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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes 03-10-1988 Workshope e CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING MARCH 10, 1988 A WORKSHOP MEETING OF THE CAPE CANAVERAL CITY COUNCIL WAS HELD ON MARCH 10, 1988, AT THE CITY HALL ANNEX, 111 POLK AVENUE, CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA. MAYOR LEE CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:30 P.M. MEMBERS PAT LEE MAYOR HB BG MAYOR PRO TEN BOB BOB MOICOUNCIL,MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER STEVE MILLER COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKY'RANDELS OTHER�NT LEO NICHOLAS CITY MANAGER CITY ATTORNEY JIM THERIAC JAN LESSER CITY CLERK AGENDA ITEM 1. .DISCUSSION RE: SEWER IMPACT FEE FOR 225 LONGPOINT ROAD MR. JOE ARABU, PROPERTY OWNER OF 225 LONGPOINT ROAD, ADDRESSED THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING HIS $1,400 SEWER IMPACT FEE. HE EXPLAINED THAT AT THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION OF HIS HOUSE, IN 1982, HE INVESTED $1,300 FOR A SEPTIC TANK AND THAT NOW HE WAS BEING ASKED TO PAY $1,400 FOR A SEWER IMPACT FEE. MAYOR LEE EXPLAINED THAT WHEN COUNCIL ADOPTED THE FORMULA FOR ESTABLISHING THEIR INTENT WAS TO BE FAIR TO THE IMPACT PEES ON LONGPOINT ROAD ALL THE HOMEOWNERS. HE ALSO NOTED THAT MR. ARABU WAS THE ONLY PROPERTY OWNER WHO WAS BEING ASSESSED THE $1,400 PEE. CITY ATTORNEY THERIAC ADVISED THAT THE COUNCIL COULD REDUCE THE IMPACT FEE. IT WAS THE CONSENSUS OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THE IMPACT FEE SHOULD BE REDUCED TO $550.00, WHICH WAS THE IMPACT FEE ESTABLISHED FOR SEVERAL OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS ON LONGPOINT ROAD. AGENDA THIS ITEM FOR TUESDAY. NMENDING ITEM 2.. pR No 4-88 J USTRIAL C PARCELN756E SEC 15LAND E TWp S RGE 37E. OWNER CEVESCO INC. (SECOND BEADING AND PUBLIC HEARING ON - 5) AGENDA THIS ITEM FOR .TUESDAY.- CITY Oman wmw-q P MEETING MARCH 10, 1988 PAGE 1 OF 4 • ITEM 3, ORDINANCE NO. 5-88 AMENDING COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE FROM COMMERCIAL TO INDUSTRIAL PARCEL 804 AND THE 75, AN 245 ,NORTHEAST SECTION OD &F SP, SEC 15f TWP RREALTY 755 Ric EL5REA ING AND PUBLIC HEARING ON AGENDA THIS ITEM FOR TUESDAY. ITEM 4. RESOLUTION NO. 88-11 RATIFYING RECREATION BOARD'S RULES OF PROCEDURE IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT IN 1982 WHEN THE CITY CODE WAS AMENDED REGARDING THE DUTIES OF THE RECREATION BOARD, THE RULES OF PROCEDURE WERE NOT CHANGED. CONSEQUENTLY, UNLESS THEY ARE AMENDED, THE BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO FILE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FORMS. AGENDA THIS ITEM FOR TUESDAY. MR. KIDD GAVE A REPORT ON HIS ATTENDANCE AT THE LAST RECREATION BOARD MEETING.. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED. MR. RANDELS POINTED OUT THAT CITY'S RECREATIONAL FACILITIES ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY. MR. KIDD ADVOCATED HIRING A CONSULTANT TO STUDY OUR RECREATION COMPLEX. MR. KIDD VOLUNTEERED TO WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER ON THE PROBLEM AND REPORT. BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL. ITEM 5. DISCUSSION REs AGREEMENT WITH BREVARD COUNTY FOR LIFEGUARD SERVICES MR. NICHOLAS POINTED OUT THAT THE COST OF THE PROPOSED CONTRACT WAS APPROXIMATELY $2,000.00 MORE THAN THE CURRENT CONTRACT. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED. MR. NICHOLAS WAS DIRECTED TO CONTACT THE COUNTY. AND ASK THEM WHAT LEVEL OF SERVICE THE CITY COULD OBTAIN FOR THE BUDGETED AMOUNT OF $5,410.00. AGENDA THIS ITEM FOR TUESDAY. ITEM 6. DISCUSSION REt NORTH ATLANTIC AVENUE MAYOR LEE EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD BEEN CONTACTED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA SECRETARY OF COMMERCE REGARDING NORTH ATLANTIC AVENUE. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT ACCESS ROADS TO PORTS WERE AVAILABLE FOR STATE FUNDS, IF SUCH ROADS ARE SO SPECIFIED IN THE PORT'S COMPREHENSVIE PLAN. MAYOR LEE QUESTIONED THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER'S REGARDING THEIR FEELINGS ON THIS.. SOME QUESTIONS THAT WERE RAISED WERE: (1) ARE CAPITAL FUNDS AVAILABLE FROM THE STATEi CITY COUNCIL 4m-- Km'ING MARCH 10, 1988 PAGE 2 OF 4 4 q (2) WOULD WIDENING OF NORTH ATLANTIC AVENUE BE ADDRESSED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; AND (3) WOULD THE PORT LEAVE THE ROAD SIGNS AS THAY ARE AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH ATLANTIC AVENUE AND AlA, DIRECTING THE TRAFFIC TO THE CRUISE TERMINALS THROUGH THE PORT. MAYOR LEE WOULD SEEK THE ANSWERS FROM THE PORT AND REPORT BACK AT TUESDAY'S MEETING. ITEM 7. DISCUSSION RE: FIRE IMPACT FEES CITY ATTORNEY THERIAC ADVISED THAT IF THE AERIAL FIRE TRUCK WERE SOLD, THE CITY COULD TAKE AN AGRESSIVE POSITION AND USE THE FIRE IMPACT FEES TO PAY OFF THE DEBT INCURRED FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE AND THE BUILDING TO HOUSE THE VEHICLE. ITEM 8.. HEARING ON RE: SEREVISED CING SPECIAL TING FOR PUBLIC COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IT WAS NOTED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDED TO SCHEDULE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PRIOR TO TRANSMITTING IT TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA. THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 24TH, AT 7;30 P.M. AGENDA THIS ITEM FOR TUESDAY. IONTO ITEM 9• RDI�DISCUSS SZCOLLECTIVE ZBARGAININGFOR FOR CTHEVBLUE COLLAR WORKERS MR. NICHOLAS EXPLAINED MR. SEVOR, WHO WAS REPRESENTING THE BLUE COLLAR WORKERS IN THE NEGOTIATIONS, WOULD BE OUT OF TOWN FOR MOST OF THE MONTH OF APRIL. THE COUNCIL MEMBERS DECIDED NOT TO SET THE DATE FOR THE EXECUTIVE SESSION UNTIL SOMETIME IN APRIL. DISCUSSION DISCUSSION WAS HELD ON THE OPINION FROM THE CITY AUDITORS, DOBSON, BJERNING AND DUFFY, REGARDING THE LIBRARY TAX REVENUE. A COPY OF THE LETTER IS ATTACHED TO THESE MINUTES. COUNCIL REVIEWED THE PROPOSED SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE RFP'S FOR THE ENGINEER AND DESZGNWORR FOR COLUMBIA DRIVE. AGENDA THIS ITEM. FOR TUESDAY. DISCUSSION WAS HELD ON THE PROPOSED EMERGENCY FIRE SIGNAL AT THE INTERSECTION OF AIA AND JACKSON AVENUE. MR. NICHOLAS ADVISED THAT MONEY FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE SIGNAL COULD COME OUT OF THE LOCAL OPTION GAS TAX REVENUE. AGENDA THIS ITEM FOR TUESDAY. CITY COUNCIL WJRKS;UP MEETING KU= 10, 1988 PAGE 3 OF 4 MR. NICHOLAS EXPLAINED THAT THE 2,000 GALLON REGULAR GAS TANK HAD DEVELOPED A LEAK. SINCE IT HAD BEEN REPAIRED ONCE BEFORE, IT WAS HIS OPINION THAT THE CITY SHOULD NOT EXPEND ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS ON IT AND CONTINUE OPERATIONS OUT OF ONE TANK. COUNCIL CONCURRED. MR. NICHOLAS NOTED THAT HE HAD RESUBMITTED THE GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE TWO ADDITIONAL DUNE CROSSOVERS (ONE TO THE NORTH OF CANAVERAL SANDS AND ONE AT HARBOR HEIGHTS). MR. NICHOLAS ALSO NOTED THAT HE HAD CONTACTED THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE REGARDING THE PLANS OF OUR SISTER CITY TO SEND A DELEGATION OF 200 PEOPLE TO VISIT US. HE EXPLAINED THAT WHEN DEFINATE PLANS ARE ESTABLISHED, WE ARE TO NOTIFY THEM. THEY INDICATED THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WOULD HELP DEFRAY THE COST OF THE VISIT. MRS. LESSER EXPLAINED THAT THE CITY HAD PURCHASED A VIDEO FROM THE INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT REGARDING ETHICS AND THE PUBLIC OFFICIAL. SHE ASKED IF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW THIS AFTER ONE OF, THEIR MEETINGS. THEY INDICATED THAT WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW IT INDIVIDUALLY. THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 8:55 P.M. ET B. LEE ER ITY CLERK t 44 ayt aF E v a ` H � 4, CITY OOUNCm WORK.w MEETING MARCH 10, 1988 PAGE 4 OF 4 IS- IFooPD March 10, 1988 Honorable Mayor. Patrick T. Lee City of Cape Canaveral 105 Polk Avenue Cape Canaveral, Florida 32920 Dear Mayor Lee: We have been asked to provide the City with certain information regarding the purposes for which the special ad valorem taxes for beautification projects can be spent within the limitations of the voter -approved referendum. The City's Ordinance No. 23-86 contains no definition or language that defines, describes,or limits what the City can expend the special ad valorem taxes on except for the words "beautification projects." The City Council has the authority and responsibility to establish the policies and procedures necessary to ensure that the voter -approved taxes are spent to accordance with the intent of the electorate when the referendum was passed. The City Council should establish a definition of "beautification Projects" to include direct costs of those projects as well as to provide for allowable costs that indirectly benefit the overall beautification goals of the City. Expenditures for the beautification projects, including major program areas, should be identified and budgeted. Suggested purposes of these expenditures could be: o landscaping improvements in public areas o maintenance of public areas o promotion of programs to educate the public and induce volunteers to assist in beautification projects o support of area beautification efforts DOBSON, BJERNING & DUFFEY CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS CW 4,U1n.lrNG.Cwnw • M,IH.rn., iL!}I01 1x1f1 rnuA ltl Mpnel""wnw.M.nH, 1.1W.CL 11C!! 1xl1!!!„A tAlC.W„nuglon A-- III fLAICC pCy MCA% March 10, 1988 Honorable Mayor. Patrick T. Lee City of Cape Canaveral 105 Polk Avenue Cape Canaveral, Florida 32920 Dear Mayor Lee: We have been asked to provide the City with certain information regarding the purposes for which the special ad valorem taxes for beautification projects can be spent within the limitations of the voter -approved referendum. The City's Ordinance No. 23-86 contains no definition or language that defines, describes,or limits what the City can expend the special ad valorem taxes on except for the words "beautification projects." The City Council has the authority and responsibility to establish the policies and procedures necessary to ensure that the voter -approved taxes are spent to accordance with the intent of the electorate when the referendum was passed. The City Council should establish a definition of "beautification Projects" to include direct costs of those projects as well as to provide for allowable costs that indirectly benefit the overall beautification goals of the City. Expenditures for the beautification projects, including major program areas, should be identified and budgeted. Suggested purposes of these expenditures could be: o landscaping improvements in public areas o maintenance of public areas o promotion of programs to educate the public and induce volunteers to assist in beautification projects o support of area beautification efforts Honorable Mayor Patrick T. Lee City of Cape Canaveral Page two The Beautification Projects Fund is a voter-approved Special Revenue Fund. As such, the City should not use beautification funds for normal maintenance of City facilities or for other activities and projects which should be expended through the General Fund or the Sewer Enterprise Fund. For example, you may wish to landscape the area around the sewer plant. However, in governmental fund accounting, the Sewer Enterprise Fund should incur all such costs. We are happy to be of assistance to the City. If additional information is needed, please call Very Vdiy yours, DDOBSON. BJERNING d DUFFEY &'`L Euge�K. Bjer g EKB:ms:smt