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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFax Dated 06 01 99 Re: Request for Information . LONGWOOD . CASSElBERRY . LAKE MARY Council of Local Governments in Seminole County . ALTAMONTE SPRINGS . OVlEDO SEMINOLE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD FACSIMILE COVER SHEET DATE: June 1, 1999 _ TO: ATTENTION: City of Casselberry Commissioner Linda C. Hart FROM: Andrea Lorenzo-Luaces Interim City Clerk FACSIMILE: (407) 699-8060 TELEPHONE: FACSIMILE: (407) 327-1800 x 227 (407) 327-4753 ,\ RE: Request For Information NUMBER: OF PAGES: ill] (including this cover sheet) COMMENTS: Commissioner, please find a copy of the "fax'd" minutes from the May 5, 1999 CALNO meeting, held at the City of Lake Mary. I have not yet received a final or clean copy of these minutes, only this "fax'd" copy, which I received on Thursday morning. I did not want to keep you waiting any longer, so I am faxing the only minutes that I have received thus far. I trust that this copy will suffice. Thank you for your patience. COUNCIL MEMBERS Ed" it.: K05c Turn Hagood. .1r Limb C. llart A,A "Mac" McClanahan Cindy Gcnncll. Chairperson Gary Brender Paul Lovestr",,(\ Daryl McLain Diane Bauer Dr Stephcn Cald,,'cll Wnght. PhD ~!NVTES OF THE COUNCIL OF LOCAL GOVERN~ENTS IN SEMINOLE COUNlY (CALNO) M~ING held May 5,199917:00 P.M., Lake Mary Cit~ Commission Chambers I 100 North Country Club Road, Lake Maryl Florida. I 1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Chairman Cindy Gennell at 7:16 P.M. Invocation Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll Call MEMBERS PRESENT Councilman Tom Hagood, Jr. Mayor Paul Lovestrand Commissioner Gary Brender Commissioner Linda C. Hart Commissioner Cindy Gennell Commissioner Eddie Rose Commissioner AA. "Mac" McClanahan City of Oviedo City of Longwood City of Lake Mary City of Casselberry City of Winter Springs City of Altamonte Springs City of Sanford Dr. Stephen Caldwell Wright Commissioner Daryl McLain Board Member Diane Bauer MEMBERS ABSENT Seminole Community College Seminole County Seminole County School Bd. OTHERS PRESENT Representative Lee Constantine Representative Tom Feeney Representative Fred Brummer Mayor David Mealor, City of Lake Mary City Manager John Litton, City of Lake Mary Senior Planner Susan Deines, City of Lake Mary John McMenamy, Chairmanl Downtown Development Advisory Committee Cindy Coto, Acting County Manager, Seminole County Mayor Mealor welcomed the members of the Legislative Delegation to the City of Lake Mary. He recognized Representatives Feeney, Constantine and Brummer for the work they have done for Central Florida. They are blessed to have the representation where their needs are heard. They are very thankful for the work they do not only in Tallahassee but also in the communities. There are some dramatic things happening in Lake Mary, and the partnership with the County and Lake Mary has allowed some very significant things to happen in the community. He was also appreciative to the sister cities and the School Board. Chairman Gennell said there was a request from Lake Mary to hear Item 5 first so their staff person can go into their next meeting. There were no objections. 5_ Program A: Overview of Downtown Redevelopment CALNO MEETING May 5,1999 - 1 , qommissioner Brender introduced Susan Daines, Senior Planner, and John McMenamy, Chairman of the Downtown Development Advisory Committee. This committee has been chartered to bring together a citizen-supported program to the downtown redevelopment of Lake Mary. Ms. Deines said for about ten years, there has been the question of where is Lake Mary's downtown. In 1991, the City began some studies trying to determine if the City would like to have a downtown, what would it look like, what would it cost and how would they go about doing that The first study done in 1991 by Herbert Halbach and they conducted a one-day Charette. The primary purpose was to find out if there was interest, and there was. There was focus on a traditional town center and community activities. It would be pedestrian oriented, safa, well maintained, attractive and interesting with a diversity in buildings with a "small town" feel. The buildings were no more than two stories, fronting mostly on Country Club Road with I\Old Style Florida" architectural style. It would be family oriented with public spaces for City...sponsored events such as art, craft and music festivals. They would want to encourage public services in order to bring people into downtown and make it a friendly place to work and live. They wanted moderately priced housing in the downtown area for new homeowners and the elderly. They ware looking at nighttime activities and renovation of City spaces and to utilize the park system more fully to the benefit of the folks down here. Ms. Deines said that was followed up by the Bruce Anderson study. A market analysis was done to determine if there was a market for the downtown development. There was the B market which is the "Mom and Pop" and individual small retailers and business people. There is a market for space and a market for people who want to go to those types of businesses. They looked at the infrastructure needs and costs. A development profile was done showing most of the development along Country Club Road with two stories-commercial and office on the bottom and office/residential on the top. Ms. Deines said the City determined a downtown redevelopment was worth investigating thoroughly and formed a Downtown Development Advisory Committee (DOAC). That committee was charged with looking into the issue and taking their investigation to the City Commission with a recommendation to support the downtown development and at what level, and the costs and benefits. This is a six~member committee made up of four downtown property owners (one is a City Commissioner) and two citizens at large. They first looked at the main constraints of development. It is an old platted subdivision with very small lots and the City's regulations are geared toward the larger parcels. Issues such as parking, buffers, retention, etc. come into play and drive the cost of development so high for the small developers. To assist in remedying that, the committee undertook developing an interim plan that can be used now where they have reduced some of the development regulations. They shrunk the buffer sizes, lessened the landscaping requirements to bring down costs and reduced the parking requirements. These regulations are geared to small businesses of 6,000 square feet or less. If a larger business came in, they would have to develop to the regular code. They have had several property owners come in with plans and she was moving forward with redevelopment plans for their existing building or vacant property. Ms. Deines said the committee is charged with determining what scale they could redevelop and where it makes sense for the City to expend the funds necessary to do so. In order to answer those questions, the City has commissioned Miller-Sellen to do a study and it has been broken into phases. They did an economic analysis, a market analysis and projected the primary trade area, the build out of that trade areal the square footage of commercial and office necessary, the feasibility and at what date. They did a thorough investigation of how that would play out and how the City would benefit in terms of tax revenue for the expenditures that would make it happen. They CALNO MEETING May 5, 1999 - 2 looked at an infrastructure analysis in a core and a transitional area. She showed the targeted area 0[1 the overhead projector. They felt the stairstep parks was something they could utilize in developing a downtown district. The City is planning to put up a new police station in the downtown district (Crystal Lake Avenue). It is hoped that will help spur downtown development and show the citizens the City is in support of downtown development and are willing to invest in its own downtown. Ms. Deines said Miller-Sellen also looked at financing and in Phase 2. they looked at how they could do a community redevelopment agency and tax increment financing district. They talked to the County and have a realistic answer on how they would participate. It doesn't pay for just the City to have a tax. increment-financing district and would need the County to also buy into that. They looked at all the possible state, federal and public sector grants. and looked at the City's budget to see if they could redirect funds into this type of project. They looked at loans and bond issues and the ramifications of doing that, and property owner assessments. Seminole County emphasized that they would not be interested in assisting the City with the tax increment financing issues or upgrades to roadways if the property owners were not willing to put their money in because they are the ones who will benefit from this effort. Another possibility was finding a master developer to do the development themselves. They sent out a developerlbroker interest survey and found there was quite a bit of broker and/or management interest but not much master development Ms. Deines said the next step would be to go to the property owners to determine what they really want and how much they are willing to buy into this and are they willing to be assessed, have a master developer come in, sell their properties or sell them for an interest in the master development. They also need to ask the citizens at large if they would be willing to have portions of their tax dollars focused into this area. They should be embarking on that in the near future. Following that, they should have a good idea of where they want to go and DDAC can go to the Commission with a solid recommendation that the citizens will be behind. She introduced John McMenamy, Chairman of the Downtown Development Advisory Committee. Mr. McMenamy said from a citizens' committeej they bring a personalized approach to the whole project and as a community, what did they want this to look like. The stairstep parks are a valuable asset, there is come architecture with historical value, and there is a lake that adds to the feel. This is something they can work with to make this a community and have community pride. The committee is community minded and are looking at trying to work with the citizens and bring something before the City Commission that is a realistic, doable program. Anything worthwhile is not always easy to achieve. The citizens have been persistent and patient to try to make this happen. They all share the feeling that some sort of plan must succeed. They have a "passion" to make this happen and that's what it is going to take. Chairman Gennell thanked Ms. Deines and Mr. McMenamy for their presentations. The City of Winter Springs is developing a downtown. It takes a lot of time but advised not to let anyone rush them. She presented a token of appreciation to Ms. Deines and Mr. McMenamy. The Board now returned to the regular agenda. 3. Approval of Minutes: April 7, 1999 Motion was made by Commissioner Tom Hagood to approve the minutes of the April 7 J 1999, meeting, seconded by Commissioner Gary Brender and motion carried unanimously. CALNO MEETING May 5,1999 - 3 4;. Treasurer's Report Commissioner Brender said the current assets stand at $930.96 and believed they were all paid up for dues. As discussed at the last meeting, there will be some minuses out this month. Motion was made by Commissioner Tom Hagood to approve the Treasurer's Report, seconded by Commissioner Linda Hart and motion carried unanimously. Chairman Gennell requested a motion to approve paying $37.25 for the Secretaries' Day flowers for the Winter Springs Deputy City Clerk. Motion was made by Commissioner "Mac" McClanahan to approve, seconded by Commissioner Gary Brender and motion carried unanimously. Chairman Gennell said last month they had Secretaries' Day and it was pointed out that the Treasurer didn't get anything. She read and presented a proclamation to Commissioner Gary Brender proclaiming May 5, 1999. as "Gary L Brender DaY'. 5. Legislative Delegation Representatives Lee Constantine, Tom Feeney and Fred Brummer were present. Representa.tive Constantine said it was a pleasure to be here. He said the Board would get to know Representative Brummer when he and Representative Feeney were gone. He said Representative Brummer served next to him in the City of Apopka. Representative Constantine said they had a great year in the legislature and hoped they see the fruition of that. They gave the highest tax cut in the history of the State of Florida ($1 billion) but at the same time, they added $1 billion to the education system. They had the best year for education in Central Florida. They brought $24 million for the popular high tech 1-4 Corridor and put a lot of that money into reoccurring, $15 million in Orange County for K-12, $20 million in Seminole County K-12, and Valencia and Seminole (Community Colleges) both had banner years. Not only did they give them money but through the A+ Plan and the State University Systems Budget they also gave them accountability. It was his privilege to serve on the Conference Committee on court reform. He served as Council Chair for the Resource and Land Management Council and was very much involved in the next generation of Preservation 2000 called Florida Forever. They continued that program and looked at what the State of Florida needs. They looked at taking care of the waterways as well as buying sensitive land, buying surplus land to be used by local governments as well as multi-use of those lands. They increased from 10% of that $3 billion to 24% for lands the cities and counties can use in the Florida Communities Trust (FeT) which is $72 million per year. He was involved in a bill with opportunities for the cities and counties to work together on reducing urban sprawl, promoting good development and urban core economic development as well as community development opportunities. For the first time in 20 years. they had a major annexation change in Florida and only requires a single referendum. Other issues were affordable housing and cities and counties working on delivery of services together called the Gear Process. Another bill was the one~stop permitting bill where cities can work with county and state agencies on the internet. A bill was passed called the conflict resolution act so before a government can sue another government, they have to sit down for a 90-day mediation program. CALNO MEETING May 5,1999 - 4 Repre~entative Feeney said before the session, he had John Thrashman flew into the Sanford Airport and had lunch with Sanford Mayor Larry Dale and his team. They took a tour of the research park and showed Speaker Thrashman of Jacksonville simulations on how to protect corridors. They went to Serum Labs where they asked Ken Pruitt who is the Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee to come up from St. Lucie County. It is something he and Representative Constantine had been working on for years and were able to bring the leaders of the house that make the ultimate decisions and were able to make a huge impact. He said Representative Brummer was the leader on the finance attacks and the largest tax cut in the history of Florida. The coffer is full of funds and it is tempting to spend every dollar. There was $500 million in property tax cuts and are continuing to wipe the intangible tax. They passed the most comprehensive and exciting education reforms in the history of the country. It contains opportunity scholarships, they test schools to see whether they are giving a year's worth of knowledge to the children and if they fail, there will be some help given. The enforcement powers of code enforcement boards have been "beefed upQ to enforce liens, have streamlined notice requirements to make it easier to serve the folks, and several other things. Representative Feeney said In 1990, the crime rate in Florida was the highest in the country in terms of violent crimes (rapes, murders, deadly assaults) and prisoners were serving about 25-30% of their sentences. Today if someone has a gun with them in the commission of a crime, they will serve at least 10 years. If they use the gun. 20 years and if somebody is injured, it is 25 to life. The P-2000 extension was exciting to him beeause they have some river and lake cleanups. Govemor Bush was involved from the day he was elected and let them know up front what he thought about the ideas so they could get busy with other things. Representative Brummer said it was a pleasure to come to Seminole County, especially with Representatives Constantine and Feeney teaching him. He didn't think Representative Constantine gave himself enough credit for the Florida Forever project. There were efforts in there to make sure the money was spent wisely. With the lawsuit reform, county and city governments would get reduced cost of insurance and litigation and would get benefits of being able to spend those dollars on providing services to the communities rather than to pay attorneys' fees. With the projects Representatives Constantine and Feeney have brought home, they can tell the measure of the men working in Seminole County and appreciated the opportunity to work with them. Commissioner Eddie Rose said Altamonte Springs has the Cherry Challenge at Crane's Roost and asked the dates. He extended a challenge to everybody's recreation department to put together a team. Representative Constantine said they will have eight teams with each paying $500 and have 170 sponsors. Last year they raised $395,000 net and this year are hoping to break $400,000. It will be held at Crane's Roost on May 15th and 16th SIDE 1 B from 10:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. Representative Constantine pointed out that this year, Seminole County got $110 million for transportation improvements in the budget, $6 million for the Sanford Orlando Airport. $250,000 for the eradication of mosquitoes. and $1501000 for the Greeneway transportation program. Mayor Paul Lovestrand asked if light rail was addressed. Representative Feeney said it was brought up. It was his view that light ra.il would not take any significant traffic off 1-4. The federal government has enough experience with these projects and of the last 19 they have done, 18 have CALNO MEETING May 5,1999 - 5 had significant overruns. The federal government ended up holding the bag for the cost overruns. lie expressed concern that this was a huge black hole. Before money is spent, they needed a study. Representative Constantine said the commitment was from the Department of Transportation that $750,000 would be spent on the northern corridor study which would go to Sanford. They now have a dedicated funding source. Mayor Paul Lovestrand said it was his understanding that Secretary Watts had limited 1-4 to six lanes plus the HOV. If they don't get the light rail, they needed eight lanes plus the HOV. Representative Feeney said the Department of Transportation has proposed a rule to restrain construction to no more than six lanes. The reason is they wanted to push for the day when there were a critical masses on the highways and arteries so they could justify light rail. He believed they had the opportunity to have the new Governor and Secretary of Transportation look at this, and he was working on that. He noted that soon they would be testing the emissions of cars and conducting car inspections. Commissioner Tom Hagood said there is a technology to check someone's emissions while driving. down the road, and the troopers/sheriff deputies could stop the vehicle and issue citations. Representative Feeney said the Feds are not satisfied that they capture everything they need to capture. The testing is politically unpopular and was told the amount of pollutants taken out of the air was relatively miniscule. They could shut down a power plant for two days and accomplish the same thing as forcing 100,000 people to go through the test. It was his understanding cars are getting more efficient and less likely to pollute. Commissioner Gary Brender said the airport issue is a two-way sword. Noise continues to be a problem in the City of Lake Mary and will continue to be a problem for Seminole County. If they do not address the noise issue more adamantly with money, investigations and interest, they would have an airport and not much else. Representative Feeney said he represented people northeast and southeast of that noise and they have been advocating with Sanford to have more people representative of the communities impacted, and he had been an advocate for making sure they have a voice. Chairman Gennell asked where they looked for the Governor to exercise his veto. Representative Constantine said the Governor does not want state dollars being spent on projects that will only impact a small area of the state and cannot be used by the state as a whole. Representative Brummer pointed out for the first time everl the budget was passed by the House and Senate and was approved by each member. Chairman Gennell asked if the Governor could reduce the amounts. Representative Feeney said he didn't have to spend all the money allocated to some area. Representative Constantine said there were a lot of trust funds the Governor (or his staff) administers which is two-thirds of the budget. Chairman Gennell asked if there was a provision for the Lake Jesup preservation. Representative Feeney said some of the Friends of Lake Jesup were encouraging him to let the group disband because there are problems working under the Sunshine Law al1d they had no power and could only make recommendations. There is no plan of action that has been approved by the parties to CALNO MEETING May 5. 1999 - 6 restor~ the lake. They will have to re-do the bridge that allows the original restoration of the water flow,' and funding is not available. He asked DOT not to rebuild that bridge until they had the money to do it right. Representative Constantine said water resource development includes restoration. Starting in 2001, just the st. Johns River Water Management District and just the water resource development will have $26 million per year to work. with local governments on water restoration and resource development Commissioner Tam Hagood said Forever Florida was mentioned earlier and there would be 24% for parks, etc.. and asked when that would become available. Representative Constantine answered 2001. He said the 10% lavel is about $30 million. Mayor Paul Lovestrand asked the budget for llcorporate welfare". Representative Constantine said he looked at that another way. The 1-4/UCF/USF Corridor exists to bring businesses in. It has brought high paying jobs in technologically advanced businesses, and has also advanced the two universities. Mayor Paul Lovestrand asked about additional "Thunderdomes". Representative Feeney said Florida has 13 professional stadiums and all have received some tax credits. There would not be a professional ball team in any city that doesn't give some initiative, and there is money the city would not have if the stadium wasn't in. When the stadium is built they give a rebate of all the old taxes. 1t doesn.t take money from the taxpayers but is a break other taxpayers don't get. He gave an example of airline maintenance organizations and explained it would be just as easy for Delta to put their hub in Atlanta. They generate more money for the economy, more jobs, and better services and products for the constituents. In order to be fair they have to ask if it expands the tax base, does it create the kind of jobs wanted, and are there any spin-off effects. Commissioner Hagood noted several colleges (Seminole Community College, UCF, Daytona Beach) want to do training of the students and they have a guaranteed job apprenticeship with Siemens. The colleges love that because of the workforce development, can prove their performance and receive more money. He felt that type of partnerships should be encouraged. Chairman Gennell thanked the Representatives for all they have done and for taking time out of their busy schedules. Commissioner Eddie Rose presented each with a token of appreciation. 7. Program C: Update on Public Schools Impact Fees Presented by Cindy Coto, Interim County Manager - Seminole County Cindy Coto, Deputy County Manager/Acting Counting Manager, came forward. She said in regard to the gas emissions legislation that just passed I the Board of County Commissioners just had Metroplan give a report with respect to the overall air quality for the tri-county area and thought CALNO may want a presentation. Ms. Coto introduced Bob Adolphe, the Director of Environmental Services. She said the Board of County Commissioners has been interested in trying to acknowledge the benefit that private schools bring to the community with respect to relieving the public school system. In February of this year, they passed an ordinance waiving impact fees for fire and transportation for all private schools. In March they directed staff to develop a draft ordinance to waive water and sewer impact fees for private schools. This was done in an effort to recognize that when parents make the decision to CALNO MEETING May 5,1999-7 send .their children to private schools, that it relieves the overall taxpayer from having to do additional construction for schools, salaries, etc. The Board also requested that staff make presentations to each of the cities with respect to this issue in the hopes that the cities might consider enacting similar policy within their municipalities. It was her understanding that Chairman Henley had sent a letter to each city. If they would like County staff to make a presentation to the individual cities, they would be happy to do so. There are provisions and definitions in the ordinance as to what constitutes a private school. They didn't look at day care centers and the schools had to be accredited institutions. They set up the standards to mirror the pUblic school system. Commissioner Tom Hagood asked about schools that are also a church. Ms. Coto said if the primary purpose of the institution was education, it would qualify. She gave an example of All Souls Catholic School with grades 1 - 8. It is affiliated with the church, but Is also considered a school and would qualify. They looked at other religious institutions that may only have pre-school or kindergarten as not meeting the overall parameters they were looking for. Commissioner Linda Hart asked if charter schools would be considered private or public under the definition. Ms. Coto said since they were recognized by the school board, they would fall under either category but would think they would be more public. Chairman Gennell said her concem was there would be a large number of charter schools starting up that may fail, and then it would turn into an office building or something that the municipality or county would have waived the impact fees. Ms. Coto said the waiver would only be applicable to the school. If there is a change of use, they have the ability to re-evaluate that use. If they make a determination there is a change of use that no longer qualifies under an exemption, they can impose impact fees. In many cases they would have to go through a potential rezoning or other land use initiative. Chairman Gennell asked if that happened, would they pay the current impact fees or what the original builder would have paid. Ms. Coto said they pay the impact fees assessed at the point in time that they go through the process. Chairman Gennell asked if school were in a special zoning category all to themselves. Ms. Coto thought they fell under public land use, but noted private schools were not necessarily categorized the same way as public schools. SIDE 2A Commissioner Brender asked the effective date. Ms. Coto said the transportation and fire impact fees were approved on February 23rd and were effective immediately when the ordinance is recorded and comes back from the State. With respect to the water and sewer, they have drafted the ordinance, anticipate public hearings in June, and then it would go into effect. Chairman Gennell said if the County waived impact fees for these schools, t11ey are all County taxpayers and as city residents, were they not already making some contribution when they were waiving those fees for those schools. Ms. Coto said with respect to the water and sewer issue, they really were not because that is borne by the ratepayers. Chairman Gennell said they would be contributing twice. They would be waiving the impact fees for schools located in Seminole County and as city residents are contributing to that by some particle of CALNQ MEETING May 5,1999 - 8 tile taxes they pay to the County. Ms. Coto said transportation and fire are assessed countYWide ar'd have been abated by the Board of County Commissioners. Commissioner McClanahan said each city gats credit for their own fire department. He asked if they anticipated such a growth factor of private schools that this is going to be a tremendous impact on the tax base. Ms. Cota said they did an analysis of the number of private schools that have opened within their service area over a ten-year period and there were four or five. As it relates to the overall utility system and the associated revenue, it was considered to be an insignificant impact. 8. Other Business Chairman Gennell said at the last meeting, it was suggested to have the 1-4 Transformation Van and/or its driver as a presentation. She thought they were doing the light rail/l-4 at Oviedo (September) and that was not reflected in the minutes. Chairman Gennell distributed a revised membership list and asked that any corrections be submitted to her. Commissioner Tom Hagood noted that in December, they would be unable to dial a seven digit number and as elected officials, they need to communicate that to everybody. Chairman Gennell asked if they were sure all the numbers would remain 407. Commissioner Hagood said everything 407 will remain 407, but new lines may be different. Commissioner Brender said if someone gets a new line in their house, they may have a different area code. Commissioner Hagood explained the reason the numbers are getting used up so fast is that each service from the phone company (call forward, voice mail, etc.) has its own special phone number. Chairman Gennell said the next list would have the area codes, or the December list, whichever comes first. Mayor Lovestrand said in the past CALNO has taken projects on. For having its own fire department, Longwood gets about $1 million tax credit from the County. In cities where there is a police department, the sheriff only comes into the city for serving summons or for a high profile investigation. In Orange County and others, they have an equalization plan. The cities pay 15% for the sheriff and the county pays 85%. He thought the cities should get at least $1 million of tax relief because they are a tremendous aid to the sheriff. They need a unified voice from the cities demanding some help for the police department. Chairman Gennell said Longwood will host the next meeting and asked the members if they were interested in having that item on the agenda. Commissioner Brender said he would like a report from each city as to what the mill levy impact would be. Chairman Gennell asked each member of they were for or against having this on the agenda next month, having the figure for the millage for each city available, and having a representative from the Sheriffs Office to join in the discussion. Commissioner McClanahan Commissioner Rose Commissioner Hart Yes Yes (for discussion) Yes (for discussion and representative From Sheriffs Department) Commissioner Brender Yes CALNO MEETING May 5,1999-9 Mayo~ love strand C?mmissioner Hagood Yes Yes Chairman Gennell said this item would be placed on the agenda for next month. Chairman Gennell asked where they ended up on the Local Option Gas Tax. Commissioner Hagood said it was discussed and the County felt they weren't getting their fair share and if the cities wanted to re-calculate it, the citiesl portions would drop down. He explained the County took all the money they get on the One-Cent Sales Tax and counted it towards their new portion. They took what the cities get, which doesn't include that. That's how they justify that their percentage is down by 2/3. Commissioner Hagood fait the way they calculated their share was unfair. The group could go back and ask it again but leave the Penny Sales Tax out of it because it's not fair for them to be able to have a countywide tax and take all the credit for that. There is a far disproportionate share of the tax revenues being spent to the cities. In Oviedo, they received $4.6 million of projects and the County collected hundreds of millions of dollars. Chairman Gennell said on the October agenda (City of Sanford), she would add further discussion with the County representative on this Board regarding the method the County uses to calculate the Local Option Gas Tax. 9. Reports from Members Mayor Paul Lovestrand said the City of Longwood held a special election and Dan Anderson was elected a Commissioner and at the next meeting he was selected by the Commission to be Mayor. Mayor Lovestrand said for about four weeks during last summer's fires, Longwood gave a truck and a round-the-clock crew to the fire effort. The reimbursement plan through the State and the local county has been very good and Longwood was shorted less than $100. Commissioner Tom Hagood had no report for Oviedo. Commissioner UMac" McClanahan of Sanford said development seems to be moving off 17-92 and going to the West 46 Corridor. A Ford and Chevrolet dealership is going in and the Albertson's is building on the Seminole Ford property. The mall is the place for a choIce in restaurants and Logan's Roadhouse just opened. Next to the Logan's property was a vacant piece zoned Agricultural and it brought in $15.11 in taxes last year. He was pleased to announce that the property sold for $22/8. F - and Eckerd's would be going in. Chairman/Commissioner Cindy Gennell said the City of Winter Springs is moving along with the new downtown. She said she sent a fax to each city that the County has set up a meeting with the Seminole Television Council for May 19th, around 1:30 or 2:00 P.M. She wasn't sure who to send the notices to. It was suggested to send the notices to the City Manager who could contact the Commission. She said she would have her clerk send another notice to each city manager reminding them of the meeting and to please answer her request as to whom the designee is, and please notify that designee of that meeting. Commissioner Eddie Rose said Florida Hospital is planning a Blue Grass Festival at Crane's Roost to raise money for the foundation. CALNO MEETING May 5, 1999 -10 COl1)l1Jissioner Linda Hart said Casselberry is working on a downtown near City Hall and have some 9?cd plans in the works. Chairman Gennell recalled when Casselberry did a referendum for no nude dancing where alcohol is served. and stated that Winter Springs is looking to put out a similar referendum this year. Commissioner Gary Brender said the City of Lake Mary now has five assisted living facilities (two are currently under construction). They have acquired all the land required for the new police station and plan to break ground in early August. The Trailhead Park is underway. Primera Boulevard is now open. The Pizzuti property and the development of the headquarters hotel which has been under discussion is continuing and are trying to determine how much conference space to put in. From October 1.1998, to March 31,1999, the City of Lake Mary approved $100 million of new taxable building. They expect this year to break $200 million in construction. Thera will be a Spacial Election on May 25th to address Commission terms of office from two years to three years and a partial repeal of the bond referendum which will allow the City to go after some of the state Revolving Funds for water and sewer improvements. 10. 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