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CASSELBERRY CITY COMMISSION Minutes of November 20, 2017 — Special Meeting Page 7 of 14 11. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. Second Reading of Ordinance 17-1472 — Regulations for Fertilizer Applications The City Clerk read Ordinance 17-1472 by title as follows: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 86, "UTILITIES" OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ESTABLISHING ARTICLE VII, "FERTILIZER MANAGEMENT"; REGULATING THE PROPER USE OF FERTILIZERS BY ANY APPLICATOR; PROVIDING LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR APPLICABILITY WITHIN THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY; ESTABLISHING A PROHIBITED APPLICATION PERIOD; SPECIFYING ALLOWABLE FERTILIZER APPLICATION RATES AND METHODS, FERTILIZER -FREE ZONES, LOW MAINTENANCE ZONES, AND EXEMPTIONS; REQUIRING THE USE OF BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES WHICH PROVIDE SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES TO MINIMIZE NEGATIVE SECONDARY AND CUMULATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MISUSE OF FERTILIZERS WHICH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN AND ON THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY'S NATURAL AND CONSTRUCTED STORMWATER CONVEYANCES, RIVERS, CREEKS, CANALS, LAKES AND OTHER WATERBODIES; REQUIRING PROPER TRAINING OF COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FERTILIZER APPLICATORS; ESTABLISHING TRAINING AND LICENSING REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES; AMENDING SECTION 2-210 "SCHEDULE OF VIOLATIONS" OF ARTICLE V "CODE ENFORCEMENT CITATIONS" OF CHAPTER 2, "ADMINSTRATION", TO PROVIDE FOR PENALTIES; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE." Notice of Public Hearing: The Notice of Public Hearing relative to second reading of Ordinance 17-1472 was advertised in the Orlando Sentinel on Thursday, November 9, 2017. Staff Presentation: Natural Resources Officer Marissa Williams gave a brief overview of Ordinance 17- 1472, advising the ordinance mirrored the one adopted by Seminole County on February 28, 2017 and was for the purpose of providing new restrictions and regulations regarding fertilizer application within the City of Casselberry with an intent to reduce the impact on water quality to the City's surface waters. In response to questions from the Commission, Ms. Williams advised that the County had received a $100,000 grant from the State of Florida for educational outreach relating to their ordinance and had already begun establishing an extensive amount of website and digital outreach and had scheduled public workshop sessions, and the City of Casselberry would be able to utilize all the educational resources the County had for outreach purposes. She also advised that the City would be utilizing its website and Facebook page for communicating the educational information to the public, and would be updating its Lakes Management Guide and providing those updates to all lakefront property owners should the ordinance be approved and codified. She added that information would be provided at public events, and a speaker had been arranged for Earth Fest to present a workshop relating specifically to the new fertilizer application regulations. She noted that information would be provided to the public in several formats, including email blasts and possibly a flyer included with the monthly utility bills.