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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 01-12-1989 Workshop o a CAPE CANAVERAL CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING JANUARY 12, 1989 A Workshop Meeting of the Cape Canaveral City Council was held on January 12 , 1989 at the City Hall Annex, 111 Polk Avenue, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Mayor Salamone called the meeting to order at 7:35 P.M. Members Present Joy Salamone Mayor Bob Hoog Mayor Pro Tem Jeff Kidd Council Member Rocky Randels Council Member Others Present Leo Nicholas City Manager Jim Theriac City Attorney Jan Leeser City Clerk Members Absent Steve Miller Council Member 1. Discussion Re: Acceptance of 1987-88 Annual Audit Report Mr . Gene Bjerning and Ms . Marilyn Swichkow from the auditing firm of Dobson, Bjerning and Duffey were in attendance. Mr . Bjerning recapped the Internal Control System Report; the compliance on material items; and the Management Letter . He advised there were no problems and that the City was in good shape. He complimented the Finance Director, Bennett Boucher; City Manager, Leo Nicholas ; and, City Clerk, Jan Leeser, for a job well done . There being no questions on the audit, the Mayor asked that the item be placed on the agenda for Tuesday. 2. Discussion Re: Approval of Beautification Board's Revised Bylaws Discussion was held on the Board's revised bylaws. Specific areas that were addressed were changing the "Treasurer" to the Vice- President ; deleting the reference to the Aesthetic Ordinance because enforcement comes under Code Enforcement; deleting the reference to the Board recommending Board members to the City Council. Discussion followed. The Beautification Board was directed to make the above revisions to the bylaws and then resubmit them to the Council. Mrs. Alicia Brittian , a member of the Beautification Board, re- quested that the Council also amend Chapter 251 of the Code of Ordinances to reflect the changes in the By-laws. 3. Discussion Re: Establishing Fireworks Regulations It was explained that the Sheriff's Department had requested these regulations be adopted. Discussion followed. Agenda an ordinance for First Reading for Tuesday. 4. Discussion Re: Amending Chapter 671 to Adopt Sewer Rates by Resolution and to adjust annually based on the Consumer Price Index Mr . Nicholas explained that this method of sewer rate increases would be in line with the garbage rate increases which were 2% last year . He further noted that the last sewer rate increase was CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING JANUARY 12, 1989 PAGE 1 OF 2 0 0 three years ago and was over 50%. Discussion followed. Agenda an Ordinance for First Reading for Tuesday. 5. Discussion Re: Widening AlA Mr . Nicholas requested input from the Council in order to respond to DOT ' s letter regarding the proposed six-laning of AlA . No action required on this item. 6. Discussion Re : Appointment of Regular Member to the Beautification Board Mr . Nicholas noted that the Beautification Board had requested the Mayor agenda the appointment of Patricia Cano to the Board . Agenda a Resolution for Tuesday. 7. Discussion Re: Appointment of Regular Member to Recreation Board Mr . Randels suggested Mr. Harvey Renshaw be moved into the regular member position and Mr . Craig Van Cott be appointed as first alternate member. Agenda a Resolution for Tuesday. 8. Discussion Re: Library Grand Opening Mr . Nicholas advised that the Library Board would like to schedule the Grand Opening of the new library for March 4th. Mayor Sal- amone noted that was opening day of Little League and suggested the Library Grand Opening be held on March 11th . Discussion ' followed. No action required on this item. DISCUSSION Mrs. Leeser noted that the Planning and Zoning Board had approved a plat for Sea Monica II at their meeting the night before . Agenda a Resolution on this item for Tuesday. Mr . Nicholas advised that he and Jim Theriac and John Schock, Planner with Briley , Wild and Associates , would travel to Tallahassee on January 26th for a meeting with DCA to discuss the non-compliance of the Comprehensive Plan. Mr . Kidd suggested that the City look into hiring a consultant to do an analysis of the Recreation operation and also consider hiring a Grant Specialist. Discussion followed. Mr . Henry Blackburn , John Porter ' s partner in the produce business, addressed the City Council and requested they be allowed to sell their produce on the vacant lot adjacent to Galaxy Station, out of a trailer Mr . Blackburn built. Mr . Theriac ad- vised that the Occupational License ordinance was amended to disallow mobile vendors and the only way to allow Mr . Blackburn and Mr . Porter to conduct the business in the manner they wanted to was to amend the Ordinance to allow mobile vendors. Discussion followed . There was no support from Council for amending the Occupational License Ordinance. Mr. Blackburn was advised to con- sult the Building Official if he wished to put in a permanent facility for the retail sale of the produce. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:23 P.M. d J et S. Leeser City Clerk CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING JANUARY 12, 1989 PAGE 2 OF 2 IZe c • - 4) 447o )7tt2 Q FILE COPY MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Joy Salamone FROM: Marlene Woodside , Chairperson Beautification Board s RE : Patricia Cano , Board Applicant The Council ' s rejection of Patricia Cano ' s application to serve on _the Beautification Board was discussed during a Special Board Meeting on January 24, 1989. ' As a result of this , it is now apparent that Public state- ments made by certain Councilmen were suspect and demand clarification. Two Councilmen said they could not vote- for approval of Ms . Cano ' s appointment because Beautification Board members had contacted them saying they did not want her on the Board . Conversely, during our meeting each Board member *categorically denied ever having any contact with any Councilman regarding Ms . Cano ' s application. In order to resolve this embarassing situation the Councilmen involved must now come forth with pertinent facts to support their statements of January 17, 1989, or they should publicly apologize to Ms . Cano and the Beautification Board . As it now stands , the latter seems appropriate. *Randels Cline Brittai; Hutchinson Woodside , Chairperson (!) ci t Sat-g-A4ro )11.44=1, FILE COPY Y January 29, 1989 To: Mayor Joy Salamone From: Patricia Cano, resident of Cape Canaveral, Florida Re: Application rejection .for the Be�-:utification :�oard. _Q My applic:tion for 'the Beautification Board was wonk-shopped January 12, 1989,1989 before a full Council and four members of the Beautification Board. Not one word of dissent or concern was heard. On January 17,1989, you made a motion to appoint me to the Board; four council mem- . hers remained mute, thus the motion was killed. I asked to address the Council to question their action. Various remarks were made but the most damaging were the re- • marks from Councilman Steve Miller and. Jeff Kidd. They said they had been contacted by members of the Board who indicated they would not want me as a member. I asked them to name the complaining members..they would not. Betty Hutchinson, a Board member also addressed Council and asked for an explanation because she had not spoken • to any member of Council regarding my appointment. When Ms. Hutchinson asked again for an explanation, Councilman Miller said:" I would rather not name the members". . Councilman Kidd said: "I wouldn't want them to get in hot water by naming them". • During a Special Meeting January 24, 1989, my dilemma was discussed. Each and every • Board member; Judy Randels, Alicia Brittain, Gerry Cline, Betty Hutchinson and Chair- person Marlene Woodside denied emphatically that they had ever contacted any Council member regarding my appointment to the Beautification Board. Ms. Woodside is sending you a letter re: the Board's concern about being implicated in this unfortunate matter. Now- T (1,,srve an answer as to who or whom is zesponsible fcr this contrived effort to discredit me. I am a respected member of the Cape Canaveral community and a professional employee of Lockheed Corp. • The treatment of a volunteer applicant; namely: Patricia Cano has been: (1) dishonest (2) discourteous (3) illegal. I trust 'that you will bring this to the Council's attention February 2, 1989. • Patricia Cano • cc: (5)