BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA
AUGUST 22, 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, August
22, 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
Lee Constantine (District 3)
Commissioner Carlton Henley (District 4)
County
Manager Nicole Guillet
Deputy County
Attorney Lynn Porter-Carlton
Deputy Clerk Jane Spencer
Reverend Daniel Smith, Holy Cross Episcopal
Church in Sanford, gave the Invocation.
Commissioner Dallari led the Pledge of Allegiance.
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT
The
Business Spotlight video for Chocolate Compass was presented.
AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS
Agenda Item #1 2017-0248
Motion by
Commissioner Constantine, seconded by Commissioner Henley, to adopt appropriate
Resolution #2017-R-134 recognizing the following companies as award recipients
at the Seminole County Regional Chamber of Commerce Seminole Business Awards
Luncheon on August 25, 2017, and for their capital investment and job creation
within Seminole County: DCS Commercial Cleaning, evok
Advertising, Inc., Findsome & Winmore,
Florida Blue, Heathrow Women's Club Charities, IMPOWER, Insight Credit Union,
School Partnerships, and Vose Law Firm, LLP.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
Ray
Villegas, Chief Operating Officer of Seminole Regional Chamber of Commerce,
accepted the Resolution and thanked the Board on behalf of the Chambers Board
of Directors, their members, and specifically their award winners. Mr. Villegas stated it is great for the award
winners to be recognized for the contributions they make to Seminole County and
the business community as a whole.
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Agenda Item #2 - no number
Chairman
Horan explained that the Seminole Action Board (SAB) is a group of business
people who have been performing and executing the Countys homelessness
initiative for the last year. The
Chairman stated this presentation will be their one-year report.
John
Hillenmeyer, Chairman of the Seminole Action Board, addressed the Board to report
that he is very proud of the work the group has done and the outcomes they have
achieved. The group has not resolved
homelessness in Central Florida but they have made great progress. Mr. Hillenmeyer then thanked the
Commissioners, who authorized and empowered a group of people to come together
and address what was felt to be a serious problem in Central Florida.
Mr.
Hillenmeyer began a PowerPoint presentation entitled Seminole Community Action
Strategy - An Approach to Impact and Reduce Homelessness in Seminole County
One-Year Review and displayed the Seminole Action Board slide. He then discussed past strategies and how the
SAB was formed. Mr. Hillenmeyer
reiterated his thanks to each Commissioner for their support and emphasized
that the SAB would not have gotten anything done without the Commissioners
help.
Mr.
Hillenmeyer introduced the SAB members in the audience. He specifically acknowledged Wendy Brandon,
Valmarie Turner, Nicole Guillet, and Dawn Kraus. He explained that the volunteers provide
different perspectives other than just a social service view and pointed out
that Philip Mangano, SAB Advisor, has proved that you can have a compassionate
big heart, use business principles, and get better results than great hearts
alone cannot pull off.
Mr.
Hillenmeyer displayed and reviewed the list of Partner Agencies. He specifically acknowledged Aspire, Health
Care Center for the Homeless, Community Based Care of Central Florida, Pathways
Home, Goodwill, the Seminole County Housing Authority, Seminole County Public
Schools Foundation, Seminole County Sheriffs Office, Wendover Development,
Heart to Heart, and Northland Church.
Mr. Hillenmeyer stated SAB believes in supporting a regional agenda of
strategies but stressed that they firmly believe that solving this problem
takes local initiatives and local leadership because every place is not the
same.
Mr.
Hillenmeyer stated that Mr. Mangano has been their advisor and facilitator and
is a national resource in homelessness.
He briefly reviewed Mr. Manganos eight-year tenure in the Bush
administration and pointed out that Mr. Mangano believes very deeply in the social
justice of helping the homeless and those in need but does it through a
business framework and can prove that can and does work well.
Philip
Mangano, CEO of American Round Table to Abolish Homelessness, addressed the
Board and continued the presentation.
Mr. Mangano thanked the Commissioners for their cooperation and support
because without that, they would not have gotten the job done. He reported that when he was in Washington
and they did an analysis of the cities and counties that were doing the best
work regarding homelessness in communities, that is actually reducing the
number of homeless people in communities, the number one correlative in getting
the job done was the political will of the jurisdictional CEOs in those
communities.
Mr.
Mangano explained how the SAB has moved from process to performance, from
inputs to outcomes, and from anecdote and conjecture to data and research. He talked about how critical the partners
have been in the work that they have done and how the SABs business approach
has made a significant difference. Mr.
Mangano recognized Reverend Joel Hunter for his ministry of inclusivity, which
has been spiritually inspirational to the group. He mentioned the new entity that Reverend
Hunter and his team have created, Community Resource Network. Mr. Mangano recognized Pathways to Care,
Pathways to Housing, and Pathway Homes.
He talked about the Foundation for Seminole Public Schools and the
investments of resources they have made over time that came in when they called
for performance and outcomes. That has
been a template for some of the work that has been done by the larger group. He acknowledged the School System and their
social workers who went out into the hotels and motels and visited people in
cars and identified people so they could be moved along.
Mr.
Mangano recognized one of the newest members, Jonathan Wolf with Wendover
Housing, and stated they have brought to the table a key developer in the
county in terms of a renewed commitment on Wendover Housings part to create
housing specifically targeted to homeless people. Mr. Mangano explained that one of the central
impediments to getting the job done is units.
They have the social service resources but they need more units.
Mr.
Mangano reported that the Seminole Action Board is about to inaugurate a performance
prize for meritorious achievement among nonprofits who get the job done and
produce outcomes and results. He added
that the intent is to name that prize the Hillenmeyer Award of Performance to
acknowledge the great work that Mr. Hillenmeyer has done in leading this group. Mr. Mangano discussed investments made by the
County and how SAB looks to leverage that investment. He noted that part of the leveraging is in
the Seminole Action Opportunity Fund. Mr.
Mangano explained that the SAB focused on accountability, action, and
specifically on performance; did they make a difference in the lives of their
homeless neighbors. He pointed out that
if all of their meetings, all of their conversations, all of their angst on
this issue did not bring remedy to those individuals (to those mothers,
fathers, and especially children), then their efforts are hollow. They are just do‑gooders who leave
their poorest neighbors in their long misery.
Mr.
Mangano displayed the Year One Strategy slide and advised that the Year One
Strategy was quantifiable, not nebulous.
He then reviewed the four strategies.
With regard to Homeless Individuals, the goal was to end the
homelessness of the 50 most vulnerable and disabled individuals in Seminole
County; and the Result was 117 individuals were placed in housing during the
first year of the initiative. With
regard to Homeless Families, the goal was to end the homelessness of the 120
most vulnerable families in Seminole County; and the Result was 142 families
were placed in housing. Mr. Mangano then
talked about the partnerships that were vital to these achievements. He stated the intent was to end the
homelessness of 400 of their homeless neighbors, and they actually ended the
homelessness of 500 people who didn't have a place to stay, didn't have a place
to live in, and didn't have a home. With
regard to Investment and Leveraging, Mr. Mangano reported they leveraged more
than $2 million from federal and philanthropic resources over the course of the
year. He emphasized that is $2 million
that came into the county by virtue of strategic investments authorized by the
BCC and carried out by the County Manager.
The
Year One Outcomes slide was displayed and summarized. With regard to the View to the Future slide,
Mr. Mangano reviewed the five listed recommendations for Seminole County. Mr. Mangano added a sixth
recommendation. He pointed out that in
their work with homeless families, they recognize that many families who are
vulnerable, on the edge, and on the margins are living in hotels and
motels. He believes one of their
commitments as a community is to engage the owners of those hotels and motels
and try to work with them. They are
providing an important resource. Those
families, if they weren't in those motels, as egregious as the overcrowding
might be, might be on the streets in their cars. They should engage the owners of those
hotels in a collaborative way to figure out how to work together to either make
those more habitable for the families or figure out different ways to
reconfigure.
Mr.
Mangano discussed the Dashboard and Accountability Committee and stressed they
are not interested in conjecture and anecdote.
With regard to how many people were housed, the committee had to go
through a lot of meanderings to get to the numbers but they are certain of those
numbers. He acknowledged the great work
that Valmarie Turner and the people at Community Services have done as the
committee has agonized over what the correct numbers are. Mr. Mangano stated one of the primary intents
in the next year for the Dashboard and Accountability Committee is to determine
the number of homeless people in Seminole County. He pointed out that with every source they go
to, they get different numbers. They are
going to take that on themselves and come up with the best number that they
can. Mr. Mangano reviewed the second
task, which is to apply methodology and due diligence to what is reported to
determine what the actual number is. He displayed
the Special Thanks slide and recognized Captain Dan Purcell, with the Sheriffs
Office, and Anthony Raimondo, Deputy Chief of Police in Sanford, for the good
work they are doing in terms of identifying people who are on the streets.
Commissioner
Carey referred to Mr. Mangano's comments about the delay in getting data and
pointed out that they have talked about the HSN system for a long time; how the
data goes in, how they get data, and some of the impediments to that. She questioned whether Mr. Mangano has a
solution to how they can change the way they get the data. Mr. Mangano stated when they interacted with
HSN over the course of the last year, he thinks they have become much more
amenable in providing data as best they can.
The difficulty is that in serving multiple jurisdictions with a limited
staff, they are unable. It is not through
some kind of mal intent, but they just don't have the resources to provide
the data that is needed. Mr. Mangano
explained that because they are organized around business principles and
practices, SAB deems that data to be critical in terms of creating policy and
making investments. He added that the
idea of having immediate access to data is critical in any business field.
Mr.
Mangano advised that the Dashboard team has had multiple conversations and they
have visited HSN. They were told as recently
as a couple weeks ago when they were making simple requests for data that the
request will be put in the queue and they cannot tell them when they will be
able to get that information. He does
not believe it is through mal intent. SAB
just has a different frame for how they are coming to the issue. It is not simply good intention, well‑meaning
programs, and humanitarian gestures. It
is data, performance, and outcome. He
stressed it is not the frame that HSN is used to.
Commissioner
Carey reminded everyone that they have talked over several years now about the
ability for all of the partners to be able to put data in and get data
out. If they are entrusting a group to
take on the homelessness issue and have people that are authorized to access
that data, it should not only be to put the data in but to be able to get the
data that they need out. That is the key
and it solves their problem as well.
They wouldnt have everybody backed up if they would allow the partners
to have access to it. She advised the
BCC is providing funding there so they certainly ought to be able to have
access. She does not understand why that
is so difficult. Mr. Mangano responded
that over the last year, the Dashboard Committee and the SAB Board in general
have come to the conclusion that they need to collect the data and have it
available internally in an IT system in Seminole County so that when they need a
piece of data, they can go to their own system, achieve that data, and then
make adjustments to policy and investment as is necessary. He believes the best way to do that is to take
that data internally. There are many
episodes and there are people in the audience that could talk about the
difficulty of getting data. He
emphasized again that it is not through mal intent; but for one reason or
another, they can't get that done for SAB, and SAB needs to do it
themselves.
Commissioner
Carey invited Shelley Lauten to come forward to discuss this. The Commissioner remarked that this has been
one of the frustrating pieces of this puzzle all along. They have talked about using a different system. Ms. Lauten reported there was about a $1
million investment made in the HSN system.
They have been working to make it open‑sourced. Hopefully by the fall, they should have a
system where everybody who has got access can pull their own data. It is the most important thing that they have
to be doing. Ms. Lauten reported that
the second issue, which she thinks is critically important, is that every time
she came into a meeting, there was another data source; and they don't
connect. They are not finding duplication
of effort. They are not seeing what is
not in HSN, which is a big portion, the people who are not using HSN like the
churches for example.
Ms.
Lauten stated they just got authorized at the commission to move forward and
they are going to use Seminole County as their pilot (because Seminole is
further along) to look for a way to connect HSN, the Community Resource Network
(which is the faith community), the wonderful Sheriff's Department, and the
Library system. She noted there are all
of these great data sources and they are all running parallel. Ms. Lauten reiterated that they have a pilot
program that they hope to start in September to see how they can "de‑dupe"
the data and get some comprehensive data so they can start to know how many
homeless people they actually have. Mr.
Mangano added that even if they had direct access to HSN's data, one of the
things they discovered in trying to come up with the numbers that were
presented here today is that they could give them about 50% of what was
reported because certain programs and certain initiatives are not within the
Homeless Management Information System, which is another reason why he feels
strongly that it would be important for Seminole County to maintain its own
data system so that they have the collection of data. He stated they have groups that meet regularly
and that is how they achieved these numbers for today, not simply by going
through HSN.
Mr.
Hillenmeyer agreed that HSN has improved its performance. He noted that the problem is that HSN is
basically the TSA of HUD money so they are accountable to HUD. He believes that is a big problem because SAB
is trying to deal with the whole issue.
A lot of the stuff is outside of what HUD defines as homeless and
basically they don't deal with it. He
stated that SAB is trying to deal with populations that fall together. Mr. Hillenmeyer explained that getting the
count they got for the presentation took a lot of work to track down but now
they really have the real numbers and know by person who was helped. Commissioner Carey advised that HUD has made
some adjustments in their rules and how the money is going to be
distributed. She knows that conversation
is still going on. The Commissioner
stated she thinks they need to really organize a strong lobby for the feds so they
understand what needs to be changed in HUD to allow communities like theirs to
do what they feel is best with their HUD dollars; and HUD cannot continue to
say, "Well, it is this much for this program and you can't qualify for
that program." She talked about why
they need flexibility and then advised that the Board will do everything they
can to help and she is available to help in any way that she can. Commissioner Carey thanked Mr. Mangano and
his group for all that they have done.
Commissioner
Dallari thanked Mr. Mangano for his presentation and thanked everyone
present for being a part of this project and trying to help end
homelessness. The Commissioner stated
that what makes Seminole County unique is that time after time the business
community steps up; and he thanked them for taking the time, not just out of
their personal time but also out of their business, and stepping up and making
a difference. He referred to the pilot
program that Mr. Mangano and Ms. Lauten were discussing and stated he believes
that is what will stop the silo effect.
Once that pilot program is up and running, they can then take that model
and tell HUD this is the right way to do it.
These are the things that the citizens of Seminole County and the
business people expect of government.
Since the pilot program starts sometime in the fall, Commissioner
Dallari wondered if there is an estimate of how long it will take to put the
pilot program together and see actual results.
Ms. Lauten reported that one of the issues that they are already running
into is that some people move at a different pace of change than others and
some organizations change at a different pace than others. She stated that is why she actually wanted to
start in Seminole County because she believes there are more organizations than
not who want to see this change. Ms. Lauten
stated she has to understand, and the partners have to understand, the data
sources and how they can get them to link, which is more technical than she has
the knowledge right now. She thinks they
can do that and is hoping that in six months they will have a good sense of how
to connect. Commissioner Dallari
confirmed with Ms. Lauten that she believes within six months to a year, she
will have a good sense of how the pilot program is actually working. Commissioner
Dallari then asked how the Board can help in achieving the goals. Ms. Lauten responded that when she puts the
group together, she will need the Boards help in making sure they stay
together and stay at the table. They
will first identify the barriers for coming together and will come back to the
Board if they are running into ways that people can't remove or don't want to
remove those barriers. She knows CRN and
HMIS were built by the same company. Ms.
Lauten emphasized that the Community Resource Network is going to be a piece
that is going to help the community like no other community in helping the
families especially move out of homelessness.
If they can get that up and running and connect that into HMIS, it will
allow them to have the limited data that is coming into HMIS to be
enriched. There are over 1,400 places of
worship in the three counties. She
suggested they imagine the power of connecting the data from all the people
that the faith community sees at their doorstep, which half of them are not
going into HMIS. They will have such a
robust idea of who the families are especially and how they are being
served. She pointed out that it is a
huge piece and believes if they get those two connected, they will go a long
way in solving this issue.
Commissioner
Dallari asked Ms. Lauten to please let all five of the Commissioners know if
there are any obstacles or boundaries that she needs help with. He again thanked the volunteers and the
business sector for being a part of this.
Ms. Guillet thanked the entire Seminole Action Board and acknowledged
that it is wonderful having a partnership with the SAB. They have a very strong voice with the SAB
and with Mr. Mangano. Ms. Guillet talked
about the effectiveness of the group and pointed out that the data issue and
bridging the gap for things like utilities have been an ongoing issue for over
12 years, and they have been able to resolve that on a Seminole County level
because of the efforts of the SAB in a year.
She believes that speaks volumes of how effective and how valuable and
how important this group is to the community.
Commissioner Carey talked about the "Ten to End" commitment,
which was an effort that was started a number of years ago. Ms. Lauten underscored what Mr. Mangano said
earlier, that the regional framework is important but the work gets done at the
local level. She believes Seminole
County is a great example. The County
has taken it, owned it, and still abides by the regional strategies.
Chairman
Horan thanked all of the Seminole Action Board members for the tremendous work
that they have done and the tremendous results they have gotten. The Chairman talked about the need for a
partnership with many different types of providers to do this. He advised that the problem they are having
is that the regional approach, which is tied into HUD's approach, has a
tendency to measure outputs not outcomes.
The way the SAB has basically carved through all of this data and
identified other sources of data and come up with really good strategies,
because they have good data, is the kind of thing that one would expect
business people to do. When the Board
handed this off to business people and Seminole leadership came in, he knew
they did the right thing. The Chairman
complimented the SAB, Ms. Lauten, and Mr. Mangano for the great work they have
done in trying to bring in all of the various regional partners together. Chairman Horan suggested that if anyone wants
to contribute, they can go to the Central Florida Foundation and go to the drop‑down
box where it says Seminole Action Opportunity Fund.
Commissioner
Henley remarked that, as has been stated several times by Commissioner Carey
and others, many efforts have happened over the years. The situation they find themselves in did not
happen overnight and will not be solved overnight. The Commissioner stated he sees faces out in
the audience that were not there years ago when other efforts were made. He encouraged each of them, as the Good Book
does, to not grow weary of doing good because this is something that will take
a long time. Commissioner Henley stated
he appreciates very much those who have committed to resolve this
situation. He believes it is something
that can be solved as long as they are determined and stay committed.
Commissioner
Carey requested that they put this report on the front page of their website
and also a link for people that do want to make a contribution to make it as
easy as possible since they leveraged those dollars between the investment that
the County made and the contributions that private individuals through
philanthropy gave to over $2 million just in this past year.
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Chairman
Horan recessed the meeting at 10:47 a.m., and reconvened at 10:54 a.m.
COUNTY
MANAGERS CONSENT AGENDA
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 Henley, to authorize and approve the following:
County Managers Office
Office of Emergency
Management
3. Approve
and authorize the Chairman to execute Memorandum of Understanding between
Seminole County and The Sharing Center for support with donations collection,
distribution, and management during times of disaster. (2017-0213)
4. Approve
and authorize the Chairman to execute appropriate Resolution #2017-R-135 to
adopt the County's Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan, as required by
Florida Statute 252. Once adopted, this plan will serve as the guidance
document for all disaster response in all municipalities of, and unincorporated
areas of, Seminole County. (2017-0257)
5. Approve
and authorize the Chief Administrator of the Office of Emergency Management to
execute a Memorandum of Understanding between the American Red Cross and
Seminole County to provide emergency shelter support during disasters. (2017-0258)
Community Services
Community Development Division
6. Approve
and accept the Neighborhood Stabilization Program Snapshot/Report pursuant to
Seminole County Resolution No. 2013-R-61.
(2017-0249)
Development
Services
Planning
& Development Division
7. Adopt appropriate Resolution #2017-R-136
vacating and abandoning a platted five-foot Utility Easement on Lot 17, Silver
Lakes East at the Crossings Unit One, as recorded in the Public Records of
Seminole County, Florida in Plat Book 35, Pages 15-16, more particularly known
as 818 Silk Oak Terrace; Martin P. Winger, Applicant. (2017-0217)
8. Approve the plat for the Brookmore
Estates Phase I Subdivision containing thirty-six (36) lots on 14.36 acres
zoned PD (Planned Development), located on the north side of Chapman Road,
approximately 4,000 feet west of Alafaya Trail; Chad Moorhead, Applicant. (2017-0215)
Public
Works
Engineering
Division
9. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute
an Acceptance by Seminole County of Amendment to Sidewalk Easement necessary
for Hillview Drive. (2017-0263)
10. Approve
and authorize the Chairman to execute a Second Amendment to an Interlocal
Agreement between Seminole County and the City of Altamonte Springs relating to
the Road Transfer of Lake Avenue.
(2017-0233)
Facilities
11. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute
Final Renewal and Second Amendment to Lease Agreement for State of Florida
Department of Law Enforcement Secondary Computer Data Storage Site; State Lease
Number 710:0236. (2017-0178)
12. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute
the Final Renewal to the Wilshire Plaza, Phase II Lease. (2017-0202)
Resource
Management
Budget
& Fiscal Management
13. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute
appropriate Resolution #2017-R-137 implementing Budget Amendment Request (BAR)
#17-084 through the 2014 Infrastructure Sales Tax Fund in the amount of
$315,181 from reserves for additional construction and CEI Services funding for
the Black Hammock Salt Creek Culvert Project.
(2017-0250)
14. Approve
and authorize the Chairman to execute appropriate Resolution #2017-R-138
implementing the Budget Amendment Request (BAR) #17-085 through the Municipal
Services Benefit Unit (MSBU) Program Fund to transfer a fund advance of $3,000
to cover expenditures for Horseshoe Lake (North) Aquatic Weed Control MSBU. (2017-0241)
Grants Administration
15. Approve
and authorize the Chairman to execute a Grant Agreement with the State of
Florida, Division of Emergency Management, in acceptance of $440,000 for Hurricane
Shelter Retrofit Projects; and to execute appropriate Resolution #2017-R-139 implementing
the Budget Amendment Request (BAR) #17-073 through the Public Safety Grants
Fund in the amount of $440,000 to establish funding for School Shelter Retrofit
Projects. (2017-0230)
16. Approve and
authorize the Chairman to execute appropriate Resolution #2017-R-140
implementing Budget Amendment Request (BAR) #17-082; and execute a Grant
Agreement with the Florida Division of Emergency Management in acceptance of
$6,343 through the Hazards Analysis Program. (2017-0219)
Purchasing
& Contracts Division
17. Approve
Amendment #4 to RFI-601117-11/TLR, Software Installation and Support Services
Agreement for Fire Records Management with Image Trend, Inc., Lakeville, MN
(Term extension) in the amount of $21,400; and authorize the Purchasing & Contracts
Division to execute the Amendment. (2017-0242)
18. Approve
Assignment of Master Agreement PS-9464-14/AMM, Landscape Architect Services
from Bellomo Herbert and Company, Inc. to GAI
Consultants, Inc.; and authorize the Purchasing & Contracts Division to
execute the Assignment. (2017-0244)
19. Approve Work Order #77 (Black Hammock Salt
Creek Culvert Repair & Longwood Markham Rd Trail) under PS-8148-12/JVP (MSA
for CEI Services for Projects under $2,000,000.00) with WSP USA, Inc., Orlando,
FL, in the amount of $148,904.86; and authorize the Purchasing & Contracts
Division to execute the Work Order. (2017-0238)
20. Approve Work Order #22 (Alton Drive
Stormwater-Lake Asher) under PS-9738-14/JVP (MSA for General Environmental
Services) with Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc. (ECT) of New
Smyrna Beach, FL, in the amount of $149,720.05; and authorize the Purchasing
& Contracts Division to execute the Work Order. (2017-0240)
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS CONSENT
AGENDA
Clerk
& Comptrollers Office
Motion by Commissioner
Dallari, seconded by Commissioner Henley, to approve the following:
21. Approve
Expenditure Approval Lists dated July 24 and 31, 2017; Payroll Approval List
dated July 27, 2017; and the BCC Official Minutes dated July 25, 2017. (2017-0254)
Districts 1, 2,
3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
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The
Board noted, for information only, the following Clerk & Comptrollers
Received and Filed:
1. 2016 Tax Roll Recapitulation Report from the
Seminole County Tax Collector identifying errors, insolvencies,
double-assessments, and discounts.
2. Florida Public Service Commission Order
#PSC-2017-0283-TRF-EI, Order approving revised underground residential
distribution tariffs by Duke Energy Florida LLC, Docket #20170069-EI, issued
July 24, 2017.
3. Florida Public Service Commission Order
#PSC-2017-0289-TRF-GU, Order modifying Florida Public Utilities Companys
tariffs, electric and gas divisions, Docket #20170110-GU, issued July 24, 2017.
4. First Amendment to Legal Services Agreement
for Counsel to Seminole County Value Adjustment Board with J. Marc Jones, P.A.
5. The Senator Artwork Gift Agreement with the
City of Oviedo for Item #116, as approved by the BCC on 6/14/16.
6. Tourist Tax Funding Agreement with United
States Specialty Sports Association, Inc. for the USSSA Mens and Womens State
Tournament.
7. Parks Contracts for Services with Devin Unterreiner, Ryan M. Mackler,
Stephen William All, Tom Myers, and Jacob Chandler.
8. Assistant Tennis Pro Agreements with Heather
Walton and Matthew Gutkin.
9. Pet Rescue Cooperative Service Agreements with
Freedom Tails Rescue, Inc.; Cavalier Rescue of Florida; and A Forever Home.
10. Conditional Utility Agreement for water and
sewer service with 1101 Heathrow Investments LLC for the project known as Park
Lane Place.
11. Conditional Utility Agreement for water and
sewer service with Meritage Homes of Florida Inc. for the project known as
Hawks Crest Phase 1.
12. Sidewalk Easement with Sanlando United
Methodist Church, Inc., 1890 West SR 434, Longwood (Grantor).
13. Addendum #1 to Development Order #17-20500021,
The Lake Howell Reserve and San Pedro Planned Development a/k/a Hawks Crest;
JEN Florida 23, LLC.
14. Approval Development Orders #17-30000058, 7417
Portside Court, Carro; #17-30000061, 354 Coble Drive,
Snipper; #17-30000063, 218 Nob Hill Circle, Donovan.
15. Developers Commitment Agreement #17-20500015
for Lake Florence Preserve; David and Dawn Green.
16. Developers Commitment Agreement #17-20500006
for The Station at Alafaya; The Station at Alafaya LLC.
17. Work Order #18 to RFP-0336-15 with Site
Secure, LLC, A Miller Electric Company.
18. Work Order #3 to RFP-0672-15 with The Colinas
Group, Inc.
19. Change Order #3 to CC-0846-16 with L7
Construction, Inc.
20. Closeout to CC-0974-16 with Pat Lynch
Construction.
21. CC-1414-17, Construction Agreement with Hiatt
Construction, LLC.
22. CC-1424-17, Construction Agreement with Linton
Enterprises, Inc.
23. Amendment #2 to Work Order #36 to PS-8047-12
with Tierra, Inc.
24. Amendment #2 to Work Order #55 to PS-8047-12
with Ardaman & Associates, Inc.
25. Work Order #19 to PS-8072-12 with Albeck Gerken, Inc.
26. Amendment #2 to Work Order #3 to PS-8146-12
with E Sciences, Inc.
27. Amendment #1 to Work Order #66 with PS-8148-12
with CDM Smith, Inc.
28. Second Amendment to PS-8148-12 with WSP USA
Inc. f/k/a Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc.
29. Change Order #2 to Work Order #11 to
CC-9072-13 with Linton Enterprises, Inc.
30. Change Order #8 to Work Order #4 to
RFQ-9093-13 with Wharton-Smith, Inc.
31. Change Order #2 to Work Order #28 to
CC-9192-13 with Corinthian Builders, Inc.
32. Work Order #33 to CC-9192-13 with Linton
Enterprises, Inc.
33. Second Amendment to PS-9742-14 with CH2M Hill
Engineers, Inc.
34. Amendment #3 to Work Order #1 to RFP-9948-14
with CH2M Hill Engineers, Inc.
35. Seventeenth Amendment to RFP-601461-12 with
Florida Cleaning Systems, Inc.
36. First Amendment to IFB-601758-13 with Central
Florida Environmental Corporation (Secondary Contractor).
37. Third Amendment to IFB-601758-13 with Schuller
Contractors Inc.
38. Seventh Amendment to IFB-601852-13 with Clarke
Mosquito Control Products, Inc.
39. Bids as follows:
RFP-602874-17
from PetData, Inc.;
RFP-602871-17
from Advanced Data Processing, Inc. (Subsidiary of Intermedix
Corp.); Life Line Billing Systems, LLC d/b/a LifeQuest
Services; McKesson PST Services, Inc.; Digitech
Computer, Inc.;
RFP-602848-17
from DELTAWRX Management Consultants; Mission Critical Partners, Inc.; SDTR
Consulting, LLC;
RFP-602840-17
from Elephant Ear Social Community; agencyTHE, LLC; Datanautix Inc.; Smith & Surrency
LLC d/b/a Digital Edge; Evok Advertising and Design,
Inc.; Moxe, Inc.; NOISE, Inc.; Sacoto
Films Productions, LLC; TJM Communications, Inc.; Jennifer Peace; Paradise
Advertising & Marketings, Inc.; and
CC-1424-17
from Linton Enterprises, Inc.; BSE Construction Group, LLC; Dager
Constructions, Inc.; Corinthian Builders, Inc.
REGULAR
AGENDA
Agenda Item
#22 2017-0151
Chairman
Horan advised that staff is requesting that this item be pulled from the agenda; Request for Presentations
from evok Advertising and Design and Paradise
Advertising & Marketing; Discuss, Rank and Award RFP-602840-17/BJC, Marketing
Services for Orlando North Seminole County Tourism; and authorize the
Purchasing & Contracts Division to execute the Agreement with the selected
firm.
Ms.
Guillet advised that there were some questions that came up late in the day
yesterday that staff was not able to answer, so the decision was made to pull
the item while they pursue answers to those questions before they bring the
item back to the Board for their consideration.
Commissioner Carey noted that part of the action that was being
requested was to approve an extension for Paradise through November 30,
2017. She asked when the contract was
set to terminate and Ms. Guillet responded that it ends at the end of
September. Discussion ensued as to when
this item will come back to the Board.
Ms. Guillet advised that they will bring the item back hopefully at the
first meeting in September. They will
let the Board know as soon as they have had a chance to look at the things that
were raised yesterday. Ms. Guillet
explained that they will have to do something about the existing marketing
contract before the end of September.
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Chairman
Horan recessed the meeting at 10:59 a.m.,
reconvening at 1:30 p.m., with all
Commissioners and all other Officials, with Commissioner Constantine entering
late, and with the exception of Deputy Clerk Jane Spencer who was replaced by
Deputy Clerk Kyla Spencer, who were present at the Opening Session.
PROOFS OF PUBLICATION
Motion
by Commissioner Henley, 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.
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Commissioner Dallari submitted ex parte
communications (received and filed) regarding the Public Hearings before the
Board today.
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Commissioner Constantine reentered the
meeting at this time.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
SEMINOLE COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY (SCOPA)
FISCAL YEAR 2017/18 BUDGET
Agenda Item #23 PH-2017-0252
Proof
of publication calling for a public hearing to consider approval of the Seminole County Port Authority (SCOPA)
Fiscal Year 2017/18 Budget as presented, received and filed.
Andrew Van Gaale, Director of the
Seminole County Port Authority, addressed the Board and noted SCOPA Chairman
Cliff Miller is with him today. Mr. Van Gaale stated he is here to present the Fiscal Year
2017/18 budget for the Port Authority
and_!P1_ would like to touch
on _!T1_the current
year_!W1_, how
they are going to end
the year and wha_!b1_t's happening at the port . He
opined they had a pretty good year and averaged about 99% occupancy_!u1__!v1__!w1__!x1_, which is really good on the rent al
side_!}1__!~1_ and leasing side. As
they end the year September
30th, they are looking at about $1,976,000, and that is_#_ pretty
good for their _!1_op eration . Mr. Van Gaale
explained t heir expenses _!1_this current year are a _!2_little higher
than norm al because
of _!1_some projects they are undertaking , primarily a mast er -drain age project . The
operational expenditures are about $1,800,000, which is a small er profit this
year because _!1_of the higher
expenses. He stated in October of this year, they will _!1_be bringing
the Board $500,000 out of surplus funds
and _!2_that
is on top of the $200,000 they
brought the _%_Board last December, which totals $700,000 for
year 2016/17 while still trying
to complete some _"(2_major projects
at the port.
In regard to this years budget, Mr. Van Gaale
explained for 2017/18 ,
t hey have an
operational budget and a total cash
budget. T he total budget, cash carry_"L1_for ward
and con trib utions all_"R1__"S1_-in-all _"T2_total $4,238,017. They a re
pro jecting revenue of _"f1_$1,958,951 , which is an _"x1__"y2_increase_"{1_ of
about $135,000 and that's to do with strong occupancy, annual increases in
rent, and miscellaneous income from
the port op erations . Mr.
Van Gaale stated ex pend itures are going down _"1_a little
bit since
they did phase one of a major drainage project that is currently underway. The
ex penditures are _"2_dropping down about a quarter-million dollars to _"1_a bout
$1,794,653. So _"1_as they
get thr_"1_ough a lot
of the capital im provements in the next couple of years, their expenditures are planning to go down_"1_, therefore increasing con trib utions to the Count y . Mr. Van G reiterated they are
looking aale at a profit of just
under $200,000
for next _"1_year which will
start growing as _"1__"1_they move _"1_into the
future ,
while still planning capital
im provements .
Mr. Gaale
stated they still _"1_have a five-year
capital im provement
plan, but it is not as aggressive as it
has been with th e drain age project . They
will have a cash-carryforward amount of $ 2,279,000. They have enough money
next year planned to send
the_#|1_ Count y another $700,000
in excess funds, and that is flat budgeted, so they don't have to split the
years like they have done in the last few years.
In regard to Fiscal Year 2017/18, Mr. Van Gaale
stated they will have a cash-carryforward balance of $_#1_1,743,364 and that allows the Port Authority to
use it for following year capital im provements_#1_, operational reserves, some ca ta strophic re serves , and really pro tect t he
Port _%_Authority and the County as they
move into the future . Mr. Van
Gaale
ended his presentation by stating they are being f iscally con serv ative .
There are still just two people
running the port
with no plans on staffing or hiring addition al people or spending a ny extra money. They
a re halfway through phase one
of the drain age pro ject
and next year they will finish the second phase. Then
from there , they will _$B1_probably do some landscaping
enhancements , side walk
safety improvements, lighting ,
and other minor thin gs as they move forward. They
still remain debt free ,
and an in come -producing as set for the County .
With regard to public participation, no one
in the audience spoke in support or in opposition to Item #23, and public input
was closed.
Motion
by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Constantine, to approve the Seminole County Port Authority Fiscal
Year 2017/18 Budget as presented, as described in the proof of publication.
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
CONSOLIDATED STREET LIGHTING DISTRICT
(CSLD) ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
Agenda Item #24 PH-2017-0142
Proof
of publication calling for a public hearing to consider approval of the
Consolidated Street Lighting District (CSLD) Ordinance Amendment, repealing and
replacing Ordinance #2016-25, received and filed.
Kathy
Moore, Resource Management Department, addressed the Board and presented the
Item as outlined in the Agenda Memorandum.
She stated this Municipal Services Benefit Unit (MSBU) was originally
established to fund decorative street lighting that was selected and installed
by the developer. The dissolution of the
MSBU is requested by the property owners due to the high cost of operating and
maintaining the decorative equipment.
Ms. Moore explained the goal that was expressed by the community is to
have the existing equipment removed as each of the two supporting contracts
expire. Per communication from the
Veramonte HOA representative, the equipment will be replaced and funded
privately at the discretion of the HOA.
She added the dissolution was initiated by the Veramonte HOA and carried
a community-support rate of 75% as demonstrated through the standard petition
process.
Ms.
Moore stated the assessment rates approved for levy via the 2017 Assessment Roll
are anticipated to be the final assessment for this MSBU and have been
calculated according to the respective contract termination dates. The administrative revisions recommended by
the MSBU program are documented in Exhibits B-1 through B-3, which include an
Administrative Boundary Adjustment for street lights operating along Wimbledon
Drive. The Boundary Adjustment includes
the addition of 17 properties that benefit from the lights on Wimbledon Drive
as the road provides access to the property.
Ms. Moore explained the Boundary
Update is respective to operating costs only.
The maintenance expenses continue to be funded separately as this
equipment is the responsibility of the property owners of Shannon Downs and the
recommendation of this update was initially communicated to the owners of
impacted property this past February.
Ms.
Moore stated if approved, the amended Ordinance will be effective October
2017. Following public input, the action
requested is to adopt the Ordinance and authorize the Chairman to execute the
revised version of the Ordinance.
With regard to public participation, no one in the audience spoke
in support or in opposition to Item #24, and public input was closed.
Motion
by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Dallari, to approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the
Consolidated Street Lighting District (CSLD) Ordinance Amendment #2017-29,
repealing and replacing Ordinance #2016-25, deleting the Veramonte Municipal
Services Benefit Unit (MSBU) and making other minor administrative adjustments;
and to adopt the respective initial assessment rolls, as described in the proof
of publication.
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE 2017
NON-AD
VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLL
Agenda Item #25 PH-2017-0255
Proof of publication calling for a public hearing to consider approval of a Resolution to adopt the
2017 Non-Ad Valorem Assessment Roll with certification provided to the Seminole
County Tax Collector, received and filed.
Kathy Moore, Resource Management
Department, addressed the Board and presented the Item as outlined in the
Agenda Memorandum. She explained what
the Non-Ad Valorem Assessment Roll is.
She stated notices were mailed in July to the owners of all property
subject to non-ad valorem assessment and the Roll presented today reflects the
mailed-notice data as well as the consolidated street light Ordinance as
amended today. The Roll is to be
submitted to the Tax Collector by September 15th and will include minor updates
to accommodate property record changes initiated by the Property Appraiser as
well as any service option changes received for solid waste management
services.
Ms. Moore stated following public input,
the requested Board action is to adopt and provide certification of the 2017
Non-Ad Valorem Assessment Roll.
Greg Van Arsdale,
1584 Crosbeam Drive, addressed the Board and stated
previously he had written a letter and email to Chairman Horan and Commissioner
Dallari in 2014 about his problem with the Solid Waste Program. He explained the County is going to change
the Solid Waste Program to options one and two, deleting options three and
four; and he has a problem with that because the two options that will remain
are the most expensive. H e does not think that this program has
been looked at in a diligent
format by eliminating the most econom ical
portions of the service and expressed he doesn't
know what _&+1_the
ben efit is to _&/1_him
or the other _&32_citizens in the
same service category . Mr. Van Arsdale
discussed how other counties have moved to solid waste pickup once a week. H e
stated he is also dis turb_&1_ed by
the fact that _&2_it
is not indicated that _&1_this is a
hearing to address this _&2_matter . It says be_&2_ginning January 1st, o ptions three and four will be de leted_&1__&1_; so there is a
foregone con clusion that
it's over_&1_. He asked the Board to reconsider their position.
With regard to public participation, no one
else in the audience spoke in support or in opposition to Item #25, and public
input was closed.
Speaker Request Form was received and
filed.
Commissioner Carey explained why the
once-a-week pickup is actually a more expensive proposition than two times a
week. She stated the County
has _'1_been trying
to _'1_keep it
as economical as possible for their residents and that_'1__'1__'1_ is why the decision
was _'1_made to
go with these two options .
Commissioner Constantine
noted having four
plans just didn't make any
sense and Chairman Horan
added i t was an
administrative problem. Commissioner Constantine explained the garb age collectors
didn't know who was
having the one -day
or _(P1_two- day p ickup. He opined that solid waste pickup
is a collective issue and the program offers a more sanitary situation for
everyone.
Motion by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Henley, to approve and authorize the
Chairman to execute appropriate Resolution #2017-R-141 adopting the 2017 Non-Ad
Valorem Assessment Roll with certification provided to the Seminole County Tax
Collector, as described in the proof of publication.
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
GRACE LAKE AQUATIC VEGETATION AND LAKE MANAGEMENT
MUNICIPAL SERVICES BENEFIT UNIT (MSBU)
Agenda Item #26 PH-2017-0259
Proof of publication calling for a public hearing to consider an Ordinance creating the Grace Lake
Aquatic Vegetation and Lake Management Municipal Services Benefit Unit (MSBU)
to generate funding to support ongoing management of the lake and provide
adoption of the initial assessment roll, received and filed.
Kathy Moore, Resource
Management Department, presented the Item as outlined in the Agenda Memorandum. She noted the request for establishing this
MSBU was initiated by community application.
Ms. Moore stated the initial assessment roll is included for adoption in
the proposed Ordinance with levy through the 2017 property tax bill. The fluctuation in annual cost may be
particularly relevant to Grace Lake as it has experienced an unusual history in
which it had receded substantially for a period of years due to sinkhole
activity.
Ms. Moore stated
following public input, the action requested for the Board is to consider
adopting an Ordinance creating the Grace Lake Aquatic Vegetation Management
MSBU as requested by the majority of the lake-front property owners. She noted a representative of the Applicant
is present and would like to address the Board.
Mark Kamrath,
1377 South Ridge Lake Circle, President of the North Ridge Homeowners
Association, and Marianne King, 1339 Grace View Court, Vice President of the
North Ridge Homeowners Association, addressed the Board. Mr. Kamrath read
aloud his comments (received and filed) in support of the Grace Lake MSBU, and
Ms. King submitted photos (received and filed) of Grace Lake. Mr. Kamrath pointed
out the excessive hydrilla in the photos that is growing rapidly. He stated they have been told if it continues
to grow at this rate, by October or November it will take over the entire
lake. He thanked the Board for their
consideration.
Vanessa Smith, 1227 Baypoint Court, addressed the Board and stated she has a
bachelors degree in water chemistry and worked 12 years for Palm Beach County
Water Utility and the Winter Park Lakes Management Department. With that experience, she is here in support
of the MSBU proposal. She expressed the
lake vegetation should be professionally administered and treated. She is also thrilled with the idea that the
money will be collected and managed by the County. Ms. Smith stated she attended the
presentation from the MSBU County officials and they were able to answer her
questions and concerns and she was quite impressed with their professionalism
and experience in this matter. She
discussed the growing vegetation issue, the affordable price of the assessment,
and the value of the lake.
Patricia Rubino, 1534 Grace Lake Circle, addressed the Board and
stated she is here specifically in regard to the treatment of the lake such as
applying the chemicals and herbicides.
Ms. Rubino explained there is another
option. There has been successful use of
just fish and not chemicals in lakes all over the county and the rest of the
state. Ms. Rubino
stated she has a nine-year-old son who has some severe allergies as well asthma
and eczema. When he has an allergic
reaction to things such as food, chemicals, or environmental issues, he can go
from anaphylactic shock to asthma attacks to rashes and hives. She added there is no way to predict if he is
going to have a reaction to these sort of chemicals, but the chemical
glyphosate is being investigated by Morgan and Morgan for a possible class
action lawsuit. She discussed how
chemicals that may be safe to most people can affect her son.
With regard to public participation, no one
else in the audience spoke in support or in opposition to Item #26, and public
input was closed.
Speaker Request Forms were received and filed.
Gloria Eby, Lake Management Program,
Principal Scientist, addressed the Board and discussed the different types of
herbicides that the County uses. She
stated there are options where they can work with an individual when it comes
to shoreline treatments, like glyphosate, where they become a no-spray zone
specifically for the emergent vegetation that they would be addressing. They would simply enter GPS coordinates for a
particular parcel and not treat in that area, so they can accommodate for those
types of concerns. When it comes to
hydrilla, Ms. Eby explained staff is proposing fluridone, which is known as no risk and there are a lot
of statistics as far as how much you have to consume before a human being is
adversely reacted to that. She
reiterated there are options where they can compromise related to glyphosate
use and a personal property owner.
Ms. Eby stated she has extensive history
in using triploid grass carp fish for hydrilla management. Grass carp are a solution, they will target
hydrilla; however, it will target other species because a fish doesnt know any
better. It will go for the other natives
that are within the lake, and what they often see is that lake turns into a
dead lake and you get more algal blooms that are occurring which could be more
of an adverse effect, especially if somebodys got some allergens. She explained once you put the fish in, you
cant take them out because they are very smart fish and they are herbivores,
so you cant use a regular lure to get them out. To get control over the hydrilla, you would
have to stock the fish at a very high rate that is going to denude or void the
lake of beneficial aquatic plants and you will see some adverse reactions to
the lake.
Commissioner Carey confirmed with Ms. Eby
that they could identify Ms. Rubinos property and
not spray along her shoreline. Ms. Eby clarified that is correct only for the emergent scope
of work but not for the hydrilla. Upon
an inquiry by Commissioner Carey, Ms. Eby stated the
County treats 19 MSBU lakes and all of the parks. Commissioner Carey asked if the County has
ever had any notification that there has been a human reaction to the best
practices that the County initiates in those lakes and parks. Ms. Eby answered
related to herbicide, no.
Commissioner Dallari asked how the work on I-4 would affect this
lake and MSBU. Commissioner Carey asked
what is happening with One Church for the overflow. Jean Jreij, Public
Works Director, addressed the Board and stated Grace Lake has outfall that goes
to the west side of I-4. The DOT
drainage is moving to the north side and not impacting that drainage. Commissioner Dallari asked if the DOT is
using Grace Lake for any fallout or any drainage requirements for I-4, and Mr. Jreij answered no.
Commissioner Dallari asked if they are going to put any retention ponds
in or around Grace Lake that will affect that lake. Mr. Jreij answered
they are moving it to the north so theyre not going to be discharging through
Grace Lake. Commissioner Dallari
questioned if they are going to touch the lines running underneath I-4; and Mr.
Jreij answered they are not going to touch those
lines, they will remain the same.
Commissioner Carey confirmed with Mr. Jreij
that Grace Lake is still going to pop off and go under the interstate and
over to One Church. Mr. Jreij stated they are doing a study now to see if there is
another way to relieve the flooding on the west side, but they dont know yet
what they are going to do; but the DOT will not be discharging through Grace
Lake.
Motion
by Commissioner Henley, seconded by Commissioner Constantine, to adopt Ordinance #2017-30 creating the Grace Lake
Aquatic Vegetation and Lake Management Municipal Services Benefit Unit (MSBU)
to generate funding to support ongoing management of the lake and provide
adoption of the initial assessment roll, as described in the proof of
publication.
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
Chairman Horan noted with regard to Ms. Rubinos situation, she could get with staff so they can
arrange to exclude that shoreline.
RLH CONSTRUCTION OFFICE SMALL SCALE FUTURE LAND USE
(SSFLU) MAP AMENDMENT AND REZONE/Richard Haines
Agenda Item #27 PH-2017-0023
Proof of publication calling for a public hearing to consider a Small Scale Future Land Use Map Amendment
from Medium-Density Residential to Planned Development and a Rezone from R-1
(Single-Family Dwelling) to PD (Planned Development) for an office building on
1.85 acres, located on the east side of W. SR 426, approximately 300 feet
northeast of James Drive, Richard Haines, received and filed.
Matt Davidson, Planning & Development,
addressed the Board and reviewed the Item as outlined in the Agenda
Memorandum. He added the Applicant
recently held a community meeting last Wednesday evening with several of the
surrounding Jamestown residents to discuss the proposed project. He stated staff recommends approval.
Greg Crawford, Florida Engineering Group, 5127
South Orange Avenue, addressed the Board and stated he represents RLH, owners
of the property, and is present to address any questions the Board may
have. Commissioner Carey stated there is
no access proposed to this site except off of SR 426, and Mr. Crawford replied
that is correct. Commissioner Carey
continued there is no access back to the community. She asked where they are proposing the
masonry wall. Mr. Crawford answered the
wall will be along the three sides of the site and the only place that wont
have the wall is where the existing wetland is going to remain on the back
north, sort of the north-east corner of the property.
Beverly Stewart, 1933 South Street, addressed
the Board and recited 1 Corinthians 14:40, Let all things be done decently and
in order. She stated she is here as a
representative of the Jamestown subdivision and to voice her opposition to the
Item. She opined the residents in the
subdivision do not want or need an office building in their community. What they want is their R-1 (Single-Family
Dwelling) status to stay as is. She
discussed needing a viable, working drainage system that would be a blessing to
everyone in Jamestown. Ms. Stewart
stated she would love to have domestic tranquility that is afforded to her by
the Constitution of the United States nationally and locally. She expressed her distrust in RLH representatives. She asked the Board to disapprove this
request.
With regard to public participation, no one
else in the audience spoke in support or in opposition to Item #27, and public
input was closed.
Speaker Request Form and Written Comment Forms were received and
filed.
Commissioner Dallari stated the Applicant has had a public meeting
with the community and heard some comments from them. He asked if the Applicant has tried to
address any of their concerns. Mr.
Crawford answered they are accessing the main highway so they are not going
back within the community itself. And also to help stream the neighbors from
the development, they have walls and landscape along the property. He stated they hope the project will fit in
and also transition between the different uses along the roadway and the
residential lots in the back.
Commissioner Carey stated in looking at the site plan, they have a wall
along the back up to the wetland and the pond is in the back, parking in the
back, small 2,700-square-foot building in the back and all of that is accessed
by CR 426. Mr. Crawford replied that is
correct.
Commissioner Carey asked for the aerial map to be displayed. She stated CR 426 is a major commercial
industrial-type corridor and that is where they would expect this type of
development to occur. She asked about
the surrounding industrial office developments including the Magnolia Corporate
Center, the DOT Oviedo Operations Center, and the Duke Energy/Jamestown Complex. Mr. Davidson confirmed they are all large
industrial properties. In regard to the
property adjacent to the proposed development that is zoned C-1 (Non-Conforming
Use), Commissioner Carey asked what that structure is. Mr. Davidson answered it is a single-family
home that is legally non-conforming to both the zoning district and future land
use. So if it was to develop, it would
have to come in and rezone to a more particular zoning type.
Commissioner Dallari stated in looking at the zoning map, he sees
PD across the street, C-1 adjacent to it, C-2 right across the street, as well
as C-3 and other various office buildings along the area. He explained even though the property abuts
Jamestown, it does not go into Jamestown access-wise. The County has had other projects that have
tried to access into Jamestown that they have denied because they are trying to
keep the Jamestown community whole; but since this is accessing onto a major
arterial road, CR 426, he doesnt see an issue with it.
Motion
by Commissioner Dallari, seconded by Commissioner Carey, to adopt Ordinance #2017-31 enacting a Small Scale Future
Land Use Map Amendment from Medium-Density Residential to Planned Development;
adopt Ordinance #2017-32, enacting a Rezone from R-1 (Single-Family Dwelling)
to PD (planned Development); and approve
the associated Development Order and Master Development Plan for an office
building on 1.85 acres, located on the east side of W. SR 426, approximately
300 feet northeast of James Drive, as described in the proof of publication;
Richard Haines, Applicant.
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
OLD LOCKWOOD FAWN RUN PD REZONE/
Raymond Harrison
Agenda Item #28 PH-2017-0030
Proof of publication calling for a public
hearing to consider a Rezone from A-1 (Agriculture) to PD (Planned Development)
for a 32-lot, single-family residential subdivision on approximately 21.61
acres, located on the east side of Old Lockwood Road, approximately 300 feet
north of Brickell Place, Raymond Harrison, received and filed.
Brian Walker, Planning & Development,
addressed the Board and reviewed the Item as outlined in the Agenda
Memorandum. He noted staff recommends
approval of this item.
Charlie Madden, Madden Moorehead
& Stokes, Inc., addressed the Board and noted he represents Harrison Realty
and Development, who is the contract purchaser of the property. Mr.
Madden stated they have had numerous community _:L1_meet ings
with the resi dents to the east
to _:T2_hear their concerns and
have tr ied to address them . He
would like to put a few thin gs on the public
record that they have committed to
the_:x1_ residents to the east, a lthough some of it
is covered in the D evelopment Order and some of
it is between the prop erty own ers . He explained he is
going to quickly run through
the exhibits (received and filed) that he went over with the
residents.
Mr. Madden stated everything
is _:1__%_L ow-Density
Residential (LDR) including the area to
the east .
That area is an older five -acre -lot sub division that ha s
been there for a long
time_:1_. They were very
sensitive to the folks
that live down Fawn
Run because
their private road actually passes through the subject property, and _;&1_the subject
property's H O A maintains that
portion of th e
Fawn R_"_Run residents' road so they wanted
to know what the residents' expectation s were . They
held three community _;R1_m eetings
and the residents want ed t o see some
specif ics on what
was being pro pos ed
for landscaping .
Mr.
Madden explained Fawn R un is just a dirt road, and there is not a mandatory HOA so the neighbors periodically
get together to try to fix it themselves.
For the subject
property's section of the private road, t he
residents r equested something _;2_better than
dirt that might be
stabilized and they agreed to that . They
wanted to see the
landscaping so Mr. Madden provided them with a landscape
plan (received and filed) which
is not part of a zoning
request requirement , but they wanted to see it so i t was prepared
for them .
Mr. Madden stated right
now Fawn Run _<*1__<+3__<.1__</1__<02_is a 70- foot
right -of -way and
it looks like this immense
dirt road that _<>1_is pretty
welcoming to
drive down. The residents don't want it gated off, but they want
it to look a
little more _<o1_private . So in _<u2_working with the residents, they came up with
a design (received and filed) that
will still meet _<1__#_Fire . The residents asked _<1_for the
24 -foot stabilized drive , which they are going _<1_to do ;
and they asked _<1_for th e structure to be _<1_buil t
giving it a rural
look and also _<2_necking it down . They
can put a private road sign up and things like
that where it appears more private and a little less conducive to curious folks _<2_just driving down and
around the whole loop . Mr. Madden noted they also wanted to see a
cross section of how
the road would _<1_be gra ded, so they were s hown _%_Proposed 70' Fawn Run (received and filed) and he _<1__<1__<1_explained the road will be concrete fines, _<1_which is a
much more durable surface than _<1_the
dirt that is there today .
In regard to a few other issues, Mr. Madden
stated they didnt feel a left -turn
lane would be warranted
at the subject property's entrance _=;1_which will be lined up with
the sub division _=E1_across the street . They were the engineer of
record for Bellevue, and they did a left-turn
lane there because t hey
thought it made sense being across the street from a high school with young
drivers and so forth. Mr. Madden stated
they also pulled the records from MetroPlan
to look at any crashes
at these inter sections
in the last five
years, which do not have left-turn lanes, and there was
one minor _>&1_rear - end
accident at Fawn Run and Old
Lock wood . They
also had a left-turn-lane warrant study done which was presented to Public Works for review, and they approved it, thus not
requiring a left-turn lane at the entrance.
Robin Carey, 2212 Red Ember Road, addressed
the Board and stated the lot
sizes and setbacks on Old Lock wood _>1__#_Road are shrinking
with each _>1_development that comes
in . She
opined it is very mis leading for s taff to say 2 .3 net because_>1_ both Hampton Estates
and Ellingsworth
have 15-foot side setbacks and 30-foot rear backyard s. They're proposing a 20-foot
backyard for this project, which is actually less than what Bellevue originally started
with. She opined it should not be the
use of a PD zoning over traditional LDR zoning regulations to solve the
issue. As more and more land is sought
by developers with more and more wetlands, the density needs to be reduced in
order to fit the four homes per acre onto the buildable land.
Ms.
Carey wondered how excited
the homeowners will be when they learn they are responsible for the ownership
and maintenance of one of the two entrances
to _%_Woodland Estates.
She s tated concrete fines are not
permanent, so at some point the homeowners will be asked to rebuild that road.
Ms. Carey stated a_%_not her
is sue is th e 35-foot _@1_ma ximum
height o f buildings . She
explained when you put
a two-st ory home on six feet _AT1_of fill,
you're getting real close to that 35-foot, which is what is behind her home
now. She closed b y
stating greater density
leads to increased traffic, greater risk of stormwater
flooding, and lack of administrative oversight of final building following
approved plans.
With regard to public participation, no one
else in the audience spoke in support or in opposition to Item #28, and public
input was closed.
Speaker Request Form was received and filed.
Commissioner Carey submitted ex parte communications (received and
filed).
Commissioner He asked Mr. Madden how that will all work out because they have had
some issues with it. Mr. Madden answered as far as the fill on the site that Ms. Carey referred to, they are at a zoning stage so they
haven't done final engineering plans yet.
He explained there is
a possibility of some fill on the lots, which is normal in an area where you
have high groundwater. Commissioner Dallari clarified they have had
issues in some locations where the sheet flow of the yards north to south and
east to west didn't actually happen because the elevation changed. He
asked how that would be addressed during construction. Mr.
Madden answered in this particular
situation as far as the drainage goes,
they are pretty much
surrounded on the
east by wet lands .
Other than where they have
tie_BZ1_-in slopes
where they have to tie
back to existing grade , wherever the fill is,
everything else goes to
the retention pond so that it is treated before it discharges into the wetland system. As far
as _B1_any f ill where the tie -in slopes are ,
if you look at the cross section ,
there are supposed to be swells on both sides of the dirt road. Over
the years as they have maintained that road, dirt just gets pushed around so
there are areas where the ditch is blocked r ight now and they are going
to _B1_clean that
up_B1_. He noted that is one of the things
that the neighbors down on Fawn _B1__#_Run had
asked them to do ,
and several of them were present
for the P & Z
hearing and were
supportive.
Commissioner Mr. Madden
responded the land is actually a separate parcel of
land with an easement that goes through it.
If you look at the
maps, there are places where one land own er will
own _C1_half of
t he easement, so a lot
of _C1_these land o wners own the whole 70 feet and the
others just have rights
to the easement_C1_. There 's probably 50 owners of the
actual fee-simple land where the Fawn
Run easemen t is. Mr.
Madden explained one of
the things that they tr ied to do_C1__C1__C1__C1_ is quit claim the residents the
land, improve it and then give it back to the residents; and that would work great if
they had a
mandatory H O A that they could have
just taken the
land and now it becomes
part of their road
tract .
Unfortunately there are 50 different owners of the road tract and
nobody was will ing
to take the land .
Commissioner Carey
asked if the proposal is that they are going to stabilize it, clean it up,
build the structure and that it's a gift to the voluntary HOA, or is it that they are going
to stabilize it, clean it up, build the entrance feature, and the new HOA is going to be responsible for
maintaining that portion of the easement. Mr. _E[1_in to
the private maintenance of t he road as it's
working today and they are legal ly
responsible for tha t part
of _Es1__#_Fawn Run .
Commissioner Carey discussed the voluntary HOA in her community. She
c onfirmed with Mr. Madden that he is proposing to build the entrance that is not an access for the new subdivision,
the easement just happens to be on the edge of the subject property. Commissioner
Carey asked again whether it is his intent to build the entrance and
gift that to the voluntary HOA
for them to maintain from that point
for_F1_ward, or is it going to be part of the new HOAs covenants and restrictions and is
something they are going to have to maintain.
Mr. Madden answered
they are going to have it in
t heir covenants and
restrictions that t hey have
to maintain it. _%_Commissioner Carey confirmed with Mr.
Madden that is only for the length of t heir piece of land .
She inquired how
it is going to be
documented. Mr. Madden answered it is going to
be documented in the H O A doc uments. Mr.
Madden confirmed for Commissioner Dallari
that he is committing to put
that into the HOA
documents.
Commissioner
Motion
by Commissioner Dallari,
seconded by Commissioner Carey, to
adopt Ordinance #2017-33 enacting a Rezone from A-1 (Agriculture) to PD
(Planned Development); and approve the associated Development Order and Master
Development Plan for a 32-lot, single-family residential subdivision on
approximately 21.61 acres, located on the east side of Old Lockwood Road,
approximately 300 feet north of Brickell Place, as described in the proof of
publication; Raymond Harrison, Applicant.
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and
5 voted AYE.
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Chairman Horan recessed the meeting at 2:55
p.m.; reconvening at 3:00 p.m.
SEMINOLE MASONRY ADDITION REZONE/
Seminole
Land Management, LLC
Agenda Item #29 PH-2017-0029
Proof of publication calling for a public
hearing to consider a Rezone from A-1 (Agriculture) to M-1 (Industrial) for an
addition to the existing Seminole Masonry on approximately 8.96 acres, located
on the west side of E. Lake Mary Boulevard, approximately one-half mile south
of E. SR 46, Seminole Land Management, LLC, received and filed.
Matt Davidson, Planning & Development,
reviewed the Item as outlined in the Agenda Memorandum. He stated the current hours of operation for
the business office are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
with delivery hours from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. He added staff recommends the Board approve
the rezone.
Charlie Madden, Madden Moorehead
& Stokes, Inc., addressed the Board and stated he is available if the Board
has any questions.
With regard to public participation, no one
in the audience spoke in support or in opposition to Item #29, and public input
was closed.
Motion
by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Dallari, to adopt Ordinance
#2017-34 enacting a Rezone from A-1 (Agriculture) to M-1 (Industrial) for an
addition to the existing Seminole Masonry on approximately 8.96 acres, located
on the west side of E. Lake Mary Boulevard, approximately one-half mile south
of E. SR 46, as described in the proof of publication; Seminole Land
Management, LLC, Applicant.
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
INTERNATIONAL PARKWAY MEDICAL CENTER PD
MAJOR AMENDMENT AND REZONE/George Huddleston
Agenda Item #30 PH-2017-0243
Proof of publication calling for a public
hearing to consider a Rezone from PD (Planned Development) to PD (Planned
Development), on 28.34 acres, for a free-standing emergency room (FSER) and
other various uses; located on the east side of International Parkway, one-half
mile south of W. SR 46, received and filed.
Joy Giles, Planning & Development,
addressed the Board and reviewed the Item as outlined in the Agenda
Memorandum. She pointed out the Planning
& Zoning Commission met on August 2 and voted unanimously to recommend
approval of the request with two modifications.
The first is to modify the Development Order to include the following
condition of approval as requested by the Applicant: construction of Phase 1
(including a maximum 20,000 square foot FSER and a master stormwater
system) shall constitute substantial development for the Planned
Development. The second modification to
the Development Order is to include the following condition of approval as
requested by citizen Blaine Darrah: if in the event
that Phase 2 of the development proposal does not include a hospital, this
would constitute a substantial change to the overall intent of the Planned
Development and would require a PD Major Amendment to be approved by the Board. Ms. Giles stated these modifications have not
been incorporated into the Development Order that staff has brought forward
today. Staff recommends the Board
approve this item.
Randy Morris, RM Strategies, Inc.,
addressed the Board and noted he represents the Applicant. Mr. Morris stated working with the community
has been outstanding. He explained this _Hr2_project is the old Rockefeller
PD site that the Board
approved a little over eight years ago.
Mr. Morris displayed a
PowerPoint presentation
entitled "International Parkway Medical Center PD" (received and filed) and reviewed Project Area and Wekiva
Parkway. He
stated the Wekiva Parkway project is _H1__H1_virtually simultaneous with
this project in terms of a time line going forward . In
December of this year , the DOT will
issue their R F P
for design- build for
this section ,
and t hat design -build then would be a warded probably in September
of _IQ1_next year,
with construction to be completed in late 2021 .
Mr. Morris noted the hospital 's
visibility will be from both of
the major arterials_I1_.
Mr. Morris stated this
is a HIP-TI
( High _%_Intensity Planned
Development - Target Industry )
and Rockefeller had
the same zoning . T he request is
a _I1_P D
for _I1_a P D .
The Rockefeller PD ex pired
in _I1__#_J anuary , and it _I1_never was
acted upon or
built upon . They even did final
engineering on it and
never move d forward . He
explained the surrounding
property on the east ,
west , north , and south all have HIP-TI; and he noted there is a PD directly across the street that the Board has had multi ple changes
to _J*1_and made multiple zoning changes to over the last number of
years .
He reviewed the
HIP-TI slide.
Mr. Morris stated he is before the Board today to ask for Phase 1 of a development and for complete
PD approval. Phase
1 approval is for a
20,000-square-foot FSER and they also have additional uses in terms of the PD which all relate to a medical
center. He noted usually they d o cont ract
purchases to get zoning and then go forward with the closing for the property,
but this property was purchased in October
a year ago.
Wendy Brandon, CEO
of Central Florida Regional Hospital, addressed the Board and discussed her organization. She
stated when you l ook at
hospital operations, the most
important front door to a hospital is the emergency department. More
than 72,000 people entered their hospital through the emergency department last year, and only 20% of those patients
actually needed hospital admission. Ms. _L%1_fall they
purchased the 28 acres that
the Board has _L01_before them
today with an eye for
the future .
T hey know that
the _LA1_current site
someday will be out grown , but they
also know that today
they need more access
in _LX1__LY1_the community to emergency
care_L_1_. The count y is growing
and _Lg3_predicted to grow at an ev en higher rate
in the coming year s; and so in the short term, they plan to use
this property to build a 12- bed e mergency _L2_department , and from
there when the time is right , they plan to
a dd a hospital .
She stated she
has no idea when the time
will be right ,
and she does not _L1_have funding
to do that tod ay
nor do es she have approval
from the State of Florida to do that. It
would require a Certificate o f Need (CON)
approval . But
today she is prepared to mov e
forward with a 12 -bed emergency department .
Ms. Brandon noted they ha_#_ve already
start ed the planning _L1_process with
the Count y by submitting their engineering plans.
Mr. Morris reviewed
Previous Approval: _%_Rockefeller PUD. He stated _%_Rockefeller was a FAR (Floor
Area _%_Ratio) of
1.0. T hey
kept the same F A R as
Rockefeller ev en though
the Board changed the code a little over a year ago to one 1.5 FAR .
They also kept _M1_the tran sportation trip counts low ; and in terms
of _M1_that ,
the _M1__M1_usage on I nternational Parkway right now
is _M1__M1_around 17,000 trips. The
road_M1_way is
constructed to handle 35,000
trips .
The
ingress/egress is both on International Parkway and _%_Wilson Road. Mr. Morris
stated there w as a
transportation analysis done. It wasn't a _NK1_full -blown
stud_NN1_y because
facilities up to 20,000
square feet, like the FSER, have such a low im pact
on the road way
that it doesn't de mand
a fu_Nf2_ll traffic stud y .
A fu ll traffic stud y w ill
come whe n t hey go
to _Nw1__#_Phase 2 and develop _N{1_a hospital
or _N~2_medical office
or _N1_re tail .
George Huddleston, Principal Engineer for
S&ME, Inc., a_N2_ddressed the Board and stated per the community meeting held on the 18th, there
were three major take a ways that
were driving community concern and it was largely to
do with buffering _N1_of the development
and _N1_specif ically
the location of the FSER
and the helipad . Mr.
Huddleston explained in the _N1_in itial
concept plans that were
drafted, the hospital was tucked
more to the north ern
corn er of the site;
and _O+1_it left the emergency room along the
west ern portion _O61_of the site,
right along International Parkway. The
helipads are always directly adjacent to the emergency room, so it
left the helipad very
prominently located on International Parkway. They
went back to the drawing
board, relocated the building completely, mirrored i t and put it
in the southeastern portion of
the site , which is the site
plan in front of the Board .
He stated the main _Op1_reason in
doing that is to
get _Ow1_the
FSER_Oy2__O{1__O|1_ and the
helipad as tucked a way as
they could . He pointed out the restricted
zone on the Master Development Plan
slide that they have
committed to through the Master _%_Development Plan and through the Development
Order as the restricted area for the location
of the FSER and the helipad.
_%_Mr. Huddleston
reviewed Requested Zoning-PD .
He referred again to
the Master Development _%_Plan slide and stated they are trying to put the FSER in the most isolated portion of the site. He
explained the helicopter operations will largely use I-4 as their primary approach corridor, so this locates
the helipad in that corner of the site really trying to minimize any
disturbance to neighbors in the vicinity.
One other thing he
pointed out on the site plan
is that once they plant the flag for the FS ER, they are also dictating where the hospital would
sit and that's the outline extending a little bit beyond the FSER outline. The
northern portion of the property would be used largely for surface parking,
potentially some of those ancillary uses like a medical office building or
something of the sort, but the largest, highest intensity component of this
project would be in the south eastern
corner of the site.
In regard to the FSER
restriction zone, Mr. Huddleston stated it is a 260-foot
setback from International Parkway and they have already
submitted final engineering plans for staff's review. The
location of the FSER would be
about 370 feet from International
Parkway ; and whe n
looking at the Savannah Park
town_Q@2_homes across
the_QD1_ street ,
it's almost 650 feet of separation
between the uses .
Mr. Morris stated he concurs with s taff's recommendation with the two changes. They
have discussed it with staff and also thoroughly at the _%_P&Z meeting . He asked the Board to put the two changes in
their motion for incorporation into the Development Or der. H e explained the changes came out
of discussions with Heathrow
representatives and their Board
of Directors, and also Lake Forest and their Board of Directors. M r. Morris discussed the local emergency rooms and stated there are currently
two
emergency rooms
in the area, and this would
be_Q1_ the third . However, the issue be came would the hospital _R61_get buil t. H C A is
not _R>1_a developer
of _RB1_general development , they are a
developer of hospital prop ert ies
and _RL1_they are
looking at a campus
here_RU1_. M r. Morris
explained there are two phases . The
first phase is the FS E R that is before
the Board today ; up to 2 0,000
square feet with 11,000 square feet
constructed soon . That
could be ex panded
to _R2_20,000 square
feet within P_#_phase 1 ,
and they are asking for approval of that.
Phase 2 would include
the additional uses for the property. If
a hospital _R1_is not
brought back in P hase
2 and addition_R1_al development
is_R1_, then this would go
back through a p ublic h earing cycle as a site plan
change in essence. It's
a _R1_concurrent commitment in advance.
Mr. Morris stated if a property isn't developed in eight years, it
has the potential to lose its zoning if there is no activity.
He had previously ask ed staff , and they opined that the_SY1_ FS E R facility is a substantial
start of the project . He
pointed out t here has never
been a project in the county that has had any type of development occur where
their zoning was taken away.
Mr. Morris explained this
is _S1_a purchase
of _S1_$10 million
for the Rockefeller property , and then $12 million for the FS ER they are building .
He asked the Board to declare that substantial s o that there will not be any
question in the future about the zoning and the ability to hold the zoning
that the Board may approve today . He n oted it
took 20 years to
get _TX1_a hospital
in _T[3__#_Oviedo . T hey know how
long the process takes. The
issue here is that to b uild a hospital, you have
to have a Certificate of Need (C O N ). The
current facility _T1_at Central
Florida Hospital in _%_Sanford has one now. T hey may transfer or expand ; but what ever they do , they have to get approval from Tallahassee. But
before they do that, they are going to have to raise the funds, show the need,
and figure out all of the aspects of what they are doing with the current
facility versus the new facility. So for those reasons, they are
saying under no conditions can they guarantee the community or the Board that in eight years the
hospital will come to fruition. He stated that is the purpose of
the D.O. request and that is
the reason they are asking for the specific language .
Mr. Morris reviewed Project Rezoning Timeline. In regard to I tem S
in the Development Order which _%_refers to off-street parking, Mr. Morris explained that parking requirement could
theoretically occur on Wilson Road. He confirmed they will not have parked cars on International Parkway. In
regard to Item T which refers
to LYNX, Mr. Morris stated at some future
point they will _V1_look to
connectivity with LYNX and SunRail. This would be in
the future when P hase
2
would come forward.
Mr.
Morris stated the members _V1_from Lake
Forest raised an
issue regarding outside way
station s for people waiting
at the FSER, or at the hospital
later, that would not
be _V3_congesting the
emergency room itself .
He said they
would agree to do that, but he doesn't think
it needs to go in the D.O. because it's in the plan they
are submitting, which is that there will be a covered awning outside the FSER
with benches underneath.
Blaine Darrah, 1624 Cherry Ridge Drive,
addressed the Board and
stated he is a member of the Heathrow Master Board
and represents the Heathrow Homeowners Association. He
explained t he information that
flowed through
the Commission in all of
the early phases did not
indicate who the owner of
the property was. And then they had a community
meeting where Wendy Brandon
and her executive team came forward and identified themselves as the owner of the property. After spending time with Ms. Brandon at the
P&Z meeting, he became convinced that Ms. Brandon wants to
build a hospital, and she has had success building
one in Oviedo. Mr. Darrah discussed the condition to the D.O. that he proposed, and h e opined a hospital is a super use of that
property, especially where Wekiva _#_Parkway is
going to be coming into
the _X1_commun ity. He
commented that the drawing that was part
of the PowerPoint
presentation that indicates where the helipad would be located should be part of the official engineering
documents that are part
of the record because the one that is
submitted with the _Y[1_D. O.
doesn't show that . That
was a crucial item of concern t o several community members
at the community meeting. Mr. Darrah closed by saying he
supports this item with the
two modifications presented today.
Grey Wilson, 5255 Shoreline
Circle, addressed the Board and stated he represents the Lake Forest HOA. He
explained why t he Board's decision
is the least important matter . Over and above
everything else , process is
paramount .
He discussed the
lack of information the
communities received and opined it
seemed apparent the matter was mov ing forward rapidly. His
committee never took a position for or against the hospital, it took a stance
on the process. Mr. Wilson stated t hey would like clarification as to what is meant by
"substantial" r egarding _\)1_the
rezone .
He e xplained d_\,1_ue to t he
unique ness to this
particular re zone and
the nature of building a h ospital with its own threshold requirements, it's Lake Forests
understanding that the substantial requirement is not applicable beyond this
scope.
Luisa Ruiz, 780 Whooping
Crane _%_Court, addressed the Board and stated she lives west of I-4
and fully supports an FS ER that is two or three minutes
from her house because it really does make
a _\2_difference . Ms. Ruiz discussed family members and residents in her community who h ave used emergency room
services. One of the problems s he sees with emergency rooms is that they are hard to get to due to
traffic. They are only
20 to 30 minutes away but she can assure everyone that that is too late. Minutes
are what makes a difference
in _]1_someone 's
life_]1_. She thanked the Board for allowing her to discuss how it impacts her to have an
emergency room two or three minutes from her house. She
wished for the Board to
approve this item.
George Sellery, 5231 Shoreline _%_Circle, addressed
the Board and stated this is one of the few
FS ERs _%_he has ever seen that is on the backend of the
property, meaning the hospital is going to go in front of it. Most
places would hedge their bets and put their emergency room right on _%_International Parkway . This
leads him to think they are seriously pursuing putting the hospital in, so
therefore he supports the
language they've put forth. He discussed how this is a great
project in connection with economic development and high-end jobs. Mr.
Sellery
talked about ensuring tha t
the International Parkway corridor is at the same
standard of development as it is from CR
46A through Lake Mary to Lake
Mary _%_Boulevard. He mentioned_%_ Savannah
Park, which morphed into
apartments with metal carports right on International Parkway,
and how they h ave now added buildings in
front of that to within a few feet of the sidewalk. He
w ants to make sure that when
people are coming t o look at
this hospital, they don't turn the corner from SR 46 onto International
and run by some other development that doesn't complement the rest of International Parkway. Mr. Sellery stated the y need
to _`1_look at
things that invest
in that end of Inter national _`1__#_Park way
and ensure that the hospital project is supported by
other development .
Mr. Morris pointed out that this is the only
hospital in Seminole County on the west ern side of
I-4 .
This is the only hospital _al1_in Seminole
County in terms of the primary
hospitals servicing _ax1_the
corridor of Altamonte Springs, Longwood, Sanford
and Lake Mary that _a1_is located
on _a1_a major
corridor highway and also on
a _a1_second ary
highway that's being b uilt in the next couple of
years .
He stated another piece of information is
the FDOT 5 Operations _%_Center is being constructed right now to the south
and that Operational Center meets the County's HIP -TI
aspirational goals. It is a government building because
it is the technological center for DOT
that will control all of their
cameras in District 5 and all
of their reader boards. Mr.
Morris added the Florida Highway Patrol will have vehicles there so they'll be launching
them from that center which will actually create better customer service.
Mr.
Morris closed by informing
the Board that although Mr. Wilson did mention the initial communications issues
and forwarding of documents, he can assure the Board that in the
last 60 days, Mr. Wilson has received every public
document they have had and any submittal that they have had and they got it to
him promptly and on time and re viewed those documents with him. He
asked the Board to approve _b1_as a mended the request and thanked them for
their consideration .
With regard to public participation, no one
else in the audience spoke in support or in opposition to Item #30, and public
input was closed.
Speaker Request Forms were received and filed.
Motion
by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Constantine, to adopt Ordinance
#2017-35 enacting a Rezone from PD (Planned Development) to PD (Planned
Development), on 28.34 acres, for a free-standing emergency room and other various
uses; located on the east side of International Parkway, one-half mile south of
W. SR 46, including the following two amendments: (1) Construction of an approximately
11,000-square-foot free-standing emergency room shall constitute substantial
development for the PD, and (2) in the event that Phase 2 in the development
proposal does not include a hospital, this would constitute a substantial
change to the overall intent of the PD and would require a PD Major Amendment
to be approved; George Huddleston, Applicant; Development Order.
C ommissioner
Constantine thanked the
citizens for coming together and
working out the
concerns . He
shared his experience living
across the street from
another hospital _b1_on a
major highway . He asked if Commissioner Carey would want to include the comment from Mr. Darrah about the
heliport. Mr. Morris
informed Commissioner C onstantine
Mr. Darrah's comments
are _cr1__cs3_incorporated in the staff
report and in the D. O .
Commissioner Dallar i
stated Item U in the Development _%_Order says
all mechan ical e quipment_c1_, ground or roof-mounted, shall be screened from
off_c1_-site
view . The
construction of the Wekiva Parkway really puts this property
at a disadvantage. He
asked staff if they should put in a
caveat in the Development Order that excludes the Wekiva Parkway. Ms.
Giles _c1_answered they could make that change to the Development _%_Order. Chairman Horan affirmed the change will be
considered part of the motion. The motioner and seconder agreed.
Commissioner Dallari stated he is submitting his
ex parte communication and _d1_disclosed he has had several
c ommun icatio ns
wi th residents and a
conversation with Ms. Brandon.
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
DISTRICT
REPORTS
District
4
Motion
by Commissioner Henley, seconded by Commissioner Dallari, to appoint Ben
Wheeler to an unexpired term on the Historical Commission.
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
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Commissioner
Henley stated there is also a vacancy that just came open on the Library
Committee and he will have an appointment at the next meeting.
District
5
Commissioner Carey reported
on August 11 there
was a Wekiva River _eE2__#_Basin Commission meeting and Mary Brooks,
Expressway Authority, gave another excellent
update on the Wekiva Parkway . Her presentation can
be s_eS1_een on their website. They
also made sure that
the Fish and Wild life
Conservation Commission knew that the y have a
waiting list for bear-proof garb age cans . The County could use
some additional funding. They
may have some funding coming available and
they need to make sure that
staff stays on top of that. Ms. Guillet responded staff is already working on that and has made their first
delivery of the new round of bear cans.
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Commissioner Carey stated
under the report of the St. Johns Water Management
District, it was noted that they
are going to be accepting their cost-share applications again soon and s he wants
to _e1_make sure
that staff is aware
of _e1_that and
that t hey are preparing to apply for some of
those cost -share opportunities through the water
management district.
District 3
Commissioner Constantine
stated in regard to the MPO Transportation Disadvantaged,
there was a great deal of discussion concerning delinquent and/or non-paid fees
that had tripled over the last couple of years, and the _#_Transportation Disadvantaged community came together with
recommendations as to how to change that.
He n oted it was over $100,000 this past year as it was the year
before, which has grown. He explained how people have
figured out how to a buse
the system. The members of the Transportation Disadvantaged community were very
upset about that, so they put together some recommendations for LYNX which will hopefully stop
those delinquent and/ or
non-paying rate fares.
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Commissioner Constantine commented Commissioner Carey did a great job on the Wekiva River Basin
Commission.
District 1
Commissioner Dallari announced he a ttended a community meeting a couple of weeks ago
and resident Jailene Warren expressed to him she would have
rather ha d an ev ening
meeting so she _f1_could have
had _f1_some input
and she wanted Commissioner Dallari to _g#1_ex press
her _g&1_concern s to the Board.
Ms. Warren thinks that
the _%_Board should
have_g/1__g01_ more evening meetings to avail more
conversations with the community.
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Commissioner Dallari requested an update on
the Sanlando appeal from the County Attorneys
Office. Ms. Porter-Carlton replied staff
will have that at the next meeting or by memo between now and the next meeting.
CHAIRMANS REPORT
Chairman Horan
stated he has a request from LYNX for
a letter of support for
a _g1_grant
regarding paratransit. He confirmed for Commissioner Dallari that LYNX is applying for the grant.
Motion
by Commissioner Dallari, seconded by Commissioner Carey, to authorize the
Chairman to send a letter of support for LYNX for a grant regarding paratransit
(received and filed).
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
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Chairman Horan announced the Orlando Economic Partnership was hosted by
the Orlando Marriot Lake Mary
on August 16th . He stated the board now consists of 146 members of the Economic Partnership and over 70 of those members attended the
meeting in Seminole County at the Marriot. The
Orlando Economic Partnership for the last year has been led by Se an De,
former Martino c hairman of the Chamber, and also Robert Yutzy, who is the Economic Development Commission (EDC) c hairman. They
have now finished their year of transition under that structure and the new c hairman coming in from Walt Disney
is _hC1__%__%_Ken Potrock who will be taking over the
helm of that organization. C hairman _%_Horan stated staff at the _%_Marriot did a great job.
COMMUNICATIONS AND/OR REPORTS
The following Communications and/or Reports
were received and filed:
1.
Letter
dated August 7, 2017, from John Londot, of Greenberg Traurig, to Seminole County Board of County Commissioners
re: Amendments to Seminole County Administrative Code/Seminole County
Investment Policy.
2. Letter
dated August 8, 2017, from Laura Kelley, Executive Director, Central Florida
Expressway Authority, to Chairman Horan re: State Road 417 Widening from N. Econlockhatchee Trail to the Seminole County Line (Project
No.: 417-134) Sound Wall/Preconstruction Community Information Meeting to be
held Tuesday, August 29, 2017, in the cafeteria at Arbor Ridge School, 2900 Logandale Dr., Orlando, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
3. Letter
dated August 11, 2017, from Roderick Henderson, Business Manager, The
Foundation of Seminole County Public Schools, to Board of County Commissioners,
thanking the Commission for the donation of $279.50.
4. Letter
dated August 11, 2017, from Roderick Henderson, Business Manager, The Foundation
of Seminole County Public Schools, to Board of County Commissioners, thanking
the Commission for the donation of $175.
5. Letter
dated August 13, 2017, from Gilmore E. Daniel, Jr., to Chairman Horan re: pit
bulls.
COUNTY MANAGERS REPORT
M s.
Guillet asked how the Board would like to handle the
follow-up from the morning session's discussion on Fire. Staff has run some additional numbers (received and filed) and she would like to know if the
Board wants to talk about them
today or if t hey want staff
to send them out and meet
with the Commissioners
individually. Commissioner Dallari
stated he would like staff to
pass them out so he can review t hem. N o objections were voiced.
COUNTY ATTORNEYS REPORT
M s.
Porter-Carlton stated she has p reviously
up_h2_dated the
Board on the DJJ lit igation . The County prevailed
at the First District Court
of Appeal. She
also updated the Board when
the County prevailed _h1_on its
attorney 's fee s motion _h1_at the Division of
Administrative Hearings.
She is pleased _h1_to inform the Board that the County
prevailed this month in the Leon
County Circuit Court declaratory
judg_h1_ment action.
S taff is waiting for the _"_judge to enter a written order; and as soon as
that happens , she will be
sending the Board
a memo and
a copy of the order.
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There being no further business to come before the Board, the Chairman
declared the meeting adjourned at 4:05 p.m., this same date.
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