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Longwood City Commission Chambers
175 West Warren Avenue
Longwood, Florida
MINUTES
May 18, 2015
7:00 P.M.
Present: Mayor Joe Durso
Deputy Mayor Ben Paris
Commissioner John C. Maingot
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
Sheryl Bower, Community Development Director
Chris Capizzi, Leisure Services Director
Lee Ricci, Human Resources Director
Lisa Snead, Financial Services Director
Tom Smith, Streets Division Manager
Richard Kornbluh, Utilities Division Manager
Chris Kintner, Planner
Thomas Krueger, Economic Development Manager
Randy Lamb, Building Official
1. CALL TO ORDER. Mayor Durso called the meeting to order at 7:00
p.m.
2. OPENING INVOCATION. Minister Walter Person with Sanford
Church of Christ gave the invocation.
3. THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
4. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS. Ms. Longo read the following
announcement.
111 A. Senior Matinee will be held on Wednesday, May 20,2015 from
1:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m.,Longwood Community Building,200
West Warren Avenue. This month's feature is "Still Alice".
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5. PROCLAMATIONS/RECOGNITIONS
A. District #2 Presentation of the Business Person of the Month
Award for May 2015 to Mr. William St. Laurent, President of
St.Laurent Properties located at 375 Commerce Way,#101.
Mayor Durso read a brief biography on Mr. Williams St. Laurent.
He was unable to attend and arrangements will be made to deliver
the award to him at his place of business.
B. Proclaiming the Week of May 17-23, 2015 as Emergency
Medical Services Week.
Mayor Durso read the Proclamation and then presented it to the
Fire Chief,William Gulbrandsen. Photographs were then taken.
Added On C. Proclaiming the Week of May 3-9, 2015 as Municipal Clerk
Week.
Mayor Durso read the Proclamation and then presented it to City
Clerk,Michelle Longo. Photographs were then taken.
6. BOARD APPOINTMENTS. None.
7. PUBLIC INPUT
A. Presentation:
Community Development Services staff to present an update
on development activity in the City and economic development
initiatives.
Ms. Bower, Community Development Services Director; Mr.
Kintner, Planner; and Mr. Krueger, Economic Development
Manager gave a presentation on development activity and
economic development initiatives in the City of Longwood.
Discussion ensued on the activities.
Commissioner Maingot said he wanted Mr. Krueger to convince
him that it is necessary to approve Item 10E on the agenda this
evening, to be successful. He stated it is $50,000, and what else
can be done with that money to bring people to Longwood. He
said they have had a lot of studies done and have a lot of economic
information from them.
Mayor Durso asked Mr. Maingot if it was his intension to pull this
from the consent agenda for discussion.
Mr. Maingot replied in the affirmative.
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B. Public Participation. None.
8. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
District #5. Commissioner Sackett said he wanted to congratulate Mr.
Capizzi and staff, he showed the flier regarding the Lyman pool and has
interest. He stated the elementary schools around them would like to have
it to hand it to all of their students. He said they see it as a real positive
and $3.00 fees is well worth it. He also said they will print it at their cost.
He said May 14th he went to the COP meeting about the Christmas Parade
to be held on December 5th, and many concerns were answered by Chief
Gray. It was suggested that businesses set up tables to serve drinks and
asked how that would be addressed regarding permits.
Mayor Durso suggested if any of them are asked, they should be directed
to city staff to go through the appropriate process.
Commissioner Sackett asked if there is insurance coverage for people in
the parade.
Mr. Williams said they are evaluating the aspect of insurance coverage for
the parade.
Commissioner Sackett said they were all assigned tasks for the parade and
he is in charge of bands. He said he has lined up three bands and scout
groups and some baseball teams want to help out also.
District #1. Commissioner Maingot asked if there is another meeting
planned for the Christmas Parade. He said the turnout last time was not
very good and heard some said they had not been notified of the meeting.
Mayor Durso stated if there is a need for another meeting Chief Gray will
have one.
Commissioner Maingot said regarding the gate problems for SunRail at
State Road 434 and County Road 427, there was an article in the paper
featuring Mayor Durso and Commissioner Weller. He said hopefully
FDOT is going to take care of this. He attended the Board of County
Commissioners meeting on May 12th and Chairwoman Brenda Carey
brought this up also. On May 15th they had a very well-orchestrated
memorial service at their Hero's Memorial Park.
District#2. Mayor Durso said he wanted to thank Mr. Capizzi and Chief
Hickson for their hard work on the Police Memorial Service. He has had
nothing but positive feedback from multiple law enforcement agencies
that were here and all the folks that attended. He thanked Chief Hickson
for making a donation from confiscation funds to Milwee Middle School.
He donated $750 to purchase a new kiln. Regarding The Fueling
Understanding of Energy Locally Program that they are starting to work
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on with Milwee, Lyman, and Seminole State, and UCF, they took their
first steps with the students and took a trip to the Siemens Wind
Generation Facility, a training facility. He said they took sixty (60)
students from Milwee Middle School, coordinated with the School Board
and School Board transportation and had a great time. Siemens staff was
very generous with their time and let the kids crawl up into the turbines so
they could see how they worked and described to them in great detail how
everything comes to be. He said they have representatives from Duke
Energy and Siemens that are getting ready to start a community board for
this particular program. He spoke to the South Seminole Leadership Team
at South Seminole Hospital. He said they had their entire administrative
staff come in and they talked about Community Based Care (CBC) and
leadership, but the main focus was the City of Longwood. He said they
are starting to talk about what they are going to invest in South Seminole,
the types of programs they are going to move here, and the types of
development they are going to bring here. He asked what they might need
from the City so they can commit and work with them to give them the
tools they need.
District #3. Deputy Mayor Paris said he wanted to remind the
Commission that he will be speaking with the City Attorney over the next
two weeks about the Charter Amendment for term limits. He would like
to see this on their next agenda, so he advised them to get with the
attorney regarding term limits before the next meeting in June.
District #4. Commissioner Weller said with Mr. Krueger's presentation,
the article in the paper about SunRail, and talking with residents of the
City about the horrendous problem they are having at that intersection,
they are going to start a manual override. He asked if they could be
informed as to when they will start doing this so they can monitor the
situation. He attended the car show on May 9th, which was a great show
with a great turnout and great weather. He also attended the Police
Memorial service at the Hero's Memorial, which was great. He wished
more citizens were there in light of all the things going on all over the
country.
9. ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA
City Manager recommends adding Item 10F to the Consent Agenda.
It was the consensus of the Commission to add Item 10F.
Commissioner Maingot asked to pull Item 10E from the Consent Agenda
for discussion.
Commissioner Sackett asked to pull Item l0F from the Consent Agenda
for discussion.
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10. CONSENT AGENDA
A. Approve Minutes of the May 4,2015 Regular Meeting.
B. Approve the Monthly Expenditures for April and May 2015.
C. Approve the Monthly Financial Report for April 2015.
D. Approval to piggyback the Seminole County Contract #IFB-
602096-14BJC Pavement Management Program, for citywide
road and street resurfacing projects.
Commissioner Sackett moved to approve Items 10A
through 10D as presented. Seconded by Commissioner
Maingot and carried by a unanimous roll call vote.
E. Approval of Award for a Retail Study and authorize the City
Manager to sign all pertinent contracts and documents.
Commissioner Maingot asked Mr. Krueger to convince him to
spend $50,000 on this research study because he wants to ensure
they will have the results from that expenditure.
Mr. Krueger addressed his concern and went through what the City
will get from this study. He stated they need to know what
retailers are looking for today because they change all the time.
He said it is very important that they do this and do it right. He
stated the person they are looking at, has a very significant track
record. He is a Harvard professor, has written books on this topic,
and has done over sixty (60) very visible projects throughout the
State of Florida. He has been involved in St. Armands Circle,
Winter Park,Naples, Sarasota, and Disney. He is very impressive,
and he didn't stop with what they wrote in the RFP, he went
beyond it. He said he went through these cities this gentleman has
worked at and talked with every one of their Economic Developers
and planning people. Every one of them said after the last check is
cut, he is still there with you and helping you. He said that kind of
integrity and credibility spoke volumes.
Discussion ensued.
Commissioner Sackett moved to approve Item 10E as
presented. Seconded by Deputy Mayor Paris and carried
by a unanimous roll call vote.
Added On 10F. Consideration of waiving or reducing the rental fees at the
Community Building.
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Commissioner Sackett said requests to waive the rental fees at the
Community Building seems to be happening more and more. He
asked Mr. Williams to address what they can do.
Mr. Williams said the Resolution in effect now requires that every
one of these requests come before the Commission. If there is a
desire to amend that resolution to allow some flexibility from staff,
they would entertain that. He said they think a possible
amendment should include staff's ability to waive the fees for
501(C)3 Not-for-Profits, and any of the For-Profit businesses
requesting a waiver of fees must come back before the City
Commission.
Discussion ensued.
Mayor Durso said at the next meeting they will ask that Mr.
Williams bring forward a potential change.
Commissioner Sackett moved to approve item 10F as
requested. Seconded by Commissioner Weller and carried
by a unanimous roll call vote.
11. PUBLIC HEARINGS. None.
12. REGULAR BUSINESS
A. Read by title only and adopt Resolution No. 15-1374, extending
the moratorium on Developer Assistance Fees for Non-
Residential Development as an Economic Development
Incentive.
Mr. Langley read Resolution No. 15-1374 by title only.
Commissioner Maingot moved to approve Resolution No.
15-1374 as presented. Seconded by Commissioner Sackett
and carried by a unanimous roll call vote.
13. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
Mr. Williams said on the Dias is a copy of the proposed Budget calendar
for Fiscal Year 2015/2016. He is requesting to do the Budget Work
Session with the City Commission on Monday, July 27, 2015, which is in
accordance with the City Charter to send a proposed budget by August 1',
and they have typically started those sessions at 4:00 in the afternoon.
Commissioner Sackett said he will be on vacation at that time.
It was the consensus of the Commission to set Monday, July 27,
2015 as the Budget Work Session and Commissioner Sackett will
attempt to attend via conference call.
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14. CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT. No Report.
15. CITY CLERK'S REPORT. No report.
16. ADJOURN. Mayor Durso adjourned the meeting at 8:30 p.m.
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