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02-28-1967 Adjourned Meeting . e MINUTES N~ 428 ADJOURNED MEETING An adjourned meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday, February 28, 1967. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P. M. by Mayor BonJorn with all Councilmen present. Other officials present were: City Manager Johnson, Deputy Clerk Carro11, City Attorney Langley, Superintendent Sheldon and Chief of Police Tynda1. Others present were: Mrs. George Hovis and the Messrs. C. A. Mangold and Paul Taber. Representatives of the Leesburg Commercial, the Orlando Sentinel and the Local Press, were also present. The invocation was given by Mr. Taber. The minutes of the meeting held on February 14, 1967 were approved as written. Mayor BonJorn reported that he had attended a meeting on Water and air Pollution at the State Florida League of Municipalities convention in Jacksonville recently, and that he had been requested to appoint a local committee of three to make a study of loca1 water and air pollution and present at a State Committee meeting to be held in Orlando in April. The appointments made by Mayor BonJorn were as follows: John York, J. M. Hoskinson and Charles M. Pool, Jr. City Manager Johnson reported that he, Mr. Sheldon and Mr. Oakley Seaver, members of a committee to study the ambulance problem in Lake County, had attended a meeting in Tavares recently regarding this and that it was the concensus that direct~taxation would have to be levied. He further reported that it was the local committee's recommendation that funds from direct taxation for ambulance service be a110cated on a hospital district basis only. City Manager Johnson reported that the new chlorinator for the North well at the Lake Avenue site had been instal1ed and was in operation; that sub-casing of the new well would be started on Tuesday, March 7th; that city crews were installing storm drains in the Point Place Sub- division area; that the emergency generator to be located in the Fire Department should be installed within 10 days; that a representative of the Housing and Home Finance Agency would be in Clermont to make appraisals of lands for which the city is applying for feder.a1 assistance under the Open Space program, and, he requested a meeting of the Council with this representative for 4:00 P. M. in the Jenkins Auditorium on Tuesday, March 7th. City Attorney Langley reported that the Public Utilities Commission had advised that Clermont would be included in the extended area service program for Lake County; that he had obtained the necessary righe;o-way descriptions for extending the city limits; that a rough draft of the proposed charter changes for the council's consideration would be ready in two weeks; that the necessary easement from Mr. Fred Wolfe to the City of Clermont enabling the city to pave 11th Street from Minneola Avenue to Lake Minneola was ready for Mr. Wolfe to sign. Councilman Cochran offered and moved the adoption of a RESOLUTION pertaining to requesting the State Road Department to make a study of the hazardous traffic control which exists in the Citrus Tower area at the intersections of Highway #27 and Grand Highway, and following such study to make the necessary corrections. The Resolution was read in full and Councilman Prior seconded its adoption. When the result was taken . e MINUTES N~ 429 on the adoption of the Resolution the result was: Yeas: Prior, Beals, Cochran, Oswalt and VanderMeer. Total Yeas: Five. Nayes: None. So the Resolution as read was adopted and Number 93 assigned to it and ordered placed in the Resolution Book and a copy ordered posted. ~ i, Councilman Cochran moved that the City Attorney be authorized to draw up a rough draft of proposed city charter changes and that a special meeting of the Council be called to discuss same. The motion was seconded by Councilman Beals and carried, with Councilman Prior ~bstaining. Councilman Prior advised that inasmuch as the city was involved in making applications to the Federal Government for financial assistance in constructing a sewer system, that he had learned at the recent State League of Municipalities Convention that the major reason for delays in such grants was because of improper preparation of applications; that in line with the city's beautific\ation program of the downtown area, he learned at the convention that there was need for municipalities to raise assessments on buildings and lower assessments on land. Councilman VanderMeer inquired of the City Manager as to streets in the city in need of sand sealing. The City Manager advised that patching of certain streets throughout the city seemed to be sufficient. Councilman VanderMeer further inquired if the survey of West Lake had been completed whereupon the City Manager advised that it had and a copy was in his office. City Manager Johnson read a letter from Don McCaffrey wherein he requested the Council to approve construction of bulk plant storage facilities on property presently zoned which prohibits same. City Manager Johnson was requested to advise Mr. McCaffrey that this was prohibited due to present zoning regulations. Motion was made by Councilman Prior, seconded by Councilman Beals and carried that the City Attorney be present at all meetings of the Zoning Board of Adjustment and the Planning and Zoning Commission. Councilman VanderMeer offered and moved the adoption of a Resolution pertaining to the application for Federal Funds for land purchases. The motion was seconded by Councilman Cochran and upon roll call vote the result was: Ayes: Prior, Beals, Cochran, Oswalt and VanderMeer. Total Ayes: Five. The motion carried unanimously. The Resolution follows these Minutes. Councilman Beals offered and moved the adoption of a Resolution pertaining to Land acquisition policy. The motion was seconded by Councilman VanderMeer and upon roIl calI vote the result was: Ayes: Beals, Prior. Cochran, Oswalt and VanderMeer. Total Ayes: Five. The motion carried unanimously. T~e Resolution follows these minutes. City Manager Johnson requested a meeting of the Council to consider street and building construction for March 9, 1967 at 7:00 P. M. in the Council Chambers. City Manager Johnson advised that the dinner meeting with the Lake County Commissioners had been set for Monday, March 6, 1967 at Green Valley at 7:00 P. M. City Manager Johnson inquired of the Council their intentions of notifying taxpayers fo the City of Clermont their adopting the Lake e e MINUTES N~ 430 County tax roIl for 1967. It was the concensus that all taxpayers be rotifi.d-of this change. City Manager Johnson advised that the Audit for 1966 had been completed and copies were available in his office. City Manager Johnson requested that the Council seriously consider issuing gratis licenses to carnivals, circuses, etc. inasmuch as the carnival recently held in the city violated several existing ordinances and they had been issued a gratis license. City Manager Johnson reported that he had received a request from officials of the annual sunrise service to use the Jenkins Auditorium for this service in case of adverse weather conditions. Motion was made by Councilman VanderMeer, seconded by Councilman Beals and carried that inasmuch as this was a community wide program and the request was for a single meeting, that the request be granted. Meeting adjourned. . . RESOLUTION LAND ACQUISITION POLICY STATEMENT WHEREAS the City Council of the City of Clermont wishes to avail itself of Title VI! of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended, providing for assistance in the acquisition of land for open space, and WHEREAS, said Title Vii of the Housing Act of 1961, as maended, requires a formal Policy Statement regarding land acquisition, NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Clermont in regular session agrees that it will I. Make every reasonable effort to acquire each property by negotiated purchase before instituting eminent domain proceedings against the property. 2. Not require any owner to surrender the right of possession of his property until the City of Clermont pays, or causes to be paid, to the owner (a) the agreed purchase price arrived at by negotiation, or (b) in any case where only the amount of the payment to the owner is in dispute, not less than 75 per cent of the appraised fair value as approved by the City of Clermont and concurred in by HHFA 3. Not require any person lawfu1ly occupying property to surrender possession without at least 90 days' written notice from the City of Clermont of the date on which possession will be required. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont, Florida, held on February 28, 1967 1erk . . RESOLUTION WHEREAS Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended, provides for the making of grants by the Housing and Horne Finance Administrator to States and local public bodies to assist them in the acquisition of permanent interests in land for open-space uses where such assistance is needed for carrying out a unified or officially coordinated program for the provision and development of open-space land as part of the comprehensively planned development of the urban area; and WHEREAS the City of Clermont (herein sometimes referred to as "Applicant") desires to acquire and develop a fee simple title of interest to certain land known as Lot Eleven (11) Block Eighty (80), Block One Forty One (141) Johnson's Rep1at, and the North Nine Hundred (900) feet of Government Lot Seven (7) of Section Twenty-Three (23) Township Twenty-Two (22) South, Range Twenty-Five (25) East, according to Plat thereof filed in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Lake County, Florida, March 29, 1926 in Plat Book 8, Page 71 which land is to be held and used for permanent open-space land for park and recreational use. WHEREAS Title VI of the Civ.i1 Rights Act of 1964,and the regulations of the Housing and Horne Finance Agency effectuating that Title, provide that no person shall be discriminated against because of race, color, or national origin in the use of the land required and/or developed; and WHEREAS it is recognized that the contract for Federal grant will impose certain obligations and responsibilities upon the Applicant and will require among other things (1) assurances that families and individuals displaced as a result of the open-space land project will be relocated into decent, safe and sanitary house, (2) compliance with Federal labor standards, and (3) compliance with Federal requirements relating to equal employment opportunity; and WHEREAS it is estimated that the cost of acquiring said interest will be $29,400.00 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Clermont: 1. That an application be made to the Housing and Home Finance Agency for a grant in an amount authorized by Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended, which amount is presently estimated to be $l4,700.00 , and that the Applicant will pay the balance of the cost from other funds available to it. 2. That adequate open-space land for the locality cannot effectively be provided through the use of existing undeveloped or predominately undeveloped land. (2) (3) That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute and to file such application with the Housing and Home Finance Agency, to provide additional information and to furnish such documents as may be required by said Agency, and to act as the authorized correspondent of the Applicant. . . (3) (4) That the proposed acquisition and development is in accordance with plans for the allocation of land for open-space uses, and that, should said grant be made, the Applicant will acquire, develop, and retain said land for the use designated in said application and approved by the Housing and Home Finance Agency. (4) (5) That the United States of America and the Housing and Home Finance Administrator be, and they hereby are, assured of fu11 compliance by the Applicant with regulations of the Housing and Home Finance Agency effectuating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. (5) (6) That there exists in the locality an adequate amount of decent, safe, and sanitary housing which is available to persons displaced as a result of the open- space land project, at prices which are within their financial means, and which are not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities than the dwellings of the displaced individuals and families, and it is the sense of this body that such disp1acees, if any, will be relocated in accordance with applicable regulations of the Housing and Home Finance Agency. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont, Florida, held on February 28, 1967