HomeMy WebLinkAboutNovember 4, 1998 Minutes with Notes and Highlights
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CALNO
COUNCIL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN SEMINOLE COUNTY
NOYHMBHR 4, 1998
1. Can to Order, IDvo(ati91lt "_Ie of AII'4d.nce.
The meeting was called to order on Wednesday, November 4, t 998 at 7:07 P.M. by
Chainnan Gennett at Sanford City Hall, 300 North Park Avenue, Sanford, Florida. A moment of
silent prayer followed.
2. l\pfJ. CaR.
Meqtben Present
Cindy Gennell, City of Winter Springs
t<:ddje Rose, City of Altamonte Springs
Diane Bauer. Seminole County School Board
Ron Sargent, City of Longwood
AI Clark, City ofCasseJbeny
Tom Grecne~ City of Lake Mary
Stephen Caldwell Wright. PhD. Seminole Community Conege
Tom Hagood, City of Oviedo
Absent
Brady Lessard, City of Sanford
Whitey Eckstein,. City of Sanford
}\.50 Present
Michael Blake, City of Winter Springs
John Drago, City of Winter Springs
Mary Miller, Intern, Seminole Community College
Christy King, Seminole Community College
Richard GennelI
Stan Stevens
3. Approval. of Octo~, 1. 1998 Min'~5,
Commiisioner Gennell asked if everyone had read the minutes and if thore were any
changes or objections. Commissioner Rose noted that in his report he stated the diver of the year
was named Mark Ruiz, not Rorecse. Commissioner Clark noted that in his report he said that the
City of Casselberry is not rebidding the engineer for Winter Park Drive. rather that the engineer
redesigned the project and the construction work for Winter Park Drive was being re-bid. A
contractor has been awarded the re-bid on half of the project. Commissioner Sergeant moved to
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accept the minutes as amended. Seconded by Commissioner Bender and canied.
4. Treasurer'.Ra,port
CommissioncrOreene reported the balance of the treasury was $668.03.
s. ,....... A; IJtdate Oil the Ed~tionlGovemllleDt Cable Ch.D~1 Televisiop tssu.e.
f'A)'mJ11issioner Gennell reported she attended a meeting with the executive staff at
Seminole Community College to discuss the update on the educationlgovommentcable channel
tclc:vision issue. Mr. Wright, Seminole Community College. reported that the issue is 'till being
reviewed by the attorney and he plans to take it to the board next month for discussion.
Commissioner Oennetl said that the City of Altamonte Springs has the cable channel issue
on their agenda for November 17. She also said that she will meet with the County in a few
weeks to go over the issue with the county manager and the county attorney to review the finer
points before it is presented to their board.
6. Pro,gram B: Update 'In the Coqrerenct Center & Ail1)qrt.
No presentation given. Mayor Larry A. Dale, City of Sanford, was not present at the
meeting.
7. ~,..n. C:P~qtatioD 011 the S.miuole Commuul(y C~e Cqoperative
Edueatiou ........m.
Ms. Mary Miller, student a1 Seminole Community College, reported she serves Winter
Springs City CounQil as a volunteer paralegal intern through the see cooperative education
program. Her sponsor is Deputy Mayor Cindy Gennell. She said the cooper$tive education
pr0gram has given her the opportunity to work with people who use the types of law that she will
use when she graduates, and it allows her networking opportunities which will be important when
she graduates in August and ventures into the business world. She said that through working
with Mrs. Oennell she bas leamedthat being a woman who is successful in government requires
much detennination and hard work, and her experience in the program will be extremely beneficial
in her future prospective employment.
Ms. Christy King. Coordinator of the Cooperative Education Program at Sem.inole
Community College, gave a presentation on SCC's Cooperative Education Program. Ms. King
distributed a newsletter which is published twice a year and contains information about the
businesses involved with the cooperative education program. She also distributed a brochure
which explains the cooperative education program. Ms. King said that see has worked with
local government agencies and the school board in placing sludents in positions which relate to
their academic and career goals. In addition. a student benefits from the oppol1unily to work in
business. industry. bealth, or public sector agency and earn el~"tive credits. in addition to being
paid a wage. A few of the benefits the employer receives are: saves money by reducing
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recruitment costs for employment, grooms promising new talent to meet the future needs of the
organization, and increases productivity by allowing better utilization of professional personnel
for hightuks byasstsning coopotative education students to semi-professional responsibilities.
Additionally, state grant dollars are available for subsidizing the income of students wbo qualify
for financiaJaid. Finally, Seminole Community CoUege has the second largest cooperative
education program among Floridats community colleges.
8. pl'OJra. D: dilelluion oCtile Lee" Qptl,n Gas Tax.
Commissioner Gennell reported that Councilman Hagood drafted a lotter on her behalf
which was sent on CALNO letterhead to all city managers and mayors requesting the discussion
of the Local. Option Gas Tax be placed on their meeting agendas. She said the City of Lakc M:ary
had responded favorably. Commissioner Clarkt City ofCasse1berryt said he.will provide a Ictter
stating the City's support. Commissioner GenncU said that the City of Altamonte Springs has
placed both the discussion of the Local OptionOas !a~artdt~(j~~~mment Cable Cha.nfleJ
Television i_.. on their agenda for N()Vember 17. C~~:': .... .......
Commissioner ,good, City of ()vied.o.said he placed the Local Option Gas Tax issue on their
agenda; it was discussed and will be brought before thc Conmussion again for a vote.
Commissioner Sargent. City of LOllgwoodt said there was a discussion at their
Commission meeting regarding the annexation issue. He said the real ooncern with the County is
that the CountY doesn't want to drop below a certain percentage oCcounty property, which is SO+
percent. He said the cities should want to share in the' .ocal Option Gas Tax at the same ratios
that the County is 8$king that areas are being shared. Commissioner Hagood said if the money
has been boJ1ded.in a county, that a county can't go below that level to service t.heir bond". If a
city has bonded their revenue streams trom LOOT. then that revenue stream can't be reduced
below that level to that city. Once the money is bonded, the money is secured as long as the
money will be available, fifteen to twenty years. John Drago. City of Winter Springs T>eputy
Mayor, said that money can be bonded only until the Local Option Gas Tax is sunset. If there is a
certain year in which it is inactivet the money can be bonded only to that point, after which
legislation would have to be reenacted. Iflegislation is reenacted, the cities would be able to
renegotiate a distribution formula~ that would be the appropriate time to approach the split
situation. As far as the bonding is concerned, consideration would have t.o be given to other
pledged revenues beside gas tax.
9. Program E: Discussion Qf tbe Inte~al Mediation AI~nu~ptt
Commissioner Ilagood reported there was litigation pending bel ween the City of Oviedo
and the City of Winter Springs regarding Battle Ridge and the cities wanted to invoke the lnter-
Local Mediation Agreement. However~ because there were other parties to the litigation other
than Oviedo, Winter Springs, and the County which are the signatories on the inter-local
agreement, it was deemed inappropriate to mediate. Commissioner Hagood said there may bc a
need to revise the agrccment because there will be future incidents where mitigation is necessary
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and all parties will want to be involved. At the present timc the agreement doesn.t allow for fun
participation.
Commissioner Genne11 said the Interlooal Mediation Asreement was established to prevent
cities from going to court with each other. Each city that signed the agreement is bound by
commitment to enter into non-binding mediation when contemplating a lawsuit and before it is
filed .
10. Pro.aram ,: Update OR the ^ppoint...entl~lleppoln_.t to tfJtt $llmiDGle
E.p~y Autbqrlty.
At the meeting of October 7. J 998. Mr. Whitey Eckstein was reappointed to the Seminole
Expressway Authority. The item was to be taken back to each city and presented to each
commission for vote. Commil.voner Gennell reported she directed tbe cities to send response to
the Countyrtgarding the reappointment. Commissioner Hagood said the reappointment was on
the agenda for the Seminole expressway Authority.
10.5 Update on l.4illatlve Policy Committee Effort.
Commissioner Blake reported that CALNO passed a Resolution last month to revise the
TRJM notice requirelIlellts to eliminate the roJlback rate as the basis for a tax increase
notification.. He took the Resolution to the l"forida Lea...8U.... e ofCiti..cs,.......Tax Law. C...o.....m.. ..m.. i.tt....ee.... m...eet...ing.
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where .it was receivec.1.W14c:r~,. . ..'ff.;~~" . ;~~.tI"".:i
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10.75 CALNO Jqlpomtmeftt to Juvenile Justice C9m~itt~
Commissioner GenneU reported that Ann Marie Vacca informed her that she could no
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II. R~ports from Members:
Cindy Gennell, City of Winter Sprinas
No report.
Stephen C,ldwell Wtiaht. PbQ. ~c("1jQole C9mmunity Colle~e
The UCF/SCC Joint Agreement Proposal is going before Legislature again.
CALNO members will be invited to the ground breaking for the Oviedo Campus which is
scheduled for December. The men's basketball team lost their first game. The girls team is
continuing triumphantly.
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Wane Barnes. Seminole County School Board
A meeting is scheduled for the fint week in December with a representative. of the Federal
Government who will give a report on the consent decree. Also, she takes her seat November 11,
1998.
Eddie Rose, City of Altamonte Spril'\ls
Commissioner Rose was elected to serve another tenn and Betty Griffith was elected to
serve as Commissioner, He co.ngratulated Oviedo for their second and third place tinish.in the
Seminole Conference swim meet; the girls finished a strong third.
Tom Greene, Ci~ of Lake Mary
Mayor Mealor, Commissioner Brender, and himselfwil1 be sworn in fhr another term on
November 5. 1998. There will be a golftoomament on November 17 at Timacuan to raise money
tor Trail head Park which will be located at Rinehart Road and Lake Mary Boulevard. New
batting cages were installed at the balt complex. There was a joint meeting with the new Sanford
Orlando Airport Director, Victor White. and Sanford Mayor, Larry Dale. Mr. Greene said he will
be representing the take Mary City CommiS$1on in meetings with Mr. White regarding airport
issues, including the continuing concerns regarding the n(liS&;! issue. The florida Power
Corporation Solutions Building, located by the interstate, opened last week.
AI park, City of Ca.~lbellY
Two Commissioners were reelected, The Referendum issue passed by 6()O1O, which wiD
separate alcohol sales from.nudity. The City's amendment states if there is nudity in adult clubs,
you can't have alcohOl. The County's amendment states you can't have nudity in publiC places.
Ron Sargent, City of LoniwQOd
Shelton Smith was replaced with Interim Administrator Greg Manning. a fonner police
chief.
Tom Hagood. City of Oviedo
Serves on the UACT A (University AJafaya Conidor Transportation Authority) Board and
reported there will.be a new bus route which will link UCF, see Oviedo campus, travel through
the city, and LO the mall. The UACTA Board meets on the third or fourth 'Thursday at 8:00 AM.
at the Research Park Building.
1::' Ad
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There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:37 P.M.