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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07102013 Minutesa1y of HOME OF PELICAN ISLAND SEBASTIAN CITY COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR MEETING WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 2013 - 6:30 P.M. CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1225 MAIN STREET, SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA Vice Mayor Wright called the Regular City Council Meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. 2. Invocation was give by Deacon John Dunlop, St. Sebastian Catholic Church. 3. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Vice Mayor Wright. 4. ROLL CALL City Council Members Present: Vice Mayor Wright Council Member Jerome Adams Council Member Andrea Coy Council Member Jim Hill City Council Members Absent: Mayor Bob McPartlan (excused) City Staff Present: City Manager, Al Minner City Attorney, Robert Ginsburg City Clerk, Sally Maio Administrative Services Director, Debra Krueger Community Development Director, Joe Griffin Finance Director, Ken Killgore Garage Supervisor, Greg Schmidt Police Chief, Michelle Morris MIS Senior Systems Analyst, Barbara Brooke -Reese 5. AGENDA MODIFICATIONS Modifications and additions require unanimous vote of City Council members None. Regular City Council Meeting July 10, 2013 Page Two 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. 13.076 A. Certificate of Appreciation to Eric Spokas — Natural Resources Board Vice Mayor Wright read and presented the certificate to Mr. Spokas. 13.102 B. Proclamation — Treasure Coast Waterway Cleanup Week — July 21- 27, 2013 - Accepted by Steve Haigis, former MIATC President Vice Mayor Wright read and presented the proclamation to Mr. Haigis. 13.103 C. Proclamation — Marine Cleanup Initiative, Inc. — Designating July 2013 as Marine Debris Removal Month — Accepted by Captain Don Voss Vice Mayor Wright read and presented the proclamation to Captain Voss. D. Brief Announcements Ms. Coy thanked the Lions Club and City of Sebastian staff for the spectacular 4th of JUly event. She said she hoped the skydiver with the flag will continue in future years, and the City Manager said he had received a lot of input and it is already being talked about for next year with a drop zone on the east side of the park. 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. 8 -12 A. Approval of Minutes — June 26, 2013 Regular Meeting 13.104 B. Resolution No. R -13 -15 — Pilots' Paradise USA — 1 st Amendment to Airport Lease 13 -34 (Community Development Director Transmittal, R- 13 -15, 1 st Amendment to Lease, Original Lease) A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN AND PILOTS' PARADISE, INC USA; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 13.105 C. Resolution No. R -13 -16 - National Apperture, Inc. Lease at Airport Administration Building (Community Development Director Transmittal, R- 13 -16, Lease) A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN AND NATIONAL APERTURE, INC.; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. 2 Regular City Council Meeting July 10, 2013 Page Three 13.106 D. Approve Annual Fuel Contract with Glover Oil Company Based on Piggyback Pricing from Port St. Lucie Bid — July 10, 2013 through June 30, 2014 (PW Transmittal, Email Letter of Agreement) MOTION by Mr. Hill and SECOND by Ms. Coy to approve the consent agenda. Roll Call: Ayes: Wright, Adams, Coy, Hill (McPartlan — Absent) Nays: None Passed 4 -0 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. 13.076 A. Natural Resources Board (City Clerk Transmittal, Application, Ad, List) i. Interview, Unless Waived and Submit Nominations for the Vacant Regular Member Position with a Term to Expire July 2016 Mr. Wright noted current alternate Gerald Deredita was requesting to move up to Regular Member and was the only applicant. Ms. Coy nominated Mr. Deredita and it was the consensus of Council to appoint him. Mr. Wright congratulated him and thanked him for his service. B. Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee i. Update Report (No Backup) John Tenerowicz, 310 South Wimbrow Drive, and member of the City Parks and Recreation Committee gave an update on the Committee's accomplishments and recommendations as follows: Schumann Park - tennis court restrooms installed and awaiting permit to remove old restroom to make way for new playground Easy Street Park - sidewalk and lights installed BSSC - Creative Playground - installed new pirate ship and two shade canopies BSSC - baseball field restroom repairs completed BSSC - Multi- purpose field — new lights installed Riverview Park - Second volleyball court installed Hardee Park — playground equipment installed Community Center — new fence and playground installed Dog Park — new trees and shrubs planted BSSC — five years down the road need to look at new property for new ballfields Bikepath maps should be in process He further reported the tennis group would like a tennis or racquetball court at Friendship Park; cited the needs for a dog park slab for handicapped accessibility with proper drain, a sign for the community center at the center and on US 1, and recommendation for expansion of the current community center or a new building. Mr. Wright and Mr. Hill thanked him for his report, adding appreciation for all the work Parks and Recreation has done for the City. The City Manager said he added the committee report to see if we could move on in this fiscal year for 1) the dog park pad in the amount of $3K; 2) start a community center two phase program starting with a needs assessment; and 3) a community center sign at a cost of approximately $7K. He recommended we go ahead with the slab and sign noting $10K is within his authority to 3 Regular City Council Meeting July 10, 2013 Page Four expend and can be absorbed by recreation impact fees. He said the request for the community center needs analysis might be a little premature. Mr. Wright said the pad is desperately needed, and in response to Mr. Wright, the City Manager said we'll work with FDOT on the US 1 sign, and move forward on the Curt Oxford type sign at the Community Center which may be a little high, but at $7K, it can be relocated at a later time if need be. Mr. Tenerowicz reported that there are 31 homes under construction in new subdivisions which will increase recreational impact fees revenues. Mr. Wright said the need for a community center has been discussed many times and requested Council receive backup from Parks and Recreation before they act on the requested needs assessment. Ms. Coy suggested a joint workshop with Parks and Recreation to discuss possibilities. The City Manager said that might be a good idea, that most of the committee members feel a community center is needed but recommend a needs analysis first due to the large investment which has potential to absorb all the recreational impact fees. Mr. Wright said he would like to have their recommendations and concepts and fairly solid cost estimates prior to a joint meeting so it can be productive, noting there are a lot of different ideas he had heard in the last ten years and there will need to be some money retained for other projects. Mr. Hill said we are also talking about potential need for future land for sports facilities so we have to be careful with funding. Ms. Coy said she would not want to give the City Manager too much work to crunch numbers, but rather discuss ideas first. The City Manager said DST funds could be utilized for these large expenses, and $10K for a needs analysis would be appropriate to see what we want to offer to the community, and because staff doesn't really have the time to do it. Mr. Hill said we have a community center now and a survey may come back to say it can be renovated, or demolished there and rebuilt. Mr. Wright cautioned we not ignore other parks and recreation needs, and the survey could also look at other facilities to see if they are adequate and moving forward. He said the idea of a workshop is fine and suggested this be discussed at our next meeting. The City Manager suggested this be pushed back to the fall, because of the pending budget. He said Parks and Recreation suggest putting in $10K for the 2014 CIP for a needs analysis, which Ms. Coy stated seemed low, comparing it to the SRA analysis that was $89,000. The City Manager recommended we see where the budget process goes and then have more discussions on this as we get through the budget process with Parks and Recreation. Ms. Coy said we paid for a part of the SRA senior needs analysis and might be able to use some of that. Other Committee Reports Ms. Coy reported on today's Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) meeting, noting the City Manager and Mr. Wright were in attendance and that MPO supported the US 1 speed limit lowering and the City Manager has his marching orders. 11 Regular City Council Meeting July 10, 2013 Page Five The City Manager said he sent out the official request to FDOT by email today to Mr. Overton, copied to District Director James Wolf, Representative Mayfield, City Council, Chamber of Commerce and the Community Development Director. Mr. Adams reported on today's Treasure Coast Council of Local Governments (TCCLG) meeting, with a report from Workforce Solutions that the unemployment downward trend continues, and about their guest speaker, talk show host Steve Daniels, who spoke on Lake Okeechobee sport fishing, which brings revenues to the City of Okeechobee, and that there are schools with fishing teams in Florida, which, he said, could be looked at in our area as something kids can do and at the same time learn about the environment. 9. PUBLIC HEARINGS - None 10. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None 11. PUBLIC INPUT - None 12. NEW BUSINESS 13.010 A. Recommendation to Set Maximum Millage at 3.7166 Mills and Authorize City Manager to Execute Forms DR -420, DR- 420MM -P, and DR- 420TIF (Administrative Services Transmittal, Forms) MOTION by Mr. Hill and SECOND by Ms. Coy to set the maximum millage at 3.7166 mills and authorize the City Manager to execute forms DR420, DR420MM -P, and DR420TIF. The City Manager explained that setting the millage at the current 3.7166 mills is actually a tax reduction because of a bit of an anomaly, and explained, when we set our millage rate, our rolled -back or rolled - forward rate is set on the amount of money you generate in the previous year, and that the previous year total assessed value is down by about $5M but we have approximately $9M of new growth so we are netting about $4M of new taxable growth, so the rolled -back rate is actually a rolled - forward rate, and we believe our current rate will bring in enough revenue in 2014. Ed Herlihy, Chairman, Budget Review Advisory Board, said the Board met on July 1, 2013, and the City Manager gave a power point presentation, noting the proposed budget is totally similar to the same as presented last year, there are signs we have turned the corner on real estate, and that the Board unanimously passed a resolution to adopt this millage rate and also passed a resolution that no funds be withdrawn from general fund reserves. Mr. Wright said this keeps the millage rate and taxes the same for most people, with homestead exemption limitations there is a small chance taxes could go up, said a huge amount of work was put into this, and if you look at the power point presentation by the City Manager, most Council issues have been addressed. He said he was pleased we were able to begin to address long standing projects. Mr. Hill said it was wonderful seeing a tax decrease this year, and that with staff and council leadership we were able to maintain our wonderful qualify of life, a position a lot of other cities were not able to do. Roll Call: Ayes: Adams, Coy, Hill, Wright (McPartlan — Absent) Nays: None Passed 4 -0 Regular City Council Meeting July 10, 2013 Page Six 13.107 B. First Reading of Ordinance No. 0 -13 -04 - Annexation — 11465 Old Dixie — 81 -99 Schedule Second Reading and Public Hearing for August 14, 2013 (Community Development Transmittal, 0- 13 -04, Letter of Request, Staff Report, FS 171.044 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION FOR LAND CONSISTING OF 2.45 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, LOCATED AT 11465 OLD DIXIE HIGHWAY AND LYING WEST OF THE F.E.C. RAILROAD; PROVIDING FOR INTERIM LAND USE AND ZONING CLASSIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. The City Attorney introduced the three agenda items, three ordinances for first reading which are for the same property, for voluntary annexation, land use amendment, and rezoning, and though all tied together, will be acted upon separately. He read Ordinance No. 0 -13 -04 by title. MOTION by Mr. Hill and SECOND by Ms. Coy to pass Ordinance No. 0 -13 -04 (on first reading and set ph for August 14, 2013). The Community Development Director gave a brief presentation on the request, briefly described Planning and Zoning Commission approval on June 20, 2013 and recommended approval. Damien Gilliams, 1623 US 1, Sebastian, expressed concern about the City expanding its limits for properties abutting residential to rezone to industrial, without a clear vision of what we want to do with this area and create a need for more City services, and asked why the County doesn't want to rezone this property. He said people on Arbor Street were probably not notified and may not know about this. Mr. Hill said this was misinformation, the property was nowhere near Arbor Street and is contiguous to other industrial property, and that the County sent the individuals to the City to have it annexed and changed to industrial. Tim Freeman, property owner, said this property has been in his family since the 1940s, they did not have to worry about Arbor Street, that half of this area is RM -6 and half is Industrial. Mr. Freeman said he is the property seller and it was his understanding the short term use would be for outdoor storage and perhaps later for trees and maybe a mango winery. Vijay Saam, potential buyer, said she and her husband were looking to purchase property with an idea to grow mango trees on the 2 % acre property, and were not looking to have major heavy industrial. She said there is not yet a specific plan, but it was Indian River County's recommendation to come to the City. She said they may do some storage for now and would not encroach on anyone's neighborhood. Mr. Wright said this is a good area for growing mangos, he grows them and is close by. Mr. Wright said there is a vast difference in IRC and City Industrial zoning categories and asked what uses are allowed in City Industrial. re Regular City Council Meeting July 10, 2013 Page Seven The Community Development said it has to be compatible with surrounding areas, and read what he classified as light industrial uses from the Land Development Code, which he said did not include any heavy industrial uses. Roll Call: Ayes: Coy, Hill, Wright, Adams (McPartlan — Absent) Nays: None Passed 4 -0 13.107 C. First Reading of Ordinance No. 0 -13 -05 — Small Scale Comprehensive Land Use 100 -114 Plan Amendment Land Use — 11465 Old Dixie — Schedule Second Reading and Public Hearinq for August 14, 2013 (Community Development Transmittal, 0- 13 -05, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA, APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHICH AMENDS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO DESIGNATE AN INITIAL LAND USE CLASSIFICATION OF INDUSTRIAL (IND) FOR ANNEXED LAND WITH A PRIOR COUNTY LAND USE DESIGNATION OF LOW - DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, UP TO 6 UNITS PER ACRE (L -2) FOR LAND CONSISTING OF 2.45 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, LOCATED AT 11465 OLD DIXIE HIGHWAY AND LYING WEST OF THE F.E.C. RAILROAD; AUTHORIZING FINDINGS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. The City Attorney read Ordinance No. 0 -13 -05 by title. MOTION by Ms. Coy and SECOND by Mr. Adams to approve first reading of Ordinance No. 0 -13 -05 (and set public hearing for August 14, 2013). Roll Call: Ayes: Wright, Adams, Coy, Hill (McPartlan — Absent) Nays: None Passed 4 -0 13.107 D. First Reading of Ordinance No. 0 -13 -06 - Rezoning — 11465 Old Dixie — 115 -126 Schedule Second Reading and Public Hearing for August 14, 2013 (Community Development Transmittal, 0- 13 -06, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA, DESIGNATING AN INITIAL ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF INDUSTRIAL (IN) FOR ANNEXED LAND WITH A PRIOR COUNTY ZONING DESIGNATION OF RESIDENTIAL MULTI - FAMILY, UP TO 6 UNITS PER ACRE (RM -6) FOR LAND CONSISTING OF 2.45 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, LOCATED AT 11465 OLD DIXIE HIGHWAY AND LYING WEST OF THE F.E.C. RAILROAD; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. The City Attorney read Ordinance No. 0 -13 -06 by title. MOTION by Mr. Adams and SECOND by Mr. Hill to approve. (Ordinance No. 0 -13 -06 on first reading and set public for August 14, 2013). Roll Call: Ayes: Coy, Hill, Wright, Adams (McPartlan — Absent) Nays: None Passed 4 -0 The City Attorney said let's have Council state its desire to set the public hearing for August 14, 2013. Ms. Coy made a motion and it was their consensus to do so. 13. CITY ATTORNEY MATTERS The City Attorney said he would give a brief update on new State legislation relative to the City in the near future. 7 Regular City Council Meeting July 10, 2013 Page Eight 14. CITY MANAGER MATTERS — None 15. CITY CLERK MATTERS — None 16. CITY COUNCIL MATTERS A. Council Member Coy — None B. Council Member Hill — None C. Mayor McPartlan - Absent D. Vice Mayor Wright — None E. Council Member Adams Mr. Adams reiterated his comments about the fishing teams and said Steve Daniels contact information is phone 863 - 885 -2230 or email stevedaniel84(- rahoo.com. 17. Being no further business, Vice Mayor Wright adjourned the Regular Meeting at 7:38 p.m. Approved at the July 24, 20 Regular Council Meeting. By: Bob McPartlan, Mayor Attest: --Sally A. Maio, M IC, City Clerk