HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 02-02-1988CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
FEBRUARY 2, 1988
A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE
CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, WAS HELD ON FEBRUARY 2, 1988 AT THE CITY HALL
ANNEX, 111 POLK AVENUE, CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA. THE MEETING WAS
CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:30 P.M. BY MAYOR PATRICK LEE. INVOCATION
AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WERE LED BY MAYOR LEE.
THE ROLL WAS CALLED BY THE CITY CLERK. OFFICIALS PRESENT
WERE MAYOR PATRICK LEE,MAYOR PRO TEM ROBERT HOOG, COUNCIL
MEMBERS JEFF KIDD, STEVE MILLER AND ROCKY RANDELS. ALSO PRESENT
WERE CITY MANAGER, LEO NICHOLAS) CITY ATTORNEY, JIM THERIAC AND
CITY CLERK, JAN LEESER.
MR. HOOG MOVED TO FOREGO THE READING OF THE MINUTES OF THE
REGULAR MEETING OF JANUARY 19, 1988 AND THE SPECIAL MEETING OF
JANUARY 25, 1988 AND TO APPROVE THEM AS WRITTEN. MR. RANDELS
SECONDED MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
ITEM 1. MOTION RE: ACCEPTANCE OF 1986-887 ANNUAL AUDIT
REPORT
MR. GENE BJERNING AND MS. LARK, HAUSELL FROM THE AUDIT FIRM
OF DOBSON,BJERNING AND DUFFEY, WERE IN ATTENDANCE AND ADDRESSED
SOME CONCERNS RAISED BY MAYOR LEE. AFTER DISCUSSION, MR. RANDELS
MOVED TO ACCEPT THE ANNUAL AUDIT. MR. KIDD SECONDED MOTION.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
ILD AND
CIATES
ITEM 2. TOTDO DESIGN WORKOFORICOLUMBIA DRIVE STREET
REPAIR
PROJECT
MR. NICHOLAS ADVISED THAT BRILEY, WILD AND ASSOCIATES HAD
' MAILED THE QUOTE TO THE CITY, BUT HE HAD NOT RECEIVED IT AT THIS
TIME. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED.
MR. KIDD MOVED TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM. MR. HOOG SECONDED
MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
NEW BUSINESS
ITEM 1.FOR OCOLUMBIA DRIVE STREETCRIBING REPAIR PROJECTENT CRITERIA
MAYOR LEE READ THE TITLE OF THE RESOLUTION AS FOLLOWS:
CITY COUNCIL IMMAR MEETING
FEBFWM 2, 1988
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A RESOLUTION PRESCRIBING ASSESSMENT
CRITERIA TO BE USED IN ASSESSING LAND
OWNERS UNDER THE CITY'S COLUMBIA DRIVE
STREET REPAIR PROJECT; ESTABLISHING
METHOD OF PAYMENT; PROVIDING AN EFFECT-
IVE DATE.
MR. RANDELS MOVED FOR ADOPTION. MR. XIDD SECONDED MOTION.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. MAYOR LEE EXPLAINED THAT 25% OF THE
COST OF THE PROJECT WOULD BE PAID BY THE CITY, WITH THE REMAINING
759 BEING ASSESSED TO THE AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS.
ITEM 2. RESOLUTION NO. 88-4 CONTRACT WITH BREVARD COUNTY FOR
LIBRARY SERVICES
MAYOR LEE READ THE TITLE OF THE RESOLUTION AS FOLLOWS:
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR
AND .THE CITY CLERK TO ENTER INTO AN
AGREEMENT WITH THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF BREVARD COUNTY,
FLORIDA, TO PROVIDE LIBRARY SERVICES
TO THE CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL; PROVID-
INGAN EFFECTIVE DATE.
MR. RANDELS MOVED .FOR ADOPTION. MR. KIDD SECONDED MOTION.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM 3. MOTION RE: APPROVAL OF POLICY FOR USE OF MEETING
CONFERENCE ROOM AT NEW LIBRARY
MR. MOOG SO MOVED. MR. KIDD SECONDED MOTION. DISCUSSION
FOLLOWED.MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM 4. MOTION RE: APPOINTING REPRESENTATIVE TO BANANA
RIVER LAGOON ACTION COMMITTEE
MR. KIDD MOVED TO APPOINT ROCKY RANDELS AS THE CITY'S REPRE-
SENTATIVE. MR. HOOG SECONDED MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUS-
LY.
DISCUSSION
MAYOR LEE ASKED THE CITY ATTORNEY IF THE COUNCIL SHOULD
CONSIDER AN ADD-ON ITEM REGARDING THE SPECIAL DINNER MEETING TO
BE HELD AT THE PIER HOUSE ON FEBRUARY 9, 1988, IN HONOR OF THE
OFFICIALS FROM THE SISTER CITY OF GUIDONIA, ITALY. MR. THERIAC
ADVISED SINCE NO OFFICIAL CITY BUSINESS WOULD BE CONDUCTED AT THE
DINNER, IT SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING.
MAYOR LEE GAVE A BRIEF HISTORY OF HOW THE SISTER CITY PROGRAM
WITH GUIDONIA CAME TO BE AND THE ACTIVITIES PLANNED.
MR. RANDELS GAVE A REPORT ON THE STATUS OF THE SAND TRANSFER
PLANT AT THE PORT AND NOTED THAT IT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY THREE
YEARS BEFORE THE PLANT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED.
CITY COUNCIL RDUHAR MEETING
FEBRUARY 2, 1988
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MR. NICHOLAS ASKED THE COUNCIL FOR DIRECTION REGARDING THE
LANE WIDTH AND TYPE OF CURBING FOR THE COLUMBIA DRIVE STREET
REPAIR PROJECT. IT WAS THE CONSENSUS OF COUNCIL THAT THE LANES
SHOULD BE 18 FEET WIDE WITH HEADER CURBING.
MR. NICHOLAS ALSO. NOTED THAT THE FIRST MEETING OF UNION
NEGOTIATIONS WOULD BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 11TH.
MR. NICHOLAS ADVISED COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HE HAD WRITTEN A
MEMORANDUM TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT REGARDING SPECIAL
I EXCEPTION87-11, ALLOWING ON -PREMISE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES AT RICH'S RESTAURANT. IT WAS MR. NICHOLAS' CONTENTION
THAT RICH'S RESTAURANT WAS IN VIOLATION OF THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION
BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT RECEIVED THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR
THEIR ADDITION. MR. HOOG. QUESTIONED THE ADVISIBILITY OF THE
MEMORANDUM BECAUSE OF THE LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST THE CITY BY MR.
RICH. MR. THERIAC EXPLAINED THAT MR. NICHOLAS HAD CONFERRED WITH
HIM PRIOR TO WRITING THE MEMORANDUM. HE FURTHER NOTED THAT MR.
RICH COULD PAY THE CONTESTED IMPACT FEE TO THE COURTS, TO BE HELD
IN ESCROW, WHILE THE LAWSUIT WAS HEARD, THUS ENABLING MR. RICH TO
OBTAIN HIS CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED.
MR. THERIAC ADVISED THAT THE CITY HAD RECEIVED CORRESPOND-
ENCE .FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION REGARDING
BURNING OF THE BEACHED SHRIMP BOAT; THEY WILL ADVISE THE CITY
WHEN THE SHRIMP BOAT WILL BE BURNED.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED
AT 8:27 P.M.
APPROVED THIS 16th DAY OF ' , 1988.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
C Y CLERK
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEEPSNG
FEBRUARY 2, 1988
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