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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-04-88 . - MINUTES OF THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1988 Mayor Ison called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m. The meeting W8a held in the Ocoee Womens~ Club building due to voting taking place at the Community Center. Commissioner Hager led in prayer and Mayor Ison led in the pledge of allegiance to the flag. PRESENT: Mayor Ison; Commissioners Johnson, Bateman, and Hager; City Attorney Rosenthal and Assistant City Attorney Woodson; City Manager Ryan and Assistant City Manager Finch; Public Works Director Brenner, City Clerk Grafton, and Deputy Clerk Resnik. PRESENTATIONS AND PROC~AHATIONS Mayor Ison said that Commissioner Dabbs would be arriving momentarily. Mayor Ison also commented that several Citizens had approached him to speak an matters that were not on the agenda and that those citizens would have a chance to speak under the citizen comments section of the agenda. Mayor leon asked Tommie Sanders, representative of the Ocoee American Legion, to approach the Commission for his presentation. Mr. Sanders seid he wanted to present several people with certificates of appreciation for the work they had done to get a momument placed on city property to honor all Ocoee veterans. Mr. Sanders awarded each member of the City Commission with a certificate as well as City Manager Ryan, Cathie Pollack, and Janet Resn~k. Mayor Ison thanked Mr. SanderB and th~ American Legion on behalf o~ those who had been singled out for their efforts. Mayor lson eaid the monument wae 1n the process of being ordered and the city hoped to have ~t in place soon. Mark Blinderman, Vice President of Operations for Plantation Sysco, told the City Commission that he ~irst came to them 13 months ago to introduce the company and to try to galn an acceptance ~rom them to ~aBt track the proJect of bu~ldlng the new plant. At that meeting, he said he pledged that the company would return the favor in the future through their deBire to give back to the city more than they took. The result a~ that pledge would be two annual proJects. The first proposal wae to have Plantation Sysco provide 50 Thanksgiving dinners for aged or needy people 1n Ocoee. Mr. Blinderman said his company wanted to work with the city on the proJect by hav~ng the city contact local churches and organizat~ons to provide names of families who could take advantage of the dinners and by having city employees deliver the dinners. 1 ~~g~ - C1Cy C0mmle~1on Meeting October 4, 1988 The second proJect Mr. Blinderman proposed was a Christm~s party ~or 100 needy families in the city to be held on December 23, which would provide gi~ts for the chlldren and dinner for all. Mr. Blinderman said employees of Plantation Sysco had offered to forgo their annual party In order to ~rnvl~e one for these families. He again asked the city i~ they would be willing to work with Sysco on gettlng the word (~ut ~~ the ~amiliee and by helping serve the food at the party. Mayor Ison accepted Mr. Blinderman's proposals on behalf of the City Commission and thanked Mr. Blinderman and all of the people at Plantation Sysco for their gracious offer. He Bald the city would be more than happy to do anything to help on both occasions. - City Manager Ryan introduced two new members of the Planning Department who were at the meeting. Me. Lisa Clemen and Mr. Julian Harper were introduced as the new Asaoclate Planners. City Manager Ryan explained that the new Planning Director, Bruce Behrens, would be at the City Commission's special meeting on Thursday and he would introduce him then. He eald he hoped the Commission would Join him in welcoming the new Bta~f. Mr. Ken Enlow of Brown and Brown gave a report to the Commission on the city's insurance coverage for the new year. Each CommlsB1oner had received a booklet detaillng cost and coverage in~ormation for the varlOUS lnsurances. Mr. Enlow explained briefly that the new premium, excluslve of workers' compensation, would have been $162,508 with the Traveler's Insurance Company but if the city opted to go with PENCO <Hartford Insurance Company) they would save a substantial amount with a premium of $118,096. Mr. Enlow Sdld the city would also save money this year in reference to the workers' compensation coverage by changing to a retentlon program. The Florida League af Citles' premium renewal would have been S109,000. With the new program the cost would vary depending upon the number of claims. The city could save more than $16,436 with the new earned retention premium. Mayor lson said staff and the consultants were looklng for approval of ti,e recommendations to go with the new insurance plan coverages. Commissioner Bateman moved to approve staff recommendations, Commissioner Johnson seconded, and approval was unanimous. Commissioner Dabbs was absent for the vote. e Mayor Ison announced that there would be a candldates' forum L I=) a ';l ',2- "3 City Commisslon Meeting e October 4, 1 '382. at the Windermere Elementary School on October 27, 1988 from 7:30-9 p.m. Candidates planning t.o attend included Sherl~~ candidates Terry Jamee and Walt Gallager and Orange County Comm1ss1oner candidates Vera Carter. C~eryl Moore, Hal Marston, and Larry Herr1ng. The ~orum was to be sponsored by the Windermere P.T.A.'s Legislative Committee. CommiSSioner Bateman Kiwanis Club would Walmart department 10 a.lTl.-4 p.m. wanted to mention that the West be registering people tD vote store on Saturday, October Orange ai~ t.he 8, from Mayor Ison commented on the Withers-Maguire House Birthday Celebration that was held Saturday, October 1, on the grounds of the house. He said many people enJoyed the dunk tank and the tours of the house and he thanked the Historical Commission for putting together a good program. Mayor leon said for the record that Com~lssioner Dabbs had arrived (8:05 p.m.). 4It APPROVALS - CONSENT AGENDA Mayor Ison announced that Mr. Denig of Denig's Donuts had 'w'.l thdral,.;'n hie. request. :for use of the Communi ty Center on October 29, 192.8. Mayor Ison also commented that Items J and K were Resolutions and although the agenda had them down for first readings, they did not requ1re first and second readings like ordinances did. Commissioner Johnson moved to approve the Consent Agenda as amended, Commissioner Bateman seconded, and approval was unanimous. City Manager Ryan read Ordinance 88-33 by title only as well as Resolution 82.-14 and l\;..?!:\col.ution 88-16 by title only. OLD BUSINESS - PUBLIC HEARINGS Second Reading - Ordinance 88-32, Sewer-Water Capacity Sales City Manager Ryan read Ordinance 88-32 by title only for the second reading. Assistant City Attorney Woodson said the Commission had received a revised copy of the ordinance that reflected changes discussed in a meeting with Stanley Cohen, the city's ~inancial consultant, Tom Kelley, the citY~B engineering consultant, the Assistant City Attorney and City Manager along with other interested parties <developers). A number of the suggestions for changes were incorporated but Attorney Woodson did not consider any of them substantial. :3 e P.~4;1e. 4 C:lty c:omffi18sion Meeting October 4, 1988 5ince th~t meetins. Attorney Woodson s~id he had received a number of additional suggestions for changes and wanted to review those with the Commission. On Page 4. to "from" ':::':r:pense:s. fund. in Section 22- 32. the wOi'd "to" should be changed aft.er the phrase "to recover operating coste and required debt service. to the general revenue ()n Pa'~fe 8, :::;ectlon 22-45. the word "off-slte" ellmlnated throughout the paragraph. should be ()n 1='.::1ge 10, 2n Sect.ion 22-62. the word "to" e,hould be changed to "fi'om" after' the phrase "contr ibutlon~'. to renewal and replacement funds, and allocations ~2 the general rev,:::,nue fund. "Al so on Page 10. Sect-ion 22-63A was added but the second sentence should be changed to read "Such wholesale agreement shall be subJect to capital charges as provided in this Ordinance." rather than "The Developer shall be responsible for capital charges as provided in thlB Ordinance." - On Page 14, the title of Section 22-71 should read DeE.ign by the City's engineer". "Syst.em On Page 15, in Section 22-74, Paragraph (e) "paragraph" should be changed to read "section". the word ()n Pal;jeB 15 and 1f" Section 22-75, the word "off-site" should be eliminated throughout the section. Also on Page 16 in 3ec:t~on 22-75. the word "be" should be eliminated after tr.e phra8,':::' ",~fter which time any Por-ticln ot- the refund not". In that eame Section, the last word of that paragraph waB rnie.spelled. The word should read "improvements". On Page 17, in Section 22-94. Paragraph (a) should Btart "The city" ~9~ "The county". Aleo on Pag€, 17, in Section 95, references should be to water, not to sewer. C1Ut.. ""}')- "--'-- Attorney Woodson f1nanc1ng aspect. combination of both submltted to the city Pl'oposed met_hod of [)evel oper-" B said the maJor change made wae in The revised ordinance would allow for cash and a letter of credit to as payment. Attorney Woodson said Agreement wae mor-e specific on the a be t_he thie. financing. - Attorney Woodson Baid the Mayor had directed him to lool~ into the financing methods of both Orange County and Orlando. Orange County accepts either cash or a letter of credit but 4 ::l..:iqt= ~I ''':.: l t. ''/ C:''::.I1i Ht i~.s i c.n M ee t_l. n 9 e C!ctc."!:-)er -4, 1 g3f:1 the language in its ordinance was not specific as to the percentage tied to the letter o~ credit. Orange County's recent practice, however, has been cash only. Dcaee's proposed ordinance would require cash payment for the first year's necessary capacity with either a 20% cash down payment or a 20% letter of credit ~or the remain1ng balance. Attorney Woodson sa~d there were two lSBues raised by developers. The first issue wee in reference to Section 22- 96 where it said that no transfer of capacity could be made for conslderation greater than the transferor's initial water capital charge. The city had included that language to keep people from making profits off of capacity purchases. The developers had asked that they be able to transfer at the going rate, whatever that amount might be. rather than at the rate when they purchased the capaclty. Attorney Woodson said as the ordinance was written, they would have to sell the capacity at the price they paid for it whether it was Bold to another developer or bac~ to the city. Staff recommended that the Commission keep the present ord1nance language so as not to encourage speculation in capacity e 8.~le8. Attorney Woodson said the developers had aleo asked to the term of allocation of permits from seven to 15 The term had previously been changed from five to '~,;,'~:,.rr:::';.:,.. ~-:-~>:.:-,[~~~ iYI.6~'.r!~:nl...(.::-,:rl~:trB t: 't;b'.h""'i'tM:. !-:.,'i-Lt!: :t(~'l':!nl. )rl.I~=t"~-uL:iJn :-,r~~ change year!:!>. seven S:.;. '-.~ e:"'~ years. The Mayor said the Commission would f1rst have to vote on amending the ordinance to incorporate all the changes and then move to adopt the ordinance on s~cond reading. City Manager Ryan said he had one more point for the record before the vote. He recommended that the city include language that would maKe 1t pOBs1ble to vary the percentage on the letters of credit from developers. City Manager Ryan said he and Stanley Cohen felt the city should be able to require whatever amount was needed for sufficient funds for the expansion. Attorney Woodson said the ordinance dS drafted already provided for that flexibility. Commissioner Bateman moved to amend Ordinance 88-32, Commissioner Hager seconded, and approval was unanimous. A roll call vote was taken and all voted in favor of the mot10n. e Mayor Ison opened the public hearing ordinance. R.P. Mohnacky, 1820 Prairie wanted clarification on the capacity sale, on the amended Lake Boulevard, what it would ~ "-) . P89~ ~ Clty CQmm~s5ion Meeting October 4. 198B involve, and whether or not people presently on septic would be ~orced onto sewer i~ the city overbuilt its capacity. Mayor Ison explained that the capacity sale was to inquire o~ developers how much capacity would be needed so that the city would not over or under estimate the amount. Mayor Ison said the present Commission could not answer his question about what would be done in the ~uture but that this Commission would not vote to require residents on septic to switch to City sewer. There being no further public comments. Mayor Ison closed the public hearing. There were no Commission comments. Commissioner Dabbs moved to approve Ordinance 88- 32. Commissioner Bateman seconded. and approval was unanimous. A roll call vote was taken and all Commissloners voted ~n ~avor o~ the motion. Attorney Woodson said the city would be accepting letters of credit at the capacity Bale and that the ~epartment should prepare to have a special account. cash and Finance e Attorney Woodson also wanted to mention an issue that Commlssioner Dabbs had brought to his attention. On Page 6 of the Developer's Agreement. Section 3.2 states that the city would review plans and specifications within 60 days and review revlsed plans within 30 daya. A sentence waB also lncluded to state that if plans were not approved or disapproved within these time periods then the plans wou~c automatically be deemed approved. whether or not staff had bEen able to complete the review process. Attorney Woodson said the developers had asked for a shorter turnaround time. Commissioner Dabbs was concerfle~ about the provision that the plans would be considered approved if the timeframes were not met. regardless of whether staff had time to review them or not. He suggested that the sentence be deleted. Sta~f and the other Commissioners a~reed. City Attorney Rosenthal said even if the sentence was deleted. if the city did not abide by the timeframes, the outcome would still result in a default by the clty and developers could take the city to court and probably get a ruling of approved plans by default. . Commissioner Bateman said the cit.y should not timeframes in the ordinance because it would allow dangerous poaslbility of having something approved staff reVlew. Mayor Ison proposed new language in sentences that referred to the timeframes. Rath~z stating that "The Utility shall review, and approve. II within 60 days (or 30 days for lteep for tt~e the without the two thafl Juet reJect or the revised 6 :;)d'~.it2- C:Lt_y Ce'fiITft15f'UOn Meetin'] ~ October 4, 1988 pl;:lns), Mayor I son sU9gest.ed li'lnguoge that "The lIt i 1 it. Y shell 1 use its best efforts to review, and reJect or approve. in reference to both the 60 and 30 day timeframes. City Attorney Rosenthal and Attorney Woodson said they would revise the language and delete the sentence that said any plans not approved or reJected within those time periods would be deemed approved. Attorney Woodson said he would have the ordinance revised and mailed out early next week. City Manager Ryan recommended that the capacity sale delayed one month in order to give developers adequate to arrange for financing. It was tentatively scheduled take place on November 10 or 11 or thereabouts. bE, tillle to COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS/PUBLIC e Jim Sills, 205 S. Lakeshore Drive, Ocoee, approached the Commission to ask about the increase in his occupational license fee. Mr. Sills. owner of D.J.'s Auto Sales, said he was representing the downtown business owners with their concerns about the increase in the fees. He asked how the city came up with the figures, 80me of Which had doubled over last year. City Manager Ryan said the city had recently passed a newly-revised occupat~onal license ordinance that allowed the city to Bet the rates at the highest allowed by the State of Florida. CommiSSioner Johnson said he had received several calle from business owners and had done some research to compare area cities' rates with Ocoee and found that Ocoee's was higher than all of them. He suggested that the Commission lake another look at this and for staff to do a more detailed comparison of other cities in the area. Mayor Ison directed staff to come up with some figures and to bring it back to the. COlflmise.ion at its next meeting t.L' tl'Y to 9'~t. t.he, f,roblelfl corrected as soon as possible. City Manager Ryan said the licenses had already gone out and that the businesses would have to pay them as scheduled. If the Commission voted to lower the rates at a future time, a refund would then have to be made for the difference. e Commissioner Bateman cautioned the other members of the Commission that they be careful in their comparisons with other cities. He said Ocoee could not compete with the rates of cities such as Apopka and that he felt Ocoee should be more in line with Orange County or Orlando. Mr. Sills said he was only asking that the Commission reconsider their PBg~ 6 e Citv Commisslon Meeting October 4, 1988 decision and to take another look. City Manager Ryan said he WOUld have Bta~~ correlate a comparison. Clty Attorney Rosenthal said the city had already passed the oralnance and wanted t.o strese that the staf~ was obl~gated to send out the invoices for the occupational licenses and that the businesses were obligated to pay them on time. He re~terated that fact that if a change was made and the fees were decreased, a refund process would then have to take place. He did not want business owners to ~eel that because the fees were under consideration, they should hold off on pay~ng the invoices until a decision was made. Mayor Ison directed the City Manager to put the item under Old Business an the next agenda to discuss the staff~s research. Jim S111s was to meet with the City Manager to discuss any further questions the business owners had on how the individual fees were determined, etc. e Pat Gatley, 701 E. Lakeehore Drive, Ocoee, said she ran an art business in the city and was also at tile meeting to discuss the occupation license fee increase. Ms. Gatley said her ~ee to the City of Ocoee was $150 and was only S52 for Orange County. Steve W~x, 1524 Ison Lane, Ocoee, said he was an engineering consultant and worked out of his home. He said hie fee this year in Ocoee was S140 and that the same licenee in Orlando, Altamonte Springs. and Winter Park would only cost about 5100. He Baid he had first applied for his license in May and had Just received it almost six monthn later. He suggested that the process should be streamllned. Ronald Suhm, 905 Sabr1na Drive, Ocoee, owner of Suhm's Sharpen1ng Service. sald hie llcense had doubled to Sloa this year and he only had a one-man buaineSB. He ask0d abGut the sign that was to be placed on S.R. 50 acknowledging the historic downtown business district and commented that the Sign mlght help businesses that were struggling downtown. Mayor Ison said Mr. Sllls had submitted drawings for a Sign but that intersect10n improvements were still taking place at S.R. SO and Old Winter Garden Road and the sign would not be able to be put up until that was completed. e Wes Stout. 1803 Little Spring Hill. Ocoee, owner of Stout Slgns, said his license fee had gone from $50 to $100 this year and that sign permit fees were also high in the city and the combination had really hurt him. He asked if the Commission would also consider lowering the perrolL fees for putting up signa. He sald he would be interested ~n seeing a 8 e e e ~' .~ q I.?- '''i City Comml39ion Meeting fJc:::tc)t_ler 4. 1 <3,g.g comparison of sign permit fees in the surroundinq area. City Attorney Rosenthal said permit ~ees for signs were raised from 15 cents ($.15) to $1.00 per square foot. Mayor Ison directed staff to look into both the sLgn permit fees and the occupational license fees and report back to the Commission at the next Commission meeting. Doug Rush, 1613 Prairie Lake Boulevard, approached the Commls81on regarding the building o~ a home by Catalina Homes at 1401 Prairie Lake Boulevard in the Forest Oaks subdivision. Mr. Rush said Catalina had applied for a variance in April 1987 but was turned down by the Board o~ AdJustments and subsequently by the C1ty Commission on May 5, 1987. He said he was told by Harvey Nagel. BUilding O~~icial, that a building permit had been pulled for construction of a home an the site but that it had been reneged due to Citizen complaints. Mr. Rush said the intersection of A.D. Mims and Prairie Lake Boulevard was already a very dangerous intersection and that he felt the house would make it even worse. C:~"':.y "Man':?lger Ryan ::<.aid the bUildin';1 pt~rn1it_ had not_ beE'n pulled back and that the variance Mr. Rush was re~erring to was appliE'd for by CatalLna to allow for a larger home than what would ordinarily be allowed on the site because of setbac~ regulations and not for the sole purpose to build on the site. City Manager Ryan said the property was a lot of record in the subdivision and as long as the owner met the setbacks and other requirements, the city could not stop the home from being built. Mr. Ryan said staff could not find any documentation to substantiate Mr. Rush's claims that the city denied any building from taking place. Mayor Ison said it sounded as if the builder met the setback requirements and the building could take place. CommissionE'r Bateman said he agreed with Mr. Rush and that he thought he remembered the bUilding being denied. Mr. Rush said if the bUilding was allowed to take place, it would cost the city and the taxpayers more in the Euture when A.D. Mims was widened to have to buy the land with a house on it. Commissioner Dabbs asked if the lot was large enough to allow for two 25-foot setbacks. He asked staff whether or not the new house bu i 1 t -:it ttle corner Ijf Bl uf o1'"d and Or 1 ando A venuee met the setback requirements. He said it looked to him as though it did not. He wondered if a variance was granted. City Manager Ryan said he would look into it and report back to the Commission. 9 . Page 10 City Commission Meeting October 4, 1988 R.P. Mohnacky, 1820 Prairie Lake Boulevard, Ocoee, agreed with Mr. Rush that the intersection at A.D. Mims Road and Prairie Lake Boulevard was a dangerous one. He asked the Commission if a white line could be painted at the end of Prairie Lake Boulevard to give some sort of indicator as to where cars should stop from moving too far out into A.D. Mims Road. He said it was usually necessary to pullout further than was safe due to a tree blocking the traffic coming from Ocoee and several mailboxes and heavy vegetation blocking traffic approaching from Apopka-Vineland Road. e Mr. Mohnacky also asked about getting a possible stop sign on Wurst Road at the railroad tracks where Wurst Road turns into A.D. Mims Road. Commissioner Johnson said one had been installed at one point but was taken down for some reason. He said he felt it should be put back up to allow for school and neighborhood traffic to exit the area easier. Mayor Ison asked Buddy Elmore, Street Department Supervisor, to get with the Department of Transportation to work out a solution to the problem. Mr. Mohnacky also wanted to report that there was a stop sign at the intersection of Wurst Road and Adair Street that was on the wrong side of the road that he felt should be changed so that motorists would not proceed without stopping. that Mohnacky also had a question about the special meeting was to take place on Thursday night regarding Clark He said he did not think he would be attending the but wanted to express his views that the road should built by developers and new growth. Mr. Road. meeting be 100% REPORTS AND INFORMATION - CITY MANAGER City Manager Ryan said he had no further comments on any items. CITY ATTORNEY City Attorney Rosenthal said he had nothing further to report on at this time. e COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS Commissioners Johnson, Dabbs, and Hager had no comments. Commissioner Bateman repeated his request made several months ago to City Manager Ryan that he thought a new condition should be put in Developer's Agreements to allow for compulsory payment of dues in home owners' associations. City Manager Ryan noted the comment. , P<:'.1I~E.' 11 City Comm1Bsion Meeting Cic-:.e,te:r 'i, 1 '381:'. Mayor Ison asked about an occurrence that had taken place regarding illegal dump~ng of sewage by another company lnto the city's system. He suggested that the Cornmisslon pass an emergency ordinance to deal with this situation to have the company prosecuted to the fullest extent allowed by the law. City Manager Ryan said the City had already negotiated a deal with the company to carry thirty times what they dumped into the Ci.ty ;system. Mayor Ison said he met with representatives of Orange County regarding the proposed Sawmill subdivision and the problems concerning the turnlane and the sidewalk. Commissloner Dorman and Mr. Cole said there was not enough right-of-way to accommodate a turnlane. Mayor Ison directed sta~~ to communicate to representatives of Sawmill that they would need to acquire more land since the city was not willing to do away with either the turn lane or the sidewalk requirement. -- Mayor Ison said he also heard that representatives of Sawmill ~ere 3eeking a zoning change. City Manager Ryan said they ~ad advertised the requested rezoning for a higher density. Mayor Ison said he remembered the land in question as having been zoned for 1/4 acre lots. City Manager Ryan said the 40 acre ~ract oi land in question WBe being petitioned to be rezoned to R-2 density and that staf~ accepted the petition since the owner had the right to petition but said that that d~d not mean that Bta~f agreed with the concept. Comm~Bsioner Dabbs disagreed with the City Manager. He said the subdlvls~on was approved ~or 541 total units and that rezoning that area to a higher denSity would raise the maximum number to a higher amount that what the Commlssion approved. He said the explanation o~ the 541 units that the developer gave 1n August 1987 was that it represented 1/~ acre lots, except ~or the buffer lots which would each be one acre. Commissioner Dabbs wanted the record to show that was his understanding wh~n he voted to approve the zoning back in 1987. Commissioner Dabbs said that the Developer~s Agreement was also signed as 1/4 acre lota and that density should remain whether or not the land gets bought out by another devmloper or not. . City Manager Ryan said that during the negotiations wlth Orange County, the County wae concerned with buf~er lots, etc. and that the settlement agreement left the remalnder o~ the zoning up to the City. He Baid the flnal vote would 8till need to come be~ore the Commi8sion. 11 . e . ~ ;~ a l~1 Eo 1 :2 C~ty Comm12s~on Meetlng October 4, 1'388 Commissioner Bateman asked whether the Commission had the option of declining the rezoning request and rezoning lt something else. Attorney Rosenthal sald the Commlsslon could only approve or disapprove of the rezoning request, but could not rezone the land In another classification. He said t.he land would remaln 1n the present zoning classification if the request was denled. Commissioner Dabbs asked why the Commission was Just hearing about the rezoning petition now and why they had not been notified sooner that this could be an iSBue. City Manager Ryan saId the former City Attorney and the developer had discussed the matter but that the city staff was never involved directly ~n the negotiatlons. Mayor Ison directed City Manager Ryan to communicate to the developer that it would be a waste of time and money to go through with the petition since the Commission would not increase the density. City Attorney Rosenthal explained that he could not give his opinion on the matter because he had not had a chance to diseuse the ~aterial With staf~ and needed answers to some questions. He said he had looked at the settlement agreement and that because the paragraph where the 40 acre tract was discussed was not referenced in the density classifications, they did have the right to petition. Attorney Rosenthal said, however, that the total number o~ units in the agreement was a maximum of 541 including the 40 acre tract. Assistant City Manager Finch said that rezoning that tract as the petitioners desired would provide for duplexes which would double the dene~ty 1n that area and would bring the development Just over the alotted total unit amount. City Manager Ryan said staff accepted the petition only because the developer had the right to petition and would not recommend a change in density. Mayor Ison said to let th~m petition but that tbe CommiBeion would deny the 1.e(-1U~gt . ~here were no further comments. ADJOURNMENT: 10 p.m. 2L ------------------.----- MAYOR ATTEST: ~. 1 r, ..:..