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10-10-1989 Regular Meeting . '. CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 10, 1989 A Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held Tuesday, October 10, 1989, in the Council Chambers. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Mayor Pool with the following Council Members in attendance: Mayor Pro Tern Turville, Council Member Dupee, Council Member Cole, and Council Member Norquist. Other City Officials present were City Manager Saunders, City Attorney Baird, Finance Director Van Zile, Planning Director McAllister, and Deputy City Clerk Brandt. INVOCATION The Invocation was offered by Nilsa Whitehead followed by the repeating of The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by all present. MINUTES The minutes of the September 26, 1989 Council Meeting were approved as presented. REPORTS CITY MANAGER SAUNDERS I REPORT LEAGUE OF CITIES QUARTERLY MEETING Ci ty Manager Saunders reminded Council of the League Quarterly Dinner Meeting to be held Wednesday, October 18, 1989, at the Citrus Tower and asked those who wished to attend to please let Julie know as soon as possible. The City of Clermont will co-host the meeting with the City of Minneola. WORKSHOP MEETING City Manager Saunders stated that a Workshop Meeting was needed to discuss proposed Changes to the employees' health insurance. It was the consensus of Council to hold the Workshop on Tuesday, October 17, 1989 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Hall Conference Room. Council Member Turville stated that he would be unable to attend due to a work conflict. MONTROSE STREET WATER LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT It was reported that the water line replacement proj ect was progressing on or ahead of schedule and that the individual lines between Eighth and Fifth Streets had been connected to the new water main, with the remainder scheduled to be tied in on Sunday. COUNCIL MEMBER NORQUIST'S REPORT PERMITTING PROCESS LOOPHOLE Council Member Norquist reported that it had been brought to his attention that there appeared to be a loophole in the zoning e e CITYOF CLERMONT MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 10, 1989 PAGE -2- clearance/permitting process between the City and County which has allowed same types of structures and/or improvements to be made to property which should not have been allowed. Without going into detail, City Manager Saunders asked Mr. Norquist to meet with him to discuss the problem. COUNCIL MEMBER COLE'S REPORT SIDEWALK ON HIGH SCHOOL PROPERTY Council Member Cole inquired as to why the sidewalk project on Pitt Street stops at the High School property? City Manager Saunders stated that the High School has agreed to complete the sidewalk on school property, and the project had been scheduled for late October or early November. MAYOR POOL'S REPORT CABLEVISION INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL FLORIDA Mayor Pool reported that he was tired of receiving calls at home when the cable service went out, and in comparison stated that he never received a complaint at home when there was a power outage. He then asked if there was anything the City could do to get Cablevision Industries to improve their service in Clermont. Much discussion ensued concerning the on-going problem with the company and it was pointed out the they hold a non-exclusive franchise to operate within the City. It was also pointed out that two years ago the City had sent letters of inquiry to other cable companies with no success in obtaining any interest to operate within the City. Under discussion, it was determined that nationwide the same problems exist with cablevision companies, but that the City should again send out letters of inquiry again to determine if there is any interest from another company. NILSA WHITEHEAD'S REPORT APPOINTMENT TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD Mrs. Whitehead asked Mayor Pool to appoint Robert "Bruce" Bryan as the newest member of the City's Parks and Recreation Board. Mayor Pool then appointed Mr. Bryan to the Board and thanked him for his willingness to serve the City in that capacity. WEST BEACH LANDSCAPING PROJECT It was reported that the park on Twelfth Street (the old railroad e e CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 10, 1989 PAGE -3- right-of-way) was ready to landscape and volunteers would be called in the near future to complete the project. DUCK RELOCATION PROJECT It was reported that Richard Kurfiss, owner of Kurfiss Funeral Home adjacent to Center Lake, was so happy with the duck relocation project, that he donated a feed dispenser for the new water fowl to the City. The feeder is coin operated and will dispense fish pellets. NEW BUSINESS RESOLUTION NO. 640 Mayor Pool explained that this resolution would authorize application for grant funds from the Department of Natural Resources Recreation Development Assistance Program for Phase II development of the Twelfth Street Park. The grant will be a 1/3 - 2/3 matching grant with the City's match being $60,000. Phase II will include picnic tables, a picnic pavilion, playground equipment, the boardwalk, bike and fitness trail, bathroam facilities, paving, cleaning the canal and other related items. City Manager Saunders stated that the City was only four points below the maximum points awarded last year statewide and it looked very favorable. It also was reported that Phase I of the project was out to bid at the present time, and four bid packets had been picked up with three others scheduled to be picked up. Mayor Pool called for comments from those present and no one spoke in favor of or in opposition to the resolution. 89-150A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUPEE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TURVILLE AND UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED BY ROLL CALL VOTE TO ADOPl' RESOLUTION NO. 640. THE RESOLUTION WAS READ BY TITLE ONLY BY MAYOR POOL. INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE 210-M It was explained that this ordinance would rezone the 5.9 acres of land located east of Highway 27 and north of Steve's Road from Rural Residential to C-2 Commercial. The property was introduced for annexation during the September 26, 1989 Council Meeting. The Public Hearing for final annexation and rezoning will be held at the October 24, 1989 Council Meeting. 89-151A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUPEE AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLE TO INTRODUCE ORDINANCE 210-M. e e CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 10, 1989 PAGE -4- GROUP MEDICAL COVERAGE It was the consensus of Council that discussion of the Group Medical Coverage for city employees be tabled until such time as the new information is obtained. PLAT ACCEPTANCE OF HILLSIDE VILLAS It was explained that the infrastructure for the subdivision was nearing completion, and that a pre-final inspection had been completed and a punch list of items was being corrected by the developer. Mr. Saunders continued by stating that the City's Subdivision Ordinance requires that all infrastructure be in place prior to recording of a plat and recommended that Council approve the plat subject to the needed corrections being- completed. After a brief discussion of the fact that it had taken more than 89-152 five years to bring the project to fruition, A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUPEE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLE AND UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED TO ACCEPT HILLSIDE VILLAS PLAT SUBJECT TO RECORDING WHEN ALL OF THE NEEDED CORRECTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. VISITORS WITH BUSINESS APPRECIATION AWARDS Due to the late arrival of one of the recipients, Mayor Pool presented the certificates at this time. Certificates of appreciation were given to Bill Cockcroft, Principal of Clermont Junior High School, for 100% school participation in the Waterfowl Replacement Project at Center Lake, to Rufus Sullivan for his Shop Class' construction of the signs and feeders for the project, and to Rod Sperle's Art Class for the art work on the signs. PUBLIC COMMENTS Cecil Smart, owner of Smart's Lock and Key, invited all those present to an open house on Friday at his place of business celebrating five years of being in business in Clermont. Hubert Harris, who lives at Lake Avenue and Fifth Street, asked if something could be done concerning the overgrown condition of the property adjacent to the burned down house. City Manager Saunders stated that he would investigate this matter and take care of the problem. e e CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 10, 1989 PAGE -5- There being no further business or discussion, the meeting adjourned at 8:05 p.m. ~a,,~~ Robert A. 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