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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993 09 13 Regular . William A. Jacobs 207 Sweetgum Court Winter Springs, FL 32708 Mary Norton City Clerk City of Winter Springs Winter Springs, FL 32708 Dear Mary, Enclosed please fmd a letter to the Mayor and City Commissioners. I request that the Mayor and each member of the Commission, City Manager and City Attorney receive a copy of my letter. I also request that my letter to the Mayor and City Commissioners be read into the minutes, prior to the discussion when "the proposed Resolution on Payments to the Board" comes up on the agenda. Please let me know if you have a problem with this request. You can reach me at work (407) 383-2550 or at home (407) 695-0509. . f!/J) . TO: Mayor, City Commissi ers FROM: William A. Jacobs _// / RE: Proposed Resolution on Payments to the Boards . DAlE: September 13,1993 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Since around 1976 I have served as a City Commissioner, member of the Planning and Zoning, Board of Adjustment, Charter Revision, District Committee, Florida Municipal Pension Fund and currently I am on the Pension Board. As you can see, I have been on both sides, some with payment and some without payment My purpose is to give you comments, based on years of service to the City through my experience on many boards concerning your proposed Resolution on Payments to the Boards. If you would read the Resolutions providing payments to the Boards, the Mayor and City Commissioners you will see it contains the same language, "expense reimbursement. .for natural and necessary expenses." In Resolution number 590, providing payment to the Mayor, $500.00 per month, Deputy Mayor, $400.00 per month, and City Commissioners, $350.00 per month "for expense reimbursement. . for expenditures naturally and necessarily incurred," not a salary. You are receiving from SEVEN TO lEN TIMES TIlE AMOUNT PER MONTII PAID TO BOARD MEMBERS who qualify under similar Resolutions under IDENTICAL STANDARDS. . Recently, I did some research at City Hall. I read over the minutes for the past three years. During this time, the City Commission met on an average of slightly over two meetings per month. If you break their payments down to a per meeting basis, at two meetings per month, the Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and City Commissioners would receive $250.00, $200.00, and $175.00 per meeting respectively. Board members, who qualify, receive only $50.00 per month. I know, and I am sure you are aware that some boards usually the Planning and Zoning Board, meet as many as four times a month. . Also, I am sure if you check the time the City Commissioners spend at meetings now, you will fmd that they are spending about 1 hour less than in the 70's and 80's. During that time there was more business to conduct because of the tremendous growth the City was experiencing. If you agree there is less business to conduct, this may explain why some Boards are meeting less, namely the Board of Adjustment and probably the Planning and Zoning Board (except for special projects). I certainly do not resent or oppose the monies paid to the Mayor or City Commissioners, you may well be underpaid. What I do resent and oppose is your apparent attitude. By proposing a reduction in payments to only the Boards, your implying that your time is more valuable and you are more important than others who serve the City. This is my impression from listening to the tape of the meeting where you tried to pass this Resolution, without input and without including yourselves. You want to reduce payments to the Boards because they're not meeting as often as in the past Maybe the City Commission and some boards are putting in less hours than years past, however if a change is necessary, the change should apply to ALL. Not only is your proposed Resolution reducing the Boards' payments going to anger many who serve the City, you may well have insulted them ($15.00 per meeting for gas and a babysitter for some meetings that may last over four hours is an insult). I know there are some members on various Boards that do not want any payment, some that need the money to pay for out of pocket expenses, and some that want their pay to justify spending many hours away from their families. However, our Mayor and Commissioner did not know this, for they did not ask for any input from those directly effected. GET ALL TIlE INFORMA nON AND BE FAIR. . I agree, there is a problem in attendance and some Boards may not be meeting as often as in the past. By proposing this reduction in payments, without even getting input from the Boards' members, YOU ARE GOING ABOUT IT THE WRONG WAY. Fortunately, the City Attorney advised against it It seems to me by attempting to pass this Resolution you are demonstrating what is wrong with the United States Congress. mE CONGRESS PASSES LAWS THAT AFFECTS OTIlERS, BUT EXEMPTS lHEMSEL YES DIRECIL Y OR THROUGH OMISSION. So if you decide to adopt this Resolution which reduces board members' reimbursements and eliminates pay for non-attendance, then REDUCE YOUR PAY proportionately and DO NOT PAY YOURSELVES for non-attendance. 00 NOT do what our Congress does. My point is, lHINK before you pass this Resolution. Make sure you don't hold the Boards to a higher standard than you hold yourself. Make sure your decision is in the best interest of the City. I know you do not want it to backfire. My recommendation is to mirror the Mayor/City Commission compensation scale as follows: · Chairman $75.00 per meeting with a maximum of $150.00 · Vice-Chainnan $60.00 per meeting with a maximum of $120.00 · Members $50.00 per meeting with a maximum of $100.00•Conversely, pay yourselves $250.00 for the Mayor, $200.00 for the Deputy Mayor and $175.00 for the City Commissioner per meeting, with a maximum of $500.00, $400.00, $350.00 respectively, based on attendance. . . ox 195235 Inter Springs Florida 32719 . . C)(J~cfp~ ~ulkUazt FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 10, 1993 winter Springs "Weekend fo Celebration" The City of winter Springs' "Weekend of Celebration" on December 4-5, 1993 is shaping up to be an exciting and fun event. The Fourth annual winter Springs Art Festival sponsored by the Tuscawilla/Winter Springs Rotary will be held at Central Winds Park. The art festival will feature many outstanding artists, have top-notch musical entertainment and should have many local dignitaries including a celebrity special guest. The festival will open at 10:00 AM on both days. Entertainment will be held on a covered stage platform overlooking Lake Jesup. There will be entertainment the entire afternoon on both days. Local radio station, WLOQ-I03FM, will be the official radio station sponsor of the "Weekend". They will bring their hot air balloon and will be giving away gifts. This is a juried art show with the following art categories: Painting; Graphics & Drawings; Sculpture; Ceramics; Watercolor; Photgraphy; Jewelry. There will be a total of 32 awards with prizes totalling $8,000. and $1,500 for The Best of Show. Major sponsors include First Union Bank and The Schrimsher Companies, while the Oviedo Voice (serving Winter Springs and Oviedo) will publish the official program. Artist Diane Vivian is designing the Festival poster which will be available shortly. Profits from the Festival will be used for the Tuscawilla/Winter Springs Rotary Scholarship Foundation, as well as, other local charities in the Winter Springs area. The location of Central Winds Park is on Rt. 434, just west of Winter Springs City Hall. THe park's 50 acres provide a beautiful setting adjacent to Lake Jesup with plenty of free parking for visitors. There will be rides for the children. So come, see the park, browse through the art show, bring a blanket, and listen to the music! ! For further information contact Paul P. Partyka at 407-365-5275, Fax 407-366-6087. ~bbU-ez,~ fu-",hJ-d cSA-oU/ . ~~~ of("6d;ez, . 9",;.6 of("Ob6,y ;'- ffim@]!]W~m August 20, 1m 24 1993 CITY of WINTER SPRINGS CI TY MANAGER '\ . Mayor Philip Kulbes City of Winter Springs 1126 East State Road 434 Winter Springs, FL 32708 Dear Mayor Kulbes: Last year, approximately 18,000-20,000 people visited my home during the holiday season as part of our annual Winter Wonderland--a loving gift from me to our community. It always humbles me that so many have come to anticipate and include a visit with me as part of their family's tradition of celebrating the Christmas season. Your comment in the Guest Register, "My 3rd year, wouldn't miss it!", on the night Santa and Mrs. Clause were here, meant so much and was exemplary of many, many others in my keepsake album. Open House at 1097 Cheyenne Trail in Winter Springs has been a part of the Christmas memories of thousands for the past eight years. Each year, the number of visitors has increased dramatically. It has been a joy to be able to share my feelings in this way with not only our community, but with people from as far away as England, France and Japan. It has truly developed into a phenomenon with international appeal. Some have even declared it "better than Disney" and last year, Disney "scouts" were here checking it out. . There are few attractions that families can enjoy freely, where they will see beautiful displays, be entertained with musical groups such as "Friends" (who were with us on the night you came), be served coffee, hot cocoa and cookies all at no charge. I have enjoyed being able to offer this to families each year, and would love to be able to continue this tradition. Attached is a letter I recently received from the Seminole Pines Park Board. Their request that it be my financial responsibility to hire off-duty police officers for traffic control and assume the liability for any accidents that may occur as a result of the display are not only overwhelming, but fiscally impossible. In the past, I've recruited volunteer hostesses for inside my home and volunteer friends and neighbors to don orange vests and hats and help to control the traffic flow. Steve Spencer in Public Works authorized and gave us I-Way street signs for our neighborhood last year, and that helped tremendously. Though I've done every thing I can to insure the safety of visitors in my home and the park, the Board's request that I personally hire policemen is more than I can handle. To make it simple--I need X2.YI help. If you, and the City of Winter Springs, would like to see this tradition continued, I would be happy to cooperate in every way possible. Open House has always begun on Thanksgiving Night and continued through Christmas Eve. Last year, by popular demand, we remained open through New Year's Eve so that families expecting. out-of-town holiday visitors could bring them. Until the attached letter arrived, it was my intent to open this year as usual, but I cannot do it without your help. Santa and Mrs. Clause are scheduled to arrive here on December 19, and musical entertainment has already been scheduled for this holiday season. . ,-- '_'__'''~__.'_4_~ -,..-.. .--- .. ~ _" " .._........'...", "-"-""'__""~.~'.'1I''..''', . . . Would the City of Winter Springs be able to provide the traffic control assistance called for in the Board's request? Can you offer any help or suggestions that might make it possible for the continuance of this very special holiday occasion? As you can imagine, the installation of all of the displays is costly, time consuming and a true labor of love. I am not asking for any financial assistance for what I do here at my home--only to help and protect the visitors to our Area. If we are to continue to offer this attraction to the people, we need to begin the installation in mid to late September in order to be ready for opening on Thanksgiving Night, when all the switches are thrown simultaneously to "kick-off" this holiday tradition. Please feel free to call me at my home or drop by. I will be happy to meet with you and/or others here or at your offices to see if we can work together to make this year the best yet for the people of Winter Springs and our out of town visitors. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely yours, Sylvia 1. Krummel 1097 Cheyenne Trail Winter Springs, FL 32708 (407) 327-2627 Enclosure: Letter from Seminole Pines Park Board cc: John Torcaso, Assistant Mayor ~ John Govoruhk, City Manager ~ Seminole Pines Park Board . . . August 12, 1993 Mrs. Sylvia Krummel 1097 Cheyenne Trail Winter Springs, Florida 32708 RE: Christmas Display . Dear Mrs. Krummel: By unanimous vote of the Board of Director's of Seminole Pines Mobile Homeowner's Association at our board meeting of this date, it has been decided that the liability factor involved with citizen's and/or children directing traffic for your Christmas display is far too high. Were an accident to occur, both the board and the park would in all likelihood face a law suit. Due to this fact, it was decided that the only acceptable alternative would be for you to hire off-duty police officers to handle the excessive traffic that occurs during the Christmas season due to your displays. Police officers are the only ones who can legally direct traffic. These off-duty officers would be required to be present at all hours and on all days that the display is open to the public, from the first day to the last. Please advise the board of your agreement to this arrangement at your earliest possible convenience. Sineerely, ~e~ John ~Jd~~dent L- .. . CC)~w~ Denise westcott~ :LL:~~~ Ernest Harger, Di;;C~~(i dc: Manufactured Home Communi ties, . Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Carreia, Managers, Seminole Pines . September 8, 1993 TO: City Manager coordinato~ FROM: Land Development RE: Parcel 51 (Hooker Property) in Tuscawilla POO - Presentation of Conceptual Plan Jim Mikes is in the process of purchasing this property and is proposing construction of 27 single-family units where 197 condominium units were once approved. The P&Z Board recommended approval of this plan at their meeting of September 1, 1993. The project, as presented to the Commission, does not meet Code requirements. The Code will be fully addressed during formal review if the decision is to approve this plan. Please see attached correspondenae. . cc: Mayor Commission City Attorney City Clerk . . August 25, 1993 TO: P&Z Board ~ Land Development Coordinato~ FROM: RE: Parcel 51 (formerly Hooker property) Tuscawilla, Conceptual Review Attached are the Staff Minutes of the conceptual review of Parcel 51 held on August 24, 1993. The comments offered by Staff are to be addressed when the preliminary engineering is formally submitted to the City for review. This conceptual plan is not to be construed as meeting Code requirements. Approval of this plan allows the developer to proceed with the technical submissions without having to worry about major changes later on in the process. Again, if the Board consents, I would like to present this to the Commission at their scheduled meeting of September 13, 1993 without having to wait until the Board meeting of September 15, 1993 where the minutes would be approved/disapproved or modified. . . August 24, 1993 . TO: City Manager ~ Land Development Coordinator~ FROM: RE: Parcel 51 (formerly Hooker property), Conceptual Review The above referenced was held on August 24, 1993. J. Mikes represented the project. Staff Members present were Kern, Kozlov, Lallathin, LeBlanc, tockcuff, Moran, Sexton and Spencer. This was a conceptual review only - prior to submission of preliminary engineering. Parcel 51 was originally approved for approximately 197 condominum units. This proposed plan is for a private, 27 simgle-family unit, gated-community. There was discussion about City access to the community. There are presently two(2) like communites within the City. City access (similar to a garage opener) to these two (2) communities is by a control box which utilizes the same frequency for both. The developer is to attempt utilizing the identical frequency for this development. Attached are comments by the Building Official and the Police Chief. . This project will require 2-4 fire hydrants. No obstacles can be within a IO-foot radius of the hydrants. Impact fees apply. An Arbor Permit is needed for the infrastructure and each lot. A Natural Resource Survey must be conducted. The project engineer has visited with the City Engineer and is aware of City concerns. A waiver to the 50-foot ROWand sidewalks on,both sides of the street can only be granted by the Commission. The water, sewer, and reclaimed water lines are to be deeded to the City once installed. Covenants and Mandatory Homeowners' Association documents must be submitted during preliminary engineering review. The developer is aware of the Comprehensive Plan Amendments and the time frame before approval. He will furnish the City a document stating that he is proceeding with this endeavor at his own risk - the City is not responsible for monies expended for engineering services or property acquisition if the amendments are disapproved or delayed. cc: Staff . . TO: DON LEBLANC, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR. FROM: CllARLES SEXTON, ACTING CHIEF OF POLICE DATE: AUGUST 23, 1993 SUBJ: PARCEL 51, CONCEPTUAL PLAN 28-93 . After review of the Plans there are some concerns to the sharpness of the turn at Lot 27. This should be discussed with Engineering with regard to large trucks making safe turns and speed It.its. All signage 'and street markings, will meet F.D.O.T. standards. The Electronic Gate will be keyed the same as all other gate openers within the City. Charles, Sexton Acting Chief of Police CS/eds . . . . . . BUILDING DEPARTMENT CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FL PLAN REVIEW FOR CODE COMPLIANCE NAME: aa======_================================================================================ FLORIDA COUNTRY CLUB PUD OCC.TYPE: SINGLE FAMILY DATE: 8/18/93 ADDRESS: PARCEL 51 (Plans indicate Parcel 9~EVISIONS REQ'D APPROVED ====================2=_============_===================================2================= S.B.C. S.P.C. S.M.C. S:G;C; N.E.C. L.S.C. H.C. E.C. CODES IN EFFECT Standard Building Code 1991 Standard Plumbing Code 1991 Standard Mechanical Code 1991 Standard Gas Code 1991 National Electric Code 1990 Life Safety Code 1991 (N.F.P.A. 101) State of Florida Handicap Accessibility Code - State Statute 553, Part V State of Florida Energy Efficiency Code - State Statute 553, Part IX . . . 1 ) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) 14 ) CONCEPTUAL RESPONSE ONLY Sec. 9-152 15) Concerned Lots 12 & 13, 6 & 7 entrance/access too'-narrow?Check code for requirements/width. Is there a wall between (23,24,25,26) and (12,13)1 Indicate street 'name Indicate sheet flow, grading type for lot and block ' Lots over 2' fill requires compaction/soil test. Indicate by shading lots that require fill. Indicate nearest Zone A 100 Year Flood & Elevation M.S.L. Indicate each pad and finish floor elevation on plans! Cu1desac East end - indicate less than 80' diameter as per 9-152. Sign permit required Wall permit required (100 MPH Engineering) City Engineer - Leonard Kozlov Fire Hydrants. (Fire Dept.) Arbbr Permit required for Infrastructure and each individual lot. (Public Works) Indicate building setbacks for rear, side, etc. Need letter of transmittal & approved lighting plan from Florida Power Corp. (If area is private, no fee for light poles due to the City.) If area is public, $250.00 per light pole is charged and check is made payable to City of Winter Springs. Need recorded copy of covenants for subdivision.