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   Pledge of Allegiance

   Private First Class Jacobs led the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by a moment of silence honoring servicemen and women.

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   [00:00:25] Next item on the agenda is the Pledge of Allegiance, [00:00:28] followed by a moment of silence in honor of our servicemen and women at home and abroad. [00:00:33] I'd like to ask Private First Class Jacobs to please come up forward and lead us in the pledge. [00:00:52] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, [00:00:56] and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, [00:01:02] with liberty and justice for all. [00:01:12] Thank you. [00:01:13] You may be seated. [00:01:14] And thank you, Private Jacobs, for assisting tonight.

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   Moment of Silence

   Pledge of Allegiance led by Private First Class Jacobs, followed by a moment of silence honoring servicemen and women.

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   [00:00:25] Next item on the agenda is the Pledge of Allegiance, [00:00:28] followed by a moment of silence in honor of our servicemen and women at home and abroad. [00:00:33] I'd like to ask Private First Class Jacobs to please come up forward and lead us in the pledge. [00:00:52] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, [00:00:56] and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, [00:01:02] with liberty and justice for all. [00:01:12] Thank you. [00:01:13] You may be seated. [00:01:14] And thank you, Private Jacobs, for assisting tonight.

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   Approval of the Minutes from the December 1, 2015 Regular City Council Meeting

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   Council approved the minutes from the December 1, 2015 regular city council meeting by voice vote.

   • motion:Motion to approve the minutes from the December 1, 2015 regular city council meeting. (passed)

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   [00:01:17] Welcome home on leave. [00:01:21] Next item is the approval of the minutes from the December 1st regular city council meeting. [00:01:26] Move for approval. [00:01:27] Second. [00:01:28] Motion is second. [00:01:29] Further discussion? [00:01:30] No, sir. [00:01:31] All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [00:01:33] Aye. [00:01:34] Opposed, like sign. [00:01:36] Next item is a presentation from the Pasco Economic Development Council.

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   Presentation: International Economic Development Council Award

   Tom Ryan of the Pasco Economic Development Council presented the IEDC Bronze Award for business retention and expansion, recognizing the 2013 partnership that retained Applicant Insight (109 jobs, ~$1.2M capital investment) in New Port Richey. He recognized key partners including city staff, county officials, brokers, and Duke Energy. Jennifer Conan of Encompass Business Services was also introduced as a recent Smart Start Incubator graduate expanding into downtown New Port Richey.

   📍5509 Grin Boulevard🏢Applicant Insight🏢Cap Realty Advisors🏢Cushman Wakefield🏢DTZ🏢Doyle Family Partnership🏢Duke Energy🏢Encompass Business Services🏢International Economic Development Council🏢Palm Center🏢Pasco Economic Development Corporation🏢SCORE🏢Smart Start Incubator🏢Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council👤Heidi Tuttle Beissner👤Jeff Starkey👤Jennifer Conan👤Johnny Vitar👤Ken Bogart👤Lisa Fierce👤Mario👤Melinda Kendrick👤Michelle Baker👤Richard Gehring👤Susan Dillinger👤Todd Brandon👤Tom Ryan#Applicant Insight retention project (2013)#IEDC Bronze Award for Business Retention and Expansion#Smart Start Incubator program

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   [00:01:43] Mr. Mayor, we have Mr. Tom Ryan in attendance representing the Pasco Economic Development [00:01:48] Corporation this evening. [00:01:50] Thanks, Tom. [00:01:52] First of all, I want to thank the mayor, the council, and city manager for this kind [00:01:57] invitation to come up and explain to you an award we received recently from our peers [00:02:02] from the International Economic Development Council in Anchorage, Alaska. [00:02:07] The reason why we're here to talk about this award is that it would not come to us if it [00:02:12] was not for you and the city and our key partners in a project that started in 2013. [00:02:21] I believe most of us are very well aware of this Applicant Insights decision to stay here [00:02:27] in the city of New Port Richey, which was a very proud moment not only for the Pasco [00:02:32] EDC, Pasco County, but I know for the city of New Port Richey. [00:02:37] The International Economic Development Council is a non-profit, non-partisan membership organization [00:02:42] serving economic developers with more than 4,500 members focused on creating high-quality [00:02:48] jobs, develop vibrant communities, and improve the quality of life in their regions. [00:02:54] The Pasco Economic Development Council received the IEDC Bronze Award for business retention [00:02:59] and expansion for a single event. [00:03:02] It's a plaque that we have now hanging in our lobby. [00:03:07] If I can ask you to endure me for just a moment, I'd like to do a project recap, primarily [00:03:13] for the audience and for anybody else who's listening, possibly on cable or online. [00:03:20] The project recap started in August 2013, and New Port Richey's largest private employer, [00:03:28] Applicant Insight, was seriously considering relocating their offices outside of New Port Richey, and also outside of Pasco County. [00:03:36] The company's main concern was the lack of contiguous office space, 20,000 to 25,000 [00:03:40] square feet is what they needed. [00:03:42] There was a level of criminal activity that had developed into some of the vacant parking [00:03:47] lots surrounding the former hospital, and there was some aging infrastructure, such [00:03:51] as roads and lighting, that they had concerns about. [00:03:55] The unique characteristic of this company, though, is that they did not necessarily want [00:03:59] to leave the community, because they still do draw, I should say, a large percentage [00:04:05] of their workforce not only from the city of New Port Richey, but from the surrounding [00:04:09] New Port Richey area. [00:04:11] With the timeline events, we got notified that this company was leaving, and we assembled [00:04:18] a New Port Richey PDC task force, primarily with the help of former interim manager, Susan [00:04:23] Dillinger, who was kind enough to work through a vacation during a Labor Day weekend to bring [00:04:28] together a team. [00:04:30] This team got together and decided that we would take control of this issue and resolve [00:04:35] it. [00:04:36] What happened after that was a meeting with a few brokers, real estate brokers in the [00:04:40] community. [00:04:41] We did a facility tour, there were lease negotiations, there were city commitments made, there was [00:04:47] remodeling of an old office building, and ribbon cutting, finally. [00:04:52] What was the result of this partnership was retaining a growing company and creating at [00:04:57] least 10 new jobs at that time, which is, from what I've been told, is possibly now [00:05:02] 20 or 30 new jobs, but retaining 109 high-paying jobs in New Port Richey, approximately $1.2 [00:05:09] million of capital investment was made into refurbishing an older building and setting [00:05:15] an example on how to repurpose outdated, it was a medical office building that no longer [00:05:19] fit the needs of the community. [00:05:22] Setting an example, not only the local, but also international economic development community, [00:05:27] how to reinforce partnerships between private and public partners. [00:05:32] I'd like to reinforce this partnership by recognizing the following key partners in [00:05:36] this business retention and expansion project. [00:05:40] First and foremost was Applicant Insight, Johnny Vitar, President. [00:05:44] Secondly, was the Doyle Family Partnership, at that time the property owner who primarily [00:05:50] did most of the negotiating with the tenant and decided to go ahead and reinvest in remodeling [00:05:58] all 20,000 square feet. [00:06:00] The city of New Port Richey, the Mayor's office, council members, city manager and [00:06:03] staff including the Office of Economic Development, but more specifically the task force that [00:06:09] was quickly assembled after a long Labor Day weekend to address the Applicant Insights [00:06:12] concern consisted of Councilman Jeff Starkey, former interim city manager Susan Dillinger, [00:06:19] Chief of Police Ken Bogart, Development Director Lisa Fierce, but it went further than that. [00:06:25] Our county and regional partners that jumped in and helped to save this company's relocation [00:06:30] from the county was Pasco County Administrator Michelle Baker, Pasco County Planning and [00:06:35] Development Richard Gehring, Pasco County Office of Economic Growth Melinda Kendrick, [00:06:40] the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council was involved in keeping this company here in Pasco [00:06:44] County. [00:06:45] The real estate brokerage community was very aggressive and very helpful in keeping them [00:06:49] here. [00:06:50] One of Pasco's owns, Heidi Tuttle Beissner of Cap Realty Advisors felt personal obligation [00:06:54] to keep this company in New Port Richey. [00:06:57] Todd Brandon of DTZ, a national brokerage firm now Cushman Wakefield. [00:07:02] And our utility partners who went into the neighborhood and put new street lighting and [00:07:07] took back trees so that the employees would feel safer, Duke Energy. [00:07:12] I just want to say thank you to everybody who was involved. [00:07:15] This is a great example of how community can come together, save a business from some issues [00:07:20] that really could be overcome by group teamwork. [00:07:24] So thank you very much. [00:07:25] Thank you. [00:07:26] On another note, another sign of success for New Port Richey, specifically the downtown [00:07:36] area. [00:07:37] I'd like to introduce Jennifer Conan and she is with the Encompass Business Services, the [00:07:43] most recent graduate of the Smart Start Incubator, who is now expanding her business outside [00:07:50] the incubator in downtown New Port Richey. [00:07:53] Good evening and thank you for having myself and my company here. [00:08:04] It is a real great honor and we've worked really hard. [00:08:07] Mario will attest to that. [00:08:09] Please don't mind the nerves. [00:08:10] I got really short notice about this meeting. [00:08:13] We were based in Hernando County at the beginning of this year when we registered our business [00:08:19] and became a corporation here in the state of Florida. [00:08:22] Hernando County is not as interested as Pasco County in economic development and growth. [00:08:27] Having spoke to their economic development director personally, I can speak to that testament. [00:08:33] With that being said, we wanted to grow our company, add value, add jobs, and find a home [00:08:39] for our corporation. [00:08:41] We approached the incubator. [00:08:42] We moved in August 1st. [00:08:45] We have graduated December 8th and we have new corporate space at 5509 Grin Boulevard. [00:08:52] If we stay true to our numbers with the mentors from the PEDC, Mario being one of them, and [00:08:58] our partnership with SCORE, we'll be adding two new jobs every year for the next five [00:09:03] years to grow our company. [00:09:05] We have a three-year long-term lease signed with Attorney Majreau down at the Palm Center [00:09:11] and we look forward to being a New Port Richey business and doing business here and adding [00:09:15] economic growth. [00:09:17] We couldn't be here without the PEDC. [00:09:20] Thank you so much. [00:09:21] Thank you. [00:09:22] Thank you. [00:09:23] Next, we have retirement recognition.

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   Retirement Recognition: Deputy Police Chief Bob Close

   The City Council recognized Deputy Police Chief Robert 'Bob' Close on his retirement after 20 years of service with the New Port Richey Police Department. Police Chief Kim Bogart presented Bob's career history and presented him with a shadow box and a 20-year service award.

   🏢New Port Richey Police Department🏢Suffolk County Police Department👤Jackie Close👤Kim Bogart👤Robert 'Bob' Close#20-year service award#Retirement Recognition#SWAT team

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   [00:09:31] Yes, Mr. Mayor. [00:09:32] I have asked Police Chief Kim Bogart to prepare a few words. [00:10:02] I have felt challenged about what I would say here tonight about Deputy Chief Robert [00:10:15] Close's retirement. [00:10:16] How could I possibly encapsulate his years of dedicated and distinguished service in [00:10:21] a few minutes' speech and give him the recognition that he deserves? [00:10:26] All of us at the Police Department call him Bob, so that's how I'll refer to him now. [00:10:33] It was probably inevitable that Bob would become a police officer. [00:10:36] He grew up in a law enforcement family with his father serving for over 20 years with [00:10:39] the Suffolk County Police Department in Long Island, New York. [00:10:44] Bob chose to follow his father's footsteps and joined the City of New Port Richey Police [00:10:48] Department 20 years ago today. [00:10:52] Bob has truly dedicated himself to our department and has served with distinction in many capacities. [00:10:58] Like all police officers, he began as a patrol officer. [00:11:01] He served in that capacity for 6 years and then served 3 years in the traffic unit, specializing [00:11:07] in traffic enforcement issues and investigating vehicle crashes. [00:11:11] For the next 4 years, he served as a community-oriented policing officer, addressing quality-of-life [00:11:17] issues in our neighborhoods. [00:11:19] In that assignment, he worked sting operations, warrant roundups, and specialized vice narcotics [00:11:24] enforcement projects. [00:11:26] He served a year and a half as a corporal in the patrol division and then earned his [00:11:29] sergeant stripes in 2008. [00:11:33] In 2013, Bob was promoted to lieutenant, and a year and a half later, I was very proud [00:11:38] to promote him to deputy chief as my right-hand person at the department. [00:11:42] I want to read to you what Bob wrote in an email to all members of the police department [00:11:48] today because I think it sums up much of who Bob is and how he feels about our city and [00:11:53] the department. [00:11:56] To all members, time really flies by when you do something you truly love to do. [00:12:02] I can't believe that after over 20 years working for our police department in my many capacities, [00:12:07] the time has come to say farewell. [00:12:11] I must say that it has been a very rewarding career within this noble profession. [00:12:17] I am lucky to have worked with so many exceptional people within our department and collaboratively [00:12:24] with other members of the city's workforce. [00:12:27] There are many talented individuals within our agency that will continue to successfully [00:12:32] lead the department for many years to come. [00:12:35] I will miss all of you, but look forward to retirement. [00:12:39] Thank you all and be safe. [00:12:42] Bob, we're the ones who are lucky to have worked with such an exceptional person. [00:12:49] You should be proud of your contributions to our department and the service you've given [00:12:52] to the residents and visitors to our city. [00:12:55] Congratulations, my friend. [00:13:03] Thank you. [00:13:20] We have a couple of things for you. [00:13:23] It's tradition in law enforcement to take an officer's career and try to put it in a [00:13:31] package, so we've done that. [00:13:34] We hope well if we can get it out of the package. [00:13:42] What we have is a shadow box that we want to give you on behalf of the department and [00:13:46] the city commemorating your many years of service. [00:14:01] Thank you. [00:14:06] What I had an opportunity to talk about was the years that Bob had in the different positions [00:14:11] that he held, but when you look at a shadow box or you look at someone's resume, you then [00:14:17] realize that he was a member of the SWAT team, the first SWAT team for the department. [00:14:23] He was a master patrol officer, a field training officer in all the responsibilities that went [00:14:28] with all of the positions. [00:14:30] There were many. [00:14:32] For that, Bob, we truly all do thank you and do wish you the best. [00:14:43] We have one more thing. [00:14:52] This will be the first time in my time of being with the city to where I actually have [00:14:56] one of these exactly at the date that it's due. [00:15:00] And that is his, oh it is, this award is presented in recognition of your 20 years of dedicated service to the City of New Port Richey and the New Port Richey Police Department and the citizens we serve. [00:15:18] So there you go, Bob. [00:15:20] Well, time flies. 20 years is just, it seems like yesterday I was just getting fitted for my uniforms when I first came on here. I had the opportunity to move down here and give up my personal business and construction company up north. [00:15:44] Following my dad's footsteps and I can't believe today has come where, you know, it's time. I'm going to miss everybody here tremendously. I've learned a lot. It was great working with everybody, staff in the city and other divisions and departments. [00:16:00] But I'm really looking forward to spending some time with my lovely wife Jackie and traveling and having a good time. So I appreciate everything everybody's done and Kim especially and Janet and Steve and Mike. [00:16:12] It's going to be, I'll be in touch but, you know, giving you some ribbons over some text messages and some photos of where I'll be at. So it'll be fun. [00:16:22] So thank you. [00:16:52] Second. [00:17:22] All right, the rest of the guys come down. [00:17:52] Okay. [00:18:22] All right. [00:18:53] We get all the council members to come down so we can do a picture with the council. [00:18:58] This is the next group that's getting arrested. [00:19:01] Yeah. [00:19:02] They just want you and they can get ahold of you. [00:19:04] Yeah. [00:19:05] Got enough handcuffs out here, you know. [00:19:12] Congratulations. [00:19:13] Oh, I'm so happy. [00:19:22] Get in the middle. [00:19:53] Get your mom down here. [00:19:54] How sweet. [00:20:10] Yeah. [00:20:11] Get all the family down here. [00:20:13] Get up there, Jackie. [00:20:14] Get up there with them. [00:20:17] Get up there with them, Jackie. [00:20:19] Family. [00:20:23] Oh, gosh. [00:20:28] It's tough on your fingers. [00:20:29] They're like new. [00:20:31] There's a little gadget there. [00:20:32] I had a little thing where you can just sit right over and... [00:20:36] Sit right over and... [00:20:48] Well, you had it for the employees the other day. [00:20:58] I like this stuff. [00:20:59] Yeah. [00:21:00] Yeah. [00:21:10] All right. [00:21:11] Thank you, Chief. [00:21:12] I missed normal. [00:21:29] Ms. Mance, I believe the next order of business also belongs to the chief?

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   Swearing-In Ceremony for Auxiliary Officers William Frazier, Donald Jacobs, and Joseph Puglia

   The City swore in three new auxiliary police officers—William Frazier, Joseph Puglia, and Donald Jacobs—reactivating the auxiliary police officer program. Frazier and Puglia recently completed 319 hours of Auxiliary Academy training at Pasco-Hernando State College, while Jacobs is a 25-year veteran law enforcement officer who also serves as a city code enforcement officer. The officers will begin in-house field training in January.

   🏢Florida Criminal Justice and Training Commission🏢Pasco Sheriff's Office🏢Pasco-Hernando State College👤Britt Frazier👤Donald Jacobs👤Joseph Puglia👤Mance👤Marianne👤Susan👤William Frazier#Auxiliary Academy#Auxiliary Police Officer Program

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   [00:21:33] It is. [00:21:34] As you know, the chief and I have been working for some time now on an auxiliary police department [00:21:40] to augment our existing staff resources. [00:21:44] Tonight is a proud moment in that respect as we are able to swear in three officers for the program. [00:21:54] Chief. [00:22:11] As City Manager Mance has said, we're reactivating the auxiliary police officer program at our department. [00:22:20] The officers accepted into this volunteer program will assist the department by serving at all times [00:22:27] under the direct supervision of our full-time, fully certified officers. [00:22:32] Tonight, it's my privilege to introduce the first three auxiliary officers for the police department during my tenure. [00:22:38] But I'd like to explain a little bit of how they got to here and how we got to here. [00:22:43] I think it's very important to appreciate that the individuals being sworn in tonight have full-time jobs [00:22:49] in other professions. [00:22:51] They are civic-minded individuals who are volunteering to serve our city in a noble and meaningful way [00:22:56] by becoming auxiliary police officers. [00:22:59] I think it is also important to recognize that they have chosen to join the law enforcement profession [00:23:04] at a time when police are being criticized and viewed in a negative light nationally. [00:23:09] Mr. William Frazier and Mr. Joseph Puglia, both of whom are businessmen, have already attended [00:23:15] Auxiliary Academy Law Enforcement classes at the Pasco-Hernando State College. [00:23:20] From August until last week, they drove to the Dade City campus to attend classes four days a week [00:23:27] from 6 to 10 at night and attended classes every other Saturday for eight hours each time. [00:23:33] They have completed a total of 319 hours of Florida Criminal Justice and Training Commission [00:23:39] Auxiliary Academy instruction, and they graduated from the academy last week. [00:23:45] Mr. Donald Jacobs, who also serves as a full-time code enforcement officer for the City of New Port Richey, [00:23:51] is also joining our auxiliary program. [00:23:54] He is a fully certified law enforcement officer with 25 years of experience as a dual certified corrections [00:24:00] and law enforcement officer with the Pasco Sheriff's Office. [00:24:04] Beginning in January, these three officers will begin our department's in-house field training program [00:24:09] that will last several months. [00:24:12] Once they complete that training, they will serve a minimum of two days service for our city [00:24:18] and the department a month. [00:24:21] With that, I would like to call the three officers down here. [00:24:28] Actually, let me do them one at a time because we want to swear each one in. [00:24:32] They have to sign their certificate and all that. [00:24:34] The first one, Mr. William Frazier and Britt Frazier. [00:24:38] His wife will be doing the badge pinning. [00:24:57] I'm going to do a repeat after me. [00:25:18] This is your staff. [00:25:21] I'll use the city seal. [00:25:27] Please raise your right hand. [00:25:30] After me. [00:25:31] I, William Frazier, a citizen of the state of Florida and of the United States of America, [00:25:39] and being employed by or an officer of the city of New Port Richey [00:25:46] and a recipient of public funds as such employee or officer, [00:25:56] do hereby solemnly swear or affirm [00:26:00] that I will support the Constitution of the United States [00:26:06] and of the state of Florida [00:26:08] and that I will support, protect, and defend [00:26:12] the Constitution and government of the United States [00:26:17] and of the state of Florida [00:26:20] against all enemies, domestic or foreign, [00:26:25] that I will bear true faith, loyalty, and allegiance to the same, [00:26:32] that I will uphold the ordinances of the city of New Port Richey, Florida, [00:26:39] and that I will faithfully perform all the duties [00:26:44] of auxiliary police officer of said city. [00:26:49] So help me God. [00:26:53] Sign, please. [00:27:09] Seal on here. [00:27:12] There we go. [00:27:18] Congratulations, Officer Frazier. [00:27:24] My pleasure. [00:27:32] I'm not sure I'd like to be close to people with a pen. [00:27:42] Yes. [00:27:55] She would get pictures now. [00:27:57] Go ahead and have friends and family members that are here [00:27:59] that would like to be part of the photographs. [00:28:11] Thank you. [00:28:29] Go stand in the back. [00:28:41] Thank you. [00:28:51] Thank you. [00:29:00] Go ahead. [00:29:11] Thank you. [00:29:22] Too quick. [00:29:42] Can I offer the department a hand? [00:29:45] No. [00:29:47] Can I get Leah to come down and also his wife, Marianne? [00:30:00] Okay, you're going to repeat after me this, and then sign, and then I'll sign. [00:30:09] City seal here, and then this will go in, it's an alpha. [00:30:12] Okay? [00:30:13] All right. [00:30:13] Please raise your right hand. [00:30:16] I, Joseph Puglia. [00:30:17] I, Joseph Puglia. [00:30:18] A citizen of the state of Florida. [00:30:19] A citizen of the state of Florida. [00:30:21] And of the United States of America. [00:30:22] And of the United States of America. [00:30:24] And being employed by, or an officer of. [00:30:26] And being employed by, or an officer of. [00:30:28] The city of New Port Richey. [00:30:30] The city of New Port Richey. [00:30:31] And a recipient of public funds as such employee, or officer. [00:30:35] And a recipient of public funds as such employee or officer. [00:30:38] Do hereby solemnly swear or affirm. [00:30:40] Do hereby solemnly swear or affirm. [00:30:42] That I will support the Constitution of the United States. [00:30:45] That I will support the Constitution of the United States. [00:30:48] And of the state of Florida. [00:30:49] And of the state of Florida. [00:30:50] And that I will support, protect, and defend. [00:30:52] And that I will support, protect, and defend. [00:30:54] The Constitution and government of the United States. [00:30:57] The Constitution and government of the United States. [00:30:59] And of the state of Florida. [00:31:00] And of the state of Florida. [00:31:02] Against all enemies, domestic, or foreign. [00:31:04] Against all enemies, domestic, or foreign. [00:31:06] That I will bear true faith, loyalty, and allegiance to the same. [00:31:10] That I will bear true faith, loyalty, and allegiance to the same. [00:31:13] That I will uphold the ordinances. [00:31:14] That will uphold the ordinances. [00:31:16] Of the City of New Port Richey, Florida. [00:31:18] Of the City of New Port Richey, Florida. [00:31:20] And that I will faithfully perform. [00:31:21] And that I will faithfully perform. [00:31:23] All the duties of auxiliary police officer of said city. [00:31:26] All the duties of auxiliary police officer of said city. [00:31:31] So help me God. [00:31:32] So help me God. [00:31:33] Please. [00:33:57] Thank you, all. [00:34:14] John Jacobs. [00:34:23] And Susan, we're going to make you come down, too. [00:34:44] You're doing better. [00:34:50] Okay. [00:34:51] You're going to repeat this after me, putting a sign here, a sign here, and I'll put a city [00:34:57] seal here, so it'll go in your personal. [00:34:59] Okay? [00:35:00] So if you would please raise your right hand. [00:35:02] I, Donald Jacobs. [00:35:03] I, Donald Jacobs. [00:35:04] A citizen of the state of Florida. [00:35:06] A citizen of the state of Florida. [00:35:07] And of the United States of America. [00:35:09] And the United States of America. [00:35:11] And being employed by or an officer of. [00:35:13] And being employed by and an officer of. [00:35:16] City of New Port Richey. [00:35:17] The city of New Port Richey. [00:35:18] And a recipient of public funds as such. [00:35:21] I'm sorry. [00:35:22] Oh, that's okay. [00:35:23] As such employee or officer. [00:35:24] And a recipient of public funds and such employee or officer. [00:35:29] Do hereby solemnly swear or affirm. [00:35:31] Do hereby solemnly swear and affirm. [00:35:34] That I will support the Constitution of the United States. [00:35:37] That I will support the Constitution of the United States. [00:35:41] And of the state of Florida. [00:35:42] And the state of Florida. [00:35:43] That I will support, protect, and defend. [00:35:46] And that I will support, protect, and defend. [00:35:49] The Constitution and Government of the United States. [00:35:52] The Constitution and the Government of the United States. [00:35:55] And of the state of Florida. [00:35:56] And the state of Florida. [00:35:57] Against all enemies, domestic or foreign. [00:35:59] And all enemies, domestic or foreign. [00:36:03] That I will bear true faith, loyalty and allegiance to the same. [00:36:06] And I will bear true faith and loyalty and allegiance to the same. [00:36:10] That I will uphold the ordinances. [00:36:12] I will uphold the ordinances. [00:36:14] Of the city of New Port Richey, Florida. [00:36:16] Of the city of New Port Richey, Florida. [00:36:19] And that I will faithfully perform. [00:36:21] And I will faithfully perform. [00:36:23] All the duties of auxiliary police officer of said city. [00:36:26] Perform all the duties of auxiliary police officer of the city. [00:36:31] So help me God. [00:36:32] So help me God. [00:36:33] Thank you. [00:36:46] You get the seal on there. [00:37:00] Congratulations, officer. [00:37:02] Thank you so much. [00:37:03] Appreciate it. [00:37:06] Michael, you get the privilege. [00:37:32] Thank you. [00:37:50] Testing, come down a point. [00:37:57] OK. [00:38:00] Upside down. [00:38:03] Oh, that's great. [00:38:05] You'll hear about this. [00:38:32] Thank you. [00:38:43] Are there any other family members? [00:38:47] Don't be cowards. [00:38:48] Come on down. [00:39:00] How you doing? [00:39:01] How you doing? [00:39:02] Good to see you. [00:39:03] Am I in the wrong spot? [00:39:04] No, you're perfect. [00:39:24] Thank you. [00:39:32] Congratulations. [00:40:01] Thank you. [00:40:02] Thank you. [00:40:32] I feel a little safer now, all the cops are here. [00:40:46] I think there's our Christmas crowd. [00:40:47] We thought we were here to wish us Merry Christmas, man. [00:40:49] We didn't know we'd be here. [00:40:51] Thank you all. [00:40:53] No problem. [00:40:56] All right, that looks a little more like it. [00:41:15] Now that's a Tuesday.

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   Environmental Committee Annual Report

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   Del Deschant, Chair of the Environmental Committee, presented the committee's fifth annual report along with members Casey Atkinson, Kira Atkinson, and John Tietz. The report highlighted 2015 achievements (Arbor Day, Grand Gardens community garden, Gulf Middle School partnership, Growing Cities movie night) and presented eight proposals for the coming year including revisions to the Fertilizer/Pesticide Ordinance, Green City Certification, recycling plans for city events, recycling/fishing line bins, training a certified arborist on staff, including fruit trees in reforestation, and urban farm/market garden ordinances. Council received the report and discussed dual trash/recycling cans, Gulf Middle School engagement, and adding nuisance trees to the tree list.

   • direction:Council requested staff to investigate dual trash/recycling cans for prominent locations in the city. (none)

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   [00:41:45] The next item on our agenda is the Environmental Committee Annual Report. [00:41:50] Ms. Manns? [00:41:51] Yes, we have Mr. Del Deschant present this evening, [00:41:54] who will be representing the Environmental Committee and submitting their annual report. [00:42:00] Thank you. [00:42:05] We have some PowerPoint material that will go along with this. [00:42:10] Good evening, Honorable Mayor, City Council members, staff. [00:42:14] For the record, my name is Del Deschant, City Resident [00:42:16] and Chair of the City's Environmental Committee. [00:42:19] And on behalf of the committee, [00:42:21] I want to thank you for the opportunity to present our annual report and recommendations. [00:42:27] With appreciation for the Council's commitment to ecology, [00:42:30] the committee was reactivated in June 2011, June 26th to be exact. [00:42:35] This is our fifth annual report to the Council since the Environmental Committee was reactivated. [00:42:41] The committee was originally established in the mid-1990s, [00:42:44] but became dormant and then became inactive in the early 21st century. [00:42:49] In the interest of time, my time and yours, [00:42:52] tonight our overview and summary will be brief, [00:42:55] although it's important to note that we have accomplished much [00:42:59] and have several initiatives and a number of recommendations for the coming year. [00:43:04] To facilitate the presentation, [00:43:06] we submitted an executive summary that I believe you have a copy of, [00:43:09] similar in structure to what you've received in previous years, [00:43:13] although the details are somewhat different owing to the new achievements that we've had, [00:43:17] as well as the new recommendations. [00:43:20] Additional material is available in each area if desired, [00:43:24] and a bit later I'm going to give to Doreen a copy of some additional materials [00:43:30] that will be put in your mailboxes later. [00:43:34] Our presentation will follow the executive summary as given to you there, [00:43:38] supported by PowerPoint slides and supplemental comments. [00:43:41] Joining me in the presentation will be committee members Casey and Kira Atkinson, [00:43:45] who are with us tonight, as well as John Tietz. [00:43:48] We're also most appreciative of Mr. Tietz for the production of the PowerPoint slides. [00:43:53] John is the secretary of the committee and adds professional expertise [00:43:56] through his master's degree in digital arts and sciences. [00:43:59] So to present the accomplishments of the committee for the previous year, [00:44:04] I'm pleased to welcome Casey and Kira Atkinson if they'd come forward now. [00:44:08] Their degrees are environmental science and public policy. [00:44:11] So I'm going to turn it over to them briefly for the presentation of the achievements. [00:44:18] Thank you. I'm Kira Atkinson. [00:44:20] I'm Casey. [00:44:21] And we'd like to introduce you to the environmental committee. [00:44:25] We have our chair, Del Deschamps. [00:44:27] Our vice chair is Rose Moore. [00:44:28] Our secretary is John Tietz. [00:44:30] And then we have Barbara Sulo who's here tonight. [00:44:33] Audrey Voss. [00:44:34] And then Cindy Cato and Amber Blase. [00:44:37] Here's a brief overview of the projects and achievements of 2015. [00:44:41] Next slide. [00:44:44] Oh, sorry. [00:44:47] We are. [00:44:48] Let's go. [00:44:49] We are. [00:44:50] So every year we host an Arbor Day celebration in January. [00:44:53] It's a tradition that started in 1989 and recognizes our city's Tree City USA status. [00:45:00] We are also proud of our ongoing community garden initiative, especially the latest opening of the Grand Gardens on Grand Boulevard. [00:45:09] Our committee has also assisted with other community projects in Dade City and also USF's student farm organization, [00:45:17] as well as ecological initiatives at Gulf Middle School [00:45:20] here in the city, and we also hosted a movie night at the city library and featured the film Growing Cities. [00:45:26] The packed room was an indicator of the community's support for urban ag. [00:45:31] Our committee also assisted with the drafting of a resolution supporting sustainable food production in July and [00:45:38] also hosted the Oak Recreation in August. [00:45:42] Our committee supports a number of city projects like the Tasty Tuesday Market at the New Porichy Library, [00:45:47] the Yard Debris to Mulch program hosted by Public Works, [00:45:52] the New Porichy Library Seed Exchange program, Urban Agriculture Ordinance, [00:45:56] and we help in developing the local food system from seed to farm to market. Now, here's Del again for a look at our future projects. [00:46:10] So we have the control. [00:46:12] I probably shouldn't trust me. [00:46:15] Thanks, thank you Casey and Kira. Together these achievements make New Porichy a leader in ecological regeneration. [00:46:22] I know that many of you have been at some of the events that we've held and we appreciate your support in that regard so you [00:46:28] can see kind of the impact that we're having. [00:46:30] What we're doing is promoting local food production, building community, improving quality of life, and [00:46:36] a byproduct of what we are doing is a reduction in crime, [00:46:40] creating economic opportunities, enhancing education, and bringing numerous other benefits to the city and its residents. [00:46:48] This also serves, the work of the committee also serves as excellent PR for the city of New Porichy and [00:46:54] distinguishes us as an attractive place to live, work, and locate or relocate businesses. [00:47:00] These projects and proposals that we bring tonight are easy and effective means of changing perceptions and assumptions [00:47:07] about New Porichy. Although the committee and its members were not [00:47:12] invited to always participate in some of the plans that were going forward, [00:47:17] I think that in many cases the city would have benefited from our input, and that's just an observation [00:47:23] from a professional standpoint. [00:47:25] We do believe that professionally structured and well organized and effectively marketed environmental initiatives will do more to [00:47:32] restore and revitalize the [00:47:34] somewhat and sometimes tarnished image of New Porichy to both our city residents as well as Millennials and their parents, [00:47:43] and perhaps even more successful than [00:47:46] sometimes costly and overly costly [00:47:49] last century projects. What we're doing does not cost very much if anything. The payoff is enormous in terms of public relations, [00:47:57] in terms of profile, and in terms of our presence in the Tampa Bay region as a leader in the environment and [00:48:04] in ecology. And so we've worked hard and we've accomplished much. We are also enthusiastic to do more, and [00:48:11] we look forward to your support of the modest proposals that we'll bring tonight. As our previous achievements have demonstrated, [00:48:18] we have been successful in our work and with minimal cost to the city. [00:48:22] So our [00:48:24] proposals, I think, will bring economic benefit, ecological benefit, certainly cultural benefit. It will bring public safety and crime prevention. [00:48:32] It will enhance the quality of life. There are points of pride in everything that we do and regional leadership. [00:48:38] It's remarkable to me and my work in the region, both at the University of South Florida, as well as in my work with [00:48:44] Pasco County Food Policy Council, just how well-known [00:48:48] New Porichy is becoming for these sorts of initiatives. [00:48:51] And so I'm happy to report that as well as a positive enhancement to our profile and our public presence. [00:48:58] So we are already doing good work, I believe, and [00:49:02] bringing tremendous benefit to the city. [00:49:05] Our proposals are not particularly novel. All have been done elsewhere and with success elsewhere. [00:49:11] We certainly need your support to move forward, however, and we need commitment from the staff. [00:49:16] And so we're requesting your formal support tonight for our proposals. And so our proposals for the coming year. [00:49:23] Our first one [00:49:24] relates to [00:49:27] the review of the Fertilizer and Pesticide Ordinance. [00:49:29] And I'm going to invite John to come forward and present on this one. [00:49:32] He's done the most research on it and is the most familiar with it. [00:49:35] And so I want to turn it over to him for just a moment to do our first proposal. [00:49:41] Hi, good evening. I'm John Teets. I'm the Secretary of the Environmental Committee. [00:49:45] The committee at this time is recommending that we take another look at Ordinance 2013-1995 and 2013-1994, [00:49:52] which was brought to our attention by staff. Thanks very much for providing the language for that, Doreen. [00:49:57] We're recommending that you [00:49:59] look at prohibiting application between June 1st and September 30th, [00:50:03] as well as [00:50:06] prohibiting the use of chlorophyos and diazanon, which are harmful to the environment and harmful to insects and [00:50:14] various other species in the area. [00:50:16] Discourage, but not prohibit, the use of fertilizer where reuse water is being used. [00:50:22] I'm sure that we can look at the Public Works Department and their expertise as to the nutrient levels in the water and [00:50:28] the levels of that are usually high enough or Pinellas County at least found that it was high enough that it was not needed to [00:50:35] add nitrogen to the soil. [00:50:37] And also change the language to require instead of recommending the 10-foot maintenance zone. [00:50:43] And I'd also, you know, [00:50:44] we'd like to recommend that you change it to a native maintenance zone and then define the word native as far as that goes. [00:50:51] Because currently it is a 10-foot maintenance zone and there is no burn required as well, and it's recommended rather than required. [00:50:59] Thank you, and I'll turn it back over to Del. [00:51:04] Thank you, thank you, John, and [00:51:06] we stand ready to work with staff on this if [00:51:09] there is any interest on the part of the council and we hope that there is in moving forward to perhaps improve the [00:51:15] fertilizer and pesticide ordinances. [00:51:18] Second item is Green City Certification. It's the second year that we've had this in our proposal package and [00:51:24] there's been some progress made, I think. I'm looking at the City Manager on this. [00:51:29] Yes, there's been progress made on this and [00:51:32] so we're coming back again and just reaffirming thanking the [00:51:36] City Manager and staff for moving forward on it and certainly looking forward to even more success in the coming year and perhaps even achieving [00:51:44] that certification. [00:51:45] What a jewel that would be, what a gem that would be to have that in our cap, both in terms of our own [00:51:52] achievement, but also going forward in terms of our profile in the greater Tampa Bay region. [00:51:58] We're also proposing again a recycling plan for all city events. We think that the city could require this [00:52:04] perhaps even just adding a another line in the application for [00:52:10] public, for the use of public space by not-for-profit organizations [00:52:15] that would be putting on events in the city. [00:52:18] It seems a modest addition that could be done and I know that the Atkinsons have reflected on this [00:52:24] previously and it certainly comes forward with their strong support and recommendation, and I don't think it would be that hard. [00:52:31] And here's the next one. This is another easy one. We propose adding [00:52:36] recycling bins at strategic locations in the city in our public parks and at the corner of Main and Grand and [00:52:43] also adding [00:52:44] fishing line disposal bins at popular fishing locations. [00:52:47] You can take a look at the graphic and get an idea of the difference that it makes when you actually do have [00:52:52] recycling bins in a position where people can use them. We certainly know that there's many events that go on in the city, [00:53:00] both those that are noticed and those that are not noticed, [00:53:03] and as a result of the events that go on very often, [00:53:06] there's a tremendous amount of waste. If there were bins available, it would certainly cut down on that waste and it would contribute to [00:53:11] our recycling efforts. [00:53:13] And we think that's pretty easy. [00:53:15] And you can see [00:53:17] how stunning the graphic is. [00:53:19] The ideal distance is 20 feet and you can get an idea of what happens when you have the recycling bins within 20 feet. [00:53:26] It's a tremendous, it cuts down tremendously on the amount of [00:53:30] recyclables that end up being disposed of in inappropriate ways. Next item up will be item number five. [00:53:37] We recommend the city invest energy and perhaps some resources, probably not very much, [00:53:43] I'm sure, in training a certified arborist to serve on city staff. [00:53:47] This would be a member of staff, someone that's most likely in public works, [00:53:51] I think would be the most likely area, but it could conceivably be parks as well. [00:53:56] But to have a staff member receive training as a certified arborist, there are so many benefits that come with this. [00:54:02] As you know, when we have projects that come forward, very often an outside arborist or [00:54:09] arborist that works for a corporation that we're doing business with has to do this tree inspections. [00:54:14] It would be wonderful if we could do that in-house. We think it would also benefit in terms of our [00:54:20] reforestation efforts for the city. It would benefit tremendously residents that have questions. And as a matter of fact, for many years [00:54:26] we've had an arborist on city staff. We just don't have one right now. [00:54:30] So I think it'd be good to get back to that. Next item up, [00:54:32] we recommend including fruit trees in our reforestation project. Many folks have come forward and asked about this. Again, [00:54:38] there's nothing new here in this proposal. Plenty of other cities are doing this and there's ample [00:54:44] documentation for how such a project can succeed. We suggest giving special attention to fruit trees in the downtown area as [00:54:52] trees in the downtown area are replaced. [00:54:55] Twelve and thirteen slides, proposal number seven and proposal number eight. We're all very familiar with these proposals. [00:55:02] This is our third year that we have them in the report. As always, [00:55:06] we stress that market gardens and urban farms are the most important items in our proposal. [00:55:11] The most important items in the proposal are market farms and urban garden. [00:55:16] We affirm that these proposals are [00:55:20] very, very important to moving forward with other environmental initiatives. The [00:55:27] existing ordinance allows for [00:55:30] gardens on private property, community gardens on private property. This [00:55:34] expands the opportunities for people to garden. And those that are familiar, for example, with our very [00:55:40] very, I think, very dramatic achievement of the Grand Gardens [00:55:44] recognize right away that there's a lot of interest in this and more interest could be [00:55:49] developed if we move forward on these. I'm happy to note that since our last report, [00:55:53] we've met with City Manager as well as Director of Development Lisa Fierce and Senior Planner Chris Metter. [00:56:00] We're expecting a draft from Lisa and Chris in the near future, which will include the improvements [00:56:06] we've recommended, urban farms and market gardens. [00:56:09] On a related note, since our last report, Pasco County has established a Food Policy Council, [00:56:15] one of only four in the entire state. And the first item on the FPC agenda is [00:56:22] drafting an urban agriculture ordinance. What a surprise. [00:56:26] Our city's ordinance is one of the models that's being used by Pasco County to draft the countywide ordinance. [00:56:33] Everyone on the [00:56:35] Food Policy Council was impressed with our ordinance, [00:56:38] but they were surprised that we did not have farms and market gardens in the ordinance. [00:56:42] I told them that we were working on it, and I believe that I was truthful and accurate in saying that. [00:56:50] So at present, it appears that a draft of [00:56:53] the modifications in the urban farm ordinance is moving forward, and it will be ready for our review very shortly. [00:57:01] So we'll leave it at that. [00:57:03] We'll leave it at that for now. And so there you have it. [00:57:06] With each of these proposals, the committee pledges full support and assistance to the City Council and the staff. [00:57:14] The committee does request Council action in directing staff to proceed to investigate these proposals. [00:57:23] And I thank you for your time and your energy and [00:57:29] your devotion [00:57:31] to ecology in the City of New Port Richey. [00:57:33] Thank you, Mr. Deschamps. Any questions or comments? [00:57:37] I just have a [00:57:39] question. Robert, you probably can help with this, or Elaine. Is there trash cans that are dual? [00:57:46] Now that, you know, people put in the cities that are dual, like for trash and then for recycling? [00:57:53] A product does exist, yes. [00:57:54] We just look into seeing that. Maybe a couple places that we would be more prominent to put them, not say the whole city, [00:58:00] but I'm not sure where, but just to investigate that. [00:58:04] We can report back to you on that. Yeah, that would be great. [00:58:09] I have a question, Mr. Deschamps. Thank you for your presentation. [00:58:11] Could you elaborate a little bit more on your cooperative engagement with ecological activities or initiatives at Gulf Middle School? [00:58:17] What are y'all doing there to engage the students? [00:58:19] What are you doing at Gulf Middle School to engage the students? Because I think [00:58:24] agriculture is a great way to work with troubled youths and get them involved. I was at that [00:58:30] what's the name of the movie again we watched in the library? Growing Cities. Yeah. [00:58:33] And you know, it was very, to me, I got a lot out of it. [00:58:36] And especially the part with the troubled youths and really having nowhere to turn, and we have a lot of that in our city. [00:58:42] So I was just curious as to where y'all are at with Gulf Middle School and any plans or what you've done so far. [00:58:49] I could invite any of the committee members to come forward and address that. We're working closely with [00:58:55] Amy, what's Amy's name? [00:58:57] Maren. Amy Maren at Gulf Middle School, and she is their community outreach. And [00:59:03] we've been [00:59:05] extremely excited about the relationship that has developed there. [00:59:08] There is at this point no specific programs to work with the youth. [00:59:13] There are informal programs, though, that we've already set up both in terms of lectures and presentations that we've done to the [00:59:20] children at the school, as well as inviting them to the community gardens to have them participate in the activities there. [00:59:27] So we have a very positive and constructive relationship with them. You may know that the [00:59:33] actual sign for the Grand Gardens was done by a [00:59:37] art student at Gulf Middle School. I don't know if that was [00:59:41] communicated to you or not. I think you all had some sort of role to play in that as a matter of fact. [00:59:46] But the development is continuing and enriching. [00:59:50] Both from the standpoint of Gulf Middle School, but also from the Environmental Committee as well. [00:59:54] So it's reciprocal. We both are gaining from it. New Port Richey, the zip codes in New Port Richey are classified. [01:00:00] by the United States Department of Agriculture [01:00:02] as low-income, low-access. [01:00:05] And what that means is that we have disproportionately [01:00:08] high number of people that are at or below the poverty level. [01:00:11] That's probably no news to some of the staff. [01:00:13] But it also means that they do not have access [01:00:15] to high-quality, good food within easy access to them. [01:00:20] What we're doing here, these proposals, [01:00:22] especially the market gardens [01:00:23] and especially the urban farm proposals, [01:00:25] is one way of reversing that. [01:00:27] We are working with a not-for-profit organization [01:00:30] not included in this report [01:00:31] because unfortunately it was unsuccessful. [01:00:34] But we had a grant proposal [01:00:36] in the United States Department of Agriculture [01:00:37] for a significant grant that we were eligible for [01:00:41] through our cooperation with a not-for-profit organization [01:00:44] that we were not able to get it. [01:00:47] Unfortunately, we came close. [01:00:48] But we were competitive for it [01:00:50] because of the fact that we were low-access, low-income, [01:00:55] which are the primaries for the direction of federal funds. [01:00:59] And that would be something I'd be happy [01:01:00] to work with staff on, too, [01:01:01] to think about other grants that we could pursue [01:01:03] in that area in connection with a high-powered, [01:01:07] high-profile, positive urban agriculture program. [01:01:12] And so again, I'm just encouraging us to pursue that. [01:01:15] I think it'd make a tremendous difference for the city [01:01:17] and would open us up to additional opportunities [01:01:20] for federal funding as well as state funding, [01:01:21] for that matter. [01:01:23] So there's an economic dimension to it [01:01:25] that goes without saying. [01:01:28] Thank you, Mayor. [01:01:29] I'm good, Mayor. [01:01:30] Councilman? [01:01:31] Yes, just a quick question. [01:01:32] Thank you. [01:01:33] Well done. [01:01:34] You've mentioned in one of these presentations, [01:01:38] y'all look up there, y'all look just so doggone sober, [01:01:40] you know, like it's pulling teeth, you know? [01:01:42] It's not that hard. [01:01:44] It's just kind of like an upbeat, [01:01:45] I try to be upbeat and positive in the presentation. [01:01:47] Y'all don't look like you gotta get ready for it like that. [01:01:49] First of all, I didn't bring any disco music. [01:01:52] Well, if you're gonna be like Gulf Junior, [01:01:53] I gotta bring some disco music for us folks in there. [01:01:57] And Del, I'm not, there's no, there's no, [01:01:59] there's no, there's nothing new. [01:02:03] You sat up here with me for two years, [01:02:04] so you knew what you were gonna get when you came. [01:02:07] So I mean, I didn't want to disappoint you. [01:02:10] No, no, no, I just, I just let you know [01:02:12] that this is positive and upbeat. [01:02:14] And you know, Bill, Billy, you know, [01:02:15] I know the music is always playing, it never stops. [01:02:18] I know while he's dancing. [01:02:19] Yes, it's always playing. [01:02:21] Sorry, Ms. Cabella-Thomas. [01:02:22] It's okay. [01:02:23] Ms. Cabella-Thomas, please. [01:02:24] I was going to say he didn't bring candy, [01:02:27] which is another good thing. [01:02:28] I brought some loquat jellies and jams. [01:02:30] Don't forget, the festival is coming up [01:02:31] very soon, the loquat festival. [01:02:32] Please, Judy. [01:02:34] But you had mentioned that there is, [01:02:36] one part of that was to identify native maintenance, [01:02:39] but what is your, would your group consider [01:02:43] creating a list of nuisance trees? [01:02:46] We're a tree city, and I know that there are nuisance trees, [01:02:48] for lack of a better word for that, [01:02:51] because with folks coming into the community, [01:02:53] especially the idea of them helping to create [01:02:57] a landscaping, you know, updating, [01:03:00] you know, we're really looking at folks [01:03:04] making positive changes to their property, [01:03:08] to recognize some of the trees that, [01:03:12] whether they're, you know, convenient to plant, [01:03:16] but those that are really create some nuisance issues. [01:03:19] One of them is that monkey tree. [01:03:22] Yeah, the list of those trees is certainly available. [01:03:25] That, by the way, just to use it as an entree, [01:03:29] would be another good recommendation for the arborist, [01:03:33] for a city arborist. [01:03:34] If we had an arborist on staff that could assist in that, [01:03:37] that would be tremendous. [01:03:38] We can do it. [01:03:38] I mean, we're volunteers, and there certainly [01:03:40] are lists available, and they can be made available [01:03:43] to anyone that would have a question [01:03:45] about what kind of trees would be suitable to plant. [01:03:48] But I think that most people are just planting trees [01:03:50] indiscriminately, they're not thinking [01:03:52] to check with the city. [01:03:53] Do we get a lot of inquiries, like, [01:03:57] about what trees should be planted by residents? [01:03:59] We don't field a lot of those type of inquiries, no. [01:04:02] But it would be good if we could disseminate [01:04:04] some formal policy, without question. [01:04:06] The newsletter. [01:04:08] That's a great suggestion. [01:04:10] Those monkey puzzle trees, we had three of them [01:04:14] on my yard at one time. [01:04:17] For those of you who aren't familiar with them, [01:04:18] they have, for lack of a better term, pine cones [01:04:22] the size of pineapples that drop from 50, 60 feet up, [01:04:27] and they would kill somebody if they hit it. [01:04:29] The limbs and the leaves are most closely associated [01:04:34] with concertina wire, and I'm not exaggerating. [01:04:38] They actually cut one of the steel power cables [01:04:42] coming into my house from rubbing on. [01:04:46] They're really nasty trees. [01:04:49] And we've got Australian pines, I know, also, [01:04:51] which is another nuisance. [01:04:52] Sure, I mean, the city has, we have plenty [01:04:55] of Brazilian peppers grown in the city. [01:04:56] We've got Australian pines grown in the city. [01:04:58] We have Malaluca grown in the city. [01:05:00] We have Australian silver oaks that are grown in the city. [01:05:03] I mean, I can run off a half dozen [01:05:05] that are relatively prominent in the city. [01:05:08] And we still also have some hickories in the city [01:05:11] that we preserved at the park. [01:05:13] And we also have, at this point, [01:05:16] it appears that we have no more, [01:05:22] the, yeah, it's the red, [01:05:26] what's the name of the tree that we lost? [01:05:29] The red, okay, I'm drawing a blank on it. [01:05:32] But we had the laurel disease [01:05:35] that ran through the entire city, [01:05:37] and we lost a number of laurel species as a result of that. [01:05:41] And you can still see the trees around town [01:05:44] when you drive through town and see the dead trees. [01:05:48] And I'd be happy to show, I think I sent a couple of you [01:05:50] an article that was published about the loss of those trees. [01:05:54] At your convenience, you or Mr. Teets, [01:05:55] if one of you could just email me an English translation [01:05:58] of that native zone you're talking about [01:06:00] so I can understand it a little better. [01:06:03] Oh yeah, I'll let Mr. Teets do that. [01:06:08] That would be nice, if you could. [01:06:11] I wanted to commend you on the okra occasion. [01:06:13] I'm not a big okra person, but my wife went nuts. [01:06:16] She said it was great, and I'll take her word for it. [01:06:21] And certainly, if we can do, [01:06:23] work on some more of the community garden stuff. [01:06:26] I took her by the one on Grant. [01:06:27] She was amazed. [01:06:29] I was amazed at how much additional gardening [01:06:31] is going on now, as opposed to when you had the ribbon cutting. [01:06:34] Yeah, I know. [01:06:37] I'll tell you, Mayor and Council, I'm not amazed. [01:06:41] I'm not amazed by it. [01:06:42] Because I knew that if we got in a position [01:06:44] where we could start doing these things, [01:06:46] the interest on the part of the residents was great. [01:06:49] It's just a tremendous pent-up demand [01:06:51] for this sort of operation. [01:06:53] And that's why I'm kind of like, again, [01:06:54] making the pitch to see if we can upgrade [01:06:57] that urban agriculture ordinance [01:06:59] to give folks the opportunity to do it. [01:07:01] We really could be a garden city and recognized as such. [01:07:05] So thank you. [01:07:06] Two more things. [01:07:07] The fruit trees that you mentioned downtown, [01:07:10] when I visualize, I just see dead fruit on the ground, [01:07:12] and rats eating them. [01:07:13] So why fruit trees downtown? [01:07:14] I do, too. [01:07:16] I think that it can create a source of nourishment [01:07:19] that folks can simply pick the fruit from the trees [01:07:23] and eat it. [01:07:25] I'm going to recommend, and since there might be three [01:07:28] people watching on TV, I think I can do this, too. [01:07:30] I don't know that this will show up. [01:07:31] If you get a chance, there's a wonderful little book [01:07:33] called Public Produce I would recommend folks look at. [01:07:36] It's written by a specialist in urban agriculture. [01:07:39] One of the recommendations that he makes, [01:07:41] Darren Nordahl is the name, [01:07:44] that he makes is for fruit trees in public spaces. [01:07:49] Again, fruit trees that are acclimated to the area [01:07:51] that will grow and that are of appropriate size. [01:07:54] You wouldn't plant a mango tree downtown, for example. [01:07:58] You'd plant a tree of appropriate height. [01:08:00] What happens is that rather than just supplying shade, [01:08:05] it also supplies food for passers-by [01:08:09] or for property owners that would take ownership [01:08:11] of the tree. [01:08:12] And other cities that have done that [01:08:14] have had remarkable success with it. [01:08:17] There's an element of pride that's built [01:08:19] into the planting of those trees [01:08:21] when folks in the community take ownership of it. [01:08:23] We have a tendency to look at these kinds of initiatives [01:08:26] and think of the fruit on the ground. [01:08:28] There's no question about that. [01:08:29] That's the first thing that comes to mind. [01:08:31] The attractive nuisance, we've all heard those terms. [01:08:33] And then my last question, we had lunch [01:08:35] about probably six months ago or so. [01:08:37] Yeah, it was a great lunch. [01:08:39] Yes, I enjoyed it. [01:08:40] I didn't realize that you kind of felt neglected [01:08:43] with your ideas from the city. [01:08:45] And I got, to a certain degree, [01:08:47] and I got that impression last year. [01:08:48] Do you think that the relationship [01:08:51] between the environmental community [01:08:52] and both the city staff and council [01:08:53] has improved since this time last year [01:08:55] with what you're trying to do? [01:08:56] Absolutely, yeah. [01:08:57] I was not particularly, I didn't think [01:09:00] that there were any particular concerns. [01:09:03] And I know that I've communicated this [01:09:05] with our city manager as well. [01:09:08] I think that the challenge was, [01:09:10] and it may still exist, I don't know. [01:09:12] The challenge is having the staff time [01:09:16] and the staff commitment to move forward on the projects. [01:09:19] And that's what was missing. [01:09:21] And I also, one thing that always happens [01:09:24] when we do these presentations, [01:09:26] and you know it to be so too, [01:09:28] is that we'll do the presentations [01:09:29] and they're always very positive. [01:09:31] You all speak highly of us [01:09:33] and you say thanks for all the good work [01:09:35] that you're doing. [01:09:36] But then sometimes the proposals languish a bit. [01:09:40] And then I talk to the city manager [01:09:42] and say how are we doing on the proposals [01:09:45] and we're making some progress on them. [01:09:48] But like I am sure everyone else [01:09:51] that comes to the city council, [01:09:54] every city committee that would come [01:09:56] to the city council with recommendations is, [01:09:58] we think our recommendations are absolutely [01:10:00] the most important ones and by golly [01:10:02] you ought to start taking action on them right away. [01:10:05] And I feel positive about the forward motion [01:10:09] that we're making at this point. [01:10:11] But thanks for mentioning that. [01:10:12] Well thanks again, I always enjoy hearing you speak. [01:10:14] Yeah, they're always energetic. [01:10:16] Thank you very much. [01:10:21] Can you come up to the microphone? [01:10:22] Can we just put on past ECOFEST [01:10:24] for that, everyone knows Jim Kovaleski [01:10:26] probably on Virginia Avenue, awesome farmer. [01:10:31] But him and Ryan Yacovacki hosted a little garden bazaar. [01:10:34] And I think Judy you came to it. [01:10:36] And it was just a really, really great turnout of people. [01:10:39] And there were people from all over the Bay Area [01:10:41] that came here, out of the state. [01:10:44] And I think where people know about it [01:10:49] outside of Pasco County, they kind of are saying [01:10:51] what's that buzz going in Pasco and New Port Richey. [01:10:53] We are on the map and we've been saying it for years, [01:10:57] ever since we've been involved in civic type stuff. [01:10:59] It's happening around us and the buzz is crazy. [01:11:04] But it's just nice to know that we need to keep up with it. [01:11:08] And I mean, we have friends just from [01:11:15] the culture scene. [01:11:17] Andy Firk is interested, he's a huge plant guy. [01:11:19] But he's interested in moving up to Pasco County.

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    Purchases/Payments for City Council Approval

    approvedon consent

    Council approved the consent agenda item for purchases/payments by voice vote, then recessed for a 10-minute break.

    • motion:Motion to approve the consent agenda (purchases/payments for City Council approval). (passed)

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    [01:21:31] Move for approval. [01:21:32] Second. [01:21:35] There's no further discussion on consent agenda. [01:21:38] All in favor, please signify by saying aye. [01:21:40] Aye. [01:21:41] Opposed, like sign. [01:21:42] We are now at the point of the evening [01:21:44] where normally we try to take a break. [01:21:46] So let's take a 10 minute break. [01:21:48] And we'll be back here at 835.

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    First Reading, Ordinance # 2016-2068: Land Use Plan Amendment & Ordinance # 2016-2069: Rezoning - 5234/5334 Sunset Road

    approved

    First reading of Ordinance 2016-2068 (land use plan amendment from Low Medium Density Residential to Highway Commercial) and Ordinance 2016-2069 (rezoning from Office to Highway Commercial) for 2.8 acres at 5234/5334 Sunset Road. Applicant Medfleet seeks the changes to add an in-house ambulance service facility (oil changes, tire rotations). Both ordinances passed first reading after discussion of spot-zoning concerns and surrounding uses.

    Ord. 2016-2068; 2016-2069

    • motion:Motion to approve first reading of Ordinance 2016-2068 (land use plan amendment to Highway Commercial). (passed)
    • motion:Motion to approve first reading of Ordinance 2016-2069 (rezoning from Office to Highway Commercial). (passed)

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    [01:21:56] Let's proceed on. [01:21:57] The next item is a public reading. [01:21:59] That's R-E-E-D-I-N-G of an ordinance, which [01:22:07] may have something to do with flogging it with a cane [01:22:10] or, all right, well. [01:22:13] Sorry about that. [01:22:15] Mr. Karpus, our senior planner, is here this evening [01:22:18] to represent the first reading of the ordinance on a land use [01:22:22] amendment at 5234 and 5334 Sunset Road. [01:22:29] We'll have it read by the city attorney. [01:22:31] OK, I'm going to go ahead and read both ordinance [01:22:33] because we have first reading of two ordinances. [01:22:35] But it's the same material that's going to cover. [01:22:36] So I'm going to go ahead and read both of them. [01:22:38] Ordinance 2016-2068, an ordinance amending future land [01:22:43] use category for 2.8 acres located [01:22:45] on the south side of Sunset Road, [01:22:48] approximately 270 feet east of US Highway 19 [01:22:51] from LMDR, Low Medium Density Residential Category, [01:22:56] to Highway Commercial Category, further described herein [01:22:59] in Exhibit A, providing for severability, [01:23:01] providing for an effective date. [01:23:04] Second is ordinance 2016-2069, an ordinance [01:23:08] rezoning 2.8 acres located on the south side [01:23:12] of Sunset Road, and approximately 270 [01:23:15] east of US Highway 19 from O, Office District, [01:23:19] to Highway Commercial District, further described herein [01:23:23] in Exhibit A, providing for severability, [01:23:25] providing for an effective date. [01:23:30] Thank you. [01:23:31] This is a public reading of an ordinance. [01:23:38] Do we have anybody that wanted to comment on this? [01:23:41] I'll comment. [01:23:43] OK, very good. [01:23:45] We have a staff report on this? [01:23:46] We do, Mr. Karpus. [01:23:48] Yes, Mr. Mayor and Council, my name is Gus Karpus. [01:23:52] I don't know if all of you have met me yet. [01:23:54] I'm with the Development Department. [01:23:55] I've been here since April. [01:23:58] As the city attorney noted, we have two ordinances [01:24:03] before the council tonight for the property at 5324 and 5334 [01:24:10] Sunset Road. [01:24:11] You're looking at a land use plan amendment and a rezoning [01:24:14] on those properties. [01:24:16] As noted, the subject property is located southeast, [01:24:20] or south of Sunset Road, and just east of Highway 19, [01:24:25] and is located in a non-residential area. [01:24:29] The site contains approximately 2.8 acres, [01:24:33] and is host to two structures that front on Sunset Road. [01:24:38] The surrounding uses include, to the north, [01:24:40] the order of the Eastern Star, the American Legion [01:24:43] to the south, Pasco Facilities Management to the east, [01:24:48] and to the west, there are various commercial activities [01:24:52] going on. [01:24:54] OK, this view here is showing you a south view [01:24:58] at the existing structures on the site. [01:25:01] 5334 Sunset Road is the current offices [01:25:04] of Medfleet, which is the applicant that [01:25:06] would be the building on the right-hand side. [01:25:09] The building on the left side is 5324 Sunset Road. [01:25:12] That is currently being remodeled. [01:25:14] I believe Medfleet is going to be looking to use that [01:25:17] as their new office space. [01:25:20] This is the site of 5324 Sunset Road. [01:25:26] The picture on the left is looking east, property line. [01:25:30] And then the other one is looking [01:25:33] from the south property line, north from the American Legion. [01:25:38] Here you're looking at 5334, looking west [01:25:42] across Veterans from the Pasco County Facilities Management [01:25:49] area, and then also looking north from the American Legion [01:25:52] parking lot. [01:25:57] As part of the request, they're looking [01:25:59] to place a service facility for their ambulance fleet. [01:26:04] Currently, this is done off-site. [01:26:08] They would like to bring all that in-house. [01:26:10] And so what they're looking at is either access [01:26:14] from Veterans Road. [01:26:15] There's a current curb cut there on the left, [01:26:18] or access from Sunset Road, which is also currently there [01:26:23] now. [01:26:24] They may use one or both. [01:26:30] Now, coming to the maps here, you [01:26:32] have the existing future land use. [01:26:35] The area highlighted there shows that we [01:26:39] have the low, medium density residential category. [01:26:44] What the applicant would want to do, or is looking to do, [01:26:47] is to change it to the highway commercial category. [01:26:53] The change would be consistent with the properties [01:26:56] to the east and to the west. [01:27:02] And with the current zoning, the proposed zoning [01:27:07] would be highway commercial, which [01:27:09] is consistent with the properties east, south, [01:27:12] and west. [01:27:17] What the issue is, is what the applicant is proposing [01:27:19] to do with the service center is not [01:27:21] permitted under the current zoning of office, [01:27:25] and would not be permitted under the proposed future land use. [01:27:29] So the applicant needs to look for the future land use [01:27:33] amendment and the rezoning to the highway commercial. [01:27:39] The proposal meets the concurrency requirements [01:27:41] and is consistent with the comprehensive plan. [01:27:45] And the plan was reviewed by the Land Development Review Board [01:27:49] and recommended for approval at their November 19th meeting. [01:27:54] So if the council has any questions. [01:27:58] Any questions? [01:28:00] Mr. Publick, would you remind everyone [01:28:03] the status is, I understand, is a quasi-judicial? [01:28:06] Yes, it is a quasi-judicial. [01:28:09] Here anytime there's a rezoning, that's what it falls under. [01:28:12] You can only make your decision based [01:28:14] on the evidence and testimony presented here this evening. [01:28:17] And any interested party may speak, either for or against the rezoning. [01:28:23] And we have to declare if we've had any ex parte communications? [01:28:27] Yes, sir. [01:28:28] Has anybody had any ex parte communications? [01:28:32] No. [01:28:33] No. [01:28:34] In which case? [01:28:35] Very good. [01:28:37] The applicant is? [01:28:40] I do have a couple questions. [01:28:42] I do as well. [01:28:43] If we've got the questions for staff. [01:28:45] Do we want that? [01:28:47] What's the protocol? [01:28:48] Well, at this point, if the applicant had any questions of staff, [01:28:52] it would be the appropriate time for them to ask. [01:28:56] Do you have any questions of staff? [01:28:59] I don't have any. [01:29:00] Staff has a question. [01:29:03] The idea is, or why we're asking. [01:29:06] It's basically because of the use that we want to do for in-house service. [01:29:12] I'm Bill Bennett, Alpha Contractors, for those who didn't know. [01:29:17] They're proposing down the road, they don't know when it would be, [01:29:22] if it's going to be a year, or if it would be at time near future or later. [01:29:28] And they're wanting to have a service for their fleets. [01:29:33] And the service for the fleet is tire changing and oil changes. [01:29:37] That's basically what they're talking about. [01:29:40] That's going to be located in the back of the property, [01:29:43] backed by the liquor store. [01:29:45] So it's not within the realm of any residential. [01:29:49] It butts up to the commercial, is their point. [01:29:54] They want to stay where they are. [01:29:55] They'd like to continue with what they're doing. [01:29:58] And they're going to be able to do that. [01:30:00] they're doing in the city and the county, and this would be something that could [01:30:05] be beneficial for them to continue their service where they're at. So other than [01:30:10] that, if you folks have any questions, you know, I don't have any questions of [01:30:18] the applicant, I have it of staff basically, you know, in an interesting [01:30:24] world this looks like spot zoning, or you're trying to reconfigure [01:30:29] my issue is that it's great for this use. I have some concerns when [01:30:39] they begin to do their oil changes and their tire rotations and all those [01:30:43] things, and I'm sure that they're going to have to put certain dynamics into [01:30:48] their build-out. I'm assuming we're going to get a chance to observe those and not [01:30:53] be reactionary to that. My real question is, is how many other opportunities along [01:31:02] the city's area on 19 do we have these same conditions? If we did, to me, I [01:31:12] understand doing this, but what we're doing is we're setting a precedence, [01:31:16] we're going to open ourselves up, and I recognize that maybe the comp plan was [01:31:22] written incorrectly for this use at that location, because there's never been any [01:31:27] residential anywhere near that little zone. Border Realty has been there [01:31:33] forever, the Eastern Star building's been there longer than most anything, and at [01:31:38] one time it actually sat on Sunset Road, when there were nine Sunset [01:31:44] Roads in Pasco County, but you have one now. That's what Marine [01:31:49] Parkway used to be known as also, as Sunset Road. I just want to make sure, two [01:31:55] things. One, that we're consistent, and if there are other opportunities for this, [01:32:03] then let's go identify them now and address them, because I don't want to set [01:32:10] up a situation where somebody feels like we're giving somebody preference, [01:32:15] and the other is wanting to make sure that the use fits. I know what they want [01:32:25] to do today, I'm concerned about what the next step is, if for some reason they, [01:32:29] this business were to leave, and the next one comes in, because you know, you open [01:32:36] the door a little bit, and it gets open a little bit larger, because you've given [01:32:42] them a quasi-use. So it's not so much about this. I love the business. Their [01:32:47] business has expanded, because Pasco County has gone private service in a [01:32:53] lot of areas, because they weren't doing it with their own staff, or their own [01:32:57] vehicles. But again, I just want to make sure that we identify not only this, but [01:33:05] others, and that we all, we have very sensitive to what people do when they [01:33:13] change their oil, and change their tires, because we can all talk about dry [01:33:18] cleaners, we can all talk about other oil company, other oil entities that were up [01:33:23] and down 19, where a good friend of mine, Mr. Eddie Lee's, made a lot of money when [01:33:30] they had the retrofitting, or the reclamation of old gas stations and [01:33:34] stuff, that had been refitted. So I just want to make sure we're not [01:33:38] opening the door, and that this isn't really a spot zoning. I love the use, [01:33:42] like to see them expand, like their base, and it's off of the road, but those [01:33:48] are my concerns. That's where I'm coming from. [01:33:51] Councilman Starkey. Brian, are you running the PowerPoint? Can you zoom in on the [01:33:57] map, and show me exactly where this is going? I'm assuming, obviously, the letter's [01:34:01] gone out to the surrounding property owners? Correct. And was there any negative [01:34:04] feedback from the letters? I received no, no feedback. Because, you know, Robert, you and I [01:34:08] both know the owner of the property, just north of the liquor store, there's the [01:34:13] constant complaints about oil runoff, and whatnot, from JD Parker, coming onto her [01:34:17] property, and I don't know if that issue was ever taken care of, but several phone [01:34:22] calls my way on that. Just, I just want to see if you can zoom in, show me where [01:34:27] the garage is. Obviously, it's going to be a covered garage, just drive the vehicles in, oil [01:34:32] changes, tire rotations, tire changes, and that's the gist of it. It would be a metal building, it'd meet all the zoning [01:34:40] requirements, it'd meet all the pollution requirements. It's something that, the [01:34:46] reason, it has to do with wanting to bring the monies they're spending out of [01:34:50] house, to bring that in, and cut their costs. I understand. And it would be a [01:34:55] metal building, it would be above the flood zone, it would be captured, any, if [01:35:01] there was changing, I'm assuming that's what they want to do, because they talked [01:35:04] about their tires, I would assume service to me means tires and rotation and oil [01:35:08] change. So that would be captured, and then recycled. They would have dispenser, [01:35:15] container, to hold that, and then someone would come pump that, and recycle it, just [01:35:21] like they do service stations and things like that today. So where's the [01:35:25] building go, in the southwest corner? In the middle, or the south, but on the on [01:35:30] the pavement that's already there? No, in the green, right in that corner, by the [01:35:34] pavement. He said it was going to be right behind the liquor stores. We come right at the corner of the liquor store. The liquor store is a big white building. [01:35:41] The reason is, they can use the existing pavement, coming off of Sunset, come to the south, come through, and then service the vehicle right in the corner, and then go back out, and go out that side driveway, before they can make a turn back. [01:36:01] I'm just trying to visualize where it's going to be built. You keep saying corner, but [01:36:04] you're pointing to the middle. Is it going to be built in the middle, or on the southwest corner? [01:36:11] Right there, so that's the middle, the way I'm looking at it, not really a corner. Perfect, thank you. [01:36:16] And you got a row of trees there, right? What other, what other, are they [01:36:23] going to pave any of that other, that other land there? Because they're parking a [01:36:29] lot of cars on there right now, because I went in that curb cut earlier this [01:36:33] evening, to take, to get an idea of exactly. The whole parking lot's being repaved, that's all been designed and put in for engineering and approval. [01:36:40] Right. Where we stand at this moment, waiting for zoning for approval, then [01:36:44] we're going to pick back up in construction. Building, have already went [01:36:49] inside of the old Florida Power building. Yeah. That is permitted demo inside of there. [01:36:56] We're done that. And one was the old Greyhound building, and the other one was, [01:37:05] used to be Florida, used to be used to be Florida Power, and then, and then AMI. [01:37:21] The Florida Power building is where the asphalt and the pavement is, to the left [01:37:28] hand corner off of Sunset. The building that they're in presently, that was like [01:37:34] he said, a Greyhound building, or was a law office back in its day. Yeah. So, that's [01:37:39] kind of what's been there. We have went through the county and got the cut [01:37:46] through off of veterans for the back property, and that's basically what [01:37:55] we are, where we are at today. They want, you know, they're gonna have to, they're [01:38:01] gonna have to contain their runoff and their water on site, correct? Yes. [01:38:06] Because I remember with our 19 days of weather, and Mr. Starkey talked about [01:38:10] the one business, used to be Myers Auto, and now you've got J.D. Parker there. [01:38:16] There was a flood issue in that area, so I'm just trying to make sure it doesn't [01:38:20] exacerbate anything. We don't get to there. We have our own water on site. We [01:38:24] have our own low area on site. Okay. I could ask a question. The other map [01:38:33] that we had, that you had two side-by-side that were yellow, and you [01:38:38] had orange in there, and so that's the same orientation, and the proposed, [01:38:47] okay, so to the left of that is highway, okay, and to the north, yeah, [01:39:00] that's highway two, the pink color? Yeah, all the pink color is commercial [01:39:05] highway. Okay, so that orange is being, is what you're proposing to be commercial? [01:39:10] Yes, ma'am. Okay, and then what is that to the, what's just below that, that yellow? [01:39:15] That's the American Legion. That's the American Legion right now. Okay, and then [01:39:19] north of that, on the other side, I can't see what this works for. Eastern Star. But [01:39:24] what are those, what is that? That is low, medium density [01:39:28] residential, so is the property to the south of it. That is what future land use [01:39:33] is. What exists there, though, is the American Legion to the south in the [01:39:38] border of the Eastern Star. So looking at the map that we had, there's a [01:39:45] building just directly across the street from that, so on the north side of [01:39:49] Sunset Road, what is that building? Eastern Star. Eastern Star. Okay, and so the [01:39:55] nearest residential then is? On the other side, it's on the other side of the, on [01:40:02] the other side of Border Realtors building. Yeah, there's a Eastern Star [01:40:09] building, then you have the Border Realtors building, and then you have a [01:40:12] few residents, then you have a church, and on the south side you have the, which [01:40:18] is the east side of their property. On the south side of Sunset is the [01:40:22] Government Center, and then to the east of that is another church. Okay, thank you. [01:40:30] Thank you for that. I did want to address the concerns of the Deputy Mayor. Spot [01:40:36] zoning, if you take a look at the way the property is set up now, this is the [01:40:44] property in question. The property in question is completely surrounded by the [01:40:51] zoning it's looking to be changed to, and there's a natural border on the north, so [01:40:55] it's a contiguous piece of property surrounded by the zoning district that [01:40:59] it's looking to be changed to, so that would be hard-pressed to be considered [01:41:05] spot zoning. In your mind, not mine. Okay. We can agree to disagree. I agree with that, too. [01:41:12] The other two things is, it goes back to originally, why was that, you [01:41:20] know, if that's the condition that was there, there must have been some levels [01:41:25] of levels in the original comp plan that they had to meet, which was way back in [01:41:33] the early 90s, you know, when the comp plan element first came out, [01:41:38] everybody had certain ratios and certain elements to meet. Now, of course, because [01:41:43] that's always had either Florida Power, Dimitri Restaurant, or the Greyhound [01:41:49] Bust, or the law firm in that area. I'm just trying to make sure, and I [01:41:55] understand that the mindset, I just want to make sure that not only do, if you're [01:42:01] going to fill in the doughnut hole, that's okay, I just am looking at the [01:42:05] secondary use that may follow this. That's where my other concern is. Correct, [01:42:10] and the initial development of the property would require the [01:42:14] DRC to review, which includes the drainage, and fire, and all that [01:42:20] stuff, and then if the use is intensified from the original approval of the DRC, it [01:42:25] would have a change of use, which would require another site plan review from [01:42:29] the DRC. My question would be, if we approve this, are we setting a [01:42:35] precedent that's going to have this highway commercial then expanding into [01:42:41] formerly residential areas all up and down US 19? Now, I did look at the map. [01:42:48] This is the only situation where we had this type of layout. Nothing else stood [01:42:58] out. Now, it's up to the council whether or not they approve these on an [01:43:05] individual basis. On the map, it didn't look like this would be a common [01:43:10] situation. It looks unique enough that there would not be another request like [01:43:15] this. So the map that we were just looking at a second ago, so this is [01:43:25] below, and yet you just showed us the one that it appears. Well, I thought that [01:43:31] you were saying that all of that yellow is office. No, one is future land [01:43:37] use, and one is zoning. Okay, so we have two different uses going on there. Okay, [01:43:45] so under one zoning. Okay, so looking at this then, it's not a stretch to suggest [01:43:51] that it go highway commercial. Looking at that other one, that's where it got a [01:43:55] little dicey. It's highway commercial all the way around us, basically. Thank [01:44:00] you. Except to the north side, yeah, the street is the buffer. And it's kind of like [01:44:06] Mr. Phillips says is bringing out, you could go back to Highway 19 being built [01:44:14] in 1949 and 50, and they put a drawbridge in, and today we got six lanes with no [01:44:19] drawbridge and a road. So, you know, it changes change, and who knows what you're [01:44:25] going to face down the road. So I understand Mr. Phillips's position of [01:44:29] trying to prevent, because I've sat in his position before, so I totally get [01:44:34] what the comments are. But I would like to say though, it's one of those [01:44:39] things that, you know how it is, it's hard to govern. And I recognize the use, [01:44:46] and I was trying to visualize all the way up and down 19 and what I know, and [01:44:52] where it creates a real concern for me. And I just want to make sure [01:44:58] we have it out and talk about it. [01:45:00] Where it really gives me concern is if there's an assemblage done on Main Street 19 down [01:45:08] to what is the Bank of America building and what used to be Bank of America building coming [01:45:13] back to river and you begin, you have two churches and then you butt up into that residential [01:45:19] on the river. [01:45:20] Right. [01:45:21] I'm just, you know, I'm, maybe I'm playing devil's advocate, but that's, you know, if [01:45:27] we do this, we, we, we know we're going to come back to that and maybe we want that. [01:45:32] I just want to make sure that we understand what we're opening the door for. [01:45:37] Understand. [01:45:38] Love, love the use and I don't know why that was ever drawn like this in the first place. [01:45:41] Right? [01:45:42] Do just, I, like I said. [01:45:43] That's why we felt coming to it, we felt like that it fit for what was there with that. [01:45:48] Well, there wasn't, there wasn't a lot, there wasn't a lot of objection from the, the Land [01:45:53] Development Review Board, which is, which is a safeguard for us. [01:45:56] Sure. [01:45:57] And I appreciated Mr. Gray, you know, taking, abstaining because of his, his involvement. [01:46:02] Absolutely. [01:46:03] And I appreciate that, but you know, we use them as a buffer because they, they get to [01:46:08] see stuff first. [01:46:09] So that's fine. [01:46:10] Does the county do any maintenance there or is it just kind of storage? [01:46:13] I've never seen anything. [01:46:14] It's a little bit of everything. [01:46:15] They have storage there. [01:46:16] The Marine Division works out of there, I believe, they have all their boats and things [01:46:20] like that. [01:46:21] No. [01:46:23] Well, I say no, I, I don't see like a shop of sort, you know, anything going on there. [01:46:31] It's more half the building storage from what I understood, talking with them. [01:46:38] Thank you. [01:46:39] Thank you. [01:46:40] Any further questions? [01:46:41] Move for approval. [01:46:42] Second. [01:46:43] Mr. Public, do we need to do this as two separate items? [01:46:45] Yes, please. [01:46:47] Can we have a motion to approve first reading ordinance 2016-2068? [01:46:51] Move for approval. [01:46:52] Second. [01:46:53] We have a motion and a second. [01:46:54] To the maker? [01:46:55] Second. [01:46:56] No. [01:46:57] Further discussion? [01:46:58] All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [01:47:01] Aye. [01:47:02] Aye. [01:47:03] Opposed? [01:47:04] Black sign. [01:47:05] Next is ordinance 2016-2069. [01:47:06] Move for approval. [01:47:07] We have a motion and a second. [01:47:08] To the maker? [01:47:09] Second. [01:47:10] No, I'm comfortable with it and I also appreciate the input from the Land Development Committee [01:47:16] board. [01:47:17] Seeing that was a 5-0 vote, I'm confident that we're doing the right thing. [01:47:22] Discussion? [01:47:23] Just, Mr. Public. [01:47:24] Yes, sir. [01:47:25] I hate to go back, but could you highlight what was in the second part of the ordinance? [01:47:30] The second one, please? [01:47:31] The rezoning. [01:47:32] The rezoning element? [01:47:33] Is that what was in that? [01:47:34] I want to make sure about that. [01:47:35] Yes. [01:47:36] The second ordinance, the 2069, was the rezoning. [01:47:43] Okay. [01:47:44] All right. [01:47:46] And it was a 4-0 with one abstention on the LR, on the Land Development Review Board vote. [01:47:55] There's no further discussion. [01:47:57] All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [01:47:59] Aye. [01:48:00] Aye. [01:48:01] Opposed? [01:48:02] Black sign. [01:48:03] Motion passes. [01:48:04] Next item is the Hacienda Rehabilitation Grant Award. [01:48:07] Mr. Iazzoni? [01:48:08] Thank you, Mayor and City Manager. [01:48:12] This is a request to award the contract for the Hacienda Rehabilitation Grant released [01:48:16] on October 14th and due on November 12th, an amount not to exceed $868,338. [01:48:26] That dollar value is specifically what historic resources is assigned in terms of the direct [01:48:31] costs related to the scope of work. [01:48:36] In reality, in the preparation of the work that Bender and Associates did, their bid [01:48:43] documents focused primarily on the demolition, concrete, masonry work, specifically spalling [01:48:49] repair, structural issues and metal repair, carpentry, rough carpentry and trim, roofing [01:48:56] and waterproofing, stucco, plaster repair, windows and doors, furnishing and salt. [01:49:04] What happened was that we had basically five interested parties in bidding this project [01:49:13] and only two actually submitted a bid. [01:49:16] By direction of the City Manager, we did follow up with the three other parties as to why [01:49:20] they didn't bid in the project. [01:49:22] One had to do with significant costs associated with the roof. [01:49:28] We're finding out that the work in there has to be quite extensive. [01:49:32] The other one, individual, simply did not have time to complete the bid process. [01:49:38] And the third, largely due to the fact that it was a fixed bid, was concerned about this [01:49:42] project. [01:49:43] So we did kind of follow up in regard to that. [01:49:46] Of the two, we have selected a company called D.L. Porter. [01:49:52] We determined that they were low bid. [01:49:54] But again, the windows and doors came back to be so excessive. [01:50:01] In conversation with the architect and associates, we agreed that it would be good to remove [01:50:06] the windows and doors out of the scope of the project. [01:50:09] Largely due to the fact of the cost, the design, and we never felt that we can get them all [01:50:16] done. [01:50:17] And that is going to be a specific phase within itself. [01:50:20] And we put on the developer as we continue in that process. [01:50:27] So there's a recommendation that we enter into a contract with D.L. Porter for the amount [01:50:34] not to exceed the amount. [01:50:35] And D.L. Porter has been in business since 1977, has done a significant number of hotel [01:50:41] renovations and works, and quite a bit of number of projects. [01:50:44] They're out of Sarasota. [01:50:46] And we went back to D.L. Porter and asked him to revise the scope and focus down. [01:50:52] And really kind of sharpen their pencil. [01:50:55] And that's the value that we came in. [01:50:56] So we're removing the windows and doors, but pretty much staying with the other divisions [01:51:02] in the scope of work. [01:51:04] Thank you. [01:51:05] And the contract amount is $868,338. [01:51:08] That's correct. [01:51:09] Thank you. [01:51:10] Open it up for public comment. [01:51:11] Seeing no one come forward, bring it back to Council. [01:51:12] May I ask a question? [01:51:13] Yes, sir. [01:51:14] Regarding the scope of the work, I know you were very passionate, as was Mr. Bender, with [01:51:23] reinstalling the balconies on the north side. [01:51:25] And I'm worried I just lost you, but tell me, reduce scope for exterior balcony work [01:51:34] on the north side and interior stair construction, reduce scope, like if we can work it in and [01:51:39] make it... [01:51:40] Right. [01:51:41] Well, one of the things we're looking at is that the balconies will have maybe these roofs [01:51:44] over there. [01:51:45] But what Porter said is that the cost to completely restore those balconies are extensive when [01:51:52] they looked at it. [01:51:53] And when they went back, they had to go back and call all their contractors to reaffirm [01:51:56] that the prices that they'd put out there were out there. [01:52:00] What we ran into quite a bit are these things called hilti clips. [01:52:05] What has to happen in a roof is really exceptional. [01:52:08] In terms of hurricane proofing the roof, when you go into Bender's work, what has to happen [01:52:14] is that the Hacienda is kind of like a U-shaped building. [01:52:19] And every eight inches, you have to drill down through a plate into the terracotta and [01:52:24] put this epoxy clip in there. [01:52:27] It was like $66,000 additional cost, $60,000 additional cost that kind of came in. [01:52:32] So when we looked at terms of cost savings, that's one of the items that we had to cut [01:52:37] back on. [01:52:41] And there's like a thousand of those have to be put all the way around the building [01:52:45] to be able to secure that. [01:52:47] And so where we have an estimate of like $250,000 on the roof, it does not include [01:52:53] the installation of those hurricane clips. [01:52:56] And a lot of the carpentry work that's involved in that is actually in the carpentry component [01:53:01] of the bid. [01:53:02] But to answer your question, Councilman Stark, is that in terms of trying to get to that [01:53:08] number, that's one of the items that we had to reduce because the cost was significant. [01:53:13] We're focusing primarily on a sequence of structural issues, primarily with removing [01:53:21] all the non-conforming components, which is basically that whole backside, you know, actually [01:53:29] on the west wing, there's two staircases that are kind of coming out there. [01:53:33] We feel that those need to be removed. [01:53:35] And in removal of those, there's quite a bit of stucco work that has to kind of bring those [01:53:39] back and seal those off. [01:53:42] I'm glad we're moving forward. [01:53:43] It's just disappointing. [01:53:44] I just don't see the developer making that any kind of a priority to get those done. [01:53:49] But we've got to do what we've got to do to make it work with the money we have. [01:53:52] And we continue to look at these costs and these issues. [01:53:55] And you know, I think we're all passionate, but I would love to see those balconies go [01:53:58] back on there. [01:54:00] But again, when we're talking about the type of quality of work that needs to occur, we're [01:54:03] real happy with this building developer and really trying to work with them in terms of [01:54:09] really trying to get the cost components down within their framework. [01:54:13] They've worked very hard at it, and the communication has been very good with them. [01:54:16] And we hope that by selecting them, that will continue. [01:54:20] So if you would just reiterate, I think you were just talking about the cover over the [01:54:24] balconies. [01:54:25] So the balconies themselves will not be part of the... [01:54:27] Yeah, they're just... [01:54:29] What Mr... [01:54:31] We're dealing with a Mr. Marshall, a Marshall White on this. [01:54:34] And he basically said that the cost to do those would be significant. [01:54:40] So the little balcony is not the big one? [01:54:42] The two in the back. [01:54:43] The little one. [01:54:44] That we're specifically looking at. [01:54:45] Facing north. [01:54:46] The north side of the building. [01:54:47] Okay, so... [01:54:48] Yes, and... [01:54:49] Not the west side. [01:54:50] The north side. [01:54:51] Correct. [01:54:52] I mean, one of the things that we looked at quite a bit are those two porches. [01:54:59] There's quite a bit of work that has to go on the ceiling off those two porches and what's [01:55:03] involved with that. [01:55:05] And the general contractor is really focusing in on the roof and getting the roof right [01:55:12] and getting it tagged down right. [01:55:14] There's quite a bit of work that has to go into to get that right. [01:55:20] And again, some of the issues are, like for example, one of the things that's a significant [01:55:24] cost reduction is the actual demolition where the demolition company is looking simply to [01:55:29] come into the area and has given a very competitive bid on that process. [01:55:34] So a lot of it has to do with peeling those non-conforming components away. [01:55:39] And there is some significant spalling in the one wing and in the basement that has [01:55:43] to be addressed. [01:55:44] Can you explain what spalling is to those of us who don't know? [01:55:49] In the historical structural assessment, if you notice the one room where the only original [01:55:55] window in the hacienda is, it's on the south east side of the building. [01:56:04] That room there, that's really where one of the most serious structural items are is that [01:56:10] header that kind of, there's a little walkway above that and the rain kind of gets down [01:56:13] and it's kind of completely deteriorated that beam. [01:56:16] So basically all the concrete has kind of, for lack of a better term, exploded off of [01:56:20] the rebar there. [01:56:22] And they have to come back in and open up all that rebar, chip it all down, and maybe [01:56:26] put more rebar back in there and rebuild that whole header that supports all above that [01:56:32] part. [01:56:33] Mr. Bell-Thomas, if you've ever taken a nail and hit it on concrete and it almost spiders [01:56:43] or cracks out, that's the spalling aspect. [01:56:49] And when you get water behind it, you get infiltration and it falls away, but if you [01:56:53] use that as a spalling example, it always happens when you're trying to do some work [01:57:02] around the house and you drive it into the concrete and it goes away and then you have [01:57:07] nothing for your, to hold on to, and then you've just created another project for yourself. [01:57:14] I'm a prime example of that, by the way, but that's what the spalling, that's what the [01:57:19] spalling is. [01:57:20] It's more than visual, because I have personally not ever done that, but I can appreciate that. [01:57:24] Councilman Phillips is absolutely right. [01:57:25] It's one of the things that the deal is very concerned with, and the cost there is $350 [01:57:31] per concrete for a cubic foot. [01:57:34] And then in the basement also, and those are structural issues, and what we are, which [01:57:42] was an absolute, is we are going to be keeping that side entrance open up and putting those [01:57:46] columns in and doing that entryway there. [01:57:50] That's one of the historical components that we were absolutely in terms of maintaining. [01:57:53] So it has a lot to do with the fact that it's a fixed bid, and what I'm very comfortable

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12. 12.a

    Hacienda Rehabilitation Grant Bid Award

    approved

    Council awarded the Hacienda rehabilitation grant bid to a contractor recommended by staff, with discussion of scope changes including removal of windows/doors from the project, roof work, stucco asbestos testing, and structural concerns. The motion to approve passed unanimously, with Deputy Mayor Davis insisting on a January work session to identify remaining costs and obligations to the developer.

    • motion:Motion to approve the Hacienda rehabilitation grant bid award. (passed)
    • direction:Deputy Mayor directed staff to hold a work session in January to identify remaining project costs and developer obligations. (none)

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    [01:58:04] with is the actual roof and the amount of work that's going on in the roof. [01:58:07] We had to really dig into, really kind of dig into what Bender was kind of focusing [01:58:14] in on, and there's quite a bit of work that's kind of going into some of those areas that [01:58:18] need to be done right. [01:58:20] And that's what I like about this contractor, is they have quite a bit of experience, and [01:58:25] we just feel really comfortable with the fact that they're going to do what they say they're [01:58:28] going to do. [01:58:31] Councilman Davis? [01:58:36] With the fees that we've expended with Bender, and this fee is still under the million dollars? [01:58:44] And we have a project consultant, Mr. Ruckel over here, whose job is to focus specifically [01:58:49] on that, and he is a project management specialist, and with having him on board, we expect to [01:58:57] have some cost savings on that, and so we're trying to stay within that framework. [01:59:02] It's very important that we stay within the million dollars, and we're watching that item [01:59:06] very closely. [01:59:08] And the doors and windows that you've taken out of that part of the project, what was [01:59:13] the number for that, basically? [01:59:15] I'm not going to hold you to it, but somewhere near. [01:59:19] It was $1.197, $1.2 million, I tend to be an accountant, so I'm kind of, but it's 1.2. [01:59:27] There's actually 117 windows with 21 different style designs, and there's 38 doors with 25 [01:59:39] different designs. [01:59:40] And if you look at it from that center perspective, there's just no way, and there's another, [01:59:46] this process is good in the fact that, like for example, we can significantly reduce that [01:59:52] cost by going to what we call fixed windows. [01:59:55] However, we'd have to confer back with FHIR as to that relevant or development as to whether [01:59:59] that's right. [02:00:00] relevant. We believe that the cost for the windows and doors can be significantly reduced, but there was also like a 27-week [02:00:08] build time on these windows and doors. And the issue that we have with the dollar that's available and the time that we're kind of [02:00:18] working with, it just makes good sense to kind of do all that project in one shot and do it right. Like, for example, one of the issues [02:00:27] we're dealing with is the stucco. In the environmental study that we had in Hacienda, everything kind of came back really good, but they [02:00:33] never really tested the original stucco or the stucco on the elevator shafts. And upon approval tonight, that's the first thing that's [02:00:40] going to happen is to make sure that we don't have an asbestos issue in the stucco. [02:00:44] I was just thinking, because I think Mr. Bender had said that he thought he could do all the windows except on the west side. [02:00:52] So from his figure of a million dollars to the windows alone a million dollars is, you know, a little bit different. [02:01:00] You're absolutely right. And we did call the architect in regard to that and questioned as to why those numbers were so significantly [02:01:08] different. And the architect said that they had gotten estimates and bids that were dramatically below that from a construction [02:01:16] contractor, and that they were dead wrong on that value. He said he would actually fall on this. He had some interesting comments in regard to [02:01:24] that, but we were very concerned with that discrepancy. It was rather significant. [02:01:34] Yeah, it doesn't really surprise me, because obviously we let the asset sit for such a long, long time that now that we're starting to go [02:01:46] and peel the onion back, we're beginning to start getting that toxic smell that makes us cry. My concern is what does it do to our lead time and our deal [02:02:02] with the developer? We want to spend these costs out. We're going to get the project to a certain point, and then the real money's going to show up, or the real request is [02:02:23] going to show up, which is you got it started. Let's talk about getting it finished, because we've got obligations with our developer. [02:02:35] And we've given them plenty of opportunities because of the way we approach the project to take it back to its original footprint, which I don't have a problem with. [02:02:45] My only question was always required and needed, because the further you dig back in, and you just gave the example on the roof itself to meet new wind uplift codes, you've got to go in and do [02:03:00] this after the fact. And we've had to do it in my industry after the hurricanes of 2004 and 2005, FM Global, who began to insure a lot of people's buildings, came back [02:03:11] and said, we like what you did, but you have to make the roof, bring it up to code in 06, 07, and go back in and put support structures underneath, which meant the landlords, to keep their insurance [02:03:25] policy, had to go back in and do that. My concern is, as I said, how does this affect our timeline with the developer? And then number two, we've taken all these numbers out. [02:03:39] We're looking for options. We don't have the prices on those. But when it shows up, we're going to have to find a way to fund it. And we ought to begin to understand those immediately, like January. [02:03:59] And that needs to be done in a work session, not us sitting up here on a dais. And if we're going to make the cake, or we're going to make this element, we're going to need to know that, the cost, and when we can deliver to the developer. [02:04:15] Because that sets off that whole trigger for them to perform. And at that point, I'm concerned about what we have to deliver, and in what state, and how much more money we're going to have to make that happen. [02:04:31] Just real quick, I mean, on that note, and it's a good point, the developer is going into this before we even got their grant money, knowing what aspect of what needed to be done. So, if you ask me, I'd be happy if we got any grant money at all. [02:04:47] You know, yeah, this is a process. It's certainly a building that I think we all love. And, you know, there's been two very significant cost savings to the developer from the very beginning. One is the geotechnical survey, which was part of the grant. You know, the three historic architects, I had them read that geotechnical survey to make sure the ground was stable. Had that not been the case, we would have been dumping a lot of our money purely into supporting the foundation of the building. [02:05:16] And so, that was a critical component. The second was, we have Mark Keister, who is Mr. Bender's engineer, and this guy came down and crawled and measured every single aspect of the building. And one of the things that McKinnon Creed had told us early on when we were negotiating with the developer was the building was from a range of, you know, at a seven on a scale of one to ten. [02:05:40] And what we were dealing with in terms of negotiating with the developer was those beams above the main lobby, we were told that they were 18 inches. And Mr. Bender's architect went and said they could possibly not carry the load of the hotel rooms up top. And so, you know, we were, in the negotiations with the developer, we were making them very well aware that that would be a significant cost to them. [02:06:06] And that kind of helped, you know, in the negotiations, that's what we were dealing with in terms of what accommodations we give them because we're concerned about that cost. But Mark Keister had determined that those beams are actually 20 inches and that they can carry the load bearing. [02:06:23] So, you know, there's been some, you know, as we kind of evolved this project, those are two significant dollar values that we thought that mainly a lot of the grant money would just have to kind of eat up. And, you know, Councilman Phillips is correct in the fact that, you know, one of the things in terms of dealing with the back of the balconies, we love to put them in. [02:06:50] However, I mean, when we look at the number of hurricane clips, we actually look, we actually, we have to kind of put these Hilti clips in. And, you know, and they're terracotta and they're hollow and those are, we tried to see how we can get around that to try to save on that cost. And there was just no way around it. That was like $55,000 and that might have given us the funding to do the balconies. [02:07:14] And we referred back again to the architect engineer and they said, this is absolutely the only way that you're going to have to do it to be compliant with code because they're very special clips. And we tried doing them on every rafter and they go, no, you have to do every eight inches. And so one of the nice things is that we were working with very skilled engineers and very skilled architects and they do have their cost components about that. [02:07:39] But we feel that they're helping us make the right decisions with this property in terms of what we need to do to go forward. [02:07:46] Other questions? [02:07:49] Motion. [02:07:52] Motion to approve. [02:07:53] Second. [02:07:54] Motion to approve. [02:07:55] To the maker. [02:07:57] No, I'm excited about where we are at the end of this year and looking forward into the 2016 that we're moving forward on this. [02:08:04] Second. [02:08:06] No, I agree. We can talk about, you know, what could have been and what we can't do and can't do. But the bottom line is we're putting some significant money into Hacienda finally and everybody in Newport has been waiting for this day. So it's very exciting to see the new roof going on and getting as much done as we can with the money. [02:08:22] Can I just give you one? I did talk to the developer yesterday morning because we do keep developer acutely aware of the scope that's involved and it's always a constant negotiation and we had a rather lengthy phone call in terms of how the scope had kind of evolved and kind of fell out. [02:08:41] And the developer reiterated the fact they're committed to this project. [02:08:46] Deputy Mayor. [02:08:50] I've made my points. I think we need a work session in January. [02:08:55] I don't want it. If it slips to February, I'll be very unhappy. [02:09:00] And I don't get very unhappy around here very often, but I will be very unhappy because we need to identify this because this is a this is crucial time. [02:09:09] Because component parts are going to go up in January. They always do. [02:09:16] And I want to make sure we know where we are and if we're we've been committed for a long, long time. [02:09:24] If that's the case, then we do need to know what these other moving parts are and what the range of the cost is. [02:09:32] And then we need to be we need we need to collectively to come together and find out where they are, how much it's going to be so that we can deliver to the developer so they can go and develop it. [02:09:45] And every dollar we put back on them and the backside of this deal is going to be another point of negotiations when it comes to delivering the quality of the finished product. [02:09:58] Because I think they have a pretty good idea of what we wanted to deliver to them. And if we've got to find those additional funds, then obviously we need to sit down and understand where they are in January of next year, not any time after January. [02:10:13] I just back up a little bit. Seems like more and more this position where I was economic development, I'm moving to physical responsibility and exactly what I'm talking about. [02:10:30] No, Sir. Mr.. Truper. If there's no further discussion, all those in favor of the motion, please signify by saying Aye, Aye. Aye. Opposed? Like so. Motion passes.

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13. 12.b

    2014/2015 Plathe Road Improvement Project Close-Out

    approved

    Council approved a final deductive change order of $7,561.61 and final pay request of $98,544.49 to Florida Safety Contractors for the 2014-15 Plathe Road Improvements Project, which paved Plathe Road from Rowan Road east to Baker Road at a total cost of $321,929.39. Council also discussed the temporary speed humps installed on the road and indicated four permanent speed humps (estimated $12,000) would be appropriate.

    • motion:Approve the final deductive change order of $7,561.61 and final pay request of $98,544.49 to Florida Safety Contractors for the 2014-15 Plathe Road Improvements Project. (passed)

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    [02:10:51] Next is the 2014 25th Planned Growth Improvement Project. Mr. Rivera. Could you present the deductive change order? [02:10:58] Yes, Mr. President, Mayor and Council. This item for Council to consider is the approval of the final deductive change order in the amount of $7,561.61 in the final pay request in the amount of $98,544.49 from Florida Safety Contractors for the completion of the 2014-15 Plath Road Improvements Project. [02:11:24] The total cost to construct the paved road from Rowan Road east to Baker Road is $321,929.39. [02:11:35] Funding was identified in the City's Capital Improvement Program as street improvement dollars and recommendation of the deductive change order and the final pay request is recommended by staff. [02:11:47] Open this up for public comment. [02:11:50] Seeing no one, come forward and bring it back to Council. [02:11:52] Move for approval. [02:11:53] Second. To the maker. [02:11:55] I just want to say that Neighborhood got a hold of me the next day and thank you, Robert, because not only did they like the speed bumps, but they like the turtle, tortoise signs. [02:12:07] Good second. [02:12:09] I know we've got some deductive change orders on this. Do we have an idea what those finished speed humps are going to cost? [02:12:17] We're looking at about $12,000 for four of them. [02:12:20] That's number one. Number two is, I'll be talking about it under communications, but I appreciated that those speed softeners, or whatever you want to call them, [02:12:35] that basically get the people from racing down that roadway were put in so quickly because it has become a crossroad to get back over to Louisiana Avenue. [02:12:52] And just as a side note, the counties has in their approval, or they're working on approval, to spend about $375,000 on Baker Road. [02:13:04] Thank you, Mr. Mayor. [02:13:05] Councilman Starkey? [02:13:07] No, I agree. I drove on the road the very next day and the temporary speed humps were in, so thank you very much for that. [02:13:13] Councilman DiBella-Thomas? [02:13:14] No, I have no comment. Thank you. [02:13:16] Since we're talking about the speed bumps, I was a little bit concerned when my colleagues were suggesting that we needed at least three and maybe four speed humps on there. [02:13:27] Doing my due diligence, I drove west on Plath Road. I went through the intersection. As it started to light turn, I goosed it so I could make it across the intersection safely. [02:13:40] And, Chief, I will not tell you how fast I was going at the far side of that intersection, but it was significantly, it was a multiple of the speed limit. [02:13:51] Four speed humps were not out of line in there, including one fairly close to Plath Road, so I bow to the wisdom of my colleagues who suggested four. [02:14:03] Because I think the two where they are existing, one more up closer to Plath and one back down towards Baker, is going to make all the world of difference for those folks down there. [02:14:15] Because it is really easy to be going obscenely fast as you hit that stretch if you're not careful. [02:14:24] There's no further discussion. All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, like sign. Motion passes. [02:14:31] Consideration of the Sewer Improvement Engineering Task Order Number 16. [02:14:35] Mr. Rivera? [02:14:37] Thank you, Ms. Nance. Mr. Mayor and Council, I just want to let you know that slide three and four that's attached to your packet is a little bit different than the PowerPoint presentation that I have here. [02:14:50] This item for consideration is a 2015-16 sewer improvement project design. [02:15:00] The scope work for the project has two main components that are typical for our utility projects. [02:15:05] The first component is a force main replacement and extension, [02:15:09] and the second component to the project is lift station rehabilitations. [02:15:16] This first portion that we have calls for the, [02:15:21] there's an existing stub out here at Grand Boulevard and Daly Lane. [02:15:25] We're going to do a 10-inch force main extension up Grand Boulevard, [02:15:29] and then west onto Louisiana Avenue to Lafayette, [02:15:35] where we will tie into the existing lift station right here. [02:15:39] And then there's an existing force main that goes, [02:15:43] it's a six-inch existing force main that we're going to cap and abandon [02:15:46] that ties in at that lift station and heads north up here by Lincoln Street. [02:15:54] The second area that we're going to work at starts at Grand Boulevard and Daly Lane as well, [02:16:04] and we're going to install, we'll propose to install a 10-inch force main [02:16:10] that will tie in at the stub out and will head east to the existing lift station [02:16:16] at the cul-de-sac at the end of Daly, and then there's an easement that comes up north [02:16:21] onto Louisiana Avenue, will continue east along Louisiana Avenue

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14. 12.c

    Consideration of 2015/2016 Sewer Utility Improvements Engineering Task Order No. 16

    approved

    Council approved Task Order No. 16 from Stroud Engineering, not to exceed $102,300, for engineering services on the 2015/2016 Sewer Utility Improvements project, including force main work, abandonment of an existing force main, and rehabilitation of lift stations at Marine Parkway/Azalea Avenue and Avery Road/Court Street. Council requested that the rehabilitated lift stations be enclosed/landscaped for aesthetics similar to the one behind the Richey Suncoast Theater.

    • motion:Approve Task Order No. 16 from Stroud Engineering not to exceed $102,300 for engineering services on the 2015/2016 Sewer Utility Improvements. (passed)

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    [02:16:27] and then into Francis Avenue Park to the existing lift station located at the end of the park. [02:16:35] And then the last component of this phase would be the cap and abandonment [02:16:42] of the existing force main that's here at the existing lift station that goes up Oak Ridge Drive [02:16:48] and then finally heads north up Monroe and will cap it up here at the alley just north of Delaware Avenue. [02:16:58] The second main components that we talked about would be lift station rehabilitations. [02:17:04] This one called out is at the lift station at Marine Parkway [02:17:08] and Azalea Avenue just west of Hemlock Drive. [02:17:12] And we attached a picture so that you could kind of get an idea of what it looks [02:17:17] like at its existing condition. [02:17:19] This right here is what we call a smitty can. [02:17:22] All of the maintenance activities to the pumps and valves, the crews now have to go [02:17:30] down this smitty can and do all kinds of repairs. [02:17:33] It's part of the rehabilitation process. [02:17:35] We take in line the inside of the steel can and then have all of the facilities that we have capable [02:17:43] of being able to pull out to where the guys can work on them above ground. [02:17:47] And the last location would be basically the same type of work [02:17:51] to this lift station located at Avery Road and Court Street. [02:17:56] And as you can see, this is the same type of lift station. [02:18:06] Funding for this project is identified as water and sewer construction funds [02:18:11] and the recommendation of staff to council is the approval of the task order 16 [02:18:16] from Stroud Engineering in the amount not to exceed $102,300 [02:18:22] for engineering services associated with this project. [02:18:25] We've used Stroud Engineering on several utility projects. [02:18:28] Their expertise in this type of work and their total amount for the engineering services is aligned [02:18:36] with industry standards for this type of project, so we would recommend approval. [02:18:42] Thank you. [02:18:42] I'll open it up for public comment. [02:18:45] Seeing no one come forward, bring it back to council. [02:18:47] I have a question, Mr. Rivera. [02:18:49] If you could go back to that picture, one of the pictures that you showed, [02:18:53] and can you tell me if what this is is what is behind the Ritchie Suncoast Theater? [02:18:58] Is that essentially a lift station back there as well? [02:19:01] Yes, ma'am. [02:19:02] Okay. [02:19:02] And actually, it's kind of funny because what we're trying to do with this project, [02:19:06] that existing lift station is at its maximum capacity, and so we're trying to... [02:19:13] One behind the theater? [02:19:15] Yes, ma'am. [02:19:15] So we're trying to shift a lot of our flows and relieve that station from that high rate [02:19:21] down to the south end where we've been performing a lot of our current projects [02:19:26] and the latest 2013 project was part of that. [02:19:30] Is there any reason why this lift station can't look as pretty as the one behind the theater? [02:19:36] In other words, what you have behind the theater is a very nice vinyl fencing. [02:19:41] It's all enclosed. [02:19:42] No one needs to see that. [02:19:43] I think that's the ugliest thing in the world. [02:19:46] And unless there's some reason why it has to look just like that and we can't enclose it [02:19:52] and make it look nice, because aesthetically, it's awful. [02:19:56] Correct. [02:19:57] In most of the lift stations that we have rehabilitated, we do include landscaping as well. [02:20:02] So will this eventually look like that one behind the theater? [02:20:06] Because again, if you were behind the theater, you don't even... [02:20:07] Similar to it, to where we can block it as long as we have the right of way, [02:20:13] and it gives us the available space to where the maintenance crews can get in there [02:20:17] and pull pumps and perform maintenance. [02:20:19] That was my next question, is if there is something that would preclude them from... [02:20:24] It had to remain open and ugly like that, or if we could make it aesthetically pleasing. [02:20:29] I would tend to agree. [02:20:30] If you put a seat underneath that lid, it would look like an open-air outhouse. [02:20:35] I mean, just ugly. [02:20:37] Move for approval. [02:20:39] We have a motion and a second. [02:20:40] To the maker. [02:20:42] No, I'm more about it working than I am the way it looks. [02:20:46] But if you can dress that outdoor outhouse up a little bit for the mayor... [02:20:52] But I understand that, as we go through and do that. [02:20:55] But if you can relieve some of the pressure on the one downtown, that would be great. [02:21:02] The second. [02:21:03] No, I agree with Mr. Bell-Thomas. [02:21:05] It's a great point. [02:21:06] Obviously, the function is a priority, but we can do things to make things look nicer on the city, [02:21:11] and that's just one great example. [02:21:12] So thanks for bringing that up. [02:21:14] Councilwoman? [02:21:15] Yeah, I think that wherever we can do that kind of aesthetics... [02:21:19] I know that one of the pieces of the map that we were looking at, [02:21:23] that property that we're just rezoned, the other issue... [02:21:28] And I'll bring it up in the community in that report. [02:21:32] So, yes, thank you. [02:21:33] I appreciate what you're doing. [02:21:34] Councilman Davis? [02:21:35] I know it'll probably look like a dumpster thing if people just throw their trash over the top of it. [02:21:39] We'll be cleaning... [02:21:40] Robert will be cleaning that up. [02:21:42] There's no further discussion. [02:21:43] All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [02:21:46] Aye. [02:21:46] Opposed? [02:21:47] Like sign. [02:21:48] Motion passes. [02:21:49] That concludes the regular order. [02:21:53] We now have a three-minute report from the library. [02:21:57] It'll be hard to follow up the outhouse, but I'm sure we have some books on that in the library. [02:22:04] Here are some highlights from our winter curriculum, [02:22:07] which support the three pillars of our educational mission. [02:22:11] All these begin in January. [02:22:14] For self-directed education, we have a new resource. [02:22:18] For those needing live homework help or wish to study in an online study group, [02:22:24] work on their GED, prepare for citizenship, submit essays or other writings for critique, [02:22:32] it's called BrainFuse. [02:22:34] And there are live tutors available from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. every day. [02:22:40] And you can have access with your library card through our website, nprlibrary.org. [02:22:47] Under our research assistance and instruction, [02:22:50] our education and research librarian has scheduled a series of classes. [02:22:55] There are one-on-one classes, such as Tech Connect. [02:23:00] There's one on research instruction, another one on eLibrary, [02:23:04] how to use and download e-resources on your e-readers. [02:23:08] We also have group classes on resume building, computers and software, business skills. [02:23:15] If you want to learn a language, we have those, genealogy, everyday English. [02:23:21] And all those classes use the online resource of our lynda.com that was budgeted last year. [02:23:30] Under instructive and enlightening experiences, we have several programs. [02:23:34] We have Build Me a Story, which makes use of the LEGOs that we receive through a grant, [02:23:40] and that's for ages 5 to 12. [02:23:43] They work and create a scene with the LEGOs and then make up a story that goes with the scene. [02:23:49] We have Bone Appetines, which is for middle and high school age youth. [02:23:55] And Jessica Meredith, our youth education librarian, works with teens on creating delicious meals [02:24:02] and learn how not to fail in the kitchen. [02:24:06] And Jessica, by the way, was written up in VOYA, which is a journal for librarians, [02:24:14] and they talked about our program that she did this summer, Life Hacks Workshops. [02:24:22] And it says that New Port Richey Public Library teens in Florida are hacking life in a very positive way [02:24:29] by participating in a variety of life hack workshops. [02:24:34] Youth Services Librarian Jessica Meredith ran a seven-week series that included classes on CPR, [02:24:40] job interviewing, auto repair, cooking, banking, and stress relief. [02:24:46] A professional taught each of the sessions. [02:24:48] Teens and parents were very excited about the chance to learn new skills [02:24:52] to prepare them for life after high school. [02:24:57] And our community education librarian Kayla Cooney has scheduled a series called Eco Film [02:25:02] and Discussion, and you think that will stop me? [02:25:06] I've got three more hours here. [02:25:09] Kayla will show a film and lead a discussion. [02:25:12] These films start in February, and all the films are from the Susan B. Vaughan Memorial Collection. [02:25:19] There'll be a smoothie smack down January 12th, so I know you want to come out for that. [02:25:25] And I wanted to mention Business Development Week is also holding their annual program [02:25:29] at the library on Monday, January 25th at 530 with Steve Sherdell, [02:25:34] how to under promise but over deliver. [02:25:36] And I'm sorry I went over three minutes. [02:25:38] Thank you. [02:25:38] That's all right. [02:25:39] Somebody was asking me if there was going to be a motion to adjourn, [02:25:41] because you said three more hours, and I'm not sure we're going to stay there.

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15. 12.d

    Three-Minute Report: Library

    Public Works staff presented the activity report comparing the 2015 Fall Cleanup to 2014, noting increased dumpsters and computer collection but decreased TVs, paint, and tires. Staff also updated council on speed cushion installations on Plath Road, road reconstruction projects on West Main Street and Louisiana Avenue at Conger Street, the multi-use river walk path, and the Madison Street Bridge overlook nearing completion.

    📍Louisiana Avenue at Conger Street📍Madison Street Bridge📍Plath Road📍West Main Street🏢Gulf Middle School#2015 Fall Cleanup#Madison Street Bridge overlook#Multi-use path river walk#Public Works Activity Report

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    [02:25:44] But. [02:25:45] Not a chance. [02:25:46] Public works. [02:25:48] Yeah. [02:25:51] Thank you, Mayor and Council. [02:25:59] This is the Public Works Activity Report. [02:26:02] As you all are aware, we recently held our 2015 Fall Cleanup. [02:26:08] And so what we wanted to do was kind of compare last year's on how we did. [02:26:13] And you can see that our dumpsters increased from 11 to 13, [02:26:19] while the actual debris collection basically stayed about the same. [02:26:29] There was a couple items that went down as well. [02:26:32] You can see from last year, we had 95 TVs, and it was down to 84. [02:26:38] But then now we increased from our computers from 2014 up to 41 in 2015. [02:26:48] Now, we had some really good news on these types of items here, [02:26:52] our paint collections. [02:26:55] In 2014, we collected 400 gallons of paint. [02:26:59] And this year, that number shot down to 156 gallons of paint. [02:27:05] And you can see where we went from 92 tires down to 24 this year, [02:27:11] which kind of lets us know we're hoping that maybe we've collected most [02:27:14] of those tires that were on the right-of-way, [02:27:16] and that item should stay pretty consistent from this point on. [02:27:21] And you can see where we shredded 2,750 pounds of paper. [02:27:27] We installed the speed cushions, the temporary speed cushions, [02:27:32] a few weeks ago. [02:27:33] And we've talked with the contractor, and we expect the permanent speed [02:27:38] humps to be installed on Plath Road within the next two to three weeks. [02:27:43] Another project that we're working on is the road project, [02:27:47] where we're reconstructing roads with storm damage. [02:27:50] This is West Main Street, and the contractor's milling. [02:27:55] And then you can see the finished product here. [02:28:00] This was another area that we had to do some road work on. [02:28:03] This is on Louisiana Avenue at Conger Street in front of Golf Middle. [02:28:08] And I really think that the contractor has performed an excellent job. [02:28:14] Another project that we're working on is the multi-use path river walk. [02:28:19] Wanted to give you a shot so you could see how the multi-use path has [02:28:24] integrated with, in particular, this yard that has a lot of the nice [02:28:29] landscaping and irrigation system. [02:28:32] It looks pretty good. [02:28:34] The Madison Street Bridge overlook, or Knolls, [02:28:38] that project is coming to a conclusion. [02:28:40] The soil and the block walls have been stabilized. [02:28:44] And then this picture here, you can see where the cap work has been completed. [02:28:51] This is an in-house project between our water treatment plant and [02:28:58] the wastewater treatment plant.

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    Three-Minute Report: Public Works

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    Public Works staff gave a three-minute report covering AMI meter antenna installation at the Gulf High water tower, in-house replacement of hypochlorite tanks at the wastewater plant, stormwater retention pond expansion at Marine Parkway and Alamanda Drive, ongoing negotiations to purchase property west of Burger King on West Main Street and a property in Tanglewood Terrace for stormwater/flood mitigation, LED crosswalk installation at Main and Adams Street (99% complete), and a Young Drivers Outreach safety program at Gulf High School. The item then transitioned into council communications/reports from Mr. Starkey and Councilmember Bell-Thomas.

    📍Bank Street📍Main and Adams Street📍Marine Parkway and Alamanda Drive📍School Road / Tanglewood Terrace subdivision📍Town Square Villas📍West Main Street, just behind the Burger King🏢Burger King🏢Gulf High School🏢Holiday Rotary Club🏢PEDC🏢Raccoon Retreat🏢Tampa Bay media group👤Bell-Thomas👤Bob Close👤Bogart👤Debbie👤Dylan👤George👤Greg Armstrong👤John Fussell👤Madison👤Mario👤Mike Butts👤Starkey👤Steve Costas#AMI meter antenna installation#Auxiliary officers welcome#Christmas parade#Hacienda renovation work session#Hypochlorite tank replacement#LED crosswalk project#Stormwater retention pond expansion#Young Drivers Outreach Program

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    [02:28:59] They're installing the AMI meter antenna, [02:29:03] meter reading antenna here on the top of the water tower over by Golf High. [02:29:08] That's George, he's about 160 foot up in the air. [02:29:13] And then we're programming the antenna after we completed the install. [02:29:20] Another project the wastewater treatment plant had worked on is the removal and [02:29:25] replacement of the hypochlorite tanks that they had out there, and [02:29:29] this job was performed in-house. [02:29:34] Our storm water utility is over on Marine Parkway and [02:29:37] Alamanda Drive, expanding the existing retention pond. [02:29:44] Public Works administrative staff is in the middle of negotiating a, [02:29:49] hopefully we can purchase this piece of property that is just west, [02:29:53] on West Main Street, just behind the Burger King. [02:29:56] As you all know that this piece of property or this area here. [02:30:00] historically floods. [02:30:01] It has street flooding. [02:30:03] It's an evacuation route. [02:30:04] And then we have a little neighborhood [02:30:08] called Town Square Villas that floods as well. [02:30:12] So our hopes are we can agree on a purchase price [02:30:15] and come to you sometime in January or February. [02:30:19] And if that goes well, then we would [02:30:21] propose to construct a pond with a stormwater overflow. [02:30:26] And if grant money is available, we [02:30:30] would work with the existing stormwater system. [02:30:34] This area here is off of School Road. [02:30:37] It is in the Tanglewood Terrace subdivision. [02:30:41] We have about five or six homes that historically [02:30:45] have flooding in their yards or in their houses, [02:30:48] depending on the volume of storm. [02:30:53] And so we're hoping that we can purchase the one house that's [02:30:57] right here. [02:30:57] We're talking with the bank on the other parcel. [02:31:01] And we would be able to do the same type of work [02:31:03] that we're proposing and bring that to you for approval [02:31:07] as well. [02:31:10] These are the LED crosswalk installation [02:31:14] at Main and Adams Street. [02:31:16] That work is about 99% complete. [02:31:19] We had some problems with the motherboard. [02:31:21] The manufacturer is going to be in town tomorrow. [02:31:24] So hopefully, we can get that changed out. [02:31:27] And we'll be able to have these things up and running. [02:31:31] This is our Young Drivers Outreach Program, safety [02:31:36] program, where we've taken and put messages [02:31:39] around Gulf High School underneath the stop signs, [02:31:42] kind of reminding them to think safely when they're driving. [02:31:47] And then these are additional projects [02:31:49] that staff is working on as well. [02:31:54] So that's all I have. [02:31:55] Thank you very much. [02:31:57] We're now to communications and reports. [02:32:01] Mr. Starkey. [02:32:03] Thank you to Bob Close for 20 years, was it, Chief? [02:32:07] He's been with the department. [02:32:08] He's looking well in retirement. [02:32:10] Welcome our three new auxiliary officers. [02:32:13] They look like they're ready to go. [02:32:14] And it was great to see all the support for Bob [02:32:18] and the new officers here tonight. [02:32:20] It was really, really cool to see. [02:32:23] It was a great turnout for the Christmas parade. [02:32:25] Thank you, Mr. Bell-Thomas, for getting the Four Strong [02:32:27] Carriage for us to ride in. [02:32:29] It was a very, very neat experience, and just a ton [02:32:32] of people downtown for that. [02:32:34] And just real quick, are we going [02:32:36] to have lights along the pavers between Orange Lake [02:32:39] and the playground? [02:32:40] Because it was dark there, like the lights [02:32:41] that we have on Grand Boulevard and Main Street, possibly. [02:32:44] In that area, I noticed during the parade, [02:32:46] and then my friends and family were watching from that area, [02:32:49] and it was just really, really dark, extremely dark there [02:32:53] going up along the pavers. [02:32:54] OK, wonderful. [02:32:56] Thank you to the Environmental Committee [02:32:58] for their presentation. [02:32:59] They always do a good job. [02:33:01] And I want to send a special thank you [02:33:03] out to Chief Bogart and the police department. [02:33:05] My son Dylan is six, and he was given a project at first grade [02:33:11] to do something nice, his whole class. [02:33:14] They were to do something nice for a person or persons [02:33:16] in the community and make it a family project. [02:33:19] And he had to write a little essay about it. [02:33:21] And we decided to bring the police department [02:33:23] cookies and brownies and thank them for their service [02:33:26] in protecting our cities. [02:33:27] And the chief took time out with Steve Costas [02:33:31] and gave us a tour of the police station. [02:33:33] The kids really, really liked that. [02:33:36] But I do have to apologize. [02:33:37] Dylan is a very serious young man, [02:33:39] and he takes his homework very serious. [02:33:41] And they made the cookies and stacked them up [02:33:43] on a wax paper and the brownies the night before [02:33:46] and put them in Tupperware, and we left them on the counter. [02:33:48] And Lieutenant Costas told me today [02:33:51] that when he went and grabbed a cookie, the first cookie [02:33:53] he grabbed had a bite mark out of it. [02:33:55] So I'm going to have to have a talk with my five-year-old [02:33:57] daughter in the morning when she wakes up. [02:34:00] That is true. [02:34:00] She got into his homework before it was delivered. [02:34:03] So I do apologize for that. [02:34:04] So it's a thank you and an apology. [02:34:06] But if anyone's met Madison, you can kind of see that happening. [02:34:11] I'm OK with the Hacienda work session. [02:34:13] I've tried to have been in close contact [02:34:16] through these negotiations with Mario and Debbie. [02:34:20] The last thing I want to do is breach our agreement. [02:34:22] But I was under the impression that money [02:34:25] was kind of ours to deal with as we saw fit with the grant money [02:34:30] and go from there. [02:34:31] So as far as delivering a finished product to them, [02:34:35] in my opinion, it's still our product. [02:34:37] And we're using that money as we see fit. [02:34:39] Like I said, we'll hash it out in the work session. [02:34:41] We don't want to go against our agreement [02:34:43] and be liable for anything. [02:34:45] So I'm more than happy to sit down [02:34:46] and talk about that in January. [02:34:47] But that's kind of the impression [02:34:49] I was always going along. [02:34:50] I know the developers didn't even [02:34:52] want the north side of the Hacienda, the addition, [02:34:55] taken off. [02:34:55] And we decided to do that. [02:34:57] So these things happen. [02:34:59] I would love to see the balconies. [02:35:00] I would love to see the windows and doors. [02:35:02] But with the money that we have, I'm [02:35:04] very, very happy with bringing it back [02:35:07] to as close to the original footprint as possible [02:35:10] with the entrance off Bank Street and the new roof. [02:35:12] But like I said, I'm more than happy to sit down and make [02:35:15] sure everything's hashed out. [02:35:16] And we're clear on everything. [02:35:17] And we're not in violation of any part of our agreement. [02:35:20] And other than that, it's been a pleasure working [02:35:24] with all of you in 2015. [02:35:25] I think we've made great strides as a city. [02:35:28] All the department heads and employees [02:35:30] have just done a phenomenal job, I think, this year. [02:35:34] My colleagues up here, the mayor and council members, [02:35:37] I think we're very, very easy to get along with, [02:35:40] even though we don't always. [02:35:42] We've said this before. [02:35:43] We may not always agree on everything. [02:35:45] But we're always respectful of each other's opinions. [02:35:47] And you don't always see that at other municipalities. [02:35:50] I won't mention any names. [02:35:51] But I think we get along very well. [02:35:53] And the way the mayor conducts the meetings, [02:35:56] it's just a pleasure to be out there. [02:35:57] So I enjoyed doing it in 2015. [02:35:59] And thank you to all of you. [02:36:01] And I wish you all a happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, [02:36:04] Happy New Year. [02:36:05] And we'll see you in January. [02:36:08] Council Member DeBabel, Thomas? [02:36:10] Yes, first I want to thank all of the participants [02:36:15] of this past weekend. [02:36:17] The city staff, remarkable job in working [02:36:23] with the group that put on the event Friday and Saturday. [02:36:28] We live in a really, really neat city. [02:36:32] And our staff personnel, it's always [02:36:36] neat to see on their off hours what they do and contribute [02:36:40] to the city. [02:36:42] Case in point, a member of Bernie and her husband [02:36:44] participated in the walk and suggested [02:36:47] that they'd like to participate and do more things. [02:36:51] Without revealing the true who it really is, [02:36:55] but I want to thank Mike Butts and he [02:36:57] and his wife who participated Friday night [02:37:00] as a remarkably fabulous Santa and Mrs. Claus. [02:37:04] They did an excellent job. [02:37:05] And again, that was on their own time [02:37:07] just because they love to do it. [02:37:10] As a member of the Holiday Rotary Club, [02:37:12] I can tell you that people don't realize what it, [02:37:17] I'm sure you do realize that it takes a Herculean effort [02:37:19] to get the parade to work. [02:37:22] And all the people that come as volunteers to make that happen, [02:37:29] it's just phenomenal. [02:37:31] And just a little piece of that in terms of the trolley, [02:37:36] there were so many little pieces to put together [02:37:39] where the horses needed to come, where the trolley needed, [02:37:42] I mean, his trailer needed to be at the end of the trolley, [02:37:45] I mean, at the end of the parade, [02:37:46] the beginning of the parade, what time he should come, [02:37:48] how we could get there. [02:37:49] And I really have a nod to John Fussell [02:37:53] because he really connected with that trolley driver, [02:37:58] I'm saying trolley, the carriage driver, [02:38:02] to put all those pieces together. [02:38:04] And it was as smooth as glass. [02:38:06] It was just remarkable. [02:38:07] So there's a thank you for that as well. [02:38:11] Greg Armstrong did at our Rotary meeting this afternoon [02:38:16] ask that we made a point of noting [02:38:19] that that area is very dark. [02:38:21] And so I'm very glad that you made mention of it, [02:38:24] that the parade route right by the children's area [02:38:27] is in need of light. [02:38:32] As a member of the PEDC, I was very [02:38:35] pleased to be part of that special session that [02:38:38] helped to choose the new PEDC president. [02:38:42] And I'm sure that we'll have him here to welcome him in that. [02:38:48] And I sent a quick note to the city manager. [02:38:51] It was really very helpful this last few years [02:38:55] that we had when we were involved in choosing our city [02:38:58] manager. [02:38:59] And as being part of the decision making, [02:39:02] the final decision making of the PEDC, [02:39:06] I'm hopeful that our choice will have as positive an impact [02:39:10] on our county as our choice of our city manager [02:39:15] has had on our city. [02:39:16] And I wanted to express that. [02:39:22] It's really an honor to serve on council. [02:39:24] And it's especially rewarding when [02:39:26] simple questions or inquiries or sometimes difficulties [02:39:31] that our residents have that we're [02:39:34] able to supply an answer for them. [02:39:36] And I want to thank the police department this past weekend, [02:39:40] a neighbor called to tell me that there was a very [02:39:43] large raccoon in her backyard that [02:39:45] was going to become a problem for me, because it was wandering [02:39:47] over to my backyard. [02:39:49] And her concern was that it was daytime, [02:39:51] and was the raccoon possibly rabid. [02:39:55] I called PD on that 841-4550 number, [02:39:58] which is non-emergency. [02:40:00] And the officer that responded shared with me [02:40:04] that the county only picks up domestic animals. [02:40:09] But they provided me with two phone numbers [02:40:12] that I was able to call. [02:40:13] And the young lady that I spoke to was a wealth of information, [02:40:18] and essentially said that this weather issue that we're [02:40:22] having, this phenomenal winter weather that [02:40:25] is more like spring or summer, is really [02:40:27] creating havoc in the raccoon and the squirrel world, [02:40:31] that they're experiencing a birthing process that usually [02:40:36] takes place in March through September. [02:40:38] So more than likely, the raccoon was either a mother [02:40:41] who had given birth or was pregnant. [02:40:44] And so she assured me that it likely was not rabid. [02:40:48] Now, the reason I'm pointing this out [02:40:50] is because that information, I think, is critical. [02:40:53] We have a huge population of people in our community [02:40:56] that feed their cats outdoors, which [02:40:59] has contributed to raccoons coming to eat that cat food. [02:41:04] And I think it's important that the information [02:41:06] that this woman shared with me, that I [02:41:08] was able to share and give my neighbor, [02:41:10] so that she was relieved to know this, [02:41:14] is the kind of information that we [02:41:15] need to disseminate to our community across the board. [02:41:18] And so I shared with this woman, who [02:41:21] runs a raccoon retreat, to see if she would be interested. [02:41:25] And there comes up that Tampa Bay media group again, [02:41:29] because it's just the kind of information [02:41:31] that a click on our website button [02:41:33] could bring that information right to our community. [02:41:35] So I'm sharing that for that purpose. [02:41:40] It also has been a pleasure for me to work. [02:41:43] When looking back on this past year, [02:41:45] it's phenomenal where we were last January [02:41:47] and where we are now, the very positive things that [02:41:50] have taken place in our city. [02:41:52] And I'm very proud to be a part of that. [02:41:55] I want to give, as a gift to my council members, a link. [02:42:00] You have to promise me that before the end of the year,

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17. 13Communications▶ 2:42:01
18. 14Adjournment▶ 2:55:56