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CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
MINUTES
PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD/LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY
REGULAR MEETING
DECEMBER 6, 2006
CALL TO ORDER
The Planning and Zoning Board/Local Planning Agency Regular Meeting of Wednesday,
December 6, 2006 was called to Order at 7:00 p.m. by Chairperson Rosanne Karr in the
Commission Chambers of the Municipal Building (City Hall, 1126 East State Road 434,
Winter Springs, Florida 32708).
Roll Call:
Chairperson Rosanne Karr, present
Vice Chairperson Linda Tillis, present
Board Member Tom Brown, present
Board Member William H. Poe, present
Board Member Denise Ryser, present
After a moment of silence, Chairperson Karr led the Pledge of Allegiance.
PUBLIC INPUT
No one spoke.
AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS
AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS
100. Not Used.
PUBLIC HEARINGS AGENDA
Pll8LIC HEARINGS
200. Community Development Department - Planning Division And Office Of
The City Attorney
Request That The Planning And Zoning Board/Local Planning Agency Hold A
Public Hearing For Ordinance Number 2006-12, Which Amends City Code Section
20-451. Regarding Telecommunication Towers And Antennas.
Mr. Randy Stevenson, ASLA, Director, Community Development Department briefly
spoke about this Agenda Item.
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Ms. Eloise Sahlstrom, AICP, ASLA, Senior Planner, Community Development
Department introduced this Agenda Item and handed out a Map on Cell Tower Sites.
Referencing the Master Planning Map, Ms. Sahlstrom said, "The one that is in the Code -
it actually has an error on it so, we probably want to Amend the Map that is included in
the current Ordinance." Ms. Sahlstrom said, "The four (4) sites where Cell Sites are
currently permitted and the new Ordinance, allows those to be Permitted locations
without being considered as a Conditional Use."
Ms. Sahlstrom displayed a Powerpoint presentation of the Cell Tower locations.
Ms. Sahlstrom said, "The 'Implementation Schedule' that I included in your Agenda
Packet is incorrect. I had misunderstood, an Agenda Item that the City Manager was
taking forward on Monday night - this is not going forward on Monday night." Ms.
Sahlstrom added, "You have time to give your comments and for the Minutes to be
prepared and it will not go forward until the first Meeting in January with the
Commission, assuming you make your Recommendation tonight."
CiZy Attorney Anthony A. Garganese arrived at 7:05 p.m.
Ms. Sahlstrom said, "We had a request from Mr. [Advisory Board Member Tom] Brown
for a copy of the Map that is referenced in the Ordinance, and when I pulled that Map I
remembered back from 2005 that there was a scrivener's error on the Map that is
included in the Ordinance, so I passed out copies of this graphic that I had prepared with
the Powerpoint presentation - that references those four (4) Permitted locations." Ms.
Sahlstrom added, "So, we will probably need to Amend that as part of the Ordinance, just
so they are correctly identified."
Attorney Garganese said, "This is coming to you at the direction of the City Commission
- we received a Report which is referenced in the Ordinance regarding coverage in one
(1) particular area of the City and the Commission directed that we go back and take a
look at a possibility of allowing additional Sites for towers to provide some extra
coverage where needed and that was the Ordinance that was put together. It was not a
Comprehensive overhaul of the Ordinance. The Amendments were specifically related to
locational requirements and we added some provisions regarding Application
requirements just to clarify a few administrative matters."
Discussion.
Regarding the locations, Attorney Garganese said, "Tier One. is Permitted as a matter of
right. Those are the Sites that are currently indicated in the Ordinance. So, they are
given Permitted Use status and then you have two (2) other Tiers. Both of those Tiers are
given Conditional Use status, but Tier Two. takes priority over Tier Three. In other
words, you can not go to Tier Three. unless you can prove by - substantial evidence that
Tier Two. sites are not available."
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Discussion.
Chairperson Karr opened the Public Input portion of this Agenda Item.
Ms. Mary Doty Solik, Foley & Lardner LLP, 111 North Orange Avenue, Suite 1800,
Orlando, Florida: as Legal Counsel for Vertex Development Inc., Ms. Solik spoke in
favor of this Agenda Item.
Chairperson Karr closed the Public Input portion of this Agenda Item.
"I WOULD BE GLAD TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT THE LOCAL
PLANNING AGENCY FORWARD THIS TO THE CITY COMMISSION -
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL AS IT IS PRESENTED TO
INCLUDE - THE MODIFICATIONS NECESSARY TO THE MAP AS PART OF
THE ORDINANCE." MOTION BY ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER POE.
SECONDED BY ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER RYSER. DISCUSSION.
VOTE:
BOARD MEMBER RYSER: AYE
VICE CHAIRPERSON TILLIS: AYE
BOARD MEMBER POE: AYE
BOARD MEMBER BROWN : AYE
CHAIRPERSON KARR: AYE
MOTION CARRIED.
REGULAR AGENDA
REGULAR
300. Community Development Department
Not Used.
CONSENT AGENDA
CONSENT
400. Office Of The City Clerk
Approval Of The November 1, 2006 Regular Meeting Minutes.
"I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE NOVEMBER 1S\ 2006
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES." MOTION BY ADVISORY BOARD
MEMBER BROWN. SECONDED BY ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER POE.
DISCUSSION.
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VOTE:
BOARD MEMBER BROWN: AYE
CHAIRPERSON KARR: AYE
VICE CHAIRPERSON TILLIS: AYE
BOARD MEMBER POE: AYE
BOARD MEMBER RYSER: AYE
MOTION CARRIED.
INFORMATIONAL AGENDA
INFORMATIONAL
500. Not Used.
600. REPORTS
Board Member Brown said, "I would like to put it on the Agenda for the next Meeting.
This is the Parks - Comprehensive Plan that I received - we have the Report from Chuck
Pula [Director, Parks And Recreation Department] for the Parks and Recreation -
Comprehensive Plan."
Deputy City Clerk Joan Brown read into the Record "Form 8B Memorandum of Voting
Conflict" filed by Board Member Brown.
Advisory Board Member William H. Poe asked the City Attorney, "Is absence from a
Meeting a normal reason to Abstain from a Vote?" Attorney Garganese said, "No."
Attorney Garganese said, "If I can recommend, if a Board Member is absent from a
Meeting and the subsequent Meeting they are in attendance and they have to consider
voting on the approval of the Minutes, I would recommend not Abstaining and voting on
Approving the Minutes. And if you want, you can have the Secretary reflect that in the
second Meeting Minutes that you voted in the affirmative to approve the Minutes, but let
the Record reflect he was not in attendance at the prior Meeting.
That is probably a better practice because Abstaining from Votes is only allowed if you
have a Voting Conflict of Interest which is something that - a special private gain or loss
which in almost all cases is a financial gain or loss."
Referencing a Vote at a previous Meeting, Board Member Poe asked Attorney
Garganese, "Our Vote was 3-2. Is this for Items that are a close Vote or any 'Nay' Vote,
is the Chair supposed to respond with some sort of a response as to why that 'Nay'
V ote?" Advisory Board Member Poe added, "If the Item moves forward, is there still a
necessity to respond to a 'Nay' Vote and ifso, where does that break come?"
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Attorney Garganese said, "No - they [City Commission] just wanted a very - brief
summary." Attorney Garganese said, "It is just a very, very simple short one (1) page
letter. It can be written by the Chairperson."
Discussion.
Attorney Garganese added, "Two (2) things - one (1) informing the [City] Commission
of your Action in all cases, which would require the memo and - the new Florida Law
that was effective on October 1 st [2006]. When you deny an Application, deny a
Development Order - the Government is now required by Law to state the reasons for
denial and citing the authority for denying. Two (2) different issues going on here."
Ms. Sahlstrom said, "In reference to the Don King property, it did go before the [City]
Commission already and was approved, but they did ask the question, 'Why did two (2)
Members of the Board Vote - why was the Vote 3-2'. And the Minutes did not really get
into the issues as to why two (2) people voted against it." Ms. Sahlstrom added, "They
[City Commission] were just wanting more information and so, they came back and said
we would really like this memo from the Chairperson."
ADJOURNMENT
"I MOVE TO ADJOURN." MOTION BY ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER POE.
SECONDED BY CHAIRPERSON KARR. DISCUSSION. WITH CONSENSUS
OF THE BOARD, THE MOTION WAS APPROVED.
MOTION CARRIED.
Chairperson Karr adjourned the Regular Meeting at 7:27 p.m.
APPROVED:
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ROSANNE KARR, CHAIRPERSON
PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD/LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY
NOTE: These Minutes were approved at the January 3, 2007 Regular Planning and Zoning Board/Local Planning Agency Meeting.