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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-30-2007 Agenda January 30, 2007 OCOEE CITY COMMISSION Ocoee Commission Chambers 150 North Lakeshore Drive Ocoee, Florida AGENDA SPECIAL SESSION MEETING REVISED 6:30 P.M. I A. CALL TO ORDER Invocation Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call and Determination of Quorum I B. REGULAR AGENDA 1. Approval for Mayor to Execute DEP Agreement No. S0319, Starke Lake Water Quality Improvement Project Grant Assistance. (Public Works Director Krug) Through the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Florida Watershed Restoration Act, the City of Ocoee wishes to enter into a Grant Assistance Agreement for the Stark Lake Water Quality Improvement Project. This project includes the construction of a Regional Stormwater Pond to be located on the north side of the City Hall Complex, improvements to the Lakeshore Drive drainage system and shoreline plants on the west bank of Starke Lake. It is requested that the Grant Assistance Agreement be executed before January 31, 2007, in order to allow DEP to encumber the fixed capital outlay funding for this project. 2. Approval for Mayor to Execute DEP Agreement No. S0192, Amendment No.1, Pioneer Key Regional Stormwater Pond Grant Assistance. (Public Works Director Krug) Through the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Florida Watershed Restoration Act, the City of Ocoee entered into a Grant Assistance Agreement on January 25, 2005, for the Pioneer Key Regional Stormwater Pond north of Palm Drive in District No. 3 of Commissioner Johnson. The original Agreement had a two (2) year completion time, however the actual completion schedule incorporated into the Grant Work Plan was for five (5) years to include environmental monitoring. The attached Amendment No.1 extends the agreement three (3) additional years to January 30,2010, as required to complete the project. The amendment also incorporates the Florida Single Audit Act Requirements in Attachment C-l and Exhibit 1. It is requested that the Amendment No.1 be executed before January 31, 2007, in order to allow DEP to encumber the funding for this project. 3. Emergency Item - Consideration that the City of Ocoee underwrite the expenses of James A. Gustino an attorney to fight the rezoning of any Ocoee High School Students to the Apopka Relief School. (Mayor Vandergrift) Mr. Gustino has requested a $5,000 retainer fee. This would be reimbursed out of an account that has been set up for Friends of Ocoee High School to donate funds. This rezoning not only affects property values of the citizens involved, but the long term values of taxable property that the city will receive in the future. I 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. LAKE SHORE DRIVE, OCOEE, FL 34761, (407) 905 -3105 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING.