City Council Regular Session 08/07/2023 06:00 PM City Hall

REVISED

Revised 8/4/2023:  Item #14 added

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. 

Proclamations - None

Minutes

• 1.July 17, 2023 Regular Session

Approval of Agenda

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 - None

Presentations

• 2.Dr. Erica Mayo - PowerPoint: Drive thru Pharmacy Proposal utilizing the old drive thru area at City Hall (Council Member Jake Hill) 

• 3.Ron Cadle, Hooked on Heroes, Inc. - funding request in the amount of $10,000.00 annually for five years for fishing trips for veterans (Council Member Ricky Jernigan) 

Old Business

Ordinances

Open Public Hearing

• 4.City Council Ordinance No. 2023-2253 (final reading) - An ordinance of the City of Lake City, Florida, pursuant to Petition No. ANX 23-02, relating to voluntary annexation; making findings; annexing certain real property located in Columbia County, Florida, which is reasonably compact, and contiguous to the boundaries of the City of Lake City, Florida, into the boundaries of the City of Lake City, Florida, providing for severability; repealing all ordinances in conflict; and providing an effective date. (Lake City U Automotive Management, LLC)

  Passed on first reading 7/17/23

Close Public Hearing

Adopt City Council Ordinance No. 2023-2253 on final reading

Other Items

• 5.Discussion and Possible Action: Richardson Community Center Funding Request

New Business

Ordinances

• 6.City Council Ordinance No. 2023-2254 (first reading) - An ordinance of the City of Lake City, Florida, amending Chapter 2, Article 2, of the City Code of Ordinances; providing for amendments to the composition, functions, and responsibilities of various special standing committees; providing for severability; providing for the repeal of conflicts; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

  Adopt City Council Ordinance No. 2023-2254 on first reading

• 7.City Council Ordinance No. 2023-2255 (first reading) - An ordinance of the City of Lake City, Florida, prohibiting smoking and vaping in Public Parks within the City of Lake City, Florida, providing for severability, and providing for an effective date.

  Adopt City Council Ordinance No. 2023-2255 on first reading

• 8.City Council Ordinance No. 2023-2256 (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 23-04, by the property owner of said acreage; providing for rezoning from Commercial General (CG) to Commercial, Intensive (CI) 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. (Boris Patricia Faye Revocable Living Trust)

  Adopt City Council Ordinance No. 2023-2256 on first reading

Resolutions

• 9.City Council Resolution No. 2023-080 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, authorizing the execution of a contract with Bliss Products and Services, Inc., for the purchase and installation of a 24 foot in length X 30 foot in width X 12 foot in height prefabricated metal building (pole barn) at a cost not to exceed $19,731.08.

• 10.City Council Resolution No. 2023-081 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, authorizing the execution of a contract with Advantage Contracting Group, Inc., for repairs to the existing stadium seating area at Memorial Stadium at a cost not to exceed $36,000.00.

• 11.City Council Resolution No. 2023-082 - A resolution of the City Council authorizing the execution and renewal of a Cooperative Service Agreement with the CDS Family & Behavioral Health Services, Inc.; providing for coordination, referral, and effective service delivery of counseling, case management and prevention services to clients and their families; and providing for an effective date.

• 12.City Council Resolution No. 2023-083 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, authorizing the City, by and through it's Lake City Police Department to enter into an Interagency Agreement with the Panama City Beach Police Department for information exchange and use.

• 13.City Council Resolution No. 2023-087 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, constituting the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Preliminary Fire Assessment Resolution; providing authority; providing purpose and definitions; relating to the provision of Fire Protection Services, facilities and programs in the City of Lake City, Florida; confirming previous resolutions, as amended; reimposing Fire Protection not-to-exceed Assessment Rates; directing the preparation of the Preliminary Assessment Roll; authorizing a public hearing and directing the provision of notice thereof; providing for application of assessment proceeds; providing for conflicts; and providing for an effective date.

• 14.City Council Resolution No. 2023-90 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, authorizing the City to accept and approve the minor subdivision plat titled "Bailey's Cove"; subject to all conditions, provisions and requirements of the City's Code of Ordinances, Land Development Regulations, and Comprehensive Plan, as amended; accepting the dedications shown on the plat; accepting the completion of all existing and future public improvements as are required for the subdivision; authorizing execution and recording of the plat; providing for the recordation of the plat; and providing for an effective date. 

Other Items - None

Departmental Administration - None

Comments by Council Members

Adjournment

UPCOMING DATES OF INTEREST

August 15, 2023    4:00 PM    Council Budget Workshop-General Fund/CRA/Fire/Airport

August 16, 2023    4:00 PM    Council Budget Workshop-Enterprise Funds

September 5, 2023 6:00 PM   City Council Meeting

September 11, 2023 6:00 PM  Special Called City Council Meeting-Tentative Budget Hearing and Public Hearing to Adopt Final Annual Fire Assessment Resolution

September 18, 2023 6:00 PM   City Council Meeting-Final Budget Hearing

YouTube Information

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