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Home My WebLink About00-2025 08 11 City Commission Regular Meeting Public InputRevised 06/14/2021 THIS FORM IS 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 CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS FLORIDA - PUBLIC INPUT FORM Please print cc6 ar/yand neat/v Date: ;i��l�> z 5 Name: 41� i Address: IVAA'AIN'A Email: �% h ��L' l �'� u/� lC� phone # (optional): Do you wish to verbally address the Commission with regard to an issue? ❑ Yes ❑ No Ifyou 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 AJtem Number: S For the record, regarding this agenda item, are you IN FAVOR Aor OPPOSED ❑ Not on the Agenda 0 Subject: 11 August 2025 Commission Meeting — Gallo Public Input #1 With reference to Regular AI# 500 concerning arbor fees, there is far too much attention on side issues, what I call here "chaff lunches," that have no real relevance to this agenda item today, and like chaff, have served to unnecessarily distract the Commission from the only real question: "Did the developer pay all of their required arbor fees per the contract?" Chaff launch #1: The Mayor voted or vetoed. The Mayor never voted on this issue or vetoed it. He only expressed his concerns based on what he knew and believed to be true. As required by the City Charter, he represented only the best interests of the Residents of Winter Springs as well as the entire City as a whole. An agenda Item to reconsider was made, seconded, discussed, and legally approved by the Commission. Chaff launch #2: Roberts Rules of Order (RRoO) not followed: Per City Charter Section 2.27d, Robert's Rules of Order shall be the "underlying foundation" for the conduct of commission meetings and will be followed to the extent "practical and feasible" .... I argue here that that both relevant and critical information was not presented to the Commission by the Developer's Legal Representative during the 23 June Commission Meeting (see Al 404), and that this is a case where strictly following RRoO was therefore not required, nor in the best interests of the residents of Winter Springs or the City as a whole. Chaff launch #3: The Reconsideration Request Does Not Meet City Requirements. I have already explained that RRoO need not be followed in this situation. The Burden of proof as detailed in City Charter Section 2-30(5) states: "...The applicant seeking approval of an application has the burden of proving that the proposed application is consistent with the city's comprehensive plan and complies with all of the applicable substantive criteria and procedural requirements of the City Code and other applicable provisions of law...". The application in this sense is focused on the correct interpretation of the contractual agreement as it pertains to the proper payment of arbor fees. That's it! Chaff launch #4: A Quasi -Judicial vs Legislative Function: City Staff advised the Commission that the arbor fee discussions were a "contract interpretation" issue (not a code or ordnance issue). The Commission could rescind the prior action previously approved by a majority of the Commission, if a majority voted to do so. Commissioners who originally voted "for" the original issue saw the new evidence and rightly (and bravely I will add) decided on 14 July (Al # 501) that that a new look at this contractual issue made sense. That vote was 3-2 in favor to reconsider the original vote. None of these four arguments are relevant to your final decision today which is to review the evidence provided and then interpret the contract as it pertains to arbor fees and answer this one question: Did the Developer pay all of their required arbor fees per the contract?" Based on the evidence provided, that is the only question that needs answering this evening! ...Nothing more. Nothing less... Lessons/Learned from all of this: Write better contracts! Thank ou. Art Gallo /' Ti- CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS FLOMDA - PUBLIC INPUT FORM Date: r' Name: ��a--) b Address: 1.► �.j:'�' as`.'� . 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