JOINT CITY/COUNTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

MEETING MINUTES

MAY 24, 2005

ATTENDEES

Commissioner Randy Morris, Seminole County, Chairman

Commissioner Carlton Henley, Seminole County

Commissioner Mike McLean, Lake Mary, Vice-Chairman

Councilwoman Regina Bereswill, City of Oviedo

Mayor John Bush, Winter Springs

Marty Chan, PBAS Representative

Commissioner Susan Doerner, Casselberry

David Gierach, Sanford C of C

Mayor Thom Greene, Lake Mary

Mayor Russ Hauck, Altamonte Springs

Kim Hengehold, Oviedo C of C

Mayor Linda Kuhn, City of Sanford

Hank Lander, Casselberry C of C

Mayor John Maingot, City of Longwood

Tom Marin, Seminole C of C

Councilman Todd Russell, Oviedo

Commissioner Brian Sackett, Longwood

Mayor Tom Walters, Oviedo

ABSENT

Mayor Bob Goff, Casselberry

Commissioner Jon Batman, Altamonte Springs

Steve Glazier, Winter Springs Business

Commissioner Randy Jones, City of Sanford

Jonathon Moore, Seminole C of C

The meeting was called to order by Chairman Morris at 3:00 pm.

Approval of meeting minutes - March 22, 2006 minutes and April 19, 2006 minutes

Motion to approve March 22, 2006 minutes by Commissioner Sackett, second by Councilwoman Bereswill. Motion passed unanimously.

Motion to approve April 19, 2006 minutes by Commissioner McLean, second by Commissioner Henley. Motion passed unanimously.

Chairman Morris recognized new members Commissioner Michael Blake, City of Winter Springs, Councilwoman Regina Bereswill, City of Oviedo, and Mayor John Maingot, City of Longwood.

Water supply authority considerations –Bruce Mowry, Executive Director Water Authority of Volusia

Mr. Mowry distributed a handout and power point presentation giving an overview, the mission and the vision of the Water Authority of Volusia (WAV) (received and filed).

Mr. Mowry highlighted the make-up of WAV (13 of the 16 cities and Volusia County), the voting structure (not weighted) and the requirement for a supermajority on the following items: contracts with private/public utilities to purchase or sell water; contracts with a member government or any private/public entity for operation or management of WAV’s water supply facilities; WAV’s assumption of ownership, operation and/or control of a public water supply facility if the acquisition is projected to raise the unitary rate by more than $0.10/1,000 gallons; sale or other disposition of WAV's water supply facilities; amendments to the Agreement; exercise of eminent domain powers; and approval to incur debt.

Commissioner Henley stated that a few years ago he had meetings with Mr. Mowry, Chairman of Volusia County Jim Ward, and Henry Dean from the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) regarding an alternate water source for the two counties. As a result of that, SJRWMD and both Volusia and Seminole all contributed about $150,000 to do a study regarding drawn downs on the St Johns River. He still feels this is a viable source of alternative water and should be continued to be looked into. In fact, during a recent trip to Washington funding for alternative water sources was an item discussed.

Mayor Walters stated Oviedo just commissioned a water plant which is state of the art using new technology – it has the capability to do all the future things; handle brackish water or surface water.

Mr. Mowry replied the technology to construct is there but land acquisition is another issue. Premier land is taken up by developers or is environmentally sensitive. The biggest stumbling block in Volusia County is the money because WAV has no assets or no revenue.

Discussion continued regarding the set-up of WAV, the use of under ground storage, consumptive use permits and issues or concerns that have may prevent a water authority from moving forward.

Chairman Morris introduced the new Seminole County Manager, Cindy Coto, to the Board.

Community Development – Presentation of initial issues

Marilyn Crotty stated the Community Development Technical Subcommittee has been meeting for several months and today they are bringing their preliminary assessment of issues to address as well as seeking direction on these issues. She introduced Brian Cobb, from the City of Oviedo, as the chairman of the committee.

Mr. Cobb distributed a packet of information and the outline for the power point presentation (received and filed) highlighting the issues being addressed.

Under discussion Commissioner Henley commended the subcommittee on identifying areas where the citizens could benefit by collaborative work which is the mission of this committee. He asked for information on the fee structure for inspections for each jurisdiction. Mr. Cobb replied that the subcommittee did not look at the fees, but did look at the number of inspections. Commissioner Henley continued that might be an issue to look at to solve staff shortage problems because developers do not like to wait on inspections. He continued that having a common land use plan for the entire county would eliminate disagreements from residents in abutting jurisdictions as well as common language identifying the various zonings.

Mayor Greene asked that Rinehart Road, 46A and Lake Mary be an exclusion zone for snipe signs as that is a huge issue. He continued that he feels all of the items, excluding #2, make a lot of sense. He feels that #2 may be a controversial issue as definitions vary from each municipality. Chairman Morris stated many of these issues can be handled by joint planning agreements which are being looked at and modified countywide. The zoning issue will be much more complicated and complex with some uniform definitions and then specific exceptions.

Mr. Cobb stated the subcommittee wanted to evaluate the standard of future land use designations and the Comprehensive Plan is the place to start. Once that is handled, then zoning can be looked at by minimum and maximum densities to see how consistency throughout the municipalities could be created.

Discussion continued on the various zoning and planning language and definitions and affordable housing needs state-wide as well as county-wide.

Motion by Commissioner Sackett to move forward on all items presented with the noted restraints outlined on item #2, motion passed unanimously.

Chairman Morris asked for a staff presentation of Sci-Net at the June meeting.

Raphael Montalvo stated the Stormwater Subcommittee is planning to bring forward in detail an umbrella interlocal agreement for addressing the original six items that were presented which focused on TMDL issues and basin studies. This umbrella interlocal would provide cooperation without loosing the ability of each jurisdiction to exercise their own judgment and without requiring a separate interlocal for each TMDL project. He continued by outlining the interlocal agreements citing there would be different provisions for the on-going studies and the larger capital projects. The umbrella would also allow each jurisdiction to participate in joint capital projects without obtaining additional interlocals.

Mayor Maingot stated this all sounds good as long as there is not another level of government that slows things down in terms of implementation. Chairman Morris asked that the subcommittee address the comment of how they see a flow pattern of work.

Mr. Montalvo concluded that the subcommittee will come forward with a concept paper citing examples of project and study costs. They will also report on the stormwater fees of each jurisdiction and the necessity of having a dedicated funding source.

Ms. Crotty updated the Parks and Recreation Subcommittee actions relative to the Sports Business Advisory Committee. She continued that the Fire/Rescue subcommittee has not had a recent meeting but will meet again June 1^st.

Chairman Morris stated there has been a letter received from Lake Mary asking for more information regarding urban and rural service areas for the Fire/Rescue. Mayor Greene stated the way Lake Mary has progressed, he feels the cities have a great opportunity to serve the urban areas with the County serving the rural areas. It is their recommendation that this committee look at the concept of urban/rural districts considering not just the cities being asked to consolidate, but to look at how the County may want to consolidate with a city for urban cover. Chairman Morris stated if that is the direction from the City of Lake Mary, it would be helpful for the County. Currently the cities have unequal level of services and each city is convinced theirs is the best. This would give a good comparison of all services in all the jurisdictions. He continued that a great concern he has is that all of the ideas being presented to the cities are called “county” ideas when in reality these are “committee” ideas – we all voted and the votes were unanimous.

Discussion continued on the various levels of service, the savings realized by the cities in administrative costs and the hiring of an independent consultant. There were no objections in bringing to the June meeting information on consultants.

Being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5:30 pm.