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CITY COMMISSION MINUTES
April 9, 2012
WORK SESSION
CITY OF SANFORD
CITY COMMISSION WORK SESSION
Railroad Depot Room
2nd Floor
Sanford City Hall
MONDAY, April 9, 2012 300 North Park Avenue
4:00 PM Sanford, Florida
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AGENDA
1. SunRail presentation by Marianne Gurnee, SunRail Public Liaison of the
FDOT 4:00 — 4:15 PM
2. City Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. [Commission Memo 12- 049.F]
4:15 — 4:30 PM
3. Sanford Airport Authority Financial Report. [Commission Memo 12- 049.G]
4:30 — 4:45 PM
4. Regular Meeting Agenda Items — additional information and /or questions.
4:45 — 5:00 PM
5. City Manager comments. 5:00 — 6:00 PM
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The City Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, met in Work Session on
Monday, April 9, 2012, at 4:00 PM, in the Railroad Depot Room, 2 Floor, City Hall, 300
North Park Avenue, Sanford, Florida.
Present: Mayor Jeff Triplett
Vice Mayor Patty Mahany
Commissioner Mark M
Commissioner Velma Williams — Arrived at 4:08 PM
Commissioner Randy Jones
Deputy City Manager Tom George
City Manager Norton N. Bonaparte, Jr.
Assistant City Attorney Lonnie Groot
City Clerk Janet Dougherty
Records Manager Pat Lee
Absent: City Attorney William L. Colbert
Mayor Triplett called the Work Session to order at 4:04 PM.
1. SunRail presentation by Marianne Gurnee, SunRail Public Liaisan of the
FDOT.
Ms. Gurnee introduced Steve Olson, Public Information Officer for the
Florida Dept. of Transportation, and Mike Watt, Public Information Officer for SunRail,
noting Mr. Watt will be the contact person for any questions during construction.
(Commissioner Williams joined the Work Session).
Ms. Gurnee distributed a draft SunRail Phase 1 Construction Schedule and a
Transit Oriented Development Workshop Sketchbook, and gave a powerpoint
presentation.(At 4:20 PM, Mayor Triplett temporarily left the meeting)
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2. City Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.[Commission Memo 12- 049.F]
Joel Knopp, Audit Manager and William Blend, Shareholder, Moore,
Stephens, Lovelace, P.A., Certified Public Accountants, gave a powerpoint presentation for
the period ending September 30, 2011. (At 4:22 PM, Mayor Triplett returned.)
Norton Bonaparte, Jr., City Manager, thanked Deputy City Manager Tom
George and Ms. Lindsay as well as the department directors for cost containment on
expenses. Mayor Triplett also thanked Ms. Lindsay and staff for their fiscal constraints.
3. Sanford Airport Authority Financial Report. [Commission Memo 12- 049.G]
Mr. Larry Dale, C.E.O., introduced CFO Bryant Garrett, Vice President of
Finance and George Speake, Vice President, Operations & Maintenance, Kelly Leary and
Christian Mantegna, Davis and Company. Mr. McDermott reviewed the Management Letter
and audit report.
Commissioner Williams stated that the Lake Mary Boulevard entrance was
beautiful and asked Mr. Dale when the entrance from Sanford Avenue would be enhanced, to
which Mr. Dale responded that there was no grant revenue available to assist with that and
that the answer is "when times get better ". Mayor Triplett thanked Mr. Dale, Mr. Mantegna
and Ms. Leary for the presentation.
4. Regular Meeting Agenda Items — additional information and /or questions.
Mr. Bonaparte explained that regular meeting agenda item 8.D is a Resolution
amending the Classification and Pay Plan relating to the Building and Licensing Division of
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the Fire Department that will put both employees who are basically doing the same job at the
same pay grade. Commissioner Williams felt this was a "good decision ".
5. City Manager comments.
Mr. Bonaparte stated he met with students who marched from Daytona Beach
this week and a meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, April 19th at 6:30 PM to begin
developing a plan for healing Sanford. He would like to get community input from citizens
and felt it was important to do a visioning process to bring residents together and felt the
timing was good to have the opportunity to do so. This will be a community driven
initiative.
Mayor Triplett thanked the Commission for attending the Special Meeting two
weeks ago.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5:2 • P
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