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03-25-2003 Regular Meeting City of Clermont MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING March 25, 2003 Page 1 A regular meeting of thc City Council of the City of Clermont was held Tuesday, March 25, 2003 at Jenkins Auditorium. Mayor Hal Turville called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. with the following Council Members present: Council Members Ash, Caputo, Mullins and Renick. Other City officials present were City Manager Saunders and Finance Director Van Zile. INVOCATION Council Member Mullins gave the invocation, followed by the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance by all present. MINUTES ,4 motion was made by Council Member Caputo, seconded by Council Me~nber Mullins, and carried unanimously to approve, with corrections, the minutes of the Regular Council Meeting hem March 11, 2003, REPORTS City Manager Saunders City Manager Saunders introduced new Deputy City Clerk Jane Warren. City Manager Saunders requested a Workshop with the City Council for Monday, March 31, 2003 at 6:00 p.m. at the Police Station. Council Member Ash - None Council Member Caputo - None Council Member Mullins - None Mayor Turville - None CONSENT AGENDA Mayor Turville asked if anyone wished to pull any item of the Consent Agenda for discussion. Item 1 - Sludge Disposal Item 2 - Clermont Main Street Inc. Item 3 - Sommer Sports Item 4 - Purchase Approval Approval of Sludge Disposal Options Request for payment of Downtown Signage Approval for serving alcohol at the 20th Anniversary of Great Clermont Triathlon Reception at Waterfront Park on April 5, 2003 Approval of Purchase of Furnishings for new City Hall City of Clermont MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING March 25, 2003 Page 2 A motion was made by Council Member Caputo, seconded by Council Member Mullins, and carried unanimously to approve Items 1, 2, 3, and 4 qf the Consent Agenda. Mayor Turville advised Council Members and the public, City Manager Saunders had informed him that the scheduled meeting would be much shorter than anticipated due to some advertising requirements that had not been met. City Manager Saunders further explained Resolutions 1307, 1308, 1309 and the South Lake Hospital Variance Request, all have specific advertising requirements, which includes the posting of a sign, identifying the property for some type of action to be considered. Unfortunately, the Planning Department failed to provide these signs to applicoaats, subsequently the required signs were not posted and the advertising requirements were not met. Therefore it is necessary to ask for these items to be tabled. City Manager Saunders apologized to the Council, the applicants and the public and advised that Planning Director Brown had contacted all applicants regarding the delay. Mayor Turville also offered his apology to the applicants for the inconvenience and stated he assumed all items would be tabled to the next meeting of April 8, 2003. Council Member Caputo sought guidmace from City Attorney Guthrie regarding if Legal Notices should be re- advertised. City Attomey Gurthie advised it would not be necessary to re-advertise as long as the items were all tabled to a date certain and to also ensure the required signs are placed on the property as required. Council Member Renick suggested re-advertising since the Legal Notices stated March 25, 2003 specifically. Mayor Turville concurred with Council Member Renick and requested the items be re-advertised. City Manager Saunders confirmed the Legal Notices would again be advertised. A motion was made by Council Me~nber Caputo, seconded bF Council Me~nber Mullins and carried unanimously to table Resolutions No. 1307, 1308, 1309 and the South Lake Memorial Hospital Variance Request to date certain, April 8~ 2003. New Business Sullivan Auto Mall & University Dodge Request for water and sewer service for property east of the intersection of Greater Hills Boulevard and State Road 50. Planning Director Brown advised that the applicant is requesting water and sewer service for a proposed automobile dealership. The request originally came before the Council in November of 2001. The Council denied the request at that time because the City did not have a Consumptive Use Permit from SJRWMD. After the City obtained a Consumptive Use Permit, the applicant resubmitted the request and was placed on the January 28, 2003 Council agenda. The applicant withdrew their request prior to the meeting in order to City of Clermont MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING March 25, 2003 Page 3 ascertain whether they could construct to City standards, as is called for in the utilities agreement. The applicant has determined that they can develop to City standards and is requesting City water and sewer. Planning Director Brown stated staff recommends approval of this request along with the agreement that calls for annexation and construction to City Standards. Mayor Turville opened the public hearing at this time. Jay A. Klima, of Klima Weeks Civil Engineering, addressed the council. Mr. Klima stated he was looking forward to working with staff and made himself available to any questions. Council Member Caputo asked if the railroad on the back of the property was "Rails to Trails" property. Mr. Klima advised the northern 30' of the property has been designated to be dedicated to "Rails to Trails". Council Member Caputo asked, if a carwash is later constructed on site, will recycled water be used? Mr. Scott Somner, P.O. Box 523, Ocala, Fla. 34478, advised that there will not be an automatic carwash, but rather two bays for hand washing, and the water will be properly discarded as required by the City of Clermont. Council Member Caputo suggested it would be appropriate, to state in the recommendations at this time, that the applicant be required to use recycled water, in the event they construct an automatic carwash in the future. Council Member Mullins suggested, if the City's reuse water becomes available, the applicant could use reuse water in the wash bays. City Manager Saunders stated because of the expense incurred in purchasing water, it is much more cost effective for businesses such as a carwash to use recycled water. Council Member Renick agreed with Council Member Caputo, it would be appropriate to include at this time, a provision requiring the use of recycled water, should a carwash be constructed in the future. Mayor Turville asked Mr. Klima and Mr. Somner if they intended to build an automatic carwash On the site. Both advised they do not. A motion was made by Council Member Caputo, seconded bp Council Member Mullins and carried unanimouslv to recomtnend approval of this request with the amendment that in the future the applicant would be required to use recycled water for any future automatic carwash installed on the site Council Member Ash asked Mr. Klima if he intended to fence portions of the property. Mr. Klima advised the only plans for fencing at this time would be around retention ponds. Council Member Ash, while making reference to an existing dealership on HWY 50, voiced concern regarding the possible negative visual impact that a large dealership, with a large display of automobiles, would have on those entering the City on HWY 50. Mr. Klima advised although they have no plans for fencing the property, they are required to comply with the landscaping requirement of the City of Clermont and Lake County. City of Clermont MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING March 25, 2003 Page 4 Mayor Turville recognized two Boy Scouts who were in attendance and thanked them for attending the meeting. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 7:27 p.m. Hal Turville, Mayor Attest: · Van Zile~J~lerk