Village Council Workshop

Village of Wellington 12300 Forest Hill Blvd Wellington, FL 33414 Action Summary Thursday, January 9, 2020 4:00 PM Village Hall - Conference Rooms 1E & 1F Village Council Workshop Anne Gerwig, Mayor Michael J. Napoleone, Vice Mayor John T. McGovern, Councilman Michael Drahos, Councilman Tanya Siskind, Councilwoman Village Council Workshop Action Summary January 9, 2020 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Gerwig called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. Council Members in Attendance, Anne Gerwig, Mayor; Michael Napoleone, Vice Mayor; John McGovern, Councilman; Michael Drahos, Councilman; and Tanya Siskind, Councilwoman. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Gerwig led the Pledge of Allegiance. 3. 20-3536 EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR OCTOBER, 2019 - MARIA PISZ Mr. Schofield announced that this was the presentation and recognition of Maria Pisz as the Employee of the Month for October 2019. Ms. Laurie Cohen, Village Attorney, announced that Maria Pisz was the Employee of the Month for October. She stated that prior to coming to Wellington in May 2013, Maria had over 26 years of experience in the legal field, 22 of which were spent working for a well-known firm representing local government. Ms. Cohen further stated that because of that experience, Maria hit the ground running, and there was no learning curve. She indicated that Maria holds advanced paralegal certificates in real estate principles and land use from the National Association of Legal Assistants and she is only one of 11 paralegals in the state to hold that dual certification. Ms. Cohen outlined Maria's work with the Legal Department which consists of initial review of engineering, planning and utility applications, plats and other documents, interfacing with other departments, and has been involved and helpful overseeing the CDGB and Neighborhood grants programs. She also noted that Maria assists the Legal Department with all of their litigation. Ms. Cohen noted that Maria is smart, diligent, organized and is a pleasure to work with. Ms. Maria Pisz expressed her thanks for the recognition. She said that it is her privilege to work with the Village of Wellington as well as with a group of individuals in the Legal Department who have such expertise and integrity. She said that she has worked with Ms. Cohen for a very long time and she is a pleasure to work with. Council acknowledged Maria's assistance and extended their congratulations on her recognition. 4. REVIEW OF COUNCIL AGENDA At this point, Ms. Cohen announced that she had just received the Court's Village of Wellington Page 1 Village Council Workshop Action Summary January 9, 2020 Order granting the Village of Wellington's Motion for Temporary Mandatory Injunction request to dispense with bond without surety in the Pine Tree matter. She said that this means that the Village is substantially likely to prevail on the merits of their claim; however, it did not necessary address the defenses that have been raised in the Order, but there was evidence presented. She believed that the final or summary judgement is certainly a viable option in this case. She distributed copies of the order and said that Council could read them at their leisure. Vice Mayor Napoleone asked what was the practical technical injunction . Ms. Cohen explained that it meant that Pine Tree has the duty and obligation to maintain their roadways. Ms. Cohen advised Council to contact her if they had any questions after they read the order. She added that they still have the other two related cases pending. She said that one is a group of residents: Hearn vs. The Village of Wellington who sued for the same thing,, and the second one is Badua vs. Village of Wellington. She said that this order impacts those other lawsuits; however, it doesn't automatically dispose of them noting that additional work has to occur. Mr. Schofield then presented the agenda for the Regular Wellington Council meeting of January 13, 2020 for review. Mayor Gerwig said that the high school students that she had met with the previous day were working with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and wanted to speak at the Council meeting for three to five minutes. Mayor Gerwig said that Laura had their information. Mr. Schofield indicated that they would add it to the agenda under Presentations and Proclamations. A. 20-3530 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR WELLINGTON COUNCIL MEETINGS OF NOVEMBER 12, 2019 AND NOVEMBER 26, 2019 Mr. Schofield introduced the agenda item. This was Council approval of the Minutes of the Regular Wellington Council Meetings of November 12, 2019 and November 26, 2019. He advised Council to notify the Clerk’s Office of any changes. B. 19-3386 PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL AND WELLINGTON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT GRADUATION SPONSORSHIP 2020 Mr. Schofield introduced the agenda item. This was the approval of Palm Beach Central High School and Wellington Community High School 2020 Project Graduation Sponsorship. He explained that the Village of Wellington Page 2 Village Council Workshop Action Summary January 9, 2020 Village makes the gymnasium available to the schools noting that in previous years they donated $500.00 to each school, and he wanted to have Council's approval to do that again. C. 19-3277 AUTHORIZATION TO AWARD CONTRACTS FOR THE PURCHASE AND DELIVERY OF MOSQUITO CHEMICALS Mr. Schofield introduced the agenda item. This was authorization to award contracts to Adapco, LLC and Clarke Mosquito Control Products, Inc. for the purchase and delivery of mosquito chemicals for $70,000 annually. He explained that there were two proposals and they were asking to make both awards. He said that last year, the Village spent $64,250, and based on the rainfall patterns this year, they are anticipating they will have to spray a little more. Mr. Barnes noted that it was an ordinarily wet December. Mr. Schofield added that they are in January and normally they are looking at the water levels and taking water out of Section 24 as they are still up over 12 and are still discharging. D. 19-3343 AUTHORIZATION TO: 1) AWARD A CONTRACT FOR THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT TRAIN 7 BUILDOUT; 2) AWARD A SOLE SOURSE CONTRACT FOR TRAIN PRESSURE VESSELS; AND 3) APPROVE CHANGE ORDER ONE FOR THE NEW NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES PROJECT Mr. Schofield introduced the agenda item. This was authorization to: 1) Award a contract to Aerex Industries, Inc. for the Water Treatment Plant Train 7 Buildout, in the amount of $69,900; 2) Award a sole source contract to Protec Arisawa America, Inc. for the purchase and delivery of train pressure vessels in the amount of $18,890.00.; and 3) Approve a change order to Aerex Industries, Inc for the New Nanofiltration Membranes project in the amount $98,746.09. Ms. Shannon LaRocque explained that this was a contract to expand the Village's Train 7. She showed a picture of Train 7, which she said was recently constructed under the Water Treatment Plant Renewal and Replacement Project. She said that the Train was designed and planned to expand, so they were currently ready to do that. Ms. LaRocque said that the State regulations require that when the Village gets to 80% of the current firm capacity which is 11.4 million gallons a day, their largest treatment train is 1.8 million gallons a day. Ms. LaRocque said that the State says assuming that is out of service, how much water could the Village. She said that they could provide about 9.6 million gallons a day right now and their demand is around 7 1/2; 7.6 at a peak, which is exactly 80% so they needed to be under construction now for this expansion. Ms. LaRocque said that the bulk of the cost was born under Village of Wellington Page 3 Village Council Workshop Action Summary January 9, 2020 the contract that is currently ongoing which is about 300,000, which will add more pressure vessels. She said that they should be able to get an additional .9 mgb capacity within the next six months. Ms. LaRocque said that this is a good project that is budgeted for this year. Ms. LaRocque indicated that the plant currently operates with reverse osmosis membranes, and it has been a goal of hers since she came on board to go to Nanofiltration. She explained that there is a difference in technology between RO and Nanofiltration and explained the difference . Ms. LaRocque said that RO was picked 30 years ago because they thought the supply water would get salty. She said that over the last three years, they did a long study of the water quality and it is actually getting fresher. Ms. LaRocque said that it was determined that it was feasible to go from RO membranes to Nanofiltration. She said they outfitted their first train which is Train 6 with Nanofiltration, and noted the reduction they have seen. She said that by the time they get everything retrofitted, there would be an excess of $500,000 in energy cost savings. Ms. LaRocque said with the project they presently have outgoing, every single train will get outfitted as they retrofit them over the next 12 months. She said that this is a significant accomplishment. Ms. LaRocque said that they just finished the performance testing today on Train 7 and everything looked good. Councilman Drahos asked where the Village goes to now. Ms. LaRocque said that this would bring the Village to 12.3 million gallons a day. Councilman Drahos asked what that meant. Ms. LaRocque said that they become compliant with the regulation with this project and they have to watch their demands. She said if their demands increase, they will add another train. She said that she believed that next year they would actually visit the design for the next train. Mr. Schofield added that once the Village's demand reaches 800,000 gallons a day, they are regulatorily required to increase their ability to treat. He said that what they were doing here is taking that roughly 11/12 gallons a day so they now need to increase that to hit 80%. Councilman Drahos asked how much more has to be done since they are adding the big complex in Royal Palm Beach. Ms. LaRocque said that their buildout is projected to be 14 million gallons a day noting they have done a master plan for the entire service area. She believed that through 2038, they would need 14 million gallons a day. She noted that they just secured their consumptive use permit from SFWMD for water supply through 2038. Mr. Schofield said that as that capacity comes on from the Royal Palm Beach project, they will be required to pay for that per the Village ’s Village of Wellington Page 4 Village Council Workshop Action Summary January 9, 2020 ordinance. Ms. LaRocque added that the Village gets capacity fees from every project that comes on board and the fees goes to these types of projects. She said that it was projected that they would get about $5- $ 6 million in capacity fees this year much of which will be in Village Royale if it develops as they anticipate. E. 19-3346 AUTHORIZATION TO UTILIZE MULTIPLE CONTRACTS FOR THE PURCHASE AND DELIVERY OF VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT; AND AUTHORIZATION TO DISPOSE OF EXISTING SURPLUS EQUIPMENT Mr. Schofield introduced the agenda item. This was authorization to utilize Florida Sheriffs Association (FSA) contracts FSA19-VEH17.0, FSA19-VEL27.0 and FSA18-VEL16.0, State of Florida contract #2110000015-1, Sourcewell contract #120716-NAF and OMNIA Partners (formally NIPA) contract #R161101 and 2017025, as a basis for pricing, for the purchase and delivery of vehicles and equipment in the amount of $674,316.13; and authorization to dispose of existing surplus equipment pursuant to Village disposition policies. T Mr. Schofield explained that these vehicles were all budgeted noting that they have bought them from the lowest priced vendor available. F. 19-3392 AUTHORIZATION TO AWARD A TASK ORDER, TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING CONSULTING SERVICES, FOR FIBER OPTIC SYSTEM AS-BUILTS FOR THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND WELLS R4, R6, R7, R8, R9 AND R10 Mr. Schofield introduced the agenda item. This was authorization to approve a task order to Hillers Electrical Engineering, Inc. to provide engineering consulting services for Fiber Optic System As-Builts for the Water Treatment Plant and Wells R4, R6, R7, R8, R9 and R10 in the amount of $33,460.00. Mr. Schofield explained this is for diagnostic and operational purposes . Ms. LaRocque added that this was part of the capital budget. G. 19-3482 AUTHORIZATION TO UTILIZE PALM BEACH COUNTY CONTRACTS WITH WYNN & SONS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. AND SOUTHEAST HIGHWAY GUARDRAIL AND ATTENUATORS, LLC., AS A BASIS FOR PRICING, FOR THE PIERSON-OUSLEY PATHWAY EXTENSION IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,335.00 Mr. Schofield introduced the agenda tem. This was authorization to utilize 1). Palm Beach County contract No. R2017-055 with Wynn & Sons Environmental Constructions Co., Inc.in the amount of $19,145.00 and 2). Palm Beach County contract No. R2017-052 with Southeast Highway Guardrail and Attenuators, LLC. in the amount of $6,190.00 for the Pierson-Ousley Pathway Extension. He explained that this replaced the Village of Wellington Page 5 Village Council Workshop Action Summary January 9, 2020 guardrails at the pump station at Pierson and Ousley Farms. He pointed out that there is a sharp turn on the canal. Mr. Lundeen showed a slide of the area. He noted that they would be extending the asphalt pathway (red area) and will build a curb and gutter, concrete sidewalk and guardrail at the edge of that. Mr. Schofield noted that there would be no road closures there and the horse traffic would not be affected, as there is not much of that traffic there. Vice Mayor Napoleone asked how long the construction was anticipated to take. Mr. Lundeen said that it was anticipated that the construction would take about two to three weeks. Mr. Schofield noted the importance of getting the guardrail and once that is done, the rest is relatively easy. H. 19-3422 ORDINANCE NO. 2020-02 (SMALL CELL WIRELESS) AN ORDINANCE OF WELLINGTON, FLORIDA’S COUNCIL AMENDING CHAPTER 23, “COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES IN THE PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY” TO MODIFY CERTAIN STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES AND OTHER STRUCTURES WITHIN THE VILLAGE’S PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY CONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAW; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Mr. Schofield introduced the agenda item. He indicated that this was the second reading of the Small Cell Ordinance. Ms. Cohen stated that this was actually the first reading noting that this is a glitch ordinance, and that Council had been told that the ordinance would have to come back after the Statute was amended. She said that this ordinance removes the provisions for the public notice and input, removes provisions relating to relating to payment and performance bond, revises the design standards, cleans up the numbering and layout of the ordinance, and the definitions were changed to match the State ’s definitions. Ms. Cohen directed Council to page 360 of their agenda packet, which shows what changes had been made. She said that this makes the Village in compliance with the latest revisions in the Statutes. Councilman McGovern said that this was simply the ordinance that Council previously reviewed with the changes. Ms. Cohen indicated that was correct pointing out that the redline changes were made to the ordinance previously adopted by Council. Councilman McGovern said that this complies with the changes in the legislature that took effect July 1st. Mayor Gerwig said that their question at that time was whether they Village of Wellington Page 6 Village Council Workshop Action Summary January 9, 2020 should wait. Ms. Cohen said that they wanted to get the design standards in place so that if an application was received, so now they have to make further revisions to address things that were passed by the legislature in the last session. Mayor Gerwig asked how much additional outsource work was required on this. Ms. Cohen said there was a very small amount noting it was only to review the changes and ensure that the ordinance was compliant. She noted that this was the same consultant who originally assisted them added that they also assisted many other cities as well. Mayor Gerwig asked if Ms. Cohen anticipated any of the communication companies to attend the Council Meeting. Ms. Cohen said that she did not know if they would come to the meeting although it is possible. She said that Council may get a letter. She also indicated that she received a letter from Jana Lhota who wanted to see the ordinance. Ms. Cohen said that she had already provided her with the ordinance, but she may have one or two comments. She did not believe there were many changes that would warrant an objection from the providers. I. 19-3488 ORDINANCE NO. 2019-13 (FY 2019/2020 ANNUAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ELEMENT UPDATE OF WELLINGTON’S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN) AN ORDINANCE OF WELLINGTON, FLORIDA’S COUNCIL, UPDATING THE WELLINGTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY INCORPORATING THE ANNUAL REVIEW AND REVISIONS TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ELEMENT TO REFLECT THE 2019/2020 THROUGH 2024/2025 FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR LEVEL OF SERVICE PROJECTS; AND UPDATING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SCHEDULE; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY; AUTHORIZING THE MANAGER TO UPDATE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Mr. Schofield introduced the agenda item. This was approval of Ordinance No. 2019-13 updating the Capital Improvement Element (CIE) Schedule for Level of Service Improvements for Fiscal Years 2019/2020 to 2024/2025 (Table CIE 1) and the School District of Palm Beach County Capital Improvement Schedule (Table CIE 2) located in the Capital Improvement Element of Wellington's Comprehensive Plan. He explained that this takes the Village's concurrency items and puts them in the Capital Improvement Element and also takes the School District's Capital Budget and puts it in there. He further explained that the Village is required to do this by State Statute and it does not change anything nor is there any money being spent or reallocated. Village of Wellington Page 7 Village Council Workshop Action Summary January 9, 2020 Mr. Basehart said that this is only a reporting item. J. 19-3489 ORDINANCE NO. 2020-01 (LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS REWRITE) AN ORDINANCE OF WELLINGTON, FLORIDA’S COUNCIL AMENDING THE WELLINGTON LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, MORE SPECIFICALLY, A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT TO REPEAL, REPLACE AND RECODIFY THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, IN THEIR ENTIRETY AS CONTAINED HEREIN; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Mr. Schofield introduced the item. This was the approval and second reading of Ordinance No. 2020-01 to repeal and replace Wellington’s Land Development Regulations (LDR) in its entirety. Mr. Basehart said that they had brought all of the articles individually to Council with the exception of the three in Article 6 where they had the first reading several weeks ago. He said that they brought all of the other articles back for a new first reading so they could adopt everything all together. Mr. Basehart explained that the intent of these amendments is to streamline the code reducing it from 1,200 pages to 284. He said that Council had adopted a Development Review Manual, which is an instruction booklet. He said that they wanted to clarify the Code and to consolidate the Code so that people that don't deal with zoning and land development regulations every day would be able to read and understand it which he believed they have accomplished. Mr. Basehart added that the Equestrian Preserve Committee reviewed Article 5, the application process that includes some requirements for equestrian applications; and Article 6 contains the EOZD requirements. He noted that the committee had unanimously recommended approval of the Articles. Mr. Basehart stated that the Planning, Zoning & Adjustment Board looked at all of the elements of the entire document and unanimously recommended approval. He said that the adoption of this ordinance would not create any non-conformities for anyone who did not already have non-conformities, and it does not create any zoning issues for anyone. He said that the adoption of this ordinance would also not create any entitlements to anyone. Mr. Basehart further stated that the ordinance is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. He noted that staff would be making some changes to the Comprehensive Plan, which will result in some amendments to this. He also pointed out that they may find some problems or things that had been overlooked, and then pointed one out. Mr. Basehart said that originally they did not have a Table of Contents in the draft, which he then distributed. He said that there were Village of Wellington Page 8 Village Council Workshop Action Summary January 9, 2020 no code provision issues, but they uncovered several minor of numbering glitches, and he asked Ms. Cramer to explain. Ms. Cramer explained that as they were putting together the Table of Contents, they noted that when it went from the word document to the program, it automatically fixed any highlights or underlines. As an example, she said that it would say Section 7.2.2 and the next section would be Section 7.2.3, but it was repeated as 7.2.2 although the title and text were accurate the numbering was off. Ms. Cramer said that they have corrected that and will have a clean copy that will match the Table of Contents. She said that it happened on three occasions and Council may see those three glitches if they compare the Table of Contents with what is included in the ordinance. Ms. Cramer referred to Article 3 and noted that the only changes they made were reordering of the definitions that were out of alphabetical order although they did not change any texts. Councilman McGovern said that they have not changed any substantive requirements of the Code in the rewrite. He said that this was merely a streamlining, easy to use and easy to read activity that they all have been working on for years. Mr. Basehart said that was correct. Mayor Gerwig then spoke of a call she received from someone in the Binks Commercial area. She indicated that the Village does not allow white PVC fencing so the person had to install beige. Mayor Gerwig recalled that the Architectural Review Board has the final say on that and have twice upheld their no white PVC ruling. Ms. Cramer explained that staff brought that topic back to the ARB last year because it raised a lot of concerns for many of the HOAs where they only historically allowed white PVC. She said that ARB decided that if someone has an existing white PVC fence and neede to make a repair or replace a panel, they would be permitted to do so. In addition, if someone wanted to close off their rear property line and both of the neighbors have white, they would allow them to match it. Mayor Gerwig said that there was not a good solution as the property has a gray and white color scheme. Ms. Cramer said that person could come to the ARB and request the white based on the specific circumstances of his structure. Mayor Gerwig said that they had already purchased the fencing after they were told they could not use white when they pulled the permit; however, it does not look good. She questioned whether they were serving their residents properly where they say we know it doesn't look good, but that is what you have to do. She said if the fence contractors know that there is an option to go before the ARB, they are not telling the homeowner. Ms. Cramer indicated that the Building Village of Wellington Page 9 Village Council Workshop Action Summary January 9, 2020 Department should also be explaining that option when there is a specific circumstance. She said that staff could follow up on that as well. Mayor Gerwig said that the business owner was stuck with a fence he does not like, as he was not going to repurchase the fencing. Mayor Gerwig told the homeowner that is not Council's decision, but it is ARB's decision. Mr. Schofield said that they will be asking Council in the coming months to look at the boards and committees, how they are composed and what their duties and responsibilities are. He said that they need to get some recognition that things are changing and people's tastes are changing . He said that they need to pull themselves out of the 80's and look at some of the things that they are doing. Mr. Schofield said that it is easier on commercial things where they could come in for approval and put it in their master plan and then it would have come to Council for final decision. He said that as much as Wellington remains the same, it does change and they need to look at things. He said that they needed to look at boards and committees responsibilities especially since the State laws have changed. Mr. Schofield said that last year the Village lost the ability to regulate trees or house color and this year there is a bill that cities can no longer regulate architectural features for one and two family houses, cannot specify roof material or types, etc., however, he did not know if it would pass. Mr. Schofield said that there is a constant move on the part of the legislature to pre-empt local government from making some decisions. He noted that in 2012, the legislature took away their ability to regulate anything on agricultural properties. He said that is the path they are going down. Mayor Gerwig said that the concern is that the white can show up the spray from the well water. She said that it has some basis but it did not apply well in this particular situation, and she did not feel the options were made clear to the contractor or homeowner. Ms. Cramer said that the other option was that they could have installed a wood fence and painted it white, which was approved by ARB. Councilman McGovern felt that there was some merit to have the ARB look at all of those standards. Mr. Schofield said that while they can no longer regulate the color, they have an approved paint chart, which they need to bring into the 21st century. Mayor Gerwig said that if the Village can't control paint colors, then why does their paint chart matter. Mr. Schofield said that it is something they want as a recommendation. Ms. Cohen said that she would have to go back and look at the Statute, as she could not recall exactly what the wording was. Mr. Schofield said that the Statute said that they could not enforce a color chart. Ms. Cohen thought you could require a color chart, but could not require a permit . Mayor Gerwig asked if it would be a violation if they painted something Village of Wellington Page 10 Village Council Workshop Action Summary January 9, 2020 that was not on the color chart since they do not need a permit to paint . Ms. Cohen believed that it would be a code violation. Councilman McGovern believed that a lot of it was to get rid of the fee . He said some communities may still keep the permit, but no fee. Ms. Cramer said that the Village never charged a fee for the painting permit . Ms. Cohen said that the problem is that the homeowner may have already painted their house and find they are in violation and then be required to repaint it. She noted that there was such a case before the Special Magistrate where that happened. Mr. Basehart said that was an unanticipated result of that legislature. 5. WORKSHOP None. 6. ATTORNEY'S COMMENTS None. 7. MANAGER COMMENTS Mr. Schofield reported on the following: Operational Issues They were scheduled to have a grand opening of Essex Park on January 28th at 5:30 p.m. He said that was the time Council seemed to be available. He said that barring no objections, they were going to schedule it for that time and date. The Florida League of Cities Legislative Days are February 11th and 12th which conflicts with the Council meeting scheduled for February 11th. He said that he would like Council to consider either moving the meeting to February 10th or to cancel the meeting since they only had three consent items scheduled. Ms. Cohen thought she might have advertised an item for that date. Mr. Schofield said if that was the case, they could postpone it at the January meeting. Staff has been talking to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office who would like to do some staging at Village Park in the event there is a hurricane or disaster. He said that under their contract, he can agree to that, but he did not want to do that without first talking to Council. Mr. Schofield said there is a Memorandum of Understanding where PBSO could stage deputies and equipment at Village Park. Ms. Cohen said that it would include a health crisis or declared emergency. Mr. Schofield Village of Wellington Page 11 Village Council Workshop Action Summary January 9, 2020 said that they would probably use the parking lot that they use for stickball; however, that is dependent upon what the Village's needs are . Mayor Gerwig said that they certainly want to cooperate under emergency circumstances. Legislative Issues Mr. Schofield said that the list that Council has was done about 3:00 p.m. and as of this moment was already outdated. He said that they have some appointments set up; however, they would not know about most of them until Monday. He said that he sent out an email earlier in the day indicating that he was waiting on three appointments: (1) Senator Benacquisto regarding the Wetland Reuse Project which has cleared the house and he believed she would be happy to support that; (2) Representative Andrade on local retainage, although he did not believe there was anything they could do to stop that from passing; and (3) Senator Perry regarding Occupational Licensing, which appeared to be dead. Mr. Schofield said that those were the only things that he planned to list which may change because Council will get many emails between now and the time that they leave on Tuesday. Mayor Gerwig referred to the appropriations bill for Wellington Wetlands Reuse. She asked if this was a broad idea that if they could get some funding, then the Village could do some great things with it. Mr. Schofield said that there are actual specifics to it. He said that it increases the amount of reclaimed water that they can use and puts water back into the aquifer. Mr. Schofield said that if Wellington has a chance of getting anything funded this was it. He said that it has so far cleared the House and it hasn't started moving in the Senate. He said that is something they will have to work on all session long because sometimes these things look like they are going to pass right up until the last day until it gets on the Governor's desk. He said that no one knows what the Governor's priorities are with the exception of some of the environmental things and the deregulation. Mayor Gerwig and Councilman McGovern felt that this came under environmental. Mayor Gerwig thought that was what should be represented property and that he understood that. Councilman McGovern believed they needed to add on the list what the actual legislation is so they can go with that information. Mayor Gerwig questioned how much money they were asking for. Mr. Schofield said that he would make that change noting that he had put some talking points in that Shannon had given in. Mr. Schofield said that the first pages were things that he was going to put in there. He said that the question came up asking where did all of Village of Wellington Page 12 Village Council Workshop Action Summary January 9, 2020 these bills come from. He said that this is a joint effort between department heads, himself and the lobbyists. He said that they went through every single bill that was filed and these were the ones he wanted to bring to Council's attention. Mr. Schofield said that there is a spreadsheet of things they are looking at that is much larger, and he would provide that as well. He said that they know who each of the sponsors are, but they were waiting for the legislators to commit to a time although they have agreed to meet with them. Mayor Gerwig said she wanted to make sure they had an appointment with the League as well as with Allison Payne. Mr. Schofield said that the meeting with Allison Payne would be early. Mayor Gerwig thought that was good because they are in the committee meetings and they can provide some background on the bills they are concerned with. Mr. Schofield said that they have verified the Village’s list with the League's; however, the only place they may be potentially in disagreement is there is a voluntary program for sanitary inspection service. Mr. Schofield said that the Village does not go into a house to clean out private property; however, the National League of Cities and the Florida League of Cities have done an insurance program so they are pushing for it. He said that they want the inspection to fall on local governments. Mr. Schofield said that it would cost the Village $500,000 per year to do the inspection program, and if they had to replace every one it would cost about $ 6 million. He said if the League of Cities wants to offer insurance, that is up to them, but he did not believe this was good for local government. Mayor Gerwig said this is a time for the Village to say how they felt about that. She said that while they were there for Palm Beach County Days, it would be all about Palm Beach County. She said they have agreed with a lot of it, and they have worked out legislative agendas with the County, School District and the League. Mayor Gerwig indicated that she asked Laura to print out the Palm Beach League of Cities Legislative Home Rule where the County sat down with the League. She said that those were things that the County and League agreed on although the Village might have things they do not agree with. Councilman McGovern said that it was an important time for all of those entities. He asked where was Senator Rader on the Wetlands Reuse issue. Mr. Schofield said that he would confirm where he is. Mayor Gerwig and Councilman McGovern questioned whether he would sponsor it. Ms. Quickel said she believed they spoke to him about sponsoring it as well. She said that there is a different process for the Senate. Mr. Schofield said they would also put Senator Rader on the list. Mr. Schofield said that there might be some discussion on this Monday Village of Wellington Page 13 Village Council Workshop Action Summary January 9, 2020 night because they will be printing some of this information very late on Monday. Mayor Gerwig said that one of the things Ms. LaRocque said when she first became Wellington's Utility Director, was that there were things they could be doing regarding reuse water. She asked if what they were talking about now would be solving that situation. Ms. LaRocque said that it is part of the solution. She said that they could only dispose of a certain percentage of it as the rest goes down the injection well. She said that part of the challenge on the reuse master plan that is underway is the loss of golf course space because that is the logical disposal mechanism. Ms. LaRocque further stated that it is extremely expensive to bring in a separate reuse system on residential properties. Mayor Gerwig asked if they have tapped into the polo fields. Ms. LaRocque said that they are on the list and they have identified some properties they are looking at. Mr. Schofield said that the issue is that they can't do reuse as they can treat every single gallon of it, but the problem is the $30 million distribution system to get out there and then you have to find the customers. He said that the real problem he has with this is that there really is no real science behind putting things down in the boulder zone . He said that there is no real evidence that this is bad and none that it is good either. Mayor Gerwig asked if it is okay to put in the boulder zone, but is it something that they should be selling. Ms. LaRocque said that this is a beneficially environmental project. Mr. Schofield said that they are planning to move that forward as there are some permitting benefits to it because every gallon that they use they get a credit for consumptive use . He said that Ms. LaRocque does have the master planning underway. 8. COUNCIL COMMENTS None. 9. ADJOURN There being no further business to be discussed by Council, the meeting was adjourned at 5:07 p.m. Village of Wellington Page 14