08-04-2020 Agenda
OCOEE CITY COMMISSION
Ocoee Commission Chambers
150 North Lakeshore Drive
Ocoee, Florida
AUGUST 4, 2020 AGENDA 6:15 P.M.
All interested parties are invited to be heard during the public comments and public hearing
portion of the meeting. City Hall is closed to the public and is subject to change based on the
Governor’s Executive Order. This meeting is broadcasted live on Spectrum Channel 493
with a live stream at www.Ocoee.org/197/Ocoee-TV. Any interested party is invited to offer
comments and/or questions by emailing citizens@ocoee.org or calling 407-554-7118 or by
registering in advance by emailing citizens@ocoee.org or calling 407-905-3105 and City staff
will call you during the live meeting.
REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING
CALL TO ORDER
Invocation
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call and Determination of Quorum
PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS
Presentation on Small World Solution – Cultural Competency & Diversity Inclusion by
Mr. Arnold Smalley
STAFF REPORTS AND AGENDA REVIEW
COMMISSIONERS ANNOUNCEMENTS
PUBLIC COMMENTS
THE PUBLIC IS ALLOWED TO COMMENT ON ANY ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA BUT NOT PART OF A PUBLIC HEARING.
PUBLIC HEARING COMMENTS ARE TO BE HEARD DURING THAT PORTION OF THE MEETING. ANY COMMENTS YOU WOULD
LIKE TO MAKE THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE AGENDA WILL BE HEARD UNDER THE CITIZENS/PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE
END OF THE MEETING.
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 the Minutes for the Regular City Commission Meeting held July 21, 2020.
(City Clerk Sibbitt)
2. Approval of the Holiday Schedule for 2021. (City Clerk Sibbitt)
Section 8.01 of the Personnel Rules and Regulations lists Holidays that will be observed annually in the City
of Ocoee. Each year the City Commission approves those holidays as well as selects dates for those holidays
that fall on weekend days.
Approved Holidays Dates As Approved 2021 Recommendation
New Year’s Day January 1 (Friday) Friday, January 1, 2021
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Third Monday in January Monday, January 18, 2021
Memorial Day Last Monday in May Monday, May 31, 2021
Independence Day July 4 (Sunday) Monday, July 5, 2021
Labor Day First Monday in September Monday, September 6, 2021
Thanksgiving Day Fourth Thursday Thursday, November 25, 2021
Day After Thanksgiving Day after Fourth Thursday Friday, November 26, 2021
Christmas December 25 (falls on Saturday) Friday, December 24, 2021
Day Before/After Christmas As determined by Commission Monday, December 27, 2021
Regular City Commission
August 4, 2020
3. Approval of the First Amendment to Lease Agreement with TNXL Baseball Academy.
(Assistant City Manager Shadrix)
On July 18, 2019, the City Commission approved a Lease Agreement with TNXL Baseball Academy (“TNXL”)
to allow construction of a baseball training facility and use of the fields at Sorenson Park. The lease term is for
a period of ten (10) years; rent is $3,500.00 per month. The City and TNXL now desire to amend the Lease
Agreement to allow for the City and TNXL to negotiate for TNXL to leave the structure on the property at the
end of the lease term and to include the costs of building permit fees and impact fees in the monthly rental fee
paid by TNXL to the City. The inclusion of the building permit fees and impact fees is established as an
incentive for full performance under the Lease and will be prorated over the initial ten-year term of the Lease;
if the Lease Agreement is terminated before the end of the initial ten-year term, TNXL will pay the City the
prorated amount remaining due on the building permit fees and impact fees.
4. Approval of a Two-Year Warranty Surety and Maintenance, Materials, and
Workmanship Agreement with Lennar Homes LLC. (Development Engineer Womack)
Arden Park North Phase 4A is made up of 88 detached single-family homes. The parcel is located on the east
side of Ingram Road just south of Brynmar Subdivision. The developer has completed construction of the
infrastructure improvements for the subdivision and has requested a Certificate of Completion. The
Maintenance, Materials, and Workmanship Agreement acts as the executable document between the developer
and the City. The Surety will be returned to the developer upon completion of the two-year warranty period
and the repair of any damages caused over those two years.
5. Approval of Resolution for the Four-year Lease-Purchase Agreement with Truist Bank
for Various Vehicles Included in the FY 2020 Budget. (Procurement Manager Tolbert)
The budget for Fiscal Year 19/20 includes the four (4) year lease-purchase of various vehicles and equipment.
The total cost requiring financing approval is $1,077,361.88 at an interest rate of 1.2% for four (4) years through
Truist Bank. The FY 19/20 budget includes funding for the principal and interest payments for the 4-year
lease/purchase financing. Payments will begin November 14, 2020.
6. Approval to Piggyback on Seminole County Contract for Foreclosure Registrations
Services. (Police Chief Brown)
The City of Ocoee established an abandoned residential property program as a mechanism to protect residential
neighborhoods from becoming blighted through the lack of adequate maintenance and security of abandoned
properties. The Vacant Property Ordinance established a registration requirement for abandoned properties or
properties in the process of foreclosure. This registry has provided a database for police, fire and code
enforcement personnel to utilize immediately to deter continued neglect of these properties and the negative
effects they have on the community. ProChamps has been administering this registry for the City of Ocoee.
The Police Department is requesting permission to piggyback on the Seminole County Contract for these
services and execute a new contract with ProChamps.
7. Approval of Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(Police Chief Brown)
The Police Department is an approved institution for veterans to utilize their educational benefits earned under
the GI Bill while completing field training. In order for Police employees to obtain their benefits from the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the City must certify the employee’s training hours in a VA computer
system called VA-ONCE. In order to access VA-ONCE, the VA requires a signed memorandum of
understanding between the Department and the VA.
PUBLIC HEARING - None
FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE - None
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Regular City Commission
August 4, 2020
SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE – PUBLIC HEARING
8. Second Reading of Ordinance Creating a New Chapter 176 in the Code of Ordinances
for Fertilizer Management, Grass Clippings and Vegetative Material/Debris, and Pet
Waste; and Further, Adoption of Resolution Amending the Fine and Fee Violation
Schedule. (Advertised in the West Orange Times on Thursday, July 23, 2020). (Public Works Director
Krug)
The City of Ocoee is located within the Wekiwa Spring Basin. In July 2018, the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection (FDEP) adopted the Wekiwa and Rock Springs Basin Management Action Plan
(BMAP), a water quality restoration plan aimed at restoring impaired water bodies. Pursuant to the BMAP, the
City, located in the basin, is mandated to adopt fertilizer application practices for residential and commercial
properties, grass clipping management, and pet waste clean-up requirements. In response, the City is required
to adopt a fertilizer ordinance. By adopting this ordinance, a fee violation schedule must be adopted by Fee
Resolution.
a) Second Reading of Ordinance
b) Resolution Establishing Fine and Fees (Not a Public Hearing)
9. Second Reading of Ordinance Amending Chapter 164 – Registration, Maintenance,
and Security of Abandoned Real Property. (Advertised in the West Orange Times on Thursday,
July 23, 2020). (Police Chief Brown)
On November 6, 2012, the City Commission adopted Ordinance No. 2012-017, establishing the Abandoned
Property Ordinance. The ordinance establishes a registration requirement for abandoned properties and is a
necessary tool for the City to use in protecting residential neighborhoods from becoming blighted through the
lack of adequate maintenance and security of abandoned properties. Over the years, City staff has recommended
amendments to Ordinance No. 2012-017 so that the program is more efficient and effective. The amendment
will clarify language relating to civil penalty, which is established by resolution, and will clarify the intent of
the ordinance, which is that properties must be registered at any time a property is found vacant and that
properties shall be registered on an annual (12 month) basis.
10. Second Reading of Ordinance for Ocoee Landings PUD – 1842 East Silver Star Road,
Substantial Amendment to the Planned Unit Development (PUD); Project No: RZ-20-
04-03. (Advertised in the West Orange Times on Thursday, July 23, 2020). (Zoning Manager
Gajadhar)
The Ocoee Landings Planned Unit Development (PUD) received City Commission approval on October 20,
2015. The property is a mixed-use development consisting of 9.15 acres of residential, 6.84 acres of
commercial, and 4.65 acres of Master Stormwater ponds. The parcel is located directly north of E. Silver Star
Road, east of Clarke Road, and west of Johio Shores Rd. The commercial portion of the PUD is identified as
1842 E. Silver Star Rd. with a Property Identification Number (PIN) of 16-22-28-4532-00-140. The commercial
portion was initially approved for C-2 (Community Commercial) uses with the exclusion of specific uses
(Automobile Sales, Hotel, Motel). The applicant is requesting an amendment to the PUD/Land Use Plan
(PUD/LUP) to allow automobile repair and carwash in the list of permitted uses. This request is required in
order to allow for a Firestone Automotive Repair to be established on Lot 1 of the commercial lots subject to
the rendered designs.
REGULAR AGENDA
11. Designation of Voting Delegate – Florida League of Cities 2020 Virtual Annual Business
Meeting. (City Clerk Sibbitt)
The Florida League of Cities (FLC) is hosting the 2020 Virtual Annual Business Meeting by remote access via
Zoom on Friday, August 14, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. The FLC is requesting that the City of Ocoee’s Voting Delegate
is designated and received by August 7, 2020.
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12. Crown Point RFPs for Sale of City Property. (City Attorney Cookson)
Over the past few years the City has received unsolicited proposals to purchase lands owned by the City. Two
such properties are (i) a 16.19 acre parcel near Ocoee High School east of Ocoee Crown Point Parkway, west
of Ocoee-Apopka Road and North of 429 likely to be developed as a residential townhome project (the
“Residential Property”); and (ii) a 17.96 acre parcel on the northeast corner of Ocoee-Apopka Road and Fullers
Cross Road and south of the 429 which City staff would like developed with commercial uses (the “Commercial
Property”). With respect to the Residential Property, the offered prices ranged from a high of $2,000,000.00
and a low of $1,000,000.00. With respect to the Commercial Property, the offered prices ranged from a high of
$3,560,000.00 (same as the appraisal amount) to a low of $2,729,768.00.
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ADJOURNMENT
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