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SENSITCITY OF SARASOTA.

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CITY OF SARASOTA. CITY OF SARASOTA.

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CITY OF SARASOTA.

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[ SOUNDING GAVEL ] >>Mayor Alpert: ALL RIGHT,

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EVERYBODY. IT IS MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2025.

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I'M CALLING TO ORDER OUR REGULAR SARASOTA CITY COMMISSION

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MEETING. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT YET,

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IF YOU WANT TO TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONES OR PUT THEM ON

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SILENCE. I'M GOING TO ASK THE CITY

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AUDITOR AND CLERK FOR THE INVOCATION.

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>>Shayla Griggs: PLEASE STAND. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE AFFIRM OUR

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FAITH IN THEE. WE SEEK YOUR DIVINE STRENGTH,

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WISDOM AND GUIDANCE IN THE DELIBERATIONS THAT AFFECT THE

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LIVES OF EACH OF THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

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IN THY NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. >>Mayor Alpert: COMMISSIONER

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AHEARN-KOCH, COULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE?

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[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] >>Mayor Alpert: THANK YOU.

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ANY CHANGES TO THE ORDER OF THE DAY, MS. GRIGGS?

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>>Shayla Griggs: YES, MAYOR. THANK YOU.

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PLEASE REMOVE AGENDA ITEM 6.2 APPROVAL RE: THORING THE MAYOR

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AND CITY AUDITOR EXECUTE THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT

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BETWEEN THE CITY OF SARASOTA AND THE CITRUS CANNERY FOOD

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PROCESSING AND ALLIED WORKERS DRIVERS WAREHOUSE AND HELP

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AFFILIATED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF

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TEAMSTER LOCAL 173 PER THE REQUEST OF INTERIM CITY MANAGER

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BULLOCK. THAT'S ALL THE CHANGES I HAVE,

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MAYOR. >>Mayor Alpert: ALL RIGHT.

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THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE

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THE CHANGES TO THE ORDER OF THE DAY?

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>>Vice-Mayor Trice: SO MOVED. >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: SECOND.

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>>Mayor Alpert: THE VICE MAYOR MOVED TO APPROVE THE CHANGES TO

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THE ORDER OF THE DAY. COMMISSIONER OHLRICH SECONDED.

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COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU WILL VOTE. IS THAT YOUR VOTE?

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>> YES. >>Mayor Alpert: ALL RIGHT.

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THE CHANGES ARE APPROVED. SO, COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE A

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PRESENTATION THIS MORNING -- >>Shayla Griggs: MAYOR, YOU ALSO

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NEED TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED AGENDA SCHEDULE.

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>>Mayor Alpert: I'M SORRY. SINCE WE APPROVED THE CHANGES.

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OKAY. APPROVAL FOR THE PROPOSED AGENDA

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SCHEDULE, COMMISSIONERS. >>Vice-Mayor Trice: SO MOVED.

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>>Kyle Battie: SECOND. >>Mayor Alpert: VICE MAYOR MOVED

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APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED AGENDA SCHEDULE.

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COMMISSIONER BATTIE SECONDED. IF YOU WILL VOTE, COMMISSIONERS.

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IS THAT YOUR VOTE? ALL RIGHT.

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THEN WE CAN NOW DO THE PRESENTATION.

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WE HAVE A LEGACY BUSINESS, AND I WOULD LIKE COMMISSIONER

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AHEARN-KOCH TO COME UP AND DO THIS PRESENTATION.

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>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: THANK YOU. THIS IS LEGACY BUSINESS

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PROCLAMATION: WHEREAS, THE CITY OF SARASOTA LEGACY BUSINESS

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PROGRAM RECOGNIZES THE CONTRIBUTION OF LOCAL

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LONG-STANDING BUSINESSES AS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE GROWTH AND

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PROSPERITY OF THE CITY; AND WHEREAS, ON DECEMBER 8, 2002,

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MATTISON'S CITY GRILLE OPENED FOR BUSINESS AS AN UPSCALE,

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EUROPEAN-STYLE OUTDOOR CAFE; AND WHEREAS, FOR 23 YEARS,

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MATTISON'S CITY GRILLE HAS OPERATED AS A CHEF-OWNED LOCAL

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RESTAURANT; AND WHEREAS, MATTISON'S CITY GRILLE HAS BEEN

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A CITY FIXTURE AND A CONTRIBUTING ASSET TO THE

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VITALITY AND PROSPERITY OF DOWNTOWN SARASOTA SINCE 2002.

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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF

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SARASOTA, FLORIDA, ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY

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TAKES GREAT PRIDE IN RECOGNIZING MATTISON'S CITY GRILLE AS A

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LEGACY BUSINESS. MR. PAUL MATTISON, WOULD YOU

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PLEASE COME DOWN AND ACCEPT THE LEGACY BUSINESS PROCLAMATION?

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WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?

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>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S HUMBLING AND AN HONOR TO BE

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RECOGNIZED. IT'S BEEN A GREAT 23 YEARS.

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LOVE SARASOTA. LOVE THE CITY.

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APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND EVERYTHING YOU DO.

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AND THOSE BEFORE YOU THAT HAVE INTERACTED WITH MANY TIMES OVER

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THE YEAR PUTTING THIS RESTAURANT TOGETHER.

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IT'S BEEN A WIN. IT'S BEEN A GREAT HOME-RUN FOR

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US. WE LOVE BEING HERE AND WE LOOK

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FORWARD TO MANY, MANY MORE YEARS IN THE CITY OF SARASOTA.

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IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY TO

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SUPPORT ANYTHING, ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS AND EVERYONE'S IN THE

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CITY, OUR DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HONOR.

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APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ]

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>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: I WOULD ALSO JUST LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS

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ABOUT MATTISON'S. FULL DISCLOSURE, I WORKED FOR

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PAUL FOR 12 YEARS, PR AND MARKETING WHEN HE WAS JUST

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STARTING OUT IN DOWNTOWN SARASOTA.

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I'M VERY, VERY, VERY PROUD TO HAVE WORKED FOR THIS MAN WHO IS

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NOT ONLY A TALENTED AND INCREDIBLE CHEF BUT ALSO A VERY

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SMART BUSINESSMAN AND A VERY, VERY KIND COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTOR.

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IT WAS ACTUALLY PAUL THORPE, MR. DOWNTOWN, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS

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HIM, WAS SCHEMING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE WERE GOING TO GET OUR

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DOWNTOWN REVITALIZED. HE GOT AHOLD OF PAUL MATTISON.

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GOT HOLD OF ME AND OTHER FOLKS AND SAID THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO

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CAN REALLY GET THIS DONE. THROUGH PAUL'S DESIGN AND

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WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY, MANAGED TO CREATE A VERY

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IMPORTANT CORNER OF THE CITY OF SARASOTA AND TURN IT INTO A

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VIBRANT, WELCOMING, OPEN SPACE. ASIDE FROM C'EST LA VIE, THIS

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WAS I BELIEVE ONLY THE SECOND PLACE IN DOWNTOWN WHERE YOU

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ACTUALLY SAT OUTSIDE. BACK IN THE DAY, NOBODY THOUGHT

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ABOUT SITTING OUTSIDE IN DOWNTOWN SARASOTA.

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SO MATTISON'S, HAVING OFFICIALLY HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE

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BUSINESS, I ALWAYS SAY, AT LEAST A MAJOR PART OF TURNING DOWNTOWN

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SARASOTA AROUND INTO THE VIBRANT PLACE THAT IT IS TODAY.

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PAUL IS AN INCREDIBLY RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS OWNER AND

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JUST A VERY GOOD HUMAN BEING. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY FOR THE

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RECORD I ALWAYS RECUSED MYSELF ON ANY VOTES INVOLVING

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MATTISON'S EVEN THOUGH I DON'T WORK FOR HIM ANYMORE FOR OVER

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EIGHT YEARS, THERE'S STILL SOMETHING THAT MAKES MATTISON'S

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SUPER SPECIAL TO ME. THANK YOU, PAUL.

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[ APPLAUSE ] >>Mayor Alpert: I WANT TO ADD A

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QUICK REMARK. WHEN I MOVED BACK TO SARASOTA IN

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2002, OF COURSE, YOU WERE ALREADY OPEN AT THAT LOCATION,

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AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THE TIKI TORCHES AND THE OUTDOOR

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SEATING THAT I WAS LIKE THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE I WANT TO LIVE.

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IT WAS VERY, VERY MAGICAL. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

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COMMISSIONERS. ? Thank you. Thank

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>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE. APPRECIATE IT.

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>>Mayor Alpert: CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY.

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I WOULD ASK THE CITY AUDITOR AND CLERK TO READ THE PLEDGE OF

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PUBLIC CONDUCT. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE OUR

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CITIZEN COMMENTS. WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE SIGNED UP.

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YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES EACH. WHEN YOU SPEAK, BE SURE TO STATE

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YOUR NAME AND WHETHER YOU ARE A CITY RESIDENT.

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>>Shayla Griggs: WE WILL DISAGREE BUT RESPECTFUL TO ONE

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ANOTHER. DIRECT ALL COMMENTS TO ISSUES.

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WE WILL NOT ENGAGE IN PERSONAL ATTACKS.

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THANK YOU. >>Mayor Alpert: WE HAVE MARTIN

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HYDE. DAVID LOUGH, CHRIS JOHNSON.

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AND SHAWN PATTEN. MR. HYDE.

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>> INDEED. OBVIOUSLY, I REMAIN THAT VERY

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SAME ONE. FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT DON'T

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FOLLOW THESE THINGS, THERE WAS A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM REMOVED FROM

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TODAY'S AGENDA. DOES TELL SOMEWHAT THE STORY

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ABOUT WHAT MAKING ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT AGREEMENTS BEING MADE

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TURNS PEOPLE INTO. THE ASSUMPTION WAS PER THE

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CONSENT AGENDA THAT THE TEAMSTERS UNION WOULD AGREE TO A

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PROPOSITION THAT WAS MADE TO THEM IN PART GAVE NO RAISES TO

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THE PEOPLE ALREADY ENTITLED TO SO-CALLED STEP INCREASES LEAVING

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27% OR ABOUT 83 OF THEM TO BE OFFERED NOT A RAISE BUT A

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THOUSAND TO 1500 BUCKS WHICH IN PRACTICAL TERMS IS ABOUT 2%,

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WHICH ESSENTIALLY IS A PAY CUT. I GUESS THE QUESTION HERE IS,

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WHOSE IDEA WAS IT? HOW DID YOU EVER THINK THAT WAS

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EVER GOING TO PASS. THERE WAS NO WAY THAT ANYBODY IS

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GOING TO AGREE TO A PAY CUT. IT'S REALLY NOT STAFF'S FAULT

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THAT YOU ALREADY SPENT THE MONEY.

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I TOLD YOU MONTHS AGO THAT YOUR BUDGET HAS TO INCLUDE SALARIES

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BECAUSE IT'S YOUR BIGGEST, ONGOING COMMITMENT.

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YOU CHOSE NOT TO DO THAT. NOW WHAT YOU'RE FACING BY WAY OF

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YOUR PAYROLL IS ABOUT A $2.5 MILLION BLACK HOLE.

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AS ANOTHER FYI, THE PART OF THE NEGOTIATION THAT WAS IN THAT

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CONSENT AGENDA TWO WAS SOME ILLUSION TO THE FACT THAT THEIR

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HEALTH INSURANCE WOULDN'T GO UP AFTER THIS YEAR FOR ANOTHER TWO

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YEARS. THAT'S A BLANK CHECK.

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YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THAT WOULD BE.

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IN PRACTICAL TERMS, THE CITY'S INCREASE OVER THAT TIME IS

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LIKELY TO BE COLLECTIVELY SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS THAT

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STAFF WOULDN'T BE ASKED TO PARTICIPATE.

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THAT'S SOMETHING YOU NEED TO BUDGET AND SOMETHING YOU NEED TO

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INCLUDE. LASTLY, MORE GENERAL POINT, YOU

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OVER DOUBLED YOUR BUDGET OVER A PERIOD WHEN INFLATION WAS 35%

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AND ALWAYS HOW IT WAS GOING TO END.

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IT'S NOT FAIR TO PUT STACIE MASON, THE HR DIRECTOR OUT AS A

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SACRIFICIAL LAMB FOR THE FOLLY AND MISTAKES YOU GUYS HAVE MADE.

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IT DID CULMINATE, BRING IT TO THE FORE HERE, IN A RATHER

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DISTURBING TWO-PAGE ANONYMOUS E-MAIL.

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IT WASN'T FROM ME BECAUSE I DON'T DO ANONYMOUS.

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ANONYMOUS E-MAIL DETAILING IN PART SEXUAL HARASSMENT, CRONYISM

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AND MISUSE OF OPIATE SETTLEMENT FUNDS.

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THAT IS A RELATIVELY SERIOUS SET OF ALLEGATIONS.

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MY LAST THOUGHT HERE IS IF YOU DON'T WANT ANOTHER

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NADALINI-GATE, A COUPLE OF YOU WERE HERE AT THE TIME, I SUGGEST

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YOU INVESTIGATE THIS PRONTO. >>Mayor Alpert: THANK YOU.

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DAVID LOUGH. >> YES.

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DAVID LOUGH, A ROSEMARY DISTRICT RESIDENT.

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MILES, CAN YOU PUT THAT ON THE SCREEN, PLEASE?

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I'M GOING TO PRESENT A COUPLE OF NUMBERS TODAY.

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WHY? BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE YOUR

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STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION IN ABOUT NINE DAYS AND THERE IS A

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WORKSHOP RESIDENTS MAY SPEAK. THAT'S ONE THING.

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THE OTHER THING, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS HAVING A BOARD

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MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY. I KNOW THAT ON THEIR AGENDA IS

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THE POSSIBLE PARKING THERE. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.

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HERE IS THE ROSEMARY DISTRICT. I DON'T EXPECT TO YOU READ THIS,

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BUT THOSE SHOWN ARE THE NUMBER OF UNITS IN EACH OF THOSE

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BUILDINGS, YOU CAN SEE HOW THE ROSEMARY IS KIND OF FILLING OUT.

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THE ORANGE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

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THE YELLOW ARE PLANNED AND THE RED ARE EXISTING.

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SO WHAT THIS AMOUNTS TO, THERE IS AROUND 3300 DWELLING UNITS IN

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THE ROSEMARY TODAY. AND DEPENDING ON YOUR MATH, HOW

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MANY PEOPLE PER UNIT, VICE MAYOR TRICE AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT

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THAT. I USE 1.5.

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YOU PICK A NUMBER. BUT IT'S A LOT OF FOLKS.

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HERE IS THE THING. WITH THE ABOUT 500 UNDER

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CONSTRUCTION TODAY AND GIVE OR TAKE ANOTHER 500 ON THE

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PIPELINE, WE WILL HAVE OVER 3,000 DWELLING UNITS IN THE

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ROSEMARY IN FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS. AGAIN, WHATEVER YOUR MATH IS

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AROUND 5,000 PEOPLE. NUMBER 36 DOWN THERE IS THE

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NUMBER OF PEOPLE ESTIMATED PER ACRE.

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THINK OF THAT DENSITY AND WHAT THAT CAN DO IN TERMS OF HELPING

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SUPPORT PUBLIC TRANSIT AND OTHER NEEDS THAT A DENSE KIND OF

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NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE. ONE GOOD BIT OF NEWS, STILL ON

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THE LEFT-HAND BAR, 26% OF THE DWELLING UNITS IN THE ROSEMARY,

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ACCORDING TO MY PROJECTIONS IN 2032 WILL REMAIN SENIOR OR

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ATTAINABLE, AFFORDABLE, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM.

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SO WE ARE BUILDING STOCK, WHETHER IT BE LOFTS ON LEMON.

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IT JUST SHOWS YOU WHY I THINK THE ROSEMARY IS GREAT, INCLUDING

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OUR FIRST TATTOO PARLOR I MIGHT ADD, WHICH HAS COME IN.

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HERE IS ONE VISION OF McCOWN'S APARTMENTS THAT THE HOUSING

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AUTHORITY IS THINKING ABOUT. THIS IS MY PARTICULAR VISION.

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I KNOW TO MR. BULLOCK'S POINT, ASPIRATIONS HAVE TO MEET

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REALITY. BUT HERE'S ONE WAY OF THINKING

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ABOUT STRUCTURED PARKING IN THIS BUILDING WITH RETAIL ON THE

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GROUND FLOOR, WITH EXPERIENTIAL MAKING ROSEMARY THE 15-MINUTE

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CITY. THE FINAL SLIDE IS AS TORE AND

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LINKS IS TESTING OUT I'LL CALL IT i-Ride 2 CONCEPT.

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THAT'S ANOTHER ELEMENT. AS YOU GO INTO YOUR STRATEGIC

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PLANNING SESSION, SOME THINGS I RESPECTFULLY SUGGEST YOU KEEP IN

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MIND. THANKS.

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>>Mayor Alpert: THANK YOU. CHRIS JOHNSON.

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>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.

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CHRIS JOHNSON, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AT THE UNITED WAY OF

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SOUTH SARASOTA COUNTY. WE ARE THE LEAD AGENCY FOR BOTH

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THE LONG-TERM RECOVERY GROUP FOR HURRICANES IAN, IDALIA, DEBBY,

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MILTON AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN

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DISASTER. ALSO RECENTLY, THE RECIPIENT OF

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DISASTER CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FUNDING THROUGH FEMA AND THROUGH

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THE STATE AND VOLUNTEER FLORIDA. I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE

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TODAY ON WHAT WE'RE DOING COUNTYWIDE WITH THE LONG-TERM

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RECOVERY GROUP AND WITH THE DCMP, DISASTER CASE MANAGEMENT

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PROGRAM. TO DATE, COMPLETED 120 REBUILDS

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ON HOMES HELPING FAMILIES IMPACTED BY THESE FIVE STORMS.

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RETURN TO SAFE, SECURE AND FUNCTIONAL HOUSING.

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WE CONTINUE TO ACTIVELY RAISE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR

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RECONSTRUCTION. EVERY BIT OF THE FUNDING WE USED

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FOR RECONSTRUCTION WE HAVE RAISED OURSELVES.

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WE'RE THRILLED TO SHARE THAT WE SUCCEEDED THE CONTINUED SUPPORT

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FOR WORLD RENEW FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS.

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WORLD RENEW OFFERS VOLUNTEER SKILLED LABOR FORCE THAT COMES

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INTO OUR COMMUNITY. CONTRIBUTED $1.2 MILLION WORTH

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OF LABOR IN LAST TWO YEARS AND CONTINUE THE EFFORTS WITH

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HURRICANE HELENE AND MILTON OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

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OTHER LABOR GROUPS, MENNONITE DISASTER SERVICES, PRAYING

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PELICAN MISSIONS AND PRESBYTERIAN DISASTER

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ASSISTANCE. GREATLY EXPAND OUR CAPACITY TO

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REBUILD HOMES. LONG-TERM RECOVERY ALSO SECURE

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THE PURCHASE OF 16-FOOT BOX TRUCK SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO

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TRANSPORT BUILDING MATERIALS AND APPLIANCES TO WORK SITES.

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THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD FOR US IN OUR ABILITY TO

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INCREASE LOGISTICAL EFFICIENCY. HOWEVER, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE AN

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ONGOING NEED FOR A WAREHOUSE TO STORE CONSTRUCTION SUPPLIES AND

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DONATED MATERIALS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE

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CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OTHER AGENCIES TO TRY TO FIND A

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PARTNERSHIP TO DO. CURRENTLY, LONG-TERM RECOVERY

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GROUP HAS 78 ACTIVE CASES SPANNING FROM HURRICANE IAN

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THROUGH HURRICANE MILTON. CASE MANAGERS ARE IN THE PROCESS

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OF MAKING THE FIRST INITIAL 540 OUTREACH CALLS TO THOSE THAT ARE

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ON THE FEMA LIST. 70,000 PEOPLE ON THAT LIST.

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AS PART OF THE DISASTER CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IT IS OUR

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RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE EVERY ONE OF THEM IS REACHED.

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ON THAT NOTE, UNITED WAY OF SOUTH SARASOTA COUNTY HAS BEEN

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AWARDED $2.2 MILLION OF THE DISASTER CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

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FOR HURRICANES HELENE AND MILTON.

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THIS IS THROUGH VOLUNTEER FLORIDA FROM FEMA.

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THIS MARKS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND PILOT PROGRAM WITHIN THE STATE

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WHERE A LONG-TERM RECOVERY GROUP IS ADMINISTERING THE DISASTER

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CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM DIRECTLY.

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NORMALLY DONE THROUGH A THIRD PARTY NONPROFIT THAT'S HIRED IN

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TO DO THAT. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO BE A -- TO BE

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PART OF THIS PILOT PROGRAM, AND IT REQUIRED APPROVAL AT BOTH THE

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STATE AND THE FEDERAL LEVEL. ONLY ONE OF TWO COUNTIES IN THIS

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PROGRAM, US AND COLLIER, THAT ARE PILOTING THIS INNOVATIVE

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APPROACH. AGAIN, DCMP IS CASE MANAGEMENT

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ONLY. DOES NOT CONSIDER CONSTRUCTION

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MONEY. THERE'S NO FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR

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THAT SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO RAISE THE FUNDS OURSELVES.

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WE ARE STILL RESPONSIBLE TO REACH THE 70,000 FOLKS AND WILL

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DO THAT OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS IN OUR PROCESSES.

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WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO IN DISASTER RECOVERY AND LOOK

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FORWARD TO GIVING YOU UPDATES AS WE GO FORWARD.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>Mayor Alpert: THANK YOU FOR

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THAT. SHAWN PATTEN.

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>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.

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FIRST OFF, THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

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YOU HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK TO SUPPORT THE ENVIRONMENTAL

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COMMUNITY IN SARASOTA. AND WE SEE IT.

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I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK MORNING SHOUT-OUT AS SOMEONE WHO

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ADVISES QUITE A FEW TOWNS AND CITIES ACROSS THE STATE, I KNOW

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HOW HARD YOUR JOB IS. I MIGHT BE ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE

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THAT TRULY DOES. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

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UNFORTUNATELY, I WISH I WAS HERE ON BETTER TERMS.

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AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN SARASOTA WHO EMPLOYS DOZENS OF

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YOUNG PEOPLE I WAS VERY EXCITED TO SPONSOR AND SUPPORT THE

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SARASOTA CHALK FESTIVAL. LONGTIME RUNNING EVENT.

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WE PUT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS INTO HELPING SUPPORT THE EVENT,

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ADVERTISING, CLEANUP, AND FOR A LOT OF MY STAFF, IT WAS THE

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FIRST-EVER PROJECT THAT THEY PUT MONEY TOWARDS, THAT WE HELPED

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SPONSOR. SO IT'S EXCITING.

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THEN WHEN YOU SEE THE SARASOTA CHALK FESTIVAL, INCLUDING THE

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PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS, YOU OFTEN THINK OF THE BUSINESSES

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THAT SUPPORT THEM. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY AS

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A BUSINESS OWNER I SUPPORT THESE ART INSTALLATIONS.

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THEY WERE GREAT. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I

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WAS A SPONSOR FOR THE CHALK FESTIVAL.

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IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN A FEW MONTHS AFTER THE CHALK FESTIVAL,

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EVERYTHING IS PULLED UP. NO MEETINGS, NO NOTICE, NO

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CALLS, NOTHING, NO PUSH-BACK. WHAT IS THE CITY OF SARASOTA'S

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PLAN TO REIMBURSE OR TO HELP ALLEVIATE DAMAGES FOR THE

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BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAD DIRECT LOSSES DUE TO

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THE REMOVAL OF ALL THIS PUBLIC ART?

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WHY SHOULD I CONTINUE TO SPONSOR ART EVENTS IN SARASOTA COUNTY OR

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SARASOTA CITY IF THEY COULD BE DESTROYED AT ANY MOMENT?

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THAT'S IT. >>Mayor Alpert: THANK YOU,

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SHAWN. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE POINT

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THAT THIS IS JUST COMMENTS. IF THE COMMISSION IS GOING TO

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RESPOND TO ANYTHING, WE GENERALLY DO THAT AT

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COMMISSIONER COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

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SO IT'S NOT INTERACTIVE. ALL RIGHT.

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LET'S MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

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ITEM 4.1. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE

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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL SARASOTA CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF

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SEPTEMBER 9? >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: MOVE

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APPROVAL. >> SECOND.

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>>Mayor Alpert: ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER OHLRICH MOVED

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APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL SARASOTA CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Okay, set your vote.

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Commissioners. Alright, passes unanimously. All righ OF PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

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ALL RIGHT. WE MOVE ON TO THE MINUTES OF THE

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REGULAR SARASOTA CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 15, 2025.

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ANY CORRECTIONS? COMMISSIONER AHEARN-KOCH.

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>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: I SUBMITTED SOME NON-SUBSTANTIVE CORRECTIONS

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AND ONE SUBSTANTIVE THAT I WILL LET THE CITY AUDITOR AND CLERK

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ELABORATE UPON. >>Shayla Griggs: COMMISSIONER

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AHEARN-KOCH BROUGHT UP UNDER THE SEPTEMBER 15, 2025, MINUTES

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REGARDING PAGE 15. IT'S THE SECOND LINE, AND IT

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READS, AND THE COMMISSION DISCUSSED THE WORD NEIGHBORHOOD

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BEING REMOVED FROM THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ALONG WITH

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CITY DOCUMENTS. THIS IS A COMMENT BASED ON

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CITIZENS' INPUT. I BELIEVE THE DISCUSSION WAS NOT

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ABOUT US LOOKING TO REMOVE THE WORD NEIGHBORHOOD BUT AS TO WHY

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IT WAS ALREADY REMOVED. I THINK, AND I AM NOT SURE WHAT

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IS MEANT BY OTHER CITY DOCUMENTS.

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MAY I SUGGEST ADDING IN THE CONTEXT A LITTLE, RESPONSE TO

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CITIZEN INPUT. COMMISSIONER OHLRICH SPOKE ABOUT

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OR SOMETHING SIMPLE TO ADD CONTEXT.

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FROM OUR STANDPOINT, WE GET WHAT COMMISSIONER AHEARN-KOCH WAS

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TRYING TO STATE. SO OUR ANSWER IS, THIS IS UNDER

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COMMISSIONER OHLRICH'S REMARKS. BECAUSE SHE REITERATED THE TOPIC

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AS A RESULT OF CITIZENS' INPUT RECEIVED, WE BELIEVE THIS IS

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SOMETHING THAT WE MAYBE NEEDED TO ELABORATE MORE ON.

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THAT'S WHY WE PUT IT THERE IN THAT CONTEXT.

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HOWEVER, ONCE IT WAS MENTIONED COMMISSION DISCUSSION ENSUED

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MORE, YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT IT MORE.

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THAT'S WHY WE PUT IT THERE LIKE THAT.

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I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO CHIME IN BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT YOU.

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SO THE CLOSED CAPTIONING IS COMMISSIONER OHLRICH'S STATEMENT

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INTERPRETING HOW SHE UNDERSTOOD THE CITIZENS INPUT RECEIVED AND

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THEN MINUTES REFLECT COMMISSIONER OHLRICH'S

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STATEMENT. THAT'S BASICALLY WE WERE JUST

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REFLECTING WHAT COMMISSIONER OHLRICH WAS STATING IN CASE IT

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CAME BACK UP LATER. IT WAS IN CONTEXT TO WHAT WAS

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BEING DISCUSSED. WE AGREED WITH SOME LANGUAGE

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MOVEMENT AND THAT WILL BE REFLECTED.

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>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: WHEN YOU READ, SOMETIMES YOU READ THESE

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OUT OF CONTEXT. WE WERE THERE, BUT IF SOMEBODY

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WOULD JUST READ THIS, THE STATEMENT SAYS THAT WE WERE

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DISCUSSING REMOVING NEIGHBORHOODS FROM THE COMP

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PLAN, IT READ A LITTLE DIFFERENT TO ME.

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SO I THOUGHT IF WE ADDED JUST SOME SORT OF CONTEXT AND

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MS. GRIGGS AND MS. JOHNSON CAME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT WAS VERY

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SIMPLE, A ONE-LINER THAT WAS IN CONTEXT OF CITIZENS AND THAT WE

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DISCUSS IT AS A BODY. >>Mayor Alpert: WE CAN HAVE A

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MOTION FOR THE UPDATED. >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: I MOVE

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APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AS CHANGED?

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>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: SECOND. >>Mayor Alpert: COMMISSIONER

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OHLRICH MOVED APPROVAL OF THE REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING

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OF SEPTEMBER 15 AS AMENDED. COMMISSIONER AHEARN-KOCH

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SECONDED. IF YOU'LL VOTE COMMISSIONERS.

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IS THAT YOUR VOTE? THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

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WE ARE NOW AT ITEM 4.3, THE SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MEETING

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OF SEPTEMBER 15. ANY CHANGES?

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>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: I HAVE NONE. >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: MOVE

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APPROVAL. >>Jen Ahearn-Koch: SECOND.

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>>Mayor Alpert: COMMISSIONER OHLRICH MOVED APPROVAL OF THE

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SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 15, 2025.

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COMMISSIONER AHEARN-KOCH SECONDED.

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IF YOU'LL VOTE, COMMISSIONERS. IS THAT YOUR VOTE?

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PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM 4.4, THESE ARE THE MINUTES

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OF THE SPECIAL SARASOTA CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF SEPTEMBER

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16, 2025. MAN, WE HAVE BEEN MEETING A LOT.

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ANY CORRECTIONS? >>Jen Ahearn-Koch: I HAD NONE.

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>>Mayor Alpert: CAN I GET A MOTION?

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>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: MOVE APPROVAL.

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>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: SECOND. >>Mayor Alpert: COMMISSIONER

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AHEARN-KOCH MOVED APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION

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MEETING MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 16, 2025.

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COMMISSIONER OHLRICH SECONDED. IF YOU'LL VOTE, COMMISSIONERS.

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IS THAT YOUR VOTE? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

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OKAY. WE GO NOW TO CONSENT AGENDA

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NUMBER 1. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TOON PULLED

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FROM CONSENT AGENDA 1? >>Shayla Griggs: YES, MAYOR.

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COMMISSIONER AHEARN-KOCH WANTED TO PULL ITEM 6.3 -- IS THAT

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CORRECT? >>Jen Ahearn-Koch: 2.

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>>Shayla Griggs: SORRY. --

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>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: 6.3. >>Shayla Griggs: I THOUGHT I SAW

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-- JUST 6.3, CORRECT? I ALSO HAVE A CITIZENS' INPUT

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FOR AN AGENDA ITEM ON CONSENT ONE THAT IS NOT PULLED.

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>>Mayor Alpert: WHICH ITEM IS THAT?

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>>Shayla Griggs: THAT IS FOR ITEM 6.5.

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>>Mayor Alpert: LET'S PULL THAT THEN.

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DO WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA

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WHICH ELIMINATES 6.3 AND 6.5? >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: MOVE

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APPROVAL OF THE BALANCE OF CONSENT 1.

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>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: SECOND. >>Mayor Alpert: COMMISSIONER

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OHLRICH MOVED APPROVAL OF THE BALANCE OF CONSENT 1.

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COMMISSIONER AHEARN-KOCH SECONDED.

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00:56:13,934 --> 00:56:18,734
IF YOU'LL VOTE, COMMISSIONERS. IS THAT YOUR VOTE?

411
00:56:21,108 --> 00:56:24,708
PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. LET'S GO TO ITEM 6.3.

412
00:56:28,882 --> 00:56:33,219
>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: I ASKED THAT THIS ITEM BE PULLED, IF WE COULD

413
00:56:33,219 --> 00:56:38,190
HAVE MS. KELLY COME DOWN FOR A SECOND.

414
00:56:45,999 --> 00:56:51,271
I JUST ASKED THAT THIS BE PULLED SO MS. KELLY COULD MAKE A BRIEF

415
00:56:51,271 --> 00:56:57,271
PRESENTATION ABOUT THE GRANT PROGRAM AND SOME OF THE GRANTS

416
00:56:57,911 --> 00:57:00,113
THAT SHE RECEIVED. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE

417
00:57:00,113 --> 00:57:02,982
COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOODS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PROGRAM IS

418
00:57:02,982 --> 00:57:06,653
AVAILABLE AND THAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS DO APPLY AND IT

419
00:57:06,653 --> 00:57:09,188
MAKES A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE FOR THEM IN THEIR OUTREACH IN A

420
00:57:09,188 --> 00:57:13,393
LOT OF THE PROGRAMS THEY PUT TOGETHER FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.

421
00:57:13,393 --> 00:57:15,793
>> NANCY KELLY, NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNER.

422
00:57:17,130 --> 00:57:22,369
GREAT TIME TO ASK ME TO COME UP HERE, BECAUSE WE HAVE A RECORD

423
00:57:22,369 --> 00:57:27,169
NUMBER OF SUBMISSIONS THIS YEAR. 18 NEIGHBORHOODS APPLIED, AND

424
00:57:27,874 --> 00:57:33,874
OUR BUDGET IS 40,000 WITH THE 18 GRANTS EQUALS A LITTLE OVER

425
00:57:34,948 --> 00:57:37,348
36,000. THE REMAINING BALANCE WE'VE

426
00:57:39,850 --> 00:57:42,422
ALREADY HAD ABOUT 15 COMMUNITY BUILDING GRANTS WHICH EACH

427
00:57:42,422 --> 00:57:45,425
NEIGHBORHOOD IS ENTITLED TO ONE COMMUNITY BUILDING GRANT FOR

428
00:57:45,425 --> 00:57:47,829
$250 TO HOLD A NEIGHBORHOOD EVENT.

429
00:57:47,829 --> 00:57:53,829
ALREADY RECEIVED ABOUT 15. I'M ALMOST OUT OF MONEY OF THE

430
00:57:54,701 --> 00:57:58,901
40,000. AS I SAID, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS

431
00:57:59,973 --> 00:58:02,409
FOR 21 YEARS. IT IS SO THRILLING TO WORK WITH

432
00:58:02,409 --> 00:58:04,645
ALL THESE NEIGHBORHOODS TO HELP THEM.

433
00:58:04,645 --> 00:58:08,715
THEY ARE ALL VOLUNTEER BOARDS. THEY GIVE THEIR OWN TIME.

434
00:58:08,715 --> 00:58:14,454
AND THEY JUST WANT MORE AND MORE PEOPLE TO BE A COMMUNITY.

435
00:58:14,454 --> 00:58:17,124
SO THIS HELPS THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.

436
00:58:17,124 --> 00:58:20,124
POSTCARD MAILINGS, NEWSLETTERS, EVENTS, LANDSCAPING.

437
00:58:22,328 --> 00:58:26,650
IT BRINGS ALL THE RESIDENTS TOGETHER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

438
00:58:26,650 --> 00:58:29,665
I THINK IT'S VALUABLE. ANYTHING ELSE?

439
00:58:30,470 --> 00:58:33,873
>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TAKE A SMALL POINT OF

440
00:58:33,873 --> 00:58:36,409
PRIVILEGE AND SAY AS A NEIGHBORHOOD LEADER, BEFORE I

441
00:58:36,409 --> 00:58:42,582
WAS ON THE COMMISSION, I WORKED WITH MS. KELLY IN A VARIETY OF

442
00:58:42,582 --> 00:58:45,418
OTHER CAPACITIES. SHE HAS ALWAYS PUT THE

443
00:58:45,418 --> 00:58:48,154
NEIGHBORHOODS FIRST AND THE INTERESTS OF THE CITIZENS AND

444
00:58:48,154 --> 00:58:51,758
THE COMMUNITY FIRST. WHENEVER I GO TO ANY

445
00:58:51,758 --> 00:58:56,558
NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY, SHE'S ALMOST

446
00:58:56,896 --> 00:58:59,899
ALWAYS THERE AND THE NEIGHBORS ALWAYS THANK HER FOR HER HELP,

447
00:58:59,899 --> 00:59:04,103
HER GUIDANCE, AND HER SERVICE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.

448
00:59:04,103 --> 00:59:08,641
>> APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. >>Mayor Alpert: THEY ALL LOVE

449
00:59:08,641 --> 00:59:10,641
NANCY. VICE MAYOR.

450
00:59:15,948 --> 00:59:21,540
>>Vice-Mayor Trice: I WANT TO THANK YOU AS SOMEONE WHO WAS A

451
00:59:21,540 --> 00:59:22,254
NEIGHBORHOOD PERSON. A QUESTION.

452
00:59:22,254 --> 00:59:24,724
HOW MANY RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOODS DO WE HAVE IN THE

453
00:59:24,724 --> 00:59:26,724
CITY? BALLPARK.

454
00:59:28,995 --> 00:59:32,332
>> LITTLE OVER 50. >>Vice-Mayor Trice: SO ALREADY

455
00:59:32,332 --> 00:59:36,636
WE'RE GIVING TO 18. YOU CAN ONLY DO ONE A YEAR, SO

456
00:59:36,636 --> 00:59:42,700
WE'VE GOT, WHAT, 32 THAT MIGHT BE VYING FOR THE $4,000 THAT'S

457
00:59:42,700 --> 00:59:44,700
LEFT OVER. >> CORRECT.

458
00:59:45,478 --> 00:59:48,615
OFTENTIMES SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DIDN'T APPLY

459
00:59:48,615 --> 00:59:52,952
WEREN'T PART OF THE 18 HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN COMMUNITY

460
00:59:52,952 --> 00:59:55,870
BUILDING GRANTS. THEY DIDN'T NEED THE FULL 2,000

461
00:59:55,870 --> 00:59:59,625
BUT APPLIED FOR THE 250 AND ALREADY AWARDED THAT.

462
00:59:59,625 --> 01:00:02,161
>>Vice-Mayor Trice: GREAT. I'M REALLY ENTHUSIASTIC BECAUSE

463
01:00:02,161 --> 01:00:06,566
SO MANY OF THE GRANTS WERE FOR COMMUNICATIONS, WHETHER IT WAS

464
01:00:06,566 --> 01:00:10,370
SENDING OUT NOTICES OF MEETINGS, DOING A WEBSITE, DOING

465
01:00:10,370 --> 01:00:12,770
NEWSLETTERS, BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER.

466
01:00:15,674 --> 01:00:21,681
I'M HOPING THAT LEADING UP TO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET HEARINGS THAT

467
01:00:21,681 --> 01:00:27,720
MAYBE YOU SUGGEST THAT WE INCREASE THE GRANT FUNDING SO WE

468
01:00:27,720 --> 01:00:30,550
CAN EXTEND THE BENEFITS TO EVEN MORE.

469
01:00:30,550 --> 01:00:32,993
BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING.

470
01:00:32,993 --> 01:00:37,193
ONE MORE THING. NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES IN THE

471
01:00:37,263 --> 01:00:41,801
PAST HAD A NEIGHBORHOOD GATHERING FOR MANATEE COUNTY,

472
01:00:41,801 --> 01:00:47,640
SARASOTA COUNTY, AND THE CITY. AND THAT WAS SUCH A WORTHWHILE

473
01:00:47,640 --> 01:00:49,609
EVENT. SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU WILL LOOK

474
01:00:49,609 --> 01:00:54,414
INTO DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT AGAIN IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.

475
01:00:54,414 --> 01:00:56,882
THE SUMMIT, GREAT. THANK YOU.

476
01:00:56,882 --> 01:01:00,482
>>Mayor Alpert: THANK YOU. I'M SORRY.

477
01:01:02,389 --> 01:01:05,225
I SAW YOU THERE. >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: THAT'S

478
01:01:05,225 --> 01:01:08,261
ALL RIGHT. SO THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU DO IS

479
01:01:08,261 --> 01:01:13,661
EVIDENCE THAT WE HAVE NOT REMOVED NEIGHBORHOODS FROM THE

480
01:01:14,533 --> 01:01:15,301
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. [ LAUGHTER ]

481
01:01:15,301 --> 01:01:18,901
>> AMEN. >>Mayor Alpert: I WAS THINKING

482
01:01:20,173 --> 01:01:24,373
SAYING THAT, SO I'M GLAD YOU DID.

483
01:01:25,440 --> 01:01:29,784
>>Vice-Mayor Trice: I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE GRANTS AS

484
01:01:29,784 --> 01:01:31,784
PROPOSED. >> SECOND.

485
01:01:32,118 --> 01:01:38,118
>>Mayor Alpert: ALL RIGHT. THE VICE MAYOR MOVED APPROVAL OF

486
01:01:39,325 --> 01:01:41,725
ITEM 6.3. COMMISSIONER BATTIE SECONDED.

487
01:01:43,866 --> 01:01:48,203
IF YOU WILL VOTE, COMMISSIONERS. IS THAT YOUR VOTE?

488
01:01:48,203 --> 01:01:50,603
ALL RIGHT. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

489
01:01:51,740 --> 01:01:58,213
NOW WE HAVE ITEM 6.5. WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO

490
01:01:58,213 --> 01:02:01,813
SPEAK ON THIS. MR. MARTIN HYDE.

491
01:02:08,230 --> 01:02:10,292
>>Shayla Griggs: NONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS PULLED IT.

492
01:02:10,292 --> 01:02:18,920
>>Mayor Alpert: WE ONLY PULLED IT FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK.

493
01:02:24,907 --> 01:02:28,110
>> FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN'T READ THE AGENDA OR THOUGHT THIS

494
01:02:28,110 --> 01:02:32,114
WAS OKAY, MY NAME OBVIOUSLY REMAINS MARTIN HYDE.

495
01:02:32,114 --> 01:02:38,114
IT'S A DE FACTO NO BID CONTRACT EXTENSION BY STEALTH.

496
01:02:39,988 --> 01:02:44,788
MY FIRST QUESTION, WHY PUT $370,000 CLEANING CONTRACT ON

497
01:02:46,594 --> 01:02:51,394
CONSENT TWO MONTHS AFTER THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT EXPIRED?

498
01:02:51,433 --> 01:02:55,370
WHY AFTER FOUR YEARS ISN'T IT REBID?

499
01:02:55,370 --> 01:02:58,873
BECAUSE THEY ARE ASKING FOR A 20% INCREASE.

500
01:02:58,873 --> 01:03:02,677
NOW, IT DOES STIPULATE OR STATE WITHIN THERE THAT THESE ARE

501
01:03:02,677 --> 01:03:04,679
ADDITIONAL SERVICES. BUT IF THINGS HAVE CHANGED,

502
01:03:04,679 --> 01:03:08,984
THINGS HAVE CHANGED. ONE MIGHT REASONABLY SAY OR HOPE

503
01:03:08,984 --> 01:03:11,953
THAT SOMEONE WOULD ASK THE QUESTION, WHY NONE OF YOU ASK

504
01:03:11,953 --> 01:03:15,891
ABOUT IT WHEN YOU'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT A DEFICIT DESPITE A

505
01:03:15,891 --> 01:03:18,760
9% MILLAGE INCREASE. OBVIOUSLY ONLY YOU CAN ANSWER.

506
01:03:18,760 --> 01:03:23,165
IT IS, AS I SAID, 20% INCREASE ON THE CURRENT CONTRACT, SO IT

507
01:03:23,165 --> 01:03:27,365
DOES MERIT BIDDING OUT. QUESTION RHETORICALLY ASKING,

508
01:03:29,170 --> 01:03:32,941
OBVIOUSLY, IS THIS ACTUALLY YOUR DECISION OR ONE THAT SUITS

509
01:03:32,941 --> 01:03:35,244
STAFF? FOR STAFF IT MEANS NO WORK AND

510
01:03:35,244 --> 01:03:38,914
NO CONSEQUENCES FOR THEM. BUT UNDER YOUR CURRENT BUDGET

511
01:03:38,914 --> 01:03:43,318
CRISIS, ONE MIGHT HOPE STAFF WOULD BE INSTRUCTED TO LOOK FOR

512
01:03:43,318 --> 01:03:45,987
SAVINGS. THAT IS WHAT A CITY MANAGER FOR

513
01:03:45,987 --> 01:03:50,125
20 PLUS GRAND A MONTH SHOULD BE DOING.

514
01:03:50,125 --> 01:03:55,130
OVERALL, THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE STORY OF BLOCKBUSTER AND

515
01:03:55,130 --> 01:03:57,232
NETFLIX. BLOCKBUSTER THOUGHT THE GOOD

516
01:03:57,232 --> 01:04:01,203
TIMES WOULD NEVER END. NETFLIX WAS SENDING OUT THEIR

517
01:04:01,203 --> 01:04:04,939
VIDEOS BY MAIL. AND THEY DECIDED IF THEY WERE TO

518
01:04:04,939 --> 01:04:09,100
SURVIVE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO INNOVATE AND ADAPT.

519
01:04:09,100 --> 01:04:14,820
THE LAST BLOCKBUSTER STORE IS ACTUALLY STILL OPEN IN BEND,

520
01:04:14,820 --> 01:04:16,885
OREGON. BUT IT IS THE ONLY ONE.

521
01:04:16,885 --> 01:04:21,850
THE OTHER 4499 ARE CLOSED. MEANWHILE, NETFLIX MARKET

522
01:04:23,892 --> 01:04:28,920
CAPITALIZATION ON THE POSITIVE SIDE IS $527 BILLION.

523
01:04:29,363 --> 01:04:30,699
THE MORAL OF THAT IS FAIRLY CLEAR.

524
01:04:30,699 --> 01:04:34,903
YOU HAVE TO ADAPT TO NEW REALITIES OR YOU HAVE TO FACE

525
01:04:34,903 --> 01:04:40,303
THE INEVITABLE CONSEQUENCES. THE SIMPLE POINT HERE IS A

526
01:04:41,760 --> 01:04:44,460
FAIRLY OBVIOUS ONE. I WOULD HOPE YOU WOULD BE

527
01:04:44,460 --> 01:04:47,516
GRABBING EVERY ITEM OF COST, LOOKING FOR SAVINGS AT THIS TIME

528
01:04:47,516 --> 01:04:50,719
ISN'T JUST GOOD SENSE AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.

529
01:04:50,719 --> 01:04:55,724
IT IS AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY UNLESS YOU WANT TO BECOME THE

530
01:04:55,724 --> 01:04:58,124
MUNICIPAL EQUIVALENT OF BLOCKBUSTER.

531
01:05:00,662 --> 01:05:05,462
>>Mayor Alpert: THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS, ANY DISCUSSION OR

532
01:05:07,469 --> 01:05:12,269
QUESTIONS OR A MOTION? >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: I'LL

533
01:05:19,414 --> 01:05:22,351
MOVE APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEM 6.5.

534
01:05:22,351 --> 01:05:25,951
>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: SECOND. >>Mayor Alpert: COMMISSIONER

535
01:05:28,423 --> 01:05:31,693
OHLRICH MOVED APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEM 6.5.

536
01:05:31,693 --> 01:05:33,362
COMMISSIONER AHEARN-KOCH SECONDED.

537
01:05:33,362 --> 01:05:38,162
IF YOU'LL VOTE, COMMISSIONERS. IS THAT YOUR VOTE?

538
01:05:40,202 --> 01:05:42,237
ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

539
01:05:42,237 --> 01:05:46,175
THANK YOU. LET'S MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA

540
01:05:46,175 --> 01:05:50,450
NUMBER TWO. ANY ITEMS TO BE PULLED THERE?

541
01:05:50,450 --> 01:05:54,245
>>Shayla Griggs: YES, MAYOR. COMMISSIONER AHEARN-KOCH PULLED

542
01:05:54,582 --> 01:05:59,982
ITEM 7.3 AND 7.4. THAT IS ALL I AM AWARE OF.

543
01:06:01,790 --> 01:06:04,526
>>Mayor Alpert: ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE

544
01:06:04,526 --> 01:06:06,595
BALANCE? YOU'VE GOT TO READ THEM.

545
01:06:06,595 --> 01:06:10,195
SORRY. >>Shayla Griggs: I'LL READ ALL

546
01:06:11,399 --> 01:06:13,668
OF THEM. RESOLUTION 26 R-3358, A

547
01:06:13,668 --> 01:06:15,303
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF

548
01:06:15,303 --> 01:06:19,675
SARASOTA, FLORIDA, RELATING TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF

549
01:06:19,675 --> 01:06:23,311
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STATE REVOLVING FUND LOAN PROGRAM,

550
01:06:23,311 --> 01:06:28,111
MAKING FINDINGS, AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT 1 TO LOAN AGREEMENT DW

551
01:06:28,684 --> 01:06:31,684
580250, PROVIDING ASSURANCES, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS,

552
01:06:32,220 --> 01:06:35,220
SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

553
01:06:36,625 --> 01:06:37,893
RESOLUTION 26 R-3359, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY

554
01:06:37,893 --> 01:06:40,695
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SARASOTA, FLORIDA, RELATING TO

555
01:06:40,695 --> 01:06:44,232
THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STATE

556
01:06:44,232 --> 01:06:47,502
REVOLVING FUND LOAN PROGRAM, MAKING FINDINGS, AUTHORIZING

557
01:06:47,502 --> 01:06:51,702
AMENDMENT 1 TO LOAN AGREEMENT WW 580260, PROVIDING ASSURANCES,

558
01:06:52,574 --> 01:06:56,774
PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE

559
01:06:57,312 --> 01:07:00,312
DATE. RESOLUTION NUMBER 25-5577, AN

560
01:07:02,984 --> 01:07:05,820
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SARASOTA, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE

561
01:07:05,820 --> 01:07:08,924
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY OF SARASOTA, AKA, THE SARASOTA

562
01:07:08,924 --> 01:07:13,795
CITY PLAN, TO REVISE THE TEXT OF ACTION STRATEGY 4.15 OF THE

563
01:07:13,795 --> 01:07:16,565
FUTURE LAND USE CHAPTER TO PROVIDE THAT THE ZONING CODE

564
01:07:16,565 --> 01:07:19,701
RATHER THAN THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN IS THE DOCUMENT THAT

565
01:07:19,701 --> 01:07:22,804
CONTAINS THE OFFICIAL MAP OF PRIMARY GRID STREETS AND TO

566
01:07:22,804 --> 01:07:28,204
RELOCATE THE MODIFIED TEXT OF SAID ACTION STRATEGY FROM

567
01:07:28,743 --> 01:07:32,480
OBJECTIVE 4, DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN, TO OBJECTIVE 2, LAND

568
01:07:32,480 --> 01:07:35,117
DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, REPEALING ORDINANCES IN

569
01:07:35,117 --> 01:07:37,152
CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY OF THE PARTS

570
01:07:37,152 --> 01:07:39,687
HEREOF, PROVIDING FOR READING BY TITLE ONLY AND PROVIDING AN

571
01:07:39,687 --> 01:07:42,687
EFFECTIVE DATE. ORDINANCE NUMBER 5580, AN

572
01:07:48,783 --> 01:07:51,520
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SARASOTA, FLORIDA, TO REZONE

573
01:07:51,520 --> 01:07:56,320
THAT CERTAIN VACANT PARCEL OF REAL PROPERTY TOTALING

574
01:07:56,391 --> 01:08:00,162
APPROXIMATELY 1.35 + ACRES LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER

575
01:08:00,162 --> 01:08:04,466
OF ASPINWALL STREET AND RHODES AVENUE WITH A STREET ADDRESS OF

576
01:08:04,466 --> 01:08:09,138
351 NORTH RHODES AVENUE FROM THE OFFICE REGIONAL DISTRICT ORD TO

577
01:08:09,138 --> 01:08:14,376
THE URBAN MIX USE 1 MU-1 ZONE DISTRICT, APPROVING SITE PLAN

578
01:08:14,376 --> 01:08:19,348
APPLICATION NUMBER 24-SP-11 TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION OF A 17 UNIT

579
01:08:19,348 --> 01:08:22,417
SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT TO BE PLATTED AS

580
01:08:22,417 --> 01:08:26,689
INDIVIDUAL LOTS UPON THE REZONED REAL PROPERTY, ALL AS MORE

581
01:08:26,689 --> 01:08:29,658
PARTICULARLY SET FORTH HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR READING BY TITLE

582
01:08:29,658 --> 01:08:33,258
ONLY, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

583
01:08:36,165 --> 01:08:38,634
>>Mayor Alpert: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

584
01:08:38,634 --> 01:08:42,137
CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF AGENDA NUMBER 2,

585
01:08:42,137 --> 01:08:46,908
WHICH IS ITEM 7.1 AND 7.2? >>Kyle Battie: SO MOVED.

586
01:08:46,908 --> 01:08:48,711
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: SECOND. >>Mayor Alpert: COMMISSIONER

587
01:08:48,711 --> 01:08:53,480
BATTIE MOVED TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF CONSENT AGENDA NUMBER

588
01:08:53,480 --> 01:08:55,448
1 WHICH INCLUDE ITEM 7.1 AND 7.2.

589
01:08:56,585 --> 01:08:59,387
COMMISSIONER OHLRICH SECONDED. >>Vice-Mayor Trice: THAT'S

590
01:08:59,387 --> 01:09:03,580
CONSENT AGENDA 2. >>Mayor Alpert: I SAID ONE.

591
01:09:03,580 --> 01:09:05,193
CONSENT AGENDA 2. THANK YOU.

592
01:09:05,193 --> 01:09:07,262
>>Shayla Griggs: ALSO ROLL CALL. >>Jen Ahearn-Koch: YES.

593
01:09:07,262 --> 01:09:08,930
>>Mayor Alpert: YES. >>Kyle Battie: YES.

594
01:09:08,930 --> 01:09:13,130
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: YES. >>Vice-Mayor Trice: YES.

595
01:09:13,201 --> 01:09:15,671
>>Mayor Alpert: OKAY. NOW GOING TO -- IS THAT YOUR

596
01:09:15,671 --> 01:09:17,671
VOTE, COMMISSIONERS? >> YES.

597
01:09:19,408 --> 01:09:22,411
>>Shayla Griggs: MOTION PASSES. >>Mayor Alpert: TRYING TO FINISH

598
01:09:22,411 --> 01:09:24,811
BY 5 HERE. ITEM 7.3, COMMISSIONER

599
01:09:26,248 --> 01:09:28,650
AHEARN-KOCH, YOU PULLED THAT. >>Jen Ahearn-Koch: I PULLED THIS

600
01:09:28,650 --> 01:09:32,954
TO HAVE AN EXPRESSED VOTE ON IT. UNLESS ANYBODY HAS COMMENTS, I

601
01:09:32,954 --> 01:09:35,954
MOVE APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 25-5577.

602
01:09:36,625 --> 01:09:38,226
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: SECOND. >>Mayor Alpert: COMMISSIONER

603
01:09:38,226 --> 01:09:41,163
AHEARN-KOCH MOVED APPROVAL ON ITEM 7.3.

604
01:09:41,163 --> 01:09:45,363
COMMISSIONER OHLRICH SECONDED. IF YOU'LL VOTE, COMMISSIONERS.

605
01:09:45,367 --> 01:09:47,168
YES. >>Kyle Battie: YES.

606
01:09:47,168 --> 01:09:48,703
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: YES. >>Vice-Mayor Trice: YES.

607
01:09:48,703 --> 01:09:51,806
>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: YES. >>Mayor Alpert: IS THAT YOUR

608
01:09:51,806 --> 01:09:54,206
VOTE, COMMISSIONERS? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

609
01:09:55,577 --> 01:09:57,450
ITEM 7.4. >>Jen Ahearn-Koch: SAME.

610
01:09:57,450 --> 01:10:00,916
TO HAVE AN EXPRESSED VOTE ON AN ORDINANCE, UNLESS THERE ARE ANY

611
01:10:00,916 --> 01:10:05,716
COMMENTS, I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 25-5580.

612
01:10:05,720 --> 01:10:07,188
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: SECOND. >>Vice-Mayor Trice: I WOULD LIKE

613
01:10:07,188 --> 01:10:10,525
TO MAKE A COMMENT, MAYOR. >>Mayor Alpert: SURE.

614
01:10:10,525 --> 01:10:13,795
>>Vice-Mayor Trice: I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR

615
01:10:13,795 --> 01:10:18,667
US TO BE SUPPORTING HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND THEIR SUPPORT FOR

616
01:10:18,667 --> 01:10:22,671
THE PEOPLE OF SARASOTA IN HELPING TO PROVIDE LOW-INCOME

617
01:10:22,671 --> 01:10:26,871
HOUSING AND OWNERSHIP OF THAT LOW-INCOME HOUSING.

618
01:10:29,677 --> 01:10:32,280
>>Mayor Alpert: ALL RIGHT. CAN I GET A MOTION?

619
01:10:32,280 --> 01:10:35,280
>>Shayla Griggs: ALREADY DID THAT.

620
01:10:35,417 --> 01:10:37,817
ALSO ROLL CALL. BATTIE?

621
01:10:37,952 --> 01:10:39,154
>>Kyle Battie: YES. >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: YES.

622
01:10:39,154 --> 01:10:40,488
>>Vice-Mayor Trice: YES. >>Jen Ahearn-Koch: YES.

623
01:10:40,488 --> 01:10:44,688
>>Mayor Alpert: YES. >>Shayla Griggs: MOTION PASSES

624
01:10:46,461 --> 01:10:48,763
5-0. >>Mayor Alpert: MOTION PASSES

625
01:10:48,763 --> 01:10:50,763
5-0. ALL RIGHT.

626
01:10:52,235 --> 01:10:57,350
CITY MANAGER SEARCH UPDATE, ITEM 9 FOR UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

627
01:10:57,506 --> 01:11:01,576
>>Shayla Griggs: THANK YOU. AS OF RIGHT NOW, TODAY, THANK

628
01:11:01,576 --> 01:11:08,316
YOU ALL FOR MEETING WITH THE STRATEGIC -- I MEAN, THE SEARCH

629
01:11:08,316 --> 01:11:12,516
FIRM. HE DEFINITELY STATED THAT HE GOT

630
01:11:12,654 --> 01:11:18,600
A LOT OF FEEDBACK. OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THE

631
01:11:18,600 --> 01:11:21,129
ADVERTISEMENT BEFORE YOU ALL TO REVIEW AT THE NEXT CITY

632
01:11:21,129 --> 01:11:25,666
COMMISSION MEETING. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET ALL OF THAT

633
01:11:25,666 --> 01:11:28,537
COMPILED AND HE CAN GET THAT DONE AND HAVE OFFICIAL

634
01:11:28,537 --> 01:11:31,740
ADVERTISEMENT READY FOR YOU ALL TO REVIEW AND HOPEFULLY APPROVE

635
01:11:31,740 --> 01:11:36,540
SO WE CAN KIND OF FORWARD THE PROCESS.

636
01:11:37,479 --> 01:11:40,348
>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: WILL WE BE GETTING THAT AHEAD OF TIME?

637
01:11:40,348 --> 01:11:43,552
>>Shayla Griggs: YES. AS SOON AS WE GET IT, YEAH.

638
01:11:43,552 --> 01:11:47,823
>>Joseph Polzak: IT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR FORMAL APPROVAL.

639
01:11:47,823 --> 01:11:50,826
>>Shayla Griggs: THAT'S ALL THE UPDATES WE HAVE.

640
01:11:50,826 --> 01:11:52,961
>>Joseph Polzak: YES, THAT'S IT. >>Mayor Alpert: IF THERE'S

641
01:11:52,961 --> 01:11:58,361
NOTHING ELSE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC HEARING.

642
01:12:01,837 --> 01:12:05,108
I'M GOING TO CALL UPON THE CITY AUDITOR AND CLERK TO ADMINISTER

643
01:12:05,108 --> 01:12:07,375
THE OATH. >>Shayla Griggs: ANYONE WHO

644
01:12:07,375 --> 01:12:09,578
PLANS TO SPEAK AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING TODAY, PLEASE STAND AND

645
01:12:09,578 --> 01:12:13,178
TAKE THE OATH. >>Mayor Alpert: ITEM 10.1.

646
01:12:17,819 --> 01:12:20,521
>>Shayla Griggs: DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE EVIDENCE OR

647
01:12:20,521 --> 01:12:22,724
FACTUAL REPRESENTATIONS WHICH YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE OR PRESENT

648
01:12:22,724 --> 01:12:26,461
TO THIS COMMISSION DURING ANY PUBLIC HEARING HELD THIS 20th

649
01:12:26,461 --> 01:12:29,131
DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025, ARE TRUTHFUL?

650
01:12:29,131 --> 01:12:31,800
THANK YOU. >>Mayor Alpert: ALL RIGHT.

651
01:12:31,800 --> 01:12:37,720
I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED ORDINANCE

652
01:12:37,720 --> 01:12:41,276
25-5583 AND CALL UPON THE CITY AUDITOR AND CLERK TO READ THE

653
01:12:41,276 --> 01:12:42,810
TITLE. >>Shayla Griggs: THANK YOU,

654
01:12:42,810 --> 01:12:44,110
MAYOR. PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH ME.

655
01:12:44,110 --> 01:12:49,351
THIS IS A LONG ONE, EVERYONE. ORDINANCE 25-5583, AN ORDINANCE

656
01:12:49,351 --> 01:12:53,221
OF THE CITY OF SARASOTA, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE ZONING

657
01:12:53,221 --> 01:12:57,192
CODE 2002 EDITION, ARTICLE II, DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF

658
01:12:57,192 --> 01:12:59,361
CONSTRUCTION, TO MODIFY DEFINITION OF DWELLING UNIT AND

659
01:12:59,361 --> 01:13:03,632
PROTECTED TREE, AND DELETE DEFINITION OF COMMERCIAL PARKING

660
01:13:03,632 --> 01:13:05,967
LOTS, ARTICLE III, DECISION MAKING AND ADMINISTRATIVE

661
01:13:05,967 --> 01:13:08,837
BODIES, TO REMOVE THE CITY COMMISSION AND PLANNING BOARD

662
01:13:08,837 --> 01:13:12,641
AUTHORITY TO APPROVE AND REVIEW SUBDIVISION PLATS CONSISTENT

663
01:13:12,641 --> 01:13:15,977
WITH STATE STATUTE, AND ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT THAT

664
01:13:15,977 --> 01:13:20,281
THE BUILDING OFFICIAL BE APPOINTED BY THE CITY MANAGER;

665
01:13:20,281 --> 01:13:23,985
ARTICLE IV, DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCEDURES, TO ESTABLISH THE

666
01:13:23,985 --> 01:13:25,920
ABILITY FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD TO GRANT

667
01:13:25,920 --> 01:13:30,158
VARIANCES OR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE MAXIMUM DENSITY WHEN A LOCALLY

668
01:13:30,158 --> 01:13:34,620
DESIGNATED HISTORIC STRUCTURE IS RELOCATED TO A DIFFERENT ZONING

669
01:13:34,620 --> 01:13:37,662
LOT, AND MODIFY SUBDIVISIONS/PLATS STANDARDS;

670
01:13:39,501 --> 01:13:42,437
ARTICLE VI, ZONE DISTRICTS, TO MODIFY BUILDING DESIGN STANDARDS

671
01:13:42,437 --> 01:13:47,237
IN DOWNTOWN ZONE DISTRICTS, ELIMINATE STORAGE REQUIREMENT IN

672
01:13:47,342 --> 01:13:49,770
SINGLE-FAMILY ZONES, MODIFY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN

673
01:13:49,770 --> 01:13:52,947
DOWNTOWN ZONE DISTRICTS, MODIFY LANDSCAPING PLAN REQUIREMENTS,

674
01:13:52,947 --> 01:13:57,119
MODIFY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN URBAN MIXED-USE DISTRICTS, AND

675
01:13:57,119 --> 01:14:00,706
AMEND STAGING PLAN REQUIREMENTS; ARTICLE VII, REGULATIONS OF

676
01:14:00,706 --> 01:14:04,610
GENERAL APPLICABILITY, TO MODIFY POOL AND POOL CAGE SETBACKS,

677
01:14:04,610 --> 01:14:07,346
CLARIFY BICYCLE STANDARDS, CLARIFY THAT THE PARKING IS

678
01:14:07,346 --> 01:14:10,248
PROHIBITED IN WATERFRONT SETBACKS, MODIFY RECOMMENDED

679
01:14:10,248 --> 01:14:14,520
TREE LIST, CLARIFY GRAND TREE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS, CLARIFY

680
01:14:14,520 --> 01:14:17,823
TREE PROTECTION STANDARDS DURING AN EMERGENCY, MODIFY PLANT

681
01:14:17,823 --> 01:14:21,393
MATERIAL AND INSTALLATION STANDARDS, CLARIFY WINDOW SIGN

682
01:14:21,393 --> 01:14:24,730
PERMIT REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS, AND MODIFY HOW HEIGHT

683
01:14:24,730 --> 01:14:29,135
OF STRUCTURES LESS THAN 30 INCHES ARE MEASURED WITHIN THE

684
01:14:29,135 --> 01:14:32,735
WATERFRONT SETBACK; ARTICLE VIII, ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS

685
01:14:32,871 --> 01:14:37,276
AND PENALTIES TO ADD CERTAIN AGREEMENTS TO BE ENFORCED BY

686
01:14:37,276 --> 01:14:39,812
CODE ENFORCEMENT; FOR SEVERABILITY OF THE PARTS

687
01:14:39,812 --> 01:14:44,160
HEREOF; PROVIDING FOR READING BY TITLE ONLY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN

688
01:14:44,160 --> 01:14:45,284
EFFECTIVE DATE. >>Mayor Alpert: THANK YOU VERY

689
01:14:45,284 --> 01:14:49,288
MUCH. NOW WE'LL CALL UPON OUR PLANNING

690
01:14:49,288 --> 01:14:53,559
GENERAL MANAGER CHAPDELAIN AND CHIEF PLANNER DOBBS TO MAKE A

691
01:14:53,559 --> 01:14:55,828
PRESENTATION. >>Ryan Chapdelain: THANK YOU.

692
01:14:55,828 --> 01:14:59,264
GOOD MORNING, RYAN CHAPDELAIN, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE PLANNING

693
01:14:59,264 --> 01:15:02,864
DEPARTMENT. AND BRIANA DOBBS, CHIEF PLANNER.

694
01:15:03,350 --> 01:15:08,774
GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE ZTA BATCH THAT MS. GRIGGS JUST READ

695
01:15:08,774 --> 01:15:10,309
OFF. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO HERE, WE

696
01:15:10,309 --> 01:15:15,914
DO THIS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, SO THIS IS THE ONE FOR 2025.

697
01:15:15,914 --> 01:15:18,650
WE HAVE ROUGHLY 22 INDIVIDUAL ITEMS.

698
01:15:18,650 --> 01:15:22,850
WE'LL GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THAT.

699
01:15:23,622 --> 01:15:28,393
SEPTEMBER 10, 2025, THE PLANNING BOARD HEARD THIS AND THEY

700
01:15:28,393 --> 01:15:31,130
RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOR ALL OF THESE BUT TWO.

701
01:15:31,130 --> 01:15:34,132
AND THAT'S NUMBER 8, LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS AND NUMBER 15,

702
01:15:34,132 --> 01:15:37,200
MAXIMUM BUILDING LENGTH. WE'LL GET INTO A LITTLE MORE

703
01:15:37,200 --> 01:15:39,138
DETAIL ON THAT AS PART OF THE PRESENTATION.

704
01:15:39,138 --> 01:15:42,341
ONE OTHER ITEM I WANTED TO MENTION, THERE WAS A ZT ITEM

705
01:15:42,341 --> 01:15:47,790
THAT THE PLANNING BOARD HEARD THAT HAS SINCE BEEN WITHDRAWN

706
01:15:47,790 --> 01:15:50,215
FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING BASED ON THE GUIDANCE OF INTERIM CITY

707
01:15:50,215 --> 01:15:54,286
MANAGER MR. BULLOCK. IT DEALT WITH HOW THE BUILDING

708
01:15:54,286 --> 01:15:56,221
OFFICIAL APPOINTED. SLIGHT CONFLICT BETWEEN THE

709
01:15:56,221 --> 01:15:58,957
ZONING CODE AND CITY CODE. WE BELIEVE THE CITY CODE WILL

710
01:15:58,957 --> 01:16:02,427
PROBABLY BE THE MORE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENT IN WHICH TO MAKE THAT

711
01:16:02,427 --> 01:16:05,130
AMENDMENT. THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD

712
01:16:05,130 --> 01:16:09,134
SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE. THAT'S WITHDRAWN FOR THIS

713
01:16:09,134 --> 01:16:12,604
PARTICULAR HEARING. WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND

714
01:16:12,604 --> 01:16:14,239
GET STARTED. THE FIRST ONE THAT YOU HAVE

715
01:16:14,239 --> 01:16:17,710
BEFORE YOU HERE IS REGARDING ROOFTOP MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT.

716
01:16:17,710 --> 01:16:21,312
THIS IS AN AMENDMENT THAT CLARIFIES THAT EQUIPMENT BE

717
01:16:21,312 --> 01:16:25,250
FULLY SCREENED FROM ALL SIDES. IT ALLOWS DECORATIVE PANELS

718
01:16:25,250 --> 01:16:28,120
INCLUDING METAL TO BE USED PROMOTING VISUAL COMPATIBILITY

719
01:16:28,120 --> 01:16:30,923
AND ADDRESSING ANY CONFUSION RELATED TO PERMITTED SCREENING

720
01:16:30,923 --> 01:16:33,923
MATERIALS. >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: MAYOR,

721
01:16:37,162 --> 01:16:42,734
SHOULD WE ASK QUESTIONS AFTER EACH ITEM OR AT THE VERY END?

722
01:16:42,734 --> 01:16:45,538
>>Mayor Alpert: I WOULD PREFER WE WAIT UNTIL THE VERY END SO

723
01:16:45,538 --> 01:16:49,138
THEY CAN GET THROUGH THEIR PRESENTATION.

724
01:16:51,900 --> 01:16:54,546
>>Ryan Chapdelain: NEXT IS DWELLING UNIT DEFINITION WE

725
01:16:54,546 --> 01:16:59,484
RECEIVED A LOT OF PERMIT -- REDOING A HOUSE WITH A POOL.

726
01:16:59,484 --> 01:17:03,555
WANT A DESIGNATED POOL BATH. CURRENTLY IN THE CODE,

727
01:17:03,555 --> 01:17:05,757
DEFINITION OF DWELLING UNIT REQUIRES THAT ALL THE ROOMS HAVE

728
01:17:05,757 --> 01:17:07,959
AN INTERNAL CONNECTION. THIS WOULD MODIFY THAT

729
01:17:07,959 --> 01:17:12,264
DEFINITION TO ALLOW AN ATTACHED ACCESSORY ROOM TO NOT HAVE THAT

730
01:17:12,264 --> 01:17:13,565
INTERNAL CONNECTION TO THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE.

731
01:17:13,565 --> 01:17:17,436
YOU SEE IN THE GRAPHIC THERE, A POOL BATH THAT WOULDN'T CONNECT

732
01:17:17,436 --> 01:17:22,707
INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE. UTILITY ROOM OR STORAGE ROOM

733
01:17:22,707 --> 01:17:26,978
COULD ALSO HAVE THAT SAME TYPE OF COMPONENT.

734
01:17:26,978 --> 01:17:28,847
THE NEXT ITEM IS COMMERCIAL PARKING.

735
01:17:28,847 --> 01:17:32,184
RIGHT NOW IN THE CODE WE HAVE TWO COMMERCIAL PARKING

736
01:17:32,184 --> 01:17:36,540
DEFINITIONS. ONE IS A LITTLE MORE RESTRICTIVE

737
01:17:36,540 --> 01:17:39,125
AND THAT IS ENCOMPASSING AS THE OTHER.

738
01:17:39,125 --> 01:17:42,794
WE'LL GO WITH THE MORE ENCOMPASSING DEFINITION TO

739
01:17:42,794 --> 01:17:45,564
MINIMIZE CONFUSION AND REALLY CLARIFY HOW COMMERCIAL PARKING

740
01:17:45,564 --> 01:17:52,738
LOTS AND GARAGES CAN BE USED. IT CAN BE FOUR FEET OR NOT FOUR

741
01:17:52,738 --> 01:17:54,740
FEET. JUST CREATING THAT MORE

742
01:17:54,740 --> 01:17:59,540
ENCOMPASSING DEFINITION OR GOING WITH THAT PARTICULAR DEFINITION.

743
01:18:01,790 --> 01:18:04,616
SETBACK REQUIREMENT FOR POOLS. THIS ITEM CLARIFIES THAT A

744
01:18:04,616 --> 01:18:09,870
CONSISTENT FIVE FOOT SETBACK REQUIREMENT FOR SWIMMING POOLS

745
01:18:09,870 --> 01:18:15,870
AND POOL CAGES HELPS STREAMLINE THE PERMIT REVIEW AND PREVENTS

746
01:18:15,694 --> 01:18:18,230
SITE DESIGN ISSUES. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT

747
01:18:18,230 --> 01:18:21,433
PEOPLE GOING INTO THIS WHEN THEY ARE BUILDING A POOL, THAT THEY

748
01:18:21,433 --> 01:18:26,171
KNOW IT IS A FIVE FOOT SETBACK. IF THE POOL IS FIVE FEET, YOU

749
01:18:26,171 --> 01:18:29,974
WANT TO ERECT THE CAGE LATER ON, THAT MAY CAUSE AN ISSUE.

750
01:18:29,974 --> 01:18:34,947
MAKING IT VERY CLEAR IN THE CODE WHAT THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE.

751
01:18:34,947 --> 01:18:39,551
BICYCLE PARKING, THIS SIMPLY IS JUST CLARIFYING THAT IT APPLIES

752
01:18:39,551 --> 01:18:41,754
TO ALL DEVELOPMENTS OR NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS

753
01:18:41,754 --> 01:18:45,891
EITHER IN THE DOWNTOWN OR OUTSIDE THE DOWNTOWN.

754
01:18:45,891 --> 01:18:50,910
JUST PROVIDING THAT CLARITY WITHIN THE CODE.

755
01:18:50,929 --> 01:18:53,999
LOCATION OF PARKING AND WATERFRONT SETBACKS, AGAIN, MORE

756
01:18:53,999 --> 01:18:56,668
OF A CLARIFICATION WITHIN THE CODE, ENUMERATING IT

757
01:18:56,668 --> 01:19:00,472
SPECIFICALLY IN THE CODE THAT IT CLEARLY STATES THAT PARKING IS

758
01:19:00,472 --> 01:19:04,672
NOT ALLOWED IN ANY REQUIRED WATERFRONT SETBACK.

759
01:19:05,945 --> 01:19:09,140
I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO MS. DOBBS.

760
01:19:09,140 --> 01:19:12,510
>>Briana Dobbs: BRIANA DOBBS, CHIEF PLANNER FOR THE RECORD.

761
01:19:12,510 --> 01:19:15,420
ITEM NUMBER 7, ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT PROPOSES TO REMOVE THE

762
01:19:15,420 --> 01:19:18,723
TWO-STORY LIMIT IN THE RSM 9 DISTRICT WHICH IS IN LAUREL PARK

763
01:19:18,723 --> 01:19:22,428
WHILE MAINTAINING THE 30-FOOT MAXIMUM HEIGHT, ELIMINATING THE

764
01:19:22,428 --> 01:19:25,970
NUMBER OF STORIES IS CONSISTENT WITH ALL THE OTHER SINGLE-FAMILY

765
01:19:25,970 --> 01:19:29,101
ZONE DISTRICTS THAT CURRENTLY ARE ONLY MEASURED HEIGHT AND

766
01:19:29,101 --> 01:19:30,669
FEET. ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS AMENDMENT

767
01:19:30,669 --> 01:19:33,669
TO SECTION 6-1005 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

768
01:19:33,739 --> 01:19:38,539
THAT'S BEING UPDATED FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THIS CHANGE.

769
01:19:42,848 --> 01:19:48,587
ITEM NUMBER 8 ALLOWS LOTS WITH A FRONT WIDTH OF 30 FEET OR LESS,

770
01:19:48,587 --> 01:19:51,790
WHICH IS TYPICALLY AN ATTACHED SINGLE-FAMILY HOME OR A TOWNHOME

771
01:19:51,790 --> 01:19:56,610
TO PLANT AN UNDERSTORY TREE WHEN IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO PLANT A

772
01:19:56,610 --> 01:19:58,630
CANOPY TREE TO MEET THE LANDSCAPE PLAN REQUIREMENTS.

773
01:19:58,630 --> 01:20:02,334
THIS APPROACH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONING CODE RIGHT TREE,

774
01:20:02,334 --> 01:20:05,604
RIGHT PLACE PRINCIPLE WHICH REQUIRES SITE EVALUATION AND

775
01:20:05,604 --> 01:20:09,289
SPECIE SELECTIONS BASED ON FACTORS SUCH AS UTILITY

776
01:20:09,289 --> 01:20:13,894
CONFLICTS, SOIL CONDITIONS, ROOT SPACING AND MATURE SIZE.

777
01:20:13,894 --> 01:20:18,566
I DO HAVE SOME EXAMPLES OF UNDERSTORY TREES THAT ARE

778
01:20:18,566 --> 01:20:22,903
FLORIDA FRIENDLY AND NATIVE THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED HERE.

779
01:20:22,903 --> 01:20:27,307
THE ZONING CODE, UNDERSTORY TREE DOES REACH UP TO 35 FEET AT

780
01:20:27,307 --> 01:20:31,507
MATURE SIZE. JUST A COUPLE MORE GRAPHICS.

781
01:20:34,515 --> 01:20:39,915
ITEM NUMBER 9 MOVES INVASIVE AND MISCLASSIFIED SPECIES FROM THE

782
01:20:40,120 --> 01:20:43,720
PROTECTED TREE. RECLINATA CLASS 2 INVASIVE FROM

783
01:20:44,992 --> 01:20:48,696
THE INVASIVE COUNCIL AND SAW PALMETTO DOES NOT MEET THE

784
01:20:48,696 --> 01:20:53,200
PROTECTED TREE DUE TO THE TYPICAL TRUNK HEIGHT.

785
01:20:53,200 --> 01:20:57,738
ITEM NUMBER 10, PINK TABEBUIA IS BEING REMOVED FROM THE CITY'S

786
01:20:57,738 --> 01:21:01,876
RECOMMENDED TREE LIST BECAUSE IT IS NOW CONSIDERED A CLASS 2

787
01:21:01,876 --> 01:21:04,277
INVASIVE SPECIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA BY THE FLORIDA INVASIVE

788
01:21:04,277 --> 01:21:06,680
SPECIES COUNCIL. THIS AMENDMENT DOES NOT PROHIBIT

789
01:21:06,680 --> 01:21:10,840
PLANTING THE TREE. IT SIMPLY MEANS IT WILL NO

790
01:21:10,840 --> 01:21:13,821
LONGER BE PROMOTED AS ONE OF THE CITY'S OPTIONS SINCE IT IS NOW

791
01:21:13,821 --> 01:21:16,821
INVASIVE. ITEM NUMBER 11 REINFORCES THE

792
01:21:18,291 --> 01:21:21,495
EXISTING REQUIREMENT THAT TREE REMOVAL PERMITS FOR GRAND TREES

793
01:21:21,495 --> 01:21:24,331
MUST BE POSTED AND GRAND TREES MUST BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED WITH

794
01:21:24,331 --> 01:21:27,368
AN ORANGE RIBBON. TREES NOT PROPERLY MARKED WILL

795
01:21:27,368 --> 01:21:32,768
BE SUBJECT TO A FINE. ITEM NUMBER 12 CLARIFIES THAT

796
01:21:33,874 --> 01:21:36,977
THE SUSPENDED TREE PROTECTION STANDARDS ONLY APPLY TO TREES

797
01:21:36,977 --> 01:21:41,248
THAT ARE DEAD, STORM DAMAGED, UPROOTED OR DOWNED AND IT DOES

798
01:21:41,248 --> 01:21:46,480
NOT APPLY TO HEALTHY TREES. ITEM NUMBER 13, EXISTING

799
01:21:49,657 --> 01:21:53,594
REGULATIONS IN THE ZONING CODE ALLOW THREE PALM TREES PLANTED

800
01:21:53,594 --> 01:21:57,465
AT 12 FEET HIGH TO EQUAL TO ONE REQUIRED CANOPY TREE.

801
01:21:57,465 --> 01:22:01,100
THE ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT PROPOSES TO REMOVE QUEEN PALM AS

802
01:22:01,100 --> 01:22:05,172
IT IS NOW CONSIDERED A CLASS TWO INVASIVE AND REPLACES WITH A

803
01:22:05,172 --> 01:22:09,143
RIBBON PALM TO COUNT TOWARD THE CANOPY TREE REQUIREMENT AT 3:1

804
01:22:09,143 --> 01:22:12,143
RATIO. RIBBON PALM IS CONSIDERED

805
01:22:13,747 --> 01:22:17,947
FLORIDA FRIENDLY. ITEM 14 MODIFIES THE EXISTING 1O

806
01:22:19,753 --> 01:22:21,154
FINISHED CEILING HEIGHT REQUIREMENT AT THE SIDEWALK

807
01:22:21,154 --> 01:22:25,626
LEVEL TO ONLY APPLY FOR A MINIMUM OF 20 FEET IN DEPTH

808
01:22:25,626 --> 01:22:29,763
INSTEAD OF THE ENTIRE DEPTH OF THE BUILDING, SIMILAR TO THE

809
01:22:29,763 --> 01:22:32,433
HABITABLE SPACE AND FINISHED FLOOR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE

810
01:22:32,433 --> 01:22:36,633
DOWNTOWN CORE AND DOWNTOWN BAYFRONT BALANCING DESIGN

811
01:22:36,704 --> 01:22:39,306
CONSISTENCIES WITH PRIMARY STREET STANDARDS.

812
01:22:39,306 --> 01:22:41,976
HAVE SEEN DEVELOPMENTS HAVING ISSUES MEETING THE 12-FOOT

813
01:22:41,976 --> 01:22:43,844
HEIGHT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DEPTH OF THE BUILDING.

814
01:22:43,844 --> 01:22:47,314
MANY TIMES SEE A LINER BUILDING AND THAT WOULD BE LINING A

815
01:22:47,314 --> 01:22:50,184
GARAGE. THE GARAGE WOULD NEED TO STILL

816
01:22:50,184 --> 01:22:51,652
MEET THAT ENTIRE HEIGHT STANDARD.

817
01:22:51,652 --> 01:22:56,356
MIGHT BE NECESSARY TO HAVE THE 12 FEET HEIGHT.

818
01:22:56,356 --> 01:22:59,593
ITEM NUMBER 15 PROPOSES TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM BUILDING

819
01:22:59,593 --> 01:23:03,798
LENGTH FROM 200 TO 250, WHICH ALLOWS MORE DESIGN FLEXIBILITY

820
01:23:03,798 --> 01:23:06,166
WHILE STILL PROTECTING WALKABILITY.

821
01:23:06,166 --> 01:23:09,203
THIS REQUIREMENT IS ONLY APPLICABLE TO THE URBAN MIXED

822
01:23:09,203 --> 01:23:12,406
USE ZONE DISTRICTS WHICH CAN BE FOUND ALONG THE CITY'S

823
01:23:12,406 --> 01:23:15,800
COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS. ONE EXAMPLE OF A BUILDING THAT

824
01:23:15,800 --> 01:23:20,147
EXCEEDS THE 200-FOOT LENGTH IS CITRUS SQUARE PHASE TWO WHICH IS

825
01:23:20,147 --> 01:23:24,947
PROVIDED IMAGE ON THE SCREEN. ITEM NUMBER 16 RELOCATES

826
01:23:26,870 --> 01:23:28,556
EXISTING LANGUAGE ABOUT CONSTRUCTION STAGING PLANS FOR

827
01:23:28,556 --> 01:23:32,426
CLARITY AND REINFORCES THAT THESE PLANS ARE REQUIRED FOR

828
01:23:32,426 --> 01:23:34,995
NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. ALL RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

829
01:23:34,995 --> 01:23:38,265
GREATER THAN 5,000 SQUARE FEET AND MAJOR RENOVATIONS GREATER

830
01:23:38,265 --> 01:23:40,634
THAN 5,000 SQUARE FEET, EXISTING LANGUAGE AND STANDARDS ARE NOT

831
01:23:40,634 --> 01:23:44,638
BEING CHANGED. THIS IS SIMPLY BEING RELOCATED

832
01:23:44,638 --> 01:23:50,380
TO THE APPROPRIATE LOCATION AND APPLICABILITY OF THE SECTION.

833
01:23:51,120 --> 01:23:54,682
ITEM NUMBER 17 ALLOWS THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD TO

834
01:23:54,682 --> 01:23:57,651
GRANT DENSITIES, DENSITY VARIANCES OR ADJUSTMENTS WHEN

835
01:23:57,651 --> 01:24:00,651
RELOCATING LOCALLY DESIGNATED HISTORIC STRUCTURES.

836
01:24:00,854 --> 01:24:04,425
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT PROVIDES RELIEF THAT MAY INCENTIVE

837
01:24:04,425 --> 01:24:06,860
PRESERVING A LOCAL DESIGNATED BUILDING.

838
01:24:06,860 --> 01:24:12,860
THIS IS GOING TO BE USED WITH THE McALPIN HOUSE.

839
01:24:15,836 --> 01:24:18,739
NUMBER 18, SENATE BILL 812 ESTABLISHES AN EXPEDITED

840
01:24:18,739 --> 01:24:23,770
PERMITTING PROCESS THAT ALLOWS ISSUANCE UP TO 75% OF

841
01:24:23,770 --> 01:24:25,613
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY PLAT.

842
01:24:25,613 --> 01:24:28,820
PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF FINAL PLAT.

843
01:24:28,820 --> 01:24:32,190
SENATE BILL 784 REQUIRES A PLAT OR REPLAT TO BE APPROVED,

844
01:24:32,190 --> 01:24:35,489
APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS OR DENIED ADMINISTRATIVELY RATHER

845
01:24:35,489 --> 01:24:38,526
THAN GOING TO THE PLANNING BOARD AND CITY COMMISSION.

846
01:24:38,526 --> 01:24:42,296
SO THESE TWO CHANGES LINE THE CITY SUBDIVISIONS AND PLAT

847
01:24:42,296 --> 01:24:46,300
PROCESS WITH THE NEWER SENATE BILLS AS WELL AS NEW STATE

848
01:24:46,300 --> 01:24:49,900
STATUTE. >>Ryan Chapdelain: FEW MORE TO

849
01:24:49,903 --> 01:24:52,903
GO HERE. EXTERIOR FINISH MATERIALS.

850
01:24:54,141 --> 01:24:58,941
PRIMARY STREETS ONLY SPECIFIC EXTERIOR FINISHED MATERIALS ARE

851
01:24:59,446 --> 01:25:03,646
ALLOWED. SEMEN TISSUES FINISH IS A COMMON

852
01:25:05,152 --> 01:25:09,156
MATERIAL ALLOWED AS EXTERIOR. WINDOW SURROUNDS MADE OF METAL

853
01:25:09,156 --> 01:25:12,156
AND PERMITTED ON PRIMARY STREETS.

854
01:25:12,527 --> 01:25:16,727
THIS ADDS CEMENTITIOUS FINISH AS PERMITTED MATERIAL.

855
01:25:22,669 --> 01:25:25,669
ENFORCEMENT REGARDING VIOLATIONS, PENALTIES, REMEDIES,

856
01:25:26,407 --> 01:25:29,410
THIS RELATES TO JUST KIND OF ANOTHER LAYER OF PROTECTION FOR

857
01:25:29,410 --> 01:25:31,412
THE CITY. CURRENTLY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING

858
01:25:31,412 --> 01:25:35,160
AGREEMENTS RELATED TO DENSITY BONUSES AND HISTORIC

859
01:25:35,160 --> 01:25:36,617
PRESERVATION TRANSFER DEVELOPMENT RIGHT AGREEMENTS

860
01:25:36,617 --> 01:25:39,420
CURRENTLY ALLOW THE CITY MANAGER TO ENFORCE THESE AGREEMENTS

861
01:25:39,420 --> 01:25:42,289
THROUGH THE BUILDING DIVISION AND CODE ENFORCEMENT

862
01:25:42,289 --> 01:25:43,957
PROCEEDINGS. THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE CODIFIES

863
01:25:43,957 --> 01:25:48,195
THIS IN THE ZONING CODE. THAT THE CITY MANAGER MAY

864
01:25:48,195 --> 01:25:52,299
ENFORCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, DENSITY BONUS AGREEMENTS AND

865
01:25:52,299 --> 01:25:54,902
HISTORIC PRESERVATION TRANSFER DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AGREEMENTS

866
01:25:54,902 --> 01:25:57,204
FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS.

867
01:25:57,204 --> 01:25:59,840
AGAIN, BOTH OF THOSE AGREEMENTS THAT WERE MENTIONED HAVE DEFAULT

868
01:25:59,840 --> 01:26:02,543
PROVISIONS IN THEM. AGAIN, ANOTHER LAYER OF

869
01:26:02,543 --> 01:26:05,612
PROTECTION FOR THE CITY, ONE WE WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S

870
01:26:05,612 --> 01:26:10,785
OFFICE ON TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS INCORPORATED IN THE ZONING CODE.

871
01:26:10,785 --> 01:26:13,720
WINDOW SIGNS, THIS IS PRETTY SIMPLE.

872
01:26:13,720 --> 01:26:17,724
JUST CLARIFYING THAT ADDITIONAL WINDOW SIGN REGULATION APPLYING

873
01:26:17,724 --> 01:26:20,609
SPECIFIC COMMERCIAL ZONE DISTRICTS AND OVERLAY DISTRICTS.

874
01:26:20,609 --> 01:26:22,845
ESSENTIALLY INCLUDING A CROSS-REFERENCE IN THE ZONING

875
01:26:22,845 --> 01:26:28,245
CODE SO THE ADDITIONAL STANDARDS DO NOT GET MISSED.

876
01:26:28,351 --> 01:26:30,886
LASTLY, THIS RELATES TO WATERFRONT PROPERTY AND

877
01:26:30,886 --> 01:26:34,486
SEAWALLS. THERE WAS A ZONING TEXT

878
01:26:34,756 --> 01:26:37,292
AMENDMENT RECENTLY THAT PERMITTED THE HEIGHT OF

879
01:26:37,292 --> 01:26:41,230
SEAWALLS, INCREASE THE PERMITTED HEIGHT OF SEAWALLS TO SUPPORT

880
01:26:41,230 --> 01:26:43,899
LONG-TERM SHORELINE PROTECTION AND RESILIENCY.

881
01:26:43,899 --> 01:26:47,702
TO DO THAT, PROPERTY OWNERS MAY BE REQUIRED TO BRING ADDITIONAL

882
01:26:47,702 --> 01:26:52,274
FILL TO HELP FORTIFY THE SEAWALL WHICH WOULD INCREASE THE NATURAL

883
01:26:52,274 --> 01:26:54,110
GRADE ABOVE 30 INCHES. PROPOSED AMENDMENT WILL ALLOW

884
01:26:54,110 --> 01:27:00,115
FOR THE HEIGHT OF STRUCTURES NO MORE THAN 30 INCHES IN HEIGHT IN

885
01:27:00,115 --> 01:27:03,819
WATERFRONT SETBACKS, MAYBE A POOL OR A DECK, TO BE MEASURED

886
01:27:03,819 --> 01:27:08,619
FROM THE FINISHED GRADE VERSUS THE NATURAL GRADE.

887
01:27:09,191 --> 01:27:12,191
THAT IS IT. THANK YOU.

888
01:27:17,232 --> 01:27:20,402
>>Mayor Alpert: ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE SIGNED UP

889
01:27:20,402 --> 01:27:22,204
TO SPEAK. WE'LL TAKE THEM FIRST.

890
01:27:22,204 --> 01:27:25,204
THEN WE'LL GET COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS.

891
01:27:32,481 --> 01:27:34,881
CALLY BROWN. BROOK FLEMMING.

892
01:27:36,819 --> 01:27:41,900
CHRIS GALLAGHER. I BELIEVE YOU GET FIVE MINUTES.

893
01:27:41,900 --> 01:27:47,900
STATE YOUR NAME AND WHETHER YOU ARE A CITY RESIDENT.

894
01:27:57,573 --> 01:27:59,442
>> KELLY BROWN, PRESIDENT OF SARASOTA COALITION OF

895
01:27:59,442 --> 01:28:03,245
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, BETTER KNOWN AS CCNA, WHICH

896
01:28:03,245 --> 01:28:05,515
REPRESENTS OVER 25,000 HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN THE CITY OF

897
01:28:05,515 --> 01:28:09,180
SARASOTA. WITH RESPECT TO CCNA MEMBER

898
01:28:09,180 --> 01:28:11,253
FOCUS ON PARTICIPATING IN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT PLANS,

899
01:28:11,253 --> 01:28:14,256
WE ARE ASKING THE CITY COMMISSION TO PULL THE ZONING

900
01:28:14,256 --> 01:28:17,726
TEXT AMENDMENT REQUEST TO MODIFY THE MAXIMUM LENGTH STANDARD FOR

901
01:28:17,726 --> 01:28:21,263
URBAN MIXED-USE ZONE DISTRICT FROM 200 TO 200 FEET FROM THE

902
01:28:21,263 --> 01:28:24,863
BATCH FOR DISCUSSION AND ULTIMATELY DENIAL.

903
01:28:25,670 --> 01:28:27,736
ACCORDING TO CITY STAFF, A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT IS TO

904
01:28:27,736 --> 01:28:30,939
RESOLVE AN INCONSISTENCY OR MAKE A CORRECTION.

905
01:28:30,939 --> 01:28:34,143
WE DO NOT BELIEVE THIS REQUEST FALLS INTO THAT CATEGORY.

906
01:28:34,143 --> 01:28:36,412
THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT ZONING CHANGE REQUEST THAT SHOULD BE

907
01:28:36,412 --> 01:28:40,160
CONSIDERED ACCORDINGLY. THE STANDARD -- CURRENT STANDARD

908
01:28:40,160 --> 01:28:42,617
OF 200 FEET HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR ONE YEAR.

909
01:28:42,617 --> 01:28:46,890
WITH THE ORIGINAL STANDARD PRESENTED LAST YEAR ASKED FOR

910
01:28:46,890 --> 01:28:50,159
300 FEET FOR DEVELOPMENT USE. CITY LEADERSHIP DID NOT APPROVE

911
01:28:50,159 --> 01:28:53,950
AT THAT TIME. WHEN CCNA REVIEWED THE

912
01:28:53,950 --> 01:28:56,198
RECOMMENDED BATCH WITH CITY STAFF WEEKS AGO, WE ASKED FOR

913
01:28:56,198 --> 01:28:59,602
CLARIFICATION AS TO WHERE EACH REQUEST FOR CHANGE ORIGINATED.

914
01:28:59,602 --> 01:29:03,272
PER STAFF, THIS REQUEST IS A DEVELOPMENT ARCHITECT REQUEST.

915
01:29:03,272 --> 01:29:07,420
STATED REASON IS THE DIFFICULTY WORKING WITH THE 200-FOOT.

916
01:29:07,420 --> 01:29:10,450
IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THERE ARE PROJECTS UNDERWAY THAT WERE

917
01:29:10,450 --> 01:29:12,648
ABLE TO WORK WITH THE 200-FOOT RULE.

918
01:29:12,648 --> 01:29:16,318
CCNA DID NOT SUPPORT THE STAFF REQUEST TO INCREASE TO 300 FEET.

919
01:29:16,318 --> 01:29:20,190
CITY STAFF THEN ADJUSTED TO 250 FEET AFTER OUR CONVERSATIONS.

920
01:29:20,190 --> 01:29:24,694
WE WERE UP FRONT WITH CITY STAFF THAT WE DID NOT SUPPORT

921
01:29:24,694 --> 01:29:26,262
250-FOOT. CCNA DOES NOT SUPPORT A CHANGE

922
01:29:26,262 --> 01:29:30,132
FROM THE 200-FOOT STANDARD THAT IS ONLY ONE YEAR OLD.

923
01:29:30,132 --> 01:29:33,732
CURRENT CODE ALLOWS ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF A 25%

924
01:29:35,300 --> 01:29:37,740
VARIANCE LEEWAY WHERE BY IF 250-FOOT INCREASE IS APPROVED

925
01:29:37,740 --> 01:29:41,277
THE RESULT WOULD BE OVER 300-FOOT BUILDINGS.

926
01:29:41,277 --> 01:29:43,479
CCNA SPOKE TO THE ISSUE AT THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING WHO

927
01:29:43,479 --> 01:29:48,350
ULTIMATELY DENIED UNANIMOUSLY. WITH THE REALITY OF SB 180, THE

928
01:29:48,350 --> 01:29:52,388
CITY AND OUR RESIDENTS WILL BE OBLIGATED TO THIS REQUESTED

929
01:29:52,388 --> 01:29:54,790
INCREASE FOR AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF TIME.

930
01:29:54,790 --> 01:30:00,763
DO WE EVEN KNOW HOW MANY PROPERTIES COULD IN EFFECT BUILD

931
01:30:00,763 --> 01:30:03,232
FOOTBALL FIELD LENGTH ADJACENT TO NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE

932
01:30:03,232 --> 01:30:04,767
CORRIDORS. THE REQUEST TO INCREASE THE

933
01:30:04,767 --> 01:30:08,304
LENGTH OF BUILDINGS IN THE URBAN ZONE DISTRICT IS UNNECESSARY AND

934
01:30:08,304 --> 01:30:11,140
IN CONFLICT WITH THE COMMISSION'S DIRECTION JUST ONE

935
01:30:11,140 --> 01:30:12,708
YEAR AGO. PLEASE DENY THIS REQUEST.

936
01:30:12,708 --> 01:30:17,179
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SUPPORT.

937
01:30:17,179 --> 01:30:19,514
APPRECIATE YOU. >>Mayor Alpert: THANK YOU VERY

938
01:30:19,514 --> 01:30:20,716
MUCH. BROOK FLEMMING.

939
01:30:20,716 --> 01:30:21,585
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.

940
01:30:21,585 --> 01:30:24,720
FOR THE RECORD, BROOK FLEMMING, CERTIFIED PLANNER WITH

941
01:30:24,720 --> 01:30:27,890
KIMLEY-HORN. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF OUR CLIENT

942
01:30:27,890 --> 01:30:31,394
ORANGE PINEAPPLE, LLC, THE CURRENT OWNERS OF THE McALPIN

943
01:30:31,394 --> 01:30:32,994
HOUSE. WE WANTED TO EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT

944
01:30:32,994 --> 01:30:35,464
OF THE BATCH AMENDMENT SPECIFICALLY ITEM 17 WHICH WILL

945
01:30:35,464 --> 01:30:38,334
AUTHORIZE THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD TO PERMIT

946
01:30:38,334 --> 01:30:40,870
VARIANCE OR ADJUSTMENT IN RELATION TO DENSITY PERMITTED ON

947
01:30:40,870 --> 01:30:42,738
A LOT. THIS AMENDMENT WILL ALLOW

948
01:30:42,738 --> 01:30:46,208
FLEXIBILITY FOR THE MOVEMENT OF THE McALPIN HOUSE TO A SITE

949
01:30:46,208 --> 01:30:48,100
MORE SUITABLE FOR ITS PRESERVATION.

950
01:30:48,100 --> 01:30:50,713
WE APPLAUD THE CITY FOR TAKING THIS ON AND THE PLANNING

951
01:30:50,713 --> 01:30:52,915
DEPARTMENT'S WILLINGNESS TO IMPROVE THE CITY'S LAND

952
01:30:52,915 --> 01:30:54,416
DEVELOPMENT CODE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

953
01:30:54,416 --> 01:30:58,160
>>Mayor Alpert: THANK YOU. >> CHRIS GALLAGHER.

954
01:31:05,270 --> 01:31:07,630
I SENT MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, SENT YOU ALL AN

955
01:31:07,630 --> 01:31:12,101
E-MAIL THIS MORNING. NOT SURE IF YOU GOT TO SEE IT.

956
01:31:12,101 --> 01:31:16,773
THIS IS ABOUT THE 200-FOOT LONG BUILDING ONE OF THE OTHER

957
01:31:16,773 --> 01:31:20,142
SPEAKERS JUST SAID THEY UNDERSTAND THERE ARE SOME IN THE

958
01:31:20,142 --> 01:31:23,450
PROCESS. THERE MAY BE, I'M NOT AWARE OF

959
01:31:23,450 --> 01:31:26,150
THEM, I DO KNOW THAT WE I THINK HAD THE FIRST ONE THAT WAS A

960
01:31:26,150 --> 01:31:32,788
HOTEL UP BY THE AIRPORT WHERE WE HAD TO GET AN ADJUSTMENT FOR

961
01:31:32,788 --> 01:31:38,188
MAYBE 230-FOOT BUILDING. WE DID GET THE ADJUSTMENT, BUT

962
01:31:38,660 --> 01:31:40,396
IT STILL PROVIDED LIMITATIONS ON THAT SITE.

963
01:31:40,396 --> 01:31:43,865
WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER DIFFERENT SITES WITH LONG BLOCKS ON THEM.

964
01:31:43,865 --> 01:31:46,702
THE E-MAIL I SENT YOU THIS MORNING LISTED FIVE DIFFERENT

965
01:31:46,702 --> 01:31:51,720
BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN THAT ALL HAVE WELL IN EXCESS OF 200 FEET.

966
01:31:51,720 --> 01:31:55,144
ARCOS IS 587. LOFTS ON LEMON, AN ENTIRELY

967
01:31:55,144 --> 01:31:59,944
AFFORDABLE PROJECT IS 383 FEET. THE DISTRICT IS 418 FEET.

968
01:32:00,782 --> 01:32:04,382
ON MAIN 315 FEET. CITY WIDE 444 FEET.

969
01:32:04,386 --> 01:32:07,889
AS DESCRIBED EARLIER, EVEN THE TWO PHASES OF CITRUS SQUARE

970
01:32:07,889 --> 01:32:10,158
NORTH AND SOUTH BOTH LONGER THAN 200 FEET.

971
01:32:10,158 --> 01:32:14,162
CITY'S PALM AVENUE PARKING GARAGE IS 257 FEET.

972
01:32:14,162 --> 01:32:17,966
STATE STREET GARAGE WITH ITS 1500 STATE STREET, THE SMALL

973
01:32:17,966 --> 01:32:20,436
CONDOS AT THE END, TOTALS 349 FEET.

974
01:32:20,436 --> 01:32:25,173
PALM AVENUE AND STATE STREET AS YOU KNOW ARE PLACES THAT WE

975
01:32:25,173 --> 01:32:27,442
REGULARLY HOLD CITY FUNCTIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE CONSIDERED TO

976
01:32:27,442 --> 01:32:32,625
BE ATTRACTIVE STREETS. I SUBMIT TO YOU THAT THE PROBLEM

977
01:32:32,625 --> 01:32:35,393
IS YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET GOOD ARCHITECTURE NECESSARILY BECAUSE

978
01:32:35,393 --> 01:32:41,467
YOU MAKE THE BUILDINGS SHORTER. ALSO IN THE PACKET I SENT TO

979
01:32:41,467 --> 01:32:45,337
YOU, I GAVE A COUPLE MORE EXAMPLES, IF YOU'VE BEEN TO

980
01:32:45,337 --> 01:32:50,676
LONDON, ONE OF THE MOST WALKABLE CITIES IN THE WORLD AND IT'S GOT

981
01:32:50,676 --> 01:32:54,747
BLOCK UPON BLOCK WITH TOWN HOUSES THAT GO FAR IN EXCESS OF

982
01:32:54,747 --> 01:32:57,216
200 FEET. I ALSO INCLUDED A BUILDING FROM

983
01:32:57,216 --> 01:33:00,720
MY OWN HOMETOWN OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, OLD MILL BUILDING

984
01:33:00,720 --> 01:33:04,390
ON WHAT IS A BEAUTIFUL SEAT. MILL BUILDING IS 700 FEET LONG.

985
01:33:04,390 --> 01:33:09,790
VERY SIMPLE BUILDING BUT VERY PLEASANT WALK AS WELL.

986
01:33:11,300 --> 01:33:14,366
AGAIN, I SUGGEST THAT AGAIN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY

987
01:33:14,366 --> 01:33:19,166
GET GOOD ARCHITECTURE, BETTER WALKABILITY JUST BECAUSE YOU

988
01:33:19,305 --> 01:33:23,375
HAVE A BREAK, TEN FOOT BREAK BETWEEN BUILDINGS.

989
01:33:23,375 --> 01:33:27,613
THINK OF ALL OF MAIN STREET. DO OUR BEST NOT TO HAVE BREAKS

990
01:33:27,613 --> 01:33:30,716
BETWEEN BUILDINGS THAT THEY CONTINUE ON FOREVER FROM BLOCK

991
01:33:30,716 --> 01:33:35,121
END TO BLOCK END. THAT EXHIBIT I PUT UP THERE, B

992
01:33:35,121 --> 01:33:37,389
IS WHAT THE LIMITATIONS WOULD PLACE ON US.

993
01:33:37,389 --> 01:33:40,926
COULD YOU MOVE THAT UP A TINY BIT?

994
01:33:40,926 --> 01:33:43,829
IF YOU ARE OVER 200 FEET, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A COUPLE OF

995
01:33:43,829 --> 01:33:48,267
BUILDINGS. WHAT THAT MEANS IS, AND WITH A

996
01:33:48,267 --> 01:33:51,871
10-FOOT SPACE BETWEEN THEM, MY SENSE, 10-FOOT SPACE IS REALLY

997
01:33:51,871 --> 01:33:55,207
KIND OF A SILLY THING. IMAGINE A FOUR-STORY BUILDING

998
01:33:55,207 --> 01:33:58,277
WITH TEN FOOT SPACE, REALLY DOESN'T DO THE JOB EITHER OF

999
01:33:58,277 --> 01:34:01,347
MAKING ANYTHING PLEASANT BUT YOU END UP WITH FOUR STAIRCASES AND

1000
01:34:01,347 --> 01:34:04,417
TWO ELEVATORS. AS OPPOSED TO A SINGLE BUILDING

1001
01:34:04,417 --> 01:34:08,721
WHERE YOU COULD PUT A STAIR AT EACH END.

1002
01:34:08,721 --> 01:34:11,557
SINGLE ELEVATOR. IF YOU DID ALTERNATIVELY DO SOME

1003
01:34:11,557 --> 01:34:15,894
KIND OF RECESS, IF YOU KNOW THE BUILDING, THE ARCOS BUILDING,

1004
01:34:15,894 --> 01:34:20,899
WHICH IS ON A PRIMARY STREET IS ACTUALLY BIGGER THAN THAT THEY

1005
01:34:20,899 --> 01:34:25,171
RECESSED IT WHERE THEY DO THEIR LOADING WHERE THE PARKING GARAGE

1006
01:34:25,171 --> 01:34:27,473
ENTRANCE IS. THERE ARE APARTMENTS ALONG THE

1007
01:34:27,473 --> 01:34:32,577
STREET AND THEN IT FALLS BACK TO THE CORRIDOR, WHICH IS I GUESS

1008
01:34:32,577 --> 01:34:36,182
PROBABLY 25 OR 30 FEET BACK. IF YOU HAD A RECESS IN THAT

1009
01:34:36,182 --> 01:34:42,722
SENSE, YOU GET MUCH BETTER THAN 10 FEET AND YOU GET THE DESIRED

1010
01:34:42,722 --> 01:34:46,492
EFFECT, TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH NOT HAVING A FULL WALL OF BUILDINGS.

1011
01:34:46,492 --> 01:34:51,970
AGAIN, MY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU THIS MORNING AND MY

1012
01:34:51,970 --> 01:34:54,134
RECOMMENDATION AGAIN TODAY -- THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY, WE

1013
01:34:54,134 --> 01:34:57,690
DO HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS ON THE BOARDS IN THE MU ZONES.

1014
01:34:57,690 --> 01:35:00,539
I CAN TELL YOU, IT IS A STRUGGLE WHEN YOU HAVE A FULL BLOCK THAT

1015
01:35:00,539 --> 01:35:04,443
IS OVER 200 FEET AND TRYING TO MAKE AN EFFICIENT BUILDING OR

1016
01:35:04,443 --> 01:35:08,130
EFFICIENT SET OF BUILDINGS, IT DOES INHIBIT THE FLEXIBILITY ON

1017
01:35:08,130 --> 01:35:11,950
IT, WHICH LEADS TO COST. THE WHOLE POINT OF THE MU ZONES

1018
01:35:11,950 --> 01:35:15,221
WAS TO ENCOURAGE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THAT GOES IN THE

1019
01:35:15,221 --> 01:35:19,358
WRONG DIRECTION. AGAIN, IF YOU CANNOT SEE PAST

1020
01:35:19,358 --> 01:35:22,962
THE 200 FEET, I DO RECOMMEND THAT YOU CONSIDER ANOTHER

1021
01:35:22,962 --> 01:35:26,310
ALTERNATIVE, WHICH IS WHAT I'M PROPOSING IN A ABOVE, WHERE YOU

1022
01:35:26,310 --> 01:35:29,268
DO SOME KIND OF RECESS, SIGNIFICANT RECESS, MORE THAN

1023
01:35:29,268 --> 01:35:32,706
TEN FEET THAT ACTUALLY MAKES IT FEEL LIKE YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING

1024
01:35:32,706 --> 01:35:35,706
SUBSTANTIAL GOING ON. THANK YOU.

1025
01:35:38,377 --> 01:35:40,779
>>Mayor Alpert: THANK YOU ALL. ALL RIGHT.

1026
01:35:40,779 --> 01:35:46,510
WE WILL GO TO COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS, WHICH I SUSPECT THERE

1027
01:35:46,510 --> 01:35:50,851
WILL BE A NUMBER OF THEM. COMMISSIONER OHLRICH.

1028
01:36:03,135 --> 01:36:05,138
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

1029
01:36:05,138 --> 01:36:08,741
JUST SO I CAN GET THINGS FIGURED OUT IN MY HEAD, HOW DO WE WANT

1030
01:36:08,741 --> 01:36:13,545
TO DO THIS? WANT ME TO ASK ALL MY QUESTIONS

1031
01:36:13,545 --> 01:36:15,548
FOR EVERY ONE? >>Mayor Alpert: YOU HAVE TEN

1032
01:36:15,548 --> 01:36:16,681
MINUTES. >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: I HAVE

1033
01:36:16,681 --> 01:36:18,681
TEN MINUTES. EXCELLENT.

1034
01:36:21,954 --> 01:36:27,354
FOR ITEM 1, HAS THE PLANNING BOARD CLARIFICATION BEEN ADDED?

1035
01:36:27,392 --> 01:36:30,129
THEY REQUESTED A CLARIFICATION AT THEIR MEETING?

1036
01:36:30,129 --> 01:36:31,960
>>Ryan Chapdelain: THAT'S CORRECT.

1037
01:36:31,960 --> 01:36:33,432
IT HAS. PARAPET WALLS REQUIRED SCREENING

1038
01:36:33,432 --> 01:36:37,235
TECHNIQUE AND WE HAVE CLARIFIED THAT IN THE LANGUAGE.

1039
01:36:37,235 --> 01:36:38,837
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: THANK YOU.

1040
01:36:38,837 --> 01:36:44,837
ITEM NUMBER 2, THERE'S NO REFERENCE TO A KITCHEN IN THESE

1041
01:36:49,114 --> 01:36:53,314
DWELLING UNITS. SHOULD IT BE EXPLICIT THAT

1042
01:36:54,319 --> 01:36:57,919
THERE'S NO KITCHEN IN THESE UNITS?

1043
01:36:59,925 --> 01:37:01,861
>>Briana Dobbs: NO, I THINK THIS IS APPROPRIATE.

1044
01:37:01,861 --> 01:37:04,930
IT DOES SAY ANOTHER LOCATION IN THE ZONING CODE WHEN THERE IS A

1045
01:37:04,930 --> 01:37:07,400
KITCHEN THAT IT IS CONSIDERED AN ADDITIONAL UNIT.

1046
01:37:07,400 --> 01:37:10,200
THAT'S HOW DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT AND THEN

1047
01:37:10,200 --> 01:37:12,604
A DWELLING UNIT. >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: OKAY.

1048
01:37:12,604 --> 01:37:19,780
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE MET.

1049
01:37:19,780 --> 01:37:26,852
WHAT ABOUT A GARAGE OR A CARPORT THAT HAS BEEN ENCLOSED AND MADE

1050
01:37:26,852 --> 01:37:30,355
INTO A LIVING UNIT? IS THAT INCLUDED IN THIS?

1051
01:37:30,355 --> 01:37:33,910
>>Briana Dobbs: THAT WOULD BE AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.

1052
01:37:33,910 --> 01:37:34,693
IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT. >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich:

1053
01:37:34,693 --> 01:37:39,231
DIFFERENT FROM THIS, BUT IT'S ACCOUNTED FOR IN OUR CODE

1054
01:37:39,231 --> 01:37:42,231
SOMEWHERE. >>Briana Dobbs: THAT'S CORRECT.

1055
01:37:48,974 --> 01:37:52,574
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: ITEM 13, PALM TREES.

1056
01:37:53,212 --> 01:37:59,212
I UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE FOR HAVING THREE PALMS EQUAL ONE

1057
01:38:03,989 --> 01:38:10,528
CANOPY TREE, BUT IF THE PALMS ARE SPREAD OUT, THEY SEEM TO ME

1058
01:38:10,528 --> 01:38:13,331
TO EQUAL THREE TREES, NOT ONE CANOPY.

1059
01:38:13,331 --> 01:38:19,331
IS THERE SOMETHING INCLUDED IN THIS ABOUT PROXIMITY TO EACH

1060
01:38:19,438 --> 01:38:24,800
OTHER FOR THE PALM TREES TO MAKE A GROUPING RATHER THAN THREE

1061
01:38:24,800 --> 01:38:26,311
INDIVIDUAL PALMS? >>Ryan Chapdelain: WE SPOKE WITH

1062
01:38:26,311 --> 01:38:29,140
THE CITY ARBORIST ABOUT THIS. GOOD QUESTION.

1063
01:38:29,140 --> 01:38:33,752
GENERALLY THEY WILL BE CLUSTERED DEPENDING ON WHAT MIGHT BE

1064
01:38:33,752 --> 01:38:35,688
UNDERGROUND OR IF THERE COULD BE CONFLICTS.

1065
01:38:35,688 --> 01:38:38,233
GENERALLY THE PALM TREES ARE CLUSTERED.

1066
01:38:38,233 --> 01:38:43,105
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: IS THERE WORDING TO ENCOURAGE THAT?

1067
01:38:43,105 --> 01:38:46,574
>>Ryan Chapdelain: THAT IS THE ARBORIST'S MISSION THAT SHE

1068
01:38:46,574 --> 01:38:51,460
STRONGLY ENCOURAGES THAT, WHEN SHE REVIEWS THESE ON A

1069
01:38:51,460 --> 01:38:53,480
CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: YEAH, IF

1070
01:38:53,480 --> 01:38:59,587
WE DON'T HAVE IT IN WORDS, IT'S JUST ONE PERSON ENCOURAGING

1071
01:38:59,587 --> 01:39:04,987
SOMEBODY TO DO SOMETHING, AND THEY CAN SAY NO.

1072
01:39:06,461 --> 01:39:09,264
>>Ryan Chapdelain: THEY COULD. THAT'S GENERALLY BEEN THE

1073
01:39:09,264 --> 01:39:12,867
PRACTICE. AGAIN, THIS IS AN EXISTING CODE

1074
01:39:12,867 --> 01:39:15,336
STANDARD. WE'RE SIMPLY REPLACING WHAT IS

1075
01:39:15,336 --> 01:39:18,807
CONSIDERED INVASIVE TREE NOW WITH A DIFFERENT PALM TREE.

1076
01:39:18,807 --> 01:39:24,807
THAT'S BEEN THE PRACTICE. REQUIRING THAT, WE COULD LOOK AT

1077
01:39:25,981 --> 01:39:29,250
IT JUST MAKING SURE THERE IS NOT A POTENTIAL 180 CONFLICT.

1078
01:39:29,250 --> 01:39:32,821
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: IS THE ARBORIST HERE?

1079
01:39:32,821 --> 01:39:37,210
>>Ryan Chapdelain: SHE IS. >> JACKIE HARTLEY, CITY

1080
01:39:47,169 --> 01:39:49,571
ARBORIST, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. >>Mayor Alpert: BE SURE TO TALK

1081
01:39:49,571 --> 01:39:53,171
INTO THE MICROPHONE. >> JACKIE HARTLEY, DEVELOPMENT

1082
01:39:53,208 --> 01:39:57,408
SERVICES. SO TODAY WE'RE JUST ASKING TO

1083
01:39:57,912 --> 01:40:04,512
REPLACE THE QUEEN PALM WITH THE RIBBON PALM BECAUSE THE QUEEN

1084
01:40:06,870 --> 01:40:12,870
PALM IS A CLASS TWO EXOTIC. >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: THAT

1085
01:40:16,640 --> 01:40:22,604
DOESN'T SEEM TO ME TO BE WHAT IT SAYS IN THE FOURTH COLUMN,

1086
01:40:22,604 --> 01:40:25,604
GENERAL DESCRIPTION. ON PAGE 11 OF 85.

1087
01:40:42,290 --> 01:40:47,229
IT SAYS, PERMITS THREE PALM TREES OF A CERTAIN SPECIES TO BE

1088
01:40:47,229 --> 01:40:52,629
CONSIDERED EQUIVALENT TO A CANOPY TREE FOR LANDSCAPING AND

1089
01:40:54,102 --> 01:40:56,504
BUFFERING STANDARDS. >> THAT LANGUAGE IS ALREADY IN

1090
01:40:56,504 --> 01:40:58,106
THERE. WE ALREADY DO CONSIDER THE

1091
01:40:58,106 --> 01:41:03,506
ADDITIONAL PALMS HERE. THREE PALMS FOR ONE CANOPY TREE.

1092
01:41:04,245 --> 01:41:08,583
>>Ryan Chapdelain: PAGE 34 IS THE ACTUAL TEXT THAT'S BEING

1093
01:41:08,583 --> 01:41:11,986
PROPOSED TO BE REVISED IN BACKUP MATERIAL.

1094
01:41:11,986 --> 01:41:13,722
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: I DON'T HAVE PAGE 34 IN FRONT OF ME.

1095
01:41:13,722 --> 01:41:15,857
IS IT LONG? >> THREE OF THE FOLLOWING PALMS

1096
01:41:15,857 --> 01:41:21,263
ARE EQUIVALENT TO ONE REQUIRED CANOPY TREE WHEN PLANTED AT THE

1097
01:41:21,263 --> 01:41:27,340
REQUIRED HEIGHT OF 12 FEET AND AS STATED BEFORE THE QUEEN PALM

1098
01:41:27,340 --> 01:41:30,772
IS NOW CONSIDERED NUISANCE EXOTIC SO WE'D LIKE TO TAKE THAT

1099
01:41:30,772 --> 01:41:35,900
OFF AND WE NEEDED TO REPLACE IT. >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: I SEE.

1100
01:41:35,900 --> 01:41:37,900
CORRECT. THANK YOU.

1101
01:41:39,814 --> 01:41:46,414
MOVING ON, ITEM NUMBER 15, SO THE POINT THAT MS. BROWN FROM

1102
01:41:50,692 --> 01:41:54,892
CCNA MADE IS VERY INTERESTING TO ME.

1103
01:41:57,799 --> 01:42:04,399
IS IT TRUE THAT AN APPLICATION FOR A BUILDING 200 FEET IN

1104
01:42:06,375 --> 01:42:10,445
LENGTH CAN BE ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED TO BE HOW LONG?

1105
01:42:10,445 --> 01:42:15,183
>>Ryan Chapdelain: THERE IS AN ADJUSTMENT PROCESS UP TO 25% OF

1106
01:42:15,183 --> 01:42:18,620
THAT DIMENSIONAL STANDARD CAN BE REVIEWED ADMINISTRATIVELY IF IT

1107
01:42:18,620 --> 01:42:21,156
EXCEEDS THAT 25% DIMENSIONAL STANDARD, THEN IT WOULD BE A

1108
01:42:21,156 --> 01:42:24,459
PLANNING BOARD ADJUSTMENT. >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: IT CAN

1109
01:42:24,459 --> 01:42:28,590
BE LONGER THAN 200 FEET. >>Vice-Mayor Trice: 250.

1110
01:42:29,464 --> 01:42:31,999
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: UP TO. >>Vice-Mayor Trice: WELL, YEAH.

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01:42:31,999 --> 01:42:34,999
25% OF 200. >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: JUST

1112
01:42:37,472 --> 01:42:42,477
WANTED TO GET CLARITY ON THAT. ITEM NUMBER 21, THE WINDOW

1113
01:42:42,477 --> 01:42:45,180
SIGNS. I JUST WANTED TO ENSURE, THERE

1114
01:42:45,180 --> 01:42:51,180
WAS A LOT OF DETAIL IN YOUR MATERIALS REFERENCING ZONING

1115
01:42:57,358 --> 01:42:59,758
CODE 7-110, 5, 16, 19, ET CETERA.

1116
01:43:01,229 --> 01:43:04,432
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ST. ARMANDS IS INCLUDED

1117
01:43:04,432 --> 01:43:08,632
SOMEWHERE IN THIS. >>Ryan Chapdelain: IT IS.

1118
01:43:09,838 --> 01:43:13,941
IF YOU SEE CT DOWN THERE, THAT IS A COMMERCIAL TOURIST ZONE

1119
01:43:13,941 --> 01:43:14,842
DISTRICT. >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: THAT'S

1120
01:43:14,842 --> 01:43:15,509
WHAT I THOUGHT. THANK YOU.

1121
01:43:15,509 --> 01:43:20,248
THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS, MAYOR. >>Mayor Alpert: ALL RIGHT.

1122
01:43:20,248 --> 01:43:21,782
WONDERFUL. COMMISSIONER AHEARN-KOCH.

1123
01:43:21,782 --> 01:43:25,787
>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: THANK YOU. I WANTED TO FOCUS ON THE TWO

1124
01:43:25,787 --> 01:43:28,189
THAT WERE DENIED BY THE PLANNING BOARD.

1125
01:43:28,189 --> 01:43:30,458
ITEM NUMBER 8 AND ITEM NUMBER 15.

1126
01:43:30,458 --> 01:43:36,631
IF YOU COULD JUST PLEASE CLARIFY THE DISCUSSION AT THE PLANNING

1127
01:43:36,631 --> 01:43:39,133
BOARD AND WHAT THEIR REASONING WAS FOR RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL

1128
01:43:39,133 --> 01:43:41,936
FOR THOSE TWO ITEMS, NUMBER 8 AND 15.

1129
01:43:41,936 --> 01:43:44,139
>>Ryan Chapdelain: SURE. NUMBER 8, THERE WAS SOME

1130
01:43:44,139 --> 01:43:47,800
DISCUSSION, I THINK, A COUPLE OF PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS WERE

1131
01:43:47,800 --> 01:43:50,344
LOOKING FOR SOME SORT OF COMPROMISE APPROACH.

1132
01:43:50,344 --> 01:43:54,415
JUST FOR SOME CONTEXT, WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT HERE

1133
01:43:54,415 --> 01:43:57,885
ARE FEE SIMPLE LOTS GENERALLY 30 FEET OR LESS IN LENGTH.

1134
01:43:57,885 --> 01:44:03,230
THE IDEA WAS IF -- WE TALKED ABOUT UNDERSTORY TREE AND YOU

1135
01:44:03,230 --> 01:44:05,260
SAW THE GRAPHICS IN THE PRESENTATION.

1136
01:44:05,260 --> 01:44:08,563
THE COMPROMISE APPROACH THAT I THINK BASED ON WHAT WE HEARD

1137
01:44:08,563 --> 01:44:13,101
FROM THE PLANNING BOARD WAS THE PREFERENCE IS A CANOPY TREE.

1138
01:44:13,101 --> 01:44:16,771
IF YOU CANNOT DO A CANOPY TREE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, THEN

1139
01:44:16,771 --> 01:44:19,174
AN UNDERSTORY TREE COULD BE AN ADEQUATE SUBSTITUTE.

1140
01:44:19,174 --> 01:44:25,774
AT LEAST IT'S BETTER THAN NOT HAVING ANY TREE AT ALL.

1141
01:44:26,648 --> 01:44:29,250
IT WAS MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION ABOUT THE WHOLE

1142
01:44:29,250 --> 01:44:33,221
RIGHT TREE, RIGHT PLACE PRINCIPLE, MAKING SURE IN TERMS

1143
01:44:33,221 --> 01:44:38,659
OF WHEN YOU HAVE THE SMALL NARROW LOTS, CANOPY TREE, ONCE

1144
01:44:38,659 --> 01:44:43,398
IT IS FULLY MATURE, THE ROOT SYSTEM MAY BE IMPACTING THE

1145
01:44:43,398 --> 01:44:47,936
STRUCTURE OR THE ASPHALT NEARBY, UTILITIES, JUST ENSURING THAT

1146
01:44:47,936 --> 01:44:51,681
THE ROOT SPACING IS APPROPRIATE. GENERALLY THESE TREES I THINK

1147
01:44:51,681 --> 01:44:56,119
ARE PLANTED 30 FEET ON CENTER. JUST MAKING SURE THAT IF WE ARE

1148
01:44:56,119 --> 01:44:59,589
GOING WITH THE CANOPY TREE THERE, IT CAN BE HEALTHY AND

1149
01:44:59,589 --> 01:45:03,493
THRIVE IN THE FUTURE AND NOT SOMETHING REMOVED IN FIVE TO

1150
01:45:03,493 --> 01:45:06,429
SEVEN YEARS. >>Jen Ahearn-Koch: ONE OF MY

1151
01:45:06,429 --> 01:45:10,000
QUESTIONS HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT A LOT OF THIS IS IN

1152
01:45:10,000 --> 01:45:14,200
THEORY THOUGHT ABOUT FOR FUTURE TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT.

1153
01:45:14,571 --> 01:45:21,912
WOULDN'T IT BE WISE TO KEEP IT AND HAVE THEM PLAN AROUND A

1154
01:45:21,912 --> 01:45:27,884
CANOPY TREE, AROUND THE ROOTS THAT ARE GOING TO GROW INSTEAD

1155
01:45:27,884 --> 01:45:34,191
OF SAYING YOU CAN MAXIMIZE THE IMPERVIOUS SPACE AND WE'LL ALLOW

1156
01:45:34,191 --> 01:45:41,991
YOU TO PLANT A TREE THAT HAS LESS CANOPY AND LESS SHADE, LESS

1157
01:45:43,633 --> 01:45:49,633
MASS AND LESS ROOT SYSTEM TO IMPACT YOUR BUILDING, WHO

1158
01:45:50,473 --> 01:45:56,473
WOULDN'T CHOOSE TO DO THAT? WHO WOULDN'T CHOOSE TO MAXIMIZE

1159
01:45:58,148 --> 01:46:02,486
THEIR BUILDING SPACE? WHO WOULD CHOOSE TO SAY, YOU

1160
01:46:02,486 --> 01:46:07,557
KNOW, I'LL VOLUNTARILY PULL BACK ON THE SIZE OF MY UNIT SO I CAN

1161
01:46:07,557 --> 01:46:14,970
PLANT A GINORMOUS GRAND TREE? DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?

1162
01:46:14,970 --> 01:46:19,669
I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE IMPACTS. IF WE ALLOW THEM LESS, THEY WILL

1163
01:46:19,669 --> 01:46:21,838
ALWAYS CHOOSE LESS OF A TREE, RIGHT?

1164
01:46:21,838 --> 01:46:25,174
OR PLEASE TELL ME THAT I'M WRONG.

1165
01:46:25,174 --> 01:46:30,800
>>Briana Dobbs: THIS IS ALSO FOR THE LOTS THAT ARE 30 FEET OR

1166
01:46:30,800 --> 01:46:32,490
LESS. MOST COMMONLY THE TOWNHOMES.

1167
01:46:32,490 --> 01:46:37,187
SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES THAT DO HAVE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT ARE 50

1168
01:46:37,187 --> 01:46:39,723
FEET OR LARGER. WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY DRAFTED

1169
01:46:39,723 --> 01:46:42,859
MORE THINKING ABOUT SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, NOT THE

1170
01:46:42,859 --> 01:46:45,195
IDEAS FROM THE ATTACHED SINGLE-FAMILY AND JUST WHAT

1171
01:46:45,195 --> 01:46:50,533
WE'VE HEARD, CITY ARBORIST, HAVE YOU SPEAK ON IT AS WELL, JUST

1172
01:46:50,533 --> 01:46:55,472
THE DIFFERENCE REQUIRED BETWEEN THE CANOPY TREES IS LARGER.

1173
01:46:55,472 --> 01:46:58,241
>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: LET ME ASK YOU THIS, IN OUR ZONING CODE

1174
01:46:58,241 --> 01:47:00,310
ALREADY, IT TALKS ABOUT A GRAND TREE.

1175
01:47:00,310 --> 01:47:04,948
IF THE GRAND TREE TAKES UP 25% OF THE BUILDABLE LOT, THEN WE

1176
01:47:04,948 --> 01:47:07,551
HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT TAKING DOWN, ALLOWING THE REMOVAL OF

1177
01:47:07,551 --> 01:47:12,255
THE GRAND TREE. BUT THEY HAVE TO PROVE THAT THEY

1178
01:47:12,255 --> 01:47:15,240
TRIED OTHER ALTERNATE DESIGNS. SHOULD WE HAVE SOME SORT OF

1179
01:47:15,240 --> 01:47:17,628
LANGUAGE THAT THEY HAVE TO DO SOME SORT OF STANDARDS THAT HAVE

1180
01:47:17,628 --> 01:47:21,197
TO BE MET BEFORE WE ALLOW THE UNDERSTORY TREE?

1181
01:47:21,197 --> 01:47:24,834
MY CONCERN IS IF WE ALLOW IT, LIKE, IF YOU CAN'T DO A GRAND,

1182
01:47:24,834 --> 01:47:28,372
THEN YOU CAN DO AN UNDERSTORY TREE.

1183
01:47:28,372 --> 01:47:31,375
THE GOAL WILL BE AN UNDERSTORY TREE.

1184
01:47:31,375 --> 01:47:34,644
IT WILL NEVER TRY TO BE ACHIEVABLE TO MAKE THE BUILDING

1185
01:47:34,644 --> 01:47:38,849
SMALLER, MAKE THE BUILDING, I DON'T KNOW, CURVE, DO SOMETHING

1186
01:47:38,849 --> 01:47:44,849
TO ALLOW GRAND TREE. IF WE REQUIRE SOME SORT OF

1187
01:47:45,322 --> 01:47:51,695
STEPS, MEASURES, PROOF, EXERCISE TAKEN TO SEE IF A GRAND TREE

1188
01:47:51,695 --> 01:47:55,865
INDEED COULD BE HAD AND IF IT CAN'T, THEN AT THAT TIME ALLOW

1189
01:47:55,865 --> 01:47:58,669
FOR AN UNDERSTORY TREE. >>Ryan Chapdelain: THE WAY THIS

1190
01:47:58,669 --> 01:48:01,271
IS DRAFTED, THE BURDEN WOULD BE ON THE DEVELOPER TO DEMONSTRATE

1191
01:48:01,271 --> 01:48:04,700
THAT THE CANOPY TREE IS NOT FEASIBLE.

1192
01:48:04,700 --> 01:48:06,676
>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: WE HAVE THE LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT YOU FEEL

1193
01:48:06,676 --> 01:48:11,214
SUFFICIENT REQUIRES THEM TO DEMONSTRATE THAT IT'S NOT --

1194
01:48:11,214 --> 01:48:15,619
THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO BUILD OR TO PUT IN A GRAND TREE.

1195
01:48:15,619 --> 01:48:19,222
>>Ryan Chapdelain: I DO BECAUSE OF THE WAY THIS IS DRAFTED.

1196
01:48:19,222 --> 01:48:21,910
AGAIN, THE PREFERENCE IS THE CANOPY TREE.

1197
01:48:21,910 --> 01:48:26,300
CAN'T DO THE CANOPY TREE, THEN THEY NEED TO EXPLAIN WHY THEY

1198
01:48:26,300 --> 01:48:30,767
CANNOT PROVIDE THE CANOPY TREE. >>Jen Ahearn-Koch: THANK YOU.

1199
01:48:30,767 --> 01:48:34,637
ITEM 15 AS WELL, CAN YOU CLARIFY AND SUMMARIZE THE PLANNING

1200
01:48:34,637 --> 01:48:38,837
BOARD'S DISCUSSION ON THAT? >>Ryan Chapdelain: SURE.

1201
01:48:40,443 --> 01:48:45,843
THEY WERE UNANIMOUS IN THEIR RECOMMENDING DENIAL FOR THIS

1202
01:48:46,382 --> 01:48:49,285
PARTICULAR ITEM. THE ADJUSTMENT PROCESS WAS

1203
01:48:49,285 --> 01:48:56,359
BROUGHT UP AS IT WAS HERE. AND THEY FELT WITH THAT PROCESS

1204
01:48:56,359 --> 01:48:59,361
THEY DID NOT SUGGEST MAKING THE CHANGE.

1205
01:48:59,361 --> 01:49:01,665
>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: DID THEY STATE ANY OTHER REASONS WHY THEY

1206
01:49:01,665 --> 01:49:05,670
DIDN'T SUGGEST LIKE THE DOWN-FALLS OF SUPER BLOCKS OR

1207
01:49:05,670 --> 01:49:08,804
ANY OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS? >>Ryan Chapdelain: NO.

1208
01:49:08,804 --> 01:49:10,941
200, 250 FEET GENERALLY WOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED A SUPER BLOCK.

1209
01:49:10,941 --> 01:49:17,280
I THINK IT WAS MORE JUST -- I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY OTHER THAN THEY

1210
01:49:17,280 --> 01:49:20,650
FELT THE NUMBER THAT WAS IN PLACE TODAY WAS SUFFICIENT WITH

1211
01:49:20,650 --> 01:49:26,500
THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE THAT ADJUSTMENT PROCESS IF NECESSARY.

1212
01:49:26,222 --> 01:49:28,557
>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: I'LL RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE THAT MORE

1213
01:49:28,557 --> 01:49:31,895
THAN 200 FEET IS NOT A SUPER BLOCK.

1214
01:49:31,895 --> 01:49:32,628
ANYWAY, OKAY. THANK YOU.

1215
01:49:32,628 --> 01:49:34,764
THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. >>Mayor Alpert: VICE MAYOR

1216
01:49:34,764 --> 01:49:37,764
TRICE. >>Vice-Mayor Trice: THANK YOU.

1217
01:49:39,269 --> 01:49:45,575
I WANT TO CONFIRM, I HAPPENED TO SEE ON PAGE 34 OF 85 AN ANSWER

1218
01:49:45,575 --> 01:49:50,980
TO COMMISSIONER OHLRICH'S QUESTION AT THE VERY TOP OF THE

1219
01:49:50,980 --> 01:49:55,180
PAGE. IT'S ABOUT THE GROUPING OF THE

1220
01:49:57,530 --> 01:49:58,788
PALMS. AT THE VERY TOP OF THE PAGE, BY

1221
01:49:58,788 --> 01:50:02,792
GROUPING THE SAME SO AS TO CREATE THE EQUIVALENT OF A CROWN

1222
01:50:02,792 --> 01:50:08,192
SPREAD OF 15 FEET. SO THAT WOULD BE RIGHT THERE.

1223
01:50:08,264 --> 01:50:11,735
I BELIEVE THAT ADDRESSES THE CONCERN.

1224
01:50:11,735 --> 01:50:15,935
I HAVE CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT NUMBER 15.

1225
01:50:17,273 --> 01:50:23,873
AS YOU KNOW FROM OUR ONE-ON-ONE DISCUSSION YESTERDAY, I THINK WE

1226
01:50:29,952 --> 01:50:32,488
SELECTED 200 ARBITRARILY LAST YEAR AND I WAS THE ONE WHO SAID

1227
01:50:32,488 --> 01:50:37,288
NO MORE THAN 200. SO I APPRECIATE MR. GALLAGHER'S

1228
01:50:41,197 --> 01:50:48,397
CONCERNS, AND I'M NOT INTERESTED AT THIS POINT IN GOING ABOVE THE

1229
01:50:48,838 --> 01:50:52,438
200. BUT MY QUESTION IS, AS OPPOSED

1230
01:50:53,209 --> 01:51:01,900
AS I AM TO MODIFYING THESE LINE ITEMS FROM THE DAIS, WHAT IS

1231
01:51:03,858 --> 01:51:09,997
YOUR OPINION OF REMOVING THAT LINE ITEM VERSUS TRYING TO AMEND

1232
01:51:09,997 --> 01:51:14,337
IT HERE? IS IT BETTER TO REMOVE NUMBER 15

1233
01:51:14,337 --> 01:51:22,137
IF WE CAN'T SUPPORT IT AS IS OR IS IT BETTER TO NEGOTIATE

1234
01:51:22,744 --> 01:51:23,479
CHANGES? >>Ryan Chapdelain: IT'S

1235
01:51:23,479 --> 01:51:26,347
CERTAINLY YOUR PLEASURE. IT'S NOT A PROBLEM IF IT IS

1236
01:51:26,347 --> 01:51:28,747
REMOVED. THAT'S CERTAINLY FINE.

1237
01:51:32,553 --> 01:51:34,322
. >>Vice-Mayor Trice: WHILE I

1238
01:51:34,322 --> 01:51:39,722
APPRECIATE MR. GALLAGHER'S INPUT, I THINK IT WOULD BE

1239
01:51:39,761 --> 01:51:45,767
BETTER FOR HIM TO WORK WITH YOU AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING,

1240
01:51:45,767 --> 01:51:48,903
ALTERNATIVE TO PROPOSE RATHER THAN US COMING UP WITH SOMETHING

1241
01:51:48,903 --> 01:51:53,103
HERE. IF THAT MAKES SENSE TO YOU.

1242
01:51:53,241 --> 01:51:54,442
>>Briana Dobbs: IT DOES. THANK YOU.

1243
01:51:54,442 --> 01:51:55,377
>>Vice-Mayor Trice: THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

1244
01:51:55,377 --> 01:51:57,245
>>Mayor Alpert: COMMISSIONER AHEARN-KOCH.

1245
01:51:57,245 --> 01:52:02,316
>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: SO ON PAGE 27 FOR NUMBER 8, AGAIN WITH THE

1246
01:52:02,316 --> 01:52:05,453
CANOPY TREE AND THE UNDERSTORY TREE, CAN YOU SHOW ME IN HERE

1247
01:52:05,453 --> 01:52:12,327
THE LANGUAGE THAT SAYS THEY SHOULD TRY FOR A CANOPY TREE AND

1248
01:52:12,327 --> 01:52:16,398
IF NOT, UNDERSTORY IS ALLOWED AND WE'LL ASK THEM TO TRY FOR A

1249
01:52:16,398 --> 01:52:19,400
CANOPY TREE? >>Ryan Chapdelain: I'LL READ IT.

1250
01:52:19,400 --> 01:52:23,710
FOR EACH FRONT ZONING LOT LINE LESS THAN 30 FEET IN LENGTH ONE

1251
01:52:23,710 --> 01:52:26,274
CANOPY TREE IS THE REQUIREMENT. UNDERSTORY TREE MAY BE PLANTED

1252
01:52:26,274 --> 01:52:30,145
WHEN A CANOPY TREE IS NOT FEASIBLE.

1253
01:52:30,145 --> 01:52:32,948
>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: IS THERE A THRESHOLD OR A DEFINITION OF

1254
01:52:32,948 --> 01:52:35,170
WHEN NOT FEASIBLE. THEY COULD SAY IT'S NOT

1255
01:52:35,170 --> 01:52:37,952
FEASIBLE. >>Ryan Chapdelain: THEY NEED TO

1256
01:52:37,952 --> 01:52:43,625
DEMONSTRATE AS TO THE REASONS WHY IT WOULD NOT BE FEASIBLE.

1257
01:52:43,625 --> 01:52:47,295
>> THEY WOULD DO THAT THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS LIKE DRC.

1258
01:52:47,295 --> 01:52:49,297
>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: IN THE ZONING CODE, IT IS VERY SPECIFIC.

1259
01:52:49,297 --> 01:52:51,967
THERE IS A NUMBER THEY HAVE TO TRY, THEY HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE,

1260
01:52:51,967 --> 01:52:55,303
THIS HE HAVE TO SHOW THAT THEY HAVE TRIED ALTERNATE DESIGNS TO

1261
01:52:55,303 --> 01:53:00,575
NOT TAKE DOWN A CANOPY TREE. I KNOW THAT.

1262
01:53:00,575 --> 01:53:05,180
BUT WE HAVE LANGUAGE IN OUR CODE ALREADY THAT SAYS IF A GRANT

1263
01:53:05,180 --> 01:53:12,380
TREE TAKES UP 25% OF THE LOT COVERAGE OR MORE, THEN THERE IS

1264
01:53:12,487 --> 01:53:15,257
A PROCESS TO APPLY TO HAVE THE TREE REMOVED.

1265
01:53:15,257 --> 01:53:19,460
BUT AS A LAST RESORT AND THEY DO HAVE TO SHOW THAT THEY HAVE

1266
01:53:19,460 --> 01:53:21,664
TRIED ALTERNATE DESIGNS AND THERE'S NO WORKING AROUND THAT

1267
01:53:21,664 --> 01:53:27,640
GRAND TREE. SO WE HAVE LANGUAGE THAT SAYS TO

1268
01:53:27,690 --> 01:53:29,938
THE DEVELOPERS, YOU MUST TRY TO KEEP A GRAND TREE AND WORK

1269
01:53:29,938 --> 01:53:34,843
AROUND IT. IF YOU CAN'T, YOU HAVE TO SHOW

1270
01:53:34,843 --> 01:53:38,146
US THAT YOU HAVE TRIED. FOR ME, I DON'T THINK THE

1271
01:53:38,146 --> 01:53:44,185
LANGUAGE IS STRONG ENOUGH IN HERE TO SAY YOU MUST TRY WHEN

1272
01:53:44,185 --> 01:53:47,189
YOU'RE BUILDING YOUR TOWNHOME, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT IT'S

1273
01:53:47,189 --> 01:53:50,492
DESIGNED FOR, YOU MUST TRY TO PLAN YOUR TOWNHOME AROUND A

1274
01:53:50,492 --> 01:53:53,195
GRAND TREE. IF IT'S NOT POSSIBLE, THEN YOU

1275
01:53:53,195 --> 01:53:58,990
MUST SHOW US THAT SOMEHOW AND THEN YOU WILL BE ALLOWED FOR AN

1276
01:53:58,990 --> 01:54:01,368
UNDERSTORY TREE. THAT'S NOT MAKING ANY SENSE.

1277
01:54:01,368 --> 01:54:03,838
>>Kyle Battie: THAT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT THEY ARE SAYING, IT HAS TO

1278
01:54:03,838 --> 01:54:09,838
BE DEMONSTRATED, THAT GRAND TREE IS NOT FEASIBLE, WOULDN'T FIT,

1279
01:54:13,280 --> 01:54:16,317
WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS AND YOU CAN GO TO AN UNDERSTORY

1280
01:54:16,317 --> 01:54:19,487
TREE. WHEN I SPOKE TO YOU ALL, YOU

1281
01:54:19,487 --> 01:54:25,660
SAID THAT A LOT OF IT WOULD HAVE TO COME DOWN TO BASICALLY IF

1282
01:54:25,660 --> 01:54:30,131
THIS IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TREE ITSELF IN TERMS OF ITS

1283
01:54:30,131 --> 01:54:33,201
ROOTS, THE LIFE OF THE TREE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

1284
01:54:33,201 --> 01:54:41,100
SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT WOULD APPLY TO THE VERY

1285
01:54:41,342 --> 01:54:44,546
LOGIC WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING TO DEMONSTRATE THAT A

1286
01:54:44,546 --> 01:54:49,217
GRAND TREE IS NOT FEASIBLE OR IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THAT SIZE OR

1287
01:54:49,217 --> 01:54:52,817
WHAT HAVE YOU. AM I CORRECT?

1288
01:54:55,890 --> 01:54:59,227
MY APOLOGIES. >>Jen Ahearn-Koch: I SOLICITED

1289
01:54:59,227 --> 01:55:03,531
SOME INPUT ON THIS. BECAUSE I COULD BE READING THIS

1290
01:55:03,531 --> 01:55:06,100
WRONG. MAYBE IN A 30-FOOT LOT, WHEN

1291
01:55:06,100 --> 01:55:09,270
WE'RE THINKING ABOUT TOWNHOMES, GRAND TREES SHOULD NEVER BE

1292
01:55:09,270 --> 01:55:11,239
CONSIDERED. MAYBE WE SHOULD SAY THEY ARE

1293
01:55:11,239 --> 01:55:14,242
NEVER ALLOWED BECAUSE THERE'S NEVER GOING TO BE ENOUGH SPACE.

1294
01:55:14,242 --> 01:55:18,379
IF THAT'S THE CASE, MAYBE THAT IS THE DISCUSSION WE SHOULD BE

1295
01:55:18,379 --> 01:55:20,515
HAVING. IF WE WANT TOWNHOMES WITH GRAND

1296
01:55:20,515 --> 01:55:25,586
TREES, IF THAT IS ACTUALLY A REALITY THAT CAN HAPPEN, AND YOU

1297
01:55:25,586 --> 01:55:30,458
HAVE A BLANK SLATE, LIKE A LOT THAT'S COMPLETELY EMPTY AND YOU

1298
01:55:30,458 --> 01:55:34,162
SAY I WANT TO BUILD A TOWNHOME, WELL, THE TREE WILL TAKE UP THIS

1299
01:55:34,162 --> 01:55:36,650
MUCH IF IT'S GOING TO BE A GRAND TREE.

1300
01:55:36,650 --> 01:55:38,799
THIS LEAVES YOU THIS MUCH FOR A TOWNHOME.

1301
01:55:38,799 --> 01:55:43,471
IF YOU SAY TO THEM YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A GRAND TREE.

1302
01:55:43,471 --> 01:55:47,442
YOU COULD HAVE AN UNDERSTORY TREE INSTEAD AND UNDERSTORY TREE

1303
01:55:47,442 --> 01:55:50,878
TAKES UP THIS MUCH, THAT MEANS YOUR TOWNHOME IS THREE TIMES THE

1304
01:55:50,878 --> 01:55:53,148
SIZE, WELL, WHO WOULDN'T CHOOSE THAT?

1305
01:55:53,148 --> 01:55:55,830
WE DON'T WANT UNHEALTHY TREES TO BE PLANTED.

1306
01:55:55,830 --> 01:55:59,153
WE DON'T WANT THEM COMING DOWN EVERY SEVEN YEARS, WHAT WE HOPE

1307
01:55:59,153 --> 01:56:02,790
TO BE A GRAND TREE TURNS INTO NOTHING MORE THAN AN UNDERSTORY

1308
01:56:02,790 --> 01:56:06,528
TREE BEFORE WE HAVE TO KILL IT. I GUESS THAT'S MY CONFUSION, IF

1309
01:56:06,528 --> 01:56:11,767
WE'RE HOPING FOR GRAND TREES AND WE WANT TO INCENTIVIZE THAT,

1310
01:56:11,767 --> 01:56:15,303
LET'S ENCOURAGE THAT AND ENCOURAGE CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT

1311
01:56:15,303 --> 01:56:18,639
TO ALLOW FOR A GRAND TREE TO GROW AND DEVELOP AND BECOME.

1312
01:56:18,639 --> 01:56:21,910
AND IF THAT'S NEVER A POSSIBILITY, WHY DO WE ALLOW IT

1313
01:56:21,910 --> 01:56:24,912
IN THE FIRST PLACE? >>Ryan Chapdelain: WHAT WENT

1314
01:56:24,912 --> 01:56:27,382
BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD WAS JUST THAT, ALLOWING THE

1315
01:56:27,382 --> 01:56:29,717
UNDERSTORY TREE AND NOT HAVING THE CANOPY TREE.

1316
01:56:29,717 --> 01:56:32,253
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A COMPROMISE APPROACH BASED ON WHAT HAPPENED

1317
01:56:32,253 --> 01:56:34,389
AT THE PLANNING BOARD. I THINK STAFF WOULD BE FINE IF

1318
01:56:34,389 --> 01:56:37,258
YOU WANTED TO JUST GO UNDERSTORY TREE TO PREVENT ANY OF THE

1319
01:56:37,258 --> 01:56:39,393
CONFLICTS IN THE FUTURE ON NARROW LOTS.

1320
01:56:39,393 --> 01:56:43,731
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THEM. >>Jen Ahearn-Koch: MAYBE THE

1321
01:56:43,731 --> 01:56:45,660
ARBORIST CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION.

1322
01:56:45,660 --> 01:56:50,138
ON THESE LOTS, COULD A GRAND TREE NEVER SURVIVE?

1323
01:56:50,138 --> 01:56:54,750
>> SO I THINK WE'RE GETTING -- THERE ARE ONLY FOUR SPECIES THAT

1324
01:56:54,750 --> 01:56:55,544
ARE GRAND TREES. >>Jen Ahearn-Koch: FOR THE CITY

1325
01:56:55,544 --> 01:56:58,346
OF SARASOTA, YES. >> THEY ARE PROPOSING THERE ARE

1326
01:56:58,346 --> 01:57:04,346
SEVERAL UNDERSTORY TREES YOU CAN USE AND SEVERAL BENEFITS WITHIN

1327
01:57:04,686 --> 01:57:07,422
A LOT THIS SMALL. I HAVE SOME WRITTEN DOWN.

1328
01:57:07,422 --> 01:57:11,428
SMALLER ROOT SYSTEMS REDUCE IMPACT ON THE UNDERGROUND

1329
01:57:11,428 --> 01:57:15,628
UTILITIES, FOUNDATION, SIDEWALKS AND DRIVEWAYS, ASPHALT AND

1330
01:57:15,633 --> 01:57:18,836
CONCRETE BECAUSE IT'S LESS REPAIR WHEN YOU HAVE SHADE TREES

1331
01:57:18,836 --> 01:57:23,360
OR UNDERSTORY AND SHADE TREES. COMMUNITY CHARACTER.

1332
01:57:23,775 --> 01:57:27,375
IT CREATES A QUAINT, WELL-CONNECTED ATMOSPHERE.

1333
01:57:27,545 --> 01:57:30,647
IT MAINTAINS PROPORTIONAL SCALE WITH NARROW LOTS AND MODEST

1334
01:57:30,647 --> 01:57:33,647
HOMES. IT HELPS WITH STORMWATER

1335
01:57:35,586 --> 01:57:40,191
RECHARGE, AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES IS STORM RESILIENCE, SAFER

1336
01:57:40,191 --> 01:57:45,591
DURING HIGH-WIND EVENTS, LESS ROOT, REDUCES RISK OF UPROOTING

1337
01:57:48,800 --> 01:57:50,168
TREES. AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS

1338
01:57:50,168 --> 01:57:54,968
OFFERS THE SAME ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS AS LARGER TREES.

1339
01:57:55,600 --> 01:57:58,743
FOR EXAMPLE, THEY SEQUESTER CARBON, PROVIDE SHADE AND LOWERS

1340
01:57:58,743 --> 01:58:02,943
HEAT INDEX. ALSO, THE RIGHT TREE, RIGHT

1341
01:58:05,216 --> 01:58:09,555
PLACE SECTION, 7309 OF THE CITY OF SARASOTA ZONING CODE.

1342
01:58:09,555 --> 01:58:12,824
WE HAVE TO HAVE RIGHT TREE, RIGHT PLACE.

1343
01:58:12,824 --> 01:58:16,628
THAT'S THE BIGGEST ONE, I THINK. >>Mayor Alpert: YOU HAD

1344
01:58:16,628 --> 01:58:18,862
SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD SO YOU COULD CLARIFY THIS

1345
01:58:18,862 --> 01:58:24,350
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT GRAND TREE REMOVAL HERE.

1346
01:58:24,350 --> 01:58:26,137
>> ALISON CHRISTIE, GENERAL MANAGER, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

1347
01:58:26,137 --> 01:58:29,773
I DID WANT TO CLARIFY SOME OF THE STATEMENTS MADE THAT, YEAH,

1348
01:58:29,773 --> 01:58:32,576
CANOPY TREES AND GRAND TREES, TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

1349
01:58:32,576 --> 01:58:35,479
THIS IS SPEAKING TO CANOPY TREES.

1350
01:58:35,479 --> 01:58:37,182
AS RYAN SAID, I THINK IT IS A COMPROMISE.

1351
01:58:37,182 --> 01:58:39,718
THE GOAL OF THE LANGUAGE WAS TO COMPROMISE.

1352
01:58:39,718 --> 01:58:43,421
WE DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE CANOPY TREES, BUT WHERE IT'S NOT

1353
01:58:43,421 --> 01:58:45,323
FEASIBLE THEN WE WOULD ALLOW THE UNDERSTORY.

1354
01:58:45,323 --> 01:58:48,259
THE LANGUAGE IS NOT THE SAME AS WHAT YOU'RE REFERENCING IN THE

1355
01:58:48,259 --> 01:58:51,996
GRAND TREE REMOVAL SECTION, BUT IT GETS TO THE SAME POINT.

1356
01:58:51,996 --> 01:58:56,267
THE 25% FOR GRAND TREE REMOVAL, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GIVE US THE

1357
01:58:56,267 --> 01:58:58,936
ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS. THEY JUST HAVE TO GIVE US THE

1358
01:58:58,936 --> 01:59:02,707
SQUARE FOOTAGE AND DEMONSTRATE THE 25% OF THE BUILDABLE AREA OR

1359
01:59:02,707 --> 01:59:05,409
PARKING AREA IS RENDERED UNUSABLE BY THE TREE.

1360
01:59:05,409 --> 01:59:10,150
SO THERE IS A MONETARY -- NOT A MONETARY BUT NUMERICAL VALUE

1361
01:59:10,150 --> 01:59:12,350
THERE THAT WE DON'T HAVE IN THIS LANGUAGE.

1362
01:59:12,350 --> 01:59:15,285
BUT IT STILL HAS TO BE DEMONSTRATED TO US BY THE

1363
01:59:15,285 --> 01:59:18,189
APPLICANT THAT IT'S NOT FEASIBLE, THAT IT WON'T WORK.

1364
01:59:18,189 --> 01:59:19,156
>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: THAT'S MY POINT.

1365
01:59:19,156 --> 01:59:23,627
YOU FEEL LIKE THE LANGUAGE HERE REQUIRES IT TO BE DEMONSTRATED

1366
01:59:23,627 --> 01:59:26,630
BY THE APPLICANT IF THEY CANNOT PUT IN A GRAND TREE.

1367
01:59:26,630 --> 01:59:30,769
FOR CLARITY, I'M NOT CONFUSING GRAND TREES AND CANOPY TREES.

1368
01:59:30,769 --> 01:59:34,672
I WANT TO SAY THE LANGUAGE EXISTS IN THE CODE TO HOLD THE

1369
01:59:34,672 --> 01:59:39,177
APPLICANT ACCOUNTABLE TO PROVE IN THAT KIND OF SITUATION.

1370
01:59:39,177 --> 01:59:41,979
I WAS NOT MIXING THE TWO. I WAS SAYING WE HAVE LANGUAGE

1371
01:59:41,979 --> 01:59:44,379
THAT HOLDS APPLICANTS ACCOUNTABLE.

1372
01:59:45,116 --> 01:59:49,854
COULD WE HAVE LANGUAGE IN HERE ALSO TO HOLD APPLICANTS

1373
01:59:49,854 --> 01:59:53,224
ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE ARE WE ENCOURAGING GRAND TREES?

1374
01:59:53,224 --> 01:59:56,326
IF WE ARE, WE SHOULD HAVE THAT KIND OF LANGUAGE.

1375
01:59:56,326 --> 02:00:00,297
IF NOT, MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T. >>Mayor Alpert: THAT'S YOUR

1376
02:00:00,297 --> 02:00:02,433
TIME. COMMISSIONER BATTIE, YOU'RE NOT

1377
02:00:02,433 --> 02:00:03,934
SIGNED UP. >>Kyle Battie: NO.

1378
02:00:03,934 --> 02:00:06,803
THANK YOU, MAYOR. >>Mayor Alpert: I HAVEN'T

1379
02:00:06,803 --> 02:00:13,403
WEIGHED IN YET, SO I'LL TALK ABOUT NUMBER 8, THE TREE ISSUE.

1380
02:00:14,812 --> 02:00:21,351
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS TO BE CONSIDERED AND KEPT IN

1381
02:00:21,351 --> 02:00:25,551
MIND IS THAT THERE ARE SETBACK STANDARDS.

1382
02:00:28,559 --> 02:00:33,631
YOU CAN'T REQUIRE THEM NOT TO USE THE SETBACK STANDARDS, IF

1383
02:00:33,631 --> 02:00:38,769
THE SETBACK IS NARROW, AND THEY ARE ALLOWED TO BUILD UP TO A

1384
02:00:38,769 --> 02:00:42,906
CERTAIN POINT, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN THEN SAY, WELL, WE'RE NOT

1385
02:00:42,906 --> 02:00:49,460
GOING TO LET YOU USE THAT SETBACK THAT YOU'VE GOT TO SET

1386
02:00:49,460 --> 02:00:51,715
BACK FURTHER BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A CANOPY TREE PLANTED FOR A

1387
02:00:51,715 --> 02:00:55,915
TREE THAT HAS NOT BEEN PLANTED YET.

1388
02:00:56,454 --> 02:01:01,325
BY CHANGING THAT BY SAYING YOU CAN DO A DIFFERENT KIND OF TREE,

1389
02:01:01,325 --> 02:01:05,996
BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE TO BE ALLOWED TO BUILD IN THE

1390
02:01:05,996 --> 02:01:09,700
BUILDABLE AREA THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO BUILD ACCORDING TO

1391
02:01:09,700 --> 02:01:15,100
OUR ZONING CODE. FOR ME, I THINK NUMBER 8 COVERS

1392
02:01:17,341 --> 02:01:22,146
THAT SITUATION WHICH THEN SAYS IF YOU CAN'T DO IT, THEN WE PUT

1393
02:01:22,146 --> 02:01:28,746
IN ANOTHER TREE THAT IS ALSO VALUABLE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND

1394
02:01:31,756 --> 02:01:38,956
FOR GREEN IN OUR CITY. THEN I WANT TO GO TO ITEM 15

1395
02:01:39,497 --> 02:01:46,970
THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED AS WELL. I GET THE VICE MAYOR'S POINT

1396
02:01:48,639 --> 02:01:51,708
ABOUT LEGISLATING FROM HERE WHEN WE AREN'T EXPERTS.

1397
02:01:51,708 --> 02:01:58,916
I THINK THE FACT THAT WE PICKED 200 FEET OUT OF THE AIR, WE

1398
02:01:58,916 --> 02:02:02,919
AREN'T ARCHITECTS. WE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THESE

1399
02:02:02,919 --> 02:02:05,289
THINGS. I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE SERIOUSLY

1400
02:02:05,289 --> 02:02:10,127
PEOPLE WHO DO UNDERSTAND DESIGN AND DO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S NEEDED.

1401
02:02:10,127 --> 02:02:15,299
I THINK IT WOULD BE LUDICROUS TO MAKE TWO BUILDINGS AND CREATE A

1402
02:02:15,299 --> 02:02:20,699
TEN-FOOT ALLEY BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS WHICH IS CERTAINLY NOT

1403
02:02:21,405 --> 02:02:25,605
ATTRACTIVE. SO ONE BUILDING WITH A SETBACK,

1404
02:02:26,277 --> 02:02:29,213
MAYBE 300 IS THE RIGHT NUMBER. I DON'T KNOW.

1405
02:02:29,213 --> 02:02:34,951
BUT ALL OF THE BUILDINGS THAT MR. GALLAGHER TALKED ABOUT ARE

1406
02:02:34,951 --> 02:02:40,791
ALL REALLY ATTRACTIVE BUILDINGS AND DON'T TAKE AWAY FROM THE

1407
02:02:40,791 --> 02:02:45,429
WALKABILITY OF THE CITY. I THINK A 200 LIMIT IS WAY TOO

1408
02:02:45,429 --> 02:02:49,867
SHORT. I'M FOR MOVING IT UP OR NOT EVEN

1409
02:02:49,867 --> 02:02:52,867
HAVING A LIMIT. ALL RIGHT.

1410
02:02:52,870 --> 02:02:58,870
WE'LL GO TO VICE MAYOR TRICE. >>Vice-Mayor Trice: SINCE YOU

1411
02:02:59,110 --> 02:03:03,581
JUST MENTIONED THE LONG BUILDINGS, AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES

1412
02:03:03,581 --> 02:03:11,550
IN ONE OF THOSE LONG BUILDINGS AND HAS TO WALK THAT LONG, LONG,

1413
02:03:11,550 --> 02:03:17,550
UNBROKEN UP BLOCK REGULARLY, I THINK THEY ARE TOO LONG.

1414
02:03:17,462 --> 02:03:25,700
AND MY OTHER CONCERN WOULD BE IF WE INCREASE THE BY RIGHT LENGTH,

1415
02:03:25,700 --> 02:03:29,208
OKAY, SO WE PUT ONE BUILDING IS PUT HERE.

1416
02:03:29,208 --> 02:03:33,512
AT SOME POINT, SOMEBODY ELSE IS GOING TO COME ALONG AND PUT

1417
02:03:33,512 --> 02:03:36,550
ANOTHER ONE RIGHT NEXT TO IT BY RIGHT.

1418
02:03:36,550 --> 02:03:43,150
SO WE WILL END UP WITH THOSE CORRIDORS LOOKING LIKE MIDNIGHT

1419
02:03:44,890 --> 02:03:49,294
PASS ROAD WITH WALLS, THE LENGTH OF THE ROAD.

1420
02:03:49,294 --> 02:03:54,132
SO I THINK HAVING ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE A BETTER APPROACH AND

1421
02:03:54,132 --> 02:03:58,700
I'M HOPING THAT YOU GUYS CAN WORK WITH MR. GALLAGHER AND

1422
02:03:58,700 --> 02:04:02,441
OTHERS TO COME UP WITH WHAT MIGHT BE BETTER.

1423
02:04:02,441 --> 02:04:07,780
MR. GALLAGHER, I ALSO LIVE IN A SINGLE BUILDING WHICH

1424
02:04:07,780 --> 02:04:11,450
FORTUNATELY HAS TWO ELEVATORS, ONE ON EACH END.

1425
02:04:11,450 --> 02:04:15,755
I WOULD HATE HAVING ONE ELEVATOR AND I HAVE TO WALK A BLOCK TO

1426
02:04:15,755 --> 02:04:19,592
GET IT EVERY TIME I WANT TO USE THE ELEVATOR.

1427
02:04:19,592 --> 02:04:27,392
I WANT TO GET TO 8 AND QUESTIONS FOR OUR ARBORIST ON THE TREES.

1428
02:04:27,600 --> 02:04:33,000
I'M IMAGINING WITH TOWN HOUSE DEVELOPMENTS, THERE WILL BE,

1429
02:04:33,472 --> 02:04:40,720
SAY, I'M GOING TO USE THE NUMBER 6, 30-FOOT WIDE HOUSES BECAUSE

1430
02:04:41,413 --> 02:04:44,884
THAT'S UNDER 200 FEET. SUPPOSE WE HAD A TOWN HOUSE

1431
02:04:44,884 --> 02:04:50,884
DEVELOPMENT THAT APPLIED AND IT WAS 6 30-FOOT WIDE HOMES OR

1432
02:04:54,827 --> 02:04:56,529
PLOTS. WOULD WE UNDER NORMAL

1433
02:04:56,529 --> 02:04:58,764
CIRCUMSTANCE HAVE THE DEVELOPER SAYING, WELL, EACH HOUSE IS

1434
02:04:58,764 --> 02:05:03,564
GOING TO HAVE THE SAME KIND OF TREE.

1435
02:05:05,204 --> 02:05:11,204
IF THAT'S THE CASE, 30 FEET APART CANOPY TREES, MIGHT YOU

1436
02:05:12,811 --> 02:05:17,116
SUGGEST THAT'S TOO CLOSE TOGETHER AND MIGHT YOU THEN EVEN

1437
02:05:17,116 --> 02:05:23,116
BE RECOMMENDING THAT UNDERSTORY TREES WOULD BE A BETTER THING.

1438
02:05:23,122 --> 02:05:25,991
>> CANOPY TREES ARE NORMALLY 30 FEET ON CENTER.

1439
02:05:25,991 --> 02:05:30,130
>>Vice-Mayor Trice: OKAY. IF IT WAS 30 FEET, BUT IF -- CAN

1440
02:05:30,130 --> 02:05:34,733
THEY DO LESS THAN 30 FEET FOR TOWN HOUSE WIDTH?

1441
02:05:34,733 --> 02:05:37,335
>> THEY CAN REDUCE I THINK TO 20 FEET.

1442
02:05:37,335 --> 02:05:40,539
>>Vice-Mayor Trice: IF IT WAS 20 FEET, THEN YOU WOULD RECOMMEND

1443
02:05:40,539 --> 02:05:43,539
AGAINST THE CANOPY TREE. >> DEFINITELY.

1444
02:05:44,209 --> 02:05:47,813
I WOULD RECOMMEND AGAINST THE 30 FEET, TOO.

1445
02:05:47,813 --> 02:05:52,613
>>Vice-Mayor Trice: SO OUR ARBORIST WOULD BE RECOMMENDING

1446
02:05:53,852 --> 02:05:57,452
AGAINST WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE ZONING.

1447
02:05:57,757 --> 02:06:04,357
THAT LEADS ME TO THINK THAT GOING FOR THE CHANGE FOR

1448
02:06:06,310 --> 02:06:08,901
UNDERSTORY TREES IS MORE -- IT'S BENEFICIAL.

1449
02:06:08,901 --> 02:06:12,501
>>Vice-Mayor Trice: THANK YOU. NEEDED CLARIFICATION.

1450
02:06:12,504 --> 02:06:14,306
THANK YOU. >>Mayor Alpert: ALL RIGHT.

1451
02:06:14,306 --> 02:06:18,506
COMMISSIONER BATTIE. >>Kyle Battie: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

1452
02:06:18,877 --> 02:06:24,817
JUST SITTING HERE LISTENING OR WHAT HAVE YOU, I THINK ONE OF

1453
02:06:24,817 --> 02:06:30,455
THE MORE IMPORTANT STATEMENTS THAT WAS MADE WAS THAT WE ARE

1454
02:06:30,455 --> 02:06:32,855
NOT EXPERTS. WE'RE NOT.

1455
02:06:36,128 --> 02:06:43,928
PART OF ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT I'VE SEEN WITH THIS CITY FROM

1456
02:06:45,104 --> 02:06:48,940
JUMP STREET IS THERE WAS NO REAL URBAN PLANNING.

1457
02:06:48,940 --> 02:06:53,278
A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT WAS BUILT IN PRIOR COMMISSIONS,

1458
02:06:53,278 --> 02:06:59,278
BUILT BY THE COMMISSIONS, NOT BY WHATEVER PROJECTIONS, WHAT THE

1459
02:07:00,352 --> 02:07:03,489
CITY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SO ON AND SO FORTH, BUT TO THE VICE

1460
02:07:03,489 --> 02:07:09,561
MAYOR'S POINT AND TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, TO TRY AND NEGOTIATE LIKE

1461
02:07:09,561 --> 02:07:15,300
BUILDING LENGTH RIGHT HERE AT THE DAIS OR WHAT HAVE YOU

1462
02:07:15,300 --> 02:07:19,972
WITHOUT ANY REAL COMPREHENSIVE AND IN-DEPTH STUDY, BECAUSE THAT

1463
02:07:19,972 --> 02:07:23,842
SPEAKS TO WHAT THE CITY IS SUPPOSED TO BE, PARTICULARLY

1464
02:07:23,842 --> 02:07:27,246
TALKING ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN AND ALL OF THESE

1465
02:07:27,246 --> 02:07:30,515
DIFFERENT THINGS OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

1466
02:07:30,515 --> 02:07:36,515
THAT'S MORE OR LESS A STATEMENT THAN ASKING QUESTIONS OR

1467
02:07:37,756 --> 02:07:42,528
ANYTHING BECAUSE I JUST THINK WE NEED TO BE A BIT MORE MINDFUL OF

1468
02:07:42,528 --> 02:07:44,996
WHEN WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THESE THINGS.

1469
02:07:44,996 --> 02:07:48,800
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS BEING REMOVED OR WHAT HAVE YOU

1470
02:07:48,800 --> 02:07:56,141
AND BEING LOOKED INTO A BIT MORE WITH A MICROPHONE, IF YOU WILL,

1471
02:07:56,141 --> 02:08:00,745
SPEAKING TO ARCHITECTS AND DEVELOPERS AND CITY PLANNERS TO

1472
02:08:00,745 --> 02:08:03,883
TRY AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT IS APPLICABLE TO WHERE WE

1473
02:08:03,883 --> 02:08:06,285
ARE TODAY AND WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE TOMORROW.

1474
02:08:06,285 --> 02:08:07,619
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

1475
02:08:07,619 --> 02:08:11,219
>>Mayor Alpert: THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER OHLRICH.

1476
02:08:15,961 --> 02:08:20,365
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO GET BACK HERE,

1477
02:08:20,365 --> 02:08:22,340
RIGHT? I JUST WANTED CLARITY, AND I

1478
02:08:22,340 --> 02:08:27,172
THINK I HAVE IT, THAT ALL CANOPY TREES ARE NOT GRAND TREES.

1479
02:08:27,172 --> 02:08:29,400
>> THIS IS CORRECT. >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: OKAY.

1480
02:08:29,400 --> 02:08:30,909
THANK YOU. THAT'S IT.

1481
02:08:30,909 --> 02:08:33,309
>>Mayor Alpert: COMMISSIONER AHEARN-KOCH.

1482
02:08:34,646 --> 02:08:37,583
>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: IN THIS TOWNHOME WITH THE 30-FOOT LOTS,

1483
02:08:37,583 --> 02:08:41,453
COULD TWO LOTS COMBINE AND THEN PUT A TREE IN THE MIDDLE, FOR

1484
02:08:41,453 --> 02:08:43,689
EXAMPLE? >>Ryan Chapdelain: GENERALLY

1485
02:08:43,689 --> 02:08:45,691
NOT. THESE ARE GOING TO BE FEE SIMPLE

1486
02:08:45,691 --> 02:08:47,992
LOTS. THEY CAN BE LESS THAN 30 FEET.

1487
02:08:47,992 --> 02:08:50,596
IT IS A STANDARD WE PUT IN THERE.

1488
02:08:50,596 --> 02:08:53,832
BUT CAN BE 20, 25 FEET IN WIDTH. GENERALLY THEY ARE INDIVIDUALLY

1489
02:08:53,832 --> 02:08:55,801
OWNED LOTS. >>Jen Ahearn-Koch: WOULD THAT BE

1490
02:08:55,801 --> 02:08:58,670
A POSSIBILITY, LET'S SAY TWO PEOPLE BOUGHT THEM AND SAID

1491
02:08:58,670 --> 02:09:02,908
WE'RE BEST FRIENDS AND WE WOULD LIKE ONE GINORMOUS CANOPY TREE

1492
02:09:02,908 --> 02:09:08,346
AND WE'LL PUT IT MOSTLY ON THIS PERSON'S, ON RYAN'S LOT.

1493
02:09:08,346 --> 02:09:12,651
THE TREE WILL GROW AND BE A BEAUTIFUL GRAND TREE OR CANOPY

1494
02:09:12,651 --> 02:09:17,880
TREE OVER BOTH OUR LOTS, WHAT WOULD THAT DO TO THE RATIO OF

1495
02:09:17,880 --> 02:09:20,859
CANOPY TREE, UNDERSTORY TREE? WOULD THAT WORK TOGETHER?

1496
02:09:20,859 --> 02:09:23,795
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE?

1497
02:09:23,795 --> 02:09:25,230
>>Ryan Chapdelain: I THINK GENERALLY WOULD BE ON THE

1498
02:09:25,230 --> 02:09:30,503
INDIVIDUAL'S LOT. A LOT OF THIS IS DESIGNED PRIOR

1499
02:09:30,503 --> 02:09:34,730
TO THESE UNITS EVER SELLING. NOT SURE WHO THE END USER IS BY

1500
02:09:34,730 --> 02:09:37,110
THE TIME GOING THROUGH THE DRC PROCESS.

1501
02:09:37,110 --> 02:09:39,244
>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: THAT WOULD BE A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE A

1502
02:09:39,244 --> 02:09:44,851
CANOPY TREE AND AN UNDERSTORY TREE AND THEY COULD LIVE

1503
02:09:44,851 --> 02:09:48,455
TOGETHER AND MAKE LOTS OF SHADE. ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THE LANGUAGE

1504
02:09:48,455 --> 02:09:55,550
THAT IS DRAFTED AS IT IS RIGHT NOW FOR THIS ITEM?

1505
02:09:55,394 --> 02:09:58,197
>>Ryan Chapdelain: BASED ON WHAT WE HEARD AT THE PLANNING BOARD

1506
02:09:58,197 --> 02:10:03,136
AND TODAY, WE THINK IT IS A FAIR COMPROMISE.

1507
02:10:03,136 --> 02:10:04,670
>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO KNOW

1508
02:10:04,670 --> 02:10:07,700
ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU.

1509
02:10:08,607 --> 02:10:11,900
>>Mayor Alpert: OKAY. WHAT WOULD YOU THINK ABOUT

1510
02:10:11,900 --> 02:10:16,409
REMOVING ITEM 15 FOR TODAY SINCE, AGAIN, WE AREN'T EXPERTS

1511
02:10:18,884 --> 02:10:23,550
AND GIVE THIS A LITTLE MORE CONSIDERATION?

1512
02:10:23,550 --> 02:10:27,193
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: WOULD WE NEED CONSENSUS OR A VOTE ON

1513
02:10:27,193 --> 02:10:29,361
REMOVING ITEM 15? >>Mayor Alpert: PROBABLY NEED A

1514
02:10:29,361 --> 02:10:32,231
MOTION. >>Vice-Mayor Trice: I MOVE THAT

1515
02:10:32,231 --> 02:10:37,631
WE APPROVE THE ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT BATCH MINUS NUMBER 15

1516
02:10:37,870 --> 02:10:41,240
DEALING WITH THE LENGTH OF THE BUILDING.

1517
02:10:41,240 --> 02:10:42,307
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: I'LL SECOND THAT.

1518
02:10:42,307 --> 02:10:48,470
>>Mayor Alpert: MAKER OF THE MOTION, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO

1519
02:10:48,470 --> 02:10:51,470
THAT? >>Vice-Mayor Trice: I THINK

1520
02:10:51,383 --> 02:10:56,783
EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD EXCEPT, AND I APPRECIATE THE ARCHITECT'S

1521
02:10:57,389 --> 02:11:02,728
SUGGESTION THAT THEY WOULD HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY WITH A LONGER

1522
02:11:02,728 --> 02:11:09,601
BUILDING, YET I WOULD HATE TO ENABLE THAT BY RIGHT AND THEN AS

1523
02:11:09,601 --> 02:11:15,341
WE DISCOVERED DURING INFILL, IF WE RUN INTO PROBLEMS, THE

1524
02:11:15,341 --> 02:11:21,941
LEGISLATURE REALLY WOULD MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO CLAW BACK

1525
02:11:22,414 --> 02:11:26,140
THOSE CHANGES. BECAUSE WITH THE 25% ADJUSTMENT

1526
02:11:30,823 --> 02:11:35,623
ADMINISTRATIVELY, THAT WOULD ENABLE 250 FEET ON OUR CURRENT

1527
02:11:36,495 --> 02:11:40,298
ZONING LAW OF 200, I THINK AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING, WE'RE

1528
02:11:40,298 --> 02:11:45,370
IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE DISCUSSION.

1529
02:11:45,370 --> 02:11:48,273
>>Shayla Griggs: MAYOR, CAN YOU STATE THE CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC

1530
02:11:48,273 --> 02:11:52,245
HEARING BEFORE WE GO DOWN THAT. >>Mayor Alpert: ALL RIGHT.

1531
02:11:52,245 --> 02:11:55,845
CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU.

1532
02:11:58,250 --> 02:12:00,119
COMMISSIONER AHEARN-KOCH. >>Jen Ahearn-Koch: COULD YOU

1533
02:12:00,119 --> 02:12:03,119
REPEAT THE MOTION? I'M SORRY.

1534
02:12:04,857 --> 02:12:10,857
>>Vice-Mayor Trice: I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE ORDINANCE 25-5583

1535
02:12:14,400 --> 02:12:19,800
AND PETITION 25-ZTA-01 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM NUMBER 15.

1536
02:12:23,108 --> 02:12:26,110
>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: AND ARE WE GOING TO DISCUSS ITEM NUMBER 15

1537
02:12:26,110 --> 02:12:28,580
IN A SEPARATE MOTION? >>Vice-Mayor Trice: NO.

1538
02:12:28,580 --> 02:12:32,780
>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: IT JUST GETS REMOVED COMPLETELY.

1539
02:12:33,252 --> 02:12:35,955
ALL RIGHT. I'LL SPEAK TO THE MOTION.

1540
02:12:35,955 --> 02:12:40,292
I THINK STAFF DID A GREAT JOB ON ALL OF THESE AND PROVIDING US

1541
02:12:40,292 --> 02:12:45,431
WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED AND EXPLAINING THE

1542
02:12:45,431 --> 02:12:49,201
RATIONALE, CROSSED ALL THEIR Ts AND DOTTED ALL THEIR Is.

1543
02:12:49,201 --> 02:12:54,601
FOR ITEM NUMBER 15, I UNDERSTAND WE ARE NOT EXPERTS.

1544
02:12:54,639 --> 02:12:57,843
WE ARE NOT THE EXPERT AND THERE ARE EXPERTS, AND THEY ARE ALSO

1545
02:12:57,843 --> 02:13:03,616
NOT THE EXPERT ON EVERYTHING CITY, BUT WE ARE INFORMED AND WE

1546
02:13:03,616 --> 02:13:06,919
DO HAVE INFORMATION AND A LOT OF US HAVE BEEN DOING THIS A VERY,

1547
02:13:06,919 --> 02:13:11,991
VERY LONG TIME. WE ARE NOT INCAPABLE OF MAKING

1548
02:13:11,991 --> 02:13:15,661
DECISIONS THAT GOVERN HOW OUR CITY MOVES AND GROWS AND MOVES

1549
02:13:15,661 --> 02:13:18,597
FORWARD. WE'RE ABLE TO READ E-MAILS AND

1550
02:13:18,597 --> 02:13:23,397
BOOKS. AND I WOULD HAVE QUOTED MY JEFF

1551
02:13:23,402 --> 02:13:29,474
SPECK BOOK BUT I LENT IT TO THAXTON IN THE AUDIENCE -- LET

1552
02:13:29,474 --> 02:13:32,278
ME KNOW FOR THE RECORD HE SAID IT'S IN THE CAR.

1553
02:13:32,278 --> 02:13:38,278
>>Joseph Polzak: SPD IS HERE. >>Jen Ahearn-Koch: I JUST MAY.

1554
02:13:41,286 --> 02:13:45,624
THAT ONE ITEM I AGREE THAT ONE NEEDS TO BE REMOVED.

1555
02:13:45,624 --> 02:13:48,930
I SUPPORT THAT. THANK YOU.

1556
02:13:48,930 --> 02:13:51,364
>>Mayor Alpert: ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE?

1557
02:13:51,364 --> 02:13:54,900
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT. COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU WOULD

1558
02:13:54,900 --> 02:13:57,900
VOTE, PLEASE. >>Jen Ahearn-Koch: YES.

1559
02:14:00,172 --> 02:14:01,640
>>Mayor Alpert: YES. >>Kyle Battie: YES.

1560
02:14:01,640 --> 02:14:05,840
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: YES. >>Vice-Mayor Trice: YES.

1561
02:14:08,747 --> 02:14:10,682
>>Mayor Alpert: IS THAT YOUR VOTE, COMMISSIONERS?

1562
02:14:10,682 --> 02:14:16,682
THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. TO BRING BACK ITEM NUMBER 15 OR

1563
02:14:17,656 --> 02:14:24,856
TO SEND IT TO STAFF TO REVIEW FURTHER FOR MAYBE THINGS LIKE

1564
02:14:25,998 --> 02:14:29,401
REQUIRING AFTER A CERTAIN NUMBER OF FEET THAT THERE BE SOME KIND

1565
02:14:29,401 --> 02:14:35,374
OF A SETBACK OR SOMETHING TO THEN BREAK UP -- DO WE NEED A

1566
02:14:35,374 --> 02:14:38,611
MOTION -- >>Shayla Griggs: YOU CAN DISCUSS

1567
02:14:38,611 --> 02:14:39,812
IT. >>Mayor Alpert: LET STAFF WORK

1568
02:14:39,812 --> 02:14:42,515
ON IT. >>Vice-Mayor Trice: BRING IT

1569
02:14:42,515 --> 02:14:47,753
BACK IN THE NEXT SET OF BATCH OF ZTAs.

1570
02:14:47,753 --> 02:14:50,523
>>Mayor Alpert: OR IF THEY GET DONE SOONER THEY CAN BRING IT

1571
02:14:50,523 --> 02:14:51,490
BACK. >>Jen Ahearn-Koch: I DON'T WANT

1572
02:14:51,490 --> 02:14:54,893
TO SEE IT COME BACK. LET'S BE CAREFUL WHAT WE DO

1573
02:14:54,893 --> 02:14:55,561
HERE. >>Vice-Mayor Trice: I'M

1574
02:14:55,561 --> 02:14:59,761
COMFORTABLE WITH STAFF HAS HEARD OUR CONCERNS.

1575
02:15:01,266 --> 02:15:03,702
MR. GALLAGHER IS VOCAL SO LET THEM WORK IT OUT.

1576
02:15:03,702 --> 02:15:07,902
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: I AGREE WITH THAT.

1577
02:15:08,307 --> 02:15:11,309
>>Shayla Griggs: ARE WE GOOD WITH THAT?

1578
02:15:11,309 --> 02:15:14,790
INTERIM CITY MANAGER, DO YOU NEED ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT?

1579
02:15:14,790 --> 02:15:15,514
>>Dave Bullock: NO, MA'AM. WE'LL BRING IT BACK.

1580
02:15:15,514 --> 02:15:19,114
>>Mayor Alpert: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

1581
02:15:22,888 --> 02:15:25,888
>>Kyle Battie: IT'S JUST CONSENSUS.

1582
02:15:26,325 --> 02:15:31,330
>>Shayla Griggs: IF SHE'S NOT AGREEING, WE NEED A MOTION.

1583
02:15:31,330 --> 02:15:37,930
>>Mayor Alpert: PASS THE GAVEL. I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT ITEM 15,

1584
02:15:39,710 --> 02:15:47,471
THAT STAFF TAKE A LOOK AT IT AGAIN AND WORK ON IT WITH THE

1585
02:15:49,281 --> 02:15:54,820
RELEVANT PARTIES IN THIS CASE AND BRING IT BACK TO US, EITHER

1586
02:15:54,820 --> 02:16:00,959
THEY CAN BRING IT BACK AND SAY WE'LL KEEP IT 200 FEET OR ADD TO

1587
02:16:00,959 --> 02:16:03,896
IT OR ADD SETBACKS, WHATEVER IT IS.

1588
02:16:03,896 --> 02:16:08,234
MY MOTION IS THAT WE SEND IT BACK TO STAFF TO BRING IT BACK

1589
02:16:08,234 --> 02:16:10,570
TO US FOR FURTHER REVIEW AND DISCUSSION.

1590
02:16:10,570 --> 02:16:15,370
>>Kyle Battie: I SECOND. >>Vice-Mayor Trice: MOTION BY

1591
02:16:15,574 --> 02:16:21,180
MAYOR ALPERT AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BATTIE TO ASK STAFF

1592
02:16:21,180 --> 02:16:26,580
TO LOOK AT NUMBER 15 AND BRING BACK THEIR RECOMMENDATION.

1593
02:16:34,126 --> 02:16:36,528
>>Mayor Alpert: I THINK I SPOKE TO IT ALREADY.

1594
02:16:36,528 --> 02:16:41,467
>>Kyle Battie: I'LL SPEAK TO IT. THE MERE FACT THAT TALKING ABOUT

1595
02:16:41,467 --> 02:16:45,204
US BEING EXPERTS OR NOT BEING EXPERTS AND THEM BEING EXPERTS

1596
02:16:45,204 --> 02:16:48,341
AND NOT BEING EXPERTS, THEY ARE HIRED BECAUSE OF THEIR

1597
02:16:48,341 --> 02:16:52,541
EXPERTISE. THAT'S WHY THEY WORK FOR THE

1598
02:16:53,112 --> 02:16:55,415
CITY IN THIS RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENT.

1599
02:16:55,415 --> 02:17:01,686
WHEN WE SAY THE COMMISSION IS NOT EXPERTS OR WHATEVER, OR ARE

1600
02:17:01,686 --> 02:17:05,925
EXPERTS, JUST AS A CITIZEN, A RESIDENT OF THE CITY, GREW UP IN

1601
02:17:05,925 --> 02:17:09,562
THE CITY, THERE ARE PROBLEMS IN THIS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT EXPERTS.

1602
02:17:09,562 --> 02:17:14,833
YOU HAVE ALL THE HEIGHT ON THE WATER AND NOT IN THE CORE OF THE

1603
02:17:14,833 --> 02:17:19,330
CITY BECAUSE KNOW WHAT, WE'RE NOT EXPERTS.

1604
02:17:20,405 --> 02:17:26,450
I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT I RELY ON OUR STAFF AND THOSE THAT ARE

1605
02:17:26,450 --> 02:17:30,516
EXPERTS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS REGARDING THIS MATTER.

1606
02:17:30,516 --> 02:17:34,187
THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. >>Vice-Mayor Trice: ANYBODY ELSE

1607
02:17:34,187 --> 02:17:35,387
BEFORE WE VOTE? OKAY.

1608
02:17:35,387 --> 02:17:38,987
SO WE'RE VOTING. >>Shayla Griggs: OKAY.

1609
02:17:41,227 --> 02:17:44,227
ALL RIGHT. >>Vice-Mayor Trice: MOTION

1610
02:17:45,264 --> 02:17:47,666
PASSES 3-2. IS THAT YOUR VOTE, EVERYONE?

1611
02:17:47,666 --> 02:17:51,700
>>Mayor Alpert: YES. >>Kyle Battie: CAN WE TAKE A

1612
02:17:51,700 --> 02:17:54,670
BREAK? >>Mayor Alpert: THANK YOU ALL.

1613
02:17:55,730 --> 02:18:01,730
WE ARE AT NEW BUSINESS. DOES ANYONE NEED A BREAK?

1614
02:18:03,749 --> 02:18:06,749
IT'S 2:51. THAT CLOCK IS WRONG.

1615
02:18:08,154 --> 02:18:11,154
LET'S BE BACK AT 3:00. [RECESS]

1616
02:18:28,774 --> 02:18:30,774
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1617
02:18:43,589 --> 02:18:45,589
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1618
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1619
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1620
02:19:29,101 --> 02:19:31,101
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1621
02:19:44,116 --> 02:19:46,116
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1622
02:19:59,131 --> 02:20:01,131
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1623
02:20:13,813 --> 02:20:15,813
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1624
02:20:27,225 --> 02:20:29,225
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1625
02:20:42,241 --> 02:20:44,241
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1626
02:20:59,191 --> 02:21:01,191
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1627
02:21:16,942 --> 02:21:18,942
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1628
02:21:36,428 --> 02:21:38,428
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1629
02:21:51,464 --> 02:21:53,464
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1630
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1631
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1632
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1633
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1634
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1635
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1636
02:23:36,435 --> 02:23:38,435
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1637
02:23:51,517 --> 02:23:53,517
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1638
02:24:06,532 --> 02:24:08,532
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1639
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1640
02:24:36,495 --> 02:24:38,495
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1641
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1642
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1643
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1644
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1645
02:26:06,251 --> 02:26:08,251
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1646
02:26:21,133 --> 02:26:23,133
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1647
02:26:36,281 --> 02:26:38,281
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1648
02:26:51,163 --> 02:26:53,163
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1649
02:27:17,390 --> 02:27:19,390
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1650
02:27:33,405 --> 02:27:35,405
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1651
02:27:48,420 --> 02:27:50,420
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1652
02:28:02,915 --> 02:28:06,515
[ SOUNDING GAVEL ] >>Mayor Alpert: OKAY, EVERYBODY.

1653
02:28:06,920 --> 02:28:09,990
I KNOW EVERYONE IS HAVING A REALLY GOOD TIME OUT THERE.

1654
02:28:09,990 --> 02:28:15,390
IT'S 3:00, AND WE WANT TO GET STARTED AGAIN HERE.

1655
02:28:17,330 --> 02:28:24,700
WHEN WE WENT ON RECESS, WE WERE GETTING READY TO START OUR ITEM

1656
02:28:24,700 --> 02:28:27,670
12.1, NEW BUSINESS. AND THAT'S A DISCUSSION

1657
02:28:29,142 --> 02:28:31,644
REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS FOR LIGHTING

1658
02:28:31,644 --> 02:28:36,750
AND UNDERGROUNDING. I AM GOING TO CALL ON -- IS SHE

1659
02:28:36,750 --> 02:28:41,550
HERE? WE WILL CALL ON OUR DIRECTOR OF

1660
02:28:45,258 --> 02:28:50,580
PUBLIC WORKS, NIK PATEL TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.

1661
02:28:54,968 --> 02:29:00,968
HE WENT INTO A WHOLE EXPLANATION AT LIDO KEY RESIDENTS

1662
02:29:00,973 --> 02:29:04,211
ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS A WONDERFUL WAY FOR EVERYBODY TO

1663
02:29:04,211 --> 02:29:06,646
REMEMBER YOUR NAME. WE'LL LET YOU -- I THINK YOU

1664
02:29:06,646 --> 02:29:10,450
SHOULD DO THAT AGAIN. >>Nik Patel: GOOD AFTERNOON

1665
02:29:10,450 --> 02:29:12,519
MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONERS.

1666
02:29:12,519 --> 02:29:14,987
I'M NIK PATEL, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR E FOR THE RECORD.

1667
02:29:14,987 --> 02:29:18,587
HERE WITH ME TODAY IS. >> SAGI.

1668
02:29:20,761 --> 02:29:24,564
I BEG THE INDULGENCE, I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY

1669
02:29:24,564 --> 02:29:26,867
OF THE NAME. SPELL IT LIKE SAGE.

1670
02:29:26,867 --> 02:29:29,937
I THINK MY PARENTS MUST HAVE BEEN HIPPIES AND THEY DECIDED

1671
02:29:29,937 --> 02:29:34,730
THAT WAS FUN. I GET TO SPEND MY ENTIRE LIFE

1672
02:29:34,730 --> 02:29:37,100
TELLING PEOPLE YOU DON'T PRONOUNCE IT LIKE IT IS SPELLED.

1673
02:29:37,100 --> 02:29:40,947
I PRONOUNCE IS SAGE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

1674
02:29:40,947 --> 02:29:43,884
WITH THAT, WE'LL JUMP INTO THE PRESENTATION.

1675
02:29:43,884 --> 02:29:49,756
I WILL APOLOGIZE ON BEHALF OF ALVI, SHE REALLY WANTED TO BE

1676
02:29:49,756 --> 02:29:51,158
HERE BUT FEELING UNDER THE WEATHER.

1677
02:29:51,158 --> 02:29:54,940
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU GET THE PINCH-HITTING THIS MORNING

1678
02:29:54,940 --> 02:29:57,563
INSTEAD OF ALVI THIS AFTERNOON. YES, THIS ITEM IS ABOUT

1679
02:29:57,563 --> 02:30:00,563
ESTABLISHING A COUPLE OF DISTRICTS.

1680
02:30:02,969 --> 02:30:07,169
REAL QUICKLY, THE AGENDA INCLUDES BACKGROUND COMMUNITY

1681
02:30:07,441 --> 02:30:10,977
INTEREST, AREAS OF INTEREST, SPECIFICALLY A COUPLE OF MAPS,

1682
02:30:10,977 --> 02:30:15,248
CITY CODE AND STATE STATUTE FRAMEWORK, A SCOPE FOR THE REST

1683
02:30:15,248 --> 02:30:21,248
OF TODAY, AND THEN NEXT STEPS AND A RECOMMENDED MOTION.

1684
02:30:21,688 --> 02:30:24,791
BACKGROUND AND COMMUNITY INTEREST, FIVE ASSOCIATIONS HAVE

1685
02:30:24,791 --> 02:30:29,329
FORMALLY ASKED THE CITY TO EXPLORE SPECIAL DISTRICTS FOR

1686
02:30:29,329 --> 02:30:32,799
UNDERGROUNDING OF POWER FOR THE UTILITY POWER.

1687
02:30:32,799 --> 02:30:36,636
AND THAT INCLUDES ST. ARMANDS RESIDENTS, LIDO SHORE PROPERTY

1688
02:30:36,636 --> 02:30:40,874
OWNER ASSOCIATION, LIDO KEY RESIDENTS, AND ST. ARMANDS

1689
02:30:40,874 --> 02:30:43,900
CIRCLE MERCHANTS. THE SECOND SOMEONE LIGHTING,

1690
02:30:43,900 --> 02:30:45,345
SOUTH POINSETTIA PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAS

1691
02:30:45,345 --> 02:30:48,849
REQUESTED THAT. EACH GROUP POLLED ITS MEMBERS

1692
02:30:48,849 --> 02:30:53,649
AND SUPPORT RANGES ANYWHERE FROM 85% TO 98% DEMONSTRATING CLEAR

1693
02:30:55,555 --> 02:30:58,959
GRASSROOTS MINIMUM TO ASK FOR THESE.

1694
02:30:58,959 --> 02:31:02,162
THE AREAS OF INTEREST FOR SPECIFICALLY UNDERGROUNDING, YOU

1695
02:31:02,162 --> 02:31:05,131
CAN SEE ON THE EXHIBIT A, WHICH IS ON YOUR SCREEN AND SHOULD BE

1696
02:31:05,131 --> 02:31:09,236
IN YOUR PACKET AS WELL, PURPLE IS THE ST. ARMANDS RESIDENTIAL

1697
02:31:09,236 --> 02:31:11,304
CORE. THE ORANGE IS LIDO SHORES.

1698
02:31:11,304 --> 02:31:14,440
YELLOW IS LIDO KEY. AND THE TEAL IS THE ST. ARMANDS

1699
02:31:14,440 --> 02:31:18,400
BUSINESS CORE. THESE OUTLINES ARE PRELIMINARY,

1700
02:31:18,245 --> 02:31:22,116
OF COURSE, AT THIS POINT. REFINE PARCEL LINES DURING

1701
02:31:22,116 --> 02:31:26,916
FEASIBILITY AND LEGAL REVIEW. EVERY PARCEL INSIDE HAS

1702
02:31:27,320 --> 02:31:30,323
EXPRESSED STRONG INTEREST FOR BURYING UTILITIES FOR

1703
02:31:30,323 --> 02:31:33,590
RELIABILITY AND AESTHETICS AS WELL.

1704
02:31:33,590 --> 02:31:36,897
AREA INTEREST FOR LIGHTING, EXHIBIT B DISPLAYS PROPOSED

1705
02:31:36,897 --> 02:31:39,733
LIGHTING DISTRICTS. SOUTH POINSETTIA PARK AREA,

1706
02:31:39,733 --> 02:31:42,937
RESIDENTS SEEK FULL REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING FIXTURES WITH

1707
02:31:42,937 --> 02:31:46,873
UNIFORM LED LIGHTING TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD

1708
02:31:46,873 --> 02:31:50,343
CHARACTER, BOUNDARIES MAY SHIFT SLIGHTLY AFTER THE PHOTOMETRIC

1709
02:31:50,343 --> 02:31:55,549
DESIGN AND COST ANALYSIS BUT THE PARCEL IN BLUE IS OUTLINED THAT

1710
02:31:55,549 --> 02:31:57,417
THEY HAVE SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT.

1711
02:31:57,417 --> 02:32:00,487
WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO NIK.

1712
02:32:00,487 --> 02:32:05,158
>>Nik Patel: SO THE PROCESS IS GOVERNED BY THE CITY CODE

1713
02:32:05,158 --> 02:32:08,158
CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 9. SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AREA.

1714
02:32:09,829 --> 02:32:14,901
PART OF THE CITY CODE. IT'S ALSO -- THE PROCESS IS ALSO

1715
02:32:14,901 --> 02:32:19,701
DICTATED BY THE FLORIDA STATUTES 163.506, WHICH IS NEIGHBORHOOD

1716
02:32:20,507 --> 02:32:23,643
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, AS WELL AS THE FLORIDA STATUTES 170 WHICH

1717
02:32:23,643 --> 02:32:28,443
IS THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AND FLORIDA STATUTE 197.3632 WHICH

1718
02:32:30,884 --> 02:32:33,884
IS THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION.

1719
02:32:33,920 --> 02:32:38,325
THESE ALLOW THE CITY TO LEVY NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS,

1720
02:32:38,325 --> 02:32:43,930
WHICH MEANS NO MILLAGE FOR THE CITY AND COLLECT THEM ON THE TAX

1721
02:32:43,930 --> 02:32:45,799
BILL. THE COMMISSION SITS AS THE

1722
02:32:45,799 --> 02:32:48,799
GOVERNING BOARD FOR EACH DISTRICT.

1723
02:32:51,710 --> 02:32:56,209
SO TODAY WE'RE NOT CREATING A DISTRICT OR LEVYING ANY

1724
02:32:56,209 --> 02:32:59,679
ASSESSMENTS. WE'RE ASKING CITY COMMISSION TO

1725
02:32:59,679 --> 02:33:04,479
ACKNOWLEDGE THE LETTERS, SURVEY, AND PETITION RECEIVED, AUTHORIZE

1726
02:33:04,951 --> 02:33:09,889
STAFF TO BEGIN FEASIBILITY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK UNDER THE CITY

1727
02:33:09,889 --> 02:33:14,293
CODE AND THE STATE STATUTES AND COORDINATE WITH THE CITY

1728
02:33:14,293 --> 02:33:18,564
ATTORNEY AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT, ENGAGE A CONSULTANT FOR

1729
02:33:18,564 --> 02:33:22,764
PRELIMINARY COST ESTIMATE FUNDING OPTIONS AND BENEFIT

1730
02:33:23,370 --> 02:33:27,106
APPORTIONMENT ANALYSIS, AND DIRECT STAFF TO RETURN WITH THE

1731
02:33:27,106 --> 02:33:30,309
DRAFT INITIAL ASSESSMENT AND REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION BEFORE

1732
02:33:30,309 --> 02:33:35,709
ANY COSTS ARE ADOPTED. IF AUTHORIZED, STAFF WILL DRAFT

1733
02:33:44,324 --> 02:33:47,924
BOTH RESOLUTIONS, REFINE BOUNDARIES AND PRELIMINARY

1734
02:33:48,528 --> 02:33:52,799
COSTS, PUBLISH STATUTORY NOTICE AND SCHEDULE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND

1735
02:33:52,799 --> 02:33:57,599
PREPARE A FULL ASSESSMENT ROLL AND FUNDING RECOMMENDATION.

1736
02:33:58,472 --> 02:34:00,807
THE FUTURE HEARING, THE COMMISSION CAN DECIDE WHETHER TO

1737
02:34:00,807 --> 02:34:04,407
ADVANCE TO DESIGN BONDING OR CONSTRUCTION.

1738
02:34:06,780 --> 02:34:09,695
SO RECOMMENDED MOTION IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMMUNITY

1739
02:34:09,695 --> 02:34:14,167
INTEREST AND AUTHORIZE CITY STAFF TO PREPARE ALL PROCEDURAL

1740
02:34:14,167 --> 02:34:17,304
DOCUMENTS, RETAIN A CONSULTANT AND RETURN WITH INITIAL

1741
02:34:17,304 --> 02:34:19,704
ASSESSMENT AND REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTIONS.

1742
02:34:20,440 --> 02:34:25,240
NO ASSESSMENT OR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IS APPROVED TODAY.

1743
02:34:25,979 --> 02:34:29,249
THIS SIMPLY GREEN LIGHTS THE DETAIL ANALYSIS AND MAINTAIN THE

1744
02:34:29,249 --> 02:34:34,388
CITY'S ABILITY TO REIMBURSE EARLY COSTS ONCE DISTRICTS ARE

1745
02:34:34,388 --> 02:34:38,558
FORMED. AND ALSO I WANT TO KIND OF

1746
02:34:38,558 --> 02:34:43,630
MANAGE EXPECTATIONS A LITTLE BIT, SPECIFICALLY ON CREATION OF

1747
02:34:43,630 --> 02:34:45,998
A SPECIAL DISTRICT. FOR ST. ARMANDS, THE

1748
02:34:45,998 --> 02:34:51,872
UNDERGROUNDING AS WELL AS THE LIDO KEY, IT'S GOING TO TAKE

1749
02:34:51,872 --> 02:34:56,209
ABOUT FOUR TO SEVEN YEARS IF THE COMMISSION DOES PROCEED IN

1750
02:34:56,209 --> 02:35:01,348
CREATING A SPECIAL DISTRICT TO ALL THE WAY TO IMPLEMENTING THE

1751
02:35:01,348 --> 02:35:03,750
PROJECT. FOR THE LIGHTING DISTRICT, IT

1752
02:35:03,750 --> 02:35:09,356
CAN TAKE ALL THE WAY UP FROM THREE TO FOUR YEARS ROUGHLY TO

1753
02:35:09,356 --> 02:35:11,625
IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT IF THE COMMISSION APPROVES MOVING

1754
02:35:11,625 --> 02:35:13,160
FORWARD WITH THE SPECIAL DISTRICT.

1755
02:35:13,160 --> 02:35:17,960
WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

1756
02:35:21,901 --> 02:35:24,237
>>Mayor Alpert: WE'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK SO

1757
02:35:24,237 --> 02:35:28,241
WE'LL DO THAT FIRST AND THEN COME BACK TO QUESTIONS.

1758
02:35:28,241 --> 02:35:34,915
I'M GOING TO DIVIDE THIS UP AND BRING -- AND START WITH -- ONLY

1759
02:35:34,915 --> 02:35:39,586
FIVE PEOPLE SIGNED UP. BUT THE FIRST FOUR ARE HERE ON

1760
02:35:39,586 --> 02:35:43,657
BEHALF OF THE SPECIAL UNDERGROUNDING, AND THEN THE

1761
02:35:43,657 --> 02:35:47,257
SOUTH POINSETTIA ISSUE. CHRIS GO LEAH.

1762
02:35:49,195 --> 02:35:52,795
DENNIS BENEFICIARY COULD HAVE. CARL SHOFFSTALL.

1763
02:35:53,266 --> 02:35:55,666
BOB KELLY. ALAN PARISSER.

1764
02:36:03,143 --> 02:36:07,147
WHEN I CALL ON YOU, STATE YOUR NAME AND WHETHER YOU ARE A CITY

1765
02:36:07,147 --> 02:36:10,747
RESIDENT. WE'LL START WITH MR. GOGLIA.

1766
02:36:28,501 --> 02:36:29,303
>> CHRIS GOGLIA. PRESIDENT ST. ARMANDS

1767
02:36:29,303 --> 02:36:31,239
ASSOCIATION. YES, I AM A CITY RESIDENT.

1768
02:36:31,239 --> 02:36:33,106
I'LL TRY TO KEEP THIS SHORT AND SWEET.

1769
02:36:33,106 --> 02:36:38,712
A MAJORITY OF MY CAREER WAS SPENT IN WHAT'S CALLED MARKETING

1770
02:36:38,712 --> 02:36:40,447
RESEARCH DOING SURVEYS. WE HAVE A SAYING IN MARKETING

1771
02:36:40,447 --> 02:36:42,783
RESEARCH, THAT SAYING IS, EVERYTHING IN LIFE IS A

1772
02:36:42,783 --> 02:36:45,619
TRADE-OFF. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS IF YOU

1773
02:36:45,619 --> 02:36:49,560
ASK A THOUSAND PEOPLE, WOULD YOU LIKE THE CITY TO BURY YOUR POWER

1774
02:36:49,560 --> 02:36:50,957
LINES, A THOUSAND PEOPLE WOULD SAY, YEAH.

1775
02:36:50,957 --> 02:36:54,194
BUT IF YOU TOLD THOSE SAME THOUSAND PEOPLE, WELL, YOU GOT

1776
02:36:54,194 --> 02:36:57,363
TO HAVE A METAL BOX ON THE GROUND IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE

1777
02:36:57,363 --> 02:37:02,436
AND YOU'VE GOT TO PAY FOR IT, ALL THOSE THOUSAND PEOPLE MIGHT

1778
02:37:02,436 --> 02:37:05,271
NOT SAY YES ANYMORE. WE ASKED OUR RESIDENTS IN THIS

1779
02:37:05,271 --> 02:37:09,809
YEAR AFTER THE TWO HURRICANES PUT US UNDERWATER, KNOWING THIS,

1780
02:37:09,809 --> 02:37:11,945
THAT PROPERTY OWNERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE THIS

1781
02:37:11,945 --> 02:37:16,516
DONE, WOULD YOU LIKE THE CITY TO PROCEED WITH BURYING POWER

1782
02:37:16,516 --> 02:37:18,885
LINES? WE HAD A HUGE RESPONSE RATE IN

1783
02:37:18,885 --> 02:37:23,357
OUR ANNUAL SURVEY, 87% SAID, YES, WE WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO

1784
02:37:23,357 --> 02:37:26,920
DO THIS. WHEN WE LOOK AT JUST THE SURVEY

1785
02:37:26,920 --> 02:37:30,163
RESPONDENTS WHO INDICATED THAT THEY ALSO VOTE IN SARASOTA,

1786
02:37:30,163 --> 02:37:33,433
WHICH MEANS THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE IS HERE IN SARASOTA,

1787
02:37:33,433 --> 02:37:39,973
THE NUMBER INCREASES FROM 85% TO -- BASED ON THE DATA, THE

1788
02:37:39,973 --> 02:37:43,576
ST. ARMANDS ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS THE INITIATIVE AND WE ASK YOU TO

1789
02:37:43,576 --> 02:37:44,711
PLEASE APPROVE IT AND MOVE IT FORWARD.

1790
02:37:44,711 --> 02:37:47,981
THANK YOU. >>Mayor Alpert: THANK YOU.

1791
02:37:47,981 --> 02:37:51,385
DENNIS. >> MY NAME IS DENNIS BISHOFF.

1792
02:37:51,385 --> 02:37:55,550
I AM A RESIDENT OF THE CITY. I REPRESENT HOMEOWNERS OF LIDO

1793
02:37:55,550 --> 02:37:58,925
SHORES. I THINK THE KEYWORD HERE IS

1794
02:37:58,925 --> 02:38:01,925
RESILIENCY. LIDO SHORES, LIDO KEY,

1795
02:38:03,530 --> 02:38:06,533
ST. ARMANDS ARE ON A FRAGILE BARRIER ISLAND.

1796
02:38:06,533 --> 02:38:12,405
FAR MORE SUBJECT TO MOTHER NATURE AND TO HAVE POWER LINES

1797
02:38:12,405 --> 02:38:16,543
UNDERGROUND IS OBVIOUS AND SHOULD BE A PRIORITY FOR THE

1798
02:38:16,543 --> 02:38:19,812
HOMEOWNERS, BUSINESSES, FOR THE CITY OF SARASOTA, AND FLORIDA

1799
02:38:19,812 --> 02:38:23,885
POWER AND LIGHT. IN FACT, FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT

1800
02:38:23,885 --> 02:38:27,485
SHOULD BE THRILLED. 14 TIMES BETTER PERFORMANCE,

1801
02:38:28,755 --> 02:38:32,558
REDUCING REPAIR TIME AND COSTS LONG TERM.

1802
02:38:32,558 --> 02:38:36,758
LIDO SHORES PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION BOARD UNANIMOUSLY

1803
02:38:37,230 --> 02:38:41,300
SUPPORTS AND REQUESTS THE CITY OF SARASOTA TO PROCEED WITH THIS

1804
02:38:41,300 --> 02:38:45,571
PROJECT TO BURY THE POWER LINES AND COMMUNICATION LINES ON LIDO

1805
02:38:45,571 --> 02:38:48,841
SHORES, ST. ARMANDS, AND LIDO KEY.

1806
02:38:48,841 --> 02:38:53,641
WE BELIEVE THIS WILL IMPROVE SAFETY, RESILIENCY AND

1807
02:38:53,712 --> 02:38:56,316
AESTHETICS. LIDO SHORES PROPERTY OWNERS

1808
02:38:56,316 --> 02:38:59,386
BOARD HAS DISCUSSED AND DEBATED THE TOPIC.

1809
02:38:59,386 --> 02:39:03,256
WE REVIEWED THE EXPERIENCES OF OTHER BARRIER ISLANDS.

1810
02:39:03,256 --> 02:39:08,128
FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT, AS WELL AS THE EXPERIENCES OF MANY OF

1811
02:39:08,128 --> 02:39:14,128
OUR NEIGHBORS WHO HAD EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES IN PRIOR YEAR

1812
02:39:15,401 --> 02:39:18,339
STORMS. I PERSONALLY LOST POWER IN EVERY

1813
02:39:18,339 --> 02:39:22,539
STORM SINCE LIVING IN LIDO SHORES SINCE 2002.

1814
02:39:23,142 --> 02:39:29,215
WITH FIVE DAYS LOSS OF POWER FROM IAN AND SEVEN DAYS LOSS

1815
02:39:29,215 --> 02:39:31,350
FROM THE LAST PAST YEAR'S STORMS.

1816
02:39:31,350 --> 02:39:35,789
IN A RECENT SURVEY, THE MAJORITY OF LIDO SHORES HOUSEHOLDS

1817
02:39:35,789 --> 02:39:39,692
RESPONDED AND 97% RESPONDED -- RESPONDENTS VOTED, YES, THEY ARE

1818
02:39:39,692 --> 02:39:43,162
IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT PROCEEDING.

1819
02:39:43,162 --> 02:39:46,499
UNDERGROUNDING UTILITIES HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED ON NEARBY

1820
02:39:46,499 --> 02:39:51,971
BIRD KEY, LONGBOAT KEY, JOHN RINGLING BOULEVARD FROM THE CITY

1821
02:39:51,971 --> 02:39:54,374
TO ST. ARMANDS CIRCLE AND SINGLE RESIDENTIAL STREET ON

1822
02:39:54,374 --> 02:39:57,577
ST. ARMANDS KEY. OUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE INDICATED

1823
02:39:57,577 --> 02:40:01,114
THAT THEY WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO FINISH THE JOB.

1824
02:40:01,114 --> 02:40:04,751
AND ARE WILLING TO FUND THIS INVESTMENT THEM THIS.

1825
02:40:04,751 --> 02:40:11,351
IN FACT, HOWARD ROOK, GOD REST HIS SOUL, WAS INVESTIGATING THIS

1826
02:40:11,791 --> 02:40:16,591
WAY BACK, FOR LIDO SHORES WAY BACK IN 2016.

1827
02:40:16,830 --> 02:40:21,760
AT NINE YEARS AND SEVERAL STORMS LATER, WE HOPE THE PROJECT CAN

1828
02:40:21,760 --> 02:40:23,612
COMMENCE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU.

1829
02:40:23,612 --> 02:40:25,614
>>Mayor Alpert: THANK YOU. KARL.

1830
02:40:25,614 --> 02:40:28,150
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE AT THE DAIS.

1831
02:40:28,150 --> 02:40:29,819
HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A LITTLE BIT.

1832
02:40:29,819 --> 02:40:32,819
NICE. EVERYBODY IS LOOKING GOOD.

1833
02:40:33,489 --> 02:40:37,689
I'M CARL SHOFFSTALL, 129 TYLER DRIVE, LIDO KEY.

1834
02:40:38,270 --> 02:40:41,197
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OUT THERE FOR 22 YEARS NOW.

1835
02:40:41,197 --> 02:40:44,300
AND ON SATURDAY, WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE SEASON.

1836
02:40:44,300 --> 02:40:48,771
I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSIONERS THAT DID COME OUT.

1837
02:40:48,771 --> 02:40:51,507
STAFF DID A NICE PRESENTATION. THESE PEOPLE UP HERE WERE ALL

1838
02:40:51,507 --> 02:40:56,912
HERE, AND WE HAD THE MAYOR OF LONGBOAT KEY COME UP AND SPEAK

1839
02:40:56,912 --> 02:41:00,782
ABOUT THEY HAD JUST DONE THE UNDERGROUNDING AND GAVE US SOME

1840
02:41:00,782 --> 02:41:04,253
VERY, VERY INSIGHTFUL INFORMATION ON WHAT WENT ON.

1841
02:41:04,253 --> 02:41:10,853
I TALKED ABOUT THIS WHEN ROBERT TAYLOR COMPLEX WAS OPENED ABOUT

1842
02:41:10,859 --> 02:41:15,531
COMING OUT TO LIDO AND START UNDERGROUNDING UTILITIES AND THE

1843
02:41:15,531 --> 02:41:18,468
CABLE, OVERHEAD WIRES AND STUFF. AT THE TIME I THOUGHT WELL, I

1844
02:41:18,468 --> 02:41:23,338
DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS ALL THAT NECESSARY, BUT OVER THE YEARS IN

1845
02:41:23,338 --> 02:41:26,876
THIS LAST STORM, WE WERE DEVASTATED.

1846
02:41:26,876 --> 02:41:29,712
I LOST EVERYTHING OR MY WIFE AND I LOST EVERYTHING AND WE MOVED

1847
02:41:29,712 --> 02:41:32,414
OUT FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, GOT IT REBUILT, NO PROBLEM.

1848
02:41:32,414 --> 02:41:37,954
WE'RE BACK. BUT IT IS NOW TIME AS ALL OF

1849
02:41:37,954 --> 02:41:42,458
THESE GENTLEMEN UP HERE SAID, WE DID THE SURVEYS OUT AT OUR PLACE

1850
02:41:42,458 --> 02:41:46,762
ON LIDO, AND EVERYBODY IS IN FAVOR OF DOING IT.

1851
02:41:46,762 --> 02:41:52,668
WE'RE IN FAVOR OF PAYING FOR IT, WHICH HELPS EVERYBODY, BUT IT'S

1852
02:41:52,668 --> 02:41:56,538
TIME TO GET IT MOVING. AGAIN, YOUR STAFF SAID ABOUT

1853
02:41:56,538 --> 02:41:59,708
FOUR TO SEVEN YEARS. WE NEED TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN A

1854
02:41:59,708 --> 02:42:02,645
LITTLE FASTER THAN THIS. I WOULD HOPE EVERYBODY, BECAUSE

1855
02:42:02,645 --> 02:42:04,847
YOU'LL GET IT FROM EVERYWHERE IN THE CITY.

1856
02:42:04,847 --> 02:42:09,118
IT'S GOING TO EVENTUALLY COME THAT IT WILL HAVE TO BE

1857
02:42:09,118 --> 02:42:12,655
UNDERGROUNDING WITH UTILITIES. LET'S GET IT DONE, GANG.

1858
02:42:12,655 --> 02:42:15,655
IT'S THAT SIMPLE. THANK YOU.

1859
02:42:15,690 --> 02:42:16,926
>>Mayor Alpert: THANK YOU. BOB.

1860
02:42:16,926 --> 02:42:18,728
>> HI, EVERYONE. I'M BOB KELLY.

1861
02:42:18,728 --> 02:42:22,328
I LIVE ON ST. ARMANDS. KEY.

1862
02:42:22,731 --> 02:42:26,100
I LIVED THERE FOR THREE YEARS NOW.

1863
02:42:26,100 --> 02:42:30,206
I'M ON THE BOARD OF THE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION OF

1864
02:42:30,206 --> 02:42:32,174
ST. ARMANDS. I AM A FORMER BOARD MEMBER OF

1865
02:42:32,174 --> 02:42:34,944
THE MERCHANTS BOARD AS WELL. I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BOTH

1866
02:42:34,944 --> 02:42:39,144
AREAS. I'M SURE YOU HAVE SEEN THE

1867
02:42:39,215 --> 02:42:41,885
NUMBERS AND YOU'RE AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENED TO US,

1868
02:42:41,885 --> 02:42:47,756
ST. ARMANDS ALONE, WE HAD 200 HOMES AND PROBABLY AFTER THE

1869
02:42:47,756 --> 02:42:51,894
STORMS, HALF OF THEM OR MORE WERE UNINHABITABLE.

1870
02:42:51,894 --> 02:42:54,730
WE HAVE 150 BUSINESSES. A LOT OF THEM HAVE COME BACK.

1871
02:42:54,730 --> 02:42:59,468
A LOT OF THEM ARE GONE, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF EMPTY

1872
02:42:59,468 --> 02:43:01,437
STOREFRONTS, STILL. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

1873
02:43:01,437 --> 02:43:07,760
THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES, BUT POWER IS DEFINITELY A BIG PART

1874
02:43:07,760 --> 02:43:10,645
OF IT. THE REALITY IS YOU CAN'T LIVE,

1875
02:43:10,645 --> 02:43:13,448
WORK, OR REPAIR ANYTHING WITHOUT POWER.

1876
02:43:13,448 --> 02:43:17,319
THE THING THAT WE REALLY LEARNED SUBSEQUENT TO THE STORM IS THOSE

1877
02:43:17,319 --> 02:43:22,258
LOCATIONS THAT DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF BURYING THEIR POWER LINES

1878
02:43:22,258 --> 02:43:26,228
BEFORE OR IN THE PAST, LIKE LONGBOAT KEY AND BIRD KEY.

1879
02:43:26,228 --> 02:43:29,799
THEY CAME BACK SO MUCH QUICKER IF THEY HAD ANY ISSUES AND WE

1880
02:43:29,799 --> 02:43:32,535
WERE STUCK WITHOUT POWER, WITHOUT WATER, OTHER THINGS FOR

1881
02:43:32,535 --> 02:43:37,935
A LONG TIME. SO BIG PICTURE IS, ALL OF

1882
02:43:38,541 --> 02:43:41,577
FLORIDA'S BARRIER ISLANDS HAVE GOT TO BECOME MUCH MORE

1883
02:43:41,577 --> 02:43:43,279
RESILIENT. ALL OF THESE POWER LINES SHOULD

1884
02:43:43,279 --> 02:43:47,149
BE BURIED OVER TIME, PARTICULARLY OURS FOR A WHOLE

1885
02:43:47,149 --> 02:43:50,352
BUNCH OF DIFFERENT REASONS, WHICH I WON'T GO INTO NOW.

1886
02:43:50,352 --> 02:43:55,824
BUT WE'RE IN DESPERATE NEED. ONE THING ABOUT CHRIS, HE IS

1887
02:43:55,824 --> 02:44:00,290
LIKE A FORCE TO BE -- IN DOING SURVEYS.

1888
02:44:00,290 --> 02:44:05,167
THE REALITY IS, BACK IN, FOUR FIVE YEARS AGO, MAYBE FIVE, SIX

1889
02:44:05,167 --> 02:44:07,503
YEARS AGO, HE HAD THE SAME QUESTIONS ON THE SAME SURVEYS

1890
02:44:07,503 --> 02:44:11,730
THAT SAID, DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD UNDERGROUND?

1891
02:44:11,730 --> 02:44:14,709
IF SO, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO PAY FOR IT?

1892
02:44:14,709 --> 02:44:19,247
I THINK TWO-THIRDS SAID YES. NOW WE'RE AT 87% IN LIGHT OF

1893
02:44:19,247 --> 02:44:22,250
WHAT HAPPENED. THE OTHER GREAT THING THAT'S

1894
02:44:22,250 --> 02:44:25,721
HAPPENED SINCE WE STARTED TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS AND REALIZING

1895
02:44:25,721 --> 02:44:31,590
WE'VE GOT TO GET THIS DONE IS CARL AND DENNIS JUMPED IN AS

1896
02:44:31,590 --> 02:44:33,796
WELL VERY QUICKLY. THE MERCHANTS NEED TO GET THIS

1897
02:44:33,796 --> 02:44:37,666
DONE AS WELL FOR REASONS THAT ARE ACTUALLY MORE IMPORTANT THAN

1898
02:44:37,666 --> 02:44:40,469
FOR THE RESIDENTS. SO WE'RE A TEAM HERE AND WE'RE

1899
02:44:40,469 --> 02:44:43,538
ALL WORKING TOGETHER. THE REALITY IS WE OVERLAP EACH

1900
02:44:43,538 --> 02:44:48,811
OTHER AND WE WORK AND SHOP AND GO TO THE SAME RESTAURANTS AND

1901
02:44:48,811 --> 02:44:53,282
THE LIKE. WHAT WE DID DO UP FRONT IS I

1902
02:44:53,282 --> 02:44:55,818
HELPED CHRIS A LITTLE BIT BY DOING A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH

1903
02:44:55,818 --> 02:45:01,223
ABOUT THE PROS AND CONS AND PLUSES AND MINUSES OF THE WHOLE

1904
02:45:01,223 --> 02:45:02,624
THING. IT WAS GREAT.

1905
02:45:02,624 --> 02:45:08,300
I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH FPL, LONGBOAT KEY, CONSULTANTS,

1906
02:45:08,300 --> 02:45:09,965
CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES, RESIDENTS, RESIDENTS OF WEST

1907
02:45:09,965 --> 02:45:12,167
PALM BEACH AND THE CEO OF ANOTHER MAJOR POWER COMPANY IN

1908
02:45:12,167 --> 02:45:16,705
THE COUNTRY. IT JUST MAKES YOU WANT TO DO IT

1909
02:45:16,705 --> 02:45:19,375
EVEN FASTER AND BETTER AND QUICKER.

1910
02:45:19,375 --> 02:45:23,879
WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES, FINALLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE SAW THE

1911
02:45:23,879 --> 02:45:26,415
MAYOR FIRST, SO THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE

1912
02:45:26,415 --> 02:45:27,416
INVOLVED. >>Mayor Alpert: THANK YOU.

1913
02:45:27,416 --> 02:45:30,986
THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND ALAN.

1914
02:45:30,986 --> 02:45:33,923
>> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ALAN PARISSER.

1915
02:45:33,923 --> 02:45:37,325
I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH POINSETTIA PARK NEIGHBORHOOD

1916
02:45:37,325 --> 02:45:41,263
ASSOCIATION. OBVIOUSLY, DO I LIVE IN THE CITY

1917
02:45:41,263 --> 02:45:44,667
ON CLEMATIS STREET. CAN I TELL YOU I HAVE A VERY

1918
02:45:44,667 --> 02:45:47,736
LARGE AND NOT SO ATTRACTIVE STREETLIGHT POLE DIRECTLY IN

1919
02:45:47,736 --> 02:45:51,730
FRONT OF MY HOUSE. I FIRST OF ALL WOULD LIKE TO

1920
02:45:51,730 --> 02:45:55,611
THANK ALL THE COMMISSIONERS FOR REVIEWING OUR REQUEST TO

1921
02:45:55,611 --> 02:45:59,548
CONSIDER THE IDEA OF A LIGHTING ZONE AND REPLACEMENT OF

1922
02:45:59,548 --> 02:46:04,252
STREETLIGHTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR BOTH SAFETY AND AESTHETIC

1923
02:46:04,252 --> 02:46:06,588
PURPOSES. I WOULD NOTE THAT WE'RE VERY

1924
02:46:06,588 --> 02:46:09,992
FORTUNATE TO HAVE HAD -- I SHOULDN'T SAY ALL, MOST OF THE

1925
02:46:09,992 --> 02:46:15,898
POWER LINES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WERE UNDERGROUNDED BY FPL, ABOUT

1926
02:46:15,898 --> 02:46:20,103
FIVE YEARS AGO, AS PART OF A PROGRAM TO DETERMINE WHAT KIND

1927
02:46:20,103 --> 02:46:23,905
OF COSTS THEY WOULD BUMP INTO FROM DOING THESE THINGS.

1928
02:46:23,905 --> 02:46:26,641
AND THAT HAS RESULTED IN REDUCING THE COSTS OF THEN

1929
02:46:26,641 --> 02:46:31,540
REMOVING THE REMAINING WOODEN POLES AND STREETLIGHTS AND

1930
02:46:31,540 --> 02:46:35,659
REPLACING THEM WITH MORE MODERN AND MORE ATTRACTIVE POLES.

1931
02:46:35,659 --> 02:46:39,463
SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE IN THAT REGARD.

1932
02:46:39,463 --> 02:46:42,299
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR PROBABLY FOUR OR

1933
02:46:42,299 --> 02:46:44,668
FIVE YEARS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE DID HAVE A SURVEY.

1934
02:46:44,668 --> 02:46:46,604
WE HAD A VERY GOOD RESPONSE RATE.

1935
02:46:46,604 --> 02:46:51,141
MORE THAN 75% SAID THEY APPROVED DOING THIS KIND OF THING, BUT,

1936
02:46:51,141 --> 02:46:53,677
FRANKLY, THEY HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST.

1937
02:46:53,677 --> 02:46:56,880
THEY ARE AWARE THAT IT WILL COST SOME AMOUNT.

1938
02:46:56,880 --> 02:46:58,882
OF COURSE, WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO FINDING OUT WHAT THE

1939
02:46:58,882 --> 02:47:02,753
MAGIC NUMBER IS. WE'VE BEEN IN CONSTANT

1940
02:47:02,753 --> 02:47:04,210
COMMUNICATION WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

1941
02:47:04,210 --> 02:47:07,157
THEY REMAIN VERY ENTHUSIASTIC, BUT, AGAIN, WE'RE STILL WAITING

1942
02:47:07,157 --> 02:47:11,695
TO FIND OUT WHAT EXACTLY -- WHAT WILL IT TAKE FROM THE

1943
02:47:11,695 --> 02:47:15,320
NEIGHBORHOOD'S POINT OF VIEW TO GET THINGS MOVING.

1944
02:47:15,320 --> 02:47:18,635
SO I'M LOOKING VERY MUCH FORWARD TO THE COMMISSION'S APPROVAL

1945
02:47:18,635 --> 02:47:22,706
TODAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FEASIBILITY STUDY TO DETERMINE

1946
02:47:22,706 --> 02:47:27,440
THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, THE FINANCIAL IMPACT AND SO FORTH.

1947
02:47:27,440 --> 02:47:29,979
I THINK THIS WILL BENEFIT NOT JUST THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THE

1948
02:47:29,979 --> 02:47:32,916
CITY, BECAUSE I THINK THIS CAN BECOME A ROLE MODEL OF HOW TO DO

1949
02:47:32,916 --> 02:47:35,652
THINGS IN THE FUTURE. I'M SURE THERE ARE MANY

1950
02:47:35,652 --> 02:47:39,322
NEIGHBORHOODS, WE FOUND OUT TODAY, ABOUT 50 OF THEM, WHO

1951
02:47:39,322 --> 02:47:44,394
HAVE A LIST OF THINGS THEY'D LIKE TO DO, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW

1952
02:47:44,394 --> 02:47:48,999
HOW TO GO ABOUT GETTING IT DONE. THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD ROAD MAP

1953
02:47:48,999 --> 02:47:53,203
FOR THEM TO FOLLOW. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS VERY

1954
02:47:53,203 --> 02:47:57,730
MUCH SO. I HEARD NIK SAY, THOUGH, IT WILL

1955
02:47:57,730 --> 02:47:59,409
TAKE THREE TO FOUR YEARS. THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT LONGER

1956
02:47:59,409 --> 02:48:02,746
THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED. SO I'M HOPING WE CAN NOT ONLY

1957
02:48:02,746 --> 02:48:05,949
APPROVE IT, BUT MAYBE ACCELERATE THE SCHEDULE A BIT.

1958
02:48:05,949 --> 02:48:09,619
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING

1959
02:48:09,619 --> 02:48:11,488
US THE PRIVILEGE TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY.

1960
02:48:11,488 --> 02:48:12,490
THANK YOU. >>Mayor Alpert: THANK YOU.

1961
02:48:12,490 --> 02:48:17,290
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS.

1962
02:48:17,660 --> 02:48:20,764
I SEE COMMISSIONER OHLRICH IS ON THE BOARD.

1963
02:48:20,764 --> 02:48:24,364
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

1964
02:48:39,316 --> 02:48:43,253
IT SEEMS THAT ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHO WERE PRESENT

1965
02:48:43,253 --> 02:48:48,658
HERE ARE INTERESTED IN THE PROJECT, AND THEY ACTUALLY WOULD

1966
02:48:48,658 --> 02:48:50,861
LIKE US TO ACCELERATE THE PROJECT.

1967
02:48:50,861 --> 02:48:56,861
TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ACCELERATING THE PROJECT.

1968
02:48:57,100 --> 02:49:01,338
>>Nik Patel: NIK PATEL, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, FOR THE RECORD.

1969
02:49:01,338 --> 02:49:06,138
SO ACCELERATION, THE CHALLENGE ASSOCIATED WITH IT, THIS

1970
02:49:08,345 --> 02:49:12,820
WEEKEND, THE MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY SPOKE UP AND

1971
02:49:12,820 --> 02:49:15,752
ORIGINALLY THEIR PLAN WAS TO GET IT DONE IN ROUGHLY ABOUT FOUR TO

1972
02:49:15,752 --> 02:49:18,422
FIVE YEARS. IT TOOK THEM CLOSE TO SEVEN

1973
02:49:18,422 --> 02:49:23,160
YEARS TO GET IT DONE. THE CHALLENGE IS THERE ARE

1974
02:49:23,160 --> 02:49:28,560
MULTIPLE THINGS THAT CAN CAUSE SOME CHALLENGES TO ACCELERATE.

1975
02:49:29,320 --> 02:49:32,169
SPECIFICALLY, IT'S NOT JUST UNDERGROUNDING FPL, BUT IT'S

1976
02:49:32,169 --> 02:49:36,239
ALSO UNDERGROUNDING ALL THE OTHER UTILITIES, VERIZON.

1977
02:49:36,239 --> 02:49:40,109
YOU HAVE COMCAST. YOU HAVE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT

1978
02:49:40,109 --> 02:49:42,913
OTHER FRANCHISEES THAT NEED TO UNDERGROUND.

1979
02:49:42,913 --> 02:49:46,183
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES.

1980
02:49:46,183 --> 02:49:51,121
THINK THE WAY THE MAYOR PUT IT WAS THAT WAS AN ADVENTURE OF ITS

1981
02:49:51,121 --> 02:49:55,625
OWN, SPECIFICALLY NOT WITH FPL BUT FOR THE OTHER FRANCHISEES.

1982
02:49:55,625 --> 02:50:00,630
AND THEN THE OTHER ASPECT IS ALSO YOU HAVE TO GET PUBLIC

1983
02:50:00,630 --> 02:50:05,202
EASEMENTS FROM PROPERTY OWNERS, AND THAT TAKES TIME AS WELL.

1984
02:50:05,202 --> 02:50:07,710
SURE, WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ACCELERATE

1985
02:50:07,710 --> 02:50:12,742
THE PROJECT, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME BARRIERS THAT MAY PRECLUDE

1986
02:50:12,742 --> 02:50:16,120
US FROM GETTING THERE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

1987
02:50:16,120 --> 02:50:18,147
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: IS THE CITY THE LEAD AGENCY IN THIS?

1988
02:50:18,147 --> 02:50:20,160
>>Nik Patel: THAT'S CORRECT. THE CITY WOULD BE.

1989
02:50:20,160 --> 02:50:20,817
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: THANK YOU.

1990
02:50:20,817 --> 02:50:26,217
ONE MORE QUESTION, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE LANGUAGE THAT

1991
02:50:27,157 --> 02:50:31,794
WOULD PROHIBIT THE CREATION OF A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT IN

1992
02:50:31,794 --> 02:50:35,165
ANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD AT ANOTHER TIME, RIGHT?

1993
02:50:35,165 --> 02:50:36,501
>>Nik Patel: THAT IS CORRECT. >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: THOSE

1994
02:50:36,501 --> 02:50:38,835
ARE MY QUESTIONS. >>Mayor Alpert: THANK YOU.

1995
02:50:38,835 --> 02:50:42,435
VICE MAYOR. >>Vice-Mayor Trice: THANK YOU.

1996
02:50:47,444 --> 02:50:50,313
WHO ACTUALLY WOULD BE DOING THE PHYSICAL LABOR AFTER THE

1997
02:50:50,313 --> 02:50:54,450
PLANNING AND ALL THAT IS TAKEN CARE OF AND NOW YOU HAVE AN

1998
02:50:54,450 --> 02:50:59,250
IMPLEMENTATION PHASE, WHO WOULD BE DOING THE LABOR?

1999
02:50:59,389 --> 02:51:03,860
>>Nik Patel: FOR THE LIGHTING DISTRICT, THERE'S A MODEL THAT

2000
02:51:03,860 --> 02:51:10,460
HAS BEEN DONE BY THE COUNTY. ESSENTIALLY, FPL WOULD BE THE

2001
02:51:11,935 --> 02:51:15,939
LEAD ON THAT AS FAR AS PROVIDING THE LIGHTING, DOING THE

2002
02:51:15,939 --> 02:51:21,144
ANALYSIS, AND ALSO PROVIDING THE OPTIONS OF THE DIFFERENT LIGHT

2003
02:51:21,144 --> 02:51:26,544
POLES FOR THE LIGHTING DISTRICT, SPECIFICALLY TIED TO THE

2004
02:51:28,485 --> 02:51:32,756
UNDERGROUNDING WOULD HAVE TO HIRE A CONSULTANT TO WORK OUT

2005
02:51:32,756 --> 02:51:36,359
THE EASEMENTS AND WORK WITH FPL, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO PUT A

2006
02:51:36,359 --> 02:51:39,959
CONTRACTOR OUT TO BID TO UNDERGROUND.

2007
02:51:43,433 --> 02:51:46,235
THERE ARE SPECIALTY CONTRACTORS THAT WORK WITH FPL, AND THEY

2008
02:51:46,235 --> 02:51:49,272
WILL BE THE ONES THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY DO THE WORK

2009
02:51:49,272 --> 02:51:53,472
ASSOCIATED WITH IT. >>Vice-Mayor Trice: THANK YOU.

2010
02:51:53,510 --> 02:51:57,581
THE REASON FOR MY QUESTION IS, AT LEAST FOR SOME OF THE PEOPLE

2011
02:51:57,581 --> 02:52:02,981
DOING THE WORK, I IMAGINE IT'S A SPECIALIZED EXPERTISE.

2012
02:52:06,589 --> 02:52:11,528
IF WE HAVE CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS WHO ARE SAYING WE HAVE THE

2013
02:52:11,528 --> 02:52:18,201
WHEREWITHAL TO PAY TO HAVE THIS WORK DONE, AND WE HAVE OTHER

2014
02:52:18,201 --> 02:52:22,806
NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY THAT ALSO HAVE BEEN ASKING TO BE

2015
02:52:22,806 --> 02:52:27,644
UNDERGROUNDED OR HAVE STREET LIGHTING, ARE THEY GOING TO BE

2016
02:52:27,644 --> 02:52:34,844
TAKING A BACK SEAT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO BECOME A SPECIAL

2017
02:52:34,952 --> 02:52:41,552
DISTRICT AND PAY THE MONEY. CAN THERE BE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE

2018
02:52:43,164 --> 02:52:46,501
FOR UNDERGROUNDING IN THESE BARRIER ISLANDS THAT ARE WILLING

2019
02:52:46,501 --> 02:52:52,273
TO PAY AND ALSO HAVE PARALLEL PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY IN

2020
02:52:52,273 --> 02:52:58,273
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY OR THE POOR NEIGHBORHOODS

2021
02:52:58,379 --> 02:53:04,979
GET PUSHED TO THE BACK BECAUSE THE WEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS GO OUT

2022
02:53:05,520 --> 02:53:06,854
FRONT? >> IF I CAN TAKE A CRACK AT

2023
02:53:06,854 --> 02:53:11,459
THAT, MADAM MAYOR. THIS SPECIFICALLY DEALS WITH THE

2024
02:53:11,459 --> 02:53:14,263
CREATION OF A DISTRICT WHICH HAS VERY DEFINED GEOGRAPHIC

2025
02:53:14,263 --> 02:53:17,664
BOUNDARIES. ONE OF THE THINGS, BEFORE I GET

2026
02:53:17,664 --> 02:53:20,635
TO THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, THAT THE COMMISSION WILL NEED TO

2027
02:53:20,635 --> 02:53:25,139
KNOW, ONCE WE HAVE THE COSTS, WHICH WILL BE KNOWN ON A

2028
02:53:25,139 --> 02:53:29,677
PER-PROPERTY BASIS, YOU MAY WANT TO BE ASSURED THAT THERE'S

2029
02:53:29,677 --> 02:53:35,216
ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO STILL WANT TO DO IT, NOW THAT THEY KNOW THE

2030
02:53:35,216 --> 02:53:38,200
COST, IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD. WE'LL HAVE THAT QUEUED UP FOR

2031
02:53:38,200 --> 02:53:40,554
YOU. WHEN WE DO IT AS A DISTRICT,

2032
02:53:40,554 --> 02:53:44,910
WHICH IS THE PRIMARY WAY THIS IS DONE, HAVING DONE THIS ONCE

2033
02:53:44,910 --> 02:53:49,230
BEFORE ON A BARRIER ISLAND, SOME FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF IT, WHEN

2034
02:53:49,230 --> 02:53:52,400
YOU MOVE OUT OF THAT AND YOU SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, DOES THE CITY

2035
02:53:52,400 --> 02:53:55,770
WANT TO PAY FOR SOMETHING, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO MAKE A

2036
02:53:55,770 --> 02:53:59,373
POLICY -- YOU'LL HAVE TO HAVE A POLICY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT,

2037
02:53:59,373 --> 02:54:02,643
WHERE THE REVENUE WOULD COME FROM AND SO ON.

2038
02:54:02,643 --> 02:54:08,249
THIS ONE WILL REQUIRE THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO PAY AN

2039
02:54:08,249 --> 02:54:12,820
ASSESSMENT BASED ON THE BENEFIT DIRECTLY TO THEIR PROPERTY.

2040
02:54:12,820 --> 02:54:18,392
IT'S A VERY BENEFIT AND PROPERTY RELATED DETERMINATION OF COSTS.

2041
02:54:18,392 --> 02:54:22,530
IF YOU LOOK FOR A DIFFERENT MODEL, WE COULD HAVE THE POLICY

2042
02:54:22,530 --> 02:54:25,990
DISCUSSIONS AROUND WHAT THAT MIGHT BE.

2043
02:54:25,990 --> 02:54:26,400
THERE ARE DIFFERENT MODELS FOR IT.

2044
02:54:26,400 --> 02:54:30,471
IN FACT, YOU HEARD ONE EARLIER, FPL HAS DONE -- AND YOU HEARD

2045
02:54:30,471 --> 02:54:35,209
FROM THE FPL GENTLEMAN MAYBE TWO MONTHS AGO, THEY HAVE DONE VERY,

2046
02:54:35,209 --> 02:54:40,900
I CALL THEM LIMITED UNDERGROUNDING BASED ON THEIR

2047
02:54:40,130 --> 02:54:44,151
COMPLAINTS AND SO ON. BUT THERE'S BEEN ENOUGH DONE NOW

2048
02:54:44,151 --> 02:54:49,290
IN THE LAST THREE, FOUR, FIVE YEARS THAT THE COSTS ARE PRETTY

2049
02:54:49,290 --> 02:54:50,893
WELL KNOWN. THE ONLY VARIATION IS GOING TO

2050
02:54:50,893 --> 02:54:55,300
BE HOW DOES IT APPLY TO THE SPECIFIC PROPERTY.

2051
02:54:55,300 --> 02:54:57,898
BUT RIGHT NOW, THIS IS A BENEFIT PAID BY THE PROPERTY OWNER.

2052
02:54:57,898 --> 02:55:02,302
THE CITY SETS UP THE DISTRICT, DOES ALL OF THE WORK, DOES THE

2053
02:55:02,302 --> 02:55:05,239
CONTRACTING, AS NIK SAID. THERE WOULD BE A BID FOR THE

2054
02:55:05,239 --> 02:55:07,908
CONSTRUCTION. WE'LL DO RFP FOR CONSULTANT THAT

2055
02:55:07,908 --> 02:55:11,312
HELPS US GET ALL OF THIS ORGANIZED AND UNDERWAY.

2056
02:55:11,312 --> 02:55:14,315
AND ALL OF THOSE COSTS GET WRAPPED INTO A FINANCING.

2057
02:55:14,315 --> 02:55:18,652
AND THEN PAID FOR OVER TIME BY EACH PROPERTY OWNER.

2058
02:55:18,652 --> 02:55:24,520
>>Vice-Mayor Trice: I'M STILL CONCERNED, SO FPL HAS IDENTIFIED

2059
02:55:24,357 --> 02:55:28,662
A BLOCK HERE, A BLOCK THERE BASED ON PROBLEMS.

2060
02:55:28,662 --> 02:55:32,862
FPL HAS MOVED FORWARD TO UNDERGROUND THERE.

2061
02:55:33,400 --> 02:55:38,800
I'M WONDERING IF DOING THESE SPECIAL DISTRICTS WILL ABSORB

2062
02:55:40,207 --> 02:55:45,479
ALL THE AVAILABLE, LOCAL LABOR WHO CAN DO THE UNDERGROUNDING SO

2063
02:55:45,479 --> 02:55:50,884
THAT THE BLOCK HERE, BLOCK THERE IN SARASOTA THAT HAVE PROBLEMS

2064
02:55:50,884 --> 02:55:56,424
BUT ARE NOT IN ONE OF THE SPECIAL DISTRICTS WILL, SORRY,

2065
02:55:56,424 --> 02:55:59,760
WE DON'T HAVE MANPOWER TO FIX YOUR PROBLEM.

2066
02:55:59,760 --> 02:56:01,696
>>Dave Bullock: I BELIEVE THERE ARE ENOUGH UNDERGROUNDING

2067
02:56:01,696 --> 02:56:05,310
CONTRACTORS OUT THERE. IT'S HARD TO DRIVE VERY FAR IN

2068
02:56:05,310 --> 02:56:10,471
THIS STATE AND NOT SEE SOMEONE WITH A DIRECTIONAL BORE MACHINE

2069
02:56:10,471 --> 02:56:13,573
BURYING SOME TYPE OF CONDUIT. THERE ARE A LOT OF THOSE

2070
02:56:13,573 --> 02:56:15,575
CONTRACTORS OUT THERE. I CAN'T SPEAK SPECIFICALLY, BUT

2071
02:56:15,575 --> 02:56:20,380
I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF THIS PROJECT ATE UP ALL THE

2072
02:56:20,380 --> 02:56:23,380
CONTRACTORS. I CAN'T ENVISION THAT.

2073
02:56:23,717 --> 02:56:27,454
>>Vice-Mayor Trice: SO I'M WONDERING, DO YOU ANTICIPATE

2074
02:56:27,454 --> 02:56:34,195
THAT THE CITY MAY STILL GO TO BAT WITH FPL FOR SOME OF OUR

2075
02:56:34,195 --> 02:56:38,199
OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH AND NEED

2076
02:56:38,199 --> 02:56:39,734
UNDERGROUNDING. >>Dave Bullock: WE'LL BE DEEPLY

2077
02:56:39,734 --> 02:56:42,803
ENGAGED WITH FPL ON THIS PROJECT.

2078
02:56:42,803 --> 02:56:45,272
WE CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THEIR CRITERIA, THEIR TIMING.

2079
02:56:45,272 --> 02:56:50,644
REMEMBER, THEY ARE OPERATING UNDER A PSC MANDATE TO

2080
02:56:50,644 --> 02:56:52,212
UNDERGROUND EVERYTHING WITHIN 30 YEARS.

2081
02:56:52,212 --> 02:56:56,412
SO THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY TIME DRIVEN.

2082
02:56:56,683 --> 02:56:59,754
CERTAINLY NOT AS URGENT AS WHAT YOU HEAR FROM THESE RESIDENTS

2083
02:56:59,754 --> 02:57:04,554
AND BUSINESSES. BUT THEY ARE ON THAT LONG

2084
02:57:04,691 --> 02:57:10,691
PROJECT BASED ON THE PSC RULINGS TO UNDERGROUND WITHIN 30 YEARS.

2085
02:57:11,365 --> 02:57:14,968
>>Vice-Mayor Trice: I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT CERTAIN

2086
02:57:14,968 --> 02:57:18,505
NEIGHBORHOODS WHOSE FPL POLES ARE AT AN ANGLE AND CONTINUE TO

2087
02:57:18,505 --> 02:57:23,430
BE AT AN ANGLE AND DON'T WANT THEM PUSHED OFF TEN YEARS

2088
02:57:23,430 --> 02:57:25,846
BECAUSE OF THIS. THANK YOU.

2089
02:57:25,846 --> 02:57:28,249
>>Mayor Alpert: THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER AHEARN-KOCH.

2090
02:57:28,249 --> 02:57:30,450
>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: THANK YOU. WHAT IS THE APPROVAL PROCESS

2091
02:57:30,450 --> 02:57:34,500
NEEDED FOR THIS FROM THIS COMMISSION?

2092
02:57:34,122 --> 02:57:36,723
LET'S SAY THE DISTRICT, COME BACK WITH A PLAN.

2093
02:57:36,723 --> 02:57:41,610
COST THIS MUCH PER PERSON. THIS IS WHAT -- WHAT TIMELINE.

2094
02:57:41,610 --> 02:57:44,665
FROM OUR END, WHAT IS THE APPROVAL PROCESS AS FAR AS

2095
02:57:44,665 --> 02:57:48,865
CREATING THE DISTRICT? THREE, SUPERMAJORITY OR FIVE?

2096
02:57:51,271 --> 02:57:54,871
>> THREE. >>Mayor Alpert: THANK YOU, BOB.

2097
02:57:59,120 --> 02:58:00,213
>>Dave Bullock: THERE WILL BE A FINANCING.

2098
02:58:00,213 --> 02:58:03,551
THAT FINANCING WILL COME TO THE COMMISSION IN THE FORM OF A BOND

2099
02:58:03,551 --> 02:58:06,420
ISSUE. IT WILL BE DEBT, WHICH IS

2100
02:58:06,420 --> 02:58:11,492
PROBABLY BACKED BY, I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, COVENANT TO BUDGET AND

2101
02:58:11,492 --> 02:58:13,894
APPROPRIATE LEGALLY AVAILABLE NON-AD VALOREM REVENUE, BUT YOU

2102
02:58:13,894 --> 02:58:17,665
WILL REPAY IT WITH THE ASSESSMENTS RECEIVED FROM THE

2103
02:58:17,665 --> 02:58:21,101
PROPERTIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT. >>Jen Ahearn-Koch: WILL THAT

2104
02:58:21,101 --> 02:58:25,380
IMPACT OUR BOND RATING AT ALL? >>Dave Bullock: NO, IT WON'T.

2105
02:58:25,380 --> 02:58:28,420
I WOULD BE SHOCKED IF IT DID. I SEE NO SCENARIO WHERE THAT

2106
02:58:28,420 --> 02:58:32,242
IMPACTS IT. THESE ARE PRETTY STANDARD BONDS.

2107
02:58:32,780 --> 02:58:35,649
>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: CONCEIVABLY, COULD EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE

2108
02:58:35,649 --> 02:58:38,986
CITY APPLY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

2109
02:58:38,986 --> 02:58:41,222
>>Nik Patel: SURE. THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET AT LEAST

2110
02:58:41,222 --> 02:58:44,525
TWO-THIRDS OR A MAJORITY OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS TO AGREE TO

2111
02:58:44,525 --> 02:58:48,665
THIS, AND THEN WE CAN DO THE SAME PROCESS FOR THEM AS WELL.

2112
02:58:48,665 --> 02:58:51,935
>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: ON THE EASEMENT SITUATION, WHAT IF AN

2113
02:58:51,935 --> 02:58:57,935
EASEMENT IS NOT GRANTED? >>Nik Patel: THERE ARE WAYS TO

2114
02:58:59,343 --> 02:59:04,743
WORK AROUND THAT. WE WILL NEED -- SOME PROPERTIES

2115
02:59:06,683 --> 02:59:11,688
WILL -- IT IS MORE AN EDUCATION ASPECT OF IT TO EXPLAIN THE NEED

2116
02:59:11,688 --> 02:59:15,859
FOR THE EASEMENT. CERTAINLY, A PROPERTY HAS A

2117
02:59:15,859 --> 02:59:22,432
RIGHT TO NOT GRANT AN EASEMENT, BUT I'M SURE WE CAN WORK ON A

2118
02:59:22,432 --> 02:59:25,802
CASE-BY-CASE BASIS ON THAT. >>Jen Ahearn-Koch: MR. BULLOCK,

2119
02:59:25,802 --> 02:59:29,307
YOU MAY REMEMBER. IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT

2120
02:59:29,307 --> 02:59:34,111
WAS REQUIRED TO HAVE HUNDRED PERCENT AGREEMENT ON SOMETHING

2121
02:59:34,111 --> 02:59:38,415
LIKE THIS AND THEY GOT IT. >>Dave Bullock: NO.

2122
02:59:38,415 --> 02:59:40,490
IN LONGBOAT KEY WE DID TWO REFERENDA.

2123
02:59:40,490 --> 02:59:44,788
ONE PASSED BY ABOUT 70 PERCENT AND ONE BY ABOUT SOMEWHERE NEAR

2124
02:59:44,788 --> 02:59:48,258
60 PERCENT. IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS NOW

2125
02:59:48,258 --> 02:59:51,127
EXACTLY. THE COMMISSION SIMPLY SAID

2126
02:59:51,127 --> 02:59:57,330
MAJORITY WOULD CARRY THE DAY. YOU DO GET TO SET, YOU ALL HAVE

2127
02:59:57,330 --> 03:00:00,871
TO DECIDE TO FORM THE DISTRICT AND THEN INCUR DEBT ON BEHALF OF

2128
03:00:00,871 --> 03:00:04,700
THE CITY. YOU DO NEED TO REACH A COMFORT

2129
03:00:04,700 --> 03:00:06,610
LEVEL THAT ENOUGH OF THE RESIDENTS WANT TO DO THIS, THEY

2130
03:00:06,610 --> 03:00:10,347
NOW KNOW THE COST TO DO THIS, THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO MOVE

2131
03:00:10,347 --> 03:00:14,547
FORWARD. YOUR ORDINANCE DOES SET OUT SOME

2132
03:00:15,819 --> 03:00:19,230
MINIMUMS, BUT YOU'LL NEED TO EITHER AGREE WITH WHAT'S ALREADY

2133
03:00:19,230 --> 03:00:23,628
BEEN SET OUT OR SET NEW MINIMUMS IN ORDER TO GIVE YOURSELVES

2134
03:00:23,628 --> 03:00:27,397
COMFORT TO DO IT. BECAUSE THE LAST THING YOU WANT

2135
03:00:27,397 --> 03:00:32,235
TO DO IS GET 50% OF THE VOTE PLUS ONE PERSON, AND THEN YOU

2136
03:00:32,235 --> 03:00:38,374
HAVE 49.9 PERCENT THAT ARE JUST VERY, VERY UPSET BECAUSE THIS IS

2137
03:00:38,374 --> 03:00:41,312
AN ASSESSMENT THAT WILL BE ON THEIR PROPERTY BILLS IF THEY

2138
03:00:41,312 --> 03:00:45,480
DON'T PAY IT ALL UP FRONT FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

2139
03:00:45,480 --> 03:00:50,653
IT IS A SIGNIFICANT COST. THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE THINGS

2140
03:00:50,653 --> 03:00:55,592
WE CAN BRING FORWARD IN THE NEXT ITERATION OF THE PROCESS IS HOW

2141
03:00:55,592 --> 03:00:58,661
YOU WANT TO DO THIS. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET

2142
03:00:58,661 --> 03:01:01,931
STARTED, TO START THOSE COST ESTIMATES, SO THAT THE RESIDENTS

2143
03:01:01,931 --> 03:01:06,135
AND BUSINESSES, THE PROPERTY OWNERS KNOW OR HAVE A DECENT

2144
03:01:06,135 --> 03:01:10,700
IDEA OF WHAT THEIR COSTS WOULD BE.

2145
03:01:10,700 --> 03:01:15,407
>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: MR. PATEL, AT THE PRESENTATION BY MAYOR

2146
03:01:15,545 --> 03:01:19,549
SCHNEIDER AT LIDO ON SATURDAY MORNING, ONE THING HE DID SAY

2147
03:01:19,549 --> 03:01:22,719
WHICH SHOCKED ME TREMENDOUSLY, BECAUSE I REALLY ALMOST EVERY

2148
03:01:22,719 --> 03:01:27,424
HEARD OF THIS, WAS THAT THE COST WAS $6 MILLION LESS THAN THEY

2149
03:01:27,424 --> 03:01:28,591
WERE QUOTED OR THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE.

2150
03:01:28,591 --> 03:01:32,729
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS DUE TO? COULD ANY OF THESE OTHER

2151
03:01:32,729 --> 03:01:37,768
NEIGHBORHOODS EXPECT A SURPRISE LIKE THAT TOO TO BE GIVEN THEM?

2152
03:01:37,768 --> 03:01:41,838
>>Dave Bullock: CAN I ANSWER THAT ONE?

2153
03:01:41,838 --> 03:01:49,380
AT THE TIME, THE TOWN MANAGER OF LONGBOAT KEY ADDED 15% TO THE

2154
03:01:49,112 --> 03:01:53,312
ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE. BECAUSE I'VE NEVER SEEN A

2155
03:01:53,917 --> 03:01:58,655
PROJECT THAT DID NOT, COMPLEX, LONG PERIOD OF TIME THAT DID NOT

2156
03:01:58,655 --> 03:02:01,925
GO OVER BUDGET. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT

2157
03:02:01,925 --> 03:02:05,662
NUMBER WAS, BUT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT'S WHAT HE DID AND THE

2158
03:02:05,662 --> 03:02:09,332
PROJECT TURNED OUT NOT TO NEED MOST OF IT.

2159
03:02:09,332 --> 03:02:11,401
>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: SO IT WAS OVERESTIMATING.

2160
03:02:11,401 --> 03:02:16,206
IT WASN'T THAT THERE WERE ECONOMIES OF SCALE OR THAT THEY

2161
03:02:16,206 --> 03:02:20,406
PURCHASED BULK IN SOMETHING. I GUESS NOT.

2162
03:02:22,145 --> 03:02:28,745
AND THEN TO THE VICE MAYOR'S OVERARCHING CONCERN, A WHILE AGO

2163
03:02:29,619 --> 03:02:34,391
AND MAYBE SOMEBODY FROM FPL CAN SPEAK TO THIS, I WAS AT A

2164
03:02:34,391 --> 03:02:38,628
FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES MEETING AND SOMEBODY FROM FPL SAID THAT

2165
03:02:38,628 --> 03:02:42,398
THERE ARE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE A

2166
03:02:42,398 --> 03:02:46,437
NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD LIKE TO GO FORWARD WITH UNDERGROUNDING

2167
03:02:46,437 --> 03:02:49,773
THEMSELVES AND WOULD TAKE A PORTION OF THE RESPONSIBILITY,

2168
03:02:49,773 --> 03:02:54,177
THERE ARE GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR PARTIAL FUNDING, BUT YOU HAVE TO

2169
03:02:54,177 --> 03:02:56,847
MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE GRANTS

2170
03:02:56,847 --> 03:03:01,852
ARE STILL AVAILABLE, BUT PERHAPS WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT IN THIS

2171
03:03:01,852 --> 03:03:05,452
SITUATION THAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO.

2172
03:03:06,790 --> 03:03:09,860
>>Nik Patel: YES, WE'LL LOOK INTO THE GRANTS FOR THAT.

2173
03:03:09,860 --> 03:03:12,362
>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: THANK YOU. >>Mayor Alpert: COMMISSIONER

2174
03:03:12,362 --> 03:03:13,396
BATTIE. >>Kyle Battie: THANK YOU ALL FOR

2175
03:03:13,396 --> 03:03:14,531
YOUR PRESENTATION. APPRECIATE IT.

2176
03:03:14,531 --> 03:03:20,203
THANK YOU, MAYOR. I GUESS THIS SPEAKS TO THE VICE

2177
03:03:20,203 --> 03:03:23,607
MAYOR'S POINT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CREATING

2178
03:03:23,607 --> 03:03:30,807
THESE DISTRICTS OR TIFs, IF YOU WILL, TAKE CARE OF THIS TYPE

2179
03:03:31,140 --> 03:03:37,614
OF SITUATION, AND HOW THAT PERTAINS TO AREAS, IT'S OF THE

2180
03:03:40,957 --> 03:03:43,392
UTMOST URGENCY OUT ON THE BARRIER ISLANDS.

2181
03:03:43,392 --> 03:03:48,999
WE KNOW THAT. AND EVEN AREAS IN THE CITY THAT

2182
03:03:48,999 --> 03:03:52,702
FLOODED UP NEAR WHERE I AM, LIKE WHITAKER BAYOU.

2183
03:03:52,702 --> 03:03:59,902
SAY IN DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT THREE AND WHATNOT, LET'S KEEP IT

2184
03:04:00,644 --> 03:04:05,181
REAL, DISTRICT TWO HAS ALL THE MONEY AND WHATNOT.

2185
03:04:05,181 --> 03:04:08,318
DISTRICT ONE DOESN'T NOR DOES DISTRICT THREE.

2186
03:04:08,318 --> 03:04:14,291
HOW DOES THIS WORK WITH THOSE DISTRICTS IN TERMS OF THEM

2187
03:04:14,291 --> 03:04:18,600
FINDING FUNDING TO GET THESE THINGS DONE?

2188
03:04:18,600 --> 03:04:20,464
>>Dave Bullock: I'LL TAKE THAT ONE, TOO, BECAUSE FUNDING IS

2189
03:04:20,464 --> 03:04:25,602
KIND OF IN MY ARENA THERE. IT'S NOT AS NEAT AND IT'S NOT AS

2190
03:04:25,602 --> 03:04:29,720
CLEAN AS THE CREATION OF A DISTRICT WHERE THE PROPERTY

2191
03:04:29,720 --> 03:04:32,800
OWNERS AGREE TO PAY. AND YOU'RE SECURE THAT ONE, THEY

2192
03:04:32,800 --> 03:04:35,712
WANT TO DO IT, TWO, THEY JUST MADE THE COMMITMENT AND THERE IS

2193
03:04:35,712 --> 03:04:39,483
AN ASSESSMENT PLACED ON THEM. YOU DO HAVE SOME OTHER TOOLS.

2194
03:04:39,483 --> 03:04:43,620
I'M NOT SAYING RIGHT OR WRONG, ADVOCATING FOR OR AGAINST,

2195
03:04:43,620 --> 03:04:45,889
CRAs HAVE BEEN USED TO UNDERGROUND IN THE PAST.

2196
03:04:45,889 --> 03:04:48,425
IT'S AN IMPROVEMENT. IT'S AN INFRASTRUCTURE

2197
03:04:48,425 --> 03:04:49,627
IMPROVEMENT THAT BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY.

2198
03:04:49,627 --> 03:04:55,298
SO THAT IS A METHOD. THE CITY CAN EXPLORE SOME OTHER

2199
03:04:55,298 --> 03:05:01,372
METHODS THAT WILL HELP YOU KIND OF WORK THROUGH, POSSIBLY SOME

2200
03:05:01,372 --> 03:05:04,876
GRANTS, PROBABLY WON'T MAKE A SIGNIFICANT DENT IN THE OVERALL

2201
03:05:04,876 --> 03:05:08,980
COST BUT MIGHT HELP. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THE

2202
03:05:08,980 --> 03:05:11,650
FEDERAL PROGRAMS MIGHT BE APPLICABLE.

2203
03:05:11,650 --> 03:05:14,219
THEY ARE ALL PART OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND

2204
03:05:14,219 --> 03:05:17,789
RESILIENCY, WHICH IS GETTING SOME PRETTY DECENT FUNDING.

2205
03:05:17,789 --> 03:05:20,791
I'M SORRY NOT SURE THAT THEY'LL QUALIFY, BUT THOSE ARE THE KIND

2206
03:05:20,791 --> 03:05:25,620
OF THINGS THAT I WOULD START TO LOOK AT.

2207
03:05:25,620 --> 03:05:28,133
>>Kyle Battie: THAT WAS THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MIND

2208
03:05:28,133 --> 03:05:31,360
WHEN THINKING ABOUT NEWTOWN WAS THE CRA AND HOW THAT FUNDING

2209
03:05:31,360 --> 03:05:34,405
WORKS WITH THE CRA. BUT THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.

2210
03:05:34,405 --> 03:05:37,800
THANK YOU, MAYOR. >>Mayor Alpert: ALL RIGHT.

2211
03:05:37,800 --> 03:05:41,808
THANK YOU. IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS,

2212
03:05:42,113 --> 03:05:44,949
CAN I GET A MOTION? >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: I'LL

2213
03:05:44,949 --> 03:05:49,749
MAKE A MOTION, MAYOR. MOVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE STAKEHOLDER

2214
03:05:50,354 --> 03:05:56,940
SUPPORT AND AUTHORIZE CITY STAFF TO CONDUCT ITEMS 1 THROUGH 4 AS

2215
03:05:56,940 --> 03:06:02,940
INDICATED ON PAGE 2 OF THE AGENDA REQUEST FORM FOR AGENDA

2216
03:06:02,299 --> 03:06:04,699
NUMBER 12.1. >>Jen Ahearn-Koch: SECOND.

2217
03:06:05,360 --> 03:06:09,708
>>Mayor Alpert: ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER OHLRICH MOVED TO

2218
03:06:09,708 --> 03:06:14,946
ACKNOWLEDGE STAKEHOLDER SUPPORT AND AUTHORIZE CITY STAFF TO DO

2219
03:06:14,946 --> 03:06:18,916
ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR ON THE ADMINISTRATION'S

2220
03:06:18,916 --> 03:06:20,916
RECOMMENDATIONS. COMMISSIONER AHEARN-KOCH

2221
03:06:21,386 --> 03:06:23,786
SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONERS?

2222
03:06:24,922 --> 03:06:26,924
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: I THINK WE'VE HAD PLENTY OF DISCUSSION.

2223
03:06:26,924 --> 03:06:28,793
>>Mayor Alpert: OKAY. THANK YOU.

2224
03:06:28,793 --> 03:06:32,730
IF YOU WILL VOTE. IS THAT YOUR VOTE,

2225
03:06:32,730 --> 03:06:34,730
COMMISSIONERS? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

2226
03:06:37,201 --> 03:06:38,736
CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY.

2227
03:06:38,736 --> 03:06:43,536
ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW AT ITEM 12.2, NEW

2228
03:06:49,279 --> 03:06:51,279
BUSINESS. VERY EXCITING.

2229
03:06:54,152 --> 03:07:00,358
THIS IS PLAN FOR THE BAY PARK PHASE 3A AND DESIGN OF 3B BY THE

2230
03:07:00,358 --> 03:07:06,431
BAY PARK CONSERVANCY TO BE FINANCED IN THE FUTURE WITH THE

2231
03:07:06,431 --> 03:07:11,831
REVENUE PAID UTILIZING THE BAY TAX INCREMENTAL FINANCING FUND.

2232
03:07:12,603 --> 03:07:17,400
I AM GOING TO CALL UPON AG LAFLEY, COO OF THE BAY PARK

2233
03:07:17,400 --> 03:07:20,400
CONSERVANCY, TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.

2234
03:07:20,978 --> 03:07:23,314
THANK YOU ALL. I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING ALL

2235
03:07:23,314 --> 03:07:28,114
DAY FOR THIS. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

2236
03:07:28,453 --> 03:07:31,122
>> HANG ON ONE SEC. FIRST, I HAVE TO FIND MY WAY

2237
03:07:31,122 --> 03:07:35,922
INTO THE PROGRAM. >>Mayor Alpert: MILES TO THE

2238
03:07:37,396 --> 03:07:39,396
RESCUE. >> ALL RIGHT.

2239
03:07:54,679 --> 03:07:56,130
JENNIFER. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

2240
03:07:56,130 --> 03:07:58,883
I'M JENNIFER COMPTON. I'M CHAIR OF THE BAY PARK

2241
03:07:58,883 --> 03:08:02,200
CONSERVANCY. WITH ME IS AG LAFLEY, OUR

2242
03:08:02,200 --> 03:08:06,230
FOUNDING CEO, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU FOR

2243
03:08:06,230 --> 03:08:10,161
MAYBE THE NINTH TIME I THINK DOING THIS.

2244
03:08:10,161 --> 03:08:13,970
AND MORE ALONG THE WAY. FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY,

2245
03:08:13,970 --> 03:08:16,868
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AND SEEK APPROVAL FOR THE

2246
03:08:16,868 --> 03:08:20,304
NEXT PHASE OF THE BAY PARK. I'M GOING TO TAKE US FROM THE

2247
03:08:20,304 --> 03:08:25,309
PAST TO THE PRESENT. AG WILL TAKE US FROM THE PRESENT

2248
03:08:25,309 --> 03:08:28,309
FORWARD. CAN YOU PROJECT IT?

2249
03:08:32,517 --> 03:08:37,917
>> I WAS DOING SO WELL. WE'LL GO BACK ONE.

2250
03:08:47,398 --> 03:08:51,869
>> THIS IS OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY. WE WILL GO AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

2251
03:08:51,869 --> 03:08:54,500
WE KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HERE A WHILE ALREADY.

2252
03:08:54,500 --> 03:08:57,875
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE STARTING POINT AS ALWAYS, WE

2253
03:08:57,875 --> 03:09:00,770
KNOW THAT GREAT CITIES HAVE GREAT PARKS.

2254
03:09:00,770 --> 03:09:05,820
AND THE BAY PARK AND OUR HUMBLE ESTIMATION IS OUR MILLENNIUM

2255
03:09:05,820 --> 03:09:06,984
PARK. IT IS OUR CENTRAL PARK, AND WE

2256
03:09:06,984 --> 03:09:11,223
WORKED VERY HARD TO MAKE IT THE OUTSTANDING PLACE IT IS AND

2257
03:09:11,223 --> 03:09:13,157
COMPLEMENT TO THE CITY PARK SYSTEM.

2258
03:09:13,157 --> 03:09:17,294
EVERY BIT OF WORK DONE ON THAT SITE IS DONE AND DRIVEN BY THREE

2259
03:09:17,294 --> 03:09:20,765
ENDURING GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE SCREEN.

2260
03:09:20,765 --> 03:09:24,302
THEY INFORM EVERY DECISION WE MAKE AND EVERY DOLLAR WE SPEND,

2261
03:09:24,302 --> 03:09:26,838
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE THAT'S NOT ATTENDED ONE OF OUR

2262
03:09:26,838 --> 03:09:28,390
BOARD MEETINGS TO COME AND LISTEN.

2263
03:09:28,390 --> 03:09:30,576
WE TALK ABOUT THIS STUFF ALL THE TIME.

2264
03:09:30,576 --> 03:09:34,244
TODAY, WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON BLUE AND GREEN OASIS

2265
03:09:34,244 --> 03:09:37,381
FOR A PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION.

2266
03:09:37,381 --> 03:09:39,117
SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN WITH US SINCE THE BEGINNING, FOR THOSE

2267
03:09:39,117 --> 03:09:42,387
OF YOU THAT HAVEN'T, WE'LL TAKE A QUICK WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE,

2268
03:09:42,387 --> 03:09:45,456
GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE SARASOTA BAYFRONT PLANNING

2269
03:09:45,456 --> 03:09:49,600
ORGANIZATION. THAT WAS THE ENTITY THAT CAME ON

2270
03:09:49,600 --> 03:09:53,998
THE HEELS OF BAYFRONT 2020 AND A COUPLE OF ANOTHER INITIATIVES

2271
03:09:53,998 --> 03:09:55,866
THAT WAS THE SEEDING GROUND FONT INITIATIVE.

2272
03:09:55,866 --> 03:09:59,700
FROM THERE, WE PUT TOGETHER THE BAY PARK MASTER PLAN WHICH THIS

2273
03:09:59,700 --> 03:10:01,672
COMMISSION APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2018.

2274
03:10:01,672 --> 03:10:06,440
THEN WE CREATED THE BAY PARK CONSERVANCY TO HELP US RUN,

2275
03:10:06,440 --> 03:10:10,810
IMPLEMENT, AND OPERATE THE PARK. OUR FIRST PROJECT WAS THE

2276
03:10:10,810 --> 03:10:13,500
FOUNTAIN GARDEN RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER OF BOULEVARD OF THE

2277
03:10:13,500 --> 03:10:16,387
ARTS AND 41. AND THAT WAS DONE IN JANUARY OF

2278
03:10:16,387 --> 03:10:19,957
2020, RIGHT BEFORE COVID. IT REALLY, WE THINK, SET THE

2279
03:10:19,957 --> 03:10:23,270
TONE FOR WHAT IT WAS GOING TO BE AS A PARK.

2280
03:10:23,270 --> 03:10:28,266
THEN BEPROGRESSED TO DOING THE BAYOU MANGROVE WALKWAY, WHICH IS

2281
03:10:28,266 --> 03:10:29,834
PHENOMENAL. I'M SURE YOU HAVE ALL BEEN

2282
03:10:29,834 --> 03:10:31,235
THERE. THAT WAS AN EARLY INITIATIVE AND

2283
03:10:31,235 --> 03:10:35,172
DONE WITH THE HELP OF ONE OF OUR LOCAL FOUNDATIONS, THE BARANCIK

2284
03:10:35,172 --> 03:10:37,107
FOUNDATION. THEN WE QUICKLY MOVED INTO PHASE

2285
03:10:37,107 --> 03:10:38,976
ONE. PHASE ONE, AS I KNOW EVERYBODY

2286
03:10:38,976 --> 03:10:42,113
ON THE COMMISSION KNOWS, IS THAT BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF LAND RIGHT

2287
03:10:42,113 --> 03:10:45,383
THERE ALONG BOULEVARD OF THE ARTS WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF

2288
03:10:45,383 --> 03:10:47,685
COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS, INCLUDING OUR MONTHLONG

2289
03:10:47,685 --> 03:10:51,856
CELEBRATION GOING ON RIGHT NOW. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE

2290
03:10:51,856 --> 03:10:55,860
OF PHASE TWO, AND WE ARE COMING UP WITH SIMILAR PROJECTS BEING

2291
03:10:55,860 --> 03:10:58,196
DONE. AG WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON

2292
03:10:58,196 --> 03:11:01,132
ALL OF THE PHASE TWO UPDATES. IT WILL BE REALLY GOOD.

2293
03:11:01,132 --> 03:11:04,680
THEN MOVING INTO PHASE THREE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT OUR GOAL IS

2294
03:11:04,680 --> 03:11:07,205
TO DELIVER AS MUCH PARK AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE FOR OUR

2295
03:11:07,205 --> 03:11:11,209
COMMUNITY. I THINK YOU'LL SEE FROM THE

2296
03:11:11,209 --> 03:11:16,810
SLIDE, WE BUILT MOMENTUM. WE HAVE A PARALLEL TRACK OF NOT

2297
03:11:16,810 --> 03:11:18,149
ONLY DOING THE PROJECT BUT RUNNING THE PARK.

2298
03:11:18,149 --> 03:11:21,753
WE THINK THAT BY DOING IT PARALLEL WITH EACH OTHER WE SAVE

2299
03:11:21,753 --> 03:11:24,288
MONEY AND WE DELIVER ON OUR PROMISE TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY AS

2300
03:11:24,288 --> 03:11:26,959
MUCH PARK AS POSSIBLE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

2301
03:11:26,959 --> 03:11:29,794
AS A CONSERVANCY, WE HAVE FOUR MAIN ROLES.

2302
03:11:29,794 --> 03:11:32,630
THESE ARE ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU.

2303
03:11:32,630 --> 03:11:35,966
WE KNOW IT'S OUR JOB TO DO THE MASTER PLAN, DESIGN PLAN AND

2304
03:11:35,966 --> 03:11:37,802
DEVELOP EACH PHASE OF THE NEW PARK.

2305
03:11:37,802 --> 03:11:41,106
THEN WE HAVE TO MANAGE, OPERATE, MAINTAIN IT AND RAISE FUNDS THAT

2306
03:11:41,106 --> 03:11:44,308
ARE CONTRIBUTED IN EXCESS OF WHAT THE CITY AND COUNTY GIVE

2307
03:11:44,308 --> 03:11:46,244
US. THOSE LOOK LIKE FOUR SHORT

2308
03:11:46,244 --> 03:11:50,448
LITTLE SENTENCES AND THEY ARE QUITE BIG TASKS, WE KNOW.

2309
03:11:50,448 --> 03:11:54,251
WE THOUGHT WE WOULD SHARE WITH YOU FUNDING OF THE PARK.

2310
03:11:54,251 --> 03:11:57,455
THE SLIDE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE WHAT IT IS FOR IMPLEMENTATION

2311
03:11:57,455 --> 03:12:00,124
AND OPERATION, BECAUSE LET'S NOT FORGET WE'RE NOT JUST BUILDING

2312
03:12:00,124 --> 03:12:01,192
IT. WE HAVE TO RUN IT.

2313
03:12:01,192 --> 03:12:03,727
THEN ON THE RIGHT IS IMPLEMENTATION ONLY.

2314
03:12:03,727 --> 03:12:06,798
IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT IT COSTS US TO HAVE THE BAY PARK

2315
03:12:06,798 --> 03:12:11,736
IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATIONS, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE BPC HAS DONE

2316
03:12:11,736 --> 03:12:15,336
56% OF IT. WITH NON-CITY, NONCOUNTY FUNDS.

2317
03:12:15,739 --> 03:12:19,410
WE THINK THAT IS A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE NUMBER.

2318
03:12:19,410 --> 03:12:23,514
WHERE DID WE START? THIS WAS THE BEAUTIFUL SITE BACK

2319
03:12:23,514 --> 03:12:26,351
IN 1930. NOTICE THE BAY IS STILL WHERE IT

2320
03:12:26,351 --> 03:12:29,219
IS TODAY WHEN THEY BUILT THE SITE AND STARTED FILLING IT.

2321
03:12:29,219 --> 03:12:35,226
WE ENDED UP WITH 53 ACRES ON THE BAY, WHICH BECAME A PARKING LOT

2322
03:12:35,226 --> 03:12:37,950
SURROUNDING OUR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

2323
03:12:37,950 --> 03:12:39,564
THIS MASSIVE PARKING LOT THAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF

2324
03:12:39,564 --> 03:12:42,966
THE SCREEN THAT'S ADJACENT TO VAN WEZEL IS THE BIGGEST

2325
03:12:42,966 --> 03:12:46,504
POLLUTER ON THE SITE TODAY. ALSO OUR GREATEST OPPORTUNITY TO

2326
03:12:46,504 --> 03:12:50,707
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN WATER QUALITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

2327
03:12:50,707 --> 03:12:54,545
SO WE SET OUT ABOUT MAKING A MASTER PLAN TO CHANGE THAT

2328
03:12:54,545 --> 03:12:55,913
SITUATION. WHAT WAS THE PLAN?

2329
03:12:55,913 --> 03:13:00,785
IT WAS TO TAKE THESE PRECIOUS 53 ACRES AND OVER THE COURSE OF WE

2330
03:13:00,785 --> 03:13:04,389
THOUGHT 8 TO 10 YEARS, SPEND ABOUT $200 MILLION, DO ABOUT

2331
03:13:04,389 --> 03:13:09,600
FOUR OR SO PHASES, AND IT INCLUDED FOUR BUILDINGS THAT ARE

2332
03:13:09,600 --> 03:13:11,662
ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES WHICH POSE THEIR

2333
03:13:11,662 --> 03:13:13,332
OWN CHALLENGE. SOMEHOW WITH ALL THAT, WE ARE

2334
03:13:13,332 --> 03:13:16,100
GOING TO BUILD A PARK. AND WE DID.

2335
03:13:16,100 --> 03:13:20,738
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PARK TODAY, WE HAVE OVER 700,000 USERS THAT

2336
03:13:20,738 --> 03:13:24,475
COME TO THE PARK TO DO EITHER PARK RELATED ACTIVITIES OR ONE

2337
03:13:24,475 --> 03:13:29,947
OF OUR MANY SITE PARTNERS. THAT IS DOUBLE THE AMOUNT THAT

2338
03:13:29,947 --> 03:13:33,685
WAS ON THE SITE THREE YEARS AGO, AND WE BELIEVE IN ANOTHER THREE

2339
03:13:33,685 --> 03:13:37,200
YEARS, WE'LL GET IT UP TO A MILLION USERS A YEAR, WHICH IS

2340
03:13:37,200 --> 03:13:42,420
PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. WHILE WE SET OUT TO BUILD A

2341
03:13:42,493 --> 03:13:43,961
PARK, WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING SO MUCH MORE.

2342
03:13:43,961 --> 03:13:47,966
A LOT OF THIS IS ON THE BLUE AND GREEN OASIS WE TALKED ABOUT.

2343
03:13:47,966 --> 03:13:50,368
THIS IS CLEANING UP. IT'S IMPROVING STORMWATER.

2344
03:13:50,368 --> 03:13:54,238
IT'S MAKING IT MORE RESILIENT. HOW MANY TIMES TODAY WE HEARD

2345
03:13:54,238 --> 03:13:56,574
THE WORD RESILIENT. RESTORING, PRESERVING AND ADDING

2346
03:13:56,574 --> 03:13:59,510
TO THE GREENSPACE. AND IN ADDITION TO ALL THAT WE

2347
03:13:59,510 --> 03:14:02,446
HAVE FUN WHILE THERE AND A REALLY COOL PARK.

2348
03:14:02,446 --> 03:14:06,650
THE RESULT IS THAT WE HAVE A PARK THAT HAS 20 PLUS ACRES

2349
03:14:06,650 --> 03:14:10,254
ALREADY WITH GOLF COURSE QUALITY LAWNS, BEAUTIFUL GARDENS, A LOT

2350
03:14:10,254 --> 03:14:13,758
OF FUN ACTIVITIES, AND EVERY SINGLE DAY THE PARK LOOKS LIKE

2351
03:14:13,758 --> 03:14:15,693
IT DID THE FIRST DAY WE OPENED IT.

2352
03:14:15,693 --> 03:14:19,997
AND THAT IS THE STANDARD WE HOLD OURSELVES TO.

2353
03:14:19,997 --> 03:14:22,733
WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE TWO ESSENTIAL ROLES OF THE BAY PARK

2354
03:14:22,733 --> 03:14:26,400
SITE WHICH SOUNDS SILLY WHEN TALKING ABOUT A PARK BUT TRUE.

2355
03:14:26,400 --> 03:14:29,540
BAY PARK SITE PROTECTS SARASOTA BAY FROM THE CITY.

2356
03:14:29,540 --> 03:14:31,609
ALL OF THE WATER QUALITY ISSUES THAT WE HAVE.

2357
03:14:31,609 --> 03:14:34,212
BUT THE PARK ALSO PROTECTS THE CITY FROM SARASOTA BAY.

2358
03:14:34,212 --> 03:14:38,149
IT STANDS AS A BARRIER BETWEEN THE BAY AND THE CITY SO WE TAKE

2359
03:14:38,149 --> 03:14:40,551
VERY SERIOUSLY OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP PROTECT

2360
03:14:40,551 --> 03:14:45,223
OUR WONDERFUL CITY. RESILIENCE WAS THE WORD OF THE

2361
03:14:45,223 --> 03:14:49,360
YEAR LAST YEAR AND CERTAINLY THE LESSONS WE LEARNED IN THE STORMS

2362
03:14:49,360 --> 03:14:51,295
WAS THAT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE MORE RESILIENT.

2363
03:14:51,295 --> 03:14:55,990
WE KNEW THAT WE WERE BUILDING A PARK FOR RESILIENCY, BUT EVEN WE

2364
03:14:55,990 --> 03:14:58,369
LEARNED SOME LESSONS. THE BAY PARK SUSTAINED OVER A

2365
03:14:58,369 --> 03:15:03,507
MILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGES. BIG NUMBER, AND THIS WAS A PARK

2366
03:15:03,507 --> 03:15:06,711
THAT WAS BUILT FOR RESILIENCY. I WOULD POINT OUT OUR PARK WAS

2367
03:15:06,711 --> 03:15:10,480
OPEN WITHIN TWO DAYS OF THE LAST STORM.

2368
03:15:10,480 --> 03:15:13,518
AND THAT'S DUE TO GREAT DESIGN BUT ALSO DUE TO A FANTASTIC TEAM

2369
03:15:13,518 --> 03:15:16,354
OUT THERE WORKING BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THE BAY PARK HAD TO BE

2370
03:15:16,354 --> 03:15:17,856
A PLACE OF RESPITE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

2371
03:15:17,856 --> 03:15:21,580
A LOT OF CITY PARKS WERE NOT ABLE TO OPEN FOR MANY, MANY

2372
03:15:21,580 --> 03:15:23,261
WEEKS, SO WE WERE HAPPY TO BE THE PLACE WHERE OUR COMMUNITY

2373
03:15:23,261 --> 03:15:27,931
COULD GO. THE LESSON WAS THAT IT WAS THE

2374
03:15:27,931 --> 03:15:30,668
STORY OF ONE SITE WITH TWO OUTCOMES.

2375
03:15:30,668 --> 03:15:33,837
BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T TOTALLY DONE THE ENTIRE SITE YET, WE COULD

2376
03:15:33,837 --> 03:15:36,607
SEE SIDE BY SIDE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PLAN FOR RESILIENCY

2377
03:15:36,607 --> 03:15:38,876
VERSUS WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN FOR

2378
03:15:38,876 --> 03:15:40,878
RESILIENCY. ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, YOU'LL

2379
03:15:40,878 --> 03:15:44,349
SEE THE DAMAGE FROM THE STORM AND THERE WAS DAMAGE, BUT IT WAS

2380
03:15:44,349 --> 03:15:46,351
INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED FOR RESILIENCE.

2381
03:15:46,351 --> 03:15:48,620
THINGS WERE NOT DESTROYED. THING WERE NOT TORN APART.

2382
03:15:48,620 --> 03:15:52,323
IF YOU LOOK ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, WHICH I WOULD SAY IS 200

2383
03:15:52,323 --> 03:15:55,159
YARDS NORTH OF THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE AN AREA

2384
03:15:55,159 --> 03:15:59,630
NOT DESIGNED FOR RESILIENCE. THIS TAUGHT US THAT WE CAN --

2385
03:15:59,630 --> 03:16:02,499
AND NEED TO DOUBLE DOWN ON OUR FOCUS ON RESILIENCY, WHICH IS

2386
03:16:02,499 --> 03:16:06,370
WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN PHASE TWO AND HOPE TO DO IN PHASE THREE.

2387
03:16:06,370 --> 03:16:10,410
AG. >> IF YOU THINK BACK TO THE

2388
03:16:10,410 --> 03:16:14,841
BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTO THAT WE SHOWED EARLIER, THIS PICTURE

2389
03:16:16,247 --> 03:16:20,985
PROBABLY MAKES SENSE. THE SITE IS A CHALLENGING ONE.

2390
03:16:20,985 --> 03:16:25,256
WITH SIX FEET OF STORM SURGE, EVERYTHING BLUE WOULD BE

2391
03:16:25,256 --> 03:16:28,193
UNDERWATER. OBVIOUSLY, THE SAFEST PART OF

2392
03:16:28,193 --> 03:16:34,793
THE SITE IS UP AGAINST NORTH TAMIAMI TRAIL TO THE EAST.

2393
03:16:34,865 --> 03:16:37,702
FORTUNATELY, VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ART HALL IS A BIT

2394
03:16:37,702 --> 03:16:41,638
ABOVE SIX, BUT THAT DIDN'T PROTECT US FROM HELENE AND FROM

2395
03:16:41,638 --> 03:16:47,545
MILTON, BECAUSE THE STORM SURGE AND WAVE ACTION WAS AT 8.5 FEET.

2396
03:16:47,545 --> 03:16:50,280
THIS REMINDED ME THAT FROM THE BEGINNING, FROM THE TIME WE DID

2397
03:16:50,280 --> 03:16:54,419
THE ORIGINAL MASTER PLAN, WE LOOKED AT THE EXISTING

2398
03:16:54,419 --> 03:16:59,356
ELEVATIONS, WHICH ARE IN PA LEN THEY SEES -- PARENTHESES AND

2399
03:16:59,356 --> 03:17:01,626
PLAN FOR MORE RESILIENCY BY BUILDING ELEVATION WHEREVER WE

2400
03:17:01,626 --> 03:17:05,297
COULD. IF YOU LOOK AT THE CENTER OF THE

2401
03:17:05,297 --> 03:17:08,832
PARK, WHERE THE CURRENT ELEVATION AND THE PARKING LOT

2402
03:17:08,832 --> 03:17:14,838
ADJACENT TO THE VAN WEZEL IS SIX FEET ABOVE BAY LEVEL, WE PLANNED

2403
03:17:14,838 --> 03:17:18,438
FOR 18. THIS IS OUR PLAN TODAY.

2404
03:17:18,530 --> 03:17:23,930
ELEVATION MATTERS. IT IS THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE

2405
03:17:25,337 --> 03:17:26,203
AGAINST STORM SURGE, SEA LEVEL RISE.

2406
03:17:26,203 --> 03:17:29,730
LET ME TAKE YOU THROUGH THE PHASE TWO UPDATE.

2407
03:17:29,730 --> 03:17:30,608
I DON'T KNOW. HAVE ANY OF YOU BEEN OVER TO THE

2408
03:17:30,608 --> 03:17:35,246
PARK IN THE LAST FEW DAYS? WE ACTUALLY OPENED THE PROMENADE

2409
03:17:35,246 --> 03:17:37,349
AND THE CULTURAL DISTRICT ON THE FRONT SIDE.

2410
03:17:37,349 --> 03:17:40,885
PHASE TWO HAD -- HAS FOUR ACTIVE PROJECTS.

2411
03:17:40,885 --> 03:17:43,622
THEY ARE ALL DESIGNED TO IMPROVE RESILIENCE.

2412
03:17:43,622 --> 03:17:48,226
THEY ALL IMPROVE STORMWATER AND WATER QUALITY AND THEY ADD

2413
03:17:48,226 --> 03:17:51,826
ADDITIONAL GREENSPACE. THE RESILIENT SHORELINE IS

2414
03:17:53,131 --> 03:17:56,267
OUTLINED ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, ALONG SARASOTA BAY, TWO PIECES,

2415
03:17:56,267 --> 03:17:59,971
ONE PIECE SOUTH OF THE BOAT BASIN, ONE PIECE TO THE NORTH.

2416
03:17:59,971 --> 03:18:04,709
THE CANAL DISTRICT OR BOAT BASIN DISTRICT IS THE REPAIR OF THE

2417
03:18:04,709 --> 03:18:07,979
SEAWALL ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THE ADDITION OF NEW FLOATING DAY

2418
03:18:07,979 --> 03:18:12,317
DOCKS AFTER WE DREDGED THE BOAT BASIN AS WE DID THE BAYOU.

2419
03:18:12,317 --> 03:18:14,986
THE CULTURAL DISTRICT IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PARK.

2420
03:18:14,986 --> 03:18:18,189
OUR NEW FRONT DOOR TO THE PARK. THAT PROMENADE IS OPEN AND HAS

2421
03:18:18,189 --> 03:18:23,261
BEEN OPEN FOR THE PAST WEEK. THE CHIDSEY IS ABOUT TO OPEN.

2422
03:18:23,261 --> 03:18:29,861
IF YOU COME TO THE RIBBON CUTTING AND CELEBRATION OF THE

2423
03:18:30,868 --> 03:18:35,406
STATE OF THE PARK, WE'LL HAVE A TOUR OF THE CHIDSEY AND RIBBON

2424
03:18:35,406 --> 03:18:39,611
CUTTING FOR THE PROMENADE. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, AND THIS IS

2425
03:18:39,611 --> 03:18:43,811
IMPORTANT, JUST AS WE REHABILITATE, RENOVATE, AND

2426
03:18:44,949 --> 03:18:49,870
REPURPOSE THE PARK, WE'RE DOING THE SAME WITH ARCHITECTURALLY

2427
03:18:49,870 --> 03:18:51,556
AND HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS THAT WERE ENTRUSTED TO

2428
03:18:51,556 --> 03:18:59,956
US AS PART OF THE PARK. SO FAR, KNOCK ON WOOD, TWO AND A

2429
03:19:00,298 --> 03:19:04,103
HALF YEARS IN WE'RE STILL ON PLAN, STILL ON BUDGET, AND WE'RE

2430
03:19:04,103 --> 03:19:09,641
STILL ON SCHEDULE. WE TAKE A GREAT DEAL OF PRIDE IN

2431
03:19:09,641 --> 03:19:12,243
THE ON-BUDGET PIECE DESPITE THESE PROJECTS BEING APPROVED IN

2432
03:19:12,243 --> 03:19:17,282
THE FALL OF '22, WE'RE THREE YEARS LATER, WE HAVEN'T YIELDED

2433
03:19:17,282 --> 03:19:21,453
TO ESCALATION OR INFLATION. WE FIND WAYS TO MANAGE SCOPE.

2434
03:19:21,453 --> 03:19:26,323
WE FIND WAYS TO MANAGE PLAN, WE FIND WAYS TO VALUE ENGINEER SO

2435
03:19:26,323 --> 03:19:31,329
WE CAN DELIVER EVERYTHING THAT WE COMMIT TO AT A VERY GOOD

2436
03:19:31,329 --> 03:19:34,990
VALUE. THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN VERY

2437
03:19:34,990 --> 03:19:37,135
RECENTLY. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN DOWN TO THE

2438
03:19:37,135 --> 03:19:41,390
BOAT BASIN, THE NEW SEAWALL IS MOSTLY DONE ON THE LEFT AND THE

2439
03:19:41,390 --> 03:19:45,410
FLOATING DAY DOCKS ARE IN PLACE. AND THEY WILL BE OPEN IN

2440
03:19:45,410 --> 03:19:48,790
NOVEMBER. I MENTIONED THE PROMENADE.

2441
03:19:48,790 --> 03:19:52,500
THIS IS THE NEW PROMENADE. IT'S ABOUT A THOUSAND FEET

2442
03:19:52,500 --> 03:19:55,953
STRETCHING FROM NORTH OF THE MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM SOUTH PAST

2443
03:19:55,953 --> 03:20:02,161
THE BLUE PAGODA TO THE CORNER OF BOULEVARD OF THE ARTS AND NORTH

2444
03:20:02,161 --> 03:20:06,361
TAMIAMI TRAIL. THIS IS AN ARTIST REPRESENTATION

2445
03:20:07,632 --> 03:20:10,235
OF THE SECOND PHASE OF THE CULTURAL DISTRICT, SO WE'RE

2446
03:20:10,235 --> 03:20:13,572
GOING TO DO A TOWN SQUARE BETWEEN THE MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM

2447
03:20:13,572 --> 03:20:19,978
AND THE ARTS CENTER, HOLLEY HALL ON THE WEST SIDE AND A

2448
03:20:19,978 --> 03:20:23,648
CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING PARK THAT WILL BEGIN NEXT SPRING AND

2449
03:20:23,648 --> 03:20:30,248
BE COMPLETED NEXT FALL. AS PART OF THAT, WE WILL HAVE

2450
03:20:31,220 --> 03:20:34,392
COMPLETED THE GARDEN CLUB ON THE RIGHT.

2451
03:20:34,392 --> 03:20:37,595
WE'LL BE WORKING ON THE BLUE PAGODA AND HOPEFULLY HAVE SOME

2452
03:20:37,595 --> 03:20:40,732
MINOR RENOVATIONS THERE. YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT THE

2453
03:20:40,732 --> 03:20:42,934
RESTROOMS WILL BE UPGRADED TO PARK STANDARDS.

2454
03:20:42,934 --> 03:20:47,338
WE'RE DOING THE BAYFRONT COMMUNITY CENTER RIGHT NOW ON

2455
03:20:47,338 --> 03:20:49,941
THE WEST SIDE OF THE MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM AND THEN WE'LL TURN

2456
03:20:49,941 --> 03:20:53,611
OUR ATTENTION TO THE REST OF THAT BUILDING.

2457
03:20:53,611 --> 03:20:59,160
THIS IS AN ARTIST REPRESENTATION OF THE RESILIENT SHORELINE WHICH

2458
03:20:59,160 --> 03:21:01,619
THE CITY WILL BE BIDDING THIS PROJECT BEFORE THE END OF THE

2459
03:21:01,619 --> 03:21:04,155
YEAR. IT SHOULD BE IN CONSTRUCTION

2460
03:21:04,155 --> 03:21:08,760
NEXT YEAR AND WE HOPE TO HAVE IT COMPLETED BY THE END OF NEXT

2461
03:21:08,760 --> 03:21:11,228
CALENDAR. TURNING TO PHASE THREE, WHILE WE

2462
03:21:11,228 --> 03:21:17,302
CONSTRUCT PHASE TWO, WE'VE BEGUN THE DESIGN AND PLANNING OF THE

2463
03:21:17,302 --> 03:21:22,102
NEXT PHASE. WE WORK FROM AN EVOLVING AND

2464
03:21:23,241 --> 03:21:26,244
WORKING MASTER PLAN. AS JENNY SAID EARLIER, WE START

2465
03:21:26,244 --> 03:21:29,714
WITH THE LAND AND THE WATER. WE PLAN FOR RESILIENCY.

2466
03:21:29,714 --> 03:21:33,985
WE PLAN FOR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND WATER QUALITY,

2467
03:21:33,985 --> 03:21:38,289
AND THEN AND ONLY THEN BASED ON COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND FEEDBACK

2468
03:21:38,289 --> 03:21:42,994
FROM CURRENT SITE USERS, WE BEGIN TO LAY IN THE DESIGN AND

2469
03:21:42,994 --> 03:21:46,640
PLAN FOR THE ACTUAL USE OF NEW PARK SPACE.

2470
03:21:46,640 --> 03:21:50,134
WE ALSO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF VAN WEZEL

2471
03:21:50,134 --> 03:21:53,905
PERFORMING ARTS HALL AND THE FUTURE SARASOTA PERFORMING ARTS

2472
03:21:53,905 --> 03:21:58,105
CENTER. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH BOTH OF

2473
03:22:01,946 --> 03:22:05,350
THOSE TEAMS. PHASE 3A, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT

2474
03:22:05,350 --> 03:22:07,618
FIRST IS ESSENTIALLY CENTENNIAL PARK.

2475
03:22:07,618 --> 03:22:11,218
CENTENNIAL PARK IS THE NORTHERNMOST 11 ACRES.

2476
03:22:11,223 --> 03:22:14,759
IT IS A PARK MANAGED BY THE CITY.

2477
03:22:14,759 --> 03:22:17,562
IT IS THE ONLY PARK I BELIEVE OR ONE OF THE ONLY PARKS I BELIEVE

2478
03:22:17,562 --> 03:22:22,367
IN THE CITY THAT IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK TO

2479
03:22:22,367 --> 03:22:25,371
ACCOMMODATE THE BOATING AND FISHING COMMUNITIES.

2480
03:22:25,371 --> 03:22:30,975
AS YOU'LL SEE IN A MINUTE, WE FOCUS ON ALL OF THE KEY

2481
03:22:30,975 --> 03:22:33,345
COMPONENTS AS WE DO THAT IMPROVEMENT.

2482
03:22:33,345 --> 03:22:39,451
PHASE 3B IS THE CENTER OF THE PARK, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO

2483
03:22:39,451 --> 03:22:43,388
DESIGN AND PLAN FOR THAT CENTER. IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE,

2484
03:22:43,388 --> 03:22:49,388
OBVIOUSLY, OF THE TOTAL PARK. THE RECOMMENDATION TODAY IS TO

2485
03:22:51,129 --> 03:22:55,329
INVEST $20 MILLION, $16 MILLION FOR DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND

2486
03:22:55,367 --> 03:23:00,167
CONSTRUCTION OF CENTENNIAL PARK IMPROVEMENTS, AND $4 MILLION TO

2487
03:23:02,473 --> 03:23:06,744
CONTINUE DESIGN AND PLANNING OF THE CENTER OF THE PARK.

2488
03:23:06,744 --> 03:23:08,613
WE, OF COURSE, CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY.

2489
03:23:08,613 --> 03:23:11,282
WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH THE BOATING COMMUNITY.

2490
03:23:11,282 --> 03:23:15,686
I WON'T BORE YOU WITH ALL THE DETAILS, BUT THERE IS NOT ONE

2491
03:23:15,686 --> 03:23:18,222
BOATING COMMUNITY. IF YOU CHATTED WITH THEM,

2492
03:23:18,222 --> 03:23:20,892
THERE'S NOT ONE RECREATIONAL BOATING COMMUNITY AND NOT ONE

2493
03:23:20,892 --> 03:23:24,194
COMMERCIAL BOATING COMMUNITY. SO YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO ALL THE

2494
03:23:24,194 --> 03:23:29,220
GROUPS AND SOMETIMES ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS TO UNDERSTAND THE

2495
03:23:29,220 --> 03:23:30,789
NEEDS. WE ALSO CONTINUOUSLY TALK TO

2496
03:23:30,789 --> 03:23:33,458
SITE AND PARK USERS. WE MEET WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND

2497
03:23:33,458 --> 03:23:35,593
NEIGHBORHOOD WORKING GROUP, OUR CITY PARTNERS.

2498
03:23:35,593 --> 03:23:39,664
AND WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON RESILIENCY, STORMWATER, AND

2499
03:23:39,664 --> 03:23:42,834
WATER QUALITY WITH EXPERTS IN THOSE AREAS.

2500
03:23:42,834 --> 03:23:46,434
SO WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT PHASE 3A?

2501
03:23:46,805 --> 03:23:49,274
CENTENNIAL PARK. IT'S WHAT WE LEFT OUT.

2502
03:23:49,274 --> 03:23:52,810
WE LEFT OUT THE FUTURE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

2503
03:23:52,810 --> 03:23:57,480
WE MOVED TO PLANNED RESTAURANTS FROM NORTH OF THE BOAT BASIN TO

2504
03:23:57,480 --> 03:24:00,840
SOUTH, TO THE CENTER OF THE PARK.

2505
03:24:00,840 --> 03:24:03,870
WE TOOK AWAY P THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE BECAUSE WITHOUT THE

2506
03:24:03,870 --> 03:24:06,524
RESTAURANTS IT WAS A BRIDGE TO NOWHERE.

2507
03:24:06,524 --> 03:24:10,940
WE TOOK OUT THE OVERLOOK BY THE MOUTH OF HOG CREEK.

2508
03:24:10,940 --> 03:24:14,165
WE TOOK OUT ALL THE OVERLOOKS BECAUSE THEY GOT SMASHED AND

2509
03:24:14,165 --> 03:24:18,360
TRASHED BY STORM SURGE AND WE FOCUSED ON THE ESSENTIALS.

2510
03:24:18,360 --> 03:24:22,374
FIRST SET OF ESSENTIALS, EVERYTHING WE NEEDED TO DO TO

2511
03:24:22,374 --> 03:24:24,976
IMPROVE RESILIENCY, RESTORE AS MUCH OF THE GREEN AND BLUE

2512
03:24:24,976 --> 03:24:29,470
ENVIRONMENT AS WE POSSIBLY COULD, INSTALL ALL THE

2513
03:24:29,470 --> 03:24:32,617
STORMWATER WE NEEDED TO TREAT EVERY DROP OF WATER THAT COMES

2514
03:24:32,617 --> 03:24:34,986
THROUGH THE 11 ACRES OF THE SITE.

2515
03:24:34,986 --> 03:24:38,189
THE NEXT PIECE WAS TO DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE THE

2516
03:24:38,189 --> 03:24:40,392
INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE EXPERIENCE FOR THE BOATING

2517
03:24:40,392 --> 03:24:44,929
COMMUNITY, WHO ARE THE PRINCIPAL USERS OF THE PARK.

2518
03:24:44,929 --> 03:24:47,799
SO WE'LL REHABILITATE THE NORTH AND EAST SEAWALLS JUST AS WE DID

2519
03:24:47,799 --> 03:24:51,936
THE SOUTH SEAWALL. WE'LL INCREASE THE BOAT LAUNCH

2520
03:24:51,936 --> 03:24:56,874
CAPACITY, ADD A LAUNCH LANE, ADD TWO LANES, AN ADDITIONAL LAUNCH

2521
03:24:56,874 --> 03:24:59,874
BAY. INCREASE BOAT TRAILER PARKING

2522
03:25:00,378 --> 03:25:03,978
CAPACITY BY 50%. REHABILITATE THE RESTROOMS TO

2523
03:25:04,482 --> 03:25:07,485
PARK STANDARDS, AND INSTALL FLOATING DAY DOCKS TO THE EAST

2524
03:25:07,485 --> 03:25:12,757
TO GO WITH THE FIXED STAGE DAY DOCKS WHICH THE CITY JUST

2525
03:25:12,757 --> 03:25:16,357
REPAIRED AND IMPROVED TO THE WEST.

2526
03:25:17,495 --> 03:25:25,295
PHASE 3B, PHASE 3B IS ALSO BUILT ON THIS KIND OF LAYER CAKE

2527
03:25:25,370 --> 03:25:27,573
STANDARD. WE STARTED WITH RESILIENCE.

2528
03:25:27,573 --> 03:25:33,110
SO WE WILL BUILD TO TEN FEET ABOVE BAY LEVEL ON THE EAST EDGE

2529
03:25:33,110 --> 03:25:38,350
OF THE RESILIENT SHORELINE, TO 20 FEET ABOVE BAY LEVEL IN THE

2530
03:25:38,350 --> 03:25:40,985
CENTER OF THE PARK. WE WILL INSTALL BELOW GROUND, AT

2531
03:25:40,985 --> 03:25:45,657
GROUND AND ABOVEGROUND ALL THE ELEMENTS WE NEED NATURAL AND

2532
03:25:45,657 --> 03:25:48,960
ENGINEERED FOR STORMWATER TREATMENT AND BEGIN TO TREAT ALL

2533
03:25:48,960 --> 03:25:51,395
THE POLLUTED STORMWATER AND RUNOFF THAT GOES THROUGH THE

2534
03:25:51,395 --> 03:25:57,395
CENTER OF THE SITE. WE WILL INSTALL BUILD DESIGN AND

2535
03:25:57,869 --> 03:26:01,873
BUILD A PLAY AREA, WATER FEATURES, NEW RESTAURANTS, AND,

2536
03:26:01,873 --> 03:26:07,144
MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE'LL PUT IN A REAL GARAGE THAT WILL CONSIST OF

2537
03:26:07,144 --> 03:26:10,982
GARAGE ON THE VAN WEZEL AND PARKING UNDER PARK IN THE CENTER

2538
03:26:10,982 --> 03:26:16,870
OF THE PARK. I JUST -- WE PUT THIS SLIDE IN

2539
03:26:16,870 --> 03:26:21,260
FOR YOUR PERSPECTIVE TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OF HOW WE WORK FROM

2540
03:26:21,260 --> 03:26:25,563
BAY LEVEL TO THE RESILIENT SHORELINE AT 9.5 FEET TO THE

2541
03:26:25,563 --> 03:26:30,367
PARK RESTAURANTS AT 22 FEET TO THE TOP OF THE PARKING LEVEL AT

2542
03:26:30,367 --> 03:26:32,437
29 FEET. THE MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM IS AT

2543
03:26:32,437 --> 03:26:36,574
55 FEET. A FEW QUICK VIEWS OF WHAT THE

2544
03:26:36,574 --> 03:26:40,712
CENTER OF THE PARK MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

2545
03:26:40,712 --> 03:26:45,116
THERE WILL BE PLAY AREAS, SUGGESTIONS ON THE RIGHT.

2546
03:26:45,116 --> 03:26:49,754
THE PARK WILL TERRACE UP FROM SARASOTA BAY, SO THE PLAY AREAS

2547
03:26:49,754 --> 03:26:54,580
CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TERRACING AND THE PLAY SCAPE AS

2548
03:26:54,580 --> 03:26:56,927
CAN THE WATER FEATURES. AND THESE ARE JUST SOME

2549
03:26:56,927 --> 03:26:58,963
EXAMPLES. YOU TURN STORMWATER TREATMENT

2550
03:26:58,963 --> 03:27:05,336
INTO PLAY, IT IS A TWOFER. FUNDING, I'M GOING TO TURN TO

2551
03:27:05,336 --> 03:27:10,136
CITY MANAGER BULLOCK FOR THE CITY'S RECOMMENDATION ON

2552
03:27:10,208 --> 03:27:14,946
FUNDING, WHICH WE CONCUR WITH. >>Dave Bullock: AG, YOU SAID YOU

2553
03:27:14,946 --> 03:27:16,414
WERE GOING TO FUND THE ENTIRE THING.

2554
03:27:16,414 --> 03:27:18,783
>> I DID. BUT, DAVE, THAT WAS FRIDAY.

2555
03:27:18,783 --> 03:27:21,183
[ LAUGHTER ] TODAY IS MONDAY.

2556
03:27:21,686 --> 03:27:24,622
>>Dave Bullock: WHAT THE BAY PARK HAS ASKED FOR AND WHAT WAS

2557
03:27:24,622 --> 03:27:28,159
PRESENTED AT THE BAY PARK IMPROVEMENT BOARD WAS

2558
03:27:28,159 --> 03:27:33,559
ESSENTIALLY IN TOTAL A $20 MILLION REQUEST WITH REALLY A

2559
03:27:34,899 --> 03:27:41,105
MILLION DOLLAR NEED IN THE NEXT, LET'S SAY, FIVE TO SIX MONTHS.

2560
03:27:41,105 --> 03:27:47,105
SO IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COUNTY STAFF, IF THE COUNTY

2561
03:27:47,646 --> 03:27:51,583
COMMISSION AGREES WITH THAT REQUEST, WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN

2562
03:27:51,583 --> 03:27:56,955
OUR, LET'S CALL IT, OUR JOINT CHECKING ACCOUNT, THAT WE COULD

2563
03:27:56,955 --> 03:28:01,590
ACCOMMODATE THE MILLION DOLLARS AND AG CAN INVOICE AGAINST THAT.

2564
03:28:01,590 --> 03:28:03,828
FOR THE BALANCE OF IT, WE WOULD NEED TO DO FINANCING.

2565
03:28:03,828 --> 03:28:11,200
THE OTHER REASON WHY WE REALLY -- WHY AT LEAST I WANT TO JUST

2566
03:28:11,200 --> 03:28:15,774
LET A FEW MONTHS GO BY, THERE'S SOME PRETTY COMPLEX PERMITTING

2567
03:28:15,774 --> 03:28:18,676
THAT HAS TO TAKE PLACE FOR SOME OF THIS.

2568
03:28:18,676 --> 03:28:21,813
AND PROBABLY THE POTENTIAL FOR DELAY IS MORE IN PERMITTING THAN

2569
03:28:21,813 --> 03:28:25,216
IT WILL BE IN CONSTRUCTION. THAT'S OFTEN THE CASE.

2570
03:28:25,216 --> 03:28:28,820
IT TAKES LONGER TO DESIGN AND PERMIT AN IMPROVEMENT THAN IT

2571
03:28:28,820 --> 03:28:32,156
DOES TO BUILD IT. THAT WILL GIVE US -- WE'LL GET A

2572
03:28:32,156 --> 03:28:35,293
BEAT ON WHEN WE CAN REASONABLY EXPECT THE PERMITTING TO COME IN

2573
03:28:35,293 --> 03:28:38,195
BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO FINANCE TOO EARLY AND THEN GET A YEAR

2574
03:28:38,195 --> 03:28:41,332
AND A HALF DELAY ON PERMITTING AND RUN INTO SPEND-DOWN

2575
03:28:41,332 --> 03:28:46,437
REQUIREMENTS. WE THINK WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THE

2576
03:28:46,437 --> 03:28:48,840
MILLION DOLLARS IF THE COMMISSION CONCURS.

2577
03:28:48,840 --> 03:28:54,244
THIS IS ALL CONTINGENT ON THE COUNTY ALSO APPROVING THE SAME

2578
03:28:54,244 --> 03:28:55,846
PLAN. AND THEN BEYOND THAT WE WOULD

2579
03:28:55,846 --> 03:28:59,446
LOOK TO ISSUE DEBT SOMETIME IN 2026.

2580
03:29:01,985 --> 03:29:05,389
WHICH WOULD CARRY THE PROJECT THROUGH THIS PHASE WHICH TOTALS,

2581
03:29:05,389 --> 03:29:09,927
IN TOTAL, $20 MILLION. >> THE ONE MILLION IS SIMPLY

2582
03:29:09,927 --> 03:29:15,660
DESIGN AND PLANNING MONEY FOR THE NEXT THREE TO SIX MONTHS.

2583
03:29:15,660 --> 03:29:20,400
THE PERMITTING THAT CITY MANAGER REFERRED TO, TWO PRINCIPAL

2584
03:29:20,400 --> 03:29:24,209
PERMITS, U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND S.W.F.W.M.D.

2585
03:29:24,209 --> 03:29:29,547
WE BELIEVE WE CAN HAVE 60% PLANS DONE FOR CENTENNIAL PARK PROJECT

2586
03:29:29,547 --> 03:29:34,419
BY, SAY, THE END OF JANUARY. WE'RE BEING TOLD BECAUSE IT'S

2587
03:29:34,419 --> 03:29:38,703
REPAIRS TO THE SEAWALL THAT THE U.S. ARMY CORPS PERMITS COULD

2588
03:29:38,703 --> 03:29:41,707
COME AS QUICKLY AS FOUR TO SIX MONTHS, BUT WE'VE COMMITTED TO

2589
03:29:41,707 --> 03:29:48,307
THE CITY THAT WE'LL GIVE THEM A DETAILED TIMELINE OF PLANNING,

2590
03:29:48,714 --> 03:29:52,914
PERMITTING, START OF CONSTRUCTION, AND CITY MANAGER

2591
03:29:53,119 --> 03:29:55,589
IS RIGHT. LION'S SHARE OF THE CONSTRUCTION

2592
03:29:55,589 --> 03:30:00,392
WOULD OCCUR IN THE SECOND HALF OR LAST QUARTER OF 2026 AND

2593
03:30:00,392 --> 03:30:02,261
2027. WE DON'T WANT TO BOND, WE DON'T

2594
03:30:02,261 --> 03:30:04,396
WANT TO FINANCE TOO EARLY, BORROW THE MONEY BEFORE WE NEED

2595
03:30:04,396 --> 03:30:08,596
IT. IN CLOSING, AS WE MOVE FORWARD

2596
03:30:09,869 --> 03:30:14,740
AND WORK EVEN CLOSER WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE CITY, NIK WAS UP

2597
03:30:14,740 --> 03:30:18,770
HERE, I DON'T KNOW IF JERRY WAS HERE TODAY, BUT WE WORK CLOSELY

2598
03:30:18,770 --> 03:30:22,480
WITH PARKS AND REC. JENNIFER JORGENSEN AND HER TEAM

2599
03:30:22,480 --> 03:30:25,818
IN PURCHASING, BUT THESE ARE THE CONSIDERATIONS WE'RE PAYING A

2600
03:30:25,818 --> 03:30:29,488
LOT OF ATTENTION TO IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS AHEAD AS WE PLAN AND

2601
03:30:29,488 --> 03:30:31,490
WORK TOGETHER. BECAUSE AS WE MOVE INTO THE

2602
03:30:31,490 --> 03:30:35,227
MIDDLE OF THE PARK, WE'LL HAVE TO COORDINATE AND COLLABORATE AT

2603
03:30:35,227 --> 03:30:39,365
EVEN HIGHER LEVELS THAN WE HAVE SO FAR.

2604
03:30:39,365 --> 03:30:44,503
FIRST AND FOREMOST IS HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DELIVER ON THE

2605
03:30:44,503 --> 03:30:48,173
RESILIENCY STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND WATER QUALITY THAT SERVES

2606
03:30:48,173 --> 03:30:52,444
THE ENTIRE PARK. SECOND IS, YOU SAW IN THE USE,

2607
03:30:52,444 --> 03:30:57,517
THIS IS A SURPRISING PARK OF 50 ACRES FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT

2608
03:30:57,517 --> 03:30:58,917
USES AND THE COMBINATION OF USES.

2609
03:30:58,917 --> 03:31:01,453
IF YOU LOOK ACROSS AMERICA, THERE AREN'T MANY PARKS THAT

2610
03:31:01,453 --> 03:31:05,391
HAVE A PUBLIC BOAT LAUNCH, HAVE A GARDEN CLUB, HAVE AN ART

2611
03:31:05,391 --> 03:31:08,727
CENTER, HAVE A MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM HOLLEY HALL, VAN

2612
03:31:08,727 --> 03:31:12,731
WEZEL AND ARE CONTEMPLATING A NEW PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

2613
03:31:12,731 --> 03:31:15,735
SO IT ALL FITS, BUT WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT

2614
03:31:15,735 --> 03:31:20,539
IT FITS WELL, IT FITS IN A RESILIENT WAY AND FITS IN A WAY

2615
03:31:20,539 --> 03:31:24,739
THAT WORKS FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT USERS.

2616
03:31:26,144 --> 03:31:32,840
SO ASSUMING WE GET AN APPROVAL WITH THE COUNTY TOMORROW, I'LL

2617
03:31:32,840 --> 03:31:35,487
BE MEETING WITH TONYA AND HER TEAM ON WEDNESDAY TO BEGIN TO

2618
03:31:35,487 --> 03:31:38,757
TALK ABOUT THIS. HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER AND

2619
03:31:38,757 --> 03:31:42,361
AGAIN, CITY MANAGER BULLOCK JUST ENCOURAGED US TO TAKE OUR LEVELS

2620
03:31:42,361 --> 03:31:47,161
OF COMMUNICATION, COLLABORATION, AND COORDINATION TO EVEN HIGHER

2621
03:31:47,266 --> 03:31:48,835
LEVELS AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO DO THAT.

2622
03:31:48,835 --> 03:31:53,635
THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION. AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

2623
03:31:54,640 --> 03:31:58,440
I'LL GET IN TROUBLE IF I DON'T SHOW THE LAST SLIDE.

2624
03:31:58,440 --> 03:32:01,379
THIS FRIDAY IS THE STATE OF THE PARK EVENT.

2625
03:32:01,379 --> 03:32:06,619
I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE COMING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING

2626
03:32:06,619 --> 03:32:09,321
AND PARTICIPATING. THERE'S STILL TIME TO COME TO

2627
03:32:09,321 --> 03:32:11,190
TASTE OF THE BAY THIS WEEKEND ON SUNDAY.

2628
03:32:11,190 --> 03:32:14,860
AND THEN WE CLOSE STRONG WITH TWO DAYS OF MUSIC ON NOVEMBER

2629
03:32:14,860 --> 03:32:18,460
THE 1st AND NOVEMBER THE 2nd.

2630
03:32:18,931 --> 03:32:21,200
THAT'S ALL WE'VE GOT. >>Mayor Alpert: ALL RIGHT.

2631
03:32:21,200 --> 03:32:25,204
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP

2632
03:32:25,204 --> 03:32:28,874
TO SPEAK, I TAKE IT. COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS?

2633
03:32:28,874 --> 03:32:31,411
COMMISSIONER OHLRICH. >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: THANK

2634
03:32:31,411 --> 03:32:35,611
YOU. I HAVE A FEW DETAILED QUESTIONS

2635
03:32:37,216 --> 03:32:42,321
BUT THEN A COUPLE OF BIG-PICTURE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MONEY.

2636
03:32:42,321 --> 03:32:44,890
YOU SAID THERE WERE FOUR BUILDINGS ON THE NATIONAL

2637
03:32:44,890 --> 03:32:49,690
REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. WHO MADE THOSE APPLICATIONS?

2638
03:32:50,830 --> 03:32:55,835
>> OH, MY GOODNESS, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND PULL THEM UP

2639
03:32:55,835 --> 03:32:57,870
INDIVIDUALLY. SEVERAL WERE MADE BY THE CITY.

2640
03:32:57,870 --> 03:33:03,242
THEY HAVE BEEN ON THE NATIONAL HISTORIC REGISTER FOR DECADES.

2641
03:33:03,242 --> 03:33:06,245
I BELIEVE THE FIRST ONE THAT WENT ON WAS THE MUNICIPAL

2642
03:33:06,245 --> 03:33:07,846
AUDITORIUM. AND THEN INDEPENDENTLY --

2643
03:33:07,846 --> 03:33:09,448
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: IT WASN'T PART OF THIS PROJECT.

2644
03:33:09,448 --> 03:33:11,717
>> NO, IT WASN'T PART OF THIS EFFORT.

2645
03:33:11,717 --> 03:33:16,122
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: I APPRECIATE, I WAS GOING TO SAY

2646
03:33:16,122 --> 03:33:19,991
RESPECTFUL DISCUSSIONS YOU'VE HAD WITH THE 40 TO 60,000

2647
03:33:19,991 --> 03:33:24,191
BOATERS. I IMAGINE THAT IT WAS --

2648
03:33:24,998 --> 03:33:29,535
>> NOT SURE WE SAW ALL 40,000 BUT WE SAW A REPRESENTATIVE

2649
03:33:29,535 --> 03:33:33,135
GROUP. >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: WHAT IS

2650
03:33:34,140 --> 03:33:38,940
A STORMWATER TREATMENT TRAIN. >> A STORMWATER TREATMENT TRAIN

2651
03:33:39,144 --> 03:33:43,944
IS THE COMBINATION OF UNDERGROUND CATCHMENTS, SO THINK

2652
03:33:45,617 --> 03:33:48,755
OF ENGINEERED PIECES AND PARTS, IN THE CURRENT PARK.

2653
03:33:48,755 --> 03:33:53,125
WE HAVE BAFFLE BOXES, BEGINNING OF THE TRAIN.

2654
03:33:53,125 --> 03:33:57,630
WE HAVE DENITRIFICATION TRENCHES UNDER THE WALKWAYS.

2655
03:33:57,630 --> 03:34:00,499
WE HAVE CATCHMENT AREAS WHICH CAPTURE WATER THAT'S RUNNING

2656
03:34:00,499 --> 03:34:05,171
FROM EAST TO WEST. ALL THE WATER COMES FROM THE

2657
03:34:05,171 --> 03:34:09,441
EAST, HIGHER GROUND, AND HEADS TO THE WEST, EXCEPT FOR STORM

2658
03:34:09,441 --> 03:34:12,441
SURGES. BUT THE NORMAL RUNOFF.

2659
03:34:13,212 --> 03:34:18,584
YOU WANT TO DO AS MUCH REMOVAL OF THE PHOSPHOROUS AND NITROGEN

2660
03:34:18,584 --> 03:34:23,322
AND ANY HEAVY METALS IF THEY EXIST IN THAT CATCHMENT.

2661
03:34:23,322 --> 03:34:26,991
THEN IT MOVES THROUGH SORT OF THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE

2662
03:34:26,991 --> 03:34:31,997
TRAIN, WHICH IS ALL THESE TREES, ALL THIS LANDSCAPING, ALL THESE

2663
03:34:31,997 --> 03:34:35,597
LAWNS. THEY ACTUALLY ALSO HELP FILTER

2664
03:34:36,680 --> 03:34:38,470
THE THINGS YOU DON'T WANT TO GO INTO SARASOTA BAY.

2665
03:34:38,470 --> 03:34:44,143
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE USE DRY PONDS AND WET PONDS AND

2666
03:34:44,143 --> 03:34:49,810
THE FANCY NAME IS RAIN GARDENS, BUT THEY ARE REALLY POND AREAS

2667
03:34:49,810 --> 03:34:55,681
THAT CAPTURE WATER AND ALLOW IT TO SLOWLY FILTER THROUGH THE

2668
03:34:56,521 --> 03:34:57,890
LAST -- >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: SO A

2669
03:34:57,890 --> 03:35:00,826
VARIETY OF SOURCES HOOKED TOGETHER TO TREAT THE STORMWATER

2670
03:35:00,826 --> 03:35:04,563
BEFORE IT GOES INTO THE BAY. GOTCHA.

2671
03:35:04,563 --> 03:35:09,363
>> WE HAVE SEVERAL SHOTS AT REMOVING THE NITROGEN.

2672
03:35:09,401 --> 03:35:13,505
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: OKAY. YOU TALKED ABOUT A PARK OVER A

2673
03:35:13,505 --> 03:35:15,905
PARK. PARK OVER PARK.

2674
03:35:17,409 --> 03:35:20,112
>> PARK OVER PARKING. >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: SOME

2675
03:35:20,112 --> 03:35:24,850
TIME AGO, THE CITY COMMISSION DIRECTED THE CITY MANAGER TO --

2676
03:35:24,850 --> 03:35:29,254
AND THESE ARE MY WORDS TODAY -- TO COME BACK TO THE CITY

2677
03:35:29,254 --> 03:35:33,425
COMMISSION WITH A PARKING PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE AREA, INCLUDING

2678
03:35:33,425 --> 03:35:37,625
THE ROSEMARY DISTRICT. IS THIS THAT RETURN?

2679
03:35:40,599 --> 03:35:43,535
>> ONE PIECE IN THE PUZZLE. >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: DOES

2680
03:35:43,535 --> 03:35:46,338
THAT MEAN THERE WILL BE NO OTHER PARKING REQUIRED WITHIN THE

2681
03:35:46,338 --> 03:35:48,338
ROSEMARY DISTRICT? >> NO.

2682
03:35:49,688 --> 03:35:53,359
OKAY. >>Dave Bullock: IF I MIGHT, WE

2683
03:35:53,359 --> 03:35:57,363
HAVE COMMISSIONED A PARKING ANALYSIS SPECIFICALLY FOR

2684
03:35:57,363 --> 03:36:01,701
ROSEMARY. THE QUESTION IS, DO WE WANT TO

2685
03:36:01,701 --> 03:36:04,303
TRY TO WORK WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO INCLUDE SOME

2686
03:36:04,303 --> 03:36:06,572
PARKING THERE? MY FIRST QUESTION IS, WHAT IS

2687
03:36:06,572 --> 03:36:09,407
THE DEMAND NOW AND IN THE FUTURE?

2688
03:36:09,407 --> 03:36:13,278
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ASCERTAIN, AND THAT SHOULD BE

2689
03:36:13,278 --> 03:36:16,381
READY, SUPPOSED TO BE READY BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.

2690
03:36:16,381 --> 03:36:19,517
NEXT WEEK OR SO. THIS IS A PIECE.

2691
03:36:19,517 --> 03:36:22,587
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: PARKING OVER PARK WILL FIT INTO THAT

2692
03:36:22,587 --> 03:36:23,389
ANALYSIS. OKAY.

2693
03:36:23,389 --> 03:36:26,989
THANK YOU. THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION.

2694
03:36:28,994 --> 03:36:33,198
ONE MILLION IS CONTINGENT UPON THE BOARD OF COUNTY

2695
03:36:33,198 --> 03:36:37,690
COMMISSIONERS CONCURRENCE WITH WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING HERE

2696
03:36:37,690 --> 03:36:38,403
TODAY. THAT'S TOMORROW THAT YOU'RE

2697
03:36:38,403 --> 03:36:42,474
MEETING WITH THEM. DO YOU WANT TO TALK TO US AT ALL

2698
03:36:42,474 --> 03:36:46,674
ABOUT ANY CONVERSATIONS YOU'VE HAD WITH THEM?

2699
03:36:47,346 --> 03:36:52,785
>> WELL, RECALL ON THE BAY PARK IMPROVEMENT BOARD THERE ARE TWO

2700
03:36:52,785 --> 03:36:55,621
COLLEAGUES, TWO COMMISSIONERS FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSION.

2701
03:36:55,621 --> 03:37:00,292
COMMISSION CUTSINGER AND COMMISSIONER SMITH, BOTH OF WHOM

2702
03:37:00,292 --> 03:37:03,629
VOTED FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PLAN.

2703
03:37:03,629 --> 03:37:06,932
AND STEVE BOTELHO, THE DEPUTY COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND ALSO

2704
03:37:06,932 --> 03:37:11,732
ESSENTIALLY THE CFO, YEAH, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND

2705
03:37:11,970 --> 03:37:14,840
ESSENTIALLY THE FINANCIAL MANAGER OR CFO WITH THE COUNTY,

2706
03:37:14,840 --> 03:37:19,745
SERVES ON THE BOARD, AND HE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROGRAM.

2707
03:37:19,745 --> 03:37:24,917
WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNTY

2708
03:37:24,917 --> 03:37:27,720
COMMISSIONERS, BUT AS CITY MANAGER BULLOCK SAID, ALL WE'RE

2709
03:37:27,720 --> 03:37:34,926
ASKING THEM TO DO IS TAKE ONE MILLION DOLLARS OF SIX TO SEVEN

2710
03:37:34,926 --> 03:37:38,300
MILLION DOLLARS. THEY ALREADY CODEPOSITED AS PART

2711
03:37:38,300 --> 03:37:44,630
OF THE FIRST SEVERAL YEARS OF TIF INCREMENTS INTO THE TIF

2712
03:37:44,669 --> 03:37:47,605
TRUST FUND AND INVEST ESSENTIALLY THEIR SHARE OF

2713
03:37:47,605 --> 03:37:53,345
500,000 WITH THE CITY'S SHARE OF 500,000 TO BRIDGE THE DESIGN AND

2714
03:37:53,345 --> 03:37:55,213
PLANNING. AND THEN ONCE THE FINANCING IS

2715
03:37:55,213 --> 03:37:59,418
DONE AND THE FUNDING IS DONE, THE RESPONSIBILITY, I BELIEVE,

2716
03:37:59,418 --> 03:38:02,554
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WOULD BE THEIR SHARE OF THE DEBT

2717
03:38:02,554 --> 03:38:07,159
SERVICE. IN A WAY, IT IS A WIN-WIN FOR

2718
03:38:07,159 --> 03:38:09,940
THEM. >>Dave Bullock: PRINCIPAL AND

2719
03:38:09,940 --> 03:38:09,628
INTEREST. >> YEAH.

2720
03:38:09,628 --> 03:38:13,766
EVENTUALLY THEY HAVE TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL.

2721
03:38:13,766 --> 03:38:20,366
BUT, BUT THE TIF REVENUES BUILD IN THE 5 TO 10 TO 15 YEARS

2722
03:38:23,842 --> 03:38:26,779
AHEAD, SO THEY WILL BE PAYING THE DEBT SERVICE NOW AND FOR THE

2723
03:38:26,779 --> 03:38:30,716
NEXT FEW YEARS THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OFF UNTIL

2724
03:38:30,716 --> 03:38:33,585
THERE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE FUNDS AVAILABLE.

2725
03:38:33,585 --> 03:38:37,990
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: GOT IT. SO AFTER THAT IS WHEN WE ISSUE

2726
03:38:37,990 --> 03:38:43,390
DEBT, RIGHT? EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THAT FITS WITH

2727
03:38:43,929 --> 03:38:46,932
THE TIF? THAT IS THE TIF?

2728
03:38:46,932 --> 03:38:48,333
>>Dave Bullock: YES. LET'S CLARIFY.

2729
03:38:48,333 --> 03:38:54,206
LET'S CALL IT A LITTLE PREPAYMENT WHERE IF THE COUNTY

2730
03:38:54,206 --> 03:38:57,876
COMMISSION GOES ALONG, WE MAKE ROUGHLY A MILLION DOLLARS

2731
03:38:57,876 --> 03:39:02,447
AVAILABLE FOR THE BAY PARK CONSERVANCY TO BILL AGAINST,

2732
03:39:02,447 --> 03:39:07,219
BECAUSE THEY SENT US A BILL FOR WORK AND WE PAY THAT.

2733
03:39:07,219 --> 03:39:12,424
THEN THE BIGGER CONCERN, WHICH I THINK WE WANT TO GET A CLEAR

2734
03:39:12,424 --> 03:39:18,424
INDICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TODAY IS TO FINANCE PHASE THREE,

2735
03:39:19,297 --> 03:39:23,435
IF I'M SAYING IT CORRECTLY, YOU'RE NOT COMMITTING TO IT, BUT

2736
03:39:23,435 --> 03:39:28,239
YOU'RE SAYING, YES, YOU'RE WILLING TO, WHEN IT COMES BACK

2737
03:39:28,239 --> 03:39:33,112
TO YOU, RESERVING ALL YOUR RIGHTS, YOU'RE STILL WILLING TO

2738
03:39:33,112 --> 03:39:36,915
FINANCE THE CITY'S PART OF THAT. THAT WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT

2739
03:39:36,915 --> 03:39:42,520
STATEMENT FOR THE CITY TO MAKE SO THAT AG AND COUNTY STAFF CAN

2740
03:39:42,520 --> 03:39:48,460
SAY, YES, THE CITY HAS EXPRESSED ITS WILLINGNESS TO FINANCE THE

2741
03:39:48,460 --> 03:39:50,462
TOTAL $20 MILLION FOR PHASE THREE AT A FUTURE TIME NEXT

2742
03:39:50,462 --> 03:39:54,533
YEAR. SO THEN NOW THE COUNTY KNOWS

2743
03:39:54,533 --> 03:39:59,138
WE'RE IN FOR OUR HALF OF ALL OF PHASE THREE.

2744
03:39:59,138 --> 03:40:02,574
AND THEN THE ASK THAT HE WILL MAKE TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION IS

2745
03:40:02,574 --> 03:40:06,244
FOR THEM TO BE IN FOR THEIR HALF.

2746
03:40:06,244 --> 03:40:09,244
AND -- >> VIA THE TIF.

2747
03:40:09,280 --> 03:40:11,482
>>Dave Bullock: THANK YOU. THE WAY THIS WHOLE THING WORKS,

2748
03:40:11,482 --> 03:40:15,620
AS IT WAS ENVISIONED FROM THE BEGINNING, THE TAX INCREMENT

2749
03:40:15,620 --> 03:40:19,624
THAT IS COLLECTED ANNUALLY AND DEPOSITED EITHER IN THE TIF FUND

2750
03:40:19,624 --> 03:40:23,362
FOR THE PART OF THE CITY OR HELD BY THE COUNTY BUT THEY PAY THEIR

2751
03:40:23,362 --> 03:40:26,231
HALF OF THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST TO THE CITY, AND THE

2752
03:40:26,231 --> 03:40:31,236
WAY THE FINANCING WORKS IS THE CITY ISSUES ALL DEBT AND THE

2753
03:40:31,236 --> 03:40:33,505
COUNTY PAYS HALF OF THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST EACH

2754
03:40:33,505 --> 03:40:37,705
YEAR. IT'S ALL UNDER THE TAX INCREMENT

2755
03:40:38,643 --> 03:40:43,315
FINANCING APPROACH THAT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY STARTED BACK IN

2756
03:40:43,315 --> 03:40:46,985
2019, I THINK, IS WHEN IT FIRST STARTED.

2757
03:40:46,985 --> 03:40:47,785
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: THANK YOU.

2758
03:40:47,785 --> 03:40:49,322
THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. >>Mayor Alpert: ALL RIGHT.

2759
03:40:49,322 --> 03:40:51,722
THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER AHEARN-KOCH.

2760
03:40:53,725 --> 03:40:59,531
>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: THANK YOU. WELL, I WANTED TO SAY THAT AS

2761
03:40:59,531 --> 03:41:02,801
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS SINCE THE BAYFRONT 2020

2762
03:41:02,801 --> 03:41:08,801
VERY, VERY, VERY BEGINNING, AND HAVE BEEN PRETTY OUTSPOKEN ABOUT

2763
03:41:08,974 --> 03:41:12,577
EVERYTHING THE BAY. AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT I REALLY

2764
03:41:12,577 --> 03:41:18,500
WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH MS. BROWN FROM CCNA AND

2765
03:41:18,500 --> 03:41:23,288
HELPING TO GET THE VOICE OF THE BOATERS, AND THERE ARE SO MANY

2766
03:41:23,288 --> 03:41:26,558
DIFFERENT KINDS AND SO MANY DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SO MANY

2767
03:41:26,558 --> 03:41:31,958
DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. AND TO GET THAT VOICE HEARD AND

2768
03:41:33,431 --> 03:41:36,431
NOTED AND RECOGNIZED IS INVALUABLE.

2769
03:41:37,302 --> 03:41:40,505
SO I REALLY THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT IS A HERCULEAN

2770
03:41:40,505 --> 03:41:42,407
EFFORT. AND THANK YOU TO MS. BROWN AS

2771
03:41:42,407 --> 03:41:45,644
WELL FROM CCNA. SO THANK YOU.

2772
03:41:45,644 --> 03:41:52,244
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT WAS THE RESILIENCY

2773
03:41:52,751 --> 03:41:56,351
FACTOR OF THE PARK. PHENOMENAL JOB.

2774
03:41:58,201 --> 03:42:01,404
YES, THERE WAS DAMAGE, BUT FROM SOME OF THE DAMAGE THAT WE'VE

2775
03:42:01,404 --> 03:42:07,811
SEEN THROUGHOUT THE CITY THROUGH OUR OWN PARKS, OUR OTHER PARKS,

2776
03:42:07,811 --> 03:42:10,614
UNFORTUNATELY, DAMAGE WAS SIGNIFICANT, AND SIGNIFICANTLY

2777
03:42:10,614 --> 03:42:13,483
MORE DIFFICULT TO REPAIR AND TO GET BACK OPEN AGAIN.

2778
03:42:13,483 --> 03:42:18,355
AND WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY IS LAUDABLE

2779
03:42:18,355 --> 03:42:22,920
BECAUSE OF THAT EXTRA EFFORT IN KEEPING THE COMMUNITY'S VOICE

2780
03:42:22,920 --> 03:42:25,228
INVOLVED, MAKING SURE YOU'RE DOING BEST PRACTICES, AND DOING

2781
03:42:25,228 --> 03:42:31,367
EXACTLY WHAT YOU SET OUT TO DO. SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU

2782
03:42:31,367 --> 03:42:37,367
FOR THAT AS WELL. AND THE EFFORT THAT YOU'VE TAKEN

2783
03:42:41,345 --> 03:42:48,317
TOWARDS THE SHIFTING OF THE DESIGN OF THE PARK HAS ALSO BEEN

2784
03:42:48,317 --> 03:42:50,920
COMMENDABLE BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO DESIGN SOMETHING THAT HAS MOVING

2785
03:42:50,920 --> 03:42:55,120
PIECES. AND THAT IS ANOTHER EFFORT THAT

2786
03:42:55,859 --> 03:43:02,465
HAS TO BE NOTED AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL.

2787
03:43:02,465 --> 03:43:07,700
I ALSO APPRECIATE THE AMOUNT BEING BORROWED OR BEING USED,

2788
03:43:07,700 --> 03:43:11,740
THE MILLION DOLLARS REQUESTED BEING USED AND WAITING UNTIL THE

2789
03:43:11,740 --> 03:43:14,277
OPPORTUNE TIME TO GO FORWARD WITH THE REQUEST FOR THE OTHER

2790
03:43:14,277 --> 03:43:19,148
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT SAVES MONEY.

2791
03:43:19,148 --> 03:43:22,885
I JUST REALLY WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

2792
03:43:22,885 --> 03:43:26,623
THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME AND FOR

2793
03:43:26,623 --> 03:43:29,692
CONTINUING TO WORK WITH ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS, FOR BUILDING AN

2794
03:43:29,692 --> 03:43:34,970
INCREDIBLE GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS, AND FOR BEING COMMITTED TO THE

2795
03:43:34,970 --> 03:43:40,570
OPEN, ACCESSIBLE, FREE MOST OF THE TIME, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE

2796
03:43:40,570 --> 03:43:44,641
WAY ALL PARKS WORK. THERE ARE PARKS WHERE IT IS NOT

2797
03:43:44,641 --> 03:43:46,443
FREE. SO BEING COMMITTED TO THAT AND

2798
03:43:46,443 --> 03:43:49,979
FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THAT COMMITMENT IS REALLY VALUED BY

2799
03:43:49,979 --> 03:43:54,500
THE COMMUNITY AND BY MYSELF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

2800
03:43:54,500 --> 03:43:57,354
>> THANK YOU. WE HAVE TWO OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS

2801
03:43:57,354 --> 03:44:03,126
TODAY, DIANA SHAHEEN, COO AND ADAM GELTER WHO WAS THE MAN WE

2802
03:44:03,126 --> 03:44:06,796
COULDN'T SEE AT THE BAY PARK IMPROVEMENT BOARD.

2803
03:44:06,796 --> 03:44:09,332
HE LIVES. HE DOES -- HE LEADS ALL OF OUR

2804
03:44:09,332 --> 03:44:11,602
IMPLEMENTATION AND, OF COURSE, A LOT OF THE TEAM ISN'T HERE.

2805
03:44:11,602 --> 03:44:15,738
I GUESS THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY, THIS THING IS BUILT ON

2806
03:44:15,738 --> 03:44:18,275
PARTNERSHIPS. AND WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER

2807
03:44:18,275 --> 03:44:20,810
OF PARTNERS THAT DO ALL THE DESIGN AND THE ENGINEERING AND

2808
03:44:20,810 --> 03:44:25,610
HELP US WITH THE RESILIENCY AND STORMWATER CONSTRUCTION.

2809
03:44:26,682 --> 03:44:30,286
ALL OF OUR PROGRAMMING IS PARTNERED, WE HAVE 30 PLUS

2810
03:44:30,286 --> 03:44:35,860
NONPROFIT PARTNERS. IT'S A UNIQUE NETWORK AND IT'S

2811
03:44:35,892 --> 03:44:38,628
BEEN TERRIFIC TO SEE IT GROW AND GET STRONGER.

2812
03:44:38,628 --> 03:44:43,766
BUT THAT'S HOW THINGS GET DONE. THAT'S HOW THINGS GET DONE.

2813
03:44:43,766 --> 03:44:46,766
>>Mayor Alpert: VICE MAYOR TRICE.

2814
03:44:46,969 --> 03:44:50,400
>>Vice-Mayor Trice: THANK YOU. THE THING IN YOUR PRESENTATION

2815
03:44:50,400 --> 03:44:58,440
THAT I HAVE TO COMMEND YOU ON IS LOTS OF TIMES WHEN PEOPLE DESIGN

2816
03:44:58,581 --> 03:45:03,530
AND BUILD SOMETHING AND THEN THE STORM RIPS IT APART, YOU SAY,

2817
03:45:03,530 --> 03:45:07,590
OKAY, I'LL BUILD IT BACK THE WAY IT WAS, NO, YOU ADAPTED AND

2818
03:45:07,590 --> 03:45:13,590
SAID, WELL, THAT MIGHT NOT BE SUCH A GOOD IDEA.

2819
03:45:14,330 --> 03:45:18,680
I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE TAKING THAT APPROACH AND SAYING LET'S

2820
03:45:18,680 --> 03:45:22,868
LEARN OUR LESSONS AND ADAPT TO THE SITUATION.

2821
03:45:25,476 --> 03:45:29,780
HOPEFULLY IT WON'T COME TO IT, BUT AFTER YOU ADAPTED, WE MAY

2822
03:45:29,780 --> 03:45:32,481
DISCOVER THERE IS A NEED FOR MORE ADAPTATION, BUT AT LEAST

2823
03:45:32,481 --> 03:45:36,953
IT'S NOT SAYING I WANT TO REBUILD THE WAY IT WAS IN THE

2824
03:45:36,953 --> 03:45:39,622
BEGINNING. SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

2825
03:45:39,622 --> 03:45:46,822
BUT I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. BULLOCK BECAUSE THE NUMBERS HE

2826
03:45:47,960 --> 03:45:51,367
WAS THROWING OUT CONFUSED ME A LITTLE BECAUSE I'M UNDER THE

2827
03:45:51,367 --> 03:45:56,767
IMPRESSION FROM THE BAY PARK IMPROVEMENT BOARD MEETING THAT

2828
03:45:59,743 --> 03:46:06,343
YOUR REQUEST FOR PHASE THREE WAS FOR $20 MILLION OUT OF THE

2829
03:46:09,520 --> 03:46:15,652
COMBINED CITY-COUNTY TIF FUND. SO WHEN IT COMES -- AS I

2830
03:46:18,610 --> 03:46:23,666
UNDERSTAND IT THEN, THE CITY WILL AT SOME POINT DO THE BOND

2831
03:46:23,666 --> 03:46:30,266
ISSUE FOR THE FULL 20 MILLION, BUT IT WILL BE REPAID THROUGH

2832
03:46:32,341 --> 03:46:35,411
THE COMBINED COUNTY CITY TIF FUND.

2833
03:46:35,411 --> 03:46:37,480
>>Dave Bullock: THAT'S CORRECT. THE WAY THAT IT WORKS, THE CITY

2834
03:46:37,480 --> 03:46:41,584
ISSUES THE DEBT AND THEN THE COUNTY PAYS 50% OF THE PRINCIPAL

2835
03:46:41,584 --> 03:46:45,355
AND INTEREST ANNUALLY AND WE PAY 50% OF THE PRINCIPAL AND

2836
03:46:45,355 --> 03:46:47,156
INTEREST ANNUALLY. BUT IT IS CITY DEBT.

2837
03:46:47,156 --> 03:46:50,793
AND WE MAKE THE GUARANTEES. AND THEN THAT'S THE REVENUE

2838
03:46:50,793 --> 03:46:52,295
FLOW. THAT IS THE FLOW OF FUNDS TO PAY

2839
03:46:52,295 --> 03:46:56,967
THE DEBT IS 50-50, ASSUMING THE COUNTY COMMISSION APPROVES

2840
03:46:56,967 --> 03:46:59,967
EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY APPROVES.

2841
03:47:01,237 --> 03:47:04,507
>>Vice-Mayor Trice: THAT'S THE GLITCH IN THERE THAT THREE

2842
03:47:04,507 --> 03:47:09,450
ENTITIES NEED TO APPROVE THIS. THE BAY PARK IMPROVEMENT BOARD

2843
03:47:09,450 --> 03:47:15,952
ALREADY APPROVED IT, AND IF WE APPROVE IT TODAY, THEN IT WILL

2844
03:47:15,952 --> 03:47:23,152
DEPEND ON THE COUNTY TO APPROVE. IF ON THE OUTSIDE CHANCE THE

2845
03:47:23,226 --> 03:47:29,826
COUNTY DOES NOT APPROVE, IS THERE A MECHANISM FOR THE BAY

2846
03:47:35,271 --> 03:47:38,475
PARK CONSERVANCY TO COME BACK TO US TO WORK SOMETHING OUT?

2847
03:47:38,475 --> 03:47:41,344
>>Dave Bullock: I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT, BUT IF

2848
03:47:41,344 --> 03:47:46,830
SOMETHING LIKE THAT SHOULD OCCUR NOW OR IN THE FUTURE, WE WOULD

2849
03:47:46,830 --> 03:47:50,286
BEGIN TO ENGAGE IN A DISCUSSION ABOUT A DIFFERENT APPROACH.

2850
03:47:50,286 --> 03:47:51,153
>>Vice-Mayor Trice: OKAY. THANK YOU.

2851
03:47:51,153 --> 03:47:53,422
THAT WAS MY QUESTION. >>Mayor Alpert: THANK YOU.

2852
03:47:53,422 --> 03:47:58,222
COMMISSIONER BATTIE. >>Kyle Battie: I JUST WANTED TO

2853
03:47:59,429 --> 03:48:04,701
SAY THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO

2854
03:48:04,701 --> 03:48:12,119
THIS PROJECT AND EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING TO BE IN THE FUTURE TO

2855
03:48:12,119 --> 03:48:15,989
THIS CITY AND ITS INCLUSION. AS YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN A

2856
03:48:15,989 --> 03:48:21,328
CHAMPION OF IT FROM JUMP STREET AND JUST HUMBLED AND

2857
03:48:21,328 --> 03:48:28,528
APPRECIATIVE TO BE ON THE BOARD AND BE A PART OF THIS.

2858
03:48:29,203 --> 03:48:34,141
AGAIN, I DON'T THINK I DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING THAT'S PERTAINING

2859
03:48:34,141 --> 03:48:37,311
TO THIS PROJECT. I'M OUTSPOKEN ABOUT IT, IN FAVOR

2860
03:48:37,311 --> 03:48:42,149
OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO AND CONTINUE TO DO.

2861
03:48:42,149 --> 03:48:44,818
APPLAUD YOU IN ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING.

2862
03:48:44,818 --> 03:48:48,956
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

2863
03:48:48,956 --> 03:48:54,356
>>Mayor Alpert: ALL RIGHT. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS EITHER.

2864
03:48:54,628 --> 03:48:56,430
JUST WANTED TO JUST COMMENT. I SAW THIS PRESENTATION AT THE

2865
03:48:56,430 --> 03:49:00,368
BAY PARK IMPROVEMENT BORED, SO I SAW IT.

2866
03:49:00,368 --> 03:49:04,171
BUT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT A LOT.

2867
03:49:04,171 --> 03:49:10,771
THE CONCEPTS ARE SO EXCITING, AND I THINK FROM DAY ONE,

2868
03:49:10,911 --> 03:49:16,911
EVERYBODY HAS COME UP WITH JUST A REALLY AMAZING PARK.

2869
03:49:16,917 --> 03:49:21,989
SO FAR ALL OF THE CREATIVE PEOPLE WHO COME UP WITH THESE

2870
03:49:21,989 --> 03:49:28,589
DESIGNS AND WAYS TO DO THINGS, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO

2871
03:49:28,695 --> 03:49:33,495
GETTING THIS APPROVED AND SEEING THAT WATER FEATURE.

2872
03:49:35,700 --> 03:49:39,730
SO I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA.

2873
03:49:39,730 --> 03:49:42,876
I LOVED THE PARK OVER PARKING IDEA TO PROVIDE SOME PARKING.

2874
03:49:42,876 --> 03:49:47,581
AND GIVE US A HILL TO CLIMB. ALL RIGHT.

2875
03:49:47,581 --> 03:49:50,150
COMMISSIONERS, CAN WE GET A MOTION?

2876
03:49:50,150 --> 03:49:53,354
>>Dave Bullock: MADAM CHAIR, IF I COULD MAKE A PROPOSED MOTION?

2877
03:49:53,354 --> 03:49:55,222
>>Mayor Alpert: SURE. >>Dave Bullock: YOU CAN ALL DO

2878
03:49:55,222 --> 03:49:57,491
WITH IT WHAT YOU WANT. IT WOULD BE MOVE TO APPROVE THE

2879
03:49:57,491 --> 03:50:02,163
CONCEPT OF FUNDING FOR PHASE 3 OF THE BAY PARK IN AN AMOUNT

2880
03:50:02,163 --> 03:50:05,499
ESTIMATED TO BE $20 MILLION CONTINGENT ON EQUAL FUNDING BY

2881
03:50:05,499 --> 03:50:08,636
SARASOTA COUNTY. >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: I'LL

2882
03:50:08,636 --> 03:50:11,439
MAKE THAT MOTION. >>Vice-Mayor Trice: I'LL SECOND

2883
03:50:11,439 --> 03:50:13,708
IT. BUT DO YOU NEED THE MILLION

2884
03:50:13,708 --> 03:50:16,708
DOLLARS THROWN IN THERE SOMEPLACE?

2885
03:50:21,648 --> 03:50:24,520
>>Dave Bullock: I THINK -- NO. [ LAUGHTER ]

2886
03:50:24,520 --> 03:50:27,721
I THINK WE'RE OKAY. IF YOU APPROVE -- THIS IS A

2887
03:50:27,721 --> 03:50:32,327
CONCEPT WHERE EVERYTHING IS CONTINGENT ON THE COUNTY.

2888
03:50:32,327 --> 03:50:35,796
I THINK WE'RE COMFORTABLE THEY CAN BEGIN TO INVOICE AGAINST

2889
03:50:35,796 --> 03:50:39,467
MONEY WE ALREADY HAVE IN AN ACCOUNT, AS LONG AS THE COUNTY

2890
03:50:39,467 --> 03:50:41,802
APPROVES IT. AND YOU'RE NOT APPROVING THE

2891
03:50:41,802 --> 03:50:45,500
FUNDING YET. I'M TRYING TO RESERVE FOR YOU

2892
03:50:45,500 --> 03:50:48,475
THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY APPROVE THE FUNDING AT A FUTURE DATE

2893
03:50:48,475 --> 03:50:50,944
WHEN WE HAVE EVERYTHING NAILED DOWN, WE KNOW HOW MUCH

2894
03:50:50,944 --> 03:50:54,481
EVERYTHING IS, YOU'LL MAKE THE FINAL VOTE ON FUNDING.

2895
03:50:54,481 --> 03:50:57,818
BUT AG CAN MAKE THE STATEMENT THAT THE CITY HAS APPROVED THE

2896
03:50:57,818 --> 03:51:03,224
CONCEPT OF FUNDING PHASE THREE IN THE AMOUNT OF $20 MILLION AND

2897
03:51:03,224 --> 03:51:07,494
CERTAINLY RELAY TO THEM WE HAVE THE ABILITY AND AT THE STAFF

2898
03:51:07,494 --> 03:51:11,898
LEVEL, AGREED WITH STEVE PATELLAR WE CAN USE OUR JOINT

2899
03:51:11,898 --> 03:51:13,835
ACCOUNT FOR THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF THE WORK.

2900
03:51:13,835 --> 03:51:18,171
I THINK WE'RE OKAY. >>Vice-Mayor Trice: I SECONDED.

2901
03:51:18,171 --> 03:51:22,371
>>Mayor Alpert: COMMISSIONER OHLRICH MADE THE MOTION.

2902
03:51:23,510 --> 03:51:26,514
ANY DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION? >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: I WOULD

2903
03:51:26,514 --> 03:51:29,449
LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING. I REMEMBER THE DAY VIRGINIA

2904
03:51:29,449 --> 03:51:35,255
HALEY, MICHAEL KLAUBER AND I THINK JON THAXTON CAME TO CCNA

2905
03:51:35,255 --> 03:51:41,195
AND PITCHED THIS WILD IDEA ABOUT A PARK ON THE BAY.

2906
03:51:41,195 --> 03:51:43,397
AND WE SAID THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA.

2907
03:51:43,397 --> 03:51:46,867
WE'RE ALL IN. SO HERE WE ARE TODAY, HOPEFULLY

2908
03:51:46,867 --> 03:51:50,467
ALL IN. >>Mayor Alpert: ALL RIGHT.

2909
03:51:51,605 --> 03:51:57,500
COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU WILL VOTE. IS THAT YOUR VOTE?

2910
03:51:59,412 --> 03:52:04,812
PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH LET US

2911
03:52:04,885 --> 03:52:12,685
KNOW IF WE NEED HELP TOMORROW. DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO

2912
03:52:20,567 --> 03:52:22,302
SPEAK? NOBODY.

2913
03:52:22,302 --> 03:52:25,438
OKAY. WE'LL GO TO ITEM 14, REMARKS OF

2914
03:52:25,438 --> 03:52:27,438
COMMISSIONERS. COMMISSIONER BATTIE.

2915
03:52:28,308 --> 03:52:30,643
>>Kyle Battie: ABSOLUTELY NONE. >>Mayor Alpert: COMMISSIONER

2916
03:52:30,643 --> 03:52:33,514
OHLRICH. >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: THANK

2917
03:52:33,514 --> 03:52:35,315
YOU. TWO THINGS.

2918
03:52:35,315 --> 03:52:40,587
I'M ON THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES FINANCE AND TAXATION

2919
03:52:40,587 --> 03:52:43,457
COMMITTEE. WE HAVE THREE AREAS OF FOCUS.

2920
03:52:43,457 --> 03:52:48,395
ONE IS AD VALOREM TAXES, WHICH SEEMS TO BE A BIG DEAL THIS

2921
03:52:48,395 --> 03:52:52,320
YEAR. THE OTHER IS LOCAL OPTION SALES

2922
03:52:52,320 --> 03:52:55,200
TAXES. AND THE THIRD IS LOCAL BUSINESS

2923
03:52:55,200 --> 03:52:59,202
TAX REFORM. THE COMMITTEE HAS DECIDED TO

2924
03:52:59,239 --> 03:53:03,944
FOCUS ON AD VALOREM TAXES, AND WILL BE WRITING A POLICY

2925
03:53:03,944 --> 03:53:09,150
STATEMENT THAT WE USE TO WORK WHEN WE GO TALK TO THE

2926
03:53:09,150 --> 03:53:14,415
LEGISLATORS IN TALLAHASSEE. THE SECOND THING IS, I'M TAKING

2927
03:53:15,823 --> 03:53:20,360
A COURSE FROM THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES UNIVERSITY ON

2928
03:53:20,360 --> 03:53:24,560
HOW TO BECOME A MORE DATA-DRIVEN CITY.

2929
03:53:25,566 --> 03:53:31,404
I HOPE TO BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK TO THIS CITY SO WE CAN BE

2930
03:53:31,404 --> 03:53:34,641
MORE DATA DRIVEN IN OUR DECISION MAKING.

2931
03:53:34,641 --> 03:53:37,244
THAT'S IT, MAYOR. >>Mayor Alpert: THANK YOU.

2932
03:53:37,244 --> 03:53:39,780
COMMISSIONER AHEARN-KOCH. >>Jen Ahearn-Koch: YES.

2933
03:53:39,780 --> 03:53:43,450
SO FOR FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES, I'M ON THE UTILITIES NATURAL

2934
03:53:43,450 --> 03:53:47,650
RESOURCES AND PUBLIC WORKS LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE.

2935
03:53:47,655 --> 03:53:51,324
WE HAVE 56 MEMBERS, AND WE HAD A NUMBER OF ITEMS.

2936
03:53:51,324 --> 03:53:56,724
WE CHOSE AS OUR FIRST ONE ENTERPRISE FUND TRANSFERS

2937
03:53:57,264 --> 03:54:02,664
BECAUSE LAST YEAR, LAST SESSION, THE LEGISLATORS IN TALLAHASSEE

2938
03:54:02,669 --> 03:54:07,608
PROPOSED TO LIMIT AND RESTRICT HOW MUNICIPALITIES CAN USE

2939
03:54:07,608 --> 03:54:11,808
REVENUES GENERATED FROM UTILITIES SUCH AS ELECTRIC,

2940
03:54:13,146 --> 03:54:18,546
NATURAL GAS, WATER, WASTEWATER, OUTSIDE OF THE CORPORATE LIMITS.

2941
03:54:18,762 --> 03:54:22,232
AND THERE ARE OFTEN BOND OBLIGATIONS, DEBT SERVICE, AND

2942
03:54:22,232 --> 03:54:26,436
OTHER CONTRACTUAL PROJECTS THAT MUNICIPALITIES USE THOSE FUNDS

2943
03:54:26,436 --> 03:54:29,773
FOR, AND THIS WOULD LIMIT THAT. THE BILL LAST YEAR PASSED THE

2944
03:54:29,773 --> 03:54:34,578
HOUSE, BUT IT FAILED IN THE SENATE, SO WE FEEL THAT IT'S --

2945
03:54:34,578 --> 03:54:38,982
WE'RE SURE IT'S GOING TO COME BACK AND WANT TO BE PREPARED TO

2946
03:54:38,982 --> 03:54:42,652
GO TO TALLAHASSEE AND GIVE GOOD ARGUMENTS AGAINST IT.

2947
03:54:42,652 --> 03:54:47,452
THE SECOND ONE WAS THE EXTRA TERRITORIAL SURCHARGES.

2948
03:54:49,920 --> 03:54:53,630
FOR MUNICIPALITIES TO MAINTAIN AUTHORITY OVER ESTABLISHING --

2949
03:54:53,630 --> 03:54:57,000
TO ESTABLISH AND APPLY REASONABLE EXTRA TERRITORIAL

2950
03:54:57,000 --> 03:55:00,604
SURCHARGES TO REFLECT THE COST OF PROVIDING SERVICES OUTSIDE OF

2951
03:55:00,604 --> 03:55:05,275
THE MUNICIPAL BORDERS. FOR EXAMPLE, LONGBOAT KEY HAS AN

2952
03:55:05,275 --> 03:55:10,814
AGREEMENT TO GET -- THEY HAVE A SUBAQUEOUS LINE WHERE THEY GET I

2953
03:55:10,814 --> 03:55:13,160
BELIEVE WATER AND WASTEWATER, IS THAT CORRECT?

2954
03:55:13,160 --> 03:55:15,151
>>Dave Bullock: THEY TAKE WASTEWATER --

2955
03:55:15,151 --> 03:55:17,155
>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: OUT TO MANATEE COUNTY.

2956
03:55:17,155 --> 03:55:21,955
LONGBOAT KEY HAPPILY PAYS THAT SURCHARGE, WHATEVER MANATEE

2957
03:55:22,259 --> 03:55:27,300
COUNTY GIVES THEM BECAUSE THE CONSEQUENCE IS PRETTY

2958
03:55:27,300 --> 03:55:31,230
UNAPPETIZING. LONGBOAT KEY IS A RECEIVER OF

2959
03:55:32,269 --> 03:55:35,439
SERVICES, HAS NO ISSUE, AS DO A LOT OF FOLKS WHO RECEIVE THOSE

2960
03:55:35,439 --> 03:55:36,974
KINDS OF SERVICES. THEY WOULDN'T HAVE THEM

2961
03:55:36,974 --> 03:55:41,645
OTHERWISE. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE ADVOCATING

2962
03:55:41,645 --> 03:55:45,845
AGAINST THEM LIMITING THAT INCREASE IN CHARGES.

2963
03:55:47,384 --> 03:55:50,387
OFTEN THE MUNICIPALITY HAS TO INVEST OR THE COUNTY HAS TO

2964
03:55:50,387 --> 03:55:53,122
INVEST IN PROVIDING THAT. SO THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PAY

2965
03:55:53,122 --> 03:55:57,527
FOR THAT. A THIRD, CLOSE THIRD WAS ONE

2966
03:55:57,527 --> 03:55:59,462
WATER. AND IT'S A CONCEPT WE SUPPORTED

2967
03:55:59,462 --> 03:56:01,465
LAST YEAR AND WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT.

2968
03:56:01,465 --> 03:56:06,736
AND WHAT ONE WATER IS, IT IS AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO ALL

2969
03:56:06,736 --> 03:56:09,720
THINGS WATER. THAT'S WATER SUPPLY, QUALITY,

2970
03:56:09,720 --> 03:56:12,720
QUANTITY, PROTECTION, CONSERVATION AND SURFACE

2971
03:56:13,877 --> 03:56:17,477
GROUNDWATER, FRESHWATER, MARINE WATER, POTABLE WATER,

2972
03:56:17,614 --> 03:56:21,417
WASTEWATER, RECLAIMED WATER, ALL OF IT FALLS UNDER ONE

2973
03:56:21,417 --> 03:56:26,217
INTERCONNECTED UMBRELLA. WHAT IT DOES IS IT BASICALLY

2974
03:56:26,422 --> 03:56:32,422
ENCOURAGES FUNDING FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT SILOED BUT ACTUALLY

2975
03:56:32,829 --> 03:56:36,299
HAVE MULTIPLE IMPACTS ON THE WHOLE GLOBAL SYSTEM BECAUSE

2976
03:56:36,299 --> 03:56:39,502
WATER IS REGIONAL. AND TEXAS, FOR EXAMPLE, SPENDS A

2977
03:56:39,502 --> 03:56:44,974
BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR ON ONE WATER PROJECTS BECAUSE THEY CAN

2978
03:56:44,974 --> 03:56:47,710
SECURE FUNDING TO SAY IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO FIT THIS CHECK

2979
03:56:47,710 --> 03:56:50,781
MARK OR THAT ONE. IT'S GOING TO FIT 50 OF THEM.

2980
03:56:50,781 --> 03:56:57,381
AND IT'S GOING TO IMPACT US IN A MUCH BIGGER WAY.

2981
03:56:59,550 --> 03:57:03,526
WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR WAS THE STATE FELT LIKE THE COMMITTEE

2982
03:57:03,526 --> 03:57:07,230
WAS NOT COMPLETELY READY TO ADDRESS THIS.

2983
03:57:07,230 --> 03:57:10,967
SO OUR COMMITTEE PICKING TWO DECIDED WE WOULD SPEAK IN

2984
03:57:10,967 --> 03:57:15,605
SUPPORT OF ONE WATER AND WAIT UNTIL THE COMMITTEE WAS ACTUALLY

2985
03:57:15,605 --> 03:57:20,944
AT A POINT WHERE THEY CAN DO IT. PLANT CITY IS A BIG ONE WATER

2986
03:57:20,944 --> 03:57:27,483
CITY AS ARE A NUMBER OF CITIES. SO THERE IS A CONFERENCE, MR.

2987
03:57:27,483 --> 03:57:32,822
BULLOCK OR SUMMIT, I SHOULD SAY, ON OCTOBER 30th IN PLANT CITY

2988
03:57:32,822 --> 03:57:35,691
HAVING TO DO WITH ONE WATER. AND GOT A NUMBER OF PARTNERS

2989
03:57:35,691 --> 03:57:38,294
THAT WE KNOW AND PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE AS WELL.

2990
03:57:38,294 --> 03:57:42,565
SO THAT WAS REALLY -- IT'S WHERE THINGS ARE GOING FOR FUNDING AND

2991
03:57:42,565 --> 03:57:45,235
WATER, BECAUSE THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASSET FOR THE CITY OR

2992
03:57:45,235 --> 03:57:52,435
FOR THE STATE, I SHOULD SAY. I WANTED TO SHARE THAT I

2993
03:57:52,776 --> 03:57:56,976
ATTENDED THE DOWNTOWN SARASOTA ENRICHMENT ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL

2994
03:57:57,380 --> 03:57:59,783
MEETING. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF FOLKS

2995
03:57:59,783 --> 03:58:02,184
THERE. I WOULD SAY OVER 50 FROM

2996
03:58:02,184 --> 03:58:05,455
MERCHANTS FROM DOWNTOWN. THEY ARE GOING TO BE HAVING AN

2997
03:58:05,455 --> 03:58:08,455
EVENT DURING THE THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMASTIME.

2998
03:58:09,526 --> 03:58:12,529
IT'S GOING TO BE TO PROMOTE LOCAL SHOPPING IN DOWNTOWN

2999
03:58:12,529 --> 03:58:14,664
SARASOTA, AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE DOING ALL KINDS OF STUFF TO

3000
03:58:14,664 --> 03:58:16,332
CELEBRATE AROUND THAT. SO LOOK FOR THAT.

3001
03:58:16,332 --> 03:58:20,937
THEY ARE ALSO LOOKING INTO DOING A DOWNTOWN SHOPPING MAP.

3002
03:58:20,937 --> 03:58:25,274
WE ALL ATTENDED I BELIEVE THAT SWEARING IN OF THE SEVEN NEW

3003
03:58:25,274 --> 03:58:28,878
OFFICERS, AND THAT WAS REALLY A BEAUTIFUL EVENT.

3004
03:58:28,878 --> 03:58:35,251
SO I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THOSE OF HOW ATTENDED AS WELL.

3005
03:58:35,251 --> 03:58:41,851
U.S. RECYCLING, THE GROUP FROM CCNA, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE

3006
03:58:43,959 --> 03:58:50,559
MEETING AND MOVING FORWARD WITH TRYING TO GET THAT SITUATION TO

3007
03:58:50,766 --> 03:58:52,969
CHANGE. I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.

3008
03:58:52,969 --> 03:58:56,172
AND WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SHARE.

3009
03:58:56,172 --> 03:58:57,706
>>Mayor Alpert: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

3010
03:58:57,706 --> 03:59:00,910
VICE MAYOR. >>Vice-Mayor Trice: I'M GOING TO

3011
03:59:00,910 --> 03:59:03,780
BE VERY BRIEF ON FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES.

3012
03:59:03,780 --> 03:59:08,580
I'M ON THE DEVELOPMENT CODE ENFORCEMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT

3013
03:59:12,322 --> 03:59:16,260
COMMITTEE. WE PRACTICALLY HAD A TIE ON OUR

3014
03:59:16,260 --> 03:59:22,626
TWO ITEMS BEING CRAs BECAUSE AT LEAST ONE LEGISLATOR WANTS TO

3015
03:59:23,399 --> 03:59:28,199
ELIMINATE CRAs. AND THEN THERE WERE LAUNDRY LIST

3016
03:59:29,139 --> 03:59:35,739
OF HOUSING RELATED THINGS, SO WE SAID HOUSING ALSO, WHICH WOULD

3017
03:59:38,130 --> 03:59:44,130
INCLUDE LIVE LOCAL ACT AND IMPACT FEES, SEVERAL LINE ITEMS.

3018
03:59:44,220 --> 03:59:51,420
SO WE WILL PROBABLY NARROW DONE WHICH OF THOSE WE WILL INCLUDE

3019
03:59:51,427 --> 03:59:55,270
IN OUR ISSUE WITH THE LEGISLATORS.

3020
03:59:56,990 --> 04:00:01,504
BUT SEVERAL BILLS IN THAT AREA WERE FILED DURING THE MEETING,

3021
04:00:01,504 --> 04:00:04,841
SO IT WAS, OH, YEAH, WE CAN'T REALLY GIVE YOU ANY DETAILS

3022
04:00:04,841 --> 04:00:09,379
BECAUSE THIS JUST CAME OUT. SO THAT'S WHY I DON'T HAVE

3023
04:00:09,379 --> 04:00:13,917
ANYTHING SOLID TO SAY TODAY. AND THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO LET

3024
04:00:13,917 --> 04:00:18,321
YOU ALL KNOW TODAY. >>Jen Ahearn-Koch: YOU SAID

3025
04:00:18,321 --> 04:00:22,792
NUMBER ONE WAS CRAs. AND NUMBER TWO WAS?

3026
04:00:22,792 --> 04:00:27,697
>>Vice-Mayor Trice: HOUSING, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS IN THAT

3027
04:00:27,697 --> 04:00:29,941
ORDER BECAUSE THEY WERE DIFFERENT BY ONE VOTE.

3028
04:00:29,941 --> 04:00:33,110
SO THEN THEY DID A RECOUNT. BUT I WAS BUSY TALKING TO

3029
04:00:33,110 --> 04:00:38,411
SOMEBODY WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS OF THE RECOUNT.

3030
04:00:39,284 --> 04:00:41,860
>>Jen Ahearn-Koch: YOU'LL TELL US AT THE NEXT MEETING.

3031
04:00:41,860 --> 04:00:44,686
>>Vice-Mayor Trice: YEAH. >>Mayor Alpert: OKAY.

3032
04:00:48,920 --> 04:00:53,364
I GUESS I'LL TALK ABOUT MY LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, WHICH

3033
04:00:53,364 --> 04:00:58,164
SEEMS LIKE A REALLY DISPARATE GROUP OF TOPICS.

3034
04:00:58,303 --> 04:01:01,303
IT'S INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, MOBILITY, AND

3035
04:01:02,974 --> 04:01:07,779
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. SO I'M NOT SURE -- SO I DO HAVE

3036
04:01:07,779 --> 04:01:11,249
-- SB 180. WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT.

3037
04:01:11,249 --> 04:01:17,849
WE'RE PROMOTING SOME, OR THE ISSUE CAME UP TO PROMOTE SOME

3038
04:01:17,989 --> 04:01:22,861
AMENDMENTS TO SB 180 TO PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATION, CLEAN UP

3039
04:01:22,861 --> 04:01:29,461
SOME OF THE PROVISIONS AND THE ISSUE IS SUPPOSEDLY THE ORIGINAL

3040
04:01:35,600 --> 04:01:40,278
INTENT WAS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE PEOPLE BE ABLE TO REBUILD WHERE

3041
04:01:40,278 --> 04:01:45,817
THEY ALREADY HAD A BUILDING AND NOT BE.IS TOED BY LOCAL

3042
04:01:45,817 --> 04:01:49,154
GOVERNMENT IF THEY LOST IT BECAUSE OF A HURRICANE.

3043
04:01:49,154 --> 04:01:53,392
BUT THAT APPLIES NOW TO EVERYBODY WHETHER THEY WERE

3044
04:01:53,392 --> 04:01:56,992
AFFECTED BY THE HURRICANE OR NOT.

3045
04:01:57,495 --> 04:01:59,564
AND THEN WE DISCUSSED SEVERAL ISSUES.

3046
04:01:59,564 --> 04:02:07,172
WE HAD TO NARROW IT DOWN TO TWO, AND THEN NEXT MONTH WE'LL CHOOSE

3047
04:02:07,172 --> 04:02:10,575
ONE. THE SECOND ISSUE THAT WAS CHOSEN

3048
04:02:10,575 --> 04:02:14,775
WAS CHANGING THE DATES FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

3049
04:02:15,946 --> 04:02:18,916
SO ESSENTIALLY THE STATE IS WANTING THEM TO CHANGE THE DATES

3050
04:02:18,916 --> 04:02:23,716
OF THEIR ELECTIONS JUST AS WE DID HERE.

3051
04:02:24,855 --> 04:02:31,796
AND THE POINT FROM THE GROUP WAS THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE THE POINT

3052
04:02:31,796 --> 04:02:37,134
THAT THEY DON'T REALLY THINK THE STATE SHOULD BE INTERFERING IN

3053
04:02:37,134 --> 04:02:43,800
THE LOCAL ELECTIONS AND WHEN THEY ARE HELD AND THE TERM

3054
04:02:43,800 --> 04:02:47,808
LIMITS. IF YOU MAKE IT EVERY EVEN YEAR,

3055
04:02:50,810 --> 04:02:53,885
WHERE GOVERNOR OR A PRESIDENT IS GETTING ELECTED, YOU'VE GOT

3056
04:02:53,885 --> 04:02:57,890
COMMISSIONS THAT ARE -- HAVE THREE-YEAR TERMS.

3057
04:02:57,890 --> 04:03:00,224
SO THEN THEY CHANGE THEIR CHARTER REGARDING THAT AND HOW

3058
04:03:00,224 --> 04:03:03,428
LONG THEY SERVE. SO IT'S MUCH MORE COMPLICATED

3059
04:03:03,428 --> 04:03:06,831
AND THEY JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT IS THE STATE'S PURVIEW.

3060
04:03:06,831 --> 04:03:12,103
SO THOSE WERE THE TWO ISSUES THAT GOT CHOSEN.

3061
04:03:12,103 --> 04:03:15,706
OUR ISSUE FOR THE ART ON SIDEWALKS CAME IN THIRD.

3062
04:03:15,706 --> 04:03:21,512
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T INDIVIDUALLY LOBBY FOR

3063
04:03:21,512 --> 04:03:26,312
THAT. THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY.

3064
04:03:26,784 --> 04:03:28,453
YES. >>Jen Ahearn-Koch: FIRST OF ALL,

3065
04:03:28,453 --> 04:03:31,790
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THE ART ON SIDEWALKS.

3066
04:03:31,790 --> 04:03:33,392
I HEARD IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.

3067
04:03:33,392 --> 04:03:38,129
THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. AND THEN, SECOND OF ALL, FOR SB

3068
04:03:38,129 --> 04:03:41,199
180, WHEN YOU GET THAT LANGUAGE FINAL, WOULD YOU MIND SHARING

3069
04:03:41,199 --> 04:03:43,401
IT? BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS OUR MOST

3070
04:03:43,401 --> 04:03:47,272
IMPORTANT ONE, WHEN WE GO TO TALLAHASSEE, BIG ONE.

3071
04:03:47,272 --> 04:03:50,740
>>Mayor Alpert: YEAH, OKAY. THAT WILL BE AFTER NEXT MONTH'S

3072
04:03:50,740 --> 04:03:51,208
MEETING. BUT THERE ARE SOME PROPOSALS.

3073
04:03:51,208 --> 04:03:56,214
I CAN GET WHAT THEY HAVE ALREADY PROPOSED, WHAT THEY ARE WANTING

3074
04:03:56,214 --> 04:03:57,549
TO -- >>Jen Ahearn-Koch: OKAY.

3075
04:03:57,549 --> 04:04:01,886
DO I HAVE A DOCUMENT FROM -- FROM VOLUSIA COUNTY, WHAT THEY

3076
04:04:01,886 --> 04:04:05,156
DID SIDE BY SIDE AS THEIR PROPOSAL.

3077
04:04:05,156 --> 04:04:07,825
IF YOU HAVE WHAT YOUR COMMITTEE DID, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

3078
04:04:07,825 --> 04:04:10,496
THANK YOU FOR THAT. >>Vice-Mayor Trice: WHEN YOU ARE

3079
04:04:10,496 --> 04:04:13,698
FINISHED, I DO HAVE SOMETHING ELSE I WOULD LIKE TO ADD.

3080
04:04:13,698 --> 04:04:16,340
>>Mayor Alpert: GO AHEAD. >>Vice-Mayor Trice: THIS IS TO

3081
04:04:16,340 --> 04:04:20,571
THROW OUT AND MAYBE GET A SENSE OF THE COMMISSION.

3082
04:04:20,571 --> 04:04:27,145
IN LIGHT OF THE REMOVAL OF STUFF ON THE SIDEWALKS, STREETS,

3083
04:04:27,145 --> 04:04:34,345
CROSSWALKS, I NOTICED AT LEAST ONE OTHER CITY IN THE STATE HAS

3084
04:04:37,122 --> 04:04:41,322
PAINTED THE BICYCLE RACKS IN RAINBOW COLORS.

3085
04:04:42,427 --> 04:04:47,465
I THINK THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING IF WE ARE IN A POSITION TO PAINT

3086
04:04:47,465 --> 04:04:53,537
BICYCLE RACKS IN OUR PARKS, WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER DOING

3087
04:04:53,537 --> 04:04:56,208
THAT. >>Jen Ahearn-Koch: SAW THAT AS

3088
04:04:56,208 --> 04:04:59,544
WELL. >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: I ASK

3089
04:04:59,544 --> 04:05:04,944
HOW MUCH DOES THAT COST? >>Vice-Mayor Trice: THERE MIGHT

3090
04:05:05,351 --> 04:05:09,220
BE VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE WILLING TO DO THAT.

3091
04:05:09,220 --> 04:05:14,250
>>Mayor Alpert: ALL RIGHT. WE WILL GO TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.

3092
04:05:14,250 --> 04:05:14,760
>>Joseph Polzak: NOTHING FOR TODAY.

3093
04:05:14,760 --> 04:05:18,960
THANK YOU, MAYOR. >>Mayor Alpert: MS. GRIGGS.

3094
04:05:20,970 --> 04:05:22,300
>>Shayla Griggs: I DO HAVE SOMETHING.

3095
04:05:22,300 --> 04:05:25,837
RARELY. I NEED TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT

3096
04:05:25,837 --> 04:05:31,237
THAT WE ARE HOSTING OUR SECOND SHRED DOCUMENT EVENT.

3097
04:05:33,978 --> 04:05:37,581
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 9 A.M. TO NOON AT THE VAN WEZEL PARKING

3098
04:05:37,581 --> 04:05:42,381
LOT. WE WILL HAVE THE SAME VAN BACK.

3099
04:05:42,788 --> 04:05:47,588
THEY WERE AWESOME. THAT IS THE GARBAGE MEN.

3100
04:05:47,859 --> 04:05:50,862
THEY ARE PERFORMING '60s SONGS.

3101
04:05:50,862 --> 04:05:52,397
OPEN TO THE CITY OF SARASOTA RESIDENTS.

3102
04:05:52,397 --> 04:05:57,601
YOU CAN BRING UP TO FOUR BOXES PER HOUSEHOLD, FREE, SECURE,

3103
04:05:57,601 --> 04:06:00,905
ON-SITE SHREDDING. ACCEPTABLE ITEMS ARE PAPER

3104
04:06:00,905 --> 04:06:04,542
DOCUMENTS, FILE FOLDERS, STAPLES, AND PAPER CLIPS.

3105
04:06:04,542 --> 04:06:09,346
NOT ACCEPTED, CDs, DVDs, HARD METAL BINDERS, NOT TAKING

3106
04:06:09,346 --> 04:06:14,152
ANY OF THAT. YOU WILL NEED TO SHOW YOUR CITY

3107
04:06:14,152 --> 04:06:16,954
ID. AND WE JUST HOPE PEOPLE SHOW UP

3108
04:06:16,954 --> 04:06:19,900
AGAIN. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PROMOTE IT.

3109
04:06:19,900 --> 04:06:21,760
GET IT OUT THERE. WE HAD A GREAT EVENT LAST TIME.

3110
04:06:21,760 --> 04:06:25,263
GREAT TURNOUT LAST TIME. HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER

3111
04:06:25,263 --> 04:06:28,166
ONE. >>Mayor Alpert: THANK YOU.

3112
04:06:28,166 --> 04:06:30,340
DONE FREE. >>Shayla Griggs: ALSO.

3113
04:06:30,340 --> 04:06:32,837
I HAVE ONE MORE THING. I NEED TO BRING TO YOUR

3114
04:06:32,837 --> 04:06:35,140
ATTENTION, I'LL HAVE MILES COME OUT AND EXPLAIN IT.

3115
04:06:35,140 --> 04:06:39,177
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND COMMUNITY NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT IT

3116
04:06:39,177 --> 04:06:41,518
AND YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT IF ASKED.

3117
04:06:41,518 --> 04:06:43,654
MILES WILL EXPLAIN IT BETTER THAN I CAN.

3118
04:06:43,654 --> 04:06:47,925
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. WANTED TO UPDATE EVERYBODY, AS

3119
04:06:47,925 --> 04:06:53,164
MOST EVERYBODY KNOWS, THE COUNTY IS MOVING OUT OF 1660 RINGLING.

3120
04:06:53,164 --> 04:06:56,133
IT'S QUITE A MOMENT. BEEN A LONG TIME OVER THERE.

3121
04:06:56,133 --> 04:06:59,337
THEIR LAST MEETING THERE IS TOMORROW.

3122
04:06:59,337 --> 04:07:02,740
IN THE MEANTIME, UNTIL THE NEW ADMINISTRATION BUILDING GETS

3123
04:07:02,740 --> 04:07:08,679
BUILT UP BY THE CELERY FIELDS, THEY ARE GOING TO BE AT RLA IN

3124
04:07:08,679 --> 04:07:13,619
VENICE. WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US SPECIFICALLY AND OUR BROADCAST

3125
04:07:13,619 --> 04:07:17,287
OF THE MEETINGS -- >>Mayor Alpert: RL ANDERSON.

3126
04:07:17,287 --> 04:07:20,887
>> THAT IS THEIR SOUTH COUNTY FACILITY.

3127
04:07:21,426 --> 04:07:25,229
FOR US, GENERALLY -- HOW IT WORKS, OUR SIGNAL GOES FROM THIS

3128
04:07:25,229 --> 04:07:28,866
ROOM VIA FIBER ACROSS THE STREET TO 1660 AND THEN THAT'S WHERE

3129
04:07:28,866 --> 04:07:33,170
MASTER CONTROL IS AND IT GOES TO VERIZON AND COMCAST FROM THERE.

3130
04:07:33,170 --> 04:07:36,574
1660 IS GONE AS OF THE END OF THIS MONTH.

3131
04:07:36,574 --> 04:07:42,460
THERE'S NO CONNECTION TO VERIZON OR COMCAST FROM THE RLA BUILDING

3132
04:07:42,460 --> 04:07:44,781
IN VENICE. NOT ONLY US, BUT THEM AS WELL

3133
04:07:44,781 --> 04:07:50,253
ARE NOT GOING TO BE ON THOSE TV CHANNELS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

3134
04:07:50,253 --> 04:07:52,857
THEY ARE SAYING JANUARY FOR THE BUILD-OUT TO BE COMPLETED BUT

3135
04:07:52,857 --> 04:07:56,360
THERE ARE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS, A LOT OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES.

3136
04:07:56,360 --> 04:07:59,130
THEY ARE WORKING ON THAT. JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS, IF YOU

3137
04:07:59,130 --> 04:08:04,335
HEAR ABOUT IT, WE'RE NOT ON TV. THE COMCAST FEED IS

3138
04:08:04,335 --> 04:08:06,537
UNINTERRUPTED. THAT'S FOR ALL OUR ADVISORY

3139
04:08:06,537 --> 04:08:09,807
BOARDS ON COMCAST LIVE STREAMING AND ON DEMAND.

3140
04:08:09,807 --> 04:08:15,207
THE CITY COMMISSION IS ON GRANICUS AND Facebook LIVE.

3141
04:08:16,413 --> 04:08:17,881
>>Mayor Alpert: PEOPLE CAN STREAM IT --

3142
04:08:17,881 --> 04:08:21,481
>> YOU CAN STILL STREAM IT. UNINTERRUPTED.

3143
04:08:23,554 --> 04:08:26,554
GRANICUS WILL UNINTERRUPTED, KEEP GOING.

3144
04:08:27,958 --> 04:08:29,293
>>Shayla Griggs: WE WON'T HAVE TV FEED.

3145
04:08:29,293 --> 04:08:32,229
WE WANT THE PUBLIC TO BE AWARE OF THAT.

3146
04:08:32,229 --> 04:08:33,431
>>Mayor Alpert: THANK YOU. GOOD IDEA.

3147
04:08:33,431 --> 04:08:38,340
WE NEED TO KNOW THAT. THANK YOU, MILES.

3148
04:08:38,340 --> 04:08:41,105
I'LL GO TO THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.

3149
04:08:41,105 --> 04:08:42,506
NOTHING. OKAY.

3150
04:08:42,506 --> 04:08:47,306
MR. BULLOCK. >>Dave Bullock: I HAVE A COUPLE

3151
04:08:47,711 --> 04:08:51,582
OF THINGS. I WOULD ASK THE COMMISSION'S

3152
04:08:51,582 --> 04:08:55,319
APPROVAL TO SEND A LETTER TO SARASOTA COUNTY UNDER THE

3153
04:08:55,319 --> 04:08:59,122
MAYOR'S SIGNATURE ASKING THEM, FIRST ASKING IF WE CAN DO A

3154
04:08:59,122 --> 04:09:03,460
PRESENTATION ON THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND IF WE COULD GET

3155
04:09:03,460 --> 04:09:06,330
AN INDICATION OF WHERE THEY ARE AS A COMMISSION ON FUTURE

3156
04:09:06,330 --> 04:09:10,134
FUNDING. WE'RE AT A POINT IN OUR PLANNING

3157
04:09:10,134 --> 04:09:14,400
WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO NAIL DOWN WHETHER THEY ARE IN WITH US

3158
04:09:14,400 --> 04:09:19,944
ALL THE WAY, PART WAY, A LITTLE BIT, OR SOMETHING ELSE.

3159
04:09:19,944 --> 04:09:23,130
SO I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO CRAFT THAT LETTER UNDER THE MAYOR'S

3160
04:09:23,130 --> 04:09:28,352
SIGNATURE AND SEND IT TO THE CHAIR OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION.

3161
04:09:28,352 --> 04:09:30,488
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: DO YOU NEED A VOTE FROM THE COMMISSION

3162
04:09:30,488 --> 04:09:32,290
OR CONSENSUS? >>Dave Bullock: IT WOULD BE BEST

3163
04:09:32,290 --> 04:09:35,559
IF WE HAD A MOTION JUST TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SEND A

3164
04:09:35,559 --> 04:09:40,231
LETTER TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION TO OFFER TO MEET WITH THEM AND

3165
04:09:40,231 --> 04:09:45,680
THEN EXPRESS OUR DESIRE TO KNOW WHERE THEY STAND ON THIS.

3166
04:09:45,680 --> 04:09:46,704
>>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

3167
04:09:46,704 --> 04:09:50,904
>>Vice-Mayor Trice: I'LL SECOND. >>Mayor Alpert: OKAY.

3168
04:09:52,343 --> 04:09:53,311
ANY DISCUSSION? >>Kathy Kelley Ohlrich: I'LL

3169
04:09:53,311 --> 04:09:58,983
JUST SAY THAT YOU AND I HAVE HAD CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS.

3170
04:09:58,983 --> 04:10:03,783
I AGREE THAT IT'S TIME TO DO THAT.

3171
04:10:03,921 --> 04:10:09,321
>>Mayor Alpert: ALL RIGHT. IF YOU WILL VOTE, COMMISSIONERS.

3172
04:10:13,297 --> 04:10:16,467
IS THAT YOUR VOTE? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

3173
04:10:16,467 --> 04:10:18,836
>>Dave Bullock: THANK YOU. MY LAST THING, AND WE CAN DO

3174
04:10:18,836 --> 04:10:23,774
THIS AT ANOTHER MEETING. UPDATE YOU ON THE WORK WE'RE

3175
04:10:23,774 --> 04:10:27,210
DOING ON THE VAN WEZEL. WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF

3176
04:10:27,210 --> 04:10:29,280
ENGINEERING. SOME MATERIALS HAVE COME IN.

3177
04:10:29,280 --> 04:10:37,680
SO RATHER THAN DO IT NOW, EVEN THOUGH I DID HAVE NIK STAY, IF

3178
04:10:39,123 --> 04:10:43,427
IT'S OKAY, WE'LL SCHEDULE IT, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE

3179
04:10:43,427 --> 04:10:45,763
HAVE DONE AND WHAT IS YET TO COME.

3180
04:10:45,763 --> 04:10:48,365
THAT'S IT. >>Mayor Alpert: ALL RIGHT.

3181
04:10:48,365 --> 04:10:51,101
SO IF THERE IS -- ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE?

3182
04:10:51,101 --> 04:10:53,304
ALL RIGHT. THEN WE ARE ADJOURNED.