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CC02-05-2018MinLONGWOOD CITY COMMISSION Longwood City Commission Chambers 175 West Warren Avenue Longwood, Florida MINUTES February 5, 2018 6:00 P.M. Present: Mayor Ben Paris Deputy Mayor Richard Drummond Commissioner Abby Shoemaker Commissioner Matt Morgan Commissioner Brian D. Sackett Dan Langley, City Attorney David P. Dowda, Acting City Manager Michelle Longo, City Clerk Clint Gioielli, Acting Police Chief Lee Ricci, Human Resources Director Chris Kintner, Community Development Director Chris Capizzi, Leisure Services Director Craig Dunn, Information Technology Director Richard Kornbluh, Division Manager Utilities Brittany Gelm, Code Compliance 1. CALL TO ORDER. Mayor Paris called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. 2. SILENT MEDITATION 3. THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 4. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS. Ms. Longo read the following announcements. A. The City of Longwood will host the "Downtown Longwood Food Trucks" on Thursday, February 8, 2018 from 5:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. at the corner of Ronald Reagan Boulevard and West Church Avenue. Come out and enjoy some of the area's best food trucks and live music. B. The City of Longwood will host a Health Fair on Saturday, February 10, 2018 from 11:00 a.m..unti12:00 p.m. at the Longwood Community Building, 200 West Warren Avenue. There will be free health screenings, raffle prizes, give -a -ways, health vendors, kid's activities and more. CC 02-05-18/1 C. The "Downtown Longwood Cruise -In" Car Show will be held on Saturday, February 10, 2018 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 Martin Luther King, Jr. Good Citizenship Award to Jeff Sonksen, Paint the Trail Artist. Commissioner Morgan read a Proclamation recognizing Mr. Sonksen and presented him with the Martin Luther King, Jr. Good Citizenship Award. Photographs were then taken. B. Presentation of the 38' Annual JOY (Juvenile of the Year) Awards. Treshon Patterson Altamonte Elementary School Christian Dely Greenwood Lakes Middle School Miranda Rinne Highlands Elementary School Maurice Johnson-Dempse Lake Mary High School Mikala Thomas Longwood Elementary School Ridge O'Rane Bonnick Lyman High School Estrella Vasquez Milwee Middle School Grayson Johnston Rock Lake Middle School William Pagan Winter Springs Elementary School Alexis Cresho Woodlands Elementary School Mayor Paris read the history of the JOY Awards. Each student was announced and presented with a framed certificate. Photographs were then taken. The Commission recessed at 6:23 p.m. and reconvened at 6:32 p.m. 6. BOARD APPOINTMENTS. None. 7. PUBLIC INPUT A. Public Participation. Pastor Ed Benore, 1670 Overlook Road, Longwood. He said he is the Pastor at the Longwood Community Church, and also the lead Chaplain for the Chaplain Corp for the City of Longwood. He said we have Chaplains for the Fire Department, the Police Department, and for the City. He stated, we ride along with the first responders, are counselors, we try to help in any way we can, and help motivate the first responders. We are made up of eight pastors and elders in the community. He said he has received several phone calls since we decided to take a moment of CC 02-05-18/2 silence instead of prayer. They were interested in why we had done that, and he said he had no idea why, but he would bring it up to the Commission to see if we could get the prayer back into the City Commission Meetings. He said there is a group of us from the Chaplains Corp and the City itself that I am representing, and wish you would reconsider that, and that is my request. Crystal Drummond, 720 Palos Way, Longwood. She thanked Mayor Paris, Deputy Mayor Drummond and the Commissioners for focusing on improving our community to ensure growth, development, and a stronger, neighborly connection through events and opportunities. She said I commend you all for the decision to honor a moment of silence so all may pray and honor their spiritual beliefs, or reflect on non -spiritual beliefs. My focus is to speak to the Longwood residents regarding the topic. Citizens of Longwood, as you have most likely read on social media, such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, The Political Observer, a fake news source owned and operated by David Kaplan; is adamant to bring you at odds with the current City Commission. She said Mr. Kaplan writes and publishes internet articles encouraging you to find fault with the current City Commission decisions and diligently works to make a public spectacle of your representatives in Central Florida news. She stated, why would someone pursue such repulsive behavior. Simply said, the Political Observer strews fake news across the internet based on who is funding their business. As you saw in the recent local election, degrading articles were focused on the representatives you chose to lead your City. She said who is paying the bill for the news to mislead. you. Unfortunately, it was past Commissioners and local officials seeking to further their political position by harming others in your community. When you read the paid advertisements on line posted .by The Political Observer, I ask you to reflect on the banner ads for political candidates and ask yourself, what purpose the article serves. She said, is it to better inform the community with actual facts and information taken in context, or is it lies sewn together with tidbits of truth, just enough to make you question your representatives. She said, let's talk about public prayer. When the topic was first mentioned to remove open prayer from our local City Commission meetings, I was taken back and a bit annoyed at the decision. Being a proud American and raised in the Midwest and holding strong patriotic views, I have respect for our country, our flag, and our freedom of religion. I could not fathom why anyone would desire to eliminate prayer when so many public venues want to eliminate God as not to offend those who do not believe. She said all it took was a little research to understand. Let me share my findings. Open prayer is not necessarily Christian prayer. Any denomination, religion, believer, or non -believer has the option to request an opportunity to speak at the Commission meetings. A city employee must verify the person's background and ensure he or she meets the city's requirements to speak. Then a city employee must coordinate the schedule of speakers and ensure the representative appears as scheduled. While this may seem quite simple in CC 02-05-18/3 your mind, I ask you again to truly ponder the reality of open prayer versus the now recorded moment of silence, per the Commission's recent vote. Would you, a devout Christian, enjoy hearing a non -believer such as an Atheist or Satanist declare their stance. Or, would you rather be afforded a moment of silence to reflect or pray to your God. She said the same goes for non -believers. Would you rather be afforded a moment to spend as you see fit rather than listen to a Christian prayer. Personally, for me and my family and our children, we are thankful for the freedoms that are afforded to us by our military, police officers, fire fighters, and public service personnel. We are blessed to have incredible opportunities to live life as we see fit. Our faith is strong, and we are proud Christians that do not feel the need to prove it to anyone. We praise God for our life and diligently work to raise a respectful family who gives back to our community. We believe in leading by example. When the National Anthem is played at the local high school football field, on television, or on the radio, we stop everything and pay respect. I choose honor always. I am proud to be an American and lead life by example of my faith. In summary, Longwood citizens, I ask you to stand proud, to rebuke those who strive to create chaos in our community. You have the strength and power to share your knowledge with fellow neighbors and friends to ensure the strength of our community continues to grow. When in doubt, ask your Commission directly and call your representative. Do not believe you are safe. Go directly to the actual source of information and seek truth and understanding always. Reverend Erwin Crawford, 429 Winding Oak Lane, Longwood. He said three years ago, I stood in the same position and asked that Commission to consider joining Maitland and Altamonte Springs in granting the additional Homestead Exemption for sixty-five (65) or older adults with limited incomes. He said we are the only one of the three major cities that do not do that. The Mayor called me two weeks later and said the budget had been checked and did not seem to affect the budget that much. He stated no action was taken. This year in December, I called the City Manager with the same request. The last word I had was this was now in the hands of the City Treasurer to see if it would affect the City budget. He said, I suspect not. So, I am asking this Commission to please do the job that should have been done three years ago. Erica O'Connor, 844 Brightview Drive, Lake Mary. She said she is a homeowner and a full time student at Seminole State College, and said she is very active within Seminole, Orange and Volusia Counties. She came tonight to introduce herself because she saw something on the agenda that peaked her interest. She said though the previous Commissioners were very open to allow the medical marijuana dispensing facilities within your City limits, now the tides have changed a little bit. I do believe it is due to not enough information, so I came and sent everyone an email with four files that are basically an updated white paper that came from Colorado in 2016. She said all the details are in those files, and I would really CC 02-05-18/4 appreciate it if you would review those. I read the ordinance that is going to be read later today. She said I do not understand why this is being brought up again when the previous City Commission was okay with it. In the files, there is a Law Enforcement (LEO) Guide Master, directly from the Department of Health that actually gives access for all law enforcement to check the medical marijuana patient registry in case they were uneasy about who is allowed to have their medicine and who is not. Deborah Poulalion, 1367 Cor Jesu Court, Longwood, handed out information she was going to speak on. She said she attended the meeting on January 31St where they discussed the intersection study for E.E. Williamson and Rangeline Road and one of the options was a roundabout. Her concern is not about the traffic, but the safety of children crossing the roundabout. After studying research, she learned there are extra risks for children around roundabouts because they are smaller, harder to see, cross at intersections more slowly, and they are still developing cognitively. She said they can't assess speed of vehicles as well as an adult, and can't determine if that gap is big enough to cross as well as an adult. As a child, they have a hard time to understand the intentions of a driver. She said some people say you just teach a child how to cross a street. She was provided with an example of a twenty (20) page activity book to teach a child how to cross a street. If you have ever tried to teach a child anything, twenty (20) pages is not going to do it. Her request for the Commission is to please make sure Seminole County recognizes concerns about child safety at this intersection, and to ask staff and the Police Department to look at past records about the intersection to determine if there are problems, or not to fix. She said please keep the citizens of Longwood informed so we know you are taking care of this. To conclude, she thinks a roundabout would be unnecessary and would cause excessive risks to the safety of the children who would use this intersection. Jim Turney, 668 Cortez Circle, Altamonte Springs. He thanked the Commission for the invitation to speak about medical marijuana dispensaries. He said I don't think I will be as eloquent as Commissioner Sackett, who spoke with me against banning dispensaries for the City of Lake Mary. He said he is not here representing the City of Altamonte Springs. He feels this is an important issue, even though it is somewhat symbolic because your ordinance would not prohibit the kind of businesses that are already in Longwood and Altamonte Springs. He stated, this is the business that doctors who recommend this medicine or certain kinds of organizations that try to facilitate, such as the one that is closed now that had a rather offensive sign near here on State Road 434, it wouldn't stop that. He said it would stop someone putting a dispensary here, which probably wouldn't come anyway because of the state law that tremendously restricts the number of dispensaries that can be in the State, and it would not stop most patients from still obtaining this kind of medicine because it can be delivered. He said even though it might be in some respects symbolic, it is not the kind of symbolism that you want to CC 02-05-18/5 have in Longwood because an overwhelming number of citizens here and in every jurisdiction of Seminole County, and in the State of Florida, overwhelmingly sent a clear message of what they want to see our State do. The Legislature really didn't like that message, so that is why we have the law, which took them a long time and a special session of the Legislature, to get the law we currently have that provides for the possibility to ban dispensaries, or the rather uncomfortable zoning and land use planning and other regulation of a dispensary, forcing us to do it just like any pharmacy. He thinks the reason it was done that way is because they wanted to rebuke the voters, but not something they could do directly, even though they entertained that in their original version of the legislation. He said what they are asking you to do is for you to rebuke the voters. That is why I am here to urge you to not ban dispensaries and to continue as you are, and I am proud to say, that is what we are doing in Altamonte Springs. He said our author of our ordinance, our City Manager,, is one of your citizens. I hope you will seek to continue with Longwood's same or similar ordinance you have now allowing for medicine dispensaries. Judi Coad, 1695 Grange Circle, Longwood. She said she is encouraging all to vote to move Ordinance No. 18-2135 through to the second reading where there can be a public hearing concerning the medical marijuana dispensaries. At this time, Florida Statute Section 38.986 (11) only allows county or municipalities by ordinance to ban medical marijuana treatment center dispensary facilities from being located within the boundaries of that county or municipality. They have not, unfortunately at this time, allowed any regulations upon medical marijuana dispensary facilities, except those that would include all pharmacies. She said the City of Lake Mary has banned them, Casselberry and Winter Springs, at this time, have a moratorium on them, and Oviedo and Altamonte Springs have rezoned them to where all their pharmacies now must be located. Since we have the gentleman from Altamonte Springs, I have talked with their City Clerk, and their zoning has moved all pharmacies within the City limits to industrial areas. She stated, that includes anybody, if you build a medical building and want a pharmacy, is that where it would have to be, and the answer was, yes. She said it isn't just that simple. They have rezoned them to an unpleasant area so they don't have to deal with them as a City. We do have medical marijuana clients who do have access to the prescriptions at two medical marijuana dispensaries in a ten mile radius of us. Most importantly, both of these facilities have direct delivery to each client, and dispensary charges are different for their medical marijuana. She said even one has free delivery, based on the client's purchases. The concern that the federal government is now telling us they are going to enforce their federal laws, this may include the law of the federal funding to the State and by our City, by having a medical marijuana dispensary within our boundaries. She is asking the Commission research the white paper on marijuana dispensaries, which examine the direct/indirect adverse impact of the dispensary on local communities. If you choose to CC 02-05-18/6 read the Lake Mary ban, they go into extensive talk about why they chose to do this. The opportunity to ban medical marijuana dispensaries does not close the door on the future where new statutes will allow some regulations. The City has a lot of current economic development going forward which we do not want to lose at this time, or ever. She asked, have you asked companies, such as Taco Bell, Publix, L.A. Fitness, or the WaterVue Apartments how they feel about having them as their neighbor. I also want you to know that there is a push on to take medical marijuana and also having recreational marijuana in our state, such as California, Colorado and the State of Washington. Any dispensary that would already be here would have their foot in the door for that access. She said do we want to deal with that problem when, once again, we have no regulations in place, via Tallahassee. I refer back to the City's Mission Statement: "To foster trust by practicing open, accountable, and responsive government. Providing quality core services, promoting long term prosperity, encouraging smart growth in harmony with the city's unique heritage in urban surroundings, strengthen the city's standing as a preeminent destination for commercial endeavors, and promoting livability by enhancing and protecting our neighbors." She said, once again, this does not deter anybody from receiving their medical marijuana. Mike Dodane, 854 East Wildmere Avenue, Longwood. He started by saying thanks for the new pavement. He said he is very disappointed in the suspension of the prayer before the meetings because it is too much work and not inclusive. Anything you like worth doing takes effort. He said, Commissioner Morgan I love your engagement. You were very passionate about talking to the citizens and finding things out. You also have to rely on your wonderful City staff and ramifications of conversations. At the last meeting, you talked about speed humps and a stop sign on Oxford Street. You have to understand that just pushes traffic somewhere else. He said you talk to any public planner, speed humps don't work. We live in a flow -through neighborhood. It has been that way since the 1970s when they built it. He said I moved into this neighborhood because of that and away from one that put speed humps in. They are awful to live with. His message is please, no speed humps in the Wildmere area, and I can't believe you put them in on Marvin Avenue and the county school buses have to travel on that. He said they just don't work, and maybe a stop sign or two, but no speed humps. They slow things down in a negative way. He said regarding the video at the meetings, he feels it is a good idea. Lighting is a factor and we are not going to _see you or who is at the podium talking, or the presentation. He encourages the City to do it and get the message out right, but you have to do it right with multiple cameras and better lighting. Kelly Judkins, 133 East Church Avenue, Longwood. She said she is here to talk about the moratorium on the medical marijuana treatment centers. There have been thirty-seven (37) overdoses of heroin and fentanyl deaths in Orange County this year, and it is only February 5 h. They have access CC 02-05-18/7 on every corner to get that stuff. There are 74,133 patients in the registry currently and 51,000 of them are approved to get cannabis and use that as their medicine. There are twenty-seven (27) retail stores in the entire state and Orlando is the closest. She said twelve (12) miles in Orlando traffic, and in pain, with PTSD, anxiety, Crohn's, epilepsy, cancer, and all the other debilitating conditions we have to deal with on a daily basis. We, as patients, need reasonable access to the medication that patients have a right to. In the State of Florida we voted for this, 71.3% voted yes and 71% of Longwood voted yes. She stated, why would.you want to limit access to these patients that utilize this medication versus addictive, pharmacological intervention. She asked, what happened to caring for the human being. There is a huge homeless population by the SunRail Station. I find hypodermic needles in the Walgreens parking lot, and at Sonic, and my parking lot, and it is scary; it makes me sad. She said they really don't have any other choice or access. They probably started out with pills and ended up, on heroine. What about your fellow human being. She said we have addicts here, and we have many of them, I see them every day. One of these days a friend of yours or a loved one will be put in a situation where they will get to choose an opioid or medical cannabis. I hope they make the right choice. We did not have that choice twenty (20) years ago, and look where we are right now. She said we have the most horrible opioid epidemic ever with 52,000 people dying every year. I am asking you not to limit our access. It takes me forty (40) minutes to drive to Orange Blossom Trail (OBT) in traffic after I have worked all day to make sure I get there by 7:00 p.m. They are allowed to be open from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. She said I cannot afford $25 a delivery every week because I can only afford my medicine once a week. I don't make a lot of money, I am a social worker. She stated, please do not give us a moratorium and let us have our access. Tom Denegre, 330 Ferdinand Drive, Longwood. He said at the January 15'h meeting, the Commission did away with the prayer at the meetings here. I called my representative and asked him about it. I don't want to quote him, but I want to give you the best rendition I can about what the conversation was. I believe he said it was his understanding that the biggest problem with having the prayer here was for the staff having to be able to get preachers to come here. He said. instead of having a prayer, they were going to have a moment of silence. We heard from the Pastor a while ago, and he has a group of ministers that will be glad to come here and say the prayer, so I would like you all to reconsider that, and let us have. prayer in Longwood before the Commission Meetings. 8. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS' REPORT District #1. Commissioner Shoemaker gave kudos and a multitude of gratitude to Lincoln Bhagwandass, owner of Taps & Caps Lounge and our own Commissioner Matt Morgan, all involved in the Candyland Clash Fundraiser. She said it was very well attended and a positive event. She CC 02-05-18/8 thanked David Dowda for making the transition to the Acting City Manager so flawlessly. She stated, you are appreciated. She thanked the Utility Billing Department for their prompt and courteous service she received while attempting to pay her Business Tax Receipt on-line. My experience with this department has greatly improved over the last couple of years, and I am very appreciative. She thanked everyone who got up and spoke. We are going to address a lot of this further in our agenda. District #2. Deputy Mayor Drummond welcomed Acting City Manager Dowda. District #3. Mayor Paris said our moment of silence or silent prayer was a bit short, so in the future we are going to make it a solid thirty seconds to make sure everyone has a chance to pray or meditate in their own way. He said I know this has been a hot subject and it is more than staff and volunteers. He said we have a City of over 15,000 citizens, and we have just over 150 employees. Our staff members carry a lot of hats, so the person taking care of all these things takes care of every single Commissioner up here as far as our agendas, keeping track of where we are supposed to go, at the same time, looking over our minutes, putting together our agendas and everything else. He said we are very limited. Even that additional work can be stressful for staff. But beyond that, the idea that this is just a simple thing as, we will only have Christians or Pastors come in to do this becomes an issue for other religions and other groups. He said I think going to silent prayer or silent meditation allows everybody to pray and allows everybody to worship in their own way, or not. This was not an attack on any religion. It includes all religions to be part of it. District #4. Commissioner Morgan said he sat in on the Markham Hills Neighborhood Meeting this past week. He said, Commissioner Matt Morgan's Candyland Clash Fundraiser happened last week after it was told to him a while back that our Longwood City Babe Ruth was looking to raise funds and money for a new softball batting cage. He said along with some help from our Mayor and the owner of Taps and Caps, where the fundraiser was held in their parking lot, we put it together in thirty days. Another person who stepped up in a huge way was Mike Towers. He said we were able to get 525 people to come to this event with thirty days' notice. At the end of the day, we are only as strong as our youth. He said he is going to continue to raise money for our youth here in the City. The very next day after this fundraiser, the softball cage was getting installed, and he is incredibly proud of that. He said thank you to everyone who came and who contributed money. Commissioner Morgan said that he along with Mayor Paris and Commissioner Sackett, were invited to Seminole County Bambino Buddy Ball Dinner/Gala/Silent Auction last weekend, and it was a really good time. He said he auctioned off a pair of his wrestling trunks from his CC 02-05-18/9 wrestling career, along with a signed 8 x 10, and someone paid $350. He said his four year old son is verbally autistic, and was told he could actually be a part of Buddy Ball, and he is so proud to be a part of that group raising money for this league. He said he is just one of hundreds of parents and this will be huge for our kid's confidence, and teach them a lot of different things, I would not be able to teach him. It will, more importantly give them a social setting. He encouraged everyone to come out to Longwood Babe Ruth Opening Day at Candyland Park. He will be throwing out the first pitch. District #5. Commissioner Sackett said Ridge was one of the boys who received a JOY award. He is eighteen (18), comes from Jamaica and had all sorts of family crisis where they lost their Green Cards, lived in a hotel and out of a car. He said I was proud to take him to Stephanie Murphy's office to get his Green Card re -issued. He stated, Ridge is doing all the right things. He said he works with the local Boy Scouts; and I did a fifty (50) mile canoe trip with Ridge and is very proud of him. He said Ridge is an Eagle Scout, and I am a sponsor for him. I just did my sixth Eagle Scout recognition of students I have taught over the past six years. He said Longwood produces the most Eagle Scouts in this whole County. Commissioner Sackett stated, regarding prayer, I am an ordained Reverend, and I believe in prayer. I strongly believe in prayer, but honor the moment of silence as a way to support all. He said the Dog Wash Station needs to happen, we have made a promise that the Dog Park would have one. He also mentioned that there are wobbly street signs within the city. He asked if this is something maybe the Citizens on Patrol (COPS) could drive around and see which ones need to be readjusted. Commissioner Sackett asked if staff could check on a grant issue regarding historic building floors. He said regarding Buddy Ball, he didn't buy the trunks, but I did buy a baseball cage. He has been going to Buddy Ball for about eight years and he donated his paycheck to them this time. He would like to have sidewalks addressed because we need to take care of them for seniors walking and bicycling. He said I have lived here twenty-nine (29) years, and Pic'N Save left about twenty-six (26) years ago. After they left, we found black mold, and had that building condemned. He said we worked diligently with our Fire Marshal to get the building condemned. The building did come down, but there are others, like a restaurant near SunTrust Bank with the roof caving in. He said there is a Taco Bell at an old location that needs to be looked at. He would like some of the signage destroyed during the hurricane to be fixed. He also noted there were design plans for landscaping. in the buildings along State Road 434, and he would like that checked out. He made mention of the property where the old Pic'N Save was located, they need to keep up with their landscaping. CC 02-05-18/10 Commissioner Sackett mentioned the request regarding the homestead exemption for seniors. He said he thought they were waiting to see what the impact to the City would be and asked if staff could look into that. He noted that he is not in favor of roundabouts and one at the end of Rangeline Road is not the way to go. He said, originally the plan was designed by fifth graders at Woodlands Elementary to have bike paths because they didn't feel safe riding their bikes to school. This is why Church Street is getting some bike lanes in it so you have connectivity all through the City so you can ride safely. He attended the meeting where this was discussed, and mentioned that the meeting should have been about sidewalks, and the roundabouts were a surprise. 9. ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA. None. 10. CONSENT AGENDA A. Approve Minutes of the January 8, 2018 Special Meeting and the January 15, 2018 Regular Meeting. B. Approve the Monthly Expenditures for December 2017 and January 2018. C. Approve a donation in the amount of $1,000 to The Christian Sharing Center from the State Law Enforcement Confiscation Fund in accordance with Florida Statute 932. D. Approve a donation in the amount of $4,000 to Kids House of Seminole from the State Law Enforcement Confiscation Fund in accordance with Florida Statue 932. E. Approve appointment of Mr. David P. Dowda as board member and Ms. Lee Ricci as the alternate board member for the Public Risk Management (PRM) Group Health Trust Board and the Public Risk Management of Florida Property and Casualty Pool. Commissioner Sackett moved to approve Items l0A through 10E. Seconded by Deputy Mayor Drummond and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. 11. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. Read by title only and adopt Ordinance No. 17-2134, authorizing the issuance of debt in the principal amount of $2,622,050 to finance the South Longwood Phase II/Lake Ruth/ Springwood Septic Tank Abatement Project. Mr. Langley read Ordinance No. 17-2134 by title only. Mr. Kornbluh presented the Item. CC 02-05-18/11 Mayor Paris opened the public hearing. No one spoke in favor or opposition to Ordinance No. 17-2134. Commissioner Sackett moved to close the public hearing. Seconded by Deputy Mayor Drummond and carried by a unanimous voice vote. Commissioner Sackett moved to adopt Ordinance No. 17- 2134 as presented Item 11A. Seconded by Commissioner Shoemaker and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. 12. REGULAR BUSINESS A. Read by title only and adopt Resolution No.18-1455, budget transfer from Public Utilities Reserve Fund Fiscal Year_17/18 in the amount of $470,908.09 to fund Professional Engineering Services related to the East Longwood and Longdale Septic Tank Abatement Project. Mr. Langley read Resolution No. 18-1455 by title only. Mr. Kornbluh presented the item and answered questions. Commissioner Shoemaker moved to adopt Resolution No. 18-1455 as presented Item 12A. Seconded by Commissioner Morgan and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. B. Approve a purchase order in the amount of $214,653.48 to Barnes, Ferland and Associates for the Professional Engineering Services related to the East Longwood Septic Tank Abatement Project. Deputy Mayor Drummond moved to approve Item 12B as presented. Seconded by Commissioner Morgan and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. C. Approve a purchase order in the amount of $256,254.61 to Barnes, Ferland and Associates for the Professional Engineering Services related to the Longdale Septic Tank Abatement Project. Commissioner Morgan moved to approve Item 12C as presented. Seconded by Commissioner Shoemaker and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. CC 02-05-18/12 D. Request by Commissioner Morgan to have a discussion regarding the use of Facebook Live for City Commission Meetings. Mr. Dunn presented information regarding the camera and answered questions related to repairs and replacement. Ms. Longo answered questions related to archiving costs. Discussion ensued. Deputy Mayor Drummond suggested they follow staffs recommendation and disable comments on the video. Commissioner Sackett moved to approve Item 12D as presented, inclusive of all costs associated with implementation of Facebook Live for City Commission Meetings. Seconded by Commissioner Morgan and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. E. City Commission discussion regarding the use of windfeather type signage. Mr. Kintner presented the Item and gave a brief background. He stated, traditionally windfeather signage has been prohibited by the Longwood Development Code (LDC). The Code was amended to make an allowance for them, as well as inflatable balloons, and only associated with temporary use permits. Windfeathers are currently only allowed with the thirty (30) day temporary use permits. He stated, where this issue has become controversial is when businesses swear by temporary signs, particularly, windfeathers. He said a lot of businesses buy the windfeather signs upfront before they open. It is important for visibility and short-term visibility and often the business owners want them for long periods of time. They want to set them up permanently and have them be a part of their business. He said if everybody has these signs, driving down the corridor, all you see is these signs. Mr. Kintner said from staff s perspective, there are two discussion points. Discussion Point 1: Future Direction on Windfeather Signs 1. Leave the regulatory structure as -is, with windfeathers allowed only with a Temporary Use Permit 2. Request that staff bring forward a change to the LDC that would make an allowance for new businesses to have windfeathers as a grand opening sign for up to 90 days CC 02-05-18/13 3. Request that staff bring forward a change to the LDC that makes windfeathers an allowable temporary sign type, to be regulated in the same manner as temporary banners and temporary portable signs are currently 4. Request that staff bring forward a change to the LDC that would expand the allowance of windfeather signs beyond what is currently allowed for banners and portable signs Discussion Point 2: Current Direction on Code Compliance Action Related to Windfeather Signs 1. Request that staff defer code compliance action until such time as an LDC amendment (if requested by the Commission) is enacted 2. Maintain full enforcement of City Code as presently stated, all unpermitted illegal windfeather signs will be subject to compliance action Discussion ensued and questions asked on the options business owners have, time frame. for temporary signs, and possible changes to the current code. Mayor Paris stated the Commission has asked staff to bring forward some additional information so we can expand our Temporary Use Permits for hardships. F. Read by title only and adopt Resolution No.18-1454, which urges members of the Florida Legislature to oppose Senate Bill 574 and House Bill 521. Mr. Langley read Resolution No. 18-1454 by title only. Commissioner Sackett moved to adopt Resolution No. 18- 1454 as presented Item 12F. Seconded by Deputy Mayor Drummond and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. G. Read by title only, and consider approving the first reading of Ordinance No. 18-2135, banning medical marijuana dispensaries within the City limits, then set March 5, 2018 as the public hearing date. Mr. Langley read Ordinance No. 18-2135 by title only. Mr. Kintner presented the Item and stated at the direction of the Commission the City Attorney prepared an ordinance to ban medical marijuana dispensaries for. discussion. He reviewed the ordinance and pointed out that it would not affect the clinics and it removes language in the LDC that was later preempted by changes CC 02-05-18/14 to State Law. He said the ordinance also includes language that creates an automatic one year moratorium if the States or Courts were to eliminate cities ability to ban dispensaries as presently spelled out in State Law. Discussion ensued. Commissioner Sackett moved to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 18-2135 and set March 5, 2018 as the public hearing date. Motion failed for lack of a second. H. City Commission to consider allowing proposed residential developments within the City to have the option to enter into a vesting agreement with the City to lock in current school impact fee rates. Mr. Kintner presented the Item and said Seminole County adopted new school impact fee rates. These impact fee rates will affect all residential development within the County and will -increase with single family homes going from $5,000 per,dwelling unit to_$9,000 per dwelling unit and Townhomes are going from $2,45.0 to $5,000 per unit. All residential building permits submitted prior to this date will be subject to the current lower impact fee rates and -all', after will be subject to the new rates: He stated these impact fees are out of the city's control. He is bringing forward an agreement, which they have worked on with Seminole County and -the -School Board to allow certain developments to -lock in the current school impact fee rates. He went over the projects -that are currently in the pipeline and presented a list of applicable developments. He noted one change to the original agreement is going from two years to one. He stated if the Commission is in agreement with this, you will authorize the City Manager to execute the agreements that will allow us to execute at the manager level without having to bring them back to a Commission Meeting. If approved, each developer on this list will be asked to sign this agreement. Discussion ensued and questions were answered. Mr. Langley noted the agreement in the agenda packet will be changed to reflect a one year period instead of two. Commissioner Sackett moved to approve Item 12H, the Educational System Impact Fee Rate Vesting Agreement, with the change to "within one year from the effective date" and to allow the City Manager to execute the agreement with each of the developments. Seconded by Commissioner Morgan and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. CC 02-05-18/15 13. ACTING CITY MANAGER'S REPORT Mr. Dowda thanked the Commission for their support over the past week. He also thanked Mr. Langley and Ms. Longo for their help and staff for being ready to present this evening 14. CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT. No report. 15. CITY CLERK'S REPORT. No report. 16. ADJOURN —Mayor Paris adjourned:the meeting at 8:11 p.m. A9 Ben Paris, Mayor ATTEST: ,City Clerk 1 CC 02-05-18/16