HomeMy WebLinkAboutIII (A2) Approval and Acceptance of Minutes of City Commission Special Session of June 8, 1999 Agenda 6-15-99A2
MINUTES OF THE OCOEE CITY COMMISSION SPECIAL SESSION TO REVIEW
THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM
HELD JUNE 8, 1999
CALL TO ORDER
Upon determining that a quorum was present, Mayor Vandergrift called the special session to
order at 7:15 p.m. in the Commission Chambers.
PRESENT: Mayor Vandergrift, Commissioners Johnson and Parker. Commissioner
Anderson arrived at 7:45 p.m. and Commissioner Howell arrived at 7:58 p.m. Also present
were City Manager Shapiro, Building/Zoning Official Flippen, City Clerk Grafton, Finance
Director Horton, Police Chief Mark, Recreation Director Nordquist, City Engineer/Utilities
Director Shira (arrived at 8:55 p.m.), Community Relations/Projects Director Shira, Planning
Director Wagner, Assistant Fire Chief Firstner, Police Lieutenant Seaver, and Budget Analyst
Strickland.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN
City Manager Shapiro advised that the Capital Improvement Program is a plan rather than a
budget and that, although the items listed may be approved with a classification of I, they still
may not be funded when the budget is finally put together. He listed the different methods of
funding and said he would discuss some of the proposed projects as the review of the Program
proceeded.
Mayor Vandergrift suggested that grants be more aggressively pursued and he called attention
to one grant in particular that is available to fund a position to educate citizens regarding
conservation.
As in the past, the Commission reviewed the CIP page by page, and City Manager Shapiro
responded to questions. On certain items, specific directions were given and those are listed
below.
Page 1 item 3 - Re-Roof Withers-Maguire House. Commissioner Parker pointed out the need
to include painting as well.
Page 1 item 5 - Fire Station #1 Land. Commissioner Johnson proposed changing the proposed
location of Fire Station #1 from Bluford/Cumberland to further west in order to have it
serve both the north and south parts of town. He said the City should incorporate
greater use of the Interlocal Agreement with Orange County for fire protection, and put
the available monies into upgrading equipment and increasing staffing rather than
building additional facilities after the relocation of Fire Station #1. He asked that the
locations of the Orange County fire houses be provided as well as Winter Garden's
response time as they cover a large area with one fire station. Mr. Shapiro said he
would review the status of impact fees, etc. with the proposed change and bring back
the information as requested.
Ocoee City Commission Special Session to Review CIP
June 8, 1999
Page 2 item 39 - Pave Lyle Street from Franklin Avenue to Taylor Street. Commissioner
Johnson said he wanted to see Lyle Street paved before any of the other streets were
repaved. Public Works Director Smith was directed to find out the cost of the
superpave the County is using on Hackney-Prairie Road as a possible consideration for
that site.
Page 3 item 55 - Resurface Vignetti Parking Area. Mayor Vandergrift suggested that, in
addition to this resurfacing, Florida Power be contacted for some poles to mark off
parking in two tiers to the fence and add a driveway so the cars would not be blocked
off.
Commissioner Anderson arrived at 7:45 p.m.
Mr. Shapiro reviewed his opening remarks for Commissioner Anderson. Commissioner
Anderson proposed having the department heads for all departments housed in City IIaII, then
elected to reserve other suggestions for later.
Page 4 item 66 - Sidewalk on Reba Avenue from Flewelling Avenue to Pinewood Street.
Mayor Vandergrift asked that someone look at that retention pond and clean it up.
Commissioner Howell arrived at 7:58 p.m.
While reviewing pages 4 and 5, Mayor Vandergrift noted that when the County paves over
brick roads, Ocoee should get the brick.
Page 5 item 96 - Multi Purpose Trail. Mr. Shapiro advised that the $360,000 for this item
should be in the column for FY 00-01 rather than FY 99-00.
Page 9 When discussing item 14, Commissioner Johnson asked that the law on certificate of
necessity regarding transporting injured be provided for him.
Page 10 item 20 - Motorcycles. Mayor Vandergrift polled the Commission for a rating on
this item. Mayor Vandergrift, Commissioner Anderson and Commissioner Parker
rated the item 1, Commissioner Howell 2 and Commissioner Johnson 3.
Page 11 item 37 - Full Size Pickup Truck New. Consensus was reached to recommend looking
at Ford Rangers.
Page 12 item 56 - New Street Sweeper. Mr. Shapiro stated for the record that he was not
going to buy another street sweeper until he finds a way to dispose of sweepings.
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Ocoee City Commission Special Session to Review CIP
June 9, 1999
During the review of Legislative items on page 14, Mayor Vandergrift asked that a color
printer be included with his personal computer when it is ordered.
Page 15 item 29 - Commission Chambers Overhead Projector. Commissioner Anderson
proposed that better technology than the overhead projector should be considered.
RECESS 9:20 - 9:30 P.M.
Page 17 item 58 - Aerator for Ball Fields -Consensus was reached to rate this item 1.
There were no further changes in the ratings as the rest of the CIP was reviewed.
Al Mayor Vandergrift's request, Commissioner Johnson restated his comments on Fire
Stations #1 and #4 made at the beginning of the meeting and Mr. Shapiro asked for time to
research the issues raised by Commissioner Johnson's position: (1) the difference in cost to the
City and to the businesses in the community, (2) Winter Garden's response time, (3) the
legality of the collection of the impact fees and whether or not they should he refunded.
Commissioner Parker, seconded by Mayor Vandergrift, moved to approve the Capital
Improvement Program with the ratings in agreement with City Manager Shapiro's ratings with
the exception of the change to 1 noted for item 58 (aerators) on page 17, with direction to staff
to return with the information on the Fire Stations and trucks. Motion carried 5-0.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 9:55 p.m.
APPROVED:
Attest: City of Ocoee
Jean Grafton, City Clerk S. Scott Vandergrift, Mayor
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