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Home My WebLink About08031988 City of Sebastian POST OFFICE BOX 780127 [] SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA 32978 TELEPHONE (407) 589-5330 MINUTES SEBASTIAN CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1988 - ?:00 P.M. CITY COUN~kL CHAMBERS 1225 MAIN STREET, SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA ALL PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND INFORMATION ON ITEMS LISTED BELOW MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, CITY HALL, 1225 MAIN STREET, SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA. 1. Mayor Votapka called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. 2. ROLL CALL Present: Absent: Also Present: Councilman George Metcalf Councilman Robert McCarthy Vice Mayor Peter Vallone Mayor Richard Votapka Councilman Kenneth Roth (excused) City Manager, Robert McClary City Attorney, Charles Nash 3. AGENDA MODIFICATIONS (ADDITIONS AND/OR DELETIONS) None. 4. ANNOUNCEMENTS Councilman Metcalf announced the Watershed Committee meeting on August 4, 1988 at 1:00 P.M. in the Sebastian City Council Chambers. Mayor Votapka said the proposed Friedt Foundation development in the Pelican Wildlife Refuge is before the Corps of Engineers for approval. He requested that Councilman Metcalf make inquiry about this at the Watershed Committee meeting. 88.119 5. PUBLIC INPUT David Fisher's request on behalf of the Exchange Club for a commitment from Council as to a site for a community playground and perpetual maintenance by the city was placed on the August 10, 1988 meeting agenda. Mayor Votapka requested the City Manager give Council copies of the summary the Exchange Club had presented on the playground location study. Dan Kilburn and John Powers, Rural Sanitation, explained to Council their recently established system of tri- monthly billing and identification of customers by a sticker system, at the request of the City Clerk who had received several phone calls from citizens complaining of the lack of garbage pickup by Rural. 6. WORKSHOP ITEMS A. Policy on City Board Appointments Mayor Votapka had presented Council with a memo recommending policy on board appointments. Councilman Metcalf said he agreed with Mayor Votapka's recommendations. He said all vacancies should be advertised and all applications should be reviewed. Vice Mayor Vallone concurred with Mayor Votapka's recommendation. Mayor Votapka said his intent in his memo was to standardize board appointments to staggered three year terms. He said he was personally in favor of reappointment of current members if they come with a good recommendation by the committee. He went on to explain his memo to Council members. Councilman McCarthy suggested that some advisory boards should be advised that they serve only in an advisory capacity. He disagreed that all alternates should receive first priority when filling vacancies in all circumstances. He said he did not agree that new people should be sought for a committee when a good person is up for reappointment. Attorney Nash advised that certain boards are established by ordinance and would have to be amended as such. He said members of decision making boards may serve on only one of these boards. 2 88.115 Attorney Nash recommended the City Clerk's office review and outline each city board and bring it back to Council. He also suggested the City Clerk look into revising the application form, i.e., authorization for a criminal history background, statement attesting the applicant has never been convicted of a felony or convicted of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, applicant signature and notary signature. Mayor Votapka recommended adding a statement noting the state statute mandating that a person not serve on more than one policy making board. Ak the ~eeemmen~a~e~ ef the ~y Ma~a§e~7 ~ was ~ee~ed ~e ~eave a~ e~M beards es~ab~she~ ~y e~a~ee ~ee~ a~ ~s~e~ ~he ~y A~e~ney ~e uD~aee *At the recommendation of the City Manager, it was decided t__o have the City Clerk provide an update to City Council on the current policy on city board appointments and to have Council discussion on possible revisions and redraft of current Resolution No. R-80-28 in accordance with the recommendations in Mayor Votapka's memo dated August 3, 1988, and Council input at a future meeting. Mayor Votapka suggested that the City Clerk put together a booklet on city boards in the near future. This item was scheduled for the September 7, 1988 workshop. Discussion L Alcoholic Beverages in City Parks Mayor Votapka said he felt the failed Ordinance No. 0-88- 26 contained points worth salvaging so the city is not put in a position of liability by being selective in regulating who is allowed to serve alcoholic beverages in public parks. Attorney Nash requested that Council discuss how it wants to address alcoholic beverage use on city property. After a lengthy discussion on each item as addressed in the defeated ordinance, it was decided to carry this item to the September 7, 1988 workshop agenda. The City Clerk was instructed to include defeated Ordinance No. 0-88-26 in the Council packet for that date. Mayor Votapka called recess at 9:15 P.M. and recalled the meeting at 9:25 P.M. All members present at recess were present at recall. 3 88.107 88.133 Discussion - Proposed Amendments to Public Service Zoning The Building Official recommended either eliminating hospitals as a conditional use in PS zoning or leaving it in with criteria as a use only on a ma3or arterial street. By consensus of Council the new Section 5 was left in the proposed ordinance with one change as follows: Section 5, (31)(b)(2) The minimum lot size shall be five (5) acres. It was also noted that under Section 2, Conditional Uses and Section 5, (31)(b)(2) the word extended should read extensive. In Section 3, (5)(b)(4) the sentence, "Alcoholic beverages shall not be permitted if the site abuts any RS-10 zone." was amended to "Alcoholic beverages shall not be permitted if the site abuts any RS-10, RS-15 or RS-20 zone." In Section 6, (8)(a)(which incorrectly reads Section 5) the following zones were deleted, RE-40, RS-20, RS-15, RS-10. The following zones were added RM-8, RM-12, PUD(C) and PUD(R). A new (b) was added as follows; The proposed site shall be located on a major collector and shall have direct access from such major collector as designated on the city's thoroughfare map. A poll of Council on approval of these changes resulted in a unanimous affirmative vote. Attorney Nash was instructed to redraft the ordinance and bring it back to Council at the August 24, 1988 regular meeting. MOTION by McCarthy/Metcalf i move we extend the meeting fifteen minutes if needed. McCarthy voted nay as the the first vote and the motion failed. 10. CITY MANAGER MATTERS A. Presentation - F '89 Budget The City Manager requested, regarding the letter from Attorney Thomas Feeney III to Council dated August 8, 1988, stating that an impasse had been reached with the development of an agreement between the St. Sebastian PUD owners and the City Manager, that Council allow him to present Council with an outline of what he feels should go in the agreement. 4 88.088 The City Manager presented the Fiscal '89 budget and advised Council that the budget review would be August 17, 1988, at 7:00 P.M., the budget public hearing would be rescheduled to September 14 and 21, 1988 at 7:00 P.M. He advised Council that he was proposing the millage rate be increased to 7.144. 9. CITY ATTORNEY MATTERS Nash spoke on the letter from Attorney Thomas Feeney III to Council members dated August 1, 1988. 11. ADJOURN Mayor Votapka adjourned the meeting at 10:30 P.M. and the following items were not addressed. D. Ordinance NO. 0-88-19 - Nuisances - Revised Draft 7. MAYOR'S MATTERS 8. COUNCIL MATTERS A. Vice Mayor Vallone B. Councilman Roth C. Councilman McCarthy D. Councilman Metcalf Amendments to the minutes are shown by asterisk, strikethrough for those items deleted and underscore for those items added (excluding agenda item titles). Approved as amended at the August 24, 1988, Regular City Council meeting. -- Richard B. Votapka, Mayor Kathr~ M. O'Halloran, ui~y Clerk