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Ray’s Rpeort
Clermont Council Meeting
May 12, 2015
Hello Friends and Neighbors,
I cannot believe how much is going on in Clermont. Downtown is busy, the waterfront is
busy and people are everywhere. Below is a salute to our Arm Services on VE day.
November 11, 1917, at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day, WWI ended.
never knew about this before. England's Stonehenge or Egypt's Karnak or Abu Simbel have nothing on us. Our memorial
even has a plaque pedestal to explain it all. Archeologists of the future won't have to guess what the site is all about.
Why is it so underpublicized?
Once a Year at 11:11 am the Sun Shines Perfectly on this Memorial At precisely 11:11 a.m. each Veterans Day (Nov. 11),
the sun's rays pass through the ellipses of the five Armed Services pillars to form a perfect solar spotlight over a mosaic of
The Great Seal of the United States.
Photograph by Mike Spinelli
The Anthem Veterans Memorial, located in Anthem, Arizona, is a monument dedicated to honoring the service and
sacrifice of the United States armed forces. The pillar provides a place of honor and reflection for veterans, their family and
friends, and those who want to show their respects to those service men and women who have and continue to
courageously serve the United States.
The memorial was designed by Anthem resident Renee Palmer-Jones. The five marble pillars represent the five branches
of the United States military. They are staggered in size (from 17 ft to 6 ft) and ordered in accordance with the Department
of Defense prescribed precedence, ranging from the United States Army, the United States Marine Corps, the United
States Navy, the United States Air Force and the United States Coast Guard.
Photograph via Anthem Community Council
Additionally, the brick pavers within the Circle of Honor are inscribed with the names of over 750 U.S. servicemen and
women, symbolizing the support for the Armed Forces. The pavers are red, the pillars are white, and the sky is blue to
represent America's flag. The circle represents an unbreakable border. Anthem resident and chief engineer, Jim Martin was
responsible for aligning the memorial accurately with the sun.
http://www.onlineatanthem.com/anthem-veterans-memorial
Anthem Veterans Memorial
41703 N. Gavilan Peak Parkway
Anthem, AZ 85086
(623) 742-6050
In God We Trust
Now here is my Report (Un Official)
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City of Clermont
Council Meeting Agenda
6:30 PM, Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Welcome to our Council meeting. In the interest of time efficiency and ensuring that everyone who wishes to address the Council is given the
opportunity to do so, the following will apply to all comments made by the public. For items listed on the agenda, each speaker will be
permitted 5 minutes to address the Council. For non-agenda items, each speaker will be permitted 3 minutes to address the Council. These
time limits may be extended by the Mayor. Thank you for participating in your City Government.
CALL TO ORDER
INVOCATION & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PRESENTATIONS
Drop Saver Poster contest winners
Cypress Ridge-Quilts for Books
PROCLAMATION
Water Reuse Month
National Public Works Week
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Hal Michelson spoke about the ugly signs at the corner of Montrose Street and West
Avenue. They have been there over 5 years. This matter is still in the courts and we are
hopeful the matter will be concluded soon.
REPORTS
Darren Gray, City Manager – City entry in Dragon Boat Races, came in second. Champions
Safety day is this Saturday at Waterfront Park at *:30 AM. The Employee breakfast is at the
ARC at 7:30 Thursday morning and the Council Members are invited.
Dan Mantzaris, City Attorney-Gave an update on where the Cemex legal actions stand. The
City will keep watch as we want to stay involved.
Councilman Tim Bates – No Report.
Councilman Ray Goodgame –Jokingly, thanked Rev. Kendall Anderson for bringing the
large crowd with him, (The crowd was all the youth here for the Save Water Poster contest
and the Quilts for book from the youth at Cypress Ridge. Mr. Goodgame commented on
the Lake County Awards evening last Wednesday evening. Mr. Gray received the only
award (Leadership Award) that was presented to a resident of South Lake. No mention of
Montverde Academy’s basketball team winning first place in the USA High School
tournament.
Councilman Keith Mullins – Lake EMS was reported to have less than the allocated
number of ambulances operational by press reports. This has been corrected.
Councilwoman Diane Travis – Last Weekend there was a 5K run from the Historic Village
by the Int. Park Run. She reported on the League of Cities article about having a Youth
Council and suggested we look into forming one in Clermont. She spoke about the “Ride
of Silence”, a bicycle ride around Lake Minneola to honor all the bicyclists that have been
injured or killed riding bicycles. The ride will begin at the Pavilion at 6:30 PM on
Wednesday, 20th of May. There will be a police escort for this event.
Mayor Gale Ash – Reported that there were 27 Dragon Boats competing and each boat has
20 rowers. This brings many visitors to Clermont. She attended the Downtown Sidewalk
Art contest last weekend. She informed the council and audience that the past president of
the Clermont Garden Club was recognized by the State Garden Club. This Saturday is
Clermont Safety Day at Waterfront Park.
CONSENT AGENDA
The next portion of the meeting is the consent agenda which 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. Additi onally, if staff
or members of the City Council wish to speak on a consent item, they have the same opportunity.
Item No. 1 – Professional Production and
Broadcast Services Agreement
Consider request to enter into an agreement with
Dr. Anna Maria Productions at a cost of $800.00 per
month.
Item No. 2 – Resolution No. 2015-20
Consider approval Resolution establishing “People” as
a top priority for transportation.
Council Voted 5-0 to approve the Consent Agenda, each item approved separately.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Item No. 3 – Ordinance No. 2015-41; Final
BP
Consider an Ordinance to annex property
located at 16431 State Road 50, in
accordance with the Interlocal Service Boundary
Agreement (ISBA).
Council Voted 5-0 to adopt Ordinance 2015-41
Item No. 4 – Ordinance No. 2015-42; Final
BP
Consider an Ordinance to change the future land
use from Lake County Regional Commercial to
City Commercial for properties located at
16431 State Road 50.
Council Voted 5-0 to adopt Ordinance 2015-42
Item No. 5 – Ordinance No. 2015-43; Final
BP
Consider an Ordinance to change the zoning
from UE Urban Estate to C-2 General
Commercial for properties located at 16431
State Road 50.
Council Voted 5-0 to adopt Ordinance 2015-43
Item No. 6 – Ordinance No. 2015-44; Final
Discount Tire
Council Voted 5-0 to adopt Ordinance 2015-44
Consider an Ordinance to annex property
located at 16407 State Road 50, in accordance
with the Interlocal Service Boundary
Agreement (ISBA).
Item No. 7 – Ordinance No. 2015-45; Final
Discount Tire
Consider an Ordinance to change the future
land use from Lake County Regional
Commercial to City Commercial for property
located at 16407 State Road 50, in accordance
with the Interlocal Service Boundary
Agreement (ISBA).
Council Voted 5-0 to adopt Ordinance 2015-45
Item No. 8 – Ordinance No. 2015-46; Final
Discount Tire
Consider an Ordinance to change the zoning
from UE Urban Estate to C-2 General
Commercial for properties located at 16407
State Road 50.
Council Voted 5-0 to adopt Ordinance 2015-46
Item No. 9 – Ordinance No. 2015-47; Final
Harbor Federal
Consider an Ordinance to annex property
property located at 16345 State Road 50, in
accordance with the Interlocal Service
Boundary Agreement (ISBA).
Council Voted 5-0 to adopt Ordinance 2015-427
Item No. 10 – Ordinance No. 2015-48; Final
Harbor Federal
Consider an Ordinance to change the future
land use from Lake County Regional
Commercial to City Commercial for properties
located at 16345 State Road 50.
Council Voted 5-0 to adopt Ordinance 2015-48
Item No. 11 – Ordinance No. 2015-49; Final
Harbor Federal
Consider an Ordinance to change the zoning
from UE Urban Estate to C-2 General
Commercial for properties located at 16345
State Road 50.
Council Voted 5-0 to adopt Ordinance 2015-49
Item No. 12 – Ordinance No. 2015-50; Final
Value Place Hotel
Council Voted 5-0 to adopt Ordinance 2015-50
Consider an Ordinance to annex property
located at 16311 State Road 50, in accordance
with the Interlocal Service Boundary
Agreement (ISBA).
Item No. 13 – Ordinance No. 2015-51; Final
Value Place Hotel
Consider an Ordinance to change the future
land use from Lake County Regional
Commercial to City Commercial for property
located at 16311 State Road 50.
Council Voted 5-0 to adopt Ordinance 2015-51
Item No. 14 – Ordinance No. 2015-52; Final
Value Place Hotel
Consider an Ordinance to change the zoning
from UE Urban Estate to C-2 General
Commercial for properties located at 16311
State Road 50.
Council Voted 5-0 to adopt Ordinance 2015-52
Item No. 15 – Ordinance No. 2015-53; Final
U-Haul
Consider an Ordinance to annex property
located at 13650 Granville Avenue, in
accordance with the Interlocal Service
Boundary Agreement (ISBA).
Council Voted 5-0 to adopt Ordinance 2015-53
Item No. 16 – Ordinance No. 2015-54; Final
U-Haul
Consider an Ordinance to change the future
land use from Lake County Regional
Commercial to City Commercial for property
located at 13650 Granville Avenue.
Council Voted 5-0 to adopt Ordinance 2015-54
Item No. 17 – Ordinance No. 2015-55; Final
U-Haul
Consider an Ordinance to change the zoning
from UE Urban Estate to C-2 General
Commercial for properties located at 13650
Granville Avenue.
Council Voted 5-0 to adopt Ordinance 2015-55
NEW BUSINESS
Item No. 18 – Variance Request
Coston
Consider variance request to allow for less
than one canopy tree for a residential lot, for
property located at 3623 Fairfield Drive.
This Resident has removed an oak canopy tree from the front yard, with approval by the Kings Ridge ACC
and the neighborhood ACC with the requirement that another oak tree be planted. The owner requested a
variance from the City. The City Council voted to deny this application without prejudice and refer the
resident back to the Kings Ridge ACC committee. The house has a lot size capable of supporting a canopy
tree. There are three authorities involved: the City code, Kings Ridge Architectural Committee and the
neighborhood Architectural Committee. The front yard is small. The original tree was not planted in the
center of the yard. There is sufficient space in the yard for an oak tree.
Council voted 5-0 to deny the variance without prejudice, allowing the matter to come back
to the Council in less than a year.
19 – Variance Request
Lagares-Gomez
Consider variance request to allow a
reduction of an interior side yard setback of less
than 35 feet, for property located at 181 West
Minnehaha Avenue.
Council voted to approve the garage variance and to deny the variance for the shed.
Item No. 20 – Ordinance No. 2015-35; Introduction
Consider introduction of Ordinance to annex
Senninger Irrigation
property located at 16220 State Road 50, in
accordance with the Interlocal Service
Boundary Agreement (ISBA).
Council Voted 5-0 to introduce Ordinance 2015-35
Item No. 21 – Ordinance No. 2015-36; Transmittal Consider introduction of Ordinance to change
Senninger Irrigation
the future land use from Lake County Regional
Office to City Industrial for property located at
16620 State Road 50.
Council Voted 5-0 to introduce Ordinance 2015-36
Item No. 22 – Ordinance No. 2015-37; Introduction Consider introduction of Ordinance to
Senninger Irrigation
the zoning from UE Urban Estate to M-1
Industrial for property located at 16220 State
Road 50.
change
Council Voted 5-0 to introduce Ordinance 2015-37
Item No. 23 – Ordinance No. 2015-59; Introduction Consider introduction of Ordinance to change
Thomas
The zoning from R-1 Single Family to R-2
Medium Density for property located along
Prince Edward Avenue.
Council Voted 5-0 to introduce Ordinance 2015-59
Item No. 24 – Ordinance No. 2015-60; Introduction Consider introduction of Ordinance to annex
Magnolia Center
properties located at 17330 State Road 50 and
Pagonia Drive, in accordance with the
Interlocal Service Boundary Agreement (ISBA).
Council Voted 5-0 to introduce Ordinance 2015-60
Item No. 25 – Ordinance No. 2015-61; Transmittal Consider introduction of Ordinance to change
Magnolia Center
the future land use from Lake County Regional
Commercial to City Commercial for properties
located at 17330 State Road 50 and Pagonia
Drive.
Council Voted 5-0 to table until May 26, 2015
Item No. 26 – Ordinance No. 2015-64; Withdrawn Withdrawn
Johns Lake Landing
Item No. 27 – Ordinance No. 2015-65; Introduction Consider introduction of Ordinance to change
Piora
the zoning from R-1 Single Family to R-2
Medium Density for property located at
Chestnut Street and West Avenue.
Council Voted 5-0 to introduce Ordinance 2015-65
ADJOURN
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you think you know very thing
*A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
*A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
*A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.
*A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
*A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
*A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
*A snail can sleep for three years.
*Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
*All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5
bill.
*Almonds are a member of the peach family.
*An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
*Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6
years of age.
*Butterflies taste with their feet.
*Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.
*"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
*February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
*In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
*If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end
because of the rate of reproduction.
*If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6
months waiting at red lights.
*It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
*Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
*Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
*No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
*On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an
American flag.
*Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop
growing.
*Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
*Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
*"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop" with
your right.
*The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
*The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
*The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a
chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
*The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of
the alphabet.
*The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
*The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to
right or right to left (palindromes).
*There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
*There are more chickens than people in the world.
*There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous":
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous
*There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order:
"abstemious" and "facetious."
*There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewable Vitamins.
*Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
*TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one
row of the keyboard.
*Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
*Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
*Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it
will digest itself.
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Now you know everything .....
Life is just ducky
I saw a woman wearing a sweat shirt with 'Guess' on it.
So I said 'Implants?' She hit me.
Marriage changes passion.
Suddenly you're in bed with a relative.
Now that food has replaced sex in my life,
I can't even get into my own pants.
How come we choose from just two people to run for president and over fifty
for Miss America?
When I was young we used to go 'skinny dipping,' now I just 'chunky dunk.'
I signed up for an exercise class and was told to wear loose fitting clothing.
If I HAD any loose fitting clothing, I wouldn't have signed up in the first place!
Wouldn't it be nice if whenever we messed up our life we could simply press
'Ctrl Alt Delete' and start all over?
Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference.
Wouldn't you know it ---Brain cells come and brain cells go,
but FAT cells live forever.
Why is it that our children can't read a Bible in school, but they can in prison?
A completely brilliant question!
Bumper sticker of the year: 'If you can read this, thank a teacher And, if it’s in English, thank a soldier.'
Why do I have to swear on the Bible in court when the Ten Commandments
cannot be displayed outside?
Another completely brilliant question!
Save the Earth...It's the only planet with chocolate .
And remember:
Life is like a roll of toilet paper.
The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.
Thank you for allowing me the privilege of serving you!!!
Ray Goodgame
Clermont Councilman, Seat 2
Telephone 352-243-9696
Email – [email protected]