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Home My WebLink About06-29-1995 Regular Meeting• • • CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING June 29, 1995 A Regular Meeting of the Cape Canaveral City Council was held on June 29, 1995, at the City Hall Annex, 111 Polk Avenue, Cape Canaveral, Florida. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 P.M. by Mayor Porter. ROLL CALL: Mayor John Porter Present Mayor Pro Tem Rocky Randels Present Councilmember Arthur Berger Absent Councilmember Leo Nicholas Present Councilmember Buzz Petsos Present City Manager Bennett Boucher Present City Attorney Kohn Bennett Present City Clerk Sandra Sims Present City Treasurer Deborah Haggerty Present Police Department Cmmdr. Dan Wilmer Present Business: 1. Regular City Council Meeting - Minutes of June 20. 1995. Motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Randels, and seconded by Mr. Nicholas to approve the minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of June 20, 1995, as presented. Motion carried with members voting as follows: Councilmember Nicholas, For; Councilmember Petsos, For; Mayor Porter, For; Mayor Pro Tem Randels, For. 2. Selection of Accounting Firm for Audit Services • Following are the ballot results submitted by the City Council. Ranking is from 1 -4. One is the first choice with ranking downward. • • The choice accounting firm is Bray, Beck & Koetter. Accounting Firms Berger Nicholas Petsos Porter Randels Berman, Shapiro, Hopkins & Co 4 1 4 4 3 16 Bray, Beck & Koetter 2 3 1 1 2 9 Hoyman, Dobson & Co 3 2 3 2 1 11 KPMG - Peat Marwick 1 4 2 3 4 14 Motion was made by Mr. Nicholas and seconded by Mr. Petsos to authorize the City Manager to negotiate a contract with Bray, Beck & Koetter, with consideration given to those according to ranking should the contract be unattainable. Voting was as follows: Mr. Nicholas, For; Mr. Petsos, For; Mayor Porter, For; and Mayor Pro Tem Randels, For. 3. FINAL PLAT - The Boulevards Motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Randels and seconded by Mr. Petsos to approve The Boulevards final plat as recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission. Motion carried with members voting as follows: Mr. Nicholas, For; Mr. Petsos, For; Mayor Porter, For; Mayor Pro Tem Randels, For. 4. A1A Beautification Study, Stottler Stagg & Associates Motion by Mayor Porter and seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Randels to approve and accept the SR A1A Study as presented by Stottler, Stagg & Associates subject to funding any single item by future action of the City Council. Motion carried with voting as follows: Mr. Nicholas, For; Mr. Petsos, For; Mayor Porter, For; and Mayor Pro Tem Randels, For. 5. Lloyd's Restaurant Request to Finance Sewer Impact Fees This item failed for lack of a motion. Council discussion ensued regarding the provision in the ordinance being intended for small businesses which have financial difficulty paying the entire amount. Further, Deborah Haggerty, City Treasurer, reported that virtually all impact fees which have been financed are very difficult to collect. This business being in the port area compounds the difficulty of imposing leverage to ensure payment. Regular Meeting Minutes June 20, 1995 • Page 3 6. Brevard County Sheriff's Department - Dispatching Costs • • Jeff Duffey, Director of Research and Planning, Brevard County Sheriff's Office appeared before the Council to explain their request for dispatching costs related to services for the city. He explained that 911 service is a totally different entity from the Sheriff's office dispatch service. Following extensive discussion, Council consensus was for the City Manager to continue researching the matter. RESOLUTIONS 7. Res. No. 95 -22, Revising the New Construction Impact Fee Schedule Mayor Porter read the resolution by title. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA; ESTABLISHING A REVISED SCHEDULE OF NEW CONSTRUCTION IMPACT ASSESSMENT FEES, WITHIN THE CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, SERVICE AREA; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Randels, seconded by Mr. Nicholas and unanimously carried to Adopt Resolution No. 95 -22; voting was as follows: Mr. Nicholas, For; Mr. Petsos, For; Mayor Porter, For; Mayor Pro Tem Randels, For. 8. Resolution No. 95 -23, Revising the Sewer Impact Fee Schedule Mayor Porter read the resolution by title. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA; ESTABLISHING A NEW SCHEDULE OF SEWER IMPACT ASSESSMENT FEES, UNDER APPENDIX B, CHAPTER 78, UTILITIES, ARTICLE II, SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM, SUBSECTION (e) IMPACT FEES OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, SERVICE AREA; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Randels, seconded by Mayor Porter and unanimously carried, to adopt Resolution No. 95 -23. Voting was as follows: Mr. Nicholas, For; Mr. Petsos, For; Mayor Porter, For; Mayor Pro Tem Randels, For. 9. Resolution No. 95 -19, Sewer Rate Increase Mayor Porter read the resolution by title. • A i e • • Regular Meeting Minutes June 20, 1995 Page 4 A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A NEW SCHEDULE OF RATES UNDER APPENDIX B, CHAPTER 78, UTILITIES, ARTICLE III, SERVICE RATES, DEPOSITS AND BILLING PROCEDURES, SUBSECTION (b) MONTHLY SEWER RATES OF THE CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR SEWER SERVICE WITH THE CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. There was extensive discussion regarding the mandates of increasing sewer rates. Council consensus was to adopt the rate schedule for an effective date of October, 1995 to facilitate notifying the public properly and educating them on the reasons the increases are necessary. Due to the Indian River Lagoon Act mandating a sewer treatment expansion costing over $10 million dollars and the required financing, the city is continuing to research the most cost effective and fair way to accomplish these required construction financing costs. Motion was made by Mayor Porter, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Randels and unanimously carried to adopt Resolution No. 95 -19. Voting as follows: Mr. Nicholas, For; Mr. Petsos, For; Mayor Porter, For; Mayor Pro Tem Randels, For. 10. Ridgewood Avenue Sidewalk Construction Mayor Porter reiterated that compounding the obvious safety issues for pedestrians on Ridgewood Avenue is the impact of initiating a plan to evolve the city into a "pedestrian- friendly" city. He stressed that we need to pursue grant funding to continue construction throughout the city. City Attorney, Kohn Bennett, stated that a precedent is not created by constructing sidewalks on Ridgewood due to the obvious safety mitigation factors. On the other hand, a precedent may be set in that the city may be precluded from initiating future special assessments. Construction would have to be performed on an ability to fund them. Mr. Nicholas spoke in opposition to the construction, primarily because the city required citizens in the past to install sidewalks at their own expense. City Manager's Report. 1. City Manager Boucher reported that the Wastewater Pre - Construction Conference is scheduled for July 14, 1995. Groundbreaking will be the same day and construction should begin on July 19, 1995. 2. The Community Development Plan has gone to the printer and will be ready by the next workshop meeting. It was prepared excellently and is a complement to the A1A Study. • Regular Meeting Minutes June 20, 1995 Page 5 3. Meeting with Randy O'Brien, Brevard County Commissioner, to request $20,000 funding from the County for ballfield fencing went well. He will extend the request to the county. 4. FDEP has notified the city of $11,460 funding for re- vegetating the beach area. 5. FDOT letter received denying the request to place signs denoting "entering" and "leaving" Cape Canaveral in the right -of -ways. They said Cocoa Beach and Avon -by- the -Sea signs will be removed. Audience to be Heard Mr. R. L. Groves appeared before the City Council to distribute a copy of his contract which he is disputing. City Clerk's Report 1. City Clerk, Sandra Sims, reported that the city's Grant Writing Workshop will be conducted on July 7, 1995 and there are 37 reserved to attend. • 2. The city will sponsor an employee luncheon and American Express will speak regarding Personal Finance. During this time, all City Benefits will be reviewed to be certain everyone understands their insurance, retirement and deferred compensation options. There will be two luncheons to provide opportunity for all employees to attend. • 3. Letters were mailed to all condominium associations reminding them that Council Members would like to speak to them and hear their concerns. Responses received so far indicate that there are few owners here and they will contact us when it is more viable time for them. 4. Mr. Al Parrish, Kennedy Space Center, informed us that there are over 50 Russian scientists, engineers and other professionals residing in Cape Canaveral until August in conjunction with the Mir space project. He encouraged the city to extend a hospitable hand in any manner we deem appropriate. Mayor Pro Tem Rocky Randels 1 Mr. Randels reported that he attended the NASA open house. 2. Mr. Randels distributed literature for the BCC Grant Writing Workshop being presented by the Indian River Lagoon. ADJOURNMENT: 10:00 p.m. Regular Meeting Minutes June 20, 1995 Page 6 Approved this 18th day of July , 1995. ,/ tom-+• ohn K. Porter, MAYOR r ATTEST,. San, dra Sims" 1TY, CLf RK. y t t'i v) :t \�,\ 'Say,,::>.��`��`•- c