I CALL TO ORDER

The meeting was opened on Thursday, March 21, 1996, at 6:35 P.M. by Anita T. Cereceda, Mayor, with a pledge of the allegiance to the flag.

Present at the meeting were: Anita T. Cereceda, Mayor and Council Member; Ted Fizsimons, Vice Mayor and Council Member; Council Members Rusty Isler, Ray Murphy and Garr Reynolds, and Marsha Segal-George, Interim Manager.

II NOMINATIONS FOR CRA MEMBERSHIP

Mayor Cereceda thanked those people in the audience who had applied for membership in the CRA and advised that seven people out of 29 would be chosen. She explained that each council member will make three nominations for membership, then they would all vote on their top choices. Marsha Segal-George will tabulate the votes for all fifteen nominees. The seven top vote getters would be selected for membership.

A. Nominations by Ted Fitzsimons D. Nominations by Ray Murphy

Johanna Campbell William Van Duzer

Betty Davis Simpson Roxie Smith

Sandra Suter Howard Rynearson

B. Nominations by Garr Reynolds E. Nominations by Anita Cereceda

Herbert Strom John Mulholland

Jack Martin Elizabeth Jordan

Ron Kidder Brian Scanlan

C. Nominations by Rusty Isler

Daniel Hughes

Lena Heyman

Linda Beasley

Mayor Cereceda asked the council members to each choose seven names from those nominated.

III PRESENTATION BY LEE COUNTY STAFF REGARDING OPTIONS

PRESENTED TO THE TOWN COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 12, 1996

Mrs. Segal-George explained that in the package the council members had been given was an analysis of their options prepared by Bill Mills. They all had a copy of a submittal just received today from Larry Johnson of the Department of Solid Waste with the county. Attached to the agreement is a longer form option with the sharing between the town and the county on the franchise fee.

Mrs. Segal-George feels that Bill Mills, who spoke with her and to Mr. Roosa, had given a pretty good recommendation. Everything depends, of course, on how much the town wants to take on and how fast. The fee-sharing agreement that the county is offering with regard to the franchise fee for the headaches that they are taking on, at least in the early part, seems reasonable.

Mr. Mills advises in his memo that by 1998 the town will be looking at negotiating the next agreement for the year 2000. If the town basically wants to run everything themselves at that point, data will have been accumulated over that time period and the town would be in a good position to make other choices if desired.

Garr Reynolds reminded the council members that he had suggested sharing the fee with the Solid Waste group. Their initial reaction had been that they couldn't do that; however, their attitude had softened during the meeting. Now they are willing to give us 2% of the 5%, and will graduate it by half percents back up to 5%. Garr was advised that they had said that if they didn't collect the fee, they would have to adjust the rate because the fee was used to keep the rate at a certain level. According to Garr, the Solid Waste group had previously said the fees went into a general fund, then they had backtracked. Mr. Reynolds said we should let the 2% ride until October 1, at which time he suggests starting with 3% for the town and 2% for the county, then the following year going to 4% and letting them keep 1%. The next year the town would go to 5% and Solid Waste would keep nothing. The fee should be paid directly and completely to Fort Myers Beach for the use of this community because the county is using this community for collection. There shouldn't be any problems with doing this because it is money coming in that the county is doing absolutely nothing for.

Mr. Reynolds did not try to base his computations on anything that Bill Mills had suggested.

Marsha Segal-George advised that if the council members were willing to use the short term plan wherein the town gets 2% and the county gets 3%, which would take us through September 30, 1996, it would give her some time to negotiate the other percentages for the future. The county's major concern for Fort Myers Beach is getting something up and operational and so Mrs. Segal-George could give the council the short term agreement for their approval to take to the county, and then bring the other plan into the picture after we see what position the county will take.

Mr. Reynolds believes he read in the newspaper that the TIF fee has been reduced from $47.70 to about $35 or $37. We should have a definite answer on this before the agreement is sent in. If the fee has been reduced for the rest of the county, Fort Myers Beach should share in the reduction.

Marsha Segal-George advised that she will confirm the TIF fee with the county and then she will bring the short term agreement back to the council for approval and then start negotiations with the county on the long term agreement.

The council was advised that they could vote to approve the document subject to verification of the TIF fee. If there is a change in the TIF, Mrs. Segal-George will put it into their packets so that the council will be aware of it and change the document.

Motion: Made by Garr Reynolds and seconded by Ray Murphy to approve the document with the short term plan, subject to verification of the TIF fee. Passed unanimously.

IV VOTING RESULTS

After tabulating the votes, Marsha Segal-George announced she was ready with the results. She revealed that there were two ties in the alternate votes, however, and it was decided to vote again on these.

The seven members selected for the CRA are the following:

Daniel Hughes

Johanna Campbell

Bill Van Duzer

John Mulholland

Betty Davis Simpson

Roxie Smith

Lena Heyman

The ties for the alternates are:

Linda Beasley and Jack Markham

Sandy Suter and Ron Kidder

The alternates selected for the CRA are the following:

Ron Kidder

Linda Beasley

V TOWN MANAGER ANNOUNCEMENTS

A week from tonight there will be a special meeting on land use planning. The comprehensive plan will be discussed, as well as the actual development process. The LPA is welcome to attend.

Monday night there will be a presentation on the Matanzas Harbor Plan, which should be of

interest to the members of the LPA also.

VI COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION

Garr Reynolds announced that on Monday the staff coordinator of the MPO will be here. He wishes to come because Fort Myers Beach is the only independent government in Lee County that does not have a representative there. An invitation has been extended to Mr. Naylor to come in and speak with us briefly and answer any of the council's questions and explain the purpose of the MPO in more detail.

Mr. Reynolds also advised he had received a call from the Sanibel Bridge Committee. It is a fee setting committee and has to do with problems that face Lee County regarding bridges. He has been invited to attend their April meeting. They only have about three meetings a year. The third committee meeting will have to do with fee charges and changes that may take place. We need two citizens to be named for this advisory group and the council members were asked to provide names. The names can be called in to Margie Bowers of Lee County FDOT. The mayor suggested that barring other nominations, Mr. Reynolds should pick two names himself.

A person should be named to the Domestic Violence Committee, also.

VII ADJOURNMENT

Mayor Anita T. Cereceda adjourned the meeting at 7:20 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

Lorraine Calhoun

Recording Secretary