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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993 06 14 City Commission Regular Minutes 92-93-20 . REGULAR MEETING CITY COMMISSION CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS JUNE 14, 1993 The Regular Meeting of the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, was called to order by Mayor Philip A. Kulbes at 7:30 p.m. Roll Call: Mayor Philip A. Kulbes, present Deputy Mayor John V. Torcaso, present City Manager John Govoruhk, present City Attorney Frank Kruppenbacher, present Commissioners: Don Jonas, present John Langellotti, present Terri Donnelly, present Cindy Kaehler, present For the invocation Commissioner Don Jonas asked for a moment of silent prayer. The pledge of allegiance to the flag was led by City Manager John Govoruhk. Approval of minutes of May 24, 1993: there were no additions or corrections, the minutes stand approved as presented. Public Comment: Gil Artman, Silvercreek Drive, spoke about the retirement funds due him. He said he has been getting nothing but a runaround from the Florida League of Cities since January. He also spoke about a problem with his accumulated sick leave and vacation time . that was accumulated at the time of his retirement from the City. General Agenda: Planning & Zoning Board Recommendations of May 5, 1993: 1. Annual Certification of the Zoning Map, Sec. 20-l02(c): Don LeBlanc, Land Development Coordinator, said there were only two annexations, the Sprague Property and the School Board Property. The land uses are being worked through the Comprehensive Plan. Motion was made by Commissioner Torcaso to approve the annual certification of the zoning map. Seconded by Commissioner Langellotti. Discussion. Vote on the motion: Commissioner Donnelly, aye; Commissioner Kaehler, aye; Commissioner Torcaso, aye; Commissioner Jonas, aye; Commissioner Langellotti, aye; motion carried. Funding Request to Winter Springs-Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida: Judy Bennett representing the Coalition for the Homeless gave a presentation to the City Commission. She said the reason they are asking Winter Springs for assistance is because homelessness is a regional problem, and they migrate to Orange County and Orlando because that is where the services are. She said on any given night, according to the State of Florida, there are 2,500 to 3,000 people homeless. . Ms. Bennett said they are asking every municipality in the Tri-County area to help out. Because they feel it is a regional problem and they accept the homeless from all three counties, that every municipality should help in some way. Their request of $22,000 was based on a dollar per person, based on the 1990 census. That includes fifty cents for operating and fifty cents for capital towards the campus they are about to complete. . Regular Meeting, City Commission, June 14, 1993 Page 2 92-93-20 Commissioner Kaehler said in order to be able to consider this yearly, she would like to have for the Commission's information, where their funding comes from, what their proposed budget is for next year, and exactly where their money does go. Glenn Childs, Wildcat Court, complimented Ms. Bennett on her presentation. Recommendation of the Pension Board of Trustees: John Ferring, Chairman of the Pension Board of Trustees, introduced Mr. Kurt Wood of SunBank Capital Management, Mr. Bob Davis of Mcdirmit Davis Lauteria & Company, our financial advisors, Tom Lang, City Attorney who was involved in this project and Trustees Mr. Art Hoffmann and Mr. Sy Berman. Mr. Ferring summarized as a result of the meeting held in October the Trustees were given the mission by the City Commission to get help and get the Pension Plan worked out, and the Trustees were bogged down with different opinions. Requests for proposals were sent out and we received tremendous response. Unfortunately some of the Trustees were reluctant to try to make decisions regarding the request for proposals. . Commission authorized the hiring of financial advisors and in mid-December the firm of Mcdermit, Davis & Lauteria were brought on as financial consultants with the agreement that they go through and analyze all of the proposals that were sent to the City and report back. In March the results of the analysis were received with a breakdown of the five top finalists. The finalists made presentations to the Board of Trustees and on May 25th the Board recommended to terminate the Florida League of Cities and retain SunBank Capital Management as the asset manager and plan administration. Motion was made by Commissioner Torcaso to accept the recommendation of the Board of Trustees to terminate the relationship with the Florida League of Cities and to establish a relationship with SunBank. Seconded by Commissioner Langellotti. Discussion. Vote on the motion: Commissioner Kaehler, aye; Commissioner Torcaso, aye; Commissioner Jonas, aye; Commissioner Langellotti, aye; Commissioner Donnelly, aye; motion carried. Mayor Kulbes called a recess at 8:12 p.m. and called the meeting back to order at 8:20 p.m. Youth Soccer Tournament Presentation: Paul partyka, Oswego Court and Roger Itkor, Sybilwood Circle, representing the Winter Springs Sports Promotion Committee introduced themselves to the Commission. Mr. Partyka said this is an opportunity for the City to jump on the soccer bandwagon to earn dollars in economic impact. Mr. ltkor said the World Cup is coming next summer and will bring a lot of excitement and a lot of money into this community. He said in our community we have 5,400 boys and girls playing soccer. Mr. Itkor explained the primary focus was to aid boys and girls to get into college with scholarship money, and this presentation was developed primarily to raise dollars for the tournament. Mr. Partyka gave a slide presentation. He said they are asking . for a commitment of six to eight fields plus a training field and $2,300.00. . Regular Meeting, City Commission, June 14, 1993 Page 3 92-93-20 Mr. Partyka spoke about the user fees and the money the City would receive from the Concessions; he said if you get involved you share in it, if you do not get involved you do not share in it. Commissioner Kaehler said she believes so much in this that she begged the Commission to consider this. She said you can call it a pilot project and if it does not work the City would not do it again; if it works, think of what we have; this is a very big opportunity for us. Motion was made by Commissioner Jonas to donate $2,300 and the six fields to the Youth Soccer Association. Seconded by Commissioner Kaehler. Discussion. Vote on the motion: Commissioner Torcaso, no; Commissioner Jonas, aye; Commissioner Langellotti, aye; Commissioner Donnelly, aye; Commissioner Kaehler, aye; motion carried. Mandatory Solid Waste Up-date: Commissioner Jonas said he has given the Commission a letter regarding the problems. He explained if a resident is to be out of the City for a month or more they will fill out an application. The fee of $13.14 will be waived during that time. If you live in the house for any part of a month you would have to pay the $13.14. The resident would have to pay the minimum $10.51 water bill and the $2.04 stormwater fee. When a person comes in to fill out an application they will give it to the Finance Director who will FAX it to IWS. A supervisor from IWS will check the residence and if there is no garbage the fee will be waived. . Mr. Jonas said people who are saying they live in a residence but have no garbage; he said we have to draw the line there. He said that was basically his report. It has been discussed with IWS and they have agreed to it. This will be a test for one year and after that it will be re-evaluated by this Commission. In the certification Commissioner Kaehler suggested that it be stated that residents certify that the house will be unoccupied. Motion was made by Commissioner Jonas to approve the recommendation that has been made regarding IWS and people who are not living in their residences and we approve this with the changes that are necessary on the application and the City Manager get with the Attorney to finalize the verbiage. Seconded by Commissioner Kaehler. Discussion. Vote on the motion: Commissioner Jonas, aye; Commissioner Langellotti, aye; Commissioner Donnelly, aye; Commissioner Kaehler, aye; Commissioner Torcaso, aye; motion carried. First Reading of Ord. No. 546, amending the 1992-93 FY Budget, etc.: Motion was made by Commissioner Torcaso to read Ord. No. 546 by title only. Seconded by Commissioner Langellotti. Discussion. Vote on the motion: Commissioner Langellotti, aye; Commissioner Donnelly, aye; Commissioner Kaehler, aye; Commissioner Torcaso, aye; Commissioner Jonas, aye; motion carried. Attorney Kruppenbacher read Ord. No. 546 by title only on first reading. . City Manager John Govoruhk: Manager Govoruhk said the Commission has received the recommended budget changes. The Commission has received the letter from the Fire Chief regarding the insurance ratings. . . . Regular Meeting, City Commission, June 14, 1993 Page 4 92-93-20 Monthly reports have been distributed. Attorney Kruppenbacher talked about the letter from the Attorney General. He said Mr. Ferring deserves a lot of credit and the City ended up with a good product. Commission Seat IV - Terri Donnelly: No report. Commission Seat V - Cindy Kaehler: Commissioner Kaehler spoke about a survey to find out how many people would use mass transit if we had something that ran through Winter Springs. She said with the permission of the Commission she would like to have an official survey of the City put into the Winter Springs Bulletin to find out what kind of ridership we would get and also ask the head of the Lynx program to come before the City to tell us what the cost factors are and some of the benefits. Commissioner Kaehler said she has been getting a lot of calls about the Tuscawilla Maintenance issue. She asked for a report about the fountains, whether or not Mr. Mikes has said he would be able to take over those particular areas, what it costs for us to maintain vs. what it would cost for somebody else to maintain. Manager Govoruhk said we have already started working on what Commissioner Kaehler has asked for. Attorney Kruppenbacher said the Attorney General's answer should be back to us in about four to five weeks. Commissioner Kaehler spoke about Commissioner Donnelly's talk on term limitations at the Tuscawilla Homeowners Association Meeting. Commissioner Kaehler said she said she would support Commissioner Donnelly; she said if a motion is put on the floor she will support it. Commission Seat I - John V. Torcaso: Commissioner Torcaso said he enjoys these letters from Mr. Scott. Commissioner Torcaso said he agrees with Commissioner Donnelly on term limits especially when people that are elected sometime are incompetent and do not belong on the Commission and he said after six months term of office they should resign. They should realize that they are not doing the job. Commissioner Torcaso also said he does not believe that any particular group of people should say you should be there two years or four years, etc. That is why we have a voting public out there. If the voting public is really interested in who they put in office they will make the term either two, three or four years. Commissioner Torcaso also spoke about Commissioner's Donnelly's comment about serving at a reduced rate of money. Commission Seat II - Don Jonas: Commissioner Jonas said he would like to bring back an issue that he has a lot of trouble with and that is the Eagle Ridge development and the single entrance coming in off of SR 434 and eliminating Trotwood. He said he cannot see a development of 400 homes with only one entrance and one exit. Commissioner Jonas asked the Mayor to have this on the next agenda. . . . Regular Meeting, City Commission, June 14, 1993 Page 5 92-93-20 Commission Seat III - John Langellotti: Commissioner Langellotti said he has been getting phone calls regarding the Tuscawilla Maintenance issue. He said when he tells the people the front entrance- way is private property, and if this City Commission decides to have the public pay for the maintenance of that private entranceway, there will be 16 subdivisions knocking the doors down. Commissioner Langellotti said the wall at Chestnut Ridge looks good and we should thank Mr. Godwin. Mayor's Office: Motion was made by Commissioner Kaehler to reappoint Carl Stephens and Carol Morrison to the BOWS Board. Seconded by Commissioner Langellotti. Discussion. Vote on the motion: Commissioner Donnelly, aye; Commissioner Kaehler, aye; Commissioner Jonas, aye; Commissioner Langellotti, aye; motion carried. Mayor Kulbes said this October will be the 20th anniversary of Home Rule, and asked the Commission to approve a request to purchase bumper stickers to celebrate. Commission was in agreement. Meeting was adjourned at 10:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, ~T~ Mary T. Norton, City Clerk Ap ~~----,MAYOR