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CASSELBERRY CITY COMMISSION Minutes of May 9, 2016 — Regular Meeting Page 9 of 11 A. Procurement Information Report for the Period March 1, 2016 through March 31, 2016 Advised that the Procurement Information Report for the period March 1, 2016 through March 31, 2016 was included in the Commission Agenda Packets for this meeting. A copy of the report is attached to and made part a part of these minutes. Advised that the entire Draft Multimodal Transportation Master Plan would be posted on the City's website along with the workshop agenda. He also advised that the Palm Drive concept project for a linear park was not recommended in the Draft Multimodal Transportation Master Plan by staff and the City's consultants, due to lack of available funding. He added that he hoped that would give some comfort to those in the audience with concerns about the project. Clarified that the $15,000 amount listed on the Procurement Report on the line item for consultant Ryan, LLC, was not cash outlaid by the City, but something that would be withheld once the State of Florida converts the City's allowed voluntary cleanup tax credits to cash. Advised that due to the Supreme Court decision on Workers' Comp attorney's fees, rates would escalate and attorneys would be drawn to that area of law as it would now be more lucrative. She stated this would probably be the case until such time as there may be a legislative solution as alluded to by Representative Cortes. Reported that the Supreme Court had also handed down a decision on the Public Records Act, siding with two of the appellate districts which held that there is no good faith exception to the award of attorneys' fees. She noted that in this case the government had a real question as to whether the public records should be provided or not and the trial court held that no attorneys' fees should be awarded to the requestor because of this good faith concern that the government had. However, the Supreme Court held that there was no room for this sort of exception and there is an automatic award of attorneys' fees. She stated that this case made it even more clear how much a legislative solution to the problem is needed. Advised for the record that a City Commission Workshop was scheduled for Monday, May 16, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. in the City Commission Chambers at which an overview of the Draft Casselberry Multimodal Transportation Master Plan would be presented. Advised that in accordance with Casselberry City Charter Section 7.06, the qualifying period for candidates for Commissioner Seat Number 4 and Mayor /Commissioner Seat Number 5 would be held from 12:00 p.m. Monday, May 16, 2016 through 12:00 p.m. Friday, May 20, 2016 during regular business hours. She further advised that the qualifying fee and