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CC05-07-2018MinLONGWOOD CITY COMMISSION Longwood City Commission Chambers 175 West Warren Avenue Longwood, Florida MINUTES May 7, 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 J. D. Cox, City Manager Michelle Longo, City Clerk David P. Dowda, Police Chief Mike Peters, Fire Chief Chris Kintner, Community Development Director Chris Capizzi, Leisure Services Director Lee Ricci, Human Resources Director Lisa Snead, Financial Services Director Trisha Fuston, Payroll/HR Coordinator Magdala Ridore, Human Resources Generalist CALL TO ORDER. Mayor Paris called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m. 2. MOMENT OF SILENT MEDITATION 3. THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE A. Election of Mayor Mayor Paris turned the meeting over to the City Attorney to conduct the Election of the Mayor. Mr. Langley stated the election of the Mayor occurs at the first meeting in May of every year and is elected amongst the Members of the Commission. He opened the floor for nominations. Commissioner Morgan nominated Commissioner Paris as Mayor. Mr. Langley closed the floor for nominations. CC 05-07-18/1 Nomination carried by a unanimous roll call vote. 4. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS. Ms. Longo read the following announcements. A. The "Downtown Longwood Food Trucks" will be held on Thursday, May 10, 2018 from 5:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. at the corner of Ronald Reagan Boulevard and West Church Avenue. B. The "Downtown Longwood Cruise -In" Car Show will be held on Saturday, May 12, 2018 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. in the Historic District of Longwood located off of Church Avenue. C. Senior Matinee will be held on Wednesday, May 16, 2018, from 1:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. at the Longwood Community Building, 200 West Warren Avenue. This month's feature is The Post. 5. PROCLAMATIONS / RECOGNITIONS A. Proclaiming May 13 through May 19, 2018 as "National Police Week"; and "Peace Officers Memorial Day" on May 15, 2018. Deputy Mayor Drummond read the Proclamation and presented it to Police Chief Dowda and Officer Moran. Photographs were then taken. 6. BOARD APPOINTMENTS. None. 7. PUBLIC INPUT A. Public Participation. Jo Anne Rebello, 301 Loch Lomond Ave, Longwood. She said this is a concern about anyone living in the Church Avenue and Rangeline Road area that has been hell because of the Church Avenue reconstruction. She just saw signs over the weekend that now we are going to resurface Rangeline Road before Church Avenue is done. She stated this is very poor planning. Let's get one done before we start the other. It is taking an awful long time on Church Avenue. She said I don't know if it is because the contractor bit off more than they could chew, or they have too many projects and not enough people to work on them. I really hope somebody will address this and maybe postpone this, because people living along Rangeline are having a hard enough time as it is. I hope you will consider postponing the repave thing until we get further along with Church Avenue. 8. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS' REPORT CC 05-07-18/2 District #2. Deputy Mayor Drummond welcomed J.D. Cox. There was a Meet and Greet on May 2nd for everybody fortunate to come. He said there was a very good turn out, and it was a very good event. He thanked the City Clerk, for setting that up and the City staff that helped with that event. He congratulated Marco's Auto located at 700 Industry Road, celebrating eight years in business in Longwood. He said Seminole County 4H Youth is competing in 4H District events competition on Saturday, May 12'h at the Orange County Extension Office, 6021 South Conway Road in Orlando. He said this competition features several clubs from Seminole County, along with the surrounding counties of Orange, Volusia and some others. There is Public Speaking, Illustrated Talks and Demonstrations, and also a Share the Fun Talent Show. He said both of his daughters will be competing in the public speaking event and this will be their fourth year. These events start at five years old and go up to eighteen. District #3. Mayor Paris said on May 20d', I was able to participate in the Mayors Panel for Leadership Seminole. It was a great opportunity for all the Seminole County Mayors to get together and talk to a class of current and future leaders that are really getting involved with our community. We talked about what we do and listen to the other mayor's issues, concerns and thoughts moving forward. He said across the board, the number one concern for every city was SunRail and the inevitable price tag that is going to come along with it. Closely following behind is the Homestead Exemption that is going to be rolling down from Tallahassee. We shared our concerns with the rest of the cities, and he felt there was a sense of comradery with the cities wanting to work together and find the best solution for all of us, since we are all in this together. He attended the Boy Scouts Dinner, Golden Gala Eagle Dinner. It was a great event and very well attended. He thinks they raised $250,000 that night. Commissioner Sackett said they raised $200,000 that evening. Mayor Paris said several Commissioners were there that evening also. He also attended the Meet and Greet for J.D. Cox, which was a great event. He said on May 15`h, I will be attending the next Mayors and Managers Meeting in Oviedo, and we will be discussing what cities do. District #4. Commissioner Morgan said on April 18'' I and Commissioner Shoemaker took part in an Ethics and Sunshine Law Training Course in Sanford, which was a well taught class. He is trying to be a part of every type of council and group there is to continue sharpening my skills to be the best Commissioner I can be here in Longwood. He said another group I took part in was a little group called CLEO, which is Community Leaders and Elected Officials, put on by Michelle and Mike Ertel. It is a good way to socialize with other leaders within the community and not so much of a pressure -filled environment. On April 19d', The Sharing Center had an amazing Good Samaritan CC 05-07-18/3 Breakfast. There were people from all over attending. The Sharing Center continues to do amazing things. He said they have everything there one could need when a person has fallen on hard times. That same day, Ms. Longo and I attended the Tri-County League of Cities Meeting. This was my first one, and I am going to continue going back to these meetings. This particular one was in Apopka, and I continued to make really good contacts and learn while on the job here. The next day I took part in our Markham Hills Special Assessment Neighborhood Meeting. Those of you that live in special assessment neighborhoods have had this issue from time to time as I have had in Barrington, and that is the spike in the water bill. He said through one of his contacts he met at the Tri- County League of Cities, he was put in touch with a company called UMS Water. He said I had a meeting with them in Longwood at Zanzibar Coffee. They have this technology called AMI, which is Advanced Metering Infrastructure. It is able to predict the leaks and water pressure droppings in our sprinkler systems within these special assessment neighborhoods. We are told that is where these leaks are coming from that is happening out front where the main entrance is, where we tend to blame that spike in water coming from. He would like to set up a secondary meeting with the City Manager, if that is okay, and bring in the proper people we would need from City staff. He said the way we read our meters now is manually, and these generally have a ten-year half-life, or shelf life. What is cool about AMI is this can be read remotely by wireless infrastructure, and can triangulate any type of weakness in the water pressure. The benefit of that is they can predict a leak about to happen before it happens and before our water bills and special assessment neighborhoods get hit with that spiked increment. Commissioner Morgan said Altamonte Springs City Manager, Frank Martz, set up a meeting with me and Dr. Ashley Ansara, and Dr. Tim Lloyd. They have some huge plans in Altamonte in conjunction with Florida Hospital, running an entire Autism one stop shop city, where you will have every single thing under one umbrella, which has never been done before. He is incredibly honored to have been asked to be part of this and excited for his son when this does get opened. On that same day, he had a meeting with Ms. Lori Rice at the Skylark neighborhood. After the meeting was done, he took a walk with some of the neighbors, and he noticed there is no coverage of the train tracks on North Grant Street. He said one of the complaints at this meeting was that dogs keep turning up on the tracks dead, and his concern was, what about the kids. There is nothing to separate the tracks from a small, grassy patch beside the tracks. Commissioner Morgan wanted to congratulate the two new police hires, Pavel Zhukov and Richard Marion. He said all three of us ran our campaigns round public safety. We all firmly believed in that, which was not being done by the previous Commission. I am proud to be part of a Commission that stepped up and did right by our brave men and women of our Police Department, and we are on our way doing it with our Fire CC 05-07-18/4 Department. It is all about making this a competitive environment. They would do their job for a while and then move on to one of our neighboring cities for better pay. I am very proud we were able to get that squared away and get them fairly treated and compensated. He said he also went to a Reiter Park Meeting where they were looking for sponsors and people to be able to cover something like fireworks. He reached out to Mr. Michael Towers, who has offered to donate fireworks. Chief Peters has signed off on that if we go that route. The opening of that park is going to be huge for Longwood. Commissioner Morgan said Florida International University (Flu) is offering a grant writing program, one on June 6 h and June 7 h. He would like to have the opportunity and the Commission's backing to be able to drive out to that. It is in Miami, but I want to be able to offer our City another grant writer on behalf of our City, if need be. I am not asking to be paid for this. It is just something I think I would like to be able to do in case we do need it. You can't have enough grant writers. Mr. Langley said you need to give the Commission more information regarding the cost of a particular seminar, and if you are seeking reimbursement. It is up to the Commission to say yes or no regarding travel expenses and the seminars under their Rules. Commissioner Morgan said Lyman High School is trying to raise money for flex helmets, which are anti -concussion helmets. Lyman High School has a total of one, and the teams they compete against have multiple helmets like these. He mentioned this at the last meeting, and he thanked people who have donated toward this. He talked with the coach because he stopped it after 30 days trying to raise money for it because they have their practice game coming up Thursday, and they wanted to have it before then. He said I am still in talks with him to see if we can continue to raise money for these flex helmets. They are very important and we need to protect our own if we can. Lyman High School is sending two teams to an International Problem Solving Competition. They have never been able to do this before. The team was founded in 1978 and is called Odyssey of the Mind. It is a creative problem solving competition that asks teams of students to tackle a variety of engineering and performance. He said students do it all without the help of any single adult. We have two teams that we are able to now send to the championships. He named members of the teams. He said this competition takes place May 23 through May 26 at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. There are 800 teams from more than 20 countries competing in this, and we have two teams from here in Longwood, and we are incredibly proud of you. He said you can donate to these teams by going to Odysseyofthemind.com or check out the Lyman High School Facebook page. District #5. Commissioner Sackett said he does take exception to caring about the Police Department. He said I have been here for 15 years, and CC 05-07-18/5 Mayor Paris for four years, and we have been trying to do what is best for our public safety officials, and finally we have a team on board that is fighting for those rights to make that happen. We have some Boy Scouts in the audience tonight. He said I am still calling you Boy Scouts even though the official name change is coming soon. I am proud to say that this weekend we had two new Eagle Scouts from Longwood, so our numbers on Eagle Scouts are growing quite a bit. He said one of those scouts is my grandson who I am extremely proud of, and I am proud of the other ones out there as well. He said Richard Kornbluh talked with The Landings about the pump station that is set in there. The Landings is looking for their new pump and after four to six weeks, it should be here. I had on my list an update on Church Avenue, which was supposed to be done a while ago, and I would think with every paving contract, unless there is some reasonable cause, we start fining the people for not having it done on time. He said it is taking a ridiculous amount of time. The Rangeline Road work is going to be done at night not during the heavy traffic time of the day, so he thinks it is a doable situation. He would like to see an update on Church Avenue at our next meeting. Commissioner Sackett said he would like to know what is going on with CERT and COPs, he understands there was a meeting, and things are moving back to Chief Dowda. I had arranged that meeting, so if I could get an update on that. He said I got an update on the First Place Beautification Award, which at the next meeting I would like to change back to regular Beautification Award, is to the Bank of America. He said the Clerk advised it is being delivered tomorrow because it has been hard to contact them. Commissioner Sackett said the medians are ugly on State Road 434. The weeds are two feet tall. That is a gateway to our City, and I would like to see it cleaned up. He is very pleased he brought his granddaughter to the Meet and Greet event to meet our new City Manager, and she was able to thank Corporal Short, who I taught 16 years ago, because he was the one who found her loose puppy. He said he had two dogs escape from his daughter's home. He said I like the police Facebook page written by Kelly, it is very informational. Commissioner Sackett said regarding the Park, I for one, like the laser show because I don't like the idea of fireworks landing on my house that borders the park. He applauds the Parks Committee that is working on its 140t' birthday party coming up in September. The Sleepy Hollow traffic light is late in starting, and he doesn't know why. He said Odyssey of the Mind, he believes he taught five of those children in the advanced math program. He said our Elementary School kids won First Place in the State of Florida, and they are going to Iowa as well, so there are three teams going. They are first place, and the second and third place teams are from my home town in New York State, so that should be really interesting to see. The kids are really excited. In addition to that, Woodlands CC 05-07-18/6 Elementary has a Math Olympiad Team, high math students that compete this weekend at Sabal Point. Commissioner Sackett said he will be going on May 17' for the breaking of the fast of Ramadan, at the American Muslim Community Center. He said 10 years ago a little boy went to Chicago and skateboarded between two cars and was killed by those vehicles. I put a Red Maple in his honor at Woodlands Elementary. The plaque is worn out, and it is the 10 year anniversary. So the youngest brother of that boy is graduating from fifth grade, and the Memory Tree ceremony is at 9:00 a.m. on May 22nd to dedicate the tree. I am also very thrilled it is at the end of this month is graduation. I didn't hear of any accidents with proms, and graduation hopefully is a safe event. I wish all those children well. Commissioner Sackett said when we raised our salaries, I said I would donate it to: Golden Eagles, Sharing Center, Foundation for Seminole County Schools, Helmets, and Buddy Ball. All good causes, and thank you to anyone getting involved in charity events in our City. District N. Commissioner Shoemaker welcomed J. D. Cox, thank you so much for your dedication so far. I am looking to your long tenure with our City. She said I attended my annual Ethics in Sunshine Training with Commissioner Morgan and our City Clerk, and as Commissioner Morgan stated, a very good presenter did make the four hours tolerable. Commissioner Shoemaker said on April 28di, I attended the Philharmonic Concert at The Springs. A very nice constituent invited me as her guest. The band was terrific, the event was flawless. While at the concert, I looked at the space and pondered how the Amphitheatre at Reiter Park may resemble such an event. Would we have a large crowd? Would we handle shuttle, security, medical and safety as efficiently? I hope we do as well and better. She said I am looking forward to the many events our new park will be able to accommodate. Commissioner Shoemaker said on April 30d~, I welcomed the City Manager, Mr. Cox, and he let me know he was excited to be here as I was excited to have him here. On May 0, I briefly attended the Parks and Recreation Advisory Meeting. My purpose was to speak under Public Participation and apologize that I would not be available to attend the Board Appreciation Dinner on June 7d'. Having been a member of the Parks and Recreation Board for a very long time, I know the work that you do and appreciate you so much. She said in my opinion that is a fun board. It is a lot of work, but you have a lot of fun. I do appreciate all our volunteers. Commissioner Shoemaker said I will be in Jupiter on the 7d' driving in a car, arriving at a hotel, and/or fishing. I hope fishing before my Institute for Elected Municipal Officials (IEMO) Seminar begins in the morning. CC 05-07-18/7 On May 2"d, I attended our Meet and Greet for J. D. Cox, which was very well attended, and I hope J. D. feels welcomed by staff employees and our community. We are happy to have him and looking forward to positive momentum. She said on May P, an email was sent to all Commissioners regarding the closing of the Longwood campus of the Orlando Ballet School. I empathize with the concerns of the many parents. I would like our City Manager to look into this matter and assist if possible. I understand a business decision has been made, very hard to overturn that. I know it didn't come about lightly from the owners, however, Mr. Cox, if you could look into that, I would appreciate it. Commissioner Shoemaker said today I received an email to all Commissioners regarding the proposed complete streets program for Ronald Reagan Boulevard. The email raised concerns, and I responded and forwarded the email to Mr. Cox. I hope we can address J. Carlton's concerns and be sure to consider especially the issue he is concerned about with public safety. 9. ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA. None. 10. CONSENT AGENDA A. Approve Minutes of the April 16, 2018 Regular Meeting. B. Approve the Monthly Expenditures for April 2018. Commissioner Sackett moved to approve Items I OA and 1 OB as presented. Seconded by Commissioner Shoemaker and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. 11. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. Read by title only, set May 21, 2018 as the second public hearing date, and approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 18-2139, regarding an application submitted by Longwood TOD, LLC for a Development Agreement, consisting of approximately 50 townhomes. Mr. Langley read Ordinance No. 18-2139 by title only. Mr. Langley stated this is a quasi-judicial matter and anyone wishing to speak on behalf or in opposition to this agenda item is requested to step forward, stand and be sworn in. He said if you have not already done so, please complete the form Request to Speak at a public hearing and return to the City Clerk. He said the applicant may have the right to cross examine anyone who speaks for or against the item and those who speak have the right to cross examine the applicant. He then swore in those wishing to speak. CK�Z�Z�1►I�:�f: Mr. Langley asked for disclosure of ex parte communications by the Commissioners. Mayor Paris stated he received an email and did not reply. There were no other ex-parte communications. Mr. Kintner presented the Item. He said last November the City Commission approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Longwood TOD, LLC. The developer is looking to develop approximately 50 townhomes in the City's Heritage Village adjacent to the SunRail station. He pointed out that the project would be approximately 50 townhomes over two phases. That would be 19 units on the south phase, south of Weston Park, and 31 units in the north phase, north of the Weston Park Apartments. The units are anticipated by the developer to sell within the mid to high $200,000. He said the developer is seeking to provide a higher density project (nearly 25 units/acre) that is consistent with the City's stated desire for higher -density development in the Transit Village Neighborhood, which allows up to 50 units/acre. To reach this density, the majority of stormwater quantity and quality requirements need to be met off -site. He addressed the key points in the Development Agreement and went over the budget impact. He then answered questions from the Commission. Mayor Paris opened the public hearing. Mr. Robert Gillespie, 167 Linda Lane, Lake Mary spoke in opposition to the Item. He said he owns 233 East Church Street and asked will these retention ponds deal with the flooding we are having on Church Street. Mayor Paris said when you add more retention ponds, it usually helps out. Mr. Gillespie said since Weston Park was built, we have had flooding, and during the last hurricane, it came up to the door of our property, and next door was under water. I wanted to make sure that is addressed. He asked are you putting stormwater drains on Church. With all the developments coming in, the water used to go that way, and now it has nowhere to go. Mayor Paris said I will see if we can get some more information for you about this. He asked Mr. Cox to look into this. No one else spoke in favor or opposition to Ordinance No. 18- 2139. CC 05-07-18/9 Commissioner Sackett moved to close public hearing. Seconded by Commissioner Shoemaker and carried by a unanimous voice vote. Commissioner Sackett moved to approve Ordinance No. 18-2139 and set May 21, 2018 as the second public hearing date. Seconded by Commissioner Morgan and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. 12. REGULAR BUSINESS A. Approve a Historic District Matching Grant Application for the property located at 133 West Bay Avenue. Mr. Kintner presented the Item and answered questions. Mr. Scott Brown, the applicant said the idea for the wrap -around porch is because historically the original building was just the square in the middle, and it would have had a wrap -around porch on all four sides. He said the addition you see that goes left and right if you come up to the house was added on at some point, and they just added on top of the original wrap -around porch. We propose to continue that wrap -around porch to the back, which is an add -on, and there is nothing historic about what you see. The old ramp rotted away and the green awning is rotten, so we want to put a more substantial covering over that deck. None of that is historic, but we are trying to go back to something that is more historic than what you see now. People access the businesses from the back, so we are trying to make it more pleasing. Commissioner Morgan moved to approve Item 12A as presented. Seconded by Commissioner Shoemaker and carried by a four -to -one (4-1) roll call vote with Commissioner Sackett voting nay. B. Approve a Memorandum of Agreement to the Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Teamsters Union Local 385 for the period of October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2020. Chief Dowda presented the Item. Commissioner Sackett moved to approve Item 12B as presented. Seconded by Commissioner Morgan and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. C. Read by title only and adopt Resolution No. 18-1462, honoring the contributions of Dr. E. Ann McGee. Mr. Langley read Resolution No. 18-1462 by title only. CC 05-07-18/10 Commissioner Sackett moved to adopt Resolution No. 18- 1462 as presented Item 12C. Seconded by Commissioner Shoemaker and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. 13. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT Mr. Cox thanked this community, staff and commission for the welcome provided to me and my family. He said it has blown me away and has been heartwarming to be so welcomed into this community. I know a lot of people here in this room were involved in that, and I would like to say thank you for your confidence in me. I promise I will do everything I possibly can to further our community to be the best it possibly can be, and I will give all my energy to help us accomplish that. He said as we move forward, I will have to get used to what your expectations and what your preferences are. There were a few questions that came up during the meeting tonight, and I wasn't sure if I should answer them right then or if I should wait until my report. I was prepared to answer a few of those, so maybe at some point give me some feedback on how you would best like to do that. I have been here one week today. It has been a whirlwind, but it has been a wonderful whirlwind at that. I was here last Monday, and many people came by to welcome me and say hello. The second day, the City Managers of Seminole County invited me to a luncheon to get to know a number of those folks, which I really appreciated. That was really nice of them. I attended the Parks and Recreation Board Meeting that evening, and that was nice to see all the things they, have going on, and it's a lot. The detail with which they plan things out is amazing, and thank you for all that you do, and I look forward to working with you all. Day three, we had the Meet and Greet, and it was just wonderful as many of you have said. It was wonderfully attended, and I was blown away by that. Day 4,1 had a number of tours of our facilities in our community, and after all that, I needed a vacation, so I took the day off on Friday. My daughter graduated from Florida State this weekend, we went up Friday for that. Day six, is the Commission meeting, so I really have enjoyed the short time I have been here already. The Department Directors have been absolutely wonderful welcoming me and ramping me up on issues going on in their various areas. I would absolutely be remiss if I didn't thank Chief Dowda for the wonderful transition he gave to me, and I know he did a good job before I arrived here, so thank you Chief. You did a nice job. Mr. Cox said he did have some things to report on. Commissioner Morgan, you mentioned AMI. I am accustomed with AMI and have worked with AMI in the past. A number of cities have moved to AMI, and 1 believe with our Commission, that question has come up in the past. We are pulling information, and we'll get all that together. There is a lot to that story and a lot of positive possibilities with AMI about efficiencies it can bring to an organization, so I am on that, and we will follow up on CC 05-07-18/11 that. He said the State Road 434 meeting has come up tonight as well. I understand that one third of it is within the city of Longwood, and the other two thirds of it is not. The complication we run into is that area outside of the City, Utilities, Inc. that is involved in that. We ran into a glitch not too long ago with the permission to be able to have the utilities turned on in those areas. We are working through that glitch, and that glitch has a dollar sign attached to it. The question is what that dollar sign is going to be. Commissioner Sackett said we buy them out. Mr. Cox said if it is small enough, we may be able to push through it. If it is large enough, it will come before you all at the next Commission meeting. He said we are also exploring other options with water that is reclaimed water, so we can have a lot of balls in the air trying to get to the bottom of that. The grant on that was $230,000 so we're hoping to move forward. We have got from the City part of it, the one third portion, and with the plan that is within the City, we'll sort through all that in this coming week and get back with you at the next meeting. Mr. Cox said in the area of Finance, we are rolling out a new method for utility billing customers to be able to pay by phone. He said I intended to let you know earlier this week, but with the craziness of this week, I'm letting you know that the CAFR the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report is done, and it is a clean report. It is in front of you, so call us if you have any questions. He said we will plan to have that at the next meeting and the auditor will be here also with their report to you. Mr. Cox said the Church Avenue project is proceeding. That has a June 5t' completion date. In his experience with construction, any time you are able to move pieces forward and it is problematic when you say delay, so it may not be what you want to hear, but for the community, to get it done is probably in our best interests. That is scheduled for next week. Also, there is a Ronald Reagan Construction Information meeting scheduled for next Tuesday, May 15t' in this Chamber from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. That is a Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) project. They are taking the lead on that one. He said regarding Emergency Management, Chief Peters and I had a meeting scheduled today to meet with the County Emergency Manager to talk about emergency management preparation in our County and how it affects Longwood. He said he is very much looking forward to that and I have had quite a bit of experience with emergency management, so I am looking forward to that conversation. Mr. Cox said regarding the budget, Ms. Snead and I have been meeting quite a bit already. She and her department have been doing quite a bit of work on that. Beginning tomorrow, we are having individual meetings with Department Directors, so we are getting the ball rolling now. He thinks it would be helpful if we did some kind of retreat with Department CC 05-07-18/12 Directors and talk about where we are. You all did a work session where you talked about the priorities you were interested in, and now we need to fold that in to building the budget because that is how we make things happen. He said the Police Department completed their drug take back program recently, and they collected 38.6 pounds from the Apri128d' event and over 200 pounds have been gathered altogether. He said we are planning on having an all employee huddle later this month to get everybody together and mix with other employees. 14. CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT. No report. 15. CITY CLERK'S REPORT A. Consider cancelling the July 2, 2018 City Commission Regular Meeting. Commissioner Sackett moved to cancel the July 2, 2018 City Commissioner Regular meeting and carried by a unanimous voice vote. Ms. Longo advised the Board Appreciation Dinner has been set for Thursday, June 7th and invitations will be getting mailed this week. The Dinner is for those members who are appointed to a City Board and will be held at the Longwood Community Building. Ms. Longo said the Beautification Award will be delivered this week to Bank of America, and the sign will be placed tomorrow at their property. Ms. Longo said the 92nd Florida League of Cities Annual Conference will be held this year in Hollywood, FL and will be Thursday, August 16th through Saturday, August 18th She advised an email was sent to all Commissioners and asked they confirm their attendance. Ms. Longo advised that Longwood was approved as a Member of Council of Local Governments in Seminole County (CALNO) at their last meeting which was held on May 2nd. She advised at that meeting it was decided that Longwood would host the next meeting on June 61h at 6:00 p.m. She also stated that a primary and alternate member needs to be named, and Deputy Mayor Drummond is our primary member. Commissioner Morgan said he would be the alternate member. Ms. Longo also mentioned that we would need to arrange for a speaker for a presentation at the June meeting and would coordinate with Deputy Mayor Drummond. 16. ADJOURN. Mayor Paris adjourned the meeting at 7:38 p.m. CC 05-07-18/13 e Paris, Mayor ATTEST: n C C, CRM City Clerk 1 CC 05-07-18/14