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MINUTES OF THE CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP HELD JULY 21. 1987
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The meeting was called to order at 6:45 p.m. by Mayor Ison.
PRESENT: Mayor Ison, Commissioners Johnson, Dabbs, Bateman
and Hager, City Attorney Kruppenbacher, City Manager Ryan,
City Planner Wagner, Public Works Director Occhiuzzo, and
City Clerk Catron.
A8SENT: None
CITY ATTORNEY
New Legislation Affecting Municipalities
City Attorney Kruppenbacher presented the
passed in the legislature that a~~ect
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new laws that were
municipalities as
CS/CB 593 created the "Florida Governmental Cooperation
Act.. which required counties and municipalites to attempt to
settle disputes be~ore resorting to litigation. This was
initially proposed by Mayor Ison.
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H8 1336 allowed city governing authorities and their
chie~ executive o~~icers to meet in private with their
attorney to discuss pending litigation provided the meeting
would be tape recorded and the recording released a~ter the
case was closed.
SB 792 made revisions to the code enforcement
procedure related to notice and the determination of ~ines.
SB 1173 specified that the chairman of the code
en~orcement board was a voting member.
HB 1335 authorized municipalities to enforce tra~fic
laws on private streets as long as the municipality and the
party controlling the street entered into a written agreement
providing for control by the municipality.
CS/CS/H8 1421 authorized counties or municipalities
representing a maJority o~ a county's population to levy .25,
.5, .75 or 1.0% sales surtax with the proceeds earmarked for
capital expenditures.
SB 1063 expanded the time frame for the submittal of
non-coastal county and municipal comprehensive plans from
1990 to 1991.
HB 1337 related to fire safety and would require an
ordinance prior to January 1, 1988 which would adopt minimum
fire safety standards.
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CS/HB 114 allowed local governments to require a bond
for construction and electrical contractors conditioned only
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upon compliance with the state minimum building code and
local building codes.
CS/SB 359, in part, prohibited the issuance of a
building permit for a nursing home without a determination
that the applicant was licensed as an adult congregate living
:facility.
CS/HB 972 required that all utility easements also be
easements :for cable television
SB 790, in part, required that all plats include a
notice statement that there might be additional restrictions
that would not be recorded on the plat.
CS/HB's 324. 341. 531. 168 authorized DOT to enter into
agreements with municipalities to reimburse municipalities
:for expenditures made on proJects or proJect phases that were
not revenue producing and that were contained in DOT's :five
year transportation plan.
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A written memorandum had been sent to the Commission that
outlined all of" the above mentioned bills.
Proposed Ordinance Regulating Stormwater Run-off to the Lakes
City Attorney Kruppenbacher stated that he was waiting on
staf":f's and the City Engineer's recommendation be:fore he
drafted an ordinance for their review. City Engineer Merkel
reorted that he had looked at the ordinance the City had and
along with the other regulations of" DER, etc., he was of" the
opinion that the City did not need another ordinance as the
one they had was '"state of" the art'". He said they could have
a stricter ordinance i:f they wanted, but everyone was made to
comply with these new stormwater run-of"f" requirments except
:for a couple o:f businesses that were being built on existing
business sites. Mayor lson and the Commissioners were still
concerned with the problem and wanted to make sure the lakes
were protected. They did not want the situation that
happened at Lakes Peach and Moxie to happen again. The
Commission agreed to look at the existing ordinance and
regulations to see i:f that is what they want and bring back
at the next meeting. Commissioner Bateman stated that
someone needed to tell them what was needed, then they could
look at what we have.
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Discussion/Proposed Ordinance Reference "Impounding
Equipm.nt...
Mayor lson explained the background behind this request.
Attorney Kruppenbacher stated that this would be illegal to
do and no ordinance could be drafted :for that purpose. I:f a
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problem arises and someone does not stop work on a proJect,
then contact him and he would get an emergency court
inJunction. He stated he would research our existing
ordinances and see what needs to be done to give them more
"teeth".
Propo..d Ordinance Amending Occupational Licens..
Attorney Kruppenbacher explained that this was on the regular
agenda %or tonight's meeting and was placed on the workshop
agenda in case they had any questions or thoughts.
Commissioner Dabbs questioned the listing %or Dentists and
Doctors separately from the professional category. The note
"see professional" will be reinserted and the amounts removed
under the individual category.
The Workahop adJourned at 7:25 :~:~~_~~_~_
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
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