- Titusville Environmental Commission
- Titusville Environmental Commission 11/10/21
Titusville Environmental Commission 11/10/21
CITY OF TITUSVILLE
TITUSVILLE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION
NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING
November 10, 2021
City Hall in Council Chamber
555 S. Washington Avenue Titusville, Florida 32796
5:30 PM
Notice
All persons who anticipate speaking on any Public Hearing item must fill out an Oath Card to be heard on that agenda item and sign the oath contained thereon. These cards are located on the table near the entrance to the Council Chamber or may be obtained from the Recording Secretary. This meeting will be conducted in accordance to the procedures adopted in Resolution #24-1997
Those speaking in favor of a request will be heard first, those opposed will be heard second, and those who wish to make a public comment on the item will speak third. The applicant may make a brief rebuttal if necessary. A representative from either side, for or against, may cross-examine a witness.
Anyone who speaks is considered a witness. If you have photographs, sketches, or documents that you desire for the Commission to consider, they must be submitted into evidence and will be retained by the City. Please submit such exhibits to the Recording Secretary.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ROLL CALL
4. DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. October 13, 2021 Minutes
Approve
6. OLD BUSINESS
A. TEC Bylaw Amendment
Review the proposed bylaw amendment and recommend that the item be added to the October TEC meeting for adoption consistent with the process outlined in Article XV. Amendment of the TEC Bylaws.
7. NEW BUSINESS
A. CUP #8-2021 - SR 405 & Grissom Gas Station
Conduct a Public Hearing and Review Conditional Use Permit #8-2021 and make a recommendation to the City Council. This is a quasi-judicial item.
The Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled to hear this item on November 10, 2021 and the City Council will hold a final public hearing on this CUP on November 23, 2021.
B. AF + R2C Climate Cohort
Receive the presentation.
C. Titusville Elementary School Environmental Education Grant
Provide direction on the TEC School Grant Program.
D. Semi-Annual Report - December 2021
Approve the TEC Semi-Annual Report to be sent to City Council.
E. TEC Election of Officers
Conduct the annual TEC election of officers
8. PUBLIC COMMENT
9. REPORTS
A. Titusville Sustainability Action Plan
Receive Presentation. No action is required.
10. DISCUSSION OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
11. ADJOURNMENT
Any person who decides to appeal any decision of the Titusville Environmental Commission with respect to any matter considered at this meeting will need a record of the proceedings, and for such purpose, may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.
The City desires to accommodate persons with disabilities. Accordingly, any physically handicapped person, pursuant to Chapter 286.26 Florida Statutes, should at least 48 hours prior to the meeting, submit a written request to the chairperson of the meeting that the physically handicapped person desires to attend.
The Titusville Environmental Commission (TEC) of the City of Titusville, Florida met in regular session in the Council Chamber at City Hall, located at 555 South Washington Avenue on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 5:30pm.
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Chairwoman Thompson called the meeting to order at 5:30pm. Present were Member Perez, Member Rice, Member Yount, Member Myjak, Alternate Member Flis, and Alternate Member Young. Member Tucker and Member Le were absent. Staff present was Senior Planner Eddy Galindo, Sustainability Planner Rachel Muller, Assistant City Attorney Chelsea Farrell, and Recording Secretary Laurie Dargie.
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Assistant City Attorney Farrell swore in Yvette Flis as the newest member of the Titusville Environmental Commission.
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Member Yount made a motion to approve the minutes from the October 13, 2021 meeting as presented. Member Perez seconded. There was a unanimous voice vote in favor.
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Old Business
TEC By-law Amendment
Mr. Galindo gave an overview of this item.
Discussion took place amongst the Titusville Environmental Commission members regarding changing the speaking time from three (3) minutes to five (5) minute and having two opportunities for public comment.
Stan Johnston of 860 Poinsettia Avenue Titusville, Florida came to speak neither for nor against this item.
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Member Myjak made a motion to approve the changes to item #4 and item #5. On item #6 make the change except leave out the words “(non-agenda items)” of the By-Laws. Vice Chairman Rice seconded.
Roll call was as follows:
Member Flis Yes
Member Yount Yes
Vice Chairman Rice Yes
Member Myjak Yes
Member Perez Yes
Chairwoman Thompson Yes
Motion passed.
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Member Myjak made a motion to strike the second sentence in Article IX. Order of Business, Section 4 of the By-Laws. Vice Chairman Rice seconded.
Roll call was as follows:
Member Perez Yes
Vice Chairman Rice Yes
Member Myjak Yes
Member Flis Yes
Member Yount Yes
Chairwoman Thompson Yes
Motion passed.
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Member Myjak made a motion to change the speaking time from three (3) minutes to five (5) minutes in Article IX Order of Business, Section 4 of the By-Laws. Vice Chairman Rice seconded.
Roll call was as follows:
Member Yount Yes
Member Flis Yes
Member Myjak Yes
Vice Chairman Rice Yes
Member Perez Yes
Chairwoman Thompson Yes
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Alternate Member Young arrived to the meeting.
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Mr. Galindo asked if the Titusville Environmental Commission would consider hearing agenda item 7B: AF + R2C Climate Cohort presentation before item 7A.
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Vice Chairman Rice made a motion to hear agenda item 7B. before 7A. Member Perez seconded. There was a unanimous voice vote in favor.
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New Business
AF + R2C Climate Cohort
Mr. Galindo introduced Emily Keck to the Titusville Environmental Commission.
Emily Keck Climate Fellow intern from Stetson University worked on the Audubon Florida and East Central Florida Regional Planning Council’s Regional Resilience Collaborative (AF + R2C) greenhouse gas emissions inventory report. Ms. Keck gave a brief presentation on the work that she did on the AF + R2C Climate Cohort project.
Discussion took place amongst the Titusville Environmental Commission regarding this item.
Member Young said he would like to give a report about the WISER committee he is a member of and what WISER is doing.
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Member Myjak made a motion to have Member Young make a presentation on WISER at the next Titusville Environmental Commission meeting. Member Perez seconded. There was a unanimous voice vote in favor.
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Stan Johnston of 860 Poinsettia Avenue Titusville, Florida came to speak neither for nor against this item.
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CUP#8-2021 – SR 405 & Grissom gas station
Mr. Galindo gave an overview of this item.
Matt Williams of 7331 Office Park Place Suite 200, Melbourne, Florida came to speak in favor of this item.
Rick Blecha of 1700 N. Orange Avenue Orlando, Florida came to speak in favor of this item.
Discussion took place amongst the Titusville Environmental Commission, Mr. Williams and Mr. Blecha regarding concerns about the tank being below ground in the Area of Critical Concern (ACC).
David Mandernack of 2645 Slash Pine Court Titusville, Florida came to speak neither for nor against this item.
Stan Johnston of 860 Poinsettia Avenue Titusville, Florida came to speak neither for nor against this item.
Sean Fortier of 1700 N. Orange Avenue Orlando, Florida came to speak in favor of this item.
Discussion took place amongst the Titusville Environmental Commission regarding the following concerns: the tank being below ground in the ACC, potential contamination in the ground water and recharge areas, capturing 110% volume, system failures, system shutdowns, tanker spills, response time for failures and cleanup, and life span of the equipment.
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Vice Chairman Rice made a motion to approve Conditional Use Permit CUP# 8-2021 – SR 405 & Grissom gas station with the following recommendation that the applicant provide a report to City Council with the following information: life span of all fuel equipment, record of how many alarms go off at WAWA locations for system issues, how many tank failures have happened, how many tanker spills, response time to system failures, and cleanup processes. Member Perez seconded.
Roll call was as follows:
Member Perez Yes
Vice Chairman Rice Yes
Member Flis Yes
Member Yount Yes
Member Myjak No
Member Young No
Chairwoman Thompson Yes
Motion passed with a 5 yes, 2 no vote.
Member Myjak voted no because there is no reconciliation to a system failure in the Area of Critical Concern and there should be a backup tank to capture the 110% volume if there was a system failure.
Member Young voted no because these are toxins that just don’t go away and the tanks should be above ground.
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Vice Chairman Rice made a motion to recommend to City Council advisability for staff to review Section 3.9.4.10.3.5 of the Hazardous Materials Technical Manual Requirements. Member Perez seconded.
Roll call was as follows:
Member Young Yes
Member Flis Yes
Member Yount Yes
Vice Chairman Rice Yes
Member Myjak Yes
Member Perez Yes
Chairwoman Thompson Yes
Motion passed.
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The Titusville Environmental Commission took a 10 minutes recess.
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Vice Chairman Rice made a motion to extend the meeting until 8:30pm. Member Flis seconded. There was a unanimous voice vote in favor.
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Titusville Elementary School Environmental Education Grant
Ms. Muller gave an overview of this item.
The Titusville Environmental Commission took some time to fill out the score sheets for each of the two school applicants which were St. Teresa Catholic School and Park Avenue Christian Academy.
Ms. Muller reviewed the score sheets and both schools received high scores.
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Member Myjak made a motion to accept both St. Teresa Catholic School and Park Avenue Christian Academy as the school grant winners and approve the full amount of the grant money to be used to award the applicants for their submissions. Member Yount seconded.
Roll call was as follows:
Member Perez Yes
Vice Chairman Rice Yes
Member Flis Yes
Member Yount Yes
Member Myjak Yes
Member Young Yes
Chairwoman Thompson Yes
Motion passed.
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Semi-Annual Report – December 2021
Ms. Muller gave an overview of this item.
Discussion took place amongst the Titusville Environmental Commission about the timeframe of the information provided in the report. The Commission would like for the report to include June 2021. Ms. Muller said she will update the report with the June 2021 meeting information.
Stan Johnston of 860 Poinsettia Avenue Titusville, Florida came to speak neither for nor against this item. Mr. Johnston provided a handout.
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Member Myjak made a motion to approve adding the June 2021 information to the semi-annual report. Member Perez seconded.
Roll call was as follows:
Member Young Yes
Member Flis Yes
Member Yount Yes
Vice Chairman Rice Yes
Member Myjak Yes
Member Perez Yes
Chairwoman Thompson Yes
Motion passed.
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Ms. Muller said that this report can be updated with any changes that the Commission desires to make. Ms. Muller said this report can be given by a Commission member in person at the December 3, 2021 City Council meeting or be turned in as a written report to City Council.
Discussion took place amongst the Titusville Environmental Commission regarding items that they want included in the semi-annual report. Chairwoman Thompson said she would like for the tree protection ordinance to be mentioned within the Low Impact Development (LID) paragraph. Chairwoman Thompson said she would also like mentioned that the Commission is not done working on the topic of stormwater run-off and that discussion on this topic will continue in 2022.
Member Yount said in the past the Chairperson of the Titusville Environmental Commission would make the semi-annual report and bring it to the Commission during a meeting to review and approve. Member Yount suggested that the Commission consider doing this again. Chairwoman Thompson said she could make the report and bring it back to the Commission if that is what the Commission would like to do for the next semi-annual report.
Chairwoman Thompson said she is unable to attend the December 3, 2021 City Council meeting to give the semi-annual report in person. Chairwoman Thompson asked if Vice Chairman Rice would be able to give the report. Vice Chairman Rice agreed to give the report in person.
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Election of Officers
Woody Rice nominated Laurilee Thompson to continue serving as the Chairperson. Laurilee Thompson accepted the nomination. There were no other nominations.
Laurilee Thompson said she wanted to make it known that there will be times that she will not be able to make the Titusville Environmental Commission meetings due to other obligations that she is also involved in and will have to request that the Vice Chairman take over. She just wanted to be upfront about occasionally missing meetings.
Roll call was as follows to vote for Laurilee Thompson as Chairperson.
Member Yount Yes
Member Young Yes
Member Flis Yes
Member Myjak Yes
Vice Chairman Rice Yes
Member Perez Yes
Chairwoman Thompson Yes
Motion passed.
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Laurilee Thompson nominated Woody Rice to continue serving as Vice Chairperson. Woody Rice accepted the nomination. There were no other nominations.
Roll call was as follows to vote for Woody Rice as Vice Chairperson.
Member Perez Yes
Vice Chairman Rice Yes
Member Flis Yes
Member Young Yes
Member Myjak Yes
Member Young Yes
Chairwoman Thompson Yes
Motion passed.
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Public Comment
Kay St. Onge of 2360 Maryland Avenue Titusville, Florida came to speak. Ms. St. Onge spoke about the importance of Urban Forestry and the Growth Program. Ms. St. Onge requested that the Titusville Environmental Commission put this on their future agendas for discussion.
Member Perez made a motion to extend Ms. St. Onge’s speaking time by one more minute. Member Myjak seconded. There was a unanimous voice vote in favor.
Stan Johnston of 860 Poinsettia Avenue Titusville, Florida came to speak. Mr. Johnston provided a handout. Mr. Johnston spoke about the handout.
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Reports
Ms. Muller gave a presentation regarding the Sustainability Action Plan.
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Discussion of future agenda items
Urban Forestry – Growth Award
Metrics/Sustainability
WISER presentation – Bill Young
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Adjournment 8:35pm