HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 04-13-2010 WkshpCITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING
CAPE CANAVERAL LIBRARY MEETING ROOM
201 Polk Avenue, West Entrance
TUESDAY
April 13, 2010
5:30 PM
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER: The Chair called the Meeting to Order at 5:40 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 Apperson
Planning and Development Dir. Barry Brown
City Treasurer Andrea Bowers
Building Official Todd Morley
Acting City Clerk Mia Goforth
DISCUSSION:
1. Strategic Planning (AKA Goals and Objectives): Acting City Manager Angela
Apperson presented a PowerPoint spreadsheet incorporating the City's Vision
Statement; page five of the spreadsheet required a reprint and was revised that day.
Ms. Apperson also suggested that the items on the spreadsheet be ranked according to
priority of what can be achieved this following year and what items can be pursued in
the years to come. How these goals and objectives were decided on and how they are
funded were discussed. The Strategic Planning document was described by City
Treasurer Andrea Bowers as a compilation of the efforts of the City and the department
heads over the last few years in addition to the Vision Statement.
Discussion ensued and included how the Plan was laid out, the time frame in which it
would be accomplished, the specific topics included in the Plan; the way in which the
Plan would be carried out; how the roles and responsibilities of all the Advisory Boards
are clearly laid out and do not overlap. Ms. Apperson advised that in order to
accomplish goals, the Staff needs to work as a focused and congruent team and Staff
also has to think interdepartmentally. More discussion ensued and included Information
Technology infrastructure and management concerns, monthly maintenance work
schedules and the need for a dedicated cost for this maintenance; tracking costs and
maintenance of vehicles in the City; Waste Pro and the hope of a green city and
standards for such. Mayor Randels commended Ms. Apperson and all of those involved
for coming up with a document that accurately illustrates a long term plan of
accomplishments that is also conscious of setting money aside to attain these goals. He
also mentioned that this Plan is similar to a way a business would be run and that it is a
completely different approach compared to what has been done in the past.
Discussion continued regarding the Redevelopment Action Plan, funding, the need for
collaborative effort from Council; the top 3-5 actions per category need to be chosen;
the need for Council share what they value which could be a two-line statement;
personnel and accountability, benefit plans, and the making of a category of employees.
The Council reached consensus to add another category entitled: "Efficient and
Effective Organization." Discussion continued regarding organizational structure. The
Council reached consensus for Staff to come back and create the Action Item.
Discussion ensued and included how Council needs to identify its priorities and its
strategies need to be more targeted; in order to enhance City services, Council needs to
get input from citizens that Staff does not receive; how strategies are not set in stone
and will change as time goes on; how there needs to be a general agreement, establish
goals, leave strategies and action items alone for the Staff to see; and how/when money
becomes available, there will be a plan laid out to reach that goal; to focus on Vision
Statements and Goals, options, and a time line. The Council reached a consensus to
have more definitive goals for the Staff; and that there needs to be page by page
strategies and that the Council needs to focus on those strategy items page by
page: Business: page 1 of 6: Yes, page 2 of 6 Yes, page 3 of 6 Yes, page 4 of 6
Yes. Discussion ensued about different aspects of the Economic Development Plan and
refining what a tourist destination means. Council reached consensus on Business:
mixed use - page 5 and 6 Yes. Discussion continued regarding mixed-use, farmers
market and vendors, reconsideration of the minimum lot size and number of rooms for
hotel and modern hotel development standards and the value of minimum acreage;
research of mom and pop motels and the City's decision to require the specific rules on
hotel and commercial density; the pros and cons of smaller hotels. Council reached
consensus that there is no need to reconsider commercial density and that they are not
in favor of downsizing hotel requirements. The item was moved to the "Action" column,
changed to explore.
Discussion ensued and included possible legislation on CRA's (Community
Redevelopment Agencies); Planning and Development Director Barry Brown agreed to
bring back information regarding such; impact façades, how a mainstreet really is a
towncenter, brownfields, code enforcement activities and how they were identified in the
Visioning, A1A Development Corridor.
Council reached consensus to have a 5:30 workshop on Tuesday, April 20, 2010
to discuss the items further.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the Meeting adjourned at 7:38 P.M.
Mia Goforth, Acting City Clerk