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1. 1Call to Order – Roll Call▶ 0:00
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   Pledge of Allegiance

   Pledge of Allegiance and a moment of silence in honor of servicemen and women.

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   [00:00:12] If you could all stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance and remain standing for [00:00:17] a moment of silence in honor of our servicemen and women at home and abroad. [00:00:22] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for [00:00:28] which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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   Moment of Silence

   Moment of silence observed in honor of servicemen and women at home and abroad, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.

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   [00:00:17] a moment of silence in honor of our servicemen and women at home and abroad. [00:00:22] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for [00:00:28] which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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   Approval of the June 7, 2016 Regular City Council Meeting Minutes

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   Council approved the minutes of the June 7, 2016 Regular City Council Meeting without discussion or corrections.

   • motion:Approve the June 7, 2016 Regular City Council Meeting minutes. (passed)

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   [00:00:43] You may be seated. [00:00:44] Next item on the agenda is the approval of the June 7th regular City Council meetings [00:00:52] minutes. [00:00:53] Second. [00:00:54] Second. [00:00:55] Second. [00:00:56] Second. [00:00:57] No discussion or corrections. [00:00:58] All in favor, please signify by saying aye. [00:00:59] Aye. [00:01:00] Opposed, the like sign.

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   Presentation: Hurricane Preparedness

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   Kevin Guthrie, Pasco County Director of Emergency Services, presented an after-action review of Tropical Storm Colin and outlined his vision for hurricane preparedness, mitigation, and resilience-building across the county and its municipalities. He highlighted the City of New Port Richey's strong cooperation during the storm, discussed plans to pursue federal mitigation grants (including a $4 million land acquisition grant in 2017), and emphasized improving planning, training (NIMS compliance), and public education.

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   [00:01:01] Next, we have a presentation on hurricane preparedness. [00:01:02] Ms. Manns? [00:01:03] Yes, Mr. Mayor, members of the City Council, at your request, I have invited Mr. Kevin [00:01:17] Guthrie here, the Director of the Pasco County Office of Emergency Management, to present [00:01:24] himself to you in his new capacity of working with the county and also to discuss hurricane [00:01:30] preparedness. [00:01:31] Mr. Guthrie? [00:01:32] Good evening. [00:01:33] It's not afternoon anymore, is it? [00:01:34] All right. [00:01:35] Good evening, Mr. Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and the Council. [00:01:45] Thank you, Ms. Manns, for inviting me over here. [00:01:48] So what I want to do tonight is kind of give you an update on the Tropical Storm Column. [00:01:52] We just had it. [00:01:53] We'll let that kind of segue into some hurricane preparedness things that we're doing. [00:01:57] Let me introduce myself, where I come from, and my background and what I'm trying to do [00:02:01] here in Pasco County, and then answer any questions that you might have. [00:02:06] I'll try to do that all in about 10 minutes or so. [00:02:08] So a little bit about myself, Kevin Guthrie, I'm the Director of Emergency Services with [00:02:13] Pasco County. [00:02:15] We took the Office of Emergency Management and lowered it to a division, and the Communications [00:02:21] Division used to be a department as well. [00:02:23] And on April the 1st of this year, I became the Director of Emergency Services over both [00:02:28] the Communication Center, 911 Center, and the Division of Emergency Management. [00:02:34] Since then, or I'm sorry, prior to that, I was the Public Safety Director in Flagler [00:02:40] County, Florida for two and a half years, and before that I was a police officer with [00:02:44] the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office for 24 years. [00:02:46] The last eight of those years were as the Emergency Preparedness Coordinator for the [00:02:50] Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. [00:02:51] In essence, that's a liaison between Duval County Emergency Management and the Jacksonville [00:02:55] Sheriff's Office. [00:02:57] I have a Master's of Arts degree in Human Services and a Master's of Science degree [00:03:02] in Homeland Security with an emphasis in Emergency Management. [00:03:05] With that being said, I'm going to get right into our presentation, talk to us a little [00:03:09] bit about, or talk to you all a little bit about Tropical Storm Collin and how that relates [00:03:13] to where we're going to be going in the future. [00:03:15] So Tropical Storm Collin, as you know, came in to us in June 3rd of this year. [00:03:23] Actually, we started preparing for it on June 4th. [00:03:25] This is the newly renovated Emergency Operations Center here in New Port Richey. [00:03:32] I am going to point out very quickly that the back of this gentleman's head right here [00:03:37] is Sergeant Jay. [00:03:39] Right over here, right behind that big guy, Tim Reardon, that would be Chief Tim Exline. [00:03:47] They have seats inside of our Emergency Operations Center and they were with us from the very [00:03:50] beginning. [00:03:51] Where in New Port Richey is it located? [00:03:52] I'm sorry, New Port Richey at the West Pasco Government Center. [00:03:56] So they were there, that's the 6 a.m. briefing on Friday, June the 3rd. [00:04:04] So they were there with us the entire time. [00:04:06] Sergeant Jay, I don't even know that he left Friday night, Saturday night, or Sunday night. [00:04:13] I think he was there the entire time. [00:04:16] We appreciate the cooperation that we do get with the City of New Port Richey. [00:04:19] They were the only municipality, or you were the only municipality actually represented [00:04:23] in our EOC during this last event. [00:04:25] So again, thank you for that. [00:04:28] So Friday, June the 3rd, and I wanted to go over some of the reasons we made some of the [00:04:32] decisions that we made. [00:04:33] So Friday, June the 3rd, Emergency Management was notified of a strong low pressure system [00:04:37] near the Yucatan Peninsula. [00:04:39] The forecast were to impact Florida's West Coast by Monday with 4 to 6 inches of rain [00:04:43] with possible coastal flooding. [00:04:45] Our PIO began sending out press releases and warnings for residents to prepare. [00:04:50] Our response at the Emergency Operations Center was a Level 2 activation, so I'm going to [00:04:54] go over that real quick. [00:04:55] Level 3 is a monitoring situation, we do that on a day-to-day basis. [00:04:59] We are a 24-hour, 7-day-a-week operation. [00:05:04] As the local county warning point with emergency operation, we have a staff member that's on [00:05:07] call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. [00:05:09] When we leave physically that building at 5 p.m. in the afternoon, our Emergency Communications [00:05:14] Center takes over being the designated contact and then notifies one of us that are on call. [00:05:20] So a Level 2, which is where we were at, would be a partial activation. [00:05:25] We had about 10 people that started working on that Friday, I'm sorry, on Thursday afternoon [00:05:30] as we went into Friday. [00:05:32] We maintained a partial activation, which is what you saw on that slide, probably about [00:05:36] 20, 25 people. [00:05:38] And then by, as you're going to see, Saturday morning, I'm sorry, Sunday morning, we were [00:05:41] up to a Level 1, which was approximately 60 people in the EOC. [00:05:46] We had eight sandbag locations that were opened up, and one of those eight sandbag locations [00:05:53] on this slide was yours. [00:05:55] We had six for the county, one in the city of New Port Richey, one in the city of Dade City. [00:06:00] So you guys started at, actually, New Port Richey was the first open sandbag locations. [00:06:07] You beat the county by about three hours, if I'm not mistaken, on that very first day. [00:06:13] Special needs population in the flood prone areas, that is our duty and obligation as [00:06:17] a county to make contact with all the special needs registered individuals in the county. [00:06:23] We started doing that, that morning, to find out if we were to order an evacuation, if [00:06:28] this did become a hurricane, Category 1 hurricane, heading our way, would you evacuate? [00:06:34] And would you need help doing that? [00:06:36] So we started that notification early Friday morning. [00:06:40] Sheltering operations, we discussed those sheltering operations. [00:06:44] Together, we were looking at most likely a tropical storm at the most of very weak [00:06:48] Category 1 hurricane, so we looked at opening up the Mike Fasano Regional Hurricane Shelter [00:06:55] up in the Hudson area. [00:06:57] On Saturday, June the 4th, the weather situation pretty much stayed the same with the exception [00:07:02] of we were looking at now instead of four to six inches of rain, six to eight inches [00:07:05] of rain, and then they told us that we were going to have a three-phase storm, rain followed [00:07:11] by wind, followed by a riverine flooding event. [00:07:15] So what we started doing late into Friday and continued into Saturday was obviously, [00:07:21] I understand last year y'all had a little bit of a flooding event here, just a small [00:07:26] one. [00:07:27] And we started as a county pumping down all of the, I shouldn't say the canals, but all [00:07:35] of the retention ponds, and we started transferring that water anywhere we could other than being [00:07:41] in the flood prone areas. [00:07:43] And in retrospect, it was the definite right move to make because as you're going to see [00:07:48] here in a few slides, our damage was little to nothing in Pasco County, and I'm happy [00:07:53] to share that with you. [00:07:54] And again, we were looking at river rising to flood stage through Thursday. [00:07:58] The response for Saturday, June the 4th was a partial activation for planning and public [00:08:02] warning. [00:08:03] We conducted special needs population notifications, again, conducted support of sandbag operations, [00:08:08] staffed the customer service center to answer public requests, contacted contract service [00:08:12] companies to ensure service availability. [00:08:14] That was our debris management companies, debris monitoring companies, should again [00:08:17] we have something major. [00:08:19] Scheduled a policy group meeting, notified the EOC team for a level one activation to [00:08:25] begin on Sunday, June the 5th at 8 o'clock, and we also notified our shelter teams and [00:08:30] locations for possible opening on Sunday. [00:08:33] On Sunday morning, we were still looking at a tropical storm, and only a tropical storm. [00:08:39] The National Weather Service issued that tropical storm warning for the Florida West Coast, [00:08:43] including Pasco County. [00:08:44] Above normal tides, 3 to 4 feet, and that was above ground level, is what we were looking [00:08:51] at, 3 to 4 feet above ground level. [00:08:53] Tornado water spouts possible with rain bands. [00:08:56] The EOC, again, reactivated to a level one at 8 o'clock Sunday morning in preparation [00:09:01] and just being ready, leaning forward. [00:09:04] The PIO continued the press releases, facilitated the media inclusion in the EOC team briefings [00:09:10] to prepare. [00:09:11] Everything was all about preparation, prepare, prepare, prepare, go get your sandbags. [00:09:16] Forty-seven special need clients living in level A evacuation area requested assistance [00:09:21] if an evacuation order was given. [00:09:23] Most of those individuals were in the New Port Richey area. [00:09:26] And again, we communicated that with both Chief Exline and Sergeant Eric Jay. [00:09:33] Public Works continued to pump operations and sandbag support. [00:09:36] The Sheriff's Office continued a sandbagging operation with inmates, and customer service [00:09:40] continued their staffing as well. [00:09:44] On Monday, June the 6th, we actually had a landfall of the tropical cyclone up in the [00:09:48] Big Bend area, and we were on the worse side of the storm. [00:09:52] We had sustained winds of 45 to 50 miles an hour, a coastal surge of about 3 to 4 feet [00:09:57] above tide. [00:09:58] The Governor did issue, I'm sorry, we were projected to have sustained winds of 45 to [00:10:03] 50, coastal surge of 3 to 4 feet. [00:10:06] The Governor issued an executive order for 34 counties to include Pasco County as a state [00:10:11] of emergency at 11 o'clock that morning. [00:10:14] And then for the safety of both the citizens as well as the employees of the county, and [00:10:20] I believe New Port Richey did follow suit as well at noon. [00:10:25] County and city offices were closed at 12 o'clock. [00:10:28] This says 300 county employees, I will take that back, 300 city and county employees activated [00:10:33] to assist the community throughout this event. [00:10:36] Schools closed in phases, beginning at 10.30. [00:10:39] We had every child back in their home by 12.30, with the exception of one who was not left [00:10:44] unsupervised, and he was eventually placed. [00:10:48] The Fasano Shelter staffed to receive evacuees for special need clients, we never actually [00:10:53] opened that because we did not have anybody that needed it. [00:10:57] We ended up housing three families via the United Way in a local hotel. [00:11:02] So this is what it looked like on that same day, Monday at 3 o'clock. [00:11:08] We did choose this picture because it is the city of New Port Richey at your boat ramp. [00:11:13] So that was localized flooding there. [00:11:15] And that was at 1500 hours, that was just about three hours shy of when we really got [00:11:20] into the heavier rain. [00:11:24] This was Arapaica, and that's about the extent of the flooding we had at Arapaica. [00:11:30] On Tuesday, June 7th, we made the, again because we did not know what we were going to end [00:11:35] up having, we went ahead and made operations, or were ready for the operations of a cut [00:11:39] and toss plan, which literally is exactly what it says. [00:11:45] We cut the tree out of the road and we toss it to the side. [00:11:48] We are not worried about picking it up at that point in time. [00:11:50] We want to get the road open so that emergency services and public works, electrical crews [00:11:55] can get through. [00:11:56] So we set up cut and toss operations, debris management operations, public works crews [00:12:02] were continuing to man six sandbag locations because of the fact that we were still, we [00:12:07] were now in phase two of the storm, which was a wind event, still preparing for phase [00:12:11] three, which was riverine flooding. [00:12:13] Damage and human needs assessment teams were deployed. [00:12:16] We put out 30 teams of two, so a total of 60 employees to go out and make contact with [00:12:22] people in the community. [00:12:24] Long-term recovery preparation, we started looking into that if we did have any of the [00:12:29] long-term recovery issues, and we started the financial expenditure tracking at the [00:12:35] county level. [00:12:36] And I know you guys were doing that here at the local level as well. [00:12:40] So this was a storm summary, if you will, I'm going to very quickly summarize. [00:12:44] We had over 300 employees activated to assist the community, both in New Port Richey as [00:12:50] well as the county. [00:12:51] We put out a total of 30,000 sandbags. [00:12:54] I'm going to spin around to Chief Exline because I think the city of New Port Richey put out [00:13:00] I think 10,000 or so of those themselves, close to, I don't have that exact number, [00:13:06] but I think it's somewhere between 9,000 and 10,000 that were just in the city of New Port Richey. [00:13:10] 1,439 people total countywide lost power. [00:13:15] Three families were housed via the United Way. [00:13:17] We only had three damaged homes in the entire county. [00:13:21] There was no, zero reports of flooding during this event, and I'm very, very happy of that. [00:13:29] It's not to say it didn't happen, they just didn't report it and call us in, so we begged [00:13:34] and pleaded for people to call us and let us know what was going on. [00:13:36] At the county level, we opened up $37,594 in purchase orders. [00:13:41] $20,000 of that was just in debris management. [00:13:45] We ended up not utilizing that purchase order, so we were down to $17,594. [00:13:52] We did receive 15 inches of rainfall, and I let, from the event start to June the 19th, [00:13:59] and again I think this is significant because it was starting to set up a situation much [00:14:03] like last year, where we had rain, and then we kept getting rain every afternoon, a half [00:14:10] inch, an inch, an inch and a half, and that rain finally stopped on Friday. [00:14:14] I don't know if anybody noticed that or not, but going into Father's Day weekend, it finally [00:14:17] stopped and we got blue sky and sunshine for the entire weekend. [00:14:21] We had 50 to 50 mile an hour, this was the confirmed numbers from the National Weather [00:14:27] Service, we had 50 to 55 mile an hour wind gusts, and 35 mile an hour sustained winds. [00:14:32] So that is in essence what happened with Tropical Storm Collin. [00:14:36] Now there's a lot of hurricane preparedness sprinkled through that from a county and a [00:14:40] city level. [00:14:43] As I do that, I'll transition to my next slide, which happens to get us to my vision and where [00:14:49] we're trying to go with the county and the municipalities. [00:14:54] My vision for Pasco County and its municipalities is to build a resilient [00:15:00] community, plain and simple. [00:15:02] If we build a resilient community, [00:15:04] then people will want to come live here. [00:15:05] They will want to be a part of this community. [00:15:09] It doesn't take much to look at Hurricane Katrina, [00:15:12] Superstorm Sandy, you continually hear those storms [00:15:19] in the news present day. [00:15:21] And those storms, in one case, that storm is 11 years old. [00:15:26] However, do you hear much about Joplin, Missouri? [00:15:29] Do you hear much about Tuscaloosa, Alabama? [00:15:31] Do you hear much about Moore, Oklahoma? [00:15:34] Those were all cities that were hit [00:15:35] by an EF4 or EF5 tornado, [00:15:37] but they were a resilient community. [00:15:39] And guess what, they've rebuilt, [00:15:41] and they're moving forward. [00:15:43] That's the vision that I want to have for Pasco County, [00:15:45] is that we're a county with municipalities [00:15:48] that are resilient, we rebuild, [00:15:50] and we'll be stronger than we were when we started. [00:15:52] So that's my vision. [00:15:53] My mission, or the mission of emergency management [00:15:56] is reduce vulnerability to hazards, [00:15:58] help the public safety community respond to disasters, [00:16:01] help our citizens recover from and cope with disasters. [00:16:04] That's our mission in emergency management. [00:16:06] Our goal, we will accomplish the vision and mission [00:16:08] through emergency preparedness activities, [00:16:10] such as identifying areas at greatest risk. [00:16:14] We must cooperatively go out [00:16:16] and find those areas that are greatest risk. [00:16:18] New Port Richey is at great risk for flooding issues, [00:16:22] as well as hurricanes, being a coastal, [00:16:26] right on the coast in this community. [00:16:28] How do we fix that? [00:16:30] Through mitigation efforts. [00:16:32] Now that's a term that I don't know [00:16:34] has really been sold a lot here in Pasco County, [00:16:38] the city of New Port Richey. [00:16:39] However, I just hired a deputy director [00:16:42] who happens to be with me, Ms. Laura Black, [00:16:44] who's sitting with me tonight. [00:16:46] Ms. Laura Black has won national awards [00:16:49] in her work in mitigation, as well as volunteer programs. [00:16:53] In Jacksonville, she managed over $8 million [00:16:56] in mitigation grants. [00:16:57] That is amongst one of the top counties [00:17:00] in the United States for mitigation dollars. [00:17:03] We're gonna bring that to Pasco County. [00:17:05] We're gonna bring that mindset [00:17:06] and start bringing these mitigation grants [00:17:08] to Pasco County for acquisitions, [00:17:10] for infrastructure improvements, [00:17:12] anywhere we can start utilizing mitigation money [00:17:15] through the Flood Mitigation Assistance Grant, [00:17:17] through the Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant, [00:17:19] through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program [00:17:23] in a post-disaster situation. [00:17:24] We are going to start taking advantage of those dollars. [00:17:27] It is my intent today, [00:17:29] when the mitigation money opens up next February, [00:17:33] in February 2017, and she already knows this, [00:17:36] she's been tasked with it, [00:17:37] we're gonna go after a $4 million grant [00:17:39] for land acquisitions. [00:17:41] Elfer's Project is one of those. [00:17:42] We're looking and working with, again, [00:17:44] Chief Exline, who comes to every one [00:17:46] of our mitigation strategy meetings [00:17:47] to start identifying areas in New Port Richey [00:17:49] that could be a benefactor of mitigation programs [00:17:53] for land acquisition or infrastructure improvements. [00:17:56] I cannot promise we can do infrastructure. [00:17:58] I know we can do land acquisitions [00:18:00] on repetitive loss and severe repetitive loss properties, [00:18:02] but we're going to make a full court press commitment [00:18:08] to getting those type of things done. [00:18:11] Developing plans that will guide us through a disaster. [00:18:15] Our planning at the county level is poor. [00:18:19] That is one of the problems that was put [00:18:21] in the After Action Report, [00:18:23] which was released to your city this last week. [00:18:27] We lack process, we lack plans. [00:18:30] That's going to change. [00:18:32] And I have a methodology for getting that done. [00:18:36] I'm not gonna bore you with all the details right now, [00:18:38] because it's a three-layer process of getting planning done, [00:18:41] but we're going to move forward in that direction. [00:18:44] I've often heard that plagiarism [00:18:46] is the best form of flattery, [00:18:49] and Chief Exline will get a copy of every one of these plans, [00:18:51] so if he wants to bring them down to this level, [00:18:54] he's more than happy to do so. [00:18:58] Educating the public. [00:18:59] We have to do a better job educating the public [00:19:01] on what it really means. [00:19:03] A lot of people were sitting around waiting [00:19:05] for FEMA to come in after the floods from last year. [00:19:08] Well, what people don't know is the maximum payout [00:19:12] that FEMA will pay a person that does not have insurance [00:19:14] is about $35,000. [00:19:18] I don't think anybody can rebuild in our community [00:19:20] at $35,000 from a flood event, [00:19:23] but people often associate FEMA with free money. [00:19:25] Well, there is free money there. [00:19:27] The maximum they will pay you is $35,000. [00:19:30] So we have to educate the public [00:19:32] on the importance of insurance. [00:19:33] We have to educate the public [00:19:34] on how to prepare themselves for disaster, [00:19:37] and how do they prepare? [00:19:38] They have to start with an insurance checkup. [00:19:40] They have to start at the household level. [00:19:43] They have to start preparing their personal family [00:19:48] to know what to do. [00:19:50] Gone are the days that we have to evacuate [00:19:52] hundreds and hundreds of miles for a hurricane. [00:19:55] Much of the generation that I'm in, [00:19:57] and the next generation older than me, [00:20:00] our family plans used to be pack up in the car [00:20:03] and head to Atlanta, Georgia, right? [00:20:04] We were gonna evacuate 300, 400 miles. [00:20:07] You don't have to do that. [00:20:09] With Florida's housing and the way that we build houses now [00:20:14] post Hurricane Andrew, we can evacuate 50 miles [00:20:20] to the center of the state and we'll be okay. [00:20:22] We will not be susceptible to storm surge. [00:20:25] We'll have a lot of wind, [00:20:26] but we will not have to evacuate [00:20:28] because of the construction codes being too low. [00:20:35] Reduce risk to houses, neighborhoods, and businesses. [00:20:39] That's paramount in what we do to achieve our mission. [00:20:44] And again, that's a joint effort [00:20:45] between your building codes, the county's building codes, [00:20:50] and how we reduce the risk to the houses. [00:20:54] Then training responders and citizens [00:20:56] and the skills needed to take action in the face of crisis. [00:20:59] We have numerous people at the county level. [00:21:01] We've had a lot of new people come on the last two years. [00:21:05] In fact, over half of the department directors, [00:21:07] division heads, and senior management [00:21:11] have less than two years on. [00:21:13] And they are not NIMS compliant. [00:21:15] We are not NIMS compliant in our training. [00:21:19] And NIMS being the National Incident Management System, [00:21:21] I'm sure somebody has come up [00:21:22] and talked to you about that in the past, [00:21:24] but we are not compliant with that. [00:21:26] We have elected officials who are not compliant. [00:21:28] Elected officials are required to take ICS 402. [00:21:31] We've gotta get that training out there. [00:21:33] So again, that's gonna be a cooperative effort [00:21:35] between those that can teach a class. [00:21:38] For instance, again, you have some instructors [00:21:40] right here in the city of New Port Richey [00:21:42] that have already agreed to help. [00:21:44] And a cooperative environment to get us there [00:21:46] and help us out to achieve these goals, [00:21:49] not only for the city of New Port Richey, [00:21:50] but also for Pasco County. [00:21:54] The task that we're gonna do, obviously, [00:21:56] is I'm asking folks to change the mindset [00:21:59] and view of Pasco County Emergency Management. [00:22:02] I inherited a broken system, [00:22:04] but we have to change that view [00:22:06] of Pasco County Emergency Management at every level. [00:22:08] At the elected official level, [00:22:10] at the internal and external stakeholder level, [00:22:13] and most importantly, our residents. [00:22:15] Our residents need to have faith in us. [00:22:16] They need to have trust in us [00:22:17] to be able to do the right thing at the right time. [00:22:19] And I hope that after the last three events [00:22:21] that we've had in Pasco County at large, [00:22:24] that being the straight line wind event [00:22:25] we had in Dade City, the tornado we had in New Port Richey, [00:22:28] and now Tropical Storm Collin, [00:22:30] they're starting to maybe get a little more faith in us [00:22:33] that we know what we're doing [00:22:34] and we're responding effectively [00:22:36] and swiftly to the community. [00:22:37] We have to build relationships, [00:22:39] internal and external stakeholders. [00:22:42] Internal being folks, your department directors [00:22:44] that are sitting up here, [00:22:46] building those relationships with those individuals [00:22:48] and their rear counterparts at the county level [00:22:50] and the other municipality level. [00:22:52] And then our external stakeholders, [00:22:53] the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army, [00:22:55] the religious community that helps out [00:22:58] in times of disasters. [00:22:59] We need to have those community contacts. [00:23:01] We need to have the meetings. [00:23:02] We actually physically need to sit in a room [00:23:04] and have discussions about how we get things done. [00:23:10] I put out here build relationships. [00:23:11] I cannot tell you enough about the relationships [00:23:14] that I've built with Chief Exline, Chief Fitch, [00:23:17] and Sergeant Jay over the last four months. [00:23:21] I've been here, next week will be four months. [00:23:24] I sat down with your fire chief, [00:23:26] your assistant fire chief, and Sergeant Jay [00:23:28] in my first two weeks here. [00:23:31] And they have been extremely involved [00:23:35] in what we're trying to accomplish [00:23:37] at the city and county level here for our residents. [00:23:39] So again, I'm gonna brag on them just a little bit [00:23:42] because they're sitting behind me [00:23:43] and you are their bosses and boss there. [00:23:46] They have been very, very proactive [00:23:49] in getting involved with myself at emergency management. [00:23:53] Cooperation and collaboration. [00:23:54] We have to strengthen our response [00:23:56] through planning, training, and exercise. [00:23:59] We have to plan. [00:24:00] Again, I went back, I talked about that earlier, [00:24:03] the way I have a three-tier approach [00:24:04] of how we're gonna be writing plans [00:24:06] and how we're gonna be doing, for instance, [00:24:08] evacuation and sheltering. [00:24:10] We need to revamp all of that. [00:24:12] We need to have a better plan as we move forward. [00:24:14] Training, we have to do training. [00:24:16] We have to do joint training. [00:24:18] There's no sense in us doing individual training [00:24:22] that does not cross a municipal boundary. [00:24:26] Because when we have that big event, [00:24:29] it's not gonna be just the city of Newport, [00:24:31] not just the county, not just Zephyr Hills, [00:24:33] not just Dade City. [00:24:34] It's going to be all of us in that fight together [00:24:37] and we need to make sure that we train together. [00:24:39] The last one is we need to exercise together. [00:24:42] Exercises, we've done probably the ones that we have to do, [00:24:46] but we're gonna start getting into more of the exercising [00:24:49] because we need to, not because we have to. [00:24:54] What will all this do through cooperation and collaboration [00:24:56] that will reduce dual duplication of effort? [00:24:58] That's one thing that we don't wanna do. [00:25:00] One of the problems, again, that came out of the floods [00:25:02] is we had the fire department going out [00:25:04] and doing windshield assessments [00:25:07] and in the same street, we had the sheriff's office [00:25:08] or police department going and doing it [00:25:10] and then all of a sudden public works came down it. [00:25:12] We had, in certain situations, [00:25:14] we had four different departments [00:25:17] going down the same exact road, [00:25:19] giving us the same exact information [00:25:22] in our rapid needs assessment. [00:25:24] That can't happen. [00:25:25] We need to be more effective in how we respond. [00:25:27] We need to just have the plan [00:25:29] that says who's going to do what. [00:25:31] And then we wanna be swift and effective in our response. [00:25:34] If we have proper cooperation and collaboration, [00:25:37] we can do those things [00:25:38] and become much more swift and effective. [00:25:40] So the future in summary of where we're trying to go [00:25:43] is I can't change anything that happened [00:25:45] prior to February 29th of 2016 [00:25:47] and that was my first day here. [00:25:48] So I can't change anything that happened. [00:25:52] I'm gonna tell you, we did a bad job in the past. [00:25:57] But what I can tell you is my staff and I [00:25:59] can fix things that did go wrong. [00:26:01] Those things that went wrong, we can fix those. [00:26:04] I ask that you, the commission, [00:26:07] or I'm sorry, the council here, [00:26:09] the department directors that are here, [00:26:11] the individuals that are here as a part of the community, [00:26:14] I ask you, help me get our community [00:26:19] become more resilient in the future [00:26:22] so that we can build that community [00:26:24] that'll bounce back and not be a victim [00:26:26] for years and years to come. [00:26:28] We must have you to help coordinate and collaborate with. [00:26:33] It's hard to coordinate and collaborate [00:26:34] with just ourselves. [00:26:35] And then to do all of this, I will go out and say, [00:26:38] this is gonna be about a three-year project. [00:26:41] For us to really turn this aircraft carrier [00:26:43] that's moving at about four knots, [00:26:45] it's gonna take us about three years to turn that around. [00:26:48] So I know I didn't talk a whole lot [00:26:50] about emergency or hurricane preparedness, [00:26:52] but again, I will say this, everybody needs a plan. [00:26:56] That plan, again, starts with preparing a kit, [00:26:58] an insurance review, knowing where your shelter's at, [00:27:01] knowing what hurricane evacuation zone you live in. [00:27:04] Again, there might be a situation [00:27:06] where we only call for a category A or B evacuation. [00:27:09] If you don't live in an evacuation zone A or B, [00:27:13] you do not need to evacuate. [00:27:15] So you need to know where you live [00:27:16] and what that matches up with. [00:27:19] Once you've got those things determined, [00:27:22] then identify, am I going to go to a shelter [00:27:24] or am I gonna go to another location, [00:27:27] a family, friend's house, maybe in another city, [00:27:30] maybe possibly another state, go visit your grandkids. [00:27:33] That's one of the things I like to tell [00:27:34] our 55 plus community is, [00:27:36] go visit the grandkids for a while. [00:27:38] You're retired, you're semi-retired, [00:27:40] go visit those grandchildren in another state, another city. [00:27:44] I will tell you this, a shelter is not a place [00:27:46] that our community really wants to go. [00:27:48] That's 30 square feet per person, [00:27:50] with about 1,500 to 2,500 of your closest friends [00:27:56] living two feet away from you. [00:27:58] So again, it's not the most ideal situation to be in. [00:28:01] But have that plan, am I going to evacuate out of the city, [00:28:04] am I gonna evacuate to a shelter? [00:28:06] The last thing I'll talk about hurricane preparedness [00:28:08] is special needs registration. [00:28:10] There's a lot of people in our community [00:28:13] that are special needs clients, [00:28:16] but they are not special needs registration. [00:28:18] And I know that some people are watching us on TV, [00:28:20] so I'm just gonna take a moment to say, [00:28:22] there are people that are oxygen dependent [00:28:24] that say, I'm not a special needs client. [00:28:27] I don't have a special need, I'm fully functional, [00:28:29] I'm just oxygen dependent. [00:28:32] I would say you're a special needs client, and here's why. [00:28:36] You can operate maybe eight hours, 24 hours without oxygen, [00:28:40] or without power, because you have a backup system, [00:28:42] you have an O2 tank. [00:28:45] But if we're without power, or that tank runs out, [00:28:48] we wanna know where you're at [00:28:49] so that we can come and check on you. [00:28:51] So we're asking everybody that's a dialysis patient, [00:28:54] you're on some type of medication that you have to take [00:28:58] that requires you to live. [00:29:00] Without that medication, [00:29:01] you would be going to an emergency room. [00:29:03] Oxygen dependent, and so on and so forth. [00:29:05] Those are all, even though you may live independently [00:29:08] on a day-to-day basis, [00:29:09] those are all situations we would ask you, we implore you, [00:29:13] become a special needs client [00:29:14] so that at least we can check on you, [00:29:16] and we know what's going on in your life [00:29:19] when we have a disaster like this. [00:29:21] With that being said, that's my elevator speech, [00:29:25] emergency preparedness for the year. [00:29:27] Does anyone have any questions [00:29:28] that I might be able to answer? [00:29:30] I just have a quick question. [00:29:32] For your physicians in Pasco County, [00:29:34] what's their best source of information? [00:29:36] We have a NICSO program here in our city. [00:29:39] What's the best source of information for us? [00:29:41] All right, so what we ask people to do [00:29:43] if they wanna get the right information [00:29:46] is we have MyPasco app. [00:29:48] If they're technology savvy, [00:29:50] we ask them to go to the MyPasco app. [00:29:52] Every press release and every piece of information [00:29:54] that we put out during the time of a disaster [00:29:56] is available via the MyPasco app. [00:29:59] It's available. [00:30:00] at, I feel like a commercial now, it's available at Google Play and the App [00:30:04] Store on your smartphone or device. If they do not have that, the next thing we [00:30:08] ask them to do is, if you go to Flagler, I'm sorry, I'm not in Flagler anymore, [00:30:12] sorry about that. If you go to pascocountyemergencymanagement.com, yes [00:30:17] that's a very long phrase, but if you go to pascocountyemergencymanagement.com, [00:30:21] there is a link on there that says notify me. And again, now you can sign up for [00:30:27] emails and we push all of that information in a time of disaster to [00:30:31] every email account. So every flash report that goes out, every piece of [00:30:35] information goes out from the public information officer, goes to that notify [00:30:39] me account. And it's a standard distribution email list. The last thing [00:30:45] that people can do is, in a time of disaster, they can always call our [00:30:48] customer support center at, and I forget the prefix, but the last 420-411. I know [00:30:54] that probably Laura's looking that number up right now, but again, if they [00:30:58] call our call-in center during a time of disaster at, I think it's [00:31:03] 847-2411, they can get that information. But again, myPASCO app, [00:31:10] followed by notify me, followed by give us a call at the customer support center to [00:31:14] get that true information. We are moving to a system, the Board of County [00:31:18] Commission just approved it today, to go to an Everbridge notification system. We [00:31:22] are going to be moving away from Dialogic, and I'm sorry Chiefs, that I [00:31:26] haven't told you that quite yet, that just happened today. We are going to a [00:31:30] Everbridge system for mass notification that the city will be able to log in and [00:31:35] have a user administrator for. So you're more than welcome to use that for [00:31:39] emergency notifications. We are also going to be moving towards that, where we [00:31:42] can actually push out text messages, emails, and phone notification through [00:31:47] that system as well. Thank you. Great point that Judy and you just brought up. I think [00:31:57] sometimes New Port Richey residents feel like they're, because they're in New Port Richey, they're, you know, they don't have access to the county resources. You're [00:32:03] also, just because you reside in the city of New Port Richey, you're also a [00:32:07] county resident. You pay county taxes, so you have access to resources both at the [00:32:11] county level and the city level. So I would encourage people, if you haven't [00:32:14] downloaded the PASCO app, it's phenomenal, and you are a PASCO resident, [00:32:18] not just a city of New Port Richey resident. We have our own resources, but it [00:32:21] sounds like you're doing a great job to work with us as a municipality, so we're [00:32:24] all on the same page. You know, my goal one day, of course, I'm sure my boss would [00:32:31] support me on this, and support me in saying this, my goal one day is that we [00:32:35] have the PASCO County Unified Emergency Operations Center, and that whether it's [00:32:40] a New Port Richey event, and I've already told this to the fire chief and [00:32:45] the deputy fire chief, my EOC is their EOC. If you need our service in a time of a [00:32:51] local municipal disaster, we're going to be there for you. They've got [00:32:56] carte blanche access to my EOC, they can use it anytime they want to. I told both [00:33:01] of them they can call me in the middle of the night, and I'll come to the EOC and I'll [00:33:03] activate it for them. And we've made the same offer to Dade City for the backup EOC [00:33:08] that we have there in Dade City, as well as all of our municipalities, but my goal [00:33:12] is one day to build a resilient community and have a unified emergency [00:33:18] operations center where we all come together and solve our community's [00:33:21] problems. One question, I never even knew about this, you know, special needs thing. [00:33:29] I thought special needs was somebody that special needs, you know, not the [00:33:33] person, the oxygen person. Are they getting that information from their [00:33:37] doctors as soon as they get prescribed, let's say, the oxygen? So, there's a variety of ways that [00:33:43] information gets put out. Typically, what we prefer to do, and again, in [00:33:49] Pasco County, I can't tell you, sir, today what the process is. I can tell you what [00:33:54] I've done in the past with the other counties, and we will move forward in [00:33:57] this direction. This is obviously a very important issue, and you know, we've been [00:34:03] putting it out that we want people to register, but what we would typically do [00:34:07] is work with the oxygen vendors that actually deliver that oxygen and put [00:34:12] something in their hand that says, we want you to register with special needs. [00:34:16] Well, I mean, that's just one example. I just, you know, it could be a dialysis, it could be a lot of different things. [00:34:22] I mean, some of the doctors, it seems like to me, that's where we should go, [00:34:24] because once they get that prescription, the doctor says, well, [00:34:28] you need to also get a hold of these people. Exactly, and the Department of [00:34:31] Health here, with Mike Napier, as their health department director, the special [00:34:36] needs really technically falls under him, although on a day-to-day basis, we [00:34:40] register those clients. So, Mike is in touch with the medical [00:34:44] community on a day-to-day basis, advising them of, you know, we need special needs [00:34:47] clients registered. It is estimated that only 2% of Florida's population is [00:34:52] actually registered as a special needs client. I'll give you a [00:34:57] guess. How many would you actually, what percent actually should be registered? [00:35:01] Let me give you a guess. Again, I won't give you, I won't even guess at a Pasco [00:35:07] County number, but I'll tell you what I do know. Flagler County is a residence [00:35:13] of 104,000 people. In Flagler County, I had 300 special needs clients registered. [00:35:19] In Flagler County, I had medical supply companies delivering 2,200 bottles of [00:35:26] oxygen on a weekly basis. So, again, if you run those numbers, that's about 4%. [00:35:33] However, that's common amongst the entire state. So, we're going to [00:35:40] be going heavy on a campaign here over the next several years to really push [00:35:45] our clients, those who are special needs, oxygen-dependent dialysis, life-saving [00:35:51] medications, to go ahead and register, even though they don't think they need to. [00:35:54] We want them to be a first point of service as soon as we can get back into [00:36:00] the communities. We need to check on them if they have an evacuation. And we have to [00:36:04] take that response, some of that response, we get the word out. And the same as they [00:36:07] get the word out about these apps that are available for our people to get [00:36:10] this information when, as soon as it becomes ready, whether it's 1030 when [00:36:14] their kid's coming home or 11 o'clock when we get a, you know. So, we'll take, [00:36:19] we'll take some responsibility to get the word out. Thank you very much. Thank [00:36:23] you, Mr. Mayor, Mr. Vice Mayor, and Ms. Hans, or Mons. Thank you very much. Take care.

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6. 7Vox Pop for Items Not Listed on the Agenda or Listed on Consent Agenda▶ 36:28
7. 8.a

   Purchases/Payments for City Council Approval

   discussedon consent

   Citizen Joan Hook spoke during this item, raising concerns about the new code definition of rubbish that includes yard debris (tree/shrub trimmings, palm fronds, tree limbs) and requesting that a public works yard debris pickup schedule be posted on the city website. No decision was recorded in this excerpt.

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   [01:00:00] I just had some prepared remarks because I misunderstood what the [01:00:12] upcoming change of the, from the code to the section is. But I did look [01:00:19] very, this is a, this issue is very dear to my heart. Oh, by the way, I'm [01:00:24] Joan Hook, 7210 Jasmine, sorry. I don't think we have contractors doing [01:00:31] that, especially in our area. We can identify whose yard debris is whose, [01:00:37] okay? But the new section is going to say, has a new definition of rubbish [01:00:44] as tree and shrub trimmings and palm fronds and tree limbs. Now, I've [01:00:51] never thought of rubbish as yard debris, you know, but, and there are [01:00:56] piles of them, some of them bigger than I am, over there on Farragut. And [01:01:01] I've asked previously that a schedule be posted on the website. And there [01:01:07] is no schedule. We checked, Jane checked today. There is no schedule for [01:01:13] public works to pick up yard debris. And so I was told that it would be [01:01:18] impractical to have a schedule. Well, because those, a truck might break

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8. 9.a

   Second Reading, Ordinance #2016-2074: Comprehensive Plan Amendment - Urban Agriculture

   approved

   Council held a public hearing on the second reading of Ordinance 2016-2074, a comprehensive plan amendment to allow urban agriculture in numerous future land use categories. After supportive public comment from several residents and the Environmental Committee, council moved for approval, with members expressing concerns about aesthetics (notably bucket gardens on Indiana Ave) and the need for future tweaking and enforcement.

   Ord. Ordinance #2016-2074

   • motion:Motion to approve second reading of Ordinance 2016-2074, comprehensive plan amendment for urban agriculture. (passed)

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   [01:01:24] down. Okay, a truck may break down, then reschedule. Everybody has to [01:01:28] reschedule. Since this is hurricane season and budget season, I think we [01:01:33] need to buy new trucks, buy more trucks. They don't have to be new trucks, [01:01:37] but buy trucks and hire more people. I think that's part of the problem. So [01:01:42] thank you so much. [01:01:44] It is on the website, if somewhat hidden. [01:01:47] Oh, but that's not effective, is it? [01:01:49] No. The 20-foot-high pile on Farragut went in place in one day from one [01:01:56] commercial contractor. [01:01:59] Yes, I mean, I appreciate everybody's opinion, but I agree with Mr. Rivera on [01:02:03] this. It's commercial dumping. Go to the River Road Park off of Bellevue and [01:02:08] look at the amount of dead grass space that was just picked up last week. Go [01:02:12] ahead and look and see what's there already and check around the houses. [01:02:15] There's nothing trimmed. I think that's the number one problem we're dealing [01:02:18] with, with this issue. It may not be right near your house, but at other [01:02:22] areas, and I've driven, Debbie, I'll tell you, we've driven through the [01:02:25] entire city limits looking at these debris piles and how large they are and [01:02:29] where they're just popping up where no one used to dump. So I agree with Mr. [01:02:33] Rivera, but it's something, whether it's by adding more resources to public [01:02:37] works to get out there or, you know, we have to come up with a solution to [01:02:40] the problem that's getting out of hand. [01:02:43] Any other issues not on tonight's agenda? [01:02:47] Seeing none, I'm going to close FOXPOP. Next item is the consent agenda. [01:02:53] Motion for approval. [01:02:54] Second. [01:02:55] Motion is second. Any? [01:02:59] I just want some clarity on credit card purchases. It's just a line item. [01:03:07] The discussion on the FOXPOP consent agenda, all those in favor, please [01:03:16] signify by saying aye. Aye. [01:03:19] Motion passes. [01:03:21] Next is the public reading of ordinances. [01:03:24] First one is second reading of ordinance 2016-2074, [01:03:29] comprehensive plan amendment for urban agriculture. [01:03:33] Ms. Mann. [01:03:36] Title. An ordinance amending the city of New Port Richey comprehensive plan [01:03:40] amending table FLU 1.1.3 to allow urban agricultural use in the low-density [01:03:47] residential five, LDR five, low-density residential six, LDR six, low-medium [01:03:52] density residential nine, LDR nine, low-medium density residential ten, LDR [01:03:58] ten, medium-density residential 14, MDR 14, medium-density residential 20, MDR [01:04:05] 20, high-density residential 24, HDR 24, high-density residential 30, HDR 30, [01:04:12] downtown D, downtown core DC, residential office RO, residential office retail [01:04:18] ROR, general commercial GC, highway commercial HC, light industrial LI, [01:04:24] recreational open space ROS, and public semi, public ESP, future land use [01:04:30] categories, establishing goals, objectives, and policies to address urban [01:04:33] agricultural, providing for severability, and providing for an effective date. [01:04:39] Mr. Mayor, members of the council, this item was originally introduced to you on [01:04:43] May 3rd, 2016. Since that time, it was forwarded to the State Department of [01:04:49] Economic Opportunity for review. They had no objections to the proposed [01:04:55] ordinance. Mrs. Spears has prepared this evening a short presentation for your [01:05:03] review. [01:05:11] So short it only deserves one slide. That slide is a little bit different than [01:05:16] what you got in your packet, but it shows a comparison table of, I guess, the [01:05:20] similarities between what would be considered a private garden, a community [01:05:25] garden, and urban agriculture. And what we've added to this version from what [01:05:32] you have in your packet is we added the top row, which really tries to declare [01:05:36] the intent of each of those different types of uses. Very simply put, the [01:05:44] private garden is for private use. The community garden is for not-for-profit [01:05:49] groups or group consumption, and then the urban agricultural portion is for [01:05:53] sale. Those are the distinct differences between those. We've made no other [01:05:58] changes to the ordinances, and as Ms. Manns mentioned, there's been no [01:06:01] objection raised by the state. This is a public hearing. [01:06:06] Thank you. This is a public hearing, and I'll open this up for public comment. [01:06:10] Anyone wishes to address council on this matter at this time? [01:06:23] I'm Brad, 7131 Creek Drive. I'm not in the city limits. [01:06:27] Today I'm here representing the Food Policy Advisory Council for Pasco County [01:06:30] Government. I'm the chair of that group. I just wanted to come today to show [01:06:34] support physically. We also drafted a letter to send out to you guys too. I [01:06:38] wanted to make sure you guys all received that as well. Great. Thank you. [01:06:41] We're in support of that, so it's passed tonight. [01:06:43] Thank you. Anyone else? [01:06:54] I'm Sgt. 30104, Alachua Place, and also an office downtown working on [01:06:59] development within the city. I know there's been some concern that this would [01:07:02] somehow impact property values. As a real estate developer looking to work in [01:07:08] the city, I think it's a good thing for the city and a good thing for property [01:07:11] values, and a good thing for marketing the city as a cool and progressive place. [01:07:17] I just got back from Congress for the New Urbanism in Detroit last week, where the [01:07:25] urban agriculture there has been one of the major facets of the revitalization of [01:07:33] that city, which has been in pretty dire straits, and it's a pretty cool thing. [01:07:38] There are lots of other examples across the country that I know the literature [01:07:43] that Dell has provided council has demonstrated, and there is some pretty [01:07:49] good evidence that it actually has improved or been associated with improving [01:07:54] property values where it has been studied. So I think it's a cool thing. I think [01:08:00] it's the existence of the farming that's already going on, or food producing, [01:08:06] gardening that's going on already in town is one of the things that attracts me [01:08:10] here, as I've said before. I think passing this ordinance adds protection to an [01:08:18] activity that's already happening quite a bit that everybody's pretty proud of, [01:08:21] and for the most part is pretty sightly and neat. But it also adds some good [01:08:30] specificity and guidance to actually help code enforcement and create a little bit [01:08:37] more parameters around that activity, which I think is good as well to keep it [01:08:42] from getting out of control. So I'm very much in support and ask you all to vote [01:08:47] for it. Thanks. [01:08:49] Thank you. Anyone else? [01:08:59] Good evening. Jeff Wright, 7731 Bloomfield Drive. My wife and I have [01:09:04] owned Right's Nutrients inside the city for 22 and a half years, and we are [01:09:09] certainly in favor of this ordinance. We see a benefit helping to build community, [01:09:14] camaraderie, promote health, an opportunity for businesses to engage with the [01:09:20] New Port Richey community and do education or sponsor some of the community [01:09:27] gardens or work with people to have better access to food. Thank you. [01:09:32] Thank you. [01:09:33] Thank you. [01:09:44] Rob, if you want to come down to the front while... [01:09:51] Good evening. My name is Dionne Blazing, and although I was a resident of [01:09:55] New Port Richey for over a decade, I've moved, but I've retained my law firm in [01:10:02] the area for 22 years in downtown New Port Richey, and I'm in support of this [01:10:06] comprehensive plan and changes as well. My business has been part of the Green [01:10:13] Chamber of Commerce, and I'm looking forward to removing horrible grass and [01:10:18] replacing it with sweet potato plants that will be much more lovely to look at [01:10:23] and we can actually eat off it as well. So thank you. I'm in support and I hope [01:10:26] that you pass this. [01:10:27] Thank you. [01:10:33] Rob Bowman, 5738 Montana Avenue. I just want to point out that the Food and [01:10:39] Agricultural Organization of the United Nations does say that urban agriculture [01:10:43] provides fresh food, it generates employment, recycles urban wastes, it [01:10:47] creates green belts, and it also strengthens cities' resilience to climate [01:10:50] change. In addition, urban agriculture is practiced by over 800 million people [01:10:55] worldwide. Not only does it do that, but it also, income generated from the [01:11:00] informal food sector of urban agriculture is often equivalent to or higher [01:11:05] minimum wage in whatever region it's done in. In addition to that, it also [01:11:09] helps low-income urban residents save money on the food that they would no [01:11:12] longer need to purchase. This ordinance would also allow to go one step [01:11:16] further by providing residents a way of putting some of that money back in [01:11:20] their own pockets. A recent study in 2013 by the University of California [01:11:25] Agriculture and Natural Resources did a study on the impacts regarding social [01:11:32] health and economic impacts on the community. Some of the social impacts that [01:11:38] they found were creating safe places and reducing blood, which we would all [01:11:42] like to see done in New Port Richey. It also creates community development [01:11:46] and building social capital, and it also provides an opportunity for education [01:11:51] and youth development opportunities in the community as well. In regards to [01:11:55] the health impacts, it provides food access and security to the community, [01:12:00] which in New Port Richey, as we know, we only have a few places that we can [01:12:03] buy French produce, which is typically not even from this country. In regards [01:12:08] to economic impacts, it does create jobs, provides training, and also business [01:12:14] incubation, which would further build in regards with the incubator that we [01:12:18] have in New Port Richey. It also did find that within a five-year period of [01:12:24] creating the establishment of gardens, that it caused an increase of 9.4% of [01:12:30] increase on property values. That was actually quoted in an effective period [01:12:34] of gardens and labor and property values and real estate economics in 2008. [01:12:38] Thank you. [01:12:45] Ed Lawler, 6452 River Road. I'm in support of this ordinance. I think based [01:12:50] on just simply on community building alone and support for each other, I think [01:12:56] it's a great thing, and I think inclusion of everybody and it would build the [01:13:01] community even more. I think based on that solely, I think it's a great idea. [01:13:07] Thanks. Thank you. Anyone else? [01:13:15] Imagine us getting through here without Mr. Deschamps coming forward. [01:13:24] How generous. Thank you very much. [01:13:29] When you called me on Saturday night, you asked me if I was giving you five or if I [01:13:33] was going somewhere else. I'm just having fun. [01:13:40] I'm representing the Environmental Committee. Also, a number of the comments [01:13:44] that were made by the others here tonight are reflected in my comments as well, [01:13:49] so I'll try not to be redundant. For the past three years, beginning in 2013, [01:13:54] the Environmental Committee of the City of New Port Richey has recommended [01:13:58] enhancing New Port Richey's Urban Agriculture Ordinance by creating [01:14:02] opportunities for property owners to expand the ecological and agricultural [01:14:06] potential of their properties. The ordinances prepared by the Planning [01:14:10] Division of the Development Department are very good and offer an excellent [01:14:15] response to these recommendations. Here is a brief summary of the [01:14:19] recommendations and reasons for the recommendations which have been [01:14:22] presented to Council previously, going back to 2013. The ordinances presented by [01:14:28] staff will allow these objectives to be realized. [01:14:31] First, what are these ordinances? Consistent with the idea of making [01:14:35] New Port Richey a welcoming community based on principles of economic and [01:14:39] ecological health and resilience, and City Resolution Number 2015-07, [01:14:47] the Environmental Committee recommends adoption of the Urban Agriculture [01:14:50] Ordinances developed by staff, allowing property owners to better utilize their [01:14:55] property for agricultural endeavors. Why are these ordinances important? [01:15:00] These uses will allow for improvement of the aesthetics of residential [01:15:04] and commercial properties, instill a sense of pride in a place, develop more neighborliness, [01:15:10] foster outdoor activities, reduce crime, increase economic opportunities, [01:15:16] and allow the production of substantial quantities of locally grown organic produce. [01:15:21] These ordinances are consistent with initiatives undertaken in other cities [01:15:27] and will improve the profile of the city in the region and the state, [01:15:31] add lifestyle amenities unavailable elsewhere in the county, and further enhance the growing appeal [01:15:38] of New Port Richey as a desired site for businesses and for homeowners, especially the low-incomes. [01:15:46] The ordinances harmonize with the city's strategic plan, [01:15:50] contributing improvements in all major areas. [01:15:54] Wherever we have urban agriculture in the city, we have increased socialization, [01:15:59] increased community spirit, and increased neighborliness. [01:16:04] The ordinances before council will expand and enrich these vital features [01:16:09] of a healthy social ecology. [01:16:12] Numerous articles and reference sources are available and have been submitted to council [01:16:17] and staff over the past three years, and especially recently as well. [01:16:22] We are more than happy to send these again, but we will really be happy, [01:16:27] and so will most residents of the city, if you pass these ordinances and let our city grow. [01:16:35] Thank you, Mr. McDonough. [01:16:37] Thank you. [01:16:38] Thank you. [01:16:38] Thank you. [01:16:47] Seeing no one else head this way, I'm going to bring this back to council. [01:16:50] Move for approval. [01:16:51] Second. [01:16:52] We have a motion and a second to the maker. [01:16:54] I do have to bring it up. [01:16:55] I am supportive of urban agriculture, but I did bring this up during communications. [01:16:59] It's not addressed in this particular ordinance, but it's something that I am not in favor [01:17:03] of after seeing what can happen to a house. [01:17:05] The bucket gardens, for lack of a better term, I'm not sure what they're called. [01:17:10] There's a house on Indiana that has erected structures in its front yard. [01:17:13] I don't know who the property owner is, and it probably has 40-plus white buckets hanging [01:17:18] in his front yard growing whatever. [01:17:20] I'm not sure what he's growing, but I personally don't see how that would enhance [01:17:25] or improve property values and surrounding properties. [01:17:27] If you want to drive by, it's a third house in off Indiana off of Grand Boulevard. [01:17:32] I just don't think it looks nice, and it's something I think we need to address. [01:17:35] If someone wants to do that in their backyard or side yard, I'm okay with it. [01:17:38] I'm okay with front yard gardens in the ground, and I know it's not part of this ordinance, [01:17:42] but there's a lot of people from the agriculture committee here, so environmental committee, [01:17:45] so I did want to bring it up. [01:17:47] It does not look nice. [01:17:48] It does not enhance surrounding properties in the front yard, [01:17:50] so it's something that I want us to address as a city. [01:17:53] Thank you, sir. [01:17:54] Mr. Phillips. [01:17:58] Mr. Mayor, I'm going to support this ordinance, and not on one or two cases, [01:18:07] but they kept talking about value, and you're absolutely right. [01:18:10] I'm concerned about value of property in the city of New Port Richey [01:18:14] because we just have had examples tonight of additional services that we provide that's paid [01:18:20] for by ad valorem dollars, and then when we don't meet those expectations, [01:18:25] we are brought to task because of what we have created as an additional service. [01:18:32] So, yes, I'm concerned about the value of the properties in New Port Richey. [01:18:37] I'm also encouraged by the community that we have and the community that we continue [01:18:43] to develop over and over again, and I think you recognize [01:18:48] that from the council that's here and from previous councils. [01:18:52] I am, as Mr. Starkey has pointed out, we have our good ones, and we have our bad ones, [01:19:01] but be well assured that over this next year, because the environmental committee is the, [01:19:08] I guess, the policing agent for these. [01:19:11] There's going to be some fine-tuning that goes along, and as it does, I expect you as a group [01:19:18] and the city and its staff to respond in a timely and orderly fashion [01:19:26] because if there's issues, I want them addressed quickly because I don't want them [01:19:31] to not only dismerge your name, but our name, which comes into play at all times. [01:19:39] Obviously, there's not a neighbor appeal process if there's issues, [01:19:44] so we have to address that moving forward, but we have to let this ordinance breathe [01:19:49] and get out of the gate before you can do that because we could paralysis [01:19:53] by analysis these ordinances and never get anywhere. [01:19:58] Mr. Deschamps brings up, we've been doing this since 2013, and he's been very clear [01:20:02] on his presentations to us that we haven't been quick enough, [01:20:06] but it takes us a little bit longer to get there [01:20:09] because we like to watch the paint dry a little bit longer. [01:20:13] I'm worried about the sightliness because I see my neighborhood and the things that we've done [01:20:18] over the last year to address that, and I have a letter tonight telling me it's none [01:20:23] of my business, well, it is my business because my value [01:20:28] and how my neighborhood is is important to me as well as the city, [01:20:33] so we're going to have to have that, and then, of course, the enforcement mechanism, [01:20:37] which is going to be difficult at times, and people are going to come to us [01:20:42] like the lady did tonight and not quite understand all of the elements, but I'm willing to go [01:20:47] through that because I think it's important to New Port Richey. [01:20:50] I think it better defines us as a community and not just one facet, economic development [01:20:56] or development department or the rec center or public works. [01:21:00] I think the community as a whole has to have these elements to be a community as a whole, [01:21:07] so I'm going to support this tonight, but I will tell you over the next couple [01:21:12] of years there will be some tweaking that goes along, there will be agreements, [01:21:17] there will be disagreements because everybody has their own opinion, [01:21:21] but I think this is a positive move, I think it does the right things [01:21:25] for what we're trying to do throughout the entire city of New Port Richey. [01:21:29] Thank you. [01:21:30] Councilwoman? [01:21:31] Thank you. [01:21:33] To hear Mr. Duchant speak, this ordinance is going to do everything just about cure cancer, [01:21:39] so I'm not sure that we're going there, but so let my people grow, [01:21:42] is that what you're suggesting? [01:21:45] Well, the insurance agent in me, you know, is coming to the front in terms of the what ifs, [01:21:56] and I know Mr. Starkey can know where I'm coming from on that, [01:22:03] and the point is it's difficult to legislate taste, and so I too have grave concerns [01:22:10] about what we're going to allow or permit, and I know that there's a large movement to reuse, [01:22:23] recycle, that type of thing, but I just would not want to see those kinds [01:22:27] of things on the front lawns, I think that, you know, it's tough to suggest [01:22:33] that there be a design element to the front gardens, but there are folks [01:22:43] that will have a house beautiful, or a home and garden look to it, [01:22:47] and then there's some people that will miss the mark entirely, [01:22:50] so those are some of the concerns that I have about the ordinance, so I would say that I know [01:22:56] that it's not in this ordinance, but we need to address that component to the gardens, [01:23:02] so I think that it's a great idea for us to be able to, [01:23:05] I personally do not have a green thumb, I can grow plastic plants, but my heritage, [01:23:12] you know, growing food and feeding your family, it's wonderful and commendable, [01:23:17] and I'm encouraged that, you know, we are going to be able to achieve that and see that. [01:23:23] We have a very long growing season, I know Mr. Starkey just mentioned, [01:23:28] I think that he came from Detroit, you know, Detroit, I'm sure anything would be an improvement [01:23:34] over, you know, the cement and city, but we are really blessed, [01:23:40] we have a very long growing season, and so we'll probably be able [01:23:44] to have a very large variety of plantings, but those are my concerns as far [01:23:51] as the front yard goes. [01:23:54] Thank you. [01:23:55] Likewise, I don't have a green thumb, but I applaud those who do. [01:24:02] I share with Mr. Starkey the concerns of particularly that was mentioned on Indiana. [01:24:11] I would hope staff could come up with some rules that don't necessarily govern commercial garden [01:24:20] operations so much as garden operations in general that look like hell [01:24:26] in the front yard, because that one does, but I applaud you guys. [01:24:34] I look forward to seeing what comes of this, and I am going to continue supporting it, so. [01:24:45] With that, if there's no further discussion, all those in favor, please signify by saying aye.

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   Second Reading, Ordinance #2016-2073: Code Amendment - Urban Agriculture

   approved

   Council held the second reading and public hearing on Ordinance 2016-2073, a Land Development Code amendment adding urban agriculture as a permitted use across numerous zoning districts and establishing development standards. A councilmember requested clarifying language tying registration to a specific City department with a quarterly-updated database, and another expressed reservations about allowing on-property produce sales in residential districts. The ordinance passed 5-0.

   Ord. Ordinance #2016-2073

   • motion:Move for approval of Ordinance 2016-2073 on second reading, adding urban agriculture as a permitted use and establishing development standards. (passed)5–0
   • direction:Council direction to staff to revise Section 7.25.03 to designate a specific City department to maintain a database of approved urban agriculture locations updated at least quarterly, in addition to the Environmental Committee registration. (none)

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   [01:24:50] Aye. Opposed, like sign. [01:24:54] Motion passes 5-zip. [01:24:56] We are at the appointed hour. [01:24:58] Thank you. [01:25:02] One of these, because I think when we go for a break, they're going to want a break, [01:25:07] and I don't make you hang over to see if we change our mind on the second one of these. [01:25:12] I don't think we will. [01:25:14] Is that the ordinance 20, 2084? [01:25:18] 23. [01:25:20] 23. [01:25:21] Oh, thank you, I don't know why I was thinking that was covering both. [01:25:26] Okay. [01:25:28] Second reading ordinance. [01:25:30] 2016-2073. [01:25:32] Mr. Poblek. [01:25:33] An ordinance of the City of New Port Richey, Florida amending the Land Development Code [01:25:37] to add urban agriculture as permitted in section 7.01.02 R1 residential district, [01:25:45] section 7.02.04 R2 residential district, section 7.03.02 R3 residential district, [01:25:53] section 7.04.02 MF10 low-medium density residential district, section 7.05.02 MF14 medium density [01:26:05] residential district, section 7.06.02 MF30 high-density residential district, section [01:26:13] 7.07.01 C1 light general commercial district, section 7.08.01 C2 general commercial district, [01:26:23] section 7.09.01 highway commercial district, section 7.10.01 office district, section 7.11.01 [01:26:34] downtown district, section 7.12.01 light industrial district, section 7.14.01 government district, [01:26:43] and section 7.19.01 residential office district, establishing section 7.25.00 urban agriculture, [01:26:52] amending section 2.00 definitions providing for severability, providing for codification, [01:26:59] and providing for an effective date. [01:27:02] And yes, the reading of the title is longer than the ordinance itself. [01:27:08] My apologies to anybody who is trying to watch us on air tonight. [01:27:11] It appears we are having PA system problems with the mic, all of them popping in and out regularly. [01:27:19] This is a public hearing. [01:27:20] If anybody would wish to address council on this matter, come forward at this time. [01:27:26] I just want to take one moment, and since the mic is going off, I just wanted to let the council know. [01:27:36] A lot of folks came out tonight to support this. [01:27:38] I want to just ask them if they would stand up. [01:27:40] Not all of them spoke, obviously, but just so you can see who came out in support of this. [01:27:44] Folks from the community that really are behind this. [01:27:47] So this isn't just a one-off for a couple of people. [01:27:50] There's a lot of folks involved, and many more besides these. [01:27:52] So I thank all of them for being here tonight. [01:27:54] Thank you, Deshaun, and thank you everybody that came out. [01:27:57] Anyone else? [01:27:59] Seeing no one else coming forward, I'll close public hearing and bring this back to council. [01:28:06] Move for approval. [01:28:08] We have a motion. [01:28:09] Second. [01:28:09] Second to the maker. [01:28:11] Nothing. [01:28:11] A second. [01:28:12] Only a clarity on page 33. [01:28:17] As we go through, under 7.25.03 was the urban agricultural application and register. [01:28:29] I would offer that we expand that some. [01:28:34] If not now, we can discuss it. [01:28:38] It talks about register with the City of New Port Richey's Environmental Committee annually. [01:28:44] I can very much appreciate that, but I would offer this with an update. [01:28:54] I'd like to insert a specific City of New Port Richey department, just so there's some continuity there. [01:29:02] And that update can have a specific database of the approved locations. [01:29:11] It's updated at least quarterly or something. [01:29:15] And then when it talks annually, we discussed it as a mechanism about when you pull it, if it's valid or not. [01:29:22] I know we talked about annual versus physical and all that. [01:29:26] I'll let you work it out, but I wanted to make sure that I brought it up, because in this portion of this ordinance, [01:29:31] it talks specifically about maintenance and things that Mr. Starky had spoken about. [01:29:36] But I'd like to make sure that the operational elements of the ordinance has some crossover to the City, [01:29:46] as well as to the Environmental Committee, so there's clear communication. [01:29:50] Very good. [01:29:52] Thank you. [01:29:52] Thank you. [01:29:52] We'll get that taken care of. [01:29:54] Anyone else? [01:30:00] different in the sense that a component of it allows the sale of produce on the property. Is that correct, Mr. Palmer? [01:30:07] If I could clarify, the first ordinance you passed was the comprehensive plan amendment. [01:30:12] So that amended the comp plan to allow it in the land use categories. [01:30:16] This is the code amendment that has the specific development standards. [01:30:22] And the table that I refer to really is a combination of both of those ordinances together. [01:30:28] These are the details that are really the key to the ordinance. [01:30:33] The one you just passed is really kind of the basis in the comp plan. [01:30:37] So these are the more specific details that offer the development standards. [01:30:41] And in terms of your specific comment, you mentioned where it's allowed to be for sale. [01:30:48] In urban agricultural you can have for sale for profit in all districts, [01:30:54] but it's limited in residential districts to twice a year as garage sales. [01:30:59] In all the commercial districts you can do it just like a commercial enterprise. [01:31:02] Right. So in that respect, again, I don't know if it's the insurance agent in me, [01:31:08] but I think that is going to be an unwieldy piece to the management. [01:31:15] And I really do like the idea of having, you know, we strove to have markets, you know, [01:31:26] going out to other communities, you can go just about any day of the week [01:31:30] and there's a community market that's got homegrown fruit and vegetables and all of that. [01:31:34] I really like that idea because to my mind it's more of a community flavor to it. [01:31:43] So I'm not, I'm not, I'll go on record as saying that I'm not really a fan of it necessarily being able [01:31:50] to sell the product produced from your property in a garage sale fashion because I think [01:31:55] in growing community I think that more of a communal market would make more sense than that. [01:32:01] So I'm not, I'm not going to not vote for it, but I just want to go on record as saying [01:32:07] that I think that's going to be unwieldy for us to manage. [01:32:09] And I just think that in terms of it being more of a community sense, [01:32:13] I would prefer to see us gathering as community. [01:32:17] Perhaps more days than Tasty Tuesday and the Friday night market, [01:32:20] but to see a growth of that kind of community. [01:32:25] Thank you. [01:32:25] I have no further comments on this. [01:32:28] There's no further discussion. [01:32:29] All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [01:32:32] Aye. [01:32:32] Opposed, like sign. [01:32:33] This motion also passes 5-7. [01:32:36] And now that we've gotten through this, we're going to take a 10-minute break. [01:32:42] We'll be back here at 8.50. [01:32:46] We'll get this meeting back in session. [01:32:51] The next item is Ordinance 2016-2079. [01:33:00] Mr. Spears? [01:33:03] I would defer to the City Attorney to read the ordinance, if you don't mind. [01:33:06] Sure, go ahead. [01:33:07] An ordinance rezoning 3.10 acres of property located on the southeast corner of Main Street

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    First Reading, Ordinance #2016-2079: Rezoning 3.10 Acres of Property Located at the Southeast Corner of Main Street and River Road

    approved

    First reading of Ordinance #2016-2079 to rezone 3.10 acres at the southeast corner of Main Street and River Road (Main Street Landing development), reducing the maximum from 95 to 80 residential units while keeping the first floor of the Shell building as retail. Council discussed boat docks/slips (20 slips on 9 docks private, 6 slips on 3 docks public), parking concerns, TIF funding impacts, and construction timeline (anticipated fall 2016 start). The motion passed on first reading.

    Ord. Ordinance #2016-2079

    • motion:Motion to approve first reading of Ordinance #2016-2079 rezoning 3.10 acres at SE corner of Main Street and River Road. (passed)

    📍Southeast corner of Main Street and River Road📍Southern terminus of Congress Street, approximately 750 feet south of Louisiana Avenue🏢Spring Engineering👤Mario👤Mr. Iazzoni👤Mr. McGurn👤Mr. Pavlik👤Mr. Starkey👤Ms. Fierce👤Ms. Manns👤Raleigh Dove#Great Preserve expansion#Land Development Review Board (LDRB)#Main Street Landing#Ordinance #2016-2079#Ordinance 2016-2081#Ordinance 2016-2082#PDD planned development district#TIF funding#Tropical Storm Colin

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    [01:33:12] and River Road from PDD planned development district, commercial planned district subcategory [01:33:18] to PDD planned development district, commercial planned district subcategory, [01:33:22] further described herein in an Exhibit A provided for an effective date. [01:33:27] Thank you. [01:33:28] This is a public reading of this ordinance. [01:33:32] Anyone in the public that would wish to comment on it, you're welcome to come on forward at this time. [01:33:39] Seeing no one come forward, bring it back to Council. [01:33:43] Second. [01:33:44] For the Mayor? [01:33:45] One thing, I was encouraged to see that the developer has decided to go ahead and put boat docking in, [01:33:51] off the bat, rather than waiting until the development is finished. [01:33:54] So, if you could extend my gratitude for that, I'd appreciate it. [01:33:59] Second. [01:34:00] No. [01:34:01] Deputy Mayor? [01:34:03] Yes, Mr. Fierce. [01:34:06] In your cover memorandum, you talk about the maximum of 95 units. [01:34:13] It is just, I'm talking to my, and I don't, I'm tired of hearing myself talk, [01:34:21] and now it's reverberating back, so I can tell you it's very, it's very distracting, [01:34:27] but in looking at it, we had a 95 maximum on units. [01:34:34] Reading the primary, it looks like it's going to be 80. [01:34:38] My question defers from you to Mr. Iazzoni, and then back to Ms. Manns. [01:34:46] Any impact on the agreement, and or the thresholds that, [01:34:55] if I remember correctly, that trigger our additional participation with the TIF funding [01:35:02] for this particular development, and does it reduce the amount of our participation [01:35:13] because they're not, they're only doing 95? [01:35:15] They had to, here's my question. [01:35:19] In our development agreement with the developer, who's finally going to get this thing working, [01:35:24] we agreed that once they reached 90% completion, we had to show up with our check [01:35:29] for $1,750,000, which is another $250,000 more than what we negotiated 10 or 11 years ago. [01:35:40] My question is, because they aren't doing the 90 that we agreed, does that have any impact [01:35:47] on our actual contribution to this development? [01:35:54] That's number one. [01:35:56] No, it doesn't have impact. [01:35:57] The agreement was always that there was the option to convert that first flow [01:36:04] of commercial to residential units, and based on whether there was a housing, [01:36:12] it was really based on the market at the time where they would do that. [01:36:17] But it has absolutely no impact whatsoever. [01:36:19] So that first floor at this point, they have the flexibility, [01:36:23] but at this point they're still leaving it as a retail element. [01:36:27] Actually, with this amendment, there is no flexibility. [01:36:30] They have chosen to not convert the first floor of the first building, which is the Shell building. [01:36:36] I think for the most part because it's difficult to meet FEMA regulations and ADA access [01:36:43] since it's already been built. [01:36:45] And in terms, I think Mario answered the question, [01:36:47] but it does not affect the agreement you've already had in place. [01:36:50] But they chose not to add those additional 15 residential units. [01:36:53] So they are declaring by what actions we're taking that that first floor space, [01:36:59] which I had the opportunity to tour a few years back with the huge ceiling heights [01:37:05] and the walls that are in that you can still make contiguous, that's going to be retail. [01:37:11] Correct. [01:37:11] That's going to remain retail. [01:37:12] That will be the retail portion. [01:37:13] And there's a number of different uses that they can, from this, they can do. [01:37:17] Okay? [01:37:19] I want to thank the Land Development Review Board. [01:37:23] Can't use their initials because I dyslexia and flip it around. [01:37:27] But I appreciate them pointing out, for our facts, [01:37:32] that the developer is not putting the number of parking spaces on their site [01:37:41] that could or should be required. [01:37:46] And they're opting to say that they're going to use the case of during the day [01:37:52] when people are gone, the spaces will be open, but at night. [01:37:56] So my question out of that, and you have a section here that talks about setbacks [01:38:01] and parking, is I guess the ratio that's being used. [01:38:09] Because I'm trying to fathom that there's 80 units. [01:38:14] And we've tried to extrapolate how many people have cars that own houses in New Port Richey. [01:38:22] And depending on which millennial report or whatever we use, [01:38:26] some said that they're no longer having as many cars. [01:38:30] But we still had a car parking issue because kids were there in the house. [01:38:35] So I'm just trying to make sure that, once again, we're going to develop 80 units. [01:38:41] And at some point on one given night, everybody's going to be home, plus a second car. [01:38:51] And I guess what I'm trying to say is, what kind of elements are we putting in place today [01:38:57] by improving this, because they're going to opt for street parking and some other things. [01:39:03] So I want it well known that four years down the road, and this is open, [01:39:08] and it could be fully employed, and depending on how late the businesses stay open that are [01:39:14] in the retail and all that, that there's a possibility in the Palm District [01:39:19] or the West Main District that there may be some parking challenge. [01:39:25] And that is a point that we addressed at the DRC level, and of course you read the minutes [01:39:30] of the Land Development Review Board, who offered the same concern. [01:39:34] And so I would tell you that this application is much like the last one, [01:39:39] where they've never intended to provide the full required parking per code. [01:39:43] The previous version, I think, had some shared parking offsite, [01:39:46] which is no longer available to the developer. [01:39:49] We had insisted at the DRC level that they at least provide parking for the residential units, [01:39:55] and there may be a shortfall when it comes to the commercial. [01:39:58] But that's typical of real downtowns. [01:40:01] There's not always enough parking. [01:40:03] There's usually a walking problem, not a parking problem. [01:40:06] And I also offered to the board that we are undertaking an analysis, if not a review, [01:40:12] of the potential for structured parking in the downtown, most likely to the east of the river, [01:40:18] and hopefully that would provide space that people could park at [01:40:23] and walk to the services of this building. [01:40:26] So it's true they're not going to provide the one-to-one parking ratio, [01:40:30] but it's not expected in a central business district. [01:40:33] I appreciate that. [01:40:34] I just want it to be reflected in the minutes that we discussed it. [01:40:39] That it wasn't one of those things that we just rushed to approval [01:40:43] without taking some due diligence to know that we could create a, [01:40:48] if you invite them or if you build it, they will come. [01:40:52] And if they show up, we may have some additional issues to deal with. [01:40:57] The final thing is, I was, and Mr. Starkey touched on it, [01:41:03] about the docks and some being public and some being for their residents. [01:41:13] And I don't need it tonight, but if somebody could break that down for me [01:41:18] so that we would utilize it as, because it talks about docks [01:41:23] and then it talks about slips, which are two different things. [01:41:28] So I want to make sure that when we're talking about the positives of this development [01:41:35] and they're doing it all at one time, that there's X amount of docks [01:41:41] and there'll be X amount of slips. [01:41:43] And then at some point, somebody's going to ask us to provide a plan [01:41:46] of what that's going to look like on that side of the river. [01:41:49] Because the navigation through there can be a little challenging at best at low tide. [01:41:56] So again, I just wanted on the record that we are happy that they're going [01:42:02] to kick the development back off and we've got some benchmarks. [01:42:07] But over and above that, I want to make sure that we collectively as a council [01:42:12] and as a staff and a city, there are, this isn't going to end some of the challenges [01:42:18] with the size of that development in New Port Richey. [01:42:23] And I'm worried that other people are going to come to us because of the deals we've structured [01:42:29] and want to build like kind things in other parts of the city. [01:42:32] I just want them to know now, you can bring it, but it isn't going to fly [01:42:39] like the one that's already partially built on that side of Main Street. [01:42:43] If that means I'm being protectionist or whatever, I'm just telling you, [01:42:48] don't bring me a maxed out site plan again because we've got one [01:42:54] and we're barely going to be able to live with it. [01:42:56] So I just want to make sure that I read this through, read it through and I had some [01:43:01] of the same understandings as our citizens board. [01:43:06] And in response to your concern about the dock versus slip issue, as we've reported [01:43:10] in the staff report, there will be 20 slips on nine docks for private use by the residents [01:43:18] of the development, and the developer is offering six slips on three docks for the public to use. [01:43:25] And on the north side, there's a drawing on page three. [01:43:28] There is a drawing, and the engineer who prepared the drawing is here in the audience tonight [01:43:34] if he prepares to address it further. [01:43:37] I had mine. [01:43:47] Councilwoman? [01:43:49] Thank you. [01:43:50] Ms. Fierce, what's the timeline? [01:43:52] Walk me through that. [01:43:54] The timeline for the development? [01:43:56] I'm not going to be able to help you with that. [01:43:58] I'm the person who just reviews the site plan and gets the entitlements. [01:44:01] The developer would have to help you with that. [01:44:03] And Mr. Dove, if you're able to address that, that might be helpful. [01:44:10] Just like a broad, I'm just curious, like when is it going to start? [01:44:16] And as Mr. Dove is approaching, I would tell you that I understand that Mr. McGurn was [01:44:20] unable to attend tonight's meeting, but he'll be here for the second reading. [01:44:24] He may be able to address that, and we may be able to put it in the staff report for [01:44:28] the second reading as well. [01:44:32] Thank you, Mr. Mayor, members of the Council. [01:44:34] I'm Raleigh Dove with Spring Engineering. [01:44:37] Pardon my voice. [01:44:38] I'm recovering from radiation treatment. [01:44:40] It's very tough. [01:44:43] The anticipated start of construction is sometime in the fall of this year. [01:44:47] It's going to fall in line with your developer's agreement and the terms that are in that, [01:44:52] and Mr. McGurn will give you the specifics on that at the July 5th meeting. [01:45:00] Thank you. And I just want to say, you know, knowing what, you know, downtown Gainesville looks like in the area that Mr. McGurn developed, it's an exciting, you know, I realize that it's in the middle of a college town, but even in the off time, it's, it's, it's so compact there, and, and yet it's just got a vibrancy to it. [01:45:28] So, and, and yes, parking is an issue, and people get very, the businesses themselves have gotten very creative with, with solutions to that, but it's all safe, and I'm, I'm just excited about it, and I just hope I'm still on, alive when the whole thing finishes up. [01:45:50] Especially, you know, when you think about parking with the retail, I'm, those retail units are great, in my opinion, very high vaulted ceilings, they're, they're nice, they're nice units, and it's something new that's going on the east side of the, or west side of the bridge, compared at least to when I spoke about it today. [01:46:05] So, I hope they, they market some really, really cool businesses to try to get in there upon opening, or, you know, try to coordinate that with the opening of the apartments, condos, and whatever they're going to end up finalized to be, because I think they're great units, and they have a lot of potential. [01:46:21] One other question, did you see the pictures from Tropical Storm Colin on that property? [01:46:27] I saw it from the, the boat dock property on the south side of, or the north side of the bridge. [01:46:35] No, I mean the property, the property itself. [01:46:38] I'll get you the pictures, because it went right over the dry, the seawall. [01:46:42] I have not seen any, other than what was presented tonight. [01:46:50] And just to be clear, we are transferring some development rights. [01:46:56] That's right, and... [01:46:57] We're, we're, we're, we're, we're participating, once again, we're considering not coming to the table without being a fully engaged participant. [01:47:07] And then the other thing, on number seven when it says that the noise ordinance be met, that's a little presumptuous that we have a noise ordinance that we don't have in place today, that we're working on, [01:47:20] I know we'll get one, but it says they're going to follow something, but they may be following something that isn't in place by the time they start. [01:47:29] So, I don't, I know I'm being sarcastic and I'm being, you know, demonstrative about this, but I mean, like I said, this development continues to just challenge my patients, [01:47:43] absolutely challenge my, challenges my patients, and I want it clear known that we have stepped up, I want to say 95% of the time, I won't say every time, [01:47:57] but the city over the years has stepped up to make this thing happen. [01:48:03] And the sooner, the better. [01:48:07] Any other comments or questions? [01:48:13] I think before we start the discussion, we do have a motion and a second. [01:48:18] All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. [01:48:22] Opposed, the like sign. [01:48:24] Next is first reading of Ordinance 2016-2087, Land Use Amendment and Ordinance 2016-2082, Rezoning. [01:48:33] I believe we're doing both of those together, Mr. Pavlik. [01:48:37] Yes, sir, I'll go ahead and read them both. [01:48:41] 2016-2081, an Ordinance Amending the Future Land Use Category for 6.93 acres located at the southern terminus of Congress Street approximately 750 feet south of [01:48:53] Louisiana Avenue from MDR 14, Medium Density Residential Category to R-OS, Recreational Open Space, further described herein in Exhibit A, [01:49:05] providing for servability and providing for an effective date. [01:49:08] Ordinance 2016-2082, an Ordinance Rezoning 6.93 acres located at the southern terminus of Congress Street and approximately 750 feet south of [01:49:19] Louisiana Avenue from MHP, Mobile Home Park District to Government District, further described herein in Exhibit A, [01:49:26] providing for servability, providing for an effective date. [01:49:30] Do we have any detail on this that you want? [01:49:34] I do. I have a presentation I'll be happy to share. [01:49:37] Please. [01:49:40] So this is the companion to your Main Street landing case that you just approved. [01:49:44] And the intent of these two ordinances is to transfer the density from the city's sending site to the Main Street landing receiving site. [01:49:54] And the subject of this discussion really is the sending site, which the city owns. [01:50:00] It's our nearly seven-acre piece that we bought last year for the expansion of the Great Preserve. [01:50:06] You can see it outlined in the red. [01:50:08] So it's at the southern terminus of Congress and it lends nicely to the Great Preserve necklace that we've created and are expanding. [01:50:15] And this essentially will change the land use of that subject property from the category shown on the left in the yellow, [01:50:22] which is currently medium density residential classification, to the green slide on the right, [01:50:29] which shows we're going to convert it to recreation open space. [01:50:32] And when we do that, the city is going to be taking the 97 dwelling units that are currently entitled on that property [01:50:39] and we're going to deposit it into our theoretical bank of development rights. [01:50:45] And 34 of those 97 units are going to be transferred to the Main Street landing site as the receiving site. [01:50:53] So this is the slide that shows the land use change. [01:50:57] The second one shows how we're going to amend the zoning as well. [01:51:03] Both of the ordinances meet the concurrency requirements in the comp plan amendment [01:51:07] and LDRB did recommend approval of both.

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    First Reading, Ordinance #2016-2081: Land Use Plan Amendment & Ordinance #2016-2082: Rezoning - Expansion of the James E. Grey Preserve and Associated Transfer of Development Rights

    approved

    Council held first reading of Ordinance 2016-2081 (Land Use Plan Amendment) and Ordinance 2016-2082 (Rezoning) for the expansion of the James E. Grey Preserve and associated transfer of development rights. Both ordinances passed unanimously on first reading, changing the land use to park and banking transferable development rights for use in the coastal high hazard area.

    Ord. Ordinance #2016-2081; Ordinance #2016-2082

    • motion:Approve first reading of Ordinance 2016-2081 (Land Use Plan Amendment for Grey Preserve expansion). (passed)
    • motion:Approve first reading of Ordinance 2016-2082 (Rezoning for Grey Preserve expansion). (passed)

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    [01:51:12] I'm going to open both of these up for public comment if anyone wishes to address council on either of these ordinances. [01:51:24] Seeing no one come forward, I'm going to bring it back to council. [01:51:27] Mr. Pawlik, I believe we need to do these one at a time. [01:51:30] Move for approval on the first one. [01:51:32] Second. [01:51:33] For the maker. [01:51:34] I just, obviously we've taken great strides to protect our river. [01:51:41] And by taking these theoretical and put them into our theoretical bank, [01:51:49] that's a good thing because we have other places in the city that we can use them. [01:51:54] But it is a very good thing that we're changing this land use from what could have been an RV park at one point [01:52:06] with the advent of paving, the advent of stormwater runoff, all of those things, [01:52:14] and turning it into a park in addition to its connection to the Great Preserve. [01:52:20] To me, I think it's good stewardship. [01:52:23] I think we protect our river. [01:52:26] And it gives us some bankable development items that will allow Mr. Iazzoni to go make some other deals. [01:52:34] Thank you. [01:52:35] I could not have put it better myself. [01:52:37] Councilman Davis, I believe you had the second. [01:52:39] The only thing that I would like to look at down the road is the possibility of that being the main entrance to the park [01:52:47] to the Great Preserve because the other entrances are pretty much going through people's neighborhoods. [01:52:54] So I think down the road that we might utilize that. [01:53:00] Just like Mr. Phillips said in the last ordinance, [01:53:05] just one more perk that we're bringing to the table for the developer of Main Street Landings, [01:53:08] I think we've been very, very, not easy, but a very good partner with negotiating this agreement [01:53:14] to finally continue with the completion of the project. [01:53:19] And we're basically transferring rights from, at least it's only on the phone today, [01:53:22] of units that we could transfer to any other developer. [01:53:26] Not exactly. [01:53:27] The units to be transferred to another site, they have to be in that coastal high hazard area, [01:53:32] meaning stuff along the river or kind of west of 19th. [01:53:35] Another development on the river. [01:53:36] It's not just any site. [01:53:37] It has to be in a specified area. [01:53:43] I just applaud you, Ms. Pierce. [01:53:45] This is, you know, it's exciting what you do. [01:53:49] Now I see it. [01:53:52] I want to respond to Mr. Davis and his ongoing idea of creating that as the main entrance into the Great Preserve. [01:54:02] That's ideally what needs to happen. [01:54:06] And I will tell you, I was at a community meeting a couple of weeks ago, [01:54:12] and a former city employee who had 26 or 27 years expressed a deep concern of the way that we were going to enhance [01:54:25] that particular property because of the way that they had enhanced a similar piece [01:54:32] or something similar over in the meadows. [01:54:35] And it turned it into something undesirable in that neighborhood. [01:54:39] So for us to begin the process of identifying that end spot as a main entrance into our park, [01:54:49] I think is a good thing for us to strive for as we move forward. [01:54:55] Thank you. [01:54:56] And I've already let the powers that be with the Boy Scouts know that there's some Eagle Scout projects associated [01:55:03] with developing that as an entrance area. [01:55:08] I'm happy with this. [01:55:09] If there's no further discussion, all those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [01:55:13] Aye. [01:55:14] Opposed? [01:55:15] The like sign. [01:55:16] Next is Ordinance 2016-2082. [01:55:20] Mr. Phillips, if you'd like to also make that motion. [01:55:22] I'll move for approval. [01:55:23] Second. [01:55:24] To the maker. [01:55:25] Second. [01:55:26] Nothing. [01:55:27] Mr. Berkey? [01:55:28] Nothing further. [01:55:29] Mr. Beltranis? [01:55:30] Nothing further. [01:55:31] Me too. [01:55:32] If there's no further discussion, all those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [01:55:34] Aye. [01:55:35] Opposed? [01:55:36] The like sign. [01:55:37] Motion passes. [01:55:38] Next is the second reading of Ordinance 2016-2084. [01:55:41] Mr. Publick? [01:55:42] In Ordinance of the City of Newport City, Florida, amending Chapter 15, Public Nuisance, [01:55:46] Section 15.00.00, General Storage, Unsanitary Conditions, and General Public Nuisances, [01:55:53] deleting Section 11-16, 11-17, and 11-18 of Chapter 11, Article 2, [01:55:59] providing for severability and ineffectivity. [01:56:05] We have a presentation on this? [01:56:09] I think you just did. [01:56:12] There is no specific presentation on this since this is the second reading. [01:56:16] What this is an accumulation of is code enforcement and myself working to streamline [01:56:23] and make the code more efficient. [01:56:25] We went through and deleted Section 11-16, which dealt with excessive growth and accumulations, weeds, [01:56:31] plant material, et cetera, and found it to make the most sense to merge that into Section 15, [01:56:39] regarding general public nuisances. [01:56:42] We also added definitions, essentially completely rewrote Section 15, [01:56:49] to make it more workable for code enforcement. [01:56:53] To address some of the concerns of the citizens who came up prior, [01:56:58] it is not the intention or the goal to go in and target these piles of debris. [01:57:07] I guess they're yard accumulations for residents. [01:57:12] That's not the intention. [01:57:15] In fact, under the old Section 11-16, [01:57:19] there was a clause that arguably the city could have enforced it under 11-16, [01:57:25] but that is not the intention of this ordinance is to go after these approved piles, [01:57:29] which I believe are approved by a separate ordinance. [01:57:33] Is this up for public comment? [01:57:50] I appreciate that that's not the intention of the ordinance. [01:57:54] However, it clearly does state so. [01:57:57] And it also adds a fine is now $500 per day for that.

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12. 9.e

    Second Reading, Ordinance 2016-2084: Amending Chapter 15.00.00, General Storage, Unsanitary Conditions and General Public Nuisance

    discussed

    Council held second reading of Ordinance 2016-2084 amending Chapter 15.00.00 regarding general storage, unsanitary conditions and public nuisance. Concerns were raised about the definition of 'rubbish' including vegetative matter/landscape debris, potentially exposing homeowners to $500/day fines for debris dropped on their right-of-way by others, and the lack of designated pickup areas. Discussion ensued about long-standing city landscape pickup practices but no clear decision was captured in this excerpt.

    Ord. Ordinance 2016-2084

    📍Farragut📍Terry Drive👤Mr. Hook👤Phillips👤Robert#Chapter 15.00.00#North River District#Ordinance 2016-2084

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    [01:58:05] And for those of us who own pieces of property, [01:58:09] to have this possible burden of somebody else putting something on your yard [01:58:16] and you're now responsible for it is troubling. [01:58:21] And I'm sorry, Deputy Mayor Phillips, [01:58:25] if you felt offended in any way by what I said earlier, [01:58:30] that somehow I was taking you to task. [01:58:32] That was not my intention. [01:58:34] I'm sorry that I didn't bring something more positive to the council. [01:58:38] However, these are services that we pay for, not that we are granted. [01:58:45] They are parts of something that we pay for our taxes. [01:58:50] And so therefore, yes, we are going to come and discuss it with you [01:58:54] when we feel that we're not getting what we've been promised. [01:59:00] Just please ask that if this is not the intention to define rubbish, [01:59:06] as you have in your definitions, as being a vegetative matter, [01:59:15] then please strike it. [01:59:19] That should be simple enough. [01:59:23] But it troubles me. [01:59:26] May I ask a question, Mr. Grove? [01:59:27] Just so I'm clear, the way you're interpreting, you're an attorney, obviously, [01:59:31] so you're better reading these things than I am. [01:59:33] But the way you're interpreting it, let's say on the side of my yard on Terry Drive, [01:59:37] I put a designated pickup area for landscape debris for the city, [01:59:41] and then I have neighbors or a commercial landscaper come by [01:59:44] and drop a bunch of debris that's ten foot high that's sitting there for two months [01:59:48] or Christmas tree in April, as was brought up earlier. [01:59:51] The way it reads, even though we're verbally saying that's not our intention, [01:59:55] I could be subject to a $500 day fine for that. [01:59:59] Is that your concern? [02:00:00] just so I'm clear? That's my concern. I'm also concerned with the premise that there's [02:00:06] a designated area. I would love to have a designated area. I have just purchased the [02:00:14] lot behind me, which was an eyesore house, which I plan to clean up, which is there on [02:00:20] Farragut. I would be happy to, on one of my pieces of property, to say, okay, let's make [02:00:26] this a designated area. Let's put some railroad ties and let people put it. But let's define [02:00:32] where this is. These things are just popping up everywhere. I mean, really, in our North [02:00:38] River District, I am seeing these small piles popping up everywhere, and I don't know really [02:00:46] where they're coming from. And so since you are responsible for, from your property line [02:00:54] to the middle of an alley or to the curb of the street, yes, I think it's vulnerable. [02:01:04] Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else? Seeing no one else come forward, bring it back to [02:01:10] council. I have a question. Yes. So if I'm understanding this correctly, currently each [02:01:18] homeowner in the city has an area that they can put their landscape cuttings or whatever. [02:01:27] Is that correct? I don't think it's currently designated. We don't currently say it has [02:01:31] to be on the east side of your front door or even out front or out back. I think that's [02:01:36] a great concern that there's no designated property or location. Well, but traditionally, [02:01:43] I mean, maybe it's just houses I've lived in. It's designated for to be placed on the [02:01:49] right-of-way in front of your property, and if you have an alley, you can put it in the [02:01:54] alley in the rear portion of your property. Years ago, a lot of neighbors would get together [02:02:03] and they would agree to have a community pile like Mr. Hook has been talking about, and [02:02:08] it did save the city time, and it condensed all the piles just into one location, and [02:02:13] the city would come by and pick it up. And that worked out well in some of the neighborhoods, [02:02:18] but then some of the residents moved, passed on, other neighbors moved in. They didn't [02:02:24] like that community pile, and so when we couldn't get agreement with all the neighbors and stuff, [02:02:31] then we would have to revert back to, okay, well now everybody has to have their own pile [02:02:36] on the right-of-way in front of their property. But there are still some community piles out [02:02:42] there that we do pick up. [02:02:43] I guess the problem I have with removing the terminology debris is, let's say we have someone [02:02:49] who's not a conscious homeowner or a landlord and decided to cut a bunch of landscape articles [02:02:58] off some trees or bushes and doesn't have or is even taking an attempt to have a designated [02:03:04] pick-up area for the city service, and he just puts it in his front yard, 10 feet from [02:03:09] his front door, and leaves it there for months. Then we really, I think that's... [02:03:15] That would be a violation and be a citable offense. [02:03:17] Right. So instead of omitting the term or striking the term debris, can we add something [02:03:23] in the ordinance where that if debris of landscape debris is, and it may already be in there, [02:03:27] is set aside in a designated area for the city pick-up service, that it would not be [02:03:33] subject to a $500 day fine? [02:03:34] I have a question with this program that the city has. Is there actually an ordinance, [02:03:41] Robert, that says that this debris, this landscape material is to be put in the right-of-way [02:03:47] or is this just a policy? [02:03:49] I'd have to look into that. [02:03:52] I'm not aware that we have an ordinance to that effect. We have offered that service [02:03:57] for a long time, and it's become, it's almost like squatter rights because people have accepted [02:04:05] that it's part of their ad valorem taxes. So now we've set the standard. Mr. Hook, and [02:04:12] usually Mr. Hook and I agree on a lot of different things, and in this case we've gotten off [02:04:19] on a bad foot only because I was at a point, felt like we got pretty well beat up, and [02:04:24] I appreciate your point because I understand that these, it sets the platform to where [02:04:29] if you had a combative city council or a combative manager that was looking to save dollars, [02:04:38] they could look at this ordinance and say, well, that means we could go back and remove [02:04:42] this long-standing service that we put in.

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13. 10.a

    Plat Approval: Ozanum Village

    Council took up a plat approval request for Ozanum Village, a replat of a previously platted Teneticourt townhome development that would supersede the prior plat and create new lot lines for a new subdivision. The transcript excerpt only captures the introduction of the item by staff.

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    [02:04:46] My frustration is that because of the things that we've taxed our public works department [02:04:53] with, and their staff now, we're not meeting expectations because we can't get around to [02:05:01] pick this up fast enough and or communicate it fast enough to the residents when we're [02:05:07] going to be there. When they go to look to find when we're going to be there, they can't [02:05:11] find it on our website, which many things we can't find on our website. [02:05:18] Mr. Hook and I are having a, and I recognize him being an attorney, and I appreciate him [02:05:25] taking the extra time to read this in depth and erring on what the possibility might be, [02:05:34] but once again, this is a service that we have instituted, and as I said, it's not in [02:05:41] stone, and we ran up against it two years ago when we started kicking around ways of [02:05:45] trying to look to save some dollars. That was put out, and that was almost like the [02:05:50] fifth rail of Duport-Ritchie. This has always been, and we love that service, because if [02:06:00] we had to have our resident base remove their debris, it would be horrendous. [02:06:08] We've got parking issues. They've got courting issues. The lady mentioned earlier today that [02:06:17] she got rid of a lot of stuff in her front yard that she'd been saving for a while, which [02:06:21] is great. We provided that. Being the case, I would like for us to look at this ordinance. [02:06:30] I'd like to table it and really define those words and to really get to a point where we're [02:06:36] all comfortable with it, because I think it sets up the opportunity for us to again [02:06:42] offend our residents on something else that somebody else does, especially if it's a community [02:06:49] pile that all of a sudden you've got five people that are putting it in, and it's not [02:06:53] the direct homeowner, but they're going to get the fine. [02:06:58] I don't think we're going to monumentally affect anything if we take a little more time [02:07:04] to further define this and make sure that we have it right. [02:07:08] We have a motion on the floor to table this and send it back to staff. Do we have a second? [02:07:14] Yes, with a comment. I love that when two lawyers get together, they'll figure it out, [02:07:25] and they'll get it right. I appreciate that. Just because I'm in a situation in this town [02:07:32] where I own a lot, where about a half a dozen neighbors all put their stuff there and the [02:07:39] city knows to pick it up there, and it works fine because there's not a house on the lot, [02:07:44] and then yet I live next door to a house that's been in turmoil since I think it was Debbie [02:07:50] or whatever that storm was three or four years ago. [02:07:53] We have neighbors there that just decide to put that in there because no one lives there. [02:08:00] I'm on both sides of this fence, and I'd like it just to get it right, so that's why I second it. [02:08:06] I don't believe a motion to table is a debatable item, so therefore I will call the question. [02:08:12] All those in favor of tabling this and sending it back to staff for further work, please [02:08:18] signify by saying aye. Aye. [02:08:20] Opposed? We'll send it back to you guys. Get it sorted out, please. [02:08:26] You know how to get ahold of each other. [02:08:29] Next is, we're going to go on to business items. [02:08:32] The first is a plant approval for, I'm not even going to try to pronounce, somebody's village. [02:08:38] Thank you. [02:08:44] Just briefly, this is a plat request. The plat is really a replat from a previous development that was [02:08:52] Teneticourt townhome development. This plat would supersede that and creates new lot lines as part of a new subdivision.

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14. 10.b

    Resolution 2016-14: Amending the Comprehensive Table of Fees Regarding Special Events and Queen of Peace Hall

    discussed

    Council considered Resolution 2016-14 to amend the comprehensive table of fees for special events at Sims Park and rental of Queen of Peace Hall, based on Parks and Recreation Advisory Board review. Staff recommended approval; public comment was opened with no speakers. (Transcript ends before a recorded vote on this item.)

    Ord. Resolution 2016-14

    📍Queen of Peace Hall📍Sims Park👤Ms. Smith#Comprehensive Table of Fees#Parks and Recreation Advisory Board#Resolution 2016-14

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    [02:09:01] The site plan that's associated with this case was approved by the DRC. [02:09:07] It includes 30 multifamily units, which are geared towards veterans housing, and it's four-year approval. [02:09:13] The applicant has been patiently waiting for this request tonight, and he's in the audience. [02:09:22] Good. Does the applicant wish to say anything? [02:09:26] Apparently not. [02:09:35] I have one question. What was the density of the first? [02:09:39] I think it was, I don't know. [02:09:45] 33 units in the previous one. [02:09:48] Are you Tom Smith? [02:09:51] It was a little more, three more units in the last one. [02:09:54] Okay, thank you. [02:09:56] I just want it to be highlighted in whatever we do with regards to our public relations. [02:10:02] We appreciate it very much that you've designated this for veterans. [02:10:07] We find that admirable. [02:10:09] You sat through a bunch of our stuff tonight and how we're trying to balance all the things we do in the city. [02:10:17] We appreciate that we can, once again, talk about our veterans and have a place for them in the incorporated New Port Richey to be part of. [02:10:29] Mr. Shirky? [02:10:45] Thank you, Mr. Shirky. [02:10:47] Good point. [02:10:49] Yeah, I'm just curious of the name. [02:10:52] Osanam. [02:10:54] Mr. Smith, would you mind coming to the microphone? [02:10:56] Sorry, Mr. Smith. [02:10:59] That'll be the same reception when you get on that mic, but we just wanted you to, so they can see you on TV. [02:11:06] Absolutely. [02:11:07] Brian Smith, 215 49th Street South in St. Pete. [02:11:10] We're co-developers. [02:11:12] There's a non-profit that we'll own, which will be St. Vincent DePaul, ultimately, that will provide the mission for it. [02:11:17] And if you go back to the 1600s, I believe in Paris, how St. Vincent DePaul got started was with a guy. [02:11:23] He was a lawyer that gave up being a lawyer and started helping social services with the poor and the homeless back in Paris, I believe is what the story is. [02:11:31] So that's where the name came from. [02:11:33] St. Vincent DePaul has a location in downtown next to the mayor, so we very much appreciate it. [02:11:41] We plan to tout this development working on throughout the city as a pro-veterans community. [02:11:49] Thank you very much. [02:11:50] Absolutely. [02:11:51] Thank you. [02:11:55] Hearing none, all those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [02:11:58] Aye. [02:11:59] Opposed, like sign. [02:12:00] Motion passes. [02:12:01] Next is Resolution 2016-14, amending the comprehensive table of fees regarding special events and Queen of Peace Hall. [02:12:11] Mr. Mayor, members of the City Council, this request relates to Sims Park specifically for special events and also for rental of Queen of Peace Hall. [02:12:25] The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board reviewed the current fees for special events and the rental of the Queen of Peace Hall in the city's comprehensive table of fees. [02:12:38] We are now recommending some changes to the fee schedule as outlined in Ms. Smith's 6-21-2016 communication to you. [02:12:47] Our recommendation to you is that you approve the proposed changes. [02:12:54] Open this up for public comment. [02:12:57] Seeing no one come forward, bring it back to Council.

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15. 10.c

    Kia Fest Main Street Blast - Alcoholic Beverage Special Event

    discussed

    Council discussed proposed changes to the fee resolution related to alcoholic beverage special event applications and Peace Hall rentals, clarifying that the $250 application fee had been charged but was never formally in the fee resolution. Staff explained that private rentals at Peace Hall (e.g., wedding receptions) would not trigger the $250 fee, only the rental fee, while public events with an organizer inviting the public would.

    📍Hacienda📍Peace Hall#Alcoholic Beverage Special Event application#Carnival bond/fee#Fee resolution#Kia Fest Main Street Blast#Peace Hall rental fees

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    [02:13:00] I just have a question. [02:13:01] What brought this all about? [02:13:02] I'm reading all these changes. [02:13:03] I don't even know what a carnival bond is and how it would pertain to Peace Hall. [02:13:07] Yes, sir. [02:13:08] Part of it is actually some housekeeping because we realized that although it's listed on the alcoholic beverage special event application that there is a $250 fee, it never was part of the fee resolution. [02:13:22] Also for the carnival, we had the same thing, realized that we had been charging a fee and it was never identified in the fee resolution. [02:13:31] So part of it was for that. [02:13:33] The other reason they did want to look at making some revisions to the fees that are being charged at Peace Hall. [02:13:39] So if an organization just wants to have a small event inside Peace Hall and maybe have a little wine and cheese, they're not going to have to pay $250? [02:13:47] Regardless of attending or anything like that? [02:13:51] Peace Hall rental is for private functions. [02:13:57] So if they wanted to have an event there, as long as they weren't charging for the alcohol or charging a cover charge, they could just as a regular rental of Peace Hall. [02:14:07] But Peace Hall in the ordinance for alcohol use is not an alcoholic beverage rental site for where you invite the public in, where an organization runs it and you invite the public in. [02:14:19] I guess what I'm thinking of is Hacienda being done, maybe a wedding at the Hacienda and a little reception at Peace Hall. [02:14:24] Absolutely. [02:14:25] So they can do that, but they now have to pay $250 to have champagne at the reception. [02:14:30] No, they would not have to pay an application fee. [02:14:32] No, they would just pay the rental for Peace Hall. [02:14:35] Okay, so it's just one flat fee then? [02:14:37] Correct. [02:14:41] So the next fees for Peace Hall would be, did they increase for when special event coordinators are hosting an event in the park and they want to incorporate Peace Hall into the event site? [02:14:56] Did those fees increase for that? [02:15:00] These would be the rental for Peace Hall would be for a special event, or it could be with [02:15:06] an event organizer, or it could also be somebody wanting to host a wedding reception. [02:15:13] What is the max from the fire department on that building? [02:15:18] A hundred people.

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16. 10.d

    Board Appointment: Rose Mohr, Library Advisory Board

    Discussion touched on Peace Hall and recreation rental fees, with mention that the advisory board recommended a slight increase. The agenda item is a board appointment for Rose Mohr to the Library Advisory Board, but the transcript excerpt does not capture the actual appointment vote.

    🏢Board of Realtors🏢Quality Inn🏢Queen of Peace👤Pawlik👤Rose Mohr#Library Advisory Board#Peace Hall rental fees#Recreation Advisory Board#annual fee review

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    [02:15:20] I went around and did a little research. [02:15:24] I looked at the hotel on 19, whatever it's called now, the one across from... [02:15:31] Travel Inn? [02:15:32] No. [02:15:33] You're bad. [02:15:34] One by Queen of Peace. [02:15:35] Yeah, I was late, but that was really good. [02:15:41] I appreciate that. [02:15:42] One by Queen of Peace, Quality Inn, okay. [02:15:45] I went there, and I went to the Board of Realtors, and one other place, and I went to one other [02:15:58] place, and we're really cheap. [02:16:01] I mean, it should re-evaluate. [02:16:07] The advisory board did recommend a slight increase to the rentals for Peace Hall, and [02:16:13] this is something that we're going to now on an annual basis review all of our fees. [02:16:17] We're in the process right now of reviewing all the other fees associated with the recreation [02:16:21] center and the rentals for shelters. [02:16:25] This was started for events, and then Peace Hall included because it is often used for [02:16:29] different events. [02:16:31] We know that that fee is probably still a little bit low, but the advisory board looked [02:16:36] at what they felt like the community could tolerate, and that we may look at additional [02:16:40] slight increases as time goes. [02:16:46] Why they wouldn't be knocking down our doors is beyond me. [02:16:52] Entertain a motion. [02:16:53] I have a question. [02:16:54] Mr. Pawlik, do I have a conflict since my wife serves on the recreation?

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17. 10.e

    Three-Minute Report: Library

    approved

    Council appointed Rose Moore to fill the first alternate vacancy on the Library Advisory Board. (Transcript also captures tail end of prior library item vote and beginning of KFS Main Street Blast alcohol permit discussion.)

    • motion:Appoint Rose Moore as first alternate to the Library Advisory Board. (passed)

    🏢Library Advisory Board👤Rose Moore👤Starkey#Library Advisory Board first alternate vacancy

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    [02:17:02] Mr. Mayor and I both have wives that serve on that board, so do we have any... [02:17:08] You don't believe you have a conflict and you can't vote? [02:17:11] I just wanted to make sure because I know they have some sunshine provisions and some [02:17:16] other things. [02:17:17] I just... [02:17:18] So, if my wife encouraged me to pass this, I wanted to make sure I wasn't violating [02:17:22] something. [02:17:23] Move for approval then. [02:17:24] Do we have a second? [02:17:25] No, absolutely not. [02:17:26] Do we have a second? [02:17:27] No, absolutely not. [02:17:28] We asked you for a second. [02:17:29] You said no, absolutely not. [02:17:30] Second. [02:17:31] Oh, sorry. [02:17:32] You just got in trouble with your wife big time. [02:17:33] I would have to get the microphone on and say something to the effect that my wife didn't [02:17:42] say boo about this to me. [02:17:43] We have a motion and a second. [02:17:46] Is there any further discussion? [02:17:49] All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [02:17:51] Aye. [02:17:52] Opposed, like sign. [02:17:53] Motion passes. [02:17:54] Next is an alcoholic beverage special event permit for the KFS Main Street Blast. [02:18:01] Mr. Mayor, the request is to hold KFS on July 1st and 2nd this year. [02:18:06] The specific request is to sell beer and wine on site on Friday, July 1st from 5 p.m. to [02:18:14] 11 p.m. and Saturday, July 2nd from 12 p.m. to 11 p.m. [02:18:20] And based on the staff's review of this item, we're recommending that you approve the request. [02:18:27] Thank you. [02:18:28] Any other public comments? [02:18:31] Seeing no one come forward, bring it back to Council. [02:18:33] Move for approval. [02:18:34] I'll second it when I have a question. [02:18:35] Okay. [02:18:36] The maker. [02:18:37] I'll second. [02:18:38] Yeah, it says under the budget fiscal impact, it's projected to cost $96.78 for city services [02:18:46] and materials. [02:18:47] The expense will be paid by event organizer. [02:18:51] Isn't this and the, I thought that we as Council had approved a $5,000 in-kind on the [02:19:02] Cody River and the KFS last year in our budget? [02:19:07] I think when it was... [02:19:08] You're correct. [02:19:09] Oh, okay. [02:19:10] So this is the amount of costs for city services and you'll receive an in-kind subsidy to the [02:19:19] cost of $5,000. [02:19:20] Okay, great. [02:19:21] Thank you. [02:19:22] I just want to... [02:19:23] Very good. [02:19:24] Thank you. [02:19:25] Okay. [02:19:26] Mr. Starkey. [02:19:27] Deputy Mayor. [02:19:28] Let's vote. [02:19:29] I have nothing. [02:19:30] All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [02:19:32] Aye. [02:19:33] Opposed? [02:19:34] Like sign. [02:19:35] Next is a board appointment of Rose Moore to the Library Advisory Board. [02:19:38] Mr. Mayor, members of Council, there is a current vacancy as a first alternate on the Library [02:19:46] Board. [02:19:47] Ms. Rose Moore has indicated her interest in serving on the board.

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    Three-Minute Report: Technology Solutions

    The Library Director presented a three-minute report on combating the 'summer slide,' explaining how summer learning loss disproportionately affects low-income students in New Port Richey and how the library's reading programs help close achievement gaps. The report noted that over 350 adults enrolled in the prior year's reading program.

    #Adult Reading Program#Crushing Summer Slide#Library Summer Reading Program

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    [02:19:53] If you determine that it's appropriate for her to serve, her term will expire on 1st, [02:20:00] 2019. [02:20:01] Board, bring it back to Council on the Environmental Committee. [02:20:07] Do we have any other people to serve on the board? [02:20:13] Yes, we do. [02:20:16] Thank you. [02:20:17] Mr. Mayor? [02:20:18] No, sir. [02:20:19] Please sign. [02:20:20] Thank you. [02:20:21] I have nothing. [02:20:22] All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [02:20:23] Aye. [02:20:24] Opposed? [02:20:25] Like sign. [02:20:26] Next is a three-minute report from the library. [02:20:27] Thank you. [02:20:28] Tonight, I'm going to be discussing crushing summer slide. [02:20:29] Many of us remember summer as a fun-filled vacation, visiting places, exploring new interests, [02:20:53] or just taking a relaxing break and wishing grown-ups would stop asking us how many days [02:20:58] are left before school starts. [02:21:00] But for New Port Richey's lowest-income students, it's a time when they struggle to find something [02:21:05] to do, food to eat, and a safe place to be. [02:21:10] These same vulnerable students who lack access to summer learning slide way behind their [02:21:16] peers. [02:21:17] Research reveals long-term consequences, achievement gaps that separate these students from their [02:21:23] peers across all grade levels and later career success. [02:21:29] For any of you that grew up in poverty and educated yourself to succeed, you may have [02:21:33] a deep understanding of the value of summers spent with librarians. [02:21:40] How do we make a difference, one book at a time? [02:21:44] When children select reading materials themselves and read for enjoyment, they achieve better [02:21:49] reading comprehension, writing style, vocabulary, spelling, and grammatical development. [02:21:56] We guide and encourage students to choose. [02:22:00] And students that enjoy reading tend to read more often. [02:22:04] Each class and performance ties in with reading material to give reading a purpose and to [02:22:09] make learning fun. [02:22:13] And children and teens read more when the adults in their lives also read. [02:22:18] By supporting our adult reading program, you can beef up your brain, too. [02:22:23] Reading promotes a more agile mind, leading to greater mental health and well-being. [02:22:29] Last year, over 350 adults enrolled in the youth reading competition and read just under

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