commended Ms. Meli and staff, the Police Department and Fire Department and. all involved in this event. Connnissioner Sackett said the Budget meeting was supposed to be in May. He inquired. if the Director of Financial Services,lVIr. Jon Williams would be in attendance. Ms. Powell said they were. looking at holding a Work Session oil May l Ot'' and Mr. Williams will be in attendance. Conunissioner Bundy said the second Monday conflicts with another meeting he has and inquired if it could be scheduled on a different day. It was the consensus to hold the Work Session on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. Commissioner Sackett advised he would be out of town the last two weeks in September. He was selected to go to the Arctic Circle for researcli. Commssioner Bundy requested the Earth Day Birthday be posted on the City's website. g~. ~~T ll ~T 11 ®JL~.17Il~']L 9~ ~P®1L®Te Mr. Langley reported with regards to the First American Fireworks vs. Debby Reimers case that the Plaintiff filed a Motion for Sun~inaiy Judgment, as did the City. He said there was a Motion for Swnmary Judgment Hearing on April 1, 2010. The Judge denied the. Plaintiff's Motion and awarded Judgment in the City's favor. The Judge asked that Mr. Langley prepare an Order consistent with his Judgment and that was sent out-this moi7iing. CC 04-OS-10/91 Mr. Langley gave an update on the Mr. Roger Runge case. There was an appeal filed of a Cedes ~Eiiforcemeilt action on January 9, 2009. He reported that case was abated to allow the Codes Enforcement Board or Special Magistrate to re- hear the maiter. Ati Order was issued revising a previous Order that was entered in October 2009. This Final Order was filed with the Circuit Court in November 2009 and the case was unabated by the Appellate Judge in December. The City filed a Motion to Dismiss the case and the Judge entered an Orde;r dismissing the appeal and affirming the Special Magistrate's November 5, 2009 Order. fle advised that Mr. Runge has filed an additional appeal aild they were also asking for that to bc, dismissed. Mr. Langley reported they filed an answer and affirmative defenses to the Allied Veteran's case. JL e7o ~1.~~ Il K~L1L~.9~ 1L~Ji~P®JL~1L e Aa A~n~c~a~~n®n ®n ~~~®flut~a®~a I~®o fl®mll~4~e Ms. lVlirus said she had included a Memorandum ili the Agenda Packet in regards to Resolution No. 1-0-1243. She requested direction from the Commission if they desire to send the Resolution to Chairs and Members of the Florida State Legislative Delegation or if it was acceptable to just send it to the Legislative Delegation of Seminole County. Commissioner Cortes moved that no further action was required. Seconded by Connnissioner Bundy. Deputy Mayor Durso said as a poiiltof clarification, thf; Fesolution goes to the Governor, Senate President, and House Speaker to meet the requirement of notifying the Legislature. He stated the Criair and Members of the Florida State Legislative Delegation was. Congress. Commissioner Cortes:said he believed the letter had already been sent to them, Ms. P?Iirus responded in the affirmative. Motion carried by a unanimous roll call vote. Cormnissioner Bundy inquired with regards to the two items that were withdrawn if it had. been resolved how this will be positioned on the Agenda. He said the settlement was Regular Business, but; the site plan was a. Public Hearing due to the waivers and variance requirements. Mr. L;ailgley advised the Commmission could give the City Administrator and City Clerk direction to place the settlement agreerneni: in a special place on the agenda prior to the public hearings. CC 04-05-10/92 ]t4a A~?.b®~J~l~, Mayor Mangot adjourned the meeting at 9:10 p.m. t t/~'L ®hEIl ?fl~Q~y ~~~'Y~li ~~~°~?n l~'g~ l~flTCU~y I~I~[1 11~1~A9 ~at-~ ~Ye~~~ CC 04-OS-1-0/93 T~ng~ lP~~~ ~~fb: ~~a~~ ~n~eanta®~aafl~~o CC D4-OS-10/94