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CC12-18-17MinLONGWOOD CITY COMMISSION Longwood City Commission Chambers 175 West Warren Avenue Longwood, Florida MINUTES December 18, 2017 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 Jon C. Williams, City Manager Michelle Longo, City Clerk David Dowda, Interim Police Chief Mike Peters, Interim Fire Chief Lisa Snead, Financial Services Director Lee Ricci, Human Resources Director Chris Kintner, Community Development Director Chris Capizzi, Leisure Services Director Craig Dunn, Information Technology Director Ryan Rinaldo, Recreation Program Coordinator 1. CALL TO ORDER. Mayor Paris called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. 2. OPENING INVOCATION. Citizens on Patrol (COPs) Chaplain Benore gave the invocation. 3. THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 4. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS. Ms. Longo read the following announcements. A. Senior Matinee Movie will be held on Wednesday, December 20, 2017 from 1:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m., Longwood City Hall (Chambers), 175 West Warren Avenue. This month's feature is The Hitman's Bodyguard. B. The City of Longwood will be showing a holiday movie at the Longwood Community Building, 200 West Warren Avenue, on a movie theater style projection screen on Thursday, December CC 12-18-17/1 21, 2017 from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. The movie will be The Polar Express. C. The City of Longwood will host a "Hula-Licious Food Truck" Event on Saturday, January 13, 2018 from 12:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. in conjunction with the Downtown Longwood Cruise -In Car Show. There will be over 40 trucks, live entertainment and beer and wine available. D. The "Downtown Longwood Cruise -In" Car Show will be held on Saturday, January 13, 2018 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. in the Historic District of Longwood located off of Church Avenue. E. The City of Longwood Farmers Market occurs every Sunday from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. in the Historic District of Longwood in front of the Longwood Village Inn. 5. PROCLAMATIONS / RECOGNITIONS A. Nomination of the Beautification Award. Mayor Paris nominated The Annex Health Care, 133 East Church Avenue for the Beautification Award. Nomination carried by a unanimous voice vote. B. District #3 Nomination for the Business Person of the Month Award for January 2018 (Presentation scheduled for January 15, 2018). Mayor Paris nominated Victorio's Oyster Bar & Grille, 300 Dog Track Road for the Business Person of the month for January 2018. Nomination carried by a unanimous voice vote. C. Nomination and selection of the recipient of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Good Citizenship Award (Presentation scheduled for January 15, 2018). Commissioner Morgan nominated Mr. Sonksen for the Martin Luther King Jr. Good Citizenship Award. Nomination carried by a unanimous voice vote. D. Presentation of the 4th Annual Christmas Parade Winners. Mr. Capizzi announced the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in the Floats, Vehicles, Businesses and City of Longwood categories. Second and third place winners were each presented with a certificate and the first place winners received an award. Photographs were then taken. CC 12-18-17/2 6. BOARD APPOINTMENTS. None. 7. PUBLIC INPUT A. Presentation. Chris Kintner, Community Development Director to give a presentation on the Status of Medical Marijuana Regulations. Mr. Kintner gave a presentation on the status of Medical Marijuana Regulations and answered questions. B. Public Participation. Johnnie Richardson, 1050 Alameda Drive, Longwood said for many of you this may be your first time holding public office. He said may I remind each of you that your election to office was not a clear mandate or a landslide victory and represented less than a quarter of the voting electorate in the City of Longwood. He said the State of Florida and Seminole County government may be seen distant and unrelated to your day to day responsibilities, but decisions made by them often have a major cascading impact on your ability to lead the City and pursue a better future. He said State and County legislation, regulations and unfunded mandates can significantly affect the current and future City budgets, and our residents alike. He said serving as our City Commission is a part time job with full time responsibilities. You cannot afford to have any hidden or personal agendas or to be beholden to those who contributed money in an effort to help fund your campaigns. He said the most important thing that I leave with you this evening is this. You represent each and every constituent in your district who voted for or against you. You must never show favoritism, and you must be fair and impartial at all times, and each of you must be well informed and up-to-date when you evaluate the facts and/or issues before ending a final selection. You will not be judged on what you do, but rather what you didn't do while serving on this Commission as a public official. He said the decisions you render, whether good or bad by extension, will not go unnoticed by your constituents. To that end, each one of you will be held accountable for your decisions. Each of you will be making difficult decisions that will affect you in more ways than one. All will be passed down to the citizens of the City of Longwood. He said budget constraints are important issues to the City of Longwood and raising the millage rates, taxes, or supporting an appeasement of union demands, is not the answer to your budget problems. Together, working in harmony as commissioners, city employees, volunteer organizations, and residents so we can all make the City of Longwood a much stronger City in which to -live, work, and play. He said I encourage each of you to fully leverage upon the CC 12-18-17/3 various federal and state grants that are available to help offset the cost of the City budget that will not only benefit our community's residents, but your City communities and business communities as well. He said I wish each of you great success, and thank you for your service to a great City and may God help you and guide you through the difficult and challenging days that lie ahead. Rachael Carroll, 108 S. Hamlin Court, Longwood said she has lived here a little over nine years, and wanted to say before this election she never knew who any of the Commissioners were, and never knew these meetings existed for her to come to speak at. She said this election came, and I knew who my choices were to vote for. Every morning when I drove by State Road 434 and Ronald Reagan Boulevard (County Road 427), I knew who Matt Morgan was, who Abby Shoemaker was, and who Richard Drummond was. She said I knew Ben Paris and I knew who my choices were. She said at the events that took place at Christmas time, Commissioner Morgan made me know who he is. He is personable with everybody. He and his family make it known he is here for us and we can go to him if we need anything. She said he makes. changes and makes them quick. She said she lives behind the Police Department and Fire Department, and the Fire Department door didn't open for years, and as soon as they got into office, that door opened within a couple of days. She said it floods there also. She said they are our first responders, and those issues need to be addressed. She asked, what are budgets for, are we going to get the Fire Department fixed. She praised the Commissioners and the Mayor for the job they are doing so far. Rex Anderson, Skylark Subdivision, Longwood, congratulated the newly elected Commissioners and said he may run over a few seconds here. He said his main concern is last July 17t'the subject of the Assistant City Manager came up and he has not been able to find any action that was taken as far as an ordinance or anything and asked what the decision was on that. Mayor Paris said at this time that position is vacant. Mr. Anderson asked if it was his personal intent to search for one and if so, why. Mayor Paris said all staffing goes through our City Manager. He said he could set up a meeting with him to discuss that. He also said during public participation there is not a back and forth with the dais, so if you would like to schedule a meeting with the City Manager to ask that question, you can. CC 12-18-17/4 Mr. Anderson said, for the record, several people have gotten phone calls where you have actually been involved talking about filling that position with your choices, and I would hope that would not be the thing that you would do. He stated yes, I can prove it, and I think it can be settled here tonight because there was no action taken on July 17th. He said I don't mean to be negative or disruptive or anything, but I think we need -to get it cleared up and stop the rumors. He said with all respect and sincerity to the City Manager, he thinks he could address that. Mayor Paris asked Mr. Williams if he had any intention to fill the Assistant City Manager's position. Mr. Williams replied he did not. Mr. Anderson said he would like to look at the Consent Agenda where you are naming Chief Dowda the official Police Chief. He does not know if he needs to speak against that or not, but I have known him too long. It is time that he receives that commendation. He has been here 25 years and think that speaks well of him. He appreciates the respect and recognition he is going to be receiving and his wife actually came tonight to watch over him. Jeff Earhart, CPWG, 2215 Wembley Place, Oveido said he wanted to speak regarding the Consent Agenda and the selection of engineering consultants. He said he is with CPWG Engineering and we were not selected, but an email came out that said we were, and there was a scoring adjustment that said we weren't, so he had two requests. One, if you could pull Agenda Item I and let us talk with staff about it, or in an effort to let it move forward, if you could select four engineering firms underneath the Planning Section, that would allow us to participate. He said we have been working with the City of Longwood for over 15 years, starting with paving the dirt roads over at Jessup, Talmo and Oak, and most recently working at Reider Park and Church Avenue. He said many of the firms selected are large, Florida State wide or national firms. We are a smaller firm that is located in Seminole County and we have an office in Oviedo and Winter Park. He said I would really like to implore you on an emotional level to allow local engineering firms to have an opportunity to continue to work with the City of Longwood. He said adding us to that list does not mean they are going to give us any work, it just gives us the opportunity to still work with staff if that is their desire. He said this is very emotional for me because I have worked so long with the City through so many other things, and it is really important part of me that things are done well here. He can say from a cost perspective on Church Avenue, we probably did that job for half of CC 12-18-17/5 what some of the national or international firms would have done. I would appreciate it if you would either pull Item I, or add four firms on the Planning Contract on Item I on the Consent Agenda. Kelly Judkins, 133 E. Church Avenue, Longwood said she is here representing the ANNEX Health Care. She said ANNEX is a clinic dedicated to writing recommendations and educations for medical cannabis. She said she is here to speak in favor of keeping the ordinances in place regarding medical cannabis clinics and dispensaries. She said the Annex opened its doors to patients on July 10, 2017. To this date, we have had not one complaint, code violation, police, ambulance, or fire call at our clinic. Most people didn't even know we were a medical cannabis clinic there. She said this was until the sign on State Road 434 across from the hospital went up, the big marijuana pot leaf. She said now we are bad for the City. There are road signs that have popped up with cannabis leaves all over it, and we don't agree with that either. She said we don't agree with being put in the same category as massage parlors and pain clinics because we are not. The ANNEX has been involved with community events, the National Night Out, The Fall Festival, The Longwood Parade, and we give back plenty to our community. She asked, who put that sign up, why is it there. She said let's be honest, there is still a stigma attached to medical cannabis. Her sign had to be changed three times before it was allowed. She said ever since that sign was put up, I have received a.ton of backlash. I don't think it is fair because we have followed all the rules and regulations and guidelines that were put forth by this City. She said the City, as well as the State, overwhelmingly approved the use of medical cannabis as a form of legal treatment for a variety of debilitating conditions. Let's be honest, there is a stigma. She said as an advocate, activist cannabis educator, and also a patient, I and my team are here to make sure that individuals who do not have a vested interest in this business or industry, run amuck in my industry. Like the one on State Road 434 across from the hospital, all for the citizens to see. She said there is going to be backlash, and it is still there. She said things like this will make a community angry, and I don't blame them. She stated, change is hard, but it is necessary to evolve in life. She said 71% of Longwood voted yes, so the people believe here. She said as responsible business owners we know it has to be a slow, smooth process. It needs to be baby steps for the community. She said stigmas are hard to overcome, and it is an even more difficult process when you have individuals trying to shock the community with signage that is not appropriate for this industry. She said California has medical cannabis and has had it for over 20 years. Since 2012, we have been working very hard and diligently on this. Her suggestion is we appoint someone within the community. She said my brother and partner, Mitch, has been working on this CC 12-18-17/6 for six years and knows everything. She said we need someone to help us, like you said Commissioner Sackett. Please don't put us in the category with those people. She said I have 112 patients, and 59 of them on medicine. Every one of them need it. She said 99% of them have a success rate and that is why we are here, to help these people. She said they need access, they should not have to drive an hour and it is not fair to me or our community. Sarah Ashton, 1033 Oxford Street, Longwood said she is here to bring up an issue she brought up in 2016, regarding issues with traffic on Oxford Street. She said it is a cut through road and we have a lot of aggressive speeders driving down our road every day. Since I brought this up in 2016, we as a community on our street have received minimal attention and virtually no action. She said we did our part and signed a petition where everybody who is a homeowner or property owner on the street, except for one, all agreed unanimously to a dead end. She said it never happened, so we did our part in signing the petition, and fast forward to the present, I have just recently begun speaking with Commissioner Morgan on this issue, and he has been very responsive and attentive. She said he answered my call right away and met with me the next day, and he immediately followed up with me after our discussion. She said he called for a police presence, which we have already seen, and I appreciate that very much. She said she wants to thank him for his action and to also request action on the part of the City to support him and provide resources we need to address this problem because we need a permanent solution. She said we really need more than a police presence, although we appreciate and hope it will continue. She said we also need traffic mitigation of some sort with physical structures. Once again, we requested a dead end as a street, and that is what we would like to see. She stated, it is not a safe place to be. She said we have elderly people who should not walk on our street because someone is going to get hit by a car. It will be the City who is blamed. We also have young children, and I just can't see this go on any more, so please do something about it. John C. Maing_ot, 848 Maraval Court, Longwood. He asked that a map be put up on the screen that he was going to reference. He said this Commission has been given a golden opportunity to bring to completion pending investments worth millions of dollars, which it has taken at least the past three years to attract, build a level of trust and understanding, and convince investors that Longwood is really open for business. He said under the leadership of Jon Williams, many changes have been made to encourage economic development in our City, which was supported by the former City Commission of which you were a part of, Mr. Mayor. He said speaking from many years of CC 12-18-17n experience, we now have in place a management team second to none. He said I earnestly beseech you to stand firm, I repeat, stand firm against any external forces wishing to make changes to your management team. He said I want each of you to be successful and to reap the rewards of what is being presented and left to you to bring to fruition. This can only be done if you stand for what is right for the people of our City of Longwood. He referenced the map and pointed out the value of what is going on. He said the project value is over $1.25 million dollars, and some of it is under construction, but there is a lot more of it to come into fruition. He said we have unfunded mandates that come down every year. We have increases and liability insurance, workers compensation, health insurance, and in a small City such as ours, sometimes we have a hard time finding the necessary cash to meet all those demands. He said we cannot defer it, we have to meet it. He referenced the map and stated the increase in taxable value is worth $687,500. He said to the Commissioners, you have been given a golden opportunity to bring to fruition a tremendous opportunity to move the City forward. Let no one detract you otherwise, and let no one impose anything on you, that is usurping your authority that the people have given you. Judi Coad, 1695 Grange Circle, Longwood said she wanted to speak again on the marijuana dispensaries, not the clinics. She said I know the clinics are what people have voted for. I know what the Commission passed in May, which is now null and void by the State. She happens to agree with what Commissioner Sackett said, to put a moratorium on putting out dispensaries until we have a more finite program of what we do. She said we have to understand, if we put them under dispensaries come totally under any kind of CVS or Walgreens type of thing. We have a limitation, and we had usurped that with our previous ordinance. She said all I am asking at this time is to put a moratorium on the dispensaries. She said I totally agree about our lovely friends on State Road 434 and their snipe signs at McDonald's, Winn Dixie's entrance and at the high school that are very uncalled for. She said that is retail business that needs to be handled, which is being done by our Code Enforcement. She said at this point in time, it is not the clinics I am talking about, it is the dispensaries. Unfortunately, the State has passed it down to all of the cities. It is a yes or a no. She said I wouldn't like to see that lovely billboard at Rangeline Road and State Road 434 have a great big sign on it. She said that would set our City up for a whole other outlook, instead of the small town neighborhood community that we are and want to be our persona. 8. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS' REPORT CC 12-18-17/8 District #4. Commissioner Morgan said his report is from December 5"' through December 17", I visited within my own District 4 with Mrs. Sarah Ashton on Oxford Street where beautiful Lake Wildmere is. He said you heard her touch on the subject of people speeding by. It is the narrowest of streets that we have here within that part of the City. He said the speeders are trying to avoid the traffic light at State Road 434, so people are gunning it down that street where people are taking their daily walk. He said people drive to this area to take their daily walk, and have done so for 20 or 30 years, because it is the most scenic view we have in Longwood. My concern is not just what Mrs. Ashton said earlier, but we have a development that is right diagonally across from their homes on Lake Wildmere, and Phase 2 of that project is going to be up in the woods that connect to the outlet and entrance and exit will open in one place right on Oxford Street as well. He said what is going to happen is they are going to get ten times the traffic they have right now and speeders on that street, and he has called for speed bumps and stop signs to stop this from happening. He said we are going to have an accident and somebody is going to die. It is a very dangerous area, and with this Phase 2 of the project coming with no other outlet but Oxford Street, we are in trouble and setting ourselves up for failure, in my opinion. Commissioner Morgan said he took a tour of the Police Department and took Chief Dowda to lunch and picked his brain. He also has a huge issue with the marijuana snipe signs we have been seeing throughout Longwood. He said it is really diminishing and dampening the incredible work and professionalism to the highest standard I have ever seen in that of the ANNEX here with us tonight. He said they have done every single thing by the book and have continued to be an incredible service to many of our own citizens here in Longwood, that for years have had ailments battling addiction, Crone's Disease, Cancer, Pain Management, you name it, they have been treating it. He said for someone to have to drive an hour away to be able to get the medication is ridiculous, and we are also setting ourselves up for failure by ignoring that aspect of the argument. It is a very grey area. He recognized Mrs. Judy Coad of Barrington, who is going out and always having our City's best interests and spotting some of these snipe signs and standing up for what she believes in. He wishes we had more citizens like Ms. Coad that continue to do the kind of work that she does. He said we may not always agree at all times, but nonetheless, I respect her for having our City's best interests at heart. Commissioner Morgan said he had a great ride along with Mr. Williams, who gave me the lay of the land. He said, I am incredibly grateful for that, particularly with the developments. He had Mr. Williams take him to the area that hopefully we will be able to build a new Fire Department. He said something I ran my election on, and something I will live up to, that we will get them out of that disgusting, dilapidated Fire Station that floods every time it rains. He thanked Mr. Williams for that and is waiting for the numbers in order to get that done. He said he had an incredibly CC 12-18-17/9 productive meeting with Mr. Mike Towers and on Towers Economic Development, and I think we are going to see some huge changes in the corridor of State Road 434 and U.S. Highway 17-92. He said he was shown photos and there has not been changes since the Ronald Reagan administration. That is the truth, and our job is to provide change up here. That is why we were elected, and we are going to get that done. He said he also spoke to a group of young leaders on behalf of DARE America, who are organizing DARE events throughout the state of Florida, and worked with them on how to speak to the grammar, middle, and high schools on how to captivate their attention. Commissioner Morgan said he would like to see if they could get some money from the Commissioners' budget to cover some training. He said we have an opportunity in January for training. He said there is $2,500 for the five Commissioners to attend training. Commissioner Morgan said we need to come into the 21St century about how we position these Commission meetings. He said I hate hearing week after week all we have in this room is the vocal minority. It is a slap in all of your faces. He said your opinion matters just as much as the silent majority, but in order to reach out to the silent majority, we need to take the silence away from them, and we need to make them a part of this process. He said everyone in the City came out in droves for the election. He said that it was one of the highest rated elections we have ever had. He said because we gave them a reason, and they all came out in droves to support us. We need to reach out to them. He said they obviously aren't going to come here because they have other things they're doing, working, taking care of kids, single moms with kids at home. They would love to be here, but can't. It is our job to take it to them. He said part of my idea is Facebook Live for our Commission meetings. There are other counties that are starting to adopt this, and instead of letting Oviedo beat us to the punch again in something, this is something that is very simple to do. He said you set the computer up there and flip it around and keep a hard cam review on us here, and citizens can ask questions without having to be shown on camera, but we can hear them at home. He said I assure you, you will start to see some voters that wanted to take part in this process that didn't know these meetings were going on. He said that is part of our civic job, putting ourselves out there to be able to make everybody a part of this process and stop being the voice of the voiceless. He said this is us visualizing what civic engagement looks like in the digital era. It is us finally realizing where our residents are spending their time, it is online. He said this would be us being on the right track to figure out how to reach them properly and engaging them. This is something I firmly feel we need to do that will do nothing but benefit our City. District #5. Commissioner Sackett said he went through Oxford Street and saw what Commissioner Morgan was talking about for speed on Oxford. He said he makes a recommendation that they approve CC 12-18-17/10 Commissioner Morgan to be our spokesperson to give us a report every two weeks to see where we stand on this issue, so we can get something done about it right away. Commissioner Sackett said the political signs in the past election were a nightmare. He said we have rules about political signs as to what the ordinance says and how big they can be and square foot total, and if you live on a corner property what it has to look like. He said I saw so many signs this year between the sidewalk and the road, which is definitely not allowed by Code. He said we need to look at our political signs again because before an election comes up it just looks like we are throwing garbage all over the lawns. His last election he had 900 signs, but if we have a Code, we have to enforce it. He asked if we are looking at that ordinance right now. Mr. Williams replied they are. Mr. Kintner addressed the aspect of looking at the ordinance. He said there are parts they wish to change and a recent Supreme Court decision that changed how cities can do signage. He said one of the things we need to do is to bring a number of elements of our sign code into compliance with that decision. He said concurrent to that, we will want to have some discussion with this Commission about temporary signage. It is something that has been an issue and is something that is worth looking at again. He said staff is working on to bring forward, we will cover both political and temporary signage. Commissioner Sackett said regarding the medical clinics and dispensaries, I understand the issue. He said my frustration is we don't have the ordinance for dispensaries, so since we don't have it we have nothing in place, besides what guides us from the State. He said I don't like those signs that popped up at all. I would want a legislative update often as to where they are going with this so over the next six months we know what is going on. Commissioner Sackett made a motion to direct the City Manager to bring forward a budget amendment that would completely delete the Assistant City Manager position from the budget. Seconded by Commissioner Morgan. Commissioner Shoemaker said she does not know if we should eliminate the Assistant City Manager position because our City is growing, and our City Manager is leaving and sadly, we have to find another one. She said this City Manager may need help beyond Mr. Williams three months of service as a consultant. She said she would prefer we look at the job duties of an Assistant City Manager and adjust the salary accordingly. CC 12-18-17/11 Commissioner Sackett said we are a City of 14,000, and I don't know of another City nearby and there are four in the State, one being near Tampa. He said Mr. Williams has done a phenomenal job, we have an economic development person in place and the staffing is in including an Executive Assistant. He said we don't really know the total of that budget, but I believe it is in the mid $100,000, and I think it needs to go away. He said we are too small to have one. Motion carried by a unanimous roll call vote. Commissioner Sackett said the next step we need to do is to get our Charter involved with the League of Cities and Counties and begin our search to sadly say replace Mr. Williams. He said we have to get that moving at this meeting because we have the cancelled meeting in early January, and then we have the mid -January meeting, and then Mr. Williams is done with the position as of January 31. He said there is an urgency here involved. Mr. Langley said either you take time later in the agenda and add something and have the full discussion tonight, or you can always call a Special Meeting to deal with it at a future date. He said you may want to consider posting the position so you start getting candidates, but you need to discuss what you are looking for as far as what the posting would involve. He said the Charter does provide for a Selection Committee to be appointed by the Commission and they tend to be former City Managers. He said the Commission in the past have used the International City Managers Association and the Range Rider Program to make up that committee. Commissioner Sackett said if we called a Special Meeting January 8t', we would have enough time to take care of it, but that could be the agenda item to specifically address all those needs. Mr. Langley said you can call a Special Meeting to deal with the process of appointing a City Manager. He said the selection process may take longer than a couple of weeks, so remember you have to ask for candidates to submit and then there needs to be the selection process where they are evaluated, then they are going to get recommendations from the selection process, and consider candidates and interview them. He said you may need to appoint an Acting City Manager on a temporary basis in order to give yourself time to evaluate to make sure you select the candidate you think is best for the City. Commissioner Sackett asked can we do that January 8a', or make an interim City Manager effective tonight. Mr. Langley said you can do that in January. CC 12-18-17/12 Commissioner Sackett asked that the Mayor call a Special Meeting on January 8th Commissioner Sackett said Santa Claus came to town last night in my area and it was wonderful to see 50 and 60 year olds giving up their New England Patriot's game to come out to see Santa Claus coming through. He said being a school teacher, that was the talk of the day, and it is really nice to see 700 kids so involved. Commissioner Sackett said 17 bicycles were delivered to Longwood Elementary on Friday, and through my salary donation, I was able to procure 15 bicycles to be given out tomorrow at Woodlands Elementary, for a total of 32 bicycles. He said there is another company that is willing to give me an additional 30 bicycles next year, so I will have 60 bicycles to give away. District #1. Commissioner Shoemaker said I attended the Car Show briefly, and I was so happy to see a small group of patrons, but I was even happier -to get hot chocolate from the Longwood Historic Society. She said Santa also came to my neighborhood on make-up night and it was an awesome job. She thanked everybody. Commissioner Shoemaker said I have a citizen that has a concern about a sewer on East Church Street across from Connolly's that storm debris is still not cleaned out. She said it has been overflowing with the big rain and thought she would mention that. She said I guess Public Works will get out there and vacuum it. She said as far as the medical marijuana dispensaries, I think we really need to do our homework. I know Mr. Kintner is great filling us in with everything we need to know. She said I don't want to ban them necessarily because they are another business, but if we treat them as we treat any other pharmacy and/or other business, they will hopefully be very presentable and very well run. She said I'm not sure what we are going to do with that because Mr. Kintner said we don't have any applications yet currently, so when we get an application, we will have to address it if we haven't determined something from the State sooner. Commissioner Shoemaker said I believe there will be four out of five of us going to a seminar in January. She said I am a tax accountant, so you will have to count me out. She said I went by Connolly's Friday night, and I saw everything he has collected for The Sharing Center, and I think it is awesome. I went to The Sharing Center and visited and if you have not been, you really need to check it out and donate. District Q. Deputy Mayor Drummond thanked everybody for the opportunity to serve the citizens of Longwood. He said it is very interesting and it is going to be a challenge. There is a lot to learn and it is going to be a process, but you can rest assured that myself and the other CC 12-18-17/13 new Commissioners are going to do our very best to do everything we can for the City of Longwood. He wished everybody Happy Holidays and invited them back to our next meeting January 15t'._ District #3. Mayor Paris said this is our last meeting of the year, so Happy Holidays, whatever you celebrate, and Happy New Year. 9. ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA. None. 10. CONSENT AGENDA A. Approve Minutes of the November 30, 2017 Work Session, December 4, 2017 Regular Meeting, and December 11, 2017 Executive Session. B. Approve the Monthly Expenditures for November 2017. C. Approve the Monthly Financial Report for November 2017. D. Approve a contract with Longwood Aquatics to utilize the Lyman High School pool for swimming opportunities for Longwood residents. E. Approve a lease with Ricoh USA Inc. for the fleet replacement project which replaces all current copiers, printers and wide format scanners and includes all equipment maintenance services and toner. F. Approve a new piggyback contract effective on January 1, 2018 with U.S Water Services Corporation and a change order in the amount of $50,000 to purchase order #18-00291 for meter reading services. G. Approve a purchase order in the amount of $267,161.28 to CDWG for materials required to successfully implement the Cisco Hyperflex project. H. Approve a purchase order in the amount of $25,500 to Greyson Technologies for professional services relating to the Cisco Hyperflex project. I. Approve the short list of engineering firms and authorize staff to enter into negotiations for Professional Engineering Services with those firms. J. Approve a Spectrum Enterprise service order for internet connection and phone circuits. CC 12-18-17/14 K. Approve an increase to the South Longwood Septic Tank Abatement Project Phase H in the amount of $275,509 for installation of a portion of the Longwood - Altamonte Springs Force Main. L. Confirm the appointment of David Dowda as the Chief of Police and Michael Peters as the Fire Chief. Commissioner Sackett requested that Items 10I and IOL be pulled for separate discussion. Commissioner Sackett moved to approve Items 10A through 10H, 10J and 10K. Seconded by Commissioner Morgan and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. Discussion ensued on Item 10I. Commissioner Sackett moved to add all five candidates within the Planning Scope and approve the rankings 1, 2, 3, and add a 4 and 5 to use as needed. Seconded by Deputy Mayor Drummond and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. Discussion ensued on Item 10L. Commissioner Sackett moved to approve Item 10L as presented. Seconded by Commissioner Shoemaker and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. Chief Dowda and Chief Peters thanked everyone for their support. 11. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. Read by title only and adopt Resolution No. 17-1444, establishing the City's Notice of Intent to use the Uniform Method for collecting Non -Ad Valorem Assessments in 2018. Mr. Langley read Resolution No. 17-1444 by title only. Ms. Snead presented the Item and answered questions. Mayor Paris opened the public hearing. No one spoke in favor or opposition to Resolution No. 17-1444. Commissioner Sackett moved to close the public hearing. Seconded by Mayor Paris and carried by a unanimous voice vote. CC 12-18-17/15 Commissioner Sackett moved to adopt Resolution No. 17- 1444 as presented Item 11A. Seconded by Commissioner Shoemaker and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. B. Read by title only and adopt Ordinance No. 17-2129, which proposes changes to the Longwood Development Code to help incentivize development within the City by amending the land use table and supplemental standards. Mr. Langley read Ordinance No. 17-2129 by title only. Mr. Kintner presented the Item. He made reference to change and stated he would like to remove a requirement for properties adjacent to the intersection of Ronald Reagan Boulevard and State Road 434 to build "comparable" to Historic District standards, maintaining a requirement for "superior architectural design". He said at the November 7, 2016 meeting, an applicant brought forward an amendment that would allow for a fast-food restaurant with drive-thru at the intersection of State Road 434 and Ronald Reagan Boulevard, in this case a Taco Bell. The applicant proposed language that would allow the use when "developed with superior architectural design which exceeds standard LDC requirements" but also when "comparable in nature to the requirements for new commercial construction in the Longwood Historic District." He said as an applicant -sponsored amendment, the result was essentially the applicant putting restrictions on themselves and, as such, staff was supportive of the language. Since that time, the property has changed hands and another developer is looking to place a Taco Bell at this location. The new applicant intends to comply with the requirement for superior architectural design, but has requested relief from the "Historic District" portion of the standards. Staff has proposed removing the Historic District language, as the remaining language still protects the requirement to exceed LDC standards and, as this property is located outside of the Historic District, a requirement for historic design is not particularly beneficial. Mayor Paris opened the public hearing. No one spoke in favor or opposition to Ordinance No. 17-2129. Deputy Mayor Drummond moved to close the public hearing. Seconded by Mayor Paris and carried by a unanimous voice vote. Deputy Mayor Drummond moved to adopt Ordinance No. 17-2129 as presented Item I IB, including the language outlined by Mr. Kintner regarding removing historic district CC 12-18-17/16 wording. Seconded by Commissioner Shoemaker and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. C. Read by title only and adopt Ordinance No. 17-2131, which provides for the issuance of Series 2017B Project Note with Iberia.Bank not to exceed $2,000,000 in aggregated principal and cost issuance for the purpose of paying costs of constructing certain parks, recreational and capital improvements and for financing the acquisition and installation of equipment to be located within the City. Mr. Langley read Ordinance No. 17-2131 by title only. Ms. Snead presented the Item. Mayor Paris opened the public hearing. No one spoke in favor or opposition to the Ordinance No. 17-2131. Deputy Mayor Drummond moved to close the public hearing. Seconded by Mayor Paris and carried by a unanimous voice vote. Commissioner Shoemaker moved to adopt Ordinance No. 17-2131 as presented Item I IC. Seconded by Commissioner Morgan and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. 12. REGULAR BUSINESS A. Read by title only and adopt Resolution No. 17-1437, which provides for the details required by Ordinance No. 17-2131 that authorized the financing of the Series 2017B Project Note. Mr. Langley read Resolution No. 17-1437 by title only. Ms. Snead presented the Item. Deputy Mayor Drummond moved to adopt Resolution No. 17-1437 as presented Item 12A. Seconded by Commissioner Shoemaker and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. B. Approve a Historic District Matching Grant Application for the property located at 192 West Warren Avenue. Mr. Kintner presented the Item. CC 12-18-17/17 Commissioner Sackett moved to approve Item 12B as presented. Seconded by Deputy Mayor Drummond and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. C. Read by title only and set January 15, 2018 as the public hearing date and approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 17-2132, a petition for the vacation and abandonment of a portion of a utility easement at 410 Pinta Place. Mr. Langley read Ordinance No. 17-2132 by title only. Mr. Kintner presented the Item and answered questions. Deputy Mayor Drummond moved to approve Ordinance No. 17-2132 and set January 15, 2018 as the public hearing date. Seconded by Commissioner Shoemaker and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. D. City Commission approval of a final plat for Oakmont Reserve Phase 2 (formerly Belair Estates). Mr. Kintner presented the Item and noted one condition that the remaining site work be completed either within two years of the final plat or prior to the Certificate of Occupancy (CO) being issued for the last home whichever occurs first. Commissioner Shoemaker moved to approve Item 12D as presented. Seconded by Commissioner Morgan and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. E. City Commission approval of a final plat for Legacy at Sunbranch. Mr. Kintner presented the Item and noted they received a revised plat and that was placed on the dais for the Commission to review. Deputy Mayor Drummond moved to approve Item 12E as presented. Seconded by Commissioner Shoemaker and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. F. City Commission Discussion and Consideration of the Opening Invocation or Replacing with Silent Meditation. Commissioner Sackett said for over fifty years we have had silent meditation, and four years ago it was replaced with an opening prayer. He said in recognizing the world we are in, and noted he is an Ordained Reverend, he believes it is time to go back to silent meditation, be respectful of everyone's personal moral values, and CC 12-18-17/18 let that person pray as they see fit within that moment of silent meditation. He said we have had a reflection of many people here and is a lot of staff work to solidify,someone into that position. He said he was asked four times to fill in for the invocation. He stated that he prays every day, that is who he is. He said, I just always felt that silent meditation met the needs of a vast variety of people, and I would like us to consider going back to this. Mayor Paris said I echo your sentiments, and I also believe just for staff purpose that staff spends a lot of time trying to find people, so I definitely think that in this changing world, it might be better to go back to a silent meditation. Commissioner Sackett made a motion to suspend the rule regarding the invocation for the next Meeting and bring back a Resolution to go back to silent meditation. Seconded by Commissioner Morgan and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. Mayor Paris recognized Sgt. McKenna for the years of service he has done with the City of Longwood. Sgt. McKenna said he never fathomed being here for 30 years and it has been a privilege for him. He praised Chief Dowda for being such a professional, self -motivated and thorough person. Chief Dowda said we are retiring one of the best officers I have ever worked with. He is a great man, and has been a great leader in our department, and I really appreciate him. 13. CITY -MANAGER'S REPORT Mr. Williams said Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. 14. CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT Mr. Langley reiterated the same sentiments as Mr. Williams. 15. CITY CLERK'S REPORT Ms. Longo reiterated the same sentiments as Mr. Williams. 16. ADJOURN. Mayor Paris adjourned the meeting at 8:05 p.m. Ben Paris, Mayor CC 12-18-17/19 1 ATTEST: Mic el e , C C; CRM, City Clerk 1 1 CC 12-18-17/20