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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 09-14-1989 Workshop 0 0 • CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING SEPTEMBER 14, 1989 A Workshop Meeting of the Cape Canaveral City Council was held on September 14, 1989 at the City Hall Annex, 111 Polk Avenue, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Mayor Salamone called the meeting to order at 7:36 P.M. Members Present Joy Salamone Mayor Bob Hoog Mayor Pro Tem Rocky Randels Council Member Ann Thurm Council Member Members Absent Jeff Kidd Council Member Others Present Leo Nicholas City Manager Jim Theriac City Attorney Janet Leeser City Clerk 1 . Discussion Re: Purchase of Additional Land for Cheri Down Park Mr. Nicholas introduced Ms. Gwen Heller who was representing Brevard County. Ms. Heller explained that the County was- inter- ested in purchasing the tract of land immediately north of Cheri Down Park for park expansion but that they did not have the nec- essary funds, and was therefore asking the City to pay fifty percent of the purchase price. Although she could not disclose the amount of the appraised value of the land she advised that the City' s share would be between $400, 000 and $500, 000 . Mrs. Thurm voiced the opinion that the City should not consider pur- chasing the property. Mr. Randels spoke in favor of assisting the County. Mr. John Osman, a resident of Canaveral Sands spoke in favor of the County purchasing the property but not using City funds. Discussion followed. Mr. Nicholas was directed to contact the County about the possibility of negotiating the amount of percentage that they would be willing to accept from the City. 2 . Ordinance No. 12-89 Amending the Zoning Regulations by allowing Car Washes in a C-1 Zone by Special Exception (Second Reading and Public Hearing on 9-19) Agenda this item for Tuesday. 3 . Ordinance No. 14-89 Amending City Charter . Article III, Section 1 , Qualifications of Mayor and Councilmen (First Reading and Public Hearing on 9-19) Mr. Theriac advised that he needed to do more research on this item and requested it be removed from the agenda. 4 . Resolution No. 89-52 Adopting Millage Rate Mr. Nicholas recapped the millage rate that the Resolution would adopt. Agenda this item for Tuesday. CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING SEPTMBER 14, 1989 PAGE 1 OF 4 0 5 . Resolution No. 89-53 Adopting Annual Budget for FY 1989-90 Mr. Nicholas noted the total budget for all funds was $3 .97 mil- lion dollars. Mrs. Harrison questioned the amount of the animal control budget and was informed it was $25 , 160.00. Agenda this item for Tuesday. 6 . Resolution No. 89-54 Agreement with Cape Canaveral Volun- teer Fire Department for Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services Mr. Nicholas advised that the proposed contract called for the City to pay 50% of the insurance costs and that Port Canaveral would be paying the other 50%, thereby saving both the City and the Port money by eliminating double coverage. Discussion fol- lowed. Agenda this item for Tuesday. 7 . Resolution No. 89-55 Agreement with Western Waste Indus- tries for Garbage and Rubbish Collection and Recycling Solid Waste Mr. Theriac advised that the City could legally enter into a five year agreement with Western Waste. Several areas of the proposed- contract were discussed, including scavenging of recy- cled materials, the 60 day termination clause, providing an escape clause for poor service , and providing for a periodical sweep of the City to remove debris from vacant lots, etc. Agenda this item. Discussion was held on the recycling program. Mr.. Gillean of Western Waste advised that the proposed plan would include all 2 , 150 residential customers. Discussion was held on whether or not to include trailer parks. It was decided to start the recy- cling program on November 6th, with the bins being delivered on October 30th. The color of bins was not determined. 8. Resolution No. 89-56 Appointing Mitch Goldman as Deputy City Attorney Mr. Theriac requested that Mr. Goldman be appointed as Deputy attorney in order to assist with the Code Enforcement Board as needed. Agenda this item for. Tuesday. 9 . Resolution No. 89-57 Reappointment of Zoning Board of Ad- justment Members Agenda this item. 10 . Resolution No. 89-58 Reappointment of Library Board Member Agenda this item. 11 . Resolution No. 89-59 Reappointment of Code Enforcement Board Members The question was raised whether or not Mr. Don Arabian, who had qualified for a Council Seat, could be reappointed to this Board. Mr. Theriac will research the issue before Tuesday. 12 . Resolution No. 89-60 Reappointment of Recreation Board Members Mrs . Leeser advised that Sandy Butler had resigned from the Board since she will be moving out of the area. Mrs. Leeser CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING SEPTMBER 14, 1989 PAGE 2 OF 4 O . O also explained that the Recreation Board had requested Larry Leonhardi be removed from the Board for non-attendance at meetings . Agenda a separate Resolution for this item. 13 . Resolution No. 89-61 Appointment of Construction Board of Adjustments and Appeals Member Mrs . Leeser explained although this Board had not met in the past two years, that it was important to keep it current because when an appeal is filed a meeting must be called within ten days . She further advised that Mr. Russell Lloyd did not wish to be reappointed and that Mr. Hank Lemerize had submitted a letter requesting appointment to the Board. Agenda this item for Tuesday. - 14. Discussion Re: Amending Animal Control Regulations Mr. Theriac noted that he needed some direction from Council as to how they wished to proceed with amending the animal control regulations . Mr. Wes Fox, Animal Control Officer, addressed the Council on this issue. Discussion followed. This item will be placed on the next workshop agenda. Some members of the audience, including Mr. & Mrs. Erton, Mrs. Harrison-, Mr. Lamar Russell, Mr. Wade Harris and Ms . Ruth Declue, voiced concern over the manner in which Mr. Fox was en- forcing the Ordinance, specifically by going on private property to do so. Mr . Hoog spoke in support of the method that Mr. Fox was using to enforce the Ordinance. Mr. Nicholas suggested that Mr. Fox and Mr. Theriac meet to discuss how the Ordinance should be enforced. A report will be given at Tuesday' s meeting. 15. Discussion Re : Volunteer Board Member Dinner Mrs. Leeser advised that the Board Member Dinner would be held on October 28th and requested an item be placed on Tuesday' s agenda authorizing the dinner. Agenda this item. 16 . Discussion Re: Upgrading Public Address System in Council Chambers Mr. Nicholas advised that the City Clerk had obtained some quotes to upgrade the public address system since it had not been working properly in recent months . Discussion followed. Agenda this item for Tuesday. 17. Discussion Re: Budget Transfers Mr. Nicholas recapped the changes in the revenue figures . Mr. Randels suggested not reviewing the nine pages of changes unless someone had a specific question. Mrs. Leeser noted that some money would have to be transferred from contingency to legis- lative capital items to cover the purchase of the public address system. Agenda this item for Tuesday. 18. City Manager ' s Report Mr. Nicholas reported on the water restrictions; library circu- lation; and the Sheriff Department 's patrol hours. He also gave a brief report on a Growth Management Seminar that he, along with Mr. Randels, Mr. Russell, Mr. Porter and Mr. Morgan had attended. CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING SEPTMBER 14, 1989 PAGE 3 OF 4 0 0 DISCUSSION Mr. Theriac reported that Jack Malone had filed an appeal on the Code Enforcement Board' s decision regarding daily rentals. Ms. Evelyn Hutcherson, Code Enforcement Officer, requested that the Council consider adopting the proposed Ordinance prohibiting beekeeping prior to rewriting the entire Animal Control Ordi- nance. Discussion followed. Agenda this item for Tuesday. There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 10 :40 P.M. J net S. Leeser City Clerk CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING SEPTMBER 14, 1989 PAGE 4 OF 4