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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFax Dated 09 24 99 Re: Minutes from Sept 1, 1999 DATE 1- '2- '/-- q Cj III1!CI!IV.D SEP ? 4 1999 IDnsmittal Cover p~c::: CITY OF WINTER SPRIHGS CITY HAl..L CITY OF SANFORD Po o. Box 1788 Sanford, FL 32772-1788 Fax # (407) 330-5606 FROM: NAME .3 Z I ~ Lf '; S 3 o.-~ Cd^1 bJ l,) ,'-....~ . f-U"'-"'il' (.;:;4) C:e~.,,-*.~ ttr~~ C,'4.-o.-r- -f--f.~_. TO: FAX NUMBER NAME COMPANY DEP ARTMENT PHONE NO. c~ CjLJ,,= tb6"-~ 3 '3 0-' S-t, 0 ~ DEP ARTMENT NUMBER OF PAGES (INCLVDfNG COVER PAGE) ~ SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: Please hand deliver at once -~ Please notify department upon receipt _ MESSAGE_~, a:fllx 09-2~-99 . . 1 ~ C)U D MINUTES Council of Local G~wernments in Seminole County (CAT,NO) Sanford City Hall, Second Floor 300 North Park Avenue, Sanford Florida September I, J999 1. Call to Order The chair called a regular meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. followed hy a moment of Silent Meditation. 2. Roll Call PRESENT: Chair Cindy Gennell, Commissioner, City of Winter Springs Memher Linda C. Hart, CommiSSIoner, City of Casselberry Member naryl McClain, Seminole County Commissioner Member Diane Hauer, Seminole County Sc.hool13oard Mcmhcr Tom Hagood, Jr., Councilman, City of Oviedo Member Paul Love~trand, Mayor; City ofLollb'Wood Member A.A. "Mac" McClanahan, Commissioner, City of Sanford Member Brady Lessard, Commissioner, City of Sanford Memher Gary Brender, Commissioner, City of Lake Mary Member Dr. Stephen Caldwell Wright, Seminole Community College ABSENT: Member Diane Bauer, Seminole County School Board Memher Eddie Rose, Commissioner, City or Altnmonte Springs ALSO PRESENT: Randy Morris. Seminole County Commissioner Citizen Stanley Stevens 3. Approval oftbe June 2,1999 Minutes Chairperson Gennell asked if everyone had read the minutes, and if there were any additions or corrections. Member Hagood moved to approve the minutei'l as submitted. Seconded by Member Brender and carried by a unanimous vote. 4. Treasu.-er's Report Member Gary Brender reported the balance in the account is $736.70, and there were no expense:;;, and none anticipated. Dues will be paid in January. Member McClain moved to approve the Treasurer's Report. Seconded by Member Hagood and carned by a unanimous vote. rj_~--=-_'~lr; D ~ 5. rrogram A: Res()onsibility of Leadership Member Urady I ,essard introduced Seminole County Commissioner, Randy Morris. Commissioner Morris spoke on how government has changed over the last 30 years with less respect and moral breakdown, although State government is stronger, with less corruption, than it has ever been in the past. He stated in 1974, which was an off-presidential election year, 45% of pen pIe under the age of35 voted. In the last Presidential Election less than 20% of people under the age of 35 voted. He further stated that the two-party system, which has been in this country for over 200 years, is financially and influentially dominant. Commissioner Morris asserted that when people do not participate, they do not comprehend, hut government is hecoming more accountable, especially when it comes to dectinn laws. He continued that if you are guing to be a leader, and you recognize you are a student of what you want to lead (which is the govemment), and you know there is a declining belief in what you lead (a declining under~tanding), and if you accept that and you understand your role, then yotl are left with only being true to yourself Further, we have seen an evolution in government, dramatically in the last fifteen years, in the Federal, State and Local governments. In the prior 100 years the roles were pretty well defined, but, in attempting to shrink the Federal Government (which never happened), I.oeal Govemrnent responsibilities have been passed down from the Federal and SLate Governments. This has caused the local elected ofl'icials to work harder at lobbying at the State and Fedcrallevcls, to get the money to pay for programs at their local levels. In lobbying, it completely changes the local government budget. [t has now been mandated that local government entities must justify every line item in the budget hearings based on the mission of the department, and local special bills or any new assignments of money, unless they are based upon something in your mission statement. At the same time we have the demand put on us, in our leadership roles, to listen to the people, but there are fewer people paying attention who underMand what we are talking about. We are told we need to take the issues of the day to the people and let the people vote on them, but the people who are voting and making the decisi ons are a very small portion (15% to 17%) of the registered yott::rs. That is not representative democracy, it is participatory democracy, so our roles have changed again. So, how do you lead? To thine own self be true. Try to explain yourself: and what you do, to anyone who will listen. Also, build as many relationships as you can. We have to be true to ourselves as leaders. 6. Program 8: Commissioner Lessard introduced Debra Groseclose who gave a brief presentatiun on Kids House in Seminole County. Kids House of Seminole is a child advocacy center to aid abused children. This aid includes reporting. investigation, treatment and prosecution, in a friendly, non-threatening environment. Kids House was jncorpor~.ted in 1996 with membership including ali the Police Departments in Seminole County, the Juvenile Division of the Circuit Court., Department ofChlldren and families, Seminole County Friends of Abused ChIldren, Inc., Guardian Ad Litem Program ofSerninule County, Child Protection Team, Office of the State Attorney - 18th Judicial Circuit. Seminole County Mental Health and Seminole County SheriIT's Office. The Seminole County Commission and SherifT's Department 'C- ~- i P03 donated a house at 5467 St. Rd. 427 for the Child Advocacy Center. It has been remodeled ~o the child can be interviewed in a private area, and representative's from each agency can ohserve the interview without being seen, so the child only has to go through the story once, and it is taped. The only thing needed now is funding for a physical examination room and counseling staff Seminole County Commission committed $75,000.00, if Kids House could match it. Home Depot donated $1,000.00 and lots of skilled labor. Rosier Plumbing donated, as wilt as Rob Pursell of Ace Hardware. The house will he ready to open in six weeks, Ms. Groseclose distributed flyers telling a little more about the facility. Commissioner McClain encouraged each of the cities in Seminole County to look in their budgets and see if they could find funds to donate (lS matching funds. Ms. Groseclose reported she is available to speak to any group she is asked to speak with. 7. Other Busincss Chairperson Gennell announced there is a meeting of the Govemment TV Council on September 8, 1999 at 2:00 p.m. in the Puhlic Safety Building in the Sherin's Officc. She further rcported she felt CALNO should plan to meet at the Airport for a future meeting. Ms. Gcnncll reported next month's meeting will be in Oviedo and will include a presentation on the Light Rail. On November 3, the Seminole County Commj~~ion will do a program on the Court House update. December's meeting wjIJ be hosted by the Seminole Count.y School Hoard. Paul Lovestrand reported he would like to hear from Martha Haynie's OfTIcc, the Orange County Comptroller. who has a uni<'lue way or funding the Shcrit1~ which gets rid of double taxation. He reported in Orange County everybody pays for the jail, but the City's pay 15% and the County pays 85% (approximately) t(lr the Sheriff Ms. Gcnncll rcpot1ed they will calendar the next year's program at the January CALNO meeting, and possibly a representative from the ComptroJIer's office could speak at that meeting. After discussion it was decided to have the Comptroller's pro1:,1fam at the Longwood meeting in May, 2000. 8. Reports from Members Mayor Paul Lovestrand, Longwood -- Reported Longwood is in their budget process. Also, they have twenty-three Charter amendments to go on the ballot on November 2. There was an initiative that forced. seven of them. There will also be three people nnming for election. Councilman Tom Hagood, Jr., Oviedo -- RePorted they had an election yesterday. The parks and bond rel'erendum passed with 75% su.pport to take existing revenues and use them to fund a $5.5 bond to build a b'Ymnasium and ball field at their sports complex, build a new trail head and expand the trail system in Seminole County, and build a skate board park. They elected Mayor Mary Lou Andrews (73% of the vote) and Council Members Tom 0'1 1anlon and Chris Jepson. Commissioner A. A. (Mac) McClanahan, Sanford -- Reported their will be a joint meeting of the City Commission and the Planning & Zoning Board to decide on a definite direction for growth in the bordering arcas, primarily the County areas that will be almexed, and the utility service. O'~~~'~- :1 -I Interim Vice President Hr. Stephen Caldwell Wrigllt, Seminole Community College ~- Reported enrollment at the college is up about 4% or 5%, but it is not in the double digits as hoped. Further, thcy had the number one program for cooperative education shldent in the nation last year. They have two representativcs from the student body with the Community Colleges of Stale Governments, the president and the treasurer. The renovations arc moving along on the old Science Building, and should be completed by January, 2000. which should make sec the most advanced Science education tacility in the region. Ground is being cleared for the Ovicdo campus, and one of the priorities for funding in the coming year will be for a joint use facility with UCF on the see main campus. They have about twenty-two classes being offered by UCF on the sce main campus right now. They now have on-line registration and pay options. Commissioner Daryl McLain, Seminole County (~ommission -- The Charter Review Committee will be meeting this month, and their budget will be in the month of September. Board Member Diane Bauer, Seminole County School Board -- Reported she doesn't know the n~as()n Seminole County Schools rated so poorly on the State A! prob'Tam, it could be hccau~e of attendance, drop-out rale, it could be the number of students tested, or a numher of other issues. It is not just a check-list that they use for mting, it is much more involved. Possibly during the December program they ean include a detailed explanat.ion of how the rating system works and what is involvcd. She also reported the potential clo~ing or Crooms as an altemative high school and having it replaced by an elementary school has been reported in the media. There are approximately 462 students at Crooms now, and there was a recommendation by Stan: and possibly a misconception that "the School Board said", it should be closed. On September 14, 1999, members orthe community havc been invited to come to the School Board tor a work session, during which they have every right, responsibility and invitation, to come and tcll what they want the Board to know. No decision has been made, and will not be made. until the Board members are able to do the research necessary to determine what is in the best interest or the studcnts. Commissioner Cindy Gcnncll, Winter Springs -- The Town Center project is moving along slowly, and the grand scale has not been filled out. Also, the newspaper reported Winter Springs as heing 0% Y2K compliant, when in fact they arc 100% compliant. The paper uscd a report from the State, which was in error. Winter Springs has qualifying going on right now for an election lor the Mayor and two Commission seals.' Commissioner Eddie Rose, Altamontc Springs -- Not present. Commissioner Linda C. Hart, Casselberry -- Reported Casselberry was also reported as n01 being Y2K compliant, when in fact they are. The corner of 17r92 and 436 has broken ground tor improvements, and a lew buildings have been contracted. Kane's furniture is moving to a new building across from Bob Evans. They also have a new gated community with some homes already constructed. Commissioner Gary Brender, Lake Mary -- Reported they broke ground last week for their new police station. The eslimatcs were $4.3 m1llion, and through value engineering they are now at $3.9 million, exclusive of the land. It will be about a $4.5 to $4.7 million project, with $1.6 million bonded and the rest coming out of the General Fund. Il is ahout 28,000 square teet which will he about 1I3 empty when completed, to be available for future b'Towth. It will be on Lakeview A venue, about two hlocks from City Hall. They would like to turn the downtown into a southern colonial style architecture, with streetscaping and lighting. There is a lot of office development in Lake Mary, and Lake Mary Preparatory School opened Monday with 250 students in grades K~9. They will be adding a grade each year until they reach K-12. The current building of 40,000 sq. ft. will house tip to 500 students, and they have already rcquested a land use change f(lr an addiLional 11.5 acres to add another 30,000 sq. It building to house up to a thousand in a K~ 12 private, non-denominational school. Learning International Unlimited Schools is the owner, and they own two or three others including three schools in Ohio, onc in Pennsylvania, and one in St. Martin in tho Bahamas. Also, the 30,000 sq ft. building probably wllI also have a 50 meter indoor swimming pool. The students have a choice of three ullifonn~. Tuition is $7,900.00 for :;evcnth, eighth and nioth grade, which includes a laptop that is issued to every student. Middle school is $5,900.00 and elementary is $4,900.00. They expected one class for each b'Tade level, and they have already had to expand to two classes f(lr kindergarten, second, fifth and sevcnth, because they d<J not want to go over fifteen students per teacher. Chairperson Gcnnell requested members Lo think about meeting in July and August because several things have come up such as see wanting to host a meeting, and the possibility of meeting at the Airport (and seeing the Shcriff's office with the Emergency Management Center). SLanley Stevens, citizen, reported the Development Advisory Board is a group of people that meet regularly with the planners and staff of Seminole County. This Board seems to be the best kept secret. Commissioner McLain reported it has not been a secret, the business community that works on a day to day basis with County Government (building inspectors, building department and planning department) requested they have a.n opportunity to make recommendations to County stafr for consideration of changes that would streamline government and make their jobs ca~;jer. It was never focused on land and planning, but rather around building departments, inspections, procedures, how and when wa.ter hookups arc paid for, etc. A prior Board decided (hey should hear what the people who use thcir services think needs to be done to change things to make it better for them and cheaper for government. Right now the concern of the Development Advisory Board is how the County calculates density. The County staff ab'Teed to look at the way density is calculated and have it as a plan or text amendment, and it was a recommendation from the Development Advisory Board. All of those were thrown out, but may he reconsidered. Then~ are many other committees that involve ordinary, everyday citizens. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Respectfully Submitted by: ff1~jl~ Markae Rupp Deputy City Clerk, City of Sanford