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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979 10 03 Minutes /0 . ~- . 79 COUNCIL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT Meeting of October 3, 1979 The Council of Local Governments of Seminole County met in regular session on Wednesday, October 3, 1979, at 7:30 p.m. at Casselberry City Hall. Present: Commissioner Sandra Glenn Councilman Barbara Christensen Mayor June Lormann, Longwood Deputy Mayor Hap Arnold, Winter Springs Mayor Norman Floyd, A1tamonte Springs Commissioner Edwin Keith, Sanford Mayor Walter Sorenson, Lake Mary Commissioner Glenn called the meeting to order. Commissioner Glenn said the minutes of the September 5th meeting would be mailed out shortly and would be considered along with the October 3rd minutes. Councilman Owen Sheppard, City of Casselberry, was present and addressed the members regarding the problem of aquatic weed growth in the chain of lakes in Casselberry and said they were trying to find solutions to the problem. He said the cost of chemical treat- ment was prohibitive, said just the chain of five lakes would cost approximately $70,000. He said they would like some information on the possibility of using white amur fish as a possible means of control. Mrs. Glenn said if the lakes flow from one body of water into another there has to be barriers built between the lake in that no fish can go from one lake to another. She said if it is a private lake the only program they have going is that if a lake is less than 25 acres, the homeowners around the lake can make application to the Dept. of Natural Resources, and at their expense take care of the cost of getting the fish to the lake, and the Dept. of Natural Resources will do a monitoring process. She said by a public lake, they mean that a city would have to own a parcel of land that would entail a driveway and a boat ramp into the lake that the public could use. And in that case, you could be put on a list where the Dept. of Natural Resources will stock the fish, but it is a participation program and if they have to use herbicides or do monitoring, the city would have some cost. CALNO Meeting October 3, 1979 Page 2 Mayor Floyd said they were on a program and had started with herb- icides, then went to the more economical way of putting the fish in the lake. He said Lake Orienta is land locked so had no problem there. He said between the herbicides and the fish, Altamonte Springs' cost last year was $12,000 for the spray applications, but now that they are under a pilot project, they don't have to pay anything. Commissioner Glenn said she would send Councilman Sheppard the info- mation she had received from the Dept. of Natural Resources and said there was some new information on "grass carp". She said the differ- ence as explained to her between the white amur and the grass carp was the grass carp was a sterilized fish, and they were in the experimental stage with it and they were using fingerlings (2-5 in.) instead of the larger fish (2-3 lbs) and found that in using the smaller fish, that they would be eaten up by the other fish. Mayor Floyd said they were using the 2-3 lb. fish in their lake. Mrs. Glenn said that with private lakes if you do not have any runoff from roads and other drainage ditches, just strictly private residence runoff, you may want to work out something with the homeowners in that they would participate in the cost of getting the fish. She said most of the homeowners living on lake fronts would be more than willing to share a one time cost to buy the fish, but the fish program is still in an experimental project and no one knows how it will turn out. Treasurer, Mayor Sorenson, reported a balance of $356.66, as of 9/28/79, in the treasury. Commissioner Glenn said she talked to the new mayor of Oviedo, Mayor Tom MOrgan, and he said he was committed until January with a course he was teaching but after that he would be the member to CALNO for the City of Oviedo. REPORTS Altamonte Springs - no report Casselberry - no report Lake Mary - Mayor Sorenson said he had no report but just wanted to comment on the grant application they had discussed with the County on the previous day, and said regardless of whether it worked or not, that it was a nice effort on the part of the City and County to sit down together to consider and talk about the ways they could cooperate together to get the things that they all needed and it was very nice CALNO Meeting October 3, 1979 Page 3 to be able to do that for once. He said it was a CBDG Grant in two areas - the portion that Lake Mary was looking at was an economic development; the portion the County was looking at was in drainage and it appeared that they could compliment one another's needs. Discussion was then held on the CETA program. Mrs. Glenn said once they were back to the dollars in CETA and CETA positions were being requested by the municipalities, she suggested that they show up at the Commission meetings which are usually held the first Tuesday after the Thursday meeting held by the prime sponsor. Longwood - no report Sanford - no report Seminole County - Commissioner Glenn said, as they were all informed by memo, that effective September 15, the Sanlando tTansfer station would be open on Saturdays, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and effective October 1, 1979, all Seminole County transfer stations would be open on Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Winter Springs - Mr. Arnold said he would like input from all the CALNO members on the pros and cons of owning their own utilities. Mayor Floyd said as long as they have Federal monies involved, they would have a lot of problems, State DER, certain requirements they put on, etc. Mr. Arnold said he wondered whether it would be a good governmental decision to own their own utilities or not. Councilman Christensen brought up the subject of the Transmission Authority and the salary increases the employees recently received. Discussion was held on this. Commissioner Glenn brought up the subject of the new Senate Bill that had to do with roads and of the County and municipalities maintenance responsibilities and she said she would like their interpretation on it. She said permits and franchises could also be involved in it and would check with Bill Bush about it. She said she would send them all a copy of the road bill on curb-to-curb. Mr. Arnold invited all the members to take a look at Sunset Road; he said it was going to be a nice smooth road and thanked Casselberry for their contribution and the Florida Land Company. CALNO Meeting October 3, 1979 Page 4 Commissioner Glenn said a meeting had been held between DOT, City of Casselberry and the County regarding Winter Park Drive, Red Bug Road and 436 and said there should be some changes in that intersection within 60 days. She said on October 15th, a work session would be held regarding participation program with new development going in on Red Bug Road, traffic signalization, etc. Councilman Christensen said Casselberry City Council has discussed quite a bit about a traffic light at Seminole Blvd. and Winter Park Drive. She said it was County jurisdiction and also was within the City and wondered what could be done about it. Commissioner Glenn said they have funds in traffic engineering and do match things like that. She said the City should have a traffic check made on the area in question and submit it to Bill Bush. The next CALNO meeting will be held in the City of Lake Mary on Wed- nesday, November 7, 1979, at 7:30 p.m. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.