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CC01-20-2020MinLONGWOOD CITY COMMISSION Longwood City Commission Chambers 175 West Warren Avenue Longwood, Florida MINUTES January 20, 2020 6:00 P.M. Present: Mayor Matt Morgan Deputy Mayor Brian D. Sackett Commissioner Abby Shoemaker Commissioner Richard Drummond Commissioner Ben Paris Dan Langley, City Attorney Michelle Longo, City Clerk David P. Dowda, Police Chief Chris Kintner, Community Development Director Shad Smith, Public Works Director Lee Ricci, Human Resources Director Lisa Snead, Financial Services Director Phil Kersey, Building Official Absent: J. D. Cox, City Manager 1. CALL TO ORDER. Mayor Morgan called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. 2. MOMENT OF SILENT MEDITATION 3. THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. Commissioner Shoemaker led the Pledge of Allegiance. 4. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS. Ms. Longo read the following announcements. A. The City of Longwood, Seminole County Sheriffs Office, and Advent Health will host an informational gathering to raise awareness and reduce stigma about the opioid crisis in our community. This gathering will be held on Saturday, January 25, 2020, from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m., at Reiter Park, 311 West Warren Avenue. CC 01-20-20/1 B. The City of Longwood will host a coffee tasting fundraiser on Saturday, January 25, 2020, from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Reiter Park, 311 West Warren Avenue. Tickets for adults are $20 each and children 3-10 years of age are $12 each. The fundraiser will provide Christmas experiences for children battling life - threatening illnesses. Sample some of the best coffees in town and vote for your favorite drink. Tour the "Christmas is Coming" mobile experience, meet Santa and Mrs. Claus, listen to live music and enjoy a cookie crawl. Children can also enjoy a hot chocolate bar and Reindeer games. C. The City of Longwood will host a Food Truck Battle Event with over 30 food trucks on Saturday, February 1, 2020, from 4:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. in the Historic District of Longwood located off of Church Avenue. S. PROCLAMATIONS / RECOGNITIONS A. Mayor Morgan to recognize the American Muslim Community Clinic for their three-year anniversary as a Free Clinic in Longwood. Mayor Morgan presented Atif Fareed, Executive Director of the American Muslim Community Clinic with a certificate. Photographs were then taken. B. District #5 Presentation of the Business Person of the Month Award for January 2020 to Watson Realty, 1445 West State Road 434. Deputy Mayor Sackett read a brief biography on Ms. Deborah Perry, Realtor with Watson Realty and presented her with the Business Person of the Month Award for January 2020. Photographs were then taken. C. Presentation of the Beautification Award to Opis Island Lake Center, 155 Landover Place. Deputy Mayor Sackett presented Opis Island Lake Center staff with the Beautification Award. Photographs were then taken. D. Presentation of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Good Citizenship Award to Mr. David Rubin. CC 01-20-20/2 Mayor Morgan read a Proclamation recognizing Mr. David Rubin and presented him with the Martin Luther King, Jr. Good Citizenship Award. Photographs were then taken. 6. BOARD APPOINTMENTS. None. 7. PUBLIC INPUT A. Presentations: Robert Ori, Executive Vice President of Public Resources Management Group, Inc. (PRMG) to give a presentation on the implementation of Municipal Impact Fees. Robert Ori gave a presentation on the implementation of Municipal Impact Fees. He said the purpose of Municipal Impact Fees is to recover the capital costs of infrastructure allocated to new growth. Over the last ten to twenty years, the local governments have charged impact fees for a variety of resources like police, fire, recreation, libraries and public works. A lot of these fees are related to growth in schools and the development of transportation, amongst other things. That has become very popular, and the issue is having growth pay for growth. If you do not charge for these fees, the cost shifts to the existing homeowners or commercial businesses because the financial costs do not go away, and therefore, they fund this. You have an issue of equitability and cost recovery. By having these fees come in, they promote long term benefit for the local government. If you look at Section 163.31801 in the Florida Statutes there is a section called the Florida Impact Fee Act. There are a lot of provisions you must follow to establish Impact Fees. It was signed into law in 2006 and amended less than a year ago in July 2019. Some of the parameters behind the law and case law are that the fees must meet the Dual Rational Nexus Test in fee application and recovery. The fee that you charge a new development must be reasonably related to the cost incurred to charge the infrastructure involved. You cannot recover capital deficiencies from new developments if those deficiencies link to the existing residence or commercial establishment. It has to be for the cost of new growth or impact. There are no operations and maintenance costs just capital expenditures. One of the biggest issues facing the industry right now is the impact fees must be based on the localized and most recent data. These fees have to be your own costs, not someone else's. To implement these fees you must adopt an ordinance or resolution and maintain a separate accounting of each of these fees. To get started the first CC 01-20-20/3 thing to do is identify the capital investment you are trying to recover. Then, find the capacity of those facilities and the population. Lastly, you look at the level of service. Together these determine the impact fee. Fees can vary from community to community. Deputy Mayor Sackett asked if these fees were tax-deductible. Mr. Ori said they were not. These fees are applicable to new development and not to existing residents. If you do not recover these fees from new development, eventually costs rise for the existing folks. Ernie Rivera, National Adjutant with The Military Order of the Purple Heart to present the City with a plaque commemorating Longwood as a "Purple Heart City." Ernie Rivera gave an overview of a Purple Heart City and then presented the City with a plaque. Photographs were then taken. B. Public Participation. Katrina Shadix, 1133 Covington Street, Oviedo. She said she is the Executive Director of Bear Warriors United and has given out 1,000 packages to people in Seminole County, which she provided to the Commission. The packages contain inexpensive alternatives to the Bear Food Trash Cans, straps that keep the bears out of trash cans, a door hanger with information on how not to attract bears, a brochure on how to peacefully co -exist with bears and other wildlife, and several whistles to keep bears away. The reason she is here tonight is to ask the City to pass an ordinance or resolution to ban the steel leg traps and wire neck snares. She has done about a year and a half of research on how to live with coyotes and bears in Winter Springs. She found that the leg traps were banned in the 1970s and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) issued special permits for trappers to use. These traps are supposed to be checked every day, but they are not. She showed a picture of a gopher tortoise, a Florida Panther, and a bear that had been caught in these traps and snares and suffered for days. She is hoping the City will pass the first ordinance or resolution in the state to ban these traps and snares. Johnnie Richardson, 1050 Alameda Drive, Longwood. He said he is concerned about Item 12C from the agenda. As a member of CC 01-20-20/4 the Longwood Historic Society, we will see that the Lewis House is preserved. We do not want to see it destroyed. We want to see it preserved and put back the way it was when it was constructed. We had a Board meeting yesterday, and it was a unanimous decision of the Longwood Historic Society to partner with the City of Longwood. We will submit a proposal within the next few weeks for your consideration. Hopefully, between the City and the Longwood Historic Society, we can save this structure for historic purposes for our generations to come. This is one of the oldest houses, if not the oldest in the City of Longwood. Currently, it sits behind the Police Station in an area that it can be moved from. We have plans for it and hope we can partner with the City to save this structure. He believes it is worth saving and we can do a lot of good with it. 8. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS' REPORT District #2. Commissioner Drummond said he hopes everybody had a great holiday and a Merry Christmas. It is good to be back to work again. District #3. Commissioner Paris said he had a great opportunity on January 6th to meet with Senator Rick Scott and three other business leaders from Orange County representing the Chambers. He was the only representative from Seminole County there. They discussed the challenges, benefits, and things going well in the counties surrounding us, what we can do to help, and what our concerns were. It was a great opportunity to have an intimate breakfast with the Senator who was very involved and wanted to know what he could do to help with the Central Florida area. He has seen more job growth and new businesses here in Seminole County than in Orange County. It was a good feeling to get some kudos from the Senator and to be able to discuss the future moving forward. He said on January 10th at Leadership Seminole we did our Health and Human Services Day and went to different hospitals in the area. It was really great to see some of the technology in the Central Florida area specific to Seminole County. We have three very distinct, large hospital groups all trying to have the best hospital, including Orlando Health South Seminole here in Longwood. He thanked his fellow Commissioners for allowing him and Mayor Morgan to go to Leadership Seminole this year. He addressed Mr. Richardson's statements about the Lewis House and said to his understanding, destroying it was never an option. That is not something I would ever support. He would be happy to reach out to some of his contacts and have them contact him to begin moving forward with their proposal. He would also like to hear an update on the sewer project in the area of East Church Avenue. CC 01-20-20/5 District #4. Mayor Morgan said during the week of December 18th, he and his wife were invited by Turning Point USA to speak at their student action summit at Mar-a-Lago and from there they went to West Palm Beach for a three-day event with speakers from all over the country. He was honored to share the stage with our President. He spoke about what Seminole County is doing to combat the opioid crisis. We are leading the way across the country in how to combat this crisis. On December 23rd we had a Hanukkah Celebration at Reiter Park which was very well attended despite the bad weather. He had multiple meetings with Chief David Dowda about City business. His son, Jackson celebrated his 6th birthday on January 5th. He had a very good meeting with Lee Ricci, Lisa Snead, and Chief Dowda. He went on Fox News to promote the Lewis House. He also had an opportunity to speak with a company about the potential lighting of our water tower. He congratulated and welcomed LA Fitness to Longwood. On January 15th, he had a meeting with Nancy Norman from the Seminole County Sheriff's Office regarding their Water Safety Focus Group for special needs kids. On January 25th, Sheriff Dennis Lemma, Advent Health, and the City of Longwood are partnering to present Opioid Awareness Day at Reiter Park starting at 9:00 a.m. Tomorrow is the Mayors and Managers Meeting where we will vote for a new Chairman. District #5. Deputy Mayor Sackett wished a happy new year to everyone. He was able, along with our Veterans of Foreign War (VFW), to get the name of every person in Longwood who has served since the Spanish- American War on our Heroes Monument. Regarding the Lewis House, he is sure something will come forward with that. He said it is exciting to hear about the United Parcel Service (UPS) coming to our City. He wants to get rid of the red flashing on the stop signs on Rangeline Road. He said Code Enforcement needs to be a little more proactive in spotting snipe signs and helping out the community in not letting houses get to a point where they are an eyesore to the neighborhood. He joined the new LA Fitness and was able to run four miles in thirty minutes. The shrimp guy is back at the Farmers Market and the shrimp are huge. I am a little concerned about Reiter Park. I have been there three or four times in the last month, and on average have seen 12 to 15 dogs. Dogs are not allowed in the park and we have to stop that because we host concerts. I met with Lyman High School a few times to talk about the pool. He said we need to get with the School Board as well and put together a conceptual plan as to what it is we are looking for. He also mentioned his brother passed away, so he will be out of the area for a little while as he takes care of things. District #1. Commissioner Shoemaker expressed her condolences to Deputy Mayor Sackett and wished everyone a happy new year. CC 01-20-20/6 9. ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA Ms. Longo stated there was a request to withdraw Item 12C from the agenda. It was the general consensus of the Commission to withdraw Item 12C by a unanimous voice vote. 10. CONSENT AGENDA A. Approve Minutes of November 4, 2019, November 18, 2019, December 2, 2019, and December 16, 2019, Regular Meeting. B. Approve the Monthly Expenditures for December 2019 and January 2020. C. Approve the Monthly Financial Report for December 2019. D. Approve the donation of vacation and/or sick leave from city personnel to Public Works Maintenance Specialist I, Spencer Daniel for medical leave. Commissioner Paris moved to approve Items 10A through 10D as presented. Seconded by Commissioner Drummond. Discussion ensued on Item 12D regarding the number of hours allowed in the Compassionate Sick Leave Bank. Mr. Smith advised the maximum hours allowed is 240 hours if you are a member of the Compassionate Leave Sick Bank. This employee is not a member of the Compassionate Sick Bank. They are requesting 480 hours be donated from other city personnel. He confirmed no hours have yet been donated and will be requested after Commission approval. Motion carried by a unanimous roll call vote. 11. PUBLIC HEARINGS. None. 12. REGULAR BUSINESS A. Read by title only, set February 3, 2020, as the public hearing date, and approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 19-2169, which proposes approval of a Small Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment (SPA 01-19). CC 01-20-20/7 Mr. Langley read Ordinance No. 19-2169 by title only. Mr. Kintner presented the Item. Deputy Mayor Sackett moved to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 19-2169 and set February 3, 2020, as the public hearing date. Seconded by Commissioner Shoemaker and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. B. Read by title only, set February 3, 2020, as the public hearing date, and approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 20-2171, amending Chapter 3 — Section 3.04 (B.3) the Drug -Free Workplace and Alcohol Policy of the City of Longwood Policies and Procedures. Mr. Langley read Ordinance No. 20-2171 by title only. Ms. Ricci presented the Item. Discussion ensued on changing the language related to alcohol being consumed on City property in the Prohibitions section. It was suggested to add something to the policy to state it is not intended to apply to circumstances when an employee is off -duty and attending, as a participant, a community event or city sponsored event conducted on a city premises. Ms. Ricci indicated she would address this and bring back the change at the public hearing. Deputy Mayor Sackett moved to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 20-2171 and set February 3, 2020, as the public hearing date. Seconded by Commissioner Shoemaker and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. Withdrawn C. City Commission discussion on the future of the J.D. and N.J. Lewis House following the lack of proposals through the Request for Proposals (RFP) Process. D. City Commission discussion regarding a resolution to amend the City's Purchasing Policies and Procedures to prohibit the City from entering into automatic renewal contracts in the absence of pricing terms or guarantees. Mr. Langley read a Draft Resolution title amending the City's Purchasing Policies and Procedures to prohibit the City from CC 01-20-20/8 entering into automatic renewal contracts in the absence of pricing terms or guarantees. Ms. Snead presented the item. She said this was brought back at the request of Commissioner Paris for discussion, and it relates to the 45-day clause that is in our current Public Risk Management (PRM) contract. The request was to amend our procurement policy that would prohibit the City from doing business with anybody that has such a clause in their contract. We did not have a staff recommendation on it. Previously, we mentioned it might not be a good idea financially because it could preclude us from using PRM in the future. She said our previous recommendation was to wait until April and take other actions to remedy the situation for the City without putting us in that situation where potentially we may not be able to use them in the future. Commissioner Shoemaker asked for a ball park figure related to the budget impact. She noted in the agenda item it states that it could move the General Fund Reserves to an unacceptable level and wanted to know by how much. Ms. Snead said the dollar savings that we got in this last Request for Proposals (RFP) process by selecting the lowest bid was $188,000. You all have done a tremendous job of changing the trajectory of the General Fund which was going down. We have worked really hard to try to move that Reserve up. One of the goals that Mr. Cox set was to get it to 20%. Progress is slow, but if it is moving in the right direction, it is a good thing. We were able to present a budget this past year that moved it up to 17%. Doing something like this could actually put us below 15% which is below acceptable standards for government finance, especially in a little City like ours where we have hurricanes that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) does not give us any money for. This is something we really want to consider, and I think you all want to do a competitive process for. We can maybe take other measures that might address the issue or revisit it again later in the summer. We still have plenty of time. Commissioner Shoemaker asked if we would owe PRM for not renewing, if we did not find a lower bidder or a comparable package. Ms. Snead said no. We have a new contract with PRM which is where we got the $188,000 in savings. We are okay for the rest of this year. The 45-day clause comes in the summertime. The CC 01-20-20/9 clause requires the Commission to do a resolution to notify PRM if we no longer want to do business with them. The concern in the past has been forgetting to do it, which is a cumbersome process for us. If you forget then you are stuck with PRM. Mayor Morgan asked if we could wait until April to review our options. Ms. Snead said that would give plenty of time before the end of the fiscal year to do a resolution if we wanted to and give PRM a notice. The other options would be doing a resolution right away and bringing it to the Commission before the April meeting or making changes to the policy. Commissioner Paris said it would be a great move for the City to approve this now. It is important for our government to show accountability to the taxpayers and our constituents that we are serious and moving forward with the process. Commissioner Drummond said if we are going out to bid we are not going to wait 45-days before the contract is up. We are going out six months in advance to try getting everything lined up as we are getting closer to the 45-day notice. We should have our minds made up before we get to 45 days if we are going out to bid. He asked if PRM is not providing the numbers, how close to the beginning of the contract are they giving us what our rates are going to be for that year. Ms. Snead said six months would be a lot of time, and four months would probably be enough time. If we waited until April to see what they do, that would give us enough time to go out in a competitive process before the start of the October 1st fiscal year. She said there are two types of insurance we are getting through PRM, medical insurance where the rates are provided to us in June, giving us more than 90 days' notice, and General Liability Insurance which we just went out to bid on. They give us our rates in August for General Liability, so it puts us close to that 45- day window. Discussion ensued on time frames for getting the bid process started and the PRM contract. Deputy Mayor Sackett moved to postpone consideration of this requested action until after the PRM meeting in April. Motion died for lack of a second. CC 01-20-20/10 Commissioner Paris moved to direct staff to bring back an official agenda item to the Commission to vote on by the next or the following meeting. Seconded by Commissioner Shoemaker and carried by a three -to -two (3-2) roll call vote with Commissioner Drummond and Deputy Mayor Sackett voting nay. E. Mayor Morgan requests City Commission discussion about administrative leave under Section 6.16(A)(13) of the Longwood Personnel Policies and Procedures. Mayor Morgan addressed Section 6.16(A)(13) of the personnel policy and said with administrative leave you only get 40 hours of paid time off. You cannot roll these hours over. To his understanding, it has been rolled over, and we need to give our Acting City Manager some direction on this. Commissioner Drummond said his understanding is that it was 40 hours that were awarded to salaried employees for working in excess of their set schedule for their regular 40 hours. They were awarded this 40 hours if they actually worked that additional time over the period of several weeks, months, or the year. There was no ability to roll that over into the following year. It was a use it or lose it type of compensation. Mayor Morgan directed his concern to Mr. Langley and said it is his intent to follow what the policy actually says. He said that is not what was done and these hours were rolled over for City employees. These were not vacation hours, they were administrative hours rolled over. He stated the Commission makes the policy and this was not brought before the Commission and it should have been. Mr. Langley said for the record, the Mayor asked him to look at the policy and whether it allows rollover and an excessive 40 hours. He did look at all the policies, and in his opinion, the policy does not provide for a rollover of hours and it does not provide for the accumulation of more than 40 hours of administrative leave. This particular policy applies to exempt employees, employees that are on a salary and are not authorized to have overtime because of their classification. Non-exempt employees are able to accumulate compensatory time off, and it is very clear in their policy that there is an absolute maxium of 40 hours and they cannot accrue more than that. This particular administrative leave policy is to give a similar type of paid time off for exempt CC 01-20-20/11 employees. In his opinion, it is not, without the Commission's approval, permitted to rollover from one fiscal year to the another. It expressly says it shall not exceed 40 hours. Commissioner Paris said he agrees that oversight of some sort has occurred without the Commission knowing about it. I definitely think we need to rectify it. This would be a bit difficult to swallow, especially to our constituents and taxpayers. It is very cut and dry, and I agree with our City Attorney's findings and opinion. Commissioner Drummond moved to reverse the City Manager's decision, which was contrary with existing policy, to direct the rollover of administrative leave (or paid time off) of exempt employees from previous fiscal years so that exempt employees shall not accrue, take or be paid for more than 40 hours of administrative leave in any fiscal year consistent with existing Section 6.16(A)(13) of the Longwood Personnel Policies and Procedures. To the extent an exempt employee has been paid more than 40 hours of administrative leave (paid time off) in this 2019-2020 fiscal year, such employee's other accrued paid time off (such as sick, vacation, compassionate leave time) shall be adjusted downward to offset any administrative leave taken that exceeded 40 hours in this fiscal year. Consistent with existing Section 6.16(A)(13) of the Longwood Personnel Policies and Procedures, the City Commission hereby determines that: (i) any administrative leave (paid time off) accrued cannot be rolled over from one fiscal year into another fiscal year without City Commission approval, and (ii) in no event shall an exempt employee accrue, take or be paid for more than 40 hours of administrative leave (paid time off) in any fiscal year. Seconded by Commissioner Shoemaker. Discussion ensued on the wording of this section. Motion carried by a four -to -one (4-1) roll call vote with Deputy Mayor Sackett voting nay. 13. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT Chief Dowda said there is a study that needs to be completed for Impact fees and he would like to obtain consensus from the Commission to move forward with the study. CC 01-20-20/12 Discussion ensued on the cost of the impact fee and moving forward with the study. It was noted the cost of the study is $49,500 and it is necessary to move forward. Ms. Snead said we did not budget for it last year, however, we can look within the budget to find the funds or bring it back as an amendment. It is a necessary, in-depth study that has to be done by someone that has expertise. It was the consensus of the Commission to move forward with the study for Impact fees by a unanimous voice vote. Chief Dowda announced that a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Finance Recording has been awarded to the City of Longwood by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR). Our Hurricane Dorian claim to FEMA has cleared and advanced for state review. The anticipated reimbursement is approximately $125,000. The use of the FEMA consultant combined with staff, including Greg Kirby's work, has proven to be beneficial. This claim is moving much more rapidly than Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Matthew had previously. We received two proposals on the Heritage Village Request for Proposal (RFP). They are being reviewed and will be brought back to the Commission on February 17, 2020. Public Works and Community Development are teaming up to complete a planning study for West Warren Avenue. It is funded by the Federal Department of Transportation (FDOT) and is a successful request for funding by the City staff through MetroPlan Orlando. The project is programmed for FDOT's fiscal year 2021 beginning in July. The study will center on redesigning Warren Avenue to function as a Complete Streets Corridor with all new development happening in the area between Reiter Park, Alta Apartments and the South Seminole Expansion. The landlord of the Mobile Home Park on Wildmere Avenue and East Street is in the process of closing the park. The current plan is to demo the existing structures there. At this time there are only two residents left in the park. The Ronald Reagan Complete Streets Project is complete and the sod has been laid. The BMX track is almost complete, and the opening is planned for late January or early February. It will be the only one of its kind in the County. We are officially a Monarch City and there are signs up at Reiter Park designating that. There will be some necessary foliage added to attract the butterflies. He said there is no collective bargaining agreement covering members of the Public Works Department. The agreement between the City and Operating Engineers Local was terminated by its membership in September 2017. However, those employees have expressed interest and petitioned the Public Employees Relations Commission (PERC) to form again with the Teamsters. CC 01-20-20/13 Unfortunately, they did experience some difficulty in their petition effort when Teamsters provided them improper forms, so there has been a bit of delay in their efforts. Our City Labor Attorney has filed a plea notifying that the City will not be contesting a request for them to unionize and will soon file a joint stipulation with the Teamster's representative to speed up the process so the group members can vote on a consent election. He asked Mr. Smith to give an update on the Grant Street area. Mr. Smith said it is going along well and the contractor that is working on this is the same one that is doing our septic tank abatement. They are on schedule. We have extra grant money that St. John's, as well as the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) wants us to spend. We will be coming back later to increase the loan because we have to have a loan match to get that. We will be able to add about 40 tc 50 extra homes which currently would be in a future phase, and we could do that right now. We are actually ahead of schedule. Chief Dowda clarified there was no reference or thought of discarding the Lewis House. It was being brought forth as a discussion because we received no bids on the RFP. 14. CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT Mr. Langley said the Mayor asked me about the Charter and the Temporary Manager position. There is a reference to the service of the Temporary Manager and the temporary absence, and a reference to a 60 day period for temporary incapacitation by the illness of the City Manager. He thinks it is clear that the City Commission has already designated Chief Dowda to be the Temporary City Manager, but because of the reference to the 60 days incapacitation and the fact we are near or over that, it is probably a good idea to re -designate the City Manager just to eliminate any doubt that someone already knew that. It was the consensus of the Commission by unanimous voice vote to re -designate Chief Dowda as the Temporary City Manager. 15. CITY CLERK'S REPORT Ms. Longo said she will be attending the International Institute of Municipal Clerks Region III Conference in Downtown Orlando, on Wednesday through Friday and will return to the office in the afternoon on Wednesday, for the Charter Advisory Committee meeting on Thursday, and in the afternoon on Friday. She said on Thursday, January 16th she and Tom Krueger attended the Tri-County League of Cities meeting hosted by the City of Orlando at Leu Gardens. At that meeting, they had the installation of Officers and Directors and EA Sports Worldwide Studios gave an overview of their business and an update on CC 01-20-20/14 the video game industry. President of the Tri-County League of Cities and Commissioner Tony Ortiz with the City of Orlando announced the upcoming Membership Luncheon meetings. The next one will be held on February 20m and hosted by the City of Maitland and the one on March 19th will be hosted by the City of Sanford. He also noted the 2020 Legislative Session convened on January 14th and at the meeting we were provided with information on State Legislative Advocacy and Home Rule Hero. Ms. Longo provided a copy of this to each of the Commissioners. She pointed out some key dates to keep in mind. Florida League of Cities (FLC) Legislative Action Days in Tallahassee will be February 11' and February 12tn. The Legislative Session adjourns March 13tn. The FLC Annual Conference will be held in Hollywood, Florida on August 13tn through August 15tn Ms. Longo said on Thursday, February 20th the Seminole County Chamber will be having their annual State of the County luncheon at the Hilton in Altamonte Springs. She reserved the corporate table for 10 and asked the Commission to please let her know if they are unable to attend. This week we have a Pension Board meeting on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m., the Special Magistrate on Thursday at 9:00 a.m., and the Charter Advisory Committee meeting at 6:00 p.m. All are being held here in the Commission Chambers. 16. ADJOURN. Mayor Morgan adjourned the meeting at 8:12 p.m. 2ATTT: Michelle Lon , C , City Clerk 1 Matt Morgan, CC 01-20-20/15 This Page Left Blank Intentionally. j 1 CC 01-20-20/16