02-09-15 WS Agenda & MinutesCITY COMMISSION MINUTES
CITY OF SANFORD
CITY COMMISSION WORK SESSION
MONDAY, February 9, 2015
4:00 PM
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Railroad Depot Room
2nd Floor
Sanford City Hall
300 North Park Avenue
Sanford, Florida
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Presentation of State of Airport by Frank loppolo, SAA 4:00 — 4:30 PM
Chairman and Larry Dale, President & CEO
2. Discussion re: Establishment of a Cultural Grant Fund 4:30 — 4:45 PM
[Commission Memo 15-022]
3. Update on activities of the Planning and 4:45 — 5:00 PM
Development Services Department
4. Discussion re: City elections: moving Election Day to 5:00 — 5:15 PM
the day of the Primary Election, and allowing for the
candidate with a simple majority to be declared the
winner
5. Discussion re: Charter Review Committee and adding 5:15 — 5:45 PM
Commission district(s)
6. Regular Meeting Items — additional information 5:45 — 5:50 PM
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7. Briefing Items 5:50 — 5:55 PM
A. Mayors appointments to Boards/Committees
8. City Manager Comments 5:55 — 6:00 PM
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The City Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, met in Work Session on
Monday, February 9, 2015, at 4:00 PM, in the Railroad Depot Room, 2 "d Floor, City Hall, 300
North Park Avenue, Sanford, Florida.
Present: Mayor Jeff Triplett
Vice Mayor Velma Williams
Commissioner Art Woodruff
Commissioner Randy Jones
Commissioner Patty Mahany (arrived at 4:18 PM)
City Manager Norton N. Bonaparte, Jr.
City Attorney William L. Colbert (arrived at 4:50 PM)
City Clerk Cynthia Porter
Deputy City Clerk Traci Houchin
Mayor Triplett called the meeting to order at 4:07 PM.
1. Presentation of State of Airport by Frank Ioppolo, SAA Chairman and Larry Dale,
President and CEO.
Mr. Dale and Mr. Ioppolo gave a PowerPoint Presentation regarding the State of
the Orlando Sanford International Airport. The presentation covered passenger stats, domestic
destinations, international destinations, current projects, planned projects, private screening
partnership program and future commercial opportunities.
2. Discussion re: Establishment of a Cultural Grant Fund
Community Planner & Historic Preservation Officer Christine Dalton presented
information regarding establishment of a cultural grant fund. Mayor Triplett asked how the grant
funding would work and Ms. Dalton explained that it would be very similar to the City's CRA
grant issuing process. Commissioner Mahany said that she would prefer to see this money go
towards funding capital improvement projects. Mr. Bonaparte said that he too feels that the City
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has other capital needs that are more pressing. The Commission concurred that Staff should
come back to the Commission with a plan for full use of the proceeds from the insurance payout
that was received due to the loss of the Little Red Schoolhouse, to include potentially some use
for a cultural grant fund but also identify priority capital projects that haven't been funded that
need to be funded.
3. Update on activities of the Planning & Development Services Department.
Planning & Development Services Director Russ Gibson introduced the Planning
Department Staff and gave a brief overview of a PowerPoint presentation highlighting the
accomplishments of the department for the last year. He also passed out information pertaining
to the developments in progress.
Commissioner Mahany asked if there has been any activity on the Marina Isle
development and he said there has not.
Commissioner Williams made reference to a particular building and asked if it
was possible for the Commission to give input on building design going forward. Mr. Gibson
explained that currently there are no design standards other than in the historic district. He said
that his department is in the process of developing design standards which are scheduled to go
before the Planning & Zoning Commission in March and the City Commission in April. In the
meantime, if a developer should come to the City with a design that he considers would be
unacceptable to the Commission, he will state that to the developer.
4. Discussion re: City Elections and moving Election Day to the day of the Primary
Election, and allowing for the candidate with a simple majority to be declared the winner.
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The Commission discussed moving Election Day to the day of the Primary
Election and holding a Run -off Election, if necessary, on General Election day. Also discussed
was whether to declare a candidate the winner by simple majority (plurality) or 50 % +l majority,
and whether to move Election Day back to a spring date.
The Commission also discussed increasing the number of Commission districts to
be implemented when the next census data is available. It is a policy decision that would require
an amendment to the City's Charter. The Commission asked Mr. Bonaparte to provide them with
a listing of Florida cities with a population between 50,000- 70,000 and the number of
Commission districts represented in those cities and to provide that information via email for
future discussion. The Commission concurred to further discuss this item at the next Work
Session.
5. Discussion re: Charter Review Committee and adding Commission districts.
The Commission concurred not to establish a Charter Review Committee at this
time.
6. Regular Meeting Items — additional information
A. Approve Resolution No. 2506, amending the FY 2015 budget by an increase of
$32,852,700. [Commission Memo 15 -0201
Finance Director Cynthia Lindsay reviewed this item which is on tonight's
agenda for action. The Commission had no questions.
7. Briefing items
Mayor's appointments to Boards and Committees for 2015.
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Mayor Triplett distributed a copy of his 2015 appointments to Boards /Committees
and asked the Commission to review their appointments and advise if changes are necessary; this
item will be considered tonight.
8. City Manager Comments
• Mr. Bonaparte said that an accident occurred today on Highway 17 -92 beyond the
RiverWalk which involved a garbage truck and a bicyclist that resulted in a fatality; there
were significant traffic delays.
• Channel 2 did a story on the engraved bricks at Veterans Memorial Park. The Public
Works Department will move forward with re -doing the bricks so that they will be legible
and sealed. This will allow them to last longer; the plan is to have this done prior to
Memorial Day.
• The Arbor Day program was held this afternoon at Seminole High School where the
Public Works Department planted trees at the girls softball
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:24 PM.
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