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CITY COMMISSION MINUTES
JULY 25, 2011
SPECIAL WORK SESSION
CITY OF SANFORD
CITY COMMISSION SPECIAL WORK SESSION
MONDAY, JULY 25, 2011
3 PM
Railroad Depot Room
2nd Floor
Sanford City Hall
300 North Park Avenue
Sanford, Florida
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AGENDA
1) Meeting call to order by Mayor Triplett.
2) CDBG Work Plan — Andrew Thomas.
3) Quasi judicial training — Attorney Lonnie Groot.
4) SunRail update — Russ Gibson.
5) END THE MEETING.
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The City Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, met in Special Work
Session on Monday, July 25, 2011, at 3 PM, in the Railroad Depot Room, Second Floor,
City Hall, 300 North Park Avenue, Sanford, Florida.
Present: Mayor Jeff Triplett
Vice Mayor Patty Mahany
Commissioner Mark M ° Carty
Commissioner Velma Williams (present at 3:17 PM)
Interim City Manager Tom George
Assistant City Attorney Lonnie Groot
City Clerk Janet Dougherty
Deputy City Clerk Cynthia Porter
Absent: Commissioner Randy Jones
1) Mayor Triplett called the meeting to order at 3:13 PM.
Interim City Manager George briefly reviewed the proposed lien amnesty
program and asked the Commission to provide comments to him or Community
Improvement Director Darrel Presley, as he would like to have first reading of the
ordinance at the next meeting.
Mr. George said that the Sanford Community Redevelopment Agency
paid for the initial study for a consultant to come up with a program to get stormwater
credits for downtown. There are twenty one potential sites identified for development in
the downtown and nine acres of credits are available. There is no criteria established on
how they are used so Staff will work on that and bring it to the Commission at a Work
Session.
Mr. George asked the Commission whether he can move forward with the
City's new "made for government" website. He will continue to work with the Finance
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Department and IT Staff to get the process started and he will bring the contract back to
the Commission for approval. There was no objection by the Commission.
Mr. George said that in 2009 -2010 the City received the last CDBG grant
from Seminole County in the amount of $676,000 which was for drainage work in the
Georgetown area. The project was able to be completed for $565,000 which reduced the
City's required leverage, in -kind and cost for the project to $95,000 in a match, which has
nearly been done. The County notified him that they will redirect the $100,000 balance of
the allocation.
Mayor Triplett said that the School Board will meet tomorrow night at 7
PM at the School Board Administration Building for an open forum to discuss their state
of affairs and asked Vice Mayor Mahany to attend the meeting in his stead. Vice Mayor
Mahany said that the School Board has a $26,000,000 shortfall. She agreed to attend the
meeting and bring back information.
2) CDBG Work Plan — Andrew Thomas.
Mr. Thomas gave a powerpoint presentation regarding the CDBG Work
Plan.
Commissioner Williams gave the Commission a handout of projects that
was originally recommended by Staff which identified the target areas of each of the
projects and noted that only one was identified in District 2. She said that people in her
district have immediate needs and expressed that there needs to be fair distribution of the
funds. She asked that $200,000 be given to District 2 and $200,000 be given to District 1.
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Interim City Manager George asked that each Commissioner meet with
Mr. Thomas to give input as to what they would like to see in their district, as soon as
possible; the grant has to be turned in by August 12, 2011.
Mayor Triplett recessed the meeting at 4:53 PM and reconvened at 5:07
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3) Quasi - Judicial training — Attorney Lonnie Groot.
Mr. Groot gave a history of land use law and gave a powerpoint
presentation on Quasi - Judicial proceedings. He distributed handouts including Quasi-
Judicial Proceedings — Developing Good Habits; What is a Quasi - Judicial Proceeding?;
A Planner's Guide to Successfully Regulating First Amendment Land Uses; and a copy
of Resolution No. 1705.
Mayor Triplett recessed the meeting at 6:37 PM and reconvened at 6:48
PM.
4) SunRail update — Russ Gibson.
Russ Gibson, Planning and Development Services Director, distributed a
handout entitled, "Transit Oriented Development Workshop Sketchbook", and gave a
powerpoint presentation on SunRail. Before the end of the year he will come back to the
Commission with a Comprehensive Plan Amendment on policies and Transit Oriented
Development (TOD). When FDOT's consultants finish with the concept plans they will
be distributed to the Commission for review and comments.
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ADDITIONAL ITEM Riverwalk update
Interim City Manager George reported that it has been discovered that the
seawall for Riverwalk Phase II is not structurally sound enough to place a trail next to.
The seawall is about seventy five years old and the estimate to repair it is $4 - 6 million;
the cost to replace it is $8 — 9 million. At this point in time there is no money to fix the
seawall. FDOT wants to know that Sanford is committed to doing something with the
project to spend the $4 million committed and not wait until additional funds are
available for the seawall. He proposed a revised scope to do a Riverwalk Phase II —
Phase I, with the priority to take the Riverwalk to Mangoustine and get the FDOT money
(we have $2.9 million). As an alternate in the bid the plan is to do the west end and come
from the existing trails down to the Zoo entrance (depending on estimates). There is no
money to do the middle section until money is obtained to build a new seawall (about $9
million). Mr. George asked the Commission to authorize him to negotiate a contract for
construction plans for the modified section of the Riverwalk; he will bring the contract to
the Commission for approval. There was no objection of the Commission.
5) END THE MEETING I
There being no further business, the meeting wy§ adjou#hed at 7:39 PM.
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