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05-22-2007 Regular MeetingCity oJClermont MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MAY 22, 2007 The Clermont City Council met in a regular meeting on Tuesday, May 22, 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, City Attorney Mantzaris, and Deputy City Clerk Noak. INVOCATION Council Member Goodgame gave the invocation followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. MINUTES Council meeting minutes of May 8, 2007 Council Member Goodgame moved approval of the minutes of May 8 2007 as written• seconded by Council Member Mullins. The motion passed with all members present voting "a. PUBLIC COMMENTS There were no public comments. REPORTS City Manager Saunders commented on the May 21, 2007 workshop regarding Alternative Water Supply and the St. Johns River Water Management District presentation explaining cooperative water supply issues. St. Johns is requesting a letter of interest to participate no later than June 13, 2007. Council Member Goodgame moved to send the letter of interest• seconded by Council Member Mullins. The motion passed with all members present voting '`a_ye". City Attorney Mantzaris - No Report Council Member Hogan - No Report Council Member Goodgame announced the Memorial Day event taking place on May 28, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. in Veterans Park. The Florida League of Cities is accepting nominations for City Manager of the Year. Council Member Goodgame moved to have Ci Manager Saunders nominated• seconded by Council Member Mullins. The motion passed with all members present voting "aye„ Council Member Hogan moved to have Council Member Goodgame nominated for Council Member of the Year; seconded by Council Member Berlinsky. The motion passed with all members present voting"aye". Council Member Mullins -No Report Council Member Berlinsky commented on a request he had made the prior year regarding the City beginning a visioning process for the downtown area. City ojClermont MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MAY 22, 2007 Council Member Berlinksy moved to have the City Manager schedule workshops re ag rdin~ a vision for the downtown area, have public hearings in various communities to provide their input, and return to Council with a presentation; seconded by Council Member Mullins. After discussion regarding the current efforts and contacts that were in the process, the motion and the second were withdrawn. Mayor Turville reported that he had attended a meeting honoring Polly Duncan for 50 years of service in the Clermont Garden Club. RECOGNITION Winners of the "Drop Savers Poster Contest" Heather Wooding, Utilities Department, presented the winners a framed picture of their work and a t- shirt. Mayor Turville reported that Staff has requested postponement of both Unfinished Business Items, Resolution 1519 and the Variance Request for Clermont Crossings. Jim Hitt, Director of Planning and Zoning stated that they were waiting for a traffic analysis update and requested the items be postponed until the June 26, 2007 Council meeting. Council Member Good~ame moved to table Resolution 1519 until the June 26 2007 Council meeting; seconded by Council Member Mullins. The motion passed with all members present voting-"aye". Council Member Goodgame moved to table the Variance Request for Clermont Crossings until the June 26, 2007 Council meeting; seconded by Council Member Mullins. The motion passed with all members present votin~ye". 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-Event Request Mid-Florida Milers Walking Club Item No. 2 -Surplus Equipment Police Department Item No. 3 -Agreement Approval Police Department Item No. 4 -Agreement Approval Police Department Request from Mid-Florida Milers Walking Club for use of Palatlakaha Park on Saturday, July 21 for their SK and lOK walks Request to surplus equipment from the Police Department inventory Approval of the Mutual Aid Agreement with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Approval to hire a consultant to assist with the reaccreditation program of the Police Department City of Clermont MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MAY 22, 2007 Item No. 5 -Purchase Approval Request approval to piggyback the City of Orlando's Sodium Utilities Department Hypochlorite contract Item No. 6 -Purchase Approval Request approval to piggyback the City of Titusville's Polymer Utilities Department Contract Item No. 7 -Purchase Approval Request approval to piggyback the City of Orlando's Sanitation Utilities Department Sewer Lining and Manhole Rehabilitation bid Item No. 8 -Purchase Approval Request approval to piggyback the City of Delray Beach's Utilities Department Sanitation Sewer Lining and Manhole Interior Rehabilitation bid Item No. 9 -Purchase Approval Request approval to piggyback the City of Apopka's sludge Utilities Department hauling contract Item No. 10 -Budget Amendment Request an amendment to the Engineering Department 2005- Engineering Department 2007 Budget for the addition of a new construction crew and Reclassification of the Inspections Supervisor Item No. I1 -Purchasing Request to modify purchasing agreement with HD Supply Agreement Modification Waterworks to include meter rebuilds Engineering Department Item No. 12 -Scope of Service Request approval of the Scope of Service for Boyle Engineering Boyle Engineering to relocate tortoises on the EWRF site Item No. 13 -Scope of Service Request approval of the Scope of Service for Boyle Engineering Boyle Engineering to relocate tortoises on the Greater Hills Water Treatment site Item No. 14 -Bid Rejection Request approval to reject bid from Curry Controls in the Engineering Department amount of $1,296,000.00 for Telemetry Project Item No. 1 S -Surplus Equipment Request to surplus equipment from the Utilities Department Utilities Department inventory Item No. 16 -Budget Amendment Request an amendment to the Planning & Zoning Department Planning & Zoning Department Budget to reclassify the Code Enforcement Officer position from Grade 18 ($15.59 - $23.39) to a Grade 1 ~ ($13.74 - $20.21 } Council Member Goodgame moved to accept the consent agenda items; seconded b~ Council Member Mullins. The motion passed with all members present voting "aye". NEW BUSINESS Resolution No. 1525 -Clermont Pizza 8c Pasta Company Mayor Turville read Resolution No. 1525 aloud by title only. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Clermont, Lake County, Florida, granting City of Clermont MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MAY 22, 2007 a Conditional Use Permit to allow for a restaurant within the Central Business Zoning District. Jim Hitt, Director of Planning, presented the Conditional Use Permit request. The applicants, William and Leah Laboy, are requesting allowance of a restaurant within the Central Business Zoning District. The current and future land use is Central Business District. No alcohol is presently proposed. Staff recommendation is for approval and the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval at their May 1, 2007 meeting. William Laboy, 412 Macchi Ave, Oakland, Florida, was present to answer any questions. Mayor Turville opened the public hearing. Bob Bowman, Downtown Partnership, spoke in favor of the proposed business. Mayor Turville closed the public hearing. Council Member Mullins noted that the applicant had the hours of operation listed as 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and did not want to limit the applicants operation hours. City Manager Saunders stated that the operation hours were not included in the CUP. Council Member Hogan questioned why outside tables were not part of the plan. Mr. Laboy stated that he did not believe that this was permitted. City Manager Saunders stated that currently the City Code did not allow outside tables, however revisions to the Code that would allow outside tables were currently under review. Council Member Mullins moved to approve Resolution 1525: seconded by Council Member Berlinsky. Motion passed with all members present voting "ate Resolution No. 1526 -Team Thrust International Church Mayor Turville read Resolution No. 1526 aloud by title only. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Clermont, Lake County, Florida, granting a Conditional Use Permit to allow for a church facility in a C-2 District. Jim Hitt, Director of Planning, stated that property owner, Glenn Winn and applicant Team Thrust International Church are requesting a Conditional Use Permit to allow for a church facility in a C-2 zoning district. The location is 2220 Cluster Oaks Drive at the Cluster Oaks Professional Center. The hours of operation will be after business hours and would not pose traffic or parking issues. Staff recommendation is for approval. Pastor Kevin Cunningham, 1003 Princeton Drive, was present to answer any questions Mayor Turville opened the public hearing. There were no comments. Mayor Turville closed the public hearing. City of Clermont MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MAY 22, 2007 Mayor Turville asked if they were considering eventually constructing their own building. Pastor Cunningham indicated that this was a future consideration. Council Member Goodgame moved to approve Resolution 1526; seconded by Council Member Mullins. The motion passed with all members present voting "a_~". Waterfront Park -Swim Area City Manager Saunders stated that Council Member Hogan requested that Council consider requesting the City apply for a variance to re-open the beach for swimming. A visibility requirement of 48 inches is necessary to open the beach for swimming without a variance, but this has not occurred. The visibility is improving and on Monday, May 21, 2007 the visibility reading was 41 '/2 inches. City Manager Saunders provided pictures of what the water level and beach area are currently. The two issues the City face are visibility and the swim area depth of only 4 '/z feet. The State will be meeting with the City next week and will have the necessary information to move forward with the variance request should Council desire. Mayor Turville expressed concern about the inability to see the bottom to determine the water depth at the end of the dock and desired to have part of the discussion include lifeguards. City Manage: Saunders stated that there had been problems in the past finding lifeguards and suggested Council decide on whether to proceed with a request for variance and then have staff provide Council with a plan and discuss the decision on whether to re-open or not. Council Member Goodgame requested what the filing fee was. City Manager Saunders indicated that it was nominal. Mayor Turville expressed concern on beach contours and felt we need to know this for safety. City Manager Saunders stated that the Fire Department has a dive team and he had planned to request they perform a training exercise and report on the conditions and contours of the beach area. Council Member Hogan stated that the water discoloration was partially due to cypress trees that were knocked down during past hurricanes and waters from other lakes in the chain also add to the visibility decline. Council Member Hogan moved to apply for the variance to re-open the beach for swimming; seconded by Council Member Goodgame• Mayor Turville opened the public hearing. Chase Forth, 939 West Desoto Street, spoke in favor of re-opening the beach for swimming, with safety precautions in place. Mayor Turville closed the public hearing. The motion passed with all those present voting "aye". Council Member Berlinsky asked if consideration of having a public swimming pool had been researched. Mayor Turville commented that this had been researched and liability was too great. City of Clermont MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MAY 22, 2007 Council Member Mullins desired to have staff include other issues such as sand and parking in their research as the City has grown since the beach swim area was last open. Council Member Goodgame requested that insurance cost increases be included. JPA Review - F cP~ JDevelopers, LLC Jim Hitt, Planning Director, presented the rezoning request. The location of the project is north of Old State Road 50, south of the turnpike and west of Lake Boulevard; which is north of Plaza Collina. The requested change is from Agriculture to PUD and contains 28.4 acres. The use would be for a mixed use development of 30 single family residential homes and 58 residential town homes. Staff concerns include school impact, inconsistencies in the traffic study and concern regarding the Lake County Comp Plan has not been submitted to DCA in its entirety for review. Staff recommendation is for denial. Attorney Chris Roper, 420 South Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida, addressed the Council and stated that Lake County did not have a process in place regarding school concurrency and this has been deferred until the preliminary plat review. Mayor Turville opened the public hearing. Jim Purvis, 4206 Hammersmith Drive, requested that the project consider providing the City space for a fire station or other City project. Bob Bowman, Magnolia Pointe, expressed concern regarding lack of demand for this type of project and the uncertainty regarding Plaza Collina. Mayor Turville closed the public hearing. Council Member Berlinsky asked if consideration had been given to restricting the community to an over age 55 community to remove the school concurrency issue. John Avion, Project Engineer, stated that this had been researched but the developer desired to have more flexibility with the project. Council Member Mullins stated that many of the set backs were not close to Clermont standards. John Avion, Project Engineer, indicated willingness to work with the City. Council Member Goodgame mentioned the 25 foot landscape barrier and asked what the property set back was. John Avion, Project Engineer, stated that it was the same. It was commented that this essentially created zero lot lines. Council Member Goodgame recommended fencing the entire property for security reasons and requested where the development planning to receive water and sewer services. John Avion, Project Engineer, stated that the plan was to obtain those services from the City and explained that he had been the engineer for the Plaza Collina project. Mayor Turville agreed with the staff recommendation. Council Member Goodgame questioned if City staff would be part of the plan review process. City Manager Saunders responded that the City would be part of the project review and would be able to make comments, however at this time the project contained too many items that do not meet City regulations. City of Clermont MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MAY 22, 2007 Council Member Berlinsky moved to recommend to the County to deny the rezoning seconded by Council Member Mullins. The motion passed with all members present voting "a. Council Appointment to Planning & Zoning Commission William T. Gray was the only applicant. Council Member Goodgame moved to appoint William T. Gray; seconded by Council Member Berlinsky. The motion passed with all members present voting "aYe". Jim Purvis, Code Enforcement Board, stated that this leaves an opening on the Code Enforcement Board and requested that Council direct staff to advertise in the Lake Sentinel in addition to where they currently advertise. ADJOURN: With no further comments, this meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m. APPROVED: .4' ~~~~ c, , ~ :'4 ~ t ,,,, AT I:EJ ., '.'. ~ i arol S. Turville, Mayor City Clerk Clermont Police I3epartment Surplus 2007 Vehicle Impala 1G1WF55K629305715 1 Vehicle # 2111 Miliage 120000 + Impala 1G1WF55K529305009 1 Vehicle # 2108 Milage- 108952 Jeep IJ4FF4858YL171265 1 Vehicle # 2122 Milage- 125772 Equipment _ Switch Box w/ Camera 7 N/A VHS Recorders w/ Cover 7 N/A Galls Siren Box 2 N/A Galls Siren Box 1 CPD00462 Code 3 Siren Box 2 N/A Federal Signal Suen Box 3 N/A Siren Box 1 CPD00375 Siren Box 1 CPD00412 Motorola Speaker 2 N/A Light Box 1 CPD00296 Light Box 1 CPD00374 Light Box 1 CPD00413 Light Box 1 CPD00453 Light Box 3 N/A Light Bars 8 N/A Galls Wig Wag Box 1 N/A Visi Flares 1 CPD00447 Visi Flares 1 CPD00435 Vehicle Console W/ CB & Radio Box 1 N/A Vehicle Console 5 N/A Laptop Stands S N/A Laptop Stand 1 CPD00384 Radio Antennas 4 N/A Magnum Spikes 1 N/A Light/Siren Power Pack 1 N/A Window Cage Partician 7 N/A Electronic Receiver 1 N/A Sony Handycam Recorder 1 CPD00218 Minolta Copy Machine 1 CPD00004 On Patrol Video #2128 1 Cam-12881 VHS-12880 On Patrol Video #2131 1 Cam-14210 VHS-10347 On Patrol Video #2132 1 Cam-14217 VHS- N/A On Patrol Video #2133 1 Cam-14214 VHS-14213 On Patrol Video #2135 1 Cam-12869 VHS-12877 On Patrol Video #2136 Monitor Only 1 Cam- N/A VHS- N/A On Patrol Video #2137 1 Cam-407KV00022 VHS-12868 Shred Master -Records 1 CPD00568 Sears TV 1 SN-34548935 Intoxilyzer 5000 1 SN-66-002280 Sgt. Office Chairs 5 CPD00591, 592, 593, 594 Memo To: Wayne Saunders, City Manager r_~ From: Tamara Richardson, PE, City Engineer( ~~~`~-~ CC: Date: May 11, 2007 Re: Request to Declare Surplus Utilities Department The City's Utilities Department is requesting to declare the attached list of items as surplus so they may be sent to auction, or othervvise disposed. Surplus Items 1 -Aurora Pump - 95-87348 split case pump, 200HP, electrical motor F235-50-X11X252R053M 1 -Market Forge Sterilmatic auto clave., model STM-E #12787 2 - Sutor built blower, model GAEMDPA on strands with silencers and 20 HP US electrical motors 1 - Square D transformer cat #1540H, single phase 480-120/240, 3 lamps - 125/68 amps 1 -Toyota truck #5212 2 - 60 HP motors 1 -Dodge'/2 ton truck #5222 1 -Chevy S10 truck #5234 Fittings -old hydrants 13 - 6" dresser coupling 7 - 8" dresser coupling 1 -Hydraulic pipe cutter 1 -small tapping machine 1 -large tapping machine 1 - B11 tapping machine 1 - 12" valve 1 - AC pipe reamer 12 -Electrical panels 1 - 4" elbow 1 -steel doors 2 - 6' gates 3" galvanized pipe 5' - 20" PVC 5' - 16" PVC 1 -steel plate 4'x5' 2 -water jackets for pumps bad 1 - 4" check valve 1 -volute 10HP 2 -bottom plate 47HP Blowers & motors, bad 2 -ARV, bad 2 -water pumps from Greater Hills 3 -gear reduction pumps from Greater Hills 2 -meter boxes (check w/ Dave) 2 -starters