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   Pledge of Allegiance

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

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   [00:00:15] I ask you to all stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance [00:00:18] and remain standing for a moment of silence [00:00:21] in honor of our servicemen and women at home and abroad.

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   Moment of Silence

   The council observed a moment of silence in honor of servicemen and women at home and abroad, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.

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   [00:00:18] and remain standing for a moment of silence [00:00:21] in honor of our servicemen and women at home and abroad. [00:00:24] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America [00:00:29] and to the republic for which it stands, [00:00:31] one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty [00:00:35] and justice for all.

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   Approval of the July 19, 2016 Work Session and Regular Meeting Minutes

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   Council approved a motion to appoint the interim city attorney, then approved the July 19, 2016 work session and regular meeting minutes.

   • motion:Motion to appoint the interim city attorney. (passed)
   • motion:Motion to approve the July 19, 2016 work session and regular meeting minutes. (passed)

   #Interim City Attorney appointment#July 19, 2016 Regular Meeting Minutes#July 19, 2016 Work Session Minutes

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   [00:00:48] I have been advised that we should probably [00:00:53] have a motion and a second to vote [00:00:55] to appoint our interim city attorney [00:00:58] so that he can validly tell us when we're [00:01:02] about to do something stupid. [00:01:04] Move for approval. [00:01:05] Second. [00:01:06] Discussion. [00:01:07] All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [00:01:10] Aye. [00:01:11] Opposed, like sign. [00:01:12] Motion passes. [00:01:13] Now we'll go to the approval of the July 19th work session [00:01:16] and regular session minutes. [00:01:19] Move for approval. [00:01:20] Second. [00:01:21] Discussion. [00:01:22] All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [00:01:24] Aye. [00:01:25] Opposed, like sign. [00:01:27] Motion passes. [00:01:28] Next, we have the honor of a presentation by Mr. Wells.

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   Presentation: The Honorable Mike Wells, Pasco County Property Appraiser

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   Pasco County Property Appraiser Mike Wells gave his final presentation to the council before retirement, reporting that New Port Richey property values lagged the county's 7.5% increase due to the Save Our Homes amendment, high homestead percentage (50%), and a rising vacancy rate in the hospital area (16% in 2010 to 36% now). Council pushed back that downtown vacancy has dropped significantly in the past year, and Wells agreed to have his staff physically survey Main Street occupancy and report back.

   • direction:Wells agreed to have appraiser staff physically survey Main Street vacancy rates and report back to the council. (none)

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   [00:01:34] Mike, come on up. [00:01:38] While Mike's on his way up, as Mike told me in the audience, [00:01:44] this is his last time he's coming to see New Port Richey. [00:01:47] He, after a stint on county commission and then, [00:01:51] is it 12 or 16 years? [00:01:55] Eight of county commission and 20 as property appraiser. [00:01:58] And he is riding off in the sunset over back to Dade City [00:02:03] and going to enjoy the rest of his life. [00:02:05] We very much appreciate the service. [00:02:08] And as usual, we invite you to come see us [00:02:11] every couple of years to tell us what we're doing. [00:02:14] I just do that. [00:02:15] I think my latest claim to fame is I'm Commissioner Wells' [00:02:19] father. [00:02:21] So I may be going to the county commission meetings [00:02:24] once a month and stand up during the squawk session [00:02:27] and tell them everything is wrong with the county. [00:02:29] And then turn around and leave. [00:02:31] Well, your son might listen to you there, [00:02:33] but he doesn't listen to you at the house. [00:02:35] He's never listened to me before, so why would he start? [00:02:39] Thank you for having me here tonight. [00:02:42] In general, the county, things are [00:02:44] starting to cook a little bit. [00:02:46] Up about 7.5% last year. [00:02:50] But New Port Richey wasn't. [00:02:52] And it's kind of the same thing we talked about last time [00:02:55] I was here. [00:02:56] Nothing's changed much. [00:02:59] One of the problems all government in Florida [00:03:01] is suffering over is the Save Our Homes Amendment. [00:03:07] When I was county commissioner, if the value of the county [00:03:11] went up 8%, we could leave millage alone [00:03:15] and get 8% more revenue. [00:03:17] Well, that's not the case anymore. [00:03:20] In New Port Richey, just about right on the money, [00:03:24] 50% of your market value is homesteaded, [00:03:28] which means 50% regardless of what values can go up 25%. [00:03:35] Wells can only raise the assessment, [00:03:37] the CPI, which is 0.7%. [00:03:43] This coming year, it's going to be probably 0.8. [00:03:48] So you have the other half. [00:03:50] And then we start looking around at some things. [00:03:55] The hospital, when you don't have a lot of sales [00:04:00] of properties, you don't have comps to create values. [00:04:04] So we have to use the income approach. [00:04:07] That's what we're forced to do in New Port Richey. [00:04:09] There's just so little non-residential sales here. [00:04:14] And the vacancy rate, when you're [00:04:18] looking at the income approach, is a significant contributor [00:04:24] to the value. [00:04:26] The vacancy rate in what we call the hospital area, which [00:04:32] is where the hospital is, in 2010, the vacancy rate was 16%. [00:04:40] Now it's 36%. [00:04:41] Just for clarification, you're talking [00:04:43] about old community hospital, correct? [00:04:44] Yes. [00:04:45] Yes. [00:04:46] Now I understand some things are cooking with that. [00:04:48] Is that correct? [00:04:51] We hope. [00:04:53] We hope the fire's turned up. [00:04:56] Plus, you wrote your group when they moved. [00:05:01] And as they were moving, you wrote the property value down. [00:05:03] Because obviously, it wasn't a functioning hospital. [00:05:07] And so the value's been where it's been the last few years. [00:05:11] And now, obviously, they're tearing down [00:05:13] some physical structure. [00:05:14] But yeah, we've got some things. [00:05:16] We call that our marine district. [00:05:18] Even if the VA does come in and take it over, [00:05:20] the bad news for you is it's exempt from taxation. [00:05:25] The private developer will own it. [00:05:28] So it'll be in private hands, not public. [00:05:33] But some of that part of that will be there. [00:05:36] Private developer buys it and rents it to the VA. [00:05:38] It's taxable. [00:05:40] So I suppose that's a good thing. [00:05:44] There's not a lot of good things. [00:05:46] Leverock sold for $1.5 million. [00:05:49] We were assessed at 85%, which is about where we need to be. [00:05:54] Let's see who else sold. [00:05:57] The former Bayside Inn sold for $3 million in 2015. [00:06:02] We fit 91% on that one. [00:06:05] There's a mobile home park, Imperial Mobile Home Park. [00:06:08] So for $1.96 million, we're at 87%. [00:06:12] So the reason I'm sharing this with you, [00:06:13] our assessments are right on the money. [00:06:16] We're right where we need to be. [00:06:18] If the mobile home park, as an example, [00:06:19] came in and we were 50% of value, that would be a problem. [00:06:24] But we're not. [00:06:25] We're right on the money. [00:06:27] The only thing that I can suggest [00:06:29] is what I talked about last time. [00:06:34] There are communities throughout Florida [00:06:37] that have been very successful at rehabilitating [00:06:43] their residential areas. [00:06:45] The problem that you have here is most of your houses are old. [00:06:50] A lot of them are rented. [00:06:52] Renters don't care for them like you and I care for our house. [00:06:57] But that's not unique. [00:07:00] There are hundreds of communities [00:07:01] like that throughout Florida. [00:07:04] Pinellas County and Hillsborough County [00:07:06] has some communities there. [00:07:07] I grew up in St. Pete. [00:07:09] And I remember some of these old communities. [00:07:11] Those houses are bringing $300,000 and $400,000 a piece [00:07:14] now. [00:07:15] Somebody figured out a way to attract people [00:07:19] to go to those neighborhoods and buy those houses, fix them up. [00:07:26] It takes a few courageous people, I suppose. [00:07:28] There has to be a way to do it. [00:07:31] And our numbers are right on. [00:07:38] You have practically no new construction here, none. [00:07:47] The county is an example. [00:07:50] There's a $100 million shopping mall out there, [00:07:53] 56 in the interstate. [00:07:56] That's a shot in the arm economically. [00:08:02] Wouldn't it be nice if New Port Richey [00:08:03] could get something that big? [00:08:07] Any questions of me? [00:08:08] I mean, I'm not going to stand here and tell you [00:08:10] what you want to hear because that's just not [00:08:12] the way I do things. [00:08:13] The thing that we've been seeing over the last probably year [00:08:18] or so, and it doesn't seem to reflect in what's happened [00:08:22] with the property values, the downtown two years ago [00:08:26] was practically a ghost town. [00:08:28] Marriott, what, 50% vacancy? [00:08:32] For all intents and purposes, the historic downtown is full. [00:08:36] And we're starting to see filling [00:08:38] in on the section that's on the other side of the bridge. [00:08:41] There are people coming in, and that's [00:08:44] generating income for some landlords, [00:08:46] even if it's not generating new construction. [00:08:52] That's not what I'm hearing from my staff. [00:08:55] I'll tell you what we're seeing here. [00:08:56] It's been a huge change in the occupancy rate. [00:09:00] And that's been in the last year. [00:09:01] And a lot of that was here before January 1st, which [00:09:03] was the date that the appraisal should have been hit on. [00:09:09] The only thing that I can tell you, Mayor, [00:09:11] is I'll be glad to have my staff get over here [00:09:14] and physically walk all of Main Street [00:09:20] and take a look at the vacancy rates. [00:09:23] They're telling me that there's some increase, but not much. [00:09:27] The area of Main Street, they're [00:09:32] seeing some stuff going on, but they can't [00:09:35] jump ahead for the 2016 year. [00:09:38] They've got to get them. [00:09:41] Like the tax roll that we're working on right now [00:09:44] is what happened during 2015. [00:09:46] Right. [00:09:48] That's always been the logistics. [00:09:50] Is that you're working about 12 or 14 months in arrears? [00:09:56] The two sales on Main Street that occurred in 2015, [00:09:58] we fit between 80% and 85% on those. [00:10:01] There's West of Main Street has been a sale in 2016. [00:10:05] But they're not talking about rentals. [00:10:10] I will have that investigated, and we will report to you. [00:10:14] If you would, a lot of the downtown [00:10:16] is owned by individuals who then rent out to the businesses. [00:10:21] Sure. [00:10:23] The other thing, Mike, is that obviously we [00:10:27] build a couple of assisted care facilities here in the city. [00:10:30] We had an infill project over by the rec center. [00:10:32] That was substantial investment. [00:10:35] The house across, what was a house across the street [00:10:38] or what used to be the youth boys home, [00:10:41] that was just redone. [00:10:43] But you're calculating off of 14 months ago. [00:10:47] Is that, that's the way that I understand it. [00:10:49] We're working right. [00:10:50] The numbers you looked at on the tax roll [00:10:52] that you just got were through the end of 2015. [00:10:56] We're working now on 2016 for the 2017 tax roll. [00:11:02] So all of this stuff you're talking about [00:11:04] is of interest to us. [00:11:06] And we would be glad to investigate it. [00:11:11] I'm not hearing what you're saying about vacancy rates. [00:11:14] If that's true, that's going to affect value. [00:11:16] In the section between the bridge and US 19, [00:11:21] it's started to fill, but not significantly. [00:11:25] There's a strip shop on the southwest corner of River Road [00:11:29] and Main Street, right across the street from Main Street [00:11:32] Landing, that a year ago, I think, had one business in it. [00:11:39] And I think at this point, they have one empty. [00:11:43] What's going on with Main Street Landing? [00:11:45] Should be under solid construction, Lisa? [00:11:48] Just a month. [00:11:49] October, September? [00:11:52] It's October. [00:11:53] We haven't seen a permit application yet. [00:11:56] What we're after is that's the big building [00:11:58] there on the river, right? [00:11:59] We need a final inspection. [00:12:01] If final inspection, not CO, but final inspection [00:12:05] is awarded prior to the end of the year, [00:12:08] we'll put it on the tax roll. [00:12:11] That's probably in 2018 at this point, I would guess. [00:12:17] And if you'd ask them to check the occupancy, particularly [00:12:21] this side of the bridge, that's where [00:12:24] the biggest change has been. [00:12:25] I will take care of it, and I will report back to you. [00:12:29] Give me an idea, Mike. [00:12:31] We looked at some numbers. [00:12:32] We saw where Dade City was, they had maybe a 2% increase. [00:12:40] We were at 1-something, then we got to 1.8. [00:12:44] But Dade City was like 2.25. [00:12:46] Do they have pocket developments [00:12:48] outside of the city or that's within the city limits [00:12:51] that are outside their downtown that overly impact that? [00:12:55] Because we all like to compare ourselves [00:12:59] to our neighbors, or our sisters, or our brothers. [00:13:02] And when we see that they were up 2.5, [00:13:05] and obviously for two reasons. [00:13:07] One, with our ad valorem and with our millage, [00:13:12] then obviously with the city having the CRA as large as it [00:13:17] is, it obviously impacts our additional revenue. [00:13:21] So if it went up 2.5, that would have been a really nice, [00:13:26] like the county got a really good shot with $6 or $8 [00:13:29] million of revenue. [00:13:32] Some of the stuff in the county, as an example, over there, [00:13:34] Talavera, which is a community just north of Wiregrass Mall. [00:13:41] They had four sales there. [00:13:42] Now these are track homes. [00:13:44] These are not custom homes. [00:13:46] Four track homes sold in excess of a million dollars apiece. [00:13:53] That's where people want to live. [00:13:55] They want to live near the Wiregrass Mall, [00:14:00] within five miles of the Wiregrass Mall. [00:14:04] And they're going to gangbusters over there. [00:14:07] And when you start building million dollar houses, [00:14:10] you generate some serious revenue. [00:14:15] I want to live near the water. [00:14:16] That's why I live here. [00:14:17] And I think the issue we're seeing, [00:14:19] and you made it very clear, is that we're [00:14:22] making positive changes to our city. [00:14:24] And we all see it, because we're here every day. [00:14:26] But we're a year behind before it shows up on your tax rolls. [00:14:30] So we'll be patient. [00:14:31] But we know we're making positive changes, [00:14:33] and we are going to increase the property values. [00:14:36] That was a tough one. [00:14:37] I've had one just like it. [00:14:39] So I know exactly what you're going through. [00:14:42] And it takes time for all this stuff. [00:14:44] But I will tell you, New Port Richey [00:14:48] has a core of goodness that I think you can build on, [00:14:54] like other communities have. [00:14:57] I just do. [00:14:58] You've got the river going through this town. [00:15:00] Hacienda Hotel, you have nightlife, you have goodness here, and I think it can, over a [00:15:11] period of time, young guys like Jeff there, maybe by the time he's ready to retire, this [00:15:18] place will be cooking. [00:15:19] When he looks like Chopper and I, is that what you're saying? [00:15:24] That was what he was thinking. [00:15:28] It's a difficult job, and listen, I'm here for you, I'm glad you brought up the point [00:15:32] about the vacancy rate, that's the first thing that's going to come out of my mouth tomorrow [00:15:36] morning when I hit the door. [00:15:38] Thank you. [00:15:39] And we will be in touch, anything else? [00:15:41] We appreciate you coming all the way over to spend a few minutes with us, and thank [00:15:45] you and enjoy your retirement. [00:15:47] Congratulations on a great career. [00:15:48] Always nice seeing you all. [00:15:54] I was asked, I get asked all the time what I'm going to do when I retire, to be honest [00:15:56] with you, I really don't know, but when I was in college, I took British Literature [00:16:02] as an elective, and I knew the first hour in that class, that was a terrible mistake. [00:16:09] So I sat there, and the teacher's name was John Hinckley, Dr. Hinckley was his name, [00:16:16] and this was his last session before retiring, he was well into his 70s, and I said, what [00:16:22] are you going to do when you retire, Dr. Hinckley, he says, I'm glad you asked. [00:16:26] He says, I bought a brand new rocking chair, I'm going to put it on my front porch, and [00:16:32] I'm going to sit in it for six months, and then I'm going to start rocking. [00:16:36] That's probably what I'm going to do, I'm going to go buy a brand new rocking chair, [00:16:44] and sit in it for six months, and then start rocking. [00:16:46] Well we have a cracker barrel that is in the city limits, and pays taxes, and they have [00:16:51] rocking chairs, so. [00:16:52] This is a people of radius here, isn't it? [00:16:54] Yes sir. [00:16:55] This is a people of radius, isn't it? [00:16:56] It is. [00:16:57] Yeah, 200 plus seats. [00:16:58] 210. [00:16:59] When I, he and I are very good friends, he lives in Dade City, and actually he likes [00:17:04] to say he lives in Trilby, which is just north of Dade City, but when he bought, when I heard [00:17:10] what he bought, I called him, I said, Wilton, you could not have picked a better spot for [00:17:14] a people of radius than there. [00:17:16] I think they're going to do really well. [00:17:18] That will pay some taxes. [00:17:19] Yeah. [00:17:20] So. [00:17:21] Thank you very much. [00:17:22] Michael, thank you very much. [00:17:25] Next we have a presentation on the living shorelines.

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   Presentation: Living Shorelines at the Green Key Preserve Project

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   Dana Gaydos of GHS Environmental and Peggy Matthews presented a proposed Living Shorelines project at Green Key Preserve, to be funded through BP settlement Restore Act funds via Pasco County. The phased project would include a historic resource assessment, design/engineering, permitting, construction (oyster reefs, seagrass restoration, extended pier, kayak launch), and monitoring in partnership with the Pasco County School Board's EMC program. Council expressed strong support; no formal action was taken.

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   [00:17:28] Ms. Mance? [00:17:29] Yes, Mr. Mayor. [00:17:30] We have Dana Gaydos and Peggy Matthews here this evening, representing a grant application [00:17:38] that the city will be submitting to the county for consideration, and the name of the project [00:17:46] is the Living Shoreline at the Green Key Preserve. [00:17:50] Hi, I am Dana Gaydos with GHS Environmental. [00:17:58] It's good to see you guys again so soon. [00:18:01] Thank you for having us. [00:18:03] This is Peggy Matthews. [00:18:04] Yes, I know you've seen Dana quite a bit. [00:18:07] I'm Peggy Matthews. [00:18:08] I did the government relations for GHS out of Tallahassee, and I basically focus on funding [00:18:13] sources and funding analysis for projects. [00:18:17] All right. [00:18:19] We're here to talk to you today about the Living Shorelines project. [00:18:24] So my main question is, what comes to mind when you think of the city of New Port Richey? [00:18:28] Is it Sims Park? [00:18:29] Is it the Cody River? [00:18:30] Is it kayaking? [00:18:32] Is it paddling? [00:18:34] As I've gone through some research over the past few years working with you guys, I've [00:18:39] noticed that you have a lot of assets here. [00:18:42] You have the Cody River, which is a beautiful river. [00:18:45] The state of Florida actually identifies it as a Florida state paddling trail. [00:18:50] So I did not know if you realized that. [00:18:52] So they have this on their website. [00:18:55] It goes through downtown, it goes out to Miller's Bayou, and then it ends at basically the Gulf [00:19:00] of Mexico. [00:19:01] An easy way to bring those people back is to add a Living Shorelines. [00:19:05] Bring them back to New Port Richey. [00:19:07] Bring them back to your sea limits. [00:19:08] Add a Living Shorelines at the Green Key Preserve. [00:19:11] If you travel down the river, starting at Gray's Preserve, past the various parks, stop, [00:19:16] have lunch at Sims Park in downtown, continue paddling, stop at Jasmine Park or the Cody [00:19:22] River Park, get out, stretch your legs, refill your water bottles, keep on going. [00:19:28] Go out, get into some real open water, get out to the Gulf of Mexico, come back south, [00:19:33] stop at Green Key Preserve and watch sunset. [00:19:36] Pack up your kayak or your canoe, rinse it off at the park there, and head back home [00:19:41] after a nice day out in the water. [00:19:44] We do realize that your Blue Ways is a major part of your redevelopment plan. [00:19:49] And so that would be a key aspect as to ... [00:19:51] It's that right there, the aspect to bring people. [00:19:55] Yes, and the funds that we're going at, to give you a little history on the BP settlement [00:20:01] that was signed last year, it was $20 billion, $14.9 billion has been assigned for the clean [00:20:10] water fines, which is your environmental damages and your economic damages. [00:20:16] This also includes the natural resource damages. [00:20:19] So it was basically a settlement for everything. [00:20:23] They wanted to get settled. [00:20:24] The states thought it was a good deal because it was going to stay in the courts for a long [00:20:29] time, but the money being tied up in restoration couldn't begin. [00:20:32] So the states agreed to it, and that's where we are. [00:20:35] It will start being paid out the summer of 2017, and the payout is over 15 years. [00:20:51] And it gets a lot more complicated. [00:20:54] To make it simple, from what y'all are most interested in is what's Pasco County going [00:20:59] to get, and what can New Port Richey go after. [00:21:03] Pot One, which is called your local pot, other names for it, but it's Pot One. [00:21:08] Pasco County will get $5.4 million over 15 years, or it's $364,000 a year. [00:21:16] The county is soliciting projects, and they have a list of projects for this. [00:21:23] We are presenting this project tomorrow, along with a stormwater project for New Port Richey. [00:21:28] The federal pot is a pot that's a big pot that's just going to be for gigantic watershed [00:21:33] projects and so forth. [00:21:35] But the third pot is the consortium pot. [00:21:38] That pot is, for Pasco County, is going to be $12.5 million, actually $12.4 million, [00:21:45] over 15 years, and that money starts 2017 also. [00:21:50] What's happening is the counties are saying, look, this payout is too slow. [00:21:55] We can't do any major projects. [00:21:57] They have asked Treasury to see if they can get allocations three to five years combined [00:22:02] so they can do larger projects. [00:22:06] Pasco's county share of that is 12.5. [00:22:11] As we understand it at this point, the county doesn't quite know how they're going to get [00:22:18] their projects that have to go to the consortium that's going to be included in the state expenditure [00:22:24] plan, which will be all of the counties together. [00:22:29] That will be the state plan that goes to Treasury. [00:22:33] At this point, tomorrow at the Restore Advisory Council, there's going to be discussion on [00:22:40] the projects or one big project that's going to be included in that. [00:22:45] I'll take questions, because I know this is pretty crazy. [00:22:47] There's a lot of details and stuff, if anybody has any questions at this point. [00:22:55] What has been done so far? [00:22:58] Phase one, which was your Orange Lake restoration, has been approved for BP money out of pot [00:23:06] one, New Port Richey, which y'all had a presentation just recently on the river basin study. [00:23:12] Phase three, what will complete this? [00:23:14] The first two are water quality. [00:23:17] The Living Shoreline project will be a restoration project. [00:23:21] It will also be a Blue Ways, tying your Blue Ways, creating your Blue Ways with all the [00:23:27] parks on the river, which has been consistently mentioned in all your strategic plans, your [00:23:33] Smart Growth America, your strategic plans, all the ones that you've done, which you've [00:23:38] done plenty of that. [00:23:40] That's been a consistent recommendation. [00:23:44] What is a Living Shoreline? [00:23:45] A lot of people don't quite know the concept. [00:23:48] This is the first one that was done in Florida. [00:23:50] It's the base of Pensacola Bay Bridge. [00:23:53] As you can see up in the corner before, it's just basically barren land. [00:23:58] They go in, and you've got oyster reefs or rubble to help wave attenuation. [00:24:02] Then you plant, and that's just a matter of just a few years. [00:24:06] It has tremendous environmental benefits, along with recreational benefits. [00:24:13] You can do boating. [00:24:13] There's people fishing by there constantly now. [00:24:16] You can snorkel, bird watch, and so forth. [00:24:18] It wouldn't require no motor zones, then, would it? [00:24:21] No. [00:24:22] No, not at all? [00:24:24] Uh-uh. [00:24:25] The environmental benefits, it's lengthy, but you have your erosion benefit as far as [00:24:31] your breaking down wave attenuation, your water quality, everything from filtering storm [00:24:36] water to oysters and so forth that filter water in the water and habitat creation for [00:24:43] fish and wildlife. [00:24:49] We've put together a couple different components that could be part of this project. [00:24:56] As you can see, we would really like to extend the pier. [00:24:59] There's a little gazebo at the northern end that has a nice lookout, but we'd like to [00:25:04] extend that. [00:25:05] We'd like to give boaters access back to Green Key Preserve versus just having them come [00:25:09] from the land out to the water. [00:25:11] We'd like to put a kayak and paddleboard launch there at some point. [00:25:15] I think this was just brought to my attention, too, something that we need to clarify, is [00:25:20] that people think of Green Key and Robert K. Rees-Murray Park as a county park, which [00:25:26] it is, but the city owns the north side, correct? [00:25:29] Correct. [00:25:30] So it's a crossway zone by the county going out to the park, and then the boardwalk that [00:25:35] goes out on the north side city property? [00:25:37] Correct. [00:25:38] Or city jurisdiction. [00:25:39] Okay. [00:25:40] Correct. [00:25:41] In the next slide, you'll see a conceptual design that we've put together, but there's [00:25:45] a lot of things that you can add in this or take out of this project. [00:25:49] We have not put together a legitimate conceptual design. [00:25:52] That's one of the things that we are going to ask for funding to do through the Restore [00:25:56] Act, is to actually sit down with the city with you guys and put together which components [00:26:00] you like, which ones you don't like. [00:26:02] So here's just a list. [00:26:03] One of the potential partners for this project would be with the EMC folks, with the Pasco [00:26:07] County School Board. [00:26:09] They would like to utilize the Living Shoreline as a monitoring station for them, to bring [00:26:14] the children out, the students out with their boat that they got through the restore funds, [00:26:18] bring them to the site, and do the actual monitoring of it. [00:26:22] There's a little bit of science stuff of how a Living Shoreline does the nitrification [00:26:26] system, just in case you wanted to know that, because I'm the science geek. [00:26:31] So here's the conceptual design that we had put together. [00:26:34] We've initially actually proposed it to the Restore Act at their last meeting. [00:26:38] It includes oyster bed creation, seagrass restoration, shoreline and submerged vegetation [00:26:45] planning. [00:26:46] We put a little oyster bed out here just to try to lure more animal and wildlife over [00:26:51] here to the Northwest. [00:26:53] But then again, here's the proposed pier and the gazebo. [00:26:56] As you were talking about, the land that's owned is this north part right here. [00:27:03] Basically the tree line north is all New Port Richey land. [00:27:07] The gazebo, I believe, is owned by New Port Richey. [00:27:10] So we'd like to extend that. [00:27:12] That allows boaters and other people coming out of Miller's Bayou and out of the north [00:27:16] channel to the south here can come up. [00:27:18] They can come swim up, tie up, things like that. [00:27:23] People who come here, not only can they use the ... Right now, from my observations, they [00:27:28] just launch from the drive-in on the side of the road and launch from there. [00:27:32] But this would give them an actual launch place to walk in and go on. [00:27:37] Here's some pictures of what oyster reef would look like and some submerged vegetation here. [00:27:42] As you saw in other pictures here, it's fully grown out. [00:27:46] Very beautiful. [00:27:47] Birds love it. [00:27:48] Fish love it. [00:27:49] People love to fish by it. [00:27:53] Because of how Peggy reviewed on the restore funds, it's a significant amount of money [00:27:58] broken down by year or two to three year increments. [00:28:03] We're going to propose a phased approach. [00:28:06] Initially do a historic and present resource assessment. [00:28:09] As a scientist, the best way to know what you should restore is to figure out what was [00:28:13] there prior to and restore it to what it was before. [00:28:17] We will do a historic present resource assessment for the first year. [00:28:20] Second year, we go and do design and engineering. [00:28:23] Third year, we go and do permitting. [00:28:25] Fourth year, we do the actual construction of the various components based on what you [00:28:30] guys want to do. [00:28:31] Then phase five would be the monitoring, which is where the EMC and the students would come [00:28:36] in and do that as part of their studies. [00:28:40] Another reason why we did this, we believe that the RAC committee, the restore RAC committee, [00:28:47] would like this project more because we can do small chunks. [00:28:53] If you do 50,000, 75,000, 100,000 of the 364,000, they like that versus, hey, we want to take [00:29:01] all the 364,000 and use it for one project. [00:29:04] I think they're going to be more ... They'll like the fact that we'll be able to break [00:29:09] this one up in smaller pieces and it won't consume the entire annual or two years of [00:29:15] funding that they're going to get. [00:29:16] Ms. Catos, you said before, and I don't know if you ... You said phase one, then you swapped [00:29:21] and you said year two, year three. [00:29:23] Were you saying year or phase? [00:29:24] Are they ... [00:29:25] Phases or years, I use those words independent because it's ... For right now, the RAC has [00:29:30] decided it's going to be an annual, a yearly amount. [00:29:33] I see. [00:29:34] Regardless, it's year. [00:29:35] Okay. [00:29:36] Right. [00:29:37] Thank you. [00:29:38] A phase, in my opinion, would be a year unless they decide that they're going to be able [00:29:41] to pull the two or three years into one amount and then distribute it that way. [00:29:48] That's everything. [00:29:49] We'll find all of that out tomorrow, hopefully, when we go to that workshop. [00:29:52] Can you find out if they're doing it from a calendar year or fiscal year? [00:29:58] We can find out. [00:29:59] Because obviously ... [00:30:00] we operate on a fiscal year as does the county and some of the people that sit [00:30:05] on that board obviously have a lot of county influence and like like to think [00:30:11] they're driving the bus and that's the same thing that Mr. Beltran was asking [00:30:18] because then we have to take it back into if it is in that fiscal year as [00:30:23] opposed to the calendar but who all is involved in this workshop it's the RAC [00:30:34] committee so the Restore Act committee there's five people that sit on that [00:30:37] board Curtis Franklin from the county and then Commissioner Jack Mariana who [00:30:43] heads the Restore Act committee if you found a positive reception from the [00:30:49] county as far as the city yes we presented this project to them at the [00:30:54] very beginning along with the EMC people and we had lots of questions lots of [00:30:59] good feedback which is why we're really excited about going back tomorrow to to [00:31:03] presenting them with a little bit more detail how we're going to phase it out [00:31:06] the one question that we really want to ask them tomorrow is which pot of money [00:31:12] should we go after their pot one funds or their pot three funds there's been a [00:31:17] little bit of information going back and forth as to as Peggy described how [00:31:21] they're going to utilize that money and whether they're going to use it for [00:31:25] dredging or stormwater or various like other projects that's been submitted in [00:31:29] the past things of that so I just you know I'm know I'm known as a street [00:31:35] person I get my ear on the ground in the street and I just you know I've heard [00:31:38] that the county's being real protective of their money quote their money pot [00:31:42] three pot three they've circled it with a big with a big with the wagon train [00:31:47] and then at the moment we understand that they've kind of said this is ours [00:31:53] so you know it's always nice to go ask them but and then on the flip side their [00:32:03] success rate in negotiating dredging opportunities with the Army Corps of [00:32:09] Engineers and or extending a road in the middle of the county has been [00:32:15] lackluster at best and sometimes it's because of people sitting at the table [00:32:20] that's my personal opinion and because obviously you got Miller's Bayou that [00:32:26] they've been piggy they've been trying to piggyback on with New Port Richey because [00:32:30] if they got the if they got that dredging permit approved might be one of [00:32:34] the only permits in Pasco County that they've gotten through the Army Corps of [00:32:37] Engineers and I don't know how long so you know sometimes you got it you got to [00:32:45] change your your presenters to make sure you get a little more but we understood [00:32:50] pot three that they were looking at and obviously they we've gotten some money [00:32:55] from pot one but they haven't figured out how to cut the checks out of their [00:33:00] bank accounts so if you want me to or Peggy you can tell them about why don't [00:33:07] you address the pot three and the breakdown of that real quick yes we [00:33:10] talked to Curtis today and basically what how how this was going to happen [00:33:16] tomorrow and he he shared with us that he is going to present three scenarios [00:33:23] to to the rack one is we're going to review present our new projects and [00:33:28] review all the projects that have been presented okay that's one scenario and [00:33:32] then as they use all the money the projects can go into pot three and then [00:33:37] the second one was as you mentioned strictly a dredging of one type of [00:33:42] project that would be all dredging and what was the third one oh and stormwater [00:33:47] you're actually presenting a stormwater project as well [00:33:55] project for for restore funds because it does include water quality improvement [00:34:00] yes so this was the first time that we've actually heard you know actually [00:34:05] said that the rack was going to be determined how the pot three funds was [00:34:09] going to be spent before as you mentioned it seemed to be very [00:34:13] predetermined but as as late as right before the meeting it was presented to [00:34:19] us this is exactly what he said there's going to be three scenarios presented [00:34:24] and the rack and determine how it's going to be spent as for the Orange Lake [00:34:28] restoration project his update as of this afternoon he's submitting his final [00:34:33] responses to the Treasury Friday one of the last questions was about the NPDS [00:34:38] permit that was given him that information and he because of certain [00:34:48] delays he knows that this project the Orange Lake project is very important to [00:34:52] get that rolling I love this idea of the living shoreline so I'm sure we would [00:34:57] all agree you can tell the county you've got very very good positive [00:35:01] feedback from the city so we would love to see something like this happen [00:35:09] the only thing is you're looking down the road obviously you're talking about [00:35:13] the shoreline but we also have the great preserve which is at the other end of [00:35:18] the ecosystem and we've by the grace of God been able to buy almost 14 or 15 [00:35:25] acres that that that line the Cody River as well as the island in the bayou that [00:35:33] leads down so as a as something that possibly might have been impacted by the [00:35:41] BP you know as we move down the road maybe we can tandem that with grant [00:35:48] money and some other things to do water quality or other elements to come to [00:35:55] attach those all together make that one ongoing park so that'd be something down [00:36:01] the way to be to keep in the it definitely sounds interesting when it [00:36:13] where's me tomorrow it's from 9 to 12 and the location is the county building [00:36:23] on citizens I'm not quite sure why they call it what they call it we would love [00:36:30] to have your support I know Debbie's planning to be there Roberts planning to [00:36:32] be there tomorrow the more people there the better that's for sure yeah [00:36:43] next item on the agenda is reading by title only we have a proclamation for

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7. 7

   Proclamation - Mary Hammond 100th Birthday

   approved

   A proclamation was read recognizing Mary Hammond on her 100th birthday, which falls on August 9th.

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   [00:36:50] Mary Hammond who turns 100 on August the 9th the week from today so mayor if [00:36:56] you're watching congratulations and happy birthday next item is Vox pop [00:37:02] which is for items that are not on tonight's agenda or which are listed on [00:37:07] the consent agenda one comment about I did read a proclamation and just for [00:37:12] Jeff you and I am she actually grew up an hour east of where my parents grew up [00:37:19] and where I was born and an hour north of where you were this summer oh yeah

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9. 9.a

   Purchase/Payments for City Council Approval

   on consent

   Brief mention during this segment references Ordinance 2016-2080, rezoning approximately 15.41 acres generally located east of Madison Street, north and south of Ohio. No discussion of the actual purchase/payments item is captured in this excerpt.

   📍east of Madison Street north and south of Ohio#Ordinance 2016-2080

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   [00:37:59] ordinance 2016 dash 2080 an ordinance rezoning fifteen point four one acres of [00:38:06] property and generally located east of Madison Street north and south of Ohio

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10. 10.a

    Second Reading, Ordinance #2016-2080; Rezoning - North Bay Hospital - 6600 Madison Street

    approved

    Second reading of Ordinance #2016-2080 rezoning North Bay Hospital property at 6600 Madison Street from PDD/CPD/R-3 to PDD/CPD. A representative of Fivay (Achieve) of Pasco County reported that the hospital had agreed to a compromise restricting the Ohio Avenue driveway to emergency exit only during specified school hours, resolving prior safety concerns. Council approved the ordinance with one abstention.

    Ord. Ordinance #2016-2080

    • motion:Motion to approve second reading of Ordinance #2016-2080 rezoning the North Bay Hospital property. (passed)

    📍6121 and 6131 Ohio Avenue📍6600 Madison Street🏢Fivay of Pasco County🏢North Bay Hospital👤Councilman Davis👤Lisa Virgilio👤Ms. Myers#Ohio Avenue driveway emergency-exit-only compromise#Ordinance #2016-2080#Rezoning PDD/CPD/R-3 to PDD/CPD

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    [00:38:12] Avenue south of Kentucky Avenue north of Indiana Avenue east of a portion of [00:38:17] Forest Avenue and south of Ohio Avenue and west of Jackson Street from PDD plan [00:38:24] development district CPD commercial plan development district subcategory and our [00:38:31] three residential district to PDD plan development district CPD commercial [00:38:38] planned development district subcategory further described herein and in exhibit [00:38:43] a and providing for an effective date thank you this is a public hearing would [00:38:50] like to declare that I did have an ex parte communication a representative of [00:38:55] the hospital called to find out if I had any questions I told her no I did [00:39:01] not that was pretty much it the same happened with me I got the same call but [00:39:06] it went to voicemail so I did not return the call knowing it was this one and [00:39:10] things else on the agenda later were quasi judicial so yes and this goes back [00:39:20] to a conversation we had to council meetings ago where the advice of [00:39:26] attorney I was to recuse myself and abstain from the vote so I will be doing [00:39:31] the same on the two items that are on the agenda and I've completed the [00:39:36] paperwork for miss Myers you have to declare why you're abstaining I'm sorry [00:39:43] I'm abstaining because I sit on the board of trustees for the hospital okay [00:39:47] thank you this is a public hearing anyone wish to address counsel on this [00:39:51] matter please come on down and give us your name and address for the record I [00:40:00] am Lisa Virgilio with a fire of Pasco County at 6121 and 6131 Ohio Avenue just [00:40:08] pull the mic down yes thank you for letting us be here if you recall I spoke [00:40:15] at the last City Council meeting about our safety concerns with the driveway on [00:40:20] Ohio Avenue two days I believe it was after the City Council meeting we [00:40:26] received a phone call offering a compromise of the driveway leaving the [00:40:31] new hospital parking onto Ohio Avenue which we've just received a proof as an [00:40:37] emergency exit only Monday through Fridays 8 to 9 a.m. and 2 to 3 p.m. and [00:40:42] we have accepted this compromise we wanted to go ahead and let you know that [00:40:46] this has been a perfect example for us to teach our students of how a [00:40:51] government should work when you have issues you get to go and appear before [00:40:55] somebody you get to talk to people and things happen and we wanted to go ahead [00:40:59] and thank you all and thank the hospital for being a good neighbor with us as [00:41:03] well thank you and we appreciate your civility because in today's time it's [00:41:08] far few and far between so so I and we hope it was a nice teaching lesson [00:41:13] coaching mentoring absolutely things because government to our students that [00:41:18] bless and they get to learn if they want to come on down we got spaces available [00:41:22] a couple of years we'd love to have more great thank you so much [00:41:31] seeing no one come forward I'll bring it back to council move for approval second [00:41:35] the maker I just appreciate that the hospital recognized a fires concerns [00:41:44] obviously this increases their footprint and thank God they don't have to see my [00:41:49] face up on the Skype screen tonight or watch my annex before and after the [00:41:55] meeting but we appreciate the investment that they've made in the area with their [00:42:00] good neighbor and we look forward to their continual improvements and [00:42:05] continual support in the community it's the second well said and just like you [00:42:10] said as far as being a good neighbor it's nice to see two organizations being [00:42:13] able to compromise and work together towards a common goal without getting [00:42:17] upset and and acting ugly about it so I'm glad it worked out well [00:42:23] okay no I'm honored councilman Davis nothing sorry all those in favor please [00:42:33] signify by saying aye aye opposed like sign next and one of stint for nothing

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11. 10.b

    Second Reading, Ordinance #2016-2085: Land Use Plan Amendment & Resolution #2016-16: Vacation of Alley Right-of-Way - 6050 Indiana Avenue

    approved

    Council held second reading of Ordinance 2016-2085, amending the future land use map for 0.31 acres at the southeast corner of Indiana Avenue and Monroe Street from residential office/LMDR to public semi-public category. Council also adopted the companion item (originally a resolution, converted to Ordinance 2016-2097) vacating a 0.03 acre portion of alley right-of-way between Indiana and Pennsylvania Avenues, with utility easements reserved to the city. Both passed with one abstention from Councilmember Thomas, who sits on the hospital board.

    Ord. Ordinance #2016-2085 / Resolution #2016-16

    • motion:Approve second reading of Ordinance 2016-2085 amending the future land use map for the 0.31 acre property to public semi-public category. (passed)
    • motion:Approve Ordinance 2016-2097 vacating a 0.03 acre portion of the alley right-of-way between Indiana and Pennsylvania Avenues, reserving utility easements to the city. (passed)

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    [00:42:39] with one extension next is second reading of ordinance 2016 2085 mayor [00:42:45] ordinance 2016 dash 2085 an ordinance providing for an amendment to the future [00:42:51] land-use map by changing the land-use category for 0.31 acres of property [00:42:57] generally located on the southeast corner of Indiana Avenue and Monroe [00:43:02] Street from our residential office category to LMDR low-medium density [00:43:08] residential category to public semi-public category further described [00:43:14] herein and an exhibit a providing for severability and providing for an [00:43:18] effective date this is a public hearing I am gonna make the same comment I did [00:43:25] about ex parte communication on the last one it applied to this one as well and I [00:43:29] believe my colleagues were probably the same so is that the case yes sir [00:43:36] Thomas yes and this is the second item that I will be abstaining from as I sit [00:43:41] on the board for the hospital this is a public hearing any comments from the [00:43:46] public would be welcome at this time about the applicant is the applicant [00:43:52] here would the applicant care to say anything no okay in that case it [00:43:59] entertained a motion move for approval second second for discussion mr. Davis [00:44:06] here the motion nothing yeah just want to make sure did we get all of the [00:44:19] accessibility issues worked out on this because it was a key issue with the with [00:44:27] with our committee that looked at this and they actually had a tied vote and I [00:44:31] only as I said I skyped the last meeting and I know there were some [00:44:37] concerns about access and then there was some documentation in our packet from [00:44:43] the people that either had items in that right away and accessibility and we were [00:44:49] under the understanding that there was going to be some agreement or [00:44:54] documentation in that so can you well that is that's the companion [00:45:00] part of this case, so for the land use plan amendment, there's no, there's no change. [00:45:03] But for the, what was originally coined as the resolution for the vacation of the alley, [00:45:08] that has turned into an ordinance, and we have been provided [00:45:12] with the proper utility easements to supplant the right of way. [00:45:17] Okay, very good. [00:45:18] Thank you. [00:45:20] Okay, any other comments, discussion? [00:45:25] Hearing none, all those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [00:45:28] Opposed, like sign, and one abstention. [00:45:32] Thank you. [00:45:33] Next is second reading of ordinance 2016-2088. [00:45:37] Mr. Mayor, did you want to take up the resolution on the item that you just did? [00:45:44] Sure. [00:45:45] Has now been turned into an ordinance, which I think you have in front of you, [00:45:48] because our advice is that it needs to be done by ordinance. [00:45:51] By ordinance, okay. [00:45:52] I'll be happy to read the title. [00:45:53] Aye if you would, please. [00:45:54] Okay. [00:45:58] Ordinance 2016-2097, an ordinance vacating a 0.03 acre portion of an alley [00:46:08] between Indiana and Pennsylvania Avenues, more fully described here in, and [00:46:12] in exhibit A, and reserving unto the city of New Port Richey, Florida, [00:46:17] utility easement in, under, on, over, and above said alley right away. [00:46:22] It's more fully described here in writing for severability and, and effective date. [00:46:28] Thank you. [00:46:29] I believe that once again the ex parte and [00:46:32] the one abstention is going to apply to this one as well. [00:46:37] I don't think this is actually a quasi judicial, but that's fine. [00:46:40] You can go ahead and make that. [00:46:44] Any comments from the public? [00:46:46] Hearing none, bring it back to council. [00:46:48] Move for approval. [00:46:48] Second. [00:46:49] To the maker. [00:46:50] Nothing. [00:46:51] To the second. [00:46:52] Nope. [00:46:52] Mr. Starkey. [00:46:53] No comments, thank you. [00:46:54] I have nothing as well. [00:46:56] There's no further discussion. [00:46:57] All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [00:46:59] Aye. [00:47:00] Opposed, like sign. [00:47:02] One abstention. [00:47:02] One abstention, thank you.

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12. 10.c

    Second Reading, Ordinance #2016-2088: Public Notice Requirements

    approved

    Council adopted Ordinance 2016-2088 on second reading, amending the land development code to update outdated references in sections 5.01.03, 5.01.04, and 5.01.05, and removing the requirement that public notice of rezoning consideration include the Planning and Zoning Commission's recommendation. No public comment was offered and the motion passed.

    Ord. Ordinance #2016-2088

    • motion:Move for approval of Ordinance 2016-2088 amending land development code public notice requirements. (passed)

    👤Mr. Davis👤Starkey#Ordinance 2016-2088#Section 5.01.03#Section 5.01.04#Section 5.01.05

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    [00:47:05] Next item is 2016-2088. [00:47:08] Mr. Davis. [00:47:10] Ordinance 2016-2088, an ordinance of the city of New Port Richey, [00:47:14] Florida, amending the land development code by amending section 5.01.03. [00:47:20] Same action of city upon submittal to update outdated references. [00:47:25] Amending section 5.01.04, public notice of consideration by city council [00:47:31] to update outdated references and to delete the requirement that public [00:47:36] notice of city council consideration of a rezoning include the recommendation [00:47:41] by the planning and zoning commission. [00:47:43] Amending section 5.01.05, filing consideration of objections to update. [00:47:49] Same action of city upon submittal to update outdated references, [00:47:54] providing for severability, providing for codification, and [00:47:57] providing for an effective date. [00:48:01] Thank you. [00:48:01] Open it up for public comment. [00:48:04] Seeing no one come forward, bring it back to council. [00:48:06] Move for approval. [00:48:08] Second. [00:48:08] To the maker. [00:48:09] No, to housekeeping. [00:48:11] Noted. [00:48:11] To the second. [00:48:12] Mr. Starkey. [00:48:13] Comments, thank you. [00:48:14] Councilman. [00:48:14] No, no comments. [00:48:15] I have no comments either. [00:48:17] There's no further discussion. [00:48:18] All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [00:48:20] Aye. [00:48:21] Opposed, like sign. [00:48:23] Motion passes. [00:48:24] Next is second reading of ordinance 2016-2086. [00:48:27] Has that been pulled? [00:48:28] Mr. Mayor, members of the council, the administration is recommending that we [00:48:33] pull this item this evening. [00:48:36] Presentation was made by the Department of Agriculture earlier this afternoon. [00:48:43] And it requires some work on our part before we bring it back to you for

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13. 10.d

    Second Reading, Ordinance #2016-2086: Shopping Carts

    tabled

    Item was pulled before action; council moved on to the next ordinance (2016-2090 regarding murals).

    Ord. Ordinance #2016-2086

    • direction:Council pulled Ordinance 2016-2086 (Shopping Carts) from consideration at this meeting. (tabled)

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    [00:48:46] final approval. [00:48:47] Very good. [00:48:47] We'll pull that then. [00:48:49] Next item is first reading of ordinance 2016-2090. [00:48:54] Ordinance 2016-2090, an ordinance of the city of New Port Richey, [00:49:00] Florida, amending land development code section 7.22.04, regulation of murals, [00:49:07] to amend the definition of mural, add definitions of commercial and

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14. 10.e

    First Reading, Ordinance #2016-2090: Code Amendment - Murals

    approved

    First reading of Ordinance #2016-2090, amending the city's mural regulations to align with sign code amendments, simplify the application process (review by Main Street Organization's Design Committee then City Council), restrict mural locations to the downtown core/downtown land use districts, and require murals to be non-commercial in nature. Text is limited to 2% of the mural for the artist's signature and date. Motion to approve passed on voice vote.

    Ord. Ordinance #2016-2090

    • motion:Motion to approve first reading of Ordinance #2016-2090 amending mural regulations. (passed)

    📍US 19 corridor🏢Main Street Organization Design Committee🏢Ray's Opticians👤Ms. Pierce#Ordinance #2016-2090#downtown core / downtown land use districts#sign code amendment

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    [00:49:11] non-commercial, and further amend the regulation of murals, providing for [00:49:16] severability, providing for codification, and providing for an effective date. [00:49:20] And Mr. Mayor, if I may, I wanted to also mention that on all of these ordinances, [00:49:26] there, some of them had a slight, the, the language where you, [00:49:32] it says you ordain the ordinance, it was slightly different and [00:49:37] did not, in all cases, correspond with your charter. [00:49:40] So we have, we have changed them all to have the correct language in them. [00:49:46] It's not substantive, it's just that your charter has [00:49:49] certain language that needs to be in the ordinance. [00:49:53] That's the reason we have you back. [00:49:55] Yeah, thank you. [00:49:56] We'll open this up for public comment. [00:50:00] Ruben, a dust fan to clean up. [00:50:01] You know. [00:50:03] Did we have any presentation on this? [00:50:05] Mrs. Pierce. [00:50:06] Ms. Pierce. [00:50:07] Just briefly, the amendments were made based on the recommendation of our legal [00:50:11] council, who assisted us with the sign code amendment. [00:50:14] And briefly, we're amending the mural regulations to address issues, again, [00:50:20] relative to sign regulations and to help simplify the, the process. [00:50:24] So the process would be, applications would be received by the city and [00:50:31] they would go through review through the Main Street Organizations Design Committee. [00:50:36] Then on to city council. [00:50:37] The process is abbreviated in terms of its time and [00:50:41] it designates that the potential location for murals should be anywhere [00:50:45] within the downtown core or downtown land use districts. [00:50:50] Very good, open it up for public comment. [00:50:53] Seeing none, bring it back to council. [00:50:55] Move for approval. [00:50:56] Second. [00:50:56] To the maker. [00:50:58] No, it's just to clear that up so we can make sure it's designated in the right area. [00:51:03] The second. [00:51:04] Yeah, I just wanted to clarify something, [00:51:06] because I know that that team worked long and hard on that ordinance. [00:51:09] And one of the issues that came up was the idea that it needs to be a mural and [00:51:15] not a sign, because then it comes into play. [00:51:19] And I know that at the time, believe it or not, [00:51:23] this goes back to when Ray's Opticians was downtown. [00:51:27] And there was the conversation of, well, a mural could have, you know, [00:51:32] the signage for the place of business that was in there, and [00:51:35] then it was determined that it would need to be historic, flora, fauna, whatever. [00:51:39] So I noticed that there was some conversation in the, not conversation, but [00:51:44] reference to text, so there is, could you just clarify that? [00:51:49] Yeah, the portion that relates to the text is really the portion that would be where [00:51:54] the painter or the designer of the mural would be able to sign their name and [00:52:01] put the date of when it was created. [00:52:03] That's really what the text is, so it's 2% of the overall mural. [00:52:07] The other part that you mentioned, though, is regulated, clarifying that [00:52:13] the mural has to have non-commercial, be non-commercial in nature, [00:52:19] and not relate to a commercial objective. [00:52:22] So that's per the legal counsel that has reviewed it. [00:52:26] So if anyone wanted to apply for, do mural and [00:52:31] commercial buildings on the US 19 corridor, they just have to apply for a variance then? [00:52:34] Well, on US 19, this is not regulating that, because that's not in the downtown core or [00:52:38] the downtown land use. [00:52:39] So they can kind of do what they want, then? [00:52:42] Unless it becomes a sign. [00:52:46] Actually, I would say you can't have murals unless it's in the downtown, [00:52:49] based on the way this is written. [00:52:50] That's what I'm asking. [00:52:51] Yeah. [00:52:52] Any further questions or discussion? [00:52:57] Hearing none, all those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [00:52:59] Aye. [00:53:00] Opposed, like sign. [00:53:01] Motion passes.

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15. 11.a

    Resolution No. 2016-19, Establish Tentative Millage for TRIM

    approved

    Council adopted Resolution 2016-19 establishing a tentative millage rate of 9.2000 mills for inclusion on the Pasco County TRIM notice, lower than the prior year. Council noted the rate can be reduced but not raised, with Councilman Davis expressing hope to bring it below 9 mills.

    Ord. Resolution No. 2016-19

    • motion:Approve Resolution 2016-19 establishing tentative millage rate of 9.2000 mills for the Pasco County TRIM notice. (passed)

    👤Davis👤Starkey👤Wells#9.2000 mills#Pasco County TRIM notice#Resolution 2016-19#September 13 budget meeting

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    [00:53:03] Next is a resolution 2016-19. [00:53:07] You have a revised resolution in front of you. [00:53:09] There was some language that needed to be changed, and [00:53:13] I think it's been distributed to you, Mr. Mayor. [00:53:16] Substantively, it's the same. [00:53:17] Again, there was some language that's required by the statute. [00:53:20] Okay. [00:53:20] Do you want to read this for the benefit of anybody that's in the audience? [00:53:24] Resolution, resolution 2016-19, a resolution of the city council, [00:53:29] City of New Port Richey, Florida, establishing the tentative millage rate for [00:53:33] inclusion on the Pasco County trim notice. [00:53:39] And this is at a millage rate of 9.2000 mills, [00:53:44] which is less than what we had in the current year. [00:53:49] Any public comment? [00:53:52] Seeing no one come forward, I'll bring it back to council. [00:53:56] Move for approval. [00:53:57] Second. [00:53:58] Second. [00:53:59] No, I just, you know, we need to establish this. [00:54:03] We can always come in lower. [00:54:05] We just can't go any higher. [00:54:07] My only follow-up question is, in this resolution, [00:54:11] we don't have to state when our second meeting's going to be. [00:54:14] We just have to state the meeting on the 13th of September. [00:54:18] That's correct, because you're, that's where you are in the process. [00:54:22] Correct. [00:54:22] Right. [00:54:23] And then, and then after that, that second meeting could shift, [00:54:27] depending on other, either the county or the school board, on their meeting dates. [00:54:33] Yeah, now you, you're kind of hammed in by, by law as to when your meetings can be. [00:54:38] Yeah. [00:54:38] Okay. [00:54:39] Just wanted to make sure that we didn't have to. [00:54:41] Thank you. To the second. [00:54:43] No, just clarifying that, that was the point, the purpose of this, [00:54:46] is to set it at two point, 9.20, but that it could possibly go down. [00:54:51] We just can't make it higher. [00:54:53] Correct. [00:54:53] Councilman Starkey? [00:54:54] I just trust that we can continue to lower this, [00:54:57] and I know we're all eager to see our property values increase. [00:54:59] And, and like Mr. Wells said today, you know, we see instant changes, [00:55:04] but it doesn't hit the tax rolls for 12 months after the fact. [00:55:06] So we just have to be patient and keep doing what we're doing. [00:55:09] And I think our values will, will continue to rise, but hopefully at a, [00:55:12] at a faster pace than they have the last couple years, and we'll be able to reduce this. [00:55:17] Councilman Davis? [00:55:18] Yeah, I just want to say that I know this is just tentative at 9.2, [00:55:22] but I'd love to see it start with an 8. [00:55:25] And we went through a lot of presentations by different departments, [00:55:29] and I think they need to tighten their belt a little bit, [00:55:31] and see if we can get it down to 8 point something. [00:55:37] There's no further discussion. [00:55:39] All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [00:55:42] Aye. [00:55:43] Opposed, like sign. [00:55:45] Motion passes. [00:55:45] Next is variance application signage for North Bay Hospital.

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16. 11.b

    Variance Application - Signage - North Bay Hospital - 6600 Madison Street

    approved

    Council approved a variance application for North Bay Hospital allowing 2,918.5 square feet of total signage to support wayfinding, identification, parking, and donor signs as part of the hospital's emergency department renovation and main entrance relocation. Approval was subject to staff conditions on sign placement and final donor sign design.

    • motion:Motion to approve the signage variance application for North Bay Hospital subject to staff conditions. (passed)

    📍6600 Madison Street📍Forest and Ohio🏢BayCare🏢North Bay Hospital👤Ms. Prine👤Starkey#Variance Application - Signage#donor signage#free vision zone / sight triangle#wayfinding signage

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    [00:55:50] This is also a quasi-judicial. [00:55:52] Mr. Mayor? [00:55:54] Okay, we'll open it up. [00:55:58] Do we have a presentation? [00:56:00] Okay. [00:56:00] We do, and I'm going to show you some PowerPoint slides. [00:56:03] Can we vote on a sign? [00:56:06] I don't, I'm waiting for that clarification. [00:56:09] The hospital, as you know, is preparing some renovations to their, to their campus. [00:56:13] Remember, through the rezoning application you approved, and the land use application, [00:56:18] they're doing renovations to their emergency department, [00:56:20] and they're relocating their main entrance. [00:56:23] As part of that, they would like to improve their wayfinding signage, [00:56:27] and add donor signs to the property. [00:56:30] And the variance request is for a total of 2,918.5 square feet overall for all signage. [00:56:40] In this view, this shows the main portion of the building. [00:56:46] And the wayfinding signs and the main identification signs are those shown in, [00:56:52] I guess they're yellow boxes around various parts of the hospital. [00:56:58] New signs would be added to direct the patients and visitors and the staff. [00:57:04] You know the campus pretty well. [00:57:05] It's got your typical hospital signs throughout. [00:57:10] Some of the existing signs will be relocated in different parts of the campus, [00:57:16] and other signs will have their face panels replaced. [00:57:22] All of the signs will have similar design and color, which is in keeping with North Bay's theme, [00:57:29] and pretty much most hospitals as part of the Baycare family of hospitals. [00:57:36] There will be several new parking signs added to the site. [00:57:43] As you heard, the hospital has agreed to limit the exiting from its new parking facility, [00:57:50] which is off of Forest and Ohio, to assist with the concerns raised by a fire earlier. [00:57:58] There are key wall signs that are attached to the building currently, [00:58:05] and the proposal includes the addition of signs to identify an unnamed donor at this point. [00:58:16] So staff is recommending approval of the application subject to the conditions you see on the screen. [00:58:21] They are relative to the placement of the signs and the final design of the donor sign. [00:58:30] And the applicant's here this evening. [00:58:32] Can you explain to me what free vision zone is? [00:58:35] Sure. [00:58:36] It's not like going to the optometry. [00:58:39] Right. So some people call it a sight triangle. [00:58:41] We call it a free vision zone. [00:58:42] It's the area that's typically at the intersection of two streets. [00:58:48] So you want to make sure that you have room to see. [00:58:51] So when you're making a turn at that intersection, you can see somewhere between three feet and eight feet, [00:58:58] without any limitation by signs or trees or those kinds of obstructions. [00:59:02] And all of the placements and all the things fall back under the previous agreements that they've had. [00:59:11] It appeared from that, from the documentation, that the variances that had been given previously, [00:59:17] and the monument signs as opposed to pole signs, that all of those do fall in line exactly. [00:59:25] We're just extending it out and giving them some additional updates? [00:59:29] That's right. We're giving them more area. [00:59:30] That's right. [00:59:32] The applicant is here. [00:59:33] Does the applicant wish to say anything? [00:59:37] Okay. [00:59:38] We'll open it up for public comment. [00:59:40] Anybody wish to address council on this matter? [00:59:44] Seeing no one come forward, I'll bring it back to council. [00:59:46] And I'm guessing you're going to... [00:59:47] Yes. Mr. Mayor, I will be recusing myself again for this item. [00:59:51] And Ms. Prine has notated that on the paperwork that I serve on the Board of Trustees for the hospital. [01:00:00] By advice of council, I will be recusing myself. [01:00:02] I move for a motion and a second. [01:00:04] Move for approval. [01:00:06] Second. [01:00:06] Second to the maker. [01:00:07] No, sir. [01:00:08] Second. [01:00:09] Mr. Starkey? [01:00:10] No comments, thank you. [01:00:11] I'm OK with this as well. [01:00:13] There's no further discussion. [01:00:14] All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [01:00:16] Aye. [01:00:17] Opposed, like sign. [01:00:19] And one abstention. [01:00:20] Thank you.

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17. 11.c

    Frances Avenue Restroom Project

    approved

    Council approved a proposal from Kimley Horn for architectural, engineering, and construction management services not to exceed $36,850 for a new restroom at Frances Avenue Park, funded by Community Development Block Grant funds.

    • motion:Motion to approve the Kimley Horn proposal for the Frances Avenue restroom project for an amount not to exceed $36,850. (passed)

    📍Frances Avenue Park📍Nick's Park, Port Richey📍Sims Park🏢Kimley Horn👤Davis👤Elaine👤Ms. Manns#Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)#Frances Avenue Restroom Project#Sims Park Improvement Project

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    [01:00:21] Next up is the Francis Avenue restroom project. [01:00:23] Ms. Manns? [01:00:24] Mr. Mayor, members of the city council, [01:00:26] the city's in a very fortunate position [01:00:28] in that we have received community development block [01:00:32] grant funds for the purpose of establishing a new restroom [01:00:36] at Francis Avenue Park. [01:00:39] In that respect, we solicited a proposal [01:00:43] from Kimley Horn for the architectural and engineering [01:00:47] services necessary to design and for some construction [01:00:54] management services in order to bring [01:00:57] a project to fruition. [01:00:59] Kimley Horn has indicated that they [01:01:01] will provide the professional services for an amount [01:01:04] not to exceed $36,850. [01:01:10] The staff has had a favorable experience with Kimley Horn [01:01:13] as it relates to the implementation of the Sims Park [01:01:17] Improvement Project. [01:01:19] And we are recommending approval of this item for you [01:01:23] this evening. [01:01:24] Thank you. [01:01:25] Do we have any presentation on it beyond that? [01:01:27] No, sir. [01:01:28] Open this up for public comment. [01:01:31] Seeing no one come forward to bring it back to council. [01:01:33] Move for approval. [01:01:34] Second. [01:01:35] To the maker. [01:01:37] This is so needed. [01:01:38] Those bathrooms are in really, really bad shape. [01:01:41] Other than the bathrooms at Nick's Park and New Port Richey, [01:01:43] I can't think of any other public restrooms [01:01:46] that need to be replaced more than these. [01:01:47] So very happy to see this. [01:01:51] Councilwoman? [01:01:52] No. [01:01:54] Well, I guess I do. [01:01:55] I have a quick question. [01:01:59] Do the bathrooms at Francis Avenue, as well as Sims Park, [01:02:03] does either of the rooms accommodate [01:02:05] for a family changing table or anything like that? [01:02:10] Or are they just strictly commodes and sinks [01:02:12] and whatever? [01:02:14] Do you want to respond, Elaine? [01:02:16] Thank you. [01:02:17] No, neither of those facilities are [01:02:19] designed for a family restroom. [01:02:23] But they do have diaper changing. [01:02:25] That's what I was asking, yes, diaper changing. [01:02:28] They have diaper changing stations [01:02:29] in both the male and female. [01:02:31] Thank you. [01:02:32] That was my point. [01:02:33] Thank you, ma'am. [01:02:34] Deputy Mayor. [01:02:35] Sir. [01:02:36] Councilman Davis. [01:02:41] If there's no further discussion, all those in favor, [01:02:43] please signify by saying aye. [01:02:44] Aye. [01:02:45] Opposed, like sign. [01:02:46] Motion passes. [01:02:47] Next is an alcoholic beverage special event permit

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18. 11.d

    Alcoholic Beverage Special Event - Caribbean Food and Music Fest

    approved

    Council approved a special event permit allowing the African Literacy Foundation to host the Caribbean Food and Music Fest at Sims Park on Saturday, August 27, 2016, with beer and wine sales from noon to 11 p.m. Discussion focused on how the fenced concert area and $20 admission charge would be managed.

    • motion:Motion to approve the special event permit for the Caribbean Food and Music Fest at Sims Park on August 27, 2016, with beer and wine sales from noon to 11 p.m. (passed)

    📍Sims Park🏢African Literacy Foundation Incorporated🏢Dulset's Restaurant and Lounge👤Doreen Scott👤Ms. Manns👤Ms. Smith#Caribbean Food and Music Fest#Chasco Fiesta

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    [01:02:50] for the Caribbean Food and Music Fest. [01:02:54] Ms. Manns. [01:02:54] Yes, Mr. Mayor, members of the City Council. [01:02:56] The request before you this evening [01:02:58] is submitted on behalf of the African Literacy Foundation [01:03:02] Incorporated. [01:03:03] The purpose of the application is [01:03:06] to ask permission to host the Caribbean Food and Music [01:03:10] Fest at Sims Park on Tuesday, July 5th. [01:03:14] I'm sorry, on Saturday, August 27, 2016, [01:03:18] with beer and wine sales from 12 o'clock noon [01:03:22] until 11 o'clock in the evening. [01:03:25] The special event team, led by Ms. Smith, [01:03:31] reviewed this application on July 5th, [01:03:34] and they are recommending to you that you [01:03:36] consider approval of the event. [01:03:40] Is there any further presentation on this? [01:03:43] No, sir. [01:03:44] Open it up for public comment. [01:03:48] Seeing no one come forward, bring it back to council. [01:03:51] Move for approval. [01:03:52] Second. [01:03:53] To the maker. [01:03:55] We'd be jomming. [01:03:56] Looking forward to it. [01:03:57] To the second. [01:03:59] I'd like just a little additional information [01:04:02] about the African Literacy Foundation. [01:04:05] I looked it up online and went through some of that. [01:04:08] The only other question I have is in the application, [01:04:10] they do indicate there is going to be a charge for admission [01:04:15] of $20 to the concert. [01:04:18] And I'm just trying to picture how [01:04:27] it's going to be possibly policed, [01:04:29] due to the fact that the Chasco Fiesta has [01:04:35] one heck of a time trying to keep [01:04:37] that area cordoned off for their country concert. [01:04:41] And we've seen the advent of the playground Pokemon Go. [01:04:51] So all I can say is God bless, because I just, [01:04:59] if you can explain to me, are they [01:05:01] going to put up a fencing element and stuff? [01:05:02] Mr. Deputy Mayor, excuse me, Elaine. [01:05:05] They are proposing to establish a fenced enclosure, [01:05:08] and we do have a representative of the applicant [01:05:11] here this evening that can respond [01:05:12] to more specific questions. [01:05:14] Just wanted to make sure. [01:05:16] And what time will that start? [01:05:17] Will they start charging for admission for the concert? [01:05:19] I'm sure it's in here, but. [01:05:23] I didn't see the time the concert was starting. [01:05:25] 11 was the. [01:05:26] That's what I mean. [01:05:27] So we have people hanging out in that vicinity [01:05:29] in front of the stage during the day. [01:05:30] So what time are you going to ask people to leave [01:05:32] and then pay to get back in? [01:05:35] I guess is my question. [01:05:37] I'm going to defer to the representative of the applicant. [01:05:40] You can give us your name for the record, please. [01:05:42] Hi, I'm Doreen Scott, and I'm representing [01:05:44] Dulles at Restaurant and Lounge. [01:05:47] Your question about how people are, [01:05:50] is it going to be fenced off? [01:05:54] I understand, but during, I guess my question [01:05:56] is during the day, people are going [01:05:57] to be in that area that will be fenced off until a certain time. [01:06:00] What time are they only be permitted to enter that area [01:06:03] after they pay their $20? [01:06:06] There's no charge to enter the festival. [01:06:08] The festival is free, only the concert area, [01:06:10] there will be a charge. [01:06:11] So once you enter the concert area, [01:06:12] you'll be charged to enter the concert area, [01:06:14] because we're going to have entertainment all day. [01:06:16] OK, so it's going to be all day. [01:06:18] So it's going to be, you're going to have the park, [01:06:20] and just basically fencing around the concert area. [01:06:23] So all day to get in there, it's going to be $20, [01:06:25] not 5 o'clock when they start charging people. [01:06:27] No, no, no, because we're going to have events all day. [01:06:30] OK. [01:06:32] Thank you for the clarification. [01:06:33] Thank you, Doreen. [01:06:35] Hello. [01:06:36] Good, I'm good. [01:06:37] I hope you are, too. [01:06:38] I would have never figured Caribbean food and music fest, [01:06:42] but it sounds interesting. [01:06:44] I might have to spring $20 just to go in and listen to it [01:06:47] myself. [01:06:48] Yes, we are bringing up some bands from Jamaica, [01:06:50] and we have a couple of DJs. [01:06:51] And there's going to be soca, too, not just reggae, [01:06:54] but there are going to be soca music and soca DJs. [01:06:57] Very, very good food, I hope. [01:06:58] Absolutely. [01:06:59] $20, $20, $20, $20, $20, $20, $20, $20, $20, $20, $20, $20, $20, [01:07:03] If the Dulset's sponsoring it, why [01:07:06] would I expect anything less? [01:07:08] Exactly. [01:07:09] Thank you. [01:07:11] If there's no further questions or discussions, [01:07:13] all those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [01:07:16] Aye. [01:07:17] Opposed, light sign. [01:07:18] Good luck. [01:07:19] Thank you.

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19. 11.e

    Alcoholic Beverage Special Event - Night in the Tropics

    approved

    Council approved an alcoholic beverage special event permit establishing a wet zone in the downtown area for the Main Street organization's Night in the Tropics event on August 19, 2016, from 5 PM to 11 PM. Alcohol will be sold by local bars rather than beer trucks, and four food vendors (including two local brick-and-mortar businesses and a Caribbean vendor) will participate. Council requested decibel readings be taken during the event to inform the noise ordinance work.

    • motion:Move to approve the alcoholic beverage special event permit for Night in the Tropics on August 19, 2016. (passed)
    • direction:Council directed staff/police to take decibel readings at this event and the next concert in the park to inform noise ordinance work. (none)

    📍Grand📍Main Street📍Missouri📍Nebraska🏢Auto Enterprises🏢Dulcets🏢Main Street organization👤Casey👤Chief Fitch👤Davis👤Ms. Mance👤Sergeant Case#Movie Nights in the Park#Night in the Tropics#Zootopia#noise ordinance#wet zone

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    [01:07:21] Next item is alcoholic beverage, special event permit [01:07:24] for the night in the tropics. [01:07:25] Ms. Mance. [01:07:27] Mr. Mayor, members of the council, [01:07:29] the application before you is submitted [01:07:33] on behalf of the Main Street organization. [01:07:38] And they plan to establish a wet zone in the downtown area [01:07:45] to host their night in the tropics event, which [01:07:48] is scheduled for August 19, 2016. [01:07:52] They would like the wet zone to exist from 5 o'clock PM [01:07:57] to 11 o'clock PM. [01:07:59] They will be selling food in the downtown, [01:08:01] but they are relying on the local bars to sell the alcohol. [01:08:11] The staff has reviewed their application, [01:08:14] and we're recommending in favor of the event. [01:08:19] And I see the applicant is sitting in the audience [01:08:21] in case anybody's got any questions. [01:08:23] She certainly is. [01:08:25] I'm going to open this up for public comment. [01:08:28] Questions, comments? [01:08:30] Seeing no one come forward, I'll bring it back to council. [01:08:33] Move to approve. [01:08:34] Second. [01:08:34] To the maker. [01:08:37] I think this is the first time in 17 years [01:08:39] that I'm not going to be here for that event. [01:08:41] And I'm heartbroken that it's that same day. [01:08:43] But this has proven to be a wonderful event [01:08:47] for our downtown community, as well as for our residents. [01:08:51] And I'm looking forward to a really great event. [01:08:54] To the second. [01:08:55] Two questions. [01:08:55] What's the Luxury Automobiles about here? [01:08:58] Is that just like a classic car show, or? [01:09:00] Casey, can you respond to the question? [01:09:02] And then my second question is, what is the shark attack? [01:09:05] Or is that a surprise? [01:09:08] OK, the Luxury Automobiles, we have [01:09:10] two different kinds of automobiles at the event. [01:09:13] One is the classic cars. [01:09:14] You have your old Corvettes and that kind of thing. [01:09:17] The other one is we have a named sponsor, [01:09:19] and that is Auto Enterprises. [01:09:21] They sell luxury cars like Porsches and Ferraris [01:09:25] and many of them have been previously loved and owned. [01:09:28] But they are still very definitely luxury cars. [01:09:31] Certified luxury. [01:09:32] Yes, certified luxury cars. [01:09:34] So that's the difference. [01:09:35] That's why I set up separate areas for both of them. [01:09:39] And then the shark attack. [01:09:41] OK, do you know the bull riding games? [01:09:44] The mechanical bulls. [01:09:45] Well, this happens to be a mechanical shark, [01:09:48] because it is not in the tropics. [01:09:51] And it's all done within a balloon area. [01:09:54] So when you fall off, you fall off. [01:09:56] So they're riding a shark. [01:09:57] Yeah, if you fall off. [01:09:59] That's right, if you fall off. [01:10:01] I refuse to volunteer for that after my adventure [01:10:04] in the duck tank at summertime in the city. [01:10:07] I'm still recovering from the back bruise from the seat. [01:10:12] But I'm sure it'll work. [01:10:14] OK, you're officially excused. [01:10:16] Thank you. [01:10:17] Deputy Mayor, any other comments or questions on this one? [01:10:20] In looking at the application, and obviously [01:10:22] when we begin to close off main streets, like Main Street [01:10:26] and the boulevard, in the application [01:10:29] it talks about leaving that one lane for emergency. [01:10:32] I'm sure Chief Fitch is all good with that. [01:10:37] It just, it's strictly a aesthetic thing. [01:10:42] Next time, can you get a little better map [01:10:45] that copies a little bit better? [01:10:47] Because it's a little, it lays out. [01:10:50] And then I also see that how you're closing this off, [01:10:53] obviously you're cordoning that one. [01:10:55] I've got, I'm looking at the old one. [01:10:58] But you're pretty much landlocking Dulcets [01:11:02] and then that parking area behind Dulcets and the boulevard. [01:11:07] Is that by design? [01:11:10] Because it looks like the closure [01:11:11] goes back beyond on Missouri. [01:11:14] I'm just trying to understand the logistics. [01:11:16] OK, well what we're going to do is [01:11:17] take it halfway down the street. [01:11:20] You will be able to get into those back parking lots. [01:11:25] And the reason that we do Main Street and Grand [01:11:27] is so that people move all the way around the town [01:11:30] and hit all the restaurants. [01:11:32] And food-wise, we are having only four vendors that are food. [01:11:37] And it's actually two of our vendors [01:11:40] that have bricks and mortar businesses here. [01:11:43] And then we're bringing in a Caribbean food vendor. [01:11:46] So we're not competing with any of our downtown restaurants. [01:11:49] I mean, my other question, I wanted [01:11:50] to see what kind of buy-in you got. [01:11:55] Because we've had some concerns about buy-in for our concerts [01:11:59] and obviously for our movie Nights in the Park. [01:12:03] And we have nonprofits or people that sell items. [01:12:06] And then we get criticized. [01:12:07] And we said, we came to you first [01:12:09] to ask you to do an off-site situation. [01:12:12] And I just don't complain if you decided not to be part of it. [01:12:17] And you see that 700,000 people to Zootopia. [01:12:22] And we tried to give you front-line opportunity. [01:12:26] But if you don't want to come, you don't want to come. [01:12:29] Davis? [01:12:30] Yeah. [01:12:31] For this event and to help us with the noise ordinance [01:12:36] that we're working with, I was wondering [01:12:37] if we could get some decibel readings for this event, too. [01:12:42] And also the next concert in the park. [01:12:46] Yeah. [01:12:47] We just want to get different looks. [01:12:51] Because I know Missouri is right next to residential [01:12:54] on both sides. [01:12:55] And if you get down Nebraska a little bit, [01:12:57] it looks like you're going to have music [01:13:00] at the south side of Grand. [01:13:02] So that's going to be right down, [01:13:04] I can't think of the next street, South Missouri, Montana [01:13:06] maybe. [01:13:07] So streets down that area, too. [01:13:10] But anyhow, you did a real good job with the last one. [01:13:13] If you could take a look around. [01:13:14] I'd be glad to ask the police chief to do it again. [01:13:18] I think it was Sergeant Case, or Corporal Case, [01:13:21] or whatever it was, yeah. [01:13:23] Now that I've found where you hid the ice cream stand, [01:13:25] I'm cool. [01:13:27] I was very pleased in reading this [01:13:30] that instead of putting beer trucks right up [01:13:34] next to some of our local watering holes, [01:13:37] we're actually going to encourage folks to go inside [01:13:40] and buy their beverages from the local bars and restaurants. [01:13:44] I think that's a great change. [01:13:47] I'm very pleased to see it. [01:13:49] Well, thank you. [01:13:51] Any other questions, comments? [01:13:53] Oh, just a comment. [01:13:55] You indicate that the portalettes and the dumpster [01:13:59] will be taken back on the 20th, but I [01:14:01] don't think they'd be coming till Monday, correct? [01:14:05] I'm not sure if you realized that or knew that. [01:14:07] No, actually I didn't, because I had said originally [01:14:10] in the order for them to be picked up on Saturday. [01:14:14] Just so that we understand, I don't [01:14:15] think that they do that on Saturday. [01:14:17] So normally that would have been on Monday. [01:14:20] OK, thank you for that. [01:14:21] You're welcome. [01:14:23] Any other questions, comments? [01:14:25] Hearing none, all those in favor, [01:14:27] please signify by saying aye. [01:14:28] Aye. [01:14:29] Aye. [01:14:29] Opposed, the like sign. [01:14:31] Thank you. [01:14:32] Go forth and have a nice night in the tropics.

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20. 11.f

    Warren Avenue Drainage Improvement Project

    approved

    Council approved a not-to-exceed proposal of $27,099.54 from Shear Development of Central Florida for the Warren Avenue Drainage Improvement Project, located east of Madison Street just south of the bridge. The project includes installation of a trench drain and swales tying into the existing stormwater system, funded by stormwater utility flood control dollars.

    • motion:Approve the not-to-exceed proposal of $27,099.54 from Shear Development of Central Florida for the Warren Avenue Drainage Improvements. (passed)

    📍Madison Street📍Warren Avenue🏢Shear Development of Central Florida👤Mr. Rivera👤Ms. Manns#ITB 16009#Warren Avenue Drainage Improvement Project#stormwater utility flood control funding

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    [01:14:35] Next is the Warren Avenue Drainage Improvement Project. [01:14:37] Ms. Manns? [01:14:38] Mr. Rivera, can you present this item on behalf of staff? [01:14:41] Thank you. [01:14:42] This item for council's consideration for approval [01:14:45] is the attached not-to-exceed proposal in the amount of $27,099.54 [01:14:52] from Shear Development of Central Florida for the Warren Avenue Drainage [01:14:57] Improvements. [01:14:58] These pricings are in accordance with. [01:15:00] The city's current as-needed miscellaneous pipe contract, ITB 16009. [01:15:07] The location of the project is east of Madison Street and just south of the bridge. [01:15:14] The scope of work for this project includes the installation of a trench drain across [01:15:18] the road in an area where we have standing water in the roadway, as well as the construction [01:15:23] of some swells that tie into the existing stormwater system along Warren Avenue. [01:15:29] Funding is identified as the stormwater utility flood control dollars, and we would ask that [01:15:34] you approve the proposal. [01:15:37] Thank you. [01:15:38] Open it up for public comment. [01:15:41] Seeing no one come forward, bring it back to council. [01:15:43] Move for approval. [01:15:44] Do we have a motion? [01:15:46] Second. [01:15:47] Second. [01:15:48] All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [01:15:51] Aye. [01:15:52] Opposed, the like sign. [01:15:54] Motion passes.

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21. 11.g

    Max Galaxy Software Proposal for the Recreation & Aquatic Center

    approved

    Council approved the purchase of MaxGalaxy web-based recreation and aquatic center software for $23,985, replacing dated local-server software. The new system enables online registration, monthly bill pay, online facility/pavilion booking, self check-in with photo ID, and league management. Staff will coordinate rollout with the new city website and plan a marketing campaign via Facebook and email blasts.

    • motion:Motion to approve the purchase of MaxGalaxy software for the Recreation and Aquatic Center at $23,985. (passed)

    📍Sims Park🏢MaxGalaxy👤Brian Weed👤Casey👤Davis👤DeBelle Thomas👤Elaine Manns👤Judy👤Tristan#City website revitalization#Mobile app project#Pavilion reservation system#Recreation and Aquatic Center software

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    [01:15:56] Next item is the MaxGalaxy software proposal for the Recreation and Aquatic Center. [01:16:01] Ms. Manns? [01:16:02] Mr. Mayor, members of the City Council, Mr. Brian Weed has done a good amount of work [01:16:07] on this project, and I'd like him to represent the agenda item to you this evening. [01:16:12] Thank you. [01:16:13] Good evening, Mayor and Council. [01:16:14] The request before you this evening is to move forward with the purchase of a new recreation [01:16:18] and aquatic software at the amount of $23,985. [01:16:25] The current software that's in place runs on local servers, is dated, lacks the ability [01:16:31] for us to do certain functions, such as a monthly bill pay process, the ability to offer [01:16:36] online registration, the ability to offer online booking. [01:16:41] The new software is a web-based software, which would allow us to facilitate all of [01:16:45] those items, in addition to some of the items we discussed last night. [01:16:49] Tristan, can you put that over here? [01:16:54] This would be an example of what a homepage would look like to the end customer, or our [01:16:59] citizens, as they visit the facility site. [01:17:03] And then internally, on the back end, for our local representatives working this facility, [01:17:09] a push-button interface, the computers that are in that facility, your touch screen, it's [01:17:14] much more defined than the system we currently have today. [01:17:18] It has checks and balances, such as it prevents duplicate accounts. [01:17:22] So currently, we might have someone who's entered in the system seven times, and you [01:17:27] have the ability to join those accounts together, but there's no preventative action to do detection [01:17:33] to say, hey, this is a possibility that this is a duplicate account. [01:17:39] And this would just be a screenshot of what it would look like as we do for the self-check-in [01:17:43] today. [01:17:45] As you walk into the facility, you'd scan a barcode, and it would show you an image [01:17:48] of yourself, as well as some information regarding your membership. [01:17:52] All right, will this allow a resident or non-resident to apply for a membership at home, pay for [01:17:58] it at home, show up, just smile and pick up their card? [01:18:02] Yeah. [01:18:03] Yes, it will. [01:18:04] Smile and use one. [01:18:05] You don't have to smile, but... [01:18:08] No. [01:18:09] Actually, the question I had was, is that picture that's on there, how is that done? [01:18:14] At the site? [01:18:15] It's done at the site. [01:18:16] We take it during their reservation. [01:18:19] Like Mr. Stark, you mentioned, they'll do the reservation online, we'll take their picture [01:18:23] at a different time. [01:18:24] And then as they check in, it's just a check and balance for who's going in and out of [01:18:29] the facility. [01:18:30] This is an example of one of the other customers that they use, and this is their front-facing [01:18:35] website to their citizens. [01:18:39] As you can see, you can kind of scroll down, and they have different elements on their [01:18:44] site. [01:18:46] In addition, I'll go to Facilities. [01:18:53] This would be an example of reservation, so if you wanted to book the facility, you have [01:18:57] the ability to look up the facility. [01:19:00] Hold on a minute. [01:19:16] Put images with regards to pavilion reservations and so forth, so citizens can visit the site, [01:19:35] they can look at what the pavilion or what the shelter looks like, and then they can [01:19:39] move forward with reserving the registration. [01:19:43] Would they do that for the pavilions at Sims Park? [01:19:47] Yes. [01:19:48] We can do it for any asset that we designate. [01:19:52] In addition, same with classes and camps, leagues, you have the ability to register. [01:19:58] This is an example of their aquatics. [01:20:00] So this is all the different events they have for aquatics. [01:20:03] You would just go to Register Now, and then you'd pop up with the ability to either log [01:20:10] on under your current account or create a new account. [01:20:14] Some of the features that it has, again, our current software, we've tried doing a little [01:20:20] bit of a refresh maybe two, three years ago, where we put some money into the software [01:20:25] when we made some changes, but there's some core elements that have caused us difficulties. [01:20:30] We did attempt to do an online or a monthly payment process and had some issues that weren't [01:20:36] ever really resolved. [01:20:39] Out of the ones you reviewed, the different options, what stood out about MaxGalaxy that [01:20:44] made you want to go with it? [01:20:46] Yeah, a number of things. [01:20:48] First and foremost, we had the Rec Center staff involved in a lot of the demos. [01:20:53] So it was really feedback from the staff members, as well as to the items that they see daily [01:20:59] coming in and out of the facility, how they interact with it, and then their online presence. [01:21:05] Some of the other vendors had the ability to do online reservations, but it was a little [01:21:11] more cumbersome or didn't lend itself to marketing such as photos. [01:21:16] The site was very bland, might be a little confusing as you're going through the process. [01:21:21] They didn't have calendar functions. [01:21:24] So there were a number of different factors. [01:21:26] And then price points for this range from a number of different topics as to how they [01:21:32] structure themselves. [01:21:33] So some of them want to eat into your average transactions. [01:21:38] So there were a number of different elements. [01:21:40] Mr. Mayor, Deputy Mayor, in looking at your overview and obviously your due diligence [01:21:48] looking at this, is there any way with this company to either lock in or give them a date [01:21:54] specific to hold pricing for the child care system and the league system? [01:22:00] Because in the original one that you're presenting tonight, we're not buying those elements. [01:22:05] And I don't want to already own the system and them feel like they've got an advantage, [01:22:13] a leverage position that says, oh, well, we got you in at the early price. [01:22:19] Now you want the child care and the league system. [01:22:22] Boy, oh boy, those are one and a half times. [01:22:26] So is there a way for us to at least have that conversation so that as if these other [01:22:33] two elements show up in the near future, we've already got some predefined pricing? [01:22:38] Absolutely. [01:22:39] So I'd like, you know, because that's what I noticed from what you gave us. [01:22:43] And to follow that a little bit, the child care system, I'm sorry, the league system [01:22:48] is already part of the package. [01:22:50] When we reviewed, we had immediate features that we wanted. [01:22:54] And then we had features that we knew we were moving forward with, such as leagues. [01:22:57] We don't currently have leagues today. [01:22:59] So that was just part of enhancements that we would need down the road, as well as the [01:23:05] keyless entry for 24-hour gym access. [01:23:07] Mr. Mayor, one more question, if I may. [01:23:12] Sure. [01:23:13] 60 to 90 days, everyone in the rec center is going to be trained. [01:23:16] It'll be up and going. [01:23:17] Ease of use is going to be the key issue. [01:23:21] How is this rollout going to coincide with the rollout of our website, the new website? [01:23:25] When are we expecting that? [01:23:26] And I've been thinking about that at this point. [01:23:29] And how are we going to market this to people at home, like we were talking about at the [01:23:32] work session last night? [01:23:34] We're missing out on a huge segment, millennials and that generation that don't want to be [01:23:39] bothered with driving down to the rec center and bringing a check to pay for a whole year. [01:23:43] How are we going to let those residents and non-residents know that, hey, you can now [01:23:47] come to our rec center, log in, do everything online, show up, get your card, and come start [01:23:51] working out or using the basketball courts or the pool? [01:23:54] Do we have a plan in place to market this new ease of use for membership? [01:23:59] There's not a plan in place for the marketing at this point. [01:24:02] However, the website portion that I just showed you on the other two sites is a redirect, [01:24:09] basically, that looks and acts like our site. [01:24:11] So that functionality will be there as we move forward with the implementation. [01:24:17] So we can get the word out that way. [01:24:18] It has ability to, once we have our members entered, we can even do emails out to our [01:24:24] current members after we've entered them in the software. [01:24:29] The other element with regards to the website in general, we're in the process of doing [01:24:35] the review for the revitalization of the website, and I will try to time those as close together [01:24:40] as I possibly can. [01:24:42] Brian, may I ask a question? [01:24:44] Sure. [01:24:45] Brian, how about mobile app? [01:24:48] Same answer. [01:24:51] So that's another project. [01:24:52] It's an independent project for the mobile app. [01:24:55] However, there will be an icon on the app that you'd be able to push, and it would direct [01:25:00] you to that mobile site. [01:25:02] And from that point, you'll have the ability to do all the functionality that exists on [01:25:06] that site. [01:25:07] So in addition to it being membership driven and all of that for whatever it is, but it [01:25:13] is actually a separate, what we were talking about last night was pulling the Parks and [01:25:19] Recreation, or the Recreation Department, the Recreation and Aquatic, on its own website, [01:25:24] its own, is that what this software exists in its own hosted web environment? [01:25:30] So it is essentially its own site, it just links within our site. [01:25:36] But it's constructed based around the software. [01:25:38] So as they add classes, if they enter a new swim class on Saturdays, that class will become [01:25:46] available and show up on the site with no additional programming or work required on [01:25:52] the staff's part. [01:25:53] So someone could find it by looking for the Recreation and Aquatic Center, it also could [01:25:57] find it off of the regular city website. [01:26:00] Yes. [01:26:01] Is that okay? [01:26:02] Thank you. [01:26:03] Go ahead. [01:26:04] Elaine, you're on board with this. [01:26:05] Absolutely. [01:26:06] And thank you for the opportunity to comment on that. [01:26:09] Brian has spent many hours in doing a lot of investigation on this project, and as he [01:26:15] said too, also involving our Recreation staff, which use it every day. [01:26:20] And we're very pleased with the product that's being recommended. [01:26:24] Our priorities were professionalism and quality, customer service, ease of use and understanding [01:26:30] for the customer as well as for the employee, and that it's customer friendly, and that [01:26:36] the length of time it takes them to do a transaction, because right now that is unacceptable when [01:26:42] we have somebody come in to do this project. [01:26:45] So we're very pleased and very excited about this product. [01:26:48] Any other questions before I open it up for public comment? [01:26:51] Councilman Davis? [01:26:52] I don't have questions, but I have a comment at this point. [01:26:55] Do we have some kind of training area where we train the customer in use of this so they [01:27:02] can use it at home? [01:27:03] Has that been a question or a decision, Matt? [01:27:07] Absolutely. [01:27:08] Look at that. [01:27:09] I mean, as we train staff in the facility, we can... [01:27:11] Yeah, I mean, the computer on their side of the table so they can go up there. [01:27:18] Any way to get an individual one that you could take on the road, like a dog and pony [01:27:24] show? [01:27:26] Maybe New Port Richey could put it in their office for a while. [01:27:29] We could set one up in the lobby. [01:27:30] That's a great idea. [01:27:31] You know, and you could do a little... [01:27:33] Where's Judy? [01:27:34] Judy, you can do find the monitor instead of Ritchie. [01:27:39] Ritchie could be by the monitor. [01:27:40] But, I mean, if you're going to have a little fun with it, go find it. [01:27:44] Get a gift card, get a I love New Port Richey t-shirt. [01:27:49] But you've got to have a little fun with it, but that would be a way to take it to them [01:27:54] instead of making them come to us. [01:27:56] If I could ask, though, I mean, you know, being a MAC person, I'm going to not assume [01:28:03] and I'm going to expect this is going to be very intuitive and it's going to be very easy [01:28:07] to use. [01:28:08] I mean, I wouldn't want to see that we need to have a, you know... [01:28:12] Anyone who's ever, if it's comparable to, you know, renting, you know, cabins or serrata [01:28:19] beach hotel, whatever, that you'd be able to go in, you know, and follow it, it should [01:28:24] be relatively easy. [01:28:25] I'm expecting the same thing. [01:28:26] Can we get a video of Mr. Davis? [01:28:27] Hi, this is Mr. Davis. [01:28:28] Hi, Judy, how are you? [01:28:29] But we have, you know, two pickleball players here and we have pickleball players that are [01:28:37] at the rec center in the morning that might need just a little guidance. [01:28:39] And, Elaine, I'm sure the staff is going to be trained as if someone just calls in and [01:28:43] says, hey, you know, I'm logging into this website, I just want to... [01:28:46] They can kind of walk them through it over the phone with a few easy steps. [01:28:49] It should be that easy to use with a little guidance over the phone. [01:28:53] Before we roll this out, and we do, we are ready with a marketing campaign to roll this [01:28:58] out, but once it's fully functional and staff has been thoroughly trained, because that's [01:29:01] what we don't want to have is somebody come in, ask for instruction and the staff is not [01:29:06] sure, you know, how to assist them or function. [01:29:08] But we have over 7,000 followers on our Facebook page that we're ready to put that out there. [01:29:13] We're going to do email blasts with all the emails that we have captured, as Brian indicated, [01:29:19] as well as other media sources that we're ready. [01:29:22] Once it's installed and staff knows how to use it, then we're ready to do that. [01:29:26] I would hope that if you've got any other Mac users, like Councilman DeBelle Thomas, [01:29:31] we could send them over to the library. [01:29:32] I think they've got a bunch of Macs. [01:29:37] One other comment. [01:29:39] After our discussions last night, to put it in Jeff's understanding real well, I wouldn't [01:29:46] go boating without an anchor, and this is our anchor to take the next step forward. [01:29:51] Absolutely. [01:29:52] It's, in my opinion, this is step one in maximizing the potential of our rec center, and it's [01:29:59] going to be the most important. [01:30:00] step. There's other things we need to do and we've already been doing, but this is [01:30:04] well said. Yeah, it's our anchor to get going for sure. [01:30:08] I'll open it up for public comment. Anybody in the public's gotten a comment or question? [01:30:14] Seeing none, I'll bring it back to Council. [01:30:16] Move for approval. [01:30:18] We have a motion and a second to the maker. [01:30:19] Nothing. [01:30:20] To the second? [01:30:21] Nothing. [01:30:22] Councilwoman? [01:30:23] Just one quick question. You said, so people would be able to also go on and snag the tennis [01:30:28] courts or the skateboard court or anything that there's a cost involved? [01:30:32] Anything that we build into the functionality of the software. [01:30:35] And we can, as we add other things, because who knows what the future will hold, we can [01:30:40] just go ahead and add those on as well. [01:30:42] I love the idea. One more thing, what the Mayor said, being able to reserve picnic tables [01:30:48] at the park and things for birthday parties at the park is going to be phenomenal as well. [01:30:52] Peace call. [01:30:53] Deputy Mayor? [01:30:54] No, sir. [01:30:55] I'm looking forward to seeing this implemented. [01:31:00] If there's no further discussion, all those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [01:31:03] Aye. [01:31:04] Opposed, like sign. [01:31:06] We're pretty close to normally where we'd take a break, but we're also pretty close [01:31:09] to the end, so if there's no urgent need, I'd like to go on to the three-minute report [01:31:14] from the Economic Development. [01:31:16] Thank you very much, Mayor. [01:31:20] I think we're very much happy to have Casey on board with Economic Development because [01:31:24] one of my goals from day one has been to be able to engage the business owners. [01:31:29] And she's actively out there within the business owners and talking to them quite [01:31:35] and building really strong relationships with them. [01:31:37] And recently we had an HMA meeting and just real happy that the city is able to strengthen [01:31:43] this dialogue with the business owners, and I think we're having positive results. [01:31:46] Particularly the no alcohol sales is one of the things that we've been trying to drive [01:31:51] to be able to make that connectivity between the people in town and the businesses. [01:31:56] The business grant program is rolling along. [01:31:59] We have about $250,000 that we have closed out, of which about $750,000 of investment

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    Three-Minute Report: Economic Development

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    Economic Development director provided update on VA solicitation for offers (SFO) for a ~$50M project with award expected before July 2017, the River Road Church property RFP, reissuing the Hacienda RFP, and historic preservation grants where the Hacienda ranked 7th out of 43 submissions for the small matching grant. Council directed staff to issue the Hacienda RFP by September 1st and to pull grant wording for the US-19 overpass project.

    • direction:Council directed staff to issue the Hacienda RFP by approximately September 1st. (none)
    • direction:Deputy Mayor directed staff to pull the exact wording of the grant received for the US-19 overpass within two weeks. (none)

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    [01:32:06] capital has been generated, so the ratio is about one to three. [01:32:10] We've sent some of the remaining applicants letters basically stating that they need to [01:32:16] update us in terms of how they're proceeding with their projects. [01:32:21] We're always working as VA solicitation. [01:32:24] We call it an SFO. [01:32:26] That stands for solicitation for offers, almost like an RFP, but it's a rental agreement [01:32:34] with the government, and that can happen at any time. [01:32:37] Once that's issued, the response will happen between six to eight weeks to respond, [01:32:43] and the developer will be doing that. [01:32:46] What we know from a public meeting, I believe it was up in Washington, [01:32:51] that the VA has indicated the award will happen sometime before July 2017. [01:32:57] I just want to let everybody know this is a highly competitive process. [01:33:01] It's roughly about a $50 million project, and there are about 12 properties there. [01:33:07] I like to think that the city has evolved its capacity and its relationships, [01:33:12] that we will have a very strong submission. [01:33:14] I think we have an excellent team on board, but, again, [01:33:17] this is going to be a very, very competitive project. [01:33:21] We have some strong interest in the River Road Church property, [01:33:24] and we'll be looking at issuing an RFP on that. [01:33:27] Also, we'll be reissuing the Hacienda RFP. [01:33:31] And one last thing here is that I went up to the Bureau of Historic Preservation, [01:33:36] and I sat through just about all day all the grant proposals for the small matching grant, [01:33:42] which I think was particularly beneficial to give us a sense of perspective [01:33:45] in terms of where the hacienda rates in their eyes. [01:33:48] And when we presented, we ranked, now this was for the small matching grant, $100,000. [01:33:54] Our project ranked seventh out of 43 submissions. [01:33:59] The highest score was an 84. [01:34:01] We got a 75 on the hacienda. [01:34:03] I think we could have scored higher, but we didn't have any immediate severe threats on it. [01:34:09] But I think that it's something that the City of Newport Riches should consider every year [01:34:14] in terms of these grant applications because I saw several projects that went back many years. [01:34:19] One went back as far as 2001 where they get this continuous follow-on funding. [01:34:24] And that was a recommendation, and the benefit of the architects basically said, [01:34:28] I will be going up sometime mid-October, again, to sit there through this meeting. [01:34:34] Mr. Bender will be going with us, and this is for the special category grant. [01:34:38] And the bulk of that money will be windows and door on the hacienda. [01:34:43] Thank you. [01:34:44] Any questions? [01:34:45] Is that in November? [01:34:46] So it will be post-election, do you know? [01:34:50] Maybe after the 7th, something like that? [01:34:54] The review, I don't know much about the special category except the fact that they're going to give us a date [01:34:59] for when we have to meet with them. [01:35:01] That will be in October. [01:35:02] I would think around October 11th is when we have to present. [01:35:05] The reason I ask is we obviously want to make sure that our local legislative group has a key understanding [01:35:13] of our four or five important items, and obviously moving that one along. [01:35:21] And it seems to get a lot of play when we roll it out to the right people. [01:35:27] You're right, Councilman. [01:35:28] I just want to give you one thing I want to add to that. [01:35:30] What happens is that they basically say this is the dollar value of these grants that have been presented [01:35:38] and have been approved. [01:35:40] What we have to pay attention to is the ranking. [01:35:42] Now, we rank fairly high in small matching, but the key one is special category. [01:35:46] So if we're working a legislative agenda, we want to make sure that enough funding is in the historic preservation [01:35:53] budget so that when they begin to pay out those, that we're within that bandwidth of budget. [01:36:01] Very good. [01:36:02] Any other questions, Mr. Davis? [01:36:03] Do you have a month, a week, that you're looking out to put an RFP out to replace the Rosners? [01:36:15] I can actually get that RFP out fairly quickly within two to three weeks. [01:36:23] Again, it would be based on the direction that I receive as to how to proceed with that. [01:36:30] Are we looking then maybe the 1st of September? [01:36:33] Absolutely. [01:36:35] Because we're in idle time here. [01:36:37] We've actually been preparing on that. [01:36:39] One of the things we've been doing is loading up to – there's just an awful lot of data in the Hacienda, [01:36:46] and we actually have a Dropbox site prepared with – there's environmental reports, there's architectural drawings, [01:36:53] there's even the UF group student presentation. [01:36:57] So my assistant's been working on that right now in terms of preparing the data that when the RFP is applied for, [01:37:02] when they look at it, they will have it available for them. [01:37:05] Again, it's just a matter of drafting the body of what we're looking for in the RFP, [01:37:10] and we can turn that out fairly quickly, Councilman. [01:37:12] Deputy Mayor, you had a question? [01:37:14] I'm kind of sticking with this September 1st, so I'm looking forward to it. [01:37:18] We'll have it there for you. [01:37:19] Thank you. [01:37:22] With budget sessions that we're having now and everything, [01:37:26] can you go back and pull out within the next two weeks the exact wording for the grant that we received for the overpass on 19, [01:37:39] the specific intersection or zone? [01:37:43] I've been responsible for that project. [01:37:45] I'm Mr. Deputy Mayor, and I'll provide it to you. [01:37:48] All right, because we have some interest that we need to close the loop on is basically what we need to do. [01:37:58] Thank you. [01:37:59] Thank you. [01:38:00] Any other questions for Mr. Izzone?

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    Three-Minute Report: Parks and Recreation

    Parks and Recreation provided its monthly report covering new strength equipment at the Recreation and Aquatic Center, summer camp averaging 150 campers daily, closeout of the Land and Water Conservation grant for the Sims Park Improvement Project, completed interviews for the Park Master Plan, year-to-date revenues of $60,372, and upcoming August events including a Pokemon Go 5K, sunset concert with Isaac Byrd Jr., laser tag, canoe battleship, karaoke pool party, family movie night, and new Ultimate Indoor Frisbee and youth basketball leagues.

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    [01:38:02] Next is the three-minute report from Parks and Rec. [01:38:05] Yes, thank you very much. [01:38:07] The new strength equipment has arrived at the Recreation and Aquatic Center, [01:38:11] and installation began today and will be completed tomorrow. [01:38:14] So we're really happy to have that new equipment. [01:38:17] This is the last week for our summer camp, and we've averaged 150 campers every day all summer long. [01:38:24] The land and water conservation grant for the Sims Park Improvement Project has been closed out, [01:38:29] and happy to say the check has been received. [01:38:32] Interviews for the Park Master Plan have been completed [01:38:35] and will be coming to Council soon with a recommendation for that project. [01:38:40] Revenues are ahead of the same time period from last year. [01:38:45] To date, $60,372. [01:38:48] Some of the events that we have coming up this month, [01:38:50] we invite you to walk a 5K and hatch an egg with us on Friday for the Pokemon Go 5K walk. [01:38:58] I see interesting looks. [01:39:00] Is that a duck egg? [01:39:01] After you walk a 5K and you capture these Pokemon, you get an egg to hatch, [01:39:06] and you get a prize when it hatches. [01:39:09] That's all I know about it. [01:39:11] As hot as it is, you probably cooked the egg right then. [01:39:14] That's true. [01:39:15] I'm a boy. [01:39:16] True. [01:39:17] Our summer sunset concert series continues this Saturday, August 6, with Isaac Byrd, Jr. [01:39:22] He was featured in the Jazz and Blues Florida magazine. [01:39:27] Today they did an article on him and listed Sims Park, New Port Richey, August 6. [01:39:34] Laser Tag will be August 12 at the Recreation and Aquatic Center, [01:39:38] put on by our Youth Advisory Board. [01:39:40] We have Canoe Battleship on Saturday, August 13. [01:39:44] Then we're doing a little bit different. [01:39:47] We try to do a different theme on our pool parties. [01:39:49] This one is going to be karaoke, sing, or swim. [01:39:53] I'm not sure if they make you stand on the end of the diving board, [01:39:56] and if you're bad, jump off. [01:39:58] I'm not sure. [01:39:59] That's August 19. [01:40:01] Then our family movie night this month is August 20 with Meet the Robinsons. [01:40:07] We are starting a brand-new league called Ultimate Indoor Frisbee. [01:40:12] They're doing registrations for teams right now, [01:40:14] and then our youth basketball league will be starting very shortly. [01:40:19] Thank you. [01:40:20] Any questions for Elaine? [01:40:21] Did you have any guests that showed up for the summer camp? [01:40:26] The open house? [01:40:27] No, no, no. [01:40:29] Did you understand that the chief and his folks come by one day? [01:40:35] We had several guests. [01:40:37] We had two officers from the police department that spent about an hour [01:40:41] and a half with the kids and were great [01:40:43] and gave them pencils and badges and a lot of interaction, [01:40:46] a lot of questions from the kids. [01:40:48] We also had a former Tampa Bay Buccaneer who's a local football coach, [01:40:54] Ryan Benjamin, that came out [01:40:56] and spent another hour and a half with the kids, autographed footballs for everybody. [01:40:59] And he has a very inspirational story that, just to make it real short, [01:41:03] is don't ever give up because he was turned down and rejected so many times, [01:41:07] and then he ultimately won the Super Bowl. [01:41:11] You know, when the Bucs played the Super Bowl, he was on that winning team. [01:41:14] Let all the kids see his ring and all that and take pictures with him. [01:41:16] So those are two different groups I can think off the top of my head. [01:41:21] Elaine, what's the minimum age for the basketball league? [01:41:24] I will get that. [01:41:25] I'll send that to Debbie for all of council because we have several different leagues. [01:41:29] I don't know the breakdown right now. [01:41:31] We are going to be starting youth up through high school to start with, [01:41:35] and then later we're looking at adding adults. [01:41:37] Do you have a council league? [01:41:39] Thirty-five and over. [01:41:42] That's the adult league.

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