032780-Special Session MINUTES
City CommissiOn, Sanford, Florida
March 27 at 10:00 A. M. 1980
MIDSTATE LEGAL SUPPLY COMPANY
The City Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, met in Special Session
City Cammission Conference Room in the City Hall in the City of Sanford, Florida, at
o'clock A. M. on March 2'7, 1980.
24, 1~980,
Present:
The Chairman announced
Mayor-Commissioner Lee P. Moore
Commissioner John G. Morris
Commissioner Julian L. Stenstrom
Commissioner Eddie O. Keith
Commissioner David T. Fart
City Attorney C. Vernon Mize, Jr.
City Manager W. E. Knowles
City Clerk H. N. Tamm, Jr.
that the meeting was called to consider a
from Jeno F. Paulucci as follows:
letter
in the
10:00
dated March
MARCH 24. 1980
MR. WARREN I='. KNOWLES
CITY MANAGER
CITY OF SANFORD
P. O. Box 1778
SANFORD, FLORIDA 32771
SINCE OUR MEETING ,..
· .. HERE IN OUR OFFICES WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE POSSIBLE COM-
MUNITY CENTER FOR SANFORD, I WISH TO REPORT THE FOLLOWING:
LAST WEEK LEE VAiN AND THE WRITER VISITED WITH TOP EDA
OFFICIALS, THEY ADVISE THAT SEMINOLE COUNTY IS DESIGNATED
AS A HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT AREA.
THEY FURTHER ADVISE THAT SEMINOLE COUNTY WAS ONE OF THE
LOWEST PER CAPITA INCOME IN THE NATION -- LESS THAN $;5,000 PER
YEAR PER FAMILY.
THEY ALSO ADVISE THAT IF THE CITY OF SANFORD REALLY WANTS TO
DO SOMETHING WITH A COMMUNITY CENTER - WHETHER ITIS A GOLDEN
AGE OLYMPICS CENTER, OR WHATEVER - THAT EDA IS READY TO
COOPERATE IN CONSIDERING A SIZABLE GRANT.
NOW, lIM NOT BILLY GRAHAM, BUT IN MY OWN WAY i HAVE BEEN
TRYING TO PREACH THIS GOSPEL TO YOU PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF
SANFORD FOR SOME THREE YEARS, AND ITIS FALLEN ON DEAF EARS.
AGAIN, I AM SAYING~WE CAN GET $;5 MILLION TO $;10 MILLION OF GRANT
MONEY BECAUSE THIS AREA IS DESERVING AND IN NEED OF IT.
TANDEM TO THAT, WE THEN ALSO VISITED WITH HUD OFFICIAL5 CONCERN-
ING OUR PLAN OF POSSIBLY BUYING THE PRESENT HOSPITAL WHEN IT'S CLOSED,
CONVERTING IT INTO A NURSING HOME, TYING IT IN WITH ENCLOSED CROSS-
WALKS WITH THE PROPERTY THAT WE OWN ACROSS THE STREET,
ACROSS THE STREET WE WOULD HAVE THE PROFESSIONAL BUILDING -- TIE
IT IN WITH THE ENCLOSED CROSSWALK, A PARKING RAMP TIED IN WITH THE
ENCLOSED CROSSWALK, AND THREE HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS, TWO FOR SENIOR
CITIZEN APARTMENTS AND/OR CONDOMINIUMS, AND THE CENTER ONE THAT
WOULD HOUSE THEATRE, SWIMMING POOL. MEETING ROOMS, NURSING STAFF
FOR THOSE WHO WOULD NEED IMMEDIATE HELP, CONFERENCE CENTER, WHAT-
EVER. THIS WOULD BE DONE PRIVATELY BY OURSELVES.
THEREFORE, WHAT I AM TRYING TO PREACH
THIS COMMUNITY C~N HELP ITSELF TREMENDOUSLY BY PUTTING
ON ITS THINKING CAP AND THEN WORKING WITH EDA, WHO,
INCIDENTALLY, WILL SEND A REPRESENTATIVE HERE TO WORK
WITH US. THEN, SIZE OF THE GRANT, WHETHER ITtS ~S MILLION
OR ~10 MILLION, IS NOT ~THE.QUESTION. THE QUESTION IS WHAT
IS THE NEEDED FACILITY THATtS INDIGENOUS TO THIS AREA AND
THAT WILL HELP THIS AREA. THATIS WHAT EDA IS CONCERNED
am~"~liT ~/I-~AT T~iV I:~ALILUCC:I FAMILY DOES PRIVATELY LATER
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March 27 at
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HOWEVER, ON THE OTHER HAND, LETVS NOT FORGET THAT THOSE
OF US WHO REACH THAT GOLDEN AGE ALSO HAVE CHILDREN AND
GRANDCHILDREN, SO IT BECOMES A MECCA ,.. NOT THE PLACE
FOR PEOPLE TO JUST SIT AROUND IN RETIREMENT,
! SINCERELY HOPE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO INSTILL SOME FERVOR AND
ENTHUSIASM IN THE CITY COUNCIL AND COME UP WITH A WORKABLE, FEASIBLE
PLAN, AND THEN WE CAN PROCEED FURTHER BASIS THE GROUNDWORK THAT HAS
ALREADY BEEN LAID. IN FACT, IT WAS ALREADy LAID THREE YEARS AGO -
ALL ! DID WAS BRING IT UP TO DATE.
ALSO, THERE ARE GRANT FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR STUDY AND PLANNING,
SO IT WONIT COST THE CITY OF SAN~CENT - JUST TIME AND
SOME SWEAT OF THE BROW. ~ .
~ YOURS VLRU LY,
JFP:JR
CC: LEE VANN
TOM STEVENSON
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The City Manager submitted a ifst of programs, or facilities for cooperative endeav-
ors as follows:
1. West Sixth Street Park - Dr. George Starke Park
2. Golden Age Center - for
(a) Senior citizen meetings, etc.
(b) Olympics.
(c) Social Services.
3. Conference center - parking, housing, etc.
4. (a)
(b)
(c)
for development.
Office center for gathering all federal and county social services func-
tion into a central service location for all ages.
A service center re: (a) above, but also to include housing of a public
library.
Rental space to generate sufficient revenue to make center self-support-
ing; with a director.
The City Manager also reported that Mr. Paulucci's office had requested City sewer
service to a 25 acre tract in Lake Mary, located at the southwest corner of the intersection
of Rantoul Lane and County Road 46A, and also if Lake Mary could be permitted to be qualified
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under sanford's UDAG Grant application.
Commissioner Fart moved to authorize the City Staff to prepare grant applications
for items 2, 3 and 4 in the aforesaid City Manager's list. Seconded by Commissioner Sten-
strom and carried.
Commissioner Stenstrom moved to authorize the City Manager to write a letter to
HUD to include in the City of Sanford UDAG grant application a Lake Mary Regional lift sta-
tion which will serve the proposed 200 units on the property at Rantoul Lane and County Road
46A. Seconded by Commissioner Keith and carried.
The Commission authorized the Mayor, Commissioner Morris and the City Manager to
accept the invitation from Mr. Paulucci to attend a meeting with Governor Graham in Talla-
hassee on April 3, 1980 to discuss programs of interest and benefit to the City of Sanford.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
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