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04-24-1973 Regular Meeting . e e . MINUTES REGULAR MEETING NQ 936 A Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday, April 24, 1973. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P. M. by Mayor Don E. Smith with the following members present: Councilmen Smoak, Beals, Byrd and Schroede1. Other officials present were: City Manager Hopkins, City Controller Fleming, City Clerk Carroll, City Attorney Vason, Director of Community Services Smythe and Director of Public Utilities Asbury. Others present were: Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Perry and the Messrs. Francis Loomis, Henry Czech, George Hovis, J. R. Peacock, Jim Stearns, Gerald Shepard, Fred Addison, :,:Mike Williams, Sed Adams, James Johnson, Willie Chandler, Mike Prescott, John Minor, Herbert Isom and John Reagan. A representative of the Orlando Sentinel was also present. The Invocation was given by Councilman Beals followed by repeating of the Pledge of Allegiance in unison by those present. Dr. J. R. Peacock, representing the Little League Association, appeared before Council in support of a letter submitted to Council earlier wherein they requested that Council reconsider their action taken on April 10th to move the lights and fence at the softball field in order to make it regulation size, and instead, allow the Little League this field for expansion and to utilize property to the south and west of this field for softball this season and then allow Little League to utilize this field also next year in order to expand to two leagues and relocate the softball facilities elsewhere. It was consensus of Council that help and cooperation be extended to all organized assocations and not just a few, thus their agreement to move the lights and fence for the softball assocation, and suggested that representatives of the Little League and Softball Associations endeavor to work out a schedule whereby both could utilize the existing field. It was the final opinion of the representatives of the two associations that something could be worked out for this season, but that this arrangement would not be agreeable to them for next year. City Manager Hopkins submitted his report both orally and written and a copy is attached hereto. With regards;jthe Managerls suggestion that a work session of Council be held with regards the sanitary sewer assessments of the Lake County School Board as they had requested, Mayor Smith called a work session for Wednesday, May 2nd at 7:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers; With regards the recommendation of the City Manager that the sanitary sewer assessments billed to the Womans Club and the Cooper Memorial Library be paid from the General Fund Contingency Account, motion was made by Councilman Byrd, seconded by Councilman Schroede1 and unanimously carried, that this be authorized. City Controller Fleming reported as follows: That initially Stone an~ Youngberg had advised that the city would have to expend $15,000 to pay the interest on the refunding bonds thru May 1st and I inquired if it would not be possible for the Trust Company of Florida who holds the $1,540,000.00 worth of savings certificates to change their maturity dates on the first payment which would more closely coincide with the interest payment dated May 1st, and have received an answer that they would adjust their interest date to April 25th and instead of having to put up $15,000.00 and leave it up there for the next 10 years we now only need $1,540.00 plus one dollar to keep the account open, so we shaved that much off the outlay of $15,000.00; That on the collections on the sanitary sewer assessments through this date, $249,000.00 had been collected and $240,000 of that is in savings certificates @ 7%. With regards the request of Laurence Russe11for a refund of city taxes charged him in error for the years 70 and 71 ,and which City Attorney Vason advised that it was legal to do so, motion was made by Councilman Smoak, seconded by Councilman Byrd and carried that this refund be made. . e e . MINUTES NQ 937 Councilman Beals offered and moved the adoption of AN ORDINANCE UNDER THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, FLORIDA, AMENDING SUB-SECTION (E) (2) OF SECTION 26-25 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, FLORIDA: ESTABLISHING SIDE YARD SETBACK REQUIREMENTS IN C2 GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS: REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH: PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY: PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE: AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION BY POSTING and the motion was seconded by Councilman Smoak. The Ordinance was read by title only for a second and final reading by City Attorney Vason and upon roll call vote on passage of the motion was seconded by Councilman Smoak. The Ordinance was read by title only for a second and final reading by City Attorney Vason and upon roll call vote on passage of the motion, the result was Ayes: Schroede1, Byrd, Beals Smith and Smoak. Total Ayes: Five. Nayes: None. So the ORDINANCE was adopted, the number 91-C assigned to it and a copy ordered posted. Councilman Schroede1 introduced AN ORDINANCE UNDER THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, FLORIDA, AMENDING SAID CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADDING A CHAPTER TO BE ENTITLED CHAPTER 15, SAID ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE REMOVAL OF TREES IN AND ABOUT THE CITY OF CLERMONT: DEFINING "TREE" FOR SAID PURPOSE: PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR THE CUTTING AND REMOVAL OF TREES: PROVIDING STANDARDS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SAID PERMITS AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF: PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY: PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE: AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION BY POST and the ORDINANCE was read in full by City Attorney Vason for a first reading. Councilman Beals advised Council that will regards the old and unfinished business of the Minneola Police and their harrassment of Clermont residents and their "perching" at the Citrus Tower, he would recommend and move that correspondence be directed from Council to the city administration of Minneo1a advising that Clermont is not desirous of them bein in Clermont unless the have been re uested, and respectfu11 urglng t at they not use the groun s at the Citrus Tower or any other Clermont properties as a perch for their speed trap. The motion was seconded by Councilman Smoak and unanimously carried. Councilman Schroedel read a portion of a letter from Cooper Memorial Library wherein they opposed the suggestion of charging a $1.00 fee for borrowing books. Upon inquiry to City Attorney Vason about the status of the proposed changes in the Charter before the state legislation, he advised that he had no information to give Council at this time whereupon motion was made by Councilman Beals, seconded by Councilman Byrd and carried that Messrs. George Hovis, George Dupee, Francis Loomis and W. F. Perry be appointed to membership on the Planning and Zoning Commission until such time as the legislature acts upon the charter changes. With regards Council IS instructions to Michaels-Stiggins, Inc. that if the necessary Operations Manual had not been completed and delivered by May 1st, the firm of Dawkins and Associates would be instructed to draw it up at their expense, Councilman Smoak inquired of City Manager Hopkins if he had had any recent information on this and he replied that he did not have. Councilman Smoak advised that he felt Council should proceed as directed previously by Council and if the Manual had not been received as requested by the due date or with a definite assurance of a date shortly thereafter, that Council proceed with having Dawkins and Associates draw it up. Councilman Smoak presented and moved the adoption of a RESOLUTION petitioning the Florjda legislature to designate a single state agency as a central depository for municipal financial reporting. The motion was seconded by Councilman Beals and unanimously carried. The RESOLUTION was read in full by City Attorney Vason, the Number 209 assigned to it and a copy ordered posted. Councilman Byrd presented and moved the adoption of a RESOLUTION urging the Florida legislature to enact legislation clearly authorizing the levy of occupational licenses by each local municipality in a discretionary manner and directing that occupational license revenues received from various counties in the State be estreated to local municipalities on a proportionate basis. The motion was seconded by Councilman Smoak and unanimously carried. The RESOLUTION was read in full by City Attorney Vason ,the Number 210 assigned to it and a copy ordered posted. . e e . MINUTES NQ 938 Councilman Beals advised there was no place for people to register for county elections in South Lake County and he wondered if it would increase the work load too much for personnel in City Hall to take over those duties. City Manager Hopkins advised that he would be glad to look into the matter and make a recommendation. Councilman Beals advised that he felt the traffic situation along Highway #50 was a critical one without anything being done by the DOT thus far and he would thereby move that correspondence from Council be directed to the DOT requesting that a complete traffic study be made of Highway 50 in Clermont. The motion was seconded by Councilman Smoak and unanimously carried. The meeting was adjourned by Mayor Smith. Don E. Smith, Mayor J)J?~.. ) t. t;~ Do ores W. Carrol , C ty Clerk . ,c...".,".".;~..,;,_.~"""",,,,_,~~.~:..,.ii~-,'L~.~ I