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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2019 AT 6:30 PM
CITY HALL- COMMISSION CHAMBERS
1126 EAST STATE ROAD 434, WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
CALL TO ORDER
The Regular Meeting of Monday, September 9, 2019 of the City Commission was
called to Order by Mayor Charles Lacey at 6:37 p.m. in the Commission Chambers of
the Municipal Building (City Hall, 1126 East State Road 434, Winter Springs,
Florida 32708).
Roll Call:
Mayor Charles Lacey, present
Deputy Mayor Kevin Cannon, present
Commissioner Jean Hovey, present
Commissioner Ted Johnson, present
Commissioner TiAnna Hale, present
Commissioner Geoff Kendrick, present
City Manager Shawn Boyle, present
City Attorney Anthony A. Garganese, present
City Clerk Andrea Lorenzo-Luaces, present
A moment of silence was held, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.
Mayor Lacey pointed out, "I would like to approve the Agenda, but with some
changes. We are going to add an item `101' for a presentation on the [State Road] 434
Widening Project from - Mr. Bryant Smith."
Furthermore, Mayor Lacey suggested that regarding the Public Hearings Agenda
Items, "Instead of`400', `401', and `402', we need to take it in order of`401', followed by
`402', then followed by `400'." Furthermore, Mayor Lacey asked, "So with that, are
there any other changes to the Agenda?"
Mayor Lacey then said, "Hearing none, maywe adopt it as Amended." Deputy Mayor
Kevin Cannon stated, "No objection." No one voiced any objections.
Mayor Lacey remarked, "Without objection, the Agenda stands adopted."
AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS
100. Presentation of Check from Tuscawilla Homeowner's Association for
Purchase of New Police Canine
Chief of Police Chris Deisler spoke of the Police Department's K9 program.
Mr. Kevin McCann along with Ms. Sue Beveridge, Director, and Mr. Roger Monroe,
Treasurer from the Board of Directors for the Tuscawilla Homeowners Association
(THOA) presented a check to the City in the amount of three thousand dollars
($3,000.00) for a new K9.
Further comments.
Chief Deisler commented briefly on the importance of partnerships, and the great
support from the Mayor and City Commission.
ADD-ON
101. State Road 434 Widening Project
Mr. Bryant Smith, III, P.E., CFM, City Engineer, Public Works Department gave an
overview of the State Road 434 Widening Project, potential improvements, and
working with Kittelson and Associates, Inc. Mr. Smith mentioned upcoming
meetings and suggested that the City might be asked for a Resolution to show our
support for the proposed improvements.
Deputy Mayor Cannon stated, "One of the concerns that I have is that the two (2)
roundabouts that are being put in, benefit residents in Oviedo. I fail to see how they
benefit any of the Winter Springs residents.
You have got Barclay Reserve, and you have also got further east of there, you have
got Barrington Estates - Barclay Reserve, just to the right of that roundabout - in
talking to residents out there, even when they put in the traffic signal on the corner
because of the congestion of traffic in the morning, they can't even pull out to make
a rightturn; and theywere complaining thatthe red light didn'tstay red long enough
because of the - distance from the red light for traffic to clear past Barrington,so that
they could actually pull out.
So how is this going to help Barrington Estates? How is this going to help Barclay
Reserve? How is this going to help Ladybug Academy there?"
Mr. Smith explained, "With the reduced speeds, it should increase those gaps as well
as a multi-lane roundabout that should help increase those gaps as well. So,
someone from Barrington [Estates] would need to turn right when they have that
gap, they would then go through the roundabout and - come back the other
direction."
Deputy Mayor Cannon then inquired, "What techniques are available out there to
allow when traffic is queueing up bumper to bumper like it does every morning -
rush-hour traffic, going to work, are there some sort of systems where when they
have a line of cars that starts backing up, trying to get out of Barrington Estates or
getting out of Barclay Reserve, some type of a yellow light comes on?" Deputy Mayor
Cannon mentioned he had seen something like this on interstates, which helps
space out traffic.
Next, Deputy Mayor Cannon inquired, "Is there some way to incorporate that for
these other subdivisions because otherwise, I don't see our residents benefitting one
bit from any of this."
Mr. Smith noted, "That can be relayed to Kittelson [and Associates, LLC.]."
Deputy Mayor Cannon added, "They have got to synchronize the traffic signals on
the east and the west side of [State Road] 417. Right now they're giving priority to
the exit ramps and both of those signals need to be green simultaneously." Mr. Smith
thought they would need to retime the signals.
Next, Deputy Mayor Cannon said, "In the morning rush hour traffic which is from east
to west - the buses are loading on the north side. When they stop, they are going to
just back the whole line of cars up all the way to the Townhouse basically. We have
got to get when they come in, if you could ask them to be ready to answer that
question for me on the school bus loading and unloading; because that really chokes
up the traffic during rush hour; and it's the morning rush-hour when it is the worst."
Mr. Smith said they could pass that information on.
Further discussion.
Deputy Mayor Cannon commended Mr. Smith on his work for the City and wished
him well.
Remarks continued.
Commissioner Geoff Kendrick also complimented Mr. Smith on his contributions to
the City.
Discussion followed regarding different aspects of this project as well as traffic to
which Deputy Mayor Cannon noted his preference that the lights be synchronized
sooner rather than later and hoped Mr. Smith could share this idea and/or advise
Deputy Mayor Cannon who he could contact. Comments continued.
INFORMATIONAL AGENDA
200. Current Development Projects Update
This Agenda Item was not discussed.
201. East Central Florida Regional Planning Council Adopted Vision and Trend
Analysis Updated Case Studies
There was no discussion on this Agenda Item.
202. Recycling and Solid Waste Education Initiative
No discussion.
203. MOU for School Safety Officer - Choices in Learning Charter School
This Agenda Item was not discussed.
PUBLIC INPUT
Mayor Lacey opened "Public Input".
Representative David Smith, Florida House of Representative, 7577 East State Road
434, Suite 2007, #264, Winter Springs, Florida: spoke of a Seminole County Legislative
Delegation meeting this Friday from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., at Seminole County and
hoped residents and Elected Officials would attend.
Commissioner Jean Hovey mentioned that the educational sysem should also be
considered.
Mr.ArtGallo, 799 Nandina Terrace, Winter Springs, Florida: commented aboutsmart
water technology, and potential cost savings.
Mayor Lacey stated, "We do have the presentation you gave and the Clerk will send
it to out to the Commission in the next day."
With further remarks, Mr. Gallo hoped that the City would offer Waivers on water
restrictions for residents who have installed a smart water system.
Deputy Mayor Cannon asked, "What do we need to do, to bring our Ordinance in line
with the Florida Administrative Code - that there are no restrictions if you are using
the reuse water in terms of when you can irrigate with it; and also, howwould we go
about adopting a Resolution or something, incentivizing people to go with the smart
watering system and share in that cost share with Water Management and with the
State. Should we put it on an Agenda?"
City Manager Shawn Boyle suggested that after tonight's meeting, we would be
better able to look into this, noted his concern that there was adequate supply and
demand, and thought it was a good idea. Manager Boyle then said "We'll certainly
bring it back for everybody - if we have agreement up here.. I would just ask for a
sixty (60) day delay so that we can study a few things."
Regarding the Florida Administrative Code, City Attorney Anthony A. Garganese said
he could look into this also.
Deputy Mayor Cannon further mentioned he would like this matter brought back, to
which Mayor Lacey asked, "Is there Consensus from the Commission to ask Anthony
(Garganese) and the City Manager to look into the operational issues?" A sixty (60)
day timeline was then suggested. Deputy Mayor Cannon added that if a little more
time was needed, that was fine also. Commissioner Ted Johnson nodded in
agreement. No objections were voiced. Mr. Gallo offered his assistance.
Furthermore, Commissioner Kendrick suggested this first be brought back as an
Informational Agenda Item. Deputy Mayor Cannon added, "Sure."
Ms. Gina Shafer, Winter Springs Village, Winter Springs, Florida: thanked the Cityfor
the sandbags, commended Mr. Smith for removing a sign near the Blake
Apartments, mentioned her concerns with drivers doing u-turns near the Starbucks
on State Road 434which often causes traffic back-ups; and asked that a "No u-turns"
sign be placed in this area, as well as signage that advises drivers to not block the
area. Ms. Shafer also asked how the questions for the survey were decided.
Mayor Lacey asked for clarification from M.s Shafer and said, "When you are talking
about a u-turn, you are talking about a u-turn eastbound, past the Starbucks, that
comes back around to Starbucks and McDonald's?" Ms. Shafer responded, "Yes."
Manager Boyle introduced Mr. Christopher Schmidt, Director, Community
Development Department to Ms. Shafer and said that Mr. Schmidt could answer any
questions she had regarding the survey.
Mr. Matt Benton, 414 Cedarwood Court, Winter Springs, Florida: spoke of seeing
some current and former Commissioners at a local restaurant earlier in the year, did
not think the event was on the City calendar, and questioned why they and other
officials were meeting.
Ms. Sheila Benton, 474 Cedarwood Court, Winter Springs, Florida: referenced the
Florida Constitution, said that Elected Officials were to represent the people, and
thought the City has been undermined since the end of January by a few citizens
who were being disrespectful of the City Commission.
Mayor Lacey closed "Public Input".
CONSENT AGENDA
300. Debris and Refuse Hauler with Grapple Arm Purchase
There was no discussion on this Agenda Item.
301. Additional Funding for Wastewater Emergency Assistance Services from
Veolia Water North America - South, LLC
No discussion.
302. Minutes from the Monday, August 12, 2019 City Commission Regular
Meeting
This Agenda Item was not discussed.
Regarding the Consent Agenda, Mayor Lacey asked for a Motion for Approval.
"SO MOVED." MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HALE. SECONDED BY
COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. DISCUSSION.
VOTE:
COMMISSIONER JOHNSON: AYE
COMMISSIONER KENDRICK: AYE
DEPUTY MAYOR CANNON: AYE
COMMISSIONER HOVEY: AYE
COMMISSIONER HALE: AYE
MOTION CARRIED.
❖❖ AGENDA NOTE: THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC HEARINGS AGENDA ITEMS
WERE DISCUSSED IN THE ORDER AS DOCUMENTED. ❖❖
PUBLIC HEARINGS AGENDA
401. FY 2019-2020 Tentative Millage Rate
Ms. Kelly Balagia, Director, Finance Department addressed the City Commission on
this Agenda Item.
"I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2019-14 ESTABLISHING THE TENTATIVE
FISCAL YEAR 2019 TO 2020 OPERATING MILLAGE RATE FOR THE CITY OF WINTER
SPRINGS AT 2.4300 MILLS AND TO DISCONTINUE THE VOTED DEBT SERVICE
MILLAGE RATE IN ITS ENTIRETY; ANNOUNCING THAT THE OPERATING MILLAGE
RATE OF 2.4300 MILLS IS 6.72% GREATER THAN THE ROLLED-BACK RATE OF
2.2770 MILLS AND AUTHORIZING ADVERTISEMENT OF THE CITY'S INTENT TO
HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS TO ADOPT THE FINAL MILLAGE RATES AND BUDGET."
MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR CANNON. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
DEPUTY MAYOR CANNON COMPLIMENTED MS. BALAGIA, MANAGER BOYLE,
AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR THE GREAT JOB THEY HAVE DONE.
Mayor Lacey opened "Public Input"for this Agenda Item.
No one spoke.
Mayor Lacey closed "Public Input"for this Agenda Item.
VOTE:
COMMISSIONER HOVEY: AYE
COMMISSIONER HALE: AYE
COMMISSIONER JOHNSON: AYE
COMMISSIONER KENDRICK: AYE
DEPUTY MAYOR CANNON: AYE
MOTION CARRIED.
402. FY 2019-2020 Tentative Budget
This Agenda Item was briefly addressed by Ms. Balagia.
Mayor Lacey opened "Public Input"for this Agenda Item.
No one addressed the City Commission at this time.
Mayor Lacey closed "Public Input"for this Agenda Item.
RELATED TO THE RECOMMENDATION NOTED IN THE AGENDA ITEM,
"RESOLUTION 2019-15 ESTABLISHING THE TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF
WINTER SPRINGS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019-2020 AND AUTHORIZING
ADVERTISEMENT OF THE CITY'S INTENT TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS TO ADOPT
THE FINAL MILLAGE RATE AND BUDGET" - COMMISSIONER KENDRICK STATED,
"MOTION TO APPROVE PUBLIC HEARINGS ITEM 402."
CONTINUING, COMMISSIONER KENDRICK ADDED FOR THE RECORD, "MOTION
TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER
SPRINGS, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF
WINTER SPRINGS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2019
AND ENDING ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL [OF]
PRIOR INCONSISTENT RESOLUTIONS; PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE."
SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR CANNON. DISCUSSION.
VOTE:
COMMISSIONER HALE: AYE
COMMISSIONER JOHNSON: AYE
COMMISSIONER KENDRICK: AYE
DEPUTY MAYOR CANNON: AYE
COMMISSIONER HOVEY: AYE
MOTION CARRIED.
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400. The City Attorney and City Manager request that the City Commission
consider accepting the Districting Commission's recommendation regarding an
update of the City Commission voting district boundaries pursuant to Section
4.02 of the City Charter, and conduct First Reading of Ordinance No. 2019-10
approving the recommendation.
IN TERMS OF THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE 2019-10 AND A MOTION TO
READ BY `TITLE' ONLY," COMMISSIONER HOVEY STATED, "SO MOVED." MOTION
BY COMMISSIONER HOVEY. SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR CANNON.
DISCUSSION.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH NO OBJECTIONS.
Attorney Garganese read Ordinance 2019-10 by"Title" only and then addressed some
of the aspects of the Agenda Item.
Comments followed on growth and boundaries, especially as it relates to District
Two, and voting age population.
Deputy Mayor Cannon complimented the work of the East Central Florida Regional
Planning Council who assisted with the technical data related to the Report that had
been submitted.
Mayor Lacey opened "Public Input"for this Agenda Item.
Ms. Gina Shafer, Winter Springs Village Winter Springs, Florida: asked about recently
approved projects, the qualifications of the Districting Commission Members, and
her concerns with the voting population.
Discussion.
Mayor Lacey closed "Public Input"for this Agenda Item.
AS IT RELATED TO THE FIRST READING, OF ORDINANCE 2019-10, "MOTION TO
APPROVE ORDINANCE 2019-10 AND ADOPTING THE MAP AND DESCRIPTION OF
THE RECOMMENDED COMMISSION DISTRICTS FILED WITH THE CITY
COMMISSION BY THE DISTRICTING COMMISSION, PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.02.
OF THE WINTER SPRINGS' CITY CHARTER." MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR
CANNON. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. DISCUSSION.
VOTE:
COMMISSIONER KENDRICK: AYE
DEPUTY MAYOR CANNON: AYE
COMMISSIONER HOVEY: AYE
COMMISSIONER HALE: AYE
COMMISSIONER JOHNSON: AYE
MOTION CARRIED.
REGULAR AGENDA
500. Advisory Selection Committee Ranking for RFQ 05-19 LR "Professional
Services for Utilities Operations, Maintenance, and Management Services"
With Ms. Casey Howard, Director, IT and Administrative Services Department, and
Mr. Smith, Ms. Lena Rivera, P.E., D.WRE, Director, Public Works and Utilities
Departments addressed the Mayor and City Commission on this Agenda Item and
the evaluation process related to RFQ 05-19 LR.
Mr. Rob Nicholas, Vice President Development - PPS, Veolia North America, 5077
Endview Pass, Brooksville, Florida: remarked, "Veolia is a company that manages,
water, energy, and waste services for municipalities and industries in the United
States."
Continuing, Mr. Nicholas noted, "One of the things we did with City Staff was develop
an action plan of how we would approach the utilities and go forward.
It's somewhat like a roadmap and you can just follow it as it goes around. As Lena
(Rivera) said, our number one priority is to offer - a job and protect the current
employees who are involved in these utilities. We want to be able to retain them so
we're going to provide a competitive wage and benefit package, and we want to
motivate them so they can do a better job.
Part of that is going to be training, part of that is going to be incentives that we
provide for that training and for their effort. We're going to help jumpstart the effort.
One of the advantages of a larger company is we have a lot of resources that we can
apply."
Continuing, Mr. Nicholas noted, "When we have those resources, we will bring
probably twenty (20) or more people to Winter Springs to help specialize in work on
items; so, look at the lab, look at the maintenance, look at the operation of the water
plant, look at odor control. All those items we've done very quickly, upfront with the
schedule, but we've already gone over with Lena (Rivera) as we start.
We will immediately take responsibility for the compliance of the plant, whether
that's compliance with the water regulations, the wastewater regulations, the reuse
regulations, or the stormwater regulations.
We will also give you a fixed cost that forces the responsibility of managing the cost
in the utilities of electric, chemicals, sludge, people, all on us. We feel comfortable
doing that because we've got experienced people and senior technical personnel
who can come help us overcome different problems and make sure that we meet
those budgets and meet that compliance.
Those people are going to help us implement management programs. And, these
are management programs that are tested through all our facilities. What that
means is you've got something that's tried and true, that you're going to be able to
help with the employees to manage the facilities better.
So, we will have a program to help lab quality assurance, quality control so you have
a double check on how the water quality is. There will be a maintenance program,
there will be an operations program, there will be line maintenance programs with
the stormwater in the ponds.
Additionally, we're going to have a focused maintenance effort and by that I mean
we are going to create a Maintenance Lead. That Maintenance Lead will have an
electrician; he will have mechanics that are going to be assigned to manage the
equipment. So, every piece of equipment will be listed, every piece of equipment will
have a maintenance plan to it.
So much like your car, we're going to change the oil every 5,000 miles and by using
a management program, we're going to be able to document so that we can. Part
of the goal here is, to put you more in a review process with your management staff
versus actually trying to do it."
Continuing, Mr. Nicholas noted, "Additionally, we have got some priority repairs that
we have suggested to the City. Kevin (Jones) is going to go into that, in a minute.
The key here is to try to make your wastewater plants last another five to seven (5-7)
years. That wayyou have plenty of time to plan for the replacement or the repair of
them as you go forward. But there's a little bit of work we need to do to make them
last that long.
Next we're going to work on resolving the odor problems that have occurred both at
the water plants and the wastewater plants; and we think particularly at the east
wastewater plant, we've fixed that problem and the odor complaints according to
Lena (Rivera) are down a lot; so, we haven't had as many."
Furthermore, Mr. Nicholas remarked, "Additionally, we're going to focus in on the
water plants, particularly water plant #1 has had taste and odor problems so we're
going to reviewthat and find out exactlywhat's causing that problem,which we kind
of know already is high hydrogen sulfide in your wells and how to remove that or
remove it so that the water begins to taste good, doesn't have an odor.
We're going to work with future capital. One of things we bring is, is we have a lot of
experience operating a whole lot of different types of water plants and wastewater
plants.
Asyou go through construction,we will help you understand -what's it going to take
to operate the plant, what's it going to take to maintain it, and is it a reliable piece of
equipment. We have lots of experience in doing that and that's what we're going to
help you with."
Last but not least is transparency. We talked about we're going to put you in a
position to be able to review the types of work that we're doing, but what's going to
be important is we're going to provide you information - that information can then
easily be converted over so you can begin to educate the public."
Mr. Nicholas added, "One of the things I want to talk about is collaboration - with this
contract to work between you and us we have to collaborate and work together; and
we're really proud of the fact that over the last couple of months that we've been
providing emergency services, everybody has worked together great. And, I just
don't mean the City and Veolia. I mean the operator in the field, the maintenance
man, the Utilities Supervisor, the Public Works Director, the City management team
-we've all worked together in a very cooperative manner and so the results are pretty
evident."
Mr. Kevin M.Jones, Technical Manager, Veolia North America, 74055 Riveredge Drive,
Suite 240, Tampa, Florida: addressed the Mayor and City Commission regarding
some repairs and processes, as he showed some images.
Discussion.
Deputy Mayor Cannon asked, "During the course of this next say five to seven (5 - 7)
years, would you be willing or able to work with our design engineer team and our
Utility Director, our Public Works Director, to provide some input and guidance as
we lookforward to what is going to be a very large capital expenditure for upgrading
these two (2) water sewage treatment plants?"
Mr.Jones responded, "Absolutely. One of the primary focus of Veolia water is not just
operations and maintenance, but to also provide input to designers, Engineers in
shortcomings at 35/50/65% drawings that show shortcomings that we have learned
of plant optimization and improvements - it's amazing how Engineers like to put the
steps at the wrong end of a tank, as an example."
Deputy Mayor Cannon then stated, "I noticed that you were mentioned in the Flint
River episode - and in Pittsburgh, so I want you to clarify for us what that was all
about."
Continuing, Deputy Mayor Cannon added, "I would like to know what was your
contract and what were you doing and when were you doing it and were you found
to be in violation as an operating company by the State or EPA (Environmental
Protection Agency) or whatever, so if you could cover that for me."
Mr. Jones responded, "There are various types of contracts; there are Consulting
contracts, there's O & M (Operations and Management) contracts, there are Design-
Build-Operate contracts.
Both with Flint and Pittsburgh, we were in a consulting role. With Flint, it was a one
(1) month study in regards to TTHMs (Total Trihalomethanes),very similar to the issue
you had here. A recommendation was made on how to control the TTHMs (Total
Trihalomethanes), and that service was done over a thirty (30) day period.
In Pittsburgh, our term was about them iddle of 2002, 1 think up through 2015. Again,
that was a consulting role. Three (3) people providing consulting services to that
utility for plant optimization; same way I described with the digesters and others;
optimizing the plant performance, so they could reduce their operation cost; so,they
could take those same dollars and put it back into their infrastructure, declining
water sewer system and a wastewater plant."
Deputy Mayor Cannon inquired, "Were you found guilty by any environmental
agency of causing any harmful discharges or anything like that?"
Mr. Jones stated, "Absolutely not, absolutely not, in either case. Matter of fact, our
scope of work was not even associated with any allegation."
Further comments.
Mr. Jones pointed out, "Matter of fact, as a technical guy, that's one thing our
company prides itself on is maintaining compliance."
Discussion.
Mayor Lacey commented, "We are trying to milk as much time as we can out of the
current wastewater plants before we are looking at a large capital expenditure to
rebuild them, and one of my concerns in hiring an O & M (Operations and
Management) company would be whether they were incentivized to help us in that
project of extending that term, or they might be incentivized if they're in the design
and construction aspect of the business to find problems."
Further, Mayor Lacey asked, "What is Veolia's interest as we go through that
process?"
Mr. Nicholas remarked, "Our recommendation - this has been in discussions we have
had with staff, is that you really want the O & M (Operations and Management)
expertise. You have Engineers, you have construction companies you use all the
time, and that's typically what we do. We simply provide input to your Engineers; we
help you with your negotiations or your design or your construction management.
So, we tend to prefer that you hire the Engineer you want, you hire the Contractor
you want. We'll give you advice on things to look at or what to think about or what
the experience has been.
So, we really believe in focusing on the O & M (Operations and Management) and not
construction. If somebody needs us to fix something and that's what these capital
priorities are, we'll do the construction - we are not a Design Firm, so we're never
going to design your facilities. That's not what we do. We're an operations company
and we're pretty proud of being an operations company."
Commissioner Hovey referenced some instances related to litigation.
Discussion continued.
Manager Boyle noted, "I think we can get five to seven (5 - 7) years out of it. In that
time frame, I would like to sit down with Lena (Rivera) and begin the focus on, as I
said in my Budget presentation, replacing probably the east plant first and I think
that replacement, in my mind is going to be somewhere about five (5) years out
when it's is actually constructed and brought on line.
I think at that point, if we can defer the west plant for a few more years before we
have to bring it on line; now we've got something that the folks that live here can
afford, and its' responsible from a city management standpoint to roll these assets
out in a very linear fashion, but they're separated."
Manager Boyle added, "When we rebuild these plants and bring them on line, this
Contract is probably going to be terminated and if we want to not be back in that
business, we're going to have to have to re-write a completely different Contract."
Further discussion followed.
"I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE EXTEND THE MEETING UP UNTIL NINE O'CLOCK SO
THAT WE CAN COMPLETE IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH REPORTS AND PUBLIC
INPUT." MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR CANNON. REGARDING HIS MOTION,
DEPUTY MAYOR CANNON CLARIFIED, "I MAKE A MOTION UNTIL NINE O'CLOCK."
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER KENDRICK. DISCUSSION.
COMMISSIONER HOVEY VOTED NAY. THE REST OF THE CITY COMMISSION WAS
IN FAVOR.
MOTION CARRIED.
Manager Boyle further spoke of Water Treatment Plants, stormwater, and noted,
"The negotiations that we're hoping to conclude, Kelly (Balagia) and I and Lena
(Rivera), when it comes to the financials, if you guys move forward with it, is to
operate these plants at or below what we're currently operating the plant, so the
financial risk is minimal. It's a fixed cost; it's less or equal to what we're currently
operating it at." Manager Boyle stated for the Record, "It's no one's negligence that
these plants haven't been replaced, it's just time."
Remarks followed on personnel, incentives, stormwater, the shape of the facilities,
and being prepared for any future storm events.
Commissioner Kendricksaid to Mr. Nicholas, "Areyou quite confident based on what
Manager Shawn Boyle has said and what you have said and a couple of us have
asked, that you can create - what you have done so far is amazing - but you can
create an atmosphere where we can rest assured that we have that five to seven to
ten (5 - 7 - 10) years combined with both plants, we have the time to put the
resources at work in the best way we possibly can, the most efficiently and
effectively."
Mr. Nicholas said, "Yes, I think we feel pretty comfortable; and we'll make a full
assessment and giveyou all an assessment." Further remarks.
"I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE CITY ADVISORY SELECTION
COMMITTEE'S RANKING OF VEOLIA WATER NORTH AMERICA - SOUTH, LLC AS
THE TOP RANKED ENTITY UNDER RFQ #05-19 LR AND THAT WE AUTHORIZE THE
CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTUAL
NEGOTIATIONS WITH VEOLIA." MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR CANNON.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. DISCUSSION.
DEPUTY MAYOR CANNON SUGGESTED THAT WHEN THE CONTRACT IS DRAWN
UP, "I WANTTO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUTSIDE PERIODIC OVERSIGHT FOR
TESTING OR WHATEVER, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PERIODICALLY
CHECKING THE QUALITY MEASURES AND QUALITY STANDARDS, HOWEVER YOU
WANT TO DO THAT OR IF THAT NEEDS TO BE IN THE CONTRACT OR NOT."
ATTORNEY GARGANESE SAID THEY WOULD CONSIDER THAT.
MAYOR LACEY NOTED, "I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMISSION AGREES
WITH THAT. IS THERE CONCURRENCE FOR THE DIRECTION THAT DEPUTY
MAYOR GAVE?" MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION NODDED IN FAVOR. NO
OBJECTIONS WERE VOICED.
VOTE:
DEPUTY MAYOR CANNON: AYE
COMMISSIONER HOVEY: NAY
COMMISSIONER HALE: AYE
COMMISSIONER JOHNSON: AYE
COMMISSIONER KENDRICK: AYE
MOTION CARRIED
Mayor Lacey then said, "Direction is given to Staff to negotiate a contract which we
will see back here." In terms of an expected timeline, it was agreed that it would be
brought to the first October 2019 City Commission Regular Meeting.
501. Appointment to Oak Forest Wall and Beautification District Advisory
Committee
MOTION TO NOMINATE MR. HARRY ARTHUR TO SERVE ON THE SEAT THREE
POSITION OF THE OAK FOREST WALL AND BEAUTIFICATION DISTRICT
ADVISORY COMMITTEE. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. SECONDED BY
COMMISSIONER KENDRICK. DISCUSSION.
VOTE:
COMMISSIONER HOVEY: AYE
COMMISSIONER JOHNSON: AYE
COMMISSIONER KENDRICK: AYE
DEPUTY MAYOR CANNON: AYE
COMMISSIONER HALE: AYE
MOTION CARRIED.
REPORTS
600. City Attorney Anthony A. Garganese, Esquire
No Report.
601. City Manager Shawn Boyle
Manager Boyle thanked City Staff for their efforts related to recent Hurricane Dorian
and also commended Chief Deisler on his leadership with this storm event.
602. City Clerk Andrea Lorenzo-Luaces, MMC
No Report was given.
603. Mayor Charles Lacey
No Report.
604. Seat One Commissioner Jean Hovey
Commissioner Hovey asked if the City of Winter Springs and/or Seminole County had
any rules related to Airbnb's.
Brief remarks followed.
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Next, Commissioner Hovey commented on the requirements to run for Elected
Office in the City of Winter Springs and thought that any Candidates should also be
"Fiscally accountable and responsible to the City" and suggested that, "All taxes that
are owed to the County or State should be paid at the time they qualify for Election."
Discussion followed on Candidate qualifications.
Mayor Lacey inquired of the City Commission, "Do you want to ask Anthony
(Garganese) to look into this further and come back to the Commission?" Deputy
Mayor Cannon and Commissioner Johnson stated, "I don't."
Mayor Lacey then asked, "Do we have Consensus not to do that? Is there objection
to that?" Summarizing, Mayor Lacey noted, "I don't think we have Consensus to
proceed."
605. Seat Two Commissioner/Deputy Mayor Kevin Cannon
Deputy Mayor Cannon spoke of Chief Deisler and Ms. Rivera and their Staff and
complimented them all for their work during Hurricane Dorian, as well as Finance
Staff and the Police Department's Emergency Operations Center staff.
Furthermore, Deputy Mayor Cannon said, "We have an incredibly dedicated team of
employees here in this City!"
Additionally, Deputy Mayor Cannon said, "Kudos to Shawn (Boyle) and the entire
team!"
Chief Deisler offered his thanks for the acknowledgement and also commended the
many employees and Department Directors who assisted during this storm event.
Deputy Mayor Cannon said to the Department Directors, "Please thank all your staff!"
606. Seat Three Commissioner Ted Johnson
Commissioner Johnson echoed the hard work of staff and also complimented the
great communications efforts that he thought were very apparent during the
Hurricane Dorian storm event.
Secondly, Commissioner Johnson referenced an article in a Sunday newspaper
related to a story about a similar concern with the building of apartments in the City
of Clermont and said that as a result, they instituted a Building Moratorium similar
to what Winter Springs discussed earlier this year as well as community workshops
to garner input.
607. Seat Four Commissioner TiAnna Hale
Commissioner TiAnna Hale spoke of Staff's efforts during the Dorian storm event and
how impressed she was with how Staff handled the necessary work and also took
care of residents. Commissioner Hale additionally mentioned the local Rotary, VFW
(Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States) and other organizations that are
trying to help the people of the Bahamas who were so affected.
608. Seat Five Commissioner Geoff Kendrick
"MOTION TO EXTEND OUR MEETING UNTIL 9:05 P.M." MOTION BY
COMMISSIONER KENDRICK. SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR CANNON.
DISCUSSION.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
Commissioner Kendrick noted that Wednesday of this week was the anniversary of
"9/11"
On a related note, Commissioner Kendrick mentioned that this Wednesday,
September 11th, he would be representing the City as well as being a PTA (Parent-
Teachers Association) member when he attends a Keeth Elementary School PTA
First Responders luncheon
Mr. (Bryant) Smith was then thanked by Commissioner Kendrick for his great
contributions and service to the City of Winter Springs.
Next, Commissioner Kendrick referenced what Representative David Smith had
brought up earlier during tonight's meeting regarding the upcoming Seminole
County Legislative Delegation Meeting which will be held from 1: 00 p.m.to 4:00 p.m.,
on Friday, September 13, 2019 at Seminole County.
Continuing his Report, Commissioner Kendrick noted an upcoming Tri-County
League of Cities Meeting which the City of Oakland will host, on Thursday„
September 19, 2019. As the 2nd Vice President for the Tri-County League of Cities,
Commissioner Kendrick pointed out that the Virgin Trains organization would
present information on their infrastructure and routes and invited his fellow Elected
Officials to attend this meeting.
As a member of the Florida League of Cities' Transportation and Intergovernmental
Relations Committee, Commissioner Kendrick mentioned transportation funding
and said that their Committee had much work to do.
Commissioner Kendrick then offered his thanks to City Staff for their work on various
beautification projects around the City.
Concluding his Report, Commissioner Kendrick referenced comments during
"Public Input" earlier in this meeting about a community organization, to which
Commissioner Kendricksaid that hewanted to clearthe record and said that hewas
not a member of that group.
Deputy Mayor Cannon remarked that he serves on the Florida League of Cities'
"Utilities, Natural Resources & Public Works" Policy Committee and spoke of a recent
Court ruling related to the Land Acquisition Trust Fund that he thought might help
with the expenditures for some conservation projects which would be helpful to
Winter Springs. Deputy Mayor Cannon added that he would forward a copy of the
Order with an update.
Related to recent concerns about crosswalk safety, Chief Deisler mentioned that he
had been meeting with all the School Principals and had determined that crosswalks
in the City were staffed appropriately.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Lacey adjourned the Regular Meeting at 9:05 p.m.
4b40 AGENDA NOTE: THE REST OF THE AGENDA AS NOTED NEXT WAS NOT
DISCUSSED. 4+4+
PUBLIC INPUT
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED:
ANDREA LORENZO-LUACES, MMC
CITY CLERK
APPROVED:
MAYOR CHARLES LACEY
NOTE: These Minutes were approved at the 2019 City Commission Regular Meeting.
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