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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 03-31-1994 WorkshopCITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING March 31, 1994 A Workshop Meeting of the Cape Canaveral City Council was held on March 31, 1994, at the City Hall Annex, 111 Polk Avenue, Cape Canaveral, Florida. The meeting was called to order at 8:05 P.M. by Mayor Salamone. ROLL CALL: Mayor Joy Salamone Present Mayor Pro Tem John Porter Present Councilmember Arthur Berger Present Councilmember Leo Nicholas Present Councilmember Rocky Randels Present (Late) City Manager Bennett Boucher Present City Attorney John Kancilia Present City Clerk Faith Miller Present BUSINESS: 1. Discussion Re: Resolution No. 94 -15. Supporting continued level of funding for Nasa. Agenda this item for Tuesday. 2. Discussion Re: Resolution No. 94 -16. Increasing fee charged for dishonored checks. Mr. Boucher stated that the City's current fee for a dishonored check was $5.00 and Florida Statutes allowed for a service fee of $20.00 or 5 % of the face amount of the check, whichever was greater. Mr. Nicholas questioned what it cost the City to process a dishonored check. Ms. Haggerty advised that it was an administrative cost and the City averaged approximately five (5) dishonored checks per month. She stated that the increased service fee would be another deterrent to returned checks. Mr. Randels arrived at the meeting at this time. Mr. Nicholas questioned if staff had researched the possibility of providing electronic fund transfers for payment of sewer bills. Ms. Haggerty stated that she had been researching the likelihood of electronic transfers and she advised that offering the service would be expensive for the City because of a $10.00 service fee charged by the bank each time the bank debited said account. She was investigating further alternatives to the current sewer payment system. Agenda this item for Tuesday. 3. Discussion Re: Resolution No. 94 -17. Authorizing the City staff to submit an Application for Funds under the Beach Erosion Control Assistants Program (Dune Vegetation Enhancement Grant). Mr. Randels stated that quite a bit of work went into the preparation of the grant application and • • City of Cape Canaveral, Florida City Council Workshop Meeting March 31, 1994 Page 2 he felt that the grant could be successful. Mr. Porter recognized Brydena Douglas, UCF intern, who had been working on the grant application and thanked her for her efforts on behalf of the City. Agenda this item for Tuesday. 4. Discussion Re: Resolution No. 94 -18. Naming a Private Street located within Discovery Bay in the City of Cape Canaveral. Agenda this item for Tuesday. Mr. Nicholas questioned if there were other streets within different developments in the City which needed to be included in this process. Mr. Boucher stated that the Building Department was in the process of obtaining an updated County map of the area to determine which streets needed to be identified through the resolution process. 5. Discussion Re: Ordinance No. 12 -94. Amending City's Code of Ordinances, Chapter 626, Life Safety Code. to adopt the 1991 edition of the Life Safety Code (second and final reading on April 5, 1994). Agenda this item for Tuesday. 6. Discussion Re: Ordinance No. 13 -94, Amending City's Code of Ordinances, by Repealing Section 611.03. Standpipe Section Amended (second and final reading on April 5, 1994). Agenda this item for Tuesday. 7. Discussion Re: Request to waive shuffleboard court fees for Brevard County Special Olympics. Agenda this item for Tuesday. 8. City Manager's Report. Mr. Boucher stated that the City had received a request from Rockwell International for the Recreation Department to donate some items to Rockwell to be used as prizes at the company's annual employee picnic. In the past, the City had donated tennis /racquetball play time, City mugs, City t- shirts, etc. Mrs. Hanson stated that the donations did help to promote the Recreation Center. Council concurred to honor the request. Mr. Boucher advised that George Firkins, Vice President of Cevesco, Inc., had agreed to sell one to two acres of land north of the WWTP to the City at an asking price of $100,000 per acre with a proposed closing date in mid -May, 1994. He stated that the $25,000 option money paid by the City would be applied toward the purchase. Mr. Nicholas questioned how many feet the northern boundary of the treatment plant property would be extended by the purchase of one to • • City of Cape Canaveral, Florida City Council Workshop Meeting March 31, 1994 Page 3 two acres. Mr. Boucher stated that he would provide a map of the area with the alternatives detailed on the map to show purchases of one, one and a half, or two acres. Mr. Boucher stated that he had provided Council with an update on the Port sewer franchise negotiations and he asked for Council's direction prior to continuing with the negotiations. He stated that the Port wanted to purchase 187,500 gallons of WWTP capacity at $1.486 million to be paid over a 20 year period. Mr. Boucher stated the rate consultant could demonstrate that the annual Port payment would not effect the rate structure for the City's customers for five (5) years, with a 30% increase at the end of five (5) years. Mr. Kancilia stated that in order for him to feel comfortable with the Port living up to its obligation, the Port would have to furnish the City with a bond undertaking and bond counsel. Mr. Nicholas stated that the reserve capacity funds should be paid up front. Mayor Salamone stated that if the Port would agree to pre - treatment and that the City had authority over the sewer lines, than she would agree to consider an extended payment option. Mr. Boucher had stated in his memo to Council that the Port was willing to construct a pre - treatment facility at their own expense and that the Port wanted to contract with the City for the operation and maintenance of its collection systems. There was further discussion regarding several issues including: the required pre - treatment facility; the City's monitoring capability to eliminate illegal flows into the City's WWTP from the Port by use of a flow meter; whether or not the City should place the Port on notice that the City intended to terminate the Port's sewage treatment contract in the year 2000; the Port's proposal to fund two (2) maintenance worker positions and supplies necessary to support maintenance and inspection activity at the Port; and the original proposed wholesale agreement. Mr. Boucher explained that there was a possibility for two (2) agreements; one for the treatment of the sewage and another agreement for maintenance of the collection system (either through the City or an outside contractor). Additional discussion continued regarding the Port's payment of the impact fee up front vs. financing the fee over a 20 -year period, the Port as a wholesale customer, the required flow meter and pre - treatment, and the associated problems with customers hooking up to the sewer system without the City's knowledge. Mayor Salamone questioned each Councilmember to determine if they were willing to tell the Port to build its own wastewater plant if the Port was unwilling to agree to the pre - treatment requirement and a wholesale agreement - four (4) members of Council agreed, Mr. Randels disagreed. Council agreed that the Port should construct the pre - treatment facility on its land at its own expense with the City having the authority to monitor and staff the facility. Four (4) Councilmembers agreed that the Port should pay the impact fees up front; Mr. Randels disagreed 4, • City of Cape Canaveral, Florida City Council Workshop Meeting March 31, 1994 Page 4 as he stated that payment over 20 years was acceptable. Mr. Boucher stated that under a wholesale agreement, the City would install two (2) flow meters at the pre - treatment facility and bill the Port at a wholesale rate, and the Port would collect any impact fees on new growth. Mayor Salamone stated that Mr. Boucher was returning to the concept of the original wholesale agreement which was brought to the Council six (6) months earlier. Council concurred not to contract with the Port to maintain the collection system and sewer lines on the Port's property. Mr. Nicholas stated that he would support the adoption of a resolution to the effect that since the City had attempted negotiations with the Port for the past year to no avail, that the Port needed to accept or reject the City's wholesale agreement and its conditions, and if rejected the City would place the Port on notice that the contract would be terminated in the year 2000. Four (4) of the Councilmembers agreed (Mr. Randels disagreed) to authorize the City Manager to return to the original wholesale agreement. Mr. Boucher explained the changes that had been incorporated into the interlocal reuse agreement with the City of Cocoa Beach. He advised that Cocoa Beach wanted the City to stay as far away as possible from "140 Man's Land" with the City's reuse. Mayor Salamone asked that the first sentence of item (e) on page 5 be deleted. Mr. Boucher explained that the reuse agreement would be presented to the Cocoa Beach Commission on April 5, 1994. Mayor Salamone and Mr. Boucher would attend the Cocoa Beach Commission meeting; she stated that the item would appear first on the Cocoa Beach meeting agenda and last on the City's agenda for the same night. Mr. Randels commented that Council should consider authorizing the City Manager to ask Hartman & Associates to prepare its scope of services to redesign the engineering drawings for the reuse program. Mayor Salamone stated that the engineers could not proceed until the City had a signed reuse agreement with Cocoa Beach. DISCUSSION: 1. Ms. Miller advised that the Space Coast League of Cities dinner hosted by Cape Canaveral was scheduled for Monday, April 11, 1994; and the City's Volunteer Appreciation Dinner was scheduled for Saturday, April 16, 1994. 2. Mr. Berger announced that Mr. Porter would be the "Easter Bunny" for the children at the American Bank at Merritt Island on Saturday, April 2, 1994. 3. Mr. Randels distributed brochures to Councilmembers that he had obtained from the St. Johns River Water Management District's annual water conference. 4. Mr. Randels announced that Dr. Virginia Wetherell, Director of the Department of Environmental Protection, would be the keynote speaker at the upcoming Brevard County Water 46 • City of Cape Canaveral, Florida City Council Workshop Meeting March 31, 1994 Page 5 Conference on Friday, May 6, 1994. 5. Mr. Randels stated that Florida League of Cities was giving the City an 11.9% reduction in the City's premium rates for Worker's Compensation. 6. Mr. Randels distributed brochures on "how an idea became law". He stated that compensation up to $10,000 was available for non - reimbursable medical or counseling expenses for anyone who had been a victim of a crime. 7. Mr. Randels stated that in May 11, 1992, Cape Canaveral Marine Services was to participate in the City's Adopt -a -Median program as a negotiated settlement for their previous service and pay the City $2,000. He asked that Mr. Boucher pursue the matter. 8. Mr. Randels stated that he had received survey information related to the number of passengers on the Space Coast Area Transit (SCAT) buses which indicated that the ridership was very low. He stated that SCAT was considering providing an on -call taxi service. 9. Dave Sargeant, Fire Chief, advised that it would cost approximately $3,000 to repair the damage to the space shuttle that had been hit by a motor vehicle earlier in the week. Mayor Salamone stated that the shuttle needed to be fixed as soon as possible and that the vehicle owner's insurance adjustor should be contacted to file the claim for damages. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 9:25 p.m. . Faith G. Miller, CMC /AAE City Clerk