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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008 01 16 Tuscawilla lighting and Beautification District Advisory Committee Regular MinutesCITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA MINUTES TUSCAWILLA LIGHTING AND BEAUTIFICATION DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 16, 2008 CALL TO ORDER The Tuscawilla Lighting and Beautification District Advisory Committee Regular Meeting of Wednesday, January 16, 2008 was called to Order by Chairman Rande Thompson at 7:01 p.m. in the Commission Chambers of the Municipal Building (City Hall, 1126 East State Road 434, Winter Springs, Florida 32708). Roll Call: Chairman Rande Thompson, present Vice Chairperson Mary Brook, present Committee Member Brenda Hayes Brown, present Committee Member Luci Coker, present Committee Member Denise Ritchey, absent A moment of silence was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. INFORMATIONAL AGENDA INFORMATIONAL 100. Not Used. CONSENT AGENDA CONSENT 200. Office Of The City Clerk Approval Of The October 17, 2007 Regular Meeting Minutes. "I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE." MOTION BY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER BROWN. SECONDED BY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER COKER. DISCUSSION. CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA MINUTES TUSCAWILLA LIGHTINGAND BEAUTIFICATION DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING -JANUARY 16, 2008 PAGE 2 OF 7 VOTE: COMMITTEE MEMBER BROWN: AYE COMMITTEE MEMBER COKER: AYE CHAIRMAN THOMPSON: AYE VICE CHAIRPERSON BROOK: AYE MOTION CARRIED. AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS 300. Not Used. 400. REPORTS No reports were given at this time. PUBLIC INPUT No one spoke. PUBLIC HEARINGS AGENDA PUBLIC HEARINGS 500. Not Used. REGULAR AGENDA REGULAR 600. Office Of The City Clerk Election Of Officers. It was the Consensus of the Advisory Committee, that the Election of Officers will not be done at this time. Chairman Thompson asked, "Does anybody have any desires to Vice Chair or Chair? Everything okay the way it is." Advisory Committee Member Luci Coker stated, "Very pleased with the way things are." Advisory Committee Member Brenda Hayes Brown stated, "I concur." Vice Chairperson Mary Brook nodded `yes' in agreement. Chairman Thompson stated, "It looks like let's leave everything as Status Quo." CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA MINUTES TUSCAWILLA LIGHTINGAND BEAUTIFICATION DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING -JANUARY 16, 2008 PAGE 3 OF 7 REGULAR 601. Community Development Department -Urban Beautification Services Division Review Of Budget. Mr. Steven Richart, Urban Beautification Services Division Manager, Community Development Department presented this Agenda Item. Discussion. Mr. Richart stated, "We did re-sod some areas that we did not expect to do from Crabgrass; we decided to go ahead and aggressively treat the Crabgrass and the Medians and Entrances; so, that was almost six thousand [dollars] ($6,000.00) for that but it is something that you have to do or we lose our St. Augustine [grass] investment." REGULAR 602. Community Development Department -Urban Beautification Services Division Maintenance Items And Progress Report. Mr. Richart introduced this Agenda Item and discussion ensued regarding the progress of each of the Vendors and basically the performance of each of the Vendors. Further discussion followed regarding the Street Light Poles and the installation by Progress Energy Florida, Inc., and the cost of the Street Lights. Discussion. Mr. Richart said, "Now, I have, if you guys want to see it one time, I have this broken down per street; it tells what the City's portion is; what the TLBD's [Tuscawilla Lighting And Beautification District] portion is; what the costs are, if you want me to bring that printout, I can do that." Chairman Thompson said, "I was just curious -that would not be something bad to look at; I would like to see; I was just -curious what our rate." • • AGENDA NOTE: THE FOLLOWING REGULAR AGENDA ITEM WAS DISCUSSED NEXT, FOLLOWED BY THE REST OF THE AGENDA AS DOCUMENTED. • • CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA MINUTES TUSCAWILLA LIGHTINGAND BEAUTIFICATION DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING -JANUARY 16, 2008 PAGE 4 OF 7 REGULAR AGENDA REGULAR 605. Community Development Department -Urban Beautification Services Division Update On Vistawilla Median Issue. Chairman Thompson stated, "I would like to ask about the Vistawilla [Drive] [Median Issue]. I saw the letter in here back on December 8~' [2007]; have we had a response? Has the city had a response?" Mr. Richart stated, "I will go into that. That obviously is not really TLBD [Tuscawilla Lighting And Beautification District] business, but it is an issue we will want to look at; thank you for bringing it up; I am making sure to say that because the TLBD [Tuscawilla Lighting And Beautification District] can not be involved in that; it is outside of our District but it is an interest to us because it is our gateway to one of our areas." Mr. Thompson said, "I have got several people asking me about it, so I wanted to be able to get them a response." Mr. Richart commented, "What we have done as the City, is we have sent a letter to the THOA [Tuscawilla Homeowners Association] asking if they are willing to pay for part of the cost of those Street Lights. And we are talking about the Street Lights on Vistawilla [Drive] that is outside of our District here between [State Road] 434 and our Entry Monument. And THOA [Tuscawilla Homeowners Association], I do not know that they have had their Meeting yet." Advisory Committee Member Brown stated, "Yes, they did. They had a Board Meeting." Mr. Richart asked, "Do you know the answer?" Advisory Committee Member Brown said, "I do not know because I was unable to attend. However, I do know someone that attended -they did not mention anything about that being brought up to my knowledge." Mr. Richart stated, "If the THOA [Tuscawilla Homeowners Association] does not decide to support it, it is not looking good for us keeping those [Street Lights]. It will go to the City Commission, I would imagine." Discussion. With further discussion, Mr. Richart stated, "We met with Tom Corkery and we met with Colonial Bank and Tom [Corkery] has said that he would donate ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) to landscape that Median at Vistawilla [Drive]. I have sent over plans to his office. I think that they are great plans; we sat down and came up with something that is a Conservation Plan but it is also elegant." Mr. Richart added, "Haven't heard back from Tom [Corkery] on that yet. I know the Bank [Colonial] could not commit to any upfront funds; they were willing.to talk about helping us maintain it." Further discussion ensued and Advisory Committee Member Brown said, "I was wondering -what amount was quoted to the Bank [Colonial] as far as the [Street] Lights?" CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA MINUTES TUSCAWILLA LIGHTINGAND BEAUTIFICATION DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING -JANUARY 16, 2008 PAGE 5 OF 7 Mr. Richart stated, "Both parties, the Bank [Colonial] and Mr. Corkery were adamant against the [Street] Lights; they wanted nothing to do with them, but Mr. Corkery did want low voltage Lights in the Median lighting up the plants. But they were both adamant against the Street Lights; they would not support any funding for it. That was what happened." Continuing the discussion, Committee Member Brown said, "So, I guess we are waiting on the THOA [Tuscawilla Homeowners Association]." Mr. Richart stated, "Yes. With my initial talks with Pam Carroll, the President; she didn't feel that it would be well received but of course she couldn't speak on behalf of everybody on the Board. So, I hope they do it; I wish they would do it but I am not sure that they will." Further discussion. Committee Member Brown said, "I still do not have a problem going back to the bank." Chairman Thompson said, "You approach the Bank [Colonial] and I will approach Lee[Jensen, President of Eagles Watch and Howell Creek Reserve Homeowners Associations] and let him know where things stand. That was one of his specific questions to me and that is why I brought it up." Chairman Thompson added, "The only thing that it has to do with us, it was put in because Progress Energy [Florida, Inc.] thought that was a part of our area. We have a lot of people within our District that have grown accustom to it and like the look." Discussion. REGULAR 603. Community Development Department -Urban Beautification Services Division Update On Street Lighting And Decorative Sign Project. Mr. Richart presented this Agenda Item. Discussion. Tape 1/Side B Further discussion. CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA MINUTES TUSCAWILLA LIGHTINGAND BEAUTIFICATION DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING -JANUARY 16, 2008 PAGE 6 OF 7 REGULAR 604. Community Development Department -Urban Beautification Services Division Update On Progress Of Working Committee. Chairman Thompson presented this Agenda Item and explained, "This is the Plat that everybody should have. We need to help Steven [Richart] and team out and see if we can come up with a plausible plan to keep us busy, number one (1); I mean this once a month is fine but I think that we need to be an active Board and everybody I think agreed with that the last time we talked about it. What I would like to do is to, I have quad ranted this off in five (5) Sections and it is probably very difficult to see but I promise when Steven [Richart] and I sit down, we will make it a little easier to read." With further discussion, Chairman Thompson coordinated with the Committee Members the assigned Sections for each of the Committee Members. Section 1 for Committee Member Ritchey; Section 2 for Committee Member Brown; Section 3 for Vice Chairperson Brook; Section 4 and the main entrance for Committee Member Coker; and Section 5 for Chairman Thompson. Discussion continued as to how the information regarding the Committee Members Findings is to be dispersed to Mr. Richart, which would be to email or call Mr. Richart to let him know about the issue. It was discussed that if there is a need to report that there is a Street Light out, this can actually be reported to Progress Energy Florida, Inc. directly. All other findings can be reported to Mr. Richart and he will have a form for them to complete which could be faxed to him. Discussion. Chairman Thompson requested that Mr. Richart email the forms to each Committee Member when Mr. Richart gets the form completed. Discussion. • • AGENDA NOTE: THE FOLLOWING REPORTS WERE DISCUSSED NEXT, AS DOCUMENTED. • • 400. REPORTS Committee Member Luci Coker asked, "The flag; where are we on that?" Chairman Thompson stated, "I haven't heard any more on that." ITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA MINUTES TUSCAWILLA LIGHTINGAND BEAUTIFICATION DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING -JANUARY 16, 2008 PAGE 7 OF 7 Committee Member Brown stated, "That is why I said, if they think the TLBD [Tuscawilla Lighting And Beautification District] has anything they may want something to swap out; they just need to need to know that the TLBD [Tuscawilla Lighting And Beautification District] has nothing to do with this, so there is nothing to swap and we will not consider the flag. Correct?" Chairman Thompson said, "We have made our opinion known with it and I would like to reemphasize that it has been multiple Boards and Board Members that have come pretty much to the same Consensus." Mr. Richart stated that he will call Committee Member Ritchey to let her know what she has been elected to handle. Discussion. ADJOURNMENT Chairman Thompson adjourned the Regular Meeting at 8:08 p.m. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED: .~~~ ~ ~~ CAROL A. LALLATHIN ASSISTANT TO THE CITY CLERK NOTE: These Minutes were approved at the February 20, 2008 Tuscawilla Lighting and Beautification District Advisory Committee Regular Meeting.