City Council Meeting Minutes

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City of Minneola
July 7, 2015
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Council Meeting
6: 30 P.M.
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Minneola City Hall
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The City of Minneola Council Meeting was called to order by Mayor Pat Kelley.
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were Vice Mayor Pam Serviss, Councilor Kelly Price, Councilor Joe Saunders, Scott Gerken
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Also present
City Attorney), Mark Johnson (City Manager), and Christina Stidham ( City Clerk).
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A moment of silence was observed, and the Pledge of Allegiance was led by Vice Mayor
Serviss.
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AGENDA REVIEW
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Mayor Kelley moved Item 2 — The Town of Montverde Wastewater Request to provide time for
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Montverde' s engineer to arrive.
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Mayor Kelley moved Item 5 —Impact Fee Agreement - Fosgate Road Extension Project up to be
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heard after Item 1—
City Council Meeting Minutes ofJune 16, 2015.
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PUBLIC COMMENT
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There were no public comments.
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MINUTES
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ITEM 1:
City Council Meeting Minutes of June 16, 2015
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MOTION by Vice Mayor Serviss, SECONDED by Councilor Price, to approve the City
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Council Minutes of June 16, 2015.
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AYE:
Serviss, Kelley, Price, Saunders
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NAY: None
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MOTION PASSED: 4 -0
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MOTION by Councilor Price, SECONDED by Vice Mayor Serviss, to excuse Councilor
Jones from the meeting.
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AYE:
Serviss, Kelley, Price, Saunders
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NAY: None
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MOTION PASSED: 4 -0
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COUNCIL DISCUSSION & ACTION ITEMS
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ITEM 5:
Impact Fee Agreement —Fosgate Road Extension Project
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Mark Johnson explained Council is being asked to consider approval of the proposed Impact
Fee Agreement between Lake County, the City of Minneola, and Hanover Smoak regarding the
Fosgate Road extension. This agreement outlines the responsibilities of each entity.
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PUBLIC COMMENT
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There were no public comments.
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MOTION by Councilor Price, SECONDED by Councilor Saunders to approve the impact
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fee agreement.
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AYE:
Serviss, Kelley, Price, Saunders
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NAY: None
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MOTION PASSED: 4 -0
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ITEM 3: Request to Payoff State Revolving Fund Loan in the Amount of $499, 670.70
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Mark Johnson asked Council to consider approval to payoff S. R.F. Loan Number 350500. This
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loan was obtained to extend the utility lines north on Highway 27. The loan has a 2. 89 percent
interest rate, and we hope to eliminate approximately $200, 000 in interest payments over the life
of loan by paying it off now. This is one of three S. R.F. loans left to payoff.
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PUBLIC COMMENT
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There were no public comments.
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MOTION by Vice Mayor Serviss, SECONDED by Councilor Price to approve to payoff the
State Revolving Fund loan.
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AYE:
Serviss, Kelley, Price, Saunders,
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NAY: None
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MOTION PASSED: 4 -0
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ITEM 4:
Telephones & Telephone Services at the Wastewater Plant
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Mark Johnson asked Council to consider a contract with Cloud 9 to change the way we have
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the telephone service at the Wastewater Treatment Plant due to all the difficulties we have had
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with the system. They are proposing to change the system to work off of a cellular service and
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install new telephones.
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Fred Miller commented that at this time the Wastewater Plant is without telephone service.
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PUBLIC COMMENT
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There were no public comments.
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MOTION by Councilor Price, SECONDED by Councilor Saunders to approve the
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telephone service proposal with Cloud 9 for the Wastewater Plant.
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Serviss, Kelley, Price, Saunders
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NAY: None
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MOTION PASSED: 4 -0
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ITEM 6:
Permissive Use Agreement with St. Johns River Water Management District
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Mark Johnson asked Council to consider the proposed Permissive Use Agreement with St.
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Johns to construct an Upper Floridan monitoring well and conduct a Lower Floridan aquifer test.
St. Johns is going to do this study free of charge. They want to measure and determine what
impacts pumping out of the Lower Floridan have on the Upper Floridan. They are working on a
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similar agreement with Richland Investments, Inc. for use of their stormwater system for
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discharge.
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PUBLIC COMMENT
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There were no public comments.
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MOTION by Councilor Price, SECONDED by Vice Mayor Serviss to approve the
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permissive use agreement with the St. Johns River Water Management District.
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AYE:
Serviss, Kelley, Price, Saunders
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NAY: None
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MOTION PASSED:
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ITEM 7:
Assignment of Interlocal Agreement Pertaining to Animal Control Services to the
Lake County Sheriffs Office.
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Mark Johnson explained that our current agreement is with Lake County for Animal Control
Services. In October of 2014, the Sheriff' s Office took over that responsibility. This agreement
assigns our agreement with Lake County to the Lake County Sheriff' s Office.
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PUBLIC COMMENT
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There were no public comments.
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MOTION by Vice Mayor Serviss, SECONDED by Councilor Saunders to approve
assignment of the Interlocal Agreement pertaining to Animal Control Services.
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AYE:
Serviss, Kelley, Price, Saunders
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NAY: None
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MOTION PASSED: 4 -0
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ITEM 8:
Digital Sound Mixer
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Mark Johnson stated this request is on the agenda for Council discussion. This proposal is to
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replace the approximately 10 year old mixing board with an automated digital one.
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Councilor Saunders agreed the mixing board needs to be replaced. The sound engineer
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recommended this as a great step forward for the system.
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PUBLIC COMMENT
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There were no public comments.
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MOTION by Councilor Saunders, SECONDED by Vice Mayor Serviss to approve the
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purchase of the digital automatic sound mixer.
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AYE:
Serviss, Kelley, Price, Saunders
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NAY: None
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MOTION PASSED: 4 -0
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ITEM 2:
Town of Montverde Wastewater Request
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Mark Johnson explained the Town of Montverde is asking Council to consider approval of
allowing Pine Island' s wastewater treatment plant to serve a newly planned subdivision called
Montverde Estates. It' s going to consist of a maximum of 77 homes. Section 7 of our I.S. B.A.
agreement requires the City of Minneola and the Town of Montverde consult with each other on
wastewater services in the area. Pine Island must obtain written consent from the City of
Minneola before providing these services. We recommend that if the Council' s decision is to
allow Pine Island to service Montverde Estates, that you expressly condition any possible
consent on reserving all of the rights under the Montverde I.S. B. A. agreement to serve the area
including the Montverde Academy.
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James Pierce, Town of Montverde Council Member, spoke regarding their request. He provided
information pertaining to the history and purpose of the I.S. B. A. agreement and explained this
request is providing Minneola the first right of refusal.
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Council discussed the different I. S. B. A.s and the benefits and reasons for the agreements.
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PUBLIC COMMENT
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David Yeager spoke regarding the history of the development of the I. S. B. A agreement and the
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idea that Minneola wanted to provide the sewer for Black East and Montverde Academy if they
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ever needed sewer.
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Mayor Kelley agreed the vision of the I.S. B. A. was that we would partner with Montverde when
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they needed sewer. He doesn' t want to hold up this project, however he agrees with the City
Manager that we should keep the agreement in place.
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Steve Ramono, engineer representing the Town of Montverde, spoke regarding the Montverde
Academy' s wastewater plant being in disrepair and confirmed the Academy will need to make a
formal application to the City of Minneola.
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MOTION by Councilor Saunders, SECONDED by Vice Mayor Serviss to allow Montverde
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Estates to contract with Pine Island wastewater treatment plant to service the maximum of
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77 homes leaving in place the rest of the agreements of the I.S. B.A.
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AYE:
Serviss, Kelley, Price, Saunders
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NAY: None
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MOTION PASSED: 4 -0
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FINAL PUBLIC COMMENT
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David Yeager spoke regarding his missed garbage pick -up on the previous Friday and his
complaint against the hostile temporary operator who denied to pick -up the garbage on today
Tuesday). He urged Council to require no temporary operators working in Minneola.
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Mayor Kelley commented they missed picking up his trash on Wednesday on Friday as well.
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Mayor Kelley asked that a representative from Waste Pro attend the next meeting, and stated
that they need to add a link on their webpage by the next meeting for Minneola residents.
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REPORTS
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Mark Johnson updated Council regarding:
Ardmore Reserve Proposed Changes to the Intersection at Main Avenue and Highway 27
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Fire Assessment Preliminary Resolution will be coming before Council at the next
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meeting
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Fire Truck may need to have its motor rebuilt
Status of the Sheriff's Office expansion at City Hall
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Public Works Chipper
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Contracting Ed Delaparte to draft a letter to go along with the C. F. W.I. study stating we
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don' t agree with all of the methodologies used
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Qualifying will be August 10th through August 17th
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Scott Gerken updated Council regarding E.P. A. and possibly purchasing equipment for our Fire
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Department.
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MOTION by Councilor Saunders, SECONDED by Vice Mayor Serviss, to adjourn the
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meeting.
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AYE:
Serviss, Kelley, Price, Saunders
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NAY: None
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MOTION PASSED:
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Meeting adjourned at 7: 47 P.M.
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Pat Kelley, Mayor
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ATTEST:
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Christina Stidham, City Clerk
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