08-26-1986 Regual Meeting
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CITY OF CLERMONT
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REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
August 26, 1986
The Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was
held Tuesday, August 26, 1986 in the Council Chambers. The meeting
was called to order by Mayor Pool at 7:30 p.m. with the following
Council Members in attendance: Council Member Cole, Council Member
Dupee, Council Member Huff and Mayor Pro Tem Turville. Other City
Officials present were City Manager Saunders, City Attorney Baird,
Finance Director Van Zile and Deputy City Clerk Brandt.
INVOCATION
The Invocation was offered by Nilsa Whitehead followed by the re-
peating of The Pledge of Allegiance to ~he Flag by all present.
MINUTES
The minutes of the Workshop Meeting held July 29, 1986 and the
Regular.Meeting held August 12, 1986 were approved as presented.
REPORTS
CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING
The Council was reminded of the Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting
to be held on Tuesday, September 2, 1986 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council
Chambers. The meeting will be held the same night as the Primary
Election, but this sho~ld pose no major problem. The polls close at
7:00 p.m.
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING
The Council also was advised of the Special Council Meeting to be held
on Wednesday, September 3, 1986 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers.
The purpose of this meeting is to hold a public hearing on the proposed
1986-1987 budget and millage rate for the City.
LAKE COUNTY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
It was reported that the Lake County Development Council would be
holding its membership meeting on Thursday, August 28, 1986 at the
Silver Lake County Club in Leesburg. A program on stress management
will be presented by Charter Hospital of Ocala. Those interested in
attending this meeting should contact Julie Brandt by noon on Wednesday.
TREE PLANTING
The Council was informed that the tree planting for the downtown
business area would be held on Saturday, September 6, 1986. All
Council Members were asked to bring their shovels and meet at 7:00
a.m. to help with the planting of seventy trees.
COUNCIL MEMBER DUPEE'S REPORT
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL
Mrs. Dupee reported that the budget for the ECFRPC had been set at
$6,680,762 with most'of this money earmarked for Senior Citizen
projects in counties other than Lake. She also presented the City
Manager with a copy of Altamonte Springs DRI Review, stating that the
study ,contained much useful information that the City of Clermont may
be able to incorporate into its future planning.
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LAKE COUNTY LEAGUE OF CITIES BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mrs, Dupee stated that she had given those members present copies of
the City's resolutions concerning placing a county-wide moritorium on
the permitting of mobile home parks and opposing the permitting of
clay and sand mines without an approved site development plan. Board
Members will discuss these resolutions with their respective cities to
determine if the Lake County League of Cities will adopt a position on
these matters.
Council Member Dupee also briefly summarized a presentation given by
Paulette Alexander, Director of Lake County Pollution Control concerning
storm water retention.
MAYOR POOL'S REPORT
SOUTH LAKE KIWANIS CLUB
Mayor Pool thanked the South Lake Kiwanis Club for presenting a drug
awareness program for students and parents concerning crack cocaine.
Bob Richenburg, who was present in the audience, stated that a video
of the program had been made and would be available to interested
parties.
PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION'S REPORT
Nilsa Whitehead, Chairperson of the Parks and Recreation Commission,
asked that all Council Members attend the September 29, 1986 Parks and
Recreation Commission at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers. .
City Attorney Baird stated that because of the "Sunshine Law'" the
Council could not attend this meeting unless it was declared a Council
Workshop. It was the consensus of Council to do so, and Mayor Pool
then called for a Council Workshop with the Parks and Recreation
Commission on September 29, 1986.
VISITORS WITH BUSINESS
PATRICK HOEHN - SIGN ORDINANCE VARIANCE REQUEST
Mr. Hoehn appeared before Council to request a variance from the sign
ordinance to allow a mural sign to remain on the retaining wall at
Sunnyside Plaza. Mr. Hoehn explained that he had not obtained a
permit for the bullseye and arrow mural sign because he believed that
it did not fall under the definition of a "sign" in the City's sign
ordinance. He stated that he had simply painted over the mural sign
of the Classic Look Beauty Shop, which used to be in the plaza. Mr.
Hoehn further stated that his mural did not indicate the name of his
business or telephone number. A photograph of the sign in question
was then passed around.
Mayor Pool questioned the legality of other mural type signs within
the City, and asked if there might be others which were illegal.
City Attorney Baird advised that all of the signs in the City were
either "grand fathered in", legal or illegal, and very likely there
were others which fell into the later category.
City Manager Saunders then explained how this type of sign was dealt
with within the framework of the City's sign ordinance. He also
explained that the building in which the gun and tackle shop was
located already had a ground sign along Highway 50, and if this mural
type ground sign was granted a variance to remain, it would set a
definite precedent.
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At this point in the discussion, Mayor Pro Tem Turville declared a
conflict of interest and abstained from all discussion of the requested
variance.
Council Member Huff stated that he believed that the City should live
up to its present sign ordinance and that everyone should be treated
equally under the law, He continued by stating that he believed all
signs should be in conformance to the ordinance, or if not, all of
them should be denied.
Mayor Pool stated that he agreed with Mr. Huff's position, and that he
would like to table the request until such time as Mr. Perlick could
investigate other illegal signs in the City and come back before
Council with the information. Council Member Huff and Mayor Pool
stated that they would like to have all of the illegal signs within
the City corrected at one time.
Some discussion ensued concerning the fact that the City Staff was in
the process of rewriting the Sign Ordinance, and that many changes
were being made as to the maximum size and types of signs which would
be allowed. It was pointed out that adoption of the revised ordinance
would eliminate the problem with existing illegal signs because every-
. one would be given a certain period of time to bring their signs into
conformance with the ordinance.
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A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUFF TO TABLE THE VARIANCE
REQUEST UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE INFORMATION FROM MR. PERLICK IS
OBTAINED AND ALL ILLEGAL SIGNS COULD BE ADDRESSED AT ONE TIME.
City Manager Saunders pointed out that such an undertaking could take
six months or more to complete, and recommended that the Counci1 deny
the variance request and have Mr, Perlick investigate other mural
signs within the City, not all the signs in the City.
COUNCIL MEMBER HUFF REPEATED THE MOTION AND IT DIED FOR LACK OF A
SECOND.
86-l4lA MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLE TO DENY THE VARIANCE
REQUEST. COUNCIL MEMBER HUFF THEN SECONDED THE MOTION AND ASKED
THAT IT BE AMENDED BY ADDING THAT MR. PERLICK WILL COME BACK BEFORE
COUNCIL WITH A LIST OF THE STATUS OF ALL MURAL SIGNS IN THE CITY AND
AT THAT TIME ALL OTHER SUCH SIGNS WOULD BE TREATED IN THE SAME MANNER.
COUNCIL MEMBER COLE AGREED TO THE AMENDMENT, COUNCIL MEMBER DUPEE
SECONDED THE AMENDMENT AND THE MOTION AS AMENDED CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TURVILLE ABSTAINING DUE TO A CONFLICTOF INTEREST.
NEW BUSINESS
ELECTION PROCLAMATION
Mayor Pool then read in its entirety the Mayor's Proclamation of the
General Election. He explained that the purpose of the election was
to elect Council Members for Council Seats I, III (Mayor) and V. The
election will be held on Tuesday, November 4, 1986. If a Primary
Election is needed, it will be held on Tuesday, October 7, 1986.
Council Member Dupee stated that, she believed that the Council should
address the problems caused when the City's general election date was
changed from December to November. It was the consensus of Council
to consider this matter at a later date.
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AUDIT AGREEMENT
Prior to the meeting, each Council Member was given a copy of the
Audit Agreement from the accounting firm of Greenlee, Kurras, Rice and
Brown for Fiscal Year 1986. The fee for the City's audit report and
related work will be $14,000, which is the same fee as for the 1985
audit.
City Manager Saunders explained that the firm has been the City's
auditors for many years and had always been of assistance to the
City throughout the year after the audit was completed.
86-l42After a brief discussion, A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUPEE,
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUFF TO RENEW THE AUDIT AGREEMENT WITH THE
FIRM OF GREENLEE, KURRAS, RICE AND BROWN IN THE AMOUNT OF $14,000 FOR
THE 1986 FISCAL YEAR AUDIT.
INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE 247-C
Mayor Pool explained that it had been over twenty years since the
Council Members had received a pay increase. Ordinance 247-C would
would amend Chapter 2, ,Section of the City Code of Ordinances re-
garding Council Members' salaries. The salary for the Mayor would
increase from $100 per month to $200 per month and for Council
Members from $75 per month to $175 per month. '
It was further explained that because Council Members may not vote
themselves a pay increase, the Ordinance would not take effect until
January 1, 1988.
86-l4~ MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUPEE AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER COLE TO INTRODUCE ORDINANCE 247-C. THE ORDINANCE WAS READ
BY TITLE ONLY.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS
City Manager Saunders explained that he had received letters of
resignation from Bob Thompson and Marie McKinney, and letters
from Marilyn George, Margaret Smart, Kathy Parcell and Nick Jones
requesting appointments to the Commission. He further stated that
he had received a verbal request from Gloria Johnson to serve as
a member. City Attorney Baird advised the Council that due to the
State of Florida's government in the sunshine rules it would not be
appropriate to appoint a husband and wife (Cecil Smart already serves
on the Board) to serve on the Planning and Zoning Commission.
86-l44A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUFF AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER TURVILLE TO APPOINT MARILYN GEORGE TO THE UNEXPIRED TERM
OF MARIE MCKINNEY.
86-l45A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUFF AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER DUPEE TO CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS, AND MARILYN GEORGE WAS
UNANIMOUSLY APPOINTED TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
86-l46A MOTION WAS MADE BY LESTER COLE AND SECONDED BY ANN DUPEE TO
APPOINT GLORIA JOHNSON TO THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF ROBERT THOMPSON
ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THERE WERE NO MORE NOMI-
NATIONS AND GLORIA JOHNSON WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPOINTED TO THE
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION,
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CITIZEN COMMENTS
Cecil Smart, who was present in the audience, reminded all those
in attendance of the Labor Day Festivities sponsored by the Chamber
of Commerce.
There being no further business,
Attest: