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CASSELBERRY CITY COMMISSION March 26, 2007 - Regular Meeting Page 14 of 15 Vice Mayor Susan Doerner - Seat #1: . Thanked Mr. Ed Torres, Public Works Director, for his recent assistance regarding moving the placement of a new telephone pole from the middle of a resident's yard right-of-way to the corner of the property. Reported it had also come to her attention that an employee was approached by a member ofthe City Commission regarding the possible loss oftheir employment, and she concurred with Commissioner Hufford, in that was inappropriate behavior for a member of the City Commission. Reported she has spoken to three or four residents in her neighborhood regarding height restrictions and different matters going on with the downtown area, and noted it was very well received. Reported she attended the recent Seminole County CRA Advisory Committee meeting. She gave a synopsis of the meeting discussions which included the County CRA assisting in the payment for a market analysis of the two Sanford CRA areas, the enhancement of the 17-92 overpass, and the County trail system. Vice Mayor Doerner stated she proposed to the County CRA that they consider reimbursing the City of Cassel berry for a portion of the market analysis prepared for the City's CRA, which covers areas outside of the City's CRA. Vice Mayor Doerner also stated she asked that the County consider becoming a partner with the City in terms of upgrading the bridge texture aspect of the 17-92 overpass since it is an entrywayto Seminole County as well as the City. The discussion relating to the trail system involved the loss of promised funding for an internal trail system within Casselberry and how other less populated areas of the County have received a lot of funding for trails. Noted one million dollars from FDOT was still available for the City's trail system, but the remaining costs were currently unfunded. Requested the City Commission and staff continue to pursue this matter with members ofthe County Commission to tactfully request that the funding be made available to complete a trail project that will benefit the citizens of Casselberry. Requested a report from the City Manager regarding the status of the Lisa Merlin House located near Plumosa Oaks Park. Ms. Lipscomb reported that staffhas been actively looking into the matter over the past week and has been working with the County Manager to get more information and explore the possibilities of obtaining the property for use as a recreation center. Mentioned there were a couple of articles in the Orlando Sentinel recently that were not very flattering about Casselberry and that the City needs to be careful about how it approaches redevelopment issues. . . . Mayor Bob Goff - Seat #5: . Reported he had a discussion with Orlando Sentinel Columnist Mike Thomas regarding his recent column which compared Casselberry and Maitland. He said he asked Mr. Thomas ifhe was aware that Casselberry did not have contiguous borders with the City of Maitland and he said he was not aware ofthat. Reported the City County Joint Advisory Committee has begun meeting again and is going to be discussing how to proceed with lobbying the State Legislature with regard to the proposed property tax reforms. .