120993-Special Work Session MINUTES
City Commission, Sanford, Florida S[3ffE~I~ SESSiO~
The City Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, met in Special Work Session
at 4:00 o'clock P. M. on Thursday, December 9, 1993, in the City Manager's Conference Room,
Second Floor, Sanford City Hall, 300 North Park Avenue, Sanford, Florida.
Present: Mayor Bettye D. Smith
Commissioner Whitey Eckstein
Commissioner A. A. McClanahan
Commissioner Lon K. Howell
City Manager William A. Simmons
City Clerk Janet R. Donahoe
Absent: Commissioner Robert B. Thomas, Jr.
City Attorney William L. Colbert
The meeting was called to order by the Chairman.
City actions to facilitate Seminole County School Board and Seminole County Commission Co-
location.
The City Manager reviewed actions resulting from the City Commission Work Session
on October 25, 1993, wherein Bill Kercher and the staff put forth the idea that it is
desirable to have governmental functions in the center of a city, particularly in the center
of the urban area of a county seat, which Sanford is; the City Commission concurred; and the
City Commission met with the Seminole County School Board and the Seminole County Commission
to discuss co-location.
As a result of the joint meeting, various actions and meetings occurred. These
included: the Technical Committee's discussion of the advantages and disadvantages to each
of the three entities, including the issues of public perception of a consolidated facility,
the intangibles of a consolidated facility occurring in an urban situation as opposed to
looking like urban sprawl, the physical and operational sharing of the facilities, parking,
land acquisition, timing, phasing/timing of requirements/improvements, costs of alternatives,
impact on the tax base, and that the total of the advantages and disadvantages of the above
factors was generally positive; the Mayor's and his meeting with Jeno Paulucci and Larry
Nelson, local property manager, about the value of Mr. Paulucci's four parcels, about three
to four and one-half acres, at the north end of the street, said value being about
$900,000.00 for the lands and improvements thereon; City Manager's meeting with New Tribes
representatives and their desire to exchange some of New Tribes land for the Seminole County
Legislative Delegation building now being used by Seminole County as a training facility, and
New Tribes willingness to sell some of their land if an exchange is not possible.
Seminole County's architect, the firm of Hansen Lind Meyer, has reviewed the
parking needs to accommodate the proposed joint facility and concluded that additional future
parking will be needed in the area south of the present County Services Building.
Acquisition could be in phases, and the building construction could also be in phases.
The City Manager reported that the City could assist with retention facilities for
the co-location by permitting the use of the approximately 1,300 linear feet of
unopened/unpaved Seminole Boulevard 80 foot wide street right-of-way east of Mellonville
Avenue (about 2.7 acres) as a shallow, dry, retention pond; and First Street right-of-way
could be used for retention if less than the full width is otherwise utilized. Further, he
does not recommend the city expend funds to facilitate the co-location, unless perhaps a very
small amount is necessary.
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City Commission, Sanford, Florida SpI~C~8~ WOrk SessioR
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The City Manager reported that the co-location has intangible benefits to the city:
the greater presence of about 400 additional employees downtown; people coming to the School
Board downtown rather than somewhere else; and the best usage, institutional, of the property
(the property does not have high potential for commercial use, however, the School Board
property on Lake Mary Boulevard has good potential for commercial development). The presence
downtown is the greatest benefit to the city.
The Commission concurred with the City Manager's report.
The Mayor commended the City Manager and Jay Marder, Director of Planning and
Development, for their time and efforts in this endeavor.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Attest:
City C~erk
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