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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/08/2000 1225 Main Street [] Sebastian~ Florida 32958 Telephone (561) 589-5330 [] Fax (561~ 589-5570 City Council Information Letter September 8, 2000 Airport Master Plan - First Public Workshop Arrangements have been made to host the first public workshop relative to the current Sebastian Municipal Airport (SMA) Master Plan exercise, scheduled to take place Thursday October 5th, 6:00 p.m. at the North Indian River County Library here in Sebastian. Topics of presentation include proposed recommendations relative to aviation-related projects and programs, to include a discussion about respective state and federal grant funding opportunities for SMA during the next five years. The primary purpose for the workshop however, is to afford interested citizens an opportunity to learn more about the master plan process, as well as to offer/solicit respective concerns. Please join us if your schedule(s) permit. Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Scrub Jay Habitat Conservation Plan Please find the attached letter as compiled and delivered by Mr. Bart Vernace, Aviation Manager, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Orlando Airports District Office, acknowledging their acceptance and agreement of the modification of the Scrub Jay Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) as authorized during your August 23rd meeting. Once the respective modification to the HCP commences, FAA will forward the applicable conservation easement(s), so as to permit habitat park development. After receipt of the conservation easement, arrangements can then be made to actually implement the HCP, including passive park development in conjunction with Indian River County and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, as well as "freeing" all 317 remaining scrub-jay residential parcels in the highlands section of town. I will keep you all posted as further relevant developments transpire. City Council Information Letter September 8, 2000 Page 2 Capital Sanitation Franchise Fee Char.qe You may recall receiving the most recent bill from Capital Sanitation (those of you who pay quarterly installments), in which total fourth quarter bills equate to approximately $25.44, an increase of over $1.00 from bills of previous quarters. This adjustment was the result of the company exercising its ability to levy a 6% franchise fee (apparently, Capital Sanitation legal representation advised that this option is utilized, per the City of Sebastian Franchise Agreement as authorized in 1998). The reason I wish to convey this information is because our offices were besieged by numerous complaints relative to what was perceived to be an actual cost increase for garbage collection services in Sebastian. Essentially, this most recent fee should have been charged since the beginning of the agreement. Perhaps an accounting error on part of Capital Sanitation is just now being clarified. Veteran's Memorial Concept A meeting recently transpired with representatives from both Sebastian Chapter of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) relative to an updated concept for a veteran's memorial in Sebastian. Consensus seems to indicate a desire for a circular memorial to be positioned in perhaps Riverview Park, to include an American Flag in the center (please find the attached rough draft site plan). This arrangement is fairly common as far as establishing such memorials in cities like Sebastian (examples of such can be seen in publics parks in both Palm Bay and Cape Canaveral). This effort does not require a tremendous cost per se. However, implementation would be accomplished in concert with overall improvements slated at Riverview Park during Fiscal Year 2001. As such, staff will continue working directly with the American Legion and VFW to outline an approach as to how this effort can be accomplished. I will keep all of you posted accordingly. Firefi.qhters Memorial Concept Nate McCollum of the Indian River County Department of Emergency Services recently met with us to discuss the possibility of establishing a firefighter memorial at Sebastian Municipal Cemetery. This arrangement City Council Information Letter September 8, 2000, Page 3 will transpire via a cemetery lot purchase by the department to position the memorial. I think this is a great idea in that for many years prior to the establishment of the countywide emergency service district, Sebastian had only volunteers to combat fires and other hazardous events in the community. In addition, no direct costs are imminent to the City of Sebastian, but only direct Coordination accordingly. As such, the community's cemetery supervisor (sexton if you will) Kip Kelso has been assigned to work directly with Mr. McCollum to undergo the necessary process, including respective site planning activities. I will keep you all posted as we progress accordingly. Post Office Parking Lot ResurfacinR Program Please find the attached memorandum from Police Chief Randy White, which outlines arrangements to resurface the Main Street Post Office parking lot this weekend. Permission was the[efore requested to allow vehicle parking here at City Hall during the course of this improvement project. I see no problems with this arrangement at all (I actually believe that it was wise for the Postal Service to implement this effort during a weekend - particularly so as not to disrupt normal weekday parking activity at City Hall). As such, don't be alarmed if you are driving down Main Street this weekend and notice mail trucks parked at City Hall Your Official City of Sebastian Knit Shirt By the time you begin reading this week's information letter, you will have noticed that your personal City of Sebastian knit shirt has been included in today's delivery. All City of Sebastian employees and officials were provided shirts today, in effort to promote unity throughout all levels of the organization. Enjoy and wear with pride. Enclosure(s): Letter from FAA Memorandum from Chief White Rough Site Sketch - Veteran's Memorial Concept My Documents/InfoLetter58 U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration September 1,2000 Mr. Terrence R. Moore City Manager City of Sebastian 1225 Main Street Sebastion, Florida 32958 ORLANDO AIRPORTS DISTRICT OFFICE 5950 Hazeltine National Dr., Suite 400 Orlando F1~~5024 Phone: (407) 812-6331~ Re~ Sebastian Scrub Jay Habitat Conservation Plan Sebastian Municipal Airport Dear Mr. Moore: This responds to Mr. Jason Milewski's letter of August 28, 2000 transmitting a copy of the Sebastian Scrub Jay Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP). After review of the proposed modification to the HCP and recent discussion with Mr. James Slack of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), we understand that the HCP will be finalized without the modification proposed in the August 24, 2000, letter to USFWS. We also understand that the modification to the HCP will be incorporated at a later date. Based on this information, we agree with the modification to the HCP as described in the August 24, 2000 letter provided the airport does not need the property for future aviation purposes and the city submits a revised airport layout plan (ALP) to reflect the Scrub Jay habitat on the airport. Upon receipt of the revised ALP and after the HCP is modified, we will then issue a perpetual conservation easement. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me at extension 27. Sincerely~ ~P.E. Acting Manager CC; James Slack, USFWS Jason Milewski, City of Sebastian PARTNERS IN CREATING TOMORROW'S AIRPORTS~ SEBASTIAN POLICE DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM Date: To: Re: 9/6/2000 Terrence Moore, City Manager Temporary Use of City Hall Parking Lot The Post Office on Main Street is having their parking lot resurfaced this weekend. So they can clear their lot for this work, they have requested permission to park their vehicles in the parking lot on the west side of City Hall on Saturday and Sunday, September 9~ & l0th. They have assured us that they will have these vehicles removed prior to City offices opening on Monday. We see no problem with this and have OK'd it, subject to your approval. Dennis R. White Chief of Police / / / 'x \ ~ ~ ®-~-~ It,".