City Commission Workshop Meeting

APPROVED: 8/7/2014 City Hall City of Eustis, Florida 10 North Grove Street Post Office Drawer 68 Eustis, FL 32727-0068 Meeting Minutes - Final* City Commission Workshop Thursday, July 17, 2014 6:30PM City Hall CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bob - 8:45 p.m. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF QUORUM AND PROPER NOTICE Present: 5 - Linda Bob; Albert Eckian; Michael Holland; Karen LeHeup-Smith ; and Kress Muenzmay I. Workshop Item 14166 Sharp's Park Discussion Tom Carrino, Economic Development Director, explained the purpose of the workshop was to discuss the Sharp's Mobile Home Park which is up for sale. He noted that the asking price had been reduced from $3.9 million to $3.3 million. He introduced Don Oliver, local realtor, as the representative for the owners of the park. II. Commission Discussion Don Oliver, realtor representing the owners of Sharp's Mobile Home Park, commented on the City's previous offer to purchase the property and indicated the owners' willingness to sell the property. The Commission questioned how long the property has been for sale with Mr. Oliver responding that it first went on the market in August 2008 and noting that the family has owned the park for approximately 60 years. The Commission confirmed that previously Mrs. Sharp did not want to deal with removal of the mobile homes and tenants with Mr. Oliver stating that they still do not want to participate in the closing of the park. The Commission discussed the value of the property to the City, its location at one of the entrances to the City, the need to determine how the property could be utilized and whether or not there is a consensus of the Commission to try to purchase the property. The Commission further discussed the following: 1) considering a purchase if the appraised value is at a price the City could afford; 2) permits the City previously obtained for extending the docks which are nearing expiration; 3) the possibility of the sprayfield property being sold and utilizing those funds to purchase the park; 4) the value of the park property as a business; 5) what it would cost to develop the property; 6) purchasing an option to purchase the lakefront for construction of a trail once the overall property is sold; 7) offering to purchase an option for a right of first refusal in the event anyone wanted to purchase the property for under $2 million since it would probably continue to be operated as a mobile home park; 8) the need to borrow the funds in order to purchase the property and the amount of future capital projects the City will require; 9) not wanting the City to be a residential landlord; 10) the need for the property to be cleared and beautified until it is developed if it is purchased; 11) the amount of the previous appraisals; 12) the probable need to relocate Lakeshore Drive in order for the site to be redeveloped; 13) what would be involved and the cost to relocate the existing residents; 14) the total number of lots and the number of the units owned by the Sharps; 15) how the placement of a trail along the waterfront might alleviate the contamination problem for a developer,· and 16) possibly exchanging City-owned property along SR44 for the mobile home park property. City of Eustis, Florida Page 1 Printed on 713112014 City Commission Workshop Meeting Minutes - Final July 17, 2014 III. Public Input- None IV. Commission Direction CONSENSUS: It was a consensus of the Commission for staff to work with Mr. Oliver and discuss with the Sharps either the City purchasing a section along the lakefront for construction of a trail or providing the City with a right of first refusal. V. Adjournment-9:15p.m. City Clerk Mayor/Commission *These minutes reflect the actions taken and portions of the discussion during the meeting. To review the entire discussion concerning any agenda item, go to www.eustis.org and click on the video for the meeting in question. A DVD of the entire meeting or CD of the entire audio recording or verbatim transcript of the meeting can be obtained from the office of the City Clerk for a fee. City of Eustis, Florida Page2 Printed on 7131/2014