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01-24-2000 - Special ...... ..""", <:: CITY COUNCIL OF EDGEWATER SPECIAL MEETING JANUARY 24, 2000 7:00 P.M. COMMUNITY CENTER MINUTES CALL TO ORDER Mayor Schmidt called the Special Meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. ln the Community Center. ROLL CALL Mayor Donald Schmidt Councilman James Brown Councilman Dennis Vincenzi Councilwoman Harriet Rhodes Councilwoman Judith Lichter Legal Assistant Robin Wolf City Manager Kenneth Hooper City Clerk Susan Wadsworth Police Chief Lawrence Schumaker Present Present Present Present Present Present Present Present Present INVOCATION, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE There was a silent invocation and pledge of allegiance to the Flag. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES A. Public Hearing, 1st Reading, Ord. 2000-0-01, Joe and Mary Martin seeking voluntary annexation and an associated annexation aqreement for approximately 2.5 acres located at 435 Air Park Road B. Public Hearing, 1st Reading, Ord. 2000-0-02, John Massey, Massey Enterprises, seekinq voluntary annexation and an associated annexation agreement for approximately 110.59 acres located on Air Park Road and West Park Avenue C. Public Hearing, 1st Reading, Ord. 2000-0-03, Vaughn and Gayel Crile, Red Carpet Helicopters and Skyway Drive Industrial Park, Inc., seeking voluntary annexation and an associated annexation aqreement for approximately 9.07 acres located on Air Park Road and Skyway Drive D. Public Hearing, 1st Reading, Ord. 2000-0-04, The City of Edgewater seeking voluntary annexation of approximately 5.11 acres located at 2605 West Park Avenue Mayor Schmidt read the title of Ord. 2000-0-01. City Manager Hooper informed Council Ms. Plaskett would do a brief overview and summary and since they are all connected, they are going to describe all four of the potential annexations and have Council do each one separately as a public hearing to take any input on it. Planning Director Lynne Plaskett made a staff presentation regarding voluntary annexations with regard to Ord. 2000-0-01, Ord. 2000-0-02, Ord. 2000-0-03, and Ord. 2000-0-04. The Planning and Zoning Board unanimously approved these annexation agreements and requests. ~ ~ Mayor Schmidt asked if anyone on Council had any questions. Councilwoman Lichter referred to Joe Martin's property. He apparently has paid approximately $15,000 in the past for design approval and construction of an 8" water line. The owner then of that property gave him $5,500 towards that and with this deal presented to them tonight, they are going to be kicking in another $5,300. She stated she is not sure why and asked for clarification. City Manager Hooper explained it was his understanding that when Mr. Martin put it in it is oversized and it handles other properties. What you are seeing is not cash back. He is receiving impact fee credits for his particular building or site plan approval that will go through that process. Councilwoman Lichter asked if there was an agreement back then when it was put in or was Mr. Martin going to do it himself. City Manager Hooper stated he didn't think there was at the time. Department of Environmental Services Director Terry Wadsworth explained if someone else connected, we would aid him in having those people make a contribution to him for the line and that is noted in the agreement. Councilwoman Lichter asked if someone else connected, we would get money from them? City Manager Hooper explained if somebody connected we would take the money from Mr. X and give it to reimburse the putter in of the line. In this case, it is himself. It happens that he is the first one coming in and using his new line. Obviously he won't make money on it, he is only eligible for credits up to what it cost to put the line in. Councilwoman Lichter asked so each new person that comes in has an impact on that line has an impact fee that comes to the City. City Manager Hooper informed her that is correct. Councilwoman Lichter asked if everyone of these agreements refer to road alignment being fixed on Air Park Road for the possibility of getting another road. She asked what will happen if we can't accomplish that. Ms. Plaskett explained the agreement calls for the City to ask Volusia County to realign Air Park Road. If they agree to do that, then during the time that is being constructed the City would be willing to maintain that portion of Air Park Road so they still have access to their property while it is being realigned. Councilwoman Lichter stated if it doesn't get realigned, we aren't responsible for realigning it. City Manager Hooper stated that is correct. He has approached the County and they are going to take it under advisement. They don't have a plan right now with what to do with the road as far as timing for paving but they are open to the idea. It is going to take encouragement from the property owner to give the County the new right-of-way, the county to vacate the existing right-of-way so he will have full-sized lots between the runway and the new road alignment. Councilwoman Lichter stated they are interested in having it occur even if we annex the property. City Manager Hooper stated yes, anything that annexes into the City, still pays County taxes. City Manager Hooper asked the applicant's if they had anything they wanted to add to that. He feels they have negotiated a pretty strong deal. He is very satisfied with it. Mayor Schnidt read the titles of Ord. 2000-0-02, Ord. 2000-0-03 and Ord. 2000-0-04. Mayor Schmidt opened the public hearing. Due to there being no citizen comments, he closed the public hearing. Page -2- Council Special Meeting January 24, 2000 '-' ...." Councilman Brown moved for approval of Ord. 2000-0-01, second by Councilman Vincenzi. The motion CARRIED 5-0. Councilwoman Lichter moved for approval of Ord. 2000-0-02, second by Councilwoman Rhodes. The motion CARRIED 5-0. Councilwoman Rhodes moved for approval of Ord. 2000-0-03, second by Councilman Brown. The motion CARRIED 5-0. Councilman Vincenzi moved for approval of Ord. 2000-0-04, second by Councilwoman Lichter. The motion CARRIED 5-0. Councilwoman Lichter asked City Manager Hooper while they are trying to straighten out Air Park Road might they look into Park Avenue itself and see if there is anything that needs to be done in terms of widening, straightening, etc. That is going to become a very important exit to this whole area. City Manager Hooper stated Council has passed a resolution in the past requesting that impact fees and any gas tax money from this district be spent on Park Avenue to three-lane a section. They are adding that into their five-year work plan. He is not sure where it is in the plan but they have identified to him they will be adding that into the plan. City Manager Hooper updated Council on the FIND project. There are several dollars indicated on here for infrastructure improvements. Most of the engineering has been started to match schedules. We will be seeking and advertising for financing for the City to be able to put this infrastructure in and reimburse. He met this last week with the developers' engineers. They are underway with the road, water, sewer and drainage. This will come back to Council as a second public hearing, but in the next 45 days or so, Council will see more information on the financing of this project. B. City Manager Contract Mayor Schmidt stated since they had a few minutes before City Attorney interviews, he would like to discuss the City Manager's contract. Mayor Schmidt mentioned comments made in the past about how they have waited until the end to push things through. In case there are people that want to speak on it, he wants to go ahead and start addressing this now and we will see how time takes it. Councilwoman Lichter asked if the audience has a copy of the contract. City Manager Hooper stated there may be some extra copies if anyone wants to look at it. City Clerk Wadsworth left to make more copies of the contract. Mayor Schmidt presented a brief history of the negotiations with City Manager Hooper. He thinks with the final changes that were made today, he is hoping that this paper is the culmination of a lot of work. He feels Mr. Hooper has shown over the past couple of years that he cares about the City. He has grown to like him as a person and he has grown to have a lot of confidence in what he says and how he promotes himself. He has talked to many people that have known Mr. Hooper. A lot of people praise him for what he did in Seminole County. He spoke about the uniqueness of the contract. It provides for a City Manager to live in our town. In this contract it states that we are allowing six months. To his knowledge, he believes Mr. Hooper has a contract on a house now. He doesn't think the six month wait is going to be realistic. He feels this shows a willingness to become part of this City. Page -3- Council Special Meeting January 24, 2000 ...... "'" Mayor Schmidt stated we all know Mr. Hooper is part owner of a engineering group in Orlando. That came into some of the negotiations. His personal feeling on this. Edgewater doesn't have a real good history over the past ten or fifteen years. We don't have a good history of keeping City Managers or City Attorneys. We don't have a good reputation throughout the County on being a very stable, maybe professional City. Since he has been elected he has talked to people and we are perceived as a much better City. He saw Mr. Roberts from the City of New Smyrna Beach and he looks forward to working with Mr. Hooper. He has talked to the Mayor of Deltona several times and they want to get together and talk about SR 442, which will start in our back yard and end in his back yard. Mayor Schmidt stated the contract states that Mr. Hooper will reside within the City. He pointed out the details in Mr. Hooper's contract. He will reside in the City, he will be on a full-time status, it allows him to keep his vested interest in P.E.C., he has agreed to waive any benefits we would normally pay a City employee, instead of paying the benefits we opted to make a larger salary of $99,850, there is a termination clause, and we agreed to pay a moving fee for him to come over. If he was to leave within a year he would pay it back. He feels it is a unique and great contract for the citizens of Edgewater. Councilwoman Lichter commented on having the privilege of working with Mr. Hooper for two years. She has come around full circle with Mr. Hooper. He his an asset to the community. This time in our lives when we have put economic development as our first priority, we could not pick a better person. She commented on his agreeing to devote the time necessary to fulfilling and discharging his duties. Councilwoman Lichter commented on what she feels is unique in the contract. She explained there is no automatic yearly increase to this contract, there is no insurance increase, no severance package, no probationary period of six months, and there is no car allowance. She feels in this day and age we are lucky to get a man who is a financial wizard, a Manager and an engineer combined into one. Councilwoman Rhodes agreed Mr. Hooper is an excellent City Manager. We have been paying him this amount of money to work 20 hours a week and feels we are lucky to get him full-time for this amount of money. She spoke saving the City money in the long run. She supports this contract. Councilman Brown commented on Mr. Hooper always having an answer for questions he has asked. He has seen what he has done for this City for two years at part-time. It is going to be amazing what we are going to get done with him working full-time. He supports the contract 100%. Councilman Vincenzi also supports the contract. He feels Mr. Hooper is well worth the money. Mayor Schmidt thanked Finance Director Michelle Goins and Personnel Administrator Deborah Sigler for their help. City Manager Hooper commented on his method and why he chose not to have a retirement package through the City. If Council is happy, he is happy. Over a long term, he doesn't want to work two jobs. He is figuring on phasing out. He is in a position where he has contracts with other places. He is happy with the contract and perfectly content to agree to it. Page -4- Council Special Meeting January 24, 2000 ~ ~ Mayor Schmidt spoke about conflicts with P.E.C. and the City of Edgewater. P.E.C. have proven themselves to be a pretty good company. He spoke about if P.E.C. wanted to bid on a project we might have and how they would address it. One of the stipulations they put in there was if for some reason PEC came and was going to bid on a project, it wouldn't be up to the City Manager. We decided to have it so the City Council would oversee anything like that. Mayor Schmidt asked if there were any public comments. Dominick Capria, 606 Topside Circle, stated he is very pleased with the contract. Dick Jones, 1530 Sabal Palm Drive, feels City Manager Hooper is doing a good job and feels they came up with a good contract. Mike Visconti, 316 Pine Breeze Drive, thanked the Mayor and Council for a wonderful selection. He congratulated Mr. Hooper and welcomed him aboard. Andy Anderson, Pine Tree Drive, commended the Council for the choice they made in Mr. Hooper as our full-time City Manager. He feels he is a fantastic individual and very knowledgeable. He thinks he will provide the City with a great deal of leadership. Ed Keenan, 1905 Pine Tree Drive, stated he is delighted to see Mr. Hooper staying with us. He feels the deal is fair and he will stay for a while. Councilwoman Lichter made a motion to accept the contract, second by Councilman Brown. The motion CARRIED 5-0. OTHER BUSINESS A. Preliminary City Attorney Interviews City Manager Hooper informed Council what is included in their packets. He informed Council Judson I Woods, Jr. sent in a letter of withdrawal so he will not be making a presentation tonight. There was a five-minute recess at this time. City Manager Hooper informed Council Skip Fowler would be making the first presentation. Skip Fowler, Fowler, Barcie, Feeney & O'Quinn, introduced the members of his firm. He commented on the questions sent to them and asked Council how they would like to proceed. City Manager Hooper stated they have sent a list of what the Council had suggested they hear from the firms. He feels it would be appropriate for them to go through that. Mr. Fowler continued to make his presentation describing their areas of expertise. Councilwoman Lichter asked about fees and how flexible they are. Mr. Fowler explained everything up to a point is negotiable. He further explained how fees factor in. Mr. Fowler then went over the list of questions provided by Council. Page -5- Council Special Meeting January 24, 2000 ...... "'wIT Councilwoman Lichter asked if it would be appropriate if they had additional questions to call Mr. Fowler up and ask him. City Manager Hooper stated probably tonight at the end they will make a decision or say go negotiate a contract with a ranked firm. If Council stated if they have a question, it is appropriate to do so right now. The Council thanked Mr. Fowler for his presentation. City Manager Hooper explained the request for proposal had five or so questions for the firms to come in and present. There is 15 or 16 questions that were given that were Council's questions to ask if they wanted to ask them. The whole package wound up being mailed. Scott Cookson and Paul Rosenthal introduced themselves from Foley & Lardner. Mr. Cookson went on to make a presentation regarding Foley & Lardner. Mr. Rosenthal spoke briefly about the structure as they envision it. Councilwoman Lichter asked if flexibility would be built into their availability in case a need arises. Mr. Rosenthal explained he thinks anybody they hire would need to be flexible to be able to be here when they are needed. When a crisis arises and immediate attention is needed, it is certain somebody would be here. Councilwoman Lichter asked who would be the main contact. Mr. Cookson explained he would be the main contact with the City, drawing upon Mr. Rosenthal's expertise when it is required. Mr. Cookson would be the one to handle the day-to-day matters of the City. Councilwoman Rhodes questioned them having a problem with the City using them on an as needed basis. Mr. Cookson stated Council would dictate the work they do and the requirements of what meetings they would attend. Mayor Schmidt asked how extensive their Code Enforcement experience is. Mr. Cookson elaborated. Councilwoman Lichter questioned if they become the City's attorney, might not they consequently attend Planning and Zoning meetings, Code Enforcement meetings, etc. Is there a conflict? Mr. Rosenthal explained that is true with Planning and Zoning Commissions. Typically, with Code Enforcement Boards, the attorney, which is a prosecuting attorney, would be the City's attorney, and the advisor to the Code Enforcement board is required by Statute to be an independent attorney because the Code Enforcement Board is a quasi-judicial board and would have independent counsel. Councilwoman Lichter asked if they have been doing this wrong. City Manager Hooper stated yes we have been doing this wrong. For a number of years, many places have done just what Mr. Rosenthal has described. That Board operates on their own. They make decisions that are not appealable to Council, unless it involves the fines you have seen. If somebody is trying to get out, they go directly to Circuit Court. The Code Board has their own separate stand alone attorney. This City hasn't done that for a number of reasons but he didn't know why. Councilwoman Lichter and Councilwoman Rhodes feels they need to do that. Mr. Rosenthal stated the same would not apply for the Planning and Zoning Board and Board of Adjustments. Page -6- Council Special Meeting January 24, 2000 .... ...., Mayor Schmidt asked if their firm is a County Bar. Mr. Rosenthal stated they member. If that was something Council certainly become a member. member of the Volusia are not currently a requested, they would Councilman Vincenzi asked what the Bar Association does for them. Mr. Rosenthal stated the Florida Bar is the one you have to be a member of. The Volusia County, just like the Orange county Bar Association, you don't have to be a member to appear before court. You can appear before any court of the State of Florida based upon their Florida Bar membership. City Manager Hooper asked Mr. Rosenthal to talk about Community Redevelopment Agencies and any experience they have had with that. Mr. Rosenthal elaborated. Councilwoman Lichter questioned them representing St. John's River Water Management District. She asked if that presents any problem to us. Mr. Rosenthal stated that does not. They have previously represented as general counsel in the 80's the St. John's River Water Management District. Right now they have been special counsel to the District for the Lake Apopka restoration project. Councilwoman Rhodes stated in their presentation they gave Mr. Hooper as a reference. She asked Mr. Hooper what he thinks. She was asking for a reference. City Manager Hooper stated very good reference. Mayor Schmidt asked about them working for Edgewater before in some capacity. Mr. Rosenthal explained Mr. Horan in their office worked with Robin on a construction litigation matter. Ms. Wolf explained it was with S & E Construction back when Krista was here. They also utilized them on some bond counsel. Councilwoman Lichter stated if the need arises for special attorney on special issue, is that a better deal because we are dealing with the firm. Mr. Rosenthal stated he would say so. If they just called them up they wouldn't be offering any discount from their standard rates. The Council thanked Mr. Rosenthal for his presentation. City Manager Hooper asked the Council if they are thinking at the end of the evening they will have a discussion to narrow down a ranking order. Councilwoman Rhodes stated she is hoping at the end of the evening that they have a firm. City Manager Hooper stated that is his hope too. Mayor Schmidt stated that was something about the Code Enforcement Board. Councilwoman Lichter stated oh my, did they learn something, free. Councilwoman Rhodes asked if they could contract with one for the City and one for Code Enforcement. City Manager Hooper stated no, if you are going to do that, you ask the Code Board to interview attorneys and they hire their attorney. The Council heard two attorneys tonight tell them they worked for Ocoee. One was the general counsel for Ocoee and the other was the code enforcement attorney for Ocoee. He commented on the process to hire an attorney for strictly code enforcement. Councilwoman Rhodes feels Code Enforcement should start that process. Sidney Nowell, Chiumento, Braunstein & Emery, introduced himself and made a presentation regarding his firm. Page -7- Council Special Meeting January 24, 2000 ..... ~ Councilwoman Rhodes asked if they would charge for travel. Mr. Nowell stated they would not charge for travel. Councilwoman Rhodes asked their rate. Mr. Nowell stated their rate is approximately $145 per hour and that is negotiable. He feels they are in a different positions than the other firms they have seen tonight. They are hungry to get this business. He would like to see them spread out and get involved into other municipal work. Councilwoman Lichter stated it seems to her they have been presenting counties. Mr. Nowell explained they have represented counties and some local municipal boards. Councilwoman Lichter asked how he sees the firm working with the City. She questioned if it would be through the Manager or if Council could call when they have a question. We have a legal assistant on board full-time and questioned if they would have any problems working with that position. Mr. Nowell stated he has no problem working with anyone that is designated as the appropriate person for them to work with. Mayor Schmidt asked if their firm would be comfortable with Robin doing the normal day-to-day ordinances and things like that. The confidence in her ability once you got to know her, you wouldn't feel like you would have to be around to look over her shoulder all the time. Mr. Nowell stated one of the things he would do if they were selected would be to spend a significant amount of time with Robin, at their expense, to determine how best that relationship would work. They have no problem with whatever Council wants to do. They would suggest that they develop some sort of system so there is a checks and balance and we are both on the same page. That would be the only concern they would have. Councilwoman Rhodes asked if they would be available anytime. Mr. Nowell stated they are available day or night. Councilwoman Lichter asked if the firm is diversified in background as far as handling various different aspects such as planning, zoning, ordinances, etc. Mr. Nowell stated with the five of them they can just about cover every single base that they saw advertised for. Everyone of us has a specialty. Mayor Schdmit asked what experience their firm has with Community Redevelopment Agencies. Mr. Nowell elaborated. The Council thanked Mr. Nowell for his presentation. Clayton Simmons, Stenstrom, McIntosh, Colbert, Whigham & Simmons, stated he had Bill Reichmann and Don Harrison with him. He went on to make a presentation regarding their firm. Mayor Schmidt asked Mr. Simmons how the $2,500 retainer would work. Bill Reichmann elaborated on what would be included in the retainer fee. Councilwoman Lichter asked if that is how the other cities are billed. She thinks it is hard to know where the line stops there. Mr. Reichmann further elaborated on Councilwoman Lichter's concerns. Mayor Schmidt asked if there is a possibility when you are working for two or three cities in the same County, that there may be a conflict such as County issues coming up. Mr. Reichmann presented a background of his past experience. He commented on different cities they have represented. He feels where you get in trouble is when you have two cities that are contiguous. They do everything they can to stay away from that. Page -8- Council Special Meeting January 24, 2000 ~ ...." Mayor Schmidt asked how they charge for travel and if that is part of the retainer fee. Mr. Reichmann elaborated on when travel charges would occur. Mayor Schmidt asked if his firm had a problem working with an in- house legal assistant. Mr. Reichmann stated absolutely not. It is common place now for the cities to have legal assistants that will prepare the ordinances and work on the contracts. They are often asked to work on more detailed or complicated issues. Mayor Schmidt asked about the Code Enforcement experience in their firm. Mr. Reichmann elaborated. Councilwoman Lichter stated they were told this evening that whoever represents the City, can not be the attorney for Code Enforcement Board. Mr. Reichmann commented on what Florida Statute Chapter 162 says and what their firm does. The Council thanked Mr. Reichmann for their presentation. Daniel Webster, Attorney, informed Council he gave them written answers to their questions and presented some of his personal background. He then went on to speak about his experience. He is a sole practitioner, however he has two legal assistants and a secretary. He then went over the answers to the questions asked by Council. The Council thanked Mr. Webster for his presentation. City Manager Hooper informed Council different ways they could narrow the list down. There was a brief discussion regarding the Code Enforcement issue and whether or not they should have a separate attorney. City Manager Hooper feels they should consider an attorney just for that and someone who specializes in Code Enforcement. Right now it would do us no good until we adopt reasonable codes. City Manager Hooper stated he has worked with four of the five firms. He would be willing to offer any information Council would like to know about. Councilwoman Lichter stated she is glad they interviewed because one paper she had a different ranking order. She feels the interview helped her. She feels that primary lawyers should be from a firm. Two of those that responded were not. She feels Foley & Lardner are probably the most efficient best as far as expertise goes. She spoke highly about Mr. Cookson and Mr. Rosenthal. She ranked Stenstrom, McIntosh, Colbert, Whigham & Simmons as number two. Councilwoman Rhodes didn't agree with being committed to $2,500 whether they need it or not. Councilwoman Lichter chose Fowler's firm as number three. Councilwoman Rhodes stated she had Fowler has number three as well. She ranked Chiumento, Braunstein & Emery as number one and Foley & Lardner as number two. Councilman Vincenzi ranked Stenstrom, McIntosh, Colbert, Whigham & Simmons as number one, Foley & Lardner as number two and Fowler as number three. Councilman Brown ranked Stenstrom, McIntosh, Colbert, Whigham & Simmons as number one, Foley & Lardner as number two and Daniel Webster as number three. Page -9- Council Special Meeting January 24, 2000 ......, """"" Mayor Schmidt ranked Chiumento, Braunstein & Emery as number one, Fowler as number two, and Foley & Lardner as number three. Councilwoman Rhodes asked Ms. Sigler her choices as well as Ms. Goins and Ms. Wolf. Ms. Sigler chose Chiumento, Braunstein, & Emery as her first choice and Stenstrom, McIntosh, Colbert, whigham & Simmons as her second choice. Ms. Goins also chose Chiumento, Braunstein & Emery as her first choice, Stenstrom, McIntosh, Colbert, Whigham & Simmons as her second choice, and Foley & Lardner as her third choice. Ms. Wolf stated Foley & Lardner and Stenstrom, McIntosh, Colbert, whigham, & Simmons are very good firms. The larger firms you are going to have a more broad variety of their expertise. She felt Mr. Nowell sounded good also. She has worked with Foley & Lardner and Stenstrom McIntosh and both have always been accessible no matter what time you call. Ms. Wolf ranked Foley & Lardner as number one and Stenstrom, McIntosh, Colbert, Whigham, & Simmons as number two. Councilwoman Rhodes asked City Manager Hooper to give his three choices. City Manager Hooper ranked Foley & Lardner as number one, Fowler as number two and McIntosh as number three. Councilwoman Rhodes spoke about having a problem with Foley & Lardner because they are in Orlando but also because City Manager Hooper's company is involved with them. City Manager Hooper stated his company does business for the City of Ocoee and the City of Oviedo but neither he or his company have ever worked for the firm. City Manager Hooper commented on what Ms. Wolf would be doing and what the chosen firm would be doing. He stated the biggest issue we are going to have is setting up the CRA and the modification and adoption of the Comp Plan. He is looking at next year that they will spend $50,000 to $60,000 at the most. He urged the Council to look for the attorney they think will give them what they feel comfortable doing and they will try to come up with a contract that will live within their budget. After much discussion regarding the pros and cons of each of the firms, the Council agreed on Foley & Lardner as their number one choice and Chiumento, Braunstein & Emery as their second choice. Councilwoman Rhodes made a motion that the City Manager present a contract to Foley & Lardner to be the firm representing the City of Edgewater, second by Councilman Vincenzi. The motion CARRIED 5-0. Councilman Vincenzi asked if they should recommend that the Code Enforcement Board pursue an attorney. City Manager Hooper stated he would address this will them at the next Code Enforcement Board meeting. He is pretty confident they will jump on that. B. City Manager Contract This item was discussed earlier on the agenda. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to discuss, Councilwoman Lichter moved to adjourn. The meeting adjourned at 10:05 p.m. Minutes submitted by Lisa Bloomer Page -10- Council Special Meeting January 24, 2000