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10-23-2000 - Regular , ....... ...." CiTY COUNCiL OF EDGEWATER REGULAR MEETiNG OCTOBER 23, 2000 7:30 P.M. COMMUNiTY CENTER MiNUTES CALL TO ORDER Mayor Schmidt called the Regular Meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. in the Community Center. ROLL CALL Mayor Donald Schmidt Councilman James Brown Councilman Dennis Vincenzi Councilwoman Harriet Rhodes Councilwoman Judith Lichter City Manager Kenneth Hooper City Clerk Susan Wadsworth Legal Assistant Robin Matusick Present Present Present Present Present Present Present Present iNVOCATiON. PLEDGE OF ALLEGiANCE There was a silent invocation and pledge of allegiance to the Flag. APPROVAL OF MiNUTES A. Special Meetinq of September 25. 2000 B. Reqular Meetinq of September 25. 2000 Councilwoman Lichter made a motion to approve both sets of minutes, second by Councilman Vincenzi. The motion CARRIED 5-0. PRESENTATiONS/PROCLAMATiONS/PLAOUES/CERTiFiCATES/DONATiONS A. Mayor's Proclamation callinq the week of October 22-28. 2000. as Florida city Government Week Mayor Schmidt read the Florida City Government Week proclamation. B. citizens Land Development Review Committee Harold Card to present brief proqress report citizens Land Development Review Committee Chairman Harold Card read a prepared statement regarding what the Committee has done to this point and the discussion that remains. Councilwoman Lichter asked if the Committee just dealt with specific areas. Chairman Card further commented on how they began and the items the Committee discussed. C. Nora Hall informinq citizens of quality of life questions on November 7th ballot. Volusia Forever and Volusia ECHO. and Council adoptinq Resolution 2000-R-14. supportinq its passaqe Nora Hall, 1316 Overbrook Drive, Ormond Beach, spoke about Volusia Forever and Volusia ECHO that will be on the November 7th ballot that has recently been endorsed by the Volusia County Council. She also spoke about Florida Forever. She asked Council for their support. Councilwoman Lichter asked whom might expect to be granted some of these ECHO projects. One slight worry she might have is that they are all of a regional nature. Ms. Hall stated it is totally a clean slate. There won't be a list of projects until applications are made for the money. There will be a citizens Advisory Committee to evaluate and rank the projects. '-' ..", Councilwoman Lichter spoke about other types of meetings she has attended in New Smyrna where they put them in order such as historical, cultural, etc. She asked if they have a fair shot at this. Ms. Hall spoke about a Task Force that was set up earlier in the year that did some hearings around the County to see what kind of interest there was. She further spoke of criteria that must be met and the way the money must be distributed. The citizens Advisory Committee will be appointed by each member of the County Council. Mayor Schmidt asked if the County Councilmembers will be picking members for the citizens Advisory Committee out of their own district. Ms. Hall stated that is not written into the resolution but that is her assumption of the way it will work. Councilman Brown asked who has the final decision when the Committee makes a decision on a project. Ms. Hall explained there is certain criteria that has to be met and the Committee will evaluate and rank the projects, which is set up to mirror the State process. They will advise the County Council on what they think should be funded and then it will be the ultimate decision of the County Council. Councilwoman Lichter is very supportive of the ECHO projects she has heard before but none particularly involved us to accept one historical one with the canals that we have pledged $5,000 to go in with New Smyrna. She can think of other ones for Edgewater that might tie in with the Recreation Complex that could involve all four aspects. She wants to make sure as a small city that we have a shot at it. Ms. Hall stated absolutely. Outdoor recreation is definitely a component of this. Councilman Brown asked how long each Committee member will be appointed for. Ms. Hall stated that has not been determined. Ms. Hall spoke of the population doubling in the past twenty years in Volusia county. City Manager Hooper asked how many people will be on the Committee. Ms. Hall stated that hasn't been determined yet. Mayor Schmidt stated this is a tax but it's not necessarily a new tax, it is a continuation of a program already in place. Ms. Hall stated Volusia Forever picks up where Preservation 2000 leaves off, which is retiring. That program was a very successful land purchase program historically in Volusia County. She further commented on Volusia ECHO being a new tax. It will be about $1.65 per month for both initiatives. She commented on if Volusia ECHO were to fail and Volusia Forever were to pass. City Manager Hooper asked Ms. Hall to inform the Council of the other cities that have approved this kind of resolution. Ms. Hall stated Ormond Beach, Port Orange, Daytona, Deland, it is on the agenda tonight in Orange City, DeBary approved it by consensus but it will be on their agenda before the election, it will be on the agenda in New Smyrna Beach and she wasn't sure about Pierson. Councilman Brown feels all of them are wanting to save the environment and being concerned with historical. He has a problem with having nothing in writing. He feels the taxpayers are being asked to vote on this and nothing is in writing of exactly how it will be administered. Ms. Hall stated the land purchasing process will be administered the same way the former program was with the exception of the fact that money is budgeted in Volusia Forever to give low impact public access to the lands that are purchased. Preservation 2000 neglected to do that. Page -2- Council Regular Meeting October 23, 2000 ~ ...., Ms. Hall feels the important thing to remember is that if the lands are not protected, they are going to be developed. She thought we needed to be mindful of the important significant lands in this County that are environmentally insignificant. Councilwoman Lichter feels by the year 2020 with the growth the way it is growing you are going to have a definite water shortage. She further spoke about having wall to wall cement and blacktop and when you have that, you do not have rainwater going back into the aquifer. She spoke about other counties bidding for the money. Ms. Hall stated 21 other counties have already passed similar initiatives or established a steady stream of match money to access Florida Forever. Councilman vincenzi feels they should support this initiative. This is a small price to pay for investing in the future. Councilman Brown would like to have an idea of where it is going and how they are going to use it. He feels they owe that to the people so they know what they are getting for what they are investing. Ms. Hall spoke about there being some problems with identifying lands before you go into them. The County has a map that identifies a resource corridor in the middle of the County. Those are the environmentally significant lands they are talking about that are responsible for recharging the aquifer and you can easily see on the map the encroaching development all the way around it. She further spoke about Volusia County having an independent aquifer. Councilwoman Lichter spoke about lacking some of the things that bring in big, clean business and industry. For that amount of investment it might help this type of thing on a County level. She is very much for it. Legal Assistant Matusick read Res. 2000-R-14. Dominic Capria, 606 Topside Circle, is for this. He is confused because of all of the annexations on the agenda. He feels they are saying one thing one way and another thing another way. Councilwoman Lichter asked City Manager Hooper to explain the difference between land that is so designated that is needed for a specific purpose for the aquifer versus the land the City is annexing. City Manager Hooper stated they are going to cover that through the public hearing process of an annexation. The annexed parcels have future land use designations on them for development already. Most of the areas with the other environmental programs are to buy up designated wetlands or environmentally sensitive land. Richard Jones, 1530 Sabal Palm Drive, asked where the st. John's River Water Management Authority comes into play with the programs described by Ms. Hall. Councilwoman Lichter stated there are three entities involved, the Water Alliance and they have a plan that was started several years ago and is almost to conclusion. st. John's also has a plan that hasn't been finished although they are both kind of close together. The gentleman from st. John's comes to the Water Alliance meetings and he is very supportive of this type of program. She feels as a leader in a community it behooves her to be supportive of this type of thing. She further spoke about the citizens doing homework and researching this. Mayor Schmidt asked how st. John's will play into this. Ms. Hall didn't know. If they contact the County Information Officer Dave Byron, he could answer questions for them. Page -3- Council Regular Meeting October 23, 2000 v ....., City Manager Hooper stated the District has a budget and can buy property but most of it is a local match. The District is still heavily involved. It could wind up in the ownership or name of the District or it could wind up in the County with the District taking it over. Either way it is in the public domain. He spoke about the District assessing a piece of property and the owner wanting more than the assessed, the District can only pay the assessed amount and it may be valuable enough so the government will pay more and help come into public ownership. Mr. Jones spoke about the st. John's river. He asked why there are two government entities controlling the same thing. Councilwoman Lichter stated st. John's is not just Volusia County. It is every single County that touches the river. City Manager Hooper stated thirteen counties. Councilwoman Lichter stated thirteen counties are involved in the st. John's development. She spoke about this being competition between counties for particular projects. Saving vital land, the wetlands, etc. is a concern of everybody in this County. She spoke about Federal and State money available now for matching grants for particular projects. Councilwoman Lichter made a motion to approve Res. 2000-R-14, second by Councilman Vincenzi. The motion CARRIED 5-0. CITIZEN COMMENTS Mike Visconti, 316 pine Breeze Drive, congratulated the Fire Department for being awarded the Residential Fire and Safety Institution for the Life Safety Achievement Award for the year 1999. Mr. Visconti has a problem with the skateboard park. He spoke about the additional traffic going through Meadow Lake Subdivision and the trash. He spoke of Mr. Clark making the suggestion of putting it at the Hawks Park Recreation Complex and this being rejected. Mr. Visconti spoke about when he first bought his lot and pine Breeze being closed, it was gated. He bought his property because of there being only one way in and one way out. He further spoke about the traffic. He questioned what to do about this. He is not against the skateboard park but he is against what is happening to the subdivision. He presented some options of what to do. The people in Meadow Lake are up in arms and would like something done soon. He presented a list of the people that asked him to speak tonight. Mayor Schmidt asked if they could step up patrols from the Police as well as the CAPS people. City Manager Hooper stated certainly. This is the first he has heard there is a problem. He commented on there being many steps that they can do. They will look at this and bring a report back to Council. Mayor Schmidt mentioned the sidewalk idea from 28th to 30th Street. Mr. Visconti spoke about Parcel A, which runs alongside Whistle stop park, does not belong to the Homeowners Association of Meadow Lake. He spoke about putting in a road on this property. City Manager Hooper agreed to look at ownership of Parcel A. He feels the issues Mr. Visconti's talking about, they can meet on and come up with a reasonable solution and bring it back to Council. Mayor Schmidt asked for an update on the patrols the second meeting in November. Page -4- Council Regular Meeting October 23, 2000 "-" ...., councilman Vincenzi asked what happened to the idea of opening up 28th street. City Manager Hooper stated it was a lack of ownership of property and they have put it on a long term list of things to do but they haven't appropriated any funds or anything to obtain property. That is one of the things they will look at if that is an answer. Councilwoman Lichter spoke of the trash problem at Whistle stop Park. Angie Seals, 3320 Mango Tree Drive, stated natural fluoride, which is known as calcium fluoride has been linked to a decrease in dental caries in some studies. To her knowledge there are no studies linking the fluoride form that is used in fluoridation with better dental health. It is not the same substance. She referred to the Annual Drinking Water Quality Report for the period of January 1st - December 31st 1999 listing we have fluoride in our water now at .13 parts per million. She feels the Council should find that there is genuine concern that fluoride can be toxic and that those who do not want to consume it should not be forced to and that means are available for those who do. She asked Council if they can vote to leave their water like it is. She doesn't feel the ballot should be required. Mayor Schmidt stated leaving it up to the people of the City on January's water bill, they will have the final say so. Ms. Seals asked if there was a motion to settle this issue in that matter. City Manager Hooper stated there was a motion and they have agreed twice to put it in the ShoreLines and there will be a place to check yes or no on the water bills. Dominic Capria, 606 Topside Circle, requested in the near future they get a breakdown of cost of water such as what does it cost to produce 1,000 gallons with regard to billing involved, meter reading involved, and lines that have to be brought in. Mr. Capria still can't get through his head why we can sell water to the County and our friends south of us are paying much less than us. He further spoke about subsidizing. City Manager Hooper explained customers on the west side of the County pay a higher water bill than those on the east side. The rate payers are paying are paying higher use, it is not the tax dollars. He further explained the County bought that system and had certain commitments when they bought it to hold the rates down for a period of time and are phasing them out. It is going up and will equal or exceed what Edgewater is paying in the very near future, two to three years. He further commented on the total bill amount for the County and the city. Councilwoman Lichter informed Mr. Capria that City Manager Hooper sent a letter to Mary Anne Connors, the utility Director for the County, who is going to send a detailed explanation. Mayor Schmidt suggested Mr. Capria go to a County Council meeting. He feels this would be going directly to the source. Mr. Capria stated he has thought about that and he would be willing to do that. He thought that through this Council it would have more meaning. Pat Card, 3019 willow Oak Drive, spoke about living in a community that was much like Edgewater that had a private water system. He spoke about water rates in a commercial establishment increasing 700% in one year. When he moved to Edgewater, he thought he died and went to heaven. He was pleased with what the Council did and the leadership they showed in regard to the ecology and in regard to the aquifer. This aquifer is precious. Mr. Card stated fluoridation has been a problem since 1950 and there is no easy way to get the job done and the way Council did it is as good as he has seen. Page -5- Council Regular Meeting October 23, 2000 ~ ~ CITY COUNCIL REPORTS Councilwoman Lichter informed Council of the water conservation measure passed by the County Council on October 8th. Councilwoman Lichter spoke about rain sensors. Councilwoman Lichter further spoke about the Water Alliance and there being a Water Summit shortly. Councilwoman Lichter spoke about Katherine Norris, Criminal Enforcement Officer with the Controller's Office. Councilwoman Lichter stated she attends the Senior Advisory Workshops. Ms. Norris attended the last meeting to talk about fraud. She is available to speak to the CAPS people or any organization in the City that would like to hear her. Mayor Schmidt commented on how great the Volunteer Luncheon was. Mayor Schmidt thanked everyone for allowing them to have the meeting a half hour later due to he and City Manager Hooper attending a goal setting meeting with VCOG. Mayor Schmidt spoke about phone calls he has received regarding the fence and overgrown things on Riverside Drive. City Manager Hooper stated they wrote a letter to Mr. Storch, who represents the owner, and said they had to move the fence back and lower the fence. The property is now sold and has changed hands. He has been to the two adjacent property owners and got a consensus from the neighborhood on what would work as far as a fence. He is going to go and look at it and hasn't responded back yet. Councilman Brown stated he met with the couple that bought the cemetery. The plans they have are going to be impressive. Councilman Brown commented on his tour of the YMCA. He feels it is beautiful. The inside is about 90% done. The people are going to be very impressed. Councilman Brown would like to get the City Councils of Edgewater, New Smyrna Beach and Oak Hill together and see if they can come up with plans to help our community. He would like to meet every three months. Councilman Vincenzi spoke about everyone being susceptible to fraud. Councilman Vincenzi commented on the City Hall Siting Committee doing a good job. He feels they get a little overzealous sometimes talking about things like selling the park across the street and other items they shouldn't be discussing at this time. Their main purpose is to identify potential locations for a new City Hall. He spoke of rumors being started because of things brought up in their meetings. The Council is not doing anything right now, they are just taking suggestions from them about new potential sites. Councilman vincenzi commented on the beautified medians on U.S. 1 by Burger King. He spoke about a disabled vehicle parked on the grass. He spoke about curbing future medians to protect them. Councilwoman Rhodes spoke about the Volunteer Luncheon. She never realized there were that many volunteers in this City. She spoke about the enormous amounts of money they are saving the taxpayers. Page -6- Council Regular Meeting October 23, 2000 "-" ..., Councilwoman Lichter stated there were two groups that were not there. City Clerk Wadsworth stated they will be invited next year. Councilwoman Lichter spoke about the Anti-Litter Committee cleaning up on Roberts Road and u.s. 1 last Wednesday. When she went by today, it's not looking so terrific again. She feels they are going to need to do more enforcement or education. Burger King has offered to adopt that area. She thanked the Litter Committee. Councilwoman Rhodes spoke about the New Smyrna Beach High School newsletter. She would like to see this on the agenda at the next meeting that they help support the High School with a $50 ad. City Manager Hooper stated if that is consensus from Council they can take care of that this evening. It was the consensus of Council. There was a ten-minute recess at this time. PUBLIC HEARINGS. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS A. 1st Readinq. Ord. No. 2000-0-23. John S. Massev. authorized aqent for Massey Rank Airpark. annexation of property of approximatelY 116 acres and associated annexation agreement City Manager Hooper spoke about there being eleven annexations. City Clerk Wadsworth displayed a map. These are voluntary annexations. He spoke of Mr. Massey's property and individual homeowners. He requested they handle this as Mr. Massey's first and then go through and look at the others. They are all the same and instead of reading these twelve times they will talk of one and list the addresses of the rest. City Manager Hooper asked Planning Director Lynne Plaskett to talk through when we do annexations what we look at as far as service, level of service, the ability to provide services to those areas. This is part of a developer agreement that we have been moving on for six or eight months of paving, putting in water lines, putting in sewer lines and much of that work is underway or currently completed. They have made some major progress and there has been a lot of economic development activity out there. Mr. Massey is looking to bring in additional property and develop some of this property in front of Council. Ms. Plaskett explained this is Phase II of the original agreement that the City and John Massey worked out. They look at the individual parcels, County land use, County's future land use, bearing aspects of what the future may hold for these parcels. They go through a process with the Planning & Zoning Board. They do a background report to the Planning & Zoning Board. They look at environmental issues. Ms. Plaskett presented further background information with regard to these voluntary annexations in Phase II. City Manager Hooper stated this will come back to Council as a second reading. The zoning will catch up to it. The Council has the annexation of the developer agreement in their packet and they are adopting that if they do adopt tonight. The ordinance defines what the City's commitments are such as the roads, water, sewer and our financial commitment to do such. The County is agreeing to realign Airpark Road in conjunction with the way Mr. Massey and the City asked that it be realigned. There are some permitting issues involved with that and there may be some costs involved with that. Page -7- Council Regular Meeting October 23, 2000 '-' ..." Councilwoman Lichter stated on the private lots, is the infrastructure there now. She asked if we are putting anything into the private home sites. Ms. Plaskett commented on the ones that are on Flying M Court. There are a couple of houses out there currently on septic tanks. They are hoping to provide water and sewer to those. Mr. Massey stated in working with the utilities Department, they determined it would not be cost effective to convert those properties from septic tank to sewer but they will have water. City Manager Hooper stated as you go to the south, it will have some sewer to it. Mr. Massey stated all the cost of installing the distribution lines and collection system for water and sewer will all be paid for by the developer that it has not yet been done. City Manager Hooper explained our obligation, what the City agreed to pay for where there is multiple owners connecting, is what he calls the trunk lines. The individual developers are putting in lines and lift stations that service their area. Councilwoman Lichter spoke about the City limits being established further west. She spoke about the south side of Park Avenue and if there is thought they may come into the City limits also. City Manager Hooper explained they try to bring in but these are voluntary annexations. At the same time in squaring up, you have to have something the developer or property owner wants to come in for, which is usually utilities or higher density. City Manager Hooper explained they are looking on the south side of Park Avenue to go all the way out to Old Mission. Mr. Massey controls that and that is the next phase he is looking to bring into the City. That is also part of the widening of Park Avenue. The agreement with the County is giving some of that property for right of way. The County has agreed to three-lane Park Avenue all the way out to Old Mission. Councilman Brown asked about the Water Treatment Plant on Park Avenue. Ms. Plaskett pointed out the Water Plant on the map and the proposed Phase III area which Mr. Massey is looking to bring into the city. Councilwoman Lichter asked if the home lots are individually owned now. City Manager Hooper informed her they are identified in the code on the bottom left of the map. Mr. Massey stated anything other than an A would be individually owned. City Manager Hooper highly recommended they adopt this ordinance. Councilwoman Rhodes asked if they are going to do this all at once. City Manager Hooper stated they are going to do two ordinances. One is Mr. Massey's and then the balance of them. Legal Assistant Matusick read Ord. 2000-0-23. Due to there being no comments, Mayor Schmidt opened and closed the public hearing. Mayor Schmidt stated since his airport would be part of the City now, is there joint responsibilities. City Manager Hooper explained to have the airport in, you have to have appropriate utilities or increased level of service. They have to insure that is there. Our Comp Plan adopts areas around the airport for protection. That is also in our plan right now. The zoning is for some fixed operation bases. The same thing applies there. The ability to control what the airport does isn't ours, it is DOT and federal aviation. The surrounding land uses and what is contiguous to it, is now in the City's control. Page -8- Council Regular Meeting October 23, 2000 .... ~ Councilman Brown made a motion to approve Ord. 2000-0-23, second by Councilman Vincenzi. B. 1st Readinq. Ord. No. 2000-0-24. Dennis Clark. owner. annexation reqardinq property located at 541 Skyway Drive. containinq a~proximatelY 2.5 acres C. 1st Readinq. Ord. No. 2000-0-25. John S. Massey. authorized aqent for Garry Haiek. owner. annexation reqarding property located at Lots 4 and 5. Massey Rank Airpark unit 1. containinq approximatelY 2 acres D. 1st Readinq. Ord. No. 2000-0-26. John S. Massey. owner. annexation reqardinq property located at Lots 9 and 12. Massey Ran Airpark Unit 1. containinq approximatelY 2 acres E. 1st Readinq. Ord. No. 2000-0-27. John S. Massey. authorized aqent for Marquerite and David Cummock. owner. annexation reqardinq property located at Lot 19. Massey Ranch Airpark unit 1. containinq approximatelY 1 acre F. 1st Readinq. Ord. No. 2000-0-28. John S. Massey. authorized aqent for Patrick DonnellY. owner. annexation reqardinq property located at Lot 20. Massey Ranch Airpark unit 1. containinq approximatelY 1 acre G. 1st Readinq. Ord. No. 2000-0-29. Dennis Clark. owner. annexation reqardinq property located at Lot 21. Massey Ranch Airpark unit 1. containinq approximatelY 1 acre H. 1st Reading. Ord. No. 2000-0-30. Vauqhn W. Crile. owner. annexation reqardinq property located at Lots 1 and 2. Massey Ranch Airpark unit 1. containinq approximately 2 acres I. 1st Readinq. Ord. No. 2000-0-31. James and Cynthia Russell. owners. annexation reqardinq property located at Lot 16. Massey Ranch Airpark unit 1. containinq approximatelY 1 acre J. 1st Readinq. Ord. No. 2000-0-32. Anthony and Lorie Guarnieri. owners. annexation regardinq property located at Lot 10. Massey Ranch Airpark unit 1. containinq approximatelY 1 acre K. 1st Readinq. Ord. No. 2000-0-33. Gilbert and Teresa M. Tweed. owners. annexation regardinq property located at Lots 11 and 14. Massey Ranch Airpark unit 1. containinq approximatelY 2 acres City Manager Hooper informed Council these are the private, individual lots. Legal Assistant Matusick read Ord. 2000-0-24 through Ord. 2000-0- 33. Due to there being no comments, Mayor Schmidt opened and closed the public hearing. Councilwoman Lichter asked what central sewer referred to. City Manager Hooper explained those houses that are along Flying M Court. These are houses that currently have platted lots and some that exist have septic tanks. From an economic standpoint, it doesn't make sense to go back and put a sewer line in so those are going to stay septic and central water will go there. Councilwoman Rhodes made a motion to approve Ord. 2000-0-24 - Ord. 2000-0-33, second by Councilwoman Lichter. The motion CARRIED 5-0. city Manager Hooper informed Council this and the FIND project are the two most economic benefits that this City has been able to do. This is a very good move. Page -9- Council Regular Meeting October 23, 2000 '-' ...,., Councilman Vincenzi asked the status of the FIND project. city Manager Hooper stated they are advertising for construction bids coming up in December. They have just recently completed their permitting process. They are putting their booklet of specifications together. During the month of December they will advertise. Those come back to Council because they are the awarding agency. FIND is footing the bill but as this goes out for contract, Council will be awarding that contract. CONSENT AGENDA A. Plannina and Zonina By-laws - staff requestina aDDroval to amend the By-laws to reduce the number of members needed for a auorum from five (5) to four (4) B. Vehicle Purchases - Police DeDartment reauestina aDDroval to Durchase a Ford Dick-up truck for Animal Control ($17.351) and three (3) Ford Crown victoria Datrol vehicles ($19.652 each. totalina $58.956). utilizinq the Florida Sheriff's Association bid City Manager Hooper commented on the change to the Police Department vehicle purchase. Councilwoman Rhodes made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda, second by Councilman Brown. The motion CARRIED 5-0. OTHER BUSINESS A. Sianaae for Hawks Park Recreation ComDlex and YMCA - staff recommendina aDDroval of the design and location of the sign and authorizina staff to Droceed with construction City Manager Hooper went over what the sign will look like. What is in front of Council is to approve the concept of such a sign out front. City Clerk Wadsworth put on the screen the actual lettering for the sign. He informed Council they need input on the lettering. Councilwoman Rhodes asked if the YMCA will be helping pay for the sign. City Manager Hooper informed her no. George Ann Keller, 3039 Unity Tree Drive, stated concerning the naming of the Y, she believes it should be Edgewater Recreation Center or Edgewater Family YMCA. The sign on U.S. 1 has upset her from the day she saw it, Southeast Volusia YMCA/Edgewater Branch. This is the town of Edgewater. Where all of a sudden did it become Southeast Volusia YMCA. She spoke on the cost of the YMCA. She would rather see Edgewater YMCA of Southeast Volusia. This is our recreation center. Councilman Brown asked if the water mains will be accessible in case of an emergency if the sign is in front of it. Mr. Corder informed him yes. Councilwoman Rhodes and Councilwoman Lichter agreed with Ms. Keller. There was a brief discussion regarding the pool. It was the consensus of the Council to go with Edgewater Family YMCA of Southeast Volusia. Mr. Visconti asked if the YMCA is contributing any money toward this. Councilwoman Rhodes informed him no. Mr. Visconti asked if the YMCA is running it and the cost for membership. Page -10- Council Regular Meeting October 23, 2000 ~ """"" City Manager Hooper presented a brief summary of the contract. The YMCA will operate it, insure it, charge the rates and run the facility. We are not paying them. We are paying $50,000 a year for scholarships for Edgewater citizens that can't afford the membership. It will cost $30 per month for an individual, $45 for a family. Councilwoman Lichter asked if the signage will be changed on u.s. 1 City Manager Hooper informed her that is a temporary construction sign. Councilman Brown made a motion to go with Edgewater Family YMCA of Southeast Volusia, with Hawks Park Recreation complex on the bottom, second by Councilwoman Lichter. The motion CARRIED 5-0. B. Water Treatment Plant Process Evaluation Study of Color Removal - staff reauestinq approval of study to maintain compliance with reaulations to be performed by Malcolm piernie. Inc. for a cost not to exceed $24.843 City Manager Hooper made a staff presentation on the Water Treatment Plant Process Evaluation Study of Color Removal. Councilwoman Rhodes asked if this went out for bid. City Manager Hooper informed her something below $25,000 is not required to. They had price quotes that ranged from $24,900 to $80,000. There was a discussion regarding the yellow color in the water. Councilman Vincenzi moved for approval, second by Councilwoman Lichter. The motion CARRIED 5-0. OFFICER REPORTS City Clerk Wadsworth informed Council the power pole by Regions Bank has been fixed. She informed Council the city Hall siting Committee will hold their first pUblic hearing Wednesday, November 15th at 7: 00 p. m. Legal Assistant Matusick had nothing at this time. city Manager Hooper commented on the Police Chief position. Bill Bennett is Acting Chief and corporal Floyd is Deputy Chief. Both have informed him they are not interested in full-time long term. He commented on changes to the department. They have received 60 applications. He has asked Bennett and Floyd to go through them with him. They have narrowed it down to ten. The next step is interviews. He asked Council if they are interested in interviewing the individuals themselves. The Charter says it is his job to hire. He has no problem with having a public interview of five. All of the Councilmembers, except Councilwoman Lichter, were interested. Councilwoman Lichter has one requirement that the person live within the immediate proximity. City Manager Hooper suggested they go through the process and see what they have. He will schedule these before a Council meeting. CITIZEN COMMENTS/CORRESPONDENCE There were no citizen comments at this time. Page -11- Council Regular Meeting October 23, 2000 'W' ..."". ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to discuss, Councilwoman Rhodes moved to adjourn. The meeting adjourned at 9:55 p.m. Minutes submitted by: Lisa Bloomer Page -12- Council Regular Meeting October 23, 2000