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City Commission, Sanford, Florida
~pril 3
89
The City Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, met in Workshop Session in
the City Manager's Conference Room of the City Hall in the City of Sanford, Florida, at
4:00 o'clock P. M. on April 3, 1989.
Present:
Mayor-Commissioner Bettye D. Smith
Commissioner Lon Howell
Commissioner John Y. Mercer
Commissioner Bob Thomas
Commissioner A. A. McClanahan
City Manager Frank A. Faison
Absent: City Attorney William L. Colbert
City Clerk Janet R. Donahoe
The meeting was called to order by the Chairman.
The Chairman asked if the automatic aluminum recycling machine behind the Wareco
Station had been removed. Chief Harriett replied that it had not been removed as yet, but
that he would keep apprised of the situation and report back to the Commission. It was the
concensus of the Commission that there was no proper place for this type of machine within
the City of Sanford.
The Commission discussed the Minimum Living Area Requirements for single family
dwelling districts. Builders/Developers invited to attend and discuss the above were: Bob
McKee, Kay Shoemaker, David Stump, Levi Coleman, Herbert Cherry, Bill Miller, and Bill
Corso. Those builders/developers attending were: Kay Shoemaker, David Stump, Levi
Coleman, Herbert Cherry, and Bill Miller. The Chairman requested each builder to state his
opinion as to whether or not the City needs to lower its minimum square footage requirement
below 1,000 square feet in SR1-A zoning classifications. Herbert Cherry stated he thought
the requirements were adequate. Levi Coleman stated he agreed with the minimum square
footage requirements as they are now. David Stump responded by reading a detailed report
of 24 subdivisions all within the SR1-A zoning district, stating the number of units
together with the number of square footage contained. Mr. Stump stated that he felt SR1-A
minimum square footage requirements should be lowered to 1,000 square feet. Bill of the
Florida Home Builders Association, stated he felt it was critical to have 700 square feet
requirment in the SR1-A zoning classification. Mr. Miller stated that Seminole County has
a 700 square footage requirment, and that Orange County maintained a 600 square footage
requirement.
After considerable discussion, the Chairman stated she agreed that we needed to
have a provision for smaller existing houses remaining in built out SR1-A zones. The City
Engineer suggested that instead of a conditional use permit, the City consider taking an
average square footage of homes within a certain radius of the vacant lot, then base the
criteria for the vacant lot on the surrounding data. Staff was instructed to put together
ideas for computing the radius, to leave 700 and 1200 square feet in the ordinance, and to
allow room for alternatives.
The next item discussed was a request from the Sanford Housing Authority for free
refuse pick-up at 480 units of low income conventional public housing. The City Manager
reported that if the Commission decided to do so, it would promulgate the need for at least
one new refuse truck and additional personnel. The Commission instructed the City Manager
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The Commission reviewed a request from Wes Rinker to renew the Stadium Lease for
five (5) years, and authorized the City Manager to contact the Seminole County School Board
to see if they are interested in the property. The Commission authorized the lease request
be placed on the agenda for April 10, 1989.
The Recreation Task Force requested a $3,000.00 budget to lease a van to tour
recreational facilities and perform a mail out of a questionnaire. The Commission
instructed the City Manager to meet with the Recreation Task Force and suggest they place
their questionaire in the two local newspapers. Staff was also instructed to pursue the
possibility of obtaining a van for touring free of charge, and to place said request on the
agenda for April 10, 1989.
The Commission reviewed a request from Engineering and Planning for a printing
contract for the Reclaimed Water Reuse Promotion Program. The City Engineer explained that
the mail out is a 60 day promotion to find out how many people would use the system. The
Commission authorized the printing contract to be placed on the April 10, 1989 agenda.
The Commission reviewed the proposed agreement with Solin and Associates, Inc.
for planning assistance. The City Planner reported the contract amount to be $27,255.00.
The Commission authorized this be placed on the agenda for April 10, 1989 authorizing the
Mayor to execute the subcontract and modification.
The City Engineer submitted a status
recommendations as follows:
report on Marina Parking, with
April 3, 1989
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
MEMORANDUM
CITY MANAGER~.~--
DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AND PLANNING
MARINA PARKING
Mr. Faison:
In response to City Commission direction, I held a meeting of
9'interested parties" on March 31, 1989. Those in attendance
included Chuck Volk, Shawn Briggs, John Smith, Ron Neal, and
myself. During a "round table" discussion the following ideas and
concepts were stated:
Some boat trailer parking should be provided on the island at
all times.
Improper and illegal parking is a significant problem. More
monitoring and enforcement is needed.
Parking violation tow-away should be utilized where posted.
Parking ticket fees should be raised to some effective amount,
perhaps $25.00.
The municipal lot needs to be appropriately signed to direct
boat trailers to park "diagonally" rather than "perpendicu-
lar''.
Parking spaces set aside for boat trailers should be for
exclusive use of boat trailers.
Different parking rules on weekends and weekdays create con-
fusion. Rules should be consistent for all days.
Where trailer parkigg is to be prohibited in pairs of parking
spaces, bumper blocks should be installed between the spaces
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There appears to be a growing use of Marina parking for over
night parking/camping of motor homes and recreation vehicles.
This should probably be prohibited and enforced.
After considerable discussion, it was the concensus of all those
present that all parking spaces south of the Romance Office should
be restricted to car parking only. These spaces will serve those
persons utilizing Marina wet slips, customers of the Romance, and
the general public. The attached drawing of this parking area
(Attachment 1) has been annotated to show the proposed parking
regulation. Chuck Volk and Shawn Briggs requested that bumper
blocks be installed between all spaces, and volunteered to pay the
material costs for the blocks if the City would install them.
The recommended changes north of the boat ramps are a bit more
complicated, but will result in 23 dedicated 40-foot long trailer
parking spaces. Attachment 2 shows the proposed parking spaces to
be reserved for trailers only, with all remaining parking spaces to
be reserved for cars only. This arrangement is proposed on a 365
day per year basis. For your reference, I have attached a copy of
the present parking configuration and pos{ed restrictions for this
area. If/when John Smith builds the other projected building
within his leasehold area, the proposed parking plan will require
revisitation.
The group discussed the idea of creating special parking passes for
periods longer than 48 hours in order to be able to serve the few
beaters who plan longer excursions, ~nd require a place to leave
their boat trailer. It was agreed that this was a valid require-
ment~ though of probably limited frequency. Chuck Volk vglunteered
to be the issuer of such passes, if provided for by the City, with
the understanding that only those spaces reserved for trailers, to
the extent available, could be so utilized.
There was dicussion regarding desirability of extending the length
of the existing boat ramp finger piers in order to allow the
storage of a boat while its owner was parking the trailer, while
allowing the next boater to launch or retrieve his boat along side
the same finger pier. This matter will be reviewed in the field to
determine if there is sufficient space for this to be feasible.
It is recommended that City Commission adopt the parking regula-
tions as proposed in the above paragraphs.
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The Commission set Saturday, April 15, 1989, as their annual clean-up day. The
Commissioners are to decide what site they'd like to clean up and report back at the
regular meeting April 10, 1989.
The Commission nominated Thelma Mike to receive the Pete Knowles Award to be
presented at the last meeting in April (April 24, 1989).
The Commission requested the City Attorney give a presentation on Government in
the Sunshine Law for all committees, boards and staff interested in attending. It was
suggested that it possibly be given at 6:00 P.M. on a regular meeting date.
Commissioner McClana~an advised the Commission that something needed to be done
to clean up the Southeast Corner of Airport Blvd. and 20th Street. He stated that there is
solid growth over 15' high, and visibility was zero at the intersection.
Commissioner McClanahan stated that the Commission needed to
concurrency/infrastructure in place. Commissioner McClanahan stated
becoming a problem in the near future. He would
staff and Planning and Zoning Commission. The
place at a worksession in May.
be briefed on
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like someone to make a presentation for
Chairman suggested the presentation take
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
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ATTEST:
City Clerk