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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNovember 4, 1998 Minutes with Notes and Highlights Nov-1S-9S 07:40P P.02 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 Nov-18-98 07:41P P.03 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 Nov-1S-9S 07:41P .....u"+ 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 Nov-1B-9B D7:41P P.DS 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. . . .... " ,... ..... .... "',,":'<"'''::''';t~';'r'':' ',', ". .,.". ."'"',,.,'.: ", where .it was receivec.1.W14c:r~,. . ..'ff.;~~" . ;~~.tI"".:i ' .' Mi'Ift,,' another eopy 10.75 CALNO Jqlpomtmeftt to Juvenile Justice C9m~itt~ Commissioner GenneU reported that Ann Marie Vacca informed her that she could no ..9pth~.l4y~I,.~~~C;~~U. ~ 8;J. 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. . Nov-1B-9U 07:41P ~ P.06 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 - journment. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:37 P.M.