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it which is she's got such A delay Is this
is very First time to us It's supposed
So she looks kind of like he's he's 11 people just
look the rescue which I got sorry i
didn't have the presentation myself I I saw the crisis.
That's all that you Chris, if you go for the 31st,
just come to the chase to make sure this
microphone is turned on to.
Thank you OK, We're ready to thank you all just for First
to meeting the city commission to order it.
We'll start out with the numbers Please So thank you.
Would you join me for the pledge allegiance
Is what you say Six, six.
Thank you So would you please call commissioner
Kirk, commit Commissioner Bush.
Commissioner or data here?
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Thank you.
Thank you sir.
Item on the agenda is the minutes from July 27
and the corrections deletions additions
It's not Cheryl to say the motion to approve the July
20 site Second motion session.
All those in favor right motion passes Next item on the agenda
is personal deduction for I would like to mention that we
have a new engineer on will go to jail for doing this This
So we're really proud of that.
And which the legislature are doing that.
That's the over the limits of city council
here So we appreciate his hard work
and what it took for him to do this.
So please forward that and we move on to the consent agenda
we have three items on the consent agenda
The One he wants to discuss I just want to Five
item C for budget correct?
That's correct So you agree that it's fingerprint it's overtime
for police officers So yes it's not ordinances on the audience.
Question to speak to the item on the consent agenda So
hearing were present for submitting a motion for action
to make a motion that we have 70 U.S. seconds.
Motion was such a motion favor.
I First item on the agenda items I do.
I want So this is kind of a follow up to the conversations
So I really dive into it So i'm looking at this budget.
So if you're looking for make a suggestion
on potential future agenda item, first of all.
So the floor since 2018, we have decreased our village
rate once, twice, three times.
This elderly study for Six out of the eight
that basically seven out of the eight years including
the one that's coming up, would be it would be an increase
So I'm bringing that up is that we'll or actually decreased
our millage rate when the economy was during the shutdown
So I just want to give you something
that we really focused on for at least around 2023 to about 2025.
So many of us on this board have made many comments
that we were doing this with with anticipation had
to potentially have increased in order to put inflation was down.
So we've had 33.4% inflation since 2006 years.
So what that means is that all cost of goods and everything
was expensive So how we do our business,
how we pay people everything because everybody's
all employees.
So that's part of the cost inflation
So why bring in the SOP is because there are so
many different areas with your So you have to vote military
But what I'm looking to is some potential For example there's
an increase or there's an increase on the budget
for this year that would help pay for updated servers
to concentrate in around cyber attacks
is becoming a big issue Thank you.
So it have the cyber attacks so IT departments
as we had this is just an example for always
an increase of $70,000.
So this is going for and that means some of the cyber
attacks Castleberry are utilities and the fact,
the citizens scouts so whatever posing here
is really hard to set up for is while millage is currently
at its current rate to suspend commissions pay until we can get
it back down and to sustain that and to freeze
or maybe even doing away with commission during this time
period And all I'm asking is if the city manager maybe could
just take a look at what it looks like compared
to the military How does this factor maybe bring
it back to the commission.
So are you asking you suspended what You feel on the military?
Correct.
OK.
Yes.
And then to do i don't know requiring board just to rate
anything you do to change.
I change your salary You do it by working increase or decrease
It's affected the work So spending a salary that's
a different So maybe get to what it would
look like a comparison Yeah.
Just because it's a temporary millage.
Yeah.
Yeah Very good.
Yeah that's it.
Yes I have And I'm not exactly sure what
i'm recommending We do.
I guess I want staff to make a recommendation
but we received a communication from our residents
Resident regarding this was causing property damage
And so I went back and I read the ordinance that was passed
in 2017 that created Castleberry as a sanctuary
And I'm not proposing that we shouldn't
be a bird sanctuary anymore but my understanding
is is individuals.
Now we're able to file an insurance claim against cities
insurance policy for their property damage
and having an effect on insurance
and is One thing insurance companies don't like.
You to do is file claims.
So I don't know if we could just get a relook at that ordinance
to see if there could be any slight modification perhaps
in an instance where there's an ongoing nuisance we could have
several county capture or relocate
or just I don't I don't know what I'm recommending
but if I were the residents and I was continuing to state
property damage and there was a city ordinance preventing me
from having the peaceful enjoyment of my property,
that would be a problem for me.
So well, we could make a discussion.
I don't suppose you could tell from the ordinance copy
the drive if you still will see the first section, which
states was because the residents people Well,
we prefer to protect the peacocks
So we responded that the majority So let's not have that.
I don't know what the rest of the commission wants to be.
Are we not concerned about at all about insurance place
and the fact is this could be an ongoing issue
if we continue to just deactivate it,
making sure it's going to be so we'll just have
to see if there's a company like this
because we have a duty to Yes.
So so, so much time resolution resolutions So city is to speak.
No question Yes.
So Section 4.6 of the charter it does
say that no ordinance can increase
the salary shall become effective
until after the next election.
So it's possible that there could
be a decrease for we're going so we can
actually address it further.
I'm just looking at we're looking at different areas
where you know, to residents this again, if this is just
ridiculous oh, I did protect your we
actually had to make it is one.
So but we also have Two different things that we feel
that we would like to keep on.
My to do a village right to increase
the police officers on that decrease our city average.
That's why I just want to see what it would look like.
It appears to decrease that.
Yes but I'd just say thinking about this,
does the massive amount I think really the problem
But we're before.
So I thought, you know, this might be entirely.
it is what it is for commissioners.
I will be prepared to be with you on our next meeting
but I'm not sure if this with any of you
all just basic budget revenues for the facilities
Budget Workshop was concerned.
The public service was because right.
You archaeological draft unpredictable
Sure We still need to the budget related to the public service.
That's franchise fees.
Also also we should 42 other.
So the budget so given that to the budget to the general fund
to balance you are $300,000.40 so what salaries security city
you be so to offset each fund we'll talk about we can move
on a resolution 2635 five you read that by resolution 26-355,
a resolution of the city commission of the city
of Castleberry, Florida accepting the annual
Comprehensive financial Report for Fiscal year,
September 30 2025,
providing for conflict severability effective date
The Finance to forward commissioners city manager may
hear of citizens and all in a panel take I note director
for the City of Castleberry I want to take this opportunity
to thank you their financial statements for the fiscal
year end September 30th, 2025.
This statements are more than just numbers
that reflect our collective priorities,
our social public resources and our commitment
to transparency account of sound financial management.
I would also like to take a moment to recognize and thank
my staff for their hard work, dedication, and commitment
throughout the years.
Without people impossible to accomplish that many tasks
and responsibility for us.
I am so that our support and teamwork.
I appreciate the fact that the city manager has said to me
this effort and to continue to be reliable
and financially sound statements for the city
open one, including this of this process
and help us achieve this important milestone I really
appreciated And that coach, Mr. Andrew Pearson and manager
of so our auditing he's be ready to accept
financial help Thank you very much
mr. Mayor of the Commission.
Thank you.
You.
So I'm here to kind of go over the results of the audit
for fiscal year 20 So just starting out,
there was a separate letter provided to the commission I'm
going over the items, the key items here is that the audit
adjustments are identified.
And this is the direct result of the finance chief
and all that doing just an excellent job preparing
everything for us So starting off with that deliverables,
we start off with the Independent Auditors Report.
So you've got a for result, which
is called unmodified opinion.
So once again, a credit to your financing The next
is the Yellow report or report on internal controls.
What's or no findings inside of internal controls.
So once again, an excellent job by your team.
Same thing for your report.
Compliance for the major federal program.
So for your friends.
Oh, there were no findings related to the federal Finally,
we have two other items that are required for the floor statutes.
So the first is the Salmon Fish Report That's compliance.
And that was also clean and safe.
Management letters, you know, management letter comments.
So that's moving on to kind of the financial highlights,
just some of the things to find out there's a lot of numbers
here and I'm not going to go through each one individually,
but just One of the things that to know
is the unrestricted position.
You're in a positive unrestricted position for both
your governmental and business type activities for fall,
and that you have positive change in that position over
or both governmental business types.
Next is the governmental funds.
Now, as you see here once again, you have a positive on a sign
balance of 14.4 million.
So that's really good.
There was a change of change in balance of a -2.5 million.
But if you take a look here, based on the budget,
your budget $5.6 million decrease
and you only had a 2.5 million decrease.
So that's 3.1 million difference from the budget
in the positive direction.
So that's that's all I have for you.
Question so we're just your thoughts are financial position.
We have won the government award many years in a role because we
have a staff Yes I just like to state for the record,
we in My balance, just reminder during this period committee,
I fulfill literature something like $2 million
to complete the work was funded As we progress So strong
improvement things Three questions,
comments So six still subject to the finance to develop policies
and procedures and also the procedures that make it
so we don't have to report Thank you to all the audience,
everyone in the audience wishing to speak to us 2645 all right.
Thank you very close the portion of the meeting I do
have a question I guess my question is
why did you say from September first through the second one,
why.
So long So it was not that issue or auditors, the core of our
what's required by the larger previous firm go
through the conversion process required a more used to first.
This is the quickest we could just talk Sure sure.
We approve resolution 26 3585 Comprehensive Finance Report
for fiscal year 20 as presented second motion as follows
in favor removing the resolution 2635
$6 word to resolution 26-3586.
A resolution of the City Commission of City of Castle
for Florida repealing the capital asset Policy
adopted for a resolution 14 DoorDash two 670 zero.
The entirety and adopting New Castle
set policy providing for conflict severability effective
date all provided through speak Good evening again.
Commission Our city manager, Mayor
and citizens Vladimir Ortega, Finance Director for the city.
The this policy was adopted on October 27 2014.
The resolution 14 DoorDash 2670.
The motion 2635 86 is to adopt the revise capital
assets policy.
And we resolution 14 2670 and providing finance
for such assets, including that such as the monetary assessment
in accordance with City 96, the exception to this interim year
the city's subtotals applicable 2616
and that inventory drains into sections one and two.
See excuse me, can you just what does definitions section four
expand it with terms tagging assets was expanded in there
capitalization of access interest
donations related to art and how to handle those capital assets.
Categories were added and include intangibles assets
software, purchase software and establish a threshold.
$60,000 space underneath Gaspe 96 policy capital asset
estimated useful life was updated and as a summary instead
of as detailed is a attractive guidance and improvement
for a maintenance work.
Further refine and detail.
And there were other minor changes
on purpose in the policy.
The city manager and finance director
recommend approval of resolution 26, 3586 and the Capital Asset
policy as presented today.
Thank you Any questions?
Set up?
Just a comment really.
You know, I requested the Red light.
So I could actually see what exactly changed.
And it really is minimal.
Mostly just housekeeping again.
So I just appreciate you taking the time
to recognize the housekeeping needed to occur
and getting it modernized for us.
Thank you There should be just something that I overlooked
Hopefully there is something important to administratively
and it's got to be with these folks maybe 6 or 8.
You just mentioned the government accounting
standards for of housing.
So we have the ball and one of the systems they decided
the software subscriptions should be treated
absolute minimum threshold for any software You came to us this
that we learned from our new office.
You can so the threshold that we set a threshold of 50,000
on this policy, we only have to treat significant security
software purchases with this ministry of high level
staff to one or bulk of this policy
What we see is pretty rough.
So the audience wishes to speak to resolution 2635 six
So you refresh we print resolution and 26 3586
to capitalize the policy is almost all those in favor.
Okay That motion passes and move side of the agenda The public
hearing first reading before the keys.
Oh, I'm sorry Just speaking your first favor.
Ordinance 26 1637 Yes.
Ordinance 26-1637.
An ordinance of the City of Casper,
Florida Repeal ordinance 40 2-130 and establishing a new
search providing for conflict severability and then effective
date of Do you want to speak to that
your department Good evening.
This is being brought forth to you
to increase our currency of $25 per you search to $75.
This fee has not been increased since its inception
back in 2000 12.
So there is about approximately an hour's worth of staff time,
but it's taken to generate this report This is done.
We received three more multiple requests every month
from various title companies for this for basically
every real estate transaction that occurs in the city,
whether it's resident or commercial Last year,
just click here We processed 815 requests compared
to 486 in fiscal year 2011.
So there's been a steady increase each year
in the the time to do it.
Unfortunately has not decreased We said so far this fiscal year
through August 4th, we've already processed 737 requests,
which means we're on a trajectory
to exceed last year's.
It is something that we have to generate actually
a public record to produce to people, which is why we're
able to charge a special service fee for this
And it is not unreasonable In fact, it
is in line with all of our sister cities in the area
right now.
I know where springs charges $80 is
right around there as well, 75.
So if you have any questions, please let me know.
This is the first rate that we'll be coming back
for our public services So your questions Audience So anyone
in the audience for six weeks?
26, 16 37 six right.
I forgot to mention that this is anticipated
that the revenue generated will be the $61,125 Audience 2663.
Second motion session 30 Now we're the public hearing OK.
Carrie.
2635 yes Resolution number 260 357.
A resolution of city commission of the City of Castle.
First Florida, relating to the delivery and funding of street
lighting services, with the city approving the street lighting
assessments and street lighting assessment roll for fiscal year
2026 2027, determining that certain real property especially
benefited by street lighting services
ratifying and confirming the full monetary rate resolution
providing the methods of collection
and providing for conflict.
Severability and effective date The notice
of public hearing for this resolution
was advertised to the Orlando sentinel
on Thursday, July ninth 2026.
Commissioners of public Works Director
will be part to come speak to the Evening Commission The city
manager of record district office Resolution 2635 79
is to Animal Street lighting Assessment motion.
And this is the final step in the process of enacting
for the next fiscal year This assessment is, how city operates
maintains and improves the street lighting It applies
to city life, but it does not provide
funding for you this morning to schedule previously approved
increases to street lighting assessment study done back
in July of 2023 and going from $45.25 for you
to which is 52, 46, 40 $46.49, 60 with.
So with that any questions requested So
the answers ordinance speaks 2635 second city
closed that portion motion for action
resolution 2630 five seconds.
The motion seconded in favor Those opposed motion passes.
No two other items So we have a presentation
for you this evening.
Discussion of initiatives related to the safe streets
planning Grant agreement for special projects,
measures to introduce this presentation Good evening.
There are two issues, three Special projects Manager
for public Works Department.
This agenda item requested in consideration
to review and discuss efforts resulting from a recent road
safety audit conducted for 36.
It will also seek some feedback on recommend ations
that will be submitted.
A report to duty to assist with upcoming roadway improvements
that coincide with the recently awarded 20 grant received
from every step, we But first, I would like to give you
a little background to kind of get you up to speed because it's
been a little while since we talked
about this so I'm just going to step through things real quick.
So just because we made a deal, forget okay, So in 2022,
major player, landowner, local agency partners
applied for and received a safe streets and roads for all grant
to develop efficiency action plans for the region
and the agency action plans As you may be aware,
were intended to provide strategies to eliminate
gaps in serious injury crashes on the region's roadways
in 2024.
City Commission adopted the Castleberry Vision Single Action
Plan, a resolution 24 DoorDash 3418, which
among other valuable information and action items
identified locations within the city
with high number of cities dangerous crashes with state
report 36 being the highest So following completion
of decisions action plans, Metro Rail endorsed
received an additional six for a funding order
to further initiatives The subsequent City Commission
approved an agreement with Metropolitan
to fund a road safety secret for day six,
with the goal of identifying potential countermeasure
strategies to improve safety measure.
Orlando hires officers and peers to contract with them
to facilitate completion of this work
and they will be set in a second to discuss
the methods and efforts they use to complete the groups to be so.
At this time, I would like to address the city's de defense
status for is a first year to begin
the review and the facilitated discussion that will hopefully
lead to project recommendations for Mayor The Commission
needs to solve domestic fears.
And I guess was a few obstacles for 36.
So just to give you a little bit of project background
so the existing conditions, so I'll skip over those just
a lot more time for us to discuss some
of the recommendations that talk about next, what comes after So
a little bit about background, but before we jump on this,
just wanted to kind of define what a road safety audit is
The federal Highways defines it as a formal safety
examination of an existing future
by independent types of searching keyword that we're
going to get out of this.
What is the law When we did the road safety audit with out
in the field of variety of disciplines, engineers,
planners see.
So details of all city staff was approved,
even though the fire department also really wanted
to look at the different angles, different perspectives
to make sure that we're covering everything
so the purpose of this policy is really to build
on previous efforts efficiency priorities,
as you mentioned earlier, identify
some practical solutions steps towards designing construction
So the process, what we saw so far,
we analyze that safety system, conditions
for crash data for data from transit walk the corridor.
We have this part of the events that you all have.
We engage with someone The commissioners
work or president, so that one we conduct the field review.
So far we've developed preliminary recommendations
so far, so what we want to guess here
is some goals What you've developed.
You saw we submit a report to you
to have these thoughts and one thing
what we've got to see them all come up with some process
elements of the discourse, analysis
and provide some space and recommendations for you
to use So a little bit about the project or direction,
although there are some areas where it goes up 4
or 5 miles in this direction.
So the cross section does very varies between 45 miles an hour,
miles an hour north and south of how much in terms of traffic
volume between 44,500 and 10,900 vehicles per day 22,000
direction, direction So just a little bit about the safety
numbers between 2021 and 2025, there roughly 13
crashes almost equal for 606.
Out of those 18 involve somebody being
killed or severely injured.
So i out of those 18, five were fatal crashes and 13
more serious injury crashes.
So we're having serious injury.
Those crashes that the people were not able to walk away.
So these either loss of limb or their license
seriously altered that crash from looking at it
from the modal standpoint, there were
19 crashes 25 crashes and 21 motorcycle crashes Now,
if you read this map on the right, four out
of the five fatal crashes involve
somebody outside of people.
So we wanted to make sure that when we were looking at this
for when we looked at that, we're really thinking about how
people outside of the vehicle are able to move safely
from here The level of traffic stress
was another metric that we used.
This is one of the uses Evaluate how comfortable
people walking or biking can also traverse
such a long range cycle.
If feel comfortable walking for for very little comfort.
People often shy away from the goal As you can see,
we have a levels of traffic stress three
and above throughout the floor.
So tells us that people really don't feel comfortable
walking Typically, when we design this,
we're trying to get to below also
to have access to and on below is what we want to design for.
Similarly for bicycles, it was a level traffic trucks for 40
or so not necessarily comfortable for the bike
just a couple of pictures that we
did as I mentioned, was a motorist agency that went out
there Here you'll notice there was a big drop off along a lot
of segments a lot of portions of the corridor that don't have
handrail or pedestrian real.
So this presents a severe risk for people that
might have visual disabilities or fall into
or even saw a lot of fights on the sidewalk
So any mistake people can actually
fall into that dish You do see a lot of things
here from what we out there, utility poles traffic evidence.
So there was a lot of evidence of people
hitting things along and about.
They also went out there at night Talk
about street lights One of the things I noticed
is that the roadway itself does provide some somewhat sufficient
lighting, but when you get to the sidewalk,
if there's not a private property that does provide
a lighting for the sidewalk, there is not So cars typically
have enough lighting, but the pedestrians don't So here
for the recommendations I noticed quarters of some that
have been studied quite a bit here is just
show you project for us to spend a little time on it.
One of the things that I want to mention I
know there still, I think the for the goals the project.
So the goals with project to use has going on right now
and the idea was to supplement some of the recommendations that
are in the goals with project.
So with some other portal ride recommendations and some more
specific ones also So with part of the goals of project
and reconfiguring delays to be 12 foot outside, inside lanes,
updating some locations for perhaps
some needs and standards modify some pedestrian clearance So
in section.
I think more on the some small of the four
So in addition to those recommendations,
we wanted to look at this in three buckets.
The first one was trying to do six poles.
So what we mean by those is if you have different trouble,
pass the consequence along the corridor where there's a vehicle
and another vehicle or vehicle.
And so that's the we wanted to try to remove that exposure,
minimizing as much as possible of the other bucket,
minimizing this.
So giving us a level exposure of what can we do.
So minimize the likelihood of somebody getting into a crash
And the last one, what you see on the slide is minimizing,
lowering the severity.
So if and when that happens can we make it
that everybody walks away?
We know that crashes are not necessarily unavoidable,
but if that crash happens, how do we minimize or any
of the people that are so on the corridors so far,
we know that there's a shorter service plan between 1792.
We have the drive we wanted to another shared use path
either on one side or both sides on the street
to make that pedestrian and bicycle environment a little bit
more comfortable and safer off.
We've already spoken to links and they've agreed in theory.
So combine and relocate bus stops where we have cross.
So we want to make sure that where people are getting off
the bus, that they don't just get on the bus
and just cross as they get off So
it's kind of sort of where we want to place minimizing risk.
I mentioned earlier having pedestrians really drop off
hazards once slight modification that we're recommending instead
of the 12 foot lanes and 11 foot outside lane,
we would recommend an 11 foot outside lane, which
is what's before the transit.
And it's ten, 15 slightly.
So kind of minimize minimizing that pavement
with so minimizing exposure.
A lot but also making a little bit less comfortable
for people to to go faster to see the 80 day assessment
recommendations for patients We recommend going to assessments
throughout the entire floor and see some of those deficiencies
that we saw out there.
And then again, evaluating and investments
feel like as needed throughout the floor for that
of the sidewalks So on the severity side,
installing guardrail in the fall to fix the objects,
look at located within the chairs.
So if somebody runs off the road that they hit a guardrail.
So the utility for so wherever feasible and again, that
takes a little bit more studying at this level within one,
we wanted to get you to look into it so that we can see some
of those objects So the second one
is implementing the first move.
So what that is is with technology,
this really happens late at night time
when there's less traffic People tend
to speed a lot more The main line typically has between just
largely on the side streets we get the green on the left
is a car a couple on side streets would
just technology does is somebody is going
to speed above the speed limit it will
get them the rest of the stuff.
So for some to slow down cut off So we're recommending consider
technology this for those The other one
is to change the target speed, design
speed and forces speed to 40 miles an hour
for the entire corner.
So the thought behind that one was
want to have something that's a little bit more predictable.
Some areas that are 45, some areas that a 40 line
recommendation, but more importantly
we realize that additionally this hit at 45 or 50 miles
an hour the outcomes are to be more severe
So we wanted to figure out what was the speed
still provides a certain level of protection
or reduces the severity of those crashes,
but still maintain some level of mobility.
So 40 is what we felt was something that you might find
palatable without a lot of pushback
for that time in the entire war to coordinate the signal up
to the new target, the posted speed So
what that means is we'll have size
of tell drivers to five just for the speed
because the portal is 40 miles.
So what happens is the 40 miles an hour you'll get rough So fast
drivers the motor driver forces The other thing was to evaluate
the ability of like, this takes a little bit more on the side
with the cyclists for 48 2020s so year for this
and you missed that signal.
You have to wait for those three minutes before you give you
So we wanted to see if there was another way to get some.
If you cycle makes a little bit slower sometimes
you have some more will have slight limits to get
people to wait for that instead of just
taking you go that one off.
Before I get into the specific recommendations,
I want to just pause for second to see if anybody has questions
comments, feedback before I do that i'm for 36 specifically,
but there are roads that I drive on that.
I sometimes feel like if an 18 wheeler early bus or something
is coming up alongside me, I feel like you're practically
in my late So do you know how you those things are
and how that fits in?
I and so why let me talk about the list.
Most of the length bus or an 18 wheeler
or just any of those massive things that feel like they're
encroaching upon my life.
I'm sure they're not, but they feel like they are So
for I can't speak for those because I just don't
specifically look for 36 of usually the bus with the mirrors
on almost Right.
So that's why they require 11ft on the outside lane,
which is where the force typically travels.
Appreciate it.
Says.
So if you look at most design manuals of Florida Design, Metro
specifically, you'll see that they allow
ten foot lanes on the inside and on the outside of the lane
on the outside, when transit is present
is required because oftentimes buses
inside having essentially the most
cars So typically have a little installing six circuit.
You have two buses to get away because they're
coming to the street.
So they're going to and for 36 right now certain sections
they are 48 for lights that if it's
a corridor like the buses that's also
the way that the buses stops.
So based on that, they're going to look like.
So if they get to one of their sections,
they have to go to travel 11.
I understand that the 11 foot to ten, no say, oh, no no.
The is not the travel space I'm talking
about the ones the what's this study
out 36 I like that portion.
So yes So the turn is maybe always is also.
But what I'm recommending is for so awesome the lane stays
the way it is, which is literally the 11 foot lane
is the plaintiff's vehicle.
So that's one of my memories right?
So five inches of.
So I was talking about the bus.
I don't know I just love for like close to i,
I drive a fairly large vehicle I'm hypersensitive to it.
But it just sometimes I feel like,
oh my gosh, which makes me want to swerve over a little bit,
you know So I am in favor vitalized by us
And that's typically the idea is to just do the feel a little
more gradual, slow down.
So you do you know, I mean, I don't drive for 36 that often.
But I feel like every single time
I do, I see no less than three people just darting
across, not at a crosswalk.
And you know, I appreciate that recommendation to move the bus
stops closer to crosswalks.
I don't know what that does to slow traffic because a bus is
not stopping closer to an intersection
So I don't know how that impacts that.
But I don't Any other recommendations
on how we prevent people darting across the street
where they're not supposed to have a question on the course.
You keep mentioning guardrails and sidewalks
because the sidewalks especially in the south, for 36,
you have three, four, five feet.
And then you have the ditch in many of those areas.
If you were to increase only because of the limited space
that you have commercial property in the actual right
of way, you can go ahead and you can do it
eight and ten wide sidewalk by default.
That's going to require you to have
to do some sort of retention retention
wall for that guardrail that you're
looking to do on the sidewalks.
If the person doesn't slip into the ditch
So before we even go down to that message to someone
to actually go and do retaining walls
should the conversation just be just cover the drainage ditches
and do the proper piping for it?
I agree that that's another expensive one.
That was one part of the conversation
that we first started talking about.
Recommendations with city staff that want to
actually got thrown off what we should recommend changes
throughout the entire board But I know with the 21 million
that you all that might not go a long way.
So it was what can we do in the meantime ?
We know that, again, this is going to be something
that a lot more study.
So what usually comes after the second piece of it is
the designers are going to have to figure
out what can implement this.
So what you know, what if you don't actually
So that's sort of what you see.
So that's that's a big A, big recommendation.
The proposed change for parking on the street like Lane
and the county line is a storage of stormwater storage
in the center of that road familiar with the ditches
on both sides.
But there is a culvert a large culvert
that was put in there from the county line
all the way down to lane in the center.
Median So for sure water storage, just so you know,
because i used to travel that road every day
while I was putting it out.
So that's but this has been a of our projects
for a long i serve on so the plan orlando
back and this has been something I've been
harping on for quite some time.
But there were at least two addresses
because like it was said earlier,
it's out there for people trying to cross that road.
So without crosswalk So I'll just so this is, again
the project what they're recommending as part
of their recommendations of advice
some more crosswalks those are on just largely by the way,
those are not on the main line This is the that goes with some
of the recommendations that they asked
for a site specific locations.
One was to remove two off lane.
So this is what would also come off
would also be a really a lot of times they see a problem
where it's a cool lane.
And with this intersection you have
to turn it comes up again at the right past the intersection So
what they're recommending is for locations to remove
that continuous turn lane and just maybe
make it a dedicated like a sidewalk.
If you're going to the 30, you turn off.
And once you get to the past, the intersection
will start off again.
So that's part of the project are recommending that they're
really really applications of the recommended mobile place,
which are extensions on the side streets of a couple locations
also the reasons I think you might have mentioned this,
they're recommending 3002 locations along the border
So to supplement some of these recommendations,
we thought there of some other site specific recommendations.
The first one is at Lake Holly So what
I'll show you is, is just an example of the concept
just so you'll be able to visualize what we're thinking,
what we're talking about, just so i this whole mission field
is proposing that resort island on the north west corner.
So we're recommending extending the median parcel across a lot
of this will incentivize people to slaughter turns
as they're turning off of 436 onto the side street.
And also gives a little more comfort
as they're waiting in there That's across the street.
So if somebody has a mobility impairment.
And they don't make it all the way through during the war
phase, you haven't actually have some kind of a refuge
for them to wait before making a decision
on And also where that also is on the south southwest coast.
Also having a mobile Just don't forget,
we use a statement distance from the intersection
is a little bit tighter So for the whole road,
we actually came up with two recommendations.
The first one place to go to concept.
So duty also has a Breeze Island is a proposing road What we're
proposing is alternate number one
is of matched up with another recycling
point on the other side.
And then again, extending the the median
as a second alternative.
We thought it might be better to actually change or reconfigure
that corner altogether and make such a feel a little bit more
complex when we were out there, we saw people
taking that at high speed So that's one of the things
I've said.
What can we do to make it a little bit more comfortable
for people that are crossing the So that's
one is provide pedestrian features
facilitation surrounding corridor.
So this is just kind of concern about having more crosswalks
So we know this is not the perfect scenario
for existing average crosswalks which is about 2000.
So this would reduce it to about 1,200 feet off the crosswalks
don't mark crosswalks.
So again ideally, you would have one every 600ft, but you know,
that would not be palatable and feasible But at least that gets
us a little bit closer to what would be something so some
somebody would want to walk and they it'll be a way
to incentivize folks to use more crosswalks instead of just
going from there right across with
20 yards from the crosswalk.
So and so this is an example of what we're
thinking about with Beacon.
So we specifically said we wanted
to have a staggered crosswalk And the reason
why this is staggered is it forces the pedestrians
to look in a direction kind of traffic
crossing from side to side.
You get to the median, you have to look
in traffic before you cross.
The idea is to have some make sure that people are looking so
directional because across just so 44 of I
want to see if your feedback on the recommendation
So for questions i'll be more I have a question
for you on that last crosswalk that we just saw If there's
a person that's in that middle area It's exactly
That would be my reservation especially be interested
in trying to create OK.
Thank you for so what a pleasure.
Let's go on out there right now for the living
in the little bolsters.
Making people turn off.
It's helpful for the bottle.
How many times i've been passed by somebody using the term
so you turn like three blocks I still need to put one bulk of it
a little because there's a long stretch that are still them
This whole thing, it's always been something else.
Hard for years, but it was working
for we talked about turtles Oh so,
so you i'm using the term foot So the next step with this
is a small piece of finalized recommendations based
on a feedback address food, the audit report to FDA
to for their approval and recommendations The draft report
has already been submitted The staff recommends
are looking at right now.
And once they get once we get to kind of rough that off.
So Deputy one of the things we're going to see processing
the facility owner ask for swaps or what
they will be implementing you know,
what they're not expecting.
And so the process actually puts them on notice
The city know what like for once we get
this will develop a process.
Like I mentioned, the cost analysis
you finalize order important provide sensitivity
That's speak cost because you have so much money,
you it's difficult back to.
So that's where you know what you've got what you've got
is great.
But the cost analysis is so the other questions I guess really
is the 36.
Yes 30 Is any of that going to be included
The 436 course side Right.
Well, the good thing I told you about this,
it's more complicated Thank you.
Thank you so so I on the agenda citizens comments.
This is time during the commission
meetings and citizens are able to address this first question.
So since my use is time to submit or have an issue
or make inquiries on topics the not on the current agenda as
well the Commission staff may be available for after the meeting.
The trust and any comments used to speak.
Please raise your hand.
Not asking for the microphone before starting your comments.
Provide your name and address and you have 20 minutes ready.
My name is Jubal 1311 Drive and i'm bringing up the subject
of when I first wrote Construction
but it's been put in the roundabout
with speed bumps that are in there just
the neighbors like a block away from me around six
m damage to their cars.
My front end was knocked out.
I was going 12.
And what happens is I am and the roundabouts
are so be there's no signs.
So I should have letters from six of my neighbors, which
i'm I'm just for you to put it.
So you can go around this roundabout 25
miles an hour You went around the block
from about a 25ft traverses.
You got to go like that If you go over 50 spaces here,
people that are with you're going 20 miles an hour 15 to 25.
My car, it's my shops are going.
So my front is i wheels is breaking.
I drove here but I'm very careful.
I can't drive back across the street.
There's susie about so we all see i stop the damage to my car
But before I do that I can't do this across the street
Just get right Get into other people.
It is pretty small.
So One of four to today Your spaces choose is at 1255.
Drive.
So also my truck station myself.
OK Please don't drive This becomes trucks Thank you
Please do you like to next person Everyone
else Let's start with six place.
I will say i have a large vehicle.
So to speak, in my vehicle But they are closest
and i think that's intentional.
But I will around this.
I'm going to go forward to that rental and I'm pretty sure.
I don't know if that ratio is to make it
over, especially that last one.
It's just very steep.
The rest and resting was really cool.
I would it seems newer and for interested to hear
from the police and from the fire department
how that interacts with emergency vehicles
and if it's going slow them down or how to
And I wonder if people catch on to it.
But there are not first coming because I'm used to.
Oh, there's going to be a car coming I think.
Oh, well, it's just like, why are
they going to be more inclined to just
run it without consequence.
So interesting I'm just, again from this first responder
perspective for interested in then
I slightly do anyone else see forward name and address
for the record So 3 2 drive My comment is
to be there since both street.
So before we got there.
Hopefully exactly this comment is for research Ma'am,
could you please give us your name
and address for the record please?
Mitchell lester, thanks a lot.
Thank you Because there's way before I got here,
sorry So again on behalf of the people, thank you Anyone else ?
Hello, my name.
Excuse me.
Colleen Queen Mary Circle.
I'd like to speak just briefly on the peacocks
to go into longevity I have had over 70 years.
I've been here most like likely for whole subdivision was part
of where they were part of the Cassowary Estate
part of the barn, and the horses were there Just the lifestyle
that was created in that area I want you to know
that the sandhill cranes are excuse me
I'm going to talk about them to the people.
Actually, come on over here.
They go back in their weight coats.
So they are part of horse It just looks like
area So they have a lot of noise at 6:00 at night They are crazy.
The occurrence and so are the now tonight.
And so are some noisy birds.
I think they're egrets or something that scream at 5 a.m.
in the morning so they create something
wonderful in our community.
The nights or take advantage of just
being there a place that's quiet and rolling
and noisy But I'd rather hear that silence.
No animals at all So I think that things need to you know,
really be discussed on this because this quality of life
issue for the community and for the area.
So i just hope that you all will be going on.
If you get rid of sandhill curse use me to get rid of peacocks
then.
Oh, well, maybe we should get rid of sandhill cranes
Oh, maybe we should do this.
So I think that it's kind of like it's a bird sanctuary,
and we are very blessed to have some pretty
pretty birds over there My kids, my grandkids.
We lock.
We go see them when they come visit They are part of our area
So I just think that they see very seriously about.
Thank you.
Anyone else So One of the five south slightly
I'm in favor of holidays We moved in 23 years ago
when we looked at our property there was a gorgeous view
is beauty on the lot.
We chose We were hopeful that our field instead our home
did not drive them out.
It did not.
The only thing that has driven these animals off these wild
has been construction and hurricane We were devastated
for the last hurricanes came through
and our peacocks went away to come allow to come back.
They came back very, very happy to have These are wild in this
is their neighborhood, not ours They were their first family
tree that we are going to be finally an insurance
claims against the city.
So wild animals.
So people can now start going for the squirrels that do damage
in their houses, their breasts.
They get up in their attics the nice little teeny tiny hands
that love electronic house You destroy your computer This is
there are ways to prevent peacocks from attacking
your car There are ways for people
to keep peacocks on your side.
The lady has kept the garden herself slightly spruce.
They go away.
Classically, but that's okay.
We need to remember that they were here first.
There, allowing this in their neighborhoods So we
need to get a little bit of respect here.
We had a bird sanctuary for a reason Next slide, please.
Sandhill cranes protected owls, protected woodpeckers,
all of which live in this neighborhood
So we need to be careful with this.
Thank you.
Thank you so what else ?
Very nice thing.
Them will close up for some meeting Friends
report for just a quarter.
Again, a what we do for such policy.
There is a simple control Also some clarification there.
My experiences.
One of the consequences of the bird bird
sanctuary our city to service animal
was to respond to lady complaints.
All chickens So this difficulty to go through.
OK so we really wanted to do something for our thinking court
I just want to let the public know
that we have our food truck.
That's to surprise 46 design.
And out here like concord Park and also to advise the public
again that are qualified for candidates for city commission
seats one, two and three begins on Monday, next Monday
August 17th through Friday.
Each day for business hours through Friday and for that
reason, on that Friday, the 21st will
open City Hall for the purposes of qualifying only seven.
I have to, if anyone is interested in running,
they need to contact me either by phone or via email
as soon as possible so we can get to the right direction.
Thank you so the other pickups we had on for some
is just go to you.
Your favorite just to fly one city
luncheon Yeah just the other day and I
I didn't know that I wanted.
So what property and build houses spread
it's very nice to V does the good job Yeah, same thing
with a few guys Very stress or sanctuary
We also have communities to each class.
I think that's what guys reserve for So yes so really,
I just want to say this to you.
That's amazing that I Desjardins is an asset.
Definitely.
And it's definitely what happens with the city.
So he's doing great.
He's been doing a great job.
He was always a kudos And then One other thing, too, I
just want to add on to the financial report There
was a there's 18 reports an audit
started to come back the same.
So that's about how will you respond
to the city and your language?
You know, the report, it's just i've always
said that it is the way the city is is actually
makes our job easy does such fantastic job Yeah.
In terms of the financial audit also.
Congratulations.
Good job I serve this most recent year along
with some commissioner Phil Pepper
and Michael on the audit selection committee.
So we were taking our fees for various financial firms
and wanted to become our new auditor
And the fact that this year was so delayed
was certainly a factor in us deciding
to recommend to the commission your reported
to and sort of going forward.
So I share your concern about the delays
that we have there I also wanted to share that I spoke
with Donna today and I went through my filing
to front for my seat.
I just cannot in good faith ask citizens to vote for me
for a four year term because I have some other service
things that I want to pursue.
And I'm not confident that I would be able to fulfill
the entire four year term.
So I just don't feel it's the right thing
to ask voters to vote for Back into my seat
when I and I'll be able to fulfill.
But I will continue to fulfill the rest of my term with 110%
for it's been a real honor to be on the commission
and work with you some get some understanding,
know you have a lot more power than I do
So you saw how to do the same thing to i'm
going to have so much fun with that.
The work.
Thank you.
Seriously former commissioner for towards
the end her career July 29th.
We actually have this chamber for great Chamber of Commerce.
What it's like to hobnob very well attended
actually raised $20,000.
And that money actually goes to the small scholarships
within our community as well.
So this actually honors close to 40 million candidates.
Some people from the community came out
was very appreciative of just being some of these candidates
when we're one state.
We also hosted all a speaker at the Casper Chamber
and pretty much field was like Where do you see
yourself five years from now?
So ten years from now?
It's amazing how many people lives over here that's 5 or 10
or 15, 20 year.
Somebody i told I never had a five year plan put me
where you need me.
And said, I'll do what I need to do,
figure it out And then after that,
we also have county policy canceled after presentation.
The sense of self OK, so this is what they did.
Their public information officer,
visa holders council president.
And she created the Stanford self stake,
which means all the state or thursday to decide
to go for a we to see them before day
workweek up to what happens.
You just invites events at your office
if they're just blasting usage here something on Stanford
people enjoy the person give it a work break
in what's going on as well.
So it really takes off the the it just
starts introducing the week and some of the employees there,
which is great.
And then we had a presentation by Kelly for short OK.
So do do we have to you about it?
Here's and that's the biggest issue
is trying to get the message across that they don't
provide resources to people.
That's the biggest misconception It's a handout
to so many hours of volunteer work that they must
do to be able to qualify for.
But most important to which even if you're not
part of the program to go see full,
there's a lot of other items that they offer
and a lot of it's just fine.
Essential services.
Well, a lot of education with finances Many times
you tell people you have a people that would actually apply
for a full 95 of those people would not even
qualify because One last item so over the edge
that they really afford to be part of the program I
first when I joined.
So many years ago the conversation
was providing affordable housing that conversation helped
because we are various county to building
now we more to sustainable scalable
housing for to the point that you find overseas.
So we received they received grants from the Kansas
got $3.2 million.
And it only went to 40 stations that we're
happy to see that actually has their books perfect for.
And so it was with a lot of that money that was places
from that grant goes into developing these clinics instead
of just one fill in house every so often it's like a hold
So that was so telling Appreciate that.
Like one of little tried county board hopefully
get a lot of people relations at the church with the onset
of the luxury advocacy is going to be in the forefront
about what happens with the mandatory we're going
strong voice go see whatever policies
this is The more you have to have voice
or and it doesn't pass.
It's not going to go away.
So efficacy is going to be a big part of all of my push.
That's to be involved, people involved and getting our message
So that's a productive we go because we're
done Just about done so Yeah, I can
I just Yeah I just want to do.
I don't want to life.
I don't want to try OK so it's kind of hard because Yes It's