OFASTA Hn OUNTV,FIS SINCE. 1872  TOWN OF ASTATULA MAYOR AND COUNCIL SUMMARY MINUTES  COUNCIL WORKSHOP TUESDAYFEBRUARY1,2022 COMMUNITY CENTER  Having been duly advertised as required by law, Mayor Mitchell Mack called the workshop to  order at 4.12pm. Hel led the Pledge of Allegiance.  Members Present: Mitchell Mack, Mayor Stephen Cross, Vice-Mayor Gayle Sikkema Absent: Orita Issartel  Also Present: Graham Wells, Town Clerk Wally Hoagland, Police Chief  Roll Call was performed, and it was determined that a quorum was present. The Mayor welcomed  Zane Teeters who wanted to address council. RULESOFORDER. - REVISITED  At the workshop on January 18, 2022, Council entertained repealing the Astatula rules of order in preference to adopting the Roberts Rules of Order. The book, Robert rules of order has over 800 pages and thes simplified version has 161.Itis unlikelythatanyonel knows whati is in them or will read The Astatula rules, however, were written specifically for the Town: and has express rules that should be followed by succeeding administrations. If the rules are repealed, and there was a major change to the Board, there would be no guidance for future Council members. The rules have already been Councilwoman Sikkema, said that shel had taken her notes, looked at the recommendations from Mr. Cross and the attorney, some additional items from the school boards rules of order and combined them into a document for the council's consideration. Mr. Cross wanted the opportunity to amend the day and time of the regular meetings at: anyt time and not justi in November which was proposed. Recommend wording was to add' "ora at: such time and day that the majority oft the council agrees to". He also wanted to add that the council approve the nominations made by the Mayor to appoint the Other changes were made to the notice periods for special council meetings and workshops, and for delivering the agenda packet to council. The ability for a council member to vote ifa absent from the meeting was to be removed irrespective of the reason for the absence. The remainder of the document was discussed, and' The Mayor thanked Councilwoman Sikkema and Vice-Mayor Cross for the time spent on this. A clean copy of the with the changes would be brought to council for final approval. The amended document and any future amendments will be approved by resolution.  them to find out.  reviewed by two council members and the attorney.  Vice-Mayor: and Board/Committee members.  Town ofA Astatula Workshop Minutes February1,2022 Pagelof3    REQUEST FROMMR.ZANE IETBSTDADDISCOUNCIL  Although this wasi notana agenda: item, thel Mayor wanted to allow Mr. Zane Teeters toa address council to request their consideration to change the land development regulations to allow him to have an accessory structure on his property larger than is currently allowed. The code restricts the total square aedalassopimars on the property to not exceed 80% oft the square footage of the heated and cooled area of the principal residence. Mr. Teeters house is around 800 square feet Mr. Teeters believes that hei is unfairly penalized against his neighborwho, having a bigger principal residence is entitled to have a larger accessory structure. He also believes that the lot coverage restriction would allowl him to have al much bigger accessory structure, ifnot for the size ofhisl home. He requested that council change the code by removing the word TOTAL" to allow him to have the Itv was explained tol him that council did notl have the power to arbitrarily change the code. There was aj process that required changes to be heard by the planning and zoning board and an ordinance to adopta any changes to have two readings through council. The Mayoralso explained that any changes made on either the percentage of the principal residence or the lot coverage may have unintended consequences for other properties and must be considered carefully. Either way, it would not be a He added that changes were made to thel LDR's in the past and the word TOTAL was added. Prior to that, he would have been able to add the structure he is requesting although the lot coverage was only 20% up until 2012. Councilwoman Sikkema suggested that we getani interpretation oft the code from the attorney as to whether the word TOTAL constitutes the combined square footage of all of the accessory structures on the property. Either way, the code with the word TOTAL in it was approved under Ordinance 2017B by council on April 17, 2017 and recorded at the County. The specificissue of Mr. Teeters property was discussed extensively based ont the current code but there was no short-term remedy other than the process previously described. Mr. Teeters was unhappy  and already has a detached garage.  accessory structure that] hei is requesting.  quick process.  with the outcome of the discussion and left the meeting.  PROPOSED HANGFSTOTHEIAND DEVELOPMENTE REGULATIONS on' Tuesday February 8th at 4:00 pm at the Community Center.  Duet tot time constraints, the amendments! to Chapters' VI and' VIIi item wast mabadtoahamreworishop DISCUSSION ONI INCREASE OF FIECTRICTYIPRANCHISE RATEFROM4T06PERCENT. The Clerk gave an overview oft the current rate that SECO are passing through to the town of4 4%. The attorneyl had broughti it up that per their contract, SECO: should have notified the town when the rate wasi increased to 6%. They did not.' The increase would bes small for each homeowner but collectively the additional 2%, which represents a! 50% increase in the rate would net the town an additional $36,0000 ofmuch needed revenue.The 6%isi inl line withi ther rateofotherunidpalites.ltwasagreed  to add this to the next council agenda.  Towno ofA Astatula' Workshop Minutes February1, 2022 Page2of3    POLICY & PROCEDURE MANUAL pm at the Community Center. The meeting was adjourned at 6:51 pm. Respectfully submitted, I Mitchell Mack, Mayor ATTEST: Th  Due to time constraints, this item was tabled to a future workshop on Tuesday February 8th at 4:00  Graham Wells, Town Clerk  -  Town ofA Astatula Workshop Minutes February1,2022 Page3of3