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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-08-2015 CC MinutesOWN SEIB�nA1� HOME OF PELICAN ISLAND SEBASTIAN CITY COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR MEETING WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2015 - 6:30 P.M. CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1225 MAIN STREET, SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA Mayor Gillmor called the Regular Meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. 2. Invocation was given by Pastor Norm Holm, Calvary Chapel Melbourne -Sebastian Campus. 3. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Council Member McPartlan. 4. ROLL CALL City Council Present: Mayor Richard Gillmor Vice Mayor Jerome Adams Council Member Andrea Coy Council Member Jim Hill Council Member Bob McPartlan City Staff Present: City Manager, Joe Griffin City Attorney, Robert Ginsburg City Clerk, Sally Maio Police Commander, John Blackledge Park Supervisor, Chris McCarthy Community Development Planner, Jan King E -Records & Information Manager, Barbara Brooke -Reese 5. AGENDA MODIFICATIONS Modifications and additions require unanimous vote of City Council members None. 6. PROCLAMATIONS, AWARDS, BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENTS Presentations of proclamations, certificates and awards, and brief timely announcements by Council and Staff. No public input or action under this heading. 15.069 A. Proclamation — Guardian Ad-Litem Month - Accepted by H.L. "Vern" Melvin. Circuit Director, 19th Circuit Guardian ad Litem Program Mayor Gillmor read and presented the proclamation to Mr. Melvin, who explained the need for Guardian Ad Litem volunteers to be advocates for children in the court system, noting that of the 200 children in need only 150-160 children have that guidance. Mayor Gillmor asked for his contact information and Mr. Melvin said individuals can contact Council Member McPartlan who works for Department of Children and Families, had provided information for the County website and perhaps could do so here. Regular City Council Meeting April 8, 2015 Page Two 15.070 B. Proclamation — Child Abuse and Neglect Awareness and Prevention Month — April — Healthy Families - Boys & Girls Clubs of Indian River County, CASTLE, Tobacco Free Partnership, and Childcare Resources Mayor Gillmor read and presented the proclamation to representatives of the various organizations listed above who participate in Pinwheel. Ms. Cain with Healthy Start Coalition spoke on their behalf and explained the importance of awareness of child neglect and prevention programs, said they adopted the Pinwheel which is a reminder of a happy childhood and support for healthy families. The representatives presented pinwheels to Council members. 15.049 C. Mayor Gillmor read and presented the proclamation to Doy Demsick, who encouraged citizens to come out to support Relay for Life at Riverview Park on April 25 1h. Mr. Demsick said he was honored to accept the proclamation, and explained the American Cancer Society mission to find significant cures for cancer with Relay events and welcomed everyone to come out and participate in the event. 15.071 D. Proclamation — Mayors' Day of Recognition for National Service — April 7. 2015 — Accepted by Julie Boswell, Americorp Volunteer at Pelican Island Elementary Mayor Gillmor read and presented the proclamation to Ms. Boswell and Doug ??. Ms. Boswell said Americorp volunteers in four elementary schools and three pre-schools in Indian River County deal with 482 students in one on one tutoring, are involved with the moonshot moment and proud to be part of the community. 15.072 E. Proclamation — National Volunteer Week — April 12 -18, 2015 — Accepted by City of Sebastian Police and Administrative Volunteers Mayor Gillmor read and presented the proclamation to City of Sebastian Police Commander Blackledge, who thanked him on behalf of the 20 or more Police volunteers who contribute thousands of hours every year to the community. 15.073 F. Proclamation — National Public Safety Telecommunicators' Week — April 12-18, 2015 — Accepted by Sebastian Police Department Dispatchers Mayor Gillmor read and presented the proclamation to Sebastian Police Department dispatcher Lynn Faircloth. Regular City Council Meeting April S, 2015 Page Three 15.074 G. Presentation by Himanshu Mehta, Indian River County Solid Waste Disposal District Himanshu Mehta gave a Power Point presentation on the new Solid Waste trash pickup in the unincorporated areas of the County and City of Fellsmere, and countywide recycling program by Waste Management following an RFP process and scheduled to begin October 1, 2015 (see PP attached). He explained there is a mandate to get to 75% recycling in Indian River County in five years, the county trash service will go to once per week carted subscription service, and to a cart for one stream recycling countywide using a 65 gallon cart. He said their trash contract can be piggybacked by other municipalities. Mayor Gillmor noted that the City of Sebastian will continue to have twice per week regular trash pickup for the remainder of the City's franchise term with Waste Management, while the County will go to once a week. Mr. Mehta asked for a location to house the recycling carts for distribution in the north County, and said there will be an RIFD chip on the recycling carts to track usage and provide education. Ms. Coy said commercial recycling is lacking and asked how we could get them recycling. Mr. Mehta said commercial recycling is not part of their assessment, and there is a State law that says unless the governing bodies have adopted mandatory commercial recycling ordinances, the County cannot put that fee on commercial properties, so it is an option that they have and compared to what is out there now, single stream process will help them. Ms. Coy said there is a reluctance to recycle by businesses, and it needs to be painless and simple. Mr. Mehta said by early September the County should begin receiving carts and begin delivering them. 15.075 H. Presentation by Alexis Thomas, Indian River County Environmental Specialist — New Fertilizer Ordinances and Compliance Alexis Thomas, IRC Stormwater Department, Stormwater Educator and Fertilizer Ordinance Enforcement Officer, gave a Power Point presentation on the County's and several municipalities' fertilizer ordinances and compliant fertilizers available in local stores (see PP attached), and said there are educational bumper stickers on the back table. She briefly went over the prohibitions and regulations of the ordinances, and reported that supplies of compliant fertilizers have increased since last year locally. Ms. Coy clarified that the City has an ordinance that is nearly the same as the County's and Ms. Thomas is an IRC County employee and her jurisdiction is not Sebastian and she did not want Sebastian residents to mistakenly call Ms. Thomas, suggesting perhaps our City Environmental Specialist, Michelle Stromburg, can work closely with Ms. Thomas. Ms. Thomas said the fertilizer companies are really stepping up lately to stock compliant fertilizers. Ms. Coy asked if we could post her presentation on Channel 25 and she agreed, and suggested use of her video which runs on the County stormwater website. Brief Announcements 4/10/15 — Chamber Concert in Riverview Park — SRHS Jazz Ensemble and Steel Drum Band — 5:30 pm to 8 pm 4/11/15 — Sebastian River Art Club in Riverview Park —10 am to 4 pm 4/18/15 - Earth Day in Riverview Park Sponsored by Natural Resources Board - Community Paper Shredding and Electronic Destruction Day in Riverview Park Parking Lot and Community Cleanup in Barber Street Sports Complex and Schumann Park - 9 am to Noon all locations 4/25115 — Relay for Life in Riverview Park —11 am to 11 pm Regular City Council Meeting April 8, 2015 Page Four 7. CONSENT AGENDA All items on the consent agenda are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of consent agenda items unless a member City Council so requests; in which event, the item will be removed and acted upon separately. If a member of the public wishes to provide input on a consent agenda item, he/she should request a Council Member to remove the item for discussion prior to start of the meeting or by raising his/her hand to be recognized. A. Approval of Minutes — March 25, 2015 Regular Meeting 15.076 B. Approve Craft Club Annual Shows 2015-2016 and Reduce Fees by 50% - 10/3/15, 11/14/15, 12/5/15, 12/6/15, 1/2/16, 2/6/16, 3/5/16, 3/6/16, 4/2/16, 5/7/16 with raindates —10 am to 3 pm (Transmittal, Permit Application) 15.040 C. Approve Resolution No. R-15-08 — FIND Waterway Assistance Grant Application for Phase 2A Working Waterfront (Transmittal, Application, Site Plan, R-15-08) A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, SUPPORTING THE CITY'S FIND GRANT APPLICATION SEEKING FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT PHASE 2A OF THE WORKING WATERFRONT PROJECT AT FISHERMAN'S LANDING SEBASTIAN, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 15.064 D. Approve Change Order #1 to Timothy Rose Contract for Fleming Street Reconstruction to Add Main Street Paving Between Fleming Street and South Wimbrow Drive in the Amount of $82,966.40 (Transmittal, Quote) 15.077 E. Approved Purchase of Three Servers for MIS from Dell, Inc. Under Florida Department of Management Services Contract # 250-WSCA-10-ACS in the Amount of $34,949.43 from DST Funds (Transmittal, Dell Quote) 15.078 F. Award Bid/Contract for Drainage Ditch Cleaning to Florida Site Contracting in the Amount of $182,044 and Authorize City Manager to Execute Contract (Transmittal, Bid Summary List and Contract) 15.079 G. Purchase of Special Response Team Equipment with Law Enforcement Trust Fund (forfeiture account) in the Amount of $12,087.16 in Accordance with FS 932.7055 (Transmittal, FS Sec. 932.7055, Quotes) 15.080 H. Approve Alcoholic Beverage for Wedding Anniversary Party at Yacht Club April 19, 2015 — 1 pm to 5 pm — Permittee DOB Verified (Transmittal, Rental Permit Application, Receipt) MOTION by Ms. Coy and SECOND by Mr. McPartlan to approve. Roll Call: Ayes: Gillmor, Adams, Coy, Hill, McPartlan Nays: None Passed: 5-0 Regular City Council Meeting April 8, 2015 Page Five 8. COMMITTEE REPORTS & APPOINTMENTS City committee reports and Council Member regional committee reports. No public input or action except for City committee member nominations and appointments under this heading. Mr. Adams reported on the Treasure Coast Council of Local Government's consent to take action on support of the Indian River Lagoon Council resolution he brought to them as requested by Mayor Gillmor, which they will do and deliver to the Indian River Lagoon Council. He further reported on the bill in the current legislative session to remove municipalities' rights to use local preference for vendors, which has passed its first steps and is moving forward, that FLC is opposed and that people can contact legislator to oppose HB 103 and SB 778. Mayor Gillmor said he emailed Senator Altman with his opposition this morning, noting that the State uses local preference. 9. PUBLIC HEARING (Quasi -Judicial) 15.058 A. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA, REZONING APPROXIMATELY 13.01 ACRES LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF MAIN STREET POWERLINE ROAD FROM RESIDENTIAL MEDIUM DENSITY (RM -8) AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (RS -10) TO PLANNED UNITY DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL (PUD -R), IN ACCORDANCE WITH A CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN KNOWN AS SANDCREST SUBDIVISION; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Mayor Gillmor opened the hearing 7:33 pm and the City Attorney read 0-15-05 by title. There was no ex -parted communication to disclose. The City Clerk swore in all who intended to provide testimony. Chuck Mechling, applicant for Sandcrest, gave a brief explanation of prior approvals, approval of his new design for 64 single family units, noting under the leadership of the City Manager, Mr. Watanabe, Jan King and Dorri Bosworth it has been a pleasure to work with the City on this development, cited a Press Journal article about growth awakening and the fact that we have a special community growing but we keep in mind that we grow with grace, staff has embraced this and they have all worked together as a team to bring something that fits well in this geographic spot for this community and in the end will be an asset. Marty??, 132 Easy Street, spoke on behalf of eight residents around Bob Circle, and all are on board with this, love the new revision, have gotten to know Chuck and Karen and are impressed, and they are excited to break ground and move forward. The City Manager commented that two conditions that came to Council have been met, the environmental study and concurrency analysis from School Board. Ms. King gave the staff report noting the action is rezoning from RM -8 and a small portion of RS -10 to PUD - Residential, and conceptual development plan which outlines the rules and regulations they will have to comply with, though conceptual it is very detailed, that this process is to negotiate the minimum sizes and setbacks, and to obtain some waivers noting some items are straight up to being negotiated, but others have specific regulations in the Land Regular City Council Meeting April 8, 2015 Page Six Development Code. She said the applicant can ask for waivers from specific regulations and the Council has authority to waive those regulations. She cited page 194 of the agenda packet which sets out the parameters that the applicant is requesting for the subdivision and those are the guidelines he will have to meet as he goes further down the road with the preliminary plat and ultimately the final plat for the subdivision. In response to Mayor Gillmor, Ms. King said this was approved unanimously by Planning and Zoning. Mayor Gillmor called for those in favor to come forward and then those opposed and there were no responses. MOTION by Mr. Hill and SECOND by Mr. McPartlan to approve. Roll Call: Ayes: Adams, Coy, Hill, McPartlan, Gillmor Nays: None Passed: 5-0 10. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 15.081 A. The City Manager said at the March 11, 2015 meeting, Council asked him to send a letter to Ed Dodd, Chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission relating to a series of events that occurred at the November 6, 2014 P&Z meeting, which he sent on March 12, 2015 and then received a letter from Mr. Dodd in response, noting both letters are submitted for Council's consideration. Mayor Gillmor said Mr. Dodd was here and asked him if he would like to come and say something. Mr. Dodd said he had a short statement to make, thanked Mayor Gillmor for his phone call which gave him a lot to think about as he went through this process. He cited the two main themes that stood out to him as being issues relating to the November 6t meeting, the first being the pedophile issue that came out and was a focal point to a lot of people and used a lot, was first brought out by the applicant when describing meetings with the Elks Club and the Charter School and questions that came out at the school as to how they would be protected against pedophiles, and their response that they would have background checks to do that. He said the word pedophile became a catch phrase for the large group in the audience at the hearing. He said there is no one on Planning and Zoning, including him that believes that people who drive RVs have any more incidents of being bad people at all. He cited language from the Declaration of Independence, "it is imperative on governments which derive their just powers from the consent of the governed that should allow the governed to speak at public hearings" noting this was a public hearing and not quasi- judicial, and the public was allowed to speak. He then went on to the second issue, stating after being notified by the City Manager that he had received a letter from Dr. Fischer he summarized three possible outcomes, 1) that he would voluntarily resign, but was not willing to disregard his ten years of voluntary service to the community in which felt he has done a good job; 2) that he write a letter to Dr. Fischer, and that though truly sorry for using profanity which is not his nature, and in hindsight it might have been best to call a recess at that point of the meeting, he said he has apologized and will apologize again tonight for what he said to Dr. Fischer, but sees writing a letter to Dr. Fischer as justification for Dr. Fischer approaching him. He said he is not able to do that Regular City Council Meeting April 8, 2015 Page Seven it and is not within his code of ethics. He said option three is Council rescinding his position on the Planning and Zoning Commission, fully understands that service on P&Z is at the pleasure of the Council, and if it not their pleasure that he continue, he is okay with that. Ms. Coy asked him to stay at the podium for a few questions, said she would preface her comments with the fact that until that one meeting, this was not reflective of his ten years of service and ability to run a meeting, but there was an incident that caused a lot of consternation, and as chair even though people have a right to say things like pedophile, he, as chair has a right to clarify and comment on it and there are ways to do that, citing how Council handles it when someone from the public states something blatantly false, and said that did not happen in this instance. She said we are here because Council asked you to apologize to Dr. Fischer. Mr. Dodd said again he was not here to discuss that issue and is not going to do that. He said he was not willing to compromise his ethics because the five Council members asked him to do that. Ms. Coy said she was sorry to hear that because probably the hardest thing to do in life is to say you are wrong and say I am sorry, but it is a sign of strength when you can admit you made a mistake and right now the only thing you are admitting is that profanity was not a good thing on TV. Mayor Gillmor said in reviewing the meeting after that Mr. Dodd did apologize. Ms. Coy said not to Doc Fischer, and Mayor Gillmor said he apologized to everyone in the audience. Ms. Coy said Dr. Fischer was not in the audience. Mayor Gillmor said he was there and Mr. Dodd said he was apologizing to everyone in the audience and to staff and everyone watching TV. Mr. Hill said with all due respect, Mr. Dodd just stood right there and said he will not apologize to Dr. Fischer. Mr. Dodd then approached the podium and Ms. Coy said to him that he left the podium because he had nothing else to say and now he wants to come back. Mr. Dodd said he will not write a letter of apology to Dr. Fischer. Mr. Hill said this is unfortunate because he can't discount ten years of good service, but there were many grievous mistakes made, and this Council gave a directive to apologize for that meeting and the chairman is refusing and thumbing his nose at the request of this body and that is almost as egregious as what occurred at the meeting. He said this is about a directive and his outright refusal to say he is sorry, and said he wouldn't do that because it would make what Dr. Fischer did alright. He said you can write a letter and this goes away, but pride is getting in the way and disregard for this Council is just as egregious as what occurred, that the disrespect and bullying that occurred at the meeting was unacceptable. Ms. Coy said she agreed wholeheartedly and thought about this a lot, that being a Veteran you have nothing more than your honor, and when you are embarrassed like that publicly it is your honor period, it had nothing to do with money or the project, it had to do with the person's integrity and their honor, and when you are disrespectful and refuse to say I shouldn't have said that and I am sorry. She said there is something very personal about this and we can't have personal issues sitting up here. She said we all asked for this letter Regular City Council Meeting April 8, 2015 Page Eight and we can't have someone dismiss our directives because it is violates their sense of right and wrong. MOTION by Ms. Coy and SECOND by Mr. Hill to recommend his removal. Mr. Adams said it is unfortunate this situation has come to what it is now and regardless of what happened, we only know one side of the story and not what was said to Mr. Dodd, that sometimes people fly off the handle, but believes Mr. Dodd has made amends and we have more important things that we should be spending our time on and Mr. Dodd's service to the City should be considered before Council takes any action or makes any decisions. Mr. McPartlan said he kind of agrees with Mr. Adams on some of his points, Mr. Dodd's service to the community and on Planning and Zoning, said he watched the November 6t' meeting over and over and there were a lot of things, like the crowd getting out of hand. He reminded Council we will have the meeting on April 15" on committees, noting there are no public input procedures on their agendas, there are two sides to every story, and questioned could Mr. Dodd have run the meeting better - yes. He said we asked Mr. Dodd to send a letter of apology, and we would have loved it if he just wrote the letter so it would all just go away but he didn't, though he came back here tonight and apologized for words that he said again, but would not write the letter. Ms. Coy responded he apologized for swearing on TV but not to the person. Mr. McPartlan said he apologized for losing his cool, and the other aspect that he looks at is, when you sit on this dais it is the same as you being a judge in a court of law and people don't approach this bench, so was that seen as a sign of disrespect. Mayor Gillmor responded that was an excellent point, citing that this has happened before Council, and when it did, he called a recess and had them removed, and we would not be talking about this if it had not gone out on the airwaves. He said he told Mr. Dodd that he has done things in the heat of the moment and felt strongly he was in the right, but it is best if you do the apology in person and still thinks that was the right thing to do and told him that, but he himself was not sitting up there and doesn't know the other side of the story. He said we are making mountain out of a molehill, and said again, if recess had been called and the mike turned off we would not be here. He said Mr. Dodd apologized publicly to everyone watching including Dr. Fischer. He said he wished he would have sent a note to Dr. Fischer but did not want to lose a volunteer that has shown he can do a good job. Mr. Hill responded that the mountain was made by the chairman for refusing a simple request to write an apology. Chuck Mechling said he did not know Mr. Dodd except though his appearance before Planning and Zoning and that he handled the meeting with extreme professionalism and felt if he didn't share that with Council he would be remiss, understands that Council needs to make decisions and give direction and that there is a relationship with volunteer staff, but sometimes at these meetings the crowd may have bad information and the dynamic becomes almost beyond control and is a challenge to chair. He reiterated that when he went before Planning and Zoning, Mr. Dodd conducted a meeting that was top notch and professional. Roll Call: Ayes: Coy, Hill Nays: McPartlan, Gillmor, Adams Failed: 2-3 Regular City Council Meeting April 8, 2015 Page Nine Ms. Coy apologized to Dr. Fischer herself for the comments directed at him personally, hope it never happens to anyone again, Mr. Dodd has given us assurance it won't happen again, noted she has had her ups and downs and is not in Dr. Fischer's pocket. 11. PUBLIC INPUT - None 12. NEW BUSINESS - None 13. CITY ATTORNEY MATTERS - None 14. CITY MANAGER MATTERS The City Manager said we got great press last week about the Fisherman's Landing exhibit done by Ruth Stanbridge and Wilma Bertling; reported that staff was negotiating a contract with Kimley-Horne on the seawall assessment and would come back with a contract on April 22, 2015; reminded everyone about the April 18 Earth Day and recycling events and the April 15`h City Council workshop with its Boards and Committees. 15. CITY CLERK MATTERS - None 16. CITY COUNCIL MATTERS A. Council Member McPartlan Mr. McPartlan reported on the Devereaux breakfast to take place at the Unity Church of Vero Beach on April 25th at 8:30 pm to promote the need for Foster families. B. Mayor Gillmor Mayor Gillmor reported that he and the City Manager had attended the Vero Beach City Council meeting on the Indian River Lagoon Coalition agreement to join the IR Lagoon Council and there is good response, the City Attorney is fine-tuning the agreement, on April 23rd they will attend the Indian River Shores meeting to speak to them, and for the April 17th Indian River Lagoon Council meeting, they may put an item on to possibly talk about offering the coalition a seat. He also reported on Treasure Coast Regional League of Cities mini grants for school civics lessons, and that the Sebastian Charter Junior High School will visit City Hall on April 22nd and conduct a mock meeting, stating he hopes members of Council can come by to give them a pep talk, and that Storm Grover Middle School will do the same at a later date. He said they will debate an issue like making uniforms mandatory. C. Vice Mayor Adams — None D. Council Member Coy - None E. Council Member Hill - None 17. Being no further business, Mayor Gillmor adjourned the Regular Meeting at 8:14 p.m. Approve By: 'egular Meeting. 661 Summary of Solid Waste & Recyclables Collection Services (Starting in October 2015) Himanshu H. Mehta, Managing Director April 8, 2015 Outline • Goals & Objectives • Decision Timeline • New Changes • Single Stream Recycling (Residential and Business) Carted Once -A -Week Solid Waste Service GOALS & OBJECTIVES • Competitive Procurement • Maintain Quality of Service • Increase Efficiency • Increase Recycling Rates • Reduce Costs C-EMORE DISpOS, `. 7 in � EF- �'ftcrcuNG V df Indian River County currently has a 37% recycling rate and we need your help to reach the State of Florida goal of 75°%. Decision Timeline Board Approval To Issue RFP 12/16/14 I 3/18/15 Recommend for Award RFP Release Proposals 1/6/15 Received 2/20/15 Contract Start 10/1/15 Am . 1 Contract Award 4/21/15 New Service - Starts October 1, 2015 • Exclusive Residential & Commercial Franchise Areas (One Service Area - Waste Mangement) • Recycling: Single Stream (carts) • Garbage: Carted ➢ Once -a -week i� Subscription • C&D service remains the same • Term: 7 Years with One 3 -year Renewal Option -pv44y Recycling Franchise Area a 2015 Re de FranchiseArea • �"""'•^' w . Indian River County, Florida '^ 6 3 Solid Waste Franchise Area ur55ulid WV W t`r ncht Ara s (indud. tel6mem) Indian River Wunty, tlnrida 7 Carts • Waste Management • 65 -gallon for recycling — Option for 35/95 -gallon upon request • 95 -gallon for solid waste — Option for 35/65 -gallon upon request • With Radio Frequency Identification (RFI) t - _ 8 El Pricing • Subscription Solid Waste - $9.68 per month • Universal Residential Recycling - $2.55 per month (Paid via Annual Assessment) ° Commercial - $4.73 per cubic yard Questions? 5 The Fertilizer and Landscape Management Ordinance Alexis Thomas x t �VER� 0 z° o� K t t �ORLOa No Fertilizer containing Nitrogen between June 11t and September 30th This is the rainy season and therefore more nutrients are likely to run off into the Lagoon Bumper Stickers were made to emphasize this point Save our Lagoon! NO Fertilizer INDIAN RIVER ` ,j ORHOOD ISSOCIEIGHTION,, Py ASSOCIATION, v. � •' June i - September 30 4/23/2015 1 NmPmK Nitrogen - Phosphorous - Potassium ► The three main ingredients in most fertilizer products. NO Phosphorous is permitted ► Phosphorous is a nutrient often ample in central and south Florida soil, therefore, ► Unless a soil test is taken and shows a phosphorous deficiency, phosphorous is NOT to be used. ► The second number should always read zero! N - 0 - K 4/23/2015 2 4/23/2015 At Least 50% Slow Release Nitrogen Guaranteed Analysis Scotts° Turf Builder$ Florida Lawn Ford 28-0-14 F 643 Total Nitrogen(N)...................................................28% 28.0% urea nitrogen' Soluble Potash(K20).............................................. 14% Iron(Fe) Jew)........................................................2% 0.02% water soluble iron (Fe) Denved from: polymer -coated urea, urea, potassium chloride, iron sucrate. 'A portion of the nitrogen has been coated to provide 14% coated slow-release nitrogen. For this example: To determine the percent slow release nitrogen we need to divide 14 - X 100 = 50% 28 On the back of the bag, usually bottom left corner, you'll find the Guaranteed Analysis. Identify the percent of slow release nitrogen and divide by the total number of nitrogen in the bag. ....,�.. ScotteTurf BuildertFlorida Lawn Food 28-0-14 F643 Total Nitrogen(N)...................................................28% 28.0% urea nitrogen' Soluble Potash(K20)..............................................14% Iron(Fe) (retail ........................................................2% 0.02% water soluble man (Fe) Derived tmm: polymer -coated urea, urea, potassium chloride, iron sucrate -A portion of the nitrogen has been coated to pmvid+l4%mated slow-release nitrogen. Therefore this bag is in compliance with the nitrogen content 3 When Not to Apply: No Fertilizer should be applied... ► To saturated soils y( ► When expecting a heavy rain event U ► Before seeding or sodding a site ► The first 30 days after seeding or sodding ► Never apply fertilizer within 10 feet of any water body. Additional Requirements ► Always follow the directions on the bag for applying fertilizer ► Spreader deflector shields are required when using rotary spreaders ► All fertilizer must be removed from impervious surfaces ► NO fertilizer is to go down storm drains, ditches, or water bodies Grass clippings and lawn debris shall be swept up and thrown away or placed back on the yard. 4/23/2015 N Exemptions to the Ordinance ► Bona fide farms or pastures used for grazing livestock ► Lands used for bona fide scientific research ► Golf courses that are correctly using landscaping Best Management Practices ► Athletic fields ► Vegetable gardens and trees grown for their fruit Licensing of Applicators ► Commercial and institutional fertilizer applicators are required to complete the six -hour training program in the "Florida -Friendly Best Management Practices for the Protection of Water Resources by Green Industries" offered by the FDER ► All fertilizer applicators are required to carry in their possession evidence of certification when applying. ► Owners of companies applying fertilizer must provide proof of completion to the Indian River Tax Collectors office to renew Tax Receipt. 4/23/2015 5 Questions? Contact info: irestormwater.com for more ordinance information Or email me at athomasCircgov.com 4/23/2015