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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-09-1978 Supporting DocumentsMINUTES REGULAR MEETING A Regular Mocting of the City Council of the City of Clermont wall held in the Council Chambors on Tuenday, May 9, 1978. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P.M. by Mayor Claude E. Smoak, Jr., with the following members present: Councilmen Schroedol, Cole, and Byrd. Other officials present were: City Manager Tiffany, City Attorney Baird, City Clerk Carroll, Finance Director Sanchez, and Chief of: Police Tyndal. Others present were: Ms. Caplan; Mesdames Marrywonther and Weber.; Mr. & Mrs. It. IJ. Markland, and the Messrs. Benham, Grose, Collins, and Sargent-. The invocation was offered by Councilman Byrd, followed by repeating of the Pledge of Allegiance in unison by those present. The Minutes of the Regular Meeting held on April 25, 1978 were approved as written. PUBLIC HEARING: STREET CLOSING Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Markland petitioned Council to abandon and permanently close that portion of loth Street running north from Montrose Street to its ending at West Lake, advising that they were the abutting property owners on cacti side and had main- tained this unopened portion of loth Street for the past 27 years; That they desired to construct an additional residence on their property, and two buildable lots would be created if the street were to be closed; and, That they had recently granted a 7'5" easement to the City for storm sewer drainage along the far western side of their property from Montrose Street to West Lake. Mr. Ernest Collins appeared before Council in opposition to the street closing, stating he felt it would be an asset to officially open and construct the street in order to have an additional thru street from Highway 50 to Minneola Avenue as none now exists between West Avenue and Twelfth Street, .how-.. ever, City Attorney Baird opined that such opening and construction would be questionable due to the streets ending into West Lake and not at Minneola Avenue. City Manager Tiffany advised of staff opinion as to no forseeable use of the street by the city. BUDGET PREPARATION City Manager Tiffany advised of preliminary preparation of the 78-79 fiscal year budget, and inquired of a possible work meeting in the very near future in order to establish priorities and projects for the new fiscal year. It was the suggestion of Mayor Smoak, and Council was in agreement, that in lieu of a work meeting at this time each individual Council member submit to writing his suggested priority areas to. be contained in the budget for fiscal year 78-79 and present them to the City Manager no later than the next regularly scheduled Council meeting on May 23rd in order that he might compile the information and submit his recommendations back to Council. MARSHLAND STUDY City Manager Tiffany advised that William H. Dailey had completed a study of the results of the first year marshland study by the reasearch group from the University of Florida; That he felt the report very strongly supports the city's position, and the project worthy of another year of study. In conjunction with the financial assistance commitments from the Lake County Commission and the Lake County Water Authority, motion FINANCE REPORT Mayor Smoak expressed appreciation to Finance Director Sanchez for the recent concise and easily identifiable financial report of the city at the fiscal year's sixth month ending. MINUTES COUNTYWIDE, LIBRARY SYSTEM Councilman Schroedel reported it had been determined in the recent Library Task Force Committee meeting in Tavaren that the counCywide Library system all proposed wan not acceptable, but in lieu of dropping the matter pormanently,the Task force Committee would be meeting in the future in an attempt to create a more acceptable concept. COOPER MEMORIAL LIBRARY Councilman Schroedel reported on Ilia recent attendance of the local library board meeting wherein it was reported the .Library's summer schedule would begin on June 1st with the opening hours to be 10:00 A.M, to 5:00 P.M.; That a concentrated effort would be made soon to recoup an excessive number of boolu+ that are delinquent; That the library had been the recent receplent of 700 book donations by various individuals and organ— izations; That there was a book circulation of 2600 during the month of April; and, That the Board again planned to sponsor a summer reading program for children, which had been extremely popular last year. Councilman Schroedel further advised of an inquiry from the library board as to the possible inclusion of the library's air conditioning unit in the city's regular main— tenance program, and this matter was referred to City Manager Tiffany. STREET LIGHTING RELOCATION PROGRAM Mayor Smoak advised of complaints received regarding the recent street lighting relocation ---- wherein certain lights were relocated and others were removed entirely, and lie desired._..:...,:_ to advise that the objective of the program is to equalize the lighting within the city as much as possible, leaving equal protection in all areas of the city, and which would be a considerable savings in energy costs and equipment rental to the city. Ile further advised that all complaints would be thoroughly reviewed regarding possible revisions. SUNNYSIDE DRIVE MARKINGS Councilman Schroedel reported on the increasing use of the Sunnyside Lake Circular Drive for pedestrian walking, jogging, cycling, etc., and in an effort to encourage its still further use for such exercising location, queried as to possible distance markings of some sort be installed. Tile matter was referred to City Manager Tiffany. LOT REQUIREMENTS be the fron Absent: Honey. The motion failed to carry. BOND REFUNDING me Mr. Ben Benham, representative of Southeastern Municipal Bonds, Inc., appeared before Council to advise of recent U.S. Treasury regulations wherein utilizing invested sinking funds in a refunding to save interest costs will no longer be allowed after May 16th; That following the announcement of this mandate, there had been a change in the bond market and his firm therefore had changed the projection figure of savings to the city in a refunding issue to $175,000; That his firm would be prepared to MINUTES nubmit a concrote proposal for Council consideration on Monday, May 15th; and, in order to make the deadline (late, inquired if Council would hold a upecl.al meuting on that date in order to pose the necessary Resolution if the proposal is accepted. Mayor Smoak thereupon called n Special Meeting of the City Council to he held in the office of the City Manager on Monday. May 15, 1978 to review and consider a bond refunding proposal. CITY HALL REMODELING City Manager Tiffany submitted specifications for remodeling of the City Ilnll an prepared by Architect Brandon Wald, and recommended that they be placed for public bid, and, inquired of authorizntion to solicit proposals for replacement of the large roof sign on Lhe building. Motion was made by Councilman Byrd seconded by Councilman POLICE RADAR Following the consideration of several available radar units, City Manager Tiffany advised it was the recommendation of he and Chief Tyndal that a unit from Kustom Signals, Inc. of Mount Dora at a cost of $1350 be authorized for purchase. Motion was made by Mayor Smoak, seconded by Councilman Cole and carried that the recommendation be accepted. AUDITING AGREEMENT ...... _.. A proposed audit agreement from Greenlee, Paul, Furnas, & Kurras, Certified Public Accounts, was submitted to Council for consideration. It was the consensus of Council that several areas of the proposed agreement were in need of more specifics. It was the suggestion of Mayor Smoak, and Council was in agreement, that the proposal be deferred until the next regular meeting to be held on May 23rd, and that a representative of the firm be invited to be present at that time in order to answer any queries by Council. ORDINANCES ,or Smoak offered and moved the adoption of AN ORDINANCE UNDER THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE REPEALING by City Clerk Carroll, by title only, and upon roll call vote on passage of the motion the result was: Ayes: Cole, Schroedel, Byrd, and Smoak. Total Ayes: Four. Nayes: None. Absent: Honey. So the Ordinance was adopted and the numder 171-C assigned to it. read for a second and Nayes: None. Absent: Honey. So the Ordinance was adopted and the number 174-C assigned to it. There being no further business to be brought before the Council at this time, the meeting was adjourned by Mayor Smoak at 8:50 P.M. CLAUDE E. SMOAK, JR. , - MAYOR DOLORES W. CARR/OOLL -(CITY CLERK TO: City Council FROM: City Manager SUBJECT: Police Radar DATE: May 3, 1978 Our current budget anticipates purchasing a radar unit for speed enforcement for $1250. Chief Tyndal has researched the various types of units available and has learned that the prices range from $750 to over $2000. After considering the quality of the available units, Chief Tyndal and I recommend that we be authorized to purchase a unit from Kustom Signals, Inc. of Mount Dora for $1350, which is $100 over budget. We feel that this unit is the most reliable for the price, with local service available. The price is standard for this unit. K Gor on Tiffany cc: City Clerk (5/9/78 Agenda) TO: City Council FROM: City Manager SUBJECT: City Nall Remodeling DATE: May 3, 1978 Enclosed are specifications for City Hall remodeling prepared by Architect Brandon Wald as authorized by the City Council in March. These specifications would correct several problems found by Mr. Wald in his earlier analysis of our building, including (1) removal and replacement of translucent panels on the east side of the building to improve heating/cooling efficiency; (2) repairing and relocating curtain walls on north side of building where they have rusted or become unsealed; and (3) sealing panels and painting, including stripping metal. The architect did not prepare an estimate for this work, but recommended that we seek several bids which he will review. In addition to the work included in this job, we anticipate removing _ the old sign and replacing it with an attractive ground sign, and extensive interior remodeling. Expansion of the building can be delayed until we more efficiently use the space that we have. I recommend that you authorize the staff to advertise for bids on this project and to get proposals to replace our large roof sign. / ��4 d�ii--- Gordon Tiffany cc: City Clerk (5/9/78 Agenda) TO: City Council FROM: City Manager SUBJECT: Lot Requirements DATE: March 9, 1978 At their March 7 meeting, Planning and Zoning Commissioners unan- imously voted to recommend that our zoning regulations on lot size, lot width, lot area per family, lot coverage, and setbacks for single family dwellings in R2. R3, and 113A zones be changed to the same requirements as now exist for R1 zones, that maximum allowable lot coverage in 111A zones be increased from 30% to 40%, that the front setback in R1A zones be reduced from 35 to 25 feet, and that the front setback in R1 zones be reduced from 30 to 25 feet. Our existing regulations and the P&Z recommendations are shown on the attached table. N The Commissioners felt that many variance requests result from under- size lots with little or no room to expand a home within the allowed setbacks. A 60 foot lot is, in their opinion, too small for a modern single family home. The reason for the change in front setback is to encourage larger rear yards in place of large front yards which are unused except for landscaping and off-street parking. In R1A zones, the Commissioners felt that the 30% maximum lot coverage ; requirement is too stringent and without rational basis. i The front yard setback in substantially developed areas is controlled by Section 26-21. Under that section, the front setback is established by neighboring buildings. (The staff is studying a proposed technical modification of this section to allow setbacks of buildings across the street on the same i side of the street to be considered in governing front setbacks.) If you agree with these recommendations, an ordinance will be prepared +, for your further consideration. � i Gord TifA fany cc: City Clerk w/attachments (3/14/78 Agenda) x• CD 0 o vi C fr o rt N (D 2 o• n w rr R N O O CD CD • a -n y a m � � w V V V O VI I= CD O CD O O O O (D R 0 0 0 CD IE 0 m o � w 0 0 0 CD o ro R (NJl VNl O I0 N w �a o . t lti'1'1'L'1tJ11 11 1'G : o ].'1'Y M., 01l'1' 7;I1GiJli!;'1'; :1t'r^uet Cloc.inl °Jc tile undrersJ.i,ur,d, peL"1r.ic;n Ishe .].t nf' Clermont to :tbnndou and p,ermo,neritly close b section of ].Otlt ;,tr eC, runnintr, Nor from wit l ontrose :street rind endirrl, ill 'Jest 11"JIce. Petitioner: A. Nvelyn A. InrLlnncl, 090 1'ontrose ')t., llcrmont,, viti. pe;;rriptiion-oi___Prnre•rt_,v Ihvolved: Lot ik9, Block 95 - n90 I ontrose nt. Lot # 1 ?c. 2, Block 111E - 1 ontrose St. loth Street attached co of Slot, n. D. Purpose for whicl} street is renuested to be closed: We are planning to build a home on the two lots (1 & 2) Block 114. Claiming rights of the loth street by the cutting of Weeds, crass .and general upkeep of the land for the paint 27 years. E. mailing addressed -df all Property 01%ner3 lbutting',the portion of the street reeuestcd to be closed and abandoned: rvel.-m A. Aarkland, Robbie Parkland, Robert W. Parkland, 000 1•ontrose St. 090 1',ontrose StQ00 Fontroso St. Clermont,i Fla. 33711 Olermont, Fla. �nl. Clermont, Fla. 33711. . Filing Fee - P,25.00, attached. �c-�, CLLC, �Cacit� . ve.Cyn A. 1•.arclan ttobbie Vark an ` 7 Robert v,. i,arlcland Incl. Plot Plan �.n N to I G 1 i D° Ln (Xi i { 300 < rTl 0 U� ..... .... . U) I 'J CM (JI150, A T50' a n�Q-- ---:- - 1 00 aU - -- - - N � U1 1V ,J �^� l;l I 11. ci ----- --.— 1 -'--15U" �( CT) (D U �` v Ui �i co N c� frt p 15Q7 i�C) 1 �> ---� -, T J(i'_� ..-JCS �r ma I I• N V 'I d 1 0 rI_ d,, William H. Dailey Telephone (904) 394.2405 Mr. Gordan 'Tiffany, City Manat or City Hall i West Gato Plaza Clermont, Florida University of Florida Study of Clermont Marsh Dear Gordon; Lake Nellie Rond Route 1, Box 102 Clermont, Floridn 32711 In aary drafdtaoofethewith report onour request results ofexamined firstryear ofstudy of study of the use of the marsh at Clermont to further remove nutrients from the effluent of the present Waste Water Treat ment Plant. An outline of my impressions from this report is attached. I have discussed this by phone today with Mr. Ted Wicks at the Lake County Pollution Control Department, and as a result I recommend thyearyou authorize this the University to pro e- Since the results of the preliminary study seem favorable I plan to recommend that the Clermont administration encourage other agencies to examine other aspects of pollution of the chain of lakes, such as nutrient inflow from the Green Swamp, and from the existing marshes to the west of the Palatlakaha River, and from atmospheric fallout. I believe that such data will be necessary to prepare the "cost effectiveness" statements which should be part of Clermont's applications to State and Federal Regulatory Agencies. In addition, I believe that the proper agencies should immediately be requested to examine the control of the level of the Clermont Chain of Lakes. I have formed the impression that excessive amounts of water are being released from thethan lakes and that the inflow from the Green Swamp may be lessnormal for the current rainfall. If the present lower than normal lake levels are continued it will be very difficult to accurately assess the potential of the Clermont marshes for nutrient removal, and it is possible that nutrient release from the present marshes may seriously pollute the Clermont Chain of Lakes. 9 May 1978 W. H. Dailey Report on Clermont March Study - to March 1978 University of Florida A preliminary rough draft of this report was examined on 8 and 9 May 1978. I judge that a complete report can be issued during July or August of this year. The delay is duo to the large amount of now information obtained from a marsh system which operated at low and variable water levels during the period studied. The report indicates that the peat and the marsh plants remove and store a very high proportion, (more than 95%), of the phosphorous and most of the nitrogen applied to the sur- face as waste treatment plant effluent. If the marsh is allowed to drain so that air has access to the peat it appears that some of the phosphorous and nitro- gen may be released to the next large surge of water flowing through the peat. The report indicates that the addition of the effluent to the marsh may increase its holding power for nutrients, due to the increasedproduction of organic material which in turn reacts with the nutrients.