1 00:03:34,239 --> 00:03:42,440 Is he gone? >> Is he gone? 2 00:03:38,879 --> 00:03:42,440 » I don't see him. 3 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:57,120 » Good evening. The date is September 8, 2026. The time is 7 6:30. I hereby call 4 00:03:55,280 --> 00:04:01,439 to order the meeting of the city council of the city of Groveland, Florida. We 5 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:10,280 will be I will lead the pledge this evening and remain standing for vice 6 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:10,280 mayor to do the invocation. Thank you. 7 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:19,919 I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the 8 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:25,960 republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice 9 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:35,120 » here is this good let us pray 10 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:42,240 of the living God fall aresh on us Lord we thank you for 11 00:04:39,199 --> 00:04:49,520 this day. We thank you for building a hedge around us, our families, and our 12 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:55,040 community. And Lord, as we go forth and have this meeting, even though we may 13 00:04:52,720 --> 00:05:03,040 agree to disagree, we ask that we all respect one another. 14 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:08,520 These blessings and all blessings I ask in your name. Amen. Amen. 15 00:05:09,919 --> 00:05:13,520 Okay, Jenny, will you please take the role? 16 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:15,360 » Yes. >> Mayor Keith Kho 17 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:17,120 » here. >> Vice Mayor Barbara Gaines 18 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:19,280 » here. >> Council member Amy Joe Carroll 19 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,600 » here. >> Council member Michael J. Cox 20 00:05:21,039 --> 00:05:25,039 » here. >> Council member Steven Schilcausski 21 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:28,160 absent. >> Interim City Manager Tim Maslo 22 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:31,280 » here. >> Interim City Attorney Richard Geller 23 00:05:30,479 --> 00:05:37,120 here. >> Sergeant-at-Arms Deputy Chief Looney. 24 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:41,840 » City Clerk Jenny Wright here. Thank you, Jenny. We have a quorum. Uh 25 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:46,720 we'll open this is the first uh night of the new procedure and we're starting 26 00:05:43,840 --> 00:05:49,840 with public comment this evening. Uh so everybody doesn't have to wait around 27 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:54,400 till the end of the meeting for public comment. So if you do have a comment, 28 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:57,680 make sure we have your card uh filled out and up here. And Jenny, could you 29 00:05:56,160 --> 00:06:01,560 please read the comment? >> Yes, Art Heler. 30 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:11,199 » I guess I get to break the ice. Good evening. Art Heler, 443 Southernon 31 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:15,520 Way. Actually, I have two things I just want to bring forward to y'all. The 32 00:06:13,039 --> 00:06:20,160 first one is a safety issue that I'd like y'all to take a look at, please. 33 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:28,160 Uh, I live up off of Wilson Lake and Libby number three. It's a crested hill 34 00:06:23,919 --> 00:06:33,840 where the two roads meet. Coming from 27 heading south, you come along and you 35 00:06:31,199 --> 00:06:38,319 make a turn coming up this hill. From the south end, you're coming north. 36 00:06:35,840 --> 00:06:44,560 You're going up the hill. It's a blind area. To cross the street, there is no 37 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:50,560 safe way for us to cross the street over to the walking area. So, I'd like y'all 38 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:56,400 to take a look at the area, please, to see if possibly we can put a crosswalk 39 00:06:53,120 --> 00:07:01,599 area. Maybe not at that crested area. I don't think that's a smart place to put 40 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:07,680 it. But if you come south about 800 feet or so towards the lake, 41 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:13,680 my community has a path that goes in and out from the community out to Wilson 42 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:18,479 Lake. When we come out that area, you can see the traffic both north and south 43 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:24,000 coming at you safely. It's just an area that in my opinion uh 44 00:07:21,599 --> 00:07:29,120 would be safe. But if you do decide to put a crosswalk area, I would ask that 45 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:35,120 we put something uh where you have the lights that go across the the crosswalk 46 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:40,080 area with the solar thing to let motorists know that somebody's trying to 47 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:44,960 cross the road down by Belleview. They have the crosswalk area. Uh they don't 48 00:07:43,039 --> 00:07:49,360 have that. And I've noticed vehicles just cutting through there and not 49 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:55,840 allowing patrons to cross the street. food for thought for safety purposes. 50 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:59,599 Okay. Second thing I have I just want to let you know, you know, I get tired of 51 00:07:57,039 --> 00:08:04,400 hearing all the negativity. Uh whether it be on social media, whether it be in 52 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:09,280 the news, whether it be I want to let you know something good. I want to 53 00:08:06,319 --> 00:08:14,560 congratulate one of your teams. Uh I identified a bad safety issue in my 54 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:19,919 community. I sent him some photographs of it and within 24 hours, not only did 55 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:25,120 he have it identified, but they identified numerous other issues in the 56 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:30,479 community. And I wanted to thank TJ Fish and his team uh for doing that. Within 57 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:36,240 24 hours, they had all the broken sidewalk areas uh in the community 58 00:08:33,279 --> 00:08:41,680 identified, marked, and safely for, you know, our patrons to walk across there. 59 00:08:38,959 --> 00:08:46,080 That's all I got. Thanks, guys. I thank you so much very much. 60 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:48,959 » Thank you very much. >> That's all. 61 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:53,200 » Well, that concludes public comment. >> Mayor, I'm sorry. I was just handed one. 62 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:58,120 I'm sorry. >> Dana Berdick. 63 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:58,120 » Dana Berdick. 64 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:06,000 » How are you all? >> Good. 65 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:10,880 » Appreciate your time. First time speaking at any council meeting. So, 66 00:09:08,959 --> 00:09:16,519 » can you state your name and your address for the record? 67 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:16,519 » Dana Berdett, Groveland, Florida. 68 00:09:16,560 --> 00:09:23,279 » So, good evening, mayor, members of the city council. I'm here to address the 69 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:28,959 matter, the concern regarding the institutional integrity of our city and 70 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:34,240 our city's leadership, specifically focusing on the massive 71 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:39,040 waste of taxpayer resources surrounding the termination of our currently our 72 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:44,720 former chief of police, Shawn Ramsay. 73 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:52,080 The timeline laid out in Chief Ramsay's whistleblower lawsuit suggests a 74 00:09:46,560 --> 00:09:58,320 textbook case of retaliation that has cost Groveland citizens dearly after he 75 00:09:55,519 --> 00:10:05,279 fulfilled his legal duty by reporting alleged sunshine law violations and 76 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:10,480 abuses of office to the state attorney. The the city did not protect him. 77 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:14,360 Instead, officials allegedly chose to weaponize city resources. 78 00:10:14,399 --> 00:10:24,000 Now, at a stage in my life at 55, I have more years behind me than in front of 79 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:27,680 me. So, my approach to decision-m is a lot different. 80 00:10:25,839 --> 00:10:34,560 And I would hope that the city would consider these these matters 81 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:41,360 uh in in making uh decisions with the potential liability to the city 82 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:49,120 and how it's going to negatively impact the taxpayers of this great little town. 83 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:53,600 Now, in the matter of the sergeant, that's grotesque. Should he have been 84 00:10:51,519 --> 00:11:00,880 fired? Should he have been dismissed? whatever that's for the police 85 00:10:56,480 --> 00:11:06,800 department to have their um procedures. But I think that the chief was put in a 86 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:13,760 very precarious situation to where he was damned if he did and damned if he 87 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:19,440 didn't. I think that that uh given this current uh environment that he would 88 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:25,040 have been found reason to be dismissed even if he had terminated the gentleman 89 00:11:22,079 --> 00:11:30,160 the sergeant in question. Um I do not condone that sergeant's behavior behind 90 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:33,920 the wheel. If he was an employee of mine it would for the first time he would 91 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:39,200 have been terminated. So, I would I would consider and I would beseech the 92 00:11:35,680 --> 00:11:46,079 council to consider the cost that it's going to weigh on 93 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:51,360 this this this small town. And in in so considering, think about what's coming 94 00:11:48,560 --> 00:11:56,320 down the pipe in November with the potential elimination of or or 95 00:11:54,320 --> 00:12:02,560 reduction drastic reduction in property taxes. Do we really need to be 96 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:06,560 compounding costs on this small town? I I'd beseech you to ask yourselves that 97 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:09,519 question. Thank you. >> Thank you. 98 00:12:08,639 --> 00:12:14,880 » That's all. >> That concludes public comment. Now on to 99 00:12:12,639 --> 00:12:20,560 uh presentations and proclamations and announcements. The first presentation is 100 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:24,800 by Vision Church of Groveland uh to break the silence of suicide awareness 101 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:29,720 event. Do we have the Okay. Thank you. 102 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:39,760 Good evening, mayor, vice mayor, and members of the city council. For the 103 00:12:37,680 --> 00:12:44,000 record, my name is Vanessa Irvin, event coordinator for Vision Church. Speaking 104 00:12:41,839 --> 00:12:49,839 tonight on behalf of our senior pastors, Dr. Jonathan and Dr. Ann Brinkley. 105 00:12:47,839 --> 00:12:54,000 We originally came tonight to brief you on the upcoming break the silence 106 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:57,839 suicide awareness and prevention event at Lake David. However, as an 107 00:12:56,000 --> 00:13:02,880 organization committed to delivering the highest possible impact for our 108 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:06,880 residents, we have made a deliberate and intentional pivot to expand this 109 00:13:05,279 --> 00:13:12,240 initiative. Instead of our original plan, we are 110 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:18,399 launching an inlout community initiative title, you are not 111 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:23,600 alone. We have intentionally scheduled this event for a Saturday, November 112 00:13:20,079 --> 00:13:29,120 21st, 2026 to directly align with the International Survivors of Suicide Laws 113 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:33,680 Day. By anchoring our initiative to this powerful global day of remembrance, we 114 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:38,560 are creating a dedicated space specifically designed to support, honor, 115 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:43,040 bring hope to families in our community who have been impacted by the suicide 116 00:13:40,959 --> 00:13:46,880 loss. Rather than moving forward in September, 117 00:13:44,959 --> 00:13:50,800 we are intentionally focusing our momentum into this expanded November 118 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:55,279 initiative to build the strongest possible support system for our 119 00:13:52,639 --> 00:13:59,519 families. Furthermore, we have decided to step aside for the Sips for Salsa 120 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:05,040 event because we think it's important to support community events and ensure 121 00:14:01,680 --> 00:14:10,959 everyone time and energy isn't divided. Our heart mission remain exactly the 122 00:14:08,639 --> 00:14:15,760 same to bring hope, resources, life-saving awareness to our city. We 123 00:14:13,519 --> 00:14:19,760 want to formally invite a city council and the city leadership to stand 124 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:25,519 alongside us and support this new expanded November initiative 125 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:29,920 to ensure the success of this citywide effort. We are also actively requesting 126 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:34,399 a coordination meeting with the city's communications department this week. We 127 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:38,959 want to align our marketing and planning efforts so that every resident who needs 128 00:14:36,399 --> 00:14:42,959 these resources knows exactly where and how to find them. Thank you for your 129 00:14:41,279 --> 00:14:47,600 time, your leadership, and your continued partnership as we work 130 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:51,399 together to serve our community. >> Thank you very much. 131 00:14:51,839 --> 00:14:58,240 Will we need to do we have that on our calendar? Do we need to change that? Is 132 00:14:57,040 --> 00:15:01,920 that >> look at adding that to our calendar for 133 00:14:59,920 --> 00:15:07,519 sure? All right, next up we go to the consent 134 00:15:04,399 --> 00:15:14,000 agenda. And uh let me just point out that the consent agenda has one one um 135 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:17,920 amended item, item A. And that amendment was just the change of the date. 136 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:22,959 Remember, we had an issue with the date. So when it says amended, that was 137 00:15:19,839 --> 00:15:28,560 changing the date on that uh agenda on that um those minutes. So Jenny, could 138 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:32,880 you go ahead and please read the consent agenda? Agenda. 139 00:15:30,079 --> 00:15:37,120 » Yes. Uh, mayor, were we going to amend the agenda by room consent, moving G and 140 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:44,160 H as well? >> Yes. I apologize. Uh, we have a an issue 141 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:48,880 with um resolution 2026-59 and 2026-60 142 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:55,199 of the language, the legal language that's involved in that um in those two 143 00:15:52,240 --> 00:16:01,040 uh areas of those two resolutions. And we would need at the conclusion or right 144 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:06,480 now to do go ahead and get a motion or a consent to change the language on those 145 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:12,240 two items. We could do it that way as well, your 146 00:16:08,639 --> 00:16:18,079 honor, mayor. Um the two resolutions are on the the 147 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:24,399 revolving loan and there's language in the resolution that repeals 148 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:29,600 uh any resolutions in conflict and that's ambiguous. Um I don't know if 149 00:16:26,639 --> 00:16:32,880 that's repealing the initial resolutions pertaining to these loans or not or we 150 00:16:32,079 --> 00:16:38,560 don't want to give some of that argument. So my recommendation would be 151 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:42,880 that the section six of both of the resolutions state this resolution 152 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:47,519 prevails in the event of any inconsistency or conflict with any prior 153 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:52,880 resolution. So you avoid the repeal language uh with that. So I would just 154 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:57,199 ask for a motion to amend that language. >> Okay. So we're asking for a motion to 155 00:16:54,720 --> 00:17:00,000 amend the language in this and bring it back or just amend it and pass it 156 00:16:59,279 --> 00:17:04,880 tonight. >> You can do it that way if you'd like. 157 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:08,160 » Okay. to amend this resolution 2026. Do we have to do them one at a time, Rick? 158 00:17:06,559 --> 00:17:11,439 » Yes, that would for the clarity of the record, I would recommend that. 159 00:17:09,120 --> 00:17:15,600 » Um, okay. So, first a motion to amend 2026-59 160 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:20,319 and change the language that's ambiguous as outlined by our attorney. 161 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:23,679 » So, changing from repeal to prevail. >> Uh, 162 00:17:21,679 --> 00:17:26,319 » resolution to do that. Yep. Motion to do that as stated. 163 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:28,880 » Second. >> I second. 164 00:17:27,199 --> 00:17:36,000 » We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Any public comment? Seeing 165 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:38,799 none, let's go ahead and take the vote. >> Was vice mayor the second? 166 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:45,520 » Yes. >> Okay. I also need to read the title uh 167 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:50,640 into the record. Resolution 2026-59 approving amendment 3 FD SRF loan 168 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:55,679 agreement SW350 630 relating to establishing pledged 169 00:17:53,360 --> 00:18:01,039 revenues designating authorized representatives. 170 00:17:57,440 --> 00:18:02,559 Council members um excuse me, Jay Cox, how do you vote? 171 00:18:01,919 --> 00:18:04,080 » I. >> Vice Mayor Gaines, 172 00:18:03,679 --> 00:18:05,600 » I. >> Council member Carol, 173 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:10,400 » I. >> Mayor Kho, 174 00:18:06,559 --> 00:18:17,200 » I. Moving on to resolution 2026-60, approving amendment three for FD SRF 175 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:21,280 loan agreement. Um, go ahead and read that into the record. 176 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:29,280 » Yes, I can read into the record. Resolution 2026-60 approving amendment 3 177 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:33,440 for FD SRF loan agreement DW350621 relating to establishing pledged 178 00:18:31,120 --> 00:18:36,640 revenues designating authorized representatives. 179 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:40,960 » We have a motion to change the language and and 180 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:42,880 » to approve as amended. >> We have a second. 181 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:46,480 » A second. >> We have a motion and a second. Any 182 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:51,200 further discussion? Seeing none, any public comment? Seeing none, let's move 183 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:53,679 forward with a vote. Council member Jay Cox, how do you vote? 184 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:56,720 I. >> Council member Carol I. 185 00:18:55,280 --> 00:19:00,080 » Vice Mayor Gaines. Hi. >> Mayor Kho. 186 00:18:57,679 --> 00:19:02,960 » I. Let's go ahead with the rest of the consent agenda now. Could you read that 187 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:07,280 into the record? >> Yes. 188 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:13,520 » Amended. September 15, 2025. City Council final public budget hearing 189 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:18,799 minutes. August 17, 2026. City Council meeting minutes. August 20th, 2026. City 190 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:23,760 Council special meeting minutes. August 20th, 2026. City Council special 191 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:30,880 executive meeting minutes. August 2025th, 2026. City Council budget 192 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:34,960 workshop minutes. Resolution 2026-58 approving agreement between the Cherry 193 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:38,880 Lake Preparatory Academy and the City of Groveland, Florida for school resource 194 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:43,679 officer program. Resolution 2026-61 195 00:19:41,360 --> 00:19:49,760 approving a settlement with Noah Joseph for the acquisition of parcels 423 and 196 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:54,080 823 for the Gadsen Street Trail project resolution 2026-62 197 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:59,679 approving an amendment to the contract for special legal council services with 198 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:04,559 Hartman Law Firm PA as approved by resolution 2023- 199 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:10,080 92. Okay. Okay. Do we have any discussion on 200 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:13,840 any of the consent agenda remaining? Seeing none, can we have a motion to 201 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:20,000 accept the consent agenda? >> I make a motion that we accept the 202 00:20:17,039 --> 00:20:23,320 agenda. Consent agenda. >> Second it. 203 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:28,480 » Yeah, that. Okay. >> Vice Mayor Gaines, how do you vote? 204 00:20:27,360 --> 00:20:30,240 » I. >> Council member Jay Cox. 205 00:20:29,919 --> 00:20:32,480 » I. >> Council member Carroll. 206 00:20:31,679 --> 00:20:38,799 » I. >> Mayor Kho. All right, moving on to old 207 00:20:37,120 --> 00:20:45,039 business. Uh, resolution 2026-33, 208 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:49,280 request to revise the city's procurement policy. Mr. Maslo. 209 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:55,360 » Yes, Mr. Mayor, members of the council. We have Corley uh VeZ, our procurement 210 00:20:52,880 --> 00:21:00,080 uh manager, uh, new to the city. She has stepped in. She's reviewed our 211 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:04,880 procurement policies and she's given us some recommendations for improvement. Um 212 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:09,919 we have had a series of briefings with with each of you in terms of policies 213 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:14,720 and then also next steps in terms of procedures. Um the policies are 214 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:19,840 essentially tightening things up. So you'll see some of the thresholds come 215 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:25,440 down rather than going up. uh things like pecards. Um I'm having a series of 216 00:21:22,799 --> 00:21:30,799 conversations with um Corly and then also Chris in finance of actually 217 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:35,120 reducing the number of pecards possibly even looking at debit cards that will 218 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:39,520 help us uh with our budgeting process. As some of you know some of these 219 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:43,840 transactions we don't get for two months after they're made and that that hurts 220 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:48,960 us in terms of reporting. Uh but there's a handful of items. Um, Cory, I'm not 221 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:53,159 sure if you uh wanted to come up here and speak to some of those. 222 00:22:00,159 --> 00:22:08,159 » Good evening. Thank you for having me. When I started with with the city, that 223 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:13,679 was one of the first things that >> There you go. There you go. We wanted to 224 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:19,280 improve which was our policy and to start um providing some of the 225 00:22:16,159 --> 00:22:24,400 thresholds that weren't concise with all the other cities surrounding us to bring 226 00:22:22,559 --> 00:22:33,760 it down to a level to create those controls and um based on that we have 227 00:22:29,120 --> 00:22:37,080 provided a new um timelines for services as well. 228 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:47,120 The previous threshold for the council for approval was $250,000 229 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:53,280 which did not provide a lot of controls. So that was narrowed down to a 100,000. 230 00:22:50,159 --> 00:22:58,720 So the new thresholds goes from close to a th00and for department directors, 231 00:22:56,720 --> 00:23:04,799 close to 5,000 for the procurement manager, 232 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:09,520 25,000 to the city manager, 233 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:14,400 and from 100,000 to the city council. 234 00:23:11,919 --> 00:23:18,799 We also identified some areas that needed some timing as well with the 235 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:27,120 pecards which those will be provided to you when we finalize the procedures. 236 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:31,039 Any of you have any questions? >> No. But I would tell you thank you so 237 00:23:29,039 --> 00:23:33,919 much for getting into this and and getting it uh starting to get it 238 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:37,200 straightened out. I know it's a tough job 239 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:41,760 » you and Chris and uh everybody. Thank you so so much. 240 00:23:39,039 --> 00:23:45,520 » Any other comments? I second that emotion. 241 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:48,640 » Who did the first motion? >> No, that was an emotion. She seconded. 242 00:23:47,679 --> 00:23:54,000 » Emotion. >> Okay. 243 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:58,320 » That's a song, Mike. >> Okay. See, well, thank you so so much 244 00:23:56,320 --> 00:24:03,760 and keep up the good work, please. We need we need your knowledge of both of 245 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:09,760 you um sorting through this. So, with that said, um do 246 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:13,919 » I have a motion to approve 2026-33? a second 247 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:18,400 » with um with a statement. >> Well, you had a chance to comment and 248 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:25,600 you >> um uh and the the statement um will 249 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:27,279 follow after the second to the motion. >> I I second. 250 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:32,960 » Okay, >> you're good. Proceed. Um, 251 00:24:30,559 --> 00:24:39,840 in my in my conversations with the with the new procedure um uh with the new uh 252 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:44,080 policy with the um procurement officer, I came up with a couple things that she 253 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:48,080 said didn't fit the policy and that she would be putting it in the procedures. 254 00:24:46,159 --> 00:24:52,240 So, I just like to name the things that she said she was going to put in the 255 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:58,960 procedures. uh a monthly procurement report, uh quarterly fund report, 256 00:24:55,520 --> 00:25:04,960 recurring soul source reporting, uh emergency reporting, administrative 257 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:08,640 contracts, pecard activity, exemptions and performance matrix. All those things 258 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:11,440 she has promised me to put in the procedures. 259 00:25:09,679 --> 00:25:14,799 » Great. And so you have policies and procedures and you have resolutions and 260 00:25:13,120 --> 00:25:17,760 that's the best way to do it so you can change it without coming back. Correct. 261 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:22,720 » Yes. >> So thank you for that. 262 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:28,320 Uh, we have any further discussion? Any discussion from the public? 263 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:31,200 Seeing none, uh, let's move ahead. >> Council member Jay Cox, how do you vote? 264 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:32,880 » I, >> Council Member Carroll, 265 00:25:32,559 --> 00:25:34,480 » I. >> Vice Mayor Gaines, 266 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:38,320 » I. >> Mayor Kho, 267 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:42,640 » I. Uh, item two, consideration of approval ordinance 2026-13. 268 00:25:41,039 --> 00:25:44,080 Jenny, could you please read that into the 269 00:25:43,039 --> 00:25:47,600 » Yes. Consideration of approval ordinance 270 00:25:45,919 --> 00:25:52,960 2026-13 Sampi Road parcel 2 smallcale 271 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:56,159 comprehensive plan amendment second reading an ordinance of the city council 272 00:25:54,640 --> 00:26:02,080 of the city of Groveland Lake County Florida amending the city of Groveland's 273 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:06,799 comprehensive plan pursuant to 163.31871 Florida statutes by amending the future 274 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:11,600 land use plan designation from city of Groveland established neighborhood 275 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:15,919 agriculture and cons conservation to city of Groveland employment ment center 276 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:20,640 and conservation on the future land use map for the here and described 277 00:26:17,360 --> 00:26:25,200 properties consisting of 15.41 plus minus acres authorizing the city manager 278 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:30,080 to amend said comprehensive plan providing for severability correction of 279 00:26:27,360 --> 00:26:33,840 scrier's errors and conflicts providing for the forwarding of this ordinance to 280 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:38,159 the state of Florida department of commerce and providing for an effective 281 00:26:35,679 --> 00:26:45,919 date. >> Thank you. Uh we have uh 2026-13. 282 00:26:42,799 --> 00:26:51,120 Uh do I have a motion to first? Do we need any discussion 283 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:56,400 » before the motion? Seeing none, any public comment. Oh, are you going to 284 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:59,440 » if you like the mayor? Again, this is 285 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:04,480 » this is the second reading, right? Yeah, >> this is the second reading. We can do a 286 00:27:02,159 --> 00:27:08,559 short summary summarized version of the presentation that you saw at the first 287 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:12,080 reading. And if it's okay with you, Mr. Mayor, members of the council, that we 288 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:16,159 could present in tandem because all three items are interrelated for the 289 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:19,440 same property. >> Okay, 290 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:23,600 we'll present them and then vote on them separately. I apologize. 291 00:27:21,120 --> 00:27:27,360 » Thank you. Uh, good evening, Mayor Kio, Vice Mayor Gaines, and council members. 292 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:31,520 My name is Alan Booker, senior planner with Groveland with city of Groveland. 293 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:38,320 So tonight we're going to p we're going to look at three u application that are 294 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:41,919 actually related. Uh let's with a small scale compressive plan for ordinance 295 00:27:39,919 --> 00:27:46,480 2026-13 and then also the resoning that comes 296 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:52,400 with it that's 2026-14 and the last parcel which is parcel one 297 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:58,120 to the northwest which is 2026-15 for a smallcale compressive plan. So, 298 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:08,080 so the parcel 2 which is like the first one for the small scale comparison plan 299 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:13,360 is located uh on the Sampi uh area on the southeast side of Sampi Road. It's 300 00:28:11,279 --> 00:28:18,880 generally north of State Road 50 and east of Phelp Street and west of Beverly 301 00:28:16,159 --> 00:28:22,399 Drive. And here we have the request for a future land use change from the city 302 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:26,000 of Groveland established neighborhood agriculture conservation to the city of 303 00:28:24,799 --> 00:28:31,200 Groveland employment center conservation. 304 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:35,520 So we uh did include a timeline. I think we kind of covered that a little bit 305 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:40,000 that the applicant want had an existing zoning that was light industrial but the 306 00:28:37,919 --> 00:28:44,720 future land use was not in alignment. They were not consistent. So we put the 307 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:48,720 brakes on the applicant. and we told no, you have to come back before council and 308 00:28:46,799 --> 00:28:54,480 we'll see we'll we'll go from there. They understand the risk and so uh we 309 00:28:52,399 --> 00:29:00,080 have this last application which is really they want to do a site plan which 310 00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:05,840 will feature 90,000 square feet of light industrial flex space. Uh but in order 311 00:29:03,039 --> 00:29:11,279 to do so they have to have the the the proper entitlement the future land use 312 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:16,799 and zoning have to be uh in alignment. So we uh just a quick recap, we had our 313 00:29:14,399 --> 00:29:23,440 meeting with the applicant. We they also conducted a minor lot split and on July 314 00:29:20,159 --> 00:29:26,000 21, 2026. The minor loss plate was approved by the interim city manager 315 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:33,600 because this is an administrative process and on July 2024, the minor loss 316 00:29:29,279 --> 00:29:36,600 plate was recorded by Lake County. And 317 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:49,600 so looking at the map just to reinstate so on the on the southeast of SMP uh the 318 00:29:47,279 --> 00:29:53,360 uh the request there is from agriculture that it is right now to employment 319 00:29:51,279 --> 00:29:58,000 center conservation that's there will remain conservation and on the northwest 320 00:29:55,919 --> 00:30:03,039 of Sampi they had established neighborhood which can yield to more uh 321 00:30:00,559 --> 00:30:06,799 single family homes uh but instead they want to change that from established 322 00:30:04,799 --> 00:30:13,039 neighborhood to employment center so they can uh conduct their uh you know 323 00:30:10,159 --> 00:30:16,720 their site development plan. Uh we did add a slide because there were 324 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:21,520 comments from the resident they wanted they had question about traffic. So I 325 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:26,480 did speak with our traffic engineer. I this is uh one of the map that was 326 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:32,799 provided uh part of the application. And so on it you can see the projected peak 327 00:30:29,919 --> 00:30:38,559 hour which is about 43 trips for the AM in the morning and in the afternoon PM 328 00:30:35,039 --> 00:30:44,799 you expect about 44 trips. And if you look at those 15 on the Phelps Street 329 00:30:41,039 --> 00:30:48,559 segment uh 15 trips that corresponds to essentially one additional vehicle every 330 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:54,000 four minutes. So, if you wait four minutes, another vehicle comes by and 331 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:58,080 another one. And I requested our U traffic engineer since he's in 332 00:30:55,440 --> 00:31:04,240 Tallahassee uh to provide a brief memo that I'm going to briefly go over um how 333 00:31:01,279 --> 00:31:08,480 he come to um why we got why they they request the applicant requested a 334 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:15,760 traffic exemption and why our traffic engineer uh um approved it. So the 335 00:31:12,399 --> 00:31:20,559 submitted traffic uh study estimate 43 pro uh project trips which will be 336 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:26,799 generated by the proposed project in the AM peak hours and 40 44 trips and the PM 337 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:32,960 peak hours. Per the Lake County Sumpter MO traffic impact study methodology and 338 00:31:29,679 --> 00:31:37,679 guidelines. This project qualifies for consideration of a traffic exemption 339 00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:45,600 request since the pro since the project generate less than 100 hour uh 100 peak 340 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:51,600 hour two-way trips. So it is considered um a non-substantial impact. So it's if 341 00:31:48,399 --> 00:31:56,159 they had reach above 100 uh peak hour they would have to do like likely like a 342 00:31:53,360 --> 00:32:00,240 tier one um analysis. But in this case, they didn't they were they did not have 343 00:31:57,679 --> 00:32:05,279 to. On the roadway segment of Phelps Street, SMP, the proposed project is 344 00:32:02,399 --> 00:32:10,080 estimated per this uh submitted traffic study to add approximately 15 vehicles 345 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:15,360 during the peak hours. And as I previously said, that equates roughly to 346 00:32:13,039 --> 00:32:19,519 one additional vehicle every four minutes. 347 00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:24,320 So the in results of the review, the engineer has reviewed um the submitted 348 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:29,840 traffic study and agreed with the stat the study's conclusion that the proposed 349 00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:36,000 project will add minimal traffic to the surrounding street network. Therefore, 350 00:32:32,559 --> 00:32:41,679 on July 13, 206, we recommended to city staff approval of the city of the 351 00:32:38,559 --> 00:32:47,279 submitted traffic exemption request. So this was a bit of the background on how 352 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:51,919 what where's the engineer leaning this way. 353 00:32:48,799 --> 00:32:57,120 So moving to the next slide. So as we had uh previously talked uh last time 354 00:32:54,720 --> 00:33:01,840 the bulk of the property is in FEMA flood zone which is an approximate zone. 355 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:06,240 It has not there was no detailed study. There was no detail engineering and 356 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:10,559 there was no base flood elevation. So we know it could flood in the area. It's 357 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:16,000 approximate. uh there could be some high ground areas we don't know. Now in the 358 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:23,360 2020 the city of Groveland conducted the 2020 CR CRA watershed study uh because 359 00:33:20,559 --> 00:33:28,399 it's within the Palakaha River Basin and based on the study's engineering model 360 00:33:25,679 --> 00:33:34,799 the city has established a community uh base flood elevation of 96.6 feet and 361 00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:40,320 AVD88 for flood plane management purposes. So this elevation essentially 362 00:33:38,159 --> 00:33:44,000 guides was is what's going to be the guiding point when you review this 363 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:49,760 application during the site development plan. So and a lot of the property where 364 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:53,279 they're proposing to build is above this um elevation. Meanwhile, they're still 365 00:33:51,679 --> 00:33:56,880 going to have to do a a flood development permit because anything in 366 00:33:54,960 --> 00:34:03,120 the flood plane they'll have to follow the regulation from chapter 121. 367 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:07,919 Uh we just to kind of reestate there were several policies uh that were in 368 00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:12,079 favor of uh this comprehensive plan. There's always a trade-off. Um the 369 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:16,399 really the key one that was neutral is like removal of some agriculture uh 370 00:34:14,720 --> 00:34:21,200 future land use from a portion of the property which reduced some of the agrol 371 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:28,000 land use. But on the whole when you look at all the policies there's more in 372 00:34:23,919 --> 00:34:32,560 favor uh than not. So staff has recommended approval of ordinance 2026 373 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:37,119 uh-13 and also I wanted to mention that the 374 00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:42,520 planning zoning board's recommendation was also unanimous of this ordinance in 375 00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:42,520 2026-13. 376 00:34:43,359 --> 00:34:50,560 Um moving on to the to the second one the second ordinance has if you have a 377 00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:55,359 future land use why you have to have a reasoning and they need to be in 378 00:34:51,919 --> 00:34:59,200 alignment. So, ordinance 2026-14 here the request is to reszone from the 379 00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:04,000 city of Groveland agriculture light industrial and conservation to light 380 00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:10,000 industrial and conservation. So, as we look on this map um as I mentioned 381 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:14,400 previously the property already had light industrial zoning is just the 382 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:18,880 future land use was not in alignment. We do not know exactly how that came to be 383 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:25,040 but is this is an inconsistency and it's an opportunity to resolve this issue and 384 00:35:22,240 --> 00:35:29,520 once again on the north side uh they had uh they currently have agriculture and 385 00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:36,480 the request is to go to light industrial on the north on the along the purple on 386 00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:43,240 the portion of Sampi on the north side. Once again conservation will remain 387 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:43,240 conservation no changes proposed there. 388 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:49,839 looking at the for consistency. So the we found the the development consistent 389 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:54,560 with the future land use employment center and conservation. It is generally 390 00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:58,480 compatible with the surrounding uses and it meets the applicable land development 391 00:35:56,320 --> 00:36:04,880 code standard as it is essentially a green field. Um staff recommended 392 00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:09,359 approval of ordinance 2026-14. The planning zoning board also 393 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:12,359 unanimously approve uh approve ordinance 2026-14. 394 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:22,480 And then we have the the final part uh parcel one which is to the northwest u 395 00:36:19,599 --> 00:36:26,240 for this is ordinance 2026-15. And here the request uh for the future 396 00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:31,520 land use is to go from established neighborhood and conservation to go to 397 00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:38,839 Groveland Agriculture Employment Center and conservation on this portion on this 398 00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:38,839 uh northwest piece. 399 00:36:39,119 --> 00:36:44,400 As we can see the bulk of the properties of conservation. We have a little bit of 400 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:48,160 agriculture. I mean an established neighborhood on the very tip northwest 401 00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:52,320 corner and this the area that the applicant has proposed to go to 402 00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:56,960 agriculture and also on the very south side between the two power companies. 403 00:36:54,560 --> 00:37:00,000 This little sliver was established neighborhood and the idea is to go to 404 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:06,119 employment center which would be consistent with the parcel to the left 405 00:37:02,240 --> 00:37:06,119 and to the right of it. 406 00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:14,560 And then once again uh we have a portion of the property where the conservation 407 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:19,760 is where you had the flood plane. You have the northwest corner that they had 408 00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:24,800 proposed is actually outside uh the flood plane. We'll be using the same 409 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:30,000 base flood elevation which is 96.6. And once again any development has to comply 410 00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:33,920 with chapter 121 the flood plane management of the city land development 411 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:38,880 code. And then we have uh mostly essentially 412 00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:43,040 all the projects in favor here because we're aligning the future land use with 413 00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:47,520 the existing zoning. Uh this would maintain adequate supply employment land 414 00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:51,599 for this southern piece which is uh employment center and it'll continue to 415 00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:57,280 promote agriculture as a viable land use and protect farming operation from 416 00:37:54,160 --> 00:38:01,119 incompatible adjacent uses. Uh staff recommend approval of ordinance 417 00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:05,520 2026-15 and planning zoning board's 418 00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:13,599 recommendation was also unanimously uh uh and uh to approve ordinance 2026-15 419 00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:16,480 and this conclude um the presentation. Thank you. 420 00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:19,359 » Thank you very much for that detailed information. Mr. 421 00:38:17,839 --> 00:38:23,839 » If I may, Mr. Mayor, members of the council, so I appreciate Alan mentioning 422 00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:28,079 about the traffic impact. the comments made from the public were not lost on 423 00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:30,880 staff either at the first reading. So, there are a handful of things that we're 424 00:38:29,599 --> 00:38:35,599 trying to make sure even though there there's not necessarily a lot of traffic 425 00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:39,040 influx to the area with the development. Um there there are certain things in 426 00:38:37,119 --> 00:38:42,960 terms of pedestrian safety, especially with kids, that we want to make sure 427 00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:47,680 that we monitor. Um Phelps, we're looking at a few different solutions. 428 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:51,839 One is having some no freight signage posted on the area so trucks aren't 429 00:38:49,839 --> 00:38:56,720 using that and more predominantly neighborhood street as a cutth through. 430 00:38:53,920 --> 00:39:01,359 Um also looking at raised crosswalks at the stop signs that slows down traffic 431 00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:06,880 and it also says hey pedestrians are prioritized at these intersections. Uh 432 00:39:04,240 --> 00:39:11,280 looking at speed limit um reductions and enforcement in that area. It should be 433 00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:15,440 posted 25 miles per hour. We could look at things like 20 miles per hour and 434 00:39:13,119 --> 00:39:19,680 making sure that that is enforced. Uh and then we're also looking from a a 435 00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:24,160 major investment from the applicant about a million dollar investment to 436 00:39:21,119 --> 00:39:28,480 Samp Road potentially reorienting Sampi Road. Um so as it's paved it's 437 00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:32,720 connecting directly with State Road 50. So you're seeing a direct freight access 438 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:37,280 that would bypass the neighborhood section of the downtown. So those are 439 00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:42,160 things we we look forward to working with Mr. ing fellow and the engineers 440 00:39:39,599 --> 00:39:49,839 and the applicant uh team as part of that site development plan process. 441 00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:55,920 » That's great great uh reaction. Um is it concluded? Okay. So we have uh 2020 442 00:39:53,920 --> 00:40:01,520 6-13. Uh can we have a motion to approve the 443 00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:08,000 second reading? I'd like to make a motion um that we 444 00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:14,079 approve 202613 um Sampi Road parcel to smallcale 445 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:19,680 comprehensive plan amendment. >> A second. 446 00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:25,160 » We have a second. Uh any discussion? >> Can you go back to the um first slide? I 447 00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:25,160 believe 448 00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:34,240 » this one. Excuse me. This one number four. Um, 449 00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:38,960 so this is a complete remake of Sampi Road on this end of it. 450 00:40:37,839 --> 00:40:42,079 » It's dirt right now, right? >> It's a dirt roadway. Yeah. 451 00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:48,079 » Okay. So, so how wide do they make in the road? 452 00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:52,240 » That I do not have this information. Uh, >> that would be um would have to look pull 453 00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:57,480 the side plan to know exactly, but the applicant may know fellow 454 00:40:59,920 --> 00:41:06,560 Alex Stringfellow, 756 West Montro Street, Claremont. Uh the road is 455 00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:11,280 meeting city standards, so it's two 12T travel lanes in each direction. Uh it is 456 00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:16,480 a 40ft rideway because we're putting the sidewalks on the private property side 457 00:41:13,359 --> 00:41:19,839 adjacent to the road. Um that gets off the books for the city to maintain. So 458 00:41:18,240 --> 00:41:24,800 the property owner would be responsible for maintaining it, but it'll meet that 459 00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:27,920 that city requirement. And then as part of our development, we're actually 460 00:41:26,079 --> 00:41:32,640 taking the storm from that new and improved roadway and and taking control 461 00:41:30,240 --> 00:41:36,960 of that on our site and attenuating that in addition to it and working on a 462 00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:41,760 maintenance agreements with the city. So it's going to meet standard. 12T travel 463 00:41:38,720 --> 00:41:46,640 lanes in each direction is plenty for fire safety vehicles um life safety 464 00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:50,560 vehicles. So we'll be improving that and the plans have been re reviewed by the 465 00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:56,800 DOT. Uh so how many additional trucks do you 466 00:41:54,960 --> 00:42:02,480 anticipate using this road? >> We don't anticipate freight uh being the 467 00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:05,920 the primary use here. So these are flex. This is at grade. So these aren't what 468 00:42:04,240 --> 00:42:11,359 you would call a dock height industrial use. So the types of use you will see in 469 00:42:08,319 --> 00:42:16,640 here it ranges from medical device office. It could be a crossfit studio. 470 00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:20,160 It could be someone who makes cabinetry. That's why you see that really low 471 00:42:18,079 --> 00:42:25,280 traffic generation because they don't actually rely on shipping out goods. 472 00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:30,640 It's really, you know, office type use. They have a low demand for traffic. Um 473 00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:34,960 they may store things. They may have one truck, that type of operation, but it's 474 00:42:32,720 --> 00:42:40,319 not a dock height logistic center where they're moving freight around. Um will 475 00:42:38,319 --> 00:42:45,359 somebody get a monthly delivery of some type of material? that's, you know, 476 00:42:43,119 --> 00:42:50,960 possible, but we'd have no freight requirement on the roadway and we'd 477 00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:54,480 adhere to any um regulations on those roadways. It's really going to be 478 00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:58,640 passenger vehicles that are accessing the site, utilizing the site and and so 479 00:42:56,880 --> 00:43:02,240 on. It's not a good fit for for 18-wheelers really and and I don't think 480 00:43:01,119 --> 00:43:05,359 » so. It's not being built for an 18-wheeler and you're putting and you 481 00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:08,880 have no problem putting up the sign saying no through traffic through 482 00:43:07,119 --> 00:43:12,160 Phelps. >> Yeah. No freight traffic. Absolutely. We 483 00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:17,280 were okay with that condition. And we are looking at there used to be an old 484 00:43:14,319 --> 00:43:21,760 court. It was called um Rice Court was a road that ran off of 50 485 00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:26,640 » in between where the substation is and connected to Sampi. So, as Mr. Maslo 486 00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:29,680 mentioned, we are evaluating reconnecting that. The city owns that 487 00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:32,800 property. It's adjacent to the realignment. So, we're looking at 488 00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:37,440 something that could actually allow for traffic movement directly south tying 489 00:43:35,359 --> 00:43:41,440 into the new realignment. So, we're fine with with labeling no freight. that's 490 00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:44,800 not the intended user here. We're not targeting that demographic. This is for 491 00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:49,040 makers, you know, people that make their own things, start their own small 492 00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:52,960 business. Uh it's smaller bays. Um you know, it's th00and 2,000 3,000 square 493 00:43:51,119 --> 00:43:57,119 foot bays. So, it's it's not really conducive for a a logistics operation. 494 00:43:55,839 --> 00:44:02,240 That's not the intent. >> Uh do you have do you have a problem 495 00:43:58,720 --> 00:44:06,079 putting a sign at um 19 and Phelps saying no truck over a certain amount of 496 00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:09,280 tonnage? >> We're okay with that condition. Of 497 00:44:08,079 --> 00:44:11,599 course, it's got to pass through the public works department and they'll have 498 00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:15,760 to do the review. >> It stops trucks from turning that way. 499 00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:19,119 » Absolutely. The only caveat I have to put on the record is that anything 500 00:44:17,119 --> 00:44:21,200 outside of the jurisdiction of of the city, so we're talking about a state 501 00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:23,920 road. >> No, no. On Phelps. 502 00:44:22,319 --> 00:44:26,960 » Yep. On Phelps, once it gets out of that rideway, we're we're totally okay with 503 00:44:25,440 --> 00:44:30,000 that and happy to agree to that condition. 504 00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:33,359 » How many employees do you expect this facility to employ? 505 00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:38,880 » You get about one employee per thousand square foot for a type of use like this. 506 00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:44,800 So, up to 90. um new employees and then the city gets about 85 to 85 cents to a 507 00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:49,839 dollar per square foot in tax revenue for this type of use. Um so when you 508 00:44:47,119 --> 00:44:53,119 look at the impact of this type of use from a jobs perspective, it generates 509 00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:57,920 pretty well. Thousand square foot generating a job is fairly dense. Uh it 510 00:44:56,400 --> 00:45:02,880 doesn't generate a lot of traffic. You know, under a 100 trip peaks uh peak 511 00:45:00,319 --> 00:45:07,359 trips a day and you get about a one:1 ratio on your taxable value for per 512 00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:10,960 square feet. It doesn't take school demand, so you don't have to worry about 513 00:45:08,640 --> 00:45:14,720 school seats. It doesn't add demand to your parking and services. There's no 514 00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:21,200 domestic type issues that come up from crime and safety. So, it's a pretty 515 00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:24,640 light use given the tax revenue from a public benefit perspective. So, that's 516 00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:29,200 why we think it makes a good fit here. It's a little bit off the beaten path, 517 00:45:26,160 --> 00:45:33,040 but it's a pretty low impact use and and high tax yield use. 518 00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:37,440 » Okay. Thank you very much. Mr. Booker, can you ask uh come back up and ask uh I 519 00:45:35,599 --> 00:45:40,440 have a question to ask you. >> Um 520 00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:47,599 » we uh when we were talking about this, we were asking if there was a way to 521 00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:52,000 bring the traffic off of Sampi down to down to 50 without going on on Phillips. 522 00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:56,079 Is there any property owned by the city that we could actually utilize to get 523 00:45:54,480 --> 00:46:00,800 some of it done? >> So, let's go back to this other map real 524 00:45:58,400 --> 00:46:05,440 quick. Uh, actually you can't see as good as I 525 00:46:02,319 --> 00:46:08,760 wanted to, but let's see. No, let's stay on this one. 526 00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:15,359 Well, it's a bit more than that, actually. Yeah. If we look at this 527 00:46:12,400 --> 00:46:18,800 property on parcel, so we look at parcel two that's highlighted, but parcel one 528 00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:23,440 had this little sliver between the two and directly south of it, there's one 529 00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:28,720 parcel that looks like a upside down rectangle is actually also owned by the 530 00:46:26,240 --> 00:46:34,160 same owner, John Jones. and the one after happens to be owned by us. And 531 00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:38,000 then after that, if you go down, you're going to approach the new 50 532 00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:42,800 realignment. So, this is more of a question. I don't know if I don't know 533 00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:46,800 if TJ's in the room, but I did ask him to to look at if there would be the 534 00:46:44,240 --> 00:46:50,800 feasibility that you could if you could make it through and because I know that 535 00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:54,960 could be a that would probably, you know, help our response time, not just 536 00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:59,680 for for this project, but in general, that's more connectivity. that's what we 537 00:46:56,880 --> 00:47:04,400 want. U so that's a question more for the for the traffic engineer to to 538 00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:07,599 double check. But according to the last plan that I could see online for the 539 00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:13,280 realignment, it looks like there is going to be a um an access point on on 540 00:47:11,280 --> 00:47:16,960 like I said, we own the property. So if we're willing and the applicants also 541 00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:22,000 willing, there might be an opportunity to to do to do so and that would be 542 00:47:19,920 --> 00:47:24,880 probably welcomed by the those future employment center. 543 00:47:23,599 --> 00:47:30,000 » Okay. Thank you for telling us about that. Uh, is it okay if we ask the city 544 00:47:27,359 --> 00:47:33,119 manager to look into the fact that the president owner owns a piece and the 545 00:47:31,520 --> 00:47:36,640 city owns a piece that we can get from Sampi to to 50 without having to go in 546 00:47:35,599 --> 00:47:39,280 Phelps at all? >> Yeah, I think they're doing that 547 00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:42,319 already, but we can make that on the record. 548 00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:45,440 » Yeah, that's fine. That's accepted. >> Okay. Thank you very much. 549 00:47:43,839 --> 00:47:51,359 » Thank you. >> Uh, thank you. So, we have 2026-13. 550 00:47:49,040 --> 00:47:54,359 Any further questions? Any public comment? 551 00:47:55,040 --> 00:48:00,599 name and address up here so it be on the record 552 00:48:01,839 --> 00:48:05,760 » here real clearly because there's a little bit of an echo. 553 00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:08,160 » Could you identify your name? >> But was my I'm sorry. 554 00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:13,680 » We just need your name for the >> Oh, Dana Bett. Sorry. City of Groveland. 555 00:48:10,960 --> 00:48:17,680 Um, I couldn't quite hear clearly, but was my understanding that the developer 556 00:48:15,599 --> 00:48:22,720 was going to absorb the cost of the infrastructure, the road, the the storm 557 00:48:20,079 --> 00:48:24,480 water runoff and the the sewage and and water lines and such of that? 558 00:48:23,920 --> 00:48:28,079 » Yes, sir. >> Excellent. Perfect. 559 00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:32,079 » Thank you. >> Okay. 560 00:48:29,920 --> 00:48:34,880 » No public comment. Let's go ahead. We have a motion and a second. 561 00:48:34,319 --> 00:48:39,680 » We do. >> Let's move ahead with the vote. 562 00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:41,200 » Vice Mayor Gaines, how do you vote? Hi, >> Council Member Carroll. 563 00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:43,200 » Hi, >> Council Member Jay Cox. 564 00:48:42,559 --> 00:48:45,119 » I, >> Mayor Kho, 565 00:48:44,319 --> 00:48:50,160 » I. >> Uh, 2020 consideration for approval 566 00:48:47,680 --> 00:48:56,800 2026-14. Do we have a motion to accept? 567 00:48:52,400 --> 00:49:01,119 » A motion to accept 2026-14. >> Mayor, I need to read that into the 568 00:48:59,680 --> 00:49:05,839 record and the headnote. >> Go ahead, please. 569 00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:09,920 Consideration of approval ordinance 2026-14 570 00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:13,680 Sampi Road parcel 2 resonzoning second reading an ordinance of the city council 571 00:49:12,000 --> 00:49:18,000 of the city of Groveland Florida to change the zoning from city of Groveland 572 00:49:15,599 --> 00:49:22,000 agricultural light industrial and conservation to the city of Groveland 573 00:49:19,680 --> 00:49:26,559 light industrial and conservation for the hearing described property owned by 574 00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:31,599 John Jones and located on Sampi Road north of State Road 50 east of Phelps 575 00:49:28,720 --> 00:49:37,359 Street and west of Beverly Drive. describing the new zoning designation 576 00:49:34,240 --> 00:49:40,960 for property. Finding consistency with a comprehensive plan, directing the city 577 00:49:39,119 --> 00:49:45,680 manager to amend the zoning map as here and provided after the passage of this 578 00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:49,440 ordinance, providing for severability, correction of scrier's errors and 579 00:49:47,599 --> 00:49:55,520 conflicts, and providing an effective date. 580 00:49:50,559 --> 00:50:01,520 » Thank you. A motion to accept 2026-14. >> Motion to accept 2026-14. 581 00:49:59,359 --> 00:50:06,960 » Second. We have a motion and a second. Further discussion, public comment. 582 00:50:04,559 --> 00:50:09,760 Seeing none, let's go ahead with a vote. >> Council member Jay Cox, how do you vote? 583 00:50:09,280 --> 00:50:11,359 » I. >> Council member Carol, 584 00:50:11,040 --> 00:50:12,880 » I. >> Vice Mayor Gaines, 585 00:50:12,559 --> 00:50:17,119 » I. >> Mayor Kho, 586 00:50:13,920 --> 00:50:21,760 » I. Moving on, let's read into the record consideration for approval ordinance 587 00:50:19,040 --> 00:50:25,200 2026-15. Consideration of approval ordinance 588 00:50:23,520 --> 00:50:29,839 2026-15 Sampi Road Parcel One Smallcale 589 00:50:27,680 --> 00:50:33,599 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Second reading an ordinance of the city council 590 00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:37,280 of the city of Groveland Lake County, Florida, amending the city of 591 00:50:34,960 --> 00:50:42,160 Groveland's comprehensive plan pursuant to 163.31871 592 00:50:39,839 --> 00:50:46,319 Florida statutes by amending the future land use plan designation from the city 593 00:50:44,160 --> 00:50:50,319 of Groveland established neighborhood and conservation to the city of 594 00:50:48,160 --> 00:50:54,640 Groveland agricultural employment center and conservation on the future land use 595 00:50:52,480 --> 00:51:01,040 map for the hearing described properties consisting of 14.77 plus minus acres 596 00:50:58,960 --> 00:51:05,760 authorizing the city manager to amend said comprehensive plan providing for 597 00:51:03,359 --> 00:51:09,520 severability correction of scrier's errors and conflicts providing for the 598 00:51:07,599 --> 00:51:14,880 forwarding of this ordinance to the state of Florida department of commerce 599 00:51:11,680 --> 00:51:20,640 and providing an effective date >> thank you uh we have a can we have a 600 00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:26,000 motion to accept 2026-15 A motion to accept uh approve 2026-4 601 00:51:24,880 --> 00:51:29,599 uh 15. >> A second. 602 00:51:28,160 --> 00:51:34,559 » Have a motion and a second. Further discussion? Seeing none, public comment. 603 00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:36,960 Seeing none, let's move forward. >> Council member Jay Cox, how do you vote? 604 00:51:36,559 --> 00:51:38,480 » I. >> Vice Mayor Gaines, 605 00:51:38,079 --> 00:51:40,079 » I. >> Council member Carol, 606 00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:44,559 » hi. >> Mayor Kho, 607 00:51:41,280 --> 00:51:48,880 » I. On to new business. We have no new business, so we're under reports for the 608 00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:54,800 city council. We'll start with Mr. Jay Cox. 609 00:51:51,839 --> 00:51:58,200 » Uh, no report as of now. >> Amy Joe. 610 00:51:58,400 --> 00:52:04,960 » Yes. I got a couple of things. Um, so I just wanted to start with uh our fire 611 00:52:03,599 --> 00:52:09,839 department trained five of their new fire department. Fire their f five new 612 00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:12,800 firefighters. Words are hard tonight. Um, 613 00:52:11,359 --> 00:52:16,559 and our communications department went out and filmed them and posted that on 614 00:52:14,559 --> 00:52:22,160 social media. Uh, our PD had a swearing ceremony for 615 00:52:19,119 --> 00:52:27,680 three new officers. I think everyone here attended that. Also, um, it 616 00:52:25,359 --> 00:52:32,720 launched the new city website today. So, if you haven't checked that out, please 617 00:52:29,359 --> 00:52:36,480 do. It should be far more user friendly and I was kind of playing on it earlier 618 00:52:34,240 --> 00:52:40,319 today. It seems like you can find things easier. So, let us know if you come 619 00:52:38,640 --> 00:52:44,960 across any problems when looking at that, but it should be more user 620 00:52:41,839 --> 00:52:48,640 friendly, which was the goal. Um, I spent time today at Hope International 621 00:52:46,880 --> 00:52:52,240 reading with kindergarteners. That was super fun. My little kids are always 622 00:52:50,720 --> 00:52:56,160 fun. Uh, 623 00:52:53,760 --> 00:53:00,400 and then I just had one more question. I wanted to see if as we're kind of going 624 00:52:58,079 --> 00:53:04,800 through the budget, I wanted to know how much more we have spent on meetings this 625 00:53:02,559 --> 00:53:08,480 year versus last year and maybe the year before. if we can kind of look at that 626 00:53:06,720 --> 00:53:13,200 and also how many more meetings we've had this year versus last year if we've 627 00:53:10,960 --> 00:53:18,599 had more or maybe less or just like the total number there. And I think that's 628 00:53:15,599 --> 00:53:18,599 all. 629 00:53:19,359 --> 00:53:28,400 » Okay. Uh Vice Mayor, what a mighty time we had attending the 630 00:53:25,760 --> 00:53:36,640 Groveland floor celebration that was hosted by Senator Leavon Bracie 631 00:53:31,920 --> 00:53:40,720 Davis. Uh, we met the members of the families 632 00:53:38,240 --> 00:53:47,440 and I did not know that one of the members of the family 633 00:53:43,680 --> 00:53:53,680 um is on our rack committee. I believe um her name is Irwin 634 00:53:51,200 --> 00:54:01,480 and I'm not going to steal the mayor's thunder, but my my it was a joyous 635 00:53:58,480 --> 00:54:01,480 celebration. 636 00:54:02,319 --> 00:54:10,480 stealing my thunder. Nobody steals my thunder. 637 00:54:07,839 --> 00:54:15,920 » Thank you, Vice Mayor. I just have a few uh things um uh questions that we can uh 638 00:54:13,599 --> 00:54:21,680 maybe get back, but I'd like to ask him with the council since this is our only 639 00:54:17,839 --> 00:54:27,119 chance to talk to each other. Um, first, uh, can we get an update on the train 640 00:54:24,079 --> 00:54:31,839 station lot split and where we stand on so we can get that switched over, um, 641 00:54:29,440 --> 00:54:35,839 at, uh, some point maybe in our briefings or at the next meeting, 642 00:54:34,160 --> 00:54:38,800 » we can touch base on our Thursday briefings with when I meet with each of 643 00:54:37,680 --> 00:54:46,000 you. >> Okay. and also the um the how we're 644 00:54:42,720 --> 00:54:51,599 doing on this the sprayfield uh study to get that uh I think that's important so 645 00:54:48,079 --> 00:54:59,040 we can move forward that all of you get the information on that. 646 00:54:54,160 --> 00:55:03,680 Um, also next is um a plea to all you staunch 647 00:55:00,640 --> 00:55:08,480 supporters of the city. Whether we agree or disagree on anything, there's one 648 00:55:05,839 --> 00:55:13,040 thing we all agree on. It's Wilson Island. 649 00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:16,720 Wilson Island is a is a island right off of Cherry Lake Road that has a nice 650 00:55:14,559 --> 00:55:24,319 wooden bridge that goes to it. It's some significant acreage that if it doesn't 651 00:55:19,760 --> 00:55:31,760 go to conservation will go to 183 is it um lots with 65 ft lot lines on 652 00:55:28,880 --> 00:55:35,760 the lake, 55 on the street across and 28 in the middle. So waiting that down and 653 00:55:34,400 --> 00:55:41,839 you know what that's going to do to the Claremont chain. So, we have uh you've 654 00:55:39,040 --> 00:55:47,280 seen on social media a lot of people joining in to um help us with this 655 00:55:44,880 --> 00:55:52,240 cause. I'd really appreciate everybody forwarding that around because it's got 656 00:55:49,040 --> 00:55:58,000 to get past uh Claremont and got to get past Groveland. This is the whole river 657 00:55:54,880 --> 00:56:04,079 that's going to be impacted. Um, we have a meeting coming up on the 29th of 658 00:56:00,799 --> 00:56:09,599 September with the county and that meeting will determine whether this goes 659 00:56:05,920 --> 00:56:14,880 on to the state. Um, we're looking for county funding. We're looking for state 660 00:56:12,000 --> 00:56:20,559 funding. Um we are in competition with the weak IVA um basin for the dollars 661 00:56:18,240 --> 00:56:25,839 that you all put into that um conservation fund and your taxes that 662 00:56:23,440 --> 00:56:29,040 were voted in uh two or three three years ago now. Two two years ago 663 00:56:28,000 --> 00:56:34,079 » two this November. >> So anybody that can uh join in with us 664 00:56:31,839 --> 00:56:39,440 at that meeting on the 29th will be publicizing the place the time 665 00:56:36,799 --> 00:56:45,040 everything uh for the meeting with the advisory group. um they'll make the 666 00:56:42,960 --> 00:56:50,160 decision there on where the money goes. There's only so much to go around and I 667 00:56:47,359 --> 00:56:55,760 think we wants 29 million of it and we want significantly less. But this has a 668 00:56:53,119 --> 00:57:01,119 significant impact on our community. without that island. Uh that's the last 669 00:56:58,480 --> 00:57:05,520 remaining uh piece of real estate where we could put a park so that our citizens 670 00:57:03,200 --> 00:57:11,680 can have access to the chain in the river. And to live in Groveland with 671 00:57:07,760 --> 00:57:16,960 9,000 acres of water and not being able to access it unless you go through 672 00:57:13,200 --> 00:57:23,359 somebody's backyard would be very very sad. So, anybody you can talk to to help 673 00:57:20,960 --> 00:57:28,160 us, anybody that can get involved, please um feel free to answer those uh 674 00:57:26,000 --> 00:57:32,960 things on social media, pick up the phone and call. We are looking at Mr. 675 00:57:31,040 --> 00:57:38,720 Maslo and I were looking today at a rally um to get people together. And 676 00:57:35,839 --> 00:57:43,359 we're we're working on that prior to uh looking at car pools to go to the the 677 00:57:40,960 --> 00:57:48,480 meeting or some way to transport people that can't get there. Uh but um any 678 00:57:46,079 --> 00:57:54,480 ideas you have, anything, please share it on social, please share it with us to 679 00:57:51,440 --> 00:57:59,520 to get this really really energized and get everybody there. Uh the last meeting 680 00:57:56,880 --> 00:58:05,680 with weak IVA, there was about 70 people from the weak iva uh basin that were 681 00:58:02,400 --> 00:58:11,440 lobbying and we only had one or two. So we need to make sure that uh we have 682 00:58:08,000 --> 00:58:17,680 that that that support of the community at that meeting. So again, mark it down 683 00:58:14,240 --> 00:58:24,240 the 29th of September and we will um continue to bring that up at meetings as 684 00:58:19,520 --> 00:58:30,799 we go forward. The um second uh item uh is um senior citizens center. I would 685 00:58:27,599 --> 00:58:37,359 like the um I would like to ask the council to go visit our senior citizen 686 00:58:33,599 --> 00:58:43,200 center. Um I I had the privilege of walking through and where you can um see 687 00:58:40,559 --> 00:58:48,799 the outside through the inside through the wall or through the doors when 688 00:58:45,280 --> 00:58:53,520 they're closed. Um really it need we need support in bringing that back to 689 00:58:50,799 --> 00:58:57,520 this meeting. Uh Mr. Maslo is working with the team on getting over there and 690 00:58:55,280 --> 00:59:02,160 taking a look. I think it's not only getting it repaired but figure out um 691 00:59:00,000 --> 00:59:06,400 how we're going to keep it up and make sure that we know what's going on. But 692 00:59:04,400 --> 00:59:10,400 please get over to the senior c center as um prior to the next meeting if 693 00:59:08,880 --> 00:59:20,160 possible. It would be very good. It opens at 8:30 in the morning. Um last is 694 00:59:14,720 --> 00:59:27,680 um is the what's what's October 10th? It's a test. This is a test. 695 00:59:23,440 --> 00:59:32,160 » The gayla the gayla the founders gayla. The beautiful and that's called the 696 00:59:29,359 --> 00:59:37,599 Grovie Awards. Get not the Oscars but the Grovie Awards. and they're 697 00:59:34,559 --> 00:59:43,599 fantastic. But we have five awards based on the five core values of the city. And 698 00:59:40,720 --> 00:59:47,680 those those applications are online to please nominate people. Get on there. If 699 00:59:46,480 --> 00:59:52,720 you know somebody that's been outstanding in heart, outstanding in 700 00:59:50,480 --> 00:59:57,599 intentionality. And boy, we have a lot of intentionality. You know, somebody 701 00:59:55,200 --> 01:00:04,480 that's uh in knowledge and connectivity and uh connectivity, knowledge, heart, 702 01:00:00,480 --> 01:00:09,839 what am I missing? um uh vitality >> vitality. So, and the descriptions are 703 01:00:06,880 --> 01:00:15,200 on there for the the um that that uh what qualifies people for that. But 704 01:00:12,000 --> 01:00:22,559 please, I think the deadline is a week from Friday to have those in and those 705 01:00:18,720 --> 01:00:27,599 will be judged by the way by a council and members of a adjacent community. We 706 01:00:25,760 --> 01:00:32,559 are not going to pick our own people. There'll be a separate group that will 707 01:00:29,599 --> 01:00:38,079 go through the applications and and make these awards. And when I say this is the 708 01:00:34,880 --> 01:00:42,640 biggest thing east of the Oscars in LA, it's the biggest thing east of the 709 01:00:39,760 --> 01:00:48,000 Oscars. Okay, this is going to be great. So, please put that on your calendar, 710 01:00:44,880 --> 01:00:52,559 October 10th. And um please nominate your your people that need to be 711 01:00:49,839 --> 01:00:58,480 recognized. Nominations are is is very important. uh they'll be recognized as a 712 01:00:56,000 --> 01:01:03,680 nominee for the rest of their life here when they get up and talk. This is the 713 01:01:00,319 --> 01:01:10,720 nominee, a Grovy nominee. It's just like on the Oscars. So, please um let's 714 01:01:06,559 --> 01:01:16,880 recognize everybody that we can. Uh that concludes my report. I will say because 715 01:01:13,839 --> 01:01:23,839 there wasn't uh a lot said on the Groveland 4 thing. Um what what we got 716 01:01:20,640 --> 01:01:29,119 out of that meeting was um a volunteers not only from the family to come and 717 01:01:25,760 --> 01:01:35,599 help tell the right story but also the Mr. Gilbert King who won the Pulitzer 718 01:01:32,400 --> 01:01:42,799 Prize for the book on the Groveland 4 Devil in the Grove has uh has agreed to 719 01:01:40,319 --> 01:01:47,040 go through our materials, come down here when we need him. He passes through here 720 01:01:44,640 --> 01:01:51,520 quite a bit and make sure that our story is right on. Uh it's important that when 721 01:01:49,680 --> 01:01:56,799 we display something in Groveland that it's accurate and everybody uh agrees 722 01:01:55,040 --> 01:02:01,280 and we'll be talking about them that more with the historic um committee that 723 01:01:59,680 --> 01:02:05,920 we've been talking about that'll be on the agenda next time. I'm sure you'll go 724 01:02:03,280 --> 01:02:08,880 over that in your in your briefings coming up. 725 01:02:07,280 --> 01:02:13,359 » Can I just say one more thing? >> Yes, ma'am. 726 01:02:10,240 --> 01:02:20,160 The gentleman standing next to uh Senator Leavon Bracie Davis is Thood 727 01:02:17,839 --> 01:02:25,440 Marshall's son. As you all know, Thood Marshall 728 01:02:22,400 --> 01:02:32,799 represented the Groveland 4, but it was a real priv privilege to meet his son 729 01:02:30,960 --> 01:02:35,760 » and an outstanding attorney now just like his dad. Uhhuh. 730 01:02:34,079 --> 01:02:40,079 » I forgot something, but I remembered when you started talking about the gala. 731 01:02:37,920 --> 01:02:45,440 I and we don't have to do it right now, but just I think um if the gala is going 732 01:02:43,119 --> 01:02:49,520 to be an annual thing, I I think we need to come up with a policy to choose which 733 01:02:47,839 --> 01:02:52,400 charity it benefits every year because I feel like that should rotate. I mean, 734 01:02:50,799 --> 01:02:57,200 this year obviously the neighborhood center's great, but I think maybe that's 735 01:02:55,680 --> 01:03:00,240 a policy that we got to come up with at some point. So, 736 01:02:58,799 --> 01:03:03,520 » right now you got to plan the gala so that's first, but like after but we have 737 01:03:01,839 --> 01:03:05,839 a whole year. So, I just want to bring that up, you know, 738 01:03:04,240 --> 01:03:09,119 » and I think we can take that to that committee that's not Not. 739 01:03:07,839 --> 01:03:12,480 » Yeah, it doesn't have to happen here. I just want to make sure we're somebody's 740 01:03:11,280 --> 01:03:14,000 going to look at that later. >> Yeah, sure. 741 01:03:13,359 --> 01:03:17,680 » That's all. >> Standing. Good. Good. 742 01:03:15,359 --> 01:03:21,200 » Okay. Mr. Maslo, >> Mr. Mayor, members of the council, I 743 01:03:19,280 --> 01:03:25,920 emailed my report out to you earlier today. Drop my pen. Uh, just a few 744 01:03:24,400 --> 01:03:30,400 highlights. If you haven't had a chance to read that, next um next council 745 01:03:28,640 --> 01:03:35,440 meeting on the 21st is going to be a big one, so be ready. It might be an all 746 01:03:32,400 --> 01:03:39,200 day. Uh after speaking with uh our recruiter Kevin, who hopefully you all 747 01:03:37,520 --> 01:03:44,720 had the pleasure of speaking with at this point, uh we have 11 city 748 01:03:41,839 --> 01:03:48,640 management uh permanent candidates. Uh that list should be down to about four 749 01:03:46,400 --> 01:03:54,000 to five based on the input that he has so far. And he's going to be here in 750 01:03:51,200 --> 01:03:58,960 person. He is um requesting that everyone be may uh make make themselves 751 01:03:56,000 --> 01:04:04,480 available for in-person interviews, individual interviews throughout the day 752 01:04:01,440 --> 01:04:08,799 and then council as a body will have the opportunity to interview each of the 753 01:04:06,319 --> 01:04:13,680 candidates at your meeting here in two weeks. Um so be ready for that. 754 01:04:11,200 --> 01:04:18,000 Ultimately, uh you'll be set up to make a selection out of those top four to 755 01:04:15,599 --> 01:04:24,160 five candidates. And then I've already assigned um Mr. Geller from the legal 756 01:04:21,039 --> 01:04:28,799 side to start drafting up the agreement that you'd be working off of as a 757 01:04:26,640 --> 01:04:33,359 template in your negotiations with the permanent city manager. Uh so that's 758 01:04:31,440 --> 01:04:37,599 first and foremost. I anticipate going over that in detail with you at the 759 01:04:35,359 --> 01:04:43,680 Thursday briefing along with the city attorney um uh spot. As you know, our 760 01:04:41,359 --> 01:04:48,799 feedback from council was to entertain both an in-house full-time employee for 761 01:04:46,240 --> 01:04:55,760 legal services and then also the triedand-true um um legal firm. And so 762 01:04:52,799 --> 01:05:00,640 we've moved on both of those um options in a parallel process. You might have 763 01:04:58,000 --> 01:05:07,599 the option to do a hybrid too. Uh you could have potentially an in-house um 764 01:05:03,359 --> 01:05:12,160 city attorney and a consultant um very similar to um what Mr. Giller has been 765 01:05:10,160 --> 01:05:16,160 providing in terms of those services. I anticipate going over a financial 766 01:05:14,319 --> 01:05:20,480 breakdown of that at the Thursday briefings to give you a little bit more 767 01:05:17,839 --> 01:05:25,440 feedback before you make that decision. I anticipate that process playing out 768 01:05:23,119 --> 01:05:29,599 likely until October though. I don't anticipate that being ready for the next 769 01:05:27,119 --> 01:05:34,880 council meeting. So look for that as a action item ultimately in October. So 770 01:05:32,640 --> 01:05:41,280 we're spreading that out a little bit. Um the next is um we went over the city 771 01:05:38,880 --> 01:05:45,200 management um or the city website launch. If you've had a chance to take a 772 01:05:43,440 --> 01:05:49,039 look, uh we're still in feedback session. If you see something, we're 773 01:05:46,799 --> 01:05:53,119 still always working out the kinks. Uh I did want to give kudos to both the 774 01:05:50,720 --> 01:05:58,160 communications and IT teams. I think it's fresh. I think it's uh better than 775 01:05:55,520 --> 01:06:01,440 the old one. Like you know with websites though, they're they're never finished. 776 01:05:59,839 --> 01:06:04,880 So they're they're always a work in progress and we'll continue to improve 777 01:06:03,039 --> 01:06:09,760 it. If you get feedback from your constituents too, please forward that to 778 01:06:07,039 --> 01:06:12,880 us and uh we'll keep looking at that. Uh also on the budget in the Thursday 779 01:06:11,520 --> 01:06:16,319 briefings, we're going to be looking at the three different budget scenarios 780 01:06:14,480 --> 01:06:20,960 that we talked about based on our last uh our feedback from council at the last 781 01:06:18,000 --> 01:06:26,640 workshop. We're looking at 5.7 is the peak, the highest mill rate down to the 782 01:06:23,280 --> 01:06:30,880 5.6 roll back and then also the 5.5 mill rate which is what it was set at before 783 01:06:28,720 --> 01:06:35,680 last year. Uh we're confident that we'll give three different uh options uh for 784 01:06:33,280 --> 01:06:41,119 council. Ultimately, you'll vote on that at the September 16th and September 21st 785 01:06:39,039 --> 01:06:46,400 will be your final budget adoption hearing. Both at 6:00 p.m. So just be 786 01:06:44,079 --> 01:06:51,359 ready for that. I know we've been moving some of the meeting times lately from 7 787 01:06:48,559 --> 01:06:56,480 to 6:30. These budget workshops will start at 6. So just be ready. 788 01:06:54,079 --> 01:07:00,319 » Thank you, Tim. Uh Mr. Gil, >> I just want to give a plug for Gilbert 789 01:06:58,319 --> 01:07:06,079 King. He spoke to the Florida Municipal Attorneys Association conference several 790 01:07:02,559 --> 01:07:09,119 years ago and he was riveting. Just riveting. When you go to these 791 01:07:07,599 --> 01:07:14,559 conferences, lawyers are always on their phones and checking with their clients. 792 01:07:11,119 --> 01:07:19,599 He had everyone's attention. Could not keep my eyes off him in this devastating 793 01:07:17,520 --> 01:07:23,920 story that that he told. And then his book, Devil in the Grove, is equally 794 01:07:21,680 --> 01:07:28,079 devastating and really incredible and goes more into depth about all the 795 01:07:25,839 --> 01:07:32,000 incredible work that Thood Marshall did uh for people who are unjustly accused. 796 01:07:30,559 --> 01:07:35,119 So, leave it there. >> And I wish I could remember, but Thood 797 01:07:33,760 --> 01:07:41,039 Marshall wrote a book, too, that's pretty good about the whole thing. I'll 798 01:07:37,760 --> 01:07:45,520 get that uh title to you. Okay, with that, we're seeing no other uh comment, 799 01:07:43,839 --> 01:07:48,520 no other business. We meeting is adjourned.