HomeMy WebLinkAbout07221985Jim Gallagher
Mayor
CiO, of Sebastia,z
POST OFFICE BOX 127 [~ SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA 32958-0127
TELEPHONE (305) 589-5330
SPECIAL CiTY COUNCIL MEETING
MONDAY - JULY 22, 1985 7:00 P.M~.,o
AGENDA
Deborah C, Krages
City Clerk
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
ANNOUNCEMENTS/PROCLAMATIONS
OLD BUSINESS:
MAYOR'S MATTERS:
CITY COUNCIL MATTERS:
CiTY ATTORNEY'S MATTERS:
NEW BUSINESS:
REQUEST TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL BY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
DR. JAMES BURNS REGARDING SEWAGE DISPOSAL FOR NEW SEBASTIAN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON C.R. 512.
ADJOURN
NOTE: IF ANY PERSON DECIDES TO APPEAL ANY DECISION MADE ON THE
ABOVE MATTERS, HE/SHE WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS, AND
FOR SUCH PURPOSES, HE/SHE MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RE-
CORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES THE TES-
TIMONY IN EVIDENCE ON WHICH THE APPEAL IS BASED.
MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING CITY COUNCIL JULY 222 1985
AFTER A LENGHTY DISCUSSION ABOUT HAVING'~]~LE TIME TO REVIEW THE REQUEST AND
HAVE QUESTIONS ANSWERED. ~
MOTION BY COUNCILMgI~I SZELUGA, SECONDED BY~OUNCILMAN VALLONE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING
MOTION CARRIED.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:50 P.M.
CITY CLERK' MAYOR
THESE MINUTES WERE APPROVED BY COUNCIL AT THE WORKSHOP ON SBPTEMBER 4, 1985
MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING
CITY OF SEBASTIAN
JULY 22, 1985
MAYOR GALLAGHER CALLED THE SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:00 P.M.
PRESENT:
COUNCILMAN SZELUGA
COUNCILMAN VALLONE
CITY ATTORNEY PALMER
MAYOR JIM GALLAGHER
ABSENT:
VICE MAYOR HARRIS (EXCUSED)
COUNCILMAN ROTH (EXCUSED)
COUNCILMAN VALLONE LEAD THE AUDIENCE AND THE COUNCIL IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE
FLAG.
MAYOR GALLAGHER STATED THAT DR. JAMES BURNS, SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY SCHOOL
BOARD, HAD REQUESTED THAT THE MAYOR SET A SPECIAL MEETING SO THE COUNCIL MIGHT CONSIDER
GRANTING AN EXTENSION OF THE PROPOSED UTILITY FRANCHISE FOR SEBASTIAN LAKES SUBDIVISION
TO INCLUDE THE NEW SEBASTIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
MR. DARRELL MCQUEEN, ENGINEER FOR BOTH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE PROJECT ENGINEER FOR SEBASTIAN
LAKES PROCEEDED TO EXPLAIN THE SAVINGS AND FEASIBILITY OF THE SCHOOL CONNECTING TO THE SEBASTIAN
LAKES UTILITIES RATHER THAN PURCH~'~A'i~'AS~R~-~E/~'~MENT PLANT PACKAGE AND THE EXPENSE
INMAINTENANOE. I~ , ~V/
AFTER A LENGHTY DISCUSSION COUNCIL~'JS,ELUGA Q JESTIi)N~D THE ENGINEER AND DEVELOPER AS TO
WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD BE INTE~Er-~,TE,I) -N ALS] INCLU)II~G THE CR 512 CORRIDOR AS THE LINES
WOULD HAVE TO PASS BY THE BU$INESS~-t~N"51,-~-~'O C~IECT~i~THE SCHOOL. THE DEVELOPER STATED' ~.''
THAT HE WOULD HAVE NO OBJECTION TO EXPANDING THE FRANCHISE REQUEST ANDTHATTHE SCHOOL BOARD
WOULD ONLY HAVE TO PAY FOR THE COST OF T,)4C'--~ZE-qBF--~INE THAT THEY WOULD REQUIRE FOR HOOK UP
ANDTHAT THE DEVELOPER WOULD PAY THE AD,I-'}O~AL CI~JS~F FOR LARGE ENOUGH PIPE FORTHE 512
CORRIDOR AND THE LIFT STATION NECESSARY FI)F PUIVPIE~ THE SEWAGE TO THE PLANT.
COUNCILMAN VALLONE WAS OBJECTIONAL TO THE ~OLNCILJ VOTING ON SUCH A PROPOSAL WITHOUT A FULL
COUNCIL PRESENT AND WANTED THE COUNCIL 'N2..~.~ER_~ICTION UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A FULL COUNCIL
COULD BE PRESENT TO HEAR AND VOTE ON THE ISSUE.
COUNCILMAN SZE~TATED IFHA~WOLI~--~-~OT~C~I~I)-I/OTBf-~'~ PR~-~'~.~r~ EXPANSION
o~ ~,~ ~^NC, T~(3~L~m-ToN ~F~H)^ ~U~'-\CO~Nk~U^s-H~ ~R~N~H~A~UL~ B~ SUB~C~ TO
PUBLIC HEARI'NGS~,~N'~LA -1Llt-~ Ci)U~C~ W~)IJ~L~D ~BE I~,~E'S~NT AT THA-JFIM~ I~HE Q~BS-ION THAT DR
BURNES WOULD L~-X~SW-]R~"D IS ~I~E~C~h'~COVNFrI-~'~J~(~REEABLE O~ J~i~/L~q¥ =O~I[~ER EXTENDING
T,~ S~^ST~^N ~,.~_X~R~S-_'?_~./N Lt~m~]H ~k.?~/S~B~S-~^N ~T~ S~L.
~OT~O, ~Y COU~C~L~^N SZ~^ TO ^'-'0~ S~B^STT^N L^~S F~^NCH~S~ TO TNC,UD~ S~V~C~ TO TH~-
N~ S~B^STT'^N ~L~NT^~ SC,OOL O, C. ~. ~.
MOTION DIED FOR A LACK OF A SECOND,
MAY'OR GALLAGHER STATED THAT HE FELT THAT THE EXTENSION. OF THE FRANCHISE APPLICATION WAS
IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TAXPAYERS.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VALLONE TO ADJOURN.
AYES: COUNCILMAN VALLONE
NAYS: COUNCILMAN SZELUGA
MAYOR GALALGHER
MOTION NOT CARRIED.
COUNCILMAN SZELUGA STATED THAT HE WISHED THE DEVELOPERS, MR. HAMILTON, MR AHO,
MR. MCQUEEN, ENGINEER AND DR, BURNS, TO ACCEPT HIS REGRETS OF THE SITUATION AND THAT AS FAR
AS HE IS CONCERNED THEY COULD WRITE THE EXTENSION OF THE SCHOOL INTO THE FRANCHISE AND THAT
HE APOLOGIZED FOR THE SITUATION.
MAYOR GALLAGHER STATED THAT HE TOO WOULD VOTE IN AN AFFIRMATIVE MANNER FOR THE EXTENSION OF
THE FRANCHISE.
DR. BURNS, SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY SCHOOLS, STATED THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD
HAD TO MAKE A DECi$ION AS TO WHICH PATH THEY WOULD PERSUE, THE OLD PLAN OF PURCHASING
A PACKAGE PLANT OR THE NEW PROPOSED PLAN OF SAVING $40,000 - $50,000. BY CONNECTING THE SCHOOL
TO THE SEBASTIAN LAKES UTILITIES.
COUNCILMAN VALLONE REQUESTED A FIVE (5) MINUTE RECESS. 8:25 P.M.
MAYOR GALLAGHER RECONVENED THE MEETING AT 8:30 P.M. and STATED FOR THE RECORD THAT ALL MEMBERS
THAT WERE PRESENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING ARE PRESENT.