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09-09-1981 Supporting Documents0 CITY OF CLERMONT REGUT.AR MEETING MINUTES September 9, 198i. A Regular Mect•i.ng of the City Council of the City of Clermont• was held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday, September 9, 1981. The meeting was called to order by Mayor pro tam Dennis Thomas at 7:30 p.m. with the following Councilmen in attendance: Michael Conley and Robert Pool. Lester Cole was absent. Other City Officials present were: City Manager Forbes, City Attorney Baird, Finance Director Saunders and City Clerk Rozar. The Invocation was offered by Mayor pro tam Thomas, followed by repeating of the Pledge of Allegiance by all present. MINUTES The Minutes of the Regular Meeting held on August 25, 1981 were approved as presented. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT FITNESS TRAII, City Manager Forbes urged all Councilmen to attend the Grand Opening of the Fitness Trail that will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, September 13th at Center Lake. DRAINAGE AT DRIVE-IN THEATER City Manager Forbes reported that the owners of the Drive -In Theater on Hook Street have been contacted and they will be making the drainage improvements necessary at this location. BROOME STREET PAVING City Manager Forbes stated that he will be meeting with the County to discuss the possibility of paving Broome Street by double surfacing and to obtain estimates for the project. All Councilmen are urged to attend. LANDSPREADING City Manager Forbes reported that he and the City Engineer have met with Allen Overman, a Professor in Agricultural Engineer- ing at the University of Florida. Mr. Overman recommends a "Rapid Infiltration System" alternative for landspreading. 81-114 After discussion, a MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN CONLEY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN THOMAS, AND UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED THAT THE CITY ENGINEER BE AUTHORIZED TO MAKE THE NECESSARY STUDIES AND TESTS TO PREPARE PRELIMINARY PLANS FOR PRESENTATION TO THE DER. Mayor Hoskinson entered at this time. MAYOR'S REPORT BRIDGE INSPECTION Mayor Hoskinson reported that he has received notice from the DOT that it is time for the bi-annually bridge inspection. CITY OF CLENIONT MINUTES Page 2 FmIIA APPLICATION FOR SEWER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS Mayor Hoskinson stated that he has received a letter from Senator Hawkins informing the City that the City's applica- tion will be held active and considered for funding along with all others on hand by the Fm11A. FITNESS TRAIL PROCLAMATION Mayor Hoskinson read a proclamation declaring Sunday, Septem- ber 13, 1981 "Better Health Day." COUNCILMAN THOMAS' REPORT JUNKYARD Councilman Thomas inquired of the status of the junkyard fenc- ing. City Attorney Baird stated that fencing is being delayed until a compactor arrives to compact all the junk cars, which is expected to be September 14th. COUNCILMAN CONLEY'S REPORT Councilman Conley reported that numerous statements of apprec- iation have been received for the work of the school crossing guards. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT: 853 Seventh Street, South Lake Memorial Hospital Mr. Tom Honaker was present requesting the City grant a Con- ditional Use Permit to allow a previous residence to be used as a meeting center and office for the Pink Ladies Auxiliary. The Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to recom- mend approval of this request at the September 1, 1981 meeting. 81-115 A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN CONLEY, SECONDED BY COUNCILnA _ WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: 1. The property shall be used only for the operation of the hospital and Pink Ladies Auxiliary. No other business operation can be conducted from the building. This C.U.P. is not transferable to any other business or use. 2. Parking for this building will be located in the hospital's upper parking lot. 3. If, at a future date, the parking at this location proves inadequate, the applicant understands and agrees that the City may repeal this Conditional Use Permit. This shall not create any traffic congestion problems on Seventh Street or Juniata Street. 4. Any further construction or expansion must be approved by a C.U.P. 5. All applicable rules and regulations shall be met. 6. A Certificate of Occupancy for the above development shall not be issued until all of the above conditions have been met. o CITY OF CLERAIONT MINUTES Page 3 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT: 761 W. Montrose Street., Joe Washuta City Manager Forbes related the request of Joe Washuta, who was not present due to illness. The request is to allow the establishment of two apartments on the upper level of a down- town building. The Planning and Zoning Commission voted unan- imously to recommend approval of this request at the September 1, 81-116 1981 meeting. After discussion, a MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL- MAN POOL, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CONLEY AND UNANA IMOUSLY CRRIED TO GRANT THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: 1. Three parking spaces and the driveway at the rear of the store shall be paved with asphalt. 2. Only two apartments may be established. 3. Any further construction or expansion must be approved by a C.U.P. 4. All applicable rules and regulations must be met. 5. A Certificate of Occupancy for the above development shall not be issued until all of the above conditions are met. 6. This permit shall expire if construction has not begun within one year of the date of this Conditional Use Permit. WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS Bud Sampson, of Springstead and Associates appeared before the Council and gave a progress report on the water system improve- ments. Mr. Sampson requested approval of Change Order #1 - Contract 2 for electronic logging of the new well on Minnehaha Avenue. This logging is necessary in order to determine an alternative for dealing with the problem that exists due to 81-117 the cavern of mud. After extensive discussion, A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN CONLEY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN POOL AND UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED TO ACCEPT CHANGE ORDER #1 - CONTRACT 2 FOR ELECTRONIC LOGGING IN THE AMOUNT OF 1,200. Mr. Sampson requested approval of Change Order #1 - Contract 3 for 29,000 feet of replacement mains, two hydrants and two - 12" y valves that were deleted from the original contract due to the anticipation of a lack of funds. 6,000 feet of the water mains are being offered at the original bid price, the remaining 23,000 feet of mains, hydrants and valves are being offerred by E. N. Murray for a total cost of $304,735, which is below the bid price of the second low bidder in April. There were 26 bids submitted at that time, when E. N. Murray, the low bidder was accepted. A motion was made by Councilman Thomas that the balance of Con- tract #3 be accepted with E. N. Murray Co. with the Engineers' fee being one-half the contract price; the motion failed for 81-118 lack of a second. After discussion, A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL- MAN CONLEY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN THOMAS AND UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED _ _ _ __ .. _ __........ ..... .....-.,,, n Tmc mn rnM- UN, Vc y-.via, CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES Page 4 GENERAL FUND TENTATIVE BUDGET: RESOLUTION NO. 377 City Manager Forbes explained that Resolution No. 377 estab- lishes the budget necessary to operate the City's General and Revenue Sharing Funds. General Fund Expenditures in the amount of $1,013,853 are proposed, or an increase of 7.9 percent in funds requiring direct tax support. However, since revenues are also projected to rise proportionately, no tax 81-119 increase is proposed. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN POOL, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CONLEY AND UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED BY ROLL CALL VOTE AS FOLLOWS TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 377, TENTA- TIVE GENERAL FUND BUDGET: Councilman Pool, aye; Councilman Thomas, aye; Councilman Conley, aye; and Mayor Hoskinson, aye. UTILITY FUND TENTATIVE BUDGET: RESOLUTION NO. 378 City Manager Forbes explained that the Utility Fund includes the City's Water and Sewer services and expenditures are budgeted at $599,301, a slight decrease of 1 percent from last 81-120 year's budget. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN CONLEY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN POOL AND UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED BY ROLL CALL VOTE AS FOLLOWS TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 378, TENTATIVE UTILITY FUND BUDGET: Councilman Pool, aye; Councilman Thomas, aye; Council- man Conley, aye; and Mayor Hoskinson, aye. i SANITATION FUND TENTATIVE BUDGET: RESOLUTION NO. 379 City Manager Forbes explained that Resolution No. 379 is the budget for our Sanitation Fund. Expenditures are budgeted at $183,137 in this fund, or an increase of 13 percent due large- ly to increased landfill charges. Landfill charges have more than doubled our costs of disposal in the past year. For this reason, we have proposed that the monthly sanitation fee be increased one dollar ($1.00) per month for all classification of users. This will ensure that this service remains self- supporting. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN POOL AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CONLEY TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 379. Councilman Thomas made a motion to amend Resolution No. 379 to exclude the one dollar ($1.00) per month increase, reducing sanitation revenues by $24,000, the motion was seconded by Mayor Hoskinson. After extensive discussion, Councilman Conley called for the 81-121 question. VOTE FOR THE AMENDMENT WAS AS FOLLOWS: Councilman Pool, nay; Councilman Thomas, aye; Councilman Conley, nay; Mayor Hoskinson, aye. The motion failed. VOTE FOR THE ADOP- TION OF RESOLUTION NO. 379 AS PRESENTED WAS AS FOLLOWS: Council- man Thomas nay; Councilman Conley, aye; Councilman Pool, aye; MILLAGE RATE: RESOLUTION NO. 380 City Manager Forbes explained that this resolution establishes the millage levy rate for the City of Clermont at 3.583 mills, or an adjusted millage rate that will raise an amount equal to $243,205. The proposed millage rate has been lowered from last year's millage rate of 3.68 mills since the property appraiser has revalued property appraisals. Our millage is designed to collect the same amount of funds as last year, excluding new 81-122 construction. A MOTION WAS MADE BY:COUNCILMAN POOL, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN THOMAS AND UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED BY ROLL CALL VOTE AS FOLLOWS TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NO 380: Councilman Conley, aye; Councilman Pool aye; Councilman Thomas aye' and Mayor Hoskinson, aye THE RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED. CITY OP CLENAIONT MINUTES Page 5 A motion was made by Councilman Conley and seconded by Councilman Pool that the meeting adjourn at 9:45 p.m. -r-•�May.r�� 5;.;o;. M�oskinson, I� c' Sandra 0. ttozar, CitClerk cwn CITY OF CLERMONT P.O. 00% 219. CLERMONT, FLORIDA 32711 • III IONE 904/394.4001 Memo to: City Employees From: City Manager Subject: Cost of Living Increases Data: September 1.6, 1981 COST OF LIVING 6 MERIT LNGRE'ASES. Effective October 1, 1981., all City employees will receive a nine percent (9%) cost of: living increase. In addition, all employees will be eligible for a three percent (3%) merit increase on his or her Anniversary Date. Longevity merit increases above three percent (3%) may be awarded on an employee's Anniversary Date to persons with a minimum of five (5) consecutive years of service as follows: 5 to 9 years: Eligible for an additional li merit increase. 10 to 14 years: Eligible for an additional 2% merit increase. 15 years 6 over: Eligible for an additional 3% merit increase. Merit increases are designed to assist employees in reaching the top of their pay grade. Additional merit increases cannot be awarded once an employee has reached the upper limit of his or her pay grade. Merit increases are not automatic, but must be earned and are based upon job performance, in accordance with our existing employee evaluation system. Department (leads will withhold, or deny merit increases to nonproductive employees. SOCIAL SECURITY. The City will continue to pay the employee's share of Social Security this year. However, a new Federal Law has been passed which prohibits this practice at the end of the year. Unless this law is changed (it has changed back and forth several times), the City will be forced to discon- tinue this practice beginning October 1, 1982. However, the 1982-83 Fiscal Year Budget will be adjusted to compensate employees for the difference. PERSONNEL POLICY. We are in the process of reviewing the current Personnel Policies, and any employee with a suggestion should contact either me or your Department Head. I believe that the City employees have done an excellent job the past year, and would like to personally thank all of you for your good work. All Departments have had many positive accomplishments which would not have been possible without your efforts. Respectfully, George"D. Forbes �— City Manager GDF:pm - +ra Memo to: Clermont City Council From: City Manager Subject: Rate Schedule for Water, Sewer and Sanitation Service Date: August 4, 1981 Enclosed is Ordinance No. 144-M that establishes the City's rate schedule for water, sewer, and sanitation service. There are no rate changes in this proposed Ordinance for water and sewer service. However, the fees for sanitation service have been increased by one dollar ($1.00) for all classifications of users. This means that the residential rate for garbage service will increase from $6 to $7 per month. This Ordinance should be introduced at Tuesday's meeting and should be adopted at our September 15, 1981 final Budget Hearing. Respectfully,y, o George D. Forbes City Manager GDP: pm Enclosure CITY OF CLERMONT MISC. ORDINANCES No. ldd-M AN ORDINANCE UNDER THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING A RATE SCHEDULE FOR WATER SERVICE, SEWER SERVICE AND SANITATION SERVICE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA I[EREBY ORDAINS THAT: SECTION 1. BASIC RATE SCHEDULE FOR WATER SERVICE PER MONTH a. Single Family Dwellings: (1) Minimum Rate: $3.00 per 3,000 gallons; 3,000 gallon minimum (2) Additional Rate: $ .50 per 1,000 gallons b. Multiple Family Dwellings, including centrally metered j apartments and mobile homes: r+ i (1) Minimum Rate: $3.00 per 3,000 gallons; 3,000 gallon -. minimum. (2) Additional Use: $ .50 per 1,000 gallons C. Commercial and Industrial Establishments: (1) Minimum Rate: $3.00 per 3,000 gallons; 3,000 gallon minimum. (2) Additional Use: $ .50 per 1,000 gallons. SECTION 2. BASIC RATE SCHEDULE FOR SEWER SERVICE PER MONTH a. Single Family Dwellings: $11.85 b. Multiple Family Dwellings, including centrally metered apartments and mobile homes: $11.35 C. Commercial Establishments: (1) Food Establishments seating less than 20 persons: $26.25 Extra for each seat over 20: $ .80 (2) General Businesses, Offices, Churches, and Clubs. $15.75 (3) General Business and Offices with Public Restrooms:$23.65 ® 0 CITY OF CLERMONT MISC. ORDINANCES No. 144-M Page 2 BASIC RATE SCHEDULE FOR SEWER SERVICE CONT'D. (4) Schools, Day Care Centers: $15.75 plus $ .35 for each pupil over thirty (30) pupils. (5) Hotels, Motels, and Boarding douses: $6.30 per unit (6) hospitals and Nursing Homes: $5.25 per bed (7) Car Wash and Laundries, Gas Stations with Car Works: 100% of water bill' d. Industrial Establishments: Rates for industrial use shall be established upon receipt of application for sewage service. Rate will be based on volume, treatability, composition and strength of industrial waste. SECTION 3. BASIC RATE SCHEDULE FOR SANITATION SERVICE PER MONTH a. Single Family Dwellings: $7.00 b. Multiple Family Dwellings, including centrally metered apartments and mobile homes: $6.50 per unit C. Commercial and Industrial: $7.00 for two (2) cans; plus $3.00 for each additional can. d. Maximum Service: Twelve cans (thirty (30) gallon capacity) e. Commercial and industrial accounts generating greater volume than twelve (12) cans, or that cannot meet City garbage collection standards, will be required to use a commercial sanitation service. SECTION 5. Should any section or part of this section be declared invalid by any Court of competent jurisdiction, such adjudications shall not apply or affect any other provision of this Ordinance, except to the extent that the entire section or part of the section may be inseparable in meaning and effect from the section to which such holding shall apply. CITY OF CLERMONT MISC. ORDINANCES No. 144-M Page 3 SECTION G. This Ordinance shall be published as provided by law and it shall become law and shall take effect First Reading this day of , 1981. Second Reading this day of , 1981. PASSED AND ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, THIS DAY OF , 1981. CITY OF CLERMONT By: James M. Hoskinson, Mayor ATTEST: Sandra 0. Rozar, City Clerk APPROVED BY ME THIS DAY OF , 1981 James M. Hoskinson, Mayor CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION IIIEREBY CERTIFY that a certified copy of the foregoing Ordinance No. 144-M was published on the day of 1981 in a newspaper of general circulation located within the City of Clermont, as required by Florida Statutes 166.041 (3) (a), said date of publication being 14 days prior to the Second Reading and Final Adoption of the Ordinance. Sandra O. Rozar, City Clerk Mmno to: C1erm011L City CotineiL From: City Mnnager Subject: Budget Adoption Hearings for the 1.981-1982 Fiscal Year Date: September 2, 1981 Enclosed is the City's proposed Budget Resolutions for the 1981-82 Fiscal Year. The Trim Bill requires two Public Hearings before the Budget can be adopted. The first Public Rearing is known as the Tentative Budget Hearing, and the second, Final Budget Adoption. Our Wednesday, September 9th meeting is the Tentative Budget Rearing and our Tuesday, September 15th meeting will be to adopt the Final Budget. At these Budget Hearings the general public must be allowed to speak or ask questions prior to any City Council action on the Budget Resolutions, or mill levy rate. The Millage Resolution must be read in'full. A brief description of the City's Budget Resolutions is as follows: 1. Resolution 377 establishes the budget necessary to operate the City's General and Revenue Sharing Funds. General Fund Expenditures in the amount of $1,013,853 are proposed, or an increase of 7.9% in funds requiring direct tax support. However, since revenues are also pro- jected to rise proportionately, no tax increases are proposed. 2. Resolution 378 is the Utility Fund Budget for the City. The Utility Fund includes the City's Water and Sewer services and expenditures are budgeted at $599,301, or a slight decrease of 1% from last year's budget. This decrease is due to the availability of monies from the Improvement Repair, and Replacement Fund to provide for necessary capital improvements scheduled this Fiscal Year. Please note that this Budget does not include funds for the construc- tion of improvements to the Waste Treatment Plant since we do not yet know the exact costs of this project. Funding is anticipated in part from Cash Reserves and the Capital Improvement Fund. 3. Resolution 379 is the Budget for our Sanitation Fund. Expenditures are budgeted at $183,137 in this fund, or an increase of 13% due largely to increased landfill charges. Landfill charges have more than doubled our costs of disposal in the past year. For this reason, we have proposed that the monthly sanitation fee be increased one dollar ($1.00) per month for all classifications of users. This will insure that this service remains self supporting. Page 2 Budget Adoption Hearings September 2, 1981 4. Resolution 380 establishes the millage levy rate for the City of Clermont at 3.583 mills, or an adjusted millage rate that will rnise an amount equal to $243,205. This is necessary since actions of the Property Appraisal Adjustment Board may further reduce the value of taxable property. The property appraiser must recertify the assessed taxable value of property in the City after action by the Property Appraisal Adjustment Board. The City then has three (3) days to recalculate its millage so that the estimated dollar income will remain unchanged. The proposed millage rate has been lowered from last year's millage rate of 3.68 mills since the property appraiser has revalued property appraisals based on 100% valuation. Our millage is designed to collect the same amount of funds as last year, excluding new construe tion. Respectfully, George D. Forbes City Manager GDP:pm Enclosures RECE! Vf`(a ., 4 : `tau t'� Florida C Department of Transportation �•C„ )1 I,nla)2 JAcoo o, venr� non o11Al1AM DCUCTAOY aovemwn August 29, 1981 Mr. James M. Hoskinson Mayor City of Clermont P. O. Box 219 Clermont, Florida 32711 Dear Mr. Hoskinson: Section 338.071, Florida Statutes, was amended in 1975 to require the inspection of all public bridges on a regular basis not to exceed once every two years. The responsibility for performing the inspection and filing reports with the Florida Department of Transportation was assigned to each jurisdictional owner. Federal law enacted under the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978, likewise, included requirements for the inventory and - inspection of all public bridges which are used as a basis for allocating federal bridge funds to each state. Under Florida law, initial inspections were to be com- pleted by October 1977, while federal law set December 31, 1980 as the completion date for the initial inventories and inspections. To date, more than 40% or 1,800 of the 4,221 bridges under local jurisdiction have not been initially inspected or are overdue for reinspection. Non-compliance with both federal and state laws carries serious implica- tions including the loss of Florida's fair share of federal funds. The Department has made substantial efforts to assist local governments in meeting their inventory and inspection responsibilities. Department subsidized bridge inspector training courses have been offered to train local govern- ment officials in setting up and implementing their bridge inspection programs. However, our support and the efforts of local governments remains unsatisfactory. Mr. James M. Iloskinson August 29, 1981 Page 2 While your county or city may have complied with the requirements, the deficiencies in overall program com- pliance could adversely impact the allocation of federal funds to Florida. Each county and city stands to gain in the distribution of funds under a statewide program that complies with federal regulations. Recent Federal highway Administration policy and actions by the recent Florida Legislature will now permit federal/state funding to begin a continuing inspection program for all public bridges. We can now pursue a viable program by allowing the Department to inventory and inspect bridges and to prepare and file inspection reports on behalf of local governments. Under this program no cost will be incurred by the local governments. In the near future, the official in your agency respon- sible for transportation facilities will be contacted by the Department's District Engineer, who will provide details on program implementation. Your support of the program will insure Florida's success in the future. -- Sincerely, Jacob D. Varn Secretary JDV;kc Memo to: ClcrswnL CLty Comcl.l i From: City Mmwgur Subject: Wackly Memo Date: September 3, L981 nd tile moll of: ti le FLCnesa 1'rnilSStl:+awi:Ll IclhoLd11at12:00t�pomldthtac'Sunlny ut1(•cotcr�Tnkc. ent it' PUBLIC WOItKStl:lclllgbts for tale Len{nif) Co:rta111 atthe Middle Jr. ing sidewalks and working n School. CLEARING 'CREEs ON LAE WINONA. Enclosed is a 1etLrL`Srr`rom Mr. Broschart complementing the CityCouncil acLlon on clearing I; Lake Winona. iI GREEN SWAMP RESOURCE PLANNING CO!@ILT'fEG. Mayor sROgiou hoe; been designated as a representative Erom thn East Ccntrnl Florida and dIteglonal Planning Council to serve on the Green Swamp RenourceGovernorLGraham','Ondnthis I: Committee. Committee appointments were requested by arding the l" group will. be making management recommendntions to the Governor reg. Green Swamp. Ci.EIlc1UN'L NO'1'EL. Enclosed is a leLLer from home Desi.l;n Serviceswho 'it '<' b ale Cie' to the City Council if he has any retained by Nick rRMON Lta regarding the Clermont Ilotel. Wu will pr.occed wT:.c condemnation proceedings and he may II objections. DOUBLE TAXATION. Enclosed is a letter on double l:cr crf's Cities in Palm Beach County hava obtained u Court Ruling Road Patrol and many other services provide Do real or substantial benefit to municipalities. 14ATER CONSERVATION. We have received information from the St, p chns WaO r ManagementgnllonscttfQ dote wee C tluvewbeenywelliwithinmum ltiicULe P about 7.0 million gallons a weeks range as we have been pumping D1tAINAGE AT DRIVE IN THEATER. lie hflraepromiseon d thatile theyowners of the Drive In Theater on hook Street and they will be making the drainage improvements necessuxy at this location. CLEARING SITRUBBERY, The County Public Works Director has informed me that he will be clearing shrubbery on the right-of-way between Jaycee beach and Minneola as soon ❑s his work schedule permits. LAND SPREADING. A few.wueks ago, the City Engineer and L ni"lev with Dr. Overman, who is a Professor in Agricultural Engineering at the Univer- sity of Florida. The attached letter is the summary of his comments on our meeting. REC.; IVED I;Cw ; 1981 CHARLIN 1), 11ROS HART 1621 DItiS ON WIN011 CLERMONT, rwnron 32711 6/28/81 i I Clermont City Councilmen, City Hall, Clermont, Fla., My dear Sirs: May I complement you and congratulate you on your decision with respect to Dan Boone's problem with his lake front trees. Your forthrighr action I am sure will reassure all Clermont Citizens that their City has an honest, sensible and effective Government:. - - Very truly, Chas. B. Broschart. p > � � Ce�%kCCfc�J C�de Page 2 Weekly Memo September 3, 1981 [.,AND SPREADING continued) Dr. Overman believes that our best landspreading alternative might: be n rapid infiltration system. Rapid infiltration involves the use of irrigaLion basinu that arc filled with effluent and then percolate through our soll.. About ten (10) acres would be used as irrigation basins, and the remaining area could be utilized as a citrus grove. A rapid infiltration basin would have several advantages over a sprinkler system that include: 1. The citrus grove could be maintained in a productive stratus share 00 aerosol spraying would be, used. 2. Low lift pumps could be used which arc very energy efficient. 3. Maintenance would be minimal.. 4, water moving through the soil profile would help irrigate the trees. 5. The wastewater could be further treated by its passage tliruugh the soil profile. I have discussed this matter with Ted Wicks of the Pollution Control. Board, and he has no objections to a rapid infiltration system as long as the sails are suitable and our treated effluent remain:; at its present high quo) lty. If the Council wishes to further pursue this matter, some additional. deep borings should be done to help characterize the geologic formation. w1 could also conduct some field tests by pumping water into selected areas to measure the hydraulic response. These tests would be relatively inexpensive to perform, and I strongly recom- mend that we pursue this alternative. LIBRARY. Enclosed is the August Financial Report of the Cooper Memorial Library. Respectfully, George D. Forbes City Manager GDF:pm Enclosures - •iti �WEIVED SEr ' t Mt cos. YAW • W.... . .•A. Fi.NJ. 3Z•>l!9 • Y.f..r A.,.: /_YQl:/ S.f:••: •:r. r August 28, 1981 Honorable Bob Graham Governor State of Fiorida The Capitol Tallahasser., Florida 32301 Reference: Green Swamp Resource Planning and Management Ccaumittce Dear Governor Graham: This is to advise you that the Bast Central Florida Rcgic•11a1 Planning Council has appointed the following individuals to servo on the Green Swamp Resource Planning and Management Committee in accordance with your request of July 22, 1981. The Mayor of the City of Clermont has been designated o!; the representative from the PL•tnning Councils policy body to :•crce on the resource group. His address is as f011014s: Honorable James Ni. iloskinson Mayor City of Clermont P. 0. Box 219 Clermont, Florida 32711 The. Council also designated Mr. Joel Ivey of the Plarnti:i;; Council staff to serve as the representative on the Technical Advisory Committee. His address is: Mr. Joel Ivey, Chief Project Review Section East Central Florida Regional Planning Council loll Wymore Rd., Suite .LOS Winter Park, Florida 32789 Ilonorabla nob Graham August 28, 1981 Page Two If we can be of further assistance regarding please advise me. Sincerely yours, v cliff Guillet Executive Diroctor CG/kar bcc: Joel Ivey cc:Monorublosal.amosid46jii.(•1o,skinsoo, Mayor, City of Clermont ' I�8eIn`sY+ i.4 . i-i©me igi i Services SOO Fox Valley LDrlvo, Sulta 205 rI ^ • � �-�^" Sweetwater Square HBA ° ^' �' Longwood, FL'32750 � ;� • � �-- -^ aeCC ji Ph • 205 0 S6205444 Mall' RECEIVM SCr IP 1 ! August 31., 1961 George D. Forbes City manager City of Clermont P, 0. Box 219 Clermont, Florida j Dear Mr. Forbes, d i Please be advised that our firm has been retained to be !, the Design Consultants for the Clermont hotel. We are ., jpresently proparin@; design documents for Mr. Nick Buttj.t,tn. `1 '.� We are looking forward to wor-king with you and other c:il;y ! officials to make this project one of Clermont's .finer architectural landmarks. Sri ij i1 Sincerely, ! es E. Zirl 1 S Consult its JEZ/jcb cc: Harvey Nagel, Building Dept. RECEIVEDA"` (� KE I l ON Ij !' sSOCIATES INC. I MAN AGI MI N IASSIS'IAM I AND SLRVICES I'M 1124 + I117 IN WISCOrISIN AVI.. LA.LAND, I LORIDA 12720 'H14i7 1{rW i i Adn,inl,u SY,Irnu f. A."nI,da"'."' To: Mayors, City Managers, City SY,Ir"n Attorneys and City Lerics Iludtim Sr+enn 6 MMV,i, C{ulI L'YOnl: RichardM, Kelton Kelton & Associates., Inc. nud,;nlnr, ckanrr Hrv,rw d krvui"n Subject: DOUBLE TAXATION COURT DECISION 0u+1 Anal„ ., &Hedwhm' The long awaited decision in the Palm Beach County Fh"l'le'•'••"°" Double -Taxation trial was released July 23, 198L ArI.dv+n and contained good news for Boca Raton, North Palm Beach, Palm Beach and West Palm Beach. Circuit S1111ar, Judge John Wessel ruled that the services contested rir srr rr by the municipalities provided " . no real or sub- orstantial benefit..." to those municipalities, and i,,,,,,v ordered the County to develop an "appropriate mechan- U1m011""+ ism" to fund these services for the ensuing Ei.scal. n,nn�al,,d year. The contested services are: Serve r llnil•. oprr.,nun•. Sheriff's Road Patrol nn.dvsi,A Sheriff's Detective and Investigative SY,{rm+ Division Maintenance and Construction of Local. AnalY+n F. s,n, 1 r• road system r,nlun, Neighborhood Parks soimmn r: nnul,lydwm niq sr���"•, This ruling probably marks the first time in the his- tory of double -taxation litigation that muni.cipaLi.ties sv,Irn+,A have been able to present evidence sufficient to prove the Sheriff's Patrol and Investigative Services do not provide "real and substantial benefit" to municipal Nrvir+v, 6 Nrm�r„ residents and taxpayers. Nevrnue nn,ly+�+ xl„hnvrn,nr Although the ruling applies only to the facts as pre- snr,-,,,1 sented in Palm Beach County, the decision does establish s,ndir+s a precedent if similar facts and conditions can be Hrp"ils demonstrated. Smte A Fedrr.d Gram rrosrain, Kelton & Associates, Inc. is pleased to have played an important role in the Palm Beach County case. We con- ducted the initial analysis of double -taxation for the municipalities, provided additional research and analyses preparatory to the trial, and were certified as "expert witness" in double -taxation during the course of the trial. If you, as a concerned municipal official, nre not yet satisfied with your County 's approach to double - taxation and would like to explore available alter- natives, please give us a call. We'll be happy to meet with you and other municipal officials at your convenience to further discuss how K&A can be of assistance in resolution of this complex problem. We are looking forward to the opportunity of meeting with you, and would welcome the opportunity to be of assistance. P.S. Please stop by our booth at the Florida league of Cities Convention, October 22-24, 1981, at Orlando. 2 b' �tEe�:►v a r,�, :> > r3:�► '1i' UNIVfwIRSITY OF FL.ORIOA 71FA �s I INRTITU 1'L OF'F-00D AND AGRICULTURAL SC IL �ICEE9 , r Ifi � OAINr3VILLL'. pl:p RIUA J:1LN AGRICULTURAL. ENO"') .l:N❑+O OrpARrmcr+T PRAZnf.l1 PUGI R ITALL TauanNnNl:In, .,a„na+ August 27, 1981 Mr. George D. Forbes P, 0, Box 219 Clermont, 171. 32711 Re: Land Treatment Project Dear Mr. Forbes: This is to follow up our meeting with John Springstead and Bud Sampson on August 26. After reviewing your plans and visiting the proposed site (Poole property), I feel that continents are in order on 1) land treatment alternatives and 2) characteristics of the proposed site. I hope these will help to expedite your project. First, consider the land treatment alternatives. Three modes of land treatment are recognized by EPA (design manual, 1977) and DER (design hand- book, 1981). These are slow rate irrigation, overland flow and rapid infil- tration. All three are used in Florida. Overland flow requires either.a clay soil or shallow sand over clay, and would not be suitable for your soil. The sandy soil would probably be suitable for either slow rate irrigation or rapid infiltration. Irrigation would utilize sprinklers while rapid infil- tration would use multiple basins. Wastewater irrigation in Florida utilizes either forage or field crops. Sprinkler irrigation of citrus is not consid- ered acceptable. Trickle irrigation is not viable due to clogging problems. Rapid infiltration basins do not need vegetation. Periodic flooding and dry- ing of basins is required to maintain the infiltration capacity of the soil. Factors to consider are soil permeability, clay layers, geologic structure, and location of wells, Second, consider characteristics of the proposed site. The soil is ty- pical of the citrus ridge - a sandy top soil underlain by clay. Both layers show varying slopes. The top soil shows a very high permeability, while the subsoil is somewhat restrictive to water percolation. The upper water table is generally several feet below ground surface. The proposed site has an es- tablished citrus grove which appears moderately productive. From our discussion and field visit, it is my opinion that the site might utilize rapid infiltration basins. This approach would have several advantages over sprinkler irrigation. 1) The citrus grove could be maintain- ed in productive status. 2) Low lift pumps could be utilized. 3) No aero- sol would be produced. 4) Maintenance would be minimal. 5) Water moving through the soil profile would be beneficial to the trees. 6) The waste- water would be further renovated by passage through the soil profile. In es- sence, the basins would provide a combination of rapid infiltration and seep- age irrigation. COLI..c OF —nIC —na: IIIII ITUnnL L%PERII T OTr. rION.. COaPr_w nTIVC LxrEN nION ,. F. aCHOOL OF FOREST n.—RCc0 ANo C—ERVITION CENTER FOR TROPICAL no RICO Rc The Institute of Fowl null Allricultural Sciences is an Equal Employment opportunity - Alrirmative Action Employer authorised to provide research, educational Inlomlatinn and other services only 10 individuals "Rd institutions that function without regard to race, color, sex, dr national origin. ,a z A few relatively simple field tests should be conducted to furtlior confirm suitability of the site for rapid infiltration. A prototype hasin should be constructed and water pumped in to measure hydraulic response. This could involve a temporary basin and wafer from the marsh. Some addi- tional deep borings would help to characterize the geologic formation (unless these are already available). Sampling of the shallow groundviater in the grove is also needed to provide background data. These are proce- dures which could be carried out In a reasonably short time. frame. If I can provide further assistance with ,your project, 'let me know. We can probably work something out. There is need for performance data on this method, A number of cities in the citrus belt are faced with this same problem. It would be helpful to utilize a method that is rompatable with citrus. I believe we have identified a good possibility for .your site. Best wishes, Allen R. Overman, Professor Agricultural Engineering ARO/ml Memo to: Clermont City Council From: City Manager Subject: Water System Improvements Date: September 3, 1981 You may recall that the City's water system study recommended that three phases of construction begin immediately. Phases one, two, and the first part of phase three included a new 500,000 gallon water tank, water well, and the transmission mains necessary to provide for proper design flows and to convert the City to a one pressure system. Phase three also included fire hydrants and G" mains in various parts of the City to replace deteriorated small mains and improve fire protection. This is necessary since much of the City's water distribution system consists of small two inch piping that has deteriorated from age and needs replacement. These old lines create many of the rusty water complaints that we receive in the City. The replacement main part of phase three was deleted from our original con- struction plans because we simply did not believe that we would have the necessary funds for these improvements. However, since our original bids were far below our estimates, we could now proceed with the necessary re- placement mains through change orders. Enclosed is a map of fifteen proposed replacement mains, or extensions. The dark lines on the map are the replacement lines or extensions, and the light colors are transmission mains that are already a part of this project. These replacement mains have been carefully reviewed by the Utility Director and Fire Chief to insure proper placement of fire hydrants and water flows. We would strongly recommend that all fifteen extensions shown on the map he. added to our current project. Engineer Bud Sampson will be present at Wednesday's meeting to further explain this project. He will bring proposed change orders to the meeting, and he is presently requesting cost proposals from our contractor. Respectfully, George D. Forbes City Manager GDF:pm Enclosure :J LAKE RI __ _ EX TENS ON 5. SHEF. T ES v �- tLAKE -- a LAKE CHARLES j EAST LAKE \ ......_ � '• — r SHADY/ _'I�fll�t L NOOK/ ti!!!ltii!lVlidlttitt�;, ttti�k%/INNFOLA AIEN; '°•� LAKE ,fl EX T S/ON F ` HEFT E4 •h 5 Ex r (- sioNp u SH T E4 4. _ SHEE E3 3HEET16 S E T 17 I HEFT 18 GIs- �• �� A.. ,�� . t LAKE rI l ISUNNY SIDE) BOND ` J E),CTEN0 1 II r/ EXTS/ON SHf.- bH EXTENS I I " suer oa( ' r H A HA �"11! " lh u o;, I r :OVER SHEET INDEX SHEET •43-PIPELINE ALT.#i,TANK SITE - ALT. #2 , TANK SITE =WATER MAIN DETAILS EI-EB — EXTENSIONS 1 � Bn ODUEH \t 1 H1 000C. 4nivE PA'.11 "AWKIN9 1 mnn ICnifeb Zfctfco Zenctfe WAOIONOTON, D.C. 20010 Au Rust 26, 1901 I ECEIVED AUG 3 9 1981 14nyor Jamea M. HoakInson City of Clermont P.o. Ifox 219 Clermont, Florida 72711 I Dear Mayor Hoskinson: In response to the inquiry on your behalf, I have enclosed a copy of the letter I received this afternoon from the Farmers Home Administration. I hope that you will find this enclosure to be helpful and informative in addressing your particular situation. Af- ter reading it, please let me know if you have any further questions or if I can help you in any other way. As your United States Senator, I welcome the opportunity to serve you in any way that I can, be it through the legislative process or through some personal intervention- with the federal government. I hope that you will always feel free to call on me. Sincerely, Paula Hawkins United States Senator I PH/mm Enclosure cc George Forbes, Mayor's Office Unitod Stales Forma, ' Washlnplon Department of Homo D.C. Aprlculturo Adminlstrollon 20260 Honorable Paula Hawkins United States Senator AJ✓� '7'y Post Office Box 2000 19�� Winter Park, Florida 32790 Dear Senator Aawkins: This is in reply to your letter in support of an application the City of Clermont made to the Farmers home Administration OhltA� requesting funds for sewer system improvements. Florida FmIIA State Office officials have received the city's application and have determined the city eligible for IMIA assistance. The Florida MvNA State Director has requested additional funds from the Aational Office for this project. The city's application will be held active and considered for funding along with all others on hand. �s You may be assured that FO A will do everything possible within its -- — authorities and available funds to provide assistance. We sincerely appreciate your interest in our programs. Sincerely, ChARLES W. SRUMAII Administrator