03-01-1962 Regular MeetingPLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
An organizational meeting of the Clermont Planning Commission
was held in the City Administration Building on Thursday, March 1,
1962, with all members of the Commission present. Recording Secy.
Albert Johnson and a representative of the Orlando Sentinel, were
also present.
For the purpose of organization, the meeting was called to
order at 7:30 P.M. by City Clerk Johnson, who stated that the first
order of business was the election of a Chairman and that nominations
were in order.
Mrs. Juliet Carrington nominated Mr. Frank B. Innis, and the
nomination was seconded by Mr. James Hoskinson. Mr. Innis nominated
Mrs. George VanNostrand, and the nomination was seconded by Mr. Martin
Winther. Motion was made b9 Mr. Forrest Colegrove, seconded by Mr.
Charles Root and unanimously carried, that the nominations be closed.
A secret ballot was taken, and after a count of the ball®ts by Clerk
Johnson, Mr. Frank Innis was declared elected as Chairman of the Cler-
mont Planning Commission.
In his official capacity as Chairman of the Clermont Planning
Commission, Mr. Innis stated that the next order of business was the
election of a Vice-Chairman, and, that nominations were in order..
Mrs. Juliet Carrington moved that the Secretary cast an unani-
mous ball®t for Mrs. George VanNostrand as Vice-Chairman of the Cler-
mont Planning Commission. The motion was seconded by Mr. Winther and
unanimously carried.
Chairman Innis read a letter from City Clerk Johnson wherein a
request was made by the City Council that the Planning Commission make
a study of, and, recommendations on, the following listed projects:
1. Review, and possible revision of, the
City Charter
2. Fire Department Building
3• Sewerage Disposal System
4. Community Building
Mr. Frank Wakeman recommended and moved that the Commission be-
come internally organized in order that duplication of effort might
be eliminated and greater efficiency promoted, and, that the Chairman
appoint individual committees to study and make reports to the Planning
Commission on specific projects assigned to them. The motion was se-
conded by Mrs. Carrington and unanimously carried.
Chairman Innis appointed the following persons, with the first
named being Chairmen, on Committees as designated:
1. ZONING MATTERS: Colegrove, Winther, Wakeman and
VanNostrand
2. FIRE DEPARTMENT BUILDING:. Root, Hoskinson, Van-
Nostrand and McQuistion
3. SEWFRA$E DISPOSAL SYSTEM: Carrington, Wakeman,
Winther and Hoskinson
4. COMMUNITY BUIhDING: Winther, McQuistion, Root and
Carrington
Mr. Frank Wakeman recommended and moved, that a Budget and Finance
Planning Committee be appointed, and that such committee make a study
of past growth, revenue and expenditures of, and by, the City, and a
projection of expected growth, trends, revenue and expenses in the future,
in order that the Planning Commission might be better informed as to the
financial potential of the City on both short and long termed indebtedness.
The motion was seconded by Mr. Colegrove and unanimously carried.
Chairman Innis appointed the following persons, with the first
named as Chairmen, on the Budget and Finance Planning Committee:
Bakeman, Boot, Winther and Hoskinson.
Following a poll of the members of the Commission, Chairman Innis
designated the first Wednesday in each month as regular meeting night,
and set the hour of ?:30 P.M. as the time for "Call to Order".
Mr. Bakeman stated that, if the Commission desired, he felt
reasonably certain that he could prevail on two members of the Orlando
Zoning and Planning Commission to meet with a Clermont group and extend
all possible assistance. Mr. Colegrove stated that he felt reasonably
sure that a representative of Florida Power Corporation, with Zoning and
Planning experience, would also be available.
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A general discussion followed and it was unanimously agreed that
such a meeting would be of value, and, that the Zoning Commission, City
Officials, and the heads of, or representatives from, various Civic
Organizations,be invited and urged to attend.
The night of Wednesday, March 28, 1962, was set as a tentative date
and Wakeman, Colegrove and VanNostrand were appointed as a Committee to
make the necessary preparations, extend invitations, and to handle other
matters relating thereto.
Motion by Mr. Winther, seconded by Mrs. Carrington, that meeting
be adjourned.
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