Palmetto City Commission Meeting Agenda Results: 5/21/2012

PALMETTO -- At Monday's Palmetto City Commission meeting, members were in solidarity requesting action from Manatee County Commissioners, to seek remedy to the North River Little League's dilemma. Palmetto Commissioners also took the first step in resurrecting the old "Seahorse" restaurant at the north side of the Green Bridge.

1. CITY COMMISSION AGENDA APPROVAL

Action Request: 1. Motion to approve the May 21, 2012 Agenda. -- Approved, 4 - 0, Zirkelbach absent

2. CONSENT AGENDA APPROVAL A. CITY CLERK'S OFFICE 

A. City Clerk's Office

  1. Minutes: May 7, 2012

  2. Minutes: Joint meeting with the Board of County Commissions April 3, 2012

  3. Blalock Walters April Legal Fees

  4. Special Function Permit: Palmetto B& B through December 29, 2012

  5. Resolution No.2012-13 Budget amendment to allocate budget for the Police

      Department $ 400 donation to the Bee Safe Program

  6. Resolution No.2012-14 Budget amendment to allocate budget for the

      awarded $5,000 Florida Municipal Insurance Trust Safety Grant

B. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

    1. Approval and authorization for the Mayor to execute a Quit Claim Deed to

        Renaissance Arts and Education, Inc. for the school's drive way

Action Request:  Motion to approve the May 21, 2012 Consent Agenda. -- Approved, 4 - 0, Zirkelbach absent

3. PUBLIC HEARING: ORDINANCE NO.2012-04 (M.Barnebey)

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALMETTO FLORIDA AMENDING THE SIGN CODE, ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER 3 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALMETTO REVISING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR POLITICAL SIGNS; UPDATING REFERENCE TO CITY DEPARTMENTS; PROVIDING FOR UNSAFE SIGN REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; REPEALING ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

Open the public hearing. Close the public hearing after public comment.

ActionRequest: Motion to adopt Ordinance No. 2012-04. -- Approved, 4 - 0, Zirkelbach absent

4. 1st. PUBLIC HEARING: ORDINANCE NO. 2012-07 (L.Lynn)

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF PALMETTO, FLORIDA, AMENDING CODE OF ORDINANCES, ZONING CODE, TO PROVIDE STANDARDS FOR FARM WORKER HOUSING AND BOARDING/ROOMING HOUSES AS CONDITIONAL USES IN THE RM-5 AND RM-6 ZONING DISTRICTS; REMOVING BOARDING/ ROOMING HOUSES AS A PERMITTED USE IN THE CN AND CG ZONING DISTRICTS; AMENDING GENERAL STANDARDS FOR CONDITIONAL USES; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

This is the first public hearing for Ordinance 2012-07.

To comply with Florida Statutes, a second public hearing is scheduled for June 4, 2012.

Open the public hearing. Close the public hearing after public comment.

ActionRequest: Motion to schedule the second public hearing for Ordinance No.2012-07 for July 16, 2012. -- Approved, 4 - 0, Zirkelbach absent

5. CRA GREEN ZONE OVERLAY (J. Burton- Carried forward from the Workshop meeting)

Action Request: Motion to authorize staff to proceed with the process to create a Palmetto Green zone overlay for the Palmetto CRA District. -- Recommend Greenzone be confined to within the CRA District. --  Approved, 4 - 0, Zirkelbach absent 

Recess the City Commission meeting to open the CRA Board meeting. 

3.  APPROVAL OF THE “SEAHORSE” CONCEPTUAL PLAN (J. Burton)

Action Request:Motion to approve the Seahorse project conceptual plan in an amount not to exceed $350,000 and direct staff to bring back a funding recommendation for 200 linear feet of seawall. -- Motion to ask county to tear down old seahorse building and have workshop to determine design -- Approved, 4 - 0, Zirkelbach absent

4.  APPROVAL OF THE MLK PARK CONCEPTUAL PLAN (J. Burton)

Action Request: Motion to approve the Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) Park conceptual plan with a conceptual budget not to exceed $1.1 million. -- Commissioners voted to go forward to get approval of funds. SWFWMD offering matching funds, $500,000 front them and a matching $500,000 from the CRA. -- Motion to approve conceptual design and meet with engineers for modification. -- Approved, 4 - 0, Zirkelbach absent 

Reconvene the City Commission meeting.

6. BASEBALL FIELD UPDATE -- motion to have county look at the possibility of converting softball fields to baseball fields -- Approved, 4 - 0, Zirkelbach absent

7. ASR WELL -- Allen Tusing from public works will be at SWFWMD meeting tomorrow for final funding approval.

8. 5th STREET STREET SCAPE AND SUTTON PARK PROJECTS UPDATE -- Both are on schedule and will have presentation report at next meeting. 

9. DEPARTMENT HEADS' COMMENTS  -- none

10. MAYOR'S REPORT -- none

11. COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS  -- none

12. ADJOURNMENT