HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 01-19-2010 WorkshopCITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING
CAPE CANAVERAL LIBRARY MEETING ROOM
201 Polk Avenue, West Entrance
Tuesday
January 19, 2010
5:30 PM
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER: The Chair called the Meeting to Order at 5:30 P.M.
ROLL CALL:
Council Members Present:
Council Member Bob Hoog
Mayor Pro Tem Buzz Petsos
Mayor Rocky Randels
Council Member Shannon Roberts
Council Member Betty Walsh
Others Present:
Acting City Manager Angela M. Apperson
City Attorney Anthony Garganese (arrived 5:34 p.m.)
Public Works Director Walter Bandish
Building Official Todd Morley
Planning and Development Director Barry Brown
City Engineer John Pekar
Acting City Clerk Mia Goforth
DISCUSSION:
1. Continue Review of the Cape Caribe Development Project: Mayor Randels
briefly summarized what was discussed and decided at the previous workshop on
January 5, 2010 involving five proposals that were submitted regarding the Binding
Development Agreement between the City of Cape Canaveral and Cape Caribe, Inc.;
three of which were decided upon: the duration and phasing of the project, landscaping
and the tree mitigation and concurrency reservation. The two remaining issues to be
discussed being the sidewalk easement on Shorewood Avenue and the stormwater
design and drawdown plan.
A presentation of the remaining issues was made by Mr. Ken Ward and Mr. John
Grandlich of Cape Caribe Ron Jon Resort and Towne Realty. Discussion ensued and
included duration and phasing of the sidewalk construction, possible impact fee
exemption, maintenance of the sidewalks, 45 foot gap owned by Villages of Seaport,
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legal description illustration, the easement on Coastal Fuel's property, stormwater
management, Tropical Storm Faye, the emergency drawdown plan being above and
beyond the requirements of the code, how the Proposed Emergency Plan would work,
on -going maintenance for the system, when the emergency drawdown system would
start and why, costs, Port Canaveral's roll in the plan, the Department of Environmental
Protection (DEP) application and permit, water quality and treatment volume, permit
volumes being sufficient enough to include additional five acres of undeveloped land
owned by Cape Caribe, Inc., the City stormwater system having been overwhelmed
during Tropical Storm Faye, who should be responsible for the costs of flooding in
Solana Lakes and surrounding communities, preventative measures planned by the
DEP, and the need to think beyond the Cape Caribe Development regarding future
flooding in the City. A motion was made by Ms. Roberts and seconded by Mayor
Pro Tem Hoog to take the sidewalk easement agreement out of the equation of
the Binding Development Agreement. Mr. Petsos requested clarification and Mr.
Ward confirmed that by taking out the sidewalk easement agreement Cape Caribe, Inc.
would sign all of the other agreements. More discussion ensued and included the pros
and cons of taking out the sidewalk easement agreement. The motion carried 5 -0 with
voting as follows: Mayor Pro Tem Hoog, For; Mr. Petsos, For; Mayor Randels,
For; Ms. Roberts, For and Ms. Walsh, For.
More discussion ensued and included the desire of Cape Caribe, Inc./Towne Realty to
move forward with the approval process, drafting an agreement for the next Planning
and Zoning Board Meeting and the first City Council Meeting after that, the DEP
permitting process and Council's ability to review the stormwater management and draw
down plan in the event the DEP denies the permit, Council going forward with the
agreement contingent upon approval by the DEP; developing workable solutions to the
issues raised by the community around Cape Caribe Ron Jon Resort and designating
one representative from the Solana Lakes Homeowners' Association to be the contact
between the Solana Lakes and the DEP.
Clarification was made by Planning and Development Director Barry Brown that the Site
Plan alone would go before the Planning and Zoning Board for approval and, according
to Florida Statutes, there must be two Public Hearings for the Binding Development
Agreement. Consensus was reached to have the two hearings for the Binding
Development Agreement go before the City Council rather than one before the
Planning and Zoning Board and the other before the City Council for approval.
ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business, the Meeting adjourned at 7:04 P.M.
Mia Goforth, Acting City Clerk
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