City Council Regular Session 04/01/2024 06:00 PM City Hall

This meeting will be held in the City Council Chambers on the second floor of City Hall located at 205 North Marion Avenue, Lake City, FL 32055. Members of the public may also view the meeting on our YouTube channel. YouTube channel information is located at the end of this agenda.

Pledge of Allegiance

Invocation - Mayor Stephen Witt

Roll Call

Ladies and Gentlemen; The Lake City Council has opened its public meeting. Since 1968, the City Code has prohibited any person from making personal, impertinent, or slanderous remarks or becoming boisterous while addressing the City Council. Yelling or making audible comments from the audience constitutes boisterous conduct. Such conduct will not be tolerated. There is only one approved manner of addressing the City Council. That is, to be recognized and then speak from the podium.

As a reminder, persons are not to openly carry a handgun or carry a concealed weapon or firearm while the governing body is meeting. 

Failure to abide by the rules of decorum will result in removal from the meeting. 

Approval of Agenda

Proclamations

• 1.Child Abuse Prevention Month - April 2024

• 2.Water Conservation Month - April 2024

• 3.Procurement Month - March 2024

Public Participation - Persons Wishing to Address Council

Citizens are encouraged to participate in City of Lake City meetings. The City of Lake City encourages civility in public discourse and requests that speakers direct their comments to the Chair. Those attendees wishing to share a document and or comments in writing for inclusion into the public record must email the item to submissions@lcfla.com no later than noon on the day of the meeting.  Citizens may also provide input to individual council members via office visits, phone calls, letters and e-mail that will become public record.

Approval of Consent Agenda

• 4.March 18, 2024 Regular Session Minutes

• 5.City Council Resolution No. 2024-032 - A resolution of the City of Lake City, Florida, approving that certain Interagency Agreement between the City, the State of Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, the Columbia County Sheriff's Office, and the Columbia County School District implementing the requirements of Subsection 985.04(1)(c), Florida Statutes concerning the sharing of information about juvenile offenders; recognizing the authority of the Mayor to execute and bind the City to said agreement; directing the Mayor to execute and bind the City to said Agreement; directing the Chief of Police of the Lake City Police Department to join the Mayor in executing said Agreement; repealing all prior resolutions in conflict; and providing an effective date.

• 6.City Council Resolution No. 2024-033 - A resolution of the City of Lake City, Florida, adopting the evaluation and tabulation of responses to that certain invitation to Bid number 004-2024 for improvements to a segment of Southwest Grandview Street; accepting the bid from Florida Fill and Grading, Inc., a Florida Corporation as the lowest responsive bid; approving the Agreement with said vendor; making certain findings of fact in support thereof; recognizing the authority of the Mayor to execute and bind the City to said Agreement; directing the Mayor to execute and bind the City to said Agreement; repealing all prior resolutions in conflict; and providing an effective date.

• 7.City Council Resolution No. 2024-034 - A resolution of the City of Lake City, Florida, recognizing a need for the resurfacing of Camp Street in the City of Lake City; recognizing a need for financial assistance through grant funding to complete the resurfacing of Camp Street in the City of Lake City; authorizing the City to apply for that certain grant pursuant to the Small County Outreach Program for Rural Areas of Opportunities in furtherance of resurfacing Camp Street in the City; making certain findings of fact in support of the City applying for said Grant; recognizing the authority of the Mayor to execute such documents; directing the Mayor to execute said documents; repealing all prior resolutions in conflict; and providing an effective date.

Presentations 

• 8.City Council Resolution No. 2024-025 - A resolution of the City of Lake City, Florida, changing the name of that certain segment of Northeast Railroad Street situated between North Marion Avenue and Northeast Davis Avenue; designating the name of said segment henceforth to Northeast Presley Lane within the City of Lake City, Florida; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; providing an effective date.

Old Business

Ordinances - None

Resolutions - None

Other Items

• 9.City Manager Hiring Process Update (Mayor Stephen Witt)

• 10.Additional Street Lighting Update (Mayor Stephen Witt)

New Business

Ordinances

Open Quasi-Judicial Proceeding

Preliminary Matters (Attorney Clay Martin):

• 11.The City Attorney shall read the ordinance by title.

  City Council Ordinance No. 2024-2260 (first reading) - An ordinance of the City of Lake City, Florida, amending the Future Land Use Plan Map of the City of Lake City Comprehensive Plan, as amended; relating to an amendment of 50 or less acres of land, pursuant to an application, CPA 23-06, by the property owner of said acreage, under the amendment procedures established in Sections 163.3161 through 163.3248, Florida Statutes, as amended; providing for changing the future land use classification from Residential, Medium Density (less than or equal to 8 dwelling units per acre) to Residential, High Density (less than or equal to 20 dwelling units per acre) of certain lands within the corporate limits of the City of Lake City, Florida; providing severability; repealing all ordinances in conflict; and providing an effective date.

• 12.Disclosure by Council members of ex-parte communications (this includes site visits), if any.  

• 13.Swearing in of applicant/appellant, staff and all witnesses collectively by Clerk.

• 14.Clerk should take custody of exhibits. 

  Note: All exhibits, diagrams, photographs and similar physical evidence referred to during the testimony or which you would like the Council to consider must be marked for identification and kept by the Clerk for 30 days.

  A.  Brief introduction of ordinance by city staff.

  B.  Presentation of application by applicant.

  C.  Presentation of evidence by city staff.

  D.  Presentation of case by third party intervenors, if any.

  E.  Public comments.

  F.  Cross examination of parties by party participants.

  G.  Questions of parties by City Council.

  H.  Closing comments by parties.

  I.   Instruction on law by attorney.

  J.  Discussion and action by City Council.

Close Quasi-Judicial Proceeding

Adopt City Council Ordinance No. 2024-2260 on first reading

Open Quasi-Judicial Proceeding

Preliminary Matters (Attorney Clay Martin):

• 15.City Council Ordinance No. 2024-2263 (first reading) - An ordinance of the City of Lake City, Florida, amending the Official Zoning Atlas of the City of Lake City Land Development Regulations, as amended; relating to the rezoning of ten or less contiguous acres of land, pursuant to an application, Z 23-07, by the property owner of said acreage; providing for the rezoning from Residential, Single Family-3 (RSF-3) and Residential, Multiple Family -1 (RMF-1) to Residential, Multiple Family-2 (RMF-2) of certain lands within the Corporate Limits of the City of Lake City, Florida; providing severability; repealing all ordinances in conflict; and providing an effective date.

• 16.Disclosure by Council members of ex-parte communications (this includes site visits), if any.  

• 17.Swearing in of applicant/appellant, staff and all witnesses collectively by Clerk.

• 18.Clerk should take custody of exhibits. 

  Note: All exhibits, diagrams, photographs and similar physical evidence referred to during the testimony or which you would like the Council to consider must be marked for identification and kept by the Clerk for 30 days.

  A.  Brief introduction of ordinance by city staff.

  B.  Presentation of application by applicant.

  C.  Presentation of evidence by city staff.

  D.  Presentation of case by third party intervenors, if any.

  E.  Public comments.

  F.  Cross examination of parties by party participants.

  G.  Questions of parties by City Council.

  H.  Closing comments by parties.

  I.   Instruction on law by attorney.

  J.  Discussion and action by City Council.

Close Quasi-Judicial Proceeding

Adopt City Council Ordinance No. 2024-2263 on first reading

Other Items - None

Departmental Administration

• 19.Discussion and Possible Action: Approval to use a maximum of $1.8 million of the remaining ARPA funds to replace the 18-year-old Ladder 1 truck. Currently the build time after purchase of a new replacement ladder truck is two (2) years. (Chief Josh Wehinger)

• 20.Discussion and Possible Action: Requesting approval to reclassify one Maintenance Worker position to Inmate Crew Leader and approve job description. The salary would be the same as for a Maintenance Worker, which is already budgeted for FY 2024 (Executive Director of Utilities Steve Brown)

Comments by Council Members

Adjournment

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