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03-18-2009 - Summit of the Cities CITY COUNCIL OF EDGEWATER SUMMIT OF THE CITIES MARCH 18, 2009 3:00 P.M. DAYTONA STATE COLLEGE NEW SMYRNA BEACH /EDGEWATER CAMPUS MINUTES WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS - STEVE DENNIS Steve Dennis, Executive Vice President, Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce, welcomed everyone to the Summit. The object of the meeting was to give all the Elected Officials an opportunity to speak directly with each other. ROLL CALL FOR CITIES Mr. Dennis asked the City Clerks to call the roll for their particular cities. EDGEWATER Mayor Michael Thomas Present Councilwoman Debra Rogers Absent Councilwoman Gigi Bennington Absent Councilwoman Harriet Rhodes Absent Councilman Ted Cooper Arrived at 4:10 p.m. City Manager Tracey Barlow Present City Clerk Bonnie Wenzel Present NEW SMYRNA BEACH Mayor Sally Mackay Present Vice Mayor Jack Grasty Present Commissioner Randy Richenberg Arrived Late Commissioner Jim Hathaway Present Commissioner Lynne Plaskett Absent City Clerk Johnny Bledsoe Present OAK HILL Mayor Darla Lauer Present Vice Mayor Mary Lee Cook Present Commissioner Kathy Bittle Present Commissioner Linda Hyatt Present Commissioner Bill Marcello Absent City Clerk Virginia Haas Present 1 SUMMIT OF THE CITIES MARCH 18, 2009 Mr. Dennis asked everyone to go around the room and identify themselves, which they did at this time. Mr. Dennis identified there were three topics they were going to discuss. Mr. Dennis informed everyone that Robert Lott, President, Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce, would be the facilitator. Commissioner Richenberg arrived and apologized for being late. Mr. Dennis turned the meeting over to Mr. Lott. Mr. Lott commented on doing things different than they have done in the past. He identified the three topics they were going to discuss as being Transportation Planning, Alternative Water Supply and Redevelopment of Blighted Areas, CRA's and the US1 Corridor. TRANSPORTATION PLANNING Mr. Lott asked everyone what they thought the biggest transportation problem was that they have ahead of them in Edgewater, New Smyrna Beach and Oak Hill. Commissioner Richenberg felt funding was a big issue. Mr. Lott commented on always looking at more east /west corridors. He identified the north /south and east /west corridors that currently existed or had been kicked around in the past. He wanted to talk about fifteen years from now because they had to start talking about those things today due to it taking a long time to put things together. If they can collectively come up with some ideas, they can get the ball rolling. Mr. Lott suggested they identify the transportation concurrency issues. He asked City Manager Barlow if he had any thoughts on concurrency. City Manager Barlow commented on long range consistent planning. He referred to the Southeast Volusia Regional Study. Mr. Lott asked Mark Rakowski about a presentation before New Smyrna Beach about three years ago. Mr. Rakowski pointed out they had had the final draft of this that was about to be completed. City Manager Barlow mentioned the study not taking Oak Hill into account due to it not going that far south. Barbara Silver felt that was a major factor. She spoke of the lack of transportation being a major problem identified. Mr. Lott felt they needed to start including the Oak Hill Commission in some of the things they are doing. 2 SUMMIT OF THE CITIES MARCH 18, 2009 Mr. Lott further commented on obtaining funding by following the system but having to put the work in. Mr. Rakowski felt the plan would be available in about a month or so. Mr. Lott commented on having some pretty good development opportunities on the books and they are going to have to be able to provide good, sound transportation for these builds as they go on. Luckily they are long term builds, 10, 15 and 20 year projects. He spoke of determining what they need to have. Mayor Thomas stated he wished they had a map of Southeast Volusia. He thought the MPO was in charge of the planning for their road system. He commented on subdivisions Edgewater has approved along the U.S. #1 corridor. He felt they needed to find an intermediate corridor between U.S. #1 and I -95. He thought there was a design in the process that ran along the Turnbull Hammock. They need to acquire this land while they can get it. He felt they needed to plan for the future. He spoke of planning on Williamson coming down. He then spoke of the condition of Maytown Road and maintenance of the trees that are growing almost in the right -of -way. He commented on discussions of using Maytown Road as an evacuation route. He felt in any major hurricane those trees are going to blow down. Mayor Thomas then commented on having a main obstacle with the Spruce Creek Swamp and Turnbull Hammock system. Mr. Lott felt as they continue to build on their barrier island they should look at extending SR 442 as an evacuation route due to only having the causeways as a way to get people off the beachside, which he felt was a feasible opportunity. Mayor Mackay concurred. She felt if they had a major hurricane it was a frightening thing to contemplate. She spoke of only having SR 44 going west. They have to be very careful in what they plan in order to take care of the people who are already here. Mayor Mackay further commented on not wanting to take the trees down. Somehow they have to work the roads out so they don't impact the trees. She commented on Restoration and how they would get those people out of the way of a major hurricane. She spoke of what happened in Homestead. Mayor Thomas commented on the only thoroughfares being Williamson and 1 -95 as far as evacuation routes for Restoration, which will be located by I -95. Mayor Mackay commented on all the people that would be merging onto the traffic that would already be on I -95. Commissioner Hathaway wasn't sure that a SR 442 extension was something that was realistic. He made mention of this coming up 3 SUMMIT OF THE CITIES MARCH 18, 2009 periodically in the past. He spoke of a bridge affecting the ecosystem. He commented on the traffic being backed up on SR 44 from people going to the beach. He spoke of exacerbating the situation if there was another outlet in Edgewater. He wasn't sure that didn't create more problems than solve the problems. They have a study that determines how many houses can be built on the barrier island. Commissioner Richenberg spoke of the National Seashore also being a factor and also referred to only being allowed to have a finite number of population on the barrier island. Mr. Lott commented on not progressing because they just shifted from thinking about the future and solutions to these problems to it won't work. He wanted to come away from today with some forward thinking, long term planning. Mayor Thomas pointed out a lot more emphasis was being placed on the environment and quality of life. He spoke of a lot of people wanting to slow down growth. He spoke of Restoration being one of the reasons he ran for Mayor. He commented on the acreage that is going to be left green in Restoration. Mayor Mackay felt Mr. Lott presented the idea of a bridge and extension of SR 442 not as an extra tool for more development but as a safety issue. She wasn't aware if they were maxed out on the barrier island. Mr. Lott commented on starting to decide how they are going to evacuate people. If a SR 442 extension to SR 415 is totally out of the question, then they need to know that and that will help them make those decisions in the future. Mayor Mackay asked if they are getting near the point at which they have to say, in order to protect the environment, the coastline, the river line, the water supply, the safety of the people here, the ability of the insurance companies to cover them in the event of a major storm occurring, this is enough. She felt this protected the people that are already here. Mr. Lott pointed out how the economy would be affected if they stopped building with regard to taxes. He spoke of having to maintain services with no additional taxes. He referred to the affects of Save Our Homes. Commissioner Richenberg stated two suggestions he had for the Summit were Education and Economic Development. He felt if they didn't diversify how they approach resources, water supply and energy, then they are setting themselves up for being vulnerable. It should be something that is done in a well planned and intelligent way to benefit and to be able to be sustainable. With regard to economic development and taxes, they need to diversify as far as where they get their money. They are a service based employment area. He spoke of 4 SUMMIT OF THE CITIES MARCH 18, 2009 other areas in the United States that are much more insulated from the economic climate out there now that are not feeling the effects as much as a lot of other areas. He spoke of having things in place to be able to evolve the economic development in order for it to be able to sustain the community. Mr. Lott felt Economic Development was a very good subject for the next Summit. He spoke of the program put together by the City of Edgewater's Economic Development Board that is targeting specific industries. He spoke of having limited opportunities here but finding alternatives. He asked how they improve their ability to move people east and west and north and south in the case of an emergency. Mr. Lott pointed out they talked about a SR 442 to SR 415 extension and they talked about a SR 442 extension over to the island and a north /south parallel to I -95. Mayor Mackay suggested looking at the railroads. She felt this was the time to push for SunRail and have a connection from Miami as far up as they want to go. They need 200 mile an hour trains like they have in Europe. They need to have fast, efficient, extremely high tech trains that will get people out of the individual cars. She felt they needed to talk about rail in the next five years. If they are going to develop they have to be responsible in all ways. They have to have the roads and they know the road system is broke. Mr. Lott commented on this being a national problem. He suggested they start looking at those types of things. Collectively they may find a way to have some kind of effect. He felt that was a great subject for the next Summit. Commissioner Richenberg asked about Beacon Light Road and Cow Creek Road as far as a north /south transportation corridor. Mayor Thomas commented on a concept he saw with Beacon Light that went between Florida Shores and the Hammock to SR 442. They need to get the land now while the land is there and they need to be thinking outside the box. He further commented on looking at while people live in Edgewater, New Smyrna Beach and Oak Hill. They must keep their environment pristine. Commissioner Hathaway stated they can't have it both ways. Either they are going to be a bedroom community or they are going to have industry. Mr. Lott pointed out he was looking for solutions, not why things won't work. Mayor Mackay stated people that have talked to her have suggested alternate forms of transportation. She spoke of encouraging bicycles, golf carts, etc. They have to make their bedroom communities self sustaining so they don't have to get into cars all the time and get on 5 SUMMIT OF THE CITIES MARCH 18, 2009 the roadways that they can't afford. She spoke of looking at how things are being designed. She further spoke of looking at areas for parking and commented on the City of New Smyrna hurting for parking areas along the beach. Mr. Lott commented on improving transportation without building a new road by changing the way they transport from once place to another. Kaleilat Reishedat stated the City of South Daytona did a study on legalizing golf carts, which was available. He also commented on improving the pedestrian trail system and connecting it from Oak Hill to possibly Port Orange. Councilman Richenberg commented on having one of the longest segments of the Rails to Trails loop that is going to end on Park Avenue in Edgewater, which is a 52 mile segment. He spoke of a bicycle group that was looking at alternative transportation showing safe routes for cyclists and lobbying to have bicycle lanes put in. He spoke of an incredible study Pinellas County had on how their trail system revitalized a lot of smaller towns along the loop they have that goes through downtown Tampa. He mentioned a program where children could get credits for physical education if they ride their bikes to school. Mayor Thomas commented on having a trolley in Restoration, which would be a self sustainable community, which would be walking distance to stores. Commissioner Hyatt asked if the feasibility of an on /off ramp has been considered at I -95 and Maytown Road. Mr. Lott commented on discussions regarding wanting to put an exchange at Pioneer Trail. Commissioner Hyatt pointed out it would help Oak Hill to evacuate. Mr. Lott informed her that Oak Hill will grow, which also had to go in the pocket they were talking about. Mr. Lott commented on trying to recognize their problems of the future and talk about them in a collective group and help each other out. Mr. Lott informed everyone they were going to have a presentation at the end of the Summit regarding the situation in Oak Hill with regard to the school closing. Mr. Lott called a ten - minute break at this time. ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY Mr. Lott commented on having a finite amount of water and knowing they need to start being careful with it or they are going to run out of it. He spoke of technologies that could be taken care of down the road but first and foremost they needed to talk about conservation. There are new technologies and systems available that when they do 6 SUMMIT OF THE CITIES MARCH 18, 2009 build that they do it in such a way that they have a minimum impact on potable water. Those things are a must. Any building or construction or development within the three cities should utilize the best technology available to make sure they aren't putting an unnecessary strain on our already dwindling water supply. He made mention of being aware of how much water they have available. Mayor Thomas stated he wanted to start a desalination plant in Southeast Volusia tomorrow, which he felt would create jobs and put less strain on the potable water. He was talking about getting it out of the lower Floridian aquifer and using it for irrigation. He further spoke of water waste due to irrigation. Mr. Lott asked if anyone was aware of any desalination plants that were currently underway. Mayor Thomas mentioned there being one in Flagler County. City Attorney Ansay stated there was a group of utilities called the Coquina Coast Group that was investigating the feasibility of either a ship based or land based desalination option in the Flagler County region. The City of Deland was a part of that effort as well as WAV on behalf of all of its members. They released information today that apparently the ship based option was not as feasible as everyone had hoped. Mayor Thomas made mention of the St. Johns River and commented on the problem in Florida being right now they are as dry as a bone but come September there would be water everywhere. They need to find a way to store that water somewhere. He commented on the residents that live along the St. Johns River having flooding problems. They have lots of options but he felt they needed to think outside the box on some of the issues. Mayor Thomas commented on the need for people to be educated about xeriscaping. Mayor Mackay agreed. She felt the City Halls and City buildings needed to take up their St. Augustine and put in natural plants and whatever is attractive. She felt new buildings should not be required to put down grass. This is taking an enormous amount of our water. Councilman Cooper commented on the reclaimed water that is being flushed into the Halifax and St. Johns. He spoke of a program put together by Mr. Parker in Port Orange where they put their recycled water right back into the aquifer by irrigation. He commented on the cost to the taxpayers to do a desalination plant and by using the water for irrigation they won't have to pay millions of dollars or rip up their lawns. 7 SUMMIT OF THE CITIES MARCH 18, 2009 Mr. Lott pointed out there may come a time when they need both, desalination and xeriscaping. He wasn't aware they were pumping that much water into the intracoastal. Councilman Cooper felt he would be amazed if they had the figures from both utilities. Vice Mayor Grasty thought it was only twice last year that they had to pump into the river. Councilman Cooper commented on pumping into ponds and pulling it back out when they need it because they would be refilling the aquifer. In Edgewater they dispose of the extra. Mayor Thomas commented on St. Johns wanting to make a rule to make the reuse the same as potable water. He commented on not being able to use all of it during the wet time of the year. They have a permit to dispose of 830,000 gallons per day. His goal is to have zero reuse water going into the Indian River. Commissioner Richenberg made mention of how much treated water they discharge into the Indian River having a bearing on the Consumptive Use Permit. Ms. Dewees explained it was part of their Consumptive Use Permit based on what they withdraw from an existing borrow pit adjacent to the Wastewater Treatment Plant. They can supplement their reclaimed water with up to 1 million gallons per day out of the borrow pit next to the Wastewater Plant. Mayor Thomas didn't think the water the put back on the surface actually goes to the aquifer. The aquifer is an underwater river. The water on the surface does not go that far down. Councilman Cooper mentioned the fertilizers and kinds of things that pollute that water. He felt all of the ideas should be things they should be looking at. Vice Mayor Cook stated they needed to do something about the dishwasher water and bath water that goes back into wherever it goes because it could be reclaimable. Mr. Reishedat commented on having short term solutions and long term solutions. They have a lot of short term solutions on hand right now that they could utilize. He spoke of utilizing runoff. The Utilities Commission in New Smyrna has a barrel that could be placed under downspouts that could be utilized for irrigation. Conservation is another short term solution. He felt reclaimed water was the biggest issue. He commented on the cost of making it available to the people. He felt the long term solution they were probably looking at desalination. Mr. Lott felt they would be parallel efforts. He commented on a method of desalination that GE has been working on through osmosis and are making a lot of headway. It is cost prohibitive right now but they are thinking 15 or 20 years down the road. He felt they would get to a point where that was a feasible opportunity. 8 SUMMIT OF THE CITIES MARCH 18, 2009 Mayor Thomas commented on water being pumped to the Keys because they don't have any. He spoke of having to sustain themselves and having to think about all of it. Commissioner Richenberg commented on New Smyrna having its own utility. The quickest and one of the cheaper ways to address water shortages were through conservation such as xeriscaping, rain barrels, and reuse water. He commented on the Utilities Commission having a considerable amount of information on ways to conserve. He would like to make sure they are able share some of the programs they have with other cities. He spoke of redoing the landscaping for Station #52 on the beachside. He further commented on there being a major demand for native vegetation in Florida now. He spoke of there being no sole source anymore and the need to diversify with regard to water. He again offered the information the Utilities Commission has regarding conservation. He felt all of the cities needed to do it together. There was a brief discussion regarding the New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission not being represented and they would remember next time to include the Utilities Commission in the meeting. Mr. Lott asked City Manager Barlow if there was communication between the Edgewater Utilities Department and the New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission. City Manager Barlow commented on there being a disconnect in Southeast Volusia and limited communication but he felt it was projects such as this if the Commissions were agreeable to this to talk more about and enhance that relationship. Mayor Thomas commented on WAV doing a lot of things to promote conservation of water such as rebates for the rain barrels and front load washing machines. They get into the school system. He spoke of teaching the young people how to conserve water. He mentioned people being confused about when they can and can't water. There was further discussion regarding education being key and conserving having to become a way of life. Mr. Lott spoke of having a Technical Committee with a couple of people from Edgewater, New Smyrna, Oak Hill, and the Utilities Commission to identify what the future problems were going to be, what problems they were having now and also educate on what they need to start doing now. Councilman Cooper felt it was a great idea. He spoke of major demand coming up in the next five or ten years for Oak Hill and Edgewater possibly having the capacity and linked with New Smyrna they may be able to take care of it without one City putting up all the money. There was then a discussion regarding a 6 cent per gallon fee that was going to be put on all water used to produce and bottled water to be used to build alternative plants in Florida. 9 SUMMIT OF THE CITIES MARCH 18, 2009 There was then a brief discussion regarding the cost of a desalination plant. City Manager Barlow asked if they had a commitment to approach this subject as a regional concern verses independent. He wanted to make sure this was an area they wanted to look at as a regional concern and approach the solution as a regional concern. Mr. Lott suggested each Mayor finds two people before they meet again. REDEVELOPMENT OF BLIGHTED AREAS, CRA'S AND THE US1 CORRIDOR Mr. Lott spoke of the U.S. #1 Corridor being the one thing that runs through New Smyrna, Edgewater and Oak Hill that has been there an awful long time that has problems. He spoke of there being serious problems in Edgewater. Mr. Lott then commented on New Smyrna creating a Community Redevelopment Agency in 1984. Mr. Lott further commented on a Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) first having to identify the area that they consider blighted and the criteria they have to follow. He made mention of property values being frozen from that point forward for calculation purposes. The difference in the tax money is earmarked for use within the area that has been identified. He made mention of the CRA in New Smyrna was something like $3.2 million last year. It was determined it was a little less. He then commented on what New Smyrna Beach has done with regard to the streetscapes on Canal Street and Flagler Avenue. He spoke of the work involved with a CRA. Mr. Lott asked what everyone's thoughts were on how they go about funding these projects to upgrade some of the areas in their cities that need some help. Councilman Cooper questioned if this is a group effort or just the City's piece of the tax dollars. Mr. Lott informed him it was the County's portion and the City's portion. Mr. Dennis commented on there being three parts required in order to establish a CRA. They have to determine there is a blighted area. Once they establish that there is a pass down that is done by State Statute. The County has to delegate authority to the City to form the CRA and the functions of the CRA and to develop its redevelopment plan. He spoke of being required by law to have a plan and function according to that plan. He made mention of New Smyrna's CRA going into an update, which they haven't done since 1995. They are spending $328,000 to update that which will carry them through the term of their Agency, which expires in 2015. The projects have to be in the 10 SUMMIT OF THE CITIES MARCH 18, 2009 plan and they have to move through those. They can't stockpile money. When New Smyrna started they had 30 projects on their list. He further commented on there being two ways to establish a Redevelopment Agency. In New Smyrna, the City retains certain powers and did not delegate those to the CRA. He further commented on New Smyrna being one of the few that functions the way they do. Mr. Dennis commented on Volusia County having so many districts now that they are having to go back to the ones formed before 1984 due to the terms of which they were granted the authority to establish changing dramatically as well as the economic climate changing dramatically. Mr. Dennis further commented on some of the do's and don'ts with regard to CRAs and how the taxes are used. Commissioner Richenberg felt the concern the County had was some of the money they were spending wasn't truly being spent in blighted areas. He spoke of their west side area. He spoke of getting properties that have taxable value or it takes a long time to accumulate enough money to do the projects. He commented on why he felt New Smyrna's was so successful. Mr. Dennis commented on being wise enough to pick the areas where they knew property values would appreciate rapidly which has allowed them to tackle projects they would normally have to work a very long time to accumulate money. Mr. Dennis commented on an issue with utilities on West Canal Street that has held that project up for over a year. Councilman Cooper commented on the CRA being something Edgewater addressed in their Visioning Program. He would love to sit down with New Smyrna to get more information. Mr. Resheidat commented on being able to give incentives to businesses as matching grants to improve and upgrade exteriors of their properties, which he felt a lot of people took advantage of. Mr. Lott commented on other programs that are available to improve blighted areas such as ECHO. City Manager Barlow commented on having design standards as they interface from city to city with similar zoning and aesthetic overlays. Commissioner Hathaway stated Joint Planning Agreement (JPA) with each City right. City Manager Barlow felt a JPA would probably come out of that. 11 SUMMIT OF THE CITIES MARCH 18, 2009 Mr. Resheidat felt having guidelines for the U.S. #1 corridor would be a great idea and a wise thing to have. Vice Mayor Grasty felt a good time to start would be when they do the intersection at 10 Street and U.S. #1. Mr. Lott confirmed they were all in agreement that they needed to communicate as three cities to come up with basic consistency between the three cities and what they are doing to redevelop areas. There was a brief discussion regarding utilizing the committees the cities already have to look into some of these things. Mr. Lott suggested getting representatives from each of cities Planning & Zoning Boards to collectively come up with a decent plan. Mayor Mackay felt they needed to get other people involved in this dialogue. Mr. Lott pointed out if they get too many people involved they won't get much done. He wanted to keep it a nucleus, controllable group. WRAP UP Mr. Lott informed the group they had a presentation from Oak Hill City Clerk Virginia Haas but they were going to take a break while she was setting her stuff up. City Clerk Haas made a presentation regarding the Burns Oak Hill Elementary School closure in Oak Hill by showing some pictures of items that would be removed from the school. The School Board was going to give them the school but it would be striped of everything. The City of Oak Hill was negotiating to purchase the school and the water system to possibly open a Charter School. Mr. Lott asked what they would be doing with the items such as the light switches, door knobs and water system. City Clerk Haas informed him they were going to use them at the other schools. Some of it was slated to go to certain schools and some would be kept in storage. Commissioner Richenberg asked if they had asked what the value was of the items. City Clerk Haas stated an architect went in the school and valued everything. They have requested copies but still haven't received it. There was a brief discussion regarding the closure of the school in Samsula. Vice Mayor Cook felt it was a vendetta against their school because they went to at least ten meetings of the School Board. They were practically down on their knees and then they got a little belligerent 12 SUMMIT OF THE CITIES MARCH 18, 2009 which she felt was their mistake because what they are doing to them they aren't doing to any other school in the County. Mr. Lott pointed out ways the other cities could help Oak Hill by contacting the School Board members by e -mail, telephone or personal visit. Vice Mayor Cook stated at one of their Commission meetings in October of last year Pat Drago spoke to them and said they had no intention of closing the Oak Hill School. Four months later they announced it was being closed. There was a brief discussion regarding how many children attended the school and it being turned into a Charter School. Representatives from Oak Hill identified concerns with the Water System not being able to be used any place else and the kitchen being stripped. Mention was also made regarding the money spent on the addition at Indian River. If they don't have the children from Oak Hill there is no justification for putting an addition at Indian River Elementary. The addition was supposed to make room for 225 additional students and there were 200 from Oak Hill. They spent $12 million to put the addition on knowing Oak Hill was aiming for a Charter School. Mention was made regarding the fishing net ban being a catastrophe and greatly affecting the City of Oak Hill. The school provided the warmth and nurturing to the children which was considered to be another loss. The loss of the school is a tragedy. The outcome of this of the effects psychologically and emotionally on the children was going to be unbelievable, including the families that were nurtured there as well. Mr. Dennis commented on the Chamber being involved in the net ban. There was assistance made available to the people in Oak Hill and the Chamber went down every weekend and watched time and time again as mom and dad came in and picked up papers and went home because they could not fill them out. The children or the wives were filling them out. That was a huge impact and to think now those kids aren't going to be a part of that community is going to have a huge impact. Mr. Lott asked when they should meet next and how often they should meet. He suggested they meet once a quarter. It was decided they would meet again in three months. Commissioner Richenberg suggested they have a visual map of Southeast Volusia when they talk about different areas and to invite a representative from the Utilities Commission to the next meeting. Mayor Thomas stated Southeast Volusia is recognized. He commented on doing the RCC. He goes to a bunch of the County meetings and the rest 13 SUMMIT OF THE CITIES MARCH 18, 2009 of the County is jealous. He felt they were a force to be reckoned with and he was proud to be in Southeast Volusia. He feels they set the standard. Mr. Lott thanked everyone for coming. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to discuss, the meeting adjourned at 5:35 p.m. Minutes submitted by: Lisa Bloomer, CMC Deputy City Clerk City of Edgewater 14 SUMMIT OF THE CITIES MARCH 18, 2009