BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA

June 14, 2022

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, June 14, 2022, in Room 1028 of the SEMINOLE COUNTY SERVICES BUILDING at SANFORD, FLORIDA, the usual place of meeting of said Board.

Present:

Chairman Bob Dallari (District 1)

Vice Chairman Lee Constantine (District 3)

Commissioner Jay Zembower (District 2)

Commissioner Amy Lockhart (District 4)

Commissioner Andria Herr (District 5)

Interim County Manager Bryant Applegate

Acting County Attorney Paul Chipok

Clerk of Court and Comptroller Grant Maloy

Deputy Clerks Kyla Farrell and Chariti Guevara

OPENING CEREMONIES

Father John Bluett, St. Stephen’s Catholic Church, Winter Springs, gave the invocation. Interim County Manager Bryant Applegate led the Pledge of Allegiance.

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Mr. Applegate announced Ashley Dobbins, Development Services, passed away. He discussed her career with Seminole County and gave his condolences to her daughter.

AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS

Agenda Item #1 – 2022-3476

Business Spotlight

The Business Spotlight video for Elev8 Fun was presented.

Agenda Item #2 – 2022-3477

Juneteenth Day 2022

Motion by Commissioner Lockhart, seconded by Commissioner Zembower, to adopt a Proclamation proclaiming June 19^th, 2022, as Juneteenth Day in Seminole County.

Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 voted AYE.

Agenda Item #3 – 2022-3478

Ham Radio Field Day

Motion by Commissioner Zembower, seconded by Commissioner Herr, to adopt a Proclamation proclaiming June 25, 2022, as ARRL (Ham Radio) Field Day in Seminole County.

Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 voted AYE

CONSENT AGENDA

Commissioner Constantine requested Agenda Item #4, Agreement with Seminole State College of Florida for ARPA Funding, be pulled for a separate discussion.

Motion by Commissioner Zembower, seconded by Commissioner Herr, to approve the following:

County Manager’s Office

Business Office

4. Pulled for separate discussion.

Community Services

Community Assistance

5. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute Amendment No.1 to Sub-Agreement Executed Under Contract GPZ-47 and related documents with the Homeless Services Network (HSN). (2022-3475)

Development Services

Planning and Development

6. Authorize release of Performance Bond #016225490 for roads, streets, and drainage, in the amount of $71,808.00 for Benton House of Oviedo Site Plan. (2022-3419)

7. Authorize release of Cash Performance Bond for roads, streets, and drainage, in the amount of $13,285.25 for City Furniture. (2022-3431)

8. Authorize release of Private Road Maintenance Bond #CMS0339726 in the amount of $194,478.14, and Public Road Maintenance Bond # CMS0255499 in the amount of $11,171.33, for Estuary at St. Johns subdivision. (2022-3462)

9. Approve the plat for the Red Ember North subdivision containing seventy (70) lots on 32.94 acres zoned Planned Development, located on the east side of Old Lockwood Road, ½ mile south of Lockwood Boulevard. (2022-3465)

Environmental Services

Solid Waste Management

10. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (COPCN) for Hubbard Construction Company d/b/a Mid-Florida Materials effective from October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022. (2022-3496)

Public Works

Engineering

11. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the Purchase Agreement in the amount of $5,940.00 between property owner, Powcar Properties, LLC and Seminole County for a drainage easement necessary for improvements to and continued maintenance of an existing drainage outfall under Alder Avenue in Altamonte Springs. (2022-3453)

12. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Purchase Agreement related to Parcels #144 and #744 for acquisition of property interests needed for the Orange Boulevard Improvement Project (2,710 ± SF & 94 ± SF respectively) between Skender Shehu, Erilda Shehu, Pellumb Shehu, and Gret Shehu and Seminole County for $116,090.00, as full settlement of any claim for compensation from which Seminole County might be obligated to pay relating to the parcel. (2022-3461)

13. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Purchase Agreement related to Parcel #14 for property interests needed for the Riverview Avenue Drainage and Sidewalk Project (94 ± SF) in the amount of $2,000.00 between property owner, Onopa Properties, LLC and Seminole County. (2022-3468)

14. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Purchase Agreement related to Parcel #31 for acquisition of property interests needed for the Monroe Trail Loop Project (1,023 ± SF) between Antoinette E. Tyre f/k/a Antoniette E. Farrow and Seminole County for $76,000.00, as full settlement of any claim for compensation from which Seminole County might be obligated to pay relating to the parcel. (2022-3471)

15. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute an Easement between the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida and Seminole County necessary for the installation and maintenance of a potable water main and force main serving the proposed Park Dental Project. (2022-3480)

16. Approve and authorize a proposed Stipulated Order of Taking and Final Judgment Settlement between Seminole County and Robert M. Reid, as Trustee of the of the Robert M. Reid Revocable Trust dated August 10, 2012, also known as Robert M. Reid, D.D.S., P.A., as to Parcels 105 and 705 of the Oxford Road Improvement Project in the Seminole County v. AutoZone, Inc., et al. Eminent Domain Case; and authorize the Chairman to execute the Warranty Deed. (2022-3482)

Facilities

17. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the First Amendment to Seminole County and Aspire Health Partners, Inc. Mental Health Residence Lease. (2022-3467)

Traffic Engineering

18. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the Traffic Enforcement Agreement between Seminole County, Seminole County Sheriff's Office, and Oregon Trace Homeowners Association, Inc. (2022-3474)

Resource Management

Budget

19. Submit a grant application to the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Site-based (COSSAP) grant program requesting up to $1,300,000.00 to support Seminole County to plan, develop, and implement comprehensive efforts to respond to the illicit opioids, stimulants, and other substance use; and authorize the County Manager to execute the grant application and supporting documents as required including the contract and BAR if awarded. (2022-3460)

20. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the State-Funded Grant Agreement from the State of Florida, Division of Emergency Management, in acceptance of $105,806.00 for the Emergency Management Preparedness and Assistance (EMPA) grant award; and to execute appropriate Resolution #2022-R-71 implementing Budget Amendment Request (BAR) #22­048 through the Disaster Preparedness Fund in the amount of $105,806.00 to establish funding; and authorize the County Manager and his designee(s) to approve grant documents, capital purchase and further contract amendments for this grant. (2022-3469)

21. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute appropriate Resolution #2022-R-72 implementing Budget Amendment Request (BAR) #22-049 through the Fire Fund in the amount of $5,414,000.00 for the replacement of Emergency Vehicles scheduled for replacement in FY2023. (2022-3466)

22. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute appropriate Resolution #2022-R-73 implementing Budget Amendment Request (BAR) #22-050 in the Animal Control Donations Fund to transfer $80,000.00 from Animal Services Donations Operating Budget to allocate funding for a Veterinary X-Ray Machine ($39,500) and for CATEO Phase I project ($40,500) to renovate the free-roam cat area; and authorize the capital purchases. (2022-3497)

MSBU

23. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute appropriate Resolution #2022-R-74 confirming the Non-Ad Valorem Variable Rate Assessments for Tax Year 2022. (2022-3397)

Purchasing and Contracts

24. Award Master Services Agreements (MSAs) for RFP-4208-22/MAG for Home Rehabilitation Services to Glen Holt Aluminum, LLC, Fruitland Park; M&J Enterprises International, Inc., Winter Park; Pat Lynch Construction, Orlando; and RAK General Contractors, Inc., Lake Mary; and authorize the Purchasing and Contracts Division to execute the MSAs. (Estimated Annual Usage: $800,000.00) (2022-3458)

25. Award RFP-604256-22/TKH - Term Contract for Disaster Debris Hauling to Ashbritt, Inc., Deerfield Beach; Ceres Environmental Services, Inc., Sarasota; and D&J Enterprises, Inc., Auburn, AL; and authorize the Purchasing and Contracts Division to execute the agreements. (2022-3410)

26. Award IFB-604269-22/LNF - Term Contract for Concrete Sidewalk, Driveways, Curb Ramps, Curb & Gutter and Traffic Separators, Construction and Repairs to Caraway Concrete Construction, Inc., Oviedo; Garcia Civil Contractors, Orlando; JMD Global Developers, LLC, Maitland; Huffman d/b/a Nuwave Concrete, Sanford; and Parthenon Construction Company, Orlando; and authorize the Purchasing and Contracts Division to execute the agreements. (2022-3398)

Risk Management

27. Approve a full and complete settlement of any and all claims, rights, and actions whatsoever that the Plaintiff may have against Seminole County for the total amount of $155,000.00, inclusive of attorney's fees; authorize staff and counsel to execute all necessary settlement documents; approve and authorize the Chairman to execute appropriate Resolution #2022-R-75 implementing Budget Amendment Request (BAR) #22-047 in the amount of $155,000.00 from Property and Liability Fund Reserves. (Case Number 2021-CA-001720, Jennifer Spidell vs. Seminole County, Florida.) (2022-3459)

Constitutional Officer’s Consent Agenda

Clerk & Comptroller’s Office

28. Approve Expenditure Approval Lists dated May 10, 17, and 24, 2022; Payroll Approval List dated May 12, 2022; and BCC Official Minutes dated April 12, 2022. (2022-3472)

Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 voted AYE.

Clerk & Comptroller’s “Received and Filed” Documents

Consent Agenda Item #4 – 2022-3481

Seminole State College ARPA Funding Agreement

Commissioner Constantine noted he pulled this item not because of its specific request or approval, but because it relates to ARPA dollars; and he would like an ARPA update.

Tricia Johnson, Deputy County Manager, addressed the Board and provided a brief update on ARPA funds. Commissioner Constantine stated they’ve listed a number of different categories and groups, so the anticipation has been building in the community. Sometimes when he requests the status of a particular item, staff’s answer is that they are still waiting on something from the organization. So his specific question is, where are they as far as ARPA dollars and not-for-profits. Ms. Johnson answered it varies from not-for-profit to not-for-profit. When the Board approved general funding amounts for some specific not-for-profits earlier this year, staff went to those organizations and shared with them the Board’s direction. Some of them were required to tighten up their scope and make some modifications based on the approved funding amount, and that has proven to take a little longer than originally anticipated. ARPA guidelines are very clear as to what they can and cannot spend the money on, so staff has had to spend some time communicating that to the organizations. There are a couple of agreements that staff anticipates will be before the Board at the June 28 meeting. They’ve had Legal working on those agreements, and the Community Services team is reviewing them. There are a couple other organizations where staff is not providing them ARPA dollars until they spend other dollars that they have been allocated through the Community Services Department. Staff would like those dollars spent down before they proceed with providing additional money.

After a brief discussion, it was determined that when the Commissioners receive inquiries regarding ARPA funds, it is Ms. Johnson’s preference that they are forwarded to Steve Fussell, Office of Organizational Excellence, who is helping Ms. Johnson with ARPA funding.

Motion by Commissioner Lockhart, seconded by Commissioner Zembower, to approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the Subrecipient Agreement between Seminole County and The District Board of Trustees of Seminole State College of Florida for ARPA funding in the amount of $350,000.

With regard to public participation, no one spoke; and public input was closed.

Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 voted AYE.

COUNTY MANAGER AND STAFF BRIEFINGS

Agenda Item #29 – 2022-3451

Rosenwald School Site Redevelopment

Commissioner Lockhart stated this has been a long process that started back when she was the Chairman of the School Board. The community has had an incredible amount of input, and there have been a lot of meetings. She thinks this is hopefully getting to a place where they can start to see some really good movement. Some of the programming that they’re hoping to see happen at Rosenwald was originally envisioned to happen at the Lillie H. Green Community Center. This community has had a community center that’s been somewhat repurposed, so this has tremendous possibilities for them to really have a hub that they’ve hoped to have for many years.

Rebecca Hammock, Development Services Director, and David Nelson, Renaissance Planning, addressed the Board and provided the Rosenwald School Site Redevelopment presentation as included in the agenda memorandum.

Commissioner Herr stated she thinks it’s a little misleading to talk about medical and dental services being provided out of an office. They typically require all sorts of other infrastructure. She wants to be cognizant of the fact that that will all come later, and they need to be aware that 12,000 square feet may not facilitate all of that and more. Ms. Hammock clarified the intent was not to provide actual medical or dental services at the location, but possibly coordinate where someone could go to receive those services or get help with assistance in payments. These are just examples of programs; ultimately, once they get to the next phases, they can determine what programs can actually be located in the community center. Commissioner Lockhart added that they found many community partners, a lot of different agencies, that came forward wanting to be able to participate in some way. When you have a bunch of people wanting to participate, you don’t want to tell them no, there’s no room. They want to keep everybody involved in the conversation and continue until they “put their money where their mouth is.” Commissioner Herr noted her concern isn’t what they’re doing, it’s the representation that they’re going to have medical and dental in an office. It’s the idea of supporting care that may be provided somewhere else through a facilitator.

Chairman Dallari stated when they develop the RFP, they should also be discussing different types of delivery methods; hard bid, CM at risk, or design-build. Commissioner Lockhart said they also need to decide whether or not the housing component is going to be a different parcel, or are they keeping it one big parcel as a PD. How exactly are they going to make all of that work. It may be that they want to do part of it as a design-build and part of it as a CM at risk. They may want to do the remodeling differently than how they build a brand-new community building. There probably isn’t one answer at this point yet. Chairman Dallari stated that’s why he would like direction from staff regarding how that is all going to get laid out during the next steps. Ms. Hammock replied her intention was that when they did the scope of work, they could outline those options, and then evaluate the responses based on those options. There may be some private partners that would prefer to do a land lease or to actually purchase the property. One of the things she wanted to make sure they included in the scope of work is how the funding structure would work; what the public partner of the County would be responsible for and what the private partner would be responsible for.

Commissioner Zembower stated he thinks this is going to a be a hybrid model as far as partners with the County and so forth on the housing aspect versus the other community aspect. His expectation would be as they move forward, staff would provide the Board all of those options to ultimately make a decision. He thinks they have a lot of steps to get there. Commissioner Constantine stated they’ve been talking about this for more than four years, and he thanks Commissioner Lockhart for working with the community. He was very pleased to see that they have incorporated everything that they had talked about many years ago, like a Sheriff’s Office component, childcare, and education. Certainly, a private-public partnership provides an opportunity to have some dollars available early on that they can then use for the rest of the project. They all want to have a component of affordable housing and some sort of senior living.

Mr. Applegate advised this is step number one in what is going to be a great number of steps. The potential here is so exciting. The Board has a chance with staff and the community to establish something that could really be a model for great things in the future. Staff is going to work very hard, and will report back on the next steps and options for the Board’s consideration.

Ms. Hammock suggested staff could draft the scope of work, and bring that to the Board to be discussed at a work session or meeting to make sure the scope of work outlines everything the Board wants included. They will solicit the responses and get the answers the Board would like before they actually issue it to the public. The Chairman stated that sounds like a plan.

With regard to public participation, Frank Wells, Christine Watkins, and Irvin Simpson spoke; no one else spoke, and public input was closed.

Public Comment Forms were received and filed.

In regard to Ms. Watkins concern about a previously Board-approved historical marker for Rosenwald, Commissioner Lockhart advised she was Chairman of the School Board when they were told that a marker was going to be placed on School Board property. They were not permitted or given the courtesy of knowing what the marker was going to say; they were just told that it was going to be erected. At that time, School Board staff, the Superintendent, and others reached out to Seminole County’s museum staff to talk about the marker and some of the language that was on it. Frankly, it wasn’t language that the School Board or the community may have thought was appropriate. It didn’t give the best light of some of the wonderful things that had occurred on that property. So the School Board asked that the County talk to the property owner about it and give the School Board an opportunity to have input into the language for the marker. Since that time, the marker was put on hold waiting for some new language to be devised; and in the meantime, the property has now changed hands. It is not owned by the School Board anymore, it is owned by the County. So the marker, in its original form, is in storage at the museum somewhere. If the County would like to look at the language, perhaps modify the language, and erect a marker that might be more appropriate for the community, she certainly would be supportive of that. Chairman Dallari asked Mr. Applegate to provide the language for the marker to the Board and an update from staff. There were no objections.

Commissioner Zembower stated he thinks what he’s hearing is that some of the language was not appropriate. At this juncture, he thinks they should include the community in the vetting process of that, at least to have input with what goes on the marker. He would like if staff could facilitate that with the text that’s currently on there to find out whether or not it’s appropriate. They certainly want to do what’s best for the community and memorialize history appropriately.

Commissioner Lockhart advised there was a lot of email dialogue between the County Manager at the time and the Superintendent at the time. Mr. Applegate responded he will try to catch-up on all of that. He will have staff work with the appropriate members of the public, and they will get it moving as fast as possible.

In response to Mr. Simpson’s concern regarding the timeline, Chairman Dallari stated he would imagine that once staff looks at this, and once the Board approves and accepts the direction, staff would put together not just the development of the RFP but also a timeline. With that timeline, he’s sure that staff will be able to articulate what is short-term and what is long-term. Mr. Applegate noted he previously stated they need to move as fast as possible on this, and he thinks that is the plan. Ms. Hammock clarified they are starting on the project now. The first step is the scope of work. She thinks the three-to-five-year timeframe that Mr. Simpson referenced may have come from just a generalized estimate from staff on bringing the whole process to fruition. They really won’t know until they get further into the process; but it was simply an estimate to be able to give the community some kind of expectation that this is going to be a long-term project, and it will take some time to see the final product and the redevelopment of the school. Chairman Dallari reiterated it is important when staff brings this back that the Board sees a proposed timeline. Ms. Hammock advised staff will do that.

Commissioner Herr stated she thinks the challenge with regard to some of the projects, not just this one, is that they speak in “master-planner language.” The notion of communicating this so the average bear can understand it is super important. They ought to be looking at the way they are communicating most community projects. It’s exceptionally challenging for the community members that are rallying behind this to continue to go to the constituents and defend the fact that there’s not a bulldozer on the property yet. She thinks there’s a communication gap that happens that they can maybe seal up and improve their processes around communication in general.

Commissioner Zembower discussed the differences in the public sector and the private sector. His sense, from the original work session, is that this Commission is committed to trying to bring this to fruition. Communication would be a good thing to help the community understand what those hurdles are. When they say RFP, the public doesn’t know what that means, and they don’t have any idea of what the process of that is. For him, he is going to be looking to staff to privatize as much of this as possible to streamline it and bring the delivery to fruition as fast as possible; but that doesn’t mean it’s all private. There are many different aspects of this that have to be drilled down on. He doesn’t know why they couldn’t get it phased, and let the community know what that means. Mr. Applegate advised what he’s hearing is that a very important part of the early process of this is managing expectations.

The Chairman asked for direction from the Board.

Motion by Commissioner Lockhart, seconded by Commissioner Constantine, to move forward with Hybrid Concept B.

Under discussion, Commissioner Lockhart advised with this option, keeping the three buildings is probably the most appropriate. She’s talked with Mr. Nelson about it and has been given input from the community. It makes the most sense financially. Commissioner Constantine noted Hybrid Concept B renovates buildings #1, #2, and #5.

Commissioner Zembower stated he is prepared to support the motion, but he doesn’t want to tie the hands of staff or the consultants from the standpoint of if they get somewhere down the road and there’s a problem, they need to have some ability to come back to the Board if there are any issues. It was determined the Board understood that that could be the case.

Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 voted AYE.

COUNTY MANAGER’S REPORT

Bryant Applegate, Interim County Manager, announced over the weekend he submitted a draft outline (received and filed) of some things to consider as a process for selection of a new County Manager. It was submitted for the Board’s review, consideration, and comment. If the Board has any comments now, he would appreciate them. He doesn’t want to rush into this. There is time for them to look at what has happened with the last process and figure out where they go from here.

Commissioner Zembower stated regarding the communication, he would like Mr. Applegate to work with each Commissioners’ office to perfect what they may want to do moving forward. He would concur that it may not be a big rush to move forward, but they should be moving forward in perfecting what they ultimately want to do.

Commissioner Herr advised she thinks there are two different things that need perfecting. One is what they’re doing to manage the County between now and the time that the County Manager is placed. The second is what they’re doing with regard to going to market for filling the position. With regard to going to market, it is absolutely critical that steps be added to that outline to make sure that they are buffing up the list. She thinks that work has already started with Purchasing. She will be submitting some work that she’s done to make sure that they’re looking at firms that are national in scope in terms of their ability to do the search that are larger than what they’ve experienced. She stated they can make just a few phone calls and ask them who their competitors are and expand their list exponentially, which happens to her all the time in her business. She would like to see it go out. So when she talked at the last meeting about building a funnel, she means that this thing needs to go out to 50 potential firms if they want to get 20 to respond, have 5 that are qualified, and be able to pick the top 1 or 2 to get the best deal that they can possibly get and create competition within the process. That needs to be worked on beyond the County Manager’s Office with the senior management team and Purchasing to really develop that process. It all starts with the very beginning.

Commissioner Herr stated with regard to ongoing management, she thinks that needs to be pushed through in a more meaningful way with the team so that they understand who is doing what and that they get reconfigured because they cannot keep doing what they’ve done for the past 20 years where they’re going to 3 people at one time; they don’t have the team members to do that. The team members that they have, have stepped up in such a meaningful way, including Mr. Applegate and the rest of the team that is surrounding around his team; but they cannot continue to behave the way they have always behaved as if they’re fully staffed. They’re not. They don’t want to slow the deliverables down to the citizens by any means, which means they have to be more efficient on how they behave. She thinks there is a significant amount of work that still needs to be done with regard to what was turned in.

Commissioner Lockhart stated she doesn’t have any problem with having one-on-one meetings regarding this. Her concern is that, in the past, there have been one-on-one meetings and when they come together to discuss it, they wind up finding out that maybe they should have just started with a public discussion to begin with. There is nothing on the draft outline that she has a problem talking about or discussing, and she’s happy to give her feedback on it so that everyone hears and knows what her feedback is. She’s not suggesting anyone would manipulate the outcome, but she feels that having public conversations is healthy. She doesn’t know if anyone else is prepared to have that discussion today; she was since they were provided it, and they had left Friday saying they were coming back today to have this discussion to give direction so they could get moving, because there was a matter of some urgency. She thought that was how they left it on Friday. Mr. Applegate advised that is why he prepared the draft outline. Commissioner Lockhart stated she is happy to explore, expand, and perfect the timeline that they asked staff to come up with, but she doesn’t feel the need to take time from senior staff.

Chairman Dallari distributed a one-page handout (received and filed) and advised there was a discussion that he had with Paul Chipok, Acting County Attorney, and Mr. Applegate. Mr. Chipok stated the first item on the draft outline for the County Manger search is that Mr. Applegate will continue with the contract as Interim County Manager. They don’t want to get bogged down in creating a new contract. Mr. Applegate, in his position as County Attorney, has a contract which includes severability clauses, et cetera. For the public’s edification, all staff works at the pleasure of the County Manager with two exceptions; the County Attorney’s staff works at the pleasure of the County Attorney, and the County Manager and the County Attorney work at the pleasure of the Board of County Commissioners. So the County Manager and the County Attorney have specific contracts that lay out their terms; and on any given Tuesday, three votes can get a new County Manger and a new County Attorney. The thought process is that Mr. Applegate will continue to fulfill the duties as Interim County Manager. In the event that the Board decides that they want to replace him and terminate, the contract that he has as County Attorney will fulfill the roll of what those severance and termination provisions are. In Mr. Chipok’s case, he is Acting County Attorney; and technically he’s still working at the pleasure of the regular County Attorney. So if he is to be replaced, he would go back to his position as Deputy County Attorney and still working at the pleasure of the County Attorney at that point in time, whoever that may be in the future. Chairman Dallari stated it seems very straight forward, and they just need to acknowledge and approve it.

Motion by Commissioner Constantine, seconded by Commissioner Lockhart, to approve Mr. Chipok’s proposal regarding employment and termination of the Interim County Manager and Acting County Attorney as stated above.

Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 voted AYE.

The Chairman asked Mr. Applegate and Mr. Chipok if they were satisfied, and they both responded they were.

Referring to the draft outline, Mr. Applegate stated it is just a draft outline and it was to generate comments about how detailed the Board would like the County Manger search process to be through procurement and staff on searching for recruiting firms, national firms, and/or what type of firms.

Regarding item #1 on the outline, Commissioner Herr stated although they’ve taken care of the contract piece, she does think they have to talk about the greater roll around the Interim County Manager; and if that continues to be Mr. Applegate, then do they continue in the current form or do they wrap additional resources around the team. She noted Mr. Applegate agreed to his current roll as Interim County Manager for two months, see it through, and get them through the process; which he has done. This is going to now go on for an extended period of time, and they have to acknowledge that they need to make sure that they have the best possible management team wrapped around staff that they possibly can.

Commissioner Constantine stated if they look at item #3, he thinks the County Manager is looking to put another position in to help alleviate some of the workload that is being discussed by Commissioner Herr. Also, in many conversations, both formally and informally, Mr. Applegate has said that he’s willing to continue on this until the Board finds the right candidate. So he thinks items #2 and #3 on the draft outline go hand in hand; and that’s how Mr. Applegate will handle the workload that’s presented to him.

Commissioner Lockhart advised she was not here when the last County Manger was an Interim County Manager for a period of time. She asked if it has been the practice of the Board in the past to have the Interim County Manager have a contract as the Interim County Manager. Mr. Applegate answered they did one for Nicole Guillet, the previous County Manager. Commissioner Lockhart asked if that is something the Board would like to have brought to them for consideration. Chairman Dallari responded he doesn’t think they need to because of the motion they just approved. Mr. Chipok explained the intent of that was, if there is reason to terminate Mr. Applegate as Interim County Manager, the Board has two options. The first option is to say he’s going back to his County Attorney position and everything else stays the same. The other option is to thank him for his service to the County; and in that situation, the severance provisions of his existing County Attorney contract cover how that termination is going to occur. Commissioner Lockhart confirmed with Mr. Applegate that he is comfortable not having a contract as Interim County Manager, and Mr. Applegate replied with that understanding he is.

Commissioner Zembower noted three or four months ago he brought up the fact that the then County Attorney, who is now the Interim County Manager, has not had a review per his contract or consideration of increases; and they were told that would come back later. Commissioner Lockhart advised she just did Mr. Applegate’s review last week. Chairman Dallari commented the same. Commissioner Zembower stated he is just reminding that they have not covered that, and now they’re going to have a dual role; he wants to make sure with Mr. Applegate that that review process is separate and apart from the Interim County Manager. Mr. Applegate advised he has his remaining interviews scheduled with those that have not completed his review. That was for his six-month review from his evaluation last December as County Attorney. It is a little confusing, but they’re in a confusing time. Commissioner Zembower stated he wants to make sure they’re not overlapping or joining Mr. Applegate’s two roles.

Commissioner Lockhart referred to item #3 and stated she thinks wrapping the team around it is absolutely critical, so the process of interviewing and selecting an Interim Deputy County Manager or hiring another Deputy County Manager to fill the vacant role would be completely appropriate. From her perspective, they definitely need to fill that hole. Chairman Dallari stated he would wait until the permanent County Manager gets here, and Commissioners Herr and Zembower agreed. Commissioner Herr pointed out item #3 says interview and select an Interim Deputy County Manger. Chairman Dallari explained the way he looks at it is that between now and the end of September, the biggest thing staff will be working on is the budget; that’s the number one thing. Staff has got that well under control. They’ll be looking at the budget and salary adjustments; that’s all part of the budget process. And for the next couple months, that’s what they’re going to be discussing. Staff is very well entrenched in it, and he thinks they have it well handled and are doing a phenomenal job. To bring someone in and bring them up to speed, may make it a little more complicated.

Commissioner Lockhart stated she has not been privy to the discussions around item #3, so perhaps someone can enlighten the Board on what that item means. Mr. Applegate explained the key there is interim. The County Manager’s Office felt that having an Interim Deputy County Manager could very possibly be someone in house to help divide up some of the duties. The main focus was to help senior management keep the ship steady during this time period. That has been the goal, to make sure things are going the way they’re supposed to be going and get through the budget process with the issues they’re facing. When he said he’d be here for 8 to 12 weeks, that was with the hope that they would have someone on board. The County has fantastic staff, and he is happy to continue on until they get somebody on board. So, again, the interim part of item #3 is the most important part. They don’t want to lock somebody in, and then the new County Manager has to worry about having that role.

Commissioner Constantine stated he saw item #3 as an internal matter that the County Manager would decide. He doesn’t want the Board to micromanage. He would assume staff would select the right person with the understanding that this was an interim position, whether it be external or internal; but he saw this as an opportunity for Mr. Applegate and his immediate Deputy County Managers to say this is what they need to continue doing their job. It is an internal matter, and he is not going to micromanage it. That’s why he’s more than happy to agree with item #3.

Commissioner Herr asked how item #3 relates to item #4. Mr. Applegate explained #4 is an option he gave the Board to consider if they wanted to have the Range Riders help with the selection process for the County Manager position. Their role is to help with recruiting qualified people. Chairman Dallari stated he believes if they’re going to hire a national firm, they should be doing that. Commissioner Herr stated it is inconsistent with what’s on the page. The last piece of it is, “and providing assistance to the jurisdiction during the interview phase of the placement process,” which to her sounds as was described by Commissioner Constantine that they actually can potentially provide a list of candidates that can come in. She asked if that is a misunderstanding on her part. Mr. Applegate responded he thinks it is. The main goal of listing that is to have them assist in the selection process. He thinks anybody who they hire should contact them to see if they have any recommendations. Commissioner Herr stated she just wants clarification. They have the capability to give the Board talent to add to staff as opposed to pulling from existing staff to move somebody into an interim role. Mr. Applegate replied he has not discussed that with them, but that is what their webpage says. But he thinks they are doing a pretty good job keeping the ship going; and at this point, he doesn’t see a need to bring somebody in who does not know the County, does not know the staff, and does not know the processes in the middle of a budget process. He doesn’t see that as being the right step at the right time.

Commissioner Lockhart stated she thinks it might be helpful for Mr. Applegate to have a conversation with the Florida County Manager’s Association to find out exactly what the menu of services are that the Range Riders offer and see how they may or may not be helpful. It’s not an all or nothing fit, and it may be that there’s an Interim Deputy that would be someone that they could choose that wouldn’t be an Interim County Manager but an Interim Deputy County Manager perhaps. She’s not sure how many people are going to be interested in taking on an Interim Deputy County Manager role from the general population unless they are a part of a program where they know it’s an interim situation. She would like to glean whatever wisdom they can from that organization, from their experience. They went out on their own and hired a recruiting firm, and it didn’t end well. She would be happy to get the advice from any organization who does this on a regular basis. It doesn’t mean they have to necessarily take their people, but just run it by them. A wise man seeks counsel.

Commissioner Zembower stated things are going as good as one could expect, and the boat is floating. They don’t have any big issues coming up through the end of the year other than the budget. Staff works best with consistency. If they keep changing things, plugging things in, and moving Interims in and out, it gets confusing and unsettling to staff. The reality is, they hired a job-seeking organization. They did not hire a headhunter. He would prefer that they hire a headhunter to go after the top talent in the country. The Board is going to have to decide who that is from the RFP process or how much money they’re going to spend to recruit top talent. They also have to understand that top talent is probably going to want to bring in their own team. So putting Interims in along the way could be hazardous not only to the healthy organization, but the health of any new County Manger coming in. He would like to see a timeline that’s somewhat parallel to what is given to them. They all have to understand with elections right around the corner, politics are going to change, and there will be top talent actually looking for work. Taking all of that into consideration puts them into the November timeline. He’d like to know what the rest of the Board feels. He gets they want to do something as soon as they possibly can to ease staff’s burden, but they’ve heard that they’re doing pretty good as it is.

Commissioner Constantine advised he actually thinks the last search process ended very well. He thinks they really came together as a group to some clarity of what they are looking for because they realized what they had in front of them is not what they were looking for. In his opinion, they are talking about two different things right now. They should be very much involved in the process of selecting a full-time, permanent County Manager; and they should be discussing that process and going through it. As far as the internal workings of the Interim County Manager and the Deputies, that’s their job; and the Board is not the CEO. Staff should be handling what they need to do their job on an ongoing basis until the Board fills the position. So whatever Mr. Applegate thinks he needs from the Range Riders to help him, that’s his job. He wants to focus on what their new process is going to be for hiring a County Manager and how they move forward with that. He thinks they’re spending too much time telling Mr. Applegate what he needs to do to fulfill his job. He knows what he needs to do, and he’s telling the Board what he’s going to do moving forward.

Mr. Applegate stated regarding the Interim Deputy County Manger position, he’s happy to contact the Range Riders and get their help. They may have somebody that would be an excellent Interim Deputy County Manger. That’s why he listed it on the draft outline. There are options that staff is looking at. He doesn’t want to say it’s been absolute fun, but he is working with amazing people that have really stepped up. He is willing to continue on and do what he needs to do to keep the County going. He will abide by whatever the Board decides regarding the process for getting a new County Manager.

Commissioner Lockhart pointed out the document they’re discussing is entitled “Draft for Review and Discussion at BCC Meeting,” and the Board gave direction to their team last week to come back with a very specific outline and timeline for what the process was going to be, and they did it. Now they’re asking for the Board to give feedback, which she thinks they are giving. They’re asking for direction and consultation on their steps moving forward. She doesn’t feel like that’s micromanaging. If the current Interim County Manager and his team feel like they need an Interim Deputy County Manager, then they have support. She thinks that’s all that’s being said.

Commissioner Lockhart noted she wants to address the statement that a County Manager of a certain caliber will want to bring in their own team. She is not in any way, shape, or form interested in hiring a new CEO for the organization whose plan is to come in with their own team. That is not her plan at all. Everybody is giving staff kudos. She’s not only going to give them kudos, she’s going to say she’s not looking for somebody that’s going to replace them. That’s a perfectly acceptable question to ask a CEO when they’re coming in; what is their plan for structuring staff. If the Board thinks their current staff is so great, the next CEO is going to think they’re fabulous too; and there shouldn’t be any reason to come in and bring in their own team.

Commissioner Lockhart asked for the timeline to be completed by July 15, whether or not that is still a reasonable timeline. Mr. Applegate responded yes. Commissioner Lockhart stated she had a lot of questions about how they got to only having two respondents the last time. She would like to understand what happened and what they’re going to do differently this time. Diane Reed, Purchasing and Contracts Division Manager, addressed the Board and explained when they put out the solicitation previously for the executive search firm, they blasted it out to 329 vendors from their database. Sometimes vendors register for commodity codes that are not accurate. They had eight on the planholder’s list. Of those eight, five were actual recruitment-type firms; and they received two proposals. MetroPlan Orlando and Volusia County did similar searches, and they both only received two proposals as well. She’s since reached out to several other entities in Florida, and she’s received about 11 different scopes to look at what they’ve used in the past. She’s compiled a list of about 27 nationwide executive search firms that have responded to other agencies’ RFPs. She’s also done some research on her own, so she feels confident that they have a good pool that they can reach out to. She reached out to the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Development Consultants to find out how that organization works and they could help with what they are looking to do here. Of those 27 firms that she compiled, only 4 of them were already in staff’s database.

Commissioner Herr stated they’re currently using VendorLink and they’re looking to move to Deltek/DemandStar. Ms. Reed stated they’re currently looking at going to OpenGov. Commissioner Herr advised one of the issues is that VendorLink is a very small homegrown operation, and it’s quite simply the worst one that’s out there from a vendor’s perspective. She would encourage staff to engage with the new vendor because they typically come with account-management teams that can go into their system to do searches and find lists of vendors that have been responsive to these types of things. This is important enough, from her perspective, that staff should be making phone calls to the vendors before the RFP hits the street to give them a heads up because it will change their outcomes.

Commissioner Zembower stated in regard to the RFP, a response to an RFP is directly proportional to how an RFP is written. There should be some folks really looking at the way the RFP is written. He’s had people contact him stating they’re not going to respond to an RFP because they believe it’s a closed shop. The RFP can be written in such a fashion to get those top groups if they’re portraying in the RFP what they’re truly looking for. They don’t need someone who is just going to put out a job posting, they can do that themselves. They need a top CEO recruitment organization that can go out and actually understand what’s going on around the country and target certain individuals. He doesn’t know what the answer is and how they work on the RFP, how it’s drafted, and how it’s worded; but the language is going to be very important to get the responses they want.

Commissioner Herr stated she wants to go back to the notion of interim management and offer an outside perspective. Sourcing senior leadership is something that she’s done over and over again in her career, and her experience level at this is pretty significant. Opportunities for improvement are not rare, but one at this level is significant. The reason that she continues to push back is because there seems to be general resistance to bringing in an outsider even on a temporary basis, and that has raised the hair on the back of her neck. They do have areas in this organization that have tremendous opportunity for improvement, as any organization would have and that’s not an indictment on staff. It’s an indictment on how things have always been, how the Board has expected things to be, and how the Board behaves with the team. Bringing somebody in from outside on an interim basis with absolutely nothing to lose, would benefit the team more than anything else because they’d be able to tell the Board to straighten up. She would really like a healthy discussion about the potential for somebody coming in with objective eyes and nothing to lose to bring a new perspective to the organization on behalf of the citizens, staff, and the Board.

Commissioner Zembower asked what the conversation was with staff about bringing somebody in. Mr. Applegate stated he has no problem in asking the Range Riders or anybody else who’s interested that has experience if they want to come in and be the Interim Deputy County Manager to help in this process. He was asked by senior staff what happens if they don’t hire somebody, what is Mr. Applegate going to do, and what are the options. The first option is, at some point, the Board is going to go out and look for a new County Manger. There was this general view that to bring someone in at this point for 12 weeks, 16 weeks, or whatever it’s going to take, just didn’t make a lot of sense to him and to a lot of other senior staff members. That’s why item #3 is what it is. He isn’t ruling out bringing somebody in as an Interim Deputy County Manager.

Commissioner Herr stated she would expand that thought process to not only considering outside consultation with respect to coming in as an Interim Deputy, but with respect to there may be other ways to do it as well. Just broaden the thought process because they’re in a weird time, and being narrow in the thought process is going to create limited results where there may be tremendous opportunities to find somebody that can actually look at this through a different lens.

Chairman Dallari asked Mr. Applegate if he believes he has direction and an understanding. Mr. Applegate stated he’s going to come back with a recommendation on the top-flight firm and process for retention of an RFP and the firm under that RFP, whether that’s a headhunter or a regular search-and-seek firm. They are going to contact the vendors and tell them that there’s an RFP coming out. Ms. Reed has been ahead of the curve already on all of that; and they’ll continue doing that. Step number one is to develop and look at every list possible to come back with a large number of vendors being contacted to apply to be the search firm or headhunter so that the Board can make that decision.

Commissioner Constantine stated internally it is Mr. Applegate’s job to get whoever he wants for the interim position. That’s his job, not the Board’s. On the other position, yes, he is very much interested in expanding everything they can to get the best qualified candidates they possibly can.

Commissioner Lockhart advised she’d like to talk about item #7 and the fact that a top-flight firm is going to produce an advertisement and profile of the County including a website and all sorts of things. So if that doesn’t happen before they hire the firm, that’s okay because there’s a lot of other things going on in the County right now; and the right firm is going to do that for them so they won’t have to take up staff time to do it. Mr. Applegate noted that’s what they are hoping happens.

Commissioner Zembower stated regarding the RFP issue and contacting those different vendors, he’d like to consider if a vendor states they’re not going to reply or they don’t reply, that staff follow-up and ask why they aren’t responding to the RFP.

Chairman Dallari asked Mr. Applegate if he believes he has direction. Mr. Applegate answered he does and thanked Ms. Reed for being ahead of the curve. He added staff will continue reaching out. He welcomes any suggestions that the Board has to help Ms. Reed and his office.

COUNTY ATTORNEY’S REPORT

Mr. Chipok stated the negotiations between County staff and local 3254 of the International Association of Firefighters B Unit is drawing to a close. Staff is going to be scheduling a shade meeting in accordance with Florida Statute Section 447.605 for the Board on June 28 at 8:30 a.m. to bring the Board up to speed and get further direction.

DISTRICT REPORTS

District 4

Commissioner Lockhart stated the City of Sanford had a wonderful Memorial Day celebration.

District 3

Commissioner Constantine stated he attended a great Memorial Day event at the courthouse. Also, the Seminole County Chamber had a legislative update, which he participated in. At the Expressway Authority meeting, the “airport expressway” is in the five-year program. They are going to have to move that forward and put skin in the game along with the City of Sanford, and he wanted everyone to be aware of that. When they talk about locking up the right-of-way, it’s extremely important that they are at the front of it and participating in the acquisition of that right-of-way. He was a speaker at an event for the National Association of Regional Councils representing not only the MPO and Regional Planning Council, but also the County. He announced the grand opening of Legacy Pointe at UCF. He then reminded the Board of the upcoming Florida Association of Counties meeting.

District 5

Motion by Commissioner Herr, seconded by Commissioner Zembower, to appoint Doug McLendon to the Sanford Community Redevelopment Agency board filling position five on the board left by Brian Volk who stepped down.

Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 voted AYE.

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Commissioner Herr advised CareerSource has created a public service academy for Orange County. They are focused on hiring fire personnel through the public service academy. They used ARPA funds to fund it. Austin, Texas, is doing the same thing through their local agency for Environmental Services. She just wanted to bring this to the Board’s attention because it may be an opportunity given the depth of openings that the County has and the duration of openings they have.

Referring to the Business Spotlight company, Elev8 Fun, she stated if the Board is serious about doing a fundraising event, she is all in. They could think about doing it for the only homeless shelter in Seminole County.

District 2

Commissioner Zembower stated he attended a meeting for the roundabout design in Winter Springs with Engineering staff and their consultant. He thanked the volunteers that did some planting around the Lake Jesup watershed. He also thanked staff for working with the Sunrise community on the HOA concerns about the outfall in the retention ponds and determining that there may be some things that the County can assist with but also identified some problems that they had. The Commissioner stated the case of bird flu that impacted Lake Dot looks like it’s not impacting as much as it once was. He reminded everyone of Geneva’s July 4^th parade.

District 1/CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

Chairman Dallari shared a letter regarding a hotel and Red Cleveland (received and filed). He asked for the Board’s approval before he signs it.

Motion by Commissioner Lockhart, seconded by Commissioner Herr, to authorize the Chairman to execute the letter of support for a new hotel off Red Cleveland Boulevard as presented.

Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 voted AYE.

COMMUNICATIONS AND/OR REPORTS

1. Letter dated May 24, 2022, from Beth Keating with Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, regarding a petition for rate increase by Florida Public Utilities Company, Florida Division of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, Florida Public Utilities Company – Fort Meade, and Florida Public Utilities Company – Indiantown Division; Docket #20220067-GU.

2. Letter dated May 24, 2022, from the Public Service Commission Chair, regarding Sunshine Water Services as a response to the letter Seminole County addressed to PSC over concerns regarding Sunshine Water Services’ Hunt Club Wastewater Treatment Facility and Sweetwater Creek. cc: C. Snow and B. Gongre with Sunshine Water Services; J. Farrell, D. Hall, K. Coyne with FDEP; and D. Walsh with FDOH.

3. Letter dated June 3, 2022, from Kelly Corvin, Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Regional Planning Administrator, Bureau of Community Planning and Growth, regarding the comprehensive plan amendment adopted by Seminole County Ordinance No. 2022-10 on April 26, 2022, and identified no provision that necessitates a challenge adopting the amendment. cc: R. Hammock, Development Services, and Tara McCue, ECFRPC Executive Director.

4. Letter dated May 31, 2022, from Lisa Johnson, Acting Director, Community Planning and Development, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, regarding the CDBG grant fund status of Seminole County.

5. Letter dated June 6, 2022, from the Florida Department of Revenue Property Tax Oversight Program, regarding Notification of Receipt of Property Appraisers Budgets.

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

None.

PUBLIC COMMENT (Items Not Related to the Agenda)

David Bear addressed the Board and proposed a Seminole County Natural Lands Ballot Item and presented a document detailing his proposal (received and filed). He requested that his proposal be a future agenda item for discussion. Discussion ensued.

Motion by Commissioner Constantine, seconded by Commissioner Zembower, to place Mr. Bear’s item on the July 26 BCC agenda for discussion.

Under discussion, Commissioner Lockhart spoke of her concerns regarding staff time; and discussion ensued.

Districts 1, 2, and 3 voted AYE.

Districts 4 and 5 voted NAY.

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Rob Elliott and Brian Scholl addressed the Board to discuss a permitting issue with the roof of their church. Discussion ensued including the activity of the Contractor Examiners Board. It was determined that the Board has no jurisdiction to remedy this problem, and Mr. Elliott and Mr. Scholl’s concern is a civil matter.

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Clerk Maloy left the meeting at this time.

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George Sellery addressed the Board to discuss a handout entitled Super-Majority Ordinances (Density and Wetlands) (received and filed).

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Nancy Harmon addressed the Board and spoke regarding her issue with the public comment process and what that process actually is and her concern about the penny sales tax ballot process.

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Katrina Shadix addressed the Board and spoke to several environmental and wildlife issues.

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Chairman Dallari announced he would like to reconvene at 2:00 p.m. and heard no objections.

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Chairman Dallari recessed the meeting at 1:24 p.m., reconvening at 2:05 p.m., with all Commissioners and all other Officials, with the exception of Clerk of Court Grant Maloy, and Deputy Clerk Kyla Farrell who was replaced by Deputy Clerk Chariti Guevara, who were present at the Opening Session.

PROOFS OF PUBLICATION

Motion by Commissioner Constantine, seconded by Commissioner Herr, to authorize the filing of the proofs of publication for this meeting’s scheduled public hearings into the Official Record.

Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 voted AYE.

PUBLIC HEARINGS QUASI-JUDICIAL

No ex parte was submitted for today’s public hearings.

Item #30 – 2022-3509

Lake Brantley Terrace

Boat Dock/Sheila Cichra

Mary Robinson, Planning and Development, addressed the Board to present the request as outlined in the agenda memorandum. She advised that staff recommends approval.

With regard to public participation, no one spoke in support or opposition, and public input was closed.

Chairman Constantine inquired why the Applicant is requesting an additional 500 feet. Sheila Cichra, Streamline Permitting, on behalf of the Applicant, explained the layout of the dock is not ergonomic. The existing structure has a boat slip on one side, a little bit of deck on each side, an oversized walkway, and an angled area on the backside of the boathouse, which all results in wasted square footage everywhere. They are adding a little place where they can have an upper deck and a little slip underneath. It's not abnormally large for the lake. There are large docks in the area. The property has a lot of shoreline, so it's not going to stick out. The existing boat slip is a standard boat slip for a regular ski boat, and they want to house another smaller boat. It will be a two-slip boathouse but not a lot of deck around it.

Commissioner Zembower inquired if they are requesting to go further out in the lake. Ms. Cichra responded they are taking a covered area that is there now and cutting a slip in it, so most of the slip will be space that is already there. The end of the new boathouse sticks out approximately 6 or 8 feet.

Chairman Constantine stated he has no concern about this request. However, he does not understand why boat docks over 1,000 square feet have to come before the Board to be approved. He thinks they could come up with something that would allow that to happen without it coming before the Commission.

Motion by Commissioner Constantine, seconded by Commissioner Lockhart, to approve the request for a 1,597.5 square foot boat dock on property located on the north side of Lake Brantley Terrace, approximately 1,902 feet north of SR 434, more particularly known as 100 Lake Brantley Terrace; Sheila Cichra, Applicant, on behalf of Scott and Melissa Mamary; as described in the proof of publication.

Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 voted AYE.

Item #31 – 2022-3464

Howell Harbor Drive

Boat Dock and House/Sheila Cichra

Ms. Robinson presented the request as outlined in the agenda memorandum. She advised that staff recommends approval. The Applicant’s consultant was present but did not speak.

With regard to public participation, no one spoke in support or opposition, and public input was closed.

Motion by Chairman Dallari, seconded by Commissioner Herr, to approve the request for a 1,268 square foot boat dock/house on property located on the south side of Howell Harbor Drive, approximately 601 feet south of Red Bug Lake Road, more particularly known as 1049 Howell Harbor Drive; Sheila Cichra, Applicant, on behalf of Kathryn and Evan Bole; as described in the proof of publication.

Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 voted AYE.

PUBLIC HEARINGS LEGISLATIVE

Item #32 – 2022-3362

Resolution – Nuisance Abatement Order

2352 Sunny View Drive/Scott Linville

Liz Parkhurst, Building Division, addressed the Board and advised on March 22, 2022, the Board issued a notice of determination of public nuisance setting a public hearing date to discuss the unoccupied structure and in-ground spa. Recently, staff discovered that on March 29, 2022, a lis pendens was recorded and a foreclosure process was initiated by the mortgage holder. A foreclosure hearing is scheduled for June 28, 2022, in circuit court. Staff is recommending the Board continue to a future date to allow for the foreclosure process to proceed and give staff time to re-notice the hearing if necessary. It was determined the property owner was not present.

With regard to public participation, no one spoke in support or opposition, and public input was closed.

Motion by Chairman Dallari to approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Resolution issuing an Order to declare the existence of a Public Nuisance at 2352 Sunny View Drive, Oviedo; require corrective action by July 14, 2022; and authorize the necessary corrective action by the County in the event the Nuisance is not abated by the record owner, Scott Linville; as described in the proof of publication.

Commissioner Herr requested confirmation staff’s request was for a continuance. Mr. Chipok confirmed the request was for a continuance because a lis pendens has been filed on the property which stays any available action.

Motion by Chairman Dallari, seconded by Commissioner Herr, to continue to date uncertain the request to approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Resolution issuing an Order to declare the existence of a Public Nuisance at 2352 Sunny View Drive, Oviedo; require corrective action by July 14, 2022; and authorize the necessary corrective action by the County in the event the Nuisance is not abated by the record owner, Scott Linville; as described in the proof of publication.

Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 voted AYE.

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There being no further business to come before the Board, the Chairman declared the meeting adjourned at 2:20 p.m., this same date.

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