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DECEMBER 6, 1989
A Workshop Meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was
held Wednesday, December 6, 1989, in the City Hall Conference Room.
The meeting was called to order at 6:10 p.m. by Mayor Pool with the
following Council Members in attendance: Mayor Pro Tem Turville,
Council Member Cole, Council Member Norquist and Council Member
Dupe e. City Manager Saunders also was present.
GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY FOR PALATLARAHA RECREATION AREA
The first item discussed was the ground breaking ceremony for the
new park. It was the consensus of Council that the ground breaking
would take place on Wednesday, December 18, 1989, at 8:30 a.m.
SOUTH LAKE COUNTY MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION
City Manager Saunders informed the Council that a representative
of the South Lake County Ministerial Association had contacted him
concerning revisions to the City's 500' liquor law and requested
a workshop prior to the City taking arty action on the ordinance.
It was the consensus of Council to postpone any discussion of the
proposed revision until after the Christmas Holidays.
DOLE CITRUS PROPERTY
The next item discussed was the Dole Citrus property. City Manager
Saunders pointed out that this was a possible site for the
relocation of City Hall, but because of the conf figuration of the
property and its location, it was not being recommended as one of
the better choices. The Council agreed and continued by discussing
the existing zoning and possible future uses for the property.
City Manager Saunders explained that currently the property is
zoned M-1 and that Dole Citrus has vacated the property, and under
the City's Comprehensive Plan the statement is made that the City
not encourage additional manufacturing in the area. The Council
then directed Mr. Saunders to place this matter on a January agenda
for consideration of rezoning from manufacturing to commercial.
POSSIBLE SITE PLANS FOR NEW CITY HALL
City Manager Saunders then gave each Council Member a packet of
f five sets of possible site plans for the new City Hall building and
a listing of criteria for each one, lettered Sites A through D.
Site E, the Ogden and Washuta Site located on the north side of
Montrose Street, was discussed first. It was the consensus of
Council that this area did not contain enough square footage and
was too irregular in shape to be considered for City Hall.
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The next site discussed was Site E, the Dole Citrus Property, and
after considerable discussion, it was the consensus of Council that
this site should also be excluded from consideration as a possible
site for City Hall.
The third site discussed was Site B, which is the property adjacent
to and north of the present Public Safety Building site and
consists of the Seaver, Weatherbee and Olivenbaum properties.
After considerable discussion of this site, it was the consensus
of Council that 'due to discussions with Mrs. Weatherbee and her
indication that she did not want to sell her property, coupled with
the fact that Olivenbaums have a buyer for their property, this
site should also be excluded from consideration. However, there
was discussion that the City should perhaps buy the Seaver Property
for possible future expansion of the Police and Fire Departments.
The fourth and fifth sites discussed were Site A, which is adjacent
to Jenkins Auditorium and Site C, which is the Postal Colony site.
City Manager Saunders was directed to obtain as much information
on these properties as possible, including the owners' willingness
to sell and the possible appraisal prices for the properties. It
was the consensus of Council that if the Postal Colony property was
to be considered, additional property abutting this parcel would
also have to be purchased. City Manager Saunders was then directed
to look into that possibility.
City Manager Saunders then explained to Council that it would be
beneficial to the residents of South Lake County if all
governmental services for South Lake County could be combined into
one complex, such as bringing the South Lake County Courthouse
Annex and the Tag Office into the new City Hall Complex. The
Council agreed that this would be beneficial and that Mr. Saunders
should talk with the appropriate County Officials regarding this
prospect.
Finally, the Council discussed the possibility of remaining at the
present location of City Hall and discussed at length what would
have to be done to the existing building and the advantages and
disadvantages of the site. The Council directed City Manager
Saunders to gather as much information as possible concerning the
remodeling of the site and the associated costs.
RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING PROJECT
City Manager Saunders updated the Council on the recycling and
composting projects with Lake County and the discussions held with
the City of Mascotte concerning a joint composting project.
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There being no further discussion, the meeting adjourned at 8:05
p.m.
obert A. Pool, Mayor
Attest:
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J h E. Van Z le, City Clerk