06-20-1988 Workshop Meeting
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CITY OF CLERMONT
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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-
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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.
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Attest:
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City Clerk