07-02-1975 Regular MeetingPLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
A meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission was held in the Council
Chambers on Tuesday, July 2, 1975. The meeting was called to order at 7:30
P. M. by Chairman Czech with the following members present: Mesdames Ray,
Blanchard and Wilkins and Messrs. Doughtery, Cunningham, Williams and
Jones. City officials present were Mayor Smoak, Councilman Schroedel,
Councilman Blackburn, City Manager Hopkins and City Attorney Baird. Others
present were: Ms. Chrissinger, Mayor Jean Thrower of Minneola, and Messrs.
Mike Willett, John Sargent and John Blanchard.
The Invocation wa given by Mrs. Ray.
The Minutes of the meeting held on June 3, 1975 were approved as written.
Mr. Mike Willett and Ms. Chrissinger of the Lake County Panning Department
appeared before the Commission and presented a preliminary draft of the Lake
County Comprehensive Plan prepared by their Department and the King Helie
Planning Group. They encouraged cooperation of the municipalities in South Lake
County by requesting them to appoint committees to work with the Lake County
Planning Department and they felt that committees from Clermont and Minneola
could work as a team due to the proximity of the two municipalities.
Following discussion of the plan and its policies, motion was made by
Nick Jones, seconded by Mrs. Ray, and carried, that the Planning and Zoning
Commission recommend that City Council appoint committee members to represent
Clermont on a South Lake County Planning Committee which will work toward
formulation of land use and other community planning policies and that the
Lake County Planning Department be requested to immediately start updating
the land use map and other supporting material.
Committee Reports
Functions Committee:
The recommendations of this committee have been forwarded to the Charter
Revision Committee to be worked into their presentation to Council on charter
changes.
Sign Committee
Mr. Jones respectfully requested that he be allowed to withhold his report until
the entire list of recommendations from the sign committee have been
formulated.
Zoning Committee
Mrs. Ray advised that she had no report for this meeting.
PUD Development
Mr. Jones advised that as soon as the recommendations of the sign committee
have been finalized and presented, he would start work on the PUD Development.
City Manager Hopkins stated that since it is a function of the Planning and
Zoning Commission to become involved with capital improvements, he felt the
commission should consider future expansion of the Police and Fire Station.
He stated that because of the growth of the police department and the
eventual need for a full time Fire Department the present building is becoming
inadequate and requested the commission to look this facility over and
to develop a proposal as to when expansion would be appropriate, and where
the funds for expansion would come from. He suggested a tour of the building,
which was made immediately following the meeting.
Motion was made by Mrs. Blanchard, seconded by Mr. Cunningham and carried that
a committee be formed within the commission to look into the future expansion
of the Police and Fire Department building.
The meeting was adjourned by Chairman Czech at 9:07 P.M.
Henry Czech Chairman
Mildred Dollar, Secretary