BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA
AUGUST 11, 2009
The
following is a non-verbatim transcript of the BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING OF SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA,
held at 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, August 11, 2009, in the SEMINOLE COUNTY SERVICES BUILDING at SANFORD, FLORIDA, the usual place of meeting of said Board.
Present:
Chairman Bob Dallari (District 1)
Vice Chairman Mike McLean (District 2)
Commissioner Dick Van Der Weide (District
3)
Commissioner Carlton Henley (District 4)
Commissioner Brenda Carey (District 5)
Clerk of Court Maryanne Morse (late)
County Manager Cindy Coto
County Attorney Robert McMillan
Deputy Clerk Eva Roach
Pastor Wes Tanksley, Riverwalk
Church of God, Sanford, gave the Invocation.
Commissioner
Henley led the Pledge of Allegiance.
AWARDS
& PRESENTATIONS
Motion by Commissioner McLean,
seconded by Commissioner Carey to adopt appropriate Resolution #2009-R-155, as
shown on page ________, proclaiming August 24, 2009 as 4C Early Care and
Education Awareness Day and recognizing the many contributions 4C (Community
Coordinated Care for Children) has made in their first forty years.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
The Board
presented the Resolution to Colleen Gallagher, 4C President, who addressed the
Board to express her appreciation in helping them to celebrate 40 years of
serving Seminole County’s families and children.
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Margot
Knight, President & CEO, United Arts of Central
Florida, addressed the Board to make a presentation for the State of the Arts. She stated they have partners in attendance and
she recognized the following: Trish
Thompson from Creative Sanford and the St. Johns River Festival, Ruby Homayssi from Seminole Cultural Arts, Beverly Winesburgh
from Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center, and Elaine Hinsdale, Chairman of the
Campaign Committee. She displayed and
reviewed a chart (received and filed) showing the overall ways United Arts
Services works on behalf of the citizens of Seminole County. She reviewed the Cultural and Student Arts
Experiences in Seminole County and the Added Values. She also displayed and reviewed a chart of
the Seminole Cultural Arts Council Highlights.
She reviewed the accomplishments of the past year and the upcoming
events. She stated she appreciates that the
Board understands the collaborative nature of their work and continue to
support it. Brochures and pamphlets were
received and filed.
Commissioner
McLean thanked United Arts for allowing him to serve on the United Arts Board
as it has been an educational experience.
He stated although the County’s contribution may not be at the level
that others are, they have been fortunate to be able to
leverage the dollars that Seminole County bestowed upon them and to be able to
provide the level of performance the community deserves.
Upon
inquiry by Commissioner Henley, Ms. Knight advised Lake County is considered
part of this partnership, but do not directly invest
in it.
Chairman
Dallari stated United Arts does focus on the arts, but the important thing is the
educational opportunities that the Arts provide to students of all different
ages; and that is something United Arts needs to be commended for.
COUNTY
MANAGER’S CONSENT AGENDA
Cindy
Coto, County Manager, addressed the Board to inform them of an add-on, Item 8A,
Authorize financing team comprised of the Financial Advisor, Bond Counsel, and
Disclosure Counsel to proceed with preparing the Preliminary Official Statement
for the next series of water and sewer bonds.
Maryanne
Morse, Clerk of Circuit Court, entered the meeting at this time.
Ms. Coto
stated that Item #13, authorize scheduling public hearing relating to Traffic
Infraction and Citation Surcharge, will be held on August 25 at 1:30 p.m. She advised a revised copy (received and
filed) was submitted and the difference is “and those criminal offenses listed
in Section 318.17 Florida Statutes.” She
said there were three typos in Item #19, Approve Revised Library Services
Internet Use Policy, and staff has redistributed those pages (received and
filed) with those corrections.
Chairman
Dallari requested pulling Item #18,
Authorize Scheduling a Public Hearing relating to Stormwater Management System,
until after the County Manager’s Report so that the Board will have a little
more understanding as to where the budget is.
He stated he would like to pull
Item #26, Approval of a Resolution revising Animal Services Program, for a
separate discussion.
Commissioner
Carey requested that Item #19, Approved Revised Library Services Internal Use
Policy, and Item #25 Approve Resolution renaming Beardall Avenue, be pulled for separate discussion.
Motion by Commissioner McLean,
seconded by Commissioner Carey to authorize and approve the following excluding
items pulled for separate votes or moved:
Administrative Services
Purchasing
and Contracts
3. Award CC-4614-09/DRR, as shown on page ________, Wekiva Springs
Interconnects in the amount of $208,874.40 to Allstate Paving, Inc. of Orlando,
Florida.
4. Award RFP-600674-09/TLR, as shown on page _______, Government
Software Solution for Agenda Management Replacement to MCCi, LLC, Tallahassee,
in the amount of $109,849.00 for the initial three (3) year period.
Community Services
Administration
5. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the Sixth Renewal,
Amendment and Restatement of Volusia County Interlocal Agreement, as shown on
page _______, in the amount of $1,800.00 per certification, for Provision of
Medical Examiner Services to Seminole County.
Community
Assistance
6. Authorize the Chairman to execute the attached Community Services
Block Grant (CSBG) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Contract Award
Agreement, as shown on page ________, between the Florida Department of
Community Affairs and Seminole County in the amount of $378,321.00.
7. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the First Amendment,
as shown on page _______, to Agreement, Seminole County/The Housing Authority
of the City of Sanford, Florida, Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Program
Subrecipient Agreement, Program Year 2008-2009.
8. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the Grant Agreement,
as shown on page ________, with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development in acceptance of $648,202 through the CDBG-R Program as funded by
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Environmental Services
Administration
8A. Authorize financing team comprised of the Financial Advisor, Bond
Counsel, and Disclosure Counsel to proceed with preparing the Preliminary
Official Statement (POS) for the next series of water and sewer bonds. Authorize PBS&J to prepare the Engineer's
Report to be included in the POS.
Fiscal Services
Administration
9. Approve the Sheriff's Office to submit grant applications to the
Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) requesting the $239,756.00
countywide allocation through the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance
Program; and authorize the Chairman and Sheriff to execute the grant
applications and future documents relating to the grant, as shown on page
_________.
10. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the Regional
Interlocal Grant Agreement, as shown on page _________, with Lake County in
acceptance of participation in the Public Safety Interoperable Communications
Grant Program for the 700 MHz P25 Mobile Coverage Radio System Overlay project.
11. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Grant Agreement, as
shown on page ________, with the U.S. Department of Energy in acceptance of
$250,000.00 in funds through their Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block
Grant as funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
12. Authorize staff to schedule and advertise a public hearing to amend
the Seminole County Fire Service Municipal Service Taxing Unit Ordinance,
Section 160.12 to include the City of Winter Springs.
13. Authorize staff to schedule and advertise a public hearing to be
held at 1:30 p.m. on August 25, 2009 for the purpose of amending Seminole
County Code 50.1 "Traffic Infraction and Citation Surcharge"
increasing the surcharge from $15 to $30 for the maintenance of court
facilities.
Budget
14. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute appropriate
Resolution #2009-R-156, as shown on page ________, implementing Budget Amendment
Request (BAR) #09-94 through the ARRA – Community Services Stimulus Grants Fund
in the amount of $991,180.00 to increase funding for the Homelessness Prevention
and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP).
15. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute appropriate
Resolution #2009-R-157, as shown on page ________, implementing Budget Amendment
Request (BAR) #09-96 through the ARRA – Community Services Stimulus Grants Fund
in the amount of $378,321.00 to fund the Community Services Block Grant
Recovery program.
16. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute appropriate
Resolution #2009-R-158, as shown on page ________, implementing Budget Amendment
Request (BAR) #09-98 through the American Recovery and Rehabilitation Act
(ARRA) - Planning Grant Fund in the amount of $250,000.00 to appropriate
funding for energy efficiency and conservation.
17. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute Budget Change Request
(BCR) #09-17 through the Water & Sewer Operating Fund in the amount of
$31,607.00 for substitute equipment purchase.
Planning and Development
Development
Review
20. Adopt and authorize the Chairman to execute appropriate Resolution #2009-R-159,
as shown on page _________, vacating and abandoning the platted 7 foot wide
utility easement situated at the east side of Lot 4, Sanlando Estates, as
recorded in Plat Book 12, Page 53, of the Public Records of Seminole County, Florida,
and further described as 107 Oak Street, Altamonte Springs, Florida; in Section
03, Township 21S, Range 29E, Alan P. and S. Marie Hubley.
21. Authorize the release of the Winter Miles Industrial Park, Phase 1
Right-of-Way Utilization Permit Maintenance Bond #54-165981 in the amount of
$1,250.70 for the Winter Miles Industrial Park, Phase 1 Right-of-Way road
improvements.
22. Authorize the release of the Ruby Court - Tropical Pools and Spas,
Inc. Right-of-Way Utilization Permit Maintenance Bond #0FL0575589 in the amount
of $10,000.00 for the Ruby Court - Tropical Pools and Spas, Inc. road
improvements.
Planning
23. Approve the Satisfaction
of Lien, as shown on page ________, in the amount of $959.32, Case No.
09-09-CEB, on 2737 Teak Place, Lake Mary, Tax Parcel #03-20-30-5PZ-0000-0800,
Lavictor and Latonya Pelt, and authorize the Chairman to execute said
Satisfaction of Lien.
Public Safety
Administration
24. Adopt revised Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP)
Resolution #2009-R-160, as shown on page __________, as required by the
provisions of Rule Chapters 9G-6 and 9G-7, Florida Administrative Code (FAC).
Public Works
Traffic
Engineering
27. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the Seminole County,
Seminole County Sheriff's Office and Stonehurst Community Association, Inc.
Traffic Enforcement Agreement, as shown on page ________.
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
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Jane Peterson, Library Services Director,
addressed the Board to explain for Commissioner Carey how to access the use of
the internet through the library’s internet scheduling system on page 3 of Item
#19, Approve Revised Library Services Internet Use Policy. She stated a person has to sign in in order
to get time on the computer.
Commissioner Carey stated she thinks that
the requirement of limiting a workstation use to two persons per workstation is
a control issue. She stated she has
concerns about that because schools regularly assign tasks to groups of
students. Therefore, there are going to
be times to where a small group of students will be working together on a
project. There are also a lot of home
schools in the area and this rule will prevent a mother with five kids from
being able to do that. She stated if
there is an issue, the library should deal with it, but no policy should be
made.
Ms. Peterson informed Commissioner McLean
the issue of dealing with workstations does not have anything to do with the
federal guidelines.
Commissioner Carey stated there is nothing
in the resolution that pertains to 15-cents for printing.
Upon inquiry by Commissioner Van Der Weide,
Ms. Peterson advised the allotted time for people to use the computers is 45
minutes.
Upon inquiry by Commissioner Carey, Ms.
Peterson advised the 45 minutes use time is not part of the policy, but if
there are too many people wanting to use the computer, then that becomes a
problem. Staff could reduce the use time
to 30 minutes.
Upon further inquiry by Commissioner Carey,
Ms. Peterson advised a patron is required to have a library card to use the
internet and if they do not have one, they can buy a guest card. People who do not live in the County can use
the computer by buying a guest card for $1.00 for 45 minutes.
Commissioner Carey stated she feels the
charge for nonresidents should be higher because they are tying up the few
computers that are in demand.
Upon inquiry by Commissioner Henley, Ms.
Peterson advised the workstation use was in the policy and she doesn’t believe
that caused a problem. She stated if a
family of two or three kids come in to use a computer, the librarians would
usually make an exception.
Commissioner Carey stated if there is a
problem at one library then you deal with it, but she doesn’t think making a policy
necessarily serves the public well.
Motion by
Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Van Der Weide to adopt appropriate
Resolution #2009-R-164, as shown on page _________, approving the 2009 Revised
Library Services Internet Use Policy for inclusion in the Administrative Code,
Section 29.10, striking the use of the workstation to two persons per
workstation, with the understanding that all the corrections discussed will be
addressed.
Under discussion, Commissioner Henley
stated it is difficult for two people to work on a computer at the same
time. The workstation procedure has been
in there and there have not been any problems with it. He stated it concerns him that he has to vote
against the entire resolution because this is not a change except to reduce
noise. He said he has spent a number of
years supervising libraries with a lot more computers. He said he doesn’t believe there will be five
or six people in a group on a computer at the same time.
Commissioner McLean stated the discussion
here should not be the number of people at the work station but what their
conduct is. There will be steps taken if
someone gets out of hand.
Commissioner Carey stated something can be
put in the resolution about bad behavior if they need to.
Chairman Dallari stated it pains him for
voting against this just because of the one issue, and he would like to ask the
motion maker if she would be willing to put it back the way it was so that it
is based only on the noise issue.
Commissioner Carey amended her motion to leave in the workstation language but deal
with the noise reduction. Commissioner
Van Der Weide agreed to the
amendment.
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
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Request to approve a Resolution (Item 25)
renaming Beardall Avenue to Skyway Drive was presented.
Commissioner Carey stated she received a
letter from Orlando Sanford International Airport President Larry Dale
supporting renaming a section of Beardall Avenue to either General Aviation
Drive or Aviation Drive.
Tad Stone, Public Safety Director,
addressed the Board to explain to Commissioner Carey why those two names would
not work, stating the first problem is the length of
the name and the second is that there is already an Aviation Loop.
Commissioner Carey stated staff worked very
hard to try to figure out a way to accommodate the requests in identifying this
closely with the airport.
Motion by
Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Henley to adopt appropriate
Resolution #2009-R-161, as shown on page ________, renaming Beardall Avenue to
Skyway Drive.
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
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Request to approve a Resolution (Item #26)
revising Seminole County Administrative Code, Section 20.5, Animal Services
Program, was presented.
Chairman Dallari stated he would like to
address the fee structure for dangerous dogs.
He stated he realizes that dangerous dogs are an important item that
needs to be addressed. He stated the
issue is he wants to make sure that it is a realistic fee and people will not
try to skirt the issue.
Mr. Stone stated the fee is currently set
at $200.00 for a dangerous dog. He
stated Osceola County’s fee is $1000.00 for a first time registration of a dangerous
dog and an additional $500.00 per year. Lake
County’s fee is $500.00 and Brevard County’s is $300.00, but they are looking
at their ordinance to change that. Staff
is not only trying to maintain the consistency throughout the Central Florida
region, but also the potential impact that a dangerous dog has on a community.
Upon inquiry by Chairman Dallari, Mr. Stone
advised staff is required to inspect the site where the dog is residing, but
they have not been doing that and he has corrected that problem.
Commissioner Carey stated she understands
the dangerous dog issue but when they get older and mature and calm down that
is a declining risk. She stated she
would like to know if an owner can come in and get their dog off the dangerous dog
list.
Mr. Stone stated there is no mechanism in
place with the current ordinance, but staff is trying to address that in an
upcoming ordinance.
Mr. Stone informed Commissioner Carey that the
current State Statute indicates that once it is a dangerous dog and it gets
older and can’t move faster, it is still considered a dangerous dog. He stated they could get the dog off the
dangerous list by doing it through a local ordinance and move it in a potential
dangerous dog status and reduce or eliminate the fees.
Commissioner Carey stated she would like to
at least grandfather in those prior cases if staff is going to look at changing
the fees, but not affect the people who are dealing with a dangerous dog
situation because many of those happened in the 1990’s or 2000.
Commissioner Henley stated he cannot
support this resolution as $500 a year is almost a death wish on the dog. He stated he has been an owner of dogs and
some of them can be intimidating. He
said even though the surrounding counties are doing it, it doesn’t mean that is
the right thing to do.
Commissioner Van Der Weide stated he cannot
support this either because it is going to have a much larger impact on the
citizens who cannot afford it.
Mr. Stone explained to Commissioner Van Der
Weide how a dog qualifies for being a dangerous dog. He stated one thing that they have noticed is
it is very easy for a citizen to say that a dog is dangerous. It is another thing meeting the criteria
under the local ordinance and State Statutes.
The person has an opportunity under the local ordinance to disagree with
the findings of the Animal Control officer and take that to the Animal Control
Board. The Animal Control Board will review
the evidence and then they will make a decision as to whether or not that
animal meets the criteria.
Commissioner Van Der Weide stated he sat
through one of the dangerous dogs hearing and it isn’t a pleasant thing.
Upon inquiry by Commissioner Van Der Weide,
Mr. Stone advised the Animal Control Board declared that one of the two dogs
that attacked a smaller dog was put down and the other was returned to the homeowner
with a series of stipulations.
Commissioner Van Der Weide stated some of
the requirements relating to having to be placed in a pen with ceilings and the
entire cage being placed all the way around the animal would be a death
sentence. A lot of people cannot afford
this.
Commissioner McLean stated being in the
insurance business, the concept of dangerous dogs is challenging. If it is proven that an animal has bitten a
person or another animal, the insurance premium would be considerably higher. He said he likes the idea of grandfathering
in and he would like to look at putting in place a reevaluation process. He stated the point is an animal is
considered dangerous, and given those circumstances, he is comfortable with the
$500 fee.
Commissioner Carey stated they may want to stick
with the current fee and look at some type of annual review that can be
instituted by the pet owner. At some point an older dog is not going to be
doing a lot of chasing. She said that
she knows staff is working out a deal with SEPS to do the spay
and neuter so that will be included in the adoption. She said she doesn’t want to do anything to
discourage people from coming in to adopt an animal. She stated she would like to look at ways to
lower these fees, but to cover the cost of sterilization. It would be better to make the adoption fee
more attractive.
Mr. Stone stated staff is looking at the
point where they almost break even for board and maintenance of an animal. He stated he doesn’t think that $65 is an
unreasonable request for the amount of time to hold an animal before it is
available for adoption. He stated staff
does everything they can to move the animals out the door if humanly possible.
Commissioner Carey stated she wants to make
sure that they are not pricing themselves to where they are discouraging people
from adopting an animal.
Mr. Stone stated the State law is the
animal has to be sterilized if it comes out of the shelter.
Commissioner Henley stated he feels there
are a number of ways to deal with this.
He pointed out that grandfathering dogs in doesn’t make them less
dangerous. The County charges fees to
cover the cost of services. Based upon
the information he has received staff has not been out to inspect or monitor
these for years. That is part of the
reason why he cannot accept a $500 fee, but he can accept $200. He said until he sees that they are providing
services way beyond the $200 annually he would have trouble supporting it. He suggested pulling this item and bringing
it back to the Board.
Chairman Dallari stated he would agree as
he feels there needs to be some additional work done on this. He said he feels it behooves the Board to ask
staff to review it and bring it back.
Commissioner Van Der Weide stated he has no
problem with bringing this item back, but he would like to have some cost
related to this because he feels some people couldn’t cover the costs.
Discussion ensued relating to justification
of the fee, adequate review process, and the fee structure changes.
Mr. McMillan stated he feels the Board can
build into the fee structure something that addresses a diminishing fee based
upon the age of the animal or reducing the fee generally. Once an animal gets to be 20, maybe there is
no fee; but the issue of taking them off the dangerous dog list is something
they need to look at. He stated from his
experience with animal control ordinance amendments, if they hold up the fee
schedule when the amendment is adopted, the Board may not be able to adopt the
fee schedule for five years. The Board
can deal with some of those issues of diminishing the fees in the fee
resolution without moving or putting in a mechanism for taking a dog off the
dangerous dog list.
Commissioner Carey stated very few dogs
live to be 20 but if staff wants to reduce a percentage of the fee down every
five years, then the grandfather clause is a simple statement.
The consensus
of the Board was to bring the fee resolution back at the next Board meeting.
Letter and e-mail pertaining to dangerous
dogs were received and filed.
Commissioner Henley stated he would like
Mr. Stone to explain why the Animal Control Board has a policy of allowing
people to speak once a year. He stated
he questions that because people should have the right to express
themselves.
Mr. Stone stated that is a policy that the
Animal Control Board set six months ago.
He stated there is a meeting in September and he has asked to be placed
on that agenda and he will bring that issue forward.
Commissioner Henley stated he would like
that changed.
Commissioner Carey suggested that the
Animal Control Board let people speak at the beginning of their meeting and
suggested the same for BCC meetings.
Commissioner Henley stated he brought that
up when he was Chairman and no one considered it. He said he has difficulty explaining to
people that they cannot speak during a Consent Agenda item.
Chairman Dallari stated he has no issue having
the general public speak at the beginning of a meeting and then do general
comments at the end.
Mr. Stone stated he will relay the Board’s
concerns at the Animal Control Board meeting.
CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS’ CONSENT
AGENDA
Motion by
Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner McLean to authorize and approve
the following:
Clerk’s Office
A.
Expenditure
Approval Lists, as shown on page ________, dated July 13 & 20, 2009; and
Payroll Approval List, as shown on page ________, dated July 9, 2009.
The Board
noted, for information only, the following Clerk’s “received and filed”:
1.
IFB-600694-09
Contract, as shown on page ________, for Purchase and Replacement of Light
Engines for Videowall at the Traffic Management Center, Advanced Video, Inc.
2.
Amendment
#1, as shown on page _______, to Work Order #15 to RFP-0013-05.
3.
Amendment
#3, as shown on page ________, to RFP-600223-07.
4.
BOA
Development Order #09-30000074, David Kiswani, as shown on page ________.
5.
Amendment
#1, as shown on page ________, to Work Order #3 to RFP-3261-08.
6.
Work
Order #123, as shown on page ________, to PS-5165-04.
7.
Recorded
Warranty Deed, as shown on page ________, for Gulamali Jaffer for right-of-way
dedication of Myrtle Street.
8.
First
Amendment, as shown on page ________, to Seminole County Health Dept.
Renovation Service Agreement.
9.
Performance
Bond #BLN5753074, as shown on page ________, in the amount of $55,000 for
AT&T Orange Blvd. Tower.
10.
Amendment
#1, as shown on page _______, to Work Order #5 to PS-5180-05.
11.
Amendment
#2, as shown on page ________, to Work Order #7 to PS-5180-05.
12.
Work
Order #22, as shown on page ________, to CC-1284-06.
13.
Work
Orders #31 & #32, as shown on page ________, to PS-1501-06.
14.
BOA
Development Order #06-51000021, Lynn Poirier, as shown on page ________.
15.
Parks
Contract, as shown on page ________, for Salvador Trejo.
16.
Tennis
Developmental Instructor Agreement, Daniela Celi, as shown on page ________.
17.
Amendment
#1, as shown on page ________, to Work Order #16 to PS-5182-05.
18.
Amendment
#1, as shown on page ________, to Work Order #19 to PS-5182-05.
19.
Work
Order #7, as shown on page ________, to PS-2468-07.
20.
Amendment
#3, as shown on page ________, to Work Order #36 to RFP-0225-05.
21.
Work
Orders #77 & #78, as shown on page ________, to CC-1220-03.
22.
Temporary
Construction Easements, as shown on page ________, for Mark & Diane Cahill;
Larry & Diane Smith; Allen Wang; Hulon & Martha Black; C.F. & Ila
Holloway; and Brady & Tara Sapp.
23.
Warranty
Deeds and Westcor Land Title Insurance Company Policy for Emory & Gladys
Green, as shown on page _________.
24.
Work
Order #9, as shown on page ________, to PS-2468-07.
25.
Work
Order #3, as shown on page ________, to PS-2051-07.
26.
Change
Order #5, as shown on page ________, to CC-2424-07.
27.
Change
Order #2, as shown on page ________, to Work Order #5 to CC-2183-07.
28.
E-mails
to John Sury and Carol Hunter relating to Lovett Silverman RFI Log Requests for
information, re: CH2M Hill Audit.
29.
Third
and Fourth Amendments, as shown on page ________, to PS-0369-05.
30.
Change
Order #3, as shown on page ________, to CC-2938-07.
31.
Change
Order #1, as shown on page ________, to Work Order #33 to CC-1075-06.
32.
Amendment
#2, as shown on page ________, to Work Order #4 to PS-5172-04.
33.
Work
Order #16, as shown on page ________, to CC-2190-07.
34.
Change
Order #1, as shown on page ________, to Work Order #6 to CC-2183-07.
35.
IFB-600673-09
Contract, as shown on page _________, for Fire Alarm System Monitoring,
Testing, Inspection and Maintenance, Simplex Grinnell, LP.
36.
Change
Order #1, as shown on page ________, to Work Order #36 to CC-1075-06.
37.
Work
Order #23, as shown on page _________, to CC-1284-06.
38.
Amendment
#35, as shown on page _________, to Work Order #1 to PS-1074-06.
39.
Work
Order #39, as shown on page ________, to RFP-0225-05.
40.
Change
Order #1, as shown on page ________, to Work Order #37 to CC-1075-06.
41.
RFP-600587-09
Contract, as shown on page ________, for Irrigation System Evaluation Services,
Cato Environmental Services.
42.
Change
Order #1, as shown on page ________, to CC-3220-08.
43.
Bids
as follows: CC-4186-09 & CD;
IFB-600701-09; RFP-600702-09; RFP-600706-09; RFI-600708-09; 600709-09 and
Presentations for PS-4202-09.
Sheriff’s Office
29. Approval to expend $2,215.00 from the Law Enforcement Trust Fund to
provide for funds to implement a Narcotics Overdose Prevention and Education
(NOPE) Program for middle and high school students.
30. Approval to contribute $1,000.00 from the Law Enforcement Trust
Fund in support of the Mustard Seed Program.
Under discussion, Commissioner McLean
discussed with Chief Penny Fleming, Sheriff’s Office, relating to some challenges
the Mustard Seed Program (Item #30) is having.
At the request of Commissioner Henley, Mr. McMillan reviewed the
trust fund expenditure for the Drug Program for middle and high school students
(Item #29).
Ms. Fleming stated the program is not only for drug prevention
but for crime prevention as well. She
stated they have had donations to Safe House and an array of school projects.
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
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Chairman Dallari recessed the meeting at
10:38 a.m., reconvening it at 10:45 a.m.
REGULAR AGENDA
Johnny Edwards, Solid Waste Manager,
addressed the Board to present request (Item #31) for approval of a Third
Amendment and Renewal to RFP-4234-04 Solid Waste Collection Franchise
Agreement, Florida Residential Collection Services in unincorporated County
Service Area 3 with Waste Pro of Florida, Inc.; Solicit requests for proposals
for a Solid Waste Franchise Agreement to provide Residential Collection Service
within Service Area 1; and solicit requests for proposals for a Solid Waste
Franchise Agreement to provide Residential Collection Service within Service Area
2. He reviewed the current contract
prices and term changes with Waste Pro, Waste Management, and Waste Services. He stated staff is recommending approval of
the Third Amendment and Renewal with Waste Pro (Service Area 3). Staff is also recommending that it is
necessary to solicit request for proposals for Service Areas 1 and 2. Tables showing Exclusive Residential Solid
Waste Franchise Price Proposal Summary and Proposed Changes in Contract Terms
were received and filed.
Mr. Edwards informed Commissioner McLean
that Service Areas 1 and 2 contracts were negotiated in 2004.
Commissioner Carey stated she feels they
are getting a pretty good value from the current haulers even with the revised
proposals. She said she spoke to a
number of the other haulers and what she is hearing is their rates are in the
$14.00 range and they are servicing a lot more households. She added she feels that if the haulers had
the benefit of CPI adjustment or fuel adjustment and not having to buy
equipment every five years, their rates would have been better kept up. She feels that the percentage gap wouldn’t
have been that different. She said her
office has received very few complaints about garbage.
Upon inquiry by Commissioner Henley, Mr.
Edwards advised the rates of gasoline are one of the major contributing factors
of the price increases, but no adjustments based on gasoline prices. He stated there have been consumer price
index adjustments. Discussion ensued.
Ms. Coto stated if you are picking up solid
waste recyclables in Service Areas 1 and 2, they are very condensed urbanized areas. Service Area 3 is the rural area and it does
not have the same intensity of development, so there are additional costs to
run those vehicles and to man those vehicles.
Commissioner Henley stated at one time the
County had six haulers on board and the Board chose to cut them down to three. The County adjusted the zoning in order to
try to cut down the amount of mileage.
He said he is comfortable with approving Waste Pro. He stated he has problems with the
stipulation that a complaint being corrected the next day and not counted as a
complaint.
Mr. Edwards stated his inclination is to put
that in the other contracts.
Commissioner Henley stated if they are
going to allow that for one, then they should do it for each of them.
Commissioner McLean stated he went through
the process with the city of Lake Mary and he is very much inclined to be a
market-based thought process. He stated
in Areas 1 and 2, the competitive RFP process will bring as good or better
pricing.
Upon inquiry by Commissioner Carey, Mr.
Edwards advised the previous conditions about the complaints and phone calls
after 3:00 p.m. is one of the conditions requested by Waste Management. There was also a request to lower the
administrative charge and staff has verified and confirmed the complaints. Staff has the authority in the current
contract to levy a $1,000 charge. The
contractor has requested that be lowered to $500 and staff has no objections to
that. He stated he doesn’t believe staff
levies the $1,000 very often.
Commissioner Van Der Weide stated the last
time they went through the negotiating process, the staff beat them up badly
and the prices came in much higher than expected and they went out to
rebid. Somehow they got through the
process and now they are here again. He
feels they need to go out for bid on two of the areas in order to know where
they are.
At the request of Chairman Dallari, Mr.
Edwards reviewed the changes and terms of the contract for Waste Pro, as
outlined on Table 4.
Commissioner Carey stated she feels that
one of the things that would help to lower the cost is to lower the $1,000 to
$500 as part of the RFP process.
Commissioner Henley stated the only concern
he has is the statement that they are replacing the age of the fleet. He questioned if they have identified what
those standards are.
Mr. Edwards stated those standards are
placed in the Waste Pro amendment and the bottom line is that has the authority to remove a truck from
contract service if there are consistent problems with that truck.
Motion by
Commissioner Henley, seconded by Commissioner Van Der Weide to approve and
authorize the Chairman to execute the Third Amendment and Renewal, as shown on
page _______, to RFP-4234-04/AJR, Solid Waste Collection Franchise Agreement in
unincorporated Service Area 3 with Waste Pro of Florida, Inc.; and authorize
staff to solicit requests for proposals for a Solid Waste Franchise Agreement
to provide Residential Collection Service within Service Areas 1 and 2.
Under discussion, Mr. Edwards advised as
far as scope of service, his inclination would be to put out a contract and an
RFP that is identical to the resulting contract with Waste Pro.
Upon inquiry by Commissioner Carey, Mr.
Edwards advised that would include the reduction from $1,000 to $500, if the
Board directs.
Commissioner Carey stated she will not be
supporting the motion as she feels they have a pretty good deal now and she is
concerned about how this is going to come back.
Chairman Dallari stated he would like staff
to look in the future at the possibility of asking the haulers what the
opportunity is in going with compressed natural gas. There are a lot of large cities around the
country doing that and they are saving money.
He said he will be submitting to the Board copies of information
relating to this.
Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4 voted AYE.
Commissioner Carey voted NAY.
COUNTY MANAGER’S REPORT
Ms. Coto informed the Board that NCAA has
notified the Central Florida Sports Commission that Seminole County has been
awarded Division II for men’s and women’s tennis for 2010/2011.
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The
Chairman recessed the meeting at 11:14 a.m., reconvening at 1:30 p.m. with all
Commissioners and all other Officials, with the exception of Deputy Clerk Eva
Roach who was replaced by Deputy Clerk Carylon Cohen, who were present at the
Opening Session.
PROOFS OF
PUBLICATION
Motion by Commissioner
Henley, seconded by Commissioner McLean, to authorize filing the proofs of
publication for this meeting’s scheduled public hearings into the Official
Record.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
PUBLIC
HEARINGS
KENTUCKY SQUARE LARGE SCALE
FUTURE
LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT/HUGH
HARLING
Proof of
publication, as shown on page _______, calling for a public hearing to consider
transmittal of a Large Scale Future Land Use Map Amendment from SE (Suburban
Estates) to LDR (Low Density Residential) for 27.6 acres, located at the
southwest corner of the intersection of Beardall Avenue and Kentucky Street, to
the Department of Community Affairs; Hugh Harling, received and filed.
Ian
Sikonia, Senior Planner, addressed the Board to
present the request stating the applicant proposes a change in land use in
order to develop a single-family home subdivision. Staff received one letter in opposition to
this request, which is included in the staff report. The Planning and Zoning Commission has not
heard the revised request to Low Density Residential due to the applicant
filing it on July 6, 2009. Staff
recommends the Board transmit the requested Large Scale Future Land Use Map
Amendment from Suburban Estates to Low Density Residential.
Hugh
Harling, Harling Locklin & Associates, applicant, addressed the Board to
state they concur with the staff report and will continue to work with the
community.
Barbara Buresh, 3381 Eaglewoods Trail, on
behalf of herself, her husband and some of the neighbors, addressed the Board
to state they are in favor of this proposed change.
No one
else spoke in support or in opposition.
Speaker
Request Form was received and filed.
District
Commissioner Carey expressed appreciation to the citizens for their willingness
to work with the applicant to try to come up with a transitional zoning for
this area. She said the letter in
opposition from Mr. & Mrs. Hunter was because they
could not be present today to say they are opposed. Commissioner Carey said she still believes
this is the right thing to do.
Motion by Commissioner Carey, seconded
by Commissioner Henley, to approve transmitting to the Department of Community
Affairs the Large Scale Future Land Use Map Amendment from SE (Suburban
Estates) to LDR (Low Density Residential) for 27.6 acres, located at the
southwest corner of the intersection of Beardall Avenue and Kentucky Street; as
described in the proof of publication, Hugh Harling, based on staff findings.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
CELERY AVENUE LARGE SCALE
FUTURE LAND
USE MAP AMENDMENT, HUGH
HARLING, Continued
Continuation
of a public hearing from July 28, 2009, to consider transmittal of a Large
Scale Future Land Use Map Amendment from SE (Suburban Estates) to LDR (Low
Density Residential) for 89 acres, located on the north side of Celery Avenue,
approximately 1,200 feet east of Sipes Avenue, to the
Department of Community Affairs; as described in the proof of publication, Hugh
Harling.
Chairman
Dallari advised the public input portion of this meeting is closed.
Joy
Williams, Planner, addressed the Board to state the staff is recommending
transmittal of the request.
Motion by Commissioner Carey, seconded
by Commissioner McLean, to approve transmittal of the Large Scale Future Land
Use Map Amendment from SE (Suburban Estates) to LDR (Low Density Residential)
for 89 acres, located on the north side of Celery Avenue, approximately 1,200
feet east of Sipes Avenue, to the Department of
Community Affairs; as described in the proof of publication, Hugh Harling,
based on staff findings.
Commissioner
Henley asked if the applicant would consider committing to a bus pullout along
Celery Avenue should it be needed in the future.
Mr.
Harling stated they have done a project a little further to the east and there
will be additional right-of-way on the north side that needs to be donated as
part of the development process, and it will not be a problem for them to
provide for a bus pullout at the same time.
Commissioner
Carey stated at this time, the action is just for transmittal to DCA and the
bus pullout is something that will come later under a planned amendment or site
plan specific item.
Mr.
Harling said he could make the commitment today for that.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE
SEMINOLE
COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
Continuation
of a public hearing from July 28, 2009, to consider transmittal of the Text
Amendments to the Seminole County Comprehensive Plan to the State Land Planning
Agency, as described in the proof of publication.
Chairman
Dallari advised that the public input portion was closed at the last meeting.
Sheryl
Stolzenberg, Principal Coordinator, addressed the Board to state staff
continues to recommend that the Text Amendments be transmitted.
Motion by Commissioner
Carey, seconded by Commissioner McLean, to approve transmittal of the Text
Amendments to the Seminole County Comprehensive Plan to the State Land Planning
Agency; as described in the proof of publication.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
VACATE AND ABANDON/
GEOFFREY AND STACY SUMMIT
Proof of
publication, as shown on page _______, calling for a public hearing to consider
adoption of a Resolution to vacate and abandon a portion of a 10.00 by 93.7
foot-long swale easement for Lot 28 of the plat Banyan Pointe as recorded in
Plat Book 72, Pages 62 – 64 of the public records of Seminole County, Florida,
in Section 17, Township 20 S, and Range 30 E, and further described as 3667
Simonton Place, Geoffrey and Stacy Summit, received and filed.
Brian
Walker, Senior Planner, addressed the Board to present the request, stating
staff agrees that the vacated portion will not have any negative effects on the
area. Staff received a letter from the
Banyan Pointe Homeowner’s Association stating no objection to the request. He said the staff is recommending the Board
adopt a Resolution to vacate and abandon the portion of the swale easement as
requested.
Commissioner
Henley said this is going from a 10’ swale to 5’ and back to 10’. He asked if that is not going to impact in
any way the functionality of the swale.
Mr. Walker said the transmission of
water was analyzed by the Stormwater Engineer and determined that the change
would not interfere in any way with the ability of the swale to do its job.
Commissioner
Henley asked what the distance is between the pool area and residence.
Geoffrey
Summit, 3667 Simonton Place, applicant, addressed the Board to answer the
distance is 5½ feet from the pool to the house at the closest point and 7 feet
at the farthest point. He said he
concurs with the staff report.
No one
spoke in support or in opposition.
Motion by Commissioner Henley, seconded
by Commissioner Carey, to adopt appropriate Resolution #2009-R-162, as shown on
page _______, to vacate and abandon a portion of a 10.00 by 93.7 foot-long
swale easement for Lot 28 of the plat Banyan Pointe as recorded in Plat Book
72, Pages 62 – 64 of the public records of Seminole County, Florida, in Section
17, Township 20 S, and Range 30 E, and further described as 3667 Simonton
Place; as described in the proof of publication, Geoffrey and Stacy Summit.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
CHAIRMAN’S
REPORT
Chairman
Dallari stated he received a letter from the Mount Olive M. B. Church that is
celebrating its 126th anniversary.
He would like to write a letter with each Board member’s signature
congratulating the church. There were no objections.
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Chairman
Dallari passed to the Commissioners the letter (received and filed) from the
National Purchasing Institute, Inc. advising of the Achievement of Excellence
in Procurement Award to the Purchasing Department.
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Chairman
Dallari said the City of Orlando asked for a Resolution of support from
Seminole County for their application to the Department of Transportation for
their high-speed rail funding.
Commissioner
Henley said there was discussion at MetroPlan as to whether that would have any
impact on SunRail and they were assured it would not.
Chairman
Dallari distributed a copy of the resolution (received and filed) and said, if
no objections, he would bring this back on the agenda for the next
meeting. There were no objections.
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Commissioner
Van Der Weide said regarding the letter on the Procurement Award, that is a
real “feather in the hat” for Seminole County and Purchasing Manager Ray
Hooper. Whereupon Chairman Dallari asked
Ms. Coto to make sure the Purchasing Department is aware the award was
acknowledged at today’s meeting.
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Chairman
Dallari distributed budget information (received and filed) for the BCC and
said he would like to make the following budget amendments: Travel and Per Diem, to be broken down to
have $900 for each Commission District for local travel and $5,000 total for out-of-state
travel. The Commissioners would still
have to submit their out-of-state travel requests for approval as before. He is not changing any policies already put
into place. For
Commission Operations (supplies like coffee and incidentals), he would like to
reduce that amount to $0, if no objections. For Other Charges and Obligations, he would
like to reduce that amount to $500; and for Books, Dues and Publications,
reduce that to $10,000. He said most of
that amount has to do with the NACo fees.
Commissioner Carey said also a number of the registration fees come out
of that line item. Chairman Dallari
said, with no objections, he will make sure those changes are put in the
budget. There were no objections.
Commissioner
Carey asked that the Fiscal Services staff review those changes and see what
percentage that reduces the BCC budget by.
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Chairman
Dallari said at the last meeting they discussed having the two budget public
hearings on September 9 and 22 and another BCC meeting is scheduled for
September 15. He asked if there were any
objections to having that day meeting on the 15th to correspond with
the evening meeting of the budget hearing on the 22nd.
Motion by Commissioner
McLean, seconded by Commissioner Carey, to change the BCC meeting date from
September 15 to September 22, 2009.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
COMMUNICATIONS
AND/OR REPORTS
The
following Communications and/or Reports were received and filed:
1. Letter
dated July 20, 2009, from Ross Pagano, Library Advisory Board, to BCC re: Management of the Seminole Library System by
a “For Profit” company.
2. Letter received July 29, 2009, from Brian Craigo,
408 Winding Oak Lane, Longwood, to Chairman Dallari re: Board of County Commission salary
increases. (cc: BCC)
3. Memorandum (w/attachments) dated July 21, 2009, from Brian Short,
Republic Services Orlando Division, to BCC re:
Results of Orlando Service Area’s Customer Satisfaction Report. (cc:
Solid Waste Division)
4. Letter (w/attachments) dated July 28, 2009, from Pat Lee, City of
Sanford, to BCC re: Notice for Ordinance
No. 4186. (cc: County Mgr., Planning & Development)
5. Letter (w/attachments) dated July 29, 2009, from Cynthia Porter,
City of Sanford, to BCC re: Notice for
Ordinance No. 4187. (cc: County Mgr., Planning & Development)
6. Copy of letter dated July 21, 2009, from Amy Giannotti,
St. Johns Regional Biologist, to BCC re:
Compliance with regard to the vegetation requirements set forth in
State’s Rule, 68F-20, Florida Administrative Code, for Lake Tuskawilla. (cc:
County Mgr., Public Works)
7. Notice of August 10 and August 24, 2009, city of Sanford Public
Hearing re: amending a Development
Agreement between the city of Sanford and Gateway Riverwalk. (cc:
BCC, County Mgr., Planning & Development)
8. Copy of letter (w/attachments) dated July 28, 2009, from Kirby
Green, Executive Director SJRWMD, to Governor Crist re: SJRWMD Tentative Budget Submission for FY
2009/2010.
9. Letter (w/attachment) dated July 30, 2009 from Ray Valdes, Seminole
County Tax Collector, to Chairman Dallari re:
2009-10 budget for the Office of the Seminole County Tax Collector
submitted to the Florida Dept. of Revenue.
10. Letter dated August 4,
2009, from Diane Pickett Culpepper, Bright House Networks, to Chairman Dallari
and BCC re: New programming for Bright
House Networks customers.
11. Letter (w/attachment)
dated July 31, 2009, from Bruce Skwarlo, Central
Florida Sports Commission, to Chairman Dallari re: June 2009 Monthly Activities Report.
12. Letter (w/attachment)
dated August 7, 2009, from Larry Dale, President/CEO, Orlando Sanford Airport,
to Chairman Dallari and BCC re:
Supporting the recommendation to rename Beardall Avenue to “Aviation
Drive”. (cc: Addressing Division)
DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS’ REPORTS
Motion by Commissioner
Carey, seconded by Commissioner McLean, to appoint Gayle Hair to the Animal
Control Board to fill the unexpired term ending January 22, 2010.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
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Motion by Commissioner
Van Der Weide, seconded by Commissioner Henley, to adopt appropriate Resolution
#2009-R-163, as shown on page _______, of appreciation to Colleen Lassiter for
her services on the Contractors Licensing Board.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
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Motion by Commissioner
Carey, seconded by Commissioner Henley, to appoint Fletcher Long to the
Contractors Licensing Board for the remainder of the one year term ending
January 22, 2010.
Districts
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 voted AYE.
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Commissioner
Carey stated last Saturday she and Commissioner Van Der Weide attended the
Seminole County Veterans Stand Down event, and the
focus was the local homeless veterans.
This was a great organized event and the County staff did a lot of work
on that. She thanked the County staff
volunteers for their support who were also in attendance.
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Commissioner
Carey stated the second anniversary of How Shall We Grow? is
on August 21 and a gathering will be held at the Orlando Airport Hyatt from
9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The County is
planning to have a booth there. Ms. Coto
advised that due to the existing resources, there will be a static display and
video but no County staff will attend.
Whereupon, Commissioner Carey said as the Board’s representative for
myRegion.com, she plans to attend and will try to have someone cover the
booth. Chairman Dallari stated he may be
able to attend also.
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Commissioner
Carey announced the Community Based Care (CBC) of Seminole is having its “It
Takes a Village” breakfast on August 27 at 7:30 a.m. at the Lake Mary Events
Center.
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Commissioner
Carey said there was an article in the NACo magazine about health care and other
benefits. She circulated that to the
Commissioners for their review.
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Chairman
Dallari thanked Civil Engineer Owen for accompanying him this past Saturday on
a number of site visits in the Oviedo, Winter Springs and Winter Park areas.
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Chairman
Dallari stated this coming Thursday, he will speak as
moderator with WMFE, at the Tusca Springs Homeowner’s
Association on their various issues regarding the mortgage crises.
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Commissioner
McLean stated he sits on the CBC Board and they do a great job with
administrating the dollars through the State for the children’s programs. It will be a nice event at the Events
Center. He said if the schedules permit,
they would love to have the Commissioners come out.
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Commissioner
McLean distributed a letter (received and filed) to the Board and said he wants
to share a discussion topic from the Orlando Sanford Airport Board
meeting. He said it appears the city of
Sanford is the entity that controls each of the Boards and how they are comprised
and whether there are term limits. The
letter from G. Geoffrey Longstaff, Airport Board
Chairman, is regarding a recent process going on with the Sanford City
Commissioners talking about establishing term limits on their various boards,
except for their Police and Fire Pension Board.
According to the second page of the letter, if the City moves forward
with this, six of the nine members of the Airport Board would be turned out
within the next 24 months. He said the
Airport is a prime economic driver to the community. There are a number of people on the Board who
have quite a bit of experience in airport operations. He wanted to bring this to the attention of
the Commissioners. He said there was
also discussion that the City might look at more of a staggered approach to the
term limits so that there would not be a “brain drain” in a relative short
period of time. He brought this forward
in case the BCC would like to do something formal about it or if they have
questions for him.
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Commissioner
McLean stated he went to the Grand Opening of the Residence Inn and it is a
very impressive facility.
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Commissioner
McLean said he had an opportunity last week to visit the Class 19 Reception for
Leadership Seminole.
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Commissioner
Van Der Weide stated regarding the Stand Down event that it was a huge success,
and he thanked everybody who participated in this effort. He said it was sad to see so many homeless
veterans. He thinks the County can be
proud of what they did. This was originally
Judge Simmons’ idea.
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Commissioner
Henley reported another meeting has been called for high-speed rail, but he
will be out of town and not able to attend.
Chairman Dallari said he believes he is scheduled to attend that
meeting.
COUNTY
MANAGER’S REPORT
Ms. Coto
said she had distributed information to the Board during the break in response
to some of the questions as it relates to the proposed FY 09/10 budget. She said staff will review that for the Board
and can answer any questions.
Ms.
Spriggs stated in the Post Worksession Supplemental
Book (copy received and filed), page 3, is the updated forecast based on the
assumptions at the conclusion of the budget work session on August 6, which was
to rerun the forecast based on the pre-property tax reform millage rate and the
current economic conditions at 4.9989, and inclusion in the General Revenue
Fund scenario of a stormwater assessment implementation. Ms. Spriggs reviewed the PowerPoint
presentation and staff answered questions covering the following topics: Updated Forecast Assumptions; Forecast: General Revenue Funds; Forecast: EMS/Fire District; Post-Worksession
Summary of Budget Adjustments by Fund; Stormwater Utility Assessment Options —
Option A – Partial Implementation; Option B – Full Implementation; Examples of
Future Capital Projects; Vacant Positions as of 8/8/09; Management Position
Summary; Management Reductions Summary; Holiday Schedules; Library Change
Evaluation; Library Hours Change Evaluation; Community Information; Economic
Development Program Analysis; Lease Space Analysis; and Programs/Services Added
Since 1999.
Discussion
ensued between the Board and Ms. Coto with regard to the Community Information
Department and how it evolved into a department. The Board also discussed about broadcasting
BCC meetings less expensively. Chairman
Dallari requested Ms. Coto to go back and see what can be cut and how the
Community Information Department can be restructured to take some of the Commissioners’
comments about cutting the budget into consideration. He clarified for Ms. Coto that the Board is
talking about taking this department back to where it was a few years ago. Discussion ensued.
Commissioner
Van Der Weide stated he doesn’t believe they can continue to spend taxpayers’
money on some of the things that aren’t necessary. He added that right now they cannot afford
some of the things they are doing.
Discussion
ensued with regard to the Economic Development Department. Commissioner Carey suggested using some of
the other resources (Metro EDC, SCC and the business community) that are out
there and postpone hiring a $100,000 position and see what costs can be
eliminated.
Chairman Dallari stated there are
ways to go back through this budget again and make cuts. He added that they need to right-size and
scale back on some of the departments.
Ms. Coto
clarified that she is to go back and see how the Economic Development
Department can work with fewer dollars, and the Chairman stated she needs to do
the same with the Community Information Department and others as well.
Commissioner Carey said she still
thinks there are some valid things to cut out there. She thinks administrative leave is a big one;
she said the norm for the County used to be the 37½ hour work week.
On the programs/services added
since 1999, Ms. Coto advised Commissioner Henley he was correct that these are
not all of the programs funded m out of the General Fund as staff did not look
beyond BCC operations.
Chairman Dallari asked Ms. Coto in
the upcoming weeks to look at those additional programs added since 1999 and
show which ones were legislatively mandated, show the
dollar figure for the ones that are out of the General Fund and how much of
that is attributed to the General Fund.
He advised Commissioner McLean that Ms. Coto will be looking at
cost-cutting SGTV, Economic Development and other departments as well.
Commissioner Van Der Weide said
right now, they are still millions of dollars off and some way they are going
to have to make that up. He stated he
would like to be assured that this is pretty solid, to be assured these numbers
are not going to shrink before they get to the September hearings. Ms. Coto said she thinks the numbers given to
date are about as solid as they can get.
She said they will not get less.
Chairman Dallari said he is looking
for a commitment from Ms. Coto and the staff that at the next afternoon meeting
of the BCC, the Board will have additional information on her progress. He said this will be an agenda item.
Commissioner Carey asked what is
the dollar amount difference between the fallback millage rate
of 4.998 vs. 5.11 rollback rate. Ms.
Spriggs said that is $3.5 million to $4 million. Commissioner Carey asked Ms. Coto if what she
was attempting to do got her to the $3.5 million or $4 million that she was
looking for or is she still looking to get to that or below that based on the
discussion today. Ms. Coto said, based
on the Board discussion, she thinks the staff has been directed to find
additional dollars. She said the
one-time savings do not help in future fiscal years.
Ms. Spriggs clarified that the $3.5
million is the difference between the original proposed rate (the rollback
rate) of 5.11 and the 4.99. If they
retain the current rate, the reduction is $16 million from the proposed
budget. Discussion ensued.
Commissioner McLean stated he
thinks the challenge is for the Board to decide what they want to do
philosophically. Do they want to fix the
problem today or in the foreseeable future, given the information they
have. Chairman Dallari concluded that he
believes the Board is trying to fix the problem wholelistically. That’s why they are asking the County Manager
to “sharpen the pencil.” It’s not just
for this year but for next year. He
believes the County Manager’s fallback rate is the 4.9989 figure. He said he just thinks they need to cut the
budget.
CONSENT
AGENDA, Continued
MSBU
Ms. Coto
presented the request for Board approval to schedule, advertise and issue
notice of a public hearing to consider adoption of an ordinance to establish a
stormwater management system benefit area with dedicated funding sources for
addressing stormwater and water quality management on an equitable cost
allocation basis. She said since the
Board just discussed the two options, staff is looking for two directions from
the Board. One is whether the Board
desires to proceed forward with the scheduling and advertising of a public
hearing; and two, if so, at which rate does the Board wish to do so. She said the $48.50 plus the administrative
fee of $3.10 would provide an offset of the existing program. It does not fund some of the present capital
programs, and it does not fund future water quality issues. The $70.10 handles the existing program and
the capital projects now and into the future of about $2.2 million a year.
Upon inquiry by Commissioner Van
Der Weide and Chairman Dallari, Ms. Spriggs discussed the time line, advising
staff will mail notices to the property owners on August 18 of the first public
hearing to be held on September 9 at 6:00 p.m.
She said the budget hearing will begin at 7:00 p.m. on that same date.
Commissioner Carey stated that
considering the direction to Ms. Coto and her fallback position of 4.998 for
millage, she understands that is lower than the rollback rate but it is still
an increase to the citizens. She said
she will not support this item to move forward with advertising because she
doesn’t think they will have the answer to what the millage is going to be
before they will be asked to vote on this stormwater fee.
Ms. Coto explained the reason for
the Sept. 9 meeting on the ordinance is because staff has to deliver the
information to the Property Appraiser by Sept. 15. If they miss any of the time lines, the Board
won’t have the ability to implement the stormwater fee for FY 09/10. Discussion ensued on the dropdead
date. Commissioner Carey said if the
Board is going to adopt the stormwater fee this year, they will have to take
action prior to the final budget hearing on September 22.
Commissioner Van Der Weide said he
is not sure the millage issue is straightened out because of some of the
concerns they have with the budget. That
makes him hesitant to want to move forward at this time with a stormwater
fee.
Chairman Dallari stated he believes
they are working towards the fallback, rollback rate. He is hearing a commitment from the County
Manager that at the next BCC meeting, they will have on the agenda some
additional items she is prepared to recommend to the Board for changing.
Commissioner Van Der Weide stated
when he sent his memo, he discussed his concerns that they were going to find
themselves with their backs up against the wall and it looks like that is
exactly what has happened. He said he
doesn’t think they have a choice now to not go with the stormwater fee, based
on the number they are trying to crunch.
He said even with the numbers they are talking about, they will still be
lower than anyone else in the County.
So, they have justification for the stormwater fee. He said he would like to feel comfortable
with some of the suggestions he has heard, but he can live with whatever the
Board does.
Commissioner
Carey said it may be that times may be better to adopt the stormwater fee in
the future, if they are going to have to have an increase in the millage, to
get the budget in control. She said she
doesn’t want there to be any misunderstanding of staff. Everybody seems to think, after leaving the
meeting the other day, that she is all for a stormwater fee. But she is only for it, if they are not
increasing the millage. She said she is
not hearing that, so she is not going to support moving forward with the
advertising.
Chairman Dallari said he realizes
they have a lot more in this budget to cut and he feels confident the County
Manager will do it with the Board’s assistance.
He is sure they will show some progress at the next meeting of things
they can cut and programs for the Board to take into consideration options to
remove.
Motion by Commissioner Carey to deny
the request to schedule, advertise and issue notice of a public hearing to
consider adoption of an ordinance to establish a stormwater management system
benefit area with dedicated funding sources for addressing stormwater and water
quality management on an equitable cost allocation basis.
Chairman
Dallari called for a second to the motion three times with no response; whereby
the motion failed for the lack of a
second.
Motion by Commissioner Van Der Weide,
seconded by Commissioner Henley, to approve the request to schedule, advertise
and issue notice of a public hearing for September 9, 2009, to consider
adoption of an ordinance to establish a stormwater management system benefit
area with dedicated funding sources for addressing stormwater and water quality
management on an equitable cost allocation basis.
Districts
1, 2, 3 and 4 voted AYE.
Commissioner
Carey voted NAY.
Ms. Coto
asked for clarification and Commissioner Van Der Weide said this is for the
$70.10 per parcel.
ITEMS FOR
FUTURE AGENDA – CITIZEN
Chairman
Dallari advised he received an e-mail (not received and filed) from Robert King
and that was distributed to all the Commissioners.
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There
being no further business to come before the Board, the Chairman declared the
meeting adjourned at 3:45 p.m., this same date.
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