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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002 10 14 Consent G Resolution 2002-35 Amends the Membership Section of Resolution 2002-24 COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM G Consent X Informational Public Hearing Regular October 14. 2002 Regular Meeting j1- Mgr. I Dept. Authorization REQUEST: City Manager/City Attorney is requesting that the City Commission approve Resolution 2002-35 which amends the membership section of Resolution 2002-24, due to the City Commission approving one (1) additional appointment to the Ad Hoc Tree (Arbor) Ordinance Review Advisory Committee. PURPOSE: As an additional appointment was added to the Ad Hoc Tree (Arbor) Ordinance Review Advisory Committee, the City Commission is being requested to approve Resolution 2002-35, which amends the number of members of the Ad Hoc Tree (Arbor) Ordinance Review Advisory Committee. CONSIDERATIONS: At the October 7, 2002 Special Meeting of the City Commission, the City Commission approved the addition of one additional member to the Ad Hoc Tree (Arbor) Ordinance Review Advisory Committee. The complete membership of this Committee now stands at eight (8) members. The City Attorney is advising that this is memorialized by a Resolution so that the Commission's action is consistent with Resolution 2002-24 which established the Ad Hoc Tree (Arbor) Ordinance Review Advisory. CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS CITY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING - OCTOBER 14, 2002 REGULAR AGENDA ITEM "G" PAGE 2 OF 2 FUNDING: N/A ATT ACHMENTS: A. Resolution 2002-24 B. Resolution 2002-35 RECOMMENDATION: The City Manager and the City Attorney recommend approval of Resolution 2002-35. COMMISSION ACTION: RESOLUTION 2002-35 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER. SPRINGS, FLORIDA AMENDING SECTION I OF RESOLUTION 2002-24 BY ADDING AN EIGHTH MEMBER TO THE AD HOC TREE (ARBOR) ORDINANCE REVIEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, on July 22, 2002 the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida adopted Resolution 2002-24 which established a seven (7) member Ad Hoc Tree (Arbor) Ordinance Review Advisory Committee; and WHEREAS, on October 7, 2002, the City Commission sitting as a body agreed to add one (1) additional member to the Ad Hoc Tree (Arbor) Ordinance Review Advisory Committee, which brings the total number of Committee members on this Ad Hoc Advisory Committee to eight (8). NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs as follows: Section I. Committee Membership: Section 1. of Resolution 2002-24 is hereby amended to include one (1) additional member to the Committee. Section II. Effective Date: This Resolution is effective immediately upon adoption. ADOPTED and approved , 2002 by the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, duly assembled in Winter Springs, Seminole County, Florida. Paul P. Partyka, Mayor ATTEST: Andrea Lorenzo-Luaces, City Clerk ATTACHMENT "B" ATTACHMENT "A" RESOLUTION 2002-24 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISISON OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AD HOC TREE (ARBOR) ORDINANCE REVIEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SETTING OUT RESPONSIBILITIES, AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS THEREOF. WHEREAS, the original Arbor Ordinance of the City was approved by the City Commission on March 27, 1987, and amended on March 22,1999, WHEREAS, on April 8, 2002 the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida adopted Ordinance No. 2002-08 repealing the City's old Arbor Ordinance and adopting a new Arbor Ordinance for the purpose of making the ordinance more defensible and more effective in protecting the urban forest of the City, and WHEREAS, there has been an expression of concern among certain members of the public, and that the revised ordinance reduced limitations on developers while increasing limitations on residents, and WHEREAS, the Winter Springs City Commission desires to provide an open, objective, and deliberative process to provide ample opportunity for the public to participate in the Tree (Arbor) Ordinance to determine if improvements can be made thereto. NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs establish an Ad Hoc Tree (Arbor) Ordinance.. Review. Advisory Committee as follows: . . Section I. Committee: There is hereby established the City of Winter Springs Tree (Arbor) Ordinance Review Advisory "Committee", which shall be an ad-hoc committee composed of seven members, appointed one each by the Mayor and members of the City Commission, and one by the combined vote of the Mayor and Commission. The members shall serve for the duration of the Committee as provided herein, and be responsible for carrying out the responsibilities as defined herein. The Committee shall be made up of persons with an interest or background in environmental sciences, interest or background in urban forest management, persons with interest or background in development in Winter Springs, and persons with experience in law and judicial process. Section II. Committee Responsibilities: The Committee shall have the responsibility for working with the technical resource team and the legal resource team in reviewing the City's existing Arbor Ordinance and providing recommendations to the City Commission for improving the existing ordinance in order to be consistent with established practices of urban forest management and law. Section III. All meetings of the Committee shall be open to the public as provided by Florida Law. Section IV. Environmental Resource Team: There is hereby established an environmental resource Team which shall be made up of highly competent professional members whose area of expertise and experience include expertise in environmental sciences and/or administration of ordinances the purpose of which is to manage urban forest resources Section V. Legal Resource Team Responsibility: The City Attorney's office shall serve as the Legal Resources Team. The responsibility of the Legal Resource Team shall be to familiarize the Committee with requirements of law and the legal provisions of the current ordinance, to review public input, to assist the Committee in analysis of public input and formulating recommendations to the current ordinance, and preparing recommendations for the Committee's final report to the Commission f Section VI. Project Coordinator: the City Commission shall contract with the Institute of Government at the University of Central Florida to coordinate and facilitate the Tree (Arbor) Ordinance process on behalf of the City of Winter Springs. Section VII. Duration of Project: The Tree (Arbor) Ordinance Review Committee shall present its final report and recommendations to the City Commission no later than the first regular meeting of the City Commission in November 2002. Section VIII. Facilitator Meeting Style: The Committee shall employ a facilitator style meeting format led by the Project Coordinator. Section IX. Consensus Decision-Making Style. Decision of the Committee shall be reached by consensus. The goal of the Project Coordinator shall be to facilitate 100% consensus to the fullest extent possible. However, in the event a unanimous co,nsensus cannot be reached the majority consensus shall prevail. Members of the Committee who share views different from those reached by the majority may file written minority position reports on any particular issue. Section X. Legal Exclusivity. Although the Committee is encouraged to question and comment on legal content of the ordinance, final recommendations regarding the legal advisability of the recommendations and the legal content of a revised ordinance shall be exclusively within the purview ofthe City Attorney. Resolution 2002-24 Section Xl. The project shall be organized as follows: Organizational Chart Public Mayor Commission ---~- Project Liaison City Manager I Project Coordinator Marilyn Crotty i ... ---. ..... Technical Resource Legal Resource I Legal Resource Team Team Team Yvonne Froscher Citizen Advisory I City Attorney I Mike Mingea Committee I I I ----1 -- Resolution 2002-24 Section XII. Process: The Ordinance review process shall be as follows: 1. Adoption of Resolution 2. Agreement with CFU 3. Agreement with Yvonne I. Froscher 4. Appointment of Citizen Committee 5. Session 1 - Orientation 1) Introductions 2) Overview - Resolution 2002-24 3) Schedule Changes 4) Call for Position Papers 5) Public Comment 6. Session 2 - Legal Review a. Project Team Members 1) Overview of Legal Requirements 2) Overview of current Ordinance and Legal Content b. Public Meeting 1) Overview of Legal Review 2) Pubic Input c. Project Team Debriefing 7. Session 3 - Environmental Review. a. Project Team Meeting I) Overview of Urban Forest Management 2) Overview of Current Ordinance 3) Strengths of Current Ordinance 4) Weakness of Current Ordinance b. Public Meeting 1) Overview of Current Ordinance 2) Public Input c. Project Team Debriefing Resolution 2002-24 8. Session 4 - Opportunities for Improvement a. Project Team Meeting I) Opportunities for Environmental Improvements 2) Opportunities for AdministrativelProcedural Improvements b. Public Meeting 1) Overview of Opportunities for Improvement 2) Public Input c. Debriefing 9. Session 5 - Recommendations ' a. Project Team Meeting I) Discussion of Alternatives for Improvement Draft Reports 2) Consensus on Recommendations b. Public Meeting I) Overview of Recommendations 2) Public Input c. Debriefing 10. Session 6 - Review Final Draft a. Project Team I) Discussion of Final Draft 2) Consensus on Final Draft 3) Consensus on Minority reports If Required b. Public Input 1) Overview of Recommendations 2) Overview of Minority report If Required c. Debriefing 11. Session 7 - Project TeamlPublic Meeting a. Presentation of Final Report to Mayor and Commission b. Pubic Input c. Commission Direction to Staff -.-'.--... .,.... Resolution 2002-24 ADOPTED and approved July 22 ,2002 by the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, duly assembled in Winter Springs, Seminole County, Florida. " Paul P. Partyka, M3;YO{'~O . ATTEST: L aces, City Clerk Resolution 2002-24 RESOLUTION 2002-35 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA AMENDING SECTION I OF RESOLUTION 2002-24 BY ADDING AN EIGHTH MEMBER TO THE AD HOC TREE (ARBOR) ORDINANCE REVIEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, on July 22, 2002 the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida adopted Resolution 2002-24 which established a seven (7) member Ad Hoc Tree (Arbor) Ordinance Review Advisory Committee; and WHEREAS, on October 7, 2002, the City Commission sitting as a body agreed to add one (1) additional member to the Ad Hoc Tree (Arbor) Ordinance Review Advisory Committee, which brings the total number of Committee members on this Ad Hoc Advisory Committee to eight (8). NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs as follows: Section I. Committee Membership: Section 1. of Resolution 2002-24 is hereby amended to include one (1) additional member to the Committee. Section II. Effective Date: This Resolution is effective immediately upon adoption. ADOPTED and approved October 14 Winter Springs, Florida, duly assembled in W'nter 2002 by the City Commission of the City of "ngs, Sem~un~)', :Plorida. I " A j) ~; \ r-- ATTEST: enzo-Luaces, City Clerk