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Home My WebLink About1998 Cemetery Advisory Committee Agendas CITY OF SANFORD CEMETERY ADVISORY COMMITTEE SPECIAL MEETING • Wednesday, February 25, 1998 3:00 P.M. AGENDA Call to Order Invocation Roll Call Business: Discussion of future expansion of the Municipal Cemetery. ADVICE TO PUBLIC: IF A PERSON DECIDES TO APPEAL A DECISION MADE WITH RESPECT TO ANY MATTER CONSIDERED AT THE ABOVE MEETING OR • HEARING, HE MAY NEED A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS, INCLUDING THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE, WHICH RECORD IS NOT PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF SANFORD. (FS 286.0105) PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES NEEDING ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THESE PROCEEDINGS SHOULD CONTACT THE PERSONNEL OFFICE ADA COORDINATOR AT 330 -5626 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. 411 o Sanford, Fj 6 rld Parks Department • P.O. Box 1788 - 32772 -1788 Telephone (407) 330 -5687 FAX(407)330-5666 MEMORANDUM TO: All Cemetery Advisory Committee members FROM: Howard Jeffries, Laison DATE: February 17, 1998 SUBJECT: Special Committee Meeting The City Manager has requested that the Cemetery Advisory Committee hold a special meeting to discuss future expansion of the municipal cemetery. Please give this topic some thought for input at the Feb. 25th meeting as to when and how this should be done. • "The Friendly City" CITY OF SANFORD CEMETERY ADVISORY COMMITTEE Wednesday, April 29, 1998 3:00 p.m. City Hall Recreation & Parks Dept. Conference Room Sanford, Florida 32771 AGENDA Call to order Invocation Roll Call Reading & approval of minutes February 4, 1998 & February 25, 1998 Old Business: New Business: 1. Discussion on the Commission's position on the future of the Municipal Cemetery. 2. Discussion on the development of the Crawford property into cemetery spaces. 3. Discussion on the use of Cemetery reserve funds for cemetery • maintenance. 4. Discussion on the City's position on providing free cemetery spaces to veterans. 5. Election of new officers. Other Business: Attachments: Minutes of 2/4/98 & 2/25/98 Copy of memo to City Manager ADVICE TO PUBLIC: IF A PERSON DECIDES TO APPEAL A DECISION MADE WITH RESPECT TO ANY MATTER CONSIDERED AT THE ABOVE MEETING OR HEARING, HE MAY NEED A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS, INCLUDING THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE, WHICH RECORD IS NOT PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF SANFORD. (FS 286.0105) PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES NEEDING ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THESE PROCEEDINGS SHOULD CONTACT THE PERSONNEL OFFICE ADA COORDINATOR AT 330 -5626 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. • CITY OF SANFORD CEMETERY ADVISORY COMMITTEE Wednesday, July 22, 1998 3:00 p.m. Cit y Hall Recreation & Parks Dept. Conference Room Sanford, Florida 32771 AGENDA Call to order Invocation Roll Call Reading & approval of minutes April 29, 1998. Old Business: 1. Report on cleanup status of Page Jackson Cemetery. • 2. Report on development of Crawford property into cemetery spaces. 3. Clarification of requirements for free veteran spaces. New Business: 1. Discussion on future of brick building and gazebo located in the cemetery. Attachment: Minutes of 4 -29 -98 ADVICE TO PUBLIC: IF A PERSON DECIDES TO APPEAL A DECISION MADE WITH RESPECT TO ANY MATTER CONSIDERED AT THE ABVOE MEETING OR HEARING, HE MAY NEED A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS, INCLUDING THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE, WHICH RECORD IS NOT PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF SANFORD. (FS 286.0105) PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES NEEDING ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THESE PROCEEDINGS SHOULD CONTACT THE PERSONNEL OFFICE ADA COORDINATOR AT 330 -5626 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. • CEMETERY ADVISORY COMMITTEE CITY OF SANFORD Meeting of July 22, 1998 3:00 p.m. Room 255 — City Hall Sanford, Florida PRESENT: Christopher Neal, Chairman Howard Jeffries Thelma Mike, Vice Chairman Linda Tucker Bill Welborn Bob Walters, City Engineer ABSENT: Fred Gaines Marilyn Brisson Invocation was given by Thelma Mike, Vice Chairman. Roll Call was taken by Linda Tucker. Minutes of April 29, 1998 were read and approved. Cleanup of Page Jackson Cemetery: All graves have been located, thanks to the Mid Florida Historical Society. One half of the sunken graves have been filled in and the areas have been divided into grids. The • Museum staff is working on mapping the graves and collecting statistics written on the tombstones. An irrigation system will be installed and then the area will be over seeded. This area will be included under the new cemetery maintenance contract. Development of the Crawford Property: The City Commission has authorized the development of this property, and land clearing should start this fall. This will add 2,144 spaces to the cemetery. Cost for development should be between $15,000. - $20,000. Veteran Spaces: There was an error in the newspaper's report on this issue. The City does not provide free spaces for the Veteran's spouse. To determine who qualifies for free veteran spaces staff recommended following the poverty income guidelines used by CDBG and other government agencies. Basically anyone with an income over $10,063. will not qualify, however this issue is still pending approval of the City Commission. It was noted that Bushnell offers free spaces for veterans and their spouses. Discussion on the future of the gazebo and brick building in the cemetery: Howard reported that a building contractor examined these two facilities and determined that both are unsafe. Therefore both facilities have been barricaded off and hazardous signs have been posted. Bob Walter, City Engineer reported that the gazebo is repairable, however considerable repairs must be made with an estimated cost of $30,000. for • renovation and approximately $5,000. for demolition. The second option that Bob Walter presented was to demolish the top of the gazebo and leave only the benches. After . discussion, the Committee recommended to present the second option to the Commission. Bob Walter reported the needed repairs for the red brick building which will cost an estimated $15,000. to repair. After discussion the Committee recommended that the building be demolished and perhaps a landscaped memorial area or restrooms be installed. Old Business: Christopher Neal brought up the issue again on Sec. J and M being cleaned up. He has had numerous complaints about how bad this area looks and would like the City to take action on getting it cleaned up. It was suggested that the owners be notified to clean up their spaces. There being no further business meeting was adjourned at 4:40 p.m. • • 1 - • CITY OF SANFORD CEMETERY ADVISORY COMMITTEE November 19, 1998 2:00 p.m. City Hall Recreation & Parks Dept. Conference Room Sanford, Florida 32771 AGENDA Call to order Invocation Roll Call Reading & approval of minutes July 22, 1998 OLD BUSINESS: 1. Discussion of action taken to correct maintenance problems in Sections J & M. 2. Report on status of completion of Page Jackson cemetery. 3. Report on development of Crawford property. • 4. Report on status of gazebo and red brick building repairs. 5. Report on decision of Commission regarding poverty guidelines for free spaces. veteran NEW BUSINESS: 1. Report on extension of cemetery maintenance contract. 2. Report on awarding of new contract for opening/closing of grave spaces and discuss need to establish new fees. 3. Discussion of revision of cemetery rules and regulations. 4. Discussion on need for children's area and establish rate for purchase of space and also need for sign to identify this area. 5. Report on complaint regarding City charging fees for monument layouts. ADVICE TO PUBLIC: IF A PERSON DECIDES TO APPEAL A DECISION MADE WITH RESPECT TO ANY MATTER CONSIDERED AT THE A MEETING OR HEARING, HE MAY NEED A VERBATIM RECO BTHE PROCEEDINGS, INCLUDING THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE OF THE RECORD IS NOT PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF SANFORD. WHICH (FS 286.0105) PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES NEEDING ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THESE PROCEEDINGS SHOULD CONTACT THE PERSONNEL • I i