090988-Special Workshop402
MINUTES
City Commission, Sanford, Florida
Septen%ber 9, 19 88
The City Commission of the City of Sanford,
Session in the City Manager's Conference Room of the City
Florida, at 4:00 o'clock P. M. on September 9, 1988.
Present:
Florida, met in Special Workshop
Hall in the City of Sanford,
Mayor-Commissioner Bettye D. Smith
Commissioner Whitey Eckstein
Commissioner John Y. Mercer
Commissioner Robert Thomas
Commissioner A. A. McClanahan
City Manager Frank A. Faison
.. City Clerk H.N. Tamm, Jr.
Absent: City Attorney William L. Colbert
The meeting was called to order by the Chairman.
The Commission discussed the proposed Wholesale Water and Sewer Agreement for
service to the General Sanford Estates Development.
The City Engineer ~eported this was a tri-party agreement between Seminole
County, General Sanford Estates and the City of Sanford. These agreements provided for the
sale of water and wastewater capacity by City of Sanford
Seminole County owning and operating the distribution
Estates, and actually retailing services to individual
on a wholesale basis, with
systems within General Sanford
property owners. Water and
Wastewater impsct fees are to be collected at Seminole County rates and directly turned
over to City of Sanford. The County-charges sewer impact fees of $7.00 per family unit per
gallon. The City charges $5.66 per family unit per gallon. The difference is cost will
ali.ow for a $t.00 credit per gallon for the use of the reclaimed water. The unit costs'for
water and wastewater service included in the contracts are somewhat lower than comparable
unit costs to other retail customers in recognition that the City of Sanford will not
perform a number of utility functions under this contract which are normally perform for
retail accounts. These functions include: meter reading, billing, and collection; and the
distribution and collection 'system operation, maintenance, and repair. Consideration has
also been given tc the benefit to City of Sanford of the spread in impact fees to be
zeceived as result of the 100% pass through of higher County wster and wastewater impact
fees. These agreements provide for direct application of any unit cost rate increases
which City Co~missioD may in.the future apply to City retail customers.
The City Engineer reported a letter of credit will be provided by the developer
to the County and will also ba provided to the
funds from the County to the City. The
established of 45 days.
City. There will be a direct passage of
Commission requested that a time certain be
The Commission requested a passage of time be established for the impact fees to
be rendered to the City of Sanford allowing between two weeks and a maximum of thirty days.
The Commission requested a clause be added that there will be a charge for the
wastewater to the General Sanford Estates. The rate will be the same charged to the
residents of the City of Sanford.
On page 6, paragraph 5.3, Reclaimed Water, the sentence "All effluent take-back
shall be at no cost to the Development or the County", shall be deleted.
It was noted that the this agreement does not'prohibit annexation as allowed by
Florida Statutes.
The Commission authorized same to be placed on the agenda for September 12, 1988.
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City Commission, Sanford, Florida
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Commissioner Mercer reported
Zoning Board and the Board of Adjustment.
appealed to the Board of Adjustment and passed.
located at 1918 Palmetto in regards to a site plan.
matter at a meeting in the future.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
that there was a conflict between the Planning &
A variance was denied by Planning and Zoning and
This is in reference to the property
The City Attorney will report on this
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