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NOvEMBER 12, 2018
WORK SESSION
The City Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, met in Work Session
on Monday, November 12, 2018, at 4:16 PM, in the Railroad Depot Room, 2nd Floor, City
Hall, and 300 North Park Avenue, Sanford, Florida.
Present: Mayor Jeff Triplett (Arrived at 4:59pm)
Vice Mayor Velma Williams
Commissioner Art Woodruff
Commissioner Patrick Austin
Commissioner Patty Mahany
City Manager Norton N. Bonaparte, Jr.
City Attorney William L. Colbert
City Clerk Traci Houchin
Deputy City Clerk Cathy LoTempio
Vice Mayor Williams called the meeting to order at 4:16 PM.
1. Police Chief, Cecil Smith presented the Police Department Quarterly Report.
2. Regular Meeting Items — additional information
A. Revised Welcome Center Lease, presented by Tom George, Deputy City Manager.
Mr. George said that the Welcome Center, The Greater Sanford Regional
Chamber of Commerce and the Seminole Cultural Arts Council are ready to move into the
Welcome Center Building on December 19, 2018. Mr. George asked the City Commission
to consider paying $15,000 in utilities and janitorial fees in the revised Welcome Center
Lease. Each organization will be required to provide Performance Reports. Mr. George
will bring forward a Budget Amendment for this at the December 10, 2018 meeting.
B. First Reading of Ordinance No. 2018-4481, Charitable Donation Bins, presented
by Darrel Presley, Executive Director of Development Services.
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Mr. Presley presented an Ordinance that establishes the rules for regulating
donation bins. The Ordinance will include where the bins will be allowed and how they
should be placed in the various locations. The permit fees set forth in the Ordinance will
be $50 per year, per bin. The quantity of bins a vendor may have will be determined by the
size of the property. Each bin will be required to have a minimum of 100/feet of separation.
Bins will also need to be marked with the vendor name, logo and permit number. Lastly,
all vendors will be required to register with the State Department of Agriculture.
C. Amendment to the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Program, presented by
Mr. Bonaparte, City Manager.
Mr. Bonaparte stated that this amendment changes the current
program/improvements from 20 years to 30 years (20 years was previously approved at the
July 23, 2018 meeting).
D. Resolution No. 2761, creating the City Manager's Economic Advisory Board and
implementing the provisions of Section 288.075 Florida Statutes, pertaining to
confidentiality, presented by Mr. Bonaparte.
Mr. Bonaparte, referred to the Management Partners Study that was
previously presented to the City. He said the study recommended that the City look to
implement a City Manager's Economic Development Advisory Board. This is an action
item on tonight's agenda.
E. Resolution No. 2764, renaming Derby Park, presented by Mr. Bonaparte.
Mr. Bonaparte, advised the Commission that this is an action item on
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F. Resolution No. 2763, 2019 City Commission Meeting date change from November
11 to November 18, 2019, due to the Veteran's Day holiday presented by Traci
Houchin, City Clerk.
Ms. Houchin, asked the Commission to approve the date change of the 2019
City Commission meeting date from November 11 to November 18, 2019, due to Veterans
Day. This is an action item on tonight's agenda.
3. Briefing Items
A. Update on Mellonville Avenue School Board Property, presented by Tom George.
Mr. George said that staff is working on the agreement. The title company
is requiring a resolution be adopted by the City Commission for the property in order to
move forward. Mr. Colbert distributed the proposed resolution and asked that the
Commission take action on it at tonight's meeting.
B. City Manager's Annual Evaluation
This item will be presented at the December 10, 2018 Commission Meeting.
4. City Manager's Comments
The City will have a Swearing in Ceremony for the newly elected officials
on January 28, 2019.
During the 2018 election, Mr. Bonaparte indicated that Amendment 1 did
not pass; therefore, he will meet with Ms. Lindsay, Finance Director to review the City's
financial forecasting.
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Mr. Bonaparte suggested having a special meeting in February, for the
Commission to discuss future priorities. Staff will begin to work on the budget in February
so the City Manager said it would be a perfect time to meet.
Mr. Bonaparte will provide his annual report to the Mayor and City
Commission at the December 10, 2018 meeting.
Mr. Bonaparte asked Mr. Iftikhar, Public Works and Utilities Director to
provide the Commission with the status of relocating the utility lines at the Catalyst Site.
He said that they are reviewing the bids and will have present an Award of Bid to the lowest
bidder at the December 10, 2018 meeting.
Mr. Bonaparte said that he recently attended a conference in which he had
the opportunity to highlight the Citizen's Academy. He asked the Mayor and Commission
to think of acquaintances, contacts, friends or family that have not attended the class but
would be a good candidate for the Citizen's Academy (candidates do not have to be a
resident of the City) and to reach out to Ms. Holder if interested. Lastly, Mr. Bonaparte
said that he would like the City Commissioner's to become more involved in the Citizen's
Academy, perhaps participating in opening night of the Citizen's Academy and spend some
time giving updates on the individual districts.
Commissioner Woodruff said that he would like to discuss and review the
board applicants prior to the Regular Meeting. After a brief discussion, there was a
consensus to move forward with the appointments at tonight's meeting.
Mayor Triplett asked Mr. Bonaparte to bring forward the purchase of the
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Rosemond Property at tonight's meeting.
There was a consensus to move Public Hearing Items 7.B-1 and 7.13-2 to the
December 10, 2018 meeting.
There being no further business, the meetinjg adjo+ned at 6:05 P.M.
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