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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991 10 02 Minutes COUNCiL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS iN SEMiNOLE COUNTY OCTOBER 2, 1991 The regular meeting of the Council of Local Governments in Seminole county was held at Winter Springs City Hall, 1126 East State Road 434, Winter Springs, Florida, on Wednesday, October 2, 1991 at 7:15 P.M. MEMBERS PRESENT Commissioner Lee Constantine, Altamonte Springs Mayor Andrea L. Dennison, Casselberry Commissioner David K. Mealor, lake Mary Commissioner Paul lovestrand, Longwood Commissioner Ida Cook, Oviedo Commissioner Whitey Eckstein, Sanford Commissioner Pat Warren, Seminole County Commissioner Cindy Kaehler, Winter Springs Nancy Warren, Seminole County School Board Elaine Apter, league of Women Voters P.J. lacette, Orlando Sentinel Nick Pfeifanf, Sanford Herald x x X X X X CALL TO ORDER <- The meeting was called to order by Commissioner David K. Mealor. Commissioner David Mealor, stated that Mayor her position as Mayor and if it is acceptable to to the City of Casselberry requesting that agreement. Andrea Dennison has resigned from the group, I will sent a letter she be replaced. All were in APPROVAL OF MINUTES Moved by Commissioner Cook, seconded by Commissioner Eckstein to approve the minutes of September 4, 1991. Motion carried. TREASURER'S REPORT Commissioner Eckstein stated the current balance is $430.14. At the last meeting I reported that there might be a check outstanding, concerning the visitor from Tallahassee. Several members questioned the dispersement. Commissioner Mealor asked if it would be acceptable to the group to move this report to later in the meeting. All were in agreement. OLD BUSINESS There was discussion on the payment to the member of the Conflict Resolution Group, from Tallahassee and was decided to move this to the end of the meeting. NEW BUSINESS Gerald Brinton, Seminole County Expressway Authority, gave an update on the Beltway. Council of Local Governments in Seminole County October 2, 1991 Page 2 Brinton said the Seminole County segment of the Beltway is about 20% of the entire system and will have the most traffic use. The southern portion, the Red Bug Road area is estimated to handle 30,000 cars per day in the first year. About 10,000 cars are estimated to cross the bridge over Lake Jesup in the opening year. Bids have been received for the contract over Lake Jesup and the three to the south of the lake. The bids have come in almost 20% under the engineering estimate. Brinton described where the beltway will be built and the locations of the interchanges. There was discussion on buffers. Brinton stated that they plan on preserving as much of the vegetation as they can and will plant low maintenance trees and wild r:owers. The entire beltway will be lighted. The lighting is designed to have the light directly on the roadway. The construction should be started by early December for each phase or the beltway. The segment from 426 through the Red Bug Road interchange is targeted to be opened by April 1993. The next segment to the lake and the bridge over to 17/92 is targeted for September 1993. It will take two years to build the bridge. The beltway will stop six miles short from i-4 in Sanford because of lack of funds. Hopefully the funds will be available around 1996 to complete the beltway through to 1-4. There was discussion on the price of the tolls and if people will use the beltway because of the cost to ride on it. Brinton stated that the road will be State Road 417, and its secondary name will be the Greene Way. Commissioner Mealor thanked Gerald Brinton for giving the presentation. Commissioner Mealor said item B on the agenda is to discuss his representing CALNO on the Seminole County Economic Development Steering Committee. He stated that he was automatically put on the committee. He stated that if the group would like someone else to represent them he didn't mind. He also mention that this is a very important committee. He is working on the area of governmental regulations aspect. The group was all in agreement for Mealor to represent CALNO. There was discussion on an alternate for this committee. designate Commissioner Paul Lovestrand as the alternate. the committee meets the 4th Thursday of every month at Community College. Mealor stated he would cali Lovestrand the alternate for this committee. The group all agreed to It was mentioned that 3:00 P.M. at Seminole to see if he would be TREASURER'S REPORT Commissioner Mealor stated to the best of his knowledge on the payment to the member of the Conflict Resolution Group member's plane fare. He stated that it was never absolutely certain that CALNO would pay for the gentleman's ticket. Council of Local Governments in Seminole County October 2, 1991 Page 3 There has been nothing submitted in writing from them for reimbursement. There has been no follow up report which was part of the minutes, and after a telephone conversation was told they would get back to him and as of yet no one has gotten back to him. There was discussion on this, and Mealor stated that he would call them and ask them to submit a bill with the report. REPORTS FROM MEMBERS LAKE MARY The next mee~lng will be held on November 6, 1991, in Altamonte Springs. The dedication of Liberty Park will be on Saturday, October 12, 1991, at 10:00 A.M. A citizens initiative was successful, and on the November ballot a referendum will be placed with the intent for large scale funding for projects not to take place without voter permission. OVIEDO Commissioner Cook stated that the City of Oviedo had a City election and she was reelected, there is a new city councilman, Phil Hanson, and a new mayor, Dave Kickerbocker. Round Lake Park has opened which has nature trails and a fishing dOCK. The City has a community group cf people who is trying to help build the City a playground and we will be coming to the School Board to request the opportunity to build the playgroundj"tot lot" adjacent to the Lawton House complex. We are also requesting a joint meeting between the County and City to discuss those matters. The City also had a visit from the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects, who looked at the downtown area and came up with ideas and diagrams of what we might do to our "old" downtown area. In November we will have "Great Day in the Country". SANFORD The City is having Mr. Duanny, a famous archetic, to look at the downtown historic district plus the downtown businesses and try to came up with a Master Plan for the design of the City. The meeting is Friday, October 11, 1991, at 3:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. at the Civic Center and Saturday, October 12, 1991, from 9:00 to Noon in the City Hall Chambers. SEMINOLE COUNTY Commissioner Pat Warren spoke about the exporte communication. The County Attorney had a very conservative opinion on the issue. Warren stated that Mr. Rayburn has presented the Commission with a reorganization that will be his stamp to try and pull things together. Public works consolation will have the entire areas of water and sewer, roads and drainage, solid waste, engineering, traffic engineering. The "soft departments" will be brought under the Planning Department such as: Comprehensive Planning, development review, land Council of Local Governnents in Seminole County October 2, 199 i Page 4 managem€nt, building inspections, code enforcement, natural resources, capitol programs, impact fees and public information will be under one department. Warren passed out to the group a map of the preferred new has not been passed by the Commission yet. She also gave County's Comprehensive Plan introduction and a copy of County's budget. voter precincts, which the group a copy of the the highlights of the Warren also spoke about the concern on salt water intrusion. The east study area, to try to take care of the urban sprawl issue, is the Commission went to 1 to 10 but with the ability to cluster in certain areas and get it down to 1 to 5 with clustering. SCHOOL BOARD Nancy Warren spoke of the impact fee study which came back and said they needed more time and will be proposing what will be a permanent impact fee. We are looking for school sites and trying to sell sites that we will not use. The School Board resolved an issue with the City of Winter Springs without having to get into any litigation. Warren also stated that the budget cuts for the schools are true, the schools are facing serious times. WINTER SPRiNGS No Report. Meeting adjourned at 9:15 P.M.