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02-04-1985 Workshop Meeting . . CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES WORKSHOP MEETING February 4, 1985 A Workshop Meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held Monday, February 4, 1985 in the City Hall Conference Room. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Pool at 7:00 p.m. with the following Cou~cil Members present: Council Member Henry, Council Member Cole, Council Member Turville, and Council Member Huff. Also present were City Manager Forbes and two County residents, Mr. and Mrs. Phillips. Mayor Pool asked Mr. and Mrs. Phillips if they had any statements to make, and they stated that they had.nothing to say, but were present to listen. LAND FOR PUBLIC TRUST The City. Manager made a brief statement concerning the non-profit organization called Land for Public Trust. He further stated that he would be sending this organization a letter requesting help in purchasing the railroad right-of-way in Clermont, if there were no Council objections. The Council Members stated that they had no objections to sending such a letter, as long as the organization would not be competing with the City. MINNEOLA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN In addition, Council Member Turville stated that he felt it would be a good idea if the City obtained a copy of the Minneola Compre- hensive Plan for reference, because many of the topics being dis- cussed share common borders with Minneola. RECREATION Council Members briefly discussed the Recreation and Open Space Element of the Comprehensive Plan with regard to the fact that the City needed to find a twenty acre site for a Recreational Complex. It was discussed that possibly the site northeast of the Citrus Tower would be good. LAND USE ELEMENT Council Members began discussing the Land Use Element on Page 1-7, which is where they left off during the previous Workshop. It was explained that Item No. 5 on this page would be changed to a 7% slope, as would Item E on Page 1-8 to make what the City considered a steep slope consistent throughout the Land Use Element. INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT STANDARDS Page 1-8 and the City's Industrial District Standards were also discussed in detail. Council Member Huff discussed his ideas that industrial development need not always take place in industrial parks. It was pointed out that the Industrial District Standards give the City flexibility in this matter since it states that new industrial development should be encouraged only in planned indus- trial parks or sites designated on the City Land Use or Zoning Maps. Page 1-9 was considered next, and Council Member Turville asked for clarification of the difference between the City's Urban Area Map and Area of Interest Map. It was explained that they were two different maps and the boundaries could be changed at any time. On Page 1-10 the Council Members agreed that any population projections would have some inaccuracies~ and it was the consensus of the Council to leave the page as it is, but have it updated every five years. e e CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES WORKSHOP MEETING February 4, 1985 Page -2- There was much discussion on Page 1-12, The Physical Limiting Factors Map. The City Manager stated that he had requested the City Engineer to present the City with a map showing all areas in the City with a slope greater than 7%. Since all Council Members agreed that Illustration 3-1 was not totally accurate, it was decided that the entire map should be deleted from the Land Use portion of the Compre- hensive Plan. The Council believed that it would be easy enough to figure out a a slope greater than 7% when surveying was done on the property, and the City already has maps on flood prone areas. HOUSING ELEMENT This element was also reviewed by the Council. There was much discus- sion on Page 2-3 concerning the fact that it states that 38% of all' Clermont' families fall into the low income category. Council Member Turville stated that figure does not take into consideration that a high percentage of Clermont residents are retired. It was discussed that Page 2-3 would be amended by the addition of a sentence under the Economic Characteristics heading. The third paragraph under this heading was then changed. After the words..."38% of all families in Clermont fall in the low income category" the following was added "However, this does not take into consideration that about 23% of the City's population is retired". The second paragraph under Item III. "Analysis of Future Housing Needs" on Page 2-4 was considered in great detail, and the Council decided that the number of units needed by the year 2000 was highly inaccurate. The City Manager was directed to revise these figures and bring them to a future workshop meeting for further consideration. Page 2-5, Item #6 was also discussed in detail. After the State reviewed the City's Draft Comprehensive Plan, a letter was sent informing the City that they felt the objectives of the City's foster and group home care facilities did not meet the intent of the State guidelines. The guidelines for zoning and special community housing issued by HRS were also reviewed in detail. It was the consensus of the Council to revise Item #6 as follows: "Foster care facilities licensed by the State should be allowed in all Residential Districts as a permitted use. Group home facilities and residential centers will be encouraged in appro- priate locations in R-3 Residential/Professional or Commercial Zones by following the Conditional Use Permit standards of the Zoning Ordinance. Foster care facilities are defined as foster homes licensed and supervised by HRS in which the residents are living as a single housekeeping unit and contain not more than five other residents (excluding the foster parents) in the home whether they are a part of the family, HRS clients or a combinaton of both. This applies to children or adults". YMCA Mayor Pool brought up several issues concerning the possibility of leasing the Highlander Hut to the YMCA and allowing them to build a swimming pool on the site. It was the consensus of the Council that concrete figures should be brought to them before any decision e e CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES WORKSHOP MEETING February 4, 1985 Page -3- could be made, and the best site for a pool would be at the High School. The meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m. /ZkQI?vt Robert A. 'Pool, Mayor Attest: Way