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Home My WebLink About08-07-12 Agenda OCOEE CITY COMMISSION Ocoee Commission Chambers 150 North Lakeshore Drive Ocoee, Florida August 7, 2012 AGENDA 7:15 P.M. REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING A. CALL TO ORDER Invocation Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call and Determination of Quorum B. PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS Proclamation — Childhood Cancer Awareness Month — September 2012 Presentation of Checks by Ocoee Professional Firefighters Local 3623 to the Following Charitable Organizations: Building Homes for Heroes and Christian Service Center of Florida C. COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS/PUBLIC D. STAFF REPORTS AND AGENDA REVIEW E. COMMISSIONERS ANNOUNCEMENTS F. CONSENT AGENDA ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ACTED UPON BY ONE MOTION. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS DISCUSSION IS DESIRED BY A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION, IN WHICH CASE THE MAYOR WILL INSTRUCT THE CITY CLERK TO REMOVE THAT ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND SUCH ITEM WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. 1. Approval of Minutes for the Regular Commission Meeting Held July 17, 2012. (City Clerk Eikenberry) 2. Appointment to the Human Relations Diversity Board. (City Clerk Eikenberry) Members of the Human Relations Diversity Board serve two -year terms. Currently the Human Relations Diversity Board currently has thirteen (13) members and their resolution allows no less than seven (7) members and no more than fifteen (15) members. One application has been received from Derek Persad with an interest in serving on the board. 3. Approval of Replat #1 for Prairie Lake Reserve. (City Engineer Wheeler) The Prairie Lake Reserve project was originally platted in June of 2007 as a 15.87 acre 168 unit townhome project. Prairie Lake Reserve is located on Ocoee Vista Boulevard off of Clarke Road north of A.D. Mims Road. Because of market trends, Park Square Homes plans to increase the size of some of the townhome units but does not propose to increase the footprint of the buildings. Their plan is to eliminate one unit out of two of the four building sites and five of the six unit building sites, thereby eliminating seven units from the planned development. 4. Approval of Distribution Easement for Progress Energy Florida, Inc. for Lift Station #7. (City Engineer Wheeler) Under the provisions of the Land Development Code, all utilities within new developments are required to be placed underground. All of those utilities with the exception of Progress Energy Florida, Inc. place their facilities within the road rights -of -way (ROW). Progress Energy has always City Commission Regular August 7, 2012 For the Ocoee Town Center project and the construction of the relocated Maine Street the easements for Progress Energy will be within the road right -of -way. This is due to these projects being constructed in Target Area 2 of the CRA that requires the placement of buildings right at the edge of the ROW. Therefore there will be no landscaped area behind the sidewalk for an easement for underground electrical power. Because the property is not platted there is no way to geometrically define the easement, therefore this document provides for an easement 10 feet wide centered over their underground cable and/or conduit. 5. Approval of Disposal of Surplus Sanitation Trucks. (Public Works Director Krug) Per Florida Statute 274, Public Works is requesting Sanitation trucks 746 & 747 be declared surplus so that the City can properly dispose of them. The Sanitation Division budget included the purchase of two (2) new side load collection trucks and the subsequent sale of two (2) existing side load trucks. The City has solicited vendors and determined there is significant interest in the surplus trucks. Public Works proposes soliciting bids to sell the trucks to the highest successful bidder. 6. Approval of Police TASER Purchase. (Police Chief Brown) TASER electronic control devices have been proven to reduce officer and resistant subject injuries during confrontations which turn physical or which have the propensity to turn physical. The Ocoee Police Department initially equipped all of its officers with TASERs in 2005/2006. Since then, the warranties on the TASERs have expired and a small number are in need of replacement. The replacement TASERs would be purchased out of Police Federal Forfeiture funds. Not more than $8,500 from the Police Forfeiture Fund is being requested to make a purchase of ten (10) replacement TASERs. There is a total of approximately $106,000 in Police Forfeiture Fund accounts. 7. Approval of 14 Annual Kicks 4 Guns Firearms Turn -in Initiative and Request for up to $5000 from the Police Forfeiture Fund. (Police Chief Brown) For the 14th year Clear Channel — REAL Radio 104.1 FM in partnership with the Central Florida Crimeline will be organizing the annual Kicks 4 GunsFirearms Turn In (buy back) Initiative. This program gets unwanted guns off the streets before they can be used in crimes or accidental shootings, as well as guns that may already be in the hands of criminals. The event is scheduled for August 16, 2012. Last year in Central Florida, 2224 firearms were turned into law enforcement at 13 separate locations with no questions asked. 113 firearms (5% of the total) were turned into the Ocoee location. The Ocoee Police Department wishes to participate for a second year in a row. G. PUBLIC HEARINGS - None H. FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE 8. First Reading of City of Ocoee Economic Development Ad Valorem Tax Exemption Ordinance. (Second Reading and Public Hearing scheduled for August 21, 2012, Regular Commission Meeting at 7:15 p.m. or soon thereafter). (CRA Administrator Wagner) In an effort to support economic growth, the electors of the City of Ocoee, by referendum, authorized the City Commission to grant economic development ad valorem tax exemptions to certain businesses to promote job growth within the community. I. REGULAR AGENDA 9. Approval of Undergrounding of Progress Energy Facilities Along a Portion of Bluford Avenue from SR 50 to Old Maine Street. (City Engineer Wheeler) The Progress Energy design took the undergrounding of the electrical power further north than required. The Progress Energy design was from SR 50 to old Maine Street, an additional distance of 450 feet. The cost for this entire project is $107,475.73. City staff was approached by Colonial Bluford about sharing the costs to underground the power from SR 50 to old Maine Street. Colonial Bluford would pay for their portion of the installation from SR 50 to relocated Maine Street and the City would bear the cost from relocated Maine Street to old Maine Page 2 City Commission Regular August 7, 2012 Street. The proposal was to share the cost based upon a prorated cost per linear foot. The Colonial Bluford distance is 78.07 percent of the total distance and their cost would be $83,906.49; the City's share would be for the remainder distance which is 21.93 percent of the total distance and would be a cost of $23,569.24. J. STAFF ACTION ITEMS K. COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS ADJOURNMENT PLEASE NOTE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES 286.0105: ANY PERSON WHO DESIRES TO APPEAL ANY DECISION AT THIS MEETING WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND FOR THIS PURPOSE MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS IS MADE WHICH INCLUDES THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS BASED. ALSO, IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTE 286.26: PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES NEEDING ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THESE PROCEEDINGS SHOULD CONTACT THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, 150 N. LAKESHORE DRIVE, OCOEE, FL 34761, (407) 905 -3105 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. Page 3