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04-25-1989 Regular Meeting e e CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING April 25, 1989 A Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held Tuesday, April 25, 1989 in the Council Chambers. The meeting was called to order at 7:35 p.m. by Mayor Pool with the following Council Members in attendance: Mayor Pro Tern Turville, Council Member Norquist, Council Member Cole and Council Member Dupee. Other City Officials present were City Mananger Saunders, City Attorney Baird, Finance Director Van Zile, Planning Director McAllister, and Deputy City Clerk Brandt. INVOCATION The Invoca tion was of fered by Nil sa Whitehead followed by the repeating of The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by all present. MINUTES The minutes of the Workshop Meetings held March 8 and 30, 1989 and the Regular Meeting held April 11, 1989 were approved as presented. REPORTS CITY MANAGER SAUNDERS' REPORT ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF LAKE COUNTY RECYCLING COMMITTEE City Manager Saunders and Council Member Turville briefly reported on the organizational meeting of the Lake County Recycling Committee. At this meeting it was the consensus of the cities repres~nted that recycling should be a combined effort of the fourteen cities and the County and that a representative and alternate from each City should be appointed to the committee. It was also reported that the firm of Post, Buckley, Schuh and Jernigan, Inc., consulting engineers for the County, had already been hired to do a waste management study for the county. Grant monies are available from the State to implement the recycling program, however, they must be applied for by May 19, 1989 and some type of interlocal agreement will have to be signed by that time. Briefly, Council Member Turville explained his position on recycling stating that he believed that the most cost effective would be a regional recycling center. He also expressed his concern for the long term d~age to the env irornnent from the County's incinerator now under construction and who would be responsible/liable if "bad ash" occurred and how it would be disposed of. 89-052 After a brief discussion, A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUPEE AND UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED TO APPOINT MAYOR PRO TEM TURVILLE AS THE CITY' S REPRESENTATIVE TO THE RECYCLING COMMITTEE AND CITY MANAGER SAUNDERS AS THE ALTERNATE. The committee will meet again on Monday, May 1, 1989 at 10:00 a.m. e' .e CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING April 25, 1989 Page -2- WORKSHOP MEETING City Manager Saunders stated that if there were no Council objections, he would like to hold a Workshop on Tuesday, May 2, 1989 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Hall Conference Room to discuss recycling and the proposed interlocal agreement. ROWING REGATTA It was reported that if there were no Council obj ections, the State Championship Scholastic Rowing Regatta would be held at Jaycee Beach on Saturday, April 29, 1989. Approximately eight schools will participate in this event. After a brief discussion of the request, it was the consensus of Council to allow the use of Jaycee Beach for the event. MEMORIAL FOR VETERANS' PARK It was reported that Mrs. Roy Exline of the DAV was asking for Council permission to erect a small monument in Veterans' Park. City Manager Saunders passed around a site plan showing the type of monument to be erected. It was the consensus of Council to allow this request. LAKE HIGHLANDS NURSING HOME City Manager Saunders stated that he had received a request from Lake Highlands Nursing Home to close Minnehaha Avenue between East and Drew Avenues to through traffic from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on Friday, April 28, 1989 for wheel chair races. Some concern was expressed that Minnehaha Avenue was a major east- west street and that it should not be blocked, but it was determined that the Council would grant approval of the request. If problems arise from the street closing, the request will not be honored in the future. GOLDEN APPLE AWARD It was reported that the City had received a "Golden Apple" award from the superintendent of schools for its generous donation of unclaimed bicycles to the South Lake Educational Center. Council Member Dupee asked that the award be framed and displayed at City Hall. SAND FOR JAYCEE BEACH City Manager Saunders reported that over the years the northeasterly winds blowing across Lake Minneola had eroded the sand from the beach area and it needed to be replaced. It was stated that if the sand is placed above the ordinary high water mark no permit would be needed. .. e' e CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING April 25, 1989 Page -3- Council Member Norquist stated that he had received a compaint that the loss of sand had exposed same rusty underwater pipes, and that he believed they would pose a liability to the City and should be removed as soon as possible. It was agreed that the pipes were dangerous, and City Manager Saunders asked that Mr. Norquist get their exact location so they could be removed. 89-053 After a brief discussion of the erosion proble~, A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUPEE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER NORQUIST AND UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED TO ALLOCATE FUNDING UP TO $3,000 FOR SAND TO BE PLACED ON JAYCEE BEACH. LAKE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY It was reported that the next meeting of the Water Authority would be held at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 26, 1989, at the Water Authority Building in Tavares. COUNCIL MEMBER TURVILLE'S REPORT FLORIDA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION SEMINAR Council Member Turville reported that he had attended a seminar at Rollins College on future directions for Florida's water resource management and would give the information presented to City Manager Saunders if anyone was interested in it. Mr. Turville stated that he was happy to report that many of the water management programs discussed such as the basin concept and the stormwater utility concept were already being or had been implemented by the City of Clermont. WEST BEACH EXCAVATION PROJECT Although not an agenda item, City Manager Saunders reported that after nine months, the City had received the permits to complete the excavation work at West Beach. Also, the City had received three proposals for the excavation work required to push the dirt into the canal between the road and the lake in order to get the area ready for landscaping. A budget amendment will be required in order to schedule the work this year. After a brief discussion of the project, it was the consensus of Council to place this item on the agenda of the next Council Meeting. VISITORS WITH BUSINESS MARK SUTHERLAND - REQUEST FOR VARIANCE FROM REQUIRED STREET FRONTAGE AND EASEMENT FOR PRIVATE DRIVEWAY ACROSS MONTROSE STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY It was explained by City Manager Saunders that Mr. Sutherland was 89-054 e e CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING April 25, 1989 Page -4- requesting a variance fram the requirement for 50' of frontage on an improved street for the west portion of Lots 5 and 6, Block 3, which is located just west of the intersection of East Avenue and the Montrose Street right-of-way. Mr. Sutherland has constructed a new home on the east half of Lots 5 and 6 and now wishes to construct another home on the west half of the lots. City Manager Saunders continued his explanation by stating that under the City's present zoning Ordinance, a single family home in this zone is required to have 50' of frontage on an improved street and a minimum of 75' at the building setback line. Mr. Sutherland is requesting relief from this requirement in order to be allowed to build the second home with the private driveway remaining on the Montrose Street right-of-way, which runs adjacent to this lot and which also acts as the private driveway for 143 West Montrose Street owned by Carlos Solis. It was also stated that Staff recommends approval of this request because no benefit could be seen of placing a standard 24' wide street from East Avenue, west to Crystal Lake with a cul-de-sac at the end. Under discussion, the Council agreed that construction of the road would not benefit the City and would increase stormwater runoff toward the lake,' as well as create additional maintenance problems for the City. The Council also agreed to grant Mr. Sutherland's second request for an easement to retain the priva te driveway which now exists on the street right-of-way. Mayor Pool called for comments and no one spoke in favor of or opposition to the request. For the record, it was stated that Edith Colpitts and Carlos Solis both found no objections to the requests. A MOTION WAS THEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER TURVILLE. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUPEE AND UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED TO GRANT THE STREET FRONTAGE VARIANCE AND EASEMENT TO RETAIN THE PRIVATE DRIVEWAY WHICH NOW EXISTS ON THE STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY. WATER LINE EXTENSION TO VILLAGE GREEN AT GREEN VALLEY Glenn Bishop, representing Richard Langley, was present to answer any questions the Council might have concerning the proposed water line extension project, but stated that he had been out of town for the past week and no progress beyond the discussion at the Workshop had been made as far as he knew. City Manager Saunders stated that he had heard that Mr. Langley was now negotiating with the City of Groveland to purchase water, but Mr. Bishop stated he did not know about that either. The subject of spraying treated effluent on the golf course was also brought up, but Mr. Bishop stated that he believed it was premature to -- e e CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING April 25, 1989 Page -5- discuss this matter because the golf course knew nothing about this proposal. 89-055 Since it appeared that no new information was available concerning the initial request, A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER TURVILLE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLE AND UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED TO TABLE THIS DISCUSSION UNTIL ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS OBTAINED. BID AWARDS EROSION CONTROL SYSTEM City Manager Saunders explained that the City had received two bids for this project, one from Gator Marine at $2.85/square foot if the City picks up the materials, and the other from R.H. Moore and Associates in the amount of $2.44/square foot delivered. The second bid, al though lower in price, does not meet the City' s minimum specifications for the project. It was then recommended that the bid from Gator Marine be accepted. City Manager Saunders then stated that if the Council accepted the bid from Gator Marine in the amount of $6,840 a budget amendment would have to be made. 89-056 A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUPEE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TORVILLE AND UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED TO ACCEPT THE BID FROM GATOR MARINE IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,840 AND TO ADOPT A BUDGET AMENDMENT IN THE SAME AMOUNT FOR THE PROJECT WITH FUNDS COMING FROM GENERAL FUND RESERVES. LIFT STATION AERATION PROJECT City Manager Saunders explained that the City had received four bids for this project ranging from a high of $201,000 to the low bid of $138,746.25 from Seig and Sons. It was recommended that the City accept the low bid to aerate twenty-four lift stations. It was further explained that originally $114.569 had been budgeted to aerate sixteen lift stations, but the City Engineer had recommended doing the eight additional lift stations. A budget amendment in the amount of $24,177 from the IRR Fund is required if the low bid is accepted. 89-057 After a brief discussion of the benefits of the project, A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUPEE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER NORQUIST AND UNAN-IMOUSLY CARRIED TO ACCEPT THE LOW BID OF SEIG AND SONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $138,746.25 FOR AERATION OF TWENTY-FOUR LIFT STATIONS WITH A BUDGET AMENDMENT FROM THE IRR FUND TO THE WATER AND SEWER FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $24,177. e . CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING April 25, 1989 Page' --6- PUBLIC COMMENTS Council Member Dupee stated that she had received several calls askilng why there was no longer a public telephone in Jenkins Auditorium, and asked if something could be done to have it re- ins,talled. City Manager Saunders stated that he was aware the phone had been removed by the telephone company and was working to have one put back in the auditorium. There being no fur ther adjourned at 8:50 p.m. business or discussion, the meeting 4/d/~ ~obert A. Pool, Mayor Attest: Zile, City Clerk