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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSeptember 2, 1998 Minutes to be Approved ,. ! COUHCIL OF LOCAL GOVB~S III aBMIROLE COUlWl' LoDgwood Cit.l"C~.asloD Cbuabera 175 W. WarreD A.eDue Longw004, Florida KIIIUftS SBP2BNBBR 2, 1998 Present: Casselberry, Commissioner Al Clark Lake Mary, coaaissioner Gary Breader Lc)ngwood, DePUt.y Mayor Ron SU'tjent. OViedo, councilJDaa Tom Hagood, Jr. kIlford, COIIIIli.ssioner Bracly Lessard Wint.er Springs, CoIai..ioaer C.iDdyGennell seminole c.-uit.y Colle.., .St.eph..cald...UWrLCJ'b~1 PbD Seminole Count.y School Board, IJOU'd ....r La&1ey J"Ulong Absent: Altaaonte Springs, COImIis.ioner Bd4i.e It..., BN.rcl of County Commi..ion, cCDal..ioner (;I:'_t. Maloy AlsO Present: Longwood Commis.ioner Annamarie Vacc:a Geraldine D. lambri, Cit.y Clerk, Lc)ngwood Mr. Richard Gennell 1. Call to order. The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Cind.y Gennell at 7:30. 4. Treasurer's Report. Coll'llllissioner Brender reported the acoount balance was $884.48. A motion was made, seconded and approved to accept the report as submitted. Dr. wright said he was currently filling the position of .ice president for Baueational Programs OD an interim basis. s. Program A: Update on the Bdueation/Go.ernment Cable Channel Television Issue. ........ .. CLGSC/September 2, 1998/page 2 Chairperson Gennell offered a brief update on the Education Cable: have the following agreements at this time, Oviedo, Sanford, winter Springs, Casselberry, Lake Mary and the Scbool Board, agre_nt being reviewed by the attorney for Seudn01e CQIII'IUlDit.y College, will work with Longwoodand then Altamonte spring8' bas uked Chairman Morris to expedite getting to the Board of County commissioners. Chairperson Gennell discuss.d that some legal issu.s were already worked out with two of the cities, and some clarificat10ns or issues may st1l1 need to be resolved. She thou9ht what bad been worked out w1thCa.s.lberry and Winter Spri.nts wouldprOlNlbly be. agreeable to Lonpood also. AltaJllOnte was ha'V'ing i..ues of 1t.s own with their cable provider. Discussion ensued with respect to the County televising the1r meetings and that the televising of their meetings had nothiat to do with this agreement. 'Further, the County wants t.wo channel. and also wants a studio provided, both of which are called for 1a t.he1r franchise agreement. SCC may have the rooa foE' such a st.udio. colDJllis.ioner Geanell sU9cg.St.ed letting the County move forwud and hope it. in the best interests of all. Commis.ionerGennell will also JIlQve forward to coord1nate with Longwoocl. She will also contact Mr. Benley, newly eleeted County COIIIIIli.ssioner, t.o brief him on the cable issue. Juvenile Justice Presented by Deputy Mayor Ron Sargent, City of Longwood. Deputy Mayor Sargent said the Juvenile Justice representative was not in attendance and asked to postpone B to follow Item E. 6. Program B: 7. Program C: CALHO Appointment to the Juvenile Justice Committee ChaiX'llanGennell diseu.sed needing a representative to the Juvenile -.lustice COIIIIItittee and had asked each member to bring this request forward to.their respective councils. Chairman Gennell inquired if Commissioner Vacca would be interested. Deputy Mayor Sargent nominated Commissioner Vacca. Homination was seconded. As to when meetings were held, Deputy Mayor Sargent advised they were held on the second Friday of the month at 8:00 A.M. Nomination carried by voice vote. CLGSC/September 2, 1998/page 3 commissioner Gennell indicated disappointment that this was the second time the JJC has been invited and did not attend. Deputy Mayor Sargent gave a brief overview of the function of the Juvenile Justice Council. commissioner Vacca left the meeting at this time. 8. program 0: Resolution in Support Eslinger's Work Program. of Sheriff Don Commissioner Gennell asked if a copy of the resolution bad been mailed to aaoh Ite1Dber. No one had received a copy. cODIIIIi..ioner Gennell explained that the Sheriff wa. asking if CALBOwould pass a re..olution in support of his work program and she th.n read the resolution in full. Member Purlongmoved to approve. carried by voice vote. commissioner Clarke asked that a copy of the resolution be sent to each member. Motion was seconded. and 9. Program E: Update on the Local Option Gas Tax Presented by Councilman Tom Bagood, Jr., City of Oviedo. Following short discussion, Commissioner, Bagoodrequested. this item be moved to the next meeting whiCh will be held in Oviedo. In response to commissioner Gennell's inquiry, Commissioner aagood will 'look at the current distribution formula and hoped to have some sU9gestions on ways to improve or change it. Commissioner Furlong advised that the County's Camp Plan approval was the based on their transportation network which is funded by their impact fee ordinance and it is cemented to the local option gas tax IIlOney, which they had to pledge. Any modification to the distribution fo:t1lula would have a huge domino effect. Discussion continued as to whether any modifications could be made. cQJR1Ilissioner Gennell reminded that this originally came fromCALHO and, if enough interest is generated, a resolution could be sent to the County. In response to commissioner Gennell, Dr. Wright said, at this time, he would be the SCC representative. Commissioner Brender requested the floor and asked if CALNO wanted to take a position on the Conference Center that Sanford is proposing on Lake Monroe. After some discussion, theCALNO members agreed the Sanford Commission has put the issue to the CLGSC/September 2, 1998/page 4 voters in November and CALHO would determine, after the election, if -CALHQ woud further consider. With respect to some prior discussioD on hearing information on light rail, Co_~ ssioner Ge.DDell .aid .he would attempt to get .omeone to provide CALHO with a light rail pre.entation. 10. Reports from Members: Longvood Deputy Mayor Sargent announc:ed LongwOCKl would hold it. annual Fun Dog Sbow, sponsoz:ed by the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, on September 19, 1998. Deput.yMayor saqeJlt. reported a Special Meeting was held la.t week on reorqaDisationdurlng which discu..ion was held that perhaps they needeCl to deal with a decision on replacing the City Administra.tor. Be said there may be further di.cus8ion at an upcoming ~.ting. Sea.in~l. CCI1<l unity College (SCC). Dr. Wright reported enrollment waa up; see has started a new ad campaign as well as being more act.ive iathe IU.9hScboe>la and. are c-..otiog sec'. relationship so more people grad..t.iag from high schools in Seminole are going to sec. see io process of in. tal ling 700 new coaputers, attempting to bring into state of tbe art, and recycling the older computers throughout the c.-pu.;now an Bonors Program and a Science Merit progr.;Qvieclo CUlp\la scheduled to open in year 2000; some UCP OCP cla.... are being h.lei at the sec campus and sec is coordinating closely with OOF. Oviedo. Councilman Hagood said they have had two instances of using the Calno interlocal lIl8d.iation agreement; city voted to mediate a dispute wit.h Winter Springs on Battle.Jlidge as well as pursuing court action to IlAintain their legal rights. And winter Springs haa asked to have anoeher item mediated reI joint planning agreement with OViedo and Seminole County and was still an open item. Councilman HagOCKl said he wanted to pass on to eoJlUDissioner Furlong, on behalf of his wife, that she feels the school schedule for the elementary schools is better as is and saidcbanging to what Orange County is bad. S~ford. CODDissioner Lessard reported Sanford has welcomed their new City Manager, Tony Van DerWorp and he bas a number of projects already on the board, i.e., economic development, between Mall and downtown Sanford. civil Service System no longer in effect as originally designed, and he explained bow the new process gives the manager more CLGSSlSeptember 2, 1998/page 5 discretion yet there is still protection in that the City commission will sit as the Board that an employee can appeal to. Commissioner Lessard said Sanford was looking at privatizing its solid waiste department. Sanford has hired a dozen new police officers and siX new f~efight.rs all without raising the millage rate . Although currently saddled with third bi9best millage rate in Plorida, this is the first ttme in 12 years they bavebeen able to lower their millage ,.;ate. Happy to report their p.J;opet:ty values are risio9 and are up there with other rapidly appreciating areas. Council.-a Hagood said Oviedo also did an UP and selected a diffe,.;ent. c:arrier, Illinois .Recycling, who CUle in $3.00 per mont.h 1... . than current carJ;ier. Interestingly en.,h, arl was coming in for an il1Ol:'ease. ana when t.hey hadt.o bid they had dropped their rate to close to Illinoi.' sprice. Discu..ion continued as to certain ..P8Clt' of t.beserv1.cesprevided for the costs charged. Commissioner Gennell said winter Springs al.o recently negotiated a renewal witb Jennings, for long contract period.Diac~.sion about privatizing, in general, and the point at which privatizing can become cost. effect.ive. Councilman Hagood said the Council has just authori~ed the City Hanager to purchase a piece of property in downtown OViedO, located near 419 behind the boWling alley, which ia intended to be developed and turned into a trailhead. Commissioner Furlong referred Councilman Hagood to County Wicklow, in Ireland, who have extensive background in walking trails, etc. Willt.er Spri.ags. cOIDIIli..ioner Gennellsaid their 4th of July fire works display has not. been rescheduled for Labor Day. winter Springs h~lIs applied for three grants; the Florida Community Trust, GreeftWaysand Trails, and Historic Preservation# and are designed topurehase green space in the town centeX'. Concern is to control that area, as the city has to put in infrastructure and also to be able to deal with a single entity ratbert.hanJDUltiple owners. She with others went up and spoke to FloridaCo~unity Services on the grant, which wa. an interes:ting experience, and that will lielp them with their town center which is put of the SR 434 v.isioning- The other part is the older section of' 434, Baynes to 17-92, and that portion is in MPO's plan to tear out the middle lane and build raised medians etc. Seainole Couat.y School Board. commissioner Furlong said there was areasonably smooth opening of schools this year, especially 9i ven some of the changes. Just had first year of performance based pay raises Was very interestJ.ng, not everybody got the same. School Board had received permission from Tallahassee to deregulate four elementary schools as well as Lake Brantley and Lyman High Schools. CLGSC/September 2, 1998/page 6 This will give almost same amount of autonomy to these schools as charter schools have. will put lot of local control in hands of principal and school advisory council. . Deregulation continued to be discussed and Board Member Furlong did expect it would give princ1pals, teachers and parents far greater control over their schools. Whether good or bad will depend on what they do with their schools. Believed the voters spoke clearly that they like the direction the school board has taken; noti~g he was pleased with the way elections turned out. There are incentive programs in place for schools based on most improved, best test scores, etc. They are bringing forth a payroll deduction plan fort.heir employees, giving them ability to donate to the foundation, Whioh..mon8Y... s then go back into the scbools. This then can be used in rtMIUesting assistance, showing that the employees are contributing toward this foundation. As to wben children are introduced to computers, Member Furlong said they are introduced to them in elementary school. Said citizens should be proud of their school system, and noted there have not been any schools they are interested in a conversion to being a charter school. Before and after school program still having staffing problems at low end of scale. There is a waiting list to ,et in, their problem finding people to fill the positions. comais8ioner furlong said unemploysaent rate in the County was current.ly very low, 2%. to which he attributed the inability to fill the positions. Commissioner Gennell questioned Commissioner Lessard as to their pay raises. Commissioner Lessard said they will go into effect following the election to those elected. aet.bursements will go into effect on Oct. 1, 1998, went from $150 to $300 a month. This is for automatically recurring expenses, noting he receives more from reimbursements than from salary. Comai.ssioner Gennell said their charter calls for the Commission to receive a salary which is done by ordinance and then for them to be reimbursed for their expenses which can be done by resolution. por whatever reasons, the commissioners have never received a salary. Reimbursement has gone from $350 to $700 per month for cQDDDissioners and Mayor from $500 to $800. They determined the amount from surveys of like cities. Lake Mary receives a flat $400 per month and is reimbursed for expenses. Commissioner Brender said he spoke to the Mayor from Tallahassee and they have tied their city commissioners' salaries to the county commissioners' salaries, so when County get incre.ase, the city gets an increase. Casselberry ties their to the state employee i~crease, so it is automatic. . casselberry. Commissioner Clark reported a referendum issue will go to voters asking if Casselberry should pass an ordinance separating sale of liquor from nudity in the clubs. This is essentially the same direction the County is heading in with the CLGSC/September 2, 1998/page 7 citizen referendum that mayor may not make ballot as it is being challenged by the adult eI'ltertainment p$Ople. Casselberry has three seats up for election and the adult entertainment people are rounding up candidates for these seats. If this were to pass, it will come before city c~ssion, and the adult entertainment people would like to have those seats. Seats open are Colllllissiooers Benson,Sbeppard and RobeJ:'tson,Robertsoo being the only one who cannot run again. police Chief Gatch has resigned and ,a search will begin. cODRissioner Clark reported their JDi.llafje baa gooedown, yet they have to . advertise that tbe taxes are going up. Discussion ensued about the UIJlbill and recp1U",llts for advertising a tax increase wben in fact the mil1afje bas not gone up. colDlDissiooer Clark said Casselberry played the City .of Winter Park in a golf tournaaeat, a seraJDble J the people wbo played paid. Thought it. was nice for the two cities to get together. Lake JIUy. C08IIlissioner Brender said he would like to lobby the state 'to revisit the TRIM bill. The members discussed having the issuerevisited by the state and Perhaps seI'lding a resolution to the State. '.rae .....rs decided to place this item on the next agenda a. new busin.s.. cOIRIIllssioner Brender said he would talk to Donna McIntosh, City Attorney, about this issue and where it stands, .also dout a draft of .. pro:posed resolution. He noted that this was an item of discussion at the past League meeting. commissioner Gennell initi.ted discussion about inviting the legislative delegation to speak at CALNO. Discussion continued with 'l:'espect to bow to bring them to CALNO. Inviting respective commissioners was suggested and perbaps CALHOcould hold a Le9is].ative Reception. CODDissioner Gennell said she would write a letter. It was nated. the ent.ire legislative delegation usually met with the local govermaents at the seminole Community College. The B.ec.pt~onwas intended. tabe somewhat different than the way the meeting at the College was held. An appropriate tiJae to have this reception was discussed, January seemed to be the right tiJae and that the regular CALlmmeeting night would probably be the best tiJae. The Reception would open tlith an hour of informal discussiQn and then .perhaps into a question and answer forum tlith the delegates sitting on tbe dais. In checking the calendar, it appeared the January meeting was scheduled to be held at Seminole Community College. Dr. Wrigbt will check to Bee if they would be able to host this reception. An attempt will be made to bold the Reception this January, but if too late, would then consider doing the following year. Inviting the entire Central Florida delegation was discussed. CLGSC/September 2, 1998/page 8 Commissioner Gennell asked if there was a motion to host on the first Wednesday or on any other Wednesday. oeputyMayor Sargent so moVed. Seconded by Councilman Bagood.Carried by voice vote. commissioner Brender continued with his report. Be said Lake Mary had the honor of having the Florida police chief and Fire Chief Association's presidents as their police chief and fire chief, Chief Beary and Chief Bahn. Qualifying ends September 10th. Seats open, Mayor Mealor, Commissioner Green and himself. All are running again. Downtown redevelopment continuing. will aut.horize funels tODlOrX'OW night and as a part of that is t.beJ.r new police stat.lon for which they . are pUrchasing property in the downt.QWi1, coast.ru.ction will most likely begin in November. Coat of facility will be 4 · 5 million dollars with some space for .x~sion. Lake Mary celebrated its 25th anniversary, had a t.ho"&l1d people attend. Also building a $400,000 Parks matat.anance building- Be also report.ed tbe following; no tax increase, will retain 3.76 millage; 310 apartments coming in; office9rowtb continues, t.wo in BeathrQW , ate.; Rhinehardt l'toadwellunder 40nat.ruct.ion ,sbould be complet.ed in December, is footprinted foX' eventlull six laning; Trailhead just now beginning to come into play, will be spending $432,000 to build a park, wbieh will funded fX'OJIsale of some property to primera; Lake Mary/lleathrow Festival will be held at Oval park at Beathrowlnternational Center in October. Upon request, Coaaissioner Brender said he would be happy furnisb 25th anniversary pins t.o the members. Commissioner Gennell presented a pen to I?r. Wright in apPreciation. 11., Adjournment. There being no further business .the meeting adjourned at 9:40 P.M. Submitted by: Geraldine D. Zambri, City Clerk City of Longwood