BOARD OF
OCTOBER 23, 2007
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, October
23, 2007, in the SEMINOLE COUNTY
SERVICES BUILDING at
Present:
Chairman
Vice Chairman Brenda Carey (District 5)
Commissioner Bob Dallari (District 1)
Commissioner Mike McLean (District 2)
Commissioner Dick Van Der Weide (District 3)
County Manager Cindy Coto
Deputy Clerk Sandy McCann
Pastor Hezekiah Ross, West Sanford Free Will Holiness Church, gave the Invocation.
Commissioner McLean led the Pledge of Allegiance.
AWARDS & PRESENTATIONS
Motion by Commissioner Van Der Weide, seconded by Commissioner McLean to adopt appropriate Resolution #2007-R-183, as shown on page _______, commending Dale Lindsley, Maintenance Worker I, Roads/Stormwater Division, Public Works, for his 35 years of service to Seminole County and its citizens.
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
The Resolution was presented to Stormwater Manager, Albert English, who addressed the Board to accept the Resolution on behalf of Mr. Lindsley and to express his appreciation to the Board for same.
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Motion
by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Dallari to adopt appropriate
Resolution #2007-R-184, as shown on page _______, proclaiming the week of
October 27 – November 3, 2007 as “The Week of the Family in
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
The Resolution was presented to James
Pratt, State President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who
addressed the Board to express his appreciation to the Board for their support
in helping to strengthen families in
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Motion by Commissioner McLean, seconded by Commissioner Carey to adopt appropriate Resolution #2007-R-187, as shown on page _______, supporting “Pet Rescue by Judy’s” Petition for selection by the “Extreme Makeover – Home Edition” Program for the construction of a new Pet Rescue Facility.
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
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Motion by Commissioner Dallari, seconded by Commissioner Van Der Weide to adopt appropriate Resolution #2007-R-186, as shown on page _______, supporting the maintaining of start-up funding for the Colleges of Medicine at UCF and FIU.
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
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Motion by Commissioner Van Der Weide, seconded by Commissioner McLean to adopt appropriate Resolution #2007-R-185, as shown on page _______, urging the voters to vote “No” on the proposed Florida Hometown Democracy Amendment.
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
The Chairman directed the
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John Metsopoulos, Economic Development,
addressed the Board to advise staff has been meeting with the cities along
George Houston, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, addressed the Board to give a PowerPoint presentation (copy received & filed) of the Brownfields Redevelopment Program reviewing the following: What Are Brownfields?; Why Redevelop Brownfields?; Florida Brownfields Redevelopment Act; Program Objectives; Florida Brownfields Process; Brownfield Area Designation; BSRA Elements; Brownfield Area Economic Incentives; BSRA Benefits; BSRA Liability Protections; Available Tax Credits-Summary; and Success Stories. CD of PowerPoint presentation and SEED Program Brochure were received and filed.
Commissioner Dallari stated he believes this is one more tool for economic development and for making the County as green as possible. He added that he would like to move forward with this program.
Mr. Metsopoulos advised staff will be coming back to the Board within the next couple of weeks with a request for formal adoption of this program.
Motion by Commissioner Dallari, seconded by Commissioner Van Der Weide to approve and authorize the following:
7. Approve Change Order #2, as shown on page _______, to CC-0751A-06/TLR with Gibbs & Register, Inc. of Winter Garden, Florida, in the amount of $211,515.00 for the conversion of the intersection at CR-46A (HE Thomas Jr. Parkway) and Country Club Road to a signalized intersection with required storm drain adjustments at the Riverboat Landing Plaza driveway.
8. Approve Change Order #7, as shown on page _______, to CC-1636-06/BHJ - Renovation of Seminole County Fire Station #35 to Southern Building Services, Inc. of Winter Garden, Florida, in the amount of $32,128.60, addressing code and construction issues.
9. Award CC-2424-07/BHJ Agreement, as shown on page _______, in the amount of $10,060,000.00 to Southland Construction, Inc. of Apopka, Florida, for all labor, materials, equipment, transportation, coordination and incidentals necessary for the construction of a five-lane urban roadway section approximately 1.149 miles in length along an existing two-lane corridor of C-15, from SR 46 to Orange Boulevard, Sanford, Florida.
10. Approve negotiated rates and
award PS-2108-07/VFT - Master Agreement, as shown on page _______, for design
of Pedestrian Tunnel at
11. Approve the negotiated rates
and award PS-2144-07/BHJ Agreement, as shown on page _______, Final Design
Services for SR 46 Gateway Sidewalks -
12. Award RFP-600231-07/TLR Agreement,
as shown on page _______, Consulting Services for Housing and Community
Development Administration and Implementation to Florida Planning Group, Inc.,
13. Approve the Second Renewal to
RFP-4243-05/DRR – Irrigation Systems Evaluations – 2005 Agreement for
Business Innovation Technology
Services
Business Development
14. Adopt and authorize the
Chairman to execute appropriate Resolution #2007-R-188, as shown on page
_______, renaming a certain platted parcel now known as unnamed access, Tract A
to
Community Service
CDBG
15. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the Seminole County/Midway-Canaan Community Water Association, Inc. HUD/CDBG Subrecipient Agreement, as shown on page _______, Program Year 2006-2007 in the amount of $15,000.00.
Community Assistance
16. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the attached Satisfactions of Second Mortgages, as shown on page _______, for the following households assisted under the SHIP Home Ownership Assistance Program and the Emergency Repair Housing Program: Michael & Alice Carlson; Bruce Figueroa & Alicia Arevelo & Anita Ortiz Rivera; Kenneth C. & Teresa Leary; James T. & Trudy Ann Otwell; Concepcion & Matilde Perez; Lina Y. Schoepflin; Norma Garcia; Lillian R. Gipson; and Sadie Holmes.
Environmental Services
Business Office
17. Approve release of the original Water and Sewer Cash Maintenance Bond in the amount of $1,886.00 for the project known as Fountainhead.
Water and Sewer
18. Approve and authorize the
Chairman to execute the
Fiscal Services
Administration
19. Approve and authorize the
Chairman to execute an Amendment, as shown on page ________, to the Sustainment
Funds to Assure
20. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the Grant Agreement, as shown on page _______, between Safe Kids Worldwide and Safe Kids Seminole in acceptance of $5,000.00 for the Safe Kids Buckle-Up Program.
Budget
21. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Budget Amendment Resolution #2007-R-189, as shown on page _______, implementing Budget Amendment Request (BAR) #07-94 to recognize additional equipment valued at $75,344.00 received under the FY05/06 grant agreement with the Florida Division of State Fire Marshal for hazmat equipment and sustainment.
22. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Budget Amendment Resolution #2007-R-190, as shown on page _______, implementing Budget Amendment Request (BAR) #08-10 through the Public Safety Grants Other Fund in the amount of $5,000.00 to establish funding for the Safe Kids Coalition Grant.
Leisure Services
Median Maintenance
23. Approve and authorize the
Chairman to renew the Memorandum of Agreement No. AOH61, as shown on page
_______, with Florida Department of Transportation, allowing for enhanced
landscape maintenance provided by
Library Services
Museum
24. Approve and authorize the
Chairman to execute an Agreement, as shown on page _______, with Mid-American
Arts Alliance for $4,300.00 for the traveling exhibit “Teapots: Object to
Subject” to be held at the
25. Approve and authorize the
Chairman to execute an Agreement, as shown on page _______, with Mid-American
Arts Alliance for $4,800.00 for the traveling exhibit “Dichos: Words to Live,
Love and Laugh By in Latin America” to be held at the
Planning and Development
Development Review
26. Authorize the release of the Paving and Drainage Improvements Maintenance and Escrow Agreement and Cash Maintenance Bond in the amount of $5,880.00 for the Monroe Commerce Center South Phase 3 road improvements (Small Bay Partners, LLC).
27. Authorize the release of the Alaqua Lakes Phase 8 Private Road Maintenance Bond #17-25-27 in the amount of $30,933.45 for the Alaqua Lakes Phase 8 road improvements (Taylor Woodrow Communities).
28. Accept and authorize the Chairman to execute a Perpetual Stormwater Easement, as shown on page _______, for the Sweetwater Cove Tributary Surface Water Restoration Project, Phase IIIB - Dredging/Revegetation of Sweetwater Cove Lake (Calvin Jr., and Lottie H. Collins).
29. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Preliminary Engineering Agreement, as shown on page _______, with CSX Transportation, Inc., to facilitate the proposed widening of an existing crossing surface in conjunction with the County Road 15 Project.
Traffic Engineering
30. Approve and authorize the
Chairman to execute the Memorandum of Understanding, as shown on page _______,
between The State of Florida Department of Transportation and
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
Motion by Commissioner Carey, seconded
by Commissioner Van Der Weide to approve and authorize the following:
Litigation
31. Approval of a proposed
negotiated settlement relating to Parcel Numbers 134/734A/734B of the County Road
15 road improvement project, Lake Monroe Partners, LLC. The proposed settlement
is at the total sum of $268,000.25 inclusive of all compensation to the owner,
attorney fees, all costs, interest, and any other matter for which
32. Authorize the issuance of an
Offer of Judgment for Parcel Number 132 on the
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
CONSTITUTIONAL
OFFICERS CONSENT AGENDA
Motion by Commissioner Van Der Weide,
seconded by Commissioner Carey to approve and authorize the following:
33. Expenditure Approval Lists, as shown on page
_______, dated September 24 & 28, 2007; Payroll Approval List, as shown on
page _______, dated September 20, 2007; Official BCC Minutes dated September
24, 2007; and, noting, for information only, the following Clerk’s “received
& filed”:
1. Memorandum to Sandy McCann, Supervisor, County
Commission Records, from
2. Memorandum to
3. Notice of Hearing from the Florida Public
Service Commission re: Application for
increase in water and wastewater rates in Alachua, Brevard, Highlands, Lake,
Lee,
4. Water and Sewer Cash Maintenance Bond, as
shown on page _______, with Escrow Agreement in the amount of $7,712.53 for the
project known as Olsen Estates.
5. Notice of Commission Hearing and Prehearing
from the
6. Development Orders #07-30500006 and
#07-30500005, as shown on page _______, for Centex Homes Bullion Loop
variances.
7. Addendum #1, as shown on page _______, to
Development Order #03-20500005, Hawthorne Glen PUD Major Amendment.
8. Satisfactions of Connection Fees, as shown on
page _______, for the projects known as
9. Bill of Sale, as shown on page _______,
accepting water system within the project known as Centre for Alternative
Medicine.
10. Bills of Sale, as shown on page _______,
accepting water and sewer systems within the project known as Greenway South
PUD (aka Shoppes at Clayton’s Crossing).
11. Bill of Sale, as shown on page _______,
accepting water system within the project known as Fairwinds Credit Union SR
46.
12. Assignment of Conditional Utility Agreements,
as shown on page _______, for water and sewer service with Lakeview at Heathrow
LLC, D.R. Horton and CDG Heathrow Ltd. for the project known as Lakeview at
Heathrow.
13. Letter from Simply Self Storage requesting
address change for all tax bills, notices, etc. for listed parcels owned or
controlled by the undersigned.
14. Memorandum to Sandy McCann, Supervisor of
Commission Records, from Lori Kennedy,
15.
Work
Order #45, as shown on page _______, to CC-1267-05.
16.
Change
Order #1, as shown on page _______, to Work Order #5 to CC-1284-06.
17.
Work
Order #20, as shown on page _______, to PS-0381-06.
18.
Work
Order #12, as shown on page _______, to CC-1075A-06.
19.
Sixth
Amendment, as shown on page _______, to RFP-4188-03.
20.
Fifth
Amendment, as shown on page _______, to IFB-3063-03.
21.
Change
Order #1, as shown on page _______, to CC-0376-05.
22.
Amendment
#1, as shown on page _______, to M-2481-07.
23.
Third
Amendment, as shown on page _______, to RFP-600094-06.
24.
Second
Amendment, as shown on page _______, to RFP-4253-05.
25.
Amendment
#1, as shown on page _______, to Work Order #1 to M-2189-07.
26.
Work
Orders #8 & #9, as shown on page _______, to PS-1074-06.
27.
Work
Orders #14 & #16, as shown on page _______, to PS-1529-06.
28.
IFB-600168-07
Contract, as shown on page _______, Helena Chemical Co.
29.
Change
Order #1, as shown on page _______, to Work Order #6 to CC-1075-06.
30.
Change
Order #1, as shown on page _______, to Work Order #7 to CC-1075-06.
31.
Amendment
#3, as shown on page _______, to Work Order #11 to PS-0381-06.
32.
IFB-600109-06
Contract, as shown on page _______, Hydro Conduit Corp.
33.
Change
Order #1, as shown on page _______, to CC-1472A-07.
34.
Work
Order #10, as shown on page _______, to RFP-0225-05.
35.
Work
Order #1, as shown on page _______, to PS-0955-06.
36.
Work
Order #1, as shown on page _______, to PS-1666-07.
37.
Presentation
Materials on CD’s for CC-2341-07 and PS-2108-07.
38.
Bids
as follows: CC-2424-07; RFP-600621-07;
IFB-600250-07; and RFP-600244-07.
SHERIFF’S OFFICE
34. Adoption of appropriate Budget Amendment Resolution #2007-R-191, as
shown on page _______, in the amount of $741,665, for U.S. Department of
Justice, Office of Justice Assistance revenues and a corresponding increase in
the Sheriff’s Office FY 2007/08 Budget.
35. Expenditure in the amount of $2,000 from the Law Enforcement Trust
Fund to provide for a contribution to Women of Renewing Minds, Inc.
36. Adoption of appropriate Budget Amendment Resolution #2007-R-192, as
shown on page _______, in the amount of $110,162, for re-budgeting prior year
unexpended grant funds to the Sheriff’s Office FY 2007/08 Budget.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
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The
Chairman recessed the meeting at 10:10 a.m., reconvening it at 10:19 a.m., with
all Commissioners in attendance.
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The
Chairman recognized
REGULAR
AGENDA
Director
of Community Services, David Medley, addressed the Board to advise the request
before the Board is a follow-up to the Budget Hearing on September 25,
2007. The Board directed staff to
consider additional funding through the Community Service Partnership Grant
Program for Lighthouse of Central Florida and the Special Olympics. He further advised that staff is recommending
both of these organizations be funded at one-half of their current 2006/07
funding ($15,000 & $10,000, respectively).
Upon
inquiry by Commissioner Henley, Dr. Medley advised this money will come from
funds that other agencies have not expended so that no money will have to come
out of Reserves.
Motion
by Commissioner Dallari, seconded by Commissioner McLean to adopt appropriate
Resolution #2007-R-196, as shown on page _______, implementing BAR #08-13, in
the total amount of $25,000, for funding Community Service Agency Grants to
Lighthouse of Central Florida in the amount of $15,000 and Special Olympics in
the amount of $10,000 for the 2007/2008 budget year.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
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Environmental
Services Manager, Bob Briggs, addressed the Board to request direction with
regard to convenience fees for on-line credit card payments of water and sewer
bills.
Commissioner
Carey stated she would like for the County to at least recoup the cost of these
payments; and believes a $2.00 convenience fee would be appropriate. She further stated that she has spoken to the
Director of BITS about having payments for park fees on-line.
Commissioner
McLean agreed that the County should recoup their costs and would support the
$2.00 fee.
Motion
by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner McLean to approve assessing a
$2.00 Convenience Fee for on-line credit card utility account payments of water
and sewer bills.
Under
discussion, Commissioner Carey asked that staff monitor this annually; and if
the cost increases, that they bring it back for Board review.
Commissioner
Van Der Weide stated this makes sense, but would caution the Board about
increasing fees that affect the cost for the citizens.
Commissioner
Dallari stated the County is only trying to break even.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
Mr.
Briggs asked the Board to establish an effective date for the convenience
fee. He advised that he is recommending
a date of December 1, 2007.
Motion
by Commissioner Van Der Weide, seconded by Commissioner Carey to make the $2.00
Convenience Fee for payment of water and sewer bills on-line effective December
1, 2007.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
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Acting
Planning Manager, Tina Williamson, addressed the Board to present request for
reduction of Code Enforcement Lien #04-82-CEB,
District
Commissioner Henley recommended approval of staff’s recommendation.
Motion
by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Van Der Weide to approve
reduction of the Code Enforcement Board Lien #04-82-CEB from $60,675 to the
administrative costs of $721.43 for property located at 121 Plymouth Avenue,
Altamonte Springs, Isaiah Bailey; require that these costs be paid within 60
days or the lien will revert to its original amount; and upon payment in full,
authorize the Chairman to execute the Satisfaction of Lien, as shown on page
_______.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
Motion
by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Van Der Weide to authorize
extending the 2007 Tax Roll until after the Value Adjustment Board Hearings
scheduled to end December 1, 2007.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
Commissioner
Carey stated currently they file a Form One, which is a simple form.
The
Board, by unanimous consensus, directed the
CHAIRMAN’S
REPORT
Chairman
Henley read into the Record a letter (received & filed) from Don Peterson,
President of the Black Hammock Association, dated October 23, 2007, thanking
the County for sending Commissioner Bob Dallari to their general membership
meeting to explain the County’s position with regard to policies for the urban
boundary and the Black Hammock.
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Chairman
Henley recommended the Board approve $25,000 for
Upon
inquiry by Commissioner Carey, Dr. David Medley advised he believes that there
will be a recommendation for a permanent committee to look at the homeless
situation regionally.
Motion
by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Dallari to authorize the
expenditure of $25,000 out of the Contingency Fund for
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
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Chairman
Henley acknowledged closeout checks totaling $1,846,950.91 from Sheriff
Eslinger for his FY 2006/07 Budget. He
expressed his appreciation to the Sheriff, advising this money will go back
into the General Fund. Copy of
Memorandum from Chief Penny Fleming dated October 22, 2007 regarding same was
received and filed.
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The
Chairman recessed the meeting at 10:42 a.m., reconvening at 1:30 p.m. with all Commissioners and all Other
Officials with the exception of Deputy Clerk Sandy McCann, who was replaced by
Deputy Clerk Carylon Cohen, who were present at the Opening Session.
PROOF
OF PUBLICATION
Motion by Commissioner Dallari,
seconded by Commissioner Carey, to accept the proofs of publication for today’s
scheduled public hearings into the Record.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
PUBLIC
HEARINGS
BELLA WOODS REZONE
FROM A-1
TO PUD/LARRY W.
HODGES
Proof
of publication, as shown on page _______, calling for a public hearing to
consider rezoning approximately 3.34+/- acres located on the north side of Dike
Road, approximately 900 feet east of the intersection of Tuskawilla Road and
Dike Road, from A-1 (Agriculture) to PUD (Planned Unit Development); Larry W.
Hodges, received and filed.
Austin
Watkins, Senior Planner, addressed the Board to present the request, stating
the Planning and Zoning (P&Z) Commission met on September 5, 2007, and
voted 5 to 1 to recommend denial of the request to rezone. Staff is recommending approval of the request
to rezone and approval of the Preliminary Master Plan and Development Order.
George
Garrett,
Chairman
Henley advised of receipt of one Written Comment Form from Martha Cannon in
opposition.
Ian
Phillips,
Tracie
Blakey,
Jody
Lazarus,
Greg
Fenton,
Commissioner
Carey discussed with Mr. Fenton his suggestion and why Stonehurst did not give
access to the properties on the north.
She said she doesn’t believe it is the responsibility of the landowner
to give access to someone else’s property when they have access through the
entitled easement on the west side of their property all the way down.
Sharon
Moore,
Jack
Sedlak,
No
one else spoke in support or in opposition.
Speaker
Request and Written Comment Forms were received and filed.
Upon
inquiry by Commissioner Carey, Mr. Watkins reviewed the square footage of the
lots in R-1A, R-1AA and R-1AAA. He
confirmed that the lots (R-1A, approximately 9,000 square feet) in Tiffany Oaks
are smaller than what’s being proposed.
Stonehurst is R-1AAA, 13,700 square feet. He also discussed the scenario if someone wanted
to build a home on the lots to the west of the trailers; and how people to the
east of the property would be able to build their homes.
Commissioner
Carey questioned if there has been an easement of use for a number of years,
does that become a legal access point.
Mr.
McMillan stated he would have to look at the particular instance in each parcel
and determine what the facts were. He
would have to review what the code requires at a particular time.
Commissioner
Carey asked County Engineer Jerry McCollum if the County would typically ask a
private land owner to deal with stormwater off a County road.
Mr.
McCollum stated that can happen in certain cases; for example, if there is a
limited right-of-way and some improvements are being done on the road like turn
lanes and there is no room in the County right-of-way to accommodate that, the
developer would have to accept the stormwater.
District
Commissioner Dallari stated in looking at the zoning plan and future zoning
plan of this site, the existing site is A-1 to the east and R-1AAA to the
north. He always likes to see transition
areas from the most dense to the least dense areas. Looking at the property to the east, it is in
its final development stage. Looking at
the lot size compatibility analysis, that calculation came up with R-1AAA. For that reason, he feels there are too many
lots on this one piece of property.
Motion by Commissioner Dallari,
seconded by Commissioner McLean, to deny the request to rezone 3.34+/- acres,
located on the north side of Dike Road, approximately 900 feet east of the
intersection of Tuskawilla Road and Dike Road, from A-1 (Agriculture) to PUD
(Planned Unit Development), as described in the proof of publication, Larry W.
Hodges; and authorize the Chairman to execute the Denial Development Order, as
shown on page _______.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
BOUGAINVILLEA CLINIQUE
REZONE AND
Proof
of publication, as shown on page _______, calling for a public hearing to
consider adoption of an Ordinance for a Small Scale Future Land Use Amendment
from LDR (Low Density Residential) to OFF (Office) and a rezone from R-1AA
(Single Family Residential) to OP (Office) on 2.5+/- acres, located on the
northeast corner of the intersection of SR 426 and Bear Gully Road; Dr. Jeffrey
Hartog, received and filed.
Ian
Sikonia, Senior Planner, addressed the Board to present the request, stating
the staff received two letters in opposition regarding compatibility issues
with the residents to the rear of the subject property. He said staff is recommending approval of the
land use amendment and rezoning. The
P&Z Commission met on September 5, 2007, and voted 5 to 1 to recommend
approval of the Small Scale Land Use amendment, the requested rezoning and the
Development Order, subject to the condition that the rear buffer shall contain
the minimum of 8 canopy trees and minimum of 4 inches in diameter, per 100
linear feet.
Chad
Linn, Engineer with Kimley-Horn,
Chairman
Christine
Lemieux,
Commissioner
Dallari explained that one of the problems of putting in too many trees is that
as they start to mature, they will choke each other out.
No
one else spoke in support or in opposition.
Speaker
Request Form was received and filed.
Commissioner
Carey discussed that in the past, when residential comes in after an office
area is established, the Board has made the residential do the setback.
Tina
Williamson, Assistant Planning Manager, stated there is a provision in the Code
that requires that. In this case, she is
not sure if the zoning took place after the office professional. She thinks the zoning and land use for
residential were in place prior to the office coming in.
Motion by Commissioner Dallari,
seconded by Commissioner McLean, to adopt Ordinance #2007-39, as shown on page
_______, approving a Small Scale Future Land use Amendment from LDR (Low
Density Residential) to OFF (Office) and adopt Ordinance #2007-40, as shown on
page _______, approving to rezone from R-1AA (Single Family Residential) to OP
(Office) 2.5+/- acres, located on the northeast corner of the intersection of
SR 426 and Bear Gully Road; as described in the proof of publication, Dr.
Jeffrey Hartog, based on staff findings; and approval of the Development Order,
as shown on page _______, amended to add the voluntary commitment of the
applicant to increase the caliber size of the canopy trees to 4” in diameter;
as described in the proof of publication.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
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Chairman
Henley recessed the meeting at 2:37 p.m. and reconvened it at 2:48 p.m.
PROPOSED
REVISIONS TO SCHOOL IMPACT FEES
Proof
of publication, as shown on page _______, calling for a public hearing to
consider adoption of an Ordinance amending the Land Development Code of
Seminole County to revise School Impact Fees consistent with the Comprehensive
Plan, received and filed.
Dori
DeBord, Planning & Development Manager, addressed the Board to state this
item has been before the P&Z Commission and today, staff is asking for
direction from the Board on the school impact fees.
Barry
Gainer, Chairman,
Larry
Strickler,
Superintendent
Bill Vogel, Seminole County Public Schools, addressed the Board to comment on
accountability, stating
George
Kosmac, Deputy Superintendent, addressed the Board to give a PowerPoint (copy
received and filed) presentation covering the following topics: Introductions, Impact Fee - Overview of
Changes; Fee Calculation; Enrollment; Revenue Sources; Review of Updates to
Study; and Proposed Fees.
Commissioner
Van Der Weide congratulated the School Board and
Commissioner
Carey asked if there is some reason which enrollment is not used in the
calculation of the impact fees.
Carson
Byce (Phonetic), Consultant, addressed the Board to state the current
enrollment is used in the calculation in order to determine the level of
service standards in terms of square footage per student. The future enrollment is not used in the
calculation of the student station cost, but is used in the forecast of the
future revenue stream which is discounted to a net present value to get the
credits.
Commissioner
Carey continued discussions of the enrollment numbers, the two mills set by the
Legislature, what the School Board’s plan is for the long-term, and transfer
fees.
Dr.
Vogel distributed information (received and filed) on transfer fees and said
the School Board is prepared to jointly work towards that end if that is a
priority of the
Scott
Stegall, School Board, addressed the Board to answer the question by Chairman
Henley regarding the design specs for building schools. He said the cost per square footage, compared
to what they were building schools for in the 1990’s, is within the same
range. He said the design specs do not
have any impact on the cost for construction.
Discussion ensued.
Tom
Kuhn, President of the Private Business Association of Seminole (PBAS),
Tom
O’Hanlon,
Ruth
Jason-Polk,
Sandy
Robinson, Seminole County School Board member,
Commissioner
Carey stated the County has had the highest growth it has ever seen in the last
two years and yet the school enrollment is declining, so they can’t say it’s
all because of new growth and that’s why she thinks the transfer fee is a much
more fair component than putting it all on the backs of new growth. This points out that it’s not everybody
buying a new house, that’s having to pay the impact fee, who is affecting the
schools.
Commissioner
Van Der Weide stated the Board is not confused but are trying to make an
intelligent decision based on “shifting sand.”
The BCC is under tremendous pressure by the taxing authority in
Chairman
Henley said it is important to know that what they’re doing does have an affect
on a lot of citizens. The HBA testified
recently that for every $1,000 of impact fees they increase, they
disenfranchise 968 citizens from being able to qualify for a loan.
Commissioner
McLean stated he wants to clarify the difference between what they are
discussing with transfer fees and impact fees.
He thinks the concept of transfer fees holds great promise, but that is
out of the Board’s control. That’s part
of a process and it takes time to move through that process. What they are talking about with impact fees
is a “here and now” item. With transfer
fees, that’s in the future, the BCC can’t control it and it’s a “could be”
rather than a “can be.”
Attorney
Jim Burn,
Deborah
Turner,
Commissioner
Carey advised they can’t use impact fees to fix a deficit situation. They are all in this together and will have
to think outside the box as they go forward.
They can’t keep building high schools on 60 acres, one, two and three
stories, but must think about going upward and compacting. Those discussions haven’t taken place. She said there are a lot of things they can
all do to help move this process along.
They are all proud of the schools and want to continue to have good
schools, but there are other things that create quality of life in the County
besides the schools. She said she is not
opposed to talking about increasing the impact fees, but they need to have the
accurate information before them and the public as they make this decision.
Chairman
Henley stated it needs to be pointed out to the public that this impact fee
increase will not solve the School Board’s problem and won’t have a tremendous
impact upon meeting the needs of the school system. The question is going to be if the people are
going to accept the impact fee increase and the sales tax on top of that
because it’s going contrary to what the Legislature is attempting to do. He also said they can’t keep building schools
when they have student stations vacant at another school. It will be required for them to balance those
things out before building a new school.
Commissioner
McLean stated another challenge the Board has is the concept of affordable
housing and the pass-through of whatever they come up with into the total
housing pricing and how that works in the marketplace. He said already the marketplace is depressed
and they don’t know where that’s going to go, and is this going to make a bad
situation worse. He asked Mr. McMillan
if there is any way to define affordable housing and assign a reduced amount of
impact fees.
Commissioner
Van Der Weide left the meeting room at this time.
Mr.
McMillan said no; if they are going to have a defensible impact fee, it must be
assessed based on only impact. Some of
these have been handled in the past by setting up special funds to pay impact
fees on behalf of certain projects. Some
have used CDBG funds or economic development funds.
Commissioner
Carey said a way to look at this may be to look at the number of bedrooms being
constructed.
Mr.
McMillan said if the data supports it, he doesn’t know why they can’t do it
that way.
Upon
inquiry by Commissioner Dallari, Mr. Kosmac clarified that the School Board
takes some of the capital money and use it for operating expenses, and they can
do that. They are taking away from the
two mill money and using it for maintenance expenses.
Commissioner
Van Der Weide returned to the meeting room at this time.
Mr.
Kosmac showed the 1992 Ordinance provision on rebates for low-income housing
and said the BCC may authorize and establish a procedure for administering the
rebates of impact fees for low and very low income housing. If the Board would like to partner on a
project to do that and look at how they could possibly mitigate the impact, he
is sure the School Board would join in that.
He said the School Board would be happy to participate in funding some
parameters that would go into the resolution.
Chairman
Henley said if that is something they would want to include, staff would have
to work out the details and come back on that.
Frankie
Elliott,
Commissioner
Carey stated she hopes the Board of Realtors would strongly consider supporting
transfer fees if they take away the impact fees in the process.
Ms.
Elliott said she thinks it’s a much easier sell for the transfer fee to be a
flat dollar amount than a percentage amount.
Also, she thinks any time you give the State additional responsibility
to collect money and be responsible to dole it back to local governments, the
realtors would have a very difficult time supporting that because they have
seen what happened with the Affordable Housing Trust Fund. The other issue is they would have to repeal
all impact fees.
Mr.
Kosmac summarized that construction is not going to stop and they need to
prepare themselves and update the costs from 1992 to 2007. He thinks they have worked the numbers two or
three times and believe they are down now to the number that is
reasonable. He asked for the Board’s
support.
No
one else spoke in support or in opposition.
Speaker
Request Forms were received and filed.
Chairman
Henley recessed the meeting at 4:35 p.m. and reconvened it at 4:44 p.m. with
all Commissioners in attendance with the exception of Commissioner Van Der
Weide.
Commissioner
McLean thanked the School Board for the presentation, stating it was much more
precise to help them understand what the challenges are and what the
opportunities may be.
Commissioner
Van Der Weide reentered the meeting room at this time.
Commissioner
McLean summarized points from the discussion.
He said the BCC is going to need partnerships on two things: upcoming infrastructure tax and the transfer
fee. There were discussions about
affordable housing and there may be some arenas they can look at together
regarding that. He said it’s not the
best time to do this with the market changes.
He thinks they can safely conclude, based on historical data, that the
market will come back. He thinks the
idea of transition fees might make sense.
He said, perhaps, transition to a fee structure of $3,000 next year or
the year after and get to the $5,068 figure.
Commissioner
Dallari said the impact fees have not been changed since 1992 and, in his
opinion, it’s a “no brainer” that they need to be adjusted; but the question is
to what.
Upon
request by Commissioner Dallari, Ms. DeBord stated staff looked at an
escalating scale over the last 15 years using the construction materials
pricing index from the current status of the impact fees today to where they
would be based on that.
Tom
Tomlin, Planner, addressed the Board to discuss the methodology and some of the
issues with the Construction Materials Pricing Index (copy received and
filed).
Scott
Stegall, School Board, addressed the Board to state labor is included in the
cost of the impact fees. He said the
ordinance is set up that way, so it is not just the cost of materials. Discussion ensued.
Commissioner
Dallari stated the prices since 1992 did go up considerably in land cost alone,
so something needs to happen. He said he
would like to discuss the rebate program on affordable housing and try to get a
partnership with the School Board on that.
Mr.
Kosmac said he believes they could work together with their staffs and come
together with a plan to find a way to build a resolution and supplement any
discount or credit they get for low-income housing and credit that from the
SHIP program or from internal capital funds of the school district, and any
funds at the Commission level.
Commissioner
Dallari said the problem with SHIP funds is that takes away money from other
projects and other institutions that need the funding.
Ms.
Coto stated the SHIP fund also has income eligibility criteria that everyone
would have to meet, so she is not sure that is the fix.
Mr.
Kosmac said he is sure Mr. Bill Newman would be happy to work with them also.
Commissioner
Carey stated she is not interested in supporting the request by the School
Board, but she is interested in a minor adjustment with some type escalator, if
they can’t get anything else done; and if they have some resolution on how to
help offset the impact fee costs to affordable housing.
Commissioner
Van Der Weide stated they can also make it a multiple tier increase without
tying it to any percentage or cost of living or indexing of anything.
Commissioner
Dallari stated he would not like to see a tier approach. He said they can try to slice this in many
different ways, but at the end of the day, they need to move forward with
this. He would like to see them enact
this today and move forward and then try to move forward to have some type of
rebate for the low-income affordable housing.
Commissioner
Henley surrendered the gavel to Vice Chairman Carey in order to offer a motion.
Commissioner
Henley stated he thinks they need to deal with what the School Board has
proposed, voting it either up or down.
Motion by Commissioner Henley, seconded
by Commissioner Dallari, to adopt Ordinance #2007-41, as shown on page _______,
amending Ordinance #92-14 to set the Seminole County, Florida school impact
fees at the following revised amounts:
$5,000 per Single Family Detached dwelling unit; $2,450 per Town Home
dwelling unit; $2,100 per Multi-family dwelling unit; and $1,924 per Mobile
Home dwelling unit, with the addition that the County Commission and School
Board work together on the workforce housing to determine how that should be
implemented; and this be effective 90 days after Board approval; as described
in the proof of publication.
Under
discussion, Commissioner Carey asked if the motion is subject to the Board
coming up with an agreeable resolution to deal with affordable housing, because
if not, she is not going to support the motion.
Commissioner
Henley stated the motion opens it up to negotiate what that would be because
that’s provided in the existing ordinance for the Board to implement whatever
they agree upon.
Mr.
McMillan clarified the Board can’t adopt the ordinance contingent upon reaching
some future agreements.
Commissioner
Van Der Weide stated he wouldn’t be supporting the motion if it were not for
the fact that he believes there has been a tremendous amount of work that has
gone into this. The important thing is
that, all being said,
Commissioner
McLean said due to the unusual market conditions, he would like the Board to
consider a transitional approach to move into this.
Commissioner
Carey stated she agrees. She has a
little problem because the Superintendent of Schools has approached them with a
lower number in a tiered approach, and she thinks there is a better solution
than just impact fees.
Commissioner
Dallari stated the reason he is going for the full impact fee instead of the
tiered approach is mainly because it will take the new projects several months
and it will take some time to do the tiered approach. He thinks it will be more of a disservice in
the long run; and that’s why he would rather see the whole thing. The other reason is that the School Board’s
consultants have done their homework over the past two years, and the Board and
County staff have challenged them. He
thinks they have come to a reasonable number, and it should have been $7,000,
but the School Board cut it even more, so he thinks the School Board has done
the tier approach. He has no problem
supporting the motion and thinks it is advantageous that the Board in good
faith go into this and work with the School Board to try to do the rebate for
the affordable workforce housing.
Commissioner
Carey said to her, they have a lot of quality of life issues, and home
ownership is the American dream and is a part of the quality of this community
and by doing impact fees to this level, she believes is a disservice, without
knowing how they are going to solve that problem. She will not be supporting the motion because
of that. She thinks the tiered approach
made a little more sense.
Commissioner
Henley said this won’t take effect until February 1, 2008, so they have quite a
bit of time to see how things are going to work out. The tiered approach might help a few people
now, but it’s not going to be significant over that period of time unless it is
tiered over a long number of years; and he would not be in favor of that. He stated he will be supporting the motion
with the clarification of implementation, as they have time to work out the
arrangements with the School Board by February 1.
Districts
1, 3, and 4 voted AYE.
Commissioners
Carey and McLean voted NAY.
Vice
Chairman Carey returned the gavel to Commissioner Henley to assume the duties
of Chairman.
RESOLUTION/VACATE AND
ABANDONMENT/A. DUDA
& SONS, INC.
Proof
of publication, as shown on page _______, calling for a public hearing to
consider adoption of a Resolution vacating and abandoning unnamed platted
rights-of-way containing a combined area of 3.357 acres lying adjacent to and
south of Lots 22 and 123; lying adjacent to and north of Lot 125; lying
adjacent to and east of Lots 129 and 130; lying adjacent to and south of Lots
132 and 133; lying adjacent to and north of Lots 134 and 135; and lying
adjacent to and west of Lots 135 and 136; all in the Plat of Slavia Colony
Company’s Subdivision, as recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 71, Public Records of
Seminole County, Florida; less that portion of the aforesaid unnamed
rights-of-way lying west of the easterly right-of-way line of SR 426 (Aloma
Avenue); further described as Mitchell Hammock Road, in Section 16, Township 21
S, Range 31 E, A. Duda & Sons, Inc., received and filed.
Cynthia
Sweet, Development Review, addressed the Board to state staff has no objections
to the vacate and abandonment of the subject rights-of-way and recommends Board
adoption of the Resolution, subject to the applicant voluntarily dedicating
drainage and access easements over the existing ditches and the Lightwood-Knot
Canal.
Pete
Coulter (phonetic), Engineering Manager for A. Duda & Sons, addressed the
Board to state the speaker following him has brought to his attention some
concerns over access to his property. He
thanked the staff for working with them and working out the details. He said this driveway, Duda Trail, is a
private driveway and is gated off. It’s
been that way for approximately 15 years, and the remaining rights-of-way in
their sod fields contain 15’ to 20’ wide ditches that provide drainage for
areas coming out of the city and into the
Anas
Iqbal,
John
Baumgardner,
Commissioner
Carey asked couldn’t a construction easement be given until such time as the
C.O. (Certificate of Occupancy) is given on the development and then it would
expire.
Mr.
McMillan said it’s up to the applicant if he is willing to commit to provide
construction access along Duda Trail and provide the access easement.
Mr.
Coulter stated it’s a question of timing and much complication. They are willing to work with Mr.
Baumgardner.
Commissioner
Dallari advised if Mr. Coulter is not comfortable with making the decision now,
the Board can continue this hearing and come back at a later date.
Mr.
Coulter said they worked through a number of issues where they were providing
alternate access through the sod field and remaining existing rights-of-way
they are not requesting to vacate. He
said there is limited physical access to this piece of property. He pointed out on the map the subject
property and surrounding areas. He
explained all the areas are unmaintained by the County and each way you go,
there are physical obstacles where culverts would have to be added, a curb cut
added, or a road developed. He said
there are alternates he is willing to work on with Mr. Baumgardner, but they
don’t have the details today. He stated
Mr. Baumgardner owns property out to
Upon
inquiry by Commissioner Dallari on what is the requirement for access to a
piece of property, Mr. McMillan stated if you vacate access to a piece of
property, there is a taking involved.
You can’t vacate the only access to someone’s property. He discussed that it appears that Mr.
Baumgardner owns two parcels.
Mr.
Iqbal pointed to an access and said it is now all muck and they might lose a
truck; so that is not an option. He
believes bridging the canal rather than using another access would be five
times the cost. He said if they can get
a construction easement up to the point where Mr. Coulter gets his C.O. that
might be reasonable. He explained to
Chairman Henley that once he begins construction, he would go in off
Commissioner
Carey discussed with Mr. Coulter what his intentions are. He advised he has a development conceptually
approved by the city of
Mr.
Iqbal stated if Duda is willing to table this hearing for two weeks, they can
talk to them and see if they can come up with a solution.
Mr.
Coulter said he thinks two weeks would be acceptable.
Motion by Commissioner Dallari,
seconded by Commissioner McLean, to continue to November 13, 2007, the request
to consider adoption of a Resolution vacating and abandoning unnamed platted
rights-of-way containing a combined area of 3.357 acres lying adjacent to and
south of Lots 22 and 123; lying adjacent to and north of Lot 125; lying
adjacent to and east of Lots 129 and 130; lying adjacent to and south of Lots
132 and 133; lying adjacent to and north of Lots 134 and 135; and lying
adjacent to and west of Lots 135 and 136; all in the Plat of Slavia Colony
Company’s Subdivision, as recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 71, Public Records of
Seminole County, Florida; less that portion of the aforesaid unnamed
rights-of-way lying west of the easterly right-of-way line of SR 426 (Aloma
Avenue); further described as Mitchell Hammock Road, in Section 16, Township 21
S, Range 31 E; as described in the proof of publication, A. Duda & Sons,
Inc.
Under
discussion, Commissioner Dallari said he hopes both parties will look
diligently to solve this instead of being at a stalemate.
Commissioner
Carey said her problem is that Mr. Coulter is requesting to vacate only on
their portion of the land and the other party has access from another location.
Mr.
Coulter noted that there were a couple typographical corrections to be made
also.
Districts
1, 2, 3, and 4 voted AYE.
Commissioner
Carey voted NAY.
Commissioner
Dallari stated the applicant gave him some scrivener errors; and he wants Mr.
McMillan to review and report back to him by the next meeting on those.
LEGISLATIVE
UPDATE
Lisa
Spriggs, Fiscal Services Director, addressed the Board to present an update of
the legislative program and activities, including proposals being discussed as
part of the Special Session 2007D on Property Tax Reform.
Ms.
Spriggs reminded the Board that the Legislative Delegation meeting for tomorrow
has been cancelled. She stated that SB
24-C was passed that permanently reduces funding distributed to the Water
Protection Sustainability Program Trust Fund. If this is not vetoed by the Governor, it will
reduce funding this year by $20 million and is proposed to reduce the funding
by $30 million in future years. Several
different associations have presented letters to the Governor, including the
Florida Stormwater Association and FAC (Florida Association of Counties), that
are strongly opposing that as it could jeopardize the County’s funding for the
Motion by Commissioner Carey, seconded
by Commissioner Dallari, to adopt appropriate Resolution 2007-R-193, as shown
on page _______, opposing SB 24-C.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
The
Board gave consensus for Ms. Spriggs
to get the Resolution mailed out as soon as possible.
Ms.
Spriggs advised she distributed a copy of a
Commissioner
Henley surrendered the gavel to Vice Chairman Carey and left the meeting at
this time. He returned shortly thereafter. Vice Chairman Carey returned the gavel to
Commissioner Henley to assume the duties of Chairman.
Commissioner
Carey requested a tally of the individual votes of all the bills in the House
and Senate.
CHAIRMAN’S
REPORT, Continued
Chairman
Henley reminded the Board that they have only one meeting in November and in
December; and, normally, they hold the reorganization of the Board at the
second meeting in November. Since they
are not having a second meeting, the reorganization will be held at the next
meeting of November 13. He stated he
considers it an honor and pleasure to have served as Chairman but he is not
interested in continuing as Chairman, so the Commissioners should be prepared
to decide on a new Chair and possibly new Vice Chair.
Commissioner
Dallari stated Commissioner Henley’s leadership ability on the Board has been
quite inspirational.
Commissioner
Carey said she thinks they all have accomplished a lot under Commissioner
Henley’s leadership. She thanked him for
being willing to serve as Chairman.
Chairman
Henley said the citizens need to be aware of the fact that the Chairman serves
at the pleasure of the other Commissioners and anytime three become
disenchanted, they can replace him.
Also, the
Chairman
Henley excused himself at this time due to another commitment and surrendered
the gavel to Vice Chairman Carey.
COMMUNICATIONS AND/OR REPORTS
The
following Communications and/or Reports were received and filed:
1. Letter
dated
2. Letter
dated
3. Notice
of City of Lake Mary’s comprehensive plan transmittal public hearing
4. Copy
of letter dated
5. Copy
of letter dated
6. Memorandum
dated
7. Letter
dated
8. Copy
of letter dated
9. Notice
and agenda for Seminole County Port Authority meeting
10. Letter dated
11. Letter dated
12. Copy of letter dated
13. Contract for services, as shown on page
_______, between
14. Letter dated
15. Letter dated
16. Letter dated
17. Copy of letter dated
18. Letter dated
19. Copy of letter dated
20. Letter dated
21. Contract for services, as shown on page
_______, between Seminole County Government and Jennifer Sellers (Scorekeeper,
slow pitch softball).
DISTRICT
COMMISSIONERS’ REPORTS
Motion by Commissioner Dallari,
seconded by Commissioner McLean, to reappoint the following, effective January
1, 2008:
Chris LaSage to the Animal Control
Board for a one-year term;
Bill Miller, Building Contractor, to
the Contractor Examiner Board for a one-year term;
Nancy Irish, Consumer, to the
Contractor Examiner Board for a one-year term;
Eunice Mann to the Historical
Commission for a two-year term;
Tom Boyko to the Parks &
Recreation Advisory Board for a one-year term; and
Dan Anderson, Ross Pagano and Debra
Reimers to the Trails & Greenways Task Force for two-year terms.
Districts 1, 2, 3, and 5 voted AYE.
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Commissioner
Dallari stated the Seminole Cultural Arts Council’s “Hoooowl for the Arts” took
place last week at the Sanford Harley Davidson and was a huge success. He thanked the Commissioners for being
involved and everyone for their support.
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Commissioner
Dallari stated he took a tour of the Lighthouse for the Blind facility. He thinks what the Board did with the
Community Services Agency grants today was very worthwhile.
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Commissioner
Dallari stated last week in Chuluota, the St. Johns River Water Management
District held a workshop with the community.
He thanked the St. Johns River Water Management District and
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Commissioner
Dallari announced that this Thursday (November 1) is a mock D.U.I.
demonstration at
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Motion by Commissioner McLean, seconded
by Commissioner Dallari, to appoint Dennis Hale to the Tourism Development
Council for a four-year term ending January 1, 2012.
Districts
1, 2, 3 and 5 voted AYE.
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Motion by Commissioner McLean, seconded
by Commissioner Van Der Weide, to adopt appropriate Resolution #2007-R-194, as
shown on page _______, of appreciation to Penny Leffel for her service on the
Tourist Development Council.
Districts
1, 2, 3 and 5 voted AYE.
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Commissioner
McLean advised he was approached by a group called Floridians for Smarter
Growth and asked if he would be willing to serve as their
Commissioner
Carey asked him to bring that request back at the next meeting because the
Board doesn’t have any information on that and the Chairman is not
present. She wouldn’t want the Board to
appoint someone that the Chairman has the prerogative of doing. She asked Commissioner McLean to pass
information on to the
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Commissioner
McLean stated last week, the City/County Advisory Committee had an update on
the Yankee Lake Water Treatment Plant.
They also had an update on the Fire EMS partnering opportunities. There was a big discussion on property
taxes. He hopes to get definitive
information at the next meeting on November 28, 2007.
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Commissioner
Van Der Weide advised there have been some construction issues on
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Commissioner
Van Der Weide reported that everything is going fine at the Florida Zoo. As they know, the Port Authority is going
very well and the Authority was very proud of the check presented to the Board.
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Commissioner
Van Der Weide stated the Hero’s Memorial is moving along and they are working
on logos now.
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Commissioner
Carey distributed to the Commissioners for their information a copy (received
and filed) of the Central Florida Regional Voice Vision with policy frameworks
that came out at the MPO Alliance meeting held earlier this week. Further, she stated the MPO Alliance has a
MPO Institute and, at the meeting, they were asked if they had any interest in
having a class. The cost is
approximately $1,500 per person and only three people from each MPO are allowed
to attend. She said if there is an
interest, the Commissioners should let the
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Commissioner
Carey said on November 14, a street car seminar will be held by the MPO
following the regularly scheduled meeting, from noon to 2:30 p.m. She wants to make sure staff is going to
attend to learn what they can about this particular issue. She also asked Harry Barley if he could do
something similar to this about bus rapid transit.
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Commissioner
Carey stated that last week some of them went to the Diversity Dine-In at the
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Motion by Commissioner Carey, seconded
by Commissioner Dallari, to appoint Greg Dolman to the Tourism Development
Council for a four-year term beginning January 1, 2008, and ending January 1,
2012; and adoption of appropriate
Resolution #2007-R-195, as shown on page _______, of appreciation to Diane
Crews for her service on the Tourism Development Council.
Districts
1, 2, 3 and 5 voted AYE.
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Commissioner
Carey stated the Servants of the People Luncheon will be held this week to
benefit the Rescue Outreach Mission, 11:30 a.m. at the
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Commissioner
Carey recognized that Sunday, November 11, is Veterans Day and she is hoping
all the veterans will be in downtown
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Commissioner
Carey gave each Commissioner a Halloween pin and wished everyone a safe and
happy Halloween.
Ms.
Coto advised she received a phone call from Representative Hayes’ office today
and they are looking at rescheduling the Legislative Delegation meeting to
December 7, 2007. She will send out a
communication to the Commissioners’ Aides to see if other dates would be
convenient also. Commissioner Carey said
she will be out of town on December 7.
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Ms.
Coto gave a correction to Item #9 of the Consent Agenda, award CC-2424-07 to
Southland Construction, Inc., advising the amount is $8,410,000.
Motion by Commissioner McLean, seconded
by Commissioner Van Der Weide, to accept the correction to Item #9, award
CC-2424-07 to Southland Construction, Inc., changing the amount from
$10,060,000 to $8,410,000.
Districts
1, 2, 3 and 5 voted AYE.
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Commissioner
Carey noted that after the November 13 Board meeting, the Expressway Authority
meeting is tentatively scheduled. She
asked the Commissioners to note that on their calendars.
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There
being no further business to come before the Board, the Chairman declared the
meeting adjourned at 6:07 p.m., this same date.
ATTEST:_____________________Clerk____________________Chairman
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