BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA
June 8, 2021
The following is a
non-verbatim transcript of the Board of County Commissioners Meeting of
Seminole County, Florida, held at 1:45 p.m., on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Room
1028 of the Seminole County Services Building at Sanford, Florida, the usual
place of meeting of said Board.
Present:
Chairman Lee Constantine (District 3)
Vice Chairman Amy
Lockhart (District 4)
Commissioner Robert Dallari (District 1)
Commissioner Jay Zembower (District 2)
Commissioner Andria Herr (District 5)
County Manager
Nicole Guillet
Deputy County Attorney Paul Chipok
Clerk of Court and Comptroller Grant Maloy
Deputy
Clerk Kyla Farrell
Attending Remotely:
County
Attorney Bryant Applegate
(County Attorney Bryant Applegate
provided an update regarding the River Cross Land Company v. Seminole County
federal lawsuit at the beginning of today’s morning work sessions.)
OPENING CEREMONIES
Ron Williams, Palmetto Avenue
Baptist Church, Sanford, gave the invocation.
Seminole County Public Schools Supervisor Dr. Walt Griffin led the Pledge of
Allegiance.
AWARDS
AND PRESENTATIONS
Agenda
Item #3 – 2021-2729
Motion by Commissioner Zembower, seconded by Commissioner Herr, to
adopt appropriate Resolution #2021-R-76 recognizing Dr. Walt Griffin for his
40-year career in education.
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 voted
AYE.
Dr. Walt Griffin accepted the
Resolution.
COUNTY MANAGER’S CONSENT AGENDA
With regard to public participation,
no one spoke in support or opposition to the consent agenda, and public input
was closed.
Motion by Commissioner
Zembower, seconded by Commissioner Herr, to approve the following:
Business Office
4. Approve and authorize the Chairman to
execute appropriate Resolution #2021-R-77 recognizing Jerome Chandler for 33
years of service to Seminole County and its citizens. (2021-2720)
5. Approve and authorize the Chairman to
execute appropriate Resolution #2021-R-78 adopting the Floodplain Management
Plan. (2021-2748)
6. Approve and authorize the Chairman to
execute the Business Associates Agreement between Seminole County and the State
of Florida, Florida Department of Health (FDOH). (2021-2746)
7. Approve and authorize the Chairman to
execute the Interlocal Agreement between Seminole County and the University of
Central Florida (UCF) for shared emergency management information broadcast services
for $7,000 annually with a term that ends on June 30, 2021, with two (2)
successive one (1) year automatic renewals.
(2021-2747)
Environmental
Services
Business Office
8. Approve the release of two (2) Cash Maintenance Bonds
with Escrow Agreements and four (4) original
Maintenance Bonds for Water & Sewer Facilities as follows: (1) The Reserve at Interlachen in the amount
of $3,524.40; (2) Epic Retail Phase 2 in the amount of $1,076; (3) #9911193, Axios in the amount of $2,340; (4) #3018616, Wexham Court
in the amount of $31,830.15; (5) #LAIFSU737071, Waters Edge at Hawks Crest in
the amount of $44,673.70; and (6) #SU1156089, Meadows at Hawks Crest in the
amount of $34,452.56. (2021-2676)
Public
Works
Watershed
Management
9. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute appropriate Resolution #2021-R-79 amending Section 20.10 of the Administrative Code to add a Shoreline Alteration Permit Fee of $125 per permit for use with the new Chapter 71 (Seminole County Shoreline Protection Ordinance) of the Seminole County Land Development Code, which provides regulations for shoreline alterations and management of aquatic plants in waterbodies in Seminole County. (2021-2727)
Resource
Management
Budget
10. Approve and authorize the Chairman to
execute appropriate Resolution #2021-R-80 implementing Budget Amendment Request
(BAR) #21-064 in the amount of $91,792 in the 1991 Infrastructure Sales Tax
Fund for the Cumberland Farms Remediation Project (CIP#00008703). (2021-2723)
11. Approve
and authorize the Chairman to execute appropriate Resolution #2021-R-81
implementing Budget Amendment Request (BAR) #21-066 in the 2014 Infrastructure
Sales Tax Fund and Road Impact Fee Funds to reallocate funding for the Red Bug
Turn Lane Extension and Lake Mary Blvd Intersection Improvements in the net
amount of $3,056,000. (2021-2749)
Purchasing & Contracts
12. Approve and authorize the Chairman to
execute appropriate Resolution #2021-R-82 approving revisions to the Seminole
County Purchasing Administrative Code, Section 3 – County Administration,
Section 3.55 – Purchasing Policy, to reflect changes in the operational
procedures and policies related to Procurement.
(2021-2750)
13. Approve
Change Order #2 to CC-3398-20/MAG - Black Bear Wilderness Area Boardwalk with
Construct Co., Inc., Orlando, in the amount of $58,617.24.; authorize the
Purchasing & Contracts Division to execute the Change Order; and approve
and authorize the Chairman to execute appropriate Resolution #2021-R-83
implementing Budget Amendment Request (BAR) #21-065 through the Natural Lands
Fund in the amount of $50,972 from Reserves for the Black Bear Wilderness
Project (CIP#00234605). (2021-2726)
14. Award
CC-3563-21/RTB - Master Services Agreement (MSA) for Public Works Minor
Construction Projects with Costs Less Than $2,000,000 to Carr
& Collier, Inc., Leesburg; Cathcart Construction
Company-Florida, LLC, Oviedo; Central Florida Environmental Corp, Winter
Springs; Masci General Contractor, Inc., Port Orange;
P & S Paving, Daytona Beach; Prime Construction Group, Inc., Orlando; Schuller Contractors, Inc., Orlando; Southern
Development & Construction, Oviedo; Southland Construction, Inc., Apopka;
and authorize the Purchasing & Contracts Division to execute the
agreements. (2021-2721)
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 voted AYE.
COUNTY MANAGER’S REPORT
County
Manager Nicole Guillet reminded the Board of the upcoming budget work session next
week and stated the draft budgets will be distributed that same day. The Board will be hearing from the
Constitutional Officers on their budgets.
COUNTY
ATTORNEY’S REPORT
County
Attorney Bryant Applegate expressed his condolences to the Dello
Russo family.
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
Commissioner Zembower stated he
submitted his Future Agenda Item requests in writing.
There were no other requests.
Public
Comment on Items Not Related to the Agenda
There were no public comments.
DISTRICT REPORTS
District 1
Commissioner
Dallari stated there are over ten vacancies on the boards and committees that
the Board makes appointments to, and he wants to make sure they’re filling all
of those positions. Staff confirmed the
County Manager’s Office keeps track of that and will get it taken care of.
Next,
Commissioner Dallari encouraged the Commissioners to attend the Florida
Association of Counties annual business meeting in Orlando.
The
Commissioner noted Father John Bluett’s retirement.
Commissioner
Dallari asked if there was any follow-up regarding the issue with a fire
hydrant in The Springs neighborhood.
Fire Chief Otto Drozd addressed the Board and advised they were waiting
on a letter to the purveyors because last week they had ISO come in, and staff
asked their requirements for hydrant testing as part of the classification on
an ongoing basis. They’ve now added that
to the purveyor’s letter, and that was the missing piece that will now go out
to all the purveyors. That came to be in
2017, and the NFPA requirements get updated by the Florida Legislature on a
timely basis as well; so that’s something staff is now following up on. As far as testing the piece from the riser to
the actual hydrant, one of the requirements is that they do a yearly pressure
test, and Chief Drozd explained that test.
In speaking to some of his colleagues, while this is the first one he’s dealt with where a hydrant actually sheared off, it
is not an uncommon occurrence; so it is certainly something they will be
keeping an eye on from here on out.
Commissioner Dallari submitted a photo (received and filed) of a hydrant
that’s in question from the same neighborhood because there’s a huge depression
in front of the hydrant. He wants to
make sure someone’s addressing it. The
Commissioner wants to make sure they are holding the private utility companies
accountable, and Chief Drozd assured him that they will.
District 2
Commissioner
Zembower reported on the Sanford-Orlando Airport and a recent Affordable
Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC) meeting.
He asked Community Services staff to send out information regarding the
changes to the Sadowski fund at the State level so everybody has an awareness
of what’s going on.
District 4
Commissioner
Lockhart reported on Sanford’s Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony event and the
legislative update that the Chamber held last week.
Commissioner
Lockhart advised she attended the School Board’s ILA work session last week,
and the County Manager has had an opportunity to talk with Dr. Griffin. The Commissioner has the PowerPoint slides
that were sent to her after the work session; and if any of the Commissioners
are interested in seeing them, she can forward them. She asked Ms. Guillet to provide an
update. Ms. Guillet advised she and Dr.
Griffin think there are just a couple of sections in the draft ILA that they
may be able to tweak so that everybody is comfortable. They are very close to something that they
can both feel comfortable recommending to their respective boards. Before they bring it to the Board, they need
to speak with the Cities just to make sure everybody’s in the loop and they
don’t have to start over again. The hope
is that they can bring it forward at the July 22 BCC meeting.
District 5
Commissioner Herr reported on CALNO,
the Water and Soil Board, Fourth of July firework celebrations, the Seminole
State Women’s Golf Team winning the national title for state colleges, and
Mayor Megan Sladek being awarded the Home Rule Hero
Award by the Florida League of Cities.
Chairman Constantine suggested the
Board honor the Seminole State Women’s Golf Team with a proclamation. He also requested they figure out how to
present the high school state champions with their proclamations.
District 3/CHAIRMAN’S REPORT
Chairman Constantine reported on
upcoming meetings including CFX, MPO, 1000 Friends of Florida, and the National
Association of Regional Councils.
Commissioner Dallari stated there
are three north/south corridors for rail in the state of Florida. The line that is mostly used is the one that
SunRail uses and actually owns through the State. There is a pinch point in that line just
south of Orlando. The question that he’s
been asking is if they are going to move forward, there is a present-day value
of that capacity and there is also a future value of that capacity; what is
that dollar figure for today’s dollars and the future dollars and the
capacity. There is a limited amount of
trains that can run through that, and he’s hoping that they don’t give away
future capacity without understanding the true cost.
In regard to a future MPO meeting, Chairman
Constantine stated there is a recent letter of agreement that he can circulate
to the rest of the Board. One of the
things that is significant in that letter is that no rail other than passenger
rail will go through this corridor. It’s
a letter of agreement that the Executive Director has put together in
conjunction with working with Brightline, and it will be discussed at the MPO
meeting on Thursday.
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Paul Chipok,
Deputy County Attorney, stated after the Impact Fee Work Session this morning,
the Board did want to make a motion of a finding of
extraordinary circumstances that the impact fee increases are deemed to exist
as required by HB 337 based on the evidence and testimony of the staff and
consultants at this morning’s work session.
Motion by Commissioner Zembower,
seconded by Commissioner Herr, that there is a finding of extraordinary
circumstances that the impact fee increases are deemed to exist as required by
HB 337 based on the evidence and testimony of the staff and consultants of this
morning’s work session.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 voted AYE.
COMMUNICATIONS AND/OR REPORTS
The following Communications and/or
Reports were received and filed.
1. Email from Kelly Thompson, Public Information Specialist II, Office of Consumer Assistance & Outreach, Florida Public Service Commission with attached bulletin provided to Government Officials, Petition for increase in rates by Florida Power & Light Conmpany, Docket No. 20210015-E1.
2. Notice dated May 20, 2021, from Geoffrey L. Summitt, President of G L Summit Engineering, Inc., to “Affected Property Owner” re: Park View Place a/k/a Skyway Drive PD Rezone Application Community Awareness and Participation.
3. Letter dated June 7, 2021, from Jonathan Huels, Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A., to the Board of County Commissioners re: consideration of Mobility Fee Ordinance. CC: Paul Chipok, Deputy County Attorney.
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(Public Comment Form was received and filed after the meeting adjourned from Wafa Esposito thanking the Board for approving Agenda Item #5, Flood Plain Management Plan.)
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There
being no further business to come before the Board, the Chairman declared the
meeting adjourned at 2:27 p.m., this same date.
ATTEST:_____________________________Clerk___________________________Chairman
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