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   Pledge of Allegiance

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   [00:00:24] Pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the [00:00:32] Republic for 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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   Approval of September 17, 2024 Work Session and Regular Meeting Minutes

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   Council approved the minutes from the September 17, 2024 work session and regular meeting by a 4-0 vote.

   • vote:Approve the September 17, 2024 work session and regular meeting minutes. (passed)4–0

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   [00:00:46] The approval of the September 17th 2024 work session and regular meeting [00:00:53] minutes. All those in favor signify by aye. Aye. That's 4-0. The approval of the September 12th 2024 and

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   Approval of September 12, 2024 and September 18, 2024 Special Meeting Minutes

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   Council approved the minutes from the September 12, 2024 and September 18, 2024 Special Meetings by a 4-0 vote.

   • vote:Approve the September 12, 2024 and September 18, 2024 Special Meeting Minutes. (passed)4–0

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   [00:01:02] September 18th 2024 special meeting minutes. Second. All those in favor signify by aye. Aye. That's 4-0.

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   Final Public Hearing - Resolution No. 2024-25 Adopting Final Millage Rate & Resolution No. 2024-26 Operating Budget & Capital Improvement Program

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   Council held the final public hearing and adopted Resolution 2024-25 setting the final millage rate at 8.300 mills (1.22% above rollback) and Resolution 2024-26 adopting the FY2024-2025 operating budget of $105,570,610 and the Capital Improvement Program. Discussion included a Cultural Affairs line item reduced from $12,000 to $10,000, concerns about $250 electrical restoration fees for hurricane victims (clarified by City Manager), and praise for the Bookmobile, tree funding, and Francis Park improvements.

   Ord. Resolution No. 2024-25; Resolution No. 2024-26

   • motion:Motion to approve Resolution 2024-25 adopting the final millage rate of 8.300 mills. (passed)4–0
   • motion:Motion to approve Resolution 2024-26 adopting the final operating budget and Capital Improvement Program for FY 2024-2025. (passed)4–0

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   [00:01:12] Final public hearing resolution number 2024-25 adjustment final millage rate [00:01:20] and resolution number 2024-26 operating budget capital investment program. I [00:01:26] guess that's you Deb. First the reading of the millage ordinance resolution [00:01:31] number 2024-25 a resolution of the city of New Port Richey Florida of Pasco [00:01:35] County Florida adopting the final levying of ad valorem taxes for all [00:01:39] non-exempt real and personal property in New Port Richey Pasco County Florida for [00:01:43] fiscal year 10-1 2024 to 9-30 2025 providing for an effective date. [00:01:55] Statute 200.0652 C1 prescribes that council adopt the millage rate prior to [00:02:04] adopting the 2024-2025 budget. A notification regarding the public [00:02:11] hearing has been provided to every property owner in the city by the Pasco [00:02:16] County Property Appraiser's Office. This notification in the form of the truth in [00:02:22] millage trim notice was mailed on August 20th 2024. Action requested is to adopt [00:02:31] resolution 2024-25. The name of the taxing authority is the city of New Port Richey. The tentative millage rate of 8.300 mills is 1.22% more than the [00:02:48] rollback rate of 8.19970 mills. Total ad valorem revenues that will be [00:02:55] generated are estimated to be $8,332,020 [00:03:02] that is approximately $768,770 more than what was generated in ad [00:03:12] valorem in fiscal year 23-24 due to the increase of property values. The millage [00:03:20] rate of 8.300 mills which is greater than the rollback rate of 8.19970 [00:03:28] mills by 1.22% which represents a 1.22% increase in property taxes. The statute [00:03:38] states that the first topic discussed in hearings should be the percentage [00:03:43] increase in millage over the rollback rate. The governing body must also [00:03:48] explain the reasons for the increase and listen to comments from the public. At [00:03:53] this time an overview will be provided of the proposed budget. After the [00:03:58] presentation is requested that the mayor invite public comment on the millage [00:04:03] then the governing body must adopt the final millage rate before adopting the [00:04:08] budget. [00:04:11] I'm Ms. Stein, thank you. Good evening Council, City Manager, thank you. [00:04:22] Tonight's presentation will cover the second proposed budget. This is a recap [00:04:30] of the original budget. Slight changes were made but very minimal decreasing [00:04:34] the overall budget. As you can see here the general fund makes up three minutes [00:04:39] $34,796,120 of the budget. The water and sewer funds make up [00:04:46] $29,516,330 of the overall budget and the Community Redevelopment Agency makes [00:04:53] up another $19,452,240 of the overall budget. The overall budget being [00:05:01] presented this evening is $105,570,610. [00:05:10] Again here's a pie chart just showing the layout of the appropriations for [00:05:17] each fund and the breakdown by the city departments. Each department is [00:05:27] grouped. We have the finance department which is made up of two divisions. We [00:05:34] have the police department with their divisions, the fire department and the [00:05:38] aquatic center, Recreation and Aquatic Center. You'll see here that the police [00:05:42] department makes up $10,104,310 of the overall budget and the [00:05:48] Recreation and Aquatics is $3,000,000 of the budget. Public Works and the [00:05:53] general fund is $3.7 million of the budget. The total transfers within the [00:05:59] funds is $4,798,030. The total general fund budget is $34,796,120. [00:06:07] I won't cover each and every department but you'll see that the [00:06:14] other departments are each under a million dollars, some under $500,000. We [00:06:20] can go into more detail if you have questions. He highlights the Capital [00:06:28] Improvement Program that's also presented to you and the other [00:06:31] attachment. The general fund projects total $695,000 from the Capital [00:06:38] Improvement Fund. The stormwater projects are $1,690,000. [00:06:44] The Capital Improvement Fund itself is $4,825,000 [00:06:48] in projects. Those are broken out into three different types of projects. We [00:06:53] have the Parks and Recreation of $1,710,000. The [00:06:57] Public Safety and Public Facilities of $1,420,000. [00:07:02] Transportation projects totaling $1,695,000. [00:07:06] The Water and Sewer projects totaling $6,985,000. [00:07:14] We have redevelopment projects totaling $11,370,000. [00:07:20] Those projects will be covered more and questions can be answered in more detail [00:07:25] when we present the CRA budget to you this evening. The street improvement [00:07:29] projects, we have $3,835,000 in projects. The total [00:07:34] capital improvement projects being presented to you in the budget [00:07:41] total $29,355,000. Key highlights and also a recap from the [00:07:51] meeting, the first proposed meeting held on September 18th. The proposed millage [00:07:57] rate as previously presented to you is 8.3 mils. This is greater than the [00:08:03] rolled-back rate of 8.19970 mils by 1.22 percent, which represents a [00:08:10] 1.22 percent increase in property taxes. If you'll also note, the [00:08:15] city-state revenues did decrease 1.2 percent from, actually those dates are [00:08:21] incorrect on here, that should say fiscal year 23-24. The state revenues were [00:08:26] decreased from the prior fiscal year. The state revenues consist of [00:08:33] our revenue sharing, the half-cent sales tax, the local discretionary sales tax, [00:08:38] which is also known as Penny for Pasco, the two local option gas tax revenues, [00:08:42] and the communication service tax. The demographics, the proposed taxable values [00:08:50] are $1,056,693,312. [00:08:55] This is an increase from 23-24 of 11.54 percent. The population [00:09:02] estimate growth was 0.3 percent, so it was not significant. The [00:09:09] changes in the operating costs are mostly related to fuel costs, [00:09:15] the insurance premium increases, and increase in chemical costs. As far as [00:09:22] personnel, retirement contribution rate increases. We've also included a proposed [00:09:27] salary adjustment for the general employees and a COLA adjustment for [00:09:30] union employees within the budget that's being presented to you this [00:09:33] evening. I'm prepared to answer any questions that you might have and then [00:09:41] we'll move on to public comment and then the approval of the adopted final [00:09:44] millage and the adopted budget and capital improvement program resolutions. [00:10:00] Hi friends, I'm Ron Becker, you know, the chair of the library board, and just [00:10:05] wanted to thank you for all the support that we've had from the board. The budget [00:10:10] that we have is essentially what we've been getting in the past and in these [00:10:14] days that's a real winner for libraries. And to let you know what we're going to [00:10:18] be doing with it, in addition to what we normally do, the in-house programs and [00:10:24] the programs that we do out in the field, and of course the programs that we have [00:10:30] virtually. Now we've got the little library coming up. Thank you so much for [00:10:36] the support and the encouragement for that. It's going to make such a [00:10:39] difference because we're going to be able to actually now bring our services [00:10:43] out to schools, to senior centers, to the general public, people who [00:10:50] can't come in person. So there's three definite trends that we have and the [00:10:56] service and the staff and everybody have been so wonderful. The friends of the [00:10:59] library board have raised the bulk of the funds for this little library and [00:11:04] again we really appreciate that support. And in this day and age where libraries [00:11:11] are being cut quite a bit, and I've come from a lot of experience of asking for [00:11:15] budgets in another state and having to fight for it, it's just really refreshing [00:11:20] to be in a city where libraries are appreciated and that we'll do everything [00:11:25] we can to continue to earn your trust in the future. So thanks for what you've [00:11:29] done for us. Thank you. Does anybody else like to speak? Seeing no one else, we'll [00:11:37] come back for discussion and vote. I will make a motion to approve the resolution [00:11:43] on the millage rate. I believe that's the first item. I believe it's already been [00:11:47] read by title only and the reduction of that rate as has been described. I'll [00:11:55] second. Any comment? Only to say that we did see a chart in earlier times that [00:12:03] showed a relatively, you know, consistent downward but realistic to the needs of [00:12:11] the city. And obviously the needs of the city have changed in the last week and [00:12:16] so this budget today is a process we have to complete. It's actually behind [00:12:22] what would have been the schedule had it not been for the meeting that [00:12:27] was supposed for last week. And so consequently our process today, having [00:12:35] discussed this many times in work sessions, is leading us to the answers [00:12:40] that I think, for me, I just want to consistently get through this process. [00:12:45] And but we're locking this rate at what it is and that's what this motion is for. [00:12:56] Mr. Mayor, to Councilman Altman's point, if you look at that trend from [00:13:03] that graph that we saw last time and where historically we were going to be [00:13:08] at with the 8.3, staff was still able to get it down even further. And a tough [00:13:14] position that we're in right now, made tougher by the week's events, I think [00:13:20] that this is, you know, you can you can call this a win because we're still able [00:13:24] to keep it where we need to, where we're keeping that trend going down. And so if [00:13:28] we keep in that direction, then that's healthy progress in my books. [00:13:32] Thank you, staff. Thanks to the staff for keeping it as low as we could and being [00:13:37] able to keep our residents and also functioning as a city. All those in [00:13:43] favor, signify by aye. Aye. Those opposed, 4-0. So moving on to the second half of it. [00:13:51] This is resolution number 2024-26, a resolution of the City of New Port Richey of Pasco [00:13:57] County, Florida adopting the final operating budget for fiscal year 2024- [00:14:02] 2025 and the capital improvement program for fiscal year 2024-2025, providing for [00:14:08] an effective date. [00:14:13] A bit of a presentation for you this evening on the budget, as I'm recalling, [00:14:28] but this is the result of the roughly five months of work that we have [00:14:37] dedicated to the development of this budget is based on the strategic plan [00:14:45] and the goals and objectives that you set forth in that plan so that we [00:15:00] We made sure that those goals and objectives were culminated into our operating budget [00:15:08] and the capital improvement plan of the city so that the community needs are truly met [00:15:16] in the operating budget and in our capital improvement plan as well. [00:15:23] Ms. Dunn. [00:15:26] I'm prepared to answer any questions based on the presentation that I gave on the operating [00:15:31] budget and capital improvement plan. [00:15:33] Do you have a public comment? [00:15:37] Seeing no one come forward, we'll bring it back for discussion and vote. [00:15:41] Mr. Mayor, I do have a technical point to make and I don't know if it needs to be a [00:15:44] motion to change it, but for item 44810, the culture affairs, our meeting minutes had it [00:15:55] that the consensus on July 16th's meeting minutes had it that the council would keep [00:16:02] the rate at $12,000 and it's reflected in our final budget at $10,000, so I think that [00:16:07] might be a typo. [00:16:12] We did decrease it in order to meet the budget. [00:16:17] We did have to make changes within the budget across the general fund. [00:16:21] So it was reduced back to $10,000? [00:16:23] It was reduced to $10,000, yes. [00:16:25] It won't be going to the $12,000 mark? [00:16:28] Unless we want to make a proposed change tonight. [00:16:31] A directive as to where we take the other $2,000 from. [00:16:36] I understand. [00:16:38] So it originally made it in to the $12,000 mark, so what made it scale back again? [00:16:45] Because we didn't have a balanced budget because all of our revenues weren't in at that time. [00:16:50] I understand. [00:16:51] So we're bringing it back to $10,000? [00:16:54] At this time. [00:16:55] Is that because we had consensus up here to bring it to $12,000? [00:16:59] We also didn't have the budget in front of us and all the problems with the budget. [00:17:04] So has the council's position changed? [00:17:06] Are we no longer wanting to keep it at $12,000, give our culture affairs committee a fair [00:17:11] shot? [00:17:12] Well, where do you want it to come from? [00:17:13] You've got to give it up from somewhere else, then, because we didn't have a balance. [00:17:18] We're adopting a budget, and this is what we're, you know, we adopted the first, this [00:17:22] is the second reading of the budget, so. [00:17:25] May I give you an opportunity to respond to you? [00:17:28] Yes, please. [00:17:29] Okay, so $2,000 is an amount that probably is one of a number of amendments that we're [00:17:38] going to probably have to come and see. [00:17:40] So I would respectfully suggest that I also have areas I'd like to talk about in adjusting [00:17:47] this budget, because it's a printed version, because we're late in the day, I will pledge [00:17:54] to you that I'd like to get back and look at that as well. [00:17:58] You know, I've also had discussions year after year after year about our approach with some [00:18:03] of our major events and cultural activities. [00:18:06] So I think the cultural activity discussion merits another discussion, and I'll certainly [00:18:12] support you at some future time with a second in order to bring it back for us. [00:18:18] I would ask if we could today just sort of go through, if you pick that one out, there's [00:18:26] a number I would like to pick out as well, I'd rather have a discussion about the budget [00:18:30] after we see the results of some of the stuff that's coming on, because we're probably going [00:18:34] to have to do some changes, I think. [00:18:36] Result of this last week, I think some of it's going to continue to change, so. [00:18:40] Given the circumstances of last week, I'm fine with that. [00:18:44] So in that case, I'm not hearing a consensus or three up here that are saying that way, [00:18:50] so I won't make a motion or anything of that nature. [00:18:51] The other thing that I'd like to bring to your attention is that the Cultural Affairs [00:18:57] Committee has not been able to spend the appropriation in the Council's budget for a number of years [00:19:05] at the $12,000 number. [00:19:09] And since we've transferred the responsibility to the library for the license position, they've [00:19:20] been able to obtain grants for some cultural affairs. [00:19:23] And so perhaps that'll help them with the shortfall if they're able to obtain some more [00:19:30] grant funding for some of the activities. [00:19:32] I think that's a great point, because the first part I think we addressed at our workshop, [00:19:36] which was that we were going to give them another shot at that. [00:19:40] But in light of the grant position and the circumstances last week, I completely understand [00:19:45] that. [00:19:46] So I appreciate you bringing that to light. [00:19:47] Thank you. [00:19:48] That was the only technical question I had. [00:19:52] I'd like to make a motion to approve the Resolution 2024-26, Operating Budget Capital Improvement [00:19:59] Program. [00:20:00] I'll second. [00:20:01] Would you like to speak on it? [00:20:05] Just to kind of put a bow on this discussion that you brought up about the Cultural Affairs [00:20:12] and the Manager's response related to what the Cultural Affairs Committee has been able [00:20:18] to spend, it is incumbent on us as a Council to make the decisions on what we want to spend. [00:20:27] And so a failure of the Cultural Affairs Committee to spend the money is a failure [00:20:32] of us to keep an eye on one of the few items that are within our budget. [00:20:36] And so just that's the point, I think, to be made. [00:20:42] The other point that I want to make is that in this budget that we're approving today, [00:20:46] I want to make it clear for me to say publicly that there are some elements of revenue that [00:20:54] the City has approved that are in this budget that becomes a requirement for our City officials [00:21:00] to impose. [00:21:02] But it has become aware to me that in light of this hurricane, that folks who have had [00:21:11] flood damage and have had to have their electricity locked by the City to make sure for safety [00:21:20] purposes that the house doesn't catch fire, and if I'm correct, a requirement from our [00:21:26] Building Department, as well I guess as with conjunction to any fire concerns we have, [00:21:34] for the people in our City who have literally lost every single thing they have, I'm thinking [00:21:42] Harborview Mobile Home Park, I'm talking about up and down the river, that they are now being [00:21:48] told that when they get a certified electrician to say it's okay to turn their power back [00:21:53] on, that they have to pay a fee of $250 to the City. [00:21:57] So I don't know when I can bring this up because it's not an emergency, but because it's in [00:22:02] the budget, I'm absolutely opposed in this circumstance with those victims of this who've [00:22:09] lost everything for the City to enact those payment fees. [00:22:14] If we have to find a place to take it, if we have to put it on our FEMA reimbursement [00:22:19] list is something that's a requirement for us to allow these residents to get back to [00:22:25] work. [00:22:26] It is not being well received and it is not a good reflection on the City for us to be [00:22:32] charging $250 after somebody has to go out and get an electrician to certify that they've [00:22:39] got that done. [00:22:40] I know the inspection may have to be done. [00:22:42] So whatever has to be done, I think we should find some emergency purposes or find a way [00:22:48] to qualify that service to protect those folks. [00:22:54] And I'm sorry to sneak it in on this, but it's kind of a fishy way to kind of knock [00:23:00] it to you. [00:23:01] Just to say, you know, as we approve this budget, it does give you approved fees. [00:23:08] It does tell you what to bill. [00:23:10] And I have to defend the staff to impose, you know, to imposing the fees that we have [00:23:16] laid out. [00:23:17] Me as a Councilman, I want to hopefully find some kind of response to that. [00:23:24] Right. [00:23:25] At this point, Councilman, the only fees that are being administered by the Building Department [00:23:31] are those for restoration work for electrical repairs. [00:23:37] There is no fee to certify any system for its working order. [00:23:48] So help me understand what the source of your complaint is so that we can address it. [00:23:54] Okay. [00:23:55] Well, the source would be that folks who have no money, lost all the food in their freezers, [00:24:02] had them locked off, having to turn them back on, having to get a permit, having to [00:24:08] have a licensed electrician to certify for safety purposes that they can get back in. [00:24:15] My view was that the City should hold those fees back in circumstances where this is a [00:24:21] direct result. [00:24:22] Yeah. [00:24:23] We're not charging those fees. [00:24:24] Okay. [00:24:25] And if someone's told you that we have, please get them in contact with me. [00:24:30] Okay. [00:24:31] Thank you. [00:24:32] Is there a second? [00:24:33] Oh, excuse me. [00:24:34] Sorry. [00:24:35] I'm sorry. [00:24:36] It's a budget motion. [00:24:37] No. [00:24:38] And I agree with you with that, too. [00:24:39] And if I could just say, the next item is the emergency declaration, so that would be [00:24:45] a perfect opportunity to discuss those types of issues as well. [00:24:48] Thank you. [00:24:49] I don't have anything else at this point. [00:24:52] I just want to celebrate a couple smaller wins. [00:24:56] I'm sure you're going to hear about River Square and some of the larger achievements [00:25:01] that the staff are going to be undertaking here, but I just wanted to highlight the Bookmobile [00:25:11] and that initiative and how it's going to provide literacy to every corner and every [00:25:16] neighborhood. [00:25:17] It gives us an opportunity to expand the reach of our brand as the City of New Port Richey, [00:25:24] and it's just an innovative way for us to be partnering with senior centers in our [00:25:28] schools and making sure we're getting out there and making our presence known. [00:25:32] And there are a lot of members of this community who have raised money and who have put their [00:25:37] backing into this and have been patient for years. [00:25:40] And there's also a former council member who used to sit in this seat right here who [00:25:43] has been championing our libraries for a very long time as well. [00:25:47] And so we continue to support literacy and education in this community, and that's something [00:25:52] to be proud of. [00:25:54] The other thing is, correct me if I'm wrong, but the tree funding has doubled back close [00:26:02] to its historic rates. [00:26:05] If I could just get clarification on that, the item 45262 trees, is that the tree fund [00:26:15] that the Environmental Committee was advocating for, or is that separate? [00:26:18] It is. [00:26:19] So in that case there, we're seeing progress there. [00:26:23] We're hearing our committees and listening to them and seeing if we can't make incremental [00:26:26] gains. [00:26:29] And lastly, in the capital improvement, the Francis Park, I know we went back and forth [00:26:34] on that during every workshop and the first budget hearing, and I'm glad to see that those [00:26:40] basketball courts are getting done and that some of the other improvements will be taking [00:26:43] place to support our families and our communities in that area. [00:26:50] I just got a term recently, and I'm going to throw it in here, and I'm going to throw [00:26:54] it in regularly now, and I'd like to see it on the monument sign out in May 2019, and [00:27:00] it's a city of good neighbors, and I think we're seeing that come about, and I think [00:27:04] a lot of the programs that you just brought up that go along with that city of good neighbors. [00:27:09] So all those in favor signify by aye. [00:27:12] Aye. [00:27:13] Those opposed? [00:27:14] Is that four nothing? [00:27:15] Okay, box popped. [00:27:16] The emergency resolution number seven on the agenda is resolution number 20-25-03, extension

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   Resolution No. 2025-03: Extending Local State of Emergency for Hurricane Helene

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   Council adopted Resolution 2025-03 extending the local state of emergency for Hurricane Helene for additional seven-day increments. Discussion covered the city's storm response, FEMA reimbursement efforts for ~450 impacted businesses and many residential properties, flood assessment teams, and a proposal to contract electricians to help residents restore power safely.

   Ord. Resolution No. 2025-03

   • motion:Move to approve Resolution 2025-03 extending the local state of emergency for Hurricane Helene. (passed)4–0

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   [00:27:31] local state emergency for Hurricane Helena. [00:27:34] This is resolution number 20-25-03, resolution by the city council of the city of New Port Richey, Florida, declaring and extending a local state of emergency due to the impacts [00:27:44] associated with Hurricane Helene, which moved across the state of Florida and declaring [00:27:48] an effective date. [00:27:52] And the purpose of the agenda item is to extend our existing state of emergency for a period [00:28:01] of up to an additional seven days, and in increments of up to an additional seven days [00:28:13] as appropriate. [00:28:20] Unfortunately, I have to report that there are other things going on out in the Gulf [00:28:25] that may require us to keep it in effect for a longer period of time, so we're leaving [00:28:30] it open-ended at this time. [00:28:32] Anybody have a public comment? [00:28:42] Good evening, Mayor, City Council, City Manager, Mike Peters, 6446 River Road. [00:28:52] I just want to take this opportunity to, as you extend this state of emergency, is that [00:28:59] I just want to make a comment, and actually I have two things here. [00:29:05] One is to congratulate the city and their response in this past storm, particularly [00:29:12] our Public Works Department, our Police Department, our Fire Department, and I know all the other [00:29:17] departments were all involved in pitching in on the response in handling this storm. [00:29:21] It sounds like it was, from my perspective, it was done outstanding, and it shows great [00:29:27] leadership by you and the management here of the city. [00:29:32] So I just think that that needs to be, that's a comment I wanted to share with you from [00:29:38] my observation. [00:29:40] And second, as we extend this, and there's going to be extra expenses associated, some [00:29:44] of those are going to be, because of the state of emergency, going to be perhaps reimbursed [00:29:50] by the federal or state governments, FEMA's and so forth. [00:29:55] I'd also like to make a comment here, a pitch for [00:30:00] the business community. As you know, my particular business is not located within the city limits, [00:30:05] but I have clients and friends that are also clients here. And I know that one of the big [00:30:11] projects that we have already started undertaking is the city cleanup. And we'll be picking [00:30:17] up residential debris from those areas that are affected. Typically, I'm not sure whether [00:30:24] we have FEMA will reimburse us for those in our business community and commercial areas. [00:30:31] But I think there are some limited areas, and my observation is probably not more than [00:30:37] maybe a couple blocks of our residential area in debris. My informal survey I took today, [00:30:45] up and down 19, that we might extend that service to our business community as well. [00:30:52] Some of those are tenants in areas that do not have probably appropriate dumpsters for [00:31:00] their buildings. That's another whole project, maybe an ordinance to require buildings to [00:31:05] have a certain size dumpster for their tenants, but that's a whole other deal. So I'd just [00:31:09] like to, one, congratulate the city on the response and everybody that's been involved. [00:31:14] I'm sorry for the losses. I've been through several wet clients' homes today and previous [00:31:21] days. And maybe we can help the business community a little bit. Thank you very much. [00:31:26] Mr. Mayor, if you allow me, as Mr. Peters had indicated, it is traditionally the posture [00:31:35] of FEMA that they do not provide a reimbursement to communities for the pickup or disposal [00:31:46] of storm debris for the business community. Sometimes some mom-and-pop type establishments, [00:31:54] but not the business community. At this point, we're aware of at least 450 businesses in [00:32:03] the city of New Port Richey that have been impacted. So we have applied, or have started [00:32:10] the application process, at least, to be considered for some special reimbursement [00:32:20] so that we can provide assistance to the business community as well as our residential community. [00:32:25] We won't know, though, affirmatively, until FEMA responds and lets us know that they will [00:32:32] provide a reimbursement. The number is staggering of what that cost might be otherwise, and [00:32:41] I don't know if we could handle it without FEMA assistance. But I'll be reporting to [00:32:46] you on it once I get my handle around what the number might be and whether or not FEMA [00:32:51] will provide us with assistance. Do we have any other public comment? Seeing no one else [00:33:03] come forward, we'll bring it back for discussion and vote. First of all, Mr. Mayor, I'm going [00:33:09] to go ahead and approve the resolution as requested. Move to approve 20-2503, extending [00:33:16] the local state of emergency. Yes, sir. And just then, under discussion, it's important, [00:33:28] I think, for us to understand and get as much information as we can from management as to [00:33:35] the extent of this. You just told us 450 businesses. I know in the past storm that we had, which [00:33:44] was sort of almost like the no-name storm, sort of an unexpected washout that we had [00:33:52] recently that you had indicated somewhere to the neighborhood of 2,000 properties, residential [00:33:58] properties in our city that were affected. I know that number must be doubling or tripling [00:34:04] at this point. Whether we can get a scatter chart or a scatter graph and learn where these [00:34:10] things are, I know I drove into the meadows because that was a discussion. Just ironically, [00:34:18] Dana Gatos, who presented the vulnerability study to us a few weeks back, lost her property [00:34:29] in her house in St. Petersburg and I'm guessing potentially in Gulf Harbors as well where [00:34:34] her family has property. And so many properties that people lost and had four feet of water [00:34:43] in that did not have water in before. I'm not sure if it's certain areas that the wind [00:34:49] was blowing more, Millers Bayou. It's because it came from the gulf and the river from both [00:34:55] sides. And so Harborview, obviously I drive by on my way out of town in the mornings and [00:35:02] see just all of the riverside of that community with all their stuff out. As well as our councilman [00:35:11] here, Bertell, I feel horrible for your loss and because of the Sunshine Law, I've tried [00:35:19] not to engage you too much, but I've been following what you have been doing and also [00:35:24] Kelly, what you've been doing. So I'm really proud of the response from you all online. [00:35:32] I learned my lesson a while back to not try to present too much, which I did back after [00:35:41] 9-11 and got a bit stung. So we have to be careful that we're not being perceived as [00:35:48] trying to take any advantage. The city is hurting. You're hurting. We've seen it. I [00:35:55] spent the weekend cleaning up the muck that's come off of the river and the properties that [00:36:01] are not on the river that also have had problems. It really is a serious and big blow to the [00:36:10] city and it will be an opportunity for us to look at it and make, with this vulnerability [00:36:18] study, make applications because the completion of that study, as she told us, qualifies us [00:36:23] now for projects. So it's a good thing we did it and a good thing we did it with the [00:36:28] level that we did and I know Robert has been involved in that all the way. That Cecilia [00:36:34] Avenue, I still believe that the lake on the Meadows, I don't know what happened. I doubt [00:36:39] that lake got up as high as it. I didn't see any flooding around the lake, but again, [00:36:47] somewhere in the big picture, I think the county who does pipe their rainwater into [00:36:54] the lake, which then gets into the river, so big rain effects have caused erosion going [00:37:01] into the river. And so that's that double whammy that you talked about, Councilwoman, [00:37:08] that are the kind of things that we're now studying. So I think it brings a higher level [00:37:14] of attention to it. In terms of the emergency, what's reimbursable or not, I'm just wondering [00:37:22] if the cost of our building department for doing these inspections, for being out there, [00:37:27] helping our residents to recover, may be a recoverable cost. So that being the case, [00:37:34] I think we need to make sure that this, what could be, what happens when people see a crime [00:37:40] in reported New Port Richey, which is really not in New Port Richey, that the stories that [00:37:46] are out there in terms of some of the complaints and the problems that others have, we at least [00:37:53] have a very reactive small city that's able to get out there quickly and I think that's [00:37:57] going to show how our city is able to step up and take care of our residents. But I hope [00:38:05] that that story gets out, that the city is there to help and there should not be any [00:38:14] truth into the fact that we are not recognizing anything we can do to help and getting reimbursed [00:38:22] for it and not asking the residents to pay for it. [00:38:26] The current practice is that we do have four flood assessment teams out working ten hours [00:38:32] a day. They are providing information about the comfort stations that are available in [00:38:38] the city and the FEMA form assistance that is being provided at the library and the resource [00:38:47] assistance that's available within the community. But disappointingly, we have staggering numbers [00:38:55] of people that have been impacted residentially as well and I will have a map to you in your [00:39:00] Friday packet of all the residential and commercial structures in the city that have been impacted. [00:39:07] Thank you very much and I feel sorry for everybody that has had it so much worse than we have [00:39:16] and yeah, it's a kick and particularly for you, Patel, knowing you've spent your whole [00:39:25] life in a house and finding something happening and worrying that it could happen again and [00:39:34] what are we going to do next. So, thank you. [00:39:40] And to that point, walking the neighborhoods today, I finally had the chance to go to West [00:39:45] US 19 and just see some of the devastation over there and I was speaking with the former [00:39:51] city manager and public works director, Tom O'Neill, and he was like, I don't want to [00:39:55] go over there because he knows what it was like during the no-name storm. And to keep [00:39:59] my mind focused, I've been going back to our strategic vision and three parts that have [00:40:05] been playing on repeat these last few days, which is the element of us being historic [00:40:11] and taking pride in our history and I don't know, I mean, we talk about, I must have said [00:40:18] it countless times to my neighbors and those walking by that we never flooded in 30 years, [00:40:25] 40 years, 50 years, we have never flooded. No-name, Adalia, you name the storm, we haven't [00:40:31] and we did this time. The neighbors got street flooded. Someone who bought the house three [00:40:36] weeks ago who was told that they have no problems with flooding, they flooded. And [00:40:41] that's the stories you're hearing across our community and for those who do flood and know [00:40:46] about the flooding, they say this is historic still. And that points me to the other two [00:40:53] parts of the vision that I want to highlight, which is, you know, we are on the riverfront [00:40:58] and it has its pros and its cons. It's a place to be, but it's also, like Kelly Mothers [00:41:06] was saying it, we got it from the Gulf and we got it from the river this time. And finally, [00:41:12] we are, the resiliency and the test of the walkability of our city was really seen these [00:41:18] last couple of days because you could count the number of, I had people showing up to [00:41:23] my house from businesses that are nowhere near my house and they've walked down the [00:41:29] roads and they found trash piled up and they went ahead and handed out food and handed [00:41:35] out drinks and did what they needed to do. This resolution though points to, as we reflect [00:41:41] on that strategic vision and how our city is encapsulated within it, this resolution [00:41:47] is a continuation. So it shows the work still needs to be done. And so my mind looking forward [00:41:52] and what's next is the problems and challenges ahead, which is those, that map, that map [00:41:57] of people, that devastated, devastation. I'm eager to see how many people have been impacted [00:42:04] and where they are and where the clusters are and where the highest needs are, especially [00:42:09] as it relates to power. And this has become a problem, you know, for the Gulf Harbors [00:42:15] community and they were very vocal about it and they've been vocal in the past. And the [00:42:19] county has taken an approach that honestly, two days ago, I was calling the city manager [00:42:24] and going, why aren't we doing this? But the city manager had a very different point of [00:42:28] view. And I went back and I talked to residents and I found that it in the city attorney guided [00:42:35] me to and said that perhaps that isn't the best approach. And perhaps that does open [00:42:39] us to liability when we're talking about the safety of our community and balancing that [00:42:43] with what's best for residents. And so looking to the objective of getting people power, [00:42:48] getting people's power back on so we can make sure they can rebuild, which is what we should [00:42:52] be doing. I would hope that when we look at these four flood assessment teams and the [00:42:58] work they're doing out in the community, in addition to them making these referrals [00:43:02] for FEMA and applications and the rec center, which I think is a great service that's being [00:43:12] provided over there. In fact, one of our city employees in the water department said, on [00:43:18] my break, I'm running home, grab my laundry and I'm going over there. It's essential. [00:43:23] But in addition to those services, we are telling residents, look, your place is unsafe [00:43:28] to live and your house is a risk for a fire and we're stopping there. And I think we have [00:43:37] an opportunity with these flood assessment teams to go out there to, if it's FEMA reimbursable, [00:43:45] bring in some sort of, we talked about supporting our business community and a way we can do [00:43:51] that is bringing in some electricians who are eager to help residents who may not be [00:43:55] able to afford it and perhaps bring them under contract in this emergency situation if the [00:44:01] funding allows and is FEMA, excuse me, and is reimbursable and get electricians out there [00:44:09] contracted to, at the door, say, look, your house is uninhabitable. We have an electrician [00:44:14] right here. You're in a high need area. We're going to inspect it right now for you for [00:44:18] free on the city's dime, reimbursed if that's possible, and get your power back on so you [00:44:26] can rebuild. Because right now there are a lot of people on West US 19, I'm just going [00:44:31] to be honest, they're seeing Kelly Mother's Head and Angel Cook and the Collaboratory [00:44:37] and the countless other organizations coming through providing food, water, and supplies, [00:44:42] but when the city emblem pulls up, we're getting in their way, and that's the way they're [00:44:48] seeing it, and I don't think that's true. I think we're looking out for their safety [00:44:52] and we can also be looking out for giving them the resources and the power they need [00:44:57] to be able to build back. [00:45:00] And so I would implore the city council or the city manager [00:45:04] to explore bringing out some electricians [00:45:07] or contracting some folks to get out there [00:45:10] and to help restore power as we're out there. [00:45:15] So yeah, definitely power's a big thing. [00:45:17] I spent a lot of time this week with my own house, [00:45:21] had damage to our downstairs, but we're elevated [00:45:23] so we at least have living space. [00:45:25] We have some friends and neighbors staying with us [00:45:28] because their homes are not livable. [00:45:31] And to drive around a lot of these areas, [00:45:34] I mean, we worked for days tearing out people's homes, [00:45:37] throwing things out. [00:45:38] I had a friend from high school I haven't seen in many years [00:45:41] but she was by herself, her husband's out of town, [00:45:43] she's all alone, 60 years old all alone, [00:45:45] what's she gonna do? [00:45:47] So we went over with a team and helped her get things out. [00:45:49] But that's a constant every day. [00:45:52] We probably did five or six homes every day like that. [00:45:55] But there's a group within our city, [00:45:58] several groups and organizations all working together. [00:46:02] And you know, one person can do a little bit [00:46:04] but when you get a lot of groups together, [00:46:06] we can do a lot more. [00:46:07] And we have the city, we have the Hub Life Charities, [00:46:11] we have all the Rotary Clubs on this side of town [00:46:14] and on East Pasco pitching in. [00:46:16] They're actually bringing a full truckload of supplies [00:46:19] to the church tomorrow. [00:46:22] We have the Our Lady Queen of Peace has opened it up [00:46:25] where we've got truckloads of stuff coming in there. [00:46:27] And so there's websites that people can go to [00:46:30] and sign up if they need assistance. [00:46:31] And I have a website specifically for these organizations [00:46:35] to sign up if you need assistance. [00:46:37] But also people that want to volunteer. [00:46:39] I'm getting messages from people all day long, [00:46:42] what can I do, who can I help? [00:46:43] And everybody wants to help. [00:46:45] But if they go to this website, we can set them up, [00:46:48] a volunteer with somebody who has a need. [00:46:51] And if you were asking volunteers [00:46:53] what they're capable of doing, what can they do? [00:46:55] Sometimes it's somebody that's home [00:46:56] that doesn't have a vehicle working, whatever, [00:46:58] but we can drop off laundry [00:47:00] and they can do somebody's laundry. [00:47:01] We've got people right now that are cooking food [00:47:03] and putting it in food baskets [00:47:05] and then we're picking it up from them to deliver. [00:47:08] We were out to places like the Meadows, Harborview, [00:47:10] Green Key, all the mobile home parks that are like gone. [00:47:15] I mean, they have nothing left [00:47:17] and they don't have anywhere else to go. [00:47:20] So they're living in these homes the way that they are, [00:47:22] whether they're inhabitable or not, [00:47:24] they're still living there. [00:47:25] So we're at least taking them some of the comforts [00:47:28] that we all get to experience [00:47:30] and they're basically homeless, [00:47:32] living in a home that's not livable. [00:47:34] And I just think that our whole community [00:47:37] is doing a great job of everybody getting together [00:47:40] and working on it together. [00:47:41] And I think that's what it takes. [00:47:43] One person doesn't make as big of a difference, [00:47:45] but if that one person joins another group [00:47:47] that does make a difference, that's huge. [00:47:49] And I think that with the electricity, [00:47:52] I think that that was a horrible decision [00:47:55] for anybody to allow a resident to just waive it [00:47:59] and go in the house and if it burns down, it's your fault. [00:48:01] Well, what happens when somebody dies in that house [00:48:04] or it burns down their next door neighbor's house [00:48:06] or something else happens? [00:48:07] That's just not the way to handle it whatsoever. [00:48:10] I mean, I think you're putting your own residents at risk [00:48:12] and I'm so happy we chose not to do that. [00:48:15] I think there's other ways we can handle it. [00:48:18] Yeah, we've had tons of fires. [00:48:19] I mean, we were there 2.30 in the morning [00:48:22] when I actually called because there was a car on fire [00:48:26] in two houses away from us in the street [00:48:28] and the wind's blowing and I was afraid [00:48:30] that that fire was gonna catch one of the houses on fire. [00:48:33] But Main Street had water up to your chest [00:48:36] so nobody could drive through there to get there [00:48:38] to put the fire out for a long time, [00:48:41] but it's things like that. [00:48:42] But what happens when you have a house burning? [00:48:44] So I just think that we made the right decision there [00:48:47] and I don't think that we should put our residents at risk. [00:48:50] I think we should do what we can to help them [00:48:52] and put them where they need to be, [00:48:53] but they're already at risk and let's don't make that worse. [00:48:57] I just wanna say this happens a lot of weeks [00:49:00] that I'm sitting up here by the time you three or four [00:49:04] say what you wanna say. [00:49:06] There's really nothing more that I can add [00:49:08] but I'm 100% behind all three of you [00:49:11] in your approach tonight. [00:49:13] So I really don't wanna repeat what you've already said. [00:49:16] So all those in favor, signify by aye. [00:49:19] Aye. [00:49:20] Those opposed. [00:49:20] That's four nothing. [00:49:22] Okay, now we'll try it by.

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   Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Minutes - May and June 2024

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    Library Advisory Board Minutes - June 2024

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    Cultural Affairs Committee Meeting Minutes - June 2024

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    Cultural Affairs Committee Meeting Minutes from June 2024 were approved as part of the consent agenda with no public comment.

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    Purchases/Payments for City Council Approval

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    The consent agenda, including purchases/payments for City Council approval, was moved and approved unanimously 4-0.

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    Second Reading, Ordinance No. 2024-2304: Amendments to Camping Ordinance

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    Council conducted the second and final reading of Ordinance 2024-2304, amending the city's camping ordinance to comply with Florida's new unauthorized public camping and sleeping law (FL Stat. 125.0231) effective October 1, 2024. Chief Cochin presented the revisions, which add references to the state statute and clarify designated camping for recreational purposes. The ordinance passed 4-0.

    Ord. Ordinance No. 2024-2304

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    [00:50:30] Second reading of ordinance 20-24-2304. [00:50:34] Amendments to the camping ordinance. [00:50:37] September 8th. [00:50:39] I'm gonna go ahead and let you know. [00:50:43] Make sure I got the right one. [00:50:45] Yeah, you do. [00:50:46] Ordinance number 20-24-2304, [00:50:48] an ordinance of the city of New Port Richey, Florida [00:50:50] providing for amendment of section 14-12 [00:50:52] of chapter 14 of the code of ordinances [00:50:54] pertaining to camping, providing for prohibition [00:50:57] of public camping or sleeping in accordance [00:50:59] with section 125.0231 Florida statutes, [00:51:03] providing for definitions of terms, [00:51:05] providing for camping for recreational purposes [00:51:07] on designated properties, providing for conflict, [00:51:10] severability and an effective date. [00:51:12] All right, as discussed on September 18th [00:51:16] at your first reading, the state of Florida [00:51:18] has enacted an unauthorized public camping [00:51:22] and public sleeping law which takes effect [00:51:26] on October 1st, 2024. [00:51:29] Chief Cochin will introduce the provisions [00:51:32] of the new state law and the revisions [00:51:35] to the city ordinance which need to be brought into, [00:51:42] which need to be effectuated to bring our ordinance [00:51:46] into compliance with the state law. [00:51:47] Chief Cochin. [00:51:48] Thank you, Ms. Mann. [00:51:49] Mayor, council members, as you know on 9-18-24 [00:51:52] we did a first read on this ordinance, [00:51:54] so tonight request before the city council [00:51:56] is to conduct a second and final reading [00:51:58] of ordinance 20-24-2304 which amends [00:52:02] the city's camping ordinance by adding a reference [00:52:04] to Florida's unauthorized public and public sleeping laws [00:52:08] under Florida state statute 125.0231 [00:52:12] which as the city manager said takes effect [00:52:14] on October 1st, 2024. [00:52:16] The new state law, I discussed this last time [00:52:19] but I'll do an overview real quick, is really threefold. [00:52:22] First, it prohibits public camping or sleeping [00:52:24] on any non-designated public property overnight [00:52:27] effective October 1st, 2024 [00:52:30] and I already referenced the Florida statute. [00:52:33] It also provides an avenue for cities and counties [00:52:35] to create what they call safe and managed areas [00:52:39] that have running water, sanitation, and services. [00:52:42] And the third part of state statute, [00:52:45] it does allow any city or county to be sued [00:52:49] and this takes effect on 1-1-2025 [00:52:52] for allowing homeless encampments [00:52:54] on non-designated public property. [00:52:56] So our ordinance has always been strong [00:52:58] in regards to camping and as you know [00:53:01] our primary efforts are done through the lift team. [00:53:03] So really the revisions to our ordinance are as follows. [00:53:06] In section 14-12, camping prohibited B-1 [00:53:11] was simply amended by adding section B, [00:53:13] public camping or sleeping, [00:53:14] as defined in section 1-25-0.0231 [00:53:19] and we referenced the Florida statutes. [00:53:21] And then the second revision was to section 14-12, [00:53:25] section D-5 and it was just changed to read, [00:53:28] camping for recreational purposes on property [00:53:31] designated for such purposes by the city [00:53:34] or in conjunction with any special event [00:53:36] approved by the city council. [00:53:38] Again, we commend the efforts of our lift team. [00:53:42] Those will be our primary efforts. [00:53:44] We will be in compliance with state law. [00:53:46] We will enforce our ordinance [00:53:47] as per the revisions of state law. [00:53:49] So our recommendation is that you approve [00:53:51] the second and final reading of ordinance 2024-2304 [00:53:56] and I'm here to answer any questions that you may have. [00:53:59] Anybody, public comment? [00:54:02] Seeing no one, come forward, [00:54:02] bring it back for discussion and vote. [00:54:04] I'm gonna move to approve. [00:54:06] Second. [00:54:08] Oh, we can have ordinances like this [00:54:09] and we can follow state's plans [00:54:12] because we have programs like the lift team [00:54:14] to circumvent this and balance it out [00:54:16] and provide the wraparound services [00:54:17] that are necessary to address issues like the homelessness [00:54:20] and so that's why I'll be voting in favor. [00:54:22] That's exactly what I was gonna say. [00:54:23] We have a great lift team and they're doing great things [00:54:26] with the homeless people in our community [00:54:29] and I think that we're able to put this ordinance in place [00:54:34] and live by the state statutes that they've put in place [00:54:36] because we have a great staff here. [00:54:42] Good. [00:54:43] All those in favor, signify by aye. [00:54:45] Aye. [00:54:45] Those opposed? [00:54:46] We have four nothing. [00:54:48] Moving on to 2024 Cody River Bike Fest Alcohol Beverage. [00:54:52] We have the dock ordinance. [00:54:53] B. [00:54:54] Ordinance. [00:54:54] Oh, I'm sorry, I have that on my, I'm just jumping ahead.

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14. 10.b

    First Reading, Ordinance No. 2024-2286: Amendments to City Dock Ordinance

    approved

    First reading of Ordinance No. 2024-2286 amending Section 5-44 of the city code regarding docks attached to city-owned property along the Cody (Cotee) River. The amendment converts lot/block descriptions to a city dock map (amendable by resolution), limits docks to floating docks, and adds 5600 Virginia Avenue to the map of properties eligible to attach a dock to city property. Passed first reading 4-0.

    Ord. Ordinance No. 2024-2286

    • motion:Motion to approve first reading of Ordinance No. 2024-2286 amending the city dock ordinance. (passed)4–0

    📍5600 Virginia Avenue👤Pete#City Dock Map#Cotee River#Grand Boulevard public dock#Ordinance No. 2024-2286#Section 5-44

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    [00:55:08] First reading of ordinance number 2024-2286, [00:55:12] amendment to the city dock ordinance. [00:55:14] This is ordinance number 2024-2286, [00:55:16] an ordinance of the city of Newport Ridge, Florida [00:55:19] providing for amendment of section 5-44 [00:55:21] of the city code pertaining to docks [00:55:23] attached to city-owned property, [00:55:25] providing for a city dock map [00:55:27] establishing properties eligible [00:55:29] to associated dock attached to city property, [00:55:32] providing for floating docks only, [00:55:34] providing for conflict, severability, and an effective date. [00:55:38] As you know, the city currently provides [00:55:41] a license to property owners that own property [00:55:45] abutting city-owned property along the Cody River [00:55:48] to attach a dock to city property. [00:55:53] The current, currently we describe those properties [00:55:59] by lot and by block number, [00:56:02] and what we want to do is we want to convert that to a map. [00:56:06] This way the map can be amended if necessary [00:56:08] by a resolution in the future. [00:56:13] We also would like to establish in the ordinance [00:56:18] that we limit docks to floating docks [00:56:22] and that they comply with requirements [00:56:25] of design, size, and shape at the discretion of the city. [00:56:31] The other item I want to mention to you [00:56:35] is that the property at 5600 Virginia Avenue [00:56:40] in the past has enjoyed the benefit of having a dock [00:56:46] but has been omitted from the map, [00:56:49] and so we're correcting that by way of this ordinance [00:56:53] and they are specifically noted [00:56:56] as being allowed to have a dock, [00:56:59] although they have had one and enjoyed the benefit of it, [00:57:02] they now are officially included in the map [00:57:07] as a party allowed to do so. [00:57:12] The city dock map will be presented to you [00:57:17] at the second reading of this ordinance [00:57:21] if it meets with your approval. [00:57:23] We'll have that prepared for you [00:57:25] in conjunction with your next meeting, [00:57:28] and I'm prepared to respond to any questions [00:57:30] that you may have related to this agenda item. [00:57:32] Do you have any public comment? [00:57:35] Seeing no one come forward, [00:57:36] bring it back for discussion and vote. [00:57:39] I have a question. [00:57:41] So I do see a proposed city dock map on here, [00:57:45] number 22 of the dock map. [00:57:51] Is it, am I misunderstanding? [00:57:55] Is the gray daggered line showing the dockable area? [00:58:00] Because it looks like it's just showing the roadway [00:58:02] for that one. [00:58:04] Gray is the dock area. [00:58:06] So is that not the roadway for 22 or is that? [00:58:09] It's not a very good representation, [00:58:13] and so we'll have a better map for you [00:58:18] when we present it to you at your next reading. [00:58:25] Do we have a motion? [00:58:29] I'll move to approve. [00:58:34] First reading. [00:58:37] I'll second for discussion. [00:58:40] Do we have a motion? [00:58:42] No, I don't have anything at this point. [00:58:45] I'm with the board on that, but go ahead, Pete. [00:58:48] So this is under our early ordinances, [00:58:51] SEMS getting the dock rights and not really, [00:58:57] this is a map of private docks off of public property. [00:59:02] Correct. [00:59:04] So when you're making maps of the docks of those, [00:59:09] it reminds me of the public dock on public property [00:59:13] that is unmarked that's almost all the way [00:59:16] to the New Port Richey line along Grand Boulevard. [00:59:19] It's a, I think maybe the neighbors are happy [00:59:22] that nobody knows it's a dock, [00:59:24] and so that's why it's not marked. [00:59:28] So I'll just make comment of that, [00:59:30] but it's not related to this motion, [00:59:31] so I'll leave it right where it is. [00:59:33] Now they know. [00:59:34] I know what you're talking about. [00:59:39] You fix that dock up. [00:59:40] It was falling apart at one point [00:59:42] because it was dangerous, [00:59:44] and I think you put some new boards on it, but yeah. [00:59:49] The private public dock. [00:59:54] No comment for me. [00:59:56] All those in favor signify by saying aye. [01:00:00] Aye. Those opposed, four nothing. All right, now we'll try business items. 2024 Cody

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15. 11.a

    2024 Cotee River Bike Fest Alcohol Beverage Special Event Application

    approved

    Council approved an alcohol beverage special event permit allowing Farrell Cares Inc. to sell beer and wine in Sims Park during the three-day Cotee River Bike Fest, January 17-19, 2025.

    • motion:Motion to approve the alcoholic beverage special event permit application for the three-day Cotee River Bike Fest (Jan 17-19, 2025). (passed)

    📍Sims Park🏢Farrell Cares Incorporated👤Andre Julien👤Manz👤Zina Farrell#2024 Cotee River Bike Fest#Alcohol Beverage Special Event Application

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    [01:00:06] River Bike Fest alcohol drink beverage special event application. Yes, and we have the [01:00:13] applicant, Mr. Zina Farrell in attendance this evening, and Andre Julien will be [01:00:20] presenting the agenda item to you this evening. Thank you, City Manager Manz. [01:00:24] Good evening, Mayor and City Council members. The request before the City [01:00:29] Council this evening is to review the alcohol beverage special events [01:00:32] application for beer and wine to be sold in Sims Park during the Cody River Bike [01:00:37] Fest. The three-day event will take place beginning on Friday, January 17th, 2025, [01:00:43] through Sunday, January 19th, 2025. The special events... A change. Which is a change, [01:00:49] correct, yes. The Special Events Team met to review the alcoholic beverage special [01:00:53] events application for the Cody River Bike Fest back on April 30th of [01:00:57] this year. Farrell Cares Incorporated, the organizers of the Bike Fest, have [01:01:02] requested approval to sell beer and wine in Sims Park on the following days. [01:01:06] Friday, January 17th from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, January 18th from noon, 12 [01:01:14] p.m. until 11 p.m. and then again on Sunday, January 19th from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. [01:01:20] Hours of operation for the sale and or consumption of beer and wine [01:01:26] shall be limited to 12 p.m. through 11 p.m. for events held on Monday through [01:01:30] Saturday and 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. for events held on Sundays. A sitemap that denotes [01:01:37] the locations where beer and wine will be sold is also attached. Therefore, this [01:01:42] recommendation before the City Council is to approve the alcoholic beverage [01:01:45] special event permit application for the three-day Cody River Bike Fest. [01:01:51] Any public comment? Seeing nobody jump up back there, bring it back to public [01:01:59] discussion. I'm sorry. January 17th and 19th. I move to approve. Second. So yeah, I mean, I [01:02:11] think that we've done a great job in the past with our Bike Fest. I know it's [01:02:14] moving to January, but I think the weather will be a little bit cooler so [01:02:16] it'll be even better. Yeah, all the same, and I'll be drinking, I can, I probably shouldn't say that, but I can drink at this one. [01:02:28] The, the, the, is this gonna be updated online? Because I'm using the [01:02:37] online one and I'm a little thrown off by the dates. Okay. They just recently made [01:02:41] that decision. I saw the change and that's why I was like, October, but it got [01:02:46] changed. Okay, perfect. Good. All those in favor, signify by aye. Aye. Those opposed. Approval of the

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16. 11.b

    Approval of United States Department of Justice Grant

    approved

    Council approved a three-year U.S. Department of Justice grant award of $216,498 to the Police Department to enhance investigation and prosecution of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking crimes. The grant funds victim advocate salary/benefits, overtime for advocates, crime scene technicians, and police officers, training, a UV/IR forensics camera, and on-demand translation services.

    • motion:Motion to approve the USDOJ grant award of $216,498 to enhance investigation and prosecution of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking crimes. (passed)4–0

    🏢Newport Richey Police Department🏢Office of Violence Against Women🏢United States Department of Justice👤Chief Cochin👤Dave Crowell👤Megan Hayes👤Ms. Manns👤Pete#$529,259 in police grants over two fiscal years#Colari Vision UV IR forensics camera#Lift team#Office of Violence Against Women training#USDOJ grant $216,498

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    [01:02:56] United States Department of Justice grant? The Police Department was [01:03:01] successful in its efforts to secure a grant from the United States Department [01:03:05] of Justice in the amount of $216,498, and Chief [01:03:12] Justice will, I mean Chief Cochin, will provide more detail about the grant award. Chief? Thank you, Ms. Manns. Mayor, Council [01:03:22] members, so the request before the City Council is to approve a three-year [01:03:26] United States Department of Justice, otherwise known as USDOJ, grant [01:03:30] award of $216,498 to enhance investigations and [01:03:35] prosecutions of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking [01:03:40] crimes. So before I continue, my philosophy almost 35 years of doing this [01:03:45] is to put the right people in the right places, empower them, and let them do [01:03:49] their job. Megan Hayes, Dave Crowell, over the last two fiscal years, running through [01:03:56] the City Manager to this Council, you have approved $529,259 [01:04:01] in grants for the Police Department. I'm so proud of them for that effort. It's [01:04:06] just amazing. So this grant, again, will provide that funding to the New Port Richey Police Department to enhance our efforts to investigate these types of [01:04:15] crimes, and I'll go over kind of the outline of the grant and what it covers, [01:04:19] and there are bullet points in your backup. $20,000 for the Office of [01:04:24] Violence Against Women training and technical assistance, so they'll obviously [01:04:27] train our people and our folks in these types of crimes and how the grant [01:04:31] operates. $78,000 to fund 50% of our victim advocates' salary over three years. [01:04:37] $16,965 to fund fringe benefits for our victim advocate. $17,550 to fund our [01:04:45] victim advocates' overtime. $3,817 to fund our victim advocates' fringe [01:04:52] benefits on overtime. $15,444 to fund our crime scene technicians' overtime. [01:04:59] $1,359 to fund our crime scene technicians' fringe benefits on overtime. [01:05:05] $26,676 to fund police officers' overtime. There's a little bit of a connection [01:05:10] here with our lift team because they will also be able to get involved in [01:05:14] these types of investigations and get paid through this grant, so it's really [01:05:18] just an amazing grant for us. $5,802 to fund our police officers' [01:05:23] fringe benefits on overtime. $4,000 for a Colari Vision UV IR camera for [01:05:29] forensics kit to provide high-resolution pictures of injuries. I mean, this [01:05:33] technology, and you saw it on the last grant, for our crime scene technician is [01:05:36] amazing because it has the ability to photograph any type of bruising with [01:05:41] such clarity for presentation, all that, so this is, you know, the grant providing [01:05:45] this technology and equipment for us is just awesome. And then $24,885 [01:05:51] to provide on-demand translation services. Obviously, we deal with a lot of folks in [01:05:55] our community that speak different languages, so all those services will be [01:05:58] available to us to help coordinate with the victims in those types of situations. [01:06:03] So, obviously, this grant will allow our department to devote more resources and [01:06:06] equipment to combat domestic violence related to crimes in our city, which [01:06:10] impact victims across all demographics. Our city attorney has reviewed this [01:06:14] grant and approved it to form, and we are recommending that the City Council [01:06:17] approve this USDOJ grant in the amount of [01:06:22] $216,408 to enhance investigation and prosecution of [01:06:26] domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking crimes. [01:06:30] I'll be here to answer questions if you have any. [01:06:34] Any public comment? [01:06:36] Seeing no one, we'll bring it back for discussion and vote. [01:06:40] Move to approve. [01:06:42] Second. [01:06:43] Yeah, great job getting the grants, and, you know, those are all situations that we really need the [01:06:49] extra money to help resolve because those are big issues we have right here [01:06:53] in our city, so I think that's awesome. Good job. [01:06:56] Yeah, when I was looking into the grant, a lot of the articles that kept popping up were [01:07:00] county, county, county, state, and so it's awesome to see that our city's staying [01:07:04] ahead of the game and applying for these and treating the [01:07:08] issue seriously, and can you just say again how much so far the Police [01:07:14] Department has done in grants, and I don't mean to put you on the spot. [01:07:17] So, over the last two fiscal years, we've obtained $529,259. [01:07:23] That's just incredible, in just the last two years. [01:07:26] And all those have to be approved through the City Manager's Office, through you. [01:07:29] That's awesome. [01:07:31] Anything else? [01:07:33] Pete? [01:07:35] It's very important and good news to be able to work harder to attack this problem. [01:07:42] Not only the problem, but add to our budget to, you know, be able to expand a little bit is great. [01:07:49] All those in favor, signify by aye. [01:07:51] Aye. [01:07:53] Opposed, four nothing. [01:07:54] I request to enter a task order number two for the Fire Station number two, Architectural Services.

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17. 11.c

    Request to Enter into Task Order No. 2 for Fire Station No. 2 Architectural Services

    approved

    Council approved Task Order No. 2 for additional architectural services on the Fire Station No. 2 project in the amount of $35,000. The contractor is 5.5 months behind schedule, owing the City $379,500 in liquidated damages, from which the additional architectural fee will be deducted.

    • motion:Approve Task Order No. 2 for Fire Station No. 2 architectural services in the amount of $35,000. (passed)4–0

    #Architectural Services Contract#Fire Station No. 2#Liquidated Damages#Pasco Penny for Pasco tax funding#Task Order No. 2

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    [01:08:01] Thank you, Mr. Mayor. [01:08:03] The project to construct Fire Station number two was expected to span a 300-day construction period. [01:08:18] Originally, the Architectural Services contract on the project was in the amount of $216,500. [01:08:27] The original contract for the project included liquidated damages in the amount of $1,500 per day for late completion. [01:08:39] We are now 5.5 months behind in construction, which would mean that the contractor owes the City $379,500 in liquidated damages [01:08:53] because they are beyond 5.5 months behind in construction. [01:09:02] At this point, we're expecting that construction will span at least another four months before they're to a point that we can call them at least close to completion. [01:09:21] And the purpose of this task order is to get to a point where we can have the architect get us to a point of completion [01:09:38] where our construction services can take over the rest of the project. [01:09:44] The estimate of additional services to get us to that point is $35,000. [01:09:52] That amount would be taken out of the liquidated damages that the contractor owes us on the project for his late completion, [01:10:03] which is due to a series of variables on the project that has caused his late completion. [01:10:12] We believe that the amount being requested by the architect is fair as it's in line with industry standards and practices [01:10:22] for the type of work that they are going to need to perform in order to get us to significant completion. [01:10:33] And so the staff is recommending that we ask you to approve the task order. [01:10:44] I forgot this was yours. Sorry. [01:10:47] Any public comment? [01:10:50] Seeing no one come forward, we'll bring it back for discussion and vote. [01:10:58] Do we have any discussion or vote? [01:11:02] You said, what's the total cost or the cost associated with this part here? [01:11:07] Because it says funding is identified as pending for PASCO tax dollars. [01:11:11] And I see a reference to an invoice, but I'm not seeing it. [01:11:14] That's the project funding. [01:11:16] But in the end, we will be collecting liquidated damages for the project. [01:11:23] Approve. [01:11:26] I'm good with it. [01:11:28] Second. [01:11:29] Tough situation, and I'm reading through it, and we're going to recover the cost, so. [01:11:36] No, I have best to hold my tongue on this one. [01:11:41] Aye. [01:11:42] Aye. [01:11:43] Aye. [01:11:44] Those opposed, four nothing. [01:11:46] Recommendation affirmed for the land use master plan update.

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18. 11.d

    Recommendation of Firm for Land Use Master Plan Update

    approved

    Council approved hiring Stantec to perform the Land Use Master Plan update via a change order to their existing CRA plan contract, in the amount of $84,000 (reduced from $93,200). Funding comes from the general fund. Council discussion emphasized desire for council and public involvement throughout the process and integrating sustainability/resiliency into the plan.

    • motion:Motion to approve engaging Stantec for the Land Use Master Plan update at $84,000 via change order to the existing CRA plan contract. (passed)

    📍Grand Boulevard🏢Florida League of Cities🏢Stantec👤Pete#Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Plan#Comprehensive Master Plan#Land Use Master Plan Update#Vulnerability Study

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    [01:11:51] The comprehensive master plan is one of the most important documents and tools that we have in planning. [01:12:07] And as you know, ours has fallen out of date in compliance with the state. [01:12:16] It is important that we get that back into compliance with the state. [01:12:22] It's also equally important that the document is in harmony with our community redevelopment agency plan. [01:12:32] In order to achieve that objective, some of the work that will need to be completed includes public workshops and hearings, [01:12:47] as well as an analysis of the goals, objectives, and policies of the comp plan in comparison to our CRA plan. [01:12:56] Stantec is currently assisting the city with an update to our community redevelopment agency plan. [01:13:03] They'll also have to draft amendments based on the alignment of the two plans and Florida statute and make changes as appropriate. [01:13:16] They'll have to review data and analysis and consolidate that and make map changes. [01:13:29] The benefit of using Stantec is their familiarity with our CRA plan and the potential of them being able to expedite the work based on their familiarity with our plan. [01:13:44] And as you know, we have quite a few projects that are being held up as a result of the fact that our land use master plan is not updated. [01:13:54] Originally, their proposal to us was in the amount of $93,200 to perform the professional services associated with the update. [01:14:07] After some discussion, they have agreed to perform the work in the amount of $84,000 for the professional services. [01:14:18] And they are willing to do so through a change order on the contract they have with the city for their work on the community redevelopment agency plan. [01:14:35] We have had a good experience with them in respect to the work with them on that plan. [01:14:41] Therefore, we're recommending that you consider allowing us to work with them on the update to the master plan as well. [01:14:50] And the funding for the project is available in the general fund budget. [01:15:00] Public comment? [01:15:02] Seeing no one come forward, we'll bring it back [01:15:04] for discussion and vote. [01:15:06] I'll make a motion to approve. [01:15:10] I'll second. [01:15:12] Yeah, I know that, you know, Santec, when they came [01:15:16] for the unveiling of the CRA plan, there was some, [01:15:23] I guess, concern of the amount of time it took and the folks [01:15:26] that were on it, but I did manage to talk to some [01:15:29] of the representatives [01:15:30] at the Florida League of Cities Conference, [01:15:33] particularly an individual there [01:15:34] that had been relatively new to the assignment. [01:15:39] And, you know, my experiences and the work [01:15:42] that I've done has always been that redevelopment plans, [01:15:48] economic planning is its own thing, and it is not unusual [01:15:57] in the world in the way that it's turned [01:15:58] that large enterprises, whether it be engineering firms [01:16:02] or others, tend to expand their reach from doing engineering [01:16:07] and design and then hiring some planners to be part [01:16:09] of their team, and then next thing you know, [01:16:12] because of their relationships [01:16:14] from infrastructure-type projects, [01:16:17] become the go-to people. [01:16:20] Because I'm so comfortable with your selection [01:16:23] of our economic director and the idea and the amount [01:16:27] of participation he had at that presentation, it was clear to me [01:16:32] that we have in-house the kind of vision, and on this council [01:16:42] table, the willingness and the interest [01:16:44] in being part of that vision. [01:16:46] So my reason for moving first to approve it was to say that, [01:16:52] and again, in light of what has just happened [01:16:55] and the importance of resiliency in our city and the, [01:16:59] I feel like the canary for four years talking about this, [01:17:05] but we now see, I think, that our way forward as a city is [01:17:10] going to be really making sure we're at the front end [01:17:12] of any kind of opportunities we have to have our redevelopment [01:17:17] and our master plan be one that's sustainable. [01:17:21] So I'm pitching that in this process as we look [01:17:25] at our master planning, and we've talked up here [01:17:28] about expanding the downtown's footprint, [01:17:33] the connection along Grand Boulevard as an entry. [01:17:37] A lot of the things that we've talked about, [01:17:39] I would really be disappointed if this approval [01:17:44] that we give doesn't have, and if it needs to have one [01:17:48] or two more, doesn't have the city council, and, of course, [01:17:54] because it's in conjunction with jiving with the CRA plan. [01:17:58] This is an important and very exciting time for me, [01:18:02] and it is very difficult, like we did [01:18:05] with the vulnerability study, for me to wait for a whole year [01:18:08] to get the results of a study. [01:18:10] I want to have some connection with the planning of our city, [01:18:15] and I think the council deserves to have that as well. [01:18:19] So please, in your laying out of what's going to happen, [01:18:24] not talk to us individually, [01:18:26] but have us have some public commentary [01:18:29] where we can all work together, [01:18:30] because I think together we're stronger than us individually, [01:18:34] you know, maybe not knowing what each other is thinking [01:18:37] and making sure that we can get a clear directive to you [01:18:42] as manager as well as to the CRA. [01:18:46] That's all I have. [01:18:48] Second? [01:18:50] No comments at this time. [01:18:53] I don't have anything to add at this time either. [01:18:55] All those in favor, signify by aye. [01:18:57] Aye. Aye. [01:18:58] Those opposed? [01:19:00] We'll start with you, Pete.

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