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Home My WebLink About1976 04 19 City Council Regular Minutes ~. 'f' .. /- .-,/ ~ 29 REGULAR SESSION C.... GJIMIIClL CITY OF WlNTKll SPRINGS APRIL 19, 1976 ""-" ;. ~~ ~ t The Regular Session of .... City Council of the City of Winter Springs, Florida wa$ called to order by Hayoi 'troy Piland. The invocation was given by Hayor Troy Pita.ld. The ,leciae of allegiance to the flag was led by Mr. John Booth. Roll Calh Mayor Troy Piland, present City Attorney Gary Massey, present Deputy Mayor Donald Browning, pres'81lt I Councilmen: Irwin Hunter, present Ernest Hendrix, absent ,John Daniels, p~esent Claude Ash, present Motion was made by Councilman Browning to approve the minutes of April 12, 1976. Seconded by Councilman Ash. Discussion. Vote on the motion: Co~ncilman Hunter, are; Councilman Hendrix, a9'lent; Councilman Daniels, aye; Councilman Ash, aye; ;Qancilman Browning, aye; motion carried. Mayor Piland recessed the Regular Session and opened the public hearing for ordinance No. 131, amendment to the budget. Attorney Massey read the first reading of Ordinance No. 131. There were several corrections to the orclinance as follows: the amount should read $90,765 in Section 1 and in Section 2, should read "within the General Fund'Budgetft~. No one spoke against the ordinance. Mayor Piland closed the public hearing and reconvened the Regular Session. Motion was .I.IDIlde by Councilman Daniels to approve Ordinance No. 131 on the first reading. Seconded by Councilman Browning. Discussion. Vote on the motion: Councilman Hunter, aye; Councilman Hendrix, absent; Councilman Daniels, aye; Councilman Ash, aye; Councilman Browning, aye; motion carried. Mayor Piland recessed the Regular Session and opened the public hearing for the change in the condominium area requested by Gulfstream Land Development Corporation. Hr. Charlie True and Mr. George Nader were present to speak for the change. They presented a preliminary development plau... The question of private streets "Is. public streets was discussed. During the discussion Mr. True said to Councilman Hunter Chat the additional two foot increase from the proposed twenty foot width of the roads to the twenty-two foot width would be no probl_ to him since he had to consider it anyway if they decide to go with public roads. lHrs. Mary Daniels, 1027 Antelope Trail, spoke for the change. Mrs. Sines, 1305 Deer Run, spoke for the change. Hr. Bill Heyer, 614 David Street, spoke in discussion. Mayor Piland closed the public hearing and reconvened the Regular Session. Hotion was '.made by Councilman Daniels that we approve the preliminary conceptual plan and allow them to move forward with their final plans. Seconded by Cou1\cilman Ash. Discussion. Motion was made by Councilman Hunter to amend the motion that the streets be ,rivate and that they have the full 22 foot width due to the waving of the right- of-way needs and that the pedestrian traffic is behind the buildings. Motion died for lack of a second. In discussion, Hr. Nader Rid they would like to have the latitude to come either way (Public or private streets) aft'r they have analyzed all the pros and cons. --- /1'~- ~ \ , t..g~l~ Session, CitY~I, ':.cil, April 19, 1976 2 75-76-29 - --,/ Councilman Hunter sai" that was the intent of his motion tlV amend the motion, because he thought thfY wanted a specific decision by Council tonight on public ~ or private streets. Councilman Hunter said he has been down to the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area and the concept is well established; the only reservation he has is the street size. He said people do not remember after a few years. They say, "just save my neighbor's house, but don't drive in my yard". And this is one item that he has flagged in his mind as far as the Fire Department is concerned and is the item to be watched. Mr. True promised that the diagrams for the traffic flow patterns and water mains and hydrant systems would be given to the Police and Fire Departments for their review and approval. I Vote on the main motion: Councilman Hunter, aye; Councilman Hendrix, absent; Councilman Daniels, aye; Councilman Ash, aye; Councilman Browning, aye; motion carried. r Mayor Piland recessed the Regular Session and opened the public hearing for Ordinance No. 132. Attorney Massey read the ordinance in its entirety. There were several changes to the ordinance as follows: Councilman Daniels asked that throughout the ordinance the word "ordinance" be changed to "coden; in Sec. 2-29, change 2 weeks to sixty days prior to the municipal election and publishad for four consecutive weeks; See. 2-34, change qualifying period to October 1 to October 15th and the last word in that paragraph change to nqualifying". There was a discussion of changing our election to November to combine elections. Some Councilmen preferred to leave it as it is but Councilman Daniels said he would prefer a change to November. Mayor Piland closed the public hearing and reconvened the Regular Session. Motion was made by Councilman Hunter that we adopt Ordinance No. l3~.on the first reading with the corrections as made. Seconded by CouncibBan Browning. Discussion. Vote on the motion: Councilman Hunter, aye; Councilman HendriX, absent; Councilman Daniels, aye; Councilman Ash, aye; Councilman Browning, aye; motion carried. Mr. John Newsome, secretary to the Zoning Board, discussed the proposed Planned Unit Development ordinance. Mayor Piland commended the Zoning Board for all their work in drawing up this new ordinance. Motion was made by Councilman Hunter to set a public hearing on the P.U.D. ordinance for May 24. Seconded by Councilman Daniels. Dis cuss ion. Vote on the motion: CouncibBan Hunter, aye; Councilman Hendrix, absent; Councilman Daniels, aye; Councilman Ash, aye; Councilman Browning, aye; motion carried. There was a lengthy discussion on the Personnel PoliCY. Mayor Piland is to meet with the Department Heads on Friday morning to discuss the input from the employees. r I There was a discussion of hiring replacements for vacancies that exist. Councilman Daniels proposed that we not fill vacancies that may occur in the next few weeks until they are looked at from a monetary standpoint. Priorities must be determined in the event the CETA program is not continued. It was a consensus of Council that no hiring would be done to fill vacancies until Council could review the vacancy. If a vacancy occurs in the Fire or Police Department, those vacancies will be filled as standard procedure by Department Heads. Any additional positions will have to come before Council. '.---., -" ~ c , .. ... Regular Session, City Council, April 19, 1976 r The meeting was adjourned. r f .."roved: ,MAYOR .""'\ -1 \; Peg. 3 75-76-29 Respectfully submitted, ~;:~ Mary T. Norton, City Clerk ---