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CITY COMMISSION MINUTES
FEBRUARY 8, 2010
WORK SESSION
CITY OF SANFORD
CITY COMMISSION WORK SESSION
Railroad Depot Room
2nd Floor
Sanford City Hall
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2010 300 North Park Avenue
4:00 PM Sanford, Florida
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Clerk at 407.688.5010 at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting.
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AGENDA
1) Sanford Housing Authority briefing - discussion. [Commission Memo
10 -025]
2) Police Community Relations Initiative Report — update.
[Commission Memo 10 -031]
3) Alcoholic Beverage Establishments — proposed new regulations.
[Commission Memo 10 -026]
4) Agenda Items — additional information and /or questions.
5) End the meeting.
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The City Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, met in Work
Session on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 4:00 PM, in the Railroad Depot Room, 2 "
Floor, City Hall, 300 North Park Avenue, Sanford, Florida.
Present: Mayor Linda Kuhn
Vice Mayor Art Woodruff
Commissioner Randy Jones (Arrived at 4:26 P.M.)
Commissioner Velma Williams
Commissioner Jack T. Bridges
Interim City Manager Tom George
Acting City Attorney Lonnie Groot
City Clerk Janet Dougherty
Administrative Specialist Pat Lee
Mayor Linda Kuhn called the Work Session to order at 4:04 PM.
Note: Items taken out of order to accommodate Commissioner Jones being present. O
2) Police Community Relations Initiative Report — update.[Commission Memo 10-
031 ]
Police Chief Brian Tooley reviewed the action plan and outlined the
progress made to date. He stated the Department is working on Outreach programs and
will continue to take the Citizens Advisory Board meetings "on the road" (with
increased advertisements), with a meeting to be held in each District once a year.
Mayor Kuhn asked that items in the Action Plan get implemented as soon as possible.
3) Alcoholic Beverage Establishments — proposed new regulations. [Commission
Memo 10 -026]
Russ Gibson, Director of Planning and Development Services,
distributed two hand -outs, and together with Antonia Gerli, Principal Planner, explained
what other cities are doing versus what Sanford is doing. [Commissioner Jones arrived]
Staff recommended that prior to consideration of any new regulations, direct input be
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sought from the business community through the Chamber of Commerce.
After discussion, it was the consensus of the Commission to have staff
draft an ordinance that would include the following policies: (1) establish a buffer area
(300' or 150') inside the perimeter of the SC -3 zoning (excluding the existing
Entertainment District) that would require obtaining Conditional Use approval for new
alcoholic beverage licenses; (2) establish specific standards or criteria for Conditional
Use requests involving alcoholic beverages.
1) Sanford Housing Authority briefing - discussion. [Commission Memo 10- 0251
Mayor Kuhn asked if Board Member Maria Penzes was acting as a
spokesperson for the Board and Ms. Penzes responded that "she can ". Ms. Penzes
distributed a packet of information dated February 8, 2010 and titled "Sanford Housing
Authority Financial Strategic Plan".
Mayor Kuhn summarized the events leading up to today's meeting
including lack of heating issues and SHA being in arrears with their water bills and
numerous other vendors. She stated she is very distressed with the situation and it
seems as though the City of Sanford gets pulled into this and gets the "black eye ",
noting the City does not fund nor run this Agency and she is concerned that any of our
residents are living in substandard conditions which are unacceptable. She felt the
financial strategic plan was nothing more than a "band -aid" and asked what were the
long term plans and goals of this Agency noting financial problems surface about every
5 years.
Ms. Penzes reviewed the financial strategic plan and her belief that the
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Agency should be whole by March of this year in terms of paying a fair amount of the
accounts down. Mr. Melvin Philpot explained that he is not clear on how they got to
this point and that the Board was not apprised of a lot of things. Mr. Angel Tua stated
that HUD has heard what the Mayor said "loud and clear" but that HUD doesn't have
money available. HUD is conducting an investigation into spending and he cannot
share what the items of the investigation are but that SHA has taken positive steps to
pay its bills and he offered to meet one -on -one with each Commissioner to answer their
questions.
4) Agenda Items — additional information and /or questions.
Mr. George gave an update on the Haitian Relief efforts at the Orlando-
Sanford Airport that have now ceased and noted that $81,280 has been expended. A
contract with DCF for 100% reimbursement will be brought back on the next agenda.
Mr. George distributed a diagram for the Creative Sanford lease that is
on today's Consent Agenda for approval.
5) End the meeting.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 5:51 P.M.
Mayor Linda Kuhn
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