JANUARY 24,
2006
Present:
Chairman
Vice Chairman Bob Dallari (District 1)
Commissioner Randy Morris (District 2)
Commissioner Dick Van Der Weide (District
3)
Commissioner Brenda Carey (District 5)
Deputy Clerk Carylon Cohen
The
Invocation was given by Pastor Tim Storms, Safe Harbor Christian Church,
Sanford.
Commissioner Carey led the Pledge of
Allegiance.
Awards and Presentations
Fire Chief Leanna Raw advised the Board
that Mr. Gaddy could not be present today as he was in a training class.
Motion
by Commissioner Morris, seconded by Commissioner Carey, to adopt appropriate Resolution #2006-R-16, as shown on page _______,
commending Todd Gaddy, Lieutenant/Paramedic, EMS/Fire/Rescue, and Joey
Rodriguez, Fire Inspector/Planning & Development, for their meritorious
actions on December 15, 2005.
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
Commissioner Morris presented the
Resolution to Mr. Rodriguez and Fire Chief Raw.
Fire Chief Raw stated she will make sure
that Lt. Gaddy is recognized and she gave his apologies for not being here
today. She said what really needs to be
applauded is the efforts that went forth between two totally different
departments working together. She
expressed thanks to the Board.
Mr. Rodriguez expressed his thanks to the
Board and said it was a privilege to receive this resolution. He stated that Mr. Gaddy was just doing what
he does best and he was just there to assist him. It was a privilege to help the people in need
and they appreciate the resolution very much.
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Motion
by Commissioner Dallari, seconded by Commissioner Carey, to adopt appropriate Resolution #2006-R-11, as shown on page _______, commending Earnest D. Lee for his 34 years
of service to
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
Commissioner Dallari presented the Resolution
to Mr. Lee.
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Motion
by Commissioner Van Der Weide, seconded by Commissioner Carey,
to adopt appropriate Resolution #2006-R-12,
as shown on page _______, proclaiming the month of February as
“Black History Month”.
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
Commissioner Van Der Weide presented the
Resolution to Mrs. Victoria Brown-Smith and family members with her.
Mrs. Smith expressed her thanks to the
Board for recognizing Black History Month.
She stated she wrote a book about black history and they would be
surprised and amazed at the history in
Mr.
Fisher advised that Item #15, Approve ranking list, authorize negotiations and
award PS-0123-05/DRR for CEI Services for CR 46A, Phase III, CR 15 Country Club
Road to Old Lake Mary Road to HDR Construction, Inc., of Orlando, has been
pulled from the agenda. He clarified
regarding Item #12, Approve submittal of a grant application to the Florida
Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, for the International
Cultural Exchange Grant Program, that there is a matching grant of
$25,000. If the grant is approved, he
will check to see if Tourist Development dollars can be used for that, and if
not, it will require General Fund dollars.
Motion by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Dallari, to
approve and authorize the following:
Administrative
Services
Support
Services
4. Approve and authorize Chairman to execute the
Fourth Amendment, as shown on page _______, to the Lease Agreement between
Economic
Development
22. Approve and authorize Chairman to execute
Satisfactions, as shown on page _______, of Second Mortgage for the following households
assisted under the SHIP Home Ownership Assistance Program and the Emergency
Repair Housing Program: Marchelle D.
Adkins; Ferman Barrett, III, and Vikkie L. McMillan; John Couturier and Barbara
Couturier; Merle C. Kirkhuff; Gladys Morales; Freda Drzemala Patterson; and
Phyllis A. Rosa.
25. Approve release of Performance Bonds #3066134
($72,405.58), Bank of America for the Trails Unit 2A, and #3076137
($303,602.88), Bank of America for the Trails Unit 2B (Maronda Homes, Inc. of
Public Works
Roads-Stormwater
27. Approve and authorize Chairman to execute
Agreement, as shown on page _______, between the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection (FDEP) and
Commissioner Morris stated regarding Item
#21, Approve and authorize Chairman to execute a
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
constitutional officers’ Consent Agenda
Motion
by Commissioner Dallari, seconded by Commissioner Carey, to
approve and authorize the following:
Clerk’s Office
28. Expenditure Approval Lists, as shown on page
_______, dated December 27, 2005, and January 3, 2006; and Payroll Approval
List, as shown on page _______, dated December 29, 2005.
29. Noted, for information only, the following Clerk’s
“received and filed”:
1. Performance
and Payment Bonds, as shown on page _______, in the amount of $315,750 for
2. First Amendment, as shown on page _______, to Agreement RFP-4258-05 with The Grove Counseling Center, Inc.
3. Work Order #3, as shown on page ______, to PS-5182-05, S2LI.
4. Work Orders #19 and #20, as shown on page _______, to CC-1262-05, Schuller Contractors.
5. Change Order #ES 003, as shown on page _______, to CC-1249-04, Southland Construction, Inc.
6. Head Tennis Pro Agreement, as shown on page _______, with Alice Reen.
7. Non-certified Tennis Pro Agreements, as shown on page _______, with Taryn Lamonettin, Emily Haylock, Jason Sullivan, John Gegenheimer, Brandon Pike, Deborah Coreil, Clint Ekelund, and Robyn Suto.
8. Certified Tennis Pro Agreements, as shown on page _______, with Michael Custer, Mick Andrews, and Sergio Rivas.
9. Recorded Mortgage Deed, as shown on page _______, for Deborah Cortes.
10. First Amendment, as shown on page _______, to RFP-4172-02, Carolina Software, Inc.
11. Work Order #7, as shown on page _______, to RFP-4241-05, Guardian Equipment, Inc.
12. Work Orders #8 and #9, as shown on page _______, to PS-5174-04, Connect Consulting, Inc.
13. Third Amendment, as shown on page _______, to IFB-3096-04, Active Lawn Care and Landscaping, Inc.
14. Mutual Termination, as shown on page _______, of Term Contract RFQ-0195-05, Active Lawn Care and Landscaping, Inc.
15. Escheatment Tax Deed, as shown on page _______, for Property Identification Number 25-21-31-300-0010-0000.
16. Notice from the Florida Public Service Commission regarding Electric Infrastructure Workshop to be held on January 23, 2006.
17. Satisfaction, as shown on page _______, of Connection Fees for the project known as AmSouth Retail Shoppes @ Hunt Club.
18. Conditional Utility Agreements, as shown on page _______, for Water and Sewer Service with the District Board of Trustees for the projects known as Seminole Community College Heathrow Campus, Phase 1 and Phase 2, and with Centex Homes for the project known as Walden Chase.
19. Letters of acceptance and Bills of Sale, as shown on page _______,
for the projects known as Hawthorne Glenn and
20. Development Orders, as shown on page _______, for Luis Munoz, 1060 Twin Lakes Road; and Daniel May, 700 Baywood Circle.
21. Work Orders #32, #33, and #34, as shown on page _______, to PS-5165-04, Inwood Consulting Engineers, Inc.
22. Satisfaction, as shown on page _______, of Lien for Medford D. and Willie M. Lynd, Case No. 03-99-CEB.
23. Second Amendment, as shown on page _______, to RFP-4213-04, Ronco Communications & Electronics, Inc.
24. Recorded Amended Mortgage Deed, as shown on page _______, for Curtis and Jacalyn Watson.
25. Amendment #1, as shown on page _______, to Work Order #11 for PS-372-97, Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc.
26. Probation Division Community Service Supervising Agency Agreement, as shown on page _______, with the Sanford State Farmers Market.
27. Proof of publication for Notice of Tax Impact of Value Adjustment Board for Tax Year 2005.
28. Letter to David Butler, Department of Revenue, from Sandy McCann forwarding a certified copy of the Notice of Tax Impact of the 2005 Value Adjustment Board advertisement and proof of publication.
29. Fourth Amendment, as shown on page _______, to RFP-484-00, L. A. Consulting, Inc.
30. Memorandum from Kevin Grace to the BCC regarding Capital Project Fund Transfer for the Emergency Power at Critical Lift Stations project in the amount of $300,000.
31. Three Change Orders #1, as shown on page _______, to CC-1262-05
with APEC for the projects Seminole Avenue (Florida Blvd. to
32. Work Order #10, as shown on page _______, to PS-5174-04, Connect Consulting, Inc.
33. Work Order #1, as shown on page _______, to PS-5183-05, HDR Construction Control Corp.
34. Pre-award Audit Package, as shown on page _______, for PS-0147-05 from Metric Engineering, Inc.
35. Head Tennis Pro Agreement, as shown on page _______, with Timothy Lynch.
36. Certified Tennis Pro Agreements, as shown on page _______, with Daniel Keating, Matthew Steverson, Brian Morrissey, and Pysan Yenchai.
37. Non-certified Tennis Pro Agreements, as shown on page _______, with Sarah Harkins, Donald McGinnis, and Virginia C. Reeter.
38. Development Orders, as shown on page _______, for the following: Rodney Rapp, 303 Brantley Harbor Drive; Ivan Estrella, 309 Jacobs Trail; Craig Jones, Lots 14 and 15, Dunbar Street; Linda Mee, Lot 14, Ridgewood Street; American Home Corporation, 2201 Terrace Boulevard; Rhema Life Savers International Ministries, Lot 1, Blake Street; Gloria Jenrette, 2415 Florida Avenue; Gordon Harrison, 1685 Sunset Trail; Mark Muth, 1472 Brigham Loop; Kerry Pressley, 1221 Mullet Lake Park Road; Jorge Rodriguez, 628 Alpine Street; William & Anita Doyle, 5141 Goldenrod Place Road; Randy & Rita Terranova, 6313 Bordeaux Circle; Dave & Mervilee Riley, 646 Carrigan Woods Trail; Robert Wilson, 189 Austin Street; Alan T. Arthur, 1769 Blackmon Court; Alicia Burgos, 8475 Anson Court; and Myke & Jennifer Antoine, 18 Bayridge Court.
39. Bids #2131-05, PS-0369-05, and IFB-3132-06.
Sheriff’s Office
30. Approve expenditure of $5,000 from the Law
Enforcement Trust Fund in support of Envision Seminole.
31. Approve expenditure of $1,000 from the Law
Enforcement Trust Fund in support of Leadership Seminole.
32. Approval for the Sheriff’s Office to submit a
grant application to the Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice
Assistance, to purchase portable repeaters to be used by emergency response
personnel, and authorize the Sheriff to sign all future documents relating to
grant.
33. Approval for the Sheriff’s Office to submit a
grant application to the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice
Assistance, for the Gang Resistance Education and Training Grant (G.R.E.A.T.), and
authorize the Sheriff to sign all future documents relating to grant.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
April Boswell, Assistant Planning Manager,
addressed the Board to present the request for reduction of penalty for Code
Enforcement Lien, Case No. 03-62-CEB, for property located at
District Commissioner Henley stated he
finds it very difficult to understand the owner was not aware of this since she
signed the return receipt and this has been going on since April, 2003. He recommended accepting the staff’s
recommendation and giving a six-month time frame to work out a repayment
schedule.
Motion
by Commissioner Morris, seconded by Commissioner Dallari, to deny the request
to waive or reduce the Code Enforcement Lien totaling $1,350 for property
located at
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
Commissioner Carey advised staff that some
of the snipe signs around town say “junk cars wanted” and that phone number is
in her office. She said maybe staff can
pass that information along to folks who can’t afford to have a junk car
removed.
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Jerry McCollum,
Commissioner Morris stated it is important to
note that the alignments range from $6 million to $12 million and this is using
year-old data. One of the concerns the
Board had earlier was a lighted connection with Lowe’s in terms of a
signalization request. DOT has
preliminarily said this is not a good idea, but has held off and not issued a
formal ruling.
Mr. McCollum stated that based on the
latest update via phone call this morning, DOT has not denied anything at this
stage. DOT had asked for additional
information some time ago from Lowe’s, but has not received that. He said by the time the County retains a
consultant and gets the study going, that issue will be resolved.
Commissioner Dallari mentioned his concern that
the traffic study will be looked at from the redevelopment of the corridor and
not just from the Lowe’s perspective, but from other retail and commercial
aspects. He said he wants to make sure
this is looked at comprehensively across-the-board. Mr. McCollum stated the study will look at
the whole area and what is best for it.
Commissioner Dallari asked how they would
handle pedestrians crossing the road to make sure the neighborhoods have access
to the commercial/retail corridor. Mr.
McCollum said this will be addressed when the study is done.
Chairman Henley said he thinks this process
will also solve some of the other problems in this area. He stated there have been a lot of water and
drainage problems and problems with the homeless in the area immediately behind
Lowe’s. Hopefully, they can come up with
some type of open space or park as part of this process.
Commissioner Carey stated Mr. McCollum
might want to look at a super bus stop in the parking lot of what may be
Lowe’s. Whereupon, Mr. McCollum said
staff met with Lynx about a month ago and that is one of the issues they talked
about.
Motion
by Commissioner Morris, seconded by Commissioner Carey, to authorize the
Preliminary Engineering Study for the realignment of
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
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Lenor Bromberg, Principal Engineer, and Joe
Gasparini, Parks & Recreation Manager, addressed the Board to request
approval of the Trails signage Improvements program. Ms. Bromberg reviewed that during the Budget
Work Sessions in August, 2005, the BCC reduced the proposed trails signage
improvement project from $300,000 to $175,000.
Based upon the finding that costs to expand Traffic Engineering’s sign
production operation with the necessary equipment, space and staffing would
exceed the budgeted amount; staff recommends the continued out-sourcing of the
production and installation of trails signage.
They have developed a proposed trails signage improvement program based
on using the available $175,000 budget.
She stated the four elements of the program are Standard Nomenclature,
Specialty Signage standard based upon the Seminole Wekiva Trail, Retrofit of
Non-standard Signage, and Information Kiosks.
Ms. Bromberg reviewed the Standard Nomenclature and Specialty Signage
elements. She requested Board adoption
of the nomenclature standard in order to continue with the signage installation
with the proper names. She also
requested adoption of the Specialty Signage concept so staff can continue to
include it on upcoming construction projects, as well as to complete a retrofit
of existing trails that did not utilize this standard. She showed a slide (not received and filed) of
an intersection crossing showing how it is currently indicated on the stop sign
post what street the trail user is crossing.
Mr. Gasparini showed slides (not received
and filed) as he reviewed the Retrofit of Non-standard Signage and Information
Kiosks elements and discussed the budget.
Chairman Henley stated his concern that the
Board wanted staff to investigate and come back with the cost figures to
facilitate in-house fabrication, installation and maintenance of the trails. He said now staff has not given the Board any
information on what they asked them to do.
He asked what the cost figures were if they were to go in-house. Whereupon, Mr. Gasparini said he did not know
the detail of the cost figures, but the Board had directed staff to go with a
$300,000 budget originally to look and see if it could be done in-house. He said the cost was going to be well over
$300,000. Upon inquiry by Chairman
Henley, he said he is not asking for any additional money over the $175,000.
Mr. Fisher advised staff went to the City
of
Mr. Fisher said staff can again provide
that information. It did say it would be
cheaper to contract with the City of
Commissioner Carey questioned where the
signs will be located and said she wants to be cautious that there are not too
many signs that blight the trail. She
identified a site at the
Commissioner Van Der Weide asked if staff
was adjusting the materials to be used. For
example, he said in
Commissioner Morris reviewed the events
that led to this action today. He
proposed making a motion setting a policy for clarification of future
activities regarding the trail system.
Motion
by Commissioner Morris, seconded by Commissioner Carey, that on any trail name,
any trail route, or any trail spur, the
Under discussion, Commissioner Morris said
the problem is these things are already a done deal and named when they get to
the Board and then there is much confusion over that.
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
Commissioner Morris discussed the confusion
with the Cross Seminole Trail that is also the Cross Florida Trail that goes up
to
Commissioner Morris suggested putting paper
maps in the sealed kiosks and replacing those until such time as the trail
system is permanent and then staff can use a permanent map.
Commissioner Morris further suggested where
trails cross over municipal jurisdictions that staff invite the cities to
attach a sign to the County signs indicating persons are “entering into the
city of . . .”
Commissioner Morris said it is still not
covered to have directional signs on the trail to tell people where they can
divert off to go to those commercial areas of benefit off the trail (such as a
hospital, a 24-hour care clinic, restaurant area, bicycle shop, etc.). He said this could be for public information
and for revenue for the County if there were a marketing program regarding
that. He said he would like to see this
brought back to the Commission. He said
in the past, some of the trail signs were paid for by an advertiser. He pointed out there are some programmatic
things that can be done to get revenue from the private sector to advertise
their businesses.
Motion
by Commissioner Van Der Weide, seconded by Commissioner Dallari, to approve the
signage which would be adopting the format of the signs already in place with
the recommended addition by the Board to offer to the municipal jurisdictions
to place entering and leaving signs.
Under discussion, Commissioner Carey asked
staff to ask the maintenance workers to straighten any knocked over signs they
come across.
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
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Chairman Henley recessed the meeting at
10:26 a.m. and reconvened it at 10:37 a.m. with all Board members present.
Suzy
Goldman, Library & Leisure Services Director, and Gary Johnson, Public
Works Director, addressed the Board to request direction regarding
implementation of an enhanced roadway median landscaping program.
Ms. Goldman gave a slide presentation
reviewing implementation plan, key factors in the cities’ median landscape
program, the County’s Current Median Landscape Program, Enhanced Program Option,
Enhanced Plus Program, Asphalt Surface Management Program, and the County’s
Current Program Plus. She advised that
staff is recommending the Current Program Plus option as a cost-effective first
step to allow for a landscape maintenance standard to be defined and adopted,
and for a more accurate budget for irrigation and possible plant replacement to
be formulated. She said the first year
cost is estimated at approximately $320,000 with an annual cost thereafter of
$294,000.
Commissioner Carey said she would like
staff to look at very low spray heads to actually water the plants and not the
roads.
Commissioner Morris complimented Ms.
Goldman and Mr. Johnson for working together on this project. He said the accountability factor has been
the biggest problem. He does not believe
that now, or through the years, they have been monitoring their outsourcing
very well and there has been “skinning” of work. There have been a variety of things upsetting
to the Commission. He asked if on
February 1 Ms. Goldman is able to recruit the people needed and then do the
irrigation study analysis, how many months would it take to come back to the
Board. Ms. Goldman said she thinks Mr.
Tyson prefers to take this program through a full year growing cycle and do
some observations on what could be done without irrigation as opposed to diving
in right away and doing studies planned for irrigation.
Commissioner Morris asked when Ms. Goldman
would come back on the other recommendations for irrigation. She said she would hope to come back during
the budget cycle update.
Commissioner Dallari said he does not see
anything for judging this project to be a success, and he asked staff how they
would be doing that. Whereupon, Ms.
Goldman said the horticulturist consultant will be charged with bringing back
some standards for the Board’s consideration.
Commissioner Dallari said he would like to see quickly how they will
actually be judging that this project is a success.
Mr. Johnson answered that Commissioner
Dallari would see some immediate changes in the growing season upcoming. He said the expertise that would come in
through the Program Manager position in-house will enable staff to determine
the standards more effectively. He
advised that criteria should be ready for the Board at the same time frame with
the budget cycle because the contract is up for rebidding this year and could
be reconstructed in a manner that would identify the performance standards
based on the expertise from the consultant.
He said he would recommend when the contract is reevaluated that
standards be put in for evaluation.
Commissioner Carey stated she would support
the Current Program Plus approach until they renegotiate the contract or
revisit it during the coming year.
Mr. Johnson advised the two positions,
Program Manager and Inspector, are coming from existing resources and these are
not new positions.
Commissioner Morris commented on his
criteria for the success of the project.
Chairman Henley stated ever since he has
been on the Board, they have been concerned about medians and he doesn’t think
they have improved them that much. It
was his understanding they were going to set examples in the community by going
to zeroscape planting and he has not seen that happen yet; so they are not a
good example yet from that standpoint.
He said he wants to know where the water is going to come from to
irrigate the 272 medians they are maintaining now. He said the cities have a higher standard
than the County, but some of them do not have even a mile to upkeep, when the
County has some 18,000 acres to upkeep.
He stated he is not thrilled about throwing hundreds of thousands of
dollars a year in trying to create an aesthetic that most people simply drive
by. Nothing looks better to him than
turf and trees. He would be in favor of
getting rid of all the plants and try to manicure the grass and go from there
and not require quite as much water. He
said he can assure the Board that the cities would not be doing what they are
doing if they had the mileage the County is dealing with. He realizes the emphasis had been on the gateways,
but that is still costing the County a significant amount of money and he is
not sure that trying to maintain a high standard or match the cities is the
best use of the monies they have because this is going to continue to escalate
price-wise and with labor costs.
Commissioner Van Der Weide said in some
cases the County is actually violating their own code enforcement codes. He thinks the fact the Commission has
committed to the gateway roads narrows it considerably from all the roads in
the County. He explained how
Commissioner Carey said in the City of
Commissioner Dallari asked Ms. Goldman when
they will look into partnering with other entities. She answered that they will look at an Adopt-a-
Median Program.
Commissioner Van Der Weide complimented
some of the communities that already are committed to doing a tremendous amount
of beautification and irrigation at the homeowners’ expense. He said there is a real possibility with that
and he would think staff should contact some of the communities. Whatever they do, make sure to do it right,
and he reiterated they can’t depend on natural rainfall.
Commissioner Morris said it has been the
direction of the Board repeatedly that if just trees were planted that would
grow and they are watered, there would be a canopy and that visual is very
good. What has been planted, though, has
been very few canopy trees, but sub canopy trees that go into distress during
the drought cycle and then die. He said
if they could get some established oaks growing, that would work. He stated the Board is still pushing for
those trees. It would be nice to see
that come back.
Motion
by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Morris, to accept the staff
recommendation for the Current Program Plus and for this to come back at
mid-year with the budget information for further discussion.
Under discussion, Commissioner Carey
advised the program she is approving is at $319,917 startup costs.
Mr. Fisher advised the source of the funds
is the Transportation Trust Fund and there is sufficient money available.
Ms. Goldman stated staff would bring back a
budget transfer item sometime in February.
This would be the transfer between the departments.
Commissioner Morris reiterated for staff to
bring back the other items that the Board does not have good information on
now.
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
Commissioner Morris referred to
Commissioner Van Der Weide’s mention of Wekiva and the trouble area on
Chairman Henley stated he has never had a
citizen complain to him about the medians, but he has had an untold number of
citizens complain about the retention ponds.
He said he would like to have some discussion on retention ponds at an
upcoming briefing on what the existing programs are, where the biggest problems
are, and see if the Board has the will to address that in the upcoming budget.
Commissioner Carey advised Seminole Soil
and Water recently did some retention pond clean up projects, and she
encouraged Chairman Henley to contact them as they have a good volunteer group.
Chairman Henley said he received a letter
from the firefighters asking to have them more involved in volunteer work. This might be something they would be
interested in helping with. Also, the
Weekend Warrior Program could be another area they can get some assistance from
if they discuss this with the Sheriff.
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Chairman Henley reviewed that the Board at
a previous meeting asked United Arts, Helen Stairs, and Seminole Cultural Arts
to provide the Board with information for discussion. He thanked the organizations for the information
provided (copies received and filed). He
said the last Board action appropriated the first $100,000 to the arts under a
contract and today they are dealing primarily with what the Board wants to do
regarding the remaining $105,000.
Suzan Bunn, Tourism Development Director,
addressed the Board to seek approval of the financial structuring at the $.50
per capita level. She provided the Board
some different options of how to divide the money. She recommended, however the money is divided,
that there be an audit component and an accountability component, and
consideration of matching funds be given.
Chairman Henley stated he hopes that with
the new money, they will continue with the aspect of promoting all of the arts.
Upon inquiry by Commissioner Dallari, Linda
Moore, Seminole Cultural Arts Council, addressed the Board to explain what the
additional money allocated will be used for.
Discussion ensued.
Commissioner Carey asked how Ms. Moore is
proposing to pay for the staff person to implement all the programs. Ms. Moore stated she anticipates working with
an intern through UCF and volunteers.
She said they will be partnering to make sure their dollar amount
carries a lot of weight.
Upon inquiry by Chairman Henley about Ms.
Moore’s plans for increasing the sources of revenues other than depending on
the County and State governments. Ms.
Moore stated she is in the process now of applying for a grant for local arts
agencies and is anticipating having $25,000 from that. They are putting together a gala for February
4 and anticipating some fund raising with that and are looking for other
opportunities. She said their strategic
plan is to have two major fund raisers a year and do some partnerships with
local businesses.
Margot Knight, United Arts, addressed the
Board to answer the question by Commissioner Carey about how much of the
increase to United Arts would be guaranteed to be spent on
Chairman Henley asked Ms. Knight to discuss
what would be the impact on
Commissioner Morris said in the United Arts
proposal he sees they have not increased the Helen Stairs direct funding. He asked if Ms. Knight was saying Helen
Stairs could make application for the organizational projects grants pool and
the general operating grants pool. Ms.
Knight said their goal, with the other groups that are funded through operating
support, is to provide one-third of their contributed income. At this stage, that amount would be
substantively less than $50,000. She
said she would be happy to shift Helen Stairs from a pass-through to a
competing funding when they hit that matrix, but they are not quite large
enough and have not grown to that, but that does not mean there is not enormous
potential for them. She said United Arts
could allow them, with the BCC approval, to apply also for matching project
grants.
Commissioner Dallari discussed with Ms.
Knight what he heard about a performing arts center and asked about including
Ms. Knight stated she thinks it would be wise
for the Board to take the lead in asking for regional inclusion on that.
Chairman Henley advised he had asked Ms.
Knight last week to provide him with some information to share with the Board
regarding what might be appropriate in the way of a cultural arts center or
performing arts center in Seminole County.
Commissioner Carey said she does think the
Helen Stairs Theatre is very important and she doesn’t want to see the funding
cut. She does want them to be able to
apply for matching grants as well. She
said she was looking more to a 25% increase to the Cultural Arts Council and
have them work through the United Arts to increase their income. She said private participation from that group
needs to grow. She said the Orlando
Ballet has talked to the Board about a $25,000 program called STEPS for third
graders. She thinks it is important to
start at a very early age to introduce children to the arts.
Motion
by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Morris, to approve Option D
with the amendment to the Seminole County Arts Council of an increase of 25% to
bring them up to $37,500 with all to be administered through United Arts.
Under discussion, Commissioner Morris said
he thinks the Board should motivate the School Board by a matching grant. He recommended the County match up to $20,000
if the School Board puts in $20,000 to bring the total funding up to $90,000. He stated the County should not be “blanketly”
funding these things with the School Board not enthusiastically behind them.
Commissioner Van Der Weide stated he likes
Option D with some changes, and he thinks what Commissioner Morris mentioned
makes sense. He emphasized that with the
amount of money
Commissioner Carey clarified that it is part of her motion that Helen Stairs would be allowed to apply for the grants
program and would not be limited to the $50,000.
Whereupon, Commissioner Van Der Weide
stated he is not sure that $50,000 is enough and they need to grow with the
$.50 per capita. He said he likes the
matching grants because that gives some incentive to match the funds, and they
will know who is and is not serious.
Upon inquiry by Chairman Henley, Bev Winesburgh,
Vice Chairman of Helen Stairs Volunteer Board, addressed the Board to answer
the question of what the commitment of the City of
Chairman Henley stated $25,000 over five
years is not, to him, a very strong support.
He thinks it is important that the City of
Chairman Henley asked Ms. Winesburgh to
comment on the low-cost movie theatre proposed.
Upon inquiry by Commissioner Dallari, Ms.
Winesburgh explained they see this as being a children’s movie program for the
summer time, and throughout the year, they could partner and show theme movies
and low-cost movies.
Commissioner Dallari stated he thinks if
they keep Option D, he would like to see if there is some way the County could
enter into a partnership with the Theatre or City of Sanford to help fund this
additional program. He said he would be
looking at a totally different agreement and see if the City could do 50%
matching with the County.
Commissioner Dallari stated with keeping
the Seminole Cultural Arts Council at $30,000 they are not allowing them to
grow. He said the Council did have some interest
in additional funding for staff members and/or promotion. That is part of one of the problems they have
now. Their funding is very limited, so
they are not able to promote the Council and not able to have staffing.
Upon inquiry by Commissioner Carey, Ms.
Knight advised that the movie project proposed by Helen Stairs Theatre would
qualify for the matching grant program.
Whereupon, Commissioner Carey said the Board could direct $25,000 of the
money to United Arts be programmed for the matching funds grant.
Chairman Henley clarified with Commissioner
Carey that the intent of her motion is to authorize amendment of the
contract removing the restriction for Helen Stairs and transferring all of the
$100,000 to United Arts (Option D) with removal of the restriction allowing more
opportunities for Helen Stairs for revenues.
Commissioner Carey further clarified she is
o.k. with the ways United Arts has identified to spend the $100,000, but her
main concern is that the bulk of this be available for programs in Seminole
County with matching grants. With Option
D, her recommendation is 25% increase to the Seminole County Cultural Arts
Council. Based on the discussion just
held, she also wants to include the $25,000 to the Ritz Theatre program be made
available as an earmark for a matching grant through United Arts.
Whereupon, Ms. Knight advised the cap on
these grants is $20,000, and she would hate to override a policy on those
grants. Also, it is a competitive
program, and she would hesitate to have something earmarked for a competitive
program, as it sounds like pass-through to her.
Thereupon, Commissioner Dallari asked to
address that issue of the movie theatre separately after the vote on the
current motion.
Commissioner Carey reviewed her motion is
to amend the contract to allow Helen Stairs to apply for matching grants under
Option D with the increase of 25% to the Seminole County Cultural Arts
Council.
After discussion, Commissioner Morris concurred with this motion. However, he said the motion did not deal with
the issue of
Upon inquiry by Commissioner Morris, Dede
Schaffner, School Board Member, addressed the Board to advise the schools have
struggled to use the $50,000 allotted to them by the School Board. She explained there is such a heavy focus on
FCAT that the schools find it difficult to take time to go out to a lot of the
programs.
Commissioner Morris stated if the School
Board has a hard time spending the funds, why not go to the private sector
schools and offer the $20,000 to them on a matching grant basis under United
Arts.
Ms. Knight stated there is more demand from
the schools than they can handle. She
said the mechanism they use to make the programs available is the limiting
factor and not the demand. She stated
they already include private schools and charter schools through all of their
programs. She said these are not grants
but negotiated agreements where the applicants are picking up some costs and
United Arts pick up some costs. She
urged the Board to not restrict the funding and allow them to work with the
school system because she said she knows the money could be used.
Commissioner Morris suggested opening this
up to public and private matching grants.
Ms. Knight said they will come back with a
full report next year on how the money was used.
Commissioner Carey stated she was willing
to allow that clarification from Commissioner Morris on how the program will be
administered.
Mr. Fisher reviewed the motion is
to approve Option D with caveats to amend the existing contract to allow
matching grants, increase Seminole County Cultural Arts by 25% which takes the
funding to $37,500, reduce the allotment to United Arts by that 25% to $92,500,
and then set up a program through United Arts that opens up the matching grants
to schools to private schools also.
Option D includes the Orlando Ballet.
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
Motion
by Commissioner Dallari, seconded by Commissioner Van Der Weide, to allocate up
to $25,000 for matching grants to Helen Stairs through the Community Grant
program for the movie program proposal.
Under discussion, Commissioner Morris
clarified that under no circumstances is this to mean a diversion of funds by
Helen Stairs. This is only for the
capital item to implement the movie program.
Commissioner Carey noted that Helen Stairs
will be raising the other $25,000 needed.
The Board discussed what fund the $25,000
would come from. Mr. Fisher stated the
structure is basically set up for the Community Grant program and the money is
set at one time. He asked the Board to
give him the opportunity to go through the budget to find the appropriate
location. He is thinking that will be
the General Fund Reserves.
Commissioner Dallari agreed that this will
be new funding.
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
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Chairman Henley recessed the meeting at
12:12 p.m., reconvening at 1:30 p.m.,
with all Commissioners and all other Officials, with the exception of Deputy
Clerk Carylon Cohen, who was replaced by Deputy Clerk Eva Roach, who were
present at the Opening Session.
PROOFS
OF PUBLICATION
Motion by Commissioner Dallari,
seconded by Commissioner Carey to authorize filing the proofs of publication
for this meeting's scheduled public hearings.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
PUBLIC
HEARINGS
REZONE/Vanson
Enterprises, Inc.
Continuation
of a public hearing to consider request to Rezone approximately 0.78 acres
located on the east side of Seminola Blvd. approximately 100 ft. north of Button
Road, from R-1A (Single-Family Dwelling District) to PUD (Planned Unit
Development), as described in the proof of publication, Vanson Enterprises,
Inc.
District
Commissioner Morris stated he thought that this issue would have been resolved
in two weeks, but he received a letter yesterday from the City of
Motion by Commissioner Morris, seconded
by Commissioner Dallari to continue to February 14, 2006 at 1:30 p.m., or as
soon thereafter as possible, request to Rezone approximately 0.78 acres located
on the east side of Seminola Blvd. approximately 100 ft. north of Button Road,
from R-1A (Single-Family Dwelling District) to PUD (Planned Unit Development),
as described in the proof of publication, Vanson Enterprises, Inc.
Under
discussion, George See (phonetic), owner of Vanson Construction, addressed the
Board to state he represents his client, Robert Iraci. He stated he feels this is a very good
development and it will increase the property values around the area. He said he met with the City of
Upon
inquiry by Chairman Henley, Mr. See advised he is opposed to the continuance.
Dick
Wells, Community Development Director, City of
No
one else spoke in support or in opposition of the continuance.
District
Commissioner Morris stated he tries rarely continues these types of items, but
he feels the public has been misinformed and they need to get the facts
straightened out. He stated he is
convinced that they will not have an agreement with all the parties. The Board needs to keep in mind that if the
dynamic changes are so great that it changes the public input, then he would
make a recommendation to reopen the public input. He added he doesn’t believe that will be the
case.
Chairman
Henley stated he received phone calls, notes and e-mails from those opposing
the request.
A
memorandum from Tony Walter submitting revised Preliminary Plans was received
and filed.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
AIRPORT
BLVD. EXTENSION
Proof
of publication, as shown on page ________, calling for a public hearing to
consider request to adopt an alignment and typical section for the design of
the Airport Blvd. Extension from SR 46 to CR 15, received and filed.
David
Nichols, Engineering, addressed the Board to state he is the project manager
for the
Renato
Gonzalez, Reynolds, Smith and Hills, Inc., addressed the Board to display a
PowerPoint Presentation (received and filed).
He began his presentation by reviewing the Project Location; Project
Phases; Project Coordination; Important Factors of the Project; Future
Development that they see coming; Future Roadway Improvements; Daily Traffic;
Intersection Level of Service; The Amount of Traffic Accidents that have
occurred on CR 15/SR 46; Future Travel Forecast; and Alternative
Alignments. He stated staff feels the
best alternative is number five. He
concluded his presentation by reviewing the Necessary Typical Section;
Preferred Alignment; the Five Alternatives Evaluation Matrix; and Project
Schedule.
Upon
inquiry by Commissioner Carey, Mr. Gonzalez advised the improvements for the
interchange of I-4 and 17-92 is on the Florida Department of Transportation’s
(FDOT) funding plan and he explained when they are planning to start
construction.
Discussion
ensued between the Board and Mr. Gonzalez relative to the impact of
right-of-way taking for sidewalks and the C-15 project.
Jerry
McCollum,
Sid
Vihlen, Jr.,
Commissioner
Morris stated several years ago he and Mr. Vihlen went over several maps and
other issues relating to the Rand Yard area and he would like to know if this
is something he needs to disclose a conflict of interest.
Mr.
Vihlen stated it is not as this is new information and Commissioner Morris had
not been involved in any of this. He
stated he has been a property owner in the Rand Yard area for a long time and
he has promoted infrastructure supplied by the County and the City of
Upon
inquiry by Chairman Henley, Mr. Gonzalez advised staff met with Mr. Vihlen
during the month of February 2005.
Upon
inquiry by Commissioner Morris, Mr. Vihlen advised he feels that the
right-of-way needed for the proposed alignment will take away the full value of
his plan for the commerce center. He
said that particular right-of-way would pretty well wipe out the economic
feasibility of the industrial park. He
stated he has met with the District Commissioner, Mr. McCollum and many staff
members and he will be willing to discuss the possibility of a taking, but the
critical point is his time has been inconvenienced for many years, and he is
hoping things will happen fast. He said
he cannot wait 6 to 12 years for what constitutes about 60% of his retirement
fund, which is tied up in this project.
He stated he owns the property at the western terminus point of this
proposed route. He happens to have an
approved 42,000 sq. ft. office warehouse park.
Two years ago he stopped the engineering because there was a suggestion
that this property might be valuable in the northern portion of the drainage of
the new design of CR-15 five-laning.
Mr.
McMillan left the meeting at this time.
Mr.
Vihlen stated he has been working with the
Commissioner
Carey stated she met with Mr. Vihlen and in looking at this, she feels that if
Alternative 5 is the best alignment, it will add some value to Mr. Vihlen’s
property. She stated she feels that any
time the County can make arrangements for early acquisition it will be wise to
do that. Whatever the alignment, the
County should discuss it with all the property owners before anything is
built.
Mr.
McMillan reentered the meeting at this time.
Chairman
Henley stated he has no problem with the recommended alignment, but he would
have no problem choosing another alignment if it will save them money.
Commissioner
Carey stated relative to future
development, Cox Lumber is already there and the longer they wait, it will go
through some development that will be there in the future.
Upon
inquiry by Commissioner Morris relative to doing a taking, Mr. McMillan advised
there are business damage issues that have to be in existence for three years
in order to claim business damages. He
stated Mr. Vihlen has clearly demonstrated that he has an approved site plan
and that will affect the value of any taking and any severance damages. He stated it is routine in the process that
the County consider early acquisition if property owners are willing to talk to
them about early acquisition. The County
has acquired all the pond sites on C-15 and that was completed early last
year.
Upon
inquiry by Commissioner Morris, Mr. McCollum advised staff has been working
with Mr. Vihlen for about 1˝ years on the C-15 parcel and they basically have
something worked out with that agreement.
He said he spoke to Mr. Vihlen about 30 days ago about doing a total
take but he cannot pursue anything until the Board makes a decision on what
alignment they choose. He stated if they
do the extension of
Upon
inquiry by Commissioner Morris, Mr. McCollum advised staff can have discussions
with Mr. Vihlen before he begins his business plan but he will have to identify
the funding source. It would obviously
be to everyone’s advantage if they can do the acquisition as soon as possible.
Mr.
McMillan advised the County can only take what they need for that project. There is nothing any more that constitutes a
total take under the prior law if the property owner is willing to sell the
entire property, which is something that can be negotiated. But if the County only needed 90% of the
parcel, they will have to leave the other 10% to the property owner and pay
them damages on it. Staff will be happy
to talk with Mr. Vihlen about buying the entire property or whatever portion of
it that will make the deal work.
Chairman
Henley stated he would like to reconsider the typical section to see if they
can work out a workable solution that wouldn’t require a total take.
Mr.
McCollum discussed with Commissioner Carey the requirement of possibly reducing
the sidewalk on one side.
Mr.
McMillan stated staff looks at how the design affects each property and what
can be done on the design to limit damages on the property. The key to this parcel is not going to be
whether it is 110 or 120 ft., but on the severance damages on the remainder
parcel. Therefore, making the sidewalk a
little narrow will not have a significant increase on the amount of damages on the
property. The County will have to
negotiate one of these parcels for the C-15 project as part of it is already
part of the C-15 design. It would be in
the best interest for everyone to acquire everything they need at one
time.
Mr.
McCollum stated since this area and several regions along the corridor are low,
they need fill and that means they will need a little more right-of-way. This is a proposed typical section and it is
not going to be the same, and they will do their best to reduce that as much as
possible.
Upon
inquiry by Commissioner Carey, Mr. McCollum advised he would choose Alternative
#2 if he had to pick another alternative.
Chris
Kelley,
Mr.
Kelley informed Commissioner Morris that he has no information today that will
prevent him from voting on this project.
He stated his property would have the least amount of impact, but if the
County chooses the
Upon
inquiry by Commissioner Morris, Mr. Kelley advised the curve needs to be
softened and the radius needs to be increased.
It may be helpful to look where the retention ponds are in relationship
to the intersection. If there is a complete
taking of Mr. Vihlen’s property and Mr. Pendleton’s property, some relationships
can be formed between the City and the County to try to change that curve
radius.
Upon inquiry by Commissioner Morris, Mr.
Kelley advised he has met with Mr. Gonzalez as he has some property that is on
North White Cedar. He stated if this
intersection doesn’t occur, there is most likely going to be an interface that
may cause truck traffic and it could be affected in some other way. He cautioned that the transfer station and
Cox Lumber will generate a tremendous amount of traffic if that intersection
doesn’t occur. The transfer station is
prohibited from going south on North White Cedar, which means the traffic would
have to go out
No
one else spoke in support or in opposition.
District
Commissioner Carey advised North White Cedar and
Motion by Commissioner Carey, seconded
by Commissioner Van Der Weide to move forward with the
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
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Chairman
Henley recessed the meeting at 2:40 p.m., reconvening it at 2:47 p.m.
VACATE
AND ABANDON/Joseph & Paula Biviano
Proof
of publication, as shown on page ________, calling for a public hearing to
consider request to Vacate and Abandon a portion of a platted drainage easement
located at
Cynthia
Sweet, Development Review, addressed the Board to present the request. She stated the applicant is requesting the
vacate in order to clear a cloud of title due to an encroachment of an existing
pool deck and pool enclosure. She said
staff has determined that the request would not diminish the effectiveness of
the subdivision’s drainage system. The
owners have provided a letter from the Wekiva Green Homeowner’s Association
indicating that they have no objection to the request. Staff recommends approval of the request.
No
one spoke in support or in opposition.
District
Commissioner Van Der Weide stated he has not received any letters, e-mail or
other correspondences on this issue.
Motion by Commissioner Van Der Weide,
seconded by Commissioner Dallari to adopt Resolution #2006-R-18, as shown on
page _________, vacating and abandoning a portion of a platted drainage
easement located at 288 Churchill Drive, Longwood, Florida, as described in the
proof of publication, Joseph and Paula Biviano.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
AMENDMENT TO CHASE GROVES PUD/
Gabbai/Pinecrest
Development
Proof
of publication, as shown on page ________, calling for a public hearing to
consider request for an Amendment to the Chase Groves PUD Master Plan and Third
Amended and Restated Development Order; Small Scale Land Use Amendment from LDR
(Low Density Residential) to PD (Planned Development); and Rezone from A-1
(Agriculture) and PUD (Planned Unit Development) to PUD (Planned Unit
Development) located on the south side of CR 46A between Lake Blvd. and Casa
Verde Blvd., Oren Gabbai/Pinecrest Development, received and filed.
Brian
Nelson, Planning, addressed the Board to state the Board reviewed a rezone
request in November 2003 to rezone the parcels to PCD and to remove the
northern parcel (.78 acres). It was
determined at that time that removing the .78 acres would not reduce the open
space requirement below the minimum 25% as specified in the Chase Groves
development order. The East Central
Florida Regional Planning Council (ECFRPC) issued a letter indicating that
removal of the northern parcel from the Chase Groves PUD/DRI would not result
in a substantial deviation. The ECFRPC
determined that no additional review would be required. The applicant is further requesting a Small
Scale Land Use Amendment from LDR to PD and to change the zoning from A-1 and
PUD to PUD. The Planning & Zoning
Commission (P&Z) recommended approval of the request. He stated staff has received a letter from
the Chase Groves Homeowner’s Association opposing the request. He said staff also has received a letter of
support from the Loch Arbor Homeowner’s Association. Staff is recommending approval of the request
with the following changes to the development order: Item C, “Use of common areas shall be limited
to open space and utility facilities serving all residents of the development”,
be deleted; Add the following sentence after the first sentence in Item L, “The
understory trees shall be 8 to 10 feet tall with a 3 to 4 foot spread and 1˝ to 2 inches in diameter at the time of
planting”; Delete the following sentence in Item M, “Required understory trees
shall be 8 to 10 feet tall with a 3 to 4 foot spread and 1˝ to 2 inches in
diameter at the time of planting:; Delete the following in Item O “that include
at minimum, two picnic tables and two pedestal mounted barbeque grills located
within a paved area, and add “Per Section 30.445 (l)(5) at the end of the
sentence; and Delete the word “on” in the first sentence in Item R, and add the
word “for”. An E-mail, a letter from
ECFRPC, and a copy of the revised development order were received and filed.
Charlie
Madden, Madden Engineering, addressed the Board to give a brief history of the
project. He stated he is basically in
agreement with staff’s recommendations, but he has a few clarifications. He referred to Item J of the development
order and stated it is his intention to build a 6 ft. wall along the southern
boundary and along all perimeters. He
said he would like to propose that at the final master plan stage the wall
would be brick columns with wrought-iron and heavy landscaping. That will be reviewed with the Loch Arbor
residents as he received mixed feelings on that. He stated he would prefer it to be landscaped
so they can get some air through that area.
If a solid 6 ft. wall is placed along every perimeter, the breeze will
be stifled. His intention is to do some
sort of 6 ft. wall along there as well and not a stockade fence. He stated he would recommend a 35 ft. height
limitation and the minimum square footage to be 1200 sq. ft.
Commissioner
Morris stated he believes a column with wrought iron fence would be better
aesthetically.
Mr.
Madden stated he would like to propose box-style lighting or acorn
lighting.
Commissioner
Morris stated any lighting on the back side of the houses can be controlled in
the homeowner’s documents or deed restrictions.
Mr.
Madden stated they can add a condition or put it in the homeowners’ association
documents.
Commissioner
Morris stated he would ask the District Commissioner to look at that.
Bob
White,
Upon
inquiry by Commissioner Carey, Mr. White advised they just want to try to have
sign at the end of the project before it comes to
Mr.
Madden stated they will do a corner clip at the curb and then cut it over at
some point. At the some point, they will
angle the wall back and they can work that out the sign placement.
Mr.
White stated he would go along with a wall with wrought iron just so it is
definitely placed along the side.
Discussion ensued.
No
one else spoke in support or in opposition.
Speaker
Request and Written Comment Forms were received and filed.
District
Commissioner Carey advised the Board received a letter from Chase Groves
Homeowner’s Association expressing their concerns about this development
relating to the access point onto Casa Verde.
She stated she spoke with Sharon Sullivan of the Chase Groves
Homeowner’s Association indicating that she understands the situation but
wanted to make sure that their wall will be protected. The homeowner’s association recently received
a settlement from FDOT relative to fixing their entryway on SR 46 as it was
destroyed during the SR 417 project improvements. She said she would recommend approval of the
request subject to the corrections in the development order submitted by
staff. She stated Item J refers to a
6-ft. high wooden stockade fence and she would recommend adding the language
that there will be a 6-ft brick column with wrought iron and additional
landscaping or a 6 ft. brick wall along Lake Blvd., SR 46A, and the southern
boundary of this property. She said she
would also recommend that the following be changed to “garages shall not be
converted to living space” in Item S.
She added she would like to include a 35-ft. height with two-story
restrictions. The PUD requirement would
require a minimum of 1200 sq. ft. living area.
She stated there are some nice trees on the northwest section and she
would like to have them preserved as much as possible. Along the northern boundary of this property,
the County, Chase Groves and FDOT have easements and all of them need to be
protected. She added she would recommend
that the developer may want to consider a pedestrian opening along the
northwest corner of the site as this would
allow the school-age children to be able to get to Idyllwilde
Elementary.
Motion by Commissioner Carey, seconded
by Commissioner Morris to approve Amendment to the Chase Groves PUD Master Plan
and Third Amended Development Order; adopt Ordinance #2006-3, as shown on page
_________, approving a Small Scale Land Use Amendment from LDR (Low Density
Residential) to PD (Planned Development); and adopt Ordinance #2006-4, as shown
on page __________, approving rezone from A-1 (Agriculture) and PUD (Planned
Unit Development) to PUD (Planned Unit Development) located on the south side
of CR 46A between Lake Blvd. and Casa Verde Blvd., and authorize the Chairman
to execute the Development Order, as shown on page ________, as described in
the proof of publication, Oren Gabbai/Pinecrest Development, subject to the
amendments and additions previously outlined.
Under
discussion and upon inquiry by Acting County Manager Don Fisher, Commissioner
Carey advised the language that she referred to in Item J will be replacement
language.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
CONSOLIDATED STREET LIGHTING
DISTRICT
ORDINANCE
Proof
of publication, as shown on page ________, calling for a public hearing to
consider request to adopt the Consolidated Street Lighting District Ordinance,
repealing Ordinance 2004-48, received and filed.
Kimberly
Bishop-Hargis, Fiscal Services, addressed the Board to present the request as
outlined in the agenda memorandum. She
stated the ordinance includes the addition of Magnolia Pointe and Sterling
Meadows subdivisions as new subdistricts.
She said it also includes expansion of parcel boundaries of existing
Trails Unit 1 to include Trails Unit 2A and confirmation of 375 existing
subdistricts. Service to the new
subdistricts will become effective October 1, 2006.
No
one spoke in support or in opposition.
Motion by Commissioner Morris, seconded
by Commissioner Van Der Weide to adopt the Consolidated Street Lighting
District Ordinance #2006-5, as shown on page _________, repealing Ordinance
#2004-48 adopted December 14, 2004, as described in the proof of publication.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
Proof
of publication, as shown on page ________, calling for a public hearing to
consider adopting an Ordinance creating the Lake Mills Aquatic Weed Control
MSBU for the purpose of providing aquatic weed control to the lake within the
unit, received and filed.
Kathy
Moore, MSBU Program Manager, addressed the Board to present the request as
outlined in the agenda memorandum. She
stated the applicant, Dave Axel, indicated that he may not be in attendance,
but is in support of the request.
James
Lindsey,
Commissioner
Morris stated it is spelled out that there is no chemical treating indicated on
this list.
Ms.
Moore stated staff will be working with a lake management company and go with
the recommendations for whatever is required on an ongoing basis. The anticipation is the prior chemical
treatment that took place brought the lake into a condition that was more
suitable from an aquatic weed standpoint.
Carp would be the next step.
Upon
inquiry by Commissioner Dallari, Ms. Moore advised the MSBU Department will be
working very closely with the Stormwater Division and working with private lake
analysis companies to determine who the ongoing contractor will be.
Chairman
Henley asked if staff will be discussing the plan program with the homeowners.
Ms.
Moore advised staff can have that information available.
Commissioner
Morris stated he would like a requirement that all affected homeowners be
notified prior to the application of chemicals for the ongoing aquatic weed
control maintenance program.
No
one else spoke in support or in opposition.
Speaker
Request Form was received and filed.
Motion by Commissioner Dallari,
seconded by Commissioner Carey to adopt Ordinance #2006-6, as shown on page
_________, creating the Lake Mills Aquatic Weed Control MSBU for the purpose of
providing aquatic weed control to the lake within the unit, as described in the
proof of publication, subject to no chemicals being used unless adjacent
property owners are notified.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
UNIFORM METHOD OF COLLECTING
NON-AD
VALOREM ASSESSMENTS
Proof
of publication, as shown on page ________, calling for a public hearing to
consider request to adopt a Resolution adopting the Uniform Method of
Collection for Non-Ad Valorem Assessments, received and filed.
Sarah
Fields, Fiscal Services, addressed the Board to state this method of collection
requires the adoption of a resolution stating same at a public hearing prior to
March 1, 2006, for the assessments to appear on the November 2006 tax bills. Agreements were executed in November 1989 and
revised in 1998 with the Property Appraiser and Tax Collector to provide
reimbursement of the necessary administrative costs incurred. These agreements automatically renew each
fiscal year.
No
one spoke in support or in opposition.
Motion by Commissioner Carey, seconded
by Commissioner Morris to adopt Resolution #2006-R-19, as shown on page
_________, adopting the Uniform Method of Collection for Non-Ad Valorem
Assessments, as described in the proof of publication.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
APPEAL
OF BOA/Todd & Jennifer Christy
Proof
of publication, as shown on page ________, calling for a public hearing to
consider request for an Appeal of the Board of Adjustment’s decision to approve
a width at building line variance from 90 ft. to 80 ft., and a lot size
variance from 11,700 sq. ft. to 11,200 sq. ft. for a proposed home in the R-1AA
(Single-Family Dwelling District); located on the south side of Arden Street,
at the intersection of Arden St. and Palm Springs Drive, Todd & Jennifer
Christy, received and filed.
Michael
Rumer, Planning, addressed the Board to present the request. He stated the BOA granted the variance on
November 7, 2005. Staff recommends
reversing the BOA’s decision based on their findings outlined in the agenda
memorandum.
Todd
Christy, appellant, addressed the Board to state he lives next door to this
property and Ms. Shepherd is trying to squeeze a house between his house and
this property. He said he is concerned
with drainage issues as he has had drainage problems in the past. He stated the property behind his house sits
lower than his property. Ms. Shepherd
does not live on this property and will not be moving there. He said he is opposed to the request and the
residents living on his street also oppose the request. He added he doesn’t feel it should be
approved and he doesn’t agree with it.
Upon
inquiry by Commissioner Morris, Mr. Christy advised he doesn’t believe Ms.
Shepherd’s mother is going to live in that house. He stated he understands that they are going
to rent it out. The house that is
currently there had a code violation and had to be cleaned up. The previous property owners cleaned up the
property but it was done by an order of a judge by the previous owner.
Connie
Shepherd, applicant, addressed the Board to state she has made some
improvements to the house. She stated
she has put things on hold until they find out the outcome of this
hearing. She said she would like to
beautify the home so that she and her mom can move in. She displayed a survey map (not received and
filed) and discussed the flood zone. She
also displayed and reviewed photographs showing her neighbor’s existing
property and how her property sits lower.
She displayed another picture showing the slope coming down on her
property. She stated the new home would
be for her and her mother, and it would be 1,300 to 1,400 sq. ft. The architect and engineer indicated that
this will beautify the area. Several of
the neighbors indicated that they would be pleased to see the construction of a
new home. She submitted a Petition, as
shown on page ________, from area residents indicating they have no objections
to the request.
Upon
inquiry by Commissioner Morris, Ms. Shepherd advised her intention is to take
possession of this home and all of the setbacks are met. She said she doesn’t want to move in and
cause any more friction with the neighborhood.
She stated she is willing to build the house 10 ft. towards the existing
house and leave a 20.8 ft. free space between the existing lot and her
neighbor. That would make a 30 ft. space
between the two homes.
Upon
inquiry by Commissioner Carey, Mr. McMillan advised a building permit cannot be
pulled on a substandard lot. You would
have to make application for the necessary variances and meet the standards in
the code to get the variance.
Chairman
Henley stated there was a situation like this two years ago where a couple
bought a lot and they were not apprised of that situation. The one thing the Board needs to be aware of
is this was not the original request, but the BOA crafted it by creating two
nonconforming lots. Discussion ensued.
Commissioner
Carey asked if there is anything that would prevent Ms. Shepherd from building
a guest house on this property.
Upon
inquiry by Chairman Henley, Mr. Fisher advised there are State zoning
categories in larger lots where the granny provisions are customary. He stated an attached unit or breezeway with
no kitchen facilities can be added in a neighborhood like this.
No one else spoke in support or in
opposition.
Speaker
Request Forms were received and filed.
District
Commissioner Henley stated he would have to accept staff’s recommendations by
reversing the BOA’s action as they have had problems like this on numerous
occasions.
Chairman
Henley surrendered the gavel to Vice Chairman Dallari for the purpose of
offering a motion.
Motion by Commissioner Henley, seconded
by Commissioner Morris to grant the appeal, thereby, overturning the BOA’s
decision in approving a width at building line variance from 90 ft. to 80 ft.,
and a lot size variance from 11,700 sq. ft. to 11,200 sq. ft. for a proposed
home in the R-1AA (Single-Family Dwelling District); located on the south side
of Arden Street, at the intersection of Arden St. and Palm Springs Drive, as
described in the proof of publication, Todd & Jennifer Christy.
Districts
1, 2, 3, and 4 voted AYE.
Commissioner
Carey voted NAY.
The
gavel was returned to Commissioner Henley who assumed the position as Chairman.
LEGISLATIVE
UPDATE
Susan
Dietrich,
Commissioner
Carey stated she would like to know if staff has an update on the annual dinner
being held in conjunction with the School Board and the cities in
Ms.
Dietrich stated she believes they are still considering it, but it may be held
in conjunction with
Mr.
McMillan stated he has not heard from Mr. Brantley since the last meeting as he
is dealing with how that will work.
Commissioner
Carey stated she would like the Board to make a decision within the next couple
of weeks as to whether or not they are going to do it.
Commissioner
Morris stated he would vote to cancel it.
Commissioner
Carey stated unless they repeal the legislation, she is in agreement with
Commissioner Morris to cancel the dinner.
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Mr. McMillan stated the Board may be
interested in knowing that the home town democracy amendment received enough
signatures to go to the Supreme Court.
FAC sent him an email advising that the Attorney General indicated that
they have enough signatures to take for validation.
CHAIRMAN’S
REPORT
Chairman
Henley recommended appointing Bonnie Ward to the Historical Commission for a
two-year term ending 01/01/08.
Motion by Commissioner Morris, seconded
by Commissioner Carey to reappoint Bonnie Ward to the Historical Commission for
a two-year term ending 01/01/08.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
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Chairman
Henley stated at the last meeting he informed the Board that the term for the
MetroPlan Citizen’s Advisory Committee member was becoming vacant.
Commissioner
Carey stated she has a couple of new applications and she would be happy to
look at those to see if they would be appropriate for this committee.
Chairman
Henley stated the Board can make the appointment at the next meeting.
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Chairman
Henley advised he received a phone call during lunch from City Manager John
Litton of
Commissioner
Dallari stated he feels a work session should be scheduled with the two
governing bodies and the appropriate property owners.
Commissioner
Morris stated those properties are in unincorporated
Commissioner
Van Der Weide stated he feels it would be a disaster if they put too many
people in this room. He stated the issue
now is between Lake Mary City Commissioners,
Chairman
Henley stated the School Board and Mr. Cosmak had concerns that they are
getting caught in the middle of this issue and they do not want to take a
position. They sent a letter indicating
that, under no uncertain terms, they oppose any change on commercial/industrial
to roof tops. During a previous joint
meeting, a comment was made that the School Board shouldn’t attempt to stop all
development. He stated that has been
interpreted that the County doesn’t want the School Board to take a position
out there and he doesn’t think they want to take a position. He said he spoke to the Superintendent of
Schools and Mr. Cosmak and they feel they are caught in the middle because
there have been concerns expressed over the voluntary impact fee they are
attempting to work out. He informed the
Superintendent that the County doesn’t want to be put in a position to where it
complicates the problem. The School
Board met with Colonial Properties and the City of Lake Mary trying to work out
a position and then they ultimately want to meet with the County.
Commissioner
Carey stated she feels Colonial Properties need to be involved as it isn’t just
the properties they own in the Heathrow Industrial DRI. It is a broader discussion about the
properties they own on the north side of 46A.
Chairman
Henley stated if the Board is going to consider the whole corridor, then he
feels Colonial Properties should be there.
Commissioner
Dallari stated he would love to look at the whole corridor, but he feels they
need to address the one issue right now.
Chairman
Henley stated he has asked the Acting County Manager to get all the data on
that corridor so they can get the complete picture. He stated he feels they need to see what has
happened with the original plan for that corridor.
Commissioner
Carey stated there is an annexation application out there and the immediate
meeting needs to be with the three parties to discuss that.
Chairman
Henley stated he would like to look at the whole I-4 corridor.
Commissioner
Morris stated the HIP zoning failed miserably as it didn’t do what they wanted
it to do. He said he would like Colonial
Properties be a guest at the joint meeting as this is an issue between the City
of Lake Mary and the County. Colonial
Properties is a private firm that needs to be there to make a presentation as
facts needs to be clarified. He stated
he feels the Board needs to look at the original DRI proposal in combination
with the original DRI proposal that was adjacent to it.
Commissioner
Van Der Weide stated he agrees with everything being said, but at this point he
would like to know how each change affect with what’s already been done.
Commissioner
Morris stated it may not affect change, but you can get truth on the
record. The Board is going to have to make
decisions that they will have to live with over the next few years about
ongoing relationship. He stated this is
an unfriendly action to the Board and to the taxpayers of
Commissioner
Van Der Weide stated the developer wants to maximize his investment at anyone’s
expense. He stated it is hard for him to
believe that the City of Lake Mary doesn’t understand what is going on.
Chairman
Henley stated he believes the consensus of the Board is to have a joint meeting
with the governing entities, with the developer to present their pitch at that
meeting.
Commissioner
Carey stated she feels the School Board should be in attendance as well.
Upon
inquiry by Commissioner Morris, Chairman Henley advised there was some
discussion at the last joint meeting that rezone areas was not the ultimate
decision of the School Board but by this Board.
The School Board interpreted that this Board didn’t want them to take a
position for or against.
Commissioner
Carey stated there is a funding committee of business leaders and the School
Board, and she has concerns that the School Board has a committee to discuss
funding without the Board being at the table.
Mr.
Fisher stated they have three committees, one is an overall committee looking
at funding options for school capital construction. The other is a steering committee that spins
off of a smaller committee to look at more specific funding options for school
capital. He stated homeowner
associations and other groups are involved with it and they came up with a
mitigation funding amount in which the School Board already adopted. The third committee was initiated by County
staff and that is per compliance with SB 360.
That is why a lot of the information is confusing as to who is sitting
on what.
Chairman
Henley stated the City of Lake Mary has scheduled the first reading of the
annexation process on February 2 and the adoption hearing is scheduled for
February 16.
Commissioner
Carey stated she doesn’t see why the Board can’s schedule a joint meeting prior
to the hearings.
Commissioner
Morris asked if staff could gather all the information in a short time frame.
Mr.
Fisher stated staff will do what it takes to get that information. He suggested speaking to the Mayor of Lake
Mary or the appropriate people to see if they can continue this issue in order
to give the County time to meet with them.
Chairman
Henley stated staff can work out a date with them.
Commissioner
Carey stated Lake Mary Commissioner McLean is in attendance and he may be able
to relay this information to the city at their meeting on Thursday.
Chairman
Henley stated the one thing the Board needs to be reminded of is the County has
had an excellent partnership with the City of Lake Mary and he thinks they need
to try to maintain that relationship.
Hopefully, they can work out something that everybody agrees with.
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Chairman
Henley advised Kitson & Partners called him asking if the Board could give
them a nonbinding letter of intent, and he told him that nothing they put forward
would be binding because they have not made a decision as to whether or not
they want to pursue with purchasing the three golf courses.
Mr.
Fisher submitted a Due Diligence Report (received and filed) relating to the
Winter Springs Golf Club. He stated
nothing was revealed from the last time they discussed the courses. This report is a cursory review of readily
available information that could take that to the next level of a preliminary
analysis.
Commissioner
Carey questioned if staff had made a recommendation on a proposal short of the
County purchasing the properties.
Mr.
Fisher stated the School Board has been doing evaluations for a potential site
for a school at the Sabal Point course.
The School Board is also interested in keeping part of the golf course
for the school system to use. The City
of Winter Springs has expressed some interest in taking care of the maintenance
of their golf course should it be acquired for a municipal course. There have been discussions with Dr. Hitt
relative to possibly purchasing the Econo course in
Chairman
Henley stated Dr. Hitt’s staff looked at that course and they indicated that
some of those holes were too short. He
said they would be interested in trying to work something out with the County.
Commissioner
Dallari left the meeting at this time.
Commissioner
Carey stated she understands that the Winter Springs golf course has a
conservation easement.
Upon
inquiry by Commissioner Van Der Weide, Mr. Fisher advised he checked the
mitigation of Sabal Point Golf Club with NTS and there are no issues with that
mitigation.
Commissioner
Van Der Weide advised he met with the Board of Directors of Sabal Point Club
and they have some major concerns. He
stated he spoke to them about the option with the School Board and the reaction
he received was the people who had children in the school system would look
favorably in working out something with the school system. The people that didn’t have children didn’t
like that idea. The residents want to be
involved but they do not want to buy it.
Sweetwater expressed traffic concerns and losing the amenities of what
they bought into. These developers have
contacted them and they would like to keep a small golf course there.
Commissioner
Dallari reentered the meeting at this time.
Commissioner
Van Der Weide stated if the developer owns the entire property, they will come
back and develop that area, but on the other hand, if the School Board had the
money, they could buy it directly.
Commissioner
Morris stated something has to give with the Sabal Point people as it could
revert to a weed patch and green space.
It is clear that the market has moved dramatically relative to golf
course pricing.
Upon
inquiry by Chairman Henley, Mr. Fisher stated the City of
Mr.
McMillan stated the agreement is something Kitson signed and sent to the County
and he is not sure that is the letter of intent that they are talking
about. He stated the letter they have
attached is a letter of invitation to negotiate, but there are multiple
provisions of that agreement that are illegal.
He stated there is nothing in the submittal that the Board can put
together and execute without it being completely redrafted.
Chairman
Henley stated he would like an opportunity for someone to explore with the
companies that operated them to see what their cost would be to keep the
courses in operation or simply shut them down until they can come up with a
certain type of agreement.
Commissioner
Van Der Weide stated one thing he needs to point out is the Sabal Point Board
of Directors are going to take a survey of their members. Sabal Point is not inclined to move quickly
on something that is major.
Commissioner
Carey stated she is not sure if a government agency can solve this.
Chairman
Henley stated he feels the Board has a responsibility to protect those
neighborhoods. He stated he doesn’t know
if it would or would not be appropriate to establish an MSBU for the residents
of Sabal Point.
Commissioner
Van Der Weide stated he will take any information to the residents as he will
be scheduling another meeting.
Commissioner
Carey stated they could get the bank to work with them in structuring some type
of MSBU for those communities.
Chairman
Henley recommended authorizing Mr. McMillan to draft a letter, for the Chairman
to sign, pointing out that it is improper for the County to enter into
something like this, but they are still pursuing what the options are.
Commissioner
Morris stated Mr. McMillan could send an alternative letter showing a 90 day
lift period while it is being examined.
Mr.
McMillan stated the Board needs to let them know how soon they will get back
with them with definitive answers or an offer to purchase.
Commissioner
Morris stated they could send a general first-right of refusal letter.
Mr.
McMillan stated the Board could get an exclusive option from them within the
next 90 days.
Commissioner
Van Der Weide stated there are a lot of people who would like the County to buy
it. He stated he doesn’t see how they
can approach this at the speed the bank wants them to.
Mr.
Fisher recommended that the Board’s approach would be that they go into each
one of these with how they are going to handle any type of partnerships.
Mr.
McMillan stated the request is to contact them to discuss the letter of intent
further should the County want to move forward.
Chairman
Henley stated he would suggest that the Board ask Mr. McMillan to draft a
response to give the County 90 days to explore all the options of partnerships
and for the interim operation.
Upon
inquiry by Commissioner Morris, Chairman Henley advised the issues of who is
going to handle this and how it is going to be staffed are things that they
need to devote some thought and time.
Commissioner
Carey stated she is concerned about how they are going about this.
Commissioner
Dallari stated he would recommend that Mr. McMillan draft a letter for the Chairman
to sign.
Commissioner
Carey stated she would like to see the letter before it goes out.
COMMUNICATIONS AND/OR REPORTS
The
following Communications and/or Reports were received and filed:
1. Copy of email dated 1/6/06 to Chairman from Colleen Schmid re:
Apartments being converted to condos in
2. Letter dated 1/12/06 to Longwood Property Owner (with attachment)
from Pat Miller, Director of Community Services-Longwood, re: Withdrawal of
land use change. (cc: BCC, Acting Co. Manager, Deputy Co. Manager,
Planning & Development Director, Planning Manager)
3. Notice of City of
4. Copy of letter dated 1/9/06 to Seminole County Fire and Rescue from
Edgar Wycoff, Chair-Friends of Oakland Estates, re: Appreciation for bringing
holiday spirit to neighborhood.
(cc: BCC, Acting Co. Manager)
5. Letter dated 12/31/05 to BCC (with attachment) from John Saboor,
Executive Director, and Joe Fellini, Seminole Co. Marketing Manager-Sports
Commission, re: Activities report of December 2005 and upcoming events.
6. Letter dated 1/2/06 to Chairman from Glenn Compton,
Chairman-ManaSota 88, re: Opposition and concerns on phosphogypsum use at
Osceola Road Landfill. (cc: BCC, Acting Co. Manager, Deputy Co. Manager, Co.
Attorney, Environmental Services Director)
7. Notice of Longwood Board of Adjustment Public Hearing on
1/25/06. (cc: BCC, Acting Co. Manager, Deputy Co. Manager,
Planning & Development Director, Planning Manager)
8. Notice and agenda for 1/18/06 Seminole County Port Authority
meeting.
9. Copy of letters dated 1/9/06 from Joe Gasparini, Parks &
Recreation Manager, re: Appreciation for recent donations to the
following: Tara Zinno and Riendeau
Cousins, and Molly Kenney.
10. Copy of letter dated 1/9/06 to Karen Rouse from Jane Peterson,
Library Services Manager, re: Appreciation for recent donation.
11. Notice of St. Johns River Water Management District Public Hearing
on
12. Letter dated 1/19/06 to Chairman (with attachment) from Juan Omana,
Community Development Director-City of Lake Mary, re: Statutory notification of
voluntary annexation-HIBC DRI-Colonial Realty Limited Partnership. (cc:
BCC, Deputy Co. Manager, Co. Attorney)
13. Copy of memorandum dated 1/19/06 to Commissioner Carey (with
attachments) from Don Fisher, Acting Co. Manager, re: Transit ADA Payments by
cities in Seminole Co.
14. Letter dated 1/17/06 to Chairman (with attachment) from Ann Brown
Payne, President and CEO-The Alliance, re: Transmittal of 4th
Quarter Progress Report. (cc: BCC, Acting Co. Manager, Deputy Co. Manager)
15. Letter dated 1/16/06 to Chairman from Pamela Patenaude, Assistant
Secretary-U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, re: FY 2006
allocations. (cc: BCC, Acting Co. Manager, Deputy Co. Manager,
Community Services Director, Community Development Block Grant Manager)
16. Letter dated 1/12/06 to BCC from Jack Graham, SWOP Board member,
re: Appreciation for opportunity to address the BCC. (Acting Co. Manager, Deputy Co. Manager)
17. Copy of letters dated 1/12/06 from Kenneth Roberts, Director-Public
Safety, re: Appreciation for recent donations to the following: Jennae Burdick, Doris Hadden, Maria Sauro, W.
C. Barrett, and John Thornton.
DISTRICT
COMMISSIONERS’ REPORTS
Commissioner
Morris stated the Board may be aware that one of the County’s crews decided to
go in the Tuskawilla area to reduce the sidewalks that have been there for some
time. They went through the neighborhood
and marked every tree to be chopped down.
He stated Mr. Fisher and Mr. Johnson have put a hold on this. He said he would like to reaffirm that if the
County is going to have a road plan, a sidewalk plan or any public project that
causes destruction of trees, with the exception of a dead tree that has to be
removed, that the District Commissioner be informed verbally and the rest of
the Board be informed electronically or in written form.
Motion by Commissioner Morris, seconded
by Commissioner Dallari to reaffirm that the County’s tree policy is that no
project can go forward (where trees are removed) without any District
Commissioner knowing in advance and not after-the-fact, and the rest of the
Board being advised, unless it is dealing with a dead tree or safety
issue.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
Gary
Johnson, Public Works Director, addressed the Board to state staff received
word on Friday and the intent was to do some extensive sidewalk repairs and
about ten trees were involved. He stated
he has pulled back and staff will visit with the homeowner’s association.
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Motion by Commissioner Van Der Weide,
seconded by Commissioner Morris to appoint Lisa Tague to the Animal Control
Board for a two-year term ending 01/01/08; adopt appropriate Resolution
#2006-R-20, as shown on page _________, commending Dr. Stephen Wiseman for his
services to the Animal Control Board.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
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Commissioner
Van Der Weide stated he would like staff to report at the next meeting or the
one after that as to who authorized the phosphogypsum test at the
landfill.
Mr.
Fisher stated he spoke with David Gregory, Solid Waste Manager, and he regrets
not informing the Board of the test. He
stated Mr. Gregory indicated that the radiation level is so low and he felt it
was not high enough interest to report it.
Upon
inquiry by Commissioner Carey, Mr. Fisher advised the amount of radiation given
off is equivalent to a smoke detector.
Commissioner
Van Der Weide stated he is concerned that the Board was unaware of this as it
could have been a big issue.
Upon
inquiry by Commissioner Morris, Mr. Fisher advised the thought is the public
will benefit from this experiment. It is
believed that it could extend the life of the landfill because it accelerates
the decomposition.
Commissioner
Van Der Weide stated the only problem he has with that is they have a landfill
that is capable of going up forever.
Upon
inquiry by Chairman Henley, Mr. Fisher advised the
Commissioner
Carey stated she feels it would be helpful if Mr. Gregory would have a
community meeting with the citizens in that area.
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Commissioner
Carey stated the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Activities was a great event and
Ms. Sherman, Deputy County Manager, was in attendance to represent the County
staff.
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Commissioner
Carey stated she would like to recognize the Economic Development and the
Cartographics staff for putting together some maps and statistics focusing on
the County. She stated that was part of
the Orlando Business Journal’s 2006 Regional Update.
Commissioner
Morris stated he was also in attendance and he would like to compliment
Commissioner Carey for doing an excellent job in representing the Board.
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Commissioner
Carey informed the Board of the Chamber Choice Awards scheduled for January 27,
2006 at the Lake Mary Marriott.
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Commissioner
Carey stated the annual Geneva Pancake Breakfast and Tour is scheduled for
Saturday, February 4, 2006 and she would encourage everyone to attend.
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Commissioner
Carey advised that the Seminole Cultural Arts Council First Annual Arts Gala is
scheduled for Saturday, February 4, 2006, at 7:00 p.m. in Alaqua. She stated this is an opportunity for the
community to attend and she hopes that the rest of the Board will attend.
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Commissioner
Dallari advised that the annual Seminole County Prayer Breakfast is scheduled
for February 17, 2006 at the Lake Mary Marriott.
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Commissioner
Dallari stated he had the pleasure of attending the Scottish Highland Games and
he received a plaque of appreciation from them.
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Upon inquiry by Commissioner Dallari, Mr.
Fisher advised staff hopes to come back in two to three weeks relative to the
Mr.
Johnson stated the consultant is attempting to do an analysis that would be
more objective and not subjective.
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Upon
inquiry by Commissioner Dallari, Chairman Henley advised he hopes that the
Board will receive a report on the performing arts from United Arts.
COMMITTEE
REPORTS
No
Report.
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There
being no further business to come before the Board, the Chairman declared the
meeting adjourned at 5:15 p.m., this same date.
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