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Longwood City Commission Chambers
175 West Warren Avenue
Longwood, Florida
MFgUTES
February 2, 2015
7:00 P.M.
Present: Mayor John C. Maingot
Deputy Mayor Ben Paris
Commissioner Brian D. Sackett
Commissioner Mark Weller
Dan Langley, City Attorney
Jon C. Williams, City Manager
Michelle Longo, City Clerk
Troy Hickson, Police Chief
William Gulbrandsen, Fire Chief
Lee Ricci, Human Resources Director
Chris Capizzi, Leisure Services Director
Tom Smith, Public Works, Streets Division Manager
Maggie Baker, Sr. Administrative Assistant/Records Clerk
Absent: Commissioner Joe Durso (Excused)
1. CALL TO ORDER. Mayor Maingot called the meeting to order at 7:00
p.m.
2. OPENING INVOCATION. Father Stephen Baumann with
Annunciation Church gave the invocation.
3. THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
4. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS. Ms. Longo read the following
announcement.
A. The "Downtown Longwood Cruise -In" Car Show will be held
on Saturday, February 14, 2015 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
in the Historic District of Longwood located off of Church
Avenue.
5. PROCLAMATIONS / RECOGNITIONS
A. Presentation of the 351 Annual JOY (Juvenile of the Year)
Awards.
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Jade Patterson
Klea Dulli
Joshua Rodgers
Travis Sharp
Willis Dennison
Diego Pomales-Muniz
James C. Marks
Dominic DiRusso
Novalee Nobles
Altamonte Elementary School
Greenwood Lakes Middle School
Highlands Elementary School
Lake Mary High School
Lyman High School
Milwee Middle School
Rock Lake Middle School
Winter Springs Elementary School
Woodlands Elementary School
Mayor Maingot read the history of the JOY Awards. Each student
was announced and presented with a framed certificate.
Photographs were then taken.
B. Presentation of the I" Annual Citizens on Patrol Christmas
Parade Winners.
Mayor Maingot announced the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in the.
Business, Floats, and Cars categories. They were each presented
with a certificate and the 1' place winners received an award.
Photographs were then taken.
C. Nomination of the Beautification Award.
Commissioner Sackett nominated the Longwood Veterinary
Clinic. Nomination carried by a unanimous voice vote.
6. BOARD APPOINTMENTS. None.
7. PUBLIC INPUT
A. Public Participation. None.
8. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
District #5. Commissioner Sackett recognized a Grandmother of one of
the students who was in attendance that evening. He said she has seven
(7) kids she takes care of and he celebrates her for all the good she has
done. She is a dedicated grandmother who finds services that are needed
for her grandchildren, despite not speaking English. He also said within
their County they have a Track Runners Club and this past weekend at
Seminole State College there were 4,500, six (6) to eleven (11) year olds
in that race. It was a community effort of businesses, schools, and
colleges and very well done.
District #1. Mayor Maingot said there has been a lot of activity this
month. He said their City Manager and he have met with every one of
their County Commissioners. He said he wanted to re -confirm their close
working and interdependency on them. He went through the meetings he
had. On January 8th, he and the City Manager met with Chairman Brenda
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Carey. On January 12t', they met with David Bowden regarding the
medians on State Road 434 and watering capabilities for them. On
January 12t', they met with the management team of Fireball Run. On
January 13t', the Tourism Development Council (TDC) had an executive
meeting to review the proposed re -branding of Seminole County Tourism.
On January 13t', again with the City Manager, they participated in an after
Christmas Parade meeting with the Citizens on Patrol (COP). The
meeting was to have an overview of their Christmas Parade and what
could be done to improve it. On January 15t', the TDC Meeting was held
at Wekiva Island and on January 16t', Leadership Seminole met. On
January 20t', the Mayors and Managers met. On January 211% the ;City
Manager and he met with Commissioner Lee Constantine. On January
22nd, the City Manager and he attended the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
celebrating the completion of the Sanford's Riverwalk, Phase II, as well as
met with Commissioner Bob Dallari. On January 26t', they met with
Brent Blackadar for a follow-up on the discussion they had with David
Bowden regarding the medians on State Road 434. Also on January 26t',
they met with Commissioner John Horan. On January 28'h, they met with
Dix -Hite regarding Phase two of Reiter Park and what further
developments they have been doing.
District Q. Absent.
District #3. Deputy Mayor Paris said he has learned in his short stint as a
Commissioner, that they rarely receive emails about something good that
they have done. He has received an email and has not had an opportunity
to respond to this citizen who was concerned about Lake Horton on
Pasadena. He said he looked at the lake, and received an email which
included pictures, about three weeks later thanking him for all the work he
did. He said- as much as he would like to take credit for this, it was not
him that did anything, it was their Streets Department. He wanted to say
thank you to the Public Works Department for their hard work.
District #4. Commissioner Weller said he had the honor to attend Mrs.
Whitehead's 101' birthday in place of the Mayor, who was a little under
the weather. He thoroughly enjoyed talking with her and she shared her
history of Longwood. He presented her with a Proclamation from the
City, honoring her.
9. ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA
Mayor Maingot said there is one deletion to the Consent Agenda, which is
Item 10A.
10. CONSENT AGENDA
A. Approve Minutes of the January 19, 2015 Regular Meeting.
Item deleted.
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B. Approve the Monthly Expenditures for January 2015.
C. Approve an agreement between the City and Longwood Babe
Ruth League of Seminole County, Inc. for the use of the
Candyland concession stand.
D. Approve an agreement between the City and Longwood Babe
Ruth League of Seminole County, Inc. for the use of the City
baseball and softball fields.
E. Approval to host Operation Giveback Car Show on Saturday,
October 10, 2015 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.
F. Approve a purchase order in the amount of $98,810 to Pegasus
Engineering, LLC for engineering services associated with the
Bennett Drive Drainage Improvements.
Commissioner Weller moved to approve Items lOB
through 1OF as presented. Seconded by Commissioner
Sackett and carried by a unanimous roll call vote.
11. . PUBLIC HEARINGS. None.
12. REGULAR BUSINESS
A. Read by title only and adopt Resolution No. 15-1371, which
amends the City Commission Rules of Procedure by changing
the title of the City's Chief Executive Officer from "City
Administrator" to "City Manager".
Mr. Langley read Resolution No. 15-1371 by title only.
Commissioner Sackett moved to approve Item 12A,
Resolution No. 15-1371 as presented. Seconded by
Commissioner Weller and motion carried by a unanimous
roll call vote.
B. Approval of Amendment to Wholesale Sewage Treatment
and Disposal Agreement between City of Longwood and
Seminole County.
Commissioner Sackett moved to approve Item 12B.
Seconded by Commissioner Weller.
Mr. Williams said the Item is in relation to the Heritage Village
Affordable Senior Project that was approved. He said they entered
into a deferral agreement for the deferral of development assisted
impact fees. This amendment also applies to the county's deferral,
and is a mechanism which grants them the ability to defer those
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impact fees that are associated with that project for a period of
time.
Motion carried by a unanimous roll call vote.
13. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.
Mr. Williams said it was time to paint the elevated water tank and he
wanted to get the Commission's input on colors. He said they have also
reached out to Mr. Wolf and Weston Park for any ideas they may have on
color schemes to complement their project. Mr. Wolf reached out to the
architects and got some samples and sent those in to present to the
Commission to see if there is a desire to do anything to change the green
water tower to one of the two (2) colors, or to leave it as is, or to change it
altogether drastically.
Discussion ensued.
It was the consensus of the Commission to paint the water tower
the light beige color with the City logo on it.
14. CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT.
Mr. Langley said he had a follow-up on the Sean Law matter. The
Settlement Agreement was signed, and Mr. Law did pay the $27,500 to
the City through a wire transfer. Mr. Law's attorney did receive the
$2,400 in the escrow account to pay the landscaping company for
maintenance for professional landscaping. He did sign a landscaping
contract with a professional landscaping company. He has listed the house
for sale and neighbors have told him there is a sign out there now. He
stated he did see a listing agreement and it looks like it is going in a
positive direction.
15. CITY CLERK'S REPORT. No report.
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ADJOURN. Mayor Maing
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