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CASSELBERRY CITY COMMISSION Minutes of September 10, 2012 — Regular Meeting Page 12 of 14 back on expanding the registration program to commercial properties. He further stated that these folks had offered to appoint a representative to work with the City when foreclosed commercial properties had fallen into disrepair, and to assist in making contact with the property owners to try and remedy those situations. He added that staff had agreed to scale back the ordinance and give this type of mediation a try, and advised that when the ordinance returned to the Commission for second reading, it would be less expansive and would just be a matter of clarifying language in the Code and would not be adding commercial properties to the registration program. Discussion: A brief discussion ensued regarding questions and concerns with the proposed changes to the ordinance, and possible challenges in malting contact with owners and investors on commercial properties undergoing the foreclosure process. The Commission agreed it would be appropriate for Ms. Frankie Elliott, as a representative of the local Realtors' Association, to make a presentation to the Commission at the second reading of the ordinance regarding the mediation process they are suggesting in lieu of the City's registration process. Mr. Newlon advised that the ordinance would come back to the Commission for second reading without the changes proposed earlier, and the Commission could decide after the presentation and discussion whether to amend the ordinance to exclude commercial properties in the registration process. ® Reported that the City was beginning to get some press attention regarding the Community Outreach scheduled for September 20th. He stated that Channel 9 had responded with a brief story this evening, and tomorrow he would be speaking with a reporter from the Orlando Sentinel. ® Advised that staff would begin meeting with developers later this week regarding the City's vision for development of the City's property. He added that he was pleased to note that several of the developers had attended some of the City's events, which he felt would be helpful in their understanding of the City's vision and the real potential for the property. f �.��Yi�_�I YI IC�77 \� NI'�►`�►�'JIZ�)�I f • Distributed copies of an article regarding Sunshine Law issues. • Advised that another trial court in Sarasota County had found the red light camera issue to be constitutional. • Stated that it had been over a year since a review for her had been done, and requested direction from the Commission on how they wished to proceed. She reminded them that for the previous review she had prepared a document outlining the work she had done on behalf of the City, and suggested they may possibly prefer a one -page summary of her work. After a brief discussion, the Commission as a whole agreed that Ms. Reischmann should prepare the same type of document, and that she would address individually any questions the Commissioners may have. ® Reminded the Commission that Ordinance 12 -1375 was adopted July 9, 2012 and placed a referendum on the November 011 ballot for an economic development ad valorem exemption authority. She stated that over the next few weeks there would be several advertisements in the newspaper and