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01-25-1972 Supporting DocumentsMINUTES NQ 790 REGULAR. MEETING A Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday, January 25, 1972. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P.M. by Mayor Don E. Smith with the following members present: Councilwoman Watson and Councilmen Smoak, Beals and Schroedel. Other officials present were: City Manager Hopkins, City Clerk Carroll, City Controller Fleming, City Attorney Langley, Building Official Nagel and Chief of Police Tyndal. Others present were: Mesdames Mary Rocker, Virginia Roane and Jerome Huffstutler and the Messrs. William Wade, Albin Dolney, Richard Williams, William Hillyer, E. L. Schumann, Fred Vogt, Jim Lord and George Weber. Representatives of the local (press and the Orlando Sentinel were also present. The Invocation was given by Councilman Beals, followed by repeating of the Pledge of Allegiance in unison by those present. The Minutes of the Meeting held on January 11, 1972 were corrected as follows: Mayor Smith appointed H. Clifton Bailey and James Faris as replacements for Councilman Beals and Richard H. Langley on the Airport Study Committee. The Minutes were approved as corrected. Jerome Huffstutler appeared before Council and requested permission to hold a teen- age dance in Jenkins Auditorium on February 5, 1972 from 8:30 P.M. to 12 midnight, same to be sponsored by the local House of Records. Motion was made by Councilman Beals, seconded by Councilman Smoak and carried that this request be granted provided all rules and regulations pertaining to dances held in the Auditorium are met. Mayor Smith announced a Continuation of the Public Hearing to consider request of Albin D. Dolney, Associate of Frontier Management Company, for the closing of certain streets in Edgewood Place Subdivision. With regards serving this area with the sanitary sewer system, motion was made by Councilman Smoak, seconded by Councilman Beals and carried that the developers be requested to deposit a sum of money, either a cash deposit or performance bond, equal to their pro rata share of the Lift Station and Force Mains to be located within the subdivision, and the amount to be determined by Michael-Stiggins, Inc., Engineers. It was the consensus of Council that the developers concept plan of Edgewood Place Subdivision be referred to the Planning and Zoning Commission for their study and recommendations to Council, whereupon Mayor Smith declared the Public Hearing continued until the next regular meeting of Council on February 8, 1972. City Manager Hopkins reported to Council that the various suggested amendments to the Zoning Ordinance were to be considered by the Planning and Zoning Commission at their next meeting to be held on Tuesday, February 1, 1972, whereupon Mayor Smith declared the Public Hearing to consider amendments to the Zoning Ordinance be continued until the next regular meeting of Council on February 8, 1972. City Manager Hopkins submitted his report, both orally and written, and a copy is attached hereto. Motion was made by Councilman Beals, seconded by Councilwoman Watson and carried that City Manager Hopkins be authorized to direct Snell-Efurd Sign Company to renovate the existing First Federal Sign at City Hall, designating it "Clermont City Hall" at a cost of $350.00 and that this sum be transferred from the Community Services Contingency Fund. With regards a guarantee from the Snell-Efurd Sign Company for this job, it was consensus of Council that this matter be left to the discretion of the City Manager. Motion was made by Councilman Beals, seconded by Councilman Smoak and carried that City Manager Hopkins be authorized to purchase an Addressograph from the First Federal Savings and Loan Association at a cost of $700.00 and that this sum be transferred from the Water Department Contingency Fund. MINUTES N9 791 City Manager Hopkins submitted a fee schedule for reviewing plats, as provided for in Section 9 (b) of the Subdivision Regulations, as follows: Fee of $15.00 payable at the time of submission of a preliminary plat, and $1.00 per lot payable at the time of submission of the final plat. I -lotion was made by Councilman Schroedel, seconded by Councilman Beals and carried that this schedule be approved. City Controller Fleming reported on the sanitary sewer project financing as follows: That the application forms had been received to apply for a HUD Grant in the amount of $306,500; That a letter of approval had been received from EPA/Public Law 660) for a grant in the amount of $ 03,700, and that interim financing had been arranged ,w:ith_C'itizeisBank of Clermont in the amount of $300,000 @ an interest rate of 51z%. Councilman Beals offered and moved the adoption of a RESOLUTION DIRECTING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF SALE OF $800,000 SANITARY SEWERAGE IMPROVEMENT CERTIFICATES OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, FLORIDA. The motion was seconded by Councilwoman Watson and unanimously carried. The RESOLUTION was read in full by City Attorney Langley, the Number 188 assigned to it and a copy ordered posted. Councilwoman Watson offered and moved the adoption of A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CLERMONT, FLORIDA, TO BORROW AS AN INTERIM LOAN NOT EXCEEDING $800,000 TO PROVIDE FOR PAYMENT OF PART OF THE COSTS OF THE SEWER PROJECT TO BE PERMANENTLY FINANCED WITH THE ISSUANCE OF $800,000 SANITARY SEWERAGE IMPROVEMENT CERTIFICATES: TO ISSUE SAID CITY'S PROMISSORY NOTE EVIDENCING SUCH INDEBTEDNESS AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF. The motion was seconded by Councilman Beals and unanimously carried. The RESOLUTION was read in full by City Attorney Langley, the Number 189 assigned to it and a copy ordered posted. Councilman Beals offered and moved the adoption of AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, FLORIDA, REPEALING THE EXISTING ARTICLE X OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, FLORIDA, AND ADOPTING IN ITS STEAD A NEW ARTICLE X REGULATING SIGNS AND DISPLAYS: PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS, PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS, NON CONFORMING SIGNS: PROHIBITING CERTAIN TYPES OF SIGNS IN CERTAIN ZONED AREAS, LIMITING THE NUMBER AND SIZE OF CERTAIN SIGNS, PROVIDING FOR FEES 1.0 BE CHARGED, THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS, EXEMPTIONS FROM PERMIT FEES, SETBACK REQUIREMENTS AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. The motion was seconded by Councilman Smoak and the ORDINANCE was read in full by City Manager Hopkins for a second and Final Reading. Upon roll call vote on pasage of the motion, the result was: Ayes: Smoak, Smith, Beals, Watson and Schroedel. Total Ayes: Five. Nayes: None. So the ORDINANCE was adopted, the Number 63-C assigned to it and a copy ordered posted. Councilwoman Watson offered and moved the adoption of AN ORDINANCE UNDER THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, ADOPTING THE CURRENT CODES AS FOLLOWS: SOUTHERN STANDARD BUILDING CODE: SOUTHERN STANDARD PLUMBING CODE: NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE: SOUTHERN STANDARD GAS CODE: FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL LAW. The motion was seconded by Councilman Beals and e ORDINANCE was read in full for a second and final reading by City Attorney Langley. Upon roll call vote on passage of the motion, the the result was: Ayes: Schroedel, Watson, Beals, Smith and Smoak. Total Ayes: Five. Nayes: None. So the ORDINANCE was adopted, the Number 62-C assigned to it and a copy ordered posted. Upon request of the Central Florida Chapter of the National Society of Professional Engineers, it was consensus of Council that Mayor Smith issue a Proclamation declaring the week of February 20-26, 1972 as "ENGINEERS WEEK" in Clermont and urge that special recognition be given the achievement of the engineering profession and its individual members, and forward same to C. W. Sheffield, P.E., Chairman Central Florida Chapter. A general discussion was held by Council with regards the desired boundary locations of properties which they deemed to propose for annexation. City Attorney Langley reported that he had been advised by the Lake County Planning Department that they had completed their pre -annexation study of properties surrounding the existing corporate city limits which they would submit to Council at their meeting on February 8th. Boundary locations were agreed upon by Council and City Attorney Langley was instructed to prepare the necessary Ordinance. In order to expedite passage of such Ordinance, Aft MINUTES N9 792 Mayor Smith called a Special Meeting of the City Council to be held in the office of the City Manager on Monday, January 31, 1972 at 5:00 P. M. to introduce and have a first reading of the Ordinance. Councilwoman Watson inquired of the legality of Council action at their meeting on January llth wherein they voted to reduce the membership of the Planning and Zoning Commission from 11 members to 8 inasmuch as she had found the provision for a Planning - Zoning Commission in the City Charter (Article V111-Section 62). City Attorney Langley advised that such action would have to be by Charter Amendment. Upon inquiry to Attorney Langley as to the status of the motion as passed at the meeting on January 11th, he replied that it was null and void. Motion was made by Councilwoman Watson, seconded by Councilman Schroedel and carried that a secret ballot vote be taken to nominate and appoint two members to serve for a two year term on the Planning and Zoning Commission. City Clerk Carroll tabulated the secret ballots and declared that Oakley Seaver and Richard E. Oswalt received the majority votes, whereupon Mayor Smith announced the appointment: of Oakley Seaver and Richard Oswalt to membership on the Planning and Zoning Commission for a two year term effective immediately. The meeting was adjourned by Mayor Smith. Don E. Smith, Mayor Dolores W. Carroll, City Cierk CITY MANAGER'S REPORT At 3 PM on Wednesday, January 26 William M. Bishop, consulting engineer for the proposed Lake County Master Sewer Plan, is to present his firm's findings to date regarding the plan. Mayors of all municipalities in Lake County are asked to attend, or to send a representative to the meeting, to be held in the Lake County Planning Department Conference Room in Tavares. The purpose of the meeting is to provide an opportunity for Lake County's 14 municipalities to provide input to the overall design of the County master sewer plan. On Thursday, January 27 the Lake County Planning & Zoning Commission will hold their meeting in the Board Room, Second Floor, Lake County Courthouse. A number of applications relative to the Clermont area will be considered. I plan to attend the portion o. the meeting relative to Clermont. I will be leaving City Hall at 9:30 AM and any Council member interested in attending the meeting is invited to join me. According to a legal ad appearing in the South Lake Press, the Department of Transportation has given notice that interested persons may request a public hearing concerning the location, social, economic and environmental effects of the addition of two lanes and the construction of two lanes, Project Nos. ake L Orana County Line by 11070-1510 and 1070-1505 on State Road No. 50 from SR 561 to / 9 submitting in writing to C. A. Benedict, District Eningeer, P. 0. Box 47, Deland, Florida, not later than February 3, 1972. I have contacted Snell-Efurd Sign Company of Winter Garden and Melweb Signs, Inc of Orlando regarding the necessary sign changes at City Hall, Snell-Efurd proposes to remove the neon and letters from the existing FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN sign and install aliminum panels sprayed with auto enamel and lettered CLERMONT CITY HALL for a total cost of Three Hundred Fity Dollars ($350.00). Included in this cost will be the removal of the First Federal sign on the rear of the building. Melweb proposes a more elaborate sign to replace the existing sign at a considerably greater cost. Inasmuch as I feel the Snell-Efurd sign will meet the needs of the city, it is requested that I be authorized to direct Snell-Efurd to make the necessary changes at a cost of $350.00. (Acct. 3-720 Community Services ) As directed by Council, I have written to Mr. Lee Howard of Leesburg to obtain An appraisal of the city building at 702 Montrose Street. When First Federal moved to their new location, they converted from an addresso- graph to a computer for mail outs. As a result their addressograph became surplus. The unit originally cost in excess of $4,000.00 and is presently carried by First Federal at $2,100.00. The city presently uses an addressing machine which is quite old. Parts are not available for the machine indicating its age. First Federal has agreed to sell the equipment to the city for $700.00. This Page 2 is an exceptional buy for equipment we need in the Utilities Department for billing. Therefore, it is requested that I be authorized to expend $700.00 from Acct. 6-720 Water Contingency to purchase the equipment. We were advised by letter today that the Environmental Protection Agency has approved our first grant payment in the amount of $203,700.00. We Should have the money within four weeks. The total grant authorization from EPA is $293,240.00. Section 9*(B) of the Subdivision Regulations authorizes the City Manager to establish a fee schedule to cover the administrative costs incurred in reviewing plats. I have established a fee schedule of $15.00 payable at the time of submission of the preliminary plat and $1.00 per lot payable at the time of submission of the final plat. Council approval of this fee schedule is requested. Robert M. Hopkihs January 25, 1972 BOARD AND COMMISSIONS APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 11, 1972 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION Two Year Appointments 1971 1972 Martin Winther J. M. VanderMeer Henry Czech Richard Williams Betty Thomas Leonard Baird Mrs. Ed. Allbright Oakley Seaver Horace Lovelady Richard E. Oswalt Sam Bratton PLUMBING BOARD (One Year Appointments) M. J. Barnes - Willie Creech - Harvey Nagel ELECTRICAL BOARD (One Year Appointments) Seldon Hanks - Merle Bright - Harvey Nagel - J. L. Madden - John Minor BUILDING CODE BOARD OF APPEALS Three Year Appointments Jean Winston (1971) Donald St. John (1970) Robert Paxton (1972) Willie Creech (1970) G. Y. Middleton (1972) ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT City Council BI-RACIAL COMMITTEE Indefinite Terms David Lofgren, Jr. John R. Jones Ellis Konsler Richard Williams Henry Czech Tommy L. Wootson LAKE APOPKA NATURAL GAS DISTRICT One Year Appointments Albert M. Johnson POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD Claude Smoak, Jr. Charles Beals AIRPORT STUDY COMMITTEE James Faris H. Clifton Bailey *Amended 11-25-72