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Minutes 12-30-04MINUTES OF THE AGENDA PREVIEW CONFERENCE HELD IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2004 AT 10:00 A.M. Present: Mack McCray, Vice Mayor Bob Ensler, Commissioner Carl McKoy Absent: Jerry Taylor, Mayor Mike Ferguson, Commissioner Kurt Bressner, City Manager James Cherof, City Attorney Janet Prainito, City Clerk I. Call to Order In the absence of the Mayor, Vice Mayor McCray presided and called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. Vice Mayor McCray wished everyone a healthy and prosperous New Year. II1. Announcements, Community & Special Events, & Presentations Commissioner McKoy had two announcements. The first one dealt with a fire alarm evacuation that took place recently one evening at the Ezell Hester Community Center. Commissioner McKoy commended Ms. Mary DeGraffenreidt and her staff on doing an excellent job in getting the entire Center evacuated within two minutes. He also commented that the Fire Department arrived at the Center within 3~ minutes. Commissioner McKoy wanted to recognize everyone for a job well done. This was an actual fire evacuation that resulted from an electrical fire that was causing smoke in the building. Mr. Bressner recommended inviting Ms. DeGraffenreidt to a Commission meeting. Commissioner McKoy inquired if the City had a procedure in place dealing with a code of conduct for staff. Mr. Bressner noted that the PPM has language dealing with conduct and he will speak personally with Commissioner McKoy to address his inquiry appropriately. This will not be brought up at the meeting. B. Community and Special Events: Boynton Beach City Library- Brown Ba Series 2 - 10th · ....... th ' ' st g 005 January , ,~auuary ~,~ an(] January 31 , 2005 from 12:00 Noon to 1:00 p.m. in the Library Program Room - Sponsored by the Friends of the Library - Free to the public' City Commission Meeting Minutes Agenda Preview Conference Boynton Be.._._.~ach, Florida December 30, 2004 Vice Mayor McCray inquired if someone would be making this announcement. Wilfred Hawkins, Assistant City Manager, stated that someone would be present for this purpose. C. Presentations: Vice Mayor McCray noted that the presentation he requested for the Faith Based CDC was not on the agenda. Mr. Bressner responded that it would be on the January 18, 2005 agenda. Mr. Bressner inquired if the Commission wished to begin announcing the HertiageFest events on a regular basis and Vice Mayor McCray would also like the MLK events announced. Mr. Bressner will have something prepared for this agenda beginning with the MLK events. V. Administrative Accept resignation of Richard Brightfield, Regular member of the Arts Commission Commissioner Ensler commented that Mr. Brightfieid made some disturbing statements in his resignation, which he read into the record. Most of the comments made in Mr. Brightfield's resignation referred to the Commission. Commissioner McKoy thought that the reference to "the Commission" was not this Commission, but the Arts Commission itself, since Commissioner McKoy spoke to Mr. Brightfield regarding these issues. Commissioner Ensler requested that Mr. Bressner follow through with the comments made in the resignation. Mr. Bressner will speak with Ms. Arleen Dennison, the staff liaison, regarding Mr. Brightfield's comments and provide a report to this Commission. VI. Consent Agenda C. Resolutions Proposed Resolution No. 05 - Re: Authorizing the execution of a Traffic Enforcement Agreement between the City of Boynton Beach and the Boynton Lakes North Community Association Commissioner McKoy asked for clarification of the agreement. Assistant Police Chief Steve Graham explained that the City does not have jurisdiction in gated communities to enforce traffic laws unless the community enters into a Traffic Enforcement Agreement with the City. Commissioner McKoy inquired if every community in the City would be entering into this type of Agreement. Mr. Bressner explained that there are several of these agreements in effect, and he will provide the Commission with a list of those communities. 2 City Commission Meeting Minutes Agenda Preview Conference Boynton Beach, Florida December 30, 2004 Commissioner Ensler questioned why the police do not have authority to go into a community when people are speeding in those communities. He felt that the police should have this kind of authority without the necessity of entering into an agreement. Attorney Cherof stated that the law provides that the police have no authority on private roads to enforce uniform traffic citations. There is a State Statute that authorizes municipalities to enter these types of agreements to allow the Police Department to expand its jurisdiction over private roads. Commissioner Ensler noted that in the Community of Leisureville there are roads that are not private, nor are they dedicated to the City. Therefore, would the police have authority on those streets that are open to the public, but are not dedicated? Attorney Cherof responded that if a street was not dedicated and accepted by the City, the Police Department has no jurisdiction to enforce uniform traffic citations. Commissioner McKoy commented that it appears that the traffic signs that are posted in gated communities are, in effect, unenforceable, which Attorney Cherof stated was correct. This item would not be pulled, but Mr. Bressner will furnish a list of communities that have entered into a Traffic Enforcement Agreement. C.7. Proposed Resolution No. R05- Re: Authorizing the execution of a Special Warranty Deed conveying title to Nadge Eldor for MEEKS & ANDREWS ADDITION, Lot 4, Block 3 Vice Mayor McCray noted in the fiscal impact section of the Agenda Request Form it stated that the taxable value added to the City was approximately "$140,0000.00." Mr. Bressner assumed that the market value of the property was the $ 40,0000.0~7 was a typographical error, actually "$140,000.00" and Quintus Greene, Development Director, stated that the applicant would be constructing a $140,000.00 home on a lot that the City currently owns that is valued at $10,000. C.8. Proposed Resolution No. R05- Re: Executing an Interlocal Agreement between Palm Beach County and the City of Boynton Beach to continue the lease and to operate five (5) transit coaches purchased by the County through a United States Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration grant Vice Mayor McCray inquired if this would replace the City operated Shopper Hopper buses and asked when the trolleys would begin operation. Mr. Bressner stated that the trolleys would not replace the City bus system, which is a separate program. Mr. Bressner did not think that the new trolleys would have a negative impact upon the City's bus system. City Commission Meeting Minutes Agenda Preview Conference Boynton Beach, Florida December 30, 2004 Susan Vielhauer, Controller for the Community Redevelopment Agency, reported that their staff is in the process of having the signs made to be placed at the trolley stops. Once the signs are ready and permitted, they anticipate that the trolleys would be on line; this should be happening within a few days. The drivers from the trolley company will be setting up routes over the next few days. C.10. Proposed Resolution No. 05- Re: Authorizing execution of an agreement for Water Service Outside the City Limits with AIweiss Enterprises for the proposed project known as Delray Commons, located along the west side of Military Trail between Steiner Road and the LWDD L-20 canal Commissioner Ensler noted that the agenda back up referred to four acres of land for office and professional use; the water-use demand was measured using 12 equivalent residential units. Commissioner Ensler asked for clarification on this. Mr. Bressner pointed out that the agenda memo also contained a typographical error because the anticipated demand would be 420 gallons per day, not "4200" per day. Attorney Cherof explained that the term "equivalent residential connections" does not mean that actual residences would be on the property. This is a term to equate the amount of usage for the project and everything is converted to "equivalent residential connections" to calculate the flow and fee. Mr. Bressner requested that he be provided with the formula that staff uses to convert commercial use to residential use that he in turn would provide to the Commissioners. He did not anticipate that the item needed to be pulled. C.12. Proposed Resolution No. R05- adopting grant funding policies Re: Approving and Attorney Cherof referred to the revised Resolution that he handed out that incorporated staff changes. Most of the changes are aesthetic and eliminate redundant language. He will provide a redlined copy of the Resolution that will show the changes made to the original Resolution. Vice Mayor McCray referred to paragraph (b) on page 2 of 10 under the heading "Roles and Responsibilities" that reads, "Appropriate funds in the City's annual budget to provide funds or matching funds for projects or services which benefit the community." Vice Mayor McCray inquired how much money the City has matched to date. Secondly, paragraph (d) on page 3 of 10, under "City Manager," it reads, "Coordinating his/her staff's periodic reports to the City Commission." Vice Mayor McCray inquired about the timing of the reports. Mr. Bressner stated that the Commission could set this when the Resolution is discussed. Staff will provide reports as instructed. On Page 6 of 10, in paragraph (6), it states "City staff write to all unsuccessful applicants to give the principal reasons for a refusal to make a grant." Vice Mayor City Commission Meeting Minutes Agenda Preview Conference Boynton Beach, Florida ~ December 30, 2004 McCray inquired if "make" was the correct word, or should the word be "award." Attorney Cherof will change "make" to "award." On page 8 of 10, under "Types of Funding", in the second paragraph, second line from the bottom of the page, it reads, By way of example "he" should be changed to "the." Attorney Cherof will correct this error. On page 9 of 10, paragraph (a), in the second full paragraph it states "Core Funding should normally be for more than one year at a time. Ideally on a rolling basis..." Vice Mayor McCray would like to know how many years "a rolling basis" encompassed, or could a time limit be set. He was opposed to having grants outstanding for long periods of time. Mr. Bressner stated that this would probably be determined by the specific activity that received the grant. Vice Mayor McCray requested that some language be added that would address this. Attorney Cherof will change this language accordingly. Commissioner McKoy also had questions that were taken from the memorandum ancillary to the Resolution. His first question was on page 7 of 10, paragraph (c) (3) dealing with "Payment procedures," where it stated that "The City staff should recognize some organizations cannot function without receiving payments in advance, and should make suitable arrangements where possible." Commissioner McKoy inquired if all payments were done on a reimbursement basis and was informed that this was the procedure. Since this is the procedure, Commissioner McKoy questioned why this wording was in the resolution. Attorney Cherof stated that the intent of the Resolution was that suitable arrangements would be notice of the timing of the reimbursement process so that the applicant would be aware of this. This would allow an applicant to seek funding from other sources that provided advance funding. Mr. Bressner felt that the language needed to be clarified. Attorney Cherof will also clarify this language. On the same page under paragraph (f), "Monitoring & evaluation", number (2) stated that "Monitoring should not become an excessive burden on either the City staff or the grant recipient unded... Commissioner McKoy asked for clarification of this section. Attorney Cherof noted that this language provided guidelines that during the monitoring process an applicant would not be required to come to the City on a weekly basis to inform the City what they are doing and that this could be done monthly or quarterly. Attorney Cherof stated that monitoring should be included and perhaps based upon the amount and the purpose of the grant. Commissioner McKoy was of opinion that the City has not done enough monitoring of the grants that have been awarded and asked why this existed. Mr. Bressner recommended adding language to this section that would require monitoring at certain intervals with a minimum of annual monitoring. Commissioner McKoy thought that bi- annual might be more appropriate. 5 City Commission Meeting Minutes Agenda Preview Conference Boynton Beach, Florida December 30, 2004 Commissioner McKoy stated that the City needed to know what recipients are doing with the money they receive and there needed to be some kind of monitoring in place. Attorney Cherof also stated that there needed to be a definition between "monitoring" and "reporting." Monitoring could include staff going out to the site and he recommended that this be done on more than an annual basis, whereas an annual written report might be satisfactory. Commissioner McKoy was more concerned with monitoring, as opposed to reporting. Attorney Cherof recommended that when a grant is presented to the Commission for approval, at that point the Commission could include a provision, based upon staff's recommendation, how often or the process that would be used for monitoring. By doing it this way, it would be incorporated into the grant agreement, for which staff would be responsible. Mr. Bressner recommended modifying section (f) (2) to require that the sub-grantee agreement would include a monitoring schedule. This was agreeable with Commissioner McKoy and Attorney Cherof will add this language. Commissioner McKoy will be pulling this item for discussion. He had informed staff that past recipients should be made aware that this would be on the agenda and that they be invited to attend the meeting for their input. Mr. Bressner stated that staff had been asked to notify those recipients. Commissioner McKoy was concerned that the recipients would not have sufficient notice. Mr. Bressner stated that the Commission at the Janua~h4th meeting could discuss the item preliminarily and then table it to the January 18 meeting. It could then be added to the City Manager's Report for that meeting. This would allow for more time to make the necessary changes to the Resolution. Vice Mayor McCray noted in light of this lengthy discussion and the magnitude of changes to the Resolution, he would recommend postponing the item to the first meeting in February. This would also afford an opportunity for all interested parties to be properly notified. Mr. Bressner felt that this could be done for the January 18th meeting. It was agreed that the item would remain on the agenda and be pulled. At that time a motion to table to the January 18th meeting would be made. VI. H. Authorize the Utilities Department to turn over $34,337.02 in unpaid Utility and Refuse billings to the City's collection agency and authorize the Finance Department to reduce the Allowance for Uncollectible Account by that same amount Commissioner Ensler inquired if the City incurred any costs in this process or did the City receive a percentage. Mr. Bressner responded that the City received a percentage of the money collected by the collection agency and he would provide the formula to the Commission. Commissioner Ensler questioned the feasibility of trying to collect the smaller amounts owing the City, such as $1 or $2, and whether or not the collection agency would even try to collect this small of an amount. City Commission Meeting Minutes Agenda Preview Conference Boynton Beach, Florida December 30, 2004 Vice Mayor McCray noted that this question arose last year and this procedure was necessary in order to remove these funds from the City's accounting records, which Mr. Mummert confirmed was correct. VII. A. Approve the Code Compliance Board's motion to reduce the lien in Case 02-828 from $6,325 plus administrative costs of $826.18 to a total of $1,826.18. Commissioner McKoy was concerned that so many citizens were coming to the City to have their liens reduced and when they come before the Commission the liens tend to be further reduced. He was concerned if the process was effective and if these citizens know that they can come to the Commission and have their fines reduced. Wilfred Hawkins, Assistant City Manager, explained that a lien cannot be reduced until the property is in compliance. The reason lien reductions are allowed is to afford citizens an opportunity to bring their property into compliance because they may have been under some kind of duress. When this process was put in place, the Commission at that time wanted compliance and was not necessarily looking for punitive measures against property owners. The thinking was to bring the property into compliance by providing residents time to do so. When the property complied, the overall goal has been achieved. Vice Mayor McCray noted that the process is working, and Mr. Hawkins confirmed that it is working very well. He pointed out that the City changed from Code Enforcement to Code Compliance to adhere to this philosophy. Mr. Hawkins also pointed that many residents spend a great deal of money to bring the property into compliance. Commissioner Ensler inquired when a property was being foreclosed upon was the City named as a lien holder. If the City were a lien holder, why did the City not get paid when the property was sold at foreclosure. Attorney Cherof explained that when the City is added as a party to a foreclosure by asserting the City's lien, if there were sufficient funds, the City would receive them. However, in most cases, there is not enough money left once the outstanding mortgage and priority liens are paid. Commissioner Ensler inquired how the City would know if there were sufficient funds in this particular case. Attorney Cherof stated that the Court records would have to be searched to determine this. However, in this instance, the City was not properly served and joined into the lawsuit. Therefore, the City never received notice to assert its lien. However, the City's lien survived the closing and the City could foreclose. VIII.C. Project: Agent: Owner: Location: Description: Monterey/Congress Community Development District Peter L. Pimentel Westbrooke Homes East side of Congress Avenue, north of the L.W.D.D. Canal- 30 Request establishment of a Community Development District (CDD) for the Monterey Development, a residential project 7 City Commission Meeting Minutes Agenda Preview Conference Boynton Beach, Florida December 30, 2004 approved for 300 townhomes on a parcel located on Congress Avenue north of the L.W.D.D. Canal L-30 (1st READING OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 05-) Vice Mayor McCray inquired what the City would receive in income from this project. Mr. Bressner responded that the City received nothing. This is a funding mechanism for the Community Development District (CDD) to recover the cost of the private appurtenances and improvements that are installed on the property. Property owners residing in the CDD would then pay maintenance fees, The City is merely allowing the establishment of the CDD. Vice Mayor McCray inquired who prepared the documents for the CDD and was informed that it was the developer. He referred to the time frame for performing the work and also noted that there was a handwritten change in Section 2.0. The document also referred to the payment of $15,000 to the City to offset any expenses incurred by the City and asked if this was a onetime payment. Mr. Bressner stated that it was. The documents also indicate that the CDD would be responsible for the drainage. Vice Mayor McCray had concerns about the drainage since there were past problems with private communities maintaining their drainage. He would like assurances that the City would not be held liable for any flooding. Dale Sugerman, Assistant City Manager, did not think that the City would be responsible for drainage on private property. Mr. Bressner recommended that when the item was heard, the City request that the developer provide evidence that the City would not incur any liability and that the City has the right to review those documents prior to their issuance. Mr. Sugerman recommended that this language be included in the developer's documents. Attorney Cherof and Mr. Sugerman will work on this. Commissioner Ensler inquired if the $15,000 was adequate. Quintus Greene, Development Director, responded that this was governed by Statute. Commissioner Ensler had concerns regarding the wetlands mitigation area and noted that there was no legal definition of this area. He would like assurances that this area was properly protected and that it was protected in perpetuity. He also inquired if the City would want the wetlands mitigation area to become City property once it is developed or would it be better for the wetlands to remain part of the CDD. Mr. Bressner responded that staff would prefer to have the CDD be in charge of this area. Commissioner Ensler pointed out that the documents indicate that the City owned the entrance road from Congress Avenue and he thought that it was County owned. Mr. Bressner confirmed that the County owned this land. Commissioner Ensler also inquired what the purpose was of having the figure of $3.467 million being included along with an estimate of all the items in the document. Ms. Hanna Matras of the Development Department responded that this is required by Statute and would be the amount in which the bond would be issued. Ms. Matras noted that the figures were estimates. City Commission Meeting Minutes Agenda Preview Conference ..Boynton Beach, Florida December 30, 2004 Commissioner Ensler noted that Appendix A mentioned annual financial audits and inquired when the start date would begin. Mr. Bressner was not certain, but thought that they would operate on a calendar year. Vice Mayor McCray recommended asking the applicant this question when they appear at the meeting. IX. A. Discussion of revised 2005 CRA and Planning and Development Board Review Schedules Vice Mayor McCray stated that with regard to receiving the minutes of the public hearing items heard by these two Boards, he did not think it was necessary to receive the entire minutes. He felt that a brief synopsis of what occurred with each item would be satisfactory. He did not want to see the scheduling of the public hearings changed because it could delay projects coming in to the City. Vice Mayor McCray inquired if it would be feasible to add more staff. Mr. Bressner did not think it was necessary to add more staff. He did think, however, that it was a matter of ensuring that the Commission received full and complete information, especially items involving quasi-judicial hearings, prior to the Commission reviewing the projects. Currently the Commission does not receive the unapproved minutes of the CRA and the P&D Board prior to the City Commission meetings when the zoning and land use issues come before the Commission. Mr. Bressner was concerned about this and felt it was important that the Commission received full and complete information when dealing with land use changes. Mr. Bressner explained that whenever a CRA or P&D meeting takes place on a Tuesday prior to the City Commission meeting scheduled for the following Tuesday, the City Clerk's Office cannot have those minutes ready for inclusion in the agenda books because those books are available for the Commissioners to pick up on Thursday. The City Clerk's Office has to wait to receive a synopsis of the P&D and CRA meeting for inclusion in the agenda books, but the minutes could never be available by Thursday, following those meetings. If the schedule were changed, the Commissioners could be furnished with the draft minutes of those Boards. Vice Mayor McCray recommended that the items should still go before the Commission as presently done and if the Commission felt that they did not have enough information at that time, the item could be tabled. Further, Vice Mayor McCray did not think that it was necessary to have all the information of what transpired at these Board meetings for the Commission to hear items coming before it. He was not in favor of making any changes to the existing timeframe. Attorney Cherof did not think that the additional "two weeks" was a "delay." He felt that this gave staff and Legal more time to determine what transpired at a meeting, but it also would provide the public with more information when they attended the meetings. Without the minutes, the public would not be properly prepared to participate in any quasi-judicial hearing that could result in legal problems. Attorney Cherof pointed out that the Commission is being asked to approve projects in the millions of dollars that City Commission Meeting Minutes Agenda Preview Conference Boynton Beach, Florida December 30, 2004 would leave a legacy and staff and Legal should have enough time to be prepared to answer questions that could arise during the public hearing. If this was not a "delay," Vice Mayor McCray inquired what the proper term would be and Attorney Cherof responded that this would be part of the extended review process. Mr. Bressner also did not consider it a "delay." Vice Mayor McCray, when reading staff's memorandum, got the feeling that staff was waffling about the lack of staff. Mr. Bressner stated that it was the intent of the memorandum to make sure that the Commission and the public received sufficient information to make an informed decision on land use changes. Mr. Bressner has had concerns for many years and it was confirmed by another member of the Commission about not receiving sufficient information on a timely basis, which resulted in the request for the change. Vice Mayor McCray stated that if a developer came before the Commission with a hardship, it would be the Commission's decision whether to hear the item or not, with which Mr. Bressner agreed. X. F. City Commissioner District Boundary Review (February 1, 2005) Vice Mayor McCray inquired if the City was on schedule with this item. Mr. Hawkins stated that the date needed to be changed to the first meeting in February. Xl. A. Discussion of Suspended Animation, Inc. (proposed use for zoning verification) (TABLED ON NOVEMBER 3, 2004) The applicant's attorney requested that the item be tabled until the February 1, 2005 meeting, as evidenced by a letter received today. Xll. B. Ordinances - 1st Reading Proposed Ordinance No. 05- Re: Amendment Chapter 16, Parks and Recreation, Article Il, City Parks and Beaches, by adding a new Section 16-28, "Bounce Houses" to provide for the regulation of bounce houses and other inflatable playground equipment at City parks. Commissioner Ensler noted that on Page 2 of the Ordinance, the use of bounce houses is prohibited in City parks and questioned why it was only limited to City parks. He felt that it should be expanded to include all City-owned property. Vice Mayor McCray inquired why bounce houses are not allowed in City-owned parks. Ms. Rivers responded that a bounce house would be allowed with written approval and that anyone renting a portion of a City park must follow certain guidelines. 10 City Commission Meeting Minutes Agenda Preview Conference Boynton Beach, Florida December 30, 2004 2. Proposed Ordinance No. 05- Re: Amending Chapter 14,"Motor Vehicles and Traffic," amending Section 14-9, "Disabled Parking Space Violation" of the Code of Ordinances, providing for dismissal of disabled parking violation citations under specified circumstances and for an administrative fee associated therewith Commissioner Ensler noted that this issue had come up previously and there had been discussions with the City Manager and Chief Gage. Commissioner Ensler noted that other municipalities allow disabled persons to appeal a ticket at the city level. In Boynton Beach the process is done through the Court. Also, Commissioner Ensler pointed out that Delray Beach does not charge a fee for this process, but Chief Gage had a concern regarding continued offenders and was recommending an administrative fee. Commissioner Ensler felt that for the first offense, there should be no fee charged whatsoever. Assistant Police Chief Graham thought that the administrative fee would only apply to the second or any subsequent offense and there would be no fee for the first offense. Commissioner Ensler stated that this was not in the Ordinance. Mr. Bressner will check into this and will speak with Delray Beach to determine their procedures. Mr. Bressner pointed out that this was only the first reading of the Ordinance and changes could be made prior to the second reading. Vice Mayor McCray noted that upon payment of the administrative fee and presentation of a valid disabled parking permit, the parking ticket would be voided. Vice Mayor McCray was not in favor of charging first-time offenders a fee. Currently, people receiving a ticket for parking in a handicapped parking space and want to dispute the ticket have to go to court; the City charged nothing in this instance. Commissioner Ensler requested that staff check with other communities to determine what their policies are on charging administrative fees to disabled persons. Mr. Bressner will have this information available by second reading of the Ordinance. D. Other Request City Commission meet in a closed-door session to discuss the City of Boynton Beach vs. Barcelona Pottery lawsuit Vice Mayor McCray inquired if the closed-door session had to be held after this meeting or at the January 18th meeting. Attorney Cherof stated that he received a letter from the Attorney representing Barcelona Pottery that he wanted to discuss with the Commission. He felt that January 18th would be sufficient and the Commission agreed to meet in closed-door session after the Regular Meeting. ]! City Commission Meeting Minutes Agenda Preview Conference Boynton Beach, Florida December 30, 2004 Adjournment There being no further business, the meeting properly adjourned at 11:20 a.m. Beach ATTEST: Recording Secretary )mn Commissioner (December 30, 2004) JRuclen dlMcCJosk) ' December 2 ], 2004 Mr. Kurt Bresaner, City Manager Cjt~ of Bolmton Beach I00 East BO~lon Beach Bouleva~ Boston ~e~h, FL 3343~ Re." Su$~eWtled,~nimtttlon ("$~")7ocath~g in ~he ClOt of i~oynt~n Ite~ch f'n.l~.e.~C.~,~ De~- Kuri: As you arc aware, the City )las I~een considering, whet}itT SA'~ us~ is consistent with the tmderlylng M. I ' zoning for the Property which they are intending lo locate within. We havu also been in discussions with your City C:ommi~sion to share w~d~ th~n Jaformation on Ihe nalure o£t~e ~uaine~s lmdilieii- i~terid~d:'use of the pro, petty zoning, whhin the M-1 Due to ~he- holidays w~ havc-bcen- unable-lo- meet ~ ~t of/he 91e~ offi~s. ~ we ~e r~[aeslin~ that the City re~n ~om scheduling ~y public di~usslon o~Susp~ ~n,ma~ ~ ~mr ~d USe 0 ~ ~"l ~0~ ~Op~ ~ ~ Febnl~ J, 2~5. If yOtl have any qpest ohs or there is a probj~ wi~ ~is ~qu~L please contact me hnmcdialCly~ BLM/bab Susan l~ .D~.egal, Esq. (via e-mai ) Mr. Charles Platt (via c-mail) James A': Chcr~£, Esq (via facsimile) 8om~ie L, Miskel ,.,,,,,,,,.,,,, :IIY MANAG R,S OFFICE RuOf% M~a'~OSkY; $~IT~i $CHu$111R- ~ RL~$$~LL, p.^,