October 18, 2005
Adopted Minutes
October 18, 2005 110.77 kBSANIBEL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
COUNCIL CHAMBERS (MacKenzie Hall)
800 DUNLOP ROAD
OCTOBER 18, 2005
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PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
A COPY OF THE AGENDA PACKET IS ON THE CITY’S WEBSITE www.mysanibel.com; ON FILE AT SANIBEL LIBRARY; AND AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT THE CITY HALL FRONT DESK
9:00 A. M. 1. Call to Order.
2. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance. (Mayor Johnston)
3. PRESENTATIONS:
a. Proclamation honoring the Golden Anniversary and 50-years of service to the community by the Sanibel Fire and Rescue District. (Councilman Jennings) Click Here For Attachment
b. Recognition of Employee of the Quarter, 4th Quarter,
FY 2004-2005 Click Here For Attachment
4. Public Comments for non-Agenda items (Maximum time allotted, 20 minutes, with a limitation of 5 minutes per speaker.)
5. Planning Commission Report (Tony Lapi) Click Here For Attachment
6. Council Comments.
7. CONSENT AGENDA (ANY PERSON MAY REQUEST THAT COUNCIL REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION BY NOTIFYING THE CITY MANAGER/CITY CLERK, OR A COUNCIL MEMBER, PRIOR TO THE MEETING)
a. Approval of minutes – June 07, 2005 Regular Meeting, June 21, 2005 Regular Meeting, June 27, 2005 Joint Meeting of City Council/Planning Commission/Vegetation Committee, July 05, 2005 Regular Meeting, July 8, 2005 Special Meeting, July 19, 2005 Regular Meeting and July 26, 2005 Budget Workshop. Click Here For Attachment
b. RESOLUTION NO. 05-134 APPROVING BUDGET AMENDMENT/TRANSFER NO. 2006-001 AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE (To transfer $10,010 from the General Fund Contingency Reserves to the Recycling Department in order to purchase two (2) 30-yard recycling dumpsters. These dumpsters will replace the two dumpsters at the City's Recycling Center on Dunlop Road which belong to Waste Service of Florida, Inc, which has been replaced as the City's Solid Waste franchisee.) Click Here For Attachment
c. RESOLUTION NO. 05-135 APPROVING BUDGET AMENDMENT/TRANSFER NO. 2006-002 AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE (To appropriate the $21,120.00 Grant from the State Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for Sanibel Gardens Preserve Exotic Plant Maintenance, Task Assignment # SW-066 to be completed June 15, 2006) Click Here For Attachment
d. RESOLUTION NO. 05-147 APPROVING BUDGET AMENDMENT/TRANSFER NO. 2006-003 AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE (To appropriate the $80,000.00 Grant from the State Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for Sanibel Island Australian Pine Eradication Assignment # SW-078 to be completed June 15, 2006) Click Here For Attachment
e. RESOLUTION NO. 05-148 APPROVING BUDGET AMENDMENT/TRANSFER NO. 2006-004 AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE (To appropriate the $200,000.00 Grant from the State Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Recreation Development Assistance Program (FRDAP) and the City's $200,000 Reserve for Grant Match for the Community Park Development project # F06254) Click Here For Attachment
f. RESOLUTION NO. 05-149APPROVING BUDGET AMENDMENT/TRANSFER NO. 2006-005 AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE (To appropriate the $200,000.00 Grant from the State Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Recreation Development Assistance Program (FRDAP) for the Bowman's Beach Park Improvements project # F06281) Click Here For Attachment
g. RESOLUTION NO. 05-150 APPROVING BUDGET AMENDMENT/TRANSFER NO. 2006-006 AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE (To appropriate funds ($13,688.00) for the first year of a 3-year Study on the Ecology and Management of Alligators on Sanibel Island to be contracted to the University of Florida (UF) See attached Approval Form for the Sponsored Project, University Project # 05091253.) Click Here For Attachment
h. Acceptance of a grant from the Tourist Development Council (TDC) (Bed Tax) in the amount of $20,000 for Water Quality Monitoring and authorize the City Manager to execute agreement. Click Here For Attachment
i. Acceptance of a grant from the Tourist Development Council (TDC) (Bed Tax) in the amount of $90,000 for Causeway Beach Park Shoreline Improvements and authorize the City Manager to execute agreement Click Here For Attachment
j. Acceptance of a grant from the Tourist Development Council (TDC) (Bed Tax) in the amount of $110,000 for Family Restroom at Bowman’s Beach Park and authorize the City Manager to execute agreement. Click Here For Attachment
k. Acceptance of a grant from the Tourist Development Council (TDC) (Bed Tax) in the amount of $40,000 for Turner Beach Restroom Improvements and authorize the City Manager to execute agreement. Click Here For Attachment
l. Acceptance of a grant from the Tourist Development Council (TDC) (Bed Tax) in the amount of $60,000 for Dune Walkover Replacement and authorize the City Manager to execute agreement. Click Here For Attachment
m. Acceptance of a grant from the Tourist Development Council (TDC) (Bed Tax) in the amount of $35,000 for Beach Erosion Monitoring and authorize the City Manager to execute agreement. Click Here For Attachment
n. Acceptance of a grant from the Tourist Development Council (TDC) (Bed Tax) in the amount of $440,000 for Facility/Beach Maintenance and authorize the City Manager to execute agreement. Click Here For Attachment
o. RESOLUTION NO. 05-151 APPROVING BUDGET AMENDMENT/TRANSFER NO. 2006-007 AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE (Based on Council's decision on October 4th to reject the $50,000 Grant from the South Florida Water Management District for providing grant rebate incentives to customers for the cost of connecting to the City's reclaimed water source for irrigation purposes, this Budget Amendment transfers $50,000 from Sewer reserves to Grants & Aids for providing the same incentive to new reclaimed water customers during Fiscal Year 2006)
p. City Council approval to use a replica of the City Seal to provide funding support for the City of Sanibel Employee Dependent Scholarship Program. Click Here For Attachment
WORKING LUNCH EXECUTIVE SESSION RELATING TO HOMELAND and executive SECURITY (COUNCILMAN JENNINGS)
session Click Here For Attachment
12:30 to 1:30 P. M. In attendance shall be only the following persons:
Sanibel City Council
Sanibel City Manager Judie Zimomra
Sanibel City Attorney Kenneth Cuyler
Police Chief Bill Tomlinson
Fire Chief Rich Dickerson
Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott or his Designee
THE LUNCH BREAK MAY BE RE-SCHEDULED. ITEMS SHOWN AFTER LUNCH MAY BE DISCUSSED PRIOR TO THE LUNCH BREAK UNLESS LISTED TO BE HEARD AT A SPECIFIC LISTED TIME
8. OLD BUSINESS
a. Ethics Issues
1.) Report on Ethics Conference (Councilman Brown) Click Here For Attachment
2.) Lee County Ethics & Lobbying Ordinance (Councilman Brown) Click Here For Attachment
b. Discussion of Water Quality Issues:
1.) Reports:
(a.) Report on attendance at 30th Annual Conference on Water Management
(Councilman Rothman) Click Here For Attachment
(b.) Report on attendance at Workshop Meeting for the Gulf of Mexico Alliance. (Councilman Rothman) Click Here For Attachment
(c.) Report on City’s participation in Delegation to Washington, D.C., regarding Water Quality, October 4-6, 2005.
(Mayor Johnston) Click Here For Attachment
(d.) Report on Lake Okeechobee and Estuary Recovery Plan (LOER). (Councilman Rothman) Click Here For Attachment
2.) Next Steps:
(a.) South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Board Appointment. (Councilman Rothman) Click Here For Attachment
(b.) Appropriate role for City Committees (Mayor Johnston) Click Here For Attachment
c. Council consideration of purchase of Nave Property (9.6 acres bounded generally by Periwinkle Way, the Schoolhouse Theater, Dunlop Road and St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church).
1.) Review of Agenda materials by City Attorney. Click Here For Attachment
2.) Discussion of negotiations, discussion of asking price of $12,750,000, and discussion of financing alternatives by City Attorney. Click Here For Attachment
d. Floodplain Management Issues
1.) Discussion regarding periodic re-study of coastal areas on the Federal Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for Lee County by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Click Here For Attachment
2.) Staff recommendation to secure professional assistance in review of Federal Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). Click Here For Attachment
3.) Status of CRS re-certification. Click Here For Attachment
4.) Implementation schedule for review of recommendations in the Floodplain Management Plan.
(a.) Next Steps Click Here For Attachment
e. RESOLUTION 05-145 ESTABLISHING THE CLASSIFICATION PLAN AND PAY SCHEDULE FOR CITY EMPLOYEES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005-2006; ESTABLISHING PAY GRADES AND PAY RANGES FOR NON-UNION AND UNION POSITIONS; ADOPTING NEW AND REDESCRIBED JOB DESCRIPTIONS; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO AMEND JOB DESCRIPTIONS AS NECESSARY TO KEEP SUCH DESCRIPTIONS CURRENT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE Click Here For Attachment
f. Discussion regarding Construction of Recreation Center and status of contributions from other entities.
1.) Board of County Commissioners Click Here For Attachment
2.) Lee County School District Click Here For Attachment
3.) RESOLUTION 05-146 OF THE CITY OF SANIBEL, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE, SUBJECT TO THE BOND REFERENDUM HEREIN PROVIDED FOR, OF NOT TO EXCEED $____________ GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR THE CITY OF SANIBEL, FLORIDA, FOR PROVIDING FUNDS, TOGETHER WITH ANY OTHER AVAILABLE FUNDS, TO FINANCE OR REFINANCE A COMMUNITY-WIDE RECREATION/COMMUNITY CENTER WHICH IS PART OF THE CITY OF SANIBEL’S PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITY MASTER PLAN, INCLUDING THE ACQUISITION, EQUIPPING AND CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH RECREATION/COMMUNITY CENTER AND RELATED EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE; PROVIDING FOR AND CALLING A BOND REFERENDUM OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY TO BE HELD ON _________, 2006; PROVIDING FOR OFFICIAL BALLOTS; PROVIDING FOR BOND REFERENDUM PROCEDURES; ESTABLISHING ITS INTENT TO REIMBURSE SUCH CAPITAL EXPENDITURES INCURRED WITH PROCEEDS OF SUCH GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE Click Here For Attachment
4:00 p.m. Presentation of Fiscal Year 2004 Audit by Marty Redovan, CPA, Partner, Schultz, Chaipel, Redovan & Baker, CPA's, LLP.
9. NEW BUSINESS
a. Establish Criteria for City Council members to participate in council meetings by phone in case of emergencies. (Councilmember Jennings) Click Here For Attachment
10. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
a. Informational items:
1.) Request from Historical Committee for staff assignment to prepare grant application. Click Here For Attachment
2.) Updated Planning Department Work Activities. Click Here For Attachment
3.) Re-development Workshops
(a.) Joint City Council and Planning Commission Redevelopment Workshop One – Historical Overview of Existing Documents, Tuesday, November 29, 2005, 10:00 a.m.
(b.) Joint City Council and Planning Commission Redevelopment Workshop Two – Issue Identification, Wednesday, December 14, 2005, 9:00 a.m.
4.) Small Business Initiative Workshop –
Thursday, November 17, 2005, 9:00 a.m.
Items to be included on Workshop Agenda: Click Here For Attachment
(a.) Approval of Mission Statement
(b.) Approval of Surveys
(c.) Next Steps
5.) Request from the Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce to co-sponsor the 2005 Luminary. Click Here For Attachment
6.) Causeway Counts for September 2005. Click Here For Attachment
11. CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT.
12. COUNCILMEMBERS' REPORT.
13. ADJOURNMENT.
IF A PERSON DECIDES TO APPEAL A DECISION MADE BY THE COUNCIL ON ANY MATTER CONSIDERED AT THIS MEETING/HEARING, SUCH PERSON MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS IS MADE, TO INCLUDE THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH ANY SUCH APPEAL IS TO BE BASED.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, PERSONS NEEDING A SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCEEDING SHOULD CONTACT JIM ISOM, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES NO LATER THAN ONE DAY PRIOR TO THE PROCEEDINGS AT (239) 472-3700. FOR ASSISTANCE IF HEARING IMPAIRED, TELEPHONE THE FLORIDA RELAY SERVICE AT 711.
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HORIZON – UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
November 01, 2005
City Council Meeting
MacKenzie Hall –9:00 a. m.
November 11, 2005
City Hall Closed in
Observance of Veterans Day
November 15, 2005
City Council Meeting
MacKenzie Hall – 9:00 a. m.
November 24 & 25, 2005
City Hall Closed in Observance
of Thanksgiving
December 06, 2004
City Council Meeting
MacKenzie Hall – 9:00 a. m.
December 20, 2005
City Council Meeting
MacKenzie Hall – 9:00 a. m.
December 26, 2005
City Hall Closed in
Observance of Christmas
January 01, 2006
New Year’s Day
January 02, 2006
City Hall Closed in
Observance of New Year’s Day
January 03, 2006
City Council Meeting
MacKenzie Hall – 9:00 a. m.
HORIZON – UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
January 17, 2006
City Council Meeting
MacKenzie Hall – 9:00 a.m.
February 07, 2006
City Council Meeting
MacKenzie Hall – 9:00 a. m.
February 21, 2006
City Council Meeting
MacKenzie Hall – 9:00 a. m.
March 07, 2006
City Council Meeting
Committee Annual Reports
MacKenzie Hall – 9:00 a. m.
March 21, 2006
City Council Meeting
Election of Mayor/Vice Mayor
Appointment of Committee Members
MacKenzie Hall – 9:00 a. m.
April 04, 2006
City Council Meeting
Committee member Appointments
MacKenzie Hall – 9:00 a. m.
April 18, 2006
City Council Meeting
MacKenzie Hall – 9:00 a. m.
May 02, 2006
City Council Meeting
MacKenzie Hall – 9:00 a. m.
May 16, 2006
City Council Meeting
MacKenzie Hall – 9:00 a. m.
HORIZON – UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
June 06, 2006
City Council Meeting
MacKenzie Hall – 9:00 a. m.
June 20, 2006
City Council Meeting
MacKenzie Hall – 9:00 a. m.
July 04, 2006
City Council Meeting
MacKenzie Hall – 9:00 a. m.
City Hall Closed in Observance of Independence Day
July 18, 2006
City Council Meeting
MacKenzie Hall – 9:00 a. m.
Proposed millage rate set
August 01, 2006
City Council Meeting
MacKenzie Hall – 9:00 a. m.
August 15, 2006
City Council Meeting
MacKenzie Hall – 9:00 a. m.
September 04, 2006
City Hall Closed
In Observance of Labor Day
September 09, 2006
First City Council Budget Hearing
MacKenzie Hall – 9:00 a. m.
Sanibel City Council
“RULES OF CIVILITY FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION”
In recognition that public discourse is essential to the democratic system of government on April 16, 2002, Sanibel City Council adopted a Proclamation embracing civility in public deliberations.
Therefore, Sanibel City Council sanctioned these rules for public participation while conducting meetings and workshops:
1. Speakers are permitted to deliver his or her comments without interruption.
2. Speakers and debates should focus on issues, not on persons or personalities.
3. Persons are encouraged to participate in the governmental process.
4. To allow time to hear all points of view, speakers are allotted 5 minutes each time they are recognized.
5. Sidebar discussions while others are speaking are not permitted in Council Chambers. These discussions are to be removed from the chamber so as not to be disruptive to those conducting and following Council business.
6. Only the speaker recognized by the Chairperson has the floor. Speakers should raise their hand to be recognized. Speakers should identify themselves for the record. Speakers should utilize the microphone so that their comments can be recorded.
7. Everyone wishing to speak on an issue is given an opportunity to speak before speakers are recognized for an opportunity to speak a second time on an issue.
8. We seek to understand one another’s points of view.
9. Anger, rudeness, ridicule, impatience and lack of respect for others are not acceptable behavior. Demonstrations in support or opposition to a speaker or idea such as clapping, cheering, booing or hissing or intimidating body language are not permitted in Council Chambers or workshop facilities.
10. We should all take initiative to make things better. Our goal is to foster an environment, which encourages a fair discussion and exchange of ideas without fear of personal attacks.