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CASSELBERRY CITY COMMISSION Minutes of November 12, 2013 —Regular Meeting Page 10 of 16 K. Council of Local Governments in Seminole County(CALNO) Report — Commissioner Hufford Reported that the meeting was held at Seminole State College and the program focused on the planned educational facility in the State Road 436 and State Road 434 area in Altamonte Springs. She noted that the facility will be about 1.5 million square feet of space that will be used for innovative educational programs. F. Seminole County Redevelopment Planning Agency Report — Vice Mayor Solomon Reported that there were seven new projects planned for the Highway 17 -92 corridor and she expected there would be discussion about the projects at the meeting scheduled for next week. 9. RESOLUTIONS No items were presented for consideration on this agenda. 10. FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES A. Ordinance 13 -1399 — Electronic Filing of Campaign Finance Reports The City Clerk read Ordinance 13 -1399 by title as follows: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE II, SECTION 2 -35 (t), ELECTION PROCEDURES, OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY CODE OF ORDINANCES; ELIMINATING THE REQUIREMENT FOR FILING PAPER CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS WITH THE CITY CLERK; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE." Presentation: City Clerk Donna Gardner explained that Ordinance 13 -1399 provided for eliminating the requirement for paper campaign finance reports. She further explained that new legislation which was adopted in spring of this year had essentially doubled the number of reports required for any person running for office, effective November 1, 2013. She advised that in 2009 the City had implemented a requirement for candidates to file electronic reports in addition to the paper reports, and stated that process had been going well to this point. She explained that this ordinance was being submitted for consideration as an effort to streamline the process. She added that the requirement for electronic filing was already a mandate for candidates running for state and multi - county offices, and would eventually also be mandated for municipal and local offices. She advised that, if approved, this ordinance would be brought back for second reading at the December 13, 2013 meeting and would become effective prior to the end of the calendar year. She stated she was available for any questions the Commission may have.