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December 17, 2024 ·4:00 PM Final

Ocala City Hall 110 SE Watula Avenue Second Floor - Council Chambers Ocala, Florida https://www.ocalafl.gov/meetings

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Agenda — 74 items

  1. 1. Call to Order
  2. 2. Roll Call
  3. 3. Public Notice ▶ jump to 2:05
  4. 3 Municipal Officers/Others Present: The meeting was also attended by City Manager Peter Lee, City Attorney William Sexton, Assistant City Manager Ken Whitehead, City Clerk Angel Jacobs, Deputy City Clerk Pamela Omichinski, Fire Chief Clint Welborn, Police Chief Michael Balken, Internal Auditor Randall Bridgeman, Finance Director Peter Brill, City Projects Director Tye Chighizola, Multimedia & Communications Coordinator Danielle Dyals, Director of Airport Matthew Grow, Planning Director Aubrey Hale, Budget Director Tammi Haslam, Community Development Services Director James Haynes, Director of Parks & Recreation Julie Johnson, HR/Risk Management Director Devan Kikendall, City Engineer & Director of Water Resources Sean Lanier, Chief Financial Officer Janice Mitchell, Director of Public Works Darren Park, Director of Electric Utility Doug Peebles, Director of Ocala Fiber Network Mel Poole, IT Director Christopher Ramos, Strategic & Legislative Affairs Administrator Jeannine Robbins, Procurement & Contracting Officer Daphne Robinson, Growth Management Director Jeff Shrum, Chief of Staff Chris Watt, Ocala Police Dept Representative, IT Representative, The Press and other interested parties.
  5. 4. Proclamations and Awards
  6. 4a. The Mayor’s Citizen Recognition Award will be presented to Lynelle Fairchild 2025-0299 ▶ jump to 2:15
  7. - Public Notice for the December 17, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting was posted on November 6, 2024
  8. 4b. Service Award - Chad Lynch - Ocala Electric Utility - 25 Years of Service 2025-0394 ▶ jump to 7:20
  9. 4c. Service Award - Fire Captain Joshua Phillips - Ocala Fire Rescue Department - 25 Years of Service 2025-0392 ▶ jump to 9:06
  10. 4d. Service Award - Dwain Thomas - Growth Management Department - 25 Years of Service 2025-0224 ▶ jump to 11:26
  11. 5. Presentations
  12. 5a. Ocala Municipal Arts Commission Fiscal Year 2023-24 Report 2025-0379 ▶ jump to 13:34
  13. 6. Consent Agenda ▶ jump to 18:32
  14. 6a. Approve the Fiscal Year 2025-26 tentative budget calendar 2025-0138 Approved Pass
  15. 6b. Adopt Budget Resolution 2025-121 amending the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget to accept and appropriate program income for the City of Ocala’s State Housing Initiative Program Grant program in the amount of $24,003 BR-2025-121 Adopted Pass
  16. 6c. Approve a Change Order for Task Order No. 1 with Black & Veatch Corporation to provide engineering services in response to a request for additional information on SE Watula Avenue and SE Broadway Street Letter of Map Revision application for an overall project cost of $54,450 2025-0277 Approved Pass
  17. 6d. Approve a one-year renewal of Connexo NetSense Service Maintenance Agreement with Honeywell in the amount of $64,862 2025-0278 Approved Pass
  18. 6e. Approve the release of Blanket Easements granted on parcels No. 24228-003-00 and No. 24228-002-00 in exchange for Specific Replacement Easements 2025-0284 Approved Pass
  19. 6f. Adopt Budget Resolution 2025-122 amending the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget to accept and appropriate grant funds from the U.S. Department of Justice to reimburse overtime and operating expenses related to community policing education and programs up to $36,531 BR-2025-122 Adopted Pass
  20. 6g. Approve minutes from September 11, 2024 City Council Special Meeting 2025-0414 Approved Pass
  21. 6h. Approve minutes from December 3, 2024 City Council meeting 2025-0413
  22. 7. Consent Agenda Items Held for Discussion
  23. 8. Introduction and First Readings of Ordinances
  24. 9. Public Hearings / Second and Final Readings / Adoption of Ordinances ▶ jump to 18:46
  25. 9a. Affordable Housing Advisory Committee 2024 Annual Report 2025-0250 Presented ▶ jump to 18:52
  26. 9b. Approve the 2024 Community Development Block Grant Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report 2025-0240 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 34:46
  27. 9c. Adopt Ordinance 2025-1 to rezone approximately 4.63 acres for property located at 1712 SE Lake Weir Avenue (Parcel 2920-010-008) from INST, Institutional to B-2A, Limited Community Business (Case ZON24-45752) (Quasi-Judicial) - Previously postponed from October 15, 2024, November 19, 2024 and December 3, 2024, City Council meetings. 2025-0411 Postponed Pass ▶ jump to 46:49
  28. 9d. Adopt Ordinance 2025-10 to rezone approximately 15.00 acres of property generally located in the 2000-3000 block of NW 35th Avenue Road, approximately 660 feet northwest of the intersection of NW 35th Avenue Road and NW 21st Street, (Parcel 21466-000-00) from R-1, Single-Family Residential, to B-2, Community Business (Case ZON24-45826) (Quasi-Judicial) 2025-0384 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 52:05
  29. 9e. Adopt Ordinance 2025-11 to annex approximately 1.29 acres for property located at 4001 NW Blitchton Road (Parcel 21537-002-00) (Case ANX24-45820) (Quasi-Judicial) 2025-0385 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 59:10
  30. 9f. Adopt Ordinance 2025-12 to change future land use designation of approximately 1.29 acres for property located at 4001 NW Blitchton Road (Parcel 21537-002-00) from Commercial (County) to Medium Intensity/Special District (City) (Case LUC24-45821) (Quasi-Judicial) 2025-0386 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 59:27
  31. 9g. Adopt Ordinance 2025-13 to rezone approximately 1.29 acres for property located at 4001 NW Blitchton Road (Parcel 21537-002-00) from B-2, Community Business (County), to B-2, Community Business (City) (Case ZON24-45822) (Quasi-Judicial) 2025-0387 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 59:41
  32. 9h. Adopt Ordinance 2025-14 to rezone approximately 15.46 acres for property located approximately 900 feet northwest of the intersection of SW College Road and SW 20th Court (Parcel 23553-003-00 and Parcel 23561-000-00) from R-1, Single-Family Residential, to R-3, Multi-Family Residential (Case ZON24-45672) (Quasi-Judicial) 2025-0388 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 64:01
  33. 31 page break
  34. 10. General Business
  35. 10a. Adopt Budget Resolution 2025-123 amending the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget to appropriate revenue and expenditures from the renewed Infrastructure Surtax in the amount of $9,116,456 BR-2025-123 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 65:12
  36. 10b. Approve the annual agreement for business creation, retention, and attraction services with the Ocala Metro Chamber & Economic Partnership in the amount of $190,000 2025-0325 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 71:35
  37. 10c. Approve a two-year contract renewal for drone show services for Fourth of July events with Sky Elements, LLC in the amount of $300,000 2025-0117 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 74:16
  38. 10d. Approve award of a contract to Florida Home Contractors, Inc., for rehabilitation services for the Terrell residence located on SW Fifth Place with a total project cost not to exceed $114,740 2025-0144 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 75:40
  39. 10e. Approve the purchase of electric meters from Wesco Distribution, Inc. with an estimated expenditure of $2,000,000 2025-0162 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 76:34
  40. 10f. Approve a one-year contract renewal with Extreme Enterprises of Marion County, Inc., for grounds maintenance services for the City’s south section rights-of-way, medians, and city-owned lots with an expenditure of $177,239 2025-0235 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 77:31
  41. 10g. Approve a three-year contract award to Sulter Precision Cuts, LLC for stormwater grounds maintenance services for the City’s northeast section in the amount of $561,120 2025-0303 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 78:18
  42. 10h. Approve the purchase of three Federal Transit Administration Category 3 cutaway style buses in the amount of $561,168 2025-0302 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 79:59
  43. 10i. Approve the purchase of two acres for $156,000 from Ruth Still in support of the expansion project of Water Retention Area No. 222 2025-0320 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 81:01
  44. 10j. Approve the award of a piggyback agreement to Evoqua Water Technologies, LLC, for the provision of wastewater odor and corrosion control services with an aggregate expenditure of $4,000,000 2025-0333 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 82:03
  45. 11. Internal Auditor's Report
  46. 12. City Manager's Report ▶ jump to 82:16
  47. 12a. 2025 State Legislative Priorities Draft 2025-0412 ▶ jump to 82:28
  48. 13. Ocala Police Department Report ▶ jump to 91:03
  49. 14. Ocala Fire Rescue Department Report ▶ jump to 99:31
  50. 15. City Attorney's Report ▶ jump to 100:55
  51. - Sanitation workshop rescheduled to February 11, 2024, at 12:00 pm in Council Chambers
  52. 16. Public Comments ▶ jump to 101:02
  53. - OFN Strategic Plan Update presented by Janice Mitchel
  54. 17. Informational Items and Calendaring Items ▶ jump to 106:33
  55. - City Staff recognition
  56. 18. Comments by Mayor ▶ jump to 106:38
  57. 19. Comments by City Council Members ▶ jump to 110:02
  58. - Christmas Parade recap
  59. 20. Adjournment ▶ jump to 110:38
  60. - Annual Shop with a Cop Event
  61. - Operation: Secret Santa
  62. - Case Highlight
  63. - Patrol Bureau & Traffic Enforcement
  64. - Update to Police Report to Council Format
  65. - Fire Chief Clint Welborn – Public Safety Opioid Response Efforts & Community Paramedicine
  66. - Update to Fire Department Report to Council Format
  67. - Jason Martin, 4160 SE 58th Avenue, discussed his concerns about business practices of neighboring business
  68. - Community Step Challenge
  69. - Healthy Ocala Mental Health Services website
  70. - Christmas Parade
  71. - Council Members wished the public a Merry Christmas
  72. 72 Adjourned at 5:52 pm
  73. 73 Minutes
  74. 74 _______________________________ ________________________________ Kristen M. Dreyer Angel B. Jacobs Council President City Clerk