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CASSELBERRY CITY COMMISSION Minutes of April 11, 2016— Regular Meeting Page 8 of 10 Stated the City had hosted some tremendous events over the weekend and expressed appreciation to Recreation staff for all they do to make the City's events successful. 15. CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT No report. 16. CITY CLERK'S REPORT Advised that she was developing the community outreach and education components for proposed charter amendments that will be appearing on the August 301h City ballot as a result of the adoption of Ordinance 16 -1441 as recommended in the Charter Review Committee's final report. Noted she will be holding at least three town hall meetings to get the message out to the voters that these questions would be included on the ballot along with the two City Commission seats. She added that at least one town hall meeting would be held at the Recreation Center during the daytime, with the others will be held at City Hall. She stated she would bring additional information to the Commission when the meeting dates were set. 17. CITY COMMISSIONERS' REPORTS /COMMENTS Commissioner Anthony Aramendia - Seat No. 1: • Reported he, Commissioner Hufford and Mayor Glancy had participated in the Farmshare Partners food distribution event on Saturday, April 2, 2016, and although the weather did not cooperate, it had been a very successful event for a good cause. • Thanked everyone who participated in the Corporate 5K on Thursday, April 7, 2016. • Advised that the Spring Jazz Concert held at Secret Lake Park on Saturday, April 9, 2016 had been a great success. • Reported that he had attended Habitat for Humanity's breakfast and tour of a project at Magnolia Place in Longwood on Tuesday, April 5, 2016. He stated that this was a project similar to the one Habitat for Humanity had completed in Antigua Bay where they had taken over and completed a townhouse project when the developers walked away from it. • Reported he had spoken with Congressman John Mica regarding the City's concerns about the Lynx transfer station in Fern Park. He stated that Congressman Mica had advised that the City should put those concerns in writing and get them to him, and he could then possibly look at alternative locations for the station. Mr. Newlon added that he had been invited to meet with Seminole County Manager Nicole Guillet about also relocating the SunRail super stop and he should have some information to share about that in the near future. Discussion: Discussion ensued regarding some of the concerns and issues with the current location of the Lynx transfer station in Fern Park. It was agreed that the best course of action in order to get started would be to proceed cautiously, with City Manager Newlon meeting with County Manager Guillet and expressing some of those concerns before suggesting any alternate locations to Congressman Mica.