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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025 03 31 City Commission Regular Meeting Public InputRevised 06/14/2021 THIS FORM lSA PUBLIC RECORD. Individuals comments are limited to 3 minutes and persons representing a group or organization are limited to 5 minutes, unless otherwise determined by the City Commission CINOF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA-PUBLIC INPUT FORM Date: 3 Name: Address: Email: Please print c%arlV and neatly Phone # (optional): Do you wish to verbally address the Commission with regard to an issue? ❑Yes ❑ No lfyou mark No' above, the Mayor or presiding Commissioner will indicate your noted support or opposition for the record but will not call you forward to speak. On the Agenda � Item Number: For the record, regarding this agenda item, are you IN FAVOR ❑ or OPPOSED ❑ Not on the Agenda ❑Subject: Revised 06/14/2021 THIS FORM ISA PUBLIC RECORD. 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Individuals comments are limited to 3 minutes and persons representing a group or organization are limited to 5 minutes, unless otherwise determined by the City Commission CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA -PUBLIC INPUT FORM Date: ;.3 a Name: Address:_ I ff)ea Email: Please print c%arlyandneatly Phone # (optional): Do you wish to verbally address the Commission with regard to an issue? �es ❑ No lfyou mark 'No' above, the Mayor or presiding Commissioner will indicate your noted support or opposition for the record but will not call you forward to speak. On the Agenda ❑Item Number: For the record, regarding this agenda item, are you IN FAVOR ❑ or OPPOSED ❑ Not on the Agenda f��bject: cy� 31 March 2025 1. Concerning the 13 March Workshop on wastewater, I would like to state that I am not an advocate of the "Iron Bridge" solution because I feel that this ship has set sail four years ago: specifically on 11 January 2021 (See Meeting Minutes Agenda Item #100). This was the first time since 28 September 2009 (Agenda Items # 502 and # 605) that the poor condition of our plants was briefed by Staff to the Commission. Mr. Kip Lockcuff (Utility Director) first mentions to the Commission that our wastewater treatment plants will have to be replaced in 5 to 10 years. ...Surprisingly, there were no questions from the Commission on this revealing comment; nor was the Commission ever briefed again by staff on the condition of our plants until 11 January 2021: �11 years too late! (again, see Al #100). 2. At this 11 January 2021 Commission meeting, the staff briefed the Commission on the poor state of our wastewater plants, thus finally and metaphorically "weighing anchor" by beginning the necessary discussions and putting planning in motion to resolve our long-standing wastewater plant problems. 3. 1 would also recommend residents read the minutes from 14 February 2011 (Agenda item #104) concerning reclaimed water and an associated financial report; and read the minutes from 25 July 2011 (Agenda Item # 502) concerning the Final Engineering Plan, Site Plan & Aesthetic Review for the Lake Jesup Reclaimed Water Augmentation Plant. 4. All provide further details of interest on these important topics which helps to shed light on how we got here. 5. So what's my point? There is a long history here, over many years, many Commissions, and many Staff. ... But that's the past. We can't afford to wait any longer to resolve our long-standing wastewater issues. ...Until we replace our plants, things will only get worse. 6. Therefore, I would ask the Commission to hold Staff accountable to Contract "cost, schedule, and performance" (the big three) by requiring frequent briefings to you in as many future workshops as you can stand. 7. Please keep the lines of communications between Staff, and the Commission, and the Public open so we don't have a repeat of what we saw happen in 2009 and miss that boat again. 8. And lastly, stuff happens. So please don't close -hold bad news, as it only makes things worse. Thankyou. Art Gallo 1 31 March 2025 I wish to address comments made during Public Input by a resident at the 13 March wastewater workshop concerning the following three issues. 1. Issue 1. A desire for "realistic timelines": and the resident's provided example was that in "October 2019"the city published in a "Water Works" announcement, a wastewater treatment plant initial "groundbreaking" for "October 2020". BLUF —This information is totally inaccurate. a. As my earlier Public Input documented this evening, I have done extensive research on this issue....Let me point out a critical flaw in this example as it was presented. i. Based on the actual timeline, the Commission at the time was not briefed by staff on any wastewater plant issues until 11 January 2021 (see Agenda Item #100). This critical information was presented by staff and briefed by Veolia and is the first time that the actual state of the wastewater treatment plants was revealed to the Commission since 2009. It was also briefed at this 11 January meeting that "...previous maintenance was estimated to not have been properly done for 10 to 15 years...". ii. It was this revelation that led the Commission to agree to a 24-month timeline to keep the old plants up and running. Furthermore, the Commission then commenced planning for a total wastewater plant replacement; the planning and funding of which we are already moving on, as you know. His Based on the evidence I read, the flaw here is that there is no way that a plant groundbreaking could have been discussed, properly planned, or published in October 2019 for a groundbreaking in October 2020 since the Commission was not even briefed on the severity of the problem until 11 January 2021, about 15 months Later. ... I just can't make sense of this. 2. Issue 2: "We are under a health crisis..." and the speaker gave as example the discovery of Coliform bacteria in city drinking water samples in "2018" as well as "spills". BLUF— This statement is mis-leading at best. a. I am not an expert on this, but my research indicates that coliform bacteria are common in soil and in surface water and may even occur on your skin. Coliform bacteria are considered "indicator organisms" because they indicate the potential presence of disease -causing bacteria in water. [The time of the year and the weather conditions can affect the occurrence and the amount of coliform since the bacteria live closer to the surface and tend to thrive in warm 2 temperatures. Rain for example can transport coliform from the surface of the earth into the aquifer as the rainwater moves down to recharge it.] But in any case, the standard is that no coliform bacteria can be present in drinking water. b. The 2019 (not 2018 as the speaker stated) city drinking water report did document the presence of coliform in three samples of water taken in April " 2019. This required a Level 1 Assessment" to identify and then correct any problems found. Nine repeat samples were taken following the new coliform rules. All samples were negative for total coliform and there have been no reports of coliform bacteria since. City monitoring continued, and of note in the report, the city tests a minimum of 480 samples per year for microbial contaminants. c. I found it very interesting that the speaker chose to publicly identify the discovery of the contaminant but stopped there without addressing as Paul Harvey would say the "rest of the story". d. We are all aware of the condition of our wastewater treatment plants, and the Mayor and the Commission have already stated publicly that we can expect more spills until these old and outdated plants can be replaced and is why we should not slow this process down. e. If there is a crisis, the crisis here is the urgent need for new wastewater plants. Talk of anything else is a distraction! 3. Issue 3. The need for open and frequent communications. BLUF This is an issue that we all can agree with and appreciate. a. I standby my previous public input comment that the Commission hold the staff accountable to contract "cost, schedule, and performance" (the big three) by requiring frequent briefings to you in future workshops. Please keep the tines of communications between Staff and the Commission open, positive, and the briefings frequent so we never have a repeat of what we saw happen in 2009. b. And lastly stuff happens. So please don't close -hold bad news, as it only makes things worse. 4. I ask that both my Public Input comments be made part of the official record. Thank you. Art Gallo 31 March 2025 To: Mayor Kevin MaCann and his Winter Springs Commissioners Subject: This Commission's Challenge? Avoid conflicts of interest! It's funny how some, but not all of us manage to forget history. At the earlier Commission Meeting here this month, the subject of IRON GATE came up again, and the Commission again debated the alternative of sending its sewage, thirty miles away through a new sewer pipe to be built across two Counties? On Sept 28, 2009, sixteen years ago, another commission meeting in this chamber, discussed the growing need for the City's Sewage and Water Treatment modernization, and rejected IRON GATE. Who were the four Commissioners then present: Krebs, Hovey, Brown, and Bonner. A year later Charles Lacey became Mayor, and for the next eight years, the subject of water and sewage overlooked, and no updated comprehensive plans made for the City, because, as Lacey bragged in city publications, he and his Commissioners had already established their strategic objectives, and this City would soon be the economic engine for residents and business interests in Seminole County. Unfortunately these plans never materialized. And when the sewer and water problem was finally raised again by new Commissioners elected in 2019, everyone was amazed because the water and sewer problem had somehow been forgotten. And then Mayor Lacy resigned in the middle of his third term. No one in the City could explain the oversight, so the city asked its former Commissioners for help? Weeks later a letter from a local attorney informed the city, that his new clients had nothing to say. These were Former Mayor Charles Lacey, and Commissioners Rick Brown. Joanne Krebs, Jean Hovey, Kade Resnick (who had serve earlier from 2011 to 2017), and Kendrick. In late 2019 a two year food -fight began to address responsibilities for oversight questions pertaining to the modernization of the City's water and sewer needs. Two influential residents then created a private entity called WSCA, and encouraged candidates to run for City office. And who were WSCA's President and Vice President? Jessie Phillips and former city Commissioner Ken Greenberg. And among WSCA's other officers and Directors, former Mayor Charles Lacey, and former Commissioners, Brown, Hovey, and Krebs. Two of WSCA's endorsed candidates for City Commission in 2022 also got elected. In May 2022, Phillips anonymously handed a list of his and WSCA's grievances against the City of Winter Springs to a State Senator in Tallahassee. These grievances needlessly included a long �1� list of weaponized allegations, of rampant mismanagement, malfeasance, violations of state ethics laws, a complete lack of transparency, censoring residents, using tax payer funds for Commissioners re -elections, public corruption, and profiteering by city officials. For the next eight months this senator then did absolutely nothing with these incredible and inflammatory allegations, until January 2023 when he demanded a year -long State audit of Winter Springs, alluding to even more charges that the City was in a financial crisis and probably bankrupt, and might even need the Governor to appoint new City leadership to run the City in receivership. Seminole County's Zembower then joined the State's investigation, demanding a Seminole County audit of the City's books. And the outcome of the results of the above mentioned weaponized charges made to the State of Florida by Phillips, Greenberg and his WSCA officers and Directors back in May 2022? By the end of 2024 absolutely no findings were found for Rampant mismanagement, criminal activity, gross negligence, violations of state ethics laws, serious lack of city government transparency, censoring of residents, or employee theft of City property. So what was it all about? A bad smell still lingers over this new City Commission, and many residents now watch your meetings with mounting concerns, fearful that the new chaos surrounding MAGA and big business interests at the national and County level may now be metast4,si4ng right here on the Winter Springs dais. Robert S. Miller 679 Silvercreelc Drive Winter Springs, Fl 32708 �2� pu�l►L �n�Ovi s-�-e,bf CURRENT CODE OF ORDINANCES — from Municode • Sec. 20-413. - Anirr�als. modified No one shall keep the following animals in R-10 R-1A and R-1AA residential zone areas: Horses, cows, pigs, chickens, geese, goats or any other fowl or livestocktherthan (Ord. No. 44, § 44.77, 1-8-68; Ord. No. 2024-08, § 2�8=26-24) • Sec. 20-414. -Exceptions. Horses and ponies maybe permitted in R-1AA areas provided at least one (1) acre of land is available for each animal. 1 )EMINOLE COUNTY MUNICODE 1 Share Link to sectionPrint sectionDown load (Docx) of sectionsEmail section 30.6.19.1 Intent, definitions, applicability. (a) The intent of this Section is to create and implement a Backyard Chicken Program to permit the keeping of chickens on occupied single-family lots located in the unincorporated areas of the County, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section. (b) For the purposes of this Section, the term "chicken" refers to female chickens (hens) only. (c) This Section does not authorize persons to violate applicable restrictive covenants or homeowners' association rules and regulations. The County does not police or enforce private restrictive covenants or homeowners' association rules and regulations. Persons keeping backyard chickens are solely responsible for compliance with all applicable restrictive covenants and homeowners' association rules and regulations. (d) The term "predators" includes, but is not limited to, bears, raccoons, coyotes, bobcats, and foxes. (e) The term "subject property" is the occupied single-family residential lot with backyard chickens. (f) The Backyard Chicken Program is not applicable to or required for asingle-family residential lot on which poultry production is a permitted use. 30.6.19.2 General conditions for the keeping of chickens on occupied single-family residential tots. (a) 2 Persons keeping backyard chickens pursuant to this Section are encouraged to successfully complete a University of Florida Agricultural Extension Service (UF IFAS) class or an equivalent class approved by the Seminole County OF WAS Extension on the care and raising of chickens. (b) Persons keeping backyard chickens pursuant to this Section (a) agree to the terms and conditions of this Section, and (b) upon a code enforcement complaint, grant the County and its officers, employees, and agents a right -of -entry upon the subject property (including the rear yard) for inspection purposes to ensure compliance with this Section. (c} Up to six (6) backyard chickens may be kept on an occupied single-family residential lot. Chickens shall not be kept on duplex, triplex, or multi -family properties, or within mobile home/manufactured home parks. Backyard chickens must be kept within a coop or enclosure and may not be released or set free to roam unless under the direct supervision of their owner in compliance with this Section. Such supervised roaming must be confined to the backyard of the subject property. (e) Ducks, geese, turkeys, peafowl, male chickens/roosters, or any other poultry or fowl are not allowed under the provisions of this Section. (f) Backyard chickens must be kept for personal use only. Selling chickens, eggs, feathers, or chicken manure, or the breeding of chickens for commercial purposes is prohibited. (g} Backyard chickens may not be bred orslaughtered on -premises. Backyard chickens shall not be used, or trained for the purpose of fighting for amusement, sport or financial gain. (h) The coop and enclosure must be screened from the neighboring property. Screening must be accomplished using an opaque fence and/or landscape screen (existing vegetation may be used if sufficient enough to create an opaque screen). 3 (i) All applicable building permits must be obtained prior to constructing fences and enclosures to house chickens. U) Unless otherwise in conflict with Florida Statutes, a dog or cat that injures or kills a chicken that wanders onto the property at which the dog or cat resides will not, for that reason alone, be considered a dangerous or aggressive animal. (k) Deceased chickens must be properly disposed of within twenty-four (24) hours of expiring and in accordance with Florida law. Contact a University of Florida Agricultural Extension Service office for requirements regarding proper disposal methods. No manure may be allowed to accumulate on the floor of the coop or ground. Persons keeping backyard chickens must implement a manure management program, whereby the coop and enclosure are cleaned regularly. For example, a fly -tight bin for storage of manure could be utilized; the size of which must be sufficient to contain all accumulations of manure. A manure box inside the coop is recommended. The fly -tight bin must be kept at least twenty (20) feet away from all property lines. Composting of chicken manure may be allowed in the enclosed fly -tight bin. No perceptible odor shall emanate from the manure storage/composting bin. 30.6.19.3 Location and requirements for chicken coops and enclosures. (a) Chicken coops and fenced enclosures must be in the rear/backyard (behind the home). No coop or enclosure is allowed in any front or side yard. Yard, as used in this provision, references location, not building setback area. (b) The coop and enclosure must be a minimum of ten (10) feet from the rear and side property lines and twenty (20) feet from any neighboring residential homes. On corner lots, coops and enclosures must meet the required side street setback per the subject property's applicable zoning district. (c) 0 If the coop structure exceeds one hundred (100) square feet in size (ten -foot by ten -foot), a building permit is required under the Florida Building Code. (d) The coop must be covered and ventilated, and a fenced enclosure/run is required. The coop and enclosure must be completely secured from predators, including all openings, ventilation holes, doors, and gates. Fencing or roofing is required over the enclosure in addition to the coop, to protect the chickens from predators. The coop must also be tied down for wind resistance. (e) For properties located in a Seminole County Urban Bear Management Area, feed, coops, and runs must be secured, and chickens must be protected from bears in accordance with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission guidelines for "Living with Florida Black Bears". All outdoor attractants must be secured. If electric fencing is utilized, it may only be installed around the coop, pen, and run and not along the property lines or anywhere else on the property. (f) All stored feed must be kept in a rodent and predator -proof container or inside a secured structure. (g) The coop must provide a minimum of three (3) square feet per chicken; a minimum of five (5) square feet of run per chicken, and be of sufficient size to permit free movement of the chickens. The coop may not be taller than twelve (12) feet, measured from the natural grade, and must be easily accessible for cleaning and maintenance. Coops may not exceed a maximum of one hundred seventy (170) square feet. 30.6.19.4 Health, sanitation and nuisance as applied to the keeping of chickens. (a) Backyard chickens must be Kept within a coop and enclosure and may not be allowed to roam outside the subject property. Backyard chickens may not be released or set free from such coop or enclosure unless the chickens are under the direct supervision of their owner. Chickens may be allowed to roam outside the coop and run within their owner's backyard under the immediate supervision of their owners for limited periods of time for purposes of socializing, interaction and cleaning of the coop and run. 5 (b) Chicken coops and enclosures must always be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. Activities subject to this Section must be conducted in a manner that does not create any nuisance consisting of odor, noise, or pests, or contribute to any other nuisance condition. No perceptible odor shall be objectionable to neighboring properties emanating from the chickens or the enclosure. (c) In a public health emergency declared by the Seminole County Health Department, including, but not limited to, an outbreak of Avian Flu or West Nile virus, immediate corrective action may be required in accordance with applicable public health regulations and procedures. Persons keeping backyard chickens must be incompliance with such required corrective action. 30.6.19.5 Violations. (a) In the event that a violation of this Section occurs, the County has the right to undertake one (1) or more of the following remedies or actions. (1) Institute code enforcement proceedings and prosecute code violations against the violator and the property owner of the real property where the violation occurs, (2) Issue a civil citation as a Class III violation to the violator for each violation in accordance with Section 53.32 of the Seminole County Code of Ordinance Sections; and/or (3) Take any other action or remedy authorized by law or in equity, including, but not limited to, instituting an action in court to enjoin violating actions, in which case the violating person shall be liable to the County for reimbursement of the County's attorneys' fees and costs concerning such action.