City Commission
Regular MeetingDeltona, FL · February 6, 2017
Minutes
City of Deltona
2345 Providence Blvd.
Deltona, FL 32725
Minutes
City Commission
Monday, February 6, 2017 5:30 PM 2nd Floor Conference Room
City Manager's Agenda Review
1. CALL TO ORDER:
Mayor Masiarczyk called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL – CITY CLERK:
Present: 3 - Commissioner Bradford
Commissioner Honaker
City Attorney City Attorney Vose
Excused: 1 - Commissioner Soukup
Absent: 1 - Commissioner Alcantara
3. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE TO THE FLAG:
A. Invocation Presented by Vice Mayor Nabicht
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES & AGENDA:
A. Approval of minutes - Regular Commission Meeting of January 17, 2017, as
presented. - Joyce Raftery, City Clerk (386) 878-8502.
5. PRESENTATIONS/AWARDS/REPORTS:
City Manager Shang stated there was a request to swap Items B and C. Commissioner
Honaker asked that the Super Star Students awards come before the Presentation of
Quarterly Reports. Vice Mayor Nabicht explained the Commission has to go down to the
floor for the presentation of the Christmas Parade awards so, the Commission could just
stay on the floor for the Super Star Student presentations and then move back up to the
dais for the Quarterly Reports.
It was the consensus of the Commission to swap Items B and C so, the order will
be A, C and then B.
A. Presentation: Annual Christmas Parade Awards - Bill Snyder, Deltona Fire
Department Development Services, (386) 575-6902.
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Strategic Goal: Internal and External Communication. Solicit partnerships
with businesses, schools, hospitals, and residents for information
dissemination.
B. Presentation - Quarterly Reports of City Advisory Boards/Committees -
Joyce Raftery, City Clerk (386) 878-8502.
C. Super Star Student of the Month Certificates for January 2017
6. CITY COMMISSION SPECIAL REPORTS:
Mayor Masiarczyk asked if there are any special reports.
Vice Mayor Nabicht responded he would have a Transportation Planning Organization
(TPO) Meeting report.
Commissioner Bradford responded she would have a report from the Volusia County
Oversite Committee for the School Board. Mayor Masiarczyk asked if the City has an
appointment to that committee and City Manager Shang responded it used to be
Commissioner Smith.
7. PUBLIC FORUM: - Citizen comments limited to items not on the agenda and
comments on items listed on the agenda will take place after discussion of each item.
CONSENT AGENDA: The consent agenda contains items that have been determined
to be routine and non-controversial. If anyone in the audience wishes to address a
particular item on the consent agenda, now is the opportunity for you to do so.
Additionally, if staff or members of the City Commission wish to speak on a consent
item, they have the same opportunity.
8. CONSENT AGENDA:
9. ORDINANCES AND PUBLIC HEARINGS:
A. Request for Approval of Resolution No. 2017-02, Approval of Prior Year (FY
2015/2016) Budget Carry Forward of Municipal Complex Fund funds in
order to provide funding to complete multi-year “The Center at Deltona”
Municipal Complex project - Robert Clinger, Finance Department (386)
878-8552.
Strategic goal: Fiscal Issues
Mayor Masiarczyk stated the next item is Resolution No. 2017-02 requesting approval of a
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budget carryover. He suggested an explanation of how the City transfers funds may be
needed and Mr. Clinger could do this.
There were no other comments on this item.
10. OLD BUSINESS:
A. Request for approval of the novation letter assigning Hawksley Consulting
Inc. agreement to Stantec Consulting Services Inc, Matt Doan, P.E., Public
Works Director, (386) 878-8973.
Strategic Goal: Fiscal Issues
Mayor Masiarczyk stated this item is regarding a novation letter assigning the Hawksley
Consulting agreement to Santec Consulting and Mr. Doan is here for any questions.
There were no other comments on this item.
B. Thornby HERE- Proposed improvements to Thornby Park and its nature
trail. Jerry Mayes, Economic Development Office, (386)878-8916.
Strategic Goal: Economic Development. Provide a strategic focused effort
towards economic development throughout the City to enhance existing
businesses and attract new businesses.
Mayor Masiarczyk stated the next item is regarding the Thornby HERE (historical,
educational, recreational and environmental) project and the request for improvements. He
stated the Commission had asked for additional information and he asked City Manager
Shang what exactly the City is doing. City Manager Shang responded the City is entering
into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Audubon Society as directed by the
Commission at a prior workshop. She stated the Commission had asked staff to partner
with a 501C so the City would be eligible for additional grant funds and she explained that
the 501C can apply on the City's behalf. Mayor Masiarczyk asked if the Commission would
see the MOU before it is signed and City Manager Shang responded it is in the agenda
packet. Mayor Masiarczyk asked if this was the final document and City Manager Shang
responded "yes".
There were no other questions or comments on this item.
11. NEW BUSINESS:
A. Approval to allow County to cohabitate at Station 64
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Mayor Masiarczyk stated the next item is a request to allow the County Fire Department to
cohabitate at Fire Station 64 while repairs are being made to their fire station.
There were no other comments on this item.
B. Affirmation by the City Commission of two (2) re-elected representatives
from the firefighters’ pension members by the firefighters’ pension
members which is done by ballot - Joyce Raftery, City Clerk Department
(386) 878-8502.
Strategic Goal: Internal and External Communication
Mayor Masiarczyk stated the next item is the affirmation of two (2) re-elected members to
the Firefighters' Pension Board of Trustees. Vice Mayor Nabicht stated it is just affirming
the members' vote.
There were no other comments on this item.
C. Discussion: Termination of City Residential Construction Mitigation
Program (RCMP) - Ron A. Paradise, Assistant Director, Planning and
Development Services, (386) 878-8610.
Strategic Goal: Fiscal Issues, other grants as approved by the City
Commission.
Mayor Masiarczyk stated the next item is the request to terminate the Residential
Construction Mitigation Program (RCMP).
There were no questions or comments on this item.
12. CITY ATTORNEY COMMENTS:
Assistant City Attorney Vose commented that he will be reporting on the ordinance
concerning amending the Charter. He stated he has a draft he is working on that he will get
out to the Commission this week to be included on the agenda for 1st reading at the next
Commission Meeting.
Vice Mayor Nabicht asked if there are any ordinances the City would like the Ordinance
Review Committee (ORC) to work on. City Manager Shang responded the ORC is working
on the mobile food trucks and Mr. Bowley added we will be finalizing that issue with the
Committee. Mr. Bowley stated he will also get direction from the Commission on the
landscape ordinance to let ORC look at that. City Manager Shang suggested the goal might
be to have a review every three (3) months. Mayor Masiarczyk stated the ORC was set up
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to give them topics when there were topics to review as needed and if there is nothing to
review the committee would not meet. He stated he does not want to make work for them
and he has concerns that when the committee gets a topic, the committee goes long term,
the Commission does not get constant feedback of what they are doing and the committee
members are out in the public discussing how they are changing things. He added that if the
Commission asks the ORC to look into that aspect, it should be a recommendation. He
suggested that Vice Mayor Nabicht bring it up during the meeting.
Commissioner Herzberg asked when the Commission gives out the ordinances for review
to ORC is there any input from law enforcement in regards to being feasible and
enforceable if they involve law enforcement. City Manager Shang responded the topics
should involve the appropriate party(s). Mayor Masiarczyk asked who on that committee
would do that and Mr. Bowley responded he would invite the party(s).
Commissioner Honaker stated while we are on this topic, one (1) of the things he wanted to
bring up during his remarks to add to a future agenda is a discussion on carports and
canvas tarps that cover boats. He stated right now there is not an ordinance against this so
it not enforceable. He stated there is some verbiage regarding carports that says it must
look similar to the structure and he asked if that topic could be given to the ORC. Mayor
Masiarczyk stated that is a hard one but, it could be given to ORC however, he does not
have any expectation that you could enforce it.
Commissioner Herzberg asked is it one (1) of those that the Commission has to look at
and determine if it is enforceable and the aesthetics of where it can go on someone's
property to enforce trash rules. She asked how you determine if it is someone ’s trash or
living space under carports. Mayor Masiarczyk stated that is the point as there are
hundreds of them out there, there are different types, some are called tents and there are all
kinds of reasons to have them. He stated trying to get people to come into compliance will
be difficult but, he suggested letting the ORC look at it.
City Manager Shang stated her recommendation would be to use as a guideline that we do
not want to make work for a group but, we want to keep the group engaged and as a goal
we would give ORC four (4) ordinances per year and then they will have some expectation
of the work. Mayor Masiarczyk responded that the expectation they have is that they want to
see something done with the work they do and that will be the problem with the carport
issue, there is no solution; let Orc look into it but, tell them up front that this has been thought
about for 20+ years and no ideal solution has been found so far
Vice Mayor Nabicht asked Mr. Bowley if there is an issue that you get a lot of variance
requests on where the ordinance could be tweaked. Mr. Bowley responded there is
something simple we keep talking about which is non-principle structures and the zoning is
for principle structures such as if you are going to add a room or enclose a garage. He
stated most of the variance requests are for ancillary structures like pools, sheds and
fences and to tweak that ordinance would be a simple thing to go to ORC. Other ordinances
suggested were the noise, fireworks, partying around the plaza with drinks and it was
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suggested that staff could feed the topics to the City Manager and she can bring them to the
Commission to review, okay and move forward.
There were no other questions or comments.
13. CITY MANAGER COMMENTS:
City Manager Shang stated Vice Mayor Nabicht was going to bring up TPO and she
wanted to suggest that we go after trail dollars; there is funding for trails and the Tetra Tech
report mentioned that trails is our niche, we have done some preliminary work on trails so, it
makes sense to go after trails. Vice Mayor Nabicht suggested since there is not a lot of
time to debate what we want to do, the requests are due in March, staff knows what to do
and the worst that can happen is we submit something to TPO and TPO says “no” and if we
do not submit anything we may be missing out on some funds. He stated we have some
trails projects, we just need to give the nod to move forward with the application.
There were no other comments on this item.
14. CITY COMMISSION COMMENTS:
Commissioner Bradford stated she wanted to include the Community Garden and direct the
City Manager to do a Capital Improvements Program (CIP) to draw up a scope so, we can
have a community garden beside the Community Center. City Manager Shang clarified this
is different than the Pescha's community garden. Vice Mayor Nabicht stated there would
need to be a motion to agenda the item. Mayor Masiarczyk suggested a workshop and
requested Commission Bradford bring back her ideas. He asked if this would be for
discussion or would it be a presentation. Commissioner Bradford responded that Florida
Hospital of Orange City has a community garden and they are willing to work with other
community gardens in other areas. She stated she wanted to see a community garden
beside the new Community Center and tie the trails into it as well. Vice Mayor Nabicht
stated since we have a lot of time with it being next to the new Community Center we should
put it on a workshop. It was recommended Commissioner Bradford make a motion and get
a second to move forward with the discussion of scoping for a community garden at the
new Community Center.
Commissioner Herzberg asked to add to the discussion that she believes the City needs to
do a parks CIP for the future. She stated since the Tetra Tech study came out it gives the
City guidelines. She suggested the City having a facilitator and community input. Mayor
Masiarczyk suggested getting several issues together and have a facilitator walk the
Commission through them. City Manager Shang suggested it could be similar to what was
done for the strategic plan. Mayor Masiarczyk stated let's get a motion and a second to
move forward.
Mayor Masiarczyk stated he wanted to bring up a subject concerning him. He asked what
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the understanding by everyone about missing a meeting was; do you call or email the
Mayor or City Manager to inform them. City Manager Shang stated for the record she did
not receive anything from anyone. Mayor Masiarczyk stated that the standing standard of
operation (SOP) is to always let the Mayor or City Manager know by whatever means and
Commissioner Soukup did let the Mayor know; however, he does have concerns about a
Commissioner showing up at the regular meeting but, not the agenda review. He asked if
City Manager Shang had talked to the Commissioner about why, is there a reason, is there
a conflict that prevents being here at this time because, he has had people ask him about
that.
There were no other comments.
15. ADJOURNMENT:
Mayor Masiarczyk adjourned the meeting at 5:58 p.m.
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Janet Day, Deputy City Clerk
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Agenda
City of Deltona
2345 Providence Blvd.
Deltona, FL 32725
Agenda
City Commission
Mayor John C. Masiarczyk Sr.
Vice Mayor Chris Nabicht
Commissioner Christopher Alcantara
Commissioner Anita Bradford
Commissioner Heidi Herzberg
Commissioner Gary Mitch Honaker
Commissioner Brian Soukup
Monday, February 6, 2017 5:30 PM 2nd Floor Conference Room
City Manager's Agenda Review
1. CALL TO ORDER:
2. ROLL CALL – CITY CLERK:
3. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE TO THE FLAG:
A. Invocation Presented by Vice Mayor Nabicht
Background: At the Regular City Commission Meeting on Monday, October 17,
2011, the City Commission approved to have each Commissioner by
District schedule someone to present the invocation at each Regular
City Commission meeting rotating each Commissioner by District
starting with District #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 and the Mayor
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES & AGENDA:
A. Approval of minutes - Regular Commission Meeting of January 17, 2017, as
presented. - Joyce Raftery, City Clerk (386) 878-8502.
Background: N/A
Attachments: January 17, 2017 Minutes
5. PRESENTATIONS/AWARDS/REPORTS:
A. Presentation: Annual Christmas Parade Awards - Bill Snyder, Deltona Fire
Department Development Services, (386) 575-6902.
Strategic Goal: Internal and External Communication. Solicit partnerships with
businesses, schools, hospitals, and residents for information dissemination.
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Background: The City of Deltona held its 7th Annual Christmas Parade on December
15, 2018. The entries selected, were judged by local stakeholders. The
results of the judging are as follows:
3rd Place - Best Overall
Tied for 3rd place- 3 winners with 205 points each
- Deltona High School Fine & Performing Arts
- YMCA Cheerleaders
- Shed Life Shed Movers
2nd Place - Best Overall
225 Points - West Volusia Moose Lodge of Deltona
1st Place - Best Overall
237 Points - Deltona Fire Explorers Post 2460
City Department Winner
Deltona Water with 292 points
Public Works came in second with 289 points
B. Presentation - Quarterly Reports of City Advisory Boards/Committees - Joyce
Raftery, City Clerk (386) 878-8502.
Background: Quarterly Reports of City Advisory Boards/Committees:
1) Planning and Zoning Board - (Written Report Only)
2) Firefighters’ Pension Plan Board of Trustees - (Presented by Plan
Administrator Lisa Spriggs)
3) Deltona Economic Development Advisory Board - (Presented by
Vice-Chair Eric Alexander)
4) Team Volusia - (Presented by Team Volusia Economic
Development Corporation)
Attachments: PZ 2016 Fourth Quarter Report
FFPP 2016 Fourth Quarter Report
DEDAB 2016 Fourth Quarter
TVEDC 2016 Fourth Quarter Report
C. Super Star Student of the Month Certificates for January 2017
Background: Super Star Student of the Month awards for January 2017 will be
presented to:
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1. Deltona Lakes Elementary, Jayla Johnson, 3rd Grade
2. Discovery Elementary, Elizabeth Saul, 3rd Grade
3. Enterprise Elementary, Nicholas Negron, 4th Grade
4. Forest Lake Elementary, Molly Headrick, 1st Grade
5. Friendship Elementary, Sarah Reynolds, 5th Grade
6. Pride Elementary, Christian Beaulieu, 2nd Grade
7. Spirit Elementary, David Burgos, 5th Grade
8. Sunrise Elementary, Aliyah Suepat, 4th Grade
9. Timbercrest Elementary, Ciera Cervantes, 3rd Grade
10. Deltona Middle, Hayden Wright, 6th Grade
11. Galaxy Middle, Christopher Cerroni, 7th Grade
12. Heritage Middle, Kady Martinez, 6th Grade
13. Deltona High, Sarah Franklin, 12th Grade
14. Pine Ridge High, Fredderick Boother, 10th Grade
15. University High, Derek Garcia, 11th Grade
Attachments: Jan 2017 Super Star Student Achievements
6. CITY COMMISSION SPECIAL REPORTS:
7. PUBLIC FORUM: - Citizen comments limited to items not on the agenda and
comments on items listed on the agenda will take place after discussion of each item.
Citizen comments for any items. (4 minute maximum length per speaker)
CONSENT AGENDA: The consent agenda contains items that have been determined
to be routine and non-controversial. If anyone in the audience wishes to address a
particular item on the consent agenda, now is the opportunity for you to do so.
Additionally, if staff or members of the City Commission wish to speak on a consent
item, they have the same opportunity.
8. CONSENT AGENDA:
9. ORDINANCES AND PUBLIC HEARINGS:
A. Request for Approval of Resolution No. 2017-02, Approval of Prior Year (FY
2015/2016) Budget Carry Forward of Municipal Complex Fund funds in order to
provide funding to complete multi-year “The Center at Deltona” Municipal
Complex project - Robert Clinger, Finance Department (386) 878-8552.
Strategic goal: Fiscal Issues
Background: The City currently has “The Center at Deltona” a Municipal Complex
project that is on-going and spans more than one fiscal year. This
project is subject to design, bidding, and selection schedules as well as
mobilization and implementation schedules that can result in multi -year
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expenditures. Last year, the Finance Department worked with Public
Works to establish a protocol which allows for more accurate budgeting
of multi-year projects so that projects can more efficiently carry forward
from one budget year to the next.
The City’s Municipal Complex Fund had a revised capital budget of
$8,980,000 for FY 2015/2016 and is requesting to carry forward
$2,285,700 of unspent funds. The funds will be allocated to two (2)
on-going multi-year Municipal Complex projects.
Attachments: 2017-14-BA-The Center Carryforward
R-2017-02 - BA - Municipal Complex Fund The Center
10. OLD BUSINESS:
A. Request for approval of the novation letter assigning Hawksley Consulting Inc.
agreement to Stantec Consulting Services Inc, Matt Doan, P.E., Public Works
Director, (386) 878-8973.
Strategic Goal: Fiscal Issues
Background: The City of Deltona has utilized Burton & Associates, Inc. on a variety of
rate, impact fee, and other financial services across multiple
departments. Burton & Associates, Inc. was acquired by Hawksley
Consulting Inc. and the most recent rate study agreement presented at
the December 12, 2016 Regular Commission Meeting reflected the
current name. The back-up information provided by the Public Works
Director at the meeting included discussion regarding a letter received
the Friday prior indicating another name change to Stantec Consulting
Services Inc. Hawksley Consulting Inc. was owned by MWH Global Inc.
which was bought previously by Stantec Consulting Services Inc. and
the letter indicated the subsidiary names would be dissolved effective
January 1, 2017 including MWH Global Inc., Hawksley Consulting Inc.,
and Burton & Associates and all assets and liabilities, including
existing contracts, will be assigned to Stantec Consulting Services Inc.
All Burton & Associates, Inc. staff that work on City of Deltona projects
remain and office locations will be maintained under the new name.
Per Section 5.3 of the agreement between the City of Deltona and
Hawksley Consulting Inc. for Water, Wastewater and Reclaimed Water
Rate Study and Financial Management Services; the agreement may
be assigned or transferred with prior written authorization from the City.
The vendor submitted a novation letter in an effort to comply with the
agreement and requests the City of Deltona exercise the option. The
Public Works Department requests that the City Commission accept
the assignment and transfer of the agreement from Hawksley
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Consulting Inc. to Stantec Consulting Services Inc. and provide the
written authorization noted in Article 5, Section 5.3 via execution of the
novation letter. This action will facilitate timely completion of the Water
and Wastewater Revenue Sufficiency Analysis (rate study) submitted
as Task Order No. 1 under the agreement and as approved by the
Commission on December 12, 2016. Also, the Commission directed
staff to begin the RFQ process to explore new consulting services and
to not assign any further work to Stantec Consulting Services Inc. The
RFQ process should be completed by late summer 2017. This
directive has the potential to delay necessary rate studies because the
City will not have a consultant under contract, unless the Commission
approves to have Stantec Consulting Services Inc. available for future
work.
Attachments: Hawksley Contract Assigment Letter - Hawksley
SCSI_Hawksely_AR_Cards_v1
Hawksley Consulting Inc Agreement
Regular Commission Meeting 12-12-16
B. Thornby HERE- Proposed improvements to Thornby Park and its nature trail.
Jerry Mayes, Economic Development Office, (386)878-8916.
Strategic Goal: Economic Development. Provide a strategic focused effort
towards economic development throughout the City to enhance existing
businesses and attract new businesses.
Background: The City Commission requested additional information regarding
grants and the process of obtaining grants for the proposed Thornby
HERE project. City staff sought approval from the West Volusia
Audubon Society to act as the grant agent for the City. The Memo Of
Understanding (MOU) is a City developed product crafted by the Vose
Law firm. The West Volusia Audubon Society has approved the MOU
and the document now needs Commission approval.
The Commission also requested cost estimates for the Thornby HERE
project. The consultant, Tetra Tech, has estimated trail improvements,
as detailed in the attached document ($229,000) and the City’s Parks
& Recreation Department has estimated the costs for the outdoor
classroom ($21,000).
Attachments: Cost For Outdoor Classroom Construction
Thornby Park - Tt Proposal - Jan 2017.pdf
W Vol Audubon Society MOU 2016-17.pdf
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11. NEW BUSINESS:
A. Approval to allow County to cohabitate at Station 64
Background: Volusia County is renovating their fire station in Osteen. During the
renovation they have requested to move one of their crews to Station
64 on Fort Smith Boulevard. If approved, this cohabitation would start
in March for a duration of approximately four to six months. During this
time the county would move one of their engines and a crew of two into
our facility. Our legal department is preparing a hold harmless
agreement for the county to sign to indemnify the city from liability while
they occupy our station. They would look to move to Station 64
sometime in March and would be there for approximately four to six
months.
The benefits to this would be relationship building between our two
agencies and the crews that would be involved. Both crews would be
able to see how things are done in each of the others agencies. We
would also have a second engine crew that would be able to respond in
our area when they are in quarters. This would be helpful when our
crew is on another call, in training or on large incidents. The crews
would also be able to train together and share operating procedures
which would help when operating on emergency incidents in the future.
The challenges to this would be that we would have to move some
equipment and furniture around to accommodate the second crew. The
county would have to move some of their computer equipment into the
station. There would most likely be a slight increase in the utility bills for
the station. Lastly, there is limited parking at the station so crews would
have to jockey cars around in the morning at crew change.
Overall this move will help build a stronger relationship between our two
agencies. The county would bear any major costs associated with this
endeavor.
Attachments: Hold Harmless Agreement
B. Affirmation by the City Commission of two (2) re-elected representatives from
the firefighters’ pension members by the firefighters’ pension members which is
done by ballot - Joyce Raftery, City Clerk Department (386) 878-8502.
Strategic Goal: Internal and External Communication
Background: Per Chapter 46 of the City of Deltona Code of Ordinances, specifically
Section 46-28 - Board of Trustees (below), a request for member
nominations was distributed requesting self nomination for the two (2)
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member appointed seats and the only two (2) received were from the
current members Kurt Vroman and John Fleemin.
Per Chapter 46 of the City of Deltona Code of Ordinances, specifically
Section 46-28 - Board of Trustees:
(a) The sole and exclusive administration of and responsibility for the
proper operation of the plan and for making effective the provisions of
this article are hereby vested in a board of trustees. The board is
hereby designated as the plan administrator. In the city, there is hereby
created a board of trustees of the fund, which shall be solely
responsible for administering the fund. The board shall consist of five
members, two of whom, unless otherwise prohibited by law, shall be
legal residents of the city who shall be appointed by the governing body
of the city, and two of whom shall be full-time firefighters as
defined in F.S. 175.032+, who shall be elected by the majority of
the active firefighters* who are participants in the plan.
Attachments: Member List - FFPP Board revised 01-19-2017
C. Discussion: Termination of City Residential Construction Mitigation Program
(RCMP) - Ron A. Paradise, Assistant Director, Planning and Development
Services, (386) 878-8610.
Strategic Goal: Fiscal Issues, other grants as approved by the City
Commission.
Background: The City of Deltona has a Local Housing Assistance Plan (LHAP) that
outlines how the City will spend affordable housing funds that it
receives. The LHAP limits resources to spend on very low and low
income applicants that need assistance for basic repairs for their
homes that they otherwise could not afford. In April 2015, the City was
afforded an opportunity to offer home repair to moderate income
applicants not in the LHAP. The Residential Construction Mitigation
Program (RCMP) grant through the State of Florida program was
approved by the City Commission in April 2015 and went under
contract in December 2015 through Resolution No. 2015-09.
From its inception, the RCMP has not been an efficient program within
the City from the benefit cost analysis (BCA) low indices below the
program threshold, the review of proposed improvements from the
State, the bids from City contractors, and the applicable expenditures
for repair. The RCMP is designed to harden structures for wind
mitigation. While the CDBG, SHIP, and NSP programs have applied
housing assistance throughout the City successfully, the RCMP has not
been as applicable to operate.
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In communication with the State Florida Division of Emergency
Management (DEM), the result of the process to make the program
work for Deltona is that separation from the program is mutually
agreeable (see attached e-mail). This is also verified through the low
BCA scores. The City has thus noticed the eight (8) applicants
associated with the RCMP. Of eligible moderate income applicants
from the RCMP, they will be transferred to the SHIP Disaster
Mitigation/Recovery Assistance if their repairs meet that program
criteria, which allows for moderate income expenditures. The attached
spreadsheet documents the status of the RCMP applicants and efforts
to assist eligible applicants through the SHIP Disaster
Mitigation/Recovery Assistance strategy. Staff will return to the
Commission in the future if a satisfactory resolution cannot be reached.
Attachments: RCMP Spreadsheet
Email RE RCMP
12. CITY ATTORNEY COMMENTS:
13. CITY MANAGER COMMENTS:
14. CITY COMMISSION COMMENTS:
15. ADJOURNMENT:
NOTE: If any person decides to appeal any decision made by the City Commission
with respect to any matter considered at this meeting or hearing, he/she will need
a record of the proceedings, and for such purpose he/she may need to ensure that
a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony
and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based (F.S. 286.0105).
Individuals with disabilities needing assistance to participate in any of these
proceedings should contact the City Clerk, Joyce Raftery 48 hours in advance of
the meeting date and time at (386) 878-8500.
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