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COMMISSION AGENDA
ITEM D
Consent
Informational
Public
Hearing
Regular X
July 27. 1998
Meeting
MGR ~ DEPT
Authorization
REQUEST: Commission requesting County Commission Chairman Randy
Morris to update the City Commission on annexation and other
matters of interest between the City and County.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is to have County Chairman Randy
Morris to update the City Commission on annexation discussions with
Oviedo and to have a dialogue on other issues of mutual interest to the
City and County.
CONSIDERATION:
This item is needed to update the City on County actions related to
annexations and other matters of mutual interest to the City and the
County.
I. Annexation Agreement with Oviedo
As we understand, Chairman Randy Morris is discussing annexation
boundaries between Oviedo and Winter Springs with officials of Oviedo
which the intent of bringing the Oviedo J.P.A. to the County Commission
on August 25, 1998 for approval.
Recently Winter Springs staff learned of a proposal developed by
County staff. Notwithstanding the fact that this proposal may be nothing
more than a proposal intended to start discussion, in the City staffs
opinion, the proposal as currently developed is so severely detrimental
to the interests of the City of Winter Springs and so disproportionately
balanced in favor of the City of Oviedo that it would be a mistake for this
proposal to be presented for discussion.
We would agree that a third party could be constructive in facilitating an
annexation agreement. Although we appreciate Chairman Morris'
attempts to mediate this difficult issue policy makers may want to
consider the benefits of an alternate strategy that may have more
opportunity for success. This strategy would involve the engagement of
a highly competent consultant with extensive governmental planning
experience mutually engaged and funded by the three parties. This
consultant would serve as a fact finder and mediator with a mediation
committee composed of Ovideo, Winter Springs and County Officials.
This alternative would have the benefit of quantifying the benefits of
proposals resulting in a less emotional and more informed decision
making process.
Key Points
· The most favorable boundary between Oviedo and Winter Springs
was the Greeneway.
· Unfortunately, Oviedo crossed this boundary in their quest for the
Oviedo Regional Mall not withstanding the fact that they are unable
to serve the area with water and sewer.
· Not withstanding the fact of the enormity of economic benefit of the
Mall to the City of Oviedo, as compared to that available to Winter
Springs, the County plan we reviewed envisions additional Oviedo
annexation of prime commercial property on the western side of the
Greeneway with Winter Springs receiving a comparative small area
of residential area for annexation.
· Not withstanding the fact that the County plan demonstrates Oviedo
having expansive areas to annex east and south of the Greeneway,
the plan provides only a small area of residential annexation for
Winter Springs south to Red Bug Road.
. In August 1995, the City of Winter Springs forwarded its Joint
Planning Area Proposal to the County spelling out its long-range
annexation plan. This plan was never acted upon by the County.
. Neither Casselberry nor Oviedo forwarded Joint Planning Area
Agreements to the County for consideration.
. The current County staff proposal fails to appropriately recognize the
plan submitted to the County some four years ago.
. In our opinion any plan with an opportunity for acceptance by the
City of Winter Springs should accomplish satisfactory resolutions of
the following issues:
a. Articulating the Greeneway as the natural border between the
City of Winter Springs and Oviedo from Lake Jesup south to the
County line except in the Oviedo Mall area.
b. Developing an acceptable way of leveling the over whelming
economic benefit gained in Oviedo's penetration of the
Greeneway by the annexation of the Mall property.
c. Bringing all of the Tuscawilla PUD into the City of Winter Springs.
d. Recognizing that the unincorporated area lying east of the
Greeneway and south of Winter Springs and Casselberry will
have to be divided between the City of Winter Springs and
Casselberry exclusively.
e. Oviedo and Winter Springs removing annexation of the Black
Hammock area from their Comprehensive Plan and
acknowledging it as a conservation area.
REQUEST: The Commission should consider requesting Chairman
Morris to determine why the City's J.P.A. submitted in august 1995 was
never acted upon by the County. Secondly the Commission should
consider an explanation of the logic in bringing Oviedo's J.P.A. proposal
to the County Commission for approval in August when no consideration
has been given to the four-year-old Winter Springs submittal. Thirdly,
the Commission should consider some explanation from Chairman
Morris as to the intent and process by which the County plans to
mediate the difference between the Oviedo J.P.A. and the Winter
Springs J.P.A. Finally, the Commission should consider some comment
from Chairman Morris relative to the mediation proposal suggested
herein.
II. Sun Shadow Utility Agreement
On March 12, 1998, the City of Winter Springs submitted a proposal to
provide bulk water services to the Sun Shadow Apartments. Based
upon information provided by Casselberry, the City's proposal was
substantially less costly. However, according to Casselberry the Staff is
recommending that the agreement be awarded to Casselberry. County
Utility Staff has been totally unresponsive to repeated efforts by City
Staff to find out any information relative t the proposals.
We are concerned about the fairness of the process. If Winter Springs'
proposal was less costly why would the County Staff be recommending
the Casselberry proposal? If Casselberry was allowed to amend their
proposal, why was Winter Springs not afforded the same opportunity?
Why has the County Utility Department been totally unresponsive to
inquiries by the City?
REQUEST: The Commission should consider requesting Chairman
Morris to look into this matter in order to get answers to these questions
and to determine if the City has been fairly treated in this matter.
III. SHIP Funds
Mitigating the deteriorating condition of 160 units of four-plex rental units
located in the older western section of the City is a top priority, second
only to the development of the City's Town Center. GAP funding will be
needed to accomplish the City's goal of converting these units to
ownership units.
City Staff talked with County Officials regarding the possibility of
acquiring SHIP funds for the project and were told that there was no
chance.
The City of Winter Spring accounts for a substantial amount of the SHIP
funds generated in the County. The City has no SHIP supported
projects. In consideration of the SHIP funds the City generates and the
priority of this project, it appears the County should be more involved in
forming a partnership with the City to get this project accomplished.
REQUEST: The Commission should consider requesting Chairman
Morris to chair a meeting with County Staff for a discussion on this
project.
FUNDING: None Required.
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Commission receive an updated report
on annexation from the County Commission Chairman Randy Morris
relative to annexation and consider providing direction it deems
appropriate relative to future discussion with Oviedo, and discuss any
other issues the Commission deems appropriate.
ATTACHMENT: C. Carrington memo of July 10, 1998
Winter Springs Joint Planning Area Map
Commission Minutes of August 14,1995
McLemore letter to G. Kaiser of July 22,1998 w/attachments
COMMISSION ACTION:
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
1126 EAST STATE ROAD 434
WINTER SPRINGS. FLORIDA 32708-2799
Telephone (407) 327-1800
Community Development
lVIEMORANDUM
TO:
Ron McLemore, City Manager
THRU:
Charles Carrington, AICP Community Development Director
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Thomas Grimms, AIC~~
Comprehensive PlanninglZoni g C:ordinator
FROM:
DATE:
July 10, 1998
SUBJECT:
Preparation of a Joint Planning Areal Agreement Between the County and
the City of Oviedo,
On June 241\ Charles and I met with Tony Mathews, Senior Planner at Seminole County
Planning Department - Comprehensive Planning Division, to discuss the draft text of a
"Joint Planning Int,erlocal Agreement", Tony showed us a draft ofa map the county
prepared after discussions with the City of Oviedo on its Joint Planning lnterlocal
Agreement with the county.
We were surprised and concerned that the outline of the boundaries of Oviedo's JPA
would include areas west of the beltway (S,R, 417, the GreeneWay) to include prime
lands around the Oviedo Mall and Red Bug Lake Road that have the potential for
additional commercial development or for an office or light industrial park,
We registered our disagreement and I pointed out that our City Commission had already
adopted its JP A map on August 15, 1995 after discussions between the City staff and
county staff Tony mentioned that he wasn't aware of the map. I told him that it was the
JP A map that that county staff prepared as a result of the discussions. (see first
attachment) This Winter Springs JP A Map was indicated in a memo to the County
Commissioners from Frances Chandler.
It may be noted that the most recent map prepared by the county didn't include the area
that the county and City staffs agreed upon back in June and July, 1995. In fact, it didn't
even reflect what the county staff produced in April, 1995,
I am concerned about the discrepancy in the maps and also about the legal significance
of a Joint Planning Interlocal Agreement executed between the county and Oviedo prior
to one that would be executed between the county and Winter Springs. A Joint Planning
Interlocal Agreement describing potential areas for future annexation would prompt a
large scale comprehensive plan amendment in terms of map change(s) and text changes
to Oviedo's Comprehensive Plan, If Oviedo received approval from the '
Department of Community Affairs for such a plan amendment, would DCA deny
Winter Springs a similar plan amendment later if the City's map overlappped the same
area that Oviedo has in its annexation area?
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I believe the above prompts a renewed focus on the issue of what the City of
Winter Springs is interested in its area of annexation, and that while much focus has been
on the development of the Town Center, we may need to give more attention very soon to
our area of potential annexation and preparation of an aggressive annexation program
involving an incentive package,
Attachment: County ~repared JP A Map for Oviedo and Winter Springs (received at the
June 2411 meeting between City staff and Tony Mathews,)
Memo from Frances Chandler to Board of County Commissioners dated
November 15, 1995,
Memo to Mayor and Commission from John Govoruhk dated
August I, 1995, which includes:
· Memo to John Govoruhk from John Ketteringham dated
July 26, 1995;
· Memo to John Govoruhk from Thomas Grimms dated
July 25, 1995.
Memo to Frances Chandler to Don LeBlanc dated April 12, 1995, and
c: JP A File
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Regular Meeting City Commission
August 14, 1995
94-95-27
Page 15
Mayor Bush said for the members of the public present, this would be the form to fill out if you wish
to speak. Mayor Bush asked the Clerk to make the form available to the public so they can make any
comments also.
Commissioner Gennell suggested that it be put on the agenda that if the public wishes to speak they
will need to fill out the form. Mayor Bush asked the Clerk to prepare a statement for the
Commission's review at the next meeting.
Commissioner McLeod suggested a sign be made which states to fill out the form if you wish to
speak. Commissioner McLeod also suggested to have a check off box for public input.
Manager Govoruhk stated that he has checked with D.O.T. on the speed limit on S.R. 434 and the
reason they do that is they have one speed when they start construction until they finish, this way
people get use to one speed and it is not changed throughout the whole construction time.
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Manager Govoruhk said he had given the Mayor and Commission a memo on August 1, 1995, stating
that J. Ketteringham and T. Grimms went to the County in regards to our annexing area. What we
would like to do is have the Commission agree on the boundaries that we are putting in, that the City
is now aggressively looking at annexing the whole area that is depicted on the map that was given
out. The County had objections to certain areas because they have pledged water and sewer areas.
The County has asked for a meeting between the Mayor and Commission, we don't have to have a
meeting, but we would like to have your input, Discussion. Manager Govoruhk said the area the
City has in mind is from Five Points down 17/92 to S.R. 436, which Casselberry has down to the
Orange County line; Red Bug to the Orange County line. Discussion.
Commissioner Gennell said she woul~ like to see this as an agenda item on our next agenda. Mayor
Bush said he believes the Manager is asking that the Commission meet with the County. Manager
Govoruhk said the County Staff would like to meet with the County Commission and the Winter
Springs Commission. Commissioner Gennell asked'ifwe could have a workshop first before meeting
with the County. Discussion,
Manager Govoruhk asked if the Commission agrees with the boundaries set up and would the
Commission like to meet with our Staffand the Coun,ty Commission and the County Staff in regards
to that subject. It was the consensus of the Commission that they agree on both - the boundaries and
meeting with the County Commission etc. ;'
Manager Govoruhk said the Commission has the memo from August 8, 1995, regarding the design
standards on the S.R. 434 corridor and asked if the Commission has any question on that and if they
would like to meet with Staff. Discussion. Commissioner McLeod said we were asked to hold off
until those people had an opportunity, one of the first things now is that we must hurry up and
approve it, I disagree with that. I think we now have to have out input, that is only their input, I think
it laid out nicely, rm not sure I agree with everything, those are the people that do own the property,
those are the developers but I do not believe that because they own the property that it is necessarily
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CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
Ronald W. McLemore
City Manager
1126 EAST STATE ROAD 434
WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA 32708-2799
Telephone (407) 327-1800
July 22, 1998
Gary Kaiser, County Manager
Seminole County
1101 East First Street
Sanford, FL 32771
Dear Gary:
As you know, the City of Winter Springs submitted a proposal to the County on March
12,1998 to supply water to the Sun Shadow P.U.D.
Based upon the information that we have received, the City's proposal was substantially
less costly than that submitted by the City of Casselberry. However, we have been told
by Casselberry that the County Utility Department is recommending the agreement be
given to Casselberry. We have been unable to communicate with the Utility Department
on this matter. As noted in the attached memorandum of July 20, 1998 from Winter
Springs Utility Director Kip Lockcuff, the County Utility Department has been
unresponsive to eight different phone calls made to find out the status of our submittal.
Additionally, I would like to reiterate that the Sun Shadow P.U.D. is contiguous with the
City of Winter Springs but not contiguous with Casselberry. As a result any future
annexation will more than likely be into the City of Winter Springs. Also, I would like to
reiterate that our submittal was endorsed by the owner of Sun Shadow Apartments, by
far the largest water user in the P.U.D. today and in the future.
I have attached Winter Springs Utility Director, Kip Lockcuffs memorandum relative to
the cost differential and David Watkin's letter of support.
, would appreciate you updating me as to the status of our submittal and any additional
information your staff may need relative to our proposal. I would especially like to know
if Casselberry was allowed to change their proposal, and if so,' why Winter Springs was
not afforded the same courtesy. Additionally, I would like copies of any and all staff
reports proposed on this matter for our review and the date on which this matter is to be
scheduled before the County Commission.
s~
Ronald W. McLemore
City Manager
RWM/jp
cc: Utility Director
Attachment
RWM/io
WINTER SPRINGS UTILITY I PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
110 NORTH FLAMINGO AVENUE
WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA 32708
Telephone (407) 327-2669
Fax (407)327-0942
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JUl 2 0 1998
July 20, 1998
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS
City Manager
TO:
Ron McLemore, City Manager
Kipton Lockcuff, Public Works/Utility Director/~
FROM:
RE:
Bulk Water Service to Sunshadow PUD
We have still not received any response to the bulk water service proposal to the Sunshadow
PUD given to Mr. Warren Wagner on March 12, 1998. Over the last 60 days I have called Mr.
Wagner on at least 80ccasions and left messages requesting he return my calls. The last three
messages have been left with his secretary "Tracy" who advised me that there was previously a
problem with the voice mail system.
[have previously spoken with Mr. Briggs ofthe'County Finance Department who advised me
that ML Wagner was reviewing the proposal. Today I also left a message with Hugh Sipes,
Seminole County Utility Engineer. The tast information I received from Casselberry was that
they had approved a new interlocal and were waiting for County action.
File
WINTER SPRINGS UTILITY I PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
110 NORTH FLAMINGO AVENUE
WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA 32708
Telephone (407) 327-2669
Fax (407) 327-0942
June 4,1998
TO:
FROM:
Ron McLemore, City Manager
Kipton Lockcuff, P :E., Public Works/Utility Director /~
RE:
Sunshadow PUD Water Service
Per your request, I have checked into the status of the water service to the Sunshadow
PUD. According to the City Engineer for Casselberry, their Commission has approved
a new wholesale water agreement with Seminole County for water service to the
Sunshadow PUD. It has been forwarded to the County for their approval. The cost in
the new agreement is $0.88/1,000 gallons.
The bulk water rate developed by PRMG for the City of Winter Springs was $0.56/1,000
gallons with no interconnection costs to the City or $0.78/1 ,000 with the City paying the
$50,000 estimated interconneciton costs. This information was provided to Mr. Wagner
on March 12th. I been unable to confirm the agreement status with Mr. Wagner this
week due to his being out of town.
Casselberry Water
Service Agreement
Winter Springs
(County interconnects)
Winter Springs
City Interconnects
Water per
1,000 gals.
$0.88
$0.56
$0.78
File