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06-20-1988 Workshop Meeting e e CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES WORKSHOP MEETING June 20, 1988 A Workshop Meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held Monday, June 20, 1988 in the Council Chambers. The meeting was called to order at 7:10 p.m. by Mayor Pool with the following Council Members in attendance: Mayor Pro Tem Turville, Council Member Cole, Council Member Dupee and Council Member Huff. Other City Officials present were City Manager Saunders and Finance Director Van Zile. SOUTH LAKE COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS Bonnie Homan Ray and Mary Ogilvie, representing the South Lake Council for the Arts, were present to answer questions concerning the South Lake Council for the Arts and to provide a proposed program for the coming year. The representatives requested clarification of their position with the City and it was decided that this matter would be placed on the agenda of the next Council Meeting and reappointments to the South Lake Council for the Arts would be made at that time, should they remain as an advisory group to the City Council. YMCA Several members of the Board of Directors of the South Lake YMCA were present to discuss the proposed pool for the YMCA and the possibility of locating said pool on the northeasterly 2.5 acres of the proposed Twelfth Street Park site. After considerable discussion among those present, it was the consensus of Council that while in the short term there would be advantages to both the City and YMCA for the pool to be located there, in the long term there would most likely be problems with such a joint venture. Mayor Pool then asked if the YMCA had considered purchasing the Blackburn property located east of the High School. After discussion of the site, Council Member Huff stated that he was familiar with the property and would be happy to show it to the YMCA Board Members the following morning. It was the consensus of the YMCA Board Members present to meet with Mr. Huff. PURCHASE OF THE TWELFTH STREET RECREATION SITE City Manager Saunders then discussed the purchase of the Twelfth Street site with Council, and stated that a "Waiver of Retroactivity" had been requested from the Department of Natural Resources so that the City may go ahead with the purchase of the property prior to receiving the grant funds, and the $150,000 grant amount could be paid from City reserves and the reserves replenished when the grant funds were received. After some discussion, City Manager Saunders was instructed to discuss the possibility of the City paying $150,000 at this time and paying the remaining $150,000 when the grant funds are received. Mr. Saunders stated that he would discuss this with the owner. COUNTY ROAD 561 It was reported that CR 561 which follows Lake Minneola Drive through the City of Clermont has been redesignated by the Department of Trans- e e CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES WORKSHOP MEETING June 20, 1988 Page -2- portation to be transferred from the County to the City, and that the County had recently voted to restrict this road to no truck traffic. Mr. Saunders further stated that he had been contacted by the Mayor of Minneola and they would like to erect "No Truck" signs within their city limits. Mr. Saunders stated that since the City of Minneola was going to do this, he also would like to erect similar signs along the route within the city limits of Clermont. There has been an escalting problem at the Jaycee Beach area due to the increased truck traffic. Local deliveries to businesses would still be allowed. It was the consensus of Council that the City should follow through with the County's previous action and erect the signs in conjunction with the City of Minneola restricting the route to "No Truck" traffic from the Minneola City Limits to Twelfth Street. TREE ORDINANCE City Manager Saunders then explained that the County had recently adopted a tree ordinance. With some revisions, it is both the City Planner's and City Manager's opinions that the tree ordinance would be a good ordinance for the City of Clermont. After a brief discussion, it was decided that this matter will be addressed at a future workshop. DOLE CITRUS PAVING PROJECT Next City Manager Saunders reported that he had been approached by the Manager of Dole Citrus concerning paving a roadway through their facility which would connect to the road which presently provides access to the city garage. They are asking if the City would parti- cipate in paying for the project. The City Manager stated that approximately 60' of the entrance way into the city garage was used for ingress and egress to the city garage and that he felt the City should cooperate with Dole on this paving project. After a brief discussion, it was the consensus of Council that the City should participate. City Manager Saunders stated that he would bring this matter back before Council as soon as more details of the project are known. There being no further discussion, the meeting adjourned at 9:50 p.m. .&:~~ Attest: ~f:':J2 City Clerk