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COUNCIL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN SEMINOLE COUNTY
June 7, 1989
The regular meeting of the Council of Local Governments in Semi-
nole Count was held at Oviedo City Hall, 20 East Broadway, Oviedo,
Florida on June 7, 1989 at 7:00 p.m.
MEMBERS
Commissioner Lee Constantine, Altamonte Springs
Mayor Owen Sheppard, Casselberry
Commissioner Thomas K. Mahoney, Lake Mary
Commmissioner Hank Hardy, Longwood
Councilperson Jane Dees, Oviedo
Commissioner Whitey Eckstein, Sanford
Commissioner Jennifer Kelley, Seminole County
Nancy Warren, Seminole County School Board
Mayor Leanne Grove, Winter Springs
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ALSO PRESENT
Skip Fowler, City Attorney, Altamonte Springs
Penny Fleming, Seminole County Management and Budget Director
Jean Kassab, Seminole County Senior Budget Management Analyst
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Lee Constantine.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Moved by Councilperson Dees,
the minutes of May 10, 1989.
second by Mayor Sheppard to approve
Carried unanimously.
TREASURER'S REPORT
Chairman Constantine reported that the treasurer's report was
unchanged from the last meeting.
OLD BUSINESS
a) Update on Dispute Resolution
It was reported that all cities were in agreement with the Inter-
local Agreement with the exception of Paragraph 12 and that had
now been resolved. All that remains is for each city to sign the
ag r eemen t .
b) Update on Solid Waste Management Act
Mayor Sheppard reported that all seven ci ties in the County had
signed the Interlocal Agreement, so that the way has been cleared
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to proceed with the grant for the implementation of the program.
The cities that already have trash collection will continue with
their own, and the County had been asked to consider handling the
recyclables, which will be mandatory at an average cost per
resident of $3.00. It was suggested that this could be charged to
the individual tax bill because of problems with adding this
charged to the utility bills. The recycling subcommittee is
meeting on June 8, 1989.
c) Legislative Update
Mr. Fowler reported that the Central Florida Commuter Rail
Au thor i ty was added to the Tr i County Rail Au thor i ty and passed
this session. The first route will be Sanford to Lake Mary along
the 1-4 spine, Longwood, Altamonte Springs, Maitland, Orlando and
to the Airport. A special taxing district was discussed.
NEW BUSINESS
a) Host Presentation
Mr. Eugene Will iford, Ci ty Manager, presented draw ings and plans
for the new Oviedo City Hall. The buildings are "Cracker" style
architecture with a metal roof, brick construction and of a rural
nature, with a veranda all around the administration building.
The two buildings are approximately 15,000 square feet each, with
provisions for additional buildings at a future date and a comple-
tion date of January 8. The low bid for construction was 2.65
million dollars, approximately $70 per square foot for the admini-
stration building and $60 per square foot for the Public Safety
Building.
b) Local Option Gas Tax
Ms. Fleming and Ms. Kassab spoke about the Local Option Gas Tax
Formula that would go into effect on January 1, 1990. Ms. Fleming
explained that the LOGT was established in 1986 by interlocal
agreement with the County's rate fixed at 63.6% and the Cities
rate of 36.4% based on a five year rolling transportation expen-
diture history, and the annual audit.
Exceptions to the formula in the form of developer credits issued
against revenue this year were Altamonte Springs and Oviedo. Ms.
Fleming requested that special procedures be established for
future exceptions in the form of a copy of the developers agree-
ment with contractor certification to be forwarded to their office
for verification.
After extensive discussion, Councilperson Dees moved to allow
credits in the figures for gas tax distribution on the basis of a
three year even distribution of whatever certifiable amount of
c red i tis .
Ms. Fleming asked for clarification of certifiable.
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Chairman Constantine stated that a developers agreement would be
sent to her office with an actual dollar figure of the improve-
ments. She would then take that figure in the year in which it is
received and spread over the next three years.
Councilperson Dees then rephrased the motion to: allow credits in
the figures for gas tax distribution on the basis of a three year
even distribution of whatever the certifiable amount of credit as
provided by a developers agreement,
Motion was seconded by Mayor Sheppard and carried unanimously.
c)
Members Discussion of Local Concerns
Altamonte Springs has signed an Impact Fee Agreement with Seminole
County which was approved two weeks ago regarding the funding for
collector roads.
The City of Sanford is working on a resolution asking the County
Commission to reconsider the penny sales tax for the Sheriff's
Department by referendum this fall, and asked for the support of
CALNO in the form of a resolution. Commissioner Eckstein was
asked to bring the resolution before the next CALNO meeting.
d) Other Business
e) Discussion of JulY__fuI~!}<:!~
There will be no meeting in July, the next meeting will be August
2nd.
REPORTS FROM MEMBERS
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Mayor Grove reported that the City had closed on a 9 million
dollar bond issue wi th 3.5 million for recreation improvements,
500,00 for a new fire station and the rest to refinance the
previous bonds. She also reported that June 24th is the City's
30th birthday with a celebration in Sunshine Park.
Sanford
Commissioner Eckstein reported that the City is receiving bids for
a new fire station and are meeting with the County on Monday for
some sort of mutual aid package.
Oviedo
Longwood
Mayor Hardy said that they have a new City Admini strator Mike
Ables and that their parks and recreation program was sold out
within 30 minutes on opening day.
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Casselberry
Altamonte Springs
Commissioner Constantine reported the approval of fluoridation in
the water supply system and that the Future Visions Forum will be
held on Saturday from 8:30 to 2:30 with consultants for an update
on future planning for the City.
He reported that the Al tamonte Mall had submitted plans for a
450,000 square foot expansion with 2,000 covered parking spaces
and a future expansion of an additional 240,000 square feet making
a total of 1.75 million square feet.
Commissioner Constantine reported that the Charity Challenge would
be on July 15th and 16th behind the Altamonte Mall and would be
televised statewide.
There being no further business, the meeting adj ourned at 8: 45
p.m.