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CASSELBERRY CITY COMMISSION Minutes of June 25, 2012 —Regular Meeting Page 13 of 14 Commissioner Anthony Aramendia — Seat No. 1: • Wished Sgt. Nas good luck, as he will be attending the FBI National Academy. Added that he is sure he will represent the City well. • Advised the Housing Task Force had its first meeting. He stated this session was mainly for the members to get acquainted and discuss what their first priorities would be. He added that the first area the Task Force would address would be the North Casselberry area, and they would be determining what the issues were, and what might be done as far as improvements. • Advised that the Habanero's Restaurant next to Wal Mart is closing due to a substantial increase in the rent. Commissioner Sandra Solomon — Seat No. 3: • Advised she had met with Commissioner Carlton Henley and had set up appointments with the other County Commissioners. She added that they seemed to have a better impression of the City of Casselberry than in the past. • Reported that she had met with Marshal Polston regarding his proposed plans for the reconstruction of Fort Concord and was very impressed with the research that he had done. Mr. Newlon advised that the issue of the fort reconstruction had been referred to staff for review. Commissioner Jon Miller — Seat No. 2: • Thanked Commissioner Aramendia for the Housing Task Force update, stating he believes it has a lot of potential for the City and he is excited to see where it goes. • Advised he has gotten tremendous compliments from Brenda Carey, Sandy Adams, Larry Furlong and John Jones about how things have changed for the better in the City. Commissioner Colleen Hufford — Seat No. 4: • Commented that she had seen some small gators in the lake over the past couple ofyears, but believed there were larger ones, and expressed hope that Mr. Wright could help solve the problem. • Expressed concerns about the loss of older trees in the residential areas. • Explained that she wanted to gather more information before voting to approve the garden home concept. • Stated she would like to add working with the County to annex the 436 corridor up to the SunRail and possibly having it as a CRA to the talking points for the future joint meeting with the County Commission.