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05-06-2002 - Regular . . . u u '. CITY COUNCIL OF EDGEWATER REGULAR MEETING MAY 6, 2002 7:00 P.M. COMMUNITY CENTER MINUTES CALL TO ORDER Mayor Schmidt called the Regular Meeting to order at 7:00 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 There were no minutes to be approved at this time. PRESENTATIONS/PROCLAMATIONS/PLAQUES/CERTIFICATES/DONATIONS A. Harold (Pat) Card, representative of the "Sunset Civitan Club", to present to the Police Department stuffed bears which are used bv Officers to calm children thev encounter durinq traumatic events Pat Card, President, Sunset Civitan Club, presented Police Chief Ignasiak with stuffed bears from the Sunset Civitan Club. He further commented on what the Sunset Civitan Club does. Police Chief Ignasiak thanked Mr. Card and the Sunset Civitan Club. CITIZEN COMMENTS Dominic Capria, 606 Topside Circle, spoke about Item SA - Advisory Selection Process. He stated to put this on the agenda he is assuming it needed a Councilmember's consent. He asked how this got put on the agenda. Councilwoman Rhodes stated the Council at the last workshop asked that be put on the agenda. Mike Visconti, 316 Pine Breeze Drive, read a prepared statement with regard to Item SA - Advisory Selection Process. He questioned why they are posing a term limit on volunteers and if this is one way to get rid of someone? He further spoke about when he served as a volunteer on the Beautification Committee and some of the projects they accomplished. He feels if the term limits were in effect at that time, he doesn't believe these changes might have taken place. Mr. Visconti spoke about Council extending their terms. Councilwoman Rhodes stated they didn't extend their terms, the Charter asked that it be extended and the voters extended it. " u u . . . Mr. Heeb stated the Charter Review Committee did not extend their terms or put in term limits. That was done by the Council because they allowed a minority report. There was one person on that Committee that felt they should go to staggered terms, four years and term limits. The Charter Review Committee said no and they voted it down. The Council allowed the minority report and the Council added it to the referendum and then the people voted it in. Mr. Visconti stated he has been on the Committee for the past seven years and has contributed many hours and have attended 85% of the Council meetings. He then spoke about other Committees he has served on. Mr. Visconti spoke about the Beautification Committee being combined with the Recreation/Cultural Services Board. He feels the beautification is not even recognized. He believes it should be and always should have been a separate Committee. Mr. Visconti stated if the two year term limit was in place, he would have to step down and asked if that is what the Council wants. He asked if the Council is chasing away dedicated volunteers. Jeff Jones, 3002 Silver Palm Drive, stated on April 27th at 2 a.m. a drunk driver ran the stop sign and crashed into his bedroom. He is here to ask for some help. Mr. Jones referred to a map he drew with regard to the incident. The damage to his house is 12 feet wide and inside his bedroom over five feet. The guy hit the bed he was sleeping in with his wife. One-third of his house is uninhabitable. He understands by history this has happened before. Mr. Jones asked for a 50' guardrail. He spoke about the traffic that comes through there and the children that play in that area. He proposed the Council put a guardrail in, the same type that is on the South Causeway that is 2' high and 50' wide or put down some rumble strips. He would like something put at the road's edge. Councilwoman Rhodes asked City Manager Hooper if they can do that. City Manager Hooper stated he would have to look at the right-of-way maps. More than likely you can. What the caution is, if you put up something, then you become liable for what you put up. Before they say yes, he would like to go out and look at it and see if there are any other options and come back and describe it to Council. Mr. Jones commented on other situations that are not t-bone situations but there are curves on Sabal Palm Drive, Juniper Drive and Fern Palm. Mayor Schmidt asked city Manager Hooper to get some good pictures of that and he asked Police Chief Ignasiak to do some traffic counts on that corner. There was a brief discussion regarding why the accident occurred. Mayor Schmidt also asked to see the lighting. Mr. Jones stated the power pole by his house has a street light on it. Page -2- Council Regular Meeting May 6, 2002 " u Q Councilman Vincenzi stated he doesn't see why it is a big deal to put a guardrail in. City Manager Hooper stated he doesn't think it is a big deal but before they agree to do it he would like to look at it. He mentioned some possible other options. He agreed to have this by the next meeting. Mr. Jones agreed to landscape what the Council decides to put in and maintain the landscaping. Ferd Heeb, 115 N. Riverside Drive, spoke in opposition to term limits. He stated the City constantly advertises for volunteers for these Committees and to turn around and say if you volunteer to serve on this Committee you will only be able to serve a limited time is a mistake. Mr. Heeb spoke about the process of appointment. He feels it is a mistake to continue to rotate appointments among the Council. He feels each appointment should be an action of the total Council. That is the way it used to be and he feels they should go back to that. Mr. Heeb spoke about people in the city encouraging other people to volunteer for the Committees. He has encouraged no less than five people to serve on Committees. He received a complaint after he encouraged people to serve on a Committee that the Council doesn't acknowledge it. He believes every application should have a letter from Mayor Schmidt stating the City has received the application, we appreciate your interest in the City and your willingness to serve and notify them if there isn't an opening but let them know the City received it and they are going to act on it. Councilwoman Rhodes feels this is a good idea. Mr. Heeb feels the appointment of a Committee person should have a little formality to it. He feels when someone is appointed they should be brought back before the Council and they should be charged with their responsibilities with regard to what the committee is about and what they should be doing. Mayor Schmidt also liked the idea of the letter acknowledging the application. Pat Card, 3019 Willow Oak Drive, spoke about term limits. As this City grows, the people that move into this City are going to come with new and different sets of credentials. He spoke about having two Pension Boards. It might well be that they woul~ like to have someone who is an associate member of the American Society of Pension Actuaries. This would be a good person to have on that board. He feels it doesn't make sense to throw people away after two years. George Ann Keller, 3039 Unity Tree Drive, thanked the Council for the slide replacement at Whistle stop Park. She would like to see more done for the younger age, especially in Whistle stop Park. She also feels there is still more work to be done over there. Ms. Keller stated she is concerned with vandalism at Whistle stop Park which she feels is very big problem. She wondered if a video camera could be set up some place on the property. She has seen a lot of damage and feels the taxpayers of this City don't know how much is going on over there. She feels if the City went after the parents of the children doing the vandalism, that may put a strong message out there. Page -3- Council Regular Meeting May 6, 2002 ~ o Ms. Keller spoke about the small amount of reclaimed water they are getting. She would be all for meters being set up once the reclaimed water gets hooked up properly because she thinks until they do something like that, people are going to abuse the system. She doesn't feel she has gotten her fair share of reclaimed water for $5 a month. She doesn't think people realize there are water restrictions. Ms. Keller stated she hopes the City Hall site issue is put on a ballot so they get to vote on it. She is for City Hall remaining here. She feels City Hall being located on U.S. #1 is going to be the worse situation because of the traffic and speeding Todd Fuhrman, 117 E. Wilkinson Street, stated he is one of the property owners that was approached about if he would be willing to sell his house to the City. He stated obviously this has bonded the neighborhood together. When he was approached, he stated for the right price. He thinks that was the reaction of the property owners he has spoken to. Of the eleven property owners, there are only four that reside there. The rest are rentals or weekend homes. Of course the people that don't reside here would be willing to sell to the City. The people that don't reside there are going to be more willing to sell their property than those that live there now. By going and reviewing the real estate available now and his preference would be between U.S. #1 and the river, there is no property to replace what he has now. He feels the issue of the City Hall site dramatically is going to effect his future. Mr. Fuhrman stated the battle of those properties is going to come after the price has been offered. He questioned why create turmoil in this neighborhood when there are other options and opportunities that nobody has to be pushed out of their house. Councilwoman Rhodes stated she isn't clear as to whether he would sell his property or not. Mr. Fuhrman stated that would be the big problem. In the beginning he said he would sell it for the right price. He feels that is an insignificant question because if the City paid him a quarter of a million dollars for his property, he would sell it. Councilwoman Rhodes stated she wasn't going to. Mr. Fuhrman stated he didn't think so that is why his answer is no. City Manager Hooper explained what he has described to all the property owners. The City would get an appraisal done and that is the probable starting point for any kind of negotiations. He thinks early on they talked about it and maybe the idea was that is a lot of money and the more they do market research and find out really what that is it is probably 120% of the assessed value. That is where part of the change is occurring. He thinks there were some dollars signs in people's eyes and he thinks they are coming back and understanding what that appraised value truly is. Councilwoman Rhodes stated she can understand because you live in a neLghborhood because that is where you want to be and unless you can replace what you have you aren't interested. In order to replace what you have, it is going to be a significant amount of money to do that. Mr. Fuhrman stated City Manager Hooper was very clear and what he has delivered is accurate in that the property owner's when they started doing market research and starting understanding what is going on, they came to the realization that property between U.S. #1 has become very valuable in the last couple of years and it is almost impossible to find anything. Page -4- Council Regular Meeting May 6, 2002 u u Councilman Vincenzi stated he doesn't see how the City can justify forcing them to move. Councilwoman Rhodes agreed. Mr. Furhman spoke about the workshops determining where the City Hall Site will be and then they are going to talk about price. CITY COUNCIL REPORTS Councilwoman Lichter spoke about a phone call she received from a gentleman that asked how we could be living up to st. John's and the water requirements of the County with one person checking on the water. She contacted Mr. Wadsworth who informed her he has enlarged that number due to Code Enforcement participating. A lot of renters may not be aware because they don't get the City newsletter. She suggested putting something in the newsletter asking property owners to notify renters of the hours for watering. Councilwoman Lichter further spoke about a complaint she received from someone that doesn't have reclaimed water accessible to them. She feels when they get to the point of monitoring and meters there will be more equity in the system. Councilwoman Lichter spoke about an article in the News Journal regarding Troubled Waters. She will be attending the Indian River Task Force meeting tomorrow at 4 p.m. They are very concerned with what is happening to our river. She feels it behooves them to see what type of actions are going to need to take place so we can eat the fish again. Councilwoman Lichter stated the Anti-Litter bumper stickers have been ordered and she described what they will look like. The Chamber is paying for the bumper stickers. Councilwoman Lichter informed the Council she has been elected Vice chairman of the Water Alliance in Volusia County. Tomorrow is going to be a special meeting at 9:30 a.m. The Managers will be meeting with the Water Alliance members as well as the TACT group and they will go over the report from the Attorney in Tallahassee on how the future looks to restructure the Water Alliance if necessary so there can be cooperation and community building. Councilwoman Lichter stated she has read all the by-laws of the various Boards and Committees that she has from 1997. She feels they need to be updated. She feels they should take a look at those. The Code Enforcement Board meets at 5:30 p.m. and she feels it is hard to get people to volunteer for a board that meets at 5:30 p.m. She also mentioned some of the by-laws making mention of membership and others that don't. Councilwoman Rhodes commented on the Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon. She stated they are all appreciated for all they do. Everyone in this city needs to be grateful to the Volunteers. Councilman Brown spoke about an Economic Development Board meeting he attended. He then spoke about the Business Expo that was held last year at the YMCA that was very successful. They are going to have another one this year in October. Councilman Brown stated he appreciated what the Code Enforcement Board is doing. They have been working very hard to start enforcing some of the Codes we have in the City. Page -5- Council Regular Meeting May 6, 2002 u Q Councilman Brown also commented on the Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon and there is no way people can express enough thanks of what the volunteers do for our City. Councilman Vincenzi spoke about the City limits sign by DBCC. He asked what is being done with that. City Manager Hooper stated the signs are being ordered and should be up within the next week or two. Councilman Vincenzi mentioned people thinking DBCC is in New Smyrna because of it being right off of 10th Street. Councilman Vincenzi spoke about the article done by the News Journal with regard to cable rates. He has had some feedback through phone calls and e-mails that people appreciated his view. He hopes they will also call the cable company and complain. Councilman Brown stated he did. Councilwoman Rhodes stated she has been complaining for years. Mayor Schmidt feels all the volunteers at the Luncheon had a good time. He liked the atmosphere. He thanked City Clerk Wadsworth and Deputy City Clerk Bloomer for everything they did. Mayor Schmidt stated it looks like the School Board is going to go ahead with the 10th Street site. He asked from the City standpoint if they plan on doing some type of group or some type of whatever they are going to do when it comes to traffic because he knows there are going to have to be big changes with 10th Street, Mission Road and some arterial roads that will go north and south through there. He feels they need to stay real active when it comes to this. City Manager Hooper stated he got a copy today of their traffic study and agreed to make a copy for all of the Council. They have invited him Wednesday to a meeting where they will be talking of drainage and traffic, which he will be attending. Mayor Schmidt stated the neighborhood over there has a lot of concerns and he feels the City needs to be right there and make sure it doesn't affect us on the other side of the canal. He feels they need to look ahead to the future because it is going to add a lot of traffic to that area. PUBLIC HEARINGS, ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS A. Res. No. 2002-R-11, owners Oscar Zeller and Julian Green reauestina abandonment and vacation of a 70" X 90' public easement. Subiect property described as a portion of Lots 19 and 20, Assessor's Subdivision of the Sheppard and Sanchez Grant City Manager Hooper made a staff presentation. Legal Assistant Matusick read Res. 2002-R-11 into the record. Mayor Schmidt asked if the right-of-way will affect any road network. City Manager Hooper informed him no. By vacating it, we are not hurting ourselves. Due to there being no comments, Mayor Schmidt opened and closed the public hearing. Councilwoman Lichter moved to approve Res. 2002-R-11, second by Councilwoman Rhodes. The motion CARRIED 5-0. Page -6- Council Regular Meeting May 6, 2002 <.) (J B. 2nd ReadinG, Ord. 2001-0-74, amendinG Articl'e IX (Application Procedures) of the Land Development Code. (1st ReadinG November 5, 2001, Item 6W) City Manager Hooper made a staff presentation. Legal Assistant Matusick read Ord. 2001-0-74 into the record. Due to there being no comments, Mayor Schmidt opened and closed the public hearing. Councilman Brown moved to approve Ord. 2001-0-74, second by Councilwoman Lichter. The motion CARRIED 5-0. C. 1st ReadinG, Ord. 2001-0-76, amendinG Articles XIII (Subdivision) and XIV (Historic Preservation) of the Land Development Code City Manager Hooper made a staff presentation. Legal Assistant Matusick read Ord. 2001-0-76 into the record. Due to there being no comments, Mayor Schmidt opened and closed the public hearing. Councilwoman Lichter moved to approve Ord. 2001-0-76, second by Councilwoman Rhodes. The motion CARRIED 5-0. D. 1st ReadinG, Ord. 2002-0-06, amendinG the Official ZoninG Map from County B9 (General Office) to City B3 (HiGhway Commercial) for .61 acres of property located on the northeast corner of US 1 and Palm Breeze Drive City Manager Hooper made a staff presentation. Legal Assistant Matusick read Ord. 2002-0-06 into the record. Councilman Brown asked if this is the piece of property where they had discussion on the fence. City Manager Hooper informed I him it is not. Due to there being no comments, Mayor Schmidt opened and closed the public hearing. Councilman Vincenzi moved to approve Ord. 2002-0-06, second by Councilwoman Rhodes. The motion CARRIED 5-0. E. 1st ReadinG, Ord. 2002-0-07, amendinG the Official ZoninG Map from County B9 (General Office) to City B3 (HiGhway Commercial) for .65 acres of property located on the southeast corner of US 1 and Palm Breeze Drive alonG with two (2) vacant parcels to the east City Manager Hooper made a staff presentation. Legal Assistant Matusick read Ord. 2002-0-07 into the record. Councilwoman Lichter asked if this is next to Pyramid Park. Chief Planner Darren Lear informed her it was. Due to there being no comments, Mayor Schmidt opened and closed the public hearing. Page -7- Council Regular Meeting May 6, 2002 u u Councilman Brown moved to approve Ord. 2002-0-07, second by Councilwoman Rhodes. The motion CARRIED 5-0. There was a ten-minute recess at this time. The meeting reconvened at 8:21 p.m. CONSENT AGENDA A. Federal Edward Bvrne Anti-Druq Abuse Act Grant - approval of the fundinq distribution IG.R.E.A.T. "Youth Affairs" Proqram), authorize the Mavor to execute the document and approval to accept the check in the amount of $27,435 B. Law Enforcement Trust Funds - staff requestinq approval to use $944.00 of the "Funds" to purchase 8,000 rounds of .40 caliber traininq ammunition C. Law Enforcement Trust Funds - staff requestinq approval to use $1,750.00 of the "Funds" to pay for the development of the Serqeant's promotion/evaluation examination Councilwoman Rhodes asked why they had to spend $1,500 on an exam. Police Chief Ignasiak made a presentation with regard to the company they have hired to do the examination process customizing the exam for the City of Edgewater Police Department. He further commented on what a customized exam does. Their policies and procedures were just recently developed and specifi~ to their agency and is modeled after National Accreditation Standards and Florida Accreditation Standards. By asking the company to do this for us, it makes the candidates knowledgeable in the information they need here to do their job. He feels the price of $1,500 is cheap and that the City is getting a good deal. This is a professional company that is bonded and insured. Councilwoman Rhodes commented on the exam being sent back to the company to be graded which she feels eliminates any departmental bias. Councilman Brown asked if they have the capacity to upgrade as we change our rules and regulations and ordinances. Police Chief Ignasiak stated yes they would. They wouldn't want to use the same examination over again the next year. They would want to change those and they can do that. Councilwoman Rhodes moved to accept the Consent Agenda, second by Councilwoman Lichter. The motion CARRIED 5-0. OTHER BUSINESS A. Advisorv Selection Process - adoptinq a policy of appointinq members to boards, committees and aqencies, and desiqnatinq term limits city Manager Hooper made a staff presentation. Councilwoman Rhodes stated she would hesitate to impose strict term limits. She was the one that brought up the people that are waiting a long time to serve and are called every time the board needs a member to see if they are still interested. She has seen applications since 1992 and people are still waiting. She also spoke about other boards that don't have a lot of applicants waiting. She feels to preclude them from being able to put a qualified person back on a board that maybe doesn't have other qualified applicants, she feels they would be cutting their noise off to spite their face. Page -8- Council Regular Meeting May 6, 2002 u u Councilwoman Lichter asked to separate the motion into two separate parts for discussion purposes so they aren't looking at it as a whole. Mayor Schmidt suggested they go member by member. Councilwoman Lichter commented on why she feels each City Councilperson should have the sole right to appoint. She feels it is cleaner having a motion adopting a policy that City Council maintains the sole right to appoint their selection to any board, committee or agency. Councilwoman Lichter doesn't believe generally in terms of limitations. She thinks in the case of appointed term limitations that it would be very unwise. Certain boards and commissions take a lot of time to learn. She feels there should be a consistency of a three year term but she thinks they should eliminate if it is up to you at three years or you could keep until six or you could go on until nine. She would like to hear from the boards and commissions what they think. She spoke about a person that is not qualified taking over someone's place that is qualified. Councilwoman Lichter feels everybody doesn't want to serve on every board and commission so the rotation idea is silly. Councilman Vincenzi stated the way it is now is the board makes a recommendation that comes before Council and whoever has the appointment, says yes or no. Councilwoman Lichter stated right now it is on the Consent Agenda and isn't totally her appointment. It becomes a vote of all of the Council. She would like the Councilmembers to make the appointments and so be it. She suggested forgetting the idea of term limits and let the concept of one Councilperson select. She wasn't sure how they did the rotation but she feels the appointments should be rotated. City Manager Hooper stated they started this by pulling names out of a hat on individual boards. Councilwoman Lichter wants to leave it the way it is but she doesn't want it on the Consent Agenda and no term limits. Councilwoman Rhodes also wants to leave it the way it is but doesn't want it on the Consent Agenda and no term limits. Councilman Brown stated when they were first elected each of them appointed people and he called every person on the list every time he had to make an appointment. He likes the idea of each of them choosing and appointing people. He doesn't like term limits. He spoke about Mr. Heeb's suggestion of having the people come in the night they are appointed and appoint them in front of the Council and swear them in or present them with a piece of paper informing them they have been appointed. He likes that idea. Councilman Vincenzi agreed with what has been said already. He feels there should be a caveat in there where if you don't want to reappoint someone, you can appoint someone different but he feels they should have an explanation as to why you don't want to reappoint the one person. Councilwoman Rhodes and Councilwoman Lichter didn't agree with that. Councilman Vincenzi feels if you don't want to reappoint someone you should justify why. Councilwoman Lichter feels they should have a positive reason for appointing someone. Page -9- Council Regular Meeting May 6, 2002 u o Councilman Vincenzi stated that is like if someone has a job and your boss wants to fire you without an explanation. Councilwoman Lichter stated but this isn't paid, it is volunteer. Councilman Vincenzi stated he knows that but they are being good enough to donate their time. Mayor Schmidt suggested when they do make the appointments, when they talk to the applicants themselves, that hopefully the talk they get between themselves and them, the understanding will be there. You will have that comfort level with them and they will have that comfort level with the Council that when they make their decision, in the end they are going to understand it. Councilwoman Rhodes stated since they aren't voting on it, she doesn't see why it requires any explanation at all. Councilman Vincenzi didn't agree. Mayor Schmidt feels in the ultimate end, if one of them decides to make an explanation, he feels that is an option they will have. Councilwoman Rhodes doesn't feel it should be a requirement. This is rotated around so you don't have one person picking every board all the time so it can't be that much of a conflict of interest. Councilwoman Rhodes also feels it would be uncomfortable for the person being replaced. Councilwoman Lichter stated she doesn't know if individually everyone is doing their job. They know collectively if they give the Council good advice. Mayor Schmidt feels they are going to get some response from the boards. Councilwoman Lichter spoke with some of the board members in the audience just to get their feel on the subject and sometimes it is embarrassing for the member of the board to vote against recommending someone that is on their board. They have trouble with it. She does not feel they need to get an explanation. She feels they would be in the same boat as when they pulled it off the Consent Agenda and you have to explain why you pulled it off and she thought that was very distasteful. City Manager Hooper explained to the Council they can not individually appoint. Individually they make a recommendation. The Councilmembers will make the motion to nominate someone to be on a board. Councilwoman Rhodes stated if anyone wants to question her about her appointment then they can. City Manager Hooper commented on reasons why the Charter defines that those are Council appointments. What they are saying is the recommendation individually is their turn and by consensus among the Council they are saying if it is their turn the rest of the board should respect your request to do that. City Manager Hooper stated the appropriate motion would be the motion to approve a policy that the Council maintains the right to appoint their selections and that those recommendations are going to come on a rotating basis. Councilman Brown so moved. Page -10- Council Regular Meeting May 6, 2002 Q u Mike Visconti, 316 Pine Breeze Drive, stated when you interview the applicants and let's say you interviewed them and you made a term limit for two years and this particular applicant is a good worker and has done wonders and his term expires. City Manager Hooper informed Mr. Visconti they have taken the term limit off. Dick Jones, 1530 Sabal Palm Drive, commented on serving on City boards in the past. He stated not every board or committee has a list of people waiting to get on it. There were a few times when they couldn't even get a quorum to conduct a meeting. Mr. Jones feels they have a problem of recruiting people for the different boards because they aren't all available. He stated on a couple of the committees he was on, more than half of the committee was comprised of people that live in New Smyrna Beach. Councilwoman Lichter commented on the Economic Development Board having a broader base. Councilwoman Lichter feels they need the length consistency and some consistency on how they write their by-laws. Some of them are missing the word membership. Some state when they are going to meet and others don't. In those kind of by-laws you usually don't put the exact time and day you are going to meet. She feels that is a separate issue. City Manager Hooper explained our new Land Development Code has superceded most of those. The Animal Control Board and Recreation/Cultural Services Board are not in there but the rest of them are. Councilwoman Lichter feels they need to take a look to make sure they bring it altogether. City Manager Hooper informed her they would make it all consistent. Councilwoman Rhodes seconded the motion. The motion CARRIED 5-0. Councilman Brown asked if they said anything about having the people that they are appointing for them to be here to give them a letter of appointment. City Manager Hoper stated that is up to the Council. He would almost like to see a mission statement for each board defining the role and what it is supposed to do and let's put time on making that correct and then a nice letter saying someone is on the board and you recognize what their challenge would be and they get a copy of the by-laws at that point. Councilwoman Rhodes stated they could invite them to be here when they are appointed and then City Clerk Wadsworth could swear them in. Mayor Schmidt likes the idea of having them sworn in at a Council Meeting as opposed to just their normal board meeting. BOARD APPOINTMENTS A. Police Pension Board - Mavor Schmidt's appointments to fill an expired term Mayor Schmidt recommended reappointing Ferd Heeb to the Police Pension Board. Councilwoman Lichter moved to accept Mayor Schmidt's recommendation to reappoint Ferd Heeb to the Police Pension Board, second by Councilman Vincenzi. The motion CARRIED 5-0. Page -11- Council Regular Meeting May 6, 2002 u o City Manager Hooper clarified that the motion with regard to board appointments did not include term limits. Mayor Schmidt stated that is correct. B. Citizen Code Enforcement Board - Mayor Schmidt's appointment to fill a vacancy ~ayor Schmidt recommended appointing Glenn Barnhill. Councilwoman Rhodes moved to accept Mayor Schmidt's recommendation to appoint Glenn Barnhill to the Citizen Code Enforcement Board, second by Councilman Brown. The motion CARRIED 5-0. C. Recreation/Cultural Services Board - Councilman Brown's appointment to fill an expired term Councilman Brown moved to reappoint Thomas Tipton to the Recreation/Cultural Services Board, second by Councilwoman Lichter. The motion CARRIED 5-0. D. Animal Control Board - Councilman Vincenzi's appointment to fill a vacancy Councilman Vincenzi moved to appoint Kim Catalo Control Board, second by Councilwoman Lichter. CARRIED 5-0. OFFICER REPORTS to the Animal The motion City Clerk Wadsworth had nothing at this time. Legal Assistant Matusick had nothing at this time. City Manager Hooper asked if they liked the appointments under Item 9 or if they wanted them under Council reports. Mayor Schmidt stated he likes them separate just like it is. He recommended if they do this and they have more than a couple and they know the people are going to be there can they move it up on the agenda so they aren't waiting. City Manager Hooper stated they could put it right after the first after public hearings. Councilwoman Rhodes stated if you know you are going to nominate somebody, they would ask them to be here. Mayor Schmidt stated it is their responsibility to let Liz McBride or City Clerk Wadsworth know. City Manager Hooper stated if they let someone know, the name can appear on the agenda. Councilwoman Rhodes feels the Councilperson himself should call whoever they nominate and ask them to be here. CITIZEN COMMENTS/CORRESPONDENCE Mike Visconti, 316 Pine Breeze Drive, stated from st. Gerard's going south to DelMar estates, who is responsible for the medians being cut there. City Manager Hooper informed him DOT. Mr. Visconti asked if there is anyway to get in touch with DOT to have that cut because it is a mess. City Manager Hooper commented on DOT being on a cycle and only cutting the grass four times a year and that doesn't match what the City wants so what DOT will tell you is they will contact with you and pay what they would have done four times a year and you can do it more frequent. Page -12- Council Regular Meeting May 6, 2002 ~ . . u o city Manager Hooper stated they have contacted them and they are scheduled to come out and cut the medians when they do that but that is something to be addressed in the near future. He proposed as they annex that those actually become city, not just the road right-of-way but adjacent parcels. That is when there should be an upgraded level of service on making those look better. Mr. Visconti stated on behalf of the volunteers, the luncheon was really great. He thanked the Council for recognizing them and appreciating them and what they do. They had a good time, good food and Rich put on a good show. Mayor Schmidt asked City Clerk Wadsworth to make sure they have board applications here during meetings. Ferd Heeb, 115 N. Riverside Drive, thanked the Council for the appointment. He commended the Council for the lively discussion on this issue. He thought it was great and would like to see more of this type of discussion. He feels they came to the right conclusion. Mr. Heeb stated on the committee appointments where there is a backlog of applications, take them out of the ShoreLines. He feels it would be great to acknowledge an application when it is received so the people know it has been received. City Manager Hooper reminded the Council of the meeting on May 14th at the Florida Shores Clubhouse to talk about City Hall Siting. It is a staff presentation that will be put on by City Manager Hooper, Liz McBride and Jack Corder. On June 6th, there will be a meeting at Edgewater Landings at 9 a.m. to discuss the same issue. It is scheduled to come back before Council at the second meeting in June. This is not a work session for Council but they are certainly invited. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to discuss, Councilwoman Rhodes moved to adjourn. The meeting adjourned at 9:01 p.m. Minutes submitted by: Lisa Bloomer Page -13- council Regular Meeting May 6, 2002