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02-13-2007 Regular MeetingCity of Clermont MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 13, 2007 The Clermont City Council met in a regular meeting on Tuesday, February 13, 2007 in the Council Chambers at City Hall. Mayor Hal Turville called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm with the following Council Members present: Council Members Mullins, Goodgame, Hogan and Berlinsky. Other City officials present were: City Manager Saunders, Assistant City Manager Gray, City Attorney Mantzaris, and City Clerk Ackroyd. INVOCATION Council Member Mullins gave the invocation followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Mayor Turville announced the variance request for Badcock Furniture has been withdrawn. MINUTES Council meeting minutes of January 9, 2007 and January 23, 2007 Council Member Goodgame requested changes to the January 9 minutes to include the number of 6 new Fire Department Lieutenants under public comments and clarified his comment on page 8 regarding a four (4) stroke engine is better instead of a two (2) stroke engine. Council Member Goodgame moved approval of the January 9 meeting minutes as corrected; seconded by Council Member Hogan. The motion Tassed with all members present voting "aye". Council Member Goodgame requested inclusion of the Downtown Partnership website under public comments in the January 23 meeting minutes. Council Member Goodgame moved approval of the January 23 meeting minutes as corrected; seconded bX Council Member Mullins. The motion passed with all members present voting "aye". PUBLIC COMMENTS Jim Purvis, 4206 Hammersmith Drive, announced the south Lake County Boy Scouts had their annual fundraising drive and were able to realize 138% of their goal and thanked the City for their support. Bob Bowman, 723 Montrose Street, noted the Downtown Partnership received 10 new members since the first of the year. Also, he thanked Planning Director Hitt and the Planning Department staff for assistance with the opening of a Smoothie store on Montrose Street in downtown Clermont. Tom Vorhees requested a skate park. City Manager Saunders stated the Council budgeted funds for a parks project but has not chosen that project yet. There have been several different projects considered and will be discussed at the Council Retreat on Monday, February 19 as to which project to proceed with. Mr. Vorhees also asked about the opening of the lake to the public at Waterfront Park. City of Clermont MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 13, 2007 City Manager Saunders advised the City continues to monitor the lake. There is a 48 inch visibility and hopes to have better visibility by this summer. Edgar Samuels requested a cricket field at the new school site. Mayor Turville advised the schools puts in their own amenities and requested he contact the school board. REPORTS City Manager Saunders - No Report City Attorney Mantzaris - No Report Council Member Hogan commended the Moonlight Players Club. Council Member Goodgame received a report from the Tourism Board showing the first 3 months of the fiscal year compared to 2006 is down by 1 percent. Council Member Mullins - No Report Council Member Berlinsky - No Report Mayor Turville - No Report PRESENTATION Lance Lumbard, Water Resource Project Manager, with the Lake County Water Authority reported on the water quality of the Clermont Chain of Lakes and provided information on assistance including the Cooperative Storm water Retrofit Grant Program. Mayor Turville requested a review of whether activities have changed at the basin of Lake Louisa. CONSENT AGENDA Mayor Turville advised the next item on the Agenda for consideration was the Consent Agenda and requested anyone wishing to have any item pulled for discussion to please come forward at this time. Item No. 1-Surplus Equipment Request approval to surplus Fire Department Equipment Item No. 2 -Acquisition Proposal Request approval to utilize the Florida League of Cities, Technology Services to assist with the acquisition of Public Safety Software for the Police Department City of Clermont MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 13, 2007 Item No. 3 -Contract Approval Request renewal of the contract with Simplex Grinnell for inspection of City Hall's fire alarm detection system; request approval of a contract with Simplex Grinnell for the Police Department's fire alarm detection system Item No. 4 -Personnel Request Request approval to hire replacement for the City Accountant position Item No. 5 -Event Request Request from Central Florida Chapter of the Florida Planning & Zoning Association to use Waterfront Park for aBike-a-Thon on Saturday, Apri121 s` Item No. 6 -Event Request Request from the Downtown Partnership to have a monthly "Open Mike" event at the Trail Head Clock Tower (Minneola Avenue and 8`h Street) beginning Sunday, March 11 Council Member Goodgame moved approval of the consent agenda 1 through 6; seconded by Council Member Mullins. The motion passed with all members present voting "aye". UNFINISHED BUSINESS Mayor Turville noted the next two (2) items would be heard collectively. Ordinance 573-M -Final Hearing Mayor Turville read Ordinance 573-M aloud by title only. AN ORDINANCE UNDER THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, GRANTING A GARBAGE COLLECTION FRANCHISE TO COMMERCIAL CARTAGE, INC. PROVIDING FOR THE TERM OF THE FRANCHISE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH A FRANCHISE FOR THE COLLECTION OF GARBAGE WITHIN THE CITY OF CLERMONT. NEW BUSINESS Agreement Approval -Commercial Cartage, Inc. Mayor Turville noted these franchise agreements are non-exclusive. City Manager Saunders advised a separate vote is not needed for the agreement since it is exhibit A of the ordinance. City of Clermont MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 13, 2007 Council Member Goodgame moved approval of Ordinance 573-M; seconded by Council Member Mullins. The motion passed 5 to 0 on a roll call vote with all members present voting "a_ Event Request -Benchwarmers City Manager Saunders commented on the Benchwarmers request for an outside bike event on February 17 from 10am to 6pm. In order to have an outside venue, it requires Council approval. Wes Cuyler, Benchwarmers representative, noted they are trying to increase traffic and revenue in downtown. He advised of the security measures that will be in place for the event. He requested Council permission. The event is also co-sponsored by other downtown businesses as well as Harley Davidson. Mayor Turville opened the public hearing. Edward Apodaca, 777 W. Osceola Street, voiced concern with parking and noted the event may draw an unwanted crowd in downtown. Marvin Sutton, 781 8"' Street, voiced concern for safety. Bob Bowman noted he has discussed downtown plans with the Benchwarmers owner. The people associated with this event are professionals. It is the responsibility of the business to demonstrate they can handle this type of event. Mr. Bowman requested Council approve the event. Janet Shira, 827 W. Montrose, expressed support for the event. She commended the owner for making significant improvements to their building and trusts the owner to make an effort to ensure this is a well run event. Ms. Shira requested the Council not deny this opportunity. Mayor Turville closed the public hearing. Council Member Berlinsky asked Mr. Bowman if this type of crowd could help the downtown merchants. Mr. Bowman replied that usually the wives patronage the retail stores; they walk through the downtown streets to have a closer look at the city. Council Member Goodgame asked Police Chief Graham about officer assistance and safety concerns. Chief Graham noted Benchwarmers is under new management and has improved in the last 30 days. He further noted there will be two (2) officers on site. Council Member Mullins remarked this will introduce people to downtown Clermont and build a customer base to return in the future. He noted the downside would be the noise for those living there. Council Member Berlinsky voiced concern for the impact of those using the Library. He asked Mr. Cuyler if he would be willing to have someone hold a sign to not allow bikers to park at the Library parking lot during their hours of operation on Saturday. Mr. Cuyler agreed to have a staff person. City of Clermont MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 13, 2007 Council Member Hogan supported the event. Mayor Turville expressed concern about the impact on Becker Funeral Home and noise associated with entertainment. Mr. Sutton expressed concern with parking. Council Member Berlinsky moved approval of the event request; seconded by Council Member Mullins. Mayor Turville clarified it is with the understanding of having someone help with library parking. Council Member Goodgame questioned how long the police officers would be on duty. Mr. Cuyler noted they are being hired in 4 hour increments from llam to 3pm and will hire an additional 4 hours, if needed, until as late as needed and would coordinate with Police Chief Graham. The motion passed with all members present voting "aye". Resolution 1516 Mayor Turville read Resolution 1516 aloud by title only. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, FLORIDA, URGING MEMBERS OF THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE TO SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING ISSUES DURING THE 2007 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. Council Member Goodgame moved approval of Resolution 1516; seconded by Council Member Mullins. The motion passed with all members present voting"a.~e". ADJOURN: With no further comments, this meeting was adjourned at 8:40pm. APPROVED: ~: , »rx~r~;; H rold S. Turville, Mayor ATTE T: '~. ~~ s ~~/"~ ~ ~~. Tracy oyd, Ci Clerk CITY OF CLERMONT Office of the Fire Chief To: Wayne Saunders, City Manager From: Carle L. Bishop, Fire Chief C~' Date: 01-11-07 Re: Surplus SCBA Wayne, If you remember we were successful in being awarded the Fire Act Grant which allowed us to replace our existing Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA). We need to surplus cwr existing SCBA inventory. I am recommending that the SCBA and air cylinders listed on the attached sheets be sold as surplus equipment. I would recommend that we determine some avenue of selling them other than sending them to the next public auction. It is my belief that sending them to the public auction with all other surplus city equipment will bring us much less revenue for this equipment than if we were able to advertise it for sale and then sell it to a used fire equipment dealer. We could possibly advertise the equipment for sale until a specific date and then sell to whomever made the highest offer. 1 am requesting that the funds collected from the sale of this equipment be returned to the Fire Department via budget amendment for the purchase of additional new 4500 PSI SCBA and cylinders for our staff vehicles, which currently still carry the old 2216 PSI SCBA. Please consider this request for the January 23, 2007 council agenda. • Page 1 439 WEST HIGHWAY 50 • CLERMONT, FLORIDA 3471 1 PHONE: 352/394-7662 • FAX: 352/241-4904