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CASSELBERRY CITY COMMISSION Minutes of August 24, 2015 — Regular Meeting Page 18 of 20 Mr. John Casselberty, 700 South Lost Lake Lane, stated he believed the lot in question had belonged to a family member but was sold in the 70's or 80's and then split and he wanted to make the Commission aware that it was a half lot and not a whole one. He also suggested the City may want to consider trying to trade for a lot that was contiguous to the previously acquired parcels. Mr. Larry Littrell, 124 North Lost Lake Lane, expressed conceals about the process that had been followed for consideration of this issue, stating that he felt some poor decision making had occurred. He stated that the Commission should have given him and the other taxpayers in the City their due respect by giving notice and allowing for proper vetting of the item on the agenda. Discussion: Discussion briefly ensued regarding the calculations used for determining the average cost per square footage and the proposed offer amount for the property; the City's purpose in acquiring property as part of the future vision for the City; the timing of the availability of the property proposed for acquisition; the pre - auction and auction dates; and the value of the subject parcel as part of the expansion of the Lake Concord Park (City Center) project. Ms. Reischmann suggested that a Commission motion on this item should also include a waiver of the procedural requirement that the agenda be amended to add an item such as this, in light of the need to move quickly in order to participate in the auction bidding process. In response to questions from the Commission, Mr. Newlon advised he had become aware of the availability of the property by auction in the past week; however, the timing of the auction only became known to him today, at which time he realized he needed direction from the Commission right away about whether to pursue this opportunity. MOTION: Vice Mayor Solomon moved to waive the City's purchasing requirement for an appraisal prior to acquisition of real property; waive the Commission's procedural rule requiring an amendment to the agenda prior to taking action on an item not previously on the agenda; authorize the City Manager to proceed with pursuing acquisition of the property located at 161 Quail Pond Road, Casselberry, Florida by auction, for a purchase price not to exceed $150,000. Motion was seconded by Commissioner Aramendia. Discussion: A brief discussion ensued during which it was agreed that the waivers of the two procedures was due to the need to act quickly in order for the City to avail itself of the benefit of the auction process, but that for future situations the normal procedures should be followed. Motion carried unanimously by voice vote 5 -0. 15. CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT Advised that since the ruling on the Reid vs. Gilbert U.S. Supreme Court case regarding signs, some circuit courts were now applying that case to their rulings. She reminded the Commission that this was a case determining that a city's sign code was content - based, even though it had to do with the regulation of non- commercial signs. She added that the case was being applied in other contexts, such as panhandling, and she anticipated that there would be more challenges to any kind of regulation that could be considered speech. She noted that she just wanted to make the Commission aware of this potential issue.