City Council Regular Session 02/21/2023 06:00 PM City Hall

THIRD REVISION 

Revised 2/17/2023:  Item 4; supporting documentation added, Item 10; revised services agreement

Second Revision 2/17/2023: Item 10; revised services agreement

Third Revision 2/17/2023:  Item 9; removed Report to Council and supporting documents not related to this resolution.  

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 - 5:00 PM - City Council Photo Session

Pledge of Allegiance

Invocation - Council Member Jake Hill, Jr.

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.January 30, 2023 Special Called Regular Session

• Special Called Minutes 1-30-2023 final AES.pdf (0.02 MB)

• 2.February 6, 2023 Regular Session

• Regular Session Minutes 2-6-2023 final AES.pdf (0.02 MB)
• Exhibit A for 2-6-2023 Meeting final AES.pdf (0.08 MB)

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.

Presentation for Consent Agenda Item - At this time, Mr. Chris Keller from Wetland Solutions Inc. will make a PowerPoint presentation on the grant identified as Item 3 under Consent Agenda.

Consent Agenda

• 3.Approval for the City, with assistance from Wetland Solutions, Inc., to apply for a grant in the amount of $11,300,000.00 to convert the South Sprayfield into a treatment wetland in order to meet the new nutrient requirements.

  Approval of Consent Agenda

• Wetland Expansion Grants.pdf (4.13 MB)
• Report to Council - South Sprayfield Grant Application.pdf (0.03 MB)
• LCRWSouth_Project Description.pdf (0.02 MB)
• LCRWSouth_Funding_Application_Submission.pdf (0.20 MB)

Presentations

• 4.Enterprise Fleet Management PowerPoint Presentation - Simon Ortega and Heather Bell 

• City of Lake City PZ 11.22.28 (002) with data slides.pdf (4.14 MB)

• 5.Discussion and Possible Action: Verbal presentation from Schara Wilson, Wilson Family, owners of the Historic Theater located at 348 North Marion Avenue. 

• The Wilson Family Theater.pdf (0.04 MB)

Old Business

Ordinances - None

Other Items - None 

New Business

Ordinances - None

Resolutions

• 6.City Council Resolution No. 2023-014 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, authorizing the execution of Task Assignment Number Four to the continuing contract with North Florida Professional Services, Inc., providing for engineering services related to the Evergreen Drainage Ditch; providing for payment for the professional services at a cost of not to exceed $5,600.00; and providing an effective date.

• RES. 2023-014 AUTHO TA 4 WITH NFPS.pdf (0.43 MB)

• 7.City Council Resolution No. 2023-015 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, authorizing the execution of a grant agreement with the State of Florida, Department of Environmental Protection, to facilitate the expansion of the existing recharge wetland through conversion at the Steedly Spray Field Site to a groundwater recharge wetland and reimburse the City for certain costs expended up to an amount of $6,100,000.00.

• Report to Council - Steedly Wetland Grant Agreement.pdf (0.03 MB)
• RES. 2023-015 ACCEPTING GRANT AGRMNT FOR SAINT MARGARETS WWTP.pdf (1.04 MB)

• 8.City Council Resolution No. 2023-016 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, adopting a Public Record Requests Policy; providing for repeal of previous policies; providing for severability; and establishing an effective date.

• RES. 2023-016 ADOPTING PUBLIC RECORD REQ POLICY.pdf (0.64 MB)

• 9.City Council Resolution No. 2023-017 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida authorizing the City, by and through the Lake City Police Department, to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with Flock Group, Inc., for investigative purposes. 

• RES. 2023-017 AUTHO MOU FLOCK GROUP, INC.pdf (0.25 MB)

• 10.City Council Resolution No. 2023-019 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, authorizing the execution of a contract with Kurt Spitzer & Associates, Inc.; providing for professional services related to the redistricting for the City; waiving the procurement process pursuant to Section 2-178(G)(2) of the City Code; authorizing and agreement price not-to-exceed $27,500.00; authorizing additional charges as necessary for a price not-to-exceed $10,000.00; providing for conflict; and providing for an effective date.  

• REPORT TO COUNCIL-REDISTRICTING PROPOSAL.pdf (0.13 MB)
• RES. 2023-019 AUTHO KIRT SPITZER REDISTRICTING.pdf (0.10 MB)
• Redistricting Agreement (002).pdf (0.27 MB)

Other Items

• 11.Discussion and Possible Action: Capital outlay paving projects (Interim Assistant City Manager Dee Johnson)

• 060.63 - Capital Outlay Budget Public Works.pdf (0.05 MB)

• 12.Discussion and Possible Action: Aviation Academy (Council Member Todd Sampson)

• 13.For Information Purposes Only - Annual Report of Investment Activity for Police and Fire Pension

• Report to Council 2-16-2023.pdf (0.46 MB)

Departmental Administration  - None

Comments by Council Members

Adjournment

YouTube Information

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