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CASSELBERRY CITY COMMISSION Minutes of December 16, 2024 — Regular Meeting Page 12 of 21 Recommendation: The City Manager, the Public Works Director, and the Conmrunity Development Director recommended approval of Ordinance 24-1613 on second and final reading. Public Hearing: Mayor Henson stated this was a public hearing to hear and consider comments and questions regarding Ordinance 24-1613. Mayor Henson opened the floor for public participation. No one came forward to address Ordinance 24-1613, Mayor Henson closed the public hearing relative to Ordinance 24-1613. MOTION: Vice Mayor Aramendia moved to adopt Ordinance 24-1613 on second and final reading, as presented. Motion was seconded by Commissioner Busch. Motion carried unanimously by voice vote 5-0. B. Public Hearing: Second Reading of Ordinance 24-1614 — Amending City Code Chapter 2, Updating the Membership and Duties of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board The City Clerk read Ordinance 24-1614 by title, as follows: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, AMENDING PART II OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 2, ADMINISTRATION, ARTICLE IV, BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS, DIVISION 3, PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD, TO UPDATE THE MEMBERSHIP AND DUTIES OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD INCLUDING ADDING TREE BOARD DUTIES TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE." Notice of Public Hearing: The Notice of Public Hearing relative to second reading of Ordinance 24-1614 was advertised in the Orlando Sentinel on Thursday, December 5, 2024. Staff Presentation: Public Works Director Dr. Kelly Brock gave an overview of Ordinance 24-1614 which amends City Code Chapter 2 regarding the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board to update duties and add tree board duties and is the companion ordinance to Ordinance 24-1613 just adopted by the Commission in the preceding agenda item. Ordinance 24-1614 updates the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board's duties to include matters concerning trees in public areas or for public benefit and effectively takes over those duties previously associated with the City Tree Advisory Committee, especially those related to the City's Adopt -a -Tree Program. The ordinance also cleans up some other items and standardizes language; removes the annual reporting requirement and removes the alternate member. The ordinance was approved on first reading by the Commission on November 18, 2024 and the agenda packet has no changes; however, staff does have one recommendation that was missed when the ordinance was initially written, and that is a recommendation to change the number of Parks and Recreation Advisory Board members from five (5) to seven (7). This would be a simple edit in the ordinance and staff recommends approval of the ordinance with the proposed change from five (5) to seven (7) members. The reasoning for that proposed change is that by removing the CTAC (City Tree Advisory Committee) altogether, that effectively removed at least one citizen representation, and it would be potentially expanding that representation if a couple more seats were added to the board to improve resident input on trees and parks in general. In response to a question to the City Attorney whether that change would present any problems, Ms. Eick indicated it would not.