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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12.15.66ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION "Minutes" Thursday, December 15 1966 8:00 PM - City Commission Room - City Hall Members present: Clifford W. McKibbin, Jr., Chairman Jefferson R. Davis Robert E. Karns Arthur Harris Phillip Logan Mason H. Wharton City Manager W. E. Knowles Building Official Linvel Risner Absent: Donald Bishop, Jr. A. W. Lee, Jr. C. F. Brooke Smith, MD Chairman McKibbin called the meeting to order. Minutes of August 18, 1966, were read in full and approved. The first item of business was a report made by the City Manager bringing the Board up -to -date regarding recent information pertaining to federal aid programs by first relating that on his recent trip to Washington in attendance of the informative program given by Vice President Humphrey on same that money is available but there are not enough communities that can apply because they are not large enough but felt that Sanford would not have any trouble in eventually getting a portion of these funds. However, the volume of red tape and paper work is tremendous. He further related that there has been no response to letters and telephone calls to George Caleshu, Urban Programming Corporation of America, St. Louis, Missouri, in order to obtain a progress report regarding their contract agreement with the City on updating the City's Comprehensive Plan and recertifying the Workable Program. Therefore, a letter to this firm had given them a date of December 9, 1966, to make such a report or the agreement would be terminated. There has been no response to the letter. Z & P Minutes Dec. 15, 1966 -2- The Manager stated that the City Commission is interested in pursuing these federal aid programs for the City. The Board then discussed the idea to re- discuss with Gerald Dake, Planning Consultant with the f'6m. Adley and Associates, Jacksonville, Florida, a proposal asTe very minimum require- ments that could be done by their firm on the updating of the City's Comprehensive Plan and recertification of the Workable Program and at the same time be acceptable to HUD; allowing the City to then be eligible to participate or make application for certain federal programs. It was also pointed out that possibly only the Workable Program would necessitate recertification thereby keeping the City's cost to a minimum instead of a complete overall updating of the plan. A suggestion was made that a letter be written to HUD, Atlanta, Georgia, stating the City's interest in re- certification, but only updating the plan superficially and what would meet minimum requirements whereby the City is interested in participating in a Code Enforcement Program. Mr. Harris mentioned the possibility of a letter as an "addendum" outlining the projects that Sanford has completed as set forth in the existing plan. After lengthy discussion, on motion of Mr. Wharton, seconded by Mr. Harris and carried, it was recommended that the City Manager contact Gerald Dake of Adley and Associates to discuss with the Zoning and Planning Commission the basic needs with the minimum amount of work that can be done so that the City can become recertified. It was recommended that a joint meeting of the Zoning and Planning Commission and the City Commission, with Gerald Dake, be set for January 5, 1967 to further discuss these matters. On motion of Mr. Harris, seconded by Mr. Wharton and carried, it was recommended to the City Commission that the City Manager be authorized, if necessary, to make a trip to Atlanta to talk with HUD officials to see what the actual requirements are before the meeting on January 5th. A discussion was then held regarding the proposed new Sign Ordinance now under consideration by the City Commission. The Board reviewed a proposed list of recommendations pertaining to same, and requested that they be pursued by forwarding to a� •h r r� Z & P Minutes Dec. 15, 1966 _3_ the City Commission for their consideration and inclusion in the new sign ordinance upon its final adoption. (See attached recommendations.) On motion of Mr. Karns, seconded by Mr. Logan and carried, approval was given for the Chairman to prepare the proper Resolution for commending the Mayor and City Commission in their public stand taken against the relocation of the Seminole County Courthouse whereby the City's Comprehensive Plan was being adhered to regarding the selected site location. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned. E �C Chairman LIJ °. Secretary