City Council Regular Session 05/06/2024 06:00 PM City Hall

REVISED

Revised 5/3/2024: Item 18; supporting documentation added, Item 20; corrected application number, Item 31; updated agenda item description 

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.

Events Prior to Meeting

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. 

Proclamations

• 1.Drinking Water Week - May 5 - 11, 2024

• 2.Municipal Clerks Week - May 5 - 11, 2024

• 3.National Police Week - May 12 - 18, 2024

• 4.National Tennis Month - May 2024

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

• 5.April 15, 2024 Regular Session Minutes 

• 6.City Council Resolution No. 2024-029 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, approving that certain agreement between the City, Careersource Florida Crown, and Columbia County; making certain findings of fact in support of the City approving said agreement; 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; providing for the implementation of the "Summer Youth Employment Program" to include training and employment opportunities with the City from May 28, 2024 through July 18, 2024; repealing all prior resolutions in conflict; and providing an effective date.

• 7.City Council Resolution No. 2024-036 - A resolution of the City of Lake City, Florida, approving that certain Interagency Agreement between the Lake City Police Department and the State Attorney's Office of the Third Judicial Circuit of Florida for Criminal Justice Information Exchange and computer usage; 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.

• 8.City Council Resolution No. 2024-037 - A resolution of the City of Lake City, Florida, approving that certain Interagency Agreement between the Lake City Police Department and the Clerk of the Court for Columbia County, Florida for Criminal Justice Information Exchange and computer usage; 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.

Presentations - None

Old Business

Ordinances

Open Public Hearing

• 9.City Council Ordinance No. 2024-2271 - (final reading) An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, amending Article II Section 2-53 of the City Code of Ordinances related to the compensation of the Mayor and Councilmembers; providing for severability; providing for codification; and providing for an effective date.

  Passed on first reading 4/15/2024

Close Public Hearing

Adopt City Council Ordinance No. 2024-2271 on final reading

Open Public Hearing

• 10.City Council Ordinance No. 2024-2272 (final reading) - An ordinance of the City of Lake City, Florida, amending the text of the City of Lake City Land Development Regulations, as amended; pursuant to an application, LDR 24-01, relating to an amendment to the text of the Land Development Regulations; providing for amending Subsection 13.11.3 entitled "Action on Site and Development Plan," concerning providing notice and hearings for consideration of site and development plans; providing severability; repealing all ordinances in conflict; and providing an effective date.

  Passed on first reading 4/15/2024

Close Public Hearing

Adopt City Council Ordinance No. 2024-2272 on final reading

Open Quasi - Judicial Hearing

• 11.City Council Ordinance No. 2024-2280 (final reading) - An ordinance of the City of Lake City, Florida, pursuant to petition No. ANX 24-02, 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 severability; repealing all ordinances in conflict; and providing an effective date. (Victory Land Holdings)

  Passed on first reading 4/15/2024

• 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 City Attorney.

• 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 Hearing

Adopt City Council Ordinance No. 2024-2280 on final reading

Open Public Hearing

• 15.City Council Ordinance No. 2024-2281 (final reading) - An ordinance of the City of Lake City, Florida, relating to activities interfering with public safety and public roads; repealing Ordinance 2021-2183 in its entirety; repealing Ordinance 2022-2220 in its entirety; amending Chapter 98, Article V Section 98-70 through section 98-73 of the City of Lake City Code of Ordinances; providing direction for codification of this ordinance; repealing all ordinances in conflict; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.

  Passed on first reading 4/15/2024

Close Public Hearing

Adopt City Council Ordinance No. 2024-2281 on final reading

Resolutions - None

Other Items

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

• 17.Update and Direction from Council: Paul Dyal's Severance Package (Interim City Manager Dee Johnson)

  Note:  Item removed from 4/15/2024 agenda due to not having a full council in attendance. 

• 18.Discussion and Direction from Council: Readdress dollar amount for Grant Funding Policy/Application.  (Community Programs Director Terri Phillips/Interim City Manager Dee Johnson)

New Business

Ordinances

• 19.City Council Ordinance No. 2024-2277 - (first reading) An ordinance of the City of Lake City, Florida, amending the text of the City of Lake City Land Development Regulations, as amended, pursuant to an application, LDR 24-03, by the City of Lake City, relation to an amendment to the text of the Land Development Regulations; providing for amending Section 4.2 entitled Supplementary District Regulations by adding Section 4.2.15.16 entitled Offstreet Parking Requirements: for all zoning districts except C-CBD Commercial-Central Business District and Section 4.2.15.17 entitled Variance to above mentioned parking requirements; providing for amending Section 4.4.11 entitled Minimum Offstreet Parking Requirements; providing for amending Section 4.5.11 entitled Minimum Offstreet Parking Requirements; providing for amending Section 4.6.11 entitled Minimum Offstreet Parking Requirements; providing for amending Section 4.7.11 entitled Minimum Offstreet Parking Requirements; providing for amending Section 4.8.11 entitled Minimum Offstreet Parking Requirements; providing for amending Section 4.9.11 entitled Minimum Offstreet Parking Requirements; providing for amending Section 4.10.11 entitled Minimum Offstreet Parking Requirements; providing for amending Section 4.11.11 entitled Minimum Offstreet Parking Requirements; providing for amending Section 4.12.11 entitled Minimum Offstreet Parking Requirements; providing for amending Section 4.13.11 entitled Minimum Offstreet Parking Requirements; providing for amending Section 4.15.11 entitled Minimum Offstreet Parking Requirements; providing for amending Section 4.16.11 entitled Minimum Offstreet Parking Requirements; providing for amending Section 4.17.11 entitled Minimum Offstreet Parking Requirements; providing severability; repealing all ordinances in conflict; and providing an effective date.

  Adopt City Council Ordinance No. 2024-2277 on first reading

Open Quasi - Judicial Hearing

• 20.City Council Ordinance No. 2024-2283 - (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 24-01, 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, Low Density (less than or equal to 2 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 for severability; repealing all ordinances in conflict; and providing for an effective date. (Sugarmill Apartments Phase 2)

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

• 22.Swearing in of applicant/appellant, staff and all witnesses collectively by City Attorney.

• 23.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 Hearing

Adopt City Council Ordinance No. 2024-2283 on first reading

Open Quasi - Judicial Hearing

• 24.City Council Ordinance No. 2024-2282 - (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 24-01, by the property owner of said acreage; providing for rezoning from Residential, Single Family-2 (RSF-2) to Residential, Multiple Family-2 (RMF-2) of certain lands within the corporate limits of the City of Lake City, Florida; providing for severability; repealing all ordinances in conflict; and providing an effective date. (Sugarmill Apartments Phase 2)

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

• 26.Swearing in of applicant/appellant, staff and all witnesses collectively by City Attorney.

• 27.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 Hearing

Adopt City Council Ordinance No. 2024-2282 on first reading

Resolutions

• 28.City Council Resolution No. 2024-023 - A resolution of the City of Lake City, Florida, endorsing, implementing, and adopting a training program for potential fire fighter trainees; making certain findings of fact in support of the City approving said training program and agreement; designating the Fire Chief as the signatory to said agreement when implementing the program; repealing all prior resolutions in conflict; and providing an effective date.

Other Items

• 29.Discussion and Possible Action: Remaining ARPA Funds (Council Member Jake Hill, Jr.)

Departmental Administration

• 30.Discussion and Possible Action: Approval to use a maximum of $2.2 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) 

  Reminder: Will need a motion to remove from the table, discussion and possible action, replacement of Ladder 1 truck with a maximum of $1.8 million of ARPA funds.  (Item tabled at 4/1/2024 meeting.  Item removed from 4/15/2024 agenda due to not having a full council in attendance.)

• 31.Discussion and Possible Action: Appointment of Tanya Johnson to the Planning and Zoning Board, the Board of Adjustments, and the Historical Preservation Agency (Growth Management Director David Young)

  Note:  Currently the Board has three (3) vacancies. 

Comments by Council Members

Adjournment

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