BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA
JANUARY 24, 2017
The following is a non-verbatim transcript
of the BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MEETING OF SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA, held at 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, January
24, 2017, in Room 1028 of the SEMINOLE
COUNTY SERVICES BUILDING at SANFORD,
FLORIDA, the usual place of meeting of said Board.
Present:
Chairman
John Horan (District 2)
Vice
Chairman Brenda Carey (District 5)
Commissioner
Robert Dallari (District 1)
Commissioner Carlton Henley (District 4)
Clerk of
Circuit Court and Comptroller Grant Maloy
County Manager Nicole Guillet
County Attorney Bryant Applegate
Deputy Clerk Jane Spencer
Absent:
Commissioner
Lee Constantine (District 3)
Commissioner Carey announced that Joseph
Stoy, Boy Scout Troop 507 in Sanford, is present today. She advised that Mr. Stoy, a 16-year-old
student at Lake Mary High School, is here today working on his Eagle and Civics
badges. Commissioner Carey suggested
that Mr. Stoy lead the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Pastor Greg Rice, New Covenant Assembly of
God Church, Casselberry, gave the Invocation.
Joseph Stoy led the Pledge of Allegiance.
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At Commissioner Carey’s request, Mr. Stoy described
his Eagle Scout project. He stated there
was a helicopter shot down in 2011 with Navy Seals onboard. He is going to build a memorial and place it
in front of the Sanford International Airport.
Commissioner Carey stated if there is anyone who would like to support
Mr. Stoy’s project, they can contact her office and she will put them in touch
with Mr. Stoy.
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT
The
Business Spotlight video for Gateway Classic Cars was presented.
COUNTY
MANAGER’S CONSENT AGENDA
Nicole
Guillet, County Manager, stated that staff
is pulling Item #9, Approval of plat for Frost Estates Subdivision, and
will bring it back at the February 14, 2017 meeting. She referred to Item #3, Subrecipient
Agreement with Rescue Outreach Mission of Central Florida, and advised there is
a correction to the title in the agenda.
The title reflects that the amount is $31,561 and the correct amount is
$39,451. The attached Agreement does
have the correct dollar amount.
With regard to public
participation, no one in the audience spoke in support or in opposition to the
Consent Agenda and public input was closed.
Motion by Commissioner Carey,
seconded by Commissioner Dallari, to authorize and approve the following:
County Manager’s Office
Business Office
1. Approve
and authorize the Chairman to execute appropriate Resolution #2017-R-08
pertaining to the waiver of bond posting requirements for the Seminole County
Clerk of the Circuit Court, Tax Collector, Property Appraiser, Sheriff and the
Supervisor of Elections. (A-3174-17)
2. Approve
travel and mileage reimbursement to Commissioner Lee Constantine for
miscellaneous travel from October 27, 2016, through December 14, 2016. (A-3173-17)
Community
Services
Community
Assistance Division
3. Approve
and authorize the Chairman to execute a Subrecipient Agreement with Rescue
Outreach Mission of Central Florida, (ROM), in the amount of $39,451 to provide
housing stability case management services for homeless households in Seminole
County. (A-3157-17)
4. Authorize and approve the Chairman to
execute an Agreement with the Homeless Services Network of Central Florida for
Continuum of Care (CoC) Funds in the amount of $31,561 to be used for housing
stability case management services for homeless households in Seminole
County. (A-3154-17)
5. Approve
and authorize the Chairman to execute the Seminole County Coalition for School
Readiness, Inc. d/b/a Early Learning Coalition Subrecipient Agreement in the
amount of $101,000 for summer day camp and extended day childcare programs for
eligible Seminole County residents. (A-3145-17)
Community Development Division
6. Approve
and accept the Neighborhood Stabilization Program Snapshot/Report pursuant to
Seminole County Resolution #2013-R-61. (A-3168-17)
7. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute
an Agreement with the Homeless Services Network of Central Florida (HSN) Rapid
ReHousing Program with State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Funds in
the amount of $52,008 to be used to provide rental assistance, financial
assistance and housing location services to homeless households in Seminole
County. (A-3167-17)
Development
Services
Building
Division
8. Issue a Notice of Determination of Public
Nuisance that the unoccupied building located at 4571 Orange Boulevard,
Sanford, is a Public Nuisance and authorize the Building Official to: (a) serve
Notice of this determination, pursuant to Sections 168.5 and 168.6, Seminole
County Code; and (b) set a date for a "Show‑Cause" public
hearing, as prescribed in Sections 168.5‑168.7, Seminole County
Code. (A-3072-16)
Planning
& Development Division
9. Continued until February 14, 2017 meeting Request
to approve
the plat for the Frost Estates subdivision containing three lots on 16.28 acres
zoned A‑5 (Agriculture), located on the west side of Coffee Trail, north
of Lake Geneva Road; Jeremiah Frost, Applicant.
(A-3018-16)
Public
Works
Engineering
Division
10. Approve and
authorize the Chairman to execute an Interlocal Agreement between Seminole County
and the City of Longwood relating to Jurisdictional Transfer of a portion of
Powell Street. (A-3128-16)
Watershed Management Division
11. Approve and
authorize the Chairman to execute Amendment #1 to Agreement #S0636 with the
State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Grant Agreement
for the FDEP Black Hammock Stream Restoration Agreement for a no-cost time
extension and to sign a formal amendment letter to FDEP per the new FDEP policy
and procedures. (A-3169-17)
12. Approve
and authorize the Chairman to execute the Aerial Spraying Authorization Letter
between Seminole County and Clarke Environmental Mosquito Management, Inc. or
their subcontractor Dynamic Aviation, Inc. for aerial spraying within Seminole
County. (A-3125-16)
Resource Management
Budget and Fiscal Management Division
13. Approve and authorize
the Chairman to execute appropriate Resolution #2017-R-09 implementing Budget
Amendment Request (BAR) #17‑026 to Carryforward unexpended project
budgets in the amount of $167,455,074 from FY 2015/16 to FY 2016/17. (A-3130-16)
14. Approve and
authorize the Chairman to execute appropriate Resolution #2017-R-10
implementing Budget Amendment Request (BAR) #17‑027 through the Emergency
Shelter Fund in the amount of $52,008 to establish funding for the agreement
with the Homeless Services Network of Central Florida for Emergency Solutions
Grant (ESG) Funds to be used for Rapid Re‑Housing for homeless households
in Seminole County approved at the December 13, 2016 Board meeting. (A-3132-17)
15. Approve and
authorize the acceptance of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Trust Grant
award in the amount of $80,258 from the Department of Health; approve and
authorize the Chairman to execute EMS Trust Grant Change Request #1 in the
amount of $48,540; approve and authorize the Chairman to execute appropriate
Resolution #2017-R-11 implementing the Budget Amendment Request (BAR) #17‑029
through the EMS Trust Fund in the amount of $80,258 to establish funding for
Syndaver synthetic cadaver with training accessories and maintenance. (A-3129-16)
16. Approve and
authorize the Chairman to execute appropriate Resolution #2017-R-12
implementing Budget Amendment Request (BAR) #17‑030 through various funds
in the amount of $9,268,974 to Carryforward available grant balances from FY
2015/16 to FY 2016/17. (A-3142-17)
17. Approve and
authorize the Chairman to execute appropriate Resolution #2017-R-13
implementing the Budget Amendment Request (BAR) #17‑032 through the
Courthouse Projects Fund to appropriate budget of $9,311 from fund balance,
which will be combined with $56,591 in Carryforward funding for a total of
$65,902 for the Civil Courthouse Access Control Project. (A-3166-17)
MSBU Division
18. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute
appropriate Resolution #2017-R-14 reducing the total financing fees for the
Lake Myrtle Restoration MSBU that is in its final year of installment
repayment. (A-3110-16)
Purchasing
& Contracts Division
19. Approve Sole
Source Procurement SS‑602764‑17/BJC for the Purchase of WebEOC
software, hardware, set‑up, installation, support and care plan with ESi
Acquisition, an Intermedix Company, Augusta, GA. The total cost for Year 1 of the Agreement is
$304,404.16, regionally shared total costs for Years 2 and 3 is $62,222.40 per
year and subsequent years will be adjusted in accordance with CPI or 3%,
whichever is less; and authorize the Purchasing & Contracts Division to
execute the Agreement and issue Purchase Orders on an as needed basis. (A-3109-16)
20. Award RFP‑602712‑16/BJC,
Legal Services Consultant Agreement for Code Enforcement for Seminole County,
to deBeaubien, Knight, Simmons, Mantzaris & Neal, LLP, Orlando, at a cost
of $145 blended hourly rate; and authorize the Purchasing & Contracts
Division to execute the Agreement. (A-3124-16)
21. Award RFP‑602696‑16/BJC,
Internet Bandwidth Options for Seminole County to Bright House, LLC, Riverview
for Dedicated Internet Access 500 Mbps for $1,575 per month and Managed WAN
Router Services up to 500 Mbps ‑ Management of BGP ‑ for $95 per month;
total amount of $1,670 per month, and Summit Broadband, Inc., Orlando, for
Dedicated Internet Access 500 Mbps for $1,550 per month; and authorize the
Purchasing & Contracts Division to execute the Agreements. (A-3123-16)
22. Approve a Single
Source Procurement for SS‑602765‑17/BJC, Film & Video
Production Rights Sponsorship Agreement, with Vidoou, Clermont, who will
compensate the County a onetime setup cost of $4,384 and a monthly payment of
$1,106; and authorize the Purchasing & Contracts Division to execute the
revenue generating Agreement. (A-3119-16)
23. Award RFP‑602717‑16/TLR, Food and
Beverage Services for Soldiers Creek and the Softball Complex to P.T. Group of
Apopka LLC, Lake Mary, and to The Jazzy Dog Cafe, Altamonte Springs; and
authorize the Purchasing & Contracts Division to execute the revenue
generating Agreements. (A-3134-17)
24. Approve Single Source Procurement SS‑602763‑17/BJC,
Data Access Studio (DAS) and mobie Software from ReportsNow, Inc., Greenwood
Village, Colorado, for licenses, subscriptions and first year maintenance
totaling $24,820; and authorize the Purchasing & Contracts Division to
execute the ReportsNow Software License Agreement and issue annual Purchase
Orders. (A-3101-16)
Districts
1, 2, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
CONSTITUTIONAL
OFFICERS’ CONSENT AGENDA
Clerk’s Office
Motion by
Commissioner Dallari, seconded by Commissioner Carey to approve the following:
25. Approve
Expenditure Approval List dated January 3, 2017; and Payroll Approval List
dated December 29, 2016. (A-3165-17)
Districts 1, 2, 4
and 5 voted AYE.
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The
Board noted, for information only, the following Clerk’s “Received and Filed”:
1.
Independent Accountant’s Report from
Moore Stephens Lovelace, P.A., Audit of Financial Statements of the Seminole
County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller and compliance with
requirements of Florida Statutes during fiscal year ended September 30, 2016.
2.
Recording of Plats, Irrevocable
Letters of Credit #60000006304-1 and #60000006304-3, and Subdivision and Site
Plan Maintenance Agreement for the project known as Seranza Park.
3.
ESG (Emergency Solutions Grant)
Subrecipient Agreement for Program Year 2016-2017 with Recovery House of
Central Florida, Inc.; One-Year Action Plan approved by the BCC on August 9,
2016.
4.
Parks Contracts for Services for the
following: Brittany Morrow; Natalie
Keene-Krops; Deborah Greene Coreil; James J. Peters; Virginia Blackley;
Jacqueline Thomas; John Charles Thaens; Mark Thaens; Norene A. Koester; Heather
Woodward; Kenyon G. Howard; Bruce Weaver; Danny Ousley; William W. Robillard,
Jr.; Steven Jay Davis; Daniel Ziegler; Dallas Reed; Ronald K. Moyer, Jr.;
Stephen Dodd; Donald E. McCoy; David Murwin; John P. Fiorenza; John Marzullo;
Francis J. Gallery; Yancy Torres; Patricia Lynn Smith; and Wayne Wolke.
5.
Head Tennis Pro Agreement with Mick
Andrews; Associate Tennis Pro Agreements with Jason Ross Cordova; Jason Thomas
Louwsma; Michael Paul Custer; Martina Lee; Danielle Nickerson; John C. Sanders;
Leonard Louis Lopez; John Gegenheimer; and Robert Aaron Pierce; Assistant
Tennis Pro Agreement with Gregory S. James; and Tennis Developmental Instructor
Agreements with Derek Roth Neumann; Matthew Gutkin; Emily Sheehan; Brian
Vargas; and Shannon Brewer.
6.
Work Order #23 to PS-0009-15 with
Metric Engineering, Inc.
7.
Work Order #2 to PS-0201-15 with
Environmental Research & Design, Inc.
8.
Change Order #3 to Work Order #1 to
CC-0559-15 with Prime Construction Group, Inc.
9. Change
Order #1 to Work Order #6 to CC-0559-15 with C.E. James, Inc.
10.
Work Order #13 to CC-0559-15 with
Southland Construction, Inc.
11. Change
Order #1 to CC-0704-16 with Masci Corp.
12. Amendment
#5 to Work Order #108 to PS-5120-02 with Atkins North America, Inc.
13. Work
Order #70 to PS-8148-12 with CDM Smith, Inc.
14. Work
Order #3 to RFP-8721-13 with Renaissance Planning Group, Inc.
15. Change
Order #8 to CC-9081-13 with Masci General Contractor, Inc.
16. Closeout
to CC-9226-14 with Halifax Paving, Inc.
17. Work
Order #16 to PS-9738-14 with Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
18. First
Amendment to IFB-602510-16 with Huffman, Inc. d/b/a Nuwave Concrete.
19. Bids
as follows:
RFP-602712-16
with Shepard, Smith & Cassady, P.A.; deBeaubien Knight Simmons Mantzaris
& Neal LLP; Stenstrom McIntosh Colbert & Whigham, P.A.;
RFP-602717-16
with Richard F. Sears d/b/a The Jazzy Dog Café; PT Group of Apopka LLC; and
RFP-602696-16
with Florida High Speed Internet; Summit Broadband, Inc.; Bright House Networks
Enterprise Solutions; AT&T.
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Motion by
Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Dallari, to approve the following:
Sheriff’s Office
26. Approve expenditure of $5,000 from the Law
Enforcement Trust Fund to provide funding in support of Mothers Against Drunk
Driving (MADD). (A-3147-17)
Districts
1, 2, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
REGULAR
AGENDA
Agenda Item
#27 – A-3027-16
Angi
Kealhofer, Planning & Development, addressed the Board to present a request
for a Special Event Permit for the Wekiva Paint Out & Spring Kickoff
Special Event at Wekiva Island as outlined in the Agenda Memorandum. Ms. Kealhofer pointed out that the Special
Event permit in the Agenda Memorandum includes the findings and conditions of
approval and advised that staff is recommending approval.
With
regard to public participation, no one in the audience spoke in support or in
opposition and public input was closed.
Motion by Commissioner Henley, seconded
by Commissioner Carey, to approve the request for the Special Event Permit for
the Wekiva Paint Out & Spring Kickoff Special Event at Wekiva Island, 1014
Miami Springs Drive, Longwood, from February 26 through March 27, 2017,
including staff’s recommended conditions of approval as outlined in the Agenda
Memorandum.
Districts
1, 2, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
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Upon
inquiry by Commissioner Carey, Ms. Guillet advised that with regard to Item
#29, Chapman Apartments, the Applicant has requested the item be continued
until February 24, 2017. Commissioner
Carey stated Planning has a list of people that have an interest in the item
and she suggested those people, as a courtesy, be notified that there is a
request for the item to be continued.
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The Board recessed the meeting at 9:45 a.m.,
with all Commissioners and all other
Officials, with the exception of Clerk of Court Grant Maloy, who was
absent, and Deputy Clerk Jane
Spencer who was replaced by Deputy Clerk Terri Porter, who were present at the
Opening Session.
PROOFS OF PUBLICATION
Motion
by Commissioner Dallari, seconded by Commissioner Carey, to authorize the
filing of the proofs of publication for this meeting's scheduled public
hearings into the Official Record.
Districts 1, 2, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
WEKIVA
GREEN – CHURCHILL DRIVE ROAD IMPROVEMENT MSBU
Agenda Item #28 – PH-2016-522
Proof of publication calling for a public hearing to confirm the
non-ad valorem assessment for the Wekiva Green – Churchill Drive Road
Improvement MSBU as per project completion and actual project cost, received
and filed.
Kathy Moore, MSBU Program Manager, addressed the Board and advised she
is representing the Department of Resource Management. She explained the purpose of the public
hearing is to confirm the assessment rate assigned to the Wekiva Green –
Churchill Drive Road Improvement MSBU project based on actual project
costs. The construction activities
associated with this MSBU-funded project are noted to be successful as the work
was completed on time and within budget while meeting the satisfaction of the
community and adhering to county standards so the improved infrastructure would
be accepted by the County as part of the publicly maintained system.
Ms. Moore stated the final preparation of documentation to transfer
ownership of the roadway parcel to the County is being coordinated by the
Public Works Department with the assistance of the County Attorney for BCC
review and approval at a later date.
Based on the project cost of approximately $347,900, the capital
improvement assessment assigned to each of the 37 residential properties within
the assessed boundary is $9,403. She
then detailed the options for payment by the residents as outlined in the Agenda
Memorandum. She added that staff
recommends approve of the Resolution.
With regard to public participation, no one in the audience spoke in
regard to Item #28 and public input was closed.
Motion by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Henley, to approve
and authorize the Chairman to execute appropriate Resolution #2017-R-15
confirming the non-ad valorem assessment for the Wekiva Green – Churchill Drive
Road Improvement MSBU as per project completion and actual project cost.
Districts 1, 2, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
CHAPMAN APARTMENTS LARGE SCALE
FLU MAP AMENDMENT AND REZONE/Bryan Potts
(continued from November 15 and December 13, 2016)
Agenda Item #29 – PH-2016-505
Continuation of public
hearing to consider a Large Scale
Future Land Use Map Amendment from Industrial to Planned Development and a
Rezone from A-1 (Agriculture) and PD (Planned Development) to PD (Planned
Development) for a mixed-use development on approximately 42.32 acres, located
on the southeast corner of SR 417 and Chapman Road, as described in the proof
of publication, Bryan Potts.
Brian
Walker, Planning & Development Division, addressed the Board to advise the
Applicant is requesting a continuance to the February 28th BCC
meeting. Commissioner Dallari noted the
Applicant would like to have a community meeting later this month and in order
to do that, the request must be continued.
With
regard to public participation, no one in the audience spoke in support or in
opposition to the continuance and public input was closed.
Motion by Commissioner Dallari,
seconded by Commissioner Carey, to
continue to February 28, 2017 at 1:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible,
the request to consider a Large Scale Future Land Use Map Amendment from
Industrial to Planned Development and a Rezone from A-1 (Agriculture) and PD
(Planned Development) to PD (Planned Development) for a mixed-use development
on approximately 42.32 acres, located on the southeast corner of SR 417 and
Chapman Road, as described in the proof of publication; Bryan Potts.
Districts 1, 2, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
DISTRICT REPORTS
District 5
Commissioner Carey reported that on
Thursday, January 12th she chaired the Central Florida Expressway
Authority Meeting until they got to the point in the agenda where they elected
a new board. All of the board members
who had served in an executive position were no longer serving on the board and
so they have elected a new board at the Central Florida Expressway
Authority. She noted the chairman is
Mayor Dyer; Fred Hawkins from Osceola County is the vice chairman; and Jay
Madara who is the Governor’s appointee, is now the treasurer. They have a new board member from Orange
County and one from Lake County. She
said they are looking forward to continued good success.
Commissioner Carey remarked there were a
number of people at the meeting from the International Drive area who spoke
about the turnpike express lanes because they are concerned about the express
lanes the Turnpike Authority is building on SR 528 from I-4 to just past the
International Drive area. She said she
thinks Mayor Jacobs is working with them to try to make sure that people who
are traveling, particularly tourists and people not familiar with the area, can
get on and off when trying to get to the Convention Center and the
International Drive area. They also have
a $25 fine if you happen to be in that lane without a transponder, whether you
are a resident or a visitor. She noted
these are things that are causing a little angst in the International Drive
area.
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Commissioner Carey mentioned she had dinner
with Secretary Boxold (FDOT) last Tuesday night who was a little late getting
to the meeting because he had an unexpected meeting with the Governor. He did not say why but he did indicate his
frustration with some of the things coming out of Seminole County including the
lack of support for express toll lanes within SR 417, asking them to figure out
a solution for the rest stops on I-4, and a lot of different things that are
going on between Seminole and the DOT.
Commissioner Carey stated she is looking
forward to working with the new secretary.
She noted that Secretary Boxold did give her a price to buy SR 417. They are reconfirming the number that he gave
her because she believes it is not correct because he said it was $1.5 billion
and Commissioner Carey opined that is probably the value of the entire turnpike
assets within the Central Florida four-county area. Diane Scaccetti, who is the head of the
Turnpike Authority, was also at the meeting and she is supposed to confirm that
number. Commissioner Carey noted there
was no interest from the DOT to break up SR 417, so it would be the entire
section which encompasses Seminole, Orange and Osceola counties. Those discussions will continue now with
whoever the new secretary is. She added
they also have a new secretary for District 5 at the same time.
Commissioner Carey pointed out that when
Secretary Boxold gave her that price he said he wanted the Expressway Authority
to make a decision either “yes or no” and wanted to resolve this issue by the
close of the fiscal year for the State which is June.
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Commissioner Carey further reported there
was a Seminole County Homeless Task Force meeting on Friday, January 13. She stated, as the Board is aware, they need
to really think about how they are going to tackle the homeless issue. She watched a video over the lunch break that
was taken by Heart to Heart at the hotel on Douglas and said the video is in
her office if anyone is interested in watching it. Commissioner Carey expressed it is very
heartbreaking to think that these families are living under these conditions,
and so many of them are living in motels.
She is looking forward to hearing from the County Manager and Valmarie Turner,
Community Services Director, as to what they think will be a plan to be able to
fund the homeless situation in the county.
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Commissioner Carey advised the Public
Service Commission has a request from Utilities, Inc. for price increases for both
water and wastewater, which will affect Seminole County and also residents of
Seminole County who may contract directly with Utilities, Inc. for their
service. She thinks there are some out
in the Sanlando area who directly get billed from them, but Seminole also
partners with Utilities, Inc. on water and other things. She stated it is a pretty significant
increase and this is something that is of grave concern to the Markham Woods
Homeowners Association, where they have members all up and down the corridor
and many of them are served by Utilities, Inc.
Commissioner Carey asked that the County
Manager get with her staff to try and figure this out. The Commissioner noted there is a public
meeting on February 2nd in Altamonte Springs.
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Commissioner Carey reminded that tomorrow
is the Great Tornado Drill and the Seminole County Office of Emergency
Management is recommending individuals locate their tornado safety area and
listen to their NOAA weather radios; there is a special alert at 10:00
a.m. She stated that Seminole County
did not have any casualties or a lot of damage over this past weekend, but
Brevard County was not quite so lucky.
The southeast coast of the U.S. was impacted by this unusual weather
event. She feels that people get
complacent because the last time they had tornados with fatalities was in the
1990s. She noted that people need to be
prepared and thinks that the County should do anything they can
notification-wise, maybe have it on the website so that people are prepared for
tornadoes as well as hurricanes. She
opined most people are very good about getting their hurricane kit together and
many grocery stores have reminders when hurricane season rolls around, but
tornados are more unusual in the county and she wants to make the public aware.
District 1
Commissioner Dallari stated this past
weekend he went to the Girl Scout Camp in Chuluota; it is a beautiful piece of
property, about 400 acres. He reported
the Crymes family is partnering with the Girl Scouts to build a new building on
the site for a leadership program and STEM studies for girls. He wanted to publicly thank the Crymes family
for partnering with the Girl Scouts of Citrus County. They had a groundbreaking and he is looking
forward to the ribbon cutting upon completion.
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Also on Saturday, Commissioner Dallari
noted he was with the fire department of Palm Valley who partnered with the
American Red Cross and some volunteers to put in smoke alarms in the Palm
Valley Mobile Home Park. He remarked they
put in 741 smoke alarms in mobile homes.
He thanked Jim Reynolds of the Seminole County Fire Department and his
entire staff, the American Red Cross, and a number of students from UCF who
were participating.
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Commissioner Dallari advised that he will
be attending the NARC annual meeting on February 14th in Washington,
D.C. and therefore will be unable to attend the next BCC meeting. He asked that the Commissioners let him know
if there is anything he needs to work on with their federal lobbyist because he
will have some extra time.
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Commissioner Dallari noted at the work
session held earlier today, he kept harping on public safety and pedestrian
safety. He wanted to mention that he has
a dear friend that he works with at Disney, whose wife died last week because
she was hit by a car in the Central Florida area. He added that they should really be looking
at pedestrian safety and not just vehicular safety.
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In reviewing some of the meetings for the
Board of Adjustment, Commissioner Dallari stated there is an item that the BOA
had approved for 5440 Endicott Place, which is in his district. He would like to bring it back in an appeal
to the Board of County Commissioners because he thinks it is not consistent
with some of the things in the area and he would like the Board to review
it. He would like to bring that back in
the March timeframe.
Motion
by Commissioner Dallari, seconded by Commissioner Henley, to bring back to the
Board of County Commissioners in March of 2017, the BOA-approved variance at
5440 Endicott Place for appeal.
Districts 1, 2, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
Commissioner Dallari noted it has to do
with the location of a fence and he thinks the fence needs to be consistent
with the surrounding area.
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Commissioner Dallari reported that he
filled in as an alternate for Commissioners Horan and Constantine at the
Central Florida Metropolitan MPO Alliance meeting. He advised the executive director, Harry
Barley, put together a program about what the next step should be with regard
to the issue with the rest stops on I-4 in Seminole County; not just figure out
a solution but actually really what is the problem. He pointed out that in the next ten years,
truck traffic for freight will increase 65%.
One of the two rest stops (eastbound and westbound) is at 300% capacity
and the other is at 200% capacity. There
is a significant problem that will just continue to get worse as time goes
forward. So, through MetroPlan, Mr.
Barley put together the next step of actually determining what the problem
truly is, and it is not just I-4, it is the surrounding major roads; and it is
not just Seminole County, it is all of Central Florida. Commissioner Dallari noted there was discussion
and then he did make a motion to continue it to allow staff to continue working
on it per Mr. Barley’s recommendation.
He noted it was seconded by Volusia County and it passed unanimously.
Commissioner Carey asked what Mr. Barley’s
recommendation was for the next step.
Commissioner Dallari replied that he can get the list for her. He noted it has five steps which include
looking at how freight is moving throughout Central Florida, which roads
freight is actually traveling on, where people are using the rest stops and how
they are using them. He added that part
of the issue is the loading and off-loading of goods. Mr. Barley will be reporting back to the MPO
Alliance and Commissioner Dallari believes they will be seeing something within
the next couple of months.
Commissioner Carey stated she has heard
that some people are off-loading their goods in the rest stops; and if that is
happening, she thinks that is an enforcement issue. At most of the rest stops she’s seen when she
has been traveling, there are attendants.
She added if they don’t have attendants, maybe they should; and if they
have attendants, maybe they should not be allowing any off-loading of goods and
only allowing people to use the stops for federally required breaks and for use
by the general public.
Commissioner Carey recounted that when Dick
Harris was the representative appointed by this commission to serve on the
MetroPlan Citizens’ Advisory Committee, he chaired a committee to look at
freight mobility and there were a lot of good recommendations in that report. She opined they should dust that off and look
at it again because probably some of them have not changed. Commissioner Dallari noted that they are
doing that. He remarked it was
interesting that during the discussion at MetroPlan, Volusia County was concerned
that they were removing the home rule of their own zoning requirements and
Commissioner Dallari said he assured them that the Board of County
Commissioners of Seminole County believes in home rule and they are not trying
to tell them what to do in Volusia County.
They are just looking to find out what the real issue is and what the
potential solutions are regionally. He
opined he thinks that is the reason Volusia seconded the motion and voted for
it.
Commissioner Carey pointed out that there
are urban cores that are already developed along the interstate and it is not
going to happen in one of those locations.
Once you get to Seminole County, you hit that urban core and you don’t
get out of it until you get down past Disney.
Based on that federal law, they might have to build more facilities on
I-95. She expressed that when good minds
come together, they can usually come up with solutions and hopefully they can.
District 4
Commissioner Henley brought up the letter
that Commissioner Carey mentioned earlier from Utilities, Inc. He stated that a large portion of his
district is in the Utilities, Inc. service area, and the people are concerned
because of the significant increase in rates applies to all of their companies,
which are several. The people are saying
there is no indication as to how much the increase will go towards improving
services, so they are appealing to their county commissioner for help. He advised their complaints were also about
traffic as a result of all of the road work going on through Longwood.
Commissioner Carey explained that
Utilities, Inc. not only impacts her district and Commissioner Henley’s
district but it also impacts District 3.
She asked Ms. Guillet to keep all three commission offices in the loop
and to let them know who will be going to the meeting on February 2nd. Commissioner Henley noted he encouraged the
people to turn out in force at the public meetings to let their feelings be
known.
District 2
Commissioner Horan announced his appointment to the Code Enforcement
Board is (Retired) Major Scott Ballou for a three-year term expiring January 1,
2020.
Motion by Commissioner Horan, seconded by Commissioner Dallari, to adopt
appropriate Resolution #2017-R-16 of appreciation to Russ Hauck for his service
on the Code Enforcement Board.
Districts 1, 2, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
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Motion by Commissioner Horan, seconded by Commissioner Carey, to adopt
appropriate Resolution #2017-R-17 of appreciation to Marie Jose Francois; and
appropriate Resolution #2017-R-18 to David Apfelbaum for their service on the
Local Health Planning Council Board of Directors.
Districts 1, 2, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
CHAIRMAN’S REPORT
Chairman Horan confirmed that the other
members of the Board had received this morning the five-year revenue projections
for the five-cent tourist tax. He read
aloud those projections for the sake of the public. He noted they are definitely getting more
tourist tax as they experience more and more success with the Sports Complex
and their tourist development.
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Chairman Horan reported they had a Mayors
and Managers meeting on January 17th. There was a wonderful presentation by Alan
Harris, the County’s emergency manager, about coordination of staffing at
shelters and the help the Cities can give the County; specifically, how they
might be able to coordinate the dependent shelters. Commissioner Dallari asked how it was
received. Ms. Guillet opined it was very
well received and stated she thinks they are the only jurisdiction that
actually offers a dependent shelter.
They had voiced some concerns about employees that are required to work
during storms and the concern they have for their families. Ms. Guillet said she explained the County’s
solution is they offer a dependent shelter and she advised staff will
coordinate with them to see how they might be able to work with them on these
issues.
Chairman Horan stated they also had a
wide-ranging discussion on transportation funding bringing them up to date on
what they are doing in terms of the master plan and a timetable on that, and
they also invited input, etc. on the Impact Fee Study.
Chairman Horan mentioned that Ms. Guillet
also brought up the Interlocal Agreement.
Ms. Guillet noted they talked to the Cities about the Interlocal
Agreement that was done in the 90s with respect to notification. Everybody is going to go back and take a look
to see if maybe there are other things they might need to be doing, but the
general consensus was folks are pretty satisfied with the communication with
respect to proposed development within Seminole County.
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Chairman Horan reported that he attended a
rather unprecedented meeting of the boards of the Central Florida Partnership
and the Orlando EDC on January 12th; and at that meeting, both
boards approved the formative documents and also the by-laws for the integrated
entity that is presently unnamed. He
advised that after the BCC meeting today, he will be going to an EDC meeting
where those by-laws will be accepted by the EDC boards separately; and
hopefully within a short period of time, they will have a name. This integrated entity does have an executive
director that will be coming on in March, Tim Guiliani, who comes from the
Raleigh Chamber of Commerce and was very highly recommended. Chairman Horan noted Mr. Guiliani has handled
a board like this before that was both a Chamber and an economic development
organization. He added that he had
consulted with Jim Hartmann, and Commissioner Carey noted that Mr. Hartmann is
now is Wake County. The Chairman
indicated that Wake County outsources its entire economic development program
to the Chamber.
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Chairman Horan stated he attended the
Landlord Summit that was held by the Homeless Services Network (HSN) and hosted
by Mayor Jacobs and himself at the First Baptist Church. All apartment owners in the region were
invited. They had a wide ranging
discussion on techniques for increasing the number of available units and how
they can go about that. The City of
Orlando, for example, has an impact fund.
However, they haven’t spent any money on the impact fund yet, and he
doesn’t know if that really increases the number of units or doesn’t increase
the number of units. The tough part in
this situation is trying to figure out whether doing “X” creates a certain type
of output, which is the whole reason they are engaged in this initiative. The focus was on veterans’ homelessness
because that is the next step in terms of trying to eliminate veterans’
homelessness having already achieved the functional ending of chronic
homelessness among veterans. It was a
well-attended meeting and he had a very good exchange with other regional
leaders about the regional initiative on homelessness. With regard to the funding of the needs in
Seminole County, that continues to be a work in progress. He noted they are going to have a meeting
tomorrow of the joint boards of the CoC (Continuum of Care Program), HSN, the
Commission on Homelessness, and the governmental entities to actually put some
kind of “meat on the bones” of some kind of governance structure. The CoC is really kind of a blunt surgical
instrument for implementing regional governance and it is basically set up as a
hub vehicle for creating and sustaining an ecosystem of competent
providers. Consequently, trying to fit
that into regional governance is going to be difficult, but he will know more
on that after tomorrow’s meeting.
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At the East Central Florida Regional
Planning Council (ECFRPC), Chairman Horan stated he had good discussions with
the two new council members in Volusia County with regard to the freight
issue. He stated where you have
distribution areas with private truck facilities, you do not have overcrowded
rest areas. For example in Polk County,
there is an underused rest area on I-4 because there is a large private
facility that is nearby. The Chairman
said as the private sector develops more and more transfer facilities and other
freight facilities in the region, this rest area problem will alleviate. He said if in fact you have property that can
be developed for these facilities, there are developers that are willing to do
that. He expressed that possibly in Seminole
County, they can take a look at what properties are being used for other
purposes right now that might be used for some kind of a mobile freight
facility, especially to the extent that maybe those properties are not already
on the tax rolls. Chairman Horan noted
that that is part of Mr. Barley’s study and he is glad they are having this
discussion because when it was just about rest areas, it was kind of a zero-sum
game. Commissioner Dallari added the
real issue is that as time progresses, the demand goes higher. Commissioner Carey added that this was a
problem 20 years ago and it just wasn’t as bad of a problem as it is today, so
that is why that study was done 20 years ago but nobody took it and ran with
it, so it just got put on a shelf.
Chairman Horan mentioned also at the CFRPC
meeting, they passed a resolution for pedestrian safety that he believes has
been distributed to the commission offices.
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Chairman Horan stated he is still working
with the City of Winter Springs and the School Board on the missing link in the
trail in the Layer Elementary area. He
thinks they have a solution, but the problem right now is that the School Board
just needs to give them an appropriate legal right to maintain the easement
area. He indicated that David Shields,
Assistant County Attorney, is doing a great job on getting all of the parts
together. Chairman Horan stated that
issue, in addition to doing a Level II environmental assessment on a section of
the trail that is going to go to the CR 419 salvage property, are the only two
things that need to get done, so as soon as they get that and a $20,000 expense
on the Level II, they should finally be able to get that hooked up.
COMMUNICATIONS AND/OR REPORTS
The following Communications and/or Reports
were received and filed:
1. Letter dated December 12, 2016, from Rebecca
Bowman, Finance Director, City of Casselberry, to Seminole County Board of
County Commissioners re: FY 2016 Reporting of One-Cent local Government
Infrastructure Surtax Sources/Uses.
2. Notice of Public Hearing to Consider an
Appeal of the Denial of a Conditional Use Request to Establish 2 Two-Family
Dwellings (Duplexes) to be held on January 9, 2017, at 7:00 p.m. in the City
Hall, City of Sanford.
3. Letter dated January 3, 2017, from
Congressman John Mica to Chairman Horan re: The honor of representing the
people of Florida’s 7th Congressional District.
4. Letter dated January 6, 2017, from Terry
Knox, Development Director, Boys Town Central Florida, to Seminole County Board
of County Commissioners re: Thanking the Board for the donation of $500.
5. Letter dated January 10, 2017, from Chairman
Horan, to Dr. Celeste Philip, Surgeon General and Secretary, Florida Department
of Health, re: Encouraging the permanent appointment of Donna Walsh to the
position of Health Officer of the Florida Department of Health in Seminole County.
6. Letter dated January 12, 2017, from Traci
Houchin, Deputy City Clerk, City of Sanford, to the Board of County
Commissioners re: Notice of Ordinance No. 4398, 441 Virginia Ave., Sanford.
7. Letter dated January 12, 2017, from Traci
Houchin, Deputy City Clerk, City of Sanford, to the Board of County
Commissioners re: Notice of Ordinance No. 4397, 4021 Church St., Sanford.
8. Letter dated January 17, 2017, from Chairman
Horan, to Dena Chaudoin appointing her to the Seminole County Historical
Commission; term to expire January 1, 2018.
9. Letter dated January 17, 2017, from Chairman
Horan, to Pamela Neal appointing her to the Seminole County Historical
Commission; term to expire January 1, 2019.
10. Letter dated January 17, 2017, from Chairman
Horan, to Susie Dolan appointing her to the Seminole County Value Adjustment
Board; term to expire January 1, 2018.
11. Copy of a letter dated January 17, 2017, from
Valmarie Turner, Director, Community Services, to Marni Stahlman, President and
CEO, Shepherd’s Hope, re: Her board appointment to Health Council of East
Central Florida.
12. Copy of a letter dated January 17, 2017, from
Valmarie Turner, Director, Community Services, to Latrice Stewart, CEO, True
Health, re: Her board appointment to Health Council of East Central Florida.
COUNTY ATTORNEY’S REPORT
County
Attorney Bryant Applegate stated after the work session this morning,
Commissioner Carey asked him to follow up on the issue about using red flashing
lights and not white lights at crosswalks.
He checked the statutes which referred him to the Uniform Traffic
Control Devices. He advised it appears
that experimental pedestrian traffic control devices with red lights are being
used in the state of Florida. He noted
his Office is still researching it; there is a ton of material on this. He would like to continue on with this and
bring it back to the Board.
CHAIRMAN’S
REPORT (continued)
Chairman Horan held up a sign from the Wounded Warriors organization
and explained they offer them to public bodies or to private entities for a
reserved parking space for a combat wounded veteran. He questioned whether the Board wants to have
staff report to them on how they might be able to use these signs. A brief discussion ensued about how many
signs would be needed, whether there should be one at each location, and the
fact that there is no placard like a handicap tag in vehicles in which this
could be monitored. There was consensus of the Board to pursue
obtaining signs for the county buildings.
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There being no further business to come
before the Board, the Chairman declared the meeting adjourned at 2:15 p.m.,
this same date.
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