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03-14-2000 Regular Meeting CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 14, 2000 Page I A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held Tuesday, March 14, 2000 at Jenkins Auditorium. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Mayor Turville with the following Council Members present: Council Member Biddle, Council Member Mullins, Council Member Lamb and Council Member MacLauchlin. 'Other City officials present were City Manager Saunders, City Attorney Guthrie, Finance Director Van Zile, and Deputy City Clerk Maddox. INVOCATION The Invocation was offered by Council Member Biddle followed by the repeating of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by all present. MINUTES A motion was made by Council Member Biddle, seconded by Council Member Mullins, and carried unanimously to approve the minutes of the regular Council Meeting held February 22, 2000. CITY MANAGER SAUNDERS' REPORT City Manager Saunders stated that for their 10~ Annual Springfest event on Saturday, March 20, 2000, from 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. the Downtown Clermont Partnership is requesting the closing of Montrose Street from Lake Avenue to West Avenue and that portion of West Avenue from Montrose Street to the Sheriff's Department driveway. A motion was made bP Council Member MacLauchlin, seconded by Council Member Biddle, and carried unanimously to allow the closing of Montrose Street from Lake Avenue to West Avenue and that portion of West Avenue from Montrose Street to the Sheriff's Department DrivewaY from 6.'00 a.m. to 5:00 CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 14, 2000 Page 2 p.m. on March 20, 2000for the Clermont Downtown Partnership 10tn ~4nnual Springfest event. CITY ATTORNEY GUTHRIE No report. FINANCE DIRECTOR VAN ZILE No report. COUNCIL MEMBER BIDDLE Council Member Biddle reminded everyone of the Chamber of Commerce Breakfast at 7:39 a.m. on March 17, 2000. COUNCIL MEMBER MULLINS Council Member Mullins reminded everyone of the St. Johns River Cleanup on Saturday, March 18, 2000. Mr. Mullins stated this is a great way for volunteers to help keep our lakes clean and complimented the City's Parks and Recreation Coordinator for her organizing the volunteers. COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB Council Member Lamb gave an update on the League of Cities' Ambulance Selection Committee. Ms. Lamb stated that the Committee has taken the direction of forming a non- profit organization to administer the ambulance service. Ms. Lamb requested that the City put the ambulance service issue on a workshop agenda as soon as possible. Council Member Lamb CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 14, 2000 Page 3 stated that the County has already decided to not increase the response time or level of service that we have now. Ms. Lamb stated that the City needed to discuss what kind of response time our City wants to have and whether we want to go into advanced life support so that we are on track no matter what the County does. COUNCIL MEMBER MACLAUCHLIN No report. MAYOR TURVILLE'S REPORT Mayor Turville stated that he also attended the League of Cities meeting regarding ambulance service and one of the suggestions Council Member Lamb and he made was that City Manager Saunders serve on the Committee and stated Ms. Lamb encouraged the inclusion of fire representation on that Committee also. City Manager Saunders stated he planned to attend those meetings. Mayor Turville stated the Joint Planning Committee Report was adopted by the League. Mayor Turville stated he also attended the South Lake Study Committee and the Committee is putting together a proposal to the County that will reduce the number of options as it relates to garbage, which hopefully will eliminate a lot of the confusion relating to the different options as well as the litter problem. Mayor Turville stated that on March 9, 2000 there was a Joint Meeting of the City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission and numerous issues, basically associated with growth management, were discussed. Mr. Turville stated that he participated in a debate with Jerry Cox, Jerry Smith, and Gerald Smith on the Newsmaker TV show in Leesburg regarding the site selection for the new high school. Mr. Turville reported also that the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council has put together a steering committee to deal with the Lake Apopka Planning Basin Initiative to try to look at area concerns associated the Lake Apopka drainage area and see if there is anything that can be done together to better deal with the growth that is anticipated in the area. CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 14, 2000 Page 4 CONSENT AGENDA Item No. 1-Bid Award-Tree Removal Item No. 2-Bid Award-State Road 50 Side Street Pavement Markings Item No. 3-Resolution No. 1115-Budget Amendments for the 1998-1999 Fiscal Year Item No:'4~Resolution N-o:-i ! 1-6:'Provi'ding For Change In Control Of Cable 'Television Franchise A motion was made by Council Member Biddle, seconded by Council Member MacLauchlin, and carried unanimousl_¥ to approve the items listed on the Consent Agenda. NEW BUSINESS Resolution No. 1110 City Manager Saunders stated that this .Resolution will adopt the revised Evaluation and Appraisal Report for the City's Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Saunders stated that the Planning & Zoning Commission approved the EAR Response for transmittal to the Department of Community Affairs, however they requested that the City Council postpone adoption until the March 28, 2000 meeting to give members additional time for review. Mr. Saunders stated that the P & Z members have been provided with a complete copy of the document and they will review it at their April 4, 2000 meeting and he recommended the Council table this until the April 1 l, 2000 Council Meeting. A motion was made by Council Member Biddle, seconded by Council Member Mullins, and carried unanimously to table Resolution No. 1110 until the April 11, Or> - 2000 Ci~ Council meeting. C9.5'o0, CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 14, 2000 Page 5 Introduction of Ordinance No. 392-M City Manager Saunders stated that this ordinance is for introduction only and will adopt the School Siting Comprehensive Plan Amendment as previously discussed with the City Council and as transmitted to the Department of Community Affairs for their review. Mayor Turville read Ordinance No. 392-M by title only. A motion was made bF Council Member Biddle, seconded by Council Member Mullins, and carried unanimously to introduce Ordinance No. 392-M and move it to a second reading. Introduction of Ordinance No. 393-M Mayor Turville read Ordinance No. 393-M by title only. City Manager Saunders stated this ordinance will annex approximately .25 acres of property located on the east side of Highway 27, north of Lake Felter. Mr. Saunders stated this is a small triangular piece of property located within the Lost Lake Reserve Project. A motion was made by Council Member Biddle, seconded by Council Member Mullins, and carried unanimously to introduce Ordinance No. 395-M and move it to a second reading. Introduction of Ordinance No. 394-M Mayor Turville read Ordinance No. 394-M by title only. City Manager Saunders stated this ordinance will amend the City's Sanitation Rate Schedule and this was previously discussed with the Council at a workshop and will set our new sanitation rate at $20.00 for all our sanitation services. CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 14, 2000 Page 6 ,4 motion was made by Council Member Biddle, seconded by Council Member Mullins, and carried unanimousl_¥ to introduce Ordinance No. 394-M and move it to a second reading. CITIZENS' COMMENTS Don Ballard requested a status of the Kings Ridge Fire Station and City Manager Saunders stated that the City has now received the final plans, specifications and modifications for the new facility and has requested quotes from three companies to do our cost estimates. Mr. Saunders stated this'should be before the City Council next month. Mr. Ballard asked when' Jaymark was going to begin their project and Mr. Saunders stated that Jaymark's Conditional Use Permit is scheduled to go in front of the P & Z next month for their first phase and should be in front of the Council at the end of next month. Howard Barry read from the Bible in Matthew 6 and stated he would offer no further comment but would be glad to answer any questions. Rodney Lyons asked whether the City's Police Department is union. Mayor Turville stated the Police Department voted several years ago to go union and did not organize themselves and took another vote to go non-union. City Manager Saunders stated that on March 9, 2000, the Police Department again voted 11 to 7 to go union. City Attorney Guthrie stated there is now a time window by which the union must come forward and represent that it is the collective bargaining unit' and it usually does that when it determines there are sufficient dues paying members. Mr. Lyons also requested information regarding the lights at the temporary structures for the fire macks and Mr. Saunders stated that the lights have been permitted, inspected and approved by Lake County. Lyons asked if there was an Inteflocal Agreement between the City and Lake County on issuing of building permits. City Manager Saunders stated that there was no Inteflocal Agreement with the County but an action taken by the City Council back in the early 1980s turning the building permitting and inspections over to Lake County. City Manager Saunders CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 14, 2000 Page 7 stated that the motions from City Council meetings were not indexed on the computer that far back, however if Mr. Lyons wished to come in and look through the Minute Books from the early 1980's he would be happy to arrange that with him. Mr. Lyons asked if the County collected the City's impact fees and City Manager Saunders explained that the County collects there own fees and the City of Clermont collects its own impact fees. City Manager Saunders stated that before Lake County issues a building permit, the applicant must get a zoning clearance from the City and that is when we collect our impact fee. Fred Logan stated that he lives at 589 E. Broom Street and has received a letter from our Code Enforcement Officer advising him that he cannot park his track at home although he has done that for the past 30 years he has done so for 8 months out of the year. Mr. Logan stated he parks the track across the street from his home in a vacant lot owned by a relative. City Manager Saunders stated that depending on the zoning it may be illegal for the track to be parked in a residential area. Mr. Saunders stated that the City has received complaints about commercial tracks being parked in neighborhoods and the Code Enforcement Officer has been instructed to enforce our code requirements. City Manager Saunders stated he would be happy to review the circumstances. There being no further business or discussion, the meeting adjourned at 8:05 p.m. Attest: Harold S. Turville, Jr. Mayor ~Clerk