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CASSELBERRY CITY COMMISSION Minutes of May 13, 2013 — Regular Meeting Page 15 of 18 E. Council of Local Governments in Seminole County ( CALNO) Report — Commissioner Hufford Reported CALNO had met at the City of Oviedo and seen a presentation about the City of Oviedo's downtown project. Also reported that Kathy Till, the Tri- County League of Cities Advocacy Chairman had given a legislative update. Advised the June meeting will be held in the City of Sanford. F. Seminole County Redevelopment Planning Agency Report — Vice Mayor Solomon Advised the next meeting would be held next week and there would be an update on the Oxford Road Redevelopment Study. I C� Y III /:►7:�1 D1:. ' Gave a brief update on the status of the acquisition of the property on Quail Pond Circle. He advised that progress is being made, but there was some uncertainty about whether or not the property needed to go through probate. He stated the City Attorney was aware of the issue. He added that the property is being acquired to expand the City's Art House capacity. Stated that the Police Department had submitted a proposal to utilize vehicles borrowed from a local towing service for surveillance purposes. He advised that it would be at no cost to the City, and that both Winter Springs and Sanford do something similar. He added that the City would be required to sign a hold harmless agreement, and the City's insurance carriers and the City Attorney had looked into this type of program and advised there was not a problem with it. He advised that he would go ahead and start the practice soon if there were no objections from the Commission. CONSENSUS: Commission consensus was that the program was a good idea and there were no objections to proceeding. Reported that the CRA passed a resolution at their meeting on Thursday to work with the City as it moves forward seeking to reach a development agreement with its developers. He noted that some of the CRA's properties may be included in some of the proposed redevelopment, and they have agreed that if sought by the developers they would agree to deed those properties to the City so they could be included in the other properties should the Commission agree to a developer's agreement. Reminded the Commission that tonight's meeting would be the last meeting held at the 7:00 p.m. time slot, and the next regularly scheduled meeting would be on June 10th at 4:00 p.m. He advised that City Clerk Donna Gardner had moved forward with advertising the new time on the utility bills, and had prepared a newspaper advertisement about the new meeting time. He added that staff was discussing revisions to the regular agenda which would, at a minimum, include the public hearings after 5 p.m. and citizen comments after that to close the meeting. He inquired whether the Commission would like to hold a workshop to discuss the agenda, or desired staff to handle it. The Commission agreed that the City Clerk could go ahead and develop the new agenda for the June l Ot" meeting and any suggestions could be discussed at that time. Advised he had a 2nd Quarter Summary of progress towards City Commission goals for Fiscal Year