MEMBERS PRESENT:

K. Richard Blount, Harvey Budd, Mitchell Glaeser, William“Clay” Martin, Fredrick Peterkin, Beverly Thomas, Janet Wootten, and Susan Wright.

COUNTY STAFF:

DJ Williams (ATCM), Pauldine France (Intern)

OTHERS PRESENT:

George Nickerson (CRC Legal Counsel), Chris Eversole, and Jim Konish.

Summary:

After confirming a quorum, Chair Wootten called the meeting to order at 5:45 p.m. A motion was made by Member Blount/Glaeser to approve the agenda. The motion passed unanimously.

There was a motion by Member Thomas/Blount to approve the minutes. The motion passed unanimously.

George Nickerson was recognized to present the draft language and suggested removing the second and third “shall” in the summary of Amendment 1 (County environmental ordinances prevailing over municipal ordinances). Additionally, he suggested that the second “shall” in the summary for joint planning be deleted. Mr. Nickerson explained the technical revision he made to the joint planing language to remove the language “urban reserve area” and replace this with “any area designated pursuant to general or special law as a reserve for annexation by”. A motion was made by Member Martin/Glaeser to approve the new language for joint planning. The motion passed unanimously. Additionally, Mr. Nickerson stated that the titles of the ballot need to be more clear since these will be used most often.

Member Martin stated that the title of Amendment 1 regarding conflicting environmental ordinances needed to reflect the relationship between county and municipal ordinances in order top reflect the actual language of the amendment. Mr. Martin suggested that the following change be made (change in bold):

Enforcement of Relationship between County and municipal ordinances regulation air and water pollution.

A motion was made by Member Martin/Wright to approve the change suggested by Member Martin. The motion was passed unanimously.

A motion was made by Member Martin/Wright to remove the second and third “shall” in the summary of amendment one. The changes are as follows:

Shall the Alachua County Charter shall be amended to provide that both county and municipal ordinances establishing standards for protecting the environment by prohibiting or regulating air or water pollution shall be enforceable within the boundaries of municipalities.

The motion was passed unanimously.

There was a motion by Member Wright/Martin to accept the title and summary after the second “shall” is removed from the joint planning summary. Changes are as follows:

Shall the Alachua County Charter shall be amended to authorize interlocal agreements between the county and municipalities to provide for joint planning within the municipality and portions of the unincorporated area not reserved for annexation by another municipality.

The motion passed unanimously.

There was a motion by Member Wright/Thomas to accept the title and ballot question summary of Amendment 3 regarding the appointment and termination of the Charter Review Commission. The motion was passed unanimously.

There was a motion made by member Martin/Wright to accept the title and ballot question summary of amendment 4 regarding the County commission district residency requirements.. The motion was approved unanimously.

There was discussion regarding the CRC draft report. After several changes and suggestions, a motion was made by Member Martin/Thomas to add all the minutes of the CRC meetings to the report’s appendix and authorize staff to make necessary changes to the report. The motion was passed unanimously.

The public education campaign was discussed. D J Williams advised the CRC that the funding needed for the remainder of the fiscal year and for the month of October needed to be determined. She explained different approaches for the CRC’s educational campaign (including development of an educational video). Chris Eversole was recognized to discuss the video. Mr. Eversole explained the duties of the Communications Coordinator and the County’s budget ($16,000) for promotion activities. Mr. Nickerson discussed the implications of the Sunshine Law regarding the campaign. Discussion followed regarding the approximate cost of the campaign. A motion was made by Member Budd/Wright to request from the County Commission between $25,000-$50,000.

Member Glaeser left the meeting at 6:00 pm which resulted in a lack of quorum. Consequently, the CRC could not vote or make any additional motions. After a brief discussion, there was consensus that Chair Wootten contact each member of the County Commission to discuss the public education campaign and related costs to determine the Commission’s level of support for an educational campaign.

Ms. Williams raised the issue of presenting the final report at the County Commission’s July 25 meeting. She advised that the matter was scheduled but could also be specified for a time-certain. After some discussion, it was agreed that the matter would be scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on July 25.

There was discussion regarding the next meeting and there was consensus to meet on July 25 at 5:30 p.m.

The meeting adjourned at approximately 7:05 p.m.

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