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Home My WebLink About09/21/2001 1225 Main Street [] Sebastian~ Florida 32958 Telephone {561} 589-5330 [] Fax (561] 589-5570 City Council Information Letter September 2'1, 2001 Proposal Revision - Boys and Girls Club Pursuant to direction provided during your meeting last week, please be advised that I had an opportunity to meet with the Board of Directors of the Boys and Girls Club of Indian River County, Inc. to discuss the prospect of leasing a portion of the 9.34 acre property behind the municipal complex authorized for acquisition (closing anticipated to transpire during the week of October 1st). lam pleased to report that they "enthusiastically support" this proposal, whereby arrangements would also include construction of additional public outdoor recreational facilities and amenities as necessary to accommodate a growing community (per comprehensive plan requirements, capital improvement programming, etc.). As such, arrangements are underway to revise a proposed lease agreement between the City of Sebastian and the Boys and Girls Club of Indian River County, Inc., anticipated to be presented for your consideration during your October 24th meeting. In addition, a conceptual site plan will soon be showcased, as the agreement will specifically outline a legal description for leased portion of the property. Skydive Sebastian You all may have received by now a letter from the Law Firm of Buckingham, Doolittle and Burroughs on behalf of Skydive Sebastian regarding their position relative to the Sebastian Municipal Airport Master Plan and possible alternatives for relocation of the designated landing area (drop zone). The intent of my response letter to one of the company's primary shareholders, Mr. James lannaccone was not only to clarify the City of Sebastian's stance, but to also once again communicate our willingness and direction to solicit business proposals and alternatives that are in the best interest of both parties. This effort obviously must be facilitated under amicable conditions, as threats and seeking attorneys against the City is City Council Information Letter September 20, 2001 Page 2 counterproductive in this regard. As you reference my response letter, you will be able to ascertain specific efforts to work with Skydive Sebastian accordingly. Hopefully, we can still work together to resolve this matter as soon as possible, via the proper aforementioned conditions. I will keep all of you posted accordingly, as we are planning to recommend adoption of the revised/updated Sebastian Municipal Airport Master Plan towards to close of 2001. Proposed Name Chan.qes for County Road 512 I am pleased to report that the Office of the City Manager has received a tremendous response from residents, suggesting proposed name changes for County Road 512/Fellsmere Road. We received 165 responses since the delivery of the summer edition of the Sebastian Pelican Brief last month. An original plan was to schedule an agenda item to this effect for your September 26th meeting. However, due to the anticipated lengthiness of next week's session, I feel that it will be more productive to address this matter sometime in October. Executive Assistant Jean Tarbell compiled the attached spreadsheet that outlines the tentative tally. I personally appreciate the fact thai many citizens are interested in this proposal. Please prepare yourselves accordingly. Proposal to Florida Recreation Development Assistance Program You will notice in your September 26th City Council Meeting Agenda a recommendation to authorize submittal of a Florida Recreation Development Assistance Program (FRDAP) grant proposal for the current application cycle. During your last meeting, you authorized execution of a recently awarded FRDAP grant agreement to help finance acquisition of additional riverfront property. The purpose of the new proposal will be to seek financial assistance for additional/actual improvements. Although a final site plan has yet been authorized, we still have the ability to submit a respective grant application, as it is our hope that up to $200,000 will be awarded sometime next summer. City Council Information Letter September 20, 2001 Page 3 Keep Indian River County Beautiful Collection Campai,qn Please be advised that the City of Sebastian Department of Public Works has been directed to work with Keep Indian River Beautiful Inc. to implement a telephone book collection campaign in an effort to recycle a maximum number of unused books. Massive collections of recyclable books will alleviate unnecessary disposal at the Indian River County Landfill. Our involvement will simply be to position a dumpster in a visible section of the community (likely adjacent to Riverview Park) between October 1st and December 1st. No problems are anticipated. Out of the Office Just a reminder I will be out of the office beginning this morning to represent the City of Sebastian at the 87th International City Management Association (ICMA) Annual Conference. I will return to City Hall Wednesday morning. This particular session of ICMA is special, as opportunities wilt be available to address the issues of terrorism and security, as applicable to local governments. In addition, I was recently appointed to serve a three-year term on ICMA's Government Affairs and Policy Commission, whereby my inaugural meeting will take place all day Sunday. Executive Assistant Jean Tarbell will maintain my itinerary and contact information, should for any dire reason its becomes necessary to reach me. Wish me luck! Enclosure(s): Letter to James lannaccone, Skydive Sebastian Spreadsheet Tabulation - Fellsmere Road Renaming Memorandum from Lisa Zahner, Keep Indian River Beautiful My Documents/InfoLetter104 ¢JTf OF HOME OF PELICAN ISLAND 1225 MAIN STREET · SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA 32958 TELEPHONE: (561) 589-5330 · FAX (561) 589-5570 September 18, 2001 Mr. James lannaccone Skydive Sebastian of South Florida, Inc. 800 East Broward Boulevard, Suite 510 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Re: Lease A,qreement with Skydive Sebastian of South Florida, Inc, Dear Mr, lannaccone: After receiving the letter as compiled by Mr. Solomon Zoberman representing the Law Firm of Buckingham, Doolittle and Burroughs, LLP yesterday, I felt that it became appropriate to write this correspondence to help clarify the City of Sebastian's position relative to its relationship with Skydive Sebastian of South Florida, Inc., as welt as our community's effort's to enhance Sebastian Municipal Airport. The City of Sebastian pddes itself on implementing projects and programs that will ultimately enhance facilities and public properties to improve the quality of life for residents and corporate citizens. Accordingly, the necessary compilation of a newly proposed Sebastian Municipal Airport Master Plan supports this endeavor with respect to airport operations and management. To that end, city administration is responsible for making recommendations that will enhance the airpod in terms of infrastructure, economic development, and most importantly, community compatibility. Interestingly however, this position is not at all a recent proposition. For instance, the 1993 Sebastian Municipal Airport Master Plan and Community Compatibility Study incorporated the reactivation of Runway 9-27. This necessary endeavor involves numerous changes to the airport's infrastructure, including the redesignation of the airport's skydiving landing area. The current revisions to the Master Plan are consistent with both the former Master Plan and Community Compatibility Study. Accordingly, the Lease Agreement between the City of Sebastian and Skydive Sebastian was authorized to include provisions to this effect. Quite honestly, I was surprised as to the stance taken by your organization, being that all the necessary logistics have been publicly outlined for many years. However, city officials were always amenable to working with all tenants of Sebastian Municipal Airport to communicate respective goals and objectives, as well as ascertain possible suggestions and/or proposed alternatives from concerned parties. Our specific efforts to work with your organization included our meeting that took place Thursday March 15, 2001 with you, Airport Manager Jason Milewski and Skydive Sebastian General Manager Vic Modera to discuss related issues. This meeting concluded with direction for Skydive Sebastian to provide us with suggestions in an effort to outline alternatives for consideration. As such, both Mr. Milewski and I felt that this meeting was productive, as we anticipated a more amicable partnership. What followed however was a series of "An Equal Opportunity Employer" Celebrating Our 75th Anniversary Lease Agreement with Skydive Sebastian of South Florida, Inc. September 18, 2001 Page 2 false accusations made to the press and throughout the community, lack of any further communication with the Office of the City Manager, as well as other evidence of adversarial behavior in general, including attempts to lobby City Council members directly, solicitation of Federal Aviation Administration intervention, allegations of unjust demands for increased rents, and direct threats to "stop this master plan". Aisc, a meeting that was scheduled to take place Wednesday August 8, 2001 with me to include both you and Mr. Moriera never transpired because neither of you showed up. In essence and once again, city administration was always willing, able and available to discuss applicable matters with officials from Skydive Sebastian of South Florida, Inc. To date however, for reasons unknown and beyond our realm, no recommendations have yet been offered. In addition to the posture chosen by Skydive Sebastian, the lack of communication has apparently led to a misinterpretation of many facts. Specifically, issues such as the location of the proposed T-hangar development and unjust increases in rent need to be clarified. As was discussed and presented to City Council dudng their July 25, 2001 regular meeting, the proposed T-hangar development does not preclude any possibility of relocating Skydive Sebastian's facilities, as opportunities still exist, should there be any indication that there is interest to do so. Additionally, the City of Sebastian never arbitrarily demanded an increase in rent. Back rent on the leasehold was past due to the City because of Skydive Sebastian's failure to pay on time per terms of the second lease agreement. This was a condition of the transfer of the lease as directed by City Council and completely unrelated to the Master Plan and/or the City's redesignation of its skydiving landing area. These and many other misunderstandings can easily be elucidated by maintaining open and constant communication. In summary, the City of Sebastian has and still remains open and receptive to substantive suggestions and recommendations from Skydive Sebastian in effort to facilitate altematives to best address both sound business principles and the focus of policies contained in the Sebastian Municipal Airport Master Plan. However, in order to ensure fruitful dialogue and direction in this regard, it is highly imperative that the speculative and adversarial position of Skydive Sebastian of South Florida, Inc. come to a close. Therefore, you may feel free to contact my office by calling (561) 388-8203 when you are able to discuss this matter further. City Manager TRM/ Cc: Honorable Mayor and City Council Rich Stringer, City Attorney Jason Milewski, Airport Manager Douglas DeCarlo, LPA Group, Inc. My Documents/SkydiveSebastian8 · , RENAME FELLSMERE ROAD CONTEST/RESULTS I STREET NAMES PROPOSED BY CITY COUNCIL SEBASTIAN BOULEVARD 50 SEBASTIAN RIVER BOULEVARD 40 ST. SEBASTIAN RIVER BOULEVARD 9 WRITE-IN NAMES RECEIVED AUGUST PARK AVE 1 AUGUST PARK ROAD 1 CITY OF SEBASTIAN BLVD. 1 CR512 2 FELLSMERE ROAD 1 GATEWAY TO SEBASTIAN 1 HIGHLANDS BOULEVARD 1 INDIAN RIVER LAGOON BLVD. 1 LAGOON BLVD. 1 PARADISE BLVD. 1 PELICAN BLVD.~ 9 PELICAN ISLAND ROAD / BLVD. 12 PELICAN PARKWAY 1 PELICAN POINT BLVD. 7 RIVERVIEW BLVD. 8 RIVERVIEW PARKWAY 1 SAN SEBASTIAN BLVD. 1 SEBASTIAN AVENUE 1 SEBASTIAN BLVD. 1 SEBASTIAN CITY PARKWAY 1 SEBASTIAN CORRIDOR 1 SEBASTIAN FELLSMERE ROAD 1 SEBASTIAN FREEWAY 1 SEBASTIAN HIGHWAY 1 SEBASTIAN PARKWAY 3 SEBASTIAN RIVER PARKWAY 1 SEBASTIAN RIVERS ROAD 1 SEBASTIAN STREET 1 SEBASTIAN VILLAGE DRIVE 1 SEBASTIAN VILLAGE TRAIL 1 SEBASTIAN WAY 1 To: Terveuce Moore, City of Sebasti*n From: Lbu Zabuer, KIRD Re: Telephone B~Qk Re. cHug Program Mr. Moora, Dnte: Sept. 13, 2001 Total page: I L~d Wdd~ J ht~h year, lmm October ! through D~eml~er !, flW Indian ~v~ Coun~ ~M Warn Dt,~ Dht~ coodhatu a ~epk~e ~k ~tion campaiia ~cle tb ~mum numar ~phone ~b ~ ~ ~'t ~ up in ~r ~dr~. 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