CC03-04-13MinLONGWOOD CITY COMMISSION
`- Longwood City Commission Chambers
175 West Warren Avenue
Longwood, Florida
MINUTES
MARCH 4, 2013
7:00 P.M.
Present: Mayor Brian D. Sackett
Deputy Mayor John C. Maingot
Commissioner Joe Durso
Commissioner Bob Cortes
Commissioner H.G. "Butch" Bundy
Dan Langley, City Attorney
Jon C. Williams, City Administrator
Sarah M. Mirus, City Clerk
Troy Hickson, Police Chief
Marilyn Douglas, Purchasing Manager
Fran Meli, Director of Leisure Services
Bill Gulbrandsen, Fire Chief
Sheryl Bower, Director of Community Development
Tom Smith, Division Manager of Streets/Fleet
Bill Black, Recreation Programs
Patrice Murphy, Economic Development/Special Projects
Michelle Longo, Executive Assistant to City Administrator
1. CALL TO ORDER. Mayor Sackett called the meeting to order at 7:00
p.m.
2. A moment of SILENT MEDITATION was followed by the PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE.
3. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS. Ms. Mirus read the following
announcement:
A. The "Downtown Longwood Cruise -In" Car Show will be held
on Saturday, March 9, 2013 from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. in
the Historic District of Longwood located off of Church
Avenue.
4. RECOGNITIONS/PROCLAMATIONS.
A. District #3 Presentation of the Business Person of the Month
Award for March 2013 to Mr. Kourosh Rouhi, Owner of Ali
Baba House of Kabob, located at 1155 West State Road 434.
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Commissioner Cortes read a brief biography on Mr. Kourosh
Rouhi, Owner of Ali Baba House of Kabob and presented him with
the Business Person of the Month Award for March 2013.
Photographs were then taken.
5. BOARD APPOINTMENTS.
A. District #1 Appointment to the Charter Advisory Committee.
Deputy Mayor Maingot nominated Ms. Rebecca Huse, 813
Maraval Court, to the Charter Advisory Committee. Nomination
carried by a unanimous voice vote.
B. Commission nomination of a resident to the Board of Trustees
for the Police Officers' and Firefighters' Pension Trust Fund.
The Commission deferred the nomination to the next meeting.
6. PUBLIC INPUT.
A. Public Participation.
Erwin Crawford, 429 Winding Oak Lane, discussed an additional
homestead exemption that the City of Longwood did not have and
wanted to know why the City did not offer it to the residents. He
Office and they stated it was up to the individual cities to offer the
additional homestead exemption.
Mr. Williams said he wanted to reach out to Mr. Crawford and the
Tax Appraiser's Office to get more information as to why they
were saying Longwood did not enact it. He said this had to be
some time ago.
Commissioner Bundy stated it was the extra seniors homestead
exemption and he thinks it was $5,000. He said the matter was
never voted on and it was a local option. He stated each
municipality and County has to vote, and he has spoken with Mr.
Crawford a couple times regarding the matter and has looked into
it.
Mr. Williams said he would bring forward some information for
the Commission to take action on.
Mayor Sackett stated the matter would be taken care of and he
would get back to him within two (2) weeks as to what was going
on.
Bill Bowmar, 610 Riverside Court, stated he was a Member of the
Homeowners Association Board of Directors for The Landings
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subdivision off Church Avenue. Mr. Bowmar said he has a letter
that was put together by their President, Mr. Charles Bradley
requesting a favor from them. He said they represent 135 homes in
Longwood. He said over the last five (5) years, they have been
told every year that Church Avenue, better known as "wash board
road", was going to be repaved, or the worst part of it was. Every
time they patch the holes, and they do a very good job on that
every time it rains, but whatever patch they were using just washes
away, and it has come to the attention of their group that it has
damaged many cars, and they see people drive down the middle of
the lane trying to avoid all the bumps. He said he was sure that
paving roads was a major financial expense, but he was told by a
previous employee, which was the Engineer who was no longer
with the City, that he asked me if he knew how many roads in
Longwood were not paved. He said to him he does not understand
why they were paving roads that were unpaved when they cannot
take care of the roads that they have. He said their request was that
somebody within the City could tell them when Church Avenue
was going to be repaved.
Mayor Sackett said the normal procedure would be for the
Commissioners to address it during their Report, but this was
{ something Mr. Williams could address.
Mr. Williams said they would certainly need to get with the Road
Engineer, Mr. Jeff Earhart, to look at what options were available
to them in terms of fixing the issues that were brought forward
here tonight. He said whether or not resurfacing was exactly what
they would do, or do they need to do some additional stormwater
work over there to fix some of the problems that were causing the
deterioration of the road base, etc. He said a good first step was to
get with Mr. Smith and schedule a meeting with Mr. Earhart and
look at what the options were. He said the scope of work could be
as simple as resurfacing or as great as milling, taking up road base,
putting back road base, storrawater infrastructure, which could
drive the cost of that project way up. He said a good first step is to
start with Mr. Earhart.
7. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
District #1. Deputy Mayor Maingot said on February 19th, the clone,
Senator II was installed in Reiter Park. On February 20th, the Mayor and
he attended Chambrel at Island Lake's presentation of Connected Living,
which was very impressive and appropriate for the folks living there. He
said he attended a Business after Hours Events -sponsored by Orlando
Health South Seminole Hospital on February 21St, which he said was very
well done. He said on February 27th, he attended the State of the County
at the Westin Hotel in Lake Mary, and on February 28th was the Early
Coalition of Seminole, which was an extremely good Ribbon Cutting
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Ceremony. He said on March 2nd, he was at Victory Park for part of
Seminole County's 100d' year celebration, and the naming of the Senator's
Clone. He said the name came from a fourth (4t') grade student of Geneva
Elementary School, named May Frangoul. She named it "The Phoenix",
in regard to having it burned down, which was very appropriate. He said
the Clone Doctor, from the University of Florida, was present, and spoke
about the whole process. He said in his presentation, he said there was a
brother to this Clone that was located in Reiter Park in Longwood.
District #2. No report.
District #3. Commissioner Cortes said that he had spoken earlier today
with the City Administrator about the plan for Reiter Park and was very
excited since they have the tree now and hope to be breaking ground very
soon. He stated he was meeting with a lot of people who were interested
in some of the things that will be done in Reiter Park and wants to get
some sponsorship regarding things they were going to be doing to help
them get there. He said these folks he has been talking with were
definitely keen to sponsor. He reminded everyone about the upcoming
Car Show this Saturday. He said next month the time will be changed to
5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. because of daylight saving time.
District #4. Commissioner Bundy said he wanted to thank everybody who
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thinks it will be a real good addition to the City, and he said the staff there
was excited about being here and were looking forward to doing some
really good things. He said the Mayor and he toured the former Mary
Gamble property located in Devonshire. He noted the builders had
finished the renovations on that and had it sold to a couple who were
expecting a baby in three (3) weeks. He said he wanted to go there just for
the closure because he has been dealing with this longer than anybody. It
was the second or third Codes Enforcement case he had when he was on
the Codes Enforcement Board, so it has been a long time, but it was finally
over. When they close on the house, it will close a very difficult period
that they have had. The property company developer/builder were
interested in looking at other opportunities, and he said he will be meeting
with them this week to take them around to some various areas to show
them some things they can potentially get involved in.
Commissioner Bundy said the other thing was that they need to formalize
an addition to their Rules and Procedures for the Commission. He said
there have been several times that maybe they get a little too involved in
it, and it creates some uneasiness on behalf of the staff. He said he thinks
what they need to do was when staff was feeling uncomfortable, the
Administrator should be able to tell them and be able to point to an actual
policy that he or staff feels uncomfortable with, or whatever the
circumstances were, and that he preferred the entire Commission weigh in
on it. Because it was not something he could discuss with them privately
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because at some point it could come before them, and he could discuss it
with them, but he cannot tell what the other Commissioners think, so it
was one of those things. He said he would like to have a consensus to
have the Administrator bring forward a policy amendment to their Rules
and Procedures Policy for the next meeting for them to consider.
Mayor Sackett said basically, he was looking at a clean-up and a more
specific routine to action type thing.
Commissioner Bundy responded in the affirmative.
Mayor Sackett said in his ten (10) years, he does not think they have done
anything like that, and if there was a matter they were not to interfere with,
it sometimes becomes a fine line.
Commissioner Bundy said not to interfere, but it was a fine line, because if
they were not passionate about what they were doing in the City, they
would not be doing it. He said he thinks sometimes they get a little
excited about what they were doing. He said over the years, staff has
indicated at various times to him they were a little bit uncomfortable with
it, because it was coming close to the line.
Mayor Sackett said also with many newer staff people, it was a good time
to clean_it_up._ May.orEackett_said_they_have_amoveto_consensus_toward_
what Commissioner Bundy was talking about with this. He said he first
wanted to ask Mr. Williams if he was clear as to what was being asked if it
does move forward.
Mr. Williams responded in the affirmative.
Mayor Sackett asked for a motion for consensus of what Commissioner
Bundy spoke about.
Commissioner Durso moved to approve the consensus.
Seconded by Commissioner Bundy and carried by a
unanimous voice vote.
Commissioner Bundy encouraged everybody to come to the Car Show on
Saturday.
District #5. Mayor Sackett said at the last meeting Shadow Hill came
forward with Mr. Tom Hibma. He said he apologized to him and his
group for not responding and inquired if they had met with him.
Mr. Williams said as luck would have it, they do have Ms. Douglas in the
audience tonight, who was working on the preparation of the Shadow Hill
bid. Obviously, there were some other higher priority projects that
surfaced, and they placed an emphasis on that, i.e., Reiter Park, and then
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they had the assessments and trees, so she was working on it, and that was
a priority for her as well now to get that capital project and the script of
services developed for the Shadow Hill project out on the street.
Mayor Sackett said so it was moving forward. He said he wish they had
detailed it closed at the last meeting.
Mayor Sackett said he thinks he had twenty-eight (28) events to go to this
month. Mayors and Managers Meeting was held in Casselberry, and they
will see the results of that Meeting in Item 9 C. He said the Computer Lab
at Chambrel at Island Lake was very interesting with a bunch of 80, 90,
and 100 year olds who were arguing over who was the oldest in the group.
They were ready to enjoy Skype and the latest technologies that today can
bring to them, and Chambrel will do a great job with that. He said the
Hospital's Chamber Event was very successful, and was well attended.
He said the next one was on March 14d' at Royal Press next to Winn
Dixie. He noted that Orlando Business Journal had a Meet the Mayors on
the 22nd, and he was the only Seminole County Mayor, and the rest were
from Orange and Osceola Counties, and were talking about all the good
things happening in the village. He said it was a nice event, and the young
professionals were supposed to be contacting them, and they would like to
know how they can help with the City and what they can be engaged in.
They need to know the workings of a City, so he told the Administrator he
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County. He said he apologized for the Ribbon Cutting for Early Learning,
and would like to arrange to get a walk-through in there.
Commissioner Bundy said he would refer him to the Executive Director,
Ms. Jennifer Crane, and he would provide him with her telephone number,
and she will be more than happy to give him a tour.
Mayor Sackett said there five (5) events this weekend. He said he was at
Babe Ruth, and there were 2,500 people there to kick off the spring season
of baseball. He said Mr. Warren Brown was there, and it was a class act
as far as the plaque being put up, and him being able to throw out the first
pitch, instead of him and Commissioner Bundy doing it. Mr. Brown threw
the first pitch to his grandson, which was a very touching moment.
Commissioner Bundy said in regards to that, when he got to the
Commission Meeting, Mr. Brown was waiting outside. He said he had
another meeting to go to, but said he wanted to express his thanks for what
they did for him.
Mayor Sackett said he was actually speechless, and if anyone knows Mr.
Brown and him being unable to speak was nice for thirty (30) seconds, and
then he warmed up.
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Mayor Sackett said he also saw fire training at the Longwood Elementary
School. He said Commissioner Cortes placed some cars over there that
looked as if they had been through a war, and the training was well done.
He also saw a Painting Class in progress being put on by Ms. Linda Jacobs
as well. He said they were making some beautiful 12 x 12 paintings. He
noted the Ribbon Cutting at Preston was a welcome event to a beautiful
house now. He said that could have been "The Phoenix", because that
house was exquisite. He said they also had a local boy who lives on the
east side of Longwood who became an Eagle Scout Saturday night, and
the Mayor did not know that he was to be the guest speaker. He said he
was planning to go and saying "hello' and moving on, but he had
mentored him through his project. His project was the entrance signs to
Longwood Elementary School, featuring it as the Fire Department as well
as the Leisure Services Department. That was the project he did, so the
Mayor said as he was being pinned, he said that was the first service he
had been to where there was a real eagle, which was right next to his
shoulder, and it was stunning and creepy at the same time because the bird
had not been fed. He said he did the retirement for Mr. Brown, which was
held locally. He then gave an update on the North Phase Rezone. The
School Board listened, and the children that live-in Longwood Club and
Longwood Groves will be attending their presently zoned school, which
was Woodlands Elementary. He said he had a lengthy meeting with the
Principal and Athletic Director of Lyman High School. They would like
City_to_give..them_$40,000,to_help_buildthe_trackand _update- the- infield
on that track with real state-of-the-art work. He said he learned there was
a real effort out there to label everything for sale, such as the fifty (50)
yard line, to make these things come to fruition. He said since they gave
money to Babe Ruth, maybe they can give money to Lyman High School.
Mayor Sackett said it is an entirely different arrangement, and he told
them "no', they would not be moving forward with any of that. He said
they asked if they could rent their facility for summer kids programs, and
the Mayor answered they already have that. He noted the Easter Egg Hunt
was on March 30t' at Reiter Park, which was traditional, but a Bunny
Breakfast sounds really cool in the morning, so he will sign-up for that.
He said the other thing was they sadly note the passing of Mr. Richard
Taylor, former City Attorney, with services being later this week.
8. ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA.
Mr. Williams said on the dais he put an addition to the Agenda Item 9 E,
the bid fabulation on the far left had section references 1 A, 2A, 2D, etc.
He said the Item he placed on the dais for them provided a greater depth of
what the description of the services would be, and he also included that
Item in the back of the notebook in the Chambers.
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9. CONSENT AGENDA.
A. Approve the Minutes of the February 12, 2013 Executive
Session and the Minutes of the February 18, 2013 Regular
Meeting.
B. Approve the Monthly Expenditures for February and March
2013.
C. Approve an Interlocal Agreement between Seminole County
Government and the municipalities within the County, for the
shared distribution of the six -cent (60) local option motor fuel
and diesel fuel tax.
D. Approve a donation of $750 from the Police Confiscation Fund
to Lyman High School in support of their Project G.R.A.D.D.
Program to provide a safe alternative for graduation.
E. Approve the final ranking and award for request for proposal
(RFP) #03-13 maintenance services for City assessment
properties and approval to issue a purchase order to the
successful contractor at the submitted pricing.
F. Approve the final ranking and award for RFP #02-13 Citywide
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grinding services and approval to issue a purchase order to the
successful contractor at the submitted pricing.
Deputy Mayor Maingot moved for approval on Consent
Items A, B, C, D, E and F as presented. Seconded by
Commissioner Cortes and carried by a unanimous roll call
vote.
10. PUBLIC HEARINGS.
A. Read by title only, set March 18, 2013 as the second
public hearing date, and approve the first reading of
Ordinance No. 13-2002, which amends the Longwood
Development Code, Article II Land Use and Overlay
Districts, Article III Development Design Standards,
Article V Supplemental Standards, Article VI Signs,
Article IX Hardship Relief, Article X Administration to
Streamline and Clarify Existing Development Processes,
and providing for conflicts, codification, severability
and an effective date.
Mr. Langley announced having proof of publication for this Item.
He then read Ordinance No. 13-2002 by title only.
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Mayor Sackett opened the public hearing. No one spoke in favor
or in opposition to the Ordinance.
Commissioner Durso moved to close the public hearing.
Seconded by Deputy Mayor Maingot and carried by a
unanimous voice vote.
Commissioner Cortes moved to approve Item 10 A,
Ordinance No. 13-2002 as presented and set March 18,
2013 as the second public hearing date. Seconded by
Deputy Mayor Maingot.
Commissioner Durso asked Ms. Bower what this Ordinance does
regarding massage parlors.
Ms. Bower said they had a request by one (1) of the property
owners in the Historic District to allow a licensed massage
therapist to come in and rent one of his rooms in his building to do
massage therapy as physical therapy. She stated they do not allow
it in the Historic District, so they were including this to allow it in
the Historic District with additional restrictions that were not on
the other Districts. She stated they can only have two (2) people
working there, they have to deal with the same hours and deal with
_.limitect.signage__that_was. allowed_in the_Historic District, and they . __..
also have had to have held a business tax receipt (BTR) in the City
of Longwood for the last three (3) years without any incident.
They would also have been a massage therapist with a State license
for the last three (3) years without any incident.
Commissioner Durso asked her if that includes lapses in the BTR
or any criminal activity.
Ms. Bower said the lapses in the BTR they were dealing with
because they had not identified massage therapy establishments as
massage therapy establishments for purposes of BTR's. She said
they have looked at them as medical offices, so they would not
have had a BTR for massage therapy. They would have had one
(1) for a medical office, or an administrative office, depending on
which way the previous person who was dealing with BTR decided
it needed to go.
Commissioner Durso said he has an issue with more massage
places, whether they were legitimate or not within the City. He
said they have an economic development issue in the City. He said
they have worked diligently to try and correct some of the image
issues that they have had, so he said this brings him some
significant heartburn because with the SunRail that was coming, he
expects businesses will be looking at the area, and he said he was
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very, very concerned because there have been conversations about
what they were going to do with this property and properties that
were around here. He said while nothing was set in stone,
everything was on the table, and he was very concerned businesses
were going to come in here and take a look across the street and
decide that maybe this was not where they want to go simply
because they have had an issue with this type of folks before. He
said the only thing he needs to know was if this was drawn so
strictly and so strongly that they were not going to have any issues
with them, of the criminal kind.
Ms. Bower, said the Code provision provides that if they were
found that any criminal activity has been occurring on the
premises, the Police Department can revoke their approval and
require them to immediately close.
Commissioner Durso asked what the appeal process was for that.
Ms. Bower said that would be an appeal process that would go to
the Board of Adjustment (BOA), because the Community
Development Services was approving the request, and if the police
close it, she said she believes it would go to the BOA.
_____Commissioner-D..urso`said -then_the__BOA-recommendation._ comes
here.
Ms. Bower said if the BOA recommends against staffs
recommendation, then it goes there. She said they can appeal
anything that the BOA decides.
Commissioner Durso said he can tell you that he was really, really
hesitant to vote for this, and they need to let whoever was involved
in this deal make them very aware if this passes, they were going
to be walking a real tight rope, a real tight rope. He said the first
time, he gets a phone call from Chief Hickson that something has
happened there, he said he will be a Banshee on the warpath in this
room shutting them down. He said truly, he will because enough
was enough with this. He said they have told me it was legitimate
and that it was a massage therapist, not a massage parlor, and they
can get into the weeds all day long, but he said he has a lot of
heartburn over this one.
Commissioner Cortes said while they were on the record, he said
he understands this person was already practicing in Longwood
and has been here for a while.
Ms. Bower responded in the affirmative and said they have been.
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Commissioner Cortes asked her if there were any issues or
anything in the past.
Ms. Bower said not that she was aware of, but once they actually
come in and apply for it, then they will have to go back and see if
they did, but from what she understands, there was nothing.
Commissioner Cortes said they were not adding anything new
from the outside; it was somebody that was already in the City.
Ms. Bower responded in the negative. She said that was the whole
point, to require that they have been operating in the City of
Longwood for the last three (3) years.
Commissioner Durso said he was aware of that fact. His concern
was that they were moving them into the Historic District. This
has been the focal point of a lot of time and a lot of money and a
lot of investment on the part of a lot of business folks, and he was
really hesitant to try to jeopardize that. He understands that all
they were doing was moving locations, but they were moving
locations into an area that they have specifically targeted for high
end growth, so he said that was where his concern lies.
_ Motion._ carried by_a..three-to.-two- (3-2)_roll_ callvote_with-_
Mayor Sackett and Commissioner Durso voting nay.
11. REGULAR BUSINESS.
A. Read by title only, and set March 18, 2013 as the public
hearing date, and approve the first reading of Ordinance No.
12-1994, which proposes approval of a Small Scale
Comprehensive Plan Amendment (SPA 01-13) to the Future
Land Use Map, changing a portion of the property with the
Parcel ID 31-20-30-5AU-0000-8330 (349 East State Road 434)
from Conservation (CON) to Infill and Mixed -Use (IMU).
Mr. Langley read Ordinance No 12-1994 by title only.
Mayor Sackett asked the City Attorney earlier, they heard this was
quasi-judicial or possibly a public hearing, but it was not. He said
it was recorded as Regular Business and why.
Mr. Langley said comprehensive plan amendments were legislative
acts of the Commission and were not quasi-judicial. He said his
understanding was there was a public hearing before the Land
Planning Agency (LPA). He said comprehensive plan
amendments require two (2) public hearings. One was addressed
before the LPA and there will need to be a public hearing on the
second reading of this particular comprehensive plan amendment.
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Deputy Mayor Maingot moved to approve at first reading
No. 12-1994 and set March I as the public hearing date.
Seconded by Commissioner Durso.
Commissioner Bundy said he would like to have staff address this
since they were shrinking a conservation area and expanding the
area for additional development and asked if this was going to be
okay.
Ms. Bower said what occurred was that the property owner was
going to have his property refinanced, and when the bank looked at
it they saw that the future land -use had been changed from
commercial when he first had dealings with the bank. For him to
move forward, he had to get that conservation off of there, so he
had the wetland looked at, and he was okay with it, so that was
why they were able to move forward. She said the wetland maps
and conservation maps are based on the Department of
Environmental Protection (DEP) wetland maps.
Commissioner Bundy asked her if she was comfortable with
making this land -use change.
Ms. Bower responded in the affirmative.
Motion carried by a unanimous roll call vote.
B. Read by title only, and set March 18, 2013 as the public
hearing date, and approve the first reading of Ordinance No.
12-1993, which creates an authorizing ordinance for the
Longwood economic development tax abatement program.
Mr. Langley read Ordinance No. 12-1993 by title only.
Deputy Mayor Maingot moved to approve Ordinance No.
12-1993 at first reading and set March 18P as the public
hearing date. Seconded by Commissioner Durso.
Commissioner Durso asked Ms. Murphy some questions on Page
9, Sections 6 and 7, entitled "Continuing Performance" and
"Revocation". He said the first was in regard to the change in
ownership. He asked if this reads that if they do not let them know
about the change in ownership in ten (10) days, that the abatement
was automatically revoked.
Ms. Murphy answered that was part of their continuing
performance that will be a part of their agreement, so if they do not
notify them they have changed ownership, the Commission then
has the discretion to revoke their implementation.
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Commissioner Durso asked so it was not automatic, they will have
to come before them.
Ms. Murphy said it will have to because it was going to be adopted
by ordinance.
Commissioner Durso asked if it was automatic or do they have to
come before them on that too.
Ms. Murphy said it should automatically convert, but she can
notify if the ownership does change.
Commissioner Durso said this was a change in ownership of the
business, not a change of the business.
Ms. Murphy responded in the negative and said a change in
ownership, so they would actually have to sell the business.
Commissioner Durso said so restaurant owner -to -restaurant owner,
not restaurant owner -to -bar or dry cleaner or whatever.
Ms. Murphy responded in the negative and said then it definitely
would come back, and they would have to reevaluate that, based
on its merits as,,a business._-_
Motion carried by a unanimous roll call vote.
C. Hear a waiver request from Ms. Kerry Wrisley of The
Kerryman Pub for a Temporary Use Permit (TUP 04-13) for a
St. Patrick's Day weekend event to run from Saturday, March
16, 2013 to Monday, March 18, 2013.
Ms. Bower said this was a similar request of what they brought in
front of them last year. They needed a waiver to do a St. Patrick's
Day Event on March 16a' through the 18t', and needed a waiver
from Section 58-193(c)(5) to extend the event hours until 2:00 a.m.
for both days of the event. She stated they need another waiver
from the City Code, Chapter 38, Article III, Noise, Section 38-65,
Operation of Outdoor Sound Amplifying Devices. They will be
having them, and a waiver from the Longwood Development
Code, Article VI, Section 6.2.2(1) to allow for a human sign, a
person dressed as a Leprechaun, for the event.
Commissioner Bundy moved to approve. Seconded by
Commissioner Durso.
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Mayor Sackett said his only question was to the Police Chief with
State Road 434 and Rangeline Road being the mess that it was,
was he comfortable with what was going on.
Chief Hickson said he would be more comfortable if the project at
State Road 434 and Rangeline Road were completed with that
construction project, but at this juncture they do not have anything
to do with it to expedite it. It handles a lot more traffic during the
daytime than it would at nighttime for that event, so he said he
does not anticipate any additional problems than what they were
already experiencing right now.
Commissioner Bundy noted it was on Sunday.
Commissioner Cortes said give the Chief some flexibility that if
something does happen that they would be able to act upon it, and
they were granting the waiver, but at least give him something that
if something does happen, they can handle it.
Motion carried by a unanimous roll call vote.
D. Hear a waiver request from Mr. Leonard Nolan of Connolly's
Pub for a Temporary Use Permit (TUP 02-13) for a St.
Patrick! s_Day_event_on..Sunday. ,,Marchl7,1013,_unti12:0Qa.m.-----_--,
on Monday, March 18, 2013.
Ms. Bower said this was a similar deal and this was for Connolly's
Pub. They had one (1) last year and were looking for similar
waivers for March 17t'. She said they need a waiver Section 58-
193, (c)(5) to extend the event hours until 2:00 a.m., on March 17t'
and March 18t', and the second waiver they need was from City
Code Chapter 38, Article III, Noise -operation of outdoor sound
amplifying devices, and a waiver from City Code Chapter 58,
Section 58-193 (b)(4), to allow the bunting and two (2) 32 square
feet temporary signs to be installed more than the permitted seven
(7) days prior to the event.
Commissioner Durso moved to approve. Seconded by
Commissioner Bundy and carried by a unanimous roll call
vote.
E. Read by title only, set March 18, 2013 as the public hearing,
and approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 13-2004,
approving the extension of the Non -Exclusive Franchises for
the Collection of Commercial Solid Waste and/or Recovered
Materials for an additional six (6) months.
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Mr. Langley read Ordinance No. 13-2004 by title only.
Deputy Mayor Maingot moved to approve at first reading
Ordinance No. 13-2004 and set March 18t' as the public
hearing date. Seconded by Commissioner Durso and
carried by a unanimous roll call vote.
12. CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT.
Mr. Williams said first item was one (1) of a personal nature. This past
February his wife celebrated her 4e Birthday, and she has asked he take
her out of town for the weekend. He said they were going on a cruise out
of the country and return on Monday. In his absence, he would like to
request your approval in naming Chief Hickson as the Acting
Administrator.
It was the consensus of the Commission to have Chief Hickson as the
Acting Administrator while the City Administrator was out of the country.
Mr. Williams was turning this part over to Ms. Bower, who wants to
address the Commission about a Work Session regarding Weston Park
Development.
Deputy Mayor_Maingot said this -past _Tuesday- Ms__Bower did. a
presentation before the Seminole County tY Board of Commissioners, and he
has heard nothing but tremendous recognition and loud praises. They said
she was the best presenter of all.
Ms. Bower said regarding the Weston Park Project, it was very critical to
the future of Longwood and SunRail that they have a process because it
has to be a plan development and was a single -use project, so it has to
meet additional standards beyond just what was required in the Code. In
addition, because they were partners in the Project and they were
committing infrastructure incentives and credits, it was a good idea if they
take a look at the Project before it gets to the point of no return. Also, to
take a look at the phasing of the Project because the people who own the
property own numerous properties over there, so what would typically
happen with the plan development (PD) and the developers agreement was
they would work with staff. Then they would get to a point where it
comes to a public hearing with them, and they were the ones who were
supposed to be deciding whether it meets all these criteria. At that point,
they have already pretty much committed to drawings and everything else,
so they do not really have an opportunity to provide really valuable input
at that point. She said what she would like to propose or get a feel for was
if they want them to come in and show them what they have been doing,
because all they have really seen was that eight and one half by eleven
(8%z" x 11") to really get an understanding of what the project was, what
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the future phases involve, and in that way they can have input at this point,
as opposed to the future down the road.
Mayor Sackett said it was almost like what they had four (4) or five (5)
years ago, the Citizen Awareness and Participation Program (CAPP) type
ideas, but just for them.
Community Durso asked Ms. Bower, so all this was a request for a Work
Session.
Ms. Bower said she will try to set it up as soon as possible. She said she
sent au electronic mail to the Applicant that they wanted to do this, and
she never heard back from them. She was sure they want to get going on
this as soon as possible, so she said she was hoping for next week.
Commissioner Bundy said it was really important that they do this because
the structure of the project has changed significantly, and as Ms. Bower
said, they were being asked to make a significant investment in this. He
said they all met with them individually, and the three (3) things he told
them to get his support, because they did not have enough information to
make a decision, because they were just bringing it out. He told them he
wanted to see the design, the amenities on it, and he wanted an iron -clad
agreement that they were going to build the retail/commercial phases of it.
H-e-saidhe_w.ould_like_thatrolled_into_one_ agreement because, at_thelast_—_ --
minute, it was changed.
Mayor Sackett clarified with Ms. Bower that she was just asking for that
meeting to happen.
Ms. Bower responded in the affirmative and said that was all she was
asking for.
Mayor Sackett said to book it.
Deputy Mayor Maingot asked what precisely were they presenting to
them.
Ms. Bower said what she asked them to do was present them with a
conceptual site plan, along with a conceptual phasing, and any kind of
elevations. The more information they can bring for them to look at and
comment on, the better off they were going to be.
Mayor Sackett said right, and that was basically the results of their
meetings they had with them.
Commissioner Bundy said they have been selling this as one (1) project,
and it has changed significantly, so he said he wanted to make sure that he
was comfortable with it, because he said he was not right now.
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Mayor Sackett said they need to answer an electronic mail, and let's get
something within a week or week and one-half.
13. CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT. No report.
14. CITY CLERK'S REPORT. No report.
15. ADJOURN. Mayor Sackett adjourned the meeting at 7:56 p.m.
Brian D. Sackett, or
ATTEST:
Sarah M. Mirus, MMC, MBA, City Clerk
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