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CASSELBERRY CITY COMMISSION <br />Minutes of Judy 15, 2019 - Special Meeting <br />Page 8 of 11 <br />that the proposed 10 -acre park would help to reduce the deficiencies in park space identified in the Park, <br />Recreation, Pathways and Open Spaces Master Plan; the possibility that a decision to re -vision the Wheel <br />Park could delay the referendum for funding of all of the parks projects being considered; concerns that the <br />concept is not clear enough; need for a comfort level that the referendum amount will be enough to fund <br />the proposed projects even in the event of an increase in construction costs over time; concerns about the <br />amount the community will support for improvements to the City's parks; methods of communication and <br />outreach that will be utilized to present the proposed concepts to the public; need to make sure the <br />referendum question is as clear as possible with the limited wording allowed; and prioritization of the parks <br />projects. <br />City Attorney Reischmann shared that the City of Winter Park had a challenge to their referendum for a <br />library because the location was not what the voters approved in the question. The City ultimately prevailed <br />in the challenge, but she cautioned that the City needed to be as specific as possible during public outreach <br />with the available information at that time so the public would know what they were going to be voting for. <br />Mr. Newlon added that staff and the City Attorney would be as smart as possible with the 75 -word question <br />to be voted on by the citizens and value engineering could be done for a certain amount; however, if the <br />amount is too low, it would not work for funding of the planned projects. He stated that staff was trying to <br />give the City Commission an idea of what the public would support and the tax impact that would be felt. <br />Motion failed by voice vote 2-3, Mayor Glancy, Commissioner Hufford and <br />Commissioner Meadows dissenting. <br />Mr. Newlon stated that now the City Commission had an opportunity to weigh in on the other three parks <br />for which the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board did not recommend changes, and then the Commission <br />could move forward with discussion on a dollar amount for the referendum and prioritization of the six <br />parks projects. <br />CONSENSUS: The City Commission agreed by consensus that at this time they had no <br />recommendations for changes to improvements recommended by the Parks <br />and Recreation Advisory Board for Secret Lake Park, Wirz Park or the <br />Lake Concord Park/Art House Expansion. <br />B. Bond Referendum and Funding <br />Mr. Newlon advised that the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board had recommended $25 million as the <br />amount to be submitted to the voters in a referendum election for funding of the six identified park <br />improvement projects. However, the City Commission had already authorized changes to some of the <br />proposed improvements so that amount would not be needed, and the Commission should now have a <br />discussion as to what amount they felt would be appropriate and would be supported by the voters. <br />Discussion: Discussion ensued during which each Commissioner shared their thoughts about what they <br />felt would be an amount that the voters would support for the recommended improvements. Commissioners <br />Hufford and Busch and Vice Mayor Aramendia stated they were comfortable with $20 million, while <br />Mayor Glancy and Commissioner Meadows felt that amount might not be sufficient to get all the <br />improvements completed. Mayor Glancy was in favor of the $25 million which had been recommended <br />by the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, while Commissioner Meadows preferred to split the <br />