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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 02-01-1990 Workshop 0 . 0 CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING FEBRUARY 1 , 1990 A Workshop Meeting of the Cape Canaveral City Council was held on February 1 , 1990 at the City Hall Annex, 111 Polk Avenue, Cape Canaveral, Florida. The meeting was called to order at 7 : 30 P.M. by Mayor Pro Tem Ann Thurm. She announced that Mayor Salamone would be arriving later in the meeting. Members Present Joy Salamone Mayor Ann Thurm Mayor Pro Tem Don Arabian Council Member John Porter - Council Member Rocky Randels Council Member Others Present Leo Nicholas City Manager Jim Theriac City Attorney Jan Leeser City Clerk 1 . Discussion Re : 1988-89 Annual Audit Report Mrs. Thurm introduced Mr . Gene Bjerning of the auditing firm of Dobson, Bjerning, Duffey & Rosenfield, who conducted the City' s audit. Mr . Bjerning introduced Ms . Lark Janes and Ms. Marilyn Swichkow; who had done the on-site work on the audit. Ms. Janes presented slides depicting the City's revenue and expenditures. A question and answer period followed on various aspects of the audit. Agenda this item for Tuesday. At this time Mrs . Thurm called for a five-minute recess. The meeting was reconvened at 8: 17 P.M. 2. Resolution No. 90-4 Interlocal Agreement with Brevard County for Transportation Impact Fees Mr. Nicholas explained that subsequent to this item being placed on the agenda, the City had received correspondence from Brevard County regarding a Dual City-County Transportation Impact Fee. Mr. Nicholas suggested this item be postponed until further information is received from the County. 3. Resolution No. 90-5 Requesting Support for the State Man- date Referendum Mr. Theriac advised he had drafted the proposed Resolution at the direction of the Council. Discussion followed. Agenda this item for Tuesday. 4 . Resolution No. 90-6 Plat Approval, Angel 's Isle, Sec 15, Twp 24S, Rge 37E, Replat of Bain's Landing (located on the Banana River at the West End of Central Boulevard) - Emiddio Mariani It was noted that the plat had been approved by the Planning and Zoning Board. Agenda this item for Tuesday. 5 . Resolution No. 90-7 `Establishing Fees for Concurrency Management Review CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING FEBRUARY 1 , 1990 PAGE 1 OF' 4 o Q easement for the road but recommended the right-of-way be purchased prior to the construction of the road. Discussion followed. Mayor Salamone noted she was not in favor of waiving the bid requirements on this item. Agenda permission to advertise for Tuesday. 11 . Discussion Re: Award of Bid No. 89-8, Long Point Road Sewer Extension Mr. Scott Spooner, of Briley, Wild & Associates, was in atten- dance and recommended that the bid be awarded to the low bidder, Vic Lane Construction of Merritt Island. Discussion followed. Agenda a motion for Tuesday. 12 . Discussion Re: City Policy on Sludge Disposal Mr. Nicholas advised that Councilmember Arabian had requested that the sludge be available for the citizens ' use. Mr. Nicholas pointed out that although this was the City' s policy some years ago, at the recommendation of Briley, Wild, it had been discontinued. Mr. Dick Gassett, Director of Engineering with Briley, Wild, addressed the Council on this issue. Discus- sion followed. The question arose whether or not the City could use the sludge for their Beautification Projects. Mr. Gassett advised that he could see no problem with that procedure. Mr . Arabian stated he was opposed to the City using the sludge for this purpose; if it wasn't safe enough to give to the citizens it shouldn't be used at all ._ At this time, Mayor Salamone called for a ten-minute recess. The meeting was reconvened at 10 : 17 P.M. Mayor Salamone request- ed that Item No. 15 be moved up on the agenda. Since there was no opposition, the item was heard at this time. 15. Discussion Re: Establishing Veteran' s Memorial Park in City Mr. Nicholas explained that the VFW and the American Legion were interested in establishing a Memorial Park in the City. Mr. Eric Altonen of the American Legion was in attendance and also addressed Council on this item. Mrs. Thurm noted she was in favor of the idea and suggested the parcel of land located to the north of Washington Avenue would be a good location for the park. Mr . Nicholas noted that at this time the Council only needed to endorse the concept of the park; that the VFW and the American Legion would research the issue and report back to Council with a proposed location. Agenda a motion for Tuesday. 13. Discussion Re: Request for Contribution to the Central Florida Commuter Rail Authority (CFCRA) Mayor Salamone advised that the CFCRA was requesting a $3, 000. 00 contribution from the City. Discussion followed. It was the consensus of Council not to make a donation; however, they would like to be kept abreast of developments. Mr. Porter volunteered to attend their meetings . Mr. Nicholas was directed to respond to their request. Mr. Arabian suggested the City take a position on the proposed line. Discussion followed. It was suggested that Mr. Chuck Rowland of the Port Authority be invited to a future workshop meeting to give a presentation on their future development plans. CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING FEBRUARY 1 , 1990 PAGE 3 OF 4 O O Mr. Morgan presented suggested fees and forms for implementation of the Concurrency Management Review. Discussion followed. Mr. Arabian and Mr. Russell suggested that the cost of establishing the monitoring systems should be incorporated into the review fees. Mr . Nicholas noted he would have something prepared for the next workshop meeting. Mayor Salamone arrived at the meeting at this time and assumed the chair. 6 . Discussion re: Implementing Specific Actions Required by Comprehensive Plan - Mr. Nicholas suggested that special workshop meetings be- sched- uled to address these items . The Council agreed to the following dates for the meetings: February 5, February 27, March 8, March 19 and March 27. All meetings will be held at 7 : 30 P.M: Agenda a: motion on this item for Tuesday. 7. Discussion Re: Renumbering Homes in Villages of Seaport Ms. Evelyn Hutcherson, Code Enforcement Officer, addressed the City Council and explained that the homes in, Villages of Sea- port, Phase I, needed to be renumbered. Discussion followed. Fire Chief, Dave Sergeant, noted that the emergency vehicles were having a problem locating the addresses there. It was the consensus. of Council to proceed with the name changes. 8 . Discussion Re: Expending $. 06 Local Option Gas Tax Revenue Mr. Nicholas reviewed his- memorandum regarding the gas tax monies, -a copy of which is attached hereto. Mr. Nicholas noted he was seeking guidance from the Council for the next budget year. Discussion followed. Mr. Arabian questioned whether or not the monies could be expended for drainage not associated with roads. Mr . Nicholas noted he would look into the matter. Mayor Salamone requested the funds be utilized for additional street lights, especially along A1A. Mr. Arabian suggested the City establish a code stating where the lights should be placed. He further suggested the City look into the purchase of the lights, rather than leasing them from Florida Power and Light. Discussion followed. Mr . Nicholas suggested a representative of Florida Power and Light be . asked to come to a future workshop meeting and give a presentation on street lights. No action required on this item at this time. 9 . Discussion Re: Waiving -Bid Requirements for Design Work for Dune Crossover Project, Phase III Mr. Nicholas advised that the State Statute bid limitation for design work was $5,000. 00 and requested that the City Council waive the City's Bid requirement of $3, 000.00 on this item so the City could proceed as quickly as possible. Mr. Arabian con- tended there was no need to contract for the design of the crossovers and offered his opinion on how they should be constructed. Discussion followed. Agenda this item for Tuesday. - 10. Discussion Re: Waiving Bid Requirements for Engineering Design of Tower Road Mr. Nicholas requested that the City proceed with the engineer- ing design for Tower Road. He noted that the City has an CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING FEBRUARY 1 , 1990 PAGE 2 OF 4 _ Q 14 . Discussion Re: Request to Publish Community Map Mr. Randels pointed out that even though the company publishing the map -stated there would be no expense to the City, it would in fact -cost $868 .00 to mail it to every resident. Discussion followed. Mr. Arabian was in favor of publishing the map. The remainder of the Council were not in favor of it. No action required on this item. 15. Discussion Re: Establishing Veteran 's Memorial Park in City This item was discussed earlier in the meeting. 16. Discussion Re: Hosting League of Cities Meeting Mr . Nicholas advised that in April the City would he the host for the Brevard League of Cities Dinner Meeting. Mr. Porter noted that even though the Galaxy Station would like to host the meeting as they did last year, because of the potential conflict of interest, they could not do so this year . Discussion fol- lowed. Mr. Nicholas will seek additional information to be presented at the next meeting. DISCUSSION Mr. Nicholas advised that a new air conditioner had been purchased for City Hall as an emergency purchase. He requested an item to approve the purchase be placed on Tuesday' s agenda. Mrs . Leeser noted that an Executive Session to discuss the union negotiations needed to be scheduled. February 13th was chosen as the date for the executive session, which will be held at 7: 00 P.M. at City Hall. Mr. Randels noted that Cablevision had installed a video jack at the Library, at no cost to the City. Mr. Arabian distributed a hand-out on a possible water reuse system, and explained his theory of how the system would work. Discussion followed. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11 : 27 P.M. %j J/et Leeser, City Clerk CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING FEBRUARY 1 , 1990 PAGE 4 OF 4