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CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS
MINUTES
CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE
WORKSHOP
SEPTEMBER 26, 2000
I. CALL TO ORDER
Ms. Marilyn E. Crotty, Mediator/Project Coordinator called the Workshop to order at
7:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 26,2000, in the Commission Chambers of the Municipal
Building (City Hall, 1126 East State Road 434, Winter Springs, Florida 32708).
Committee Members:
Committee Member Jacqueline Adams, present
Committee Member Thomas Freeman, present
Committee Member Donald Gilmore, present (Via Tele Conferencing)
Committee Member Sally McGinnis, present
Committee Member Robert Ori, present
Committee Member William Reischmann, absent
Also Present:
City Manager Ronald W. McLemore
Project Coordinator Marilyn Crotty
Consultant James V. Burgess
Consultant Howard Tipton
Deputy City Clerk Tania Haas
II. WORKSHOP AGENDA
Mediator/Project Coordinator Marilyn Crotty introduced herself, the Members of the
Committee, and the Consultants that were present. Mediator/Project Coordinator Crotty
continued with the Committee's purpose; what the Committee has been "charged with";
comparing the current City Charter with the Model Charter; that this Committee
welcomes views and issues from the public; decisions derived by consensus; that
recommendations should be forwarded to the City Commission by mid-January; the
Ballot process; the Public Education Campaign; and the October 4, 2000 submission
deadline for Position Papers.
Project Coordinator Crotty opened the "Public Input" portion of this Workshop.
Mr. Joe DeMinico, 985 Troon Trace, Winter Springs, Florida: spoke in regards to growth
management issues; developing a tax base; and requested his comments be noted for the
record.
"The following amendment proposal is meant to bring needed fiscal accountability to the
Commission-City Manager system of government in this City."
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"Article VII, Section 7.07., Managing Finances; borrowing money; selling bonds.
To be added as a new section and to read as follows:"
"7.07 Managing finances; borrowing money; selling bonds.
Unless authorized by the electors of the City at a duly held referendum election, the City
Commission shall not authorize or allow to be authorized, the issuance of revenue bonds
or enter into lease purchase contracts or any other unfunded multi-year contracts for the
purchase of real property or the construction of capital improvements, whereby the
repayment of which extends beyond the end of any fiscal year."
"The rationale for this is fairly simple. You can read one of Bob West's election flyers
and see what it did for the City of Longwood, but the true rationale is that this
amendment has passed in at least three Seminole County cities with popular approval by
their respective electorates. The cities are: Lake Mary (1991), Longwood, and Oviedo
(attachments). Lake Mary was represented in 1991 by Stenstrom, McIntosh, Colbert,
Whigham & Simmons, P.A. Currently, Oviedo is represented by Stenstrom, et al. This
amendment has been tested and is tried and true."
Discussion ensued on what the amendment is intended to do; requirements for
Assessment Districts; dilemmas with limiting financing to one year; infrastructure;
controlling growth; impact fees; compliance with growth management laws; and funding
issues linked to special improvements.
Project Coordinator Crotty closed the "Public Input" portion of this Workshop.
In regards to Public Input, Committee Members discussed that this Committee will listen
to the public; and that the Committee's objective is to inspire public confidence. Also
discussed was the tabling of issues; and voting procedures.
Mediator/Project Coordinator Crotty noted that the next Charter Review Committee
Meeting will reconvene at 4:00 p.m. on October 11,2000.
Following a brief discussion, the Committee's consensus was to hold the Public Input
sessions of these Meetings in the Commission Chambers and the Discussion sessions
would be held in the East Training Room.
III. ADJOURNMENT
Project Coordinator Crotty adjourned the meeting at 7:38 p.m.
Minutes respectfully submitted by: Tania Haas, Deputy City Clerk
City of Winter Springs
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