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01-18-1994 Workshop Meeting CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES WORKSHOP MEETING January 18, 1994 A Workshop Meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held Tuesday, January 18, 1994 in the City Hall meeting room· The meeting was called to order by Mayor Pool at 6:30 p.m. with the following Council Members in attendance: Council Member Norquist, Council Member Cole, Council Member Turville, and Council Member Ivey· Also present was City Manager Saunders, Planning Director Harker, Ray Gilley and Larry Lennox representing the South Lake Development Council. Business Relocation Mr. Lennox informed the Council of the possibility of a major corporate headquarters being relocated to the Clermont area and asked for the Council's support in attracting the business to the area. The Council agreed that a letter should be written to express the City Council's support and willingness to work with the South Lake Development Council and the business proposing to locate to the area. Baseball Field Name Mayor Pool stated that he had been approached by someone from the Little League organization regarding the possibility of naming one of the baseball fields at Palatlakaha Recreation Area after Tim Crews, the Cleveland Indians pitcher who lived south of Clermont and was killed last year. After discussion it was the consensus that the Little League be informed that this suggestion had been declined. Volleyball Court by Junior High School The possibility of a volleyball court being built adjacent to the playground at the Junior High School was discussed. The Council agreed to proceed with the project after receiving permission from the School Board. City Manager Saunders stated that he would contact the Facilities Manager for Lake County Schools for permission to build one volleyball court similar to the one at Palatlakaha Recreation Area except that it would not be lit. ' CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES WORKSHOP MEETING January 18, 1994 Page 2 Jaycee Beach Proposed Fencing City Manager Saunders reminded Council Members that several months ago the fencing of Jaycee Beach was discussed in order to collect a parking fee for the use of the beach. He stated that City Crews should commence with the project in the near future if this was their intent. Various methods of collecting the fee was discussed. The Council concluded that power poles approximately 3' high should be placed around the boundaries which would limit the access to the area at certain points where an honor system box similar to the boat launch would be installed. He stated he would report back regarding additional details for this project at the next Workshop. Alignment of the Rails to Trails Project Council discussed the moving or elimination of Lake Minneola Drive from 8th Street to East Avenue. After considerable discussion it was the consensus that additional information would have to be gathered and a series of public meetings with citizen input would be required. City Manager Saunders suggested that we proceed with the conceptual site plan for the Jaycee Beach area from the Bell Ceramic property to 8th Street and that the logical person to do this work for the City would be Michael & Michael Associates since they are familiar with the area and have completed a considerable amount of work in this area with regards to Rails to Trails. It was the consensus that we get a cost proposal from Forest Michael for this work. Comprehensive Plan Amendment City Manager Saunders updated the Council on the Comprehensive Plan Amendment process and suggested that a small scale amendment be done at this time. This would involve only some verbiage changes in our policies to cover the floor area ratio and infrastructure in the flood plane. Also, one new situation that has arisen regarding CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES WORKSHOP MEETING January 18, 1994 Pa~e 3 the expansion of the Library would require a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to allow public facilities in that section of town. Currently the division line between the NED-2 area and the EDB-1 area runs through the Library property. City Manager Saunders proposed to do this small scale amendment at this time and come back later in the year to cover new annexations and specific plans for expansion of our sewage treatment facilities which is required now that we have exceeded the 70% utilization of the existing facility. City Manager Saunders explained that the Department of Environmental Protection's regulations require the City to proceed with plans for expansion once we have exceeded a 70 % utilization of our existing facility, and that we are consistently running more than 70 %. He explained that we are in the process of renewing our operating permit and we have explained that we are planning to build a new sewage treatment facility on the east side of town. We hope that this will suffice for the renewal of the permit, but stressed that we will have to immediately proceed with planning for a definite expansion or building of a new facility. City Manager Saunders explained that City Engineer Springstead and Public Services Director Davis and he have had several sessions looking at the service area to the east and south and have concluded that a good location for a new plant would be on the site proposed by the Clermont Hills Development. He stated we should proceed with the engineering for transmission lines to this location as well as the facility to be located there. This facility is needed for two reasons: 1) As indicated before, we must indicate to the Department of Environmental Protection how we are planning to relieve the existing facility which is now over 70%. We would propose to re-route lift station #18 located at Hook Street and Lake Shore Drive, and Lift Station #1 located on Pitt Street to flow to the new facility. 2) The new facility would also handle any new developments east of Highway 27. In all likelihood we would need to install a temporary facility in order to meet the time constraints of proposed development while we are in the process of designing, permitting, and constructing the permanent facility which would take approximately two years. CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES WORKSHOP MEETING January 18, 1994 Page 4 City Manager Saunders stated that we are currently working on a proposed draft agreement with Clermont Hills Development for their participation in the design and construction cost of the temporary facility, but we can proceed with engineering of transmission lines that would be needed. City Manager Saunders asked the Council if it would be their intention to utilize Springstead Engineering or if they would want to request other companies to provide them with qualifications for this project. There was discussion regarding the legality of Mr. Springstead's contract. Council Member Ivey asked that we make sure we can legally extend Mr. Springstead's contract to cover this project and not be in violation of the Consultant's Competition Negotiation Act. After discussion City Manager Saunders stated that he would speak with City Attorney Baird regarding Mr. Springstead's contract, and also ask Mr. Springstead for a cost estimate for the required engineering. Recreation Funding Request to Lake County City Manager Saunders informed the Council that Lake County has requested all cities that are interested in receiving County recreation funding next year to submit a request by the end of the month outlining their needs. He explained last year's request which was for additional baseball and softball facilities and suggested that we submit a similar request this year. No Council Members objected. Orange Blossom Breakfast February 4 City Manager Saunders reminded Council Members that the City is sponsoring the next Orange Blossom Breakfast and asked if they had any suggestions for a program. He suggested that each Council Member take five minutes to talk about a subject of their choice and all Council Members agreed. Council Members will let City Manager Saunders know what area they would like to discuss. CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES WORKSHOP MEETING January 18, 1994 Page 5 New Garbage System City Manager Saunders updated the Council Members on the new garbage system. He indicated that we are having some problem with people piling garbage outside of the cans. Current procedure is to tag material and residents dispose of it themselves or call for an extra pickup for an extra charge based on volume. Meeting adjourned at 9:30 p.m. Attest: E/. V~ Zil~Clerk