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

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   [00:00:22] Thank you. [00:00:23] I would ask you all to please stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance and remain [00:00:24] standing for a moment of silence in honor of our service men and women at home and [00:00:28] abroad. [00:00:29] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for [00:00:36] which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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   Moment of Silence

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4. 4

   Approval of January 26, 2021 Work Session Minutes

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   Council approved the January 26, 2021 work session minutes by unanimous voice vote.

   • motion:Motion to approve the January 26, 2021 work session minutes. (passed)

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   [00:00:52] Next item on the agenda is the approval of the January 26th work session minutes. [00:00:56] Move for approval. [00:00:57] Second. [00:00:58] We will give a motion and a second. [00:01:01] Any discussion? [00:01:03] Hearing none, all those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [00:01:06] Aye. [00:01:07] Aye. [00:01:08] Aye. [00:01:09] Opposed? [00:01:10] Like sign. [00:01:11] Motion passes.

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   Approval of February 2, 2021 Work Session, Special Meeting and Regular Meeting Minutes

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   Council approved the minutes from the February 2, 2021 work session, special meeting, and regular meeting.

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   [00:01:12] Next it is approval of the February 2nd work session special meeting and regular meeting [00:01:16] minutes. [00:01:17] Move for approval. [00:01:18] Second. [00:01:19] Discussion? [00:01:20] Hearing none, all those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [00:01:25] Aye. [00:01:26] Aye. [00:01:27] Opposed? [00:01:29] Motion passes.

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6. 6Vox Pop for Items Not Listed on the Agenda or Listed on Consent Agenda▶ 1:31
7. 7.a

   Consideration of Amendment to the FY21 Adopted Budget

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   Council closed public comment and moved to approve the consent agenda by voice vote.

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   [00:58:25] Seeing no one else come forward, we're going to close FOXPOP and go to the consent agenda. [00:58:30] Move for approval. [00:58:32] Second. [00:58:34] All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [00:58:37] Aye.

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8. 7.b

   Purchases/Payments for City Council Approval

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   Council closed public comment and moved approval of the consent agenda, which included purchases/payments for City Council approval. Motion was made, seconded, and approved by voice vote.

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   [00:58:25] Seeing no one else come forward, we're going to close FOXPOP and go to the consent agenda. [00:58:30] Move for approval. [00:58:32] Second. [00:58:34] All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [00:58:37] Aye.

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   Second Reading, Ordinance No. 2021-2224: Amendments to Chpt. 12 LDC RE: Front Yard Fences

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   Council held the second reading public hearing on Ordinance 2021-2224, amending Chapter 12 of the Land Development Code regarding fence standards (particularly front yard fences). After extensive public comment and confusion regarding fence heights on corner lots, side yards vs. rear yards, pool fencing safety, and natural wood color allowances, council directed staff to send the ordinance back for clarification rather than adopt it.

   Ord. Ordinance No. 2021-2224

   • direction:Council directed staff to send the ordinance back for clarification regarding side yard vs. rear yard fence heights, fences along streets on corner lots, pool fencing, and natural/untreated wood color allowances, rather than adopt at second reading. (tabled)

   📍5746 Wyoming Avenue📍6041 Florida Avenue📍6235 Florida Avenue📍7224 Grand📍Main Street📍Montana and Van Buren👤Bill Maydam👤Driscoll👤George Romagnoli👤John Cain👤Linda Connelly👤Matt👤Peters👤Sullivan👤Wendy Brenner#August 2020 fencing moratorium (180 days)#Chapter 12 Land Development Code Section 12.05.00#Chapter 6 Code of Ordinances Article 7#Ordinance No. 2021-2224#Section 12.053(G) - fence color

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   [00:58:41] Matt, are you still with us? [00:58:49] Again, apparently not. [00:58:51] Matt, you here? [00:58:56] If you'd call and try to get him back in. [00:58:59] Okay. [00:59:00] Motion passes. [00:59:01] Next is public reading ordinance, second reading ordinance 2021-2224. [00:59:07] This is ordinance number 2021-2224, an ordinance of the city of New Port Richey, Florida, [00:59:12] providing for amendment of section 12.05.00 of chapter 12 of the Land Development Code pertaining to fences, [00:59:18] providing for design standards for fences, providing for specific design standards for the various yard areas [00:59:23] and zoning districts within the city, providing for recodification and amendment of fence standards provided in article 7 [00:59:29] of chapter 6 of the Code of Ordinances, providing for severability, providing for conflicts, [00:59:34] providing for codification, and providing an effective date. [00:59:38] This is a second reading. [00:59:42] And in August of 2020, we established a moratorium for 180 days so that the staff could research [00:59:52] and develop some new standards related to fencing. [00:59:56] The moratorium related to front yard fencing. [01:00:00] residential districts. The work that we did though related to two sections in [01:00:08] our ordinances, one chapter six of the City Code and the second chapter 12 of [01:00:14] the Land Development Code, both of which had some conflicting requirements. The [01:00:21] proposed ordinance that we presented to you at your first reading on February [01:00:26] 2nd eliminates fencing completely from chapter six of the City Code and [01:00:32] amended chapter 12 of the Land Development Code to improve the [01:00:38] standards for both residential and commercial districts. Since your first [01:00:46] reading there has been one change made to the ordinance and it relates to the [01:00:54] rear yard fence, specifically when it abuts a street or a river. The maximum [01:01:00] height of the fence is four feet or it must be within 40 feet of a river or it [01:01:07] can't, I'm sorry, has to be a 40-foot distance from the river in residential, [01:01:14] commercial, office, and industrial classifications in the city. And with [01:01:23] that I'm prepared to respond to any questions that you might have in respect [01:01:27] to the proposed ordinance. Thank you. This is a public hearing. Do we have [01:01:31] anyone wish to address Council on this issue? [01:01:43] John Cain, 6041 Florida Avenue. I just wanted to add, if I paid attention last [01:01:50] time, to the code for the fence. If the side fence is in line with the house, I [01:02:05] had talked to the fellow, yes, it can be six foot as long as it's going [01:02:14] with the line of the house, not extended out along the road. Is that, in fact, is [01:02:21] true? Can't establish up to six feet, yes, that's true. Okay, so even if you were by [01:02:31] the road, as long as you're set back into your setback and it's in line with the [01:02:36] house, it can be six foot. Because when you first read, the reason I'm [01:02:44] bringing that up, when you read about it butting up against the road, you get the [01:02:49] impression that if you're just simply by a road, it would have to be four foot. But [01:02:53] if you're, and that would be if your fence was observing setback [01:03:00] rules, but if you're going even further back and going just continually with the [01:03:05] house, he said it could be six foot. I kind of had a pretty... I thought if it was a road, [01:03:12] if there was a road there, not an alleyway, but a road, I think we just, we [01:03:16] established it was four. The maximum fence height cannot exceed six feet. [01:03:22] I thought if there was a road, if it was on a corner lot, [01:03:28] then there would be four feet along the road, but not [01:03:31] necessarily in the alleyway. If there's an alleyway, then it's six [01:03:35] feet, but if it's a regular established road, then it's four. [01:03:39] Not if it's in line with the house. That's what I was asking him. As [01:03:43] long as your fence is in, if it's out, which you can build it out, you're [01:03:48] allowed to build a set, your fence can go out, it doesn't have to be in [01:03:53] line with your house, it can be out as long as you're [01:03:57] observing the setback. What I understood is it's four foot if it's on the side of [01:04:01] the house. And that's what I posed the question to him. Are you talking [01:04:05] about a corner lot, John? Yes, I am. Yeah, it would be four foot on the corner lot. [01:04:09] And so when I posed that question to him, because I live on a corner lot, and I [01:04:14] had my fence permitted, put in, as long as it's running with that, when I say [01:04:21] with the house, I don't mean a parallel to the house, I mean it has to be in line [01:04:25] with the house, he told me that that can be six foot. And as an example, in [01:04:32] my case, mine is six foot, goes to the alley, and then my backyard fence is six [01:04:38] foot. So if it's not going close to the side street, I've got the same issue. [01:04:43] No, it's not. That's what he said. If as long as you're, as long as [01:04:47] once again, the pertinent thing is it has to be, you cannot extend beyond your [01:04:52] house. It can't even be an inch beyond your house. It has to be in line with the [01:04:56] house. Is he here? You may want to pose that to him. I don't need to pose the question [01:05:01] to him. I just need to know whether you're talking about a fence that spans [01:05:05] on a street or not. Because that makes a difference. It is on a street. If it's on [01:05:11] a street, then it's four. If it doesn't extend beyond the house. You're [01:05:15] grandfathered in any side. You don't have to change your mind. Let's get the answer. [01:05:20] The ordinance provides that if it's along the street, the [01:05:24] limit is four feet, no matter where it's located along the street. What it provides [01:05:29] is for the setback from the river, it's 40 feet unless the house is closer to [01:05:34] the river, essentially. So if the house is closer to the river, at the end of the [01:05:38] house it can be six feet, and then it drops down to four feet. If you have a [01:05:42] house that is on a corner lot, and you have a fence that extends from the back [01:05:49] rear corner on the side street side, back to the back of the property, that can be [01:05:55] six? No, that's four foot. If it's along the street, this requires it to be four feet. [01:06:01] If it's no further closer to the street than the house. You're talking about [01:06:06] perpendicular to the street. That's what he had said to me, and that's [01:06:12] exactly what I posed to him. And once again, as long as it is exactly where the [01:06:18] house is, it can be six foot. Just as though you could have a six foot wall on [01:06:24] your house, as long as it's when they say by the street, it's if you by [01:06:31] permit put a fence in, which you can do, running along a street, but not even with [01:06:37] your house. You can have your house inside a fence line. In that [01:06:41] case, it would have to be four foot. [01:06:53] Because you would have many... [01:07:02] Right. We're going to look at that one. Now that we have a drawing, it's easier to [01:07:08] understand. Yeah, I just tried to do the same thing. I can tell you that the [01:07:14] ordinance currently doesn't differentiate between the rear and the [01:07:16] side yard. So if what you're suggesting is if it's the rear yard, it can be six [01:07:20] feet, then we need to clarify that. I think if it comes out from the house to [01:07:27] the side street, then it's got to be four. As an idea, the side yard would be [01:07:35] defined as all the space between the street and the house. Right. That would [01:07:41] mean that he would be putting a six foot fence in the backyard, but he still wants [01:07:45] his privacy. Exactly. That's exactly. It's the backyard. It's not the side. The side [01:07:51] would be between the house and the street, in which case it would have to be [01:07:55] four foot. I'm going to suggest that we send this back for clarification before [01:07:59] we do a second reading, but we had a couple people that [01:08:04] wanted to comment before we table it for the evening. George, you're up [01:08:09] next. Thank you. Again, George Romagnoli, 6235 Florida Avenue. Again, Mr. Driscoll, [01:08:20] that is the existing policy, at least it was when I was planning director, that the [01:08:24] parallel to the side street could be six feet, so I hope you you keep that because [01:08:29] that's the way we did a lot of fences over the last couple years. There is one [01:08:34] clarification, section 12.053, section G, when we talk about the color of the [01:08:43] fence. In the past, the fence didn't have to be colored. The natural [01:08:48] wood color was allowed. Is that a change? Are you requiring all fences to have [01:08:53] color now? No. Maybe that needs to be clarified, too, to say that in the [01:08:58] ordinance that the natural wood color can remain. You know, my fence [01:09:04] isn't painted. It looks fine. There's a lot of wooden fences out there. A lot of wooden fences. Maybe that [01:09:09] should be clarified, too, in the ordinance, but this is something I worked on when I [01:09:14] was planning director. I'm glad it's finally coming to fruition because having [01:09:17] those two different ordinances was very confusing, and people would say, it says [01:09:21] this in the ordinance. No, we follow this ordinance, so I'm glad you guys are doing [01:09:25] this now. Over coffee sometime, I can draw you out what happened at my house [01:09:31] when we added fences. Actually, you told me about that. It was totally bizarre, and it was [01:09:36] because the two different ordinances don't match anything. Mr. Mayor, to [01:09:41] that comment, I think what he's asking is that if it be untreated wood, sometimes [01:09:47] you're buying wood fencing which would be pressure treated so that it [01:09:53] wouldn't rot, but is the concern that if it's not painted or somewhere sealed [01:09:57] that it would rot? Is that the idea behind it? If that's the case, then maybe [01:10:02] sealed or otherwise treated. It would be considered stained if that's the case, but I think that the concern is not whether it's painted, but [01:10:16] it's going to be durable. If it's not pressure treated, I mean the last three to five years of pressure treated, it should last at least ten years before it has to be replaced. [01:10:26] Thank you for doing this. Thank you. The lady in the back. The [01:10:33] lady? The mayor? He didn't recognize you with your mask. Well, no wonder I couldn't [01:10:43] recognize you. I always love having you here, Mayor Brenner. Wendy Brenner, 7224 Grand. [01:10:50] First of all, there was more than one person in this room without a mask. I [01:10:56] object because I want to have my constitutional rights to come here [01:11:03] and speak in the city I live in, and these people did not have masks on. Sorry. [01:11:10] About the fence ordinance, first of all, the pressure-treated question was one [01:11:14] that I had. If you buy a pressure-treated fence and you put it up, you're [01:11:21] saying now you have to stain it? No. We didn't make that clear, though, but we're [01:11:27] going to. Okay. I just want to verify that. And then the other question is on corner [01:11:31] lots on the river with swimming pools. You're saying now that you're not [01:11:37] going to allow six-foot fences, it's going to have to be a four-foot fence? [01:11:41] If it's by the street. If your fence is parallel to the road, you [01:11:50] live on the boulevard, here's your main, you live on a corner house, here's your [01:11:56] street back here, your pool is back here. You're saying that if you want to put a [01:12:01] pool in there, it can only be four feet on this side, and it's six feet all [01:12:08] the rest of the property. That's part of the discussion. Mr. Peters, do [01:12:12] you know if there's an insurance issue? This is the liability issue that I'm worried [01:12:16] about. It is not required. A four-foot would be sufficient enough, you know, for a [01:12:21] pool. Are you talking about the setback, four-foot, if it's going towards the [01:12:25] river? If you live on the river, there's other issues, but if you live on a [01:12:33] corner, this happens to be on the river, but on Grand, so of course you're not [01:12:38] right on the river. So it's your house here, and then the pool behind it, the [01:12:45] river's over here, but they're on a side street. So there's a side street here, so [01:12:50] you're saying it's okay to put a six-foot fence around the rest of the [01:12:53] pool, but on this side where that road is, that ancillary road, you're only going [01:13:00] to allow them to put four foot, have four foot. That's where the discussion is. Is that, I know, I [01:13:06] just want to make sure, because I don't think that's right. I think we need the [01:13:10] six-foot fences for the pools. That'll be addressed by the rear yard issue that you... [01:13:14] Yeah, that's what John was saying. If you're running parallel, or right off the [01:13:17] corner of the house, and you're going straight back, you're not going to the [01:13:20] edge of the alleyway, or the street, then we're going to, you might be able to put [01:13:24] six foot, but if you go out to the road, then it's going to be four foot. [01:13:28] That's what we were discussing. But I don't think pools should be surrounded [01:13:32] by four foot fences, period. I mean, I think that's a... The setback from the [01:13:40] road is going to put it back behind the house, and that's what we're probably [01:13:42] going to do. Yeah, but I'm talking about the height of the fence. Right, I'm [01:13:46] saying, but that's exactly what I'm saying. If your pool is [01:13:51] probably going to be behind the house, that's what we're talking, if it [01:13:54] runs along the side of the house, it's straight back, that's what we're talking [01:13:57] about, possibly making that six feet. But if you came out to the road, your easement [01:14:01] of the road, then it would be four foot out to the easement of the road. [01:14:05] Okay, well you're going to bring it back anyway. So your concern was, because it's a [01:14:09] pool, it needs to be a six foot fence, right? Yes. So, you know, most, for them, you [01:14:15] know, practical purposes, if four foot's all that's required, in most cases, you know, [01:14:21] you think about, you go to hotels and so forth, those areas that commercial a lot [01:14:27] of people in, and if four foot fences is really typically, you don't need to be [01:14:31] six feet to keep someone out from a pool area and still be safe. It's like the [01:14:37] latches would be up higher, you know, couldn't be latched down at two and a [01:14:42] half, three feet would be up at the top of the four foot fence. I really don't have a problem with a six foot fence around a pool, regardless of the situation. I don't either, that's my point. I think that a six foot fence is safer, at least I feel safer with a six foot fence. [01:14:56] That's why if we did it along the side of the house and went back six [01:15:00] then their yard's still going to be up there. [01:15:02] Well, especially when you live next to a group of apartments with kids. [01:15:07] Oh, I'm sorry, are you still going? [01:15:12] Sorry. [01:15:12] You still talking? [01:15:13] No. [01:15:14] Well, you're welcome to stay, I mean, but we've got some strict rules around here. [01:15:21] Is there three minutes up yet? [01:15:22] No, I'm just kidding. [01:15:25] So the state law sets the forefoot, so that's where that comes from? [01:15:30] The ordinance for swimming pools requires a forefoot. [01:15:33] I wanted to jump in on this side yard discussion, though, because I think that, and I'm hopeful, [01:15:39] that the city, in examining its rules with regard to setback, [01:15:43] is we just did a variance, and pardon me for just one moment, [01:15:46] we just did a variance for the townhomes up right here, close to City Hall, [01:15:54] by suggesting that we would let the building come out a little closer to Central Avenue, I think. [01:16:01] And when you have a corner road, and you have a 50-foot lot, [01:16:05] and you have a 25-foot setback from your lot line, [01:16:09] and the argument that was made there is an argument I hope we'll look at, [01:16:13] and I think in some places the city talks about distance from the edge of the street or sidewalk or whatever it is. [01:16:22] And we're finding that we're pushing all construction back 30 feet, [01:16:27] but we're going to let this fence, I believe, go to the lot line. [01:16:32] So there is an in-between, a lot line in the back of the house, [01:16:36] and that may be something that we want to incorporate into this, [01:16:41] which is to the allowable, to the required setback from the side. [01:16:46] Because if we change the setback, and the houses had to be set back 25, [01:16:51] and somebody has a pool, I think they should get as much space as they can in their pool area, [01:16:56] according to what we would let somebody to build. [01:16:58] So within the building zone of the lot is kind of what I'm saying. [01:17:02] Are you talking about setting back fences? [01:17:04] Because normally those are allowed on the property line. [01:17:06] I'm saying if you want a 6-foot, because that's sort of the compromise here. [01:17:10] If somebody wants a pool, they want a 6-foot, we're going to allow that for a pool now. [01:17:14] So then we've got Sullivan and Brennan, they're going to have a 2-inch deep pool, [01:17:19] and then they're going to fight us in court and win $200,000 on a civil lawsuit, [01:17:23] which happened to us back in the 70s. [01:17:25] So if we are going to try to think about what looks good, [01:17:29] 4-foot on the property line, that begins to get intrusive with, [01:17:33] this is my land, this is my 4-foot fence. [01:17:36] There is also something else called how far the building setback can be. [01:17:40] And right now it's 25 feet back. [01:17:43] If you have a side lot that's a 50-foot lot, you're going halfway into the lot with the current setbacks. [01:17:48] I believe that the city is going to see a modification of that. [01:17:52] So instead of talking about distance back, I would suggest we consider the allowable, [01:18:00] if you move it back to the allowable construction, allowable area with the setback, it could be 6-foot. [01:18:07] I don't know if that makes sense, but pools need as much space as they can get to get around them. [01:18:13] You talked about the townhouse and such. [01:18:16] I think the one thing that came up there was that the easement was so large. [01:18:20] That's what I'm saying. [01:18:22] So depending on now when you're going to measure the setback, right? [01:18:25] So it's really the amount of space, easement or lot. [01:18:32] That's the look when you're driving through town. [01:18:35] And my point is I think side setbacks when you've already got 25-foot from the front. [01:18:39] So you've got a 50-foot lot by 100-foot. [01:18:42] You've taken 25-foot off the top. [01:18:44] You've taken 25-foot off the side. [01:18:46] You've got 5-foot to the next lot. [01:18:49] The most you could put is a trailer on these lots. [01:18:51] So we have some conundrums in our code, which I have talked with our consultant about in the past, [01:18:58] which I think may change. [01:19:00] So my point would be, I guess, still, rather than saying from the house, [01:19:06] say from the area that you could build a house to. [01:19:10] That's all. [01:19:11] Because some of these houses may be a side yard, could be like Bill Maydam, [01:19:16] who used to be on the city council. [01:19:18] I don't know when he was around for him. [01:19:20] But he has a corner lot on Montana and Van Buren, but he's on two lots. [01:19:27] And he's got some orange trees there. [01:19:29] So what can he do? [01:19:32] You know, what if he puts in a pool? [01:19:34] He could put it as close as we would allow somebody to build their house. [01:19:38] It's the imaginary side of the house, is what I'm saying, versus the real side of the actual house. [01:19:43] But regardless of what's constructed there, what would be the allowable area for construction? [01:19:47] You can't put it out on your property line. [01:19:50] But you could bring it back to where you could build something. [01:19:53] That's all I'm saying. [01:19:54] If we could take a look at that, I would appreciate it. [01:19:57] Yes, ma'am. [01:19:58] Linda Connelly, 5746 Wyoming Avenue. [01:20:03] And this is in regards to the fence. [01:20:06] So my mother's property is on Main Street. [01:20:10] The backyard is on Main Street. [01:20:12] And then she has a side road here. [01:20:15] And then she has a neighbor here. [01:20:17] So my new neighbors there, or her new neighbors, have put up a six-foot fence around. [01:20:28] That extends out from their house. [01:20:30] They just put up. [01:20:31] And honestly, on Main Street, on that corner, it looks bad. [01:20:35] But that's their privacy. [01:20:37] And they've put a pool in there. [01:20:39] And if any of you have a pool and you go out by your pool, especially being female, [01:20:47] you don't want a forfeit fence while you're walking out around your pool. [01:20:52] You do want privacy. [01:20:53] And I understand along the sides of the house, definitely. [01:20:58] I mean, my mother, the setbacks on her property are so great. [01:21:02] But just imagine your six-foot fence, if you have one, taking part of that down, [01:21:06] you know, just being exposed. [01:21:09] Many years ago, we built a house with a pool. [01:21:12] And the first thing we did was put a six-foot fence around the whole backyard [01:21:15] for just exactly that reason. [01:21:17] Yes. [01:21:18] Well, the setbacks are so great, I don't even know that we could get a pool in there right now. [01:21:22] I think this one's going to need some more work, Ms. Driscoll. [01:21:25] So if there's no objection from members of council, we'll just toss this one back.

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10. 8.b

    Second Reading, Ordinance No. 2021-2216: Outdoor Display Ordinance (Downtown Zoning District)

    approved

    Council adopted on second reading Ordinance 2021-2216, amending the Land Development Code to permit outdoor displays in the downtown zoning district. Four changes requested at first reading were incorporated, including eliminating the three-foot requirement, clarifying per-business rather than per-building, removing references to animals and insects, and allowing outdoor sales unless they create a public nuisance.

    Ord. Ordinance No. 2021-2216

    • motion:Motion to approve Ordinance 2021-2216 on second reading regarding outdoor displays in the downtown zoning district. (passed)

    🏢Jay's Restaurant👤Councilman Allman👤Debbie Manns👤Mr. Murphy#Downtown Zoning District#Land Development Code Section 7.22.05#Ordinance 2021-2216#Outdoor Display Ordinance

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    [01:21:29] And, Ms. Manns, you can re-agenda it when we're ready. [01:21:33] Okay. [01:21:34] Thank you, Mr. Mayor. [01:21:35] Thank you. [01:21:36] Next is the second reading ordinance 2021-2216. [01:21:41] This is ordinance 2021-2216, an ordinance of the city of New Port Richey, Florida, [01:21:46] amending subsection 4 of section 7.22.05 of chapter 7 of the Land Development Code [01:21:52] pertaining to outdoor display areas in the downtown zoning district, [01:21:55] providing for purpose, permitting, display standards, and revocation of permits for said displays, [01:22:00] providing for severability, providing for conflicts, providing for codification, and providing an effective date. [01:22:07] Ms. Manns. [01:22:08] Yes, sir, Mr. Mayor, members of council. [01:22:10] We conducted a first reading on this ordinance at your meeting on February 2nd, [01:22:17] and we requested several changes to the ordinance, which is related to outdoor display in our downtown district, [01:22:27] and we're trying to promote very much an opportunity for our retailers in the downtown area [01:22:35] to establish a display or a sample of their products outdoors. [01:22:44] The four changes that you asked the staff to effectuate related to eliminating the three-foot requirement [01:22:58] to the end of the building rather than the end of the storefront, changing in 14C3 per business, not building, [01:23:10] 14C10 eliminating a reference to animals and insects, and 14C14 allowing outdoor sales as long as it did not create a public nuisance. [01:23:26] As I recall, those were the four changes that were requested by you. [01:23:34] The city attorney has made those changes in the ordinance, [01:23:40] and with the changes we're prepared to recommend to you that you consider approval of the ordinance. [01:23:46] Thank you. We'll open this up for public comment. [01:23:50] Seeing no one come forward, bring it back to council. [01:23:53] I move we approve. [01:23:54] Second. [01:23:55] To the maker. [01:23:57] Changes made, we talked about last time. [01:23:59] Yeah, and I think we got some help from some of the businesses too. [01:24:03] Councilman Allman. [01:24:04] Yeah, just the definition is that this is the display ordinance, so it doesn't really impact, as an example, [01:24:15] and I can keep using restaurants because they have tables, but someone like Jay's Restaurant who puts his outdoor stuff around, [01:24:21] I mean, I'm sure that the fire department wants to ensure safety everywhere on public and private property, [01:24:28] but this is specifically related to displays. [01:24:32] So I'm particularly thinking about activity that's on private property, [01:24:38] whether it's these occasional artists or musicians or other things that are going on. [01:24:43] Those are not covered by this ordinance or really addressed by this ordinance. [01:24:47] Would that be correct? [01:24:49] That's correct. [01:24:50] Yeah. [01:24:51] So in that case, I'm in favor of the motion. [01:24:56] Mr. Murphy, are we back? [01:24:59] I'm good. [01:25:00] You're good too? [01:25:01] Okay. [01:25:02] Don't want to ignore you here, and I'm good on this as well. [01:25:06] There's no further discussion. [01:25:07] All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [01:25:10] Aye. [01:25:11] Aye. [01:25:12] Opposed? [01:25:13] Motion passes. [01:25:14] Next, second reading ordinance 2021-2225.

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11. 8.c

    Second Reading, Ordinance No. 2021-2225: Amendments to Chpt. 2 LDC RE: Cosmetic Tattooing

    approved

    Council held the second reading of Ordinance 2021-2225, amending the Land Development Code to redefine 'personal service,' add definitions for 'beauty shop' and 'cosmetic tattooing,' and allow cosmetic tattooing in C1, C2, and downtown districts. The ordinance passed unanimously on a voice vote. Councilmember Allman noted interest in revisiting the prohibition on tattoo parlors downtown in the future.

    Ord. Ordinance No. 2021-2225

    • motion:Motion to approve Ordinance 2021-2225 amending the Land Development Code regarding definitions for personal service, beauty shop, and cosmetic tattooing. (passed)

    👤Allman👤Murphy👤Peterson#C1, C2, and downtown districts#LDC Section 2.01.00#LDC Section 7.06.02#MF30 high-density residential zoning district#Ordinance 2021-2225

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    [01:25:20] Give me one second, Mr. Mayor. [01:25:24] This is ordinance 2021-2225, [01:25:27] an ordinance of the City of New Port Richey, Florida, [01:25:29] providing for amendment of section 2.01.00 of the Land Development Code [01:25:33] pertaining to definitions of terms to amend the definition of personal service [01:25:37] and to add the definitions of beauty shop and cosmetic tattooing, [01:25:40] providing for amendment of section 7.06.02 2F of chapter 7 of the Land Development Code [01:25:47] pertaining to service type special exceptions in the MF30 high-density residential zoning district [01:25:52] consistent herewith, providing for severability, providing for conflicts, [01:25:55] providing for codification, and providing an effective date. [01:25:59] As you'll remember from the discussion that took place at our last meeting, [01:26:04] the impetus for this ordinance is the practice that cosmetic tattooing has become popular. [01:26:13] It is performed in beauty shops, [01:26:16] and it's part of a practice that establishes permanent makeup. [01:26:23] In order to address the practice in our current ordinance, [01:26:30] we have changed the use of the word beauty salon to beauty shop, [01:26:40] and we have provided definitions for personal service, [01:26:44] beauty shop, and cosmetic tattooing to allow it as a practice [01:26:52] in our C1, C2, and downtown districts in the city. [01:26:59] Very good. Open it up for public comment. [01:27:03] Seeing no one come forward, I'll bring it back to Council. [01:27:06] Move for approval. [01:27:08] Second. [01:27:10] Maker? [01:27:11] Nothing more. [01:27:12] Commissioner Murphy, you're the second. [01:27:15] I'm good. We can talk about it. [01:27:17] Mr. Allman? [01:27:19] I'll support the motion. [01:27:20] I'll also continue to add that I'm interested in, at some point, [01:27:24] revisiting the idea of tattoo parlors in the downtown. [01:27:28] I know that it's a prohibited use, but I think it's becoming a much more common activity, [01:27:39] and we're already restricting them to so many per square feet, [01:27:43] but that's not pertinent to the motion. [01:27:47] Mr. Peterson? [01:27:48] Nothing, Mayor. [01:27:49] In that case, all those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [01:27:52] Aye. [01:27:53] Aye. [01:27:54] Aye. [01:27:55] Opposed, like sign.

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12. 9.a

    Agreement w/Pasco County RE: Jointly Owned Property on Cross Bayou

    approved

    Council approved the sale of 10.7 acres of jointly-owned property in the southeastern portion of the wastewater treatment plant to Pasco County for $818,289.64, to enable the county to construct a new Fire Station #19. Discussion included tying progress to a long-pending property exchange between the city and county (downtown health department building / ball fields) and an upcoming visit by the county commission chairman.

    • motion:Motion to approve the amended purchase agreement to sell 10.7 acres of jointly-owned wastewater treatment plant property to Pasco County for $818,289.64. (passed)

    📍6041 Florida Avenue📍Cross Bayou just west of US Highway 19📍Leisure Lane and Van Doren📍Main and Bank📍Missouri Avenue🏢Pasco County🏢Red Cross👤Chairman Oakley👤Commissioner Moore👤Councilman Davis👤Debbie👤John Cain👤Mr. Allman👤Mr. Murphy👤Mr. Peters👤Mr. Rivera👤Robert Nye👤Tim Driscoll#CRA funds#Eighth Amendment to Wastewater Interlocal Agreement#Fire Station #19#Pasco County property exchange (health department / ball fields)

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    [01:27:57] Motion passes. [01:28:00] Next is agreement with Pasco County regarding joint-owned property on Cross Bayou. [01:28:07] Yes, sir. [01:28:09] Mr. Rivera and I have had conversations in recent weeks with Pasco County, [01:28:18] and in concurrence with the terms of our eighth amendment to our wastewater interlocal agreement, [01:28:26] tonight we're asking you to approve the sale of 10.7 acres of property [01:28:32] located in the southeastern portion of our wastewater treatment plant facility property. [01:28:43] The property is currently vacant, [01:28:46] and there are no future plans for its use related to the support or the operation of our plant. [01:28:55] The parties or the agreement specifically specifies if one party or the other, [01:29:06] because we jointly own the land, would like to exclusively own the land. [01:29:14] Then there's a pro rata share of the original purchase price of land per acre, [01:29:22] which was $56,704.34 plus a 5% annual increase in value. [01:29:35] The pro rata shares between the parties are that the New Port Richey portion of the plan is 60%, [01:29:43] and Pasco County carries the remaining 40%. [01:29:48] Calculating out in accordance with that methodology, [01:29:53] the purchase price is in the amount of $818,280. [01:30:00] $289.64 and an amended purchase agreement for the sale of the property is at your place. [01:30:20] The amended agreement calls for the purchaser of the property to pay for the sale or for [01:30:38] the title basically insurance and closing for the property. [01:30:48] The eighth amendment of the agreement specifies that the land transaction would typically [01:30:56] be facilitated on a quit claim basis. [01:31:01] The county though requested that it be facilitated on a warranty deed basis since it was at their [01:31:10] request that a warranty deed be provided. [01:31:14] It was our joint position that they should be responsible for the costs associated with [01:31:23] providing the warranty deed and they agreed to do so. [01:31:27] Their purpose of wanting to acquire the property is in relationship to their interest to construct [01:31:40] a new fire station number 19 which is currently situated on Cross Bio just west of US Highway [01:31:54] 19. [01:31:57] If you approve both the purpose and entering into the agreement for the purchase of the [01:32:05] property by Pasco County, it would be their plan to situate a new building on the 10.75 [01:32:16] acres and to establish their means of ingress and egress from the property on Cross Bio [01:32:26] as it's currently situated. [01:32:31] Robert Nye and Tim Driscoll can respond to questions. [01:32:34] Open it up for public comment. [01:32:46] John Cain, 6041 Florida Avenue. [01:32:52] I think you just answered my question but I'm kind of surprised because I'm familiar [01:32:56] with that lot because I used to deliver mail to both the treatment plant as well as the [01:33:05] large trailer park that's behind Kia and that land continues all the way to Cross Bio. [01:33:13] If the county is going to put in a new fire station, are they going to still use Cross [01:33:21] Bio as their or would they be using Seaforest Drive because that property borders Seaforest [01:33:27] Drive also? [01:33:29] Their plan is to use Cross Bio as it's been described to me. [01:33:34] That's a large lot going all the way to Cross Bio. [01:33:37] I can show you. [01:33:38] I can give you a drawing if you'd like to see it. [01:33:40] Oh, I looked at it. [01:33:41] Yeah. [01:33:42] Oh, you did already? [01:33:43] Mm-hmm. [01:33:44] Okay. [01:33:45] Thank you. [01:33:46] That's their plan. [01:33:48] So I was curious. [01:33:49] And they have gone through the conceptual plan stage and based on the amount of work [01:33:56] that's been done so far, they believe that they can do that? [01:34:00] Right. [01:34:01] So I'm just curious because that is a rather large parcel and if they're going to still [01:34:09] utilize Cross Bio where they already have an existing fire station then I'm imagining [01:34:14] they're going to probably knock down? [01:34:16] No. [01:34:17] They're going to use that structure. [01:34:18] That's their plan. [01:34:19] It is a large parcel but it contains a lot of wetland. [01:34:22] Yes, it does. [01:34:24] Okay. [01:34:25] And it's not all buildable. [01:34:27] Okay. [01:34:28] All right. [01:34:29] Okay. [01:34:30] Anyone else? [01:34:31] Seeing no one else come forward, bring it back to council. [01:34:34] I'd like to have a little discussion here. [01:34:36] Okay. [01:34:37] Debbie and I talked about this and I learned something from the federal government. [01:34:42] When they want to do something, they always have these other packages in, you know, spread [01:34:47] some more money and other things to get it passed. [01:34:50] And in this particular one, I would like to, you know, take care of the exchange of property [01:34:56] between the health department downtown and the ball fields that they've been sitting [01:35:00] on and sitting on and sitting on. [01:35:03] So I'd like to tie this to that somehow. [01:35:09] So let me go ahead and make a motion to approve the contract to get the discussion on this. [01:35:13] Okay. [01:35:14] We've got a motion. [01:35:15] We've got a motion. [01:35:16] We have a second. [01:35:17] I'll second it as long as we try to get some kind of discussion. [01:35:21] For discussion. [01:35:22] Mr. Allman, you've got the motion. [01:35:24] Yeah. [01:35:25] So I made the motion, Chopper, so that I could give you a little other piece of news, which [01:35:30] is on the 25th, the chairman of the county commissioner is going to come and take a visit [01:35:37] of our city. [01:35:39] So he will be here in the afternoon on the 25th. [01:35:42] I think it's time that we as a body assert ourselves a little bit and say we've been [01:35:46] waiting for it. [01:35:47] And so it was my intention to make sure that we showed him our plans for the parking lot [01:35:54] and the fact that we, you know, with your movement you've made, intention to move forward [01:36:00] with that and to encourage him to see all of what we're doing for a couple of reasons. [01:36:09] So, you know, I also talked to the city manager about this this morning and raised the same [01:36:15] question that you did. [01:36:17] And her response was, you know, that they were very anxious to see this happen. [01:36:24] And I would be anxious to show them how cooperative we are by going forward with this. [01:36:30] But with the certainty that we will not wait any longer. [01:36:35] So I don't know that we need to put it into legal terms. [01:36:37] I'm ready to go. [01:36:38] I don't know. [01:36:39] I'm just bringing it up. [01:36:40] Yeah. [01:36:41] I want it moved. [01:36:42] I mean, we never wanted this property. [01:36:43] I'm with you. [01:36:44] I want this to move. [01:36:45] Yeah. [01:36:46] I'm with you. [01:36:47] And I think this is our opportunity to show good faith and say, OK, we're showing good [01:36:50] faith and we've had this discussion for a long time. [01:36:54] But most importantly, they should be getting excited about everything that we're doing [01:36:57] here. [01:36:58] And, you know, frankly, I mean, our chairman of our county commission has not even toured [01:37:02] our downtown of New Port Richey. [01:37:04] So I think he is going to be surprised when he sees it. [01:37:08] So I mentioned the date just to say this is our good opportunity, because as we have that [01:37:13] authority to give direction to our staff, it appears to me that we need to get the county [01:37:18] commission to make this move forward. [01:37:23] I don't know how you feel, Debbie, but I'm well. [01:37:28] If you're asking councilman, I felt that it was appropriate to demonstrate good faith [01:37:35] in this case rather than hold their feet to the fire. [01:37:39] They were anxious to turn over a large sum of money to the city, and that was of interest [01:37:48] to me rather than delaying that payment to the city, which could be six weeks or so. [01:37:59] I did affirm to them our interest in the exchange. [01:38:04] I did talk to them as recently as today about that and another matter, which I'll report [01:38:14] to you later on. [01:38:18] So I know that we have their ear, and I don't feel that we need to delay their project any [01:38:27] further in order to truly have their attention. [01:38:36] And I would concur, knowing who the chairman is. [01:38:38] I think we've got somebody we can work with. [01:38:42] Mr. Peters? [01:38:43] So, yeah, I'm okay going ahead with it. [01:38:45] I was curious to what prompted the chairman's visit to the city. [01:38:51] Me. [01:38:52] I went over and visited him, and he said, well, aren't you from New Port Richey? [01:38:59] And I said, no, I'm not from New Port Richey. [01:39:02] I'm from New Port Richey, and have you been there lately? [01:39:05] And it was, you really need to come and see, because there's been a lot of concern publicly [01:39:11] about use of CRA funds. [01:39:13] We had that with Commissioner Moore before, and we're doing an excellent job. [01:39:18] Things are excited. [01:39:19] It's only fair that our county commissioner is get a chance to see and get him excited [01:39:24] about it. [01:39:25] So I hope that you concur, but, you know, I'm not trying to have that meeting private. [01:39:31] That's why I'm mentioning it to you all. [01:39:32] It would be great if we all did like the police chief did when I told him that the officers [01:39:37] weren't paying attention to me, because they had every single officer stop, get out of [01:39:42] their patrol car, and wave to me the next morning at every turn that I took through [01:39:47] the city for the whole morning. [01:39:49] So I don't know that we need to go to that extent, but I would hope that the city manager [01:39:55] can express, if anyone's around, to let him know that there are faces and people here [01:40:02] in this city that depend on him to be our chairman as well. [01:40:05] Yeah, if Chairman Oakley's going to come over here, I would make sure we'd want to talk [01:40:11] to him about the county building at Main and Bank, talk to him about the baseball field, [01:40:23] and... [01:40:24] I can't hear you, Mayor. [01:40:25] Oh, I'm sorry. [01:40:27] We'd want him to, we'd want to talk to him about the old bank building at Main and Bank. [01:40:33] We'd want to talk to him about the Little League field, and I suspect we also probably [01:40:39] ought to take him for a ride through Leisure Lane and Van Doren and explain to him why [01:40:46] it is the poster child for slum and blight and redevelopment efforts. [01:40:53] I think we can get him on board. [01:40:57] Mr. Mayor, to follow up the conversation that I had, he talked about the city's borders [01:41:02] not being square, and so he's aware of our situation, so I don't want to make it look [01:41:06] like he doesn't know our city. [01:41:08] I just think he would really benefit from seeing what we're doing, but I would also [01:41:12] suggest that I've spoken to the city manager that the property on Missouri Avenue, where [01:41:17] the Red Cross is currently not operating but there, is also owned by the county, and as [01:41:25] we're looking at parking spaces and the potential to grow around that central area, I think [01:41:30] that would be best in our hands as well at some point. [01:41:33] That may be a CRA discussion. [01:41:35] That could well be. [01:41:36] Mr. Murphy, anything? [01:41:37] No, I think we can go forward with the way it is now, but I do think the other part is [01:41:44] important, and I think there's some growing interest in that from the county, too, so [01:41:49] let's hope that moves forward quickly. [01:41:51] Mr. Peters, anything? [01:41:54] Yeah, I'm, you know, this property, the $800,000 is worth it. [01:42:02] What else would we do with that property? [01:42:04] Water treatment can't expand there, close to the coastline, it's not going to be probable, [01:42:09] so I think it's a perfect match. [01:42:12] So let's go. [01:42:13] Councilman Davis? [01:42:14] Yeah, I don't have problems with this. [01:42:15] I just, I've been dealing with the county for seven years, and I just think they'll [01:42:21] get their product and then they'll walk away. [01:42:24] So I hope you guys can prove me wrong. [01:42:28] I think we've got somebody we can work with, so if there's no further discussion, all those [01:42:33] in favor, please signify by saying aye. [01:42:36] Aye. [01:42:37] Mr. Murphy? [01:42:39] Aye. [01:42:40] Thank you. [01:42:42] Opposed? [01:42:43] The motion passes. [01:42:46] Next, yard debris grinding service award. [01:42:50] We are asking to enter into a three-year contract with a one-year renewal with Central Florida [01:43:00] Mulch Soil LLC for yard debris grinding services in the amount not to exceed $575 per hour. [01:43:10] Robert, do you have some additional comments? [01:43:13] Basically, this is to get them under contract. [01:43:16] We typically will grind twice a year at a cost of an average of about $20,000 annually. [01:43:24] This will also put them under contract so that if we have storm events, we'll be able [01:43:28] to get them in line to be able to help us grind the storm debris that we pick up as [01:43:33] well. [01:43:34] And this is a standard. [01:43:35] Our previous contract that we had was $550 an hour, so it's in line with what we have [01:43:42] here as far as the $575 an hour. [01:43:46] Okay. [01:43:47] We'll open it up for public comment. [01:43:51] Seeing no one come forward, I'll bring it back to Council. [01:43:54] Move for approval. [01:43:56] Second. [01:43:57] Okay. [01:44:00] Chopper? [01:44:01] No, nothing. [01:44:02] Mr. Peters, you had the second. [01:44:03] Yeah. [01:44:04] So, you said twice a year? [01:44:07] It averages twice a year, yes, sir. [01:44:09] We don't grind more frequently than twice a year? [01:44:13] No, sir. [01:44:14] It just stacks up. [01:44:16] Okay. [01:44:17] Mr. Murphy? [01:44:18] No. [01:44:19] Mr. Altman? [01:44:20] Always something. [01:44:21] Yeah. [01:44:22] A question. [01:44:29] You have the right to use them. [01:44:32] Do we have a requirement? [01:44:34] If you've been talking, you all have been talking about modifying the way we do things, [01:44:39] are we committed to a certain volume or are we committed?

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13. 9.b

    Yard Debris Grinding Services - RFP21-004 Award

    approved

    Council briefly concluded discussion on the Yard Debris Grinding Services RFP21-004 award, clarifying that the contract is on-demand with no minimum tonnage or frequency commitment. The motion passed by voice vote.

    • motion:Award of Yard Debris Grinding Services contract under RFP21-004. (passed)

    #RFP21-004

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    [01:44:44] If we mulch, we pay them. [01:44:47] What if we stop mulching and outsource our material to a mulching facility? [01:44:53] There's no commitment to them if we don't meet the twice a year or the amount. [01:45:00] of tonnage, nothing is based on that. [01:45:04] So it's on demand by us? [01:45:05] Correct. [01:45:06] That's what I wanted to clear up. [01:45:08] Thank you. [01:45:09] Any further discussion? [01:45:12] Hearing none, all those in favor, [01:45:13] please signify by saying aye. [01:45:15] Aye. [01:45:17] Aye. [01:45:18] Opposed, like sign. [01:45:20] Motion passes. [01:45:21] Next, 2021 Grand Boulevard multi-use path project [01:45:25] phase one, engineering services. [01:45:28] The task order is actually for architectural design [01:45:32] and engineering services. [01:45:34] And it is for the first phase of the Grand Boulevard project, [01:45:44] which spans from Marine Parkway to the bridge at, [01:45:51] is it Madison, Robert, Mr. Rivera? [01:45:55] Just north of Madison. [01:45:56] Just north of Madison for an amount not to exceed $90,800. [01:46:02] And I'll let Mr. Rivera more fully introduce [01:46:06] the agenda item. [01:46:08] So this is what we would call phase one, [01:46:10] as you're aware of with the multi-use path. [01:46:13] The deliverables that we have in this task order [01:46:17] are to verify the existing conditions, [01:46:20] right-of-way limits and the topography, [01:46:22] the existing grades. [01:46:24] Once those are completed, [01:46:26] there'll be a development design plan phase [01:46:30] that will include different options [01:46:33] that will be presented to you, as well as cost proposals. [01:46:37] And then once those items are approved, [01:46:42] then we will move into the actual design, [01:46:45] bid and construction of that phase. [01:46:49] And I think one of the most exciting parts [01:46:52] about this project is that the lighting, [01:46:55] the landscaping, the signage and all of the furnishings [01:46:59] that are selected will be used in varying degrees [01:47:06] along the entire span of the project, [01:47:09] which in its conclusion will be connected [01:47:12] to the path at Massachusetts. [01:47:16] Very good. [01:47:17] I'll open up for public comment. [01:47:19] Seeing no one come forward, bring it back to council. [01:47:22] Move for approval. [01:47:25] Move for approval. [01:47:26] Second. [01:47:27] Or Matt has the second. [01:47:29] Matt, we'll give you the second. [01:47:31] Chopper, you had the motion. [01:47:33] Nothing more. [01:47:34] Mr. Murphy. [01:47:36] I'll record. [01:47:37] Mr. Hallman. [01:47:38] I'll fill the report in. [01:47:42] No, this is a follow-up to the presentation [01:47:45] made by the staff and the discussion we had [01:47:48] of the expected routes. [01:47:50] I know we had a few points of concern [01:47:52] of when it would turn to the east to go to Madison [01:47:57] and how it would get there. [01:47:59] Correct. [01:48:00] This is the first phase. [01:48:01] The only thing I would request is, [01:48:03] because this is such a critical part, [01:48:08] that we get some updates along the way [01:48:11] before it gets, you know, keeping us posted, [01:48:14] so to speak, and it'd be great. [01:48:18] Thank you. [01:48:19] Mr. Peters. [01:48:20] So this is a phase that's basically, [01:48:24] in that case, south of the river, right? [01:48:26] And it's important there, the county's plan changed [01:48:31] on the bridge to make sure that that meets. [01:48:33] So I would assume, based upon that, [01:48:36] we probably look across the bridge [01:48:38] just to make sure the exit, supposedly, [01:48:40] would fit in as well, right? [01:48:42] Correct. [01:48:43] And it's gonna be coordinating [01:48:44] with the construction of the bridge

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14. 9.c

    2021 Grand Blvd. Multi-Use Path (MUP) Project Phase 1 - Engineering Services

    approved

    Council discussed Phase 1 engineering services for the 2021 Grand Blvd. Multi-Use Path Project, including coordination with Pasco County on the bridge replacement (which would gain five additional feet of height), the involvement of consultants HDR and Wanamaker-Jensen, and routing decisions through downtown. The motion passed by voice vote.

    • vote:Approve Phase 1 engineering services task order for the 2021 Grand Blvd. Multi-Use Path Project. (passed)

    📍Grand Blvd.📍Madison📍Montana🏢HDR🏢Pasco County🏢Wanamaker Jensen👤Debbie Manns👤Ms. Vance👤Rob Marlowe👤Robert Rivera#2021 Grand Blvd. Multi-Use Path (MUP) Project Phase 1#Bridge replacement project#Interlocal agreement with Pasco County (March meeting)

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    [01:48:46] so it's all integrated properly, right? [01:48:49] Yes, sir. [01:48:50] And is that something that, you know, [01:48:53] we've talked about the bridge before, [01:48:55] about raising heights and maybe, [01:48:58] but is the county aware of our plans with this path [01:49:02] and in their engineering and studies [01:49:05] will work that as well? [01:49:07] They are, and Robert is coordinating efforts [01:49:10] between the county and the city in that respect, [01:49:14] and we should have an interlocal agreement [01:49:17] for you to consider in conjunction [01:49:20] with your March meeting schedule [01:49:22] so that you can determine if the payment arrangements [01:49:26] that are being proposed by the county [01:49:29] are gonna be acceptable to you [01:49:32] in order to get the additional five feet of height [01:49:35] at the bridge that will be achieved [01:49:40] if we go with the project. [01:49:42] Correct, and we came to you a few months back [01:49:45] and requested approval on a task order [01:49:48] from the consultants of HDR. [01:49:50] They are actually the consultants [01:49:52] that are working with the county on replacing the bridge. [01:49:56] They're going to go ahead, [01:49:57] we have a force main and a water main [01:49:59] that's attached to both sides of the bridge, [01:50:01] so they're gonna be working on that as well, [01:50:03] so we'll get into an interlocal agreement [01:50:06] with those two phases, [01:50:08] and then we've also worked with our consultant, [01:50:11] Watermaker Jensen as well, [01:50:13] to get in contact with HDR, [01:50:16] and they're gonna go ahead and start working together [01:50:19] with how we want the top side of the bridge to look. [01:50:23] This is a great step forward with this phase. [01:50:26] I had mentioned to Ms. Vance, [01:50:27] I've had several people over the last few weeks [01:50:31] that have contacted me questioning [01:50:35] the proposed bike multi-use facilities [01:50:41] between the bridge and the downtown, [01:50:43] and I know we've got some conceptuals, [01:50:46] and hopefully staff will be able to find them [01:50:48] and put them up on the city website, [01:50:51] just say, hey, this is some of the stuff [01:50:52] that's being discussed as possible future enhancements. [01:50:59] And we're gonna enlist a lot of public input in that [01:51:03] and rely on you because there will be [01:51:04] a good number of decision points [01:51:07] that need to be reflected in the design [01:51:12] as we move into the downtown area specifically. [01:51:15] Yeah, including what we do with turn lanes, [01:51:19] what we do with bike traffic through the downtown. [01:51:25] At what point do we take the through traffic [01:51:28] and jog it over to pick up the multi-use trail on Madison? [01:51:32] All of that is coming up for a future discussion, [01:51:36] and I'm sure public input's gonna be very helpful. [01:51:39] But it'll help our residents to see [01:51:42] that there is sort of an overarching plan [01:51:45] and we're not just building little pieces [01:51:48] without thinking of the bigger whole. [01:51:51] So, anything else? [01:51:53] Just, Mr. Mayor, the picture, the drawing that's in here, [01:51:57] again, shows the path going around the lake, [01:52:00] and once again, we've had those discussions [01:52:02] you just raised about whether it moves [01:52:05] on a road like Montana or to Madison. [01:52:09] I noticed the drawing shows fiscal year 18-19 [01:52:13] on the engineering phase, so I guess this is an older [01:52:16] drawing. It is, it is. [01:52:17] And so, the master plan that we were going to try [01:52:21] to provide to the county in a fashion [01:52:25] in order to get it to them, [01:52:28] is this the document that we've given them? [01:52:33] I mean, we had this. [01:52:34] I don't think this is the one, the design drawing [01:52:37] that we gave to the county, but I'll verify that. [01:52:39] Yeah, because we had a recent report that gave that up, [01:52:42] so that would be a good starting point for us [01:52:46] in talking with the county. [01:52:47] It'd be nice to have that map on the 23rd [01:52:50] just to show what we're trying to do [01:52:52] to link up with the county, or 25th or whatever. [01:52:56] And I believe we've got some proposed drawings [01:53:01] of what the routing along Grand [01:53:04] might actually look like, conceptuals, [01:53:07] that go beyond what's just in the map. [01:53:11] Anything else? [01:53:14] Hearing none, all those in favor, [01:53:15] please signify by saying aye. [01:53:17] Aye. Aye. [01:53:18] Opposed? Aye. [01:53:20] Opposed, like sign. [01:53:22] Motion passes. [01:53:25] Next is Railroad Square Improvements, Engineering Services. [01:53:31] This task order does include architectural design, [01:53:36] project management, and some construction [01:53:38] administration as well. [01:53:41] And it is for Railroad Square Improvement Projects [01:53:48] in the amount of $63,985. [01:53:53] We are recommending Wanamaker-Jensen Architects [01:53:57] for the work, and Mr. Rivera, do you have comments? [01:54:03] Just that we came to you on November 5th [01:54:06] on a work session to describe the project [01:54:09] and the different elements that we wanted [01:54:12] to discuss with you. [01:54:13] This task order includes those. [01:54:16] It's the conversion of the overhead service lines [01:54:18] to underground, hardscape improvements [01:54:21] such as stamped pavement, seating areas, [01:54:24] planters and shade structures, and landscaping, [01:54:31] and then finally with overhead cafe lighting style lights [01:54:35] for that block. [01:54:36] We would recommend the approval of the task order [01:54:39] and just wanted to mention that the funding [01:54:41] for this project are identified as CRA tax increment dollars. [01:54:47] Open up for public comment. [01:54:48] I would make a recommendation to forward [01:54:57] a recommendation to the CRA. [01:55:04] He doesn't want me to speak anymore. [01:55:06] I get it. [01:55:06] I get it. [01:55:08] Wendy. [01:55:09] You snuck up there on me. [01:55:12] Sorry. [01:55:13] I would like to know if we're burying the lines [01:55:18] in the rest of the city. [01:55:22] Burying the lines? [01:55:23] Yeah, you're gonna, the overhead service lines [01:55:26] are gonna go underground? [01:55:28] Just in this area. [01:55:29] You're only gonna do this in railroad square. [01:55:32] What about the rest of the city? [01:55:34] What about the new section out here with the university? [01:55:38] What are we doing out there? [01:55:39] Are we doing that out there? [01:55:41] We are where we can. [01:55:43] Those with a lot of the service lines [01:55:46] that go to the new buildings and stuff, [01:55:48] where they come off of a main power line [01:55:50] and we can put them underground, that's what we're doing. [01:55:54] The design that's going on here that you're redoing again. [01:55:58] I mean, how many times have we redone this railroad square? [01:56:02] It is ridiculous. [01:56:04] I'm sorry. [01:56:05] It's not a great deal of money, [01:56:07] probably in the scheme of things, but come on. [01:56:11] We have the rest of the city. [01:56:12] What's going on there? [01:56:14] And why are we just doing this here? [01:56:16] I'd like to see all the lines buried, [01:56:18] but let's do a project for that. [01:56:20] Let's not redo again and again. [01:56:23] We keep redoing the same spot. [01:56:27] Thank you. [01:56:29] Anyone else? [01:56:32] I did have a phone call from a constituent [01:56:35] that raised some of the same concerns. [01:56:39] And I do appreciate the underground lines thing [01:56:43] because when we had the hurricane come through, [01:56:46] I was without power for a week [01:56:48] because the overhead lines got tagged by the trees. [01:56:51] In an ideal world, [01:56:53] we'd get Duke Energy to put everything underground. [01:56:58] There are just too many trees in the area [01:57:01] that take stuff out every time there's a windstorm. [01:57:04] I'm gonna go ahead and propose we pass this, [01:57:07] but I have a question. [01:57:10] When we discussed this stuff, [01:57:13] I brought up the idea of they were gonna put a stage [01:57:15] in the parking lot next up to, [01:57:17] up alongside the Nebraska Avenue, actually. [01:57:21] And I said, well, why are we putting a stage there? [01:57:24] Why don't we just continue the project [01:57:26] to our own, to Cavalier Square? [01:57:29] And I never heard anything more.

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15. 9.d

    2021 Railroad Square Improvements - Engineering Services

    approved

    Council discussed engineering services for the 2021 Railroad Square Improvements project. Since the CRA would fund the project, council voted to forward the item to the CRA with their recommendation for approval rather than approving it themselves.

    • motion:Recommend the 2021 Railroad Square Improvements engineering services item to the CRA with council's approval/recommendation. (passed)

    📍Railroad Square👤Davis👤Murphy👤Peters#2021 Railroad Square Improvements#CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency)

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    [01:57:31] So is that? [01:57:32] That's part of the scope of the project, [01:57:34] to continue it through there. [01:57:35] Oh, okay, so I didn't know that, [01:57:37] so I just wanted to make sure that that was happening [01:57:40] because initially it wasn't. [01:57:44] So for clarification, I know you want to make a motion, [01:57:47] but if it's CRA is gonna pay for it, [01:57:49] are we suggesting that the city offer the CRA [01:57:52] to pay the engineering fees, [01:57:53] or can we just make a motion to recommend this to the CRA [01:57:57] for them to take up and pass? [01:57:58] Because if they're gonna pay for it, [01:58:01] they ought to be the ones to approve it, in my view. [01:58:05] I don't know how. [01:58:06] Good point. [01:58:08] So I would recommend. [01:58:09] I'd make a recommendation we give to the CRA [01:58:11] with our approval. [01:58:12] Second. [01:58:13] Thanks. [01:58:15] Those are a tough gang over there. [01:58:16] I tell you what, Mr. Davis, anything else? [01:58:22] No, sir. [01:58:23] Mr. Murphy? [01:58:26] No, I'm good. [01:58:27] Mr. Peters? [01:58:28] Good idea. [01:58:29] In that case, we will bounce this over to the CRA. [01:58:33] There's no further discussion. [01:58:34] All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. [01:58:37] Aye. [01:58:38] Opposed, like sign. [01:58:39] Aye. [01:58:40] There's one question, I don't remember. [01:58:42] Could you help me? [01:58:44] Does any of this go on the west side of Grand? [01:58:53] Next is the quarterly cash and investment [01:58:57] performance report. [01:58:58] Mrs. Feast? [01:59:01] Good evening. [01:59:03] We've had a long night, so I'll try to wrap it up quickly. [01:59:06] In your agenda packet, you received a full [01:59:10] investment performance report on our first quarter [01:59:14] of the fiscal year, ending December 31st, 2020. [01:59:17] So tonight I'm just gonna do a brief summary of that report. [01:59:25] As of December 31st, 2020, the city held $44,813,193 [01:59:31] in their portfolio. [01:59:38] The portfolio consists of 10.6 million in checking, [01:59:44] 13.3 million in our SBA, our Florida Prime Trust Fund, [01:59:50] 4.4 million in our Florida Municipal Investment Trust, [01:59:56] and 16.5 million in U.S. Treasury obligations. [02:00:00] This quarter did not earn well for the city. [02:00:08] I'll put it that way. [02:00:10] In total with all of those funds, [02:00:12] we earned right at $10,000. [02:00:15] The economy, the economic conditions were down [02:00:19] and so our earnings were very low for this quarter. [02:00:22] To put it in comparison to last quarter, [02:00:25] we earned about 36,000. [02:00:27] So that's the 36,000 is on average what I tend to expect. [02:00:34] So you can see that it was definitely down [02:00:36] for the previous quarter or for this last quarter. [02:00:44] This pie chart displays the city's portfolio composition. [02:00:49] As of December 31st, you'll see that 24% [02:00:53] of the city's portfolio was invested [02:00:56] in our checking account, which is used [02:00:57] for the city's basic daily operations. [02:01:02] Our maximum holding for this type of security is 25%. [02:01:06] So we were right below our maximum, [02:01:09] but still within compliance. [02:01:13] The next group is our SBA, which we held at 29%. [02:01:18] And the maximum holdings for this security type is 50%. [02:01:22] So we were well below and in compliance. [02:01:26] Moving to the left of the pie chart, [02:01:28] Florida Municipal Investment Trust, we were at 10%. [02:01:31] And the maximum for this is 25%, [02:01:33] so well below and in compliance. [02:01:36] And our U.S. Treasury obligations, we held at 37%, [02:01:40] or made up 37% of our portfolio. [02:01:43] And the max for that is 75%. [02:01:45] So we ended the quarter in compliance [02:01:48] with our investment policy. [02:01:50] The last slide provides a change [02:01:52] from the previous quarter, prior quarter. [02:01:55] And you can see that in our checking account, [02:01:58] we held more than we did at the end of last fiscal year. [02:02:02] So about $5.5 million. [02:02:05] And that increase can be attributed to [02:02:10] a transfer of our 2019 bond proceeds into checking [02:02:15] to cover our water and sewage and sewage and sewage [02:02:20] and sewer construction projects [02:02:21] for at least half of the fiscal year. [02:02:25] And then also, this first quarter is when we collect [02:02:30] a significant amount of our ad valorem property revenue. [02:02:33] So that is also included in that increase [02:02:36] from the previous quarter. [02:02:39] The other investment account that increased significantly [02:02:44] is our U.S. Treasury obligations. [02:02:45] You can see that it increased by 11 million. [02:02:48] And that 11 million is directly related [02:02:53] to the 2020 A and B revenue bonds [02:02:56] that we received right at the beginning of the fiscal year. [02:03:02] So we put that into U.S. Treasury obligations [02:03:04] so that we can stay in compliance with our compositions. [02:03:08] So that's gonna be held only for a few months [02:03:12] in a U.S. Treasury obligation until we start spending it [02:03:15] on our parking garage and fire station and library. [02:03:20] And that is all I have. [02:03:23] Thank you. [02:03:24] Any questions? [02:03:27] Hearing none, we will go to our three-minute report [02:03:30] from the fire station. [02:03:43] Thank you, Mayor and Council. [02:03:44] I have a short PowerPoint. [02:03:46] First slide is a year-end review from 2020. [02:03:50] We responded to just over 5,000 incident calls, [02:03:53] which is an increase of 236 from last year [02:03:56] or the previous year. [02:03:57] Performed 926 fire inspections, 108 plan reviews, [02:04:03] 80 BTR inspections. [02:04:05] We completed 10,644 training hours. [02:04:09] 970 residential rental inspections performed. [02:04:13] That number's a little low from previous years [02:04:16] due to the fact that the program was suspended [02:04:19] for five months due to COVID-19. [02:04:22] We took a lead role establishing COVID-19 guidelines [02:04:26] for the city, as well as administered COVID-19 vaccinations [02:04:31] to eligible staff. [02:04:37] Some notable happenings from last year. [02:04:40] The first slide here identifies part of a renovation [02:04:46] that was done to Fire Station One, [02:04:48] all made possible through Ashley Home Store. [02:04:52] And this, in large part, [02:04:55] resulted from our partnership with them, [02:04:58] you may remember two years ago, [02:05:01] in the Hope to Dreams partnership [02:05:03] where we delivered 100 beds [02:05:08] to local school children at Gulf Middle School. [02:05:13] And they came in with their team [02:05:16] and renovated three spaces within Fire Station One. [02:05:22] The first space is a day room or a living room. [02:05:25] The next space is a bunk room. [02:05:27] And the next space that they remodeled [02:05:29] was the district chief office and bedroom. [02:05:32] These are after photos of the day room, the bunk room. [02:05:42] And actually both pictures on the right are the bunk room. [02:05:46] So they remodeled all three spaces [02:05:51] with new flooring, new furnishings, [02:05:53] new furniture, new paint. [02:05:55] Increased the privacy to the bunk room, [02:05:58] allowing for better sleep patterns. [02:06:00] The little amount of sleep that our firefighters do get, [02:06:03] it's important to get some. [02:06:05] So that was very beneficial for that. [02:06:12] A few more pictures, [02:06:14] the renovations of the district chief office, [02:06:17] which is also a bedroom. [02:06:19] They actually made that office a little bit bigger [02:06:21] to make it more efficient to work in and sleep in [02:06:25] and share all three shifts in that office. [02:06:29] We have a really good team put in place [02:06:32] to oversee the next phase of the project [02:06:35] for this fire station renovation, [02:06:38] which will be made possible in large part [02:06:41] due to a CDBG grant [02:06:44] from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. [02:06:49] So we're looking forward to completing this project. [02:06:54] Next slide shows our Firefighter of the Year for 2020.

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16. 9.e

    Quarterly Cash & Investment Performance Report

    Despite the agenda title referencing the Quarterly Cash & Investment Report, the transcript covers a Fire Department report recognizing Captain Keith Bauer (16-year employee) and previewing upcoming projects (new ladder truck, Fire Station 2, command vehicles, MDTs, 100-year anniversary in 2022), followed by Councilmember Peters' communications noting a $572,000 state grant for building hardening at Station 1 and reassuring residents about water supply cybersecurity following the Oldsmar/Odessa incident.

    📍Fire Station 1📍Fire Station 2🏢Bridge City Newsletter🏢Tampa Bay Water👤Brian Weed👤Keith Bauer👤Peters👤Robert Rivero👤Ron DeSantis#$572,000 state grant for doors and HVAC / building hardening at Station 1#AFG grant (SCBAs)#Fire Department 100-year anniversary (2022)#Leasing program for command vehicles#MDTs for fire apparatus#New ladder truck (delivery May)#Oldsmar/Odessa water supply cyber incident

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    [02:06:59] Recipient, Captain Keith Bauer. [02:07:02] He's been with the department for 16 years with the city. [02:07:05] He's served the city well. [02:07:07] He was chosen in large part due to his positive attitude, [02:07:12] his dedication, professionalism [02:07:14] that he serves day in and day out to the public, [02:07:16] the citizens of New Port Richey. [02:07:19] The purpose of the picture on the right, [02:07:20] everybody knows what firefighters look like on the left [02:07:23] with their full bunker gear on responding to a fire [02:07:26] when they show up at your residence or your business. [02:07:30] But the picture on the right [02:07:32] shows Captain Bauer at OPE due to COVID-19. [02:07:38] So if there's any calls that we respond to [02:07:41] that have any symptoms consistent with COVID-19, [02:07:44] our firefighters are gonna look a little bit different. [02:07:46] They're gonna look like that picture on the right [02:07:49] with a full gown, an N95 mask, face shield, [02:07:53] hair protection and gloves. [02:07:57] Also an article about Captain Bauer [02:08:03] was highlighted in the most recent edition [02:08:07] of the Bridge City Newsletter. [02:08:13] Looking ahead, we've got some exciting things ahead [02:08:17] with the fire department. [02:08:19] We've got a new ladder truck [02:08:20] that's currently in production in Ewan and Ocala. [02:08:23] We expect delivery sometime in May. [02:08:27] We've got the new fire station two, [02:08:29] which we reviewed the initial site plan. [02:08:33] We expect to have the revised site plan [02:08:35] and construction documents by the end of the month. [02:08:41] Thanks to the leasing program, [02:08:43] we're gonna be able to put into service [02:08:44] some new command vehicles that were badly needed [02:08:48] through the new leasing program. [02:08:50] Working with IT, we were able to budget [02:08:54] and we're gonna be putting into service new MDTs [02:08:58] for all the fire apparatus. [02:09:01] And specifically, the incident commander, [02:09:05] the district chief will have the technology [02:09:08] to track firefighters' air supplies, [02:09:12] accountability, location inside of a fire [02:09:15] right on their computer, tying into the new SCBAs [02:09:20] that were received last year through the AFG grant. [02:09:25] Lastly, we're looking forward to 100 years anniversary [02:09:34] in 2022 for the fire department, which is a big deal. [02:09:38] And all of these projects were all made possible [02:09:44] through the commitment to public safety [02:09:47] from the city council and city manager [02:09:50] and I greatly appreciate it. [02:09:52] That ends my report. [02:09:53] Thank you. [02:09:57] Any questions for the chief? [02:10:01] You mentioned the grant. [02:10:03] I just read something that Governor DeSantis [02:10:06] released just the last couple weeks [02:10:09] about a $572,000 grant for doors and HVAC. [02:10:16] Building hardening. [02:10:17] All right, for station one, right? [02:10:19] So is that part of the construction [02:10:22] that you mentioned is coming [02:10:23] or is that brand new money to us? [02:10:26] It is. [02:10:27] Who was responsible for that grant writing? [02:10:29] It was a team effort. [02:10:32] So we look forward to that. [02:10:33] Congratulations on achieving that money. [02:10:35] That's a big chunk of money to help. [02:10:38] So look forward to another improvement at station one. [02:10:42] That'll help, for sure, thank you. [02:10:45] Okay, communications. [02:10:47] Mr. Peters? [02:10:49] We'll make it short. [02:10:50] You know, a couple weeks ago, [02:10:54] has it been two weeks already? [02:10:55] The big news story was Odessa water supply [02:10:59] and made quite a splash in the news [02:11:02] and so people immediately started thinking, [02:11:04] hey, can this really happen? [02:11:06] You know, Odessa's a small town, small city. [02:11:09] You know, New Port Richey, small town. [02:11:12] Not that small, but small as well. [02:11:15] And some people talked about, well, is our water safe? [02:11:19] And so a question came to mind. [02:11:22] I've taken tours recently of both public works department [02:11:26] and our IT department and so I reached out [02:11:30] both to Brian Weed and Robert Rivero [02:11:34] and just checked with them regarding the protocols [02:11:39] and safety of our water supply [02:11:40] and that cyber type of event could happen to us. [02:11:45] And, you know, residents need to know [02:11:48] that, you know, we may be a small city, [02:11:50] but we're big time on that. [02:11:52] They're water safe, our water supply is definitely safe. [02:11:56] Through a couple efforts being part of Tampa Bay Water, [02:11:59] we have the same resources as larger municipalities [02:12:05] like Hillsborough County and City of Tampa, Pinellas County. [02:12:09] So just to make a point that our staff [02:12:14] has already been on alert for that type deal. [02:12:17] They're undergoing current audits and certifications [02:12:20] and still they'll look on that. [02:12:21] So, you know, basic services, water we take for granted. [02:12:24] It's important to know that our water here in New Port Richey [02:12:27] and what we supply to residents in the city outside

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17. 9.f

    Three Minute Report: Fire Department

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    Council members gave their three-minute reports. Topics included an upcoming Chasco car show on May 29th downtown, a fire hydrant sculpture/bicycle rack to be placed near Derrick's place to commemorate the old fire station site, concerns about civility and mask enforcement, a potential Native American powwow event, and observations from visits to Martin County and Brooksville.

    • consensus:Council agreed to allow Mr. Altman to bring up the Native American powwow event proposal at the next meeting. (passed)

    📍in front of Derrick's place🏢Chasco committee🏢Cultural Affairs Board👤Brenner👤Chopper👤Deb👤Mr. Altman👤Mr. Murphy#Chasco car show (May 29th)#Fire hydrant bicycle rack sculpture#Kumquat Festival#Martin County / Stewart courtesy bus reference#Mask mandate / enforcement discussion#Native American powwow event proposal#Pasco County Fair

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    [02:12:30] is very safe. [02:12:32] So appreciate all the hard work people do on that [02:12:35] and we should feel good about that. [02:12:39] We talked not long ago about Chasco [02:12:42] and the Chasco committee and about postponing activities [02:12:47] and so forth, but it's my understanding that on May 29th, [02:12:50] the Chasco group is planning a pretty sizable car show [02:12:54] in downtown. [02:12:54] They've filed papers to do that in the city [02:12:57] and we'll be able to see that part of it. [02:13:01] Just wanted to get that information out there on May 29th. [02:13:04] Looks like it's gonna be a Chasco car show. [02:13:08] That's all I have, Mayor. [02:13:09] I didn't do that. [02:13:10] I did the one I had to do. [02:13:12] I'll take it. [02:13:15] You're up, Chopper. [02:13:17] I guess, Deb, you mentioned to us that, [02:13:20] and I saw the picture there that the chief put up, [02:13:23] that the culture affairs board's looking to put in [02:13:27] kind of a recognition of where our fire station was. [02:13:31] It's gonna be kind of a bicycle rack. [02:13:36] We have approved the expenditure of city funds [02:13:41] to buy a sculpture of a fire hydrant [02:13:47] that is a bicycle rack that we will establish [02:13:50] in the downtown area. [02:13:51] Yeah, and now she's, we're looking at maybe putting it [02:13:54] kind of in front of Derrick's place, is that? [02:13:57] In front of Derrick's place, yes. [02:13:59] Yeah, which is adjacent to where the old fire station [02:14:02] was, which reminded me when you showed that picture. [02:14:07] Mr. Murphy. [02:14:08] I'm gonna reserve my time for next time [02:14:11] when I'm in person, thank you. [02:14:13] Sounds good. [02:14:14] Mr. Altman. [02:14:16] Yes, brief acknowledgment of what was, [02:14:20] you know, perhaps a necessary example of our free speech [02:14:26] this morning, or it seems like the morning [02:14:30] because it's been all day sitting here. [02:14:33] It's very disappointing to have our city become [02:14:38] the location of discussions about our national problems. [02:14:44] Our city problems, if we have them, [02:14:46] we need to address them. [02:14:48] They continue to, we continue to hear [02:14:50] that we're not addressing them. [02:14:52] I think we need to do something publicly [02:14:54] to indicate that we're not addressing them. [02:14:57] Thank you. [02:15:00] So if we need a forum or a work session and folks will agree to act civilly, I'm there if we want to have it. [02:15:11] As far as the Facebook, social media, it has been the most disappointing thing to me over the last year. [02:15:21] If I'm going to say something about the national condition here, the dialogue, [02:15:26] the way in which a large portion of our country has abandoned the civility has been reflected right in our own city, [02:15:36] and it's very disappointing to me. [02:15:39] I care about people. [02:15:41] I don't want to have people coming in here and not talking to us about our job, which is the city, [02:15:47] and not spending hours listening to stuff that doesn't affect us or the city. [02:15:53] I used to say Vox Pop was for the good of the city. [02:15:56] I didn't hear but an occasional request to have some dialogue. [02:16:03] I didn't hear anything that asked me to do anything other than to respect folks that are making complaints. [02:16:14] So we've had a bunch of complaints that came in tonight. [02:16:16] I would appreciate some kind of response to show that we are going to listen [02:16:24] because people don't care what we know unless they know that we care. [02:16:27] And it's very difficult and uncomfortable to allow people to talk and ask us questions [02:16:36] when we know that it's not on the agenda and it isn't business in front of us, [02:16:41] and I think there's a great misconception that we don't care. [02:16:45] I'm sure that every one of my colleagues cares about all the people in our city, [02:16:50] and I hope that I speak with the common sense that we all must have of frustration to have that assault on our integrity [02:17:03] because I think we've got plenty of it, and I'm not upset on that. [02:17:08] I did bring some pictures just to show you. [02:17:11] I spent some time last week in Martin County. [02:17:16] Martin County is 150,000 people. [02:17:18] The city steward in Martin County is their only downtown in that county of sort, [02:17:25] and this is a little buggy electric vehicle that's one of seven vehicles in that city. [02:17:33] The city is a city of 16,000, 15,000 people, same size city as us. [02:17:39] I just wanted you all to see it because it was really cool. [02:17:42] This is the big one. [02:17:43] If they have a tour or they have a group, others are all smaller, [02:17:48] but they have a little bus system running around because the city is busy, hard to find parking spaces, [02:17:56] and we've had a lot of discussion about parking and about golf carts and the like. [02:18:01] I will try to learn more about whether they got a grant for it, how they're operating it. [02:18:07] It is a courtesy bus. [02:18:08] They offer the rides for free. [02:18:11] We have 200 spaces in our parking garage, just food for thought. [02:18:16] If folks want to go to the theater and a handicapped can get in [02:18:21] and out of these things very easily without stepping up into vehicles, [02:18:26] it's just perhaps something we might see in the future, but I'm not pushing it, just sharing it. [02:18:32] I thought it was pretty cool. [02:18:35] The other thing about Martin County is they had – I've met with some of the county commissioners [02:18:41] because I'm involved in consulting on some of the effects of the COVID virus in that county, [02:18:50] and I'm part of a consulting team that's talking to them. [02:18:54] One county commissioner had expressed that he had voted for the mask mandate [02:19:02] and that they had a six-hour county commission meeting, [02:19:06] so I guess we shouldn't feel too bad for what we went through today, [02:19:09] but six hours of assault on the county for requiring them to wear masks. [02:19:16] So, again, this idea that came up tonight, you know, you can't tell me to wear a mask, [02:19:24] I thought that was part of the theme I heard from this Patriots group or whatever, [02:19:30] that nobody's going to tell them what to do. [02:19:34] What I learned was that the city's CRA in Stewart sent a letter thanking the county commission [02:19:42] because the patrons in the restaurants were happy to know that they felt comfortable to go out [02:19:48] because everyone was wearing a mask. [02:19:50] And tonight, Mayor Brenner made the comment that someone wasn't wearing a mask. [02:19:56] So, you know, I'm still believing we have an enforcement requirement for people to wear masks in the city. [02:20:03] I know that there's a whole different story there, but I found it interesting. [02:20:08] The commissioner was in the majority. [02:20:11] After that six-hour meeting, the county commission voted three to two not to require masks, [02:20:16] and they're no longer required in Martin County. [02:20:19] And now he has, and this is a very solid Republican county commissioner, [02:20:26] now he has sheriff patrol at his house all the time. [02:20:32] So we're not alone, I guess, and this is the sad part of this division that's occurring. [02:20:38] So I'm very proud that our city has really got it together. [02:20:41] I don't think this meeting reflected the reality of our city. [02:20:45] It's an opportunity for folks to get out and try to attack others for their pre-expression of themselves. [02:20:56] So I think we follow the law here, and I defend that, but I'd share that with you. [02:21:05] The next picture, if I can, was a visit I took two weeks ago to Brooksville. [02:21:12] This is right off of Interstate 75, and this is their Native American powwow. [02:21:19] All of the people in that outdoor event were required to wear masks, and they did, [02:21:25] and many of the vendors who've been coming to our Chasco Fiesta were there [02:21:30] and had expressed their interest in still performing and doing their powwow like they did. [02:21:41] I noticed that Pasco County is having their fair. [02:21:44] I know that there are events. [02:21:47] The Kumquat Festival, I believe, is still going on. [02:21:52] I would like to bring up at another meeting and talk to the board because they have not asked, [02:21:59] but the Native Americans would like to come and participate in an outdoor event similar to this, [02:22:08] and as much as the car show is exciting, Councilman, [02:22:13] the Native American event is one in which kind of speaks to the theme of Chasco, [02:22:18] and I will be asking the city manager as we get through the next couple of weeks [02:22:23] if things are looking a little better if we might be willing to host them. [02:22:30] There are some sponsorship dollars that are out there that could put just a Native American little powwow on for one weekend, [02:22:39] but as it had been talked before about having these little events, this is one that they're interested. [02:22:45] They're all out on the road, and they had this date on their calendar, and they did it very respectfully. [02:22:52] No alcohol is allowed at their events, [02:22:55] and I think it would be potentially something that the folks in town could relieve a little stress because, again, [02:23:02] in Martin County, they're having their fair. [02:23:04] Of course, they don't have to wear masks over there, but I think we're being responsible, [02:23:08] and I may bring this back to you. [02:23:10] If some of you think that's too much, I guess we'll find out in a couple weeks, [02:23:16] but I would like to ask if we could talk about it at the next meeting. [02:23:22] Would you be willing for me to bring it up, you guys? [02:23:25] Sure. [02:23:27] Yeah, I don't think it's a big money thing or a big expense to the city. [02:23:33] Finally, the other thing in Martin County that really stuck out to me was all of the schools in Martin County are grade A schools. [02:23:43] I think they may have one grade B school, including Indian Town, [02:23:47] which is the town that's near Lake Okeechobee that doesn't have the income. [02:23:57] As I look on Zillow or I look at our city and you look at our grades, our school grades are in the D zone,

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19. 11Adjournment▶ 2:28:15