[1) Call to Order – Roll Call] [00:00:10] HERE. COUNCILMAN AULTMAN. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN JONAS HERE. CITY MANAGER. MANNS. CITY ATTORNEY. DRISCOLL HERE. DEPUTY MAYOR MURPHY AND COUNCILMAN BUTLER ARE NOT IN ATTENDANCE. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. NEW FIREFIGHTER. YES, WE HAVE [4) Swearing In of New Firefighter Cristo Giol] MISTER CRYSTAL JIO, AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE FIRE CHIEF CHRIS FITCH UP FRONT TO INTRODUCE HIM. THANK YOU. MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER. IT'S ALWAYS AN EXCITING TIME AND A PRIVILEGE TO WELCOME NEW FIREFIGHTERS ONTO THE STAFF. AND TONIGHT WE WELCOME AND SWEAR IN TO FORMALLY KICK OFF CHRISTOS FIRE SERVICE CAREER. SO WE HAVE CRYSTAL JIO WHO STARTED WITH US IN ORIENTATION BACK IN JANUARY. HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN DUNEDIN, ACTUALLY RAISED IN HOLLADAY, BORN IN DUNEDIN, GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND HE ACHIEVED HIS FIREFIGHTER AND EMT CERTIFICATION FROM SAINT PETERSBURG COLLEGE. ON HIS TIME OFF FROM WORKING, HE ENJOYS GOING TO THE BEACH, COOKING AND SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY. I LIKE TO THANK ALL HIS FAMILY FOR BEING HERE. HIS PARENTS ARE HERE, HIS SISTERS HERE, HIS GIRLFRIEND'S HERE, AND AS WELL AS THE B SHIFT IS HERE IN SUPPORT ON ON DUTY STAFF. SO I THANK THANK THEM FOR THAT. I DO WANT, WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT NOW THAT YOU'VE PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT YOU ENJOY COOKING, IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME IF YOU'RE UP ON THE ROTATION SOON. YEAH. SO IN THE SHORT TIME I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW CHRISTO, HIS POSITIVE ATTITUDE IS JUST INFECTIOUS. HE'S HE HAS A PASSION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE, AND HE POSSESSES THE CORE VALUES THAT FIT THE CULTURE OF OUR ORGANIZATION AND THE COMPETENCIES TO CARRY OUT THE MISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT WITH DEDICATION, COURAGE, INTEGRITY AND PROFESSIONALISM. AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME THE CITY CLERK DOWN TO ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTOS FATHER TO PIN ON HIS BADGE. EXCUSE ME. GET IT TO THE MICROPHONE. THERE'S YOUR OATH. OKAY. IF YOU'LL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME, I AND STATE YOUR NAME. I, CHRISTO JEWEL, A CITIZEN OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A CITIZEN OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND BEING EMPLOYED BY OR AN OFFICER OF THE CITY OF NEW PORT RICHEY, AND BEING EMPLOYED BY OR AN OFFICER OF THE CITY OF NEW PORT RICHEY, AND A RECIPIENT OF PUBLIC FUNDS AS SUCH, EMPLOYEE OR OFFICER, AND A RECIPIENT OF PUBLIC FUNDS AS SUCH AS AS SUCH EMPLOYEE OR OFFICER, DO HEREBY SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM, DO HEREBY SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE, AND THAT I WILL HONESTLY, FAITHFULLY, AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY TRUST AS FIREFIGHTER. NEWPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE DUTIES OF MY TRUST AS FIREFIGHTER, NEWPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT IN AND FOR SAID CITY OF NEWPORT RICHIE IN AND FOR SAID CITY OF NEWPORT RICHIE ACCORDING TO THE LAW AND TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY, ACCORDING TO THE LAW AND TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DAMN, MIKE. SEE? I'M THE. YOU. YOU MIKE'S PILLS. OKAY, OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. YOU GOT IT. YOU. THERE YOU GO. DON'T GO. GO AWAY. GET ALL THE. [00:05:04] GET ALL THE FAMILY. DON'T GO AWAY YET. GET ALL. DON'T GO AWAY YET. GET ALL THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS UP HERE FOR A COUPLE PICTURES. COME ON. ALL. ALL OF YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. YOU GOT TO BE SENATOR. I GOT TO BE SENATOR. MIGHT BE SHIFT. COME ON DOWN HERE TO WELCOME. THAT'S MY SHIFT. THAT IS AWESOME. WELL, LOOK AT ALL THESE PEOPLE. JUST FOR YOU, MAX. JUST FOR YOU, BUDDY. AND HALEY'S NOT HERE BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T BE. SHE'S SICK ANYWAY, RUNNING A FEVER. BUT IF I'M AWESOME. READY? THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. GAVE A PROCLAMATION HERE. WHAT IS IT? LOVE YOUR [5.a) Love Your Library Month ] LIBRARY MONTH. YES. THANK YOU. ANDY FIGARD, LIBRARY DIRECTOR. AND YOU AND STAFF. STAFF? THAT'LL BE IT FOR NOW. WHICH WAY DO YOU WANT? WELL, THESE PEOPLE WANT TO SEE YOU. COME ON AROUND HERE. COME ON BEHIND HER. HERE. NOBODY WANTS TO BE ON MY SIDE. I UNDERSTAND I'M ALWAYS ON YOUR SIDE. NOT IN FRONT OF MY FACE. IN FRONT OF MY FACE, MAYBE. THIS IS A PROCLAMATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW PORT RICHEY. WHEREAS LIBRARIES CONNECT PEOPLE, IDEAS AND INFORMATION TO STRENGTHEN AND INFORMED AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS, THE NEW PORT RICHEY PUBLIC LIBRARY PROVIDES FREE ACCESS TO LITERATURE, TECHNOLOGY, DIGITAL RESOURCES, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES. AND WHEREAS THE LIBRARY SUPPORTS LITERACY, LIFELONG LEARNING, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND SERVES AS A WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY SPACE. NOW, THEREFORE, I. CHOPPER DAVIS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA, HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. LOVE YOUR LIBRARY MONTH IN THE CITY OF NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA AND ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO VISIT, SUPPORT, AND RECOGNIZE THE NEW PORT RICHEY PUBLIC LIBRARY AND ITS DEDICATED STAFF AND SUPPORTERS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CAN WE TURN AROUND? IF YOU WANT TO GIVE. OKAY, OKAY, I'LL LET YOU ON THE INSIDE. I THOUGHT YOU WERE PUTTING US BEHIND HER ON THIS OUTSIDE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF THE NEW PORT RICHEY PUBLIC LIBRARY, WE ARE TRULY HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION. AS MUCH AS WE ARE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY WITH QUALITY LIBRARY RESOURCES AND SERVICES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. TWO POSITIVE THINGS AND EVERYBODY LEAVES. THANK YOU. AUDIT PRESENTATION BY MAULDIN [6) Audit Presentation by Mauldin & Jenkins] AND JENKINS. MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I'M ASKING THIS MATTER BE DEFERRED UNTIL YOUR MARCH 3RD MEETING. OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR IS OUT ILL. AND MAULDIN JENKINS IS JUST FINISHING UP SOME LAST MINUTE DETAILS ON THE REPORT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'LL DO THAT. [7) Approval of Minutes] APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 3RD. MOVE TO APPROVE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. CONSENT AGENDA. OH, I TURNED THE PAGE. SORRY. ALL THOSE IN ATTENDANCE MUST BE [8) Vox Pop for Items Not Listed on the Agenda or Listed on Consent Agenda] RESPECTFUL OF OTHERS OPINIONS AND REFRAIN FROM MAKING PERSONAL ATTACKS. ANY PERSON WHO BECOMES DISORDERLY OR WHO FAILS TO CONFINE REMARKS TO THE IDENTIFIED SUBJECT OR BUSINESS AT HAND, SHALL BE CAUTIONED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER AND GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONCLUDE REMARKS ON THE SUBJECT IN A DECOROUS MANNER AND WITHIN THE DESIGNATED TIME LIMIT. ANY [00:10:05] PERSON FAILING TO COMPLY, AS CAUTIONED, MAY BE BARRED FROM MAKING ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS DURING THE MEETING BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER, UNLESS PERMISSION TO CONTINUE OR AGAIN ADDRESS. THE COUNCIL IS GRANTED BY THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP? I HAVE TWO PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. THE FIRST PERSON IS BETH STEVENSON. CARRIE. SHE FORGOT HER STOOL AGAIN. I LEFT MY STOOL IN THE JEEP. BEVIS STEVENSON, CARRIE, FIVE SEVEN, ONE NINE LAFAYETTE STREET, NEW PORT RICHEY. WE CAN'T BELIEVE THAT ALMOST ONE MONTH AGO WAS OUR SOS 1922 AND PROPERTIES PRESENTATION THAT WE ARE SO VERY APPRECIATIVE. APPRECIATIVE TO ALL OF YOU. WE THANK OUR CONSULTANT, MR. PAUL BYBEE, FOR INITIATING A FORMAL REQUEST FOR AN ORGANIZED CLEANUP EVENT AND APPRECIATIVE TO MISS MERRILL FOR HER PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE IN HELPING US. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT EVENT, AS MANY ARE WAITING TO ASSIST IN OUR ICON BEING A SHINING INSPIRATION FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS. REGARDING GRANTS, WE AGAIN ARE READY TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY AS WE ARE ATTENDING A WORKSHOP NEXT WEEK PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY. ANOTHER CONSULTANT, DOCTOR PHILLIPS, IS WORKING NOW ON A GRANT THAT HE INITIATED THIS PAST YEAR WITH THE PREREQUISITE IF THERE ARE ANY NEW UPDATES REGARDING 22 AND PROPERTIES, PLEASE SHARE THOSE WITH US AS WE HAVE MANY THAT LISTEN FROM HOME. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PERSON I HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IS JUNE PEARSON. JUNE PEARSON 5730 5637 GEORGIA AVENUE, NEW PORT RICHEY. UP A LITTLE BIT. IT'S ONE SIZE. DOESN'T FIT ALL. OKAY. DO I NEED TO DO THAT AGAIN? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO BEV HAS JUST GIVEN YOU THE GOOD COP PRESENTATION. NOW I'M HERE TO SCOLD YOU A BIT AND DO A LITTLE BIT OF BAD COP. AS SHE SAID, IT'S BEEN TWO WEEKS SINCE WE STOOD UP HERE AND ASKED ABOUT APPLYING FOR FUTURE GRANTS, DOING MAINTENANCE ON THE BUILDING AND THE PROPERTIES. AND THERE'S BEEN NO OFFICIAL WORD OR FEEDBACK FROM THIS COUNCIL MEMBERS OR THE CITY MANAGEMENT ABOUT EITHER OF THOSE. AND I'M HERE TO REMIND YOU THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO AWAY. WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE AT MEETING AFTER MEETING. WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET THE CITY SIT ON OUR PROPERTIES, THE CITY'S PROPERTIES, FOR FIVE YEARS, LIKE THEY HAVE IN THE PAST ON OTHER PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN PUBLICLY OWNED. YOU OWE IT TO THE PUBLIC TO AT LEAST LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND THE PROGRESS OF EACH OF THOSE ITEMS, INCLUDING FEEDBACK THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN FROM COMPANIES ON TESTING THAT'S BEING DONE. AND YET, THE ONLY THING PUBLICLY THAT WE HAVE SEEN IS THE CITY MANAGER'S COMMENTS IN A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE THAT SAID THAT THE CITY WAS STILL TAKING ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK. AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THAT'S BEING DONE IN THE SUNSHINE, BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN NO PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THERE IS AN EFFORT TO STILL STILL OBTAIN ADDITIONAL COMMENT. IT'S TIME TO GET START MOVING. IT'S TIME TO GET SOME PUBLIC RESPONSE TO OFFICIALLY WHAT'S BEING DONE. IT'S NOT TIME TO LET OUR CITIZENS SIT OUT THERE AND WONDER WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THAT BUILDING AND ITS PROPERTIES. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? CHARLES WISE, 6013 ADAMS STREET, NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA, 34652. THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIT DISORGANIZED BECAUSE I TOOK SOME NOTES DURING THE WORKSHOP, WHICH I DID APPRECIATE. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN TO A WORKSHOP MEETING, SO THAT WAS AN ENLIGHTENING EXPERIENCE. SO THIS IS KIND OF JUST SOME NOTES OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. AND THEN I HAD SOME OTHER THINGS THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT. THE FIRST THING I WILL SAY IS, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT OF THE LADIES THAT JUST SPOKE. I THINK ALL OF US. I WAS RAISED BY A SINGLE MOTHER, SO I UNDERSTAND, AND I THINK ALL OF US HAVE HAD GOOD MOTHERS KNOW THAT NICE AND GOOD ARE NOT THE SAME THING, AND I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD HEED THE WARNINGS OF WOMEN THAT ARE GOOD AND NOT ALWAYS NICE, BECAUSE THAT WILL COME BACK TO US. SO I AGREE WITH A LOT OF WHAT WAS SAID. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF ENERGY THERE. BUT GOING BACK TO THE WORKSHOP THING, SOME THINGS THAT I WANTED TO [00:15:03] POTENTIALLY DISCUSS WAS WITH THE REVENUES I DID SEE WITH THE TABLE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF FEES THAT OTHER CITIES JUST DON'T HAVE, AND I DON'T KNOW THE FULL HISTORY OF WHEN THESE WERE BROUGHT IN. I DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND REGULATIONS. THESE ARE THINGS I COULD LEARN A LOT ABOUT, BUT JUST SOME THOUGHTS THAT I HAD WHILE I WAS OBSERVING THAT, I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD DO VIP TIERS FOR CERTAIN EVENTS WHERE THERE IS A PRE-EVENT, A LIKE AN AFTER PARTY AND OR LIKE, LIKE POCKETS OF THE CITY OPERATING. SO MAYBE SOMETHING IN THE HACIENDA. SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON IN A BROADER CITY OR AT SIMS PARK, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE OF A HIGHER PRIVILEGE, SO TO SPEAK, WHERE WE COULD BRING IN SPECIALIZED? LIKE BASICALLY VIP PACKAGES, WHERE WE COULD HAVE A DIFFERENT REVENUE STREAM THAT COULD KIND OF OFFSET FOR LOCALS WHO MAYBE JUST LOCALS IN GENERAL, BUT WHETHER IT'S LOW INCOME OR WHATEVER, TO JUST HAVE ANOTHER TIER PRODUCT AVAILABLE AND ALSO BRING IN OUTSIDE REVENUE AND THEN GIVE PEOPLE A REASON TO BE HERE. ALSO, ABOUT THE POLICE FUNDING, THAT'S ONE THAT I KNOW. I'VE SPOKEN TO THE CHIEF OFFICER BEFORE, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I NEED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. BUT I AM WONDERING IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT IF IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE TIED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN GENERAL, IF WE COULD MAYBE HAVE SOME KIND OF PRODUCT OR SERVICE THAT'S MORE OF LIKE A NOVELTY, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE THIS. THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY A BAD EXAMPLE, BUT JUST A RANDOM EXAMPLE. LIKE IF WE HAD A COMMEMORATIVE CUP EVERY YEAR FOR CHASCO AND MAYBE THOSE FUNDS OR A PORTION OF THOSE FUNDS WENT SPECIFICALLY TO FUNDING THE POLICE FOR THE BIG EVENTS, AT THE VERY LEAST, THE BIG ONES THAT WE KNOW WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF, THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I HAD IN MY MIND. THIS ISN'T ORGANIZED ENOUGH TO REALLY GO THROUGH ALL OF IT. I WAS ALSO WONDERING IF WE COULD MAYBE CONSIDER A TROLLEY TOUR, LIKE I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THEM GOING TO AND FROM THE GARAGES TO DOWNTOWN, BUT I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD OFFER SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF LIKE A SCENIC OPTION TO JUST TAKE UP 30 MINUTES, 40 MINUTES, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, TO GO AROUND THE TOWN AND JUST OFFER SOMETHING THAT, AGAIN, COULD OFFER ANOTHER REVENUE STREAM. I SEE THAT MY TIME IS RUNNING NOW, AND LIKE I SAID, I WASN'T ORGANIZED. SO SOME THINGS THAT I WILL LEAVE. WE ARE IN A PLACE THAT IS CLEARLY A TRANSFORMATIONAL ERA. WE KNOW THAT THE TIDES OF HISTORY ARE ROLLING IN, AND WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE WHO GET CAUGHT IN THE TSUNAMIS AND WAIT FOR THAT WATER TO COME BACK IN THE BEACH ARE ALREADY TOO LATE. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE CONSIDER A LOT OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CHAOS JUST IN THE WORLD, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE WE DON'T LOSE OUR HEADS. I THINK IT'S EASY TO GET CAUGHT UP IN THE EMOTIONS OF IT ALL, AND WE HAVE A GREAT COMMUNITY THAT IS SHOUTING OUT THE LIBRARY, SHOUTING OUT OUR NEW FIREFIGHTERS LIKE WE HAVE GREAT THINGS WE CAN CELEBRATE. THERE'S MORE THAT I WANT TO SAY THAT'S NOT GOING TO GET SAID HERE, BUT I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP. I'M SORRY. ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? SEEING NO ONE ELSE COME FORWARD, WE'LL GO BACK TO SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER. OH, EXCUSE ME. [9) Consent Agenda] CONSENT AGENDA. I'M GLAD I GOT YOU DOWN THERE. PROPOSAL ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. I'LL SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY I. THAT'S FOR NOTHING. SECOND READING OF [10.a) Second Reading, Ordinance 2026-2342: Future Land Use Map Amendment of 6606 & 6620 Forest Avenue from Residential/Office (R/O) to Public/ Semi-Public (P/SP) Zoning District.] ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 2342. FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT ON 20 ON 66, OH SIX AND 6620 FOURTH AVENUE FROM RESIDENTIAL OFFICE TO PUBLIC SEMI-PRIVATE. THIS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 2342. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR A SMALL SCALE AMENDMENT OF THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE CITY'S ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROVIDING FOR A CHANGE IN THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR APPROXIMATELY 0.27 ACRES OF PROPERTY, GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF FOREST AVENUE, APPROXIMATELY 100FT NORTH OF INDIANA AVENUE, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR SAID PROPERTY FROM RESIDENTIAL OFFICE TO PUBLIC SEMIPUBLIC. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE AS INDICATED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. THIS IS A SECOND READING. MORTON PLANT HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION IS THE APPLICANT FOR THE CHANGE ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. IT IS TO INCORPORATE A NEWLY ACQUIRED PROPERTY WITH AN EXISTING PARKING AREA INTO A NEW OFF STREET PARKING LOT THAT WILL BE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED TO BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH OUR CURRENT STANDARDS FOR PARKING AREAS, AND A COMPANION APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR REZONING AS WELL. IF YOU WOULD YOU LIKE SOME FURTHER FACTS RELATED TO THIS? HAPPY. I WAS FINE WITH THE PRESENTATION THE PRIOR TIME [00:20:04] UNLESS THERE'S ANY NEW INFORMATION, ANY PUBLIC OPINION, SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD, BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND VOTE. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND MAKER. NO, I'M JUST HAPPY TO HELP OUT THE HOSPITALS AS MUCH AS WE CAN. A SECOND. YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE IT. THE REST OF THE STREET IS WHERE THIS IS GOING. SO. YEAH. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY I. [10.b) Second Reading, Ordinance 2026-2343: Rezoning of 6606 & 6620 Forest Avenue from R/O, Residential/Office Zoning District to PDD, Planned Development District (CPPD, Commercial Planned Development District)] THAT'S FOR NOTHING. SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 20, 26 2343. REZONING OF 6602 AND 6624 FROM COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL OFFICE. THIS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 2343. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENT OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ZONING DISTRICT MAP PROVIDING FOR REZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 15.73 ACRES OF PROPERTY, GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE EAST OF MADISON STREET AND TO THE NORTH OF INDIANA AVENUE, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENT OF THE ZONING DISTRICT DESIGNATION FOR SAID PROPERTY FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, COMMERCIAL PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND RESIDENTIAL OFFICE ZONING DISTRICT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. COMMERCIAL PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE. SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD, BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND VOTE. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE A SECOND SECOND MAKER. THANK YOU A SECOND. NO, SIR. PETE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY I. I THAT'S FOR NOTHING. SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER [10.c) Second Reading, Ordinance No. 2026-2345: Amending Section 7.17.09 of the Land Development Code RE: Allowance of Single-Family Dwellings Pursuant to the Requirements of the R-4 Residential Coastal Cottage Zoning District] 2026 2345. AMENDING SECTION 7.17 .09 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. THIS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 2345, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENT OF SECTION 7.17.09 OF CHAPTER SEVEN OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE PERTAINING TO OTHER USES IN THE MOBILE HOME PARK ZONING DISTRICT, PROVIDING FOR THE ALLOWANCE OF SINGLE OR ONE FAMILY DWELLING UNITS MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE R-4. RESIDENTIAL COASTAL COTTAGE ZONING DISTRICT R-4 PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION. PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. DO YOU WANT TO ADD SOME? I SURE CAN, MR. MAYOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE IS TO ALLOW FOR R-4, WHICH IS OUR COASTAL COTTAGES, THAT DEVELOPMENT IN THE MOBILE HOME PARK ZONING DISTRICT. AND THE REASON THAT WE'RE DOING SO IS TO ALLOW FOR MORE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE MOBILE HOME PARK ZONING DISTRICT. THIS IS A SECOND READING AND IT IS BEING RECOMMENDED TO YOU BY THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD, AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT YOU WILL APPROVE IT AT YOUR SECOND READING. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD, BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND VOTE. TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND TO THE MAKER. NOTHING FURTHER TO THE SECOND. NO, JUST HAPPY TO SEE SOME PROGRESS ON THE WEST SIDE. YES, SIR. YEAH, GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY I. I THAT'S FOR NOTHING. MOVING ON TO THE SECOND READING OF [10.d) Second Reading, Ordinance No. 2026-2346: Amendment to Fire Pension Ordinance] ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 2346. AMENDMENT TO THE FIRE PENSION ORDINANCE. THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 2346, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 17 PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT. ARTICLE THREE FIREFIGHTERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEW PORT RICHEY, AMENDING SECTION 1736. DEFINITIONS. AMENDING SECTION 1730 6.1 PLAN FREEZE NEW BENEFIT STRUCTURE. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT HEREWITH AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE IS TO AMEND SPECIFICALLY THE DEFINITION OF AVERAGE FINAL COMPENSATION AND PLAN FREEZE BENEFITS, AND MR. WETZEL CAN PROVIDE SOME FURTHER DEFINITION AS IT RELATES TO THIS AGENDA ITEM. THANK YOU, MR. WETZEL. THANK YOU, MR. BARNES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL AGAIN, AS THIS ITEM WAS ON THE FIRST READING. AGAIN, THIS IS TO AMEND, AS MISS MANN SAID, TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF THE AVERAGE FINAL COMPENSATION. AND WITH REGARD TO THAT, AS WE HAD DISCUSSED IN THE PAST, THE PLAN, AS IT'S WRITTEN, BASICALLY CREATED TWO CALCULATIONS FOR FOR PENSIONS. SO THIS HERE WILL AMEND THE PENSION PLAN TO CREATE ONE CALCULATION FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE FIREFIGHTERS UNION THAT ARE IN THIS PENSION FROM THAT STANDPOINT. AND IT ALSO AGAIN, PART OF THAT AMENDING THAT DEFINITION, I HAVE TO AMEND THE PLAN FREEZE THAT WENT INTO EFFECT BACK IN SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2013. SO AGAIN, THIS IS ALL KIND OF A [00:25:07] CLEANUP. AND AGAIN, KIND OF AN ISSUE FROM THAT STANDPOINT THAT WE HAD AS PART OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE FIRE UNION. IN THIS LAST CONTRACT FOR THE WAGE REOPENER WAS TO KIND OF CORRECT THIS. IT'S KIND OF BEEN DISCUSSED FOR FOR MANY YEARS. UNFORTUNATELY, FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT REALLY KIND OF NEVER CAME TO FRUITION AND KIND OF GOT THE PAST OVER. OR WOULD HE EVER AGAIN KIND OF WHO WAS GOING TO HANDLE WHAT. SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY NOW TO MAKE THAT CORRECT AND MOVE FORWARD FROM THAT STANDPOINT. AND AS WE SAID, AS PART OF NEGOTIATIONS, THIS WAS KIND OF A SHARE BETWEEN THE UNION AND THE CITY. THE FIREFIGHTERS AGREED TO TAKE A 1% WAGE REDUCTION AS PART OF WHAT THE OFFER WAS FOR THEIR THEIR INCREASE AS PART OF THE WAGE TO OFFSET THEIR SHARE OF THIS AND AS WELL AS THE CITY WAS AGAIN, WE ALSO AGAIN AS TO SHARE IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS AND FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE IMPACT, THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THOSE LINES, THE ACTUARIES AND THE CONSULTANTS FROM THAT STANDPOINT ESTIMATE, IT'S ABOUT $37,000, AS I SAID, KIND OF A SHARED BETWEEN THE UNION AND THE CITY ON THIS THIS FEE. FROM THAT STANDPOINT. SO FROM FROM THAT END, AGAIN, WE WE FEEL AGAIN ARE ASKING TO APPROVE THIS SECOND READING AND TO MAKE THIS AMENDMENT TO THE FIRE PENSION, FIREFIGHTERS PENSION AT THIS TIME, PUBLIC INPUT, SEEING A BUNCH OF THEM DON'T WANT TO COME DOWN AND TALK. ALL RIGHT. BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION ABOUT I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE SECOND SECOND TO MAKER, NOT JUST AFTER WE CAN FINALLY JUST WRAPPED UP SECOND. YEAH I AGREE JOE. YEAH, MY COMMENTS BEFORE DURING THE FIRST READING, I SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS FAIR. IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW OUR UNION AND THE CITY CAN WORK TOGETHER TO REACH AN AGREEMENT AS OPPOSED TO OUR CITY MAKING DEMANDS THAT THE EMPLOYEES FIX THIS OR OUR EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, PREVENTING THE FUNCTIONALITY OF A CERTAIN PART OF OUR CITY BY DEMANDING THE CITY FIX IT. SO BOTH SIDES CAME TO THE TABLE. THEY NEGOTIATED IN GOOD FAITH. THE DIRECTOR POINTED OUT. AND OUR CITY MANAGER HAS MENTIONED BEFORE THAT THIS IS A LONG TIME COMING. SO IN MY MIND, THIS IS A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT. IT'S A MAJOR FIX, AND IT'S GOING TO MAKE THINGS SMOOTH GOING FORWARD. AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE A FAIR LABOR WHEN IT COMES TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND I JUST WANT I NOTICED THAT SEVERAL FIRE EMPLOYEES WALKED BACK IN WHEN THIS ITEM CAME UP. I HOPE THAT'S IN IN SUPPORT. BUT THEY'RE HERE AND THEY'RE WATCHING. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME A LITTLE BIT OF A CLEANUP. ALSO, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY I, I THAT'S FOR NOTHING. OKAY. 2026 FITZGERALD SAINT PATTY'S DAY CELEBRATION [11.a) 2026 Fitzgerald's St. Patrick's Day Celebration - Alcoholic Beverage Special Event Application, Road Closure and Wet-Zone Request ] ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SPECIAL EVENT APPLICATION AND ROAD CLOSURE. AGENDA ITEM IS TWOFOLD. FIRST, IT IS IN ESTABLISHING THE EVENT FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 15TH, 16TH AND 17TH IS TO. ESTABLISH A WET ZONE ON ADAMS AVENUE ON ADAMS STREET. EXCUSE ME. BETWEEN NEBRASKA AVENUE AND MISSOURI AVENUE. AND ADDITIONALLY, IT IS TO AMEND THE HOURS OF OPERATION ON SUNDAY. IT IS A DEVIATION FROM WHAT IS ALLOWED IN OUR CITY ORDINANCE, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO SELL ALCOHOL THREE HOURS EARLIER AND THREE HOURS LATER THAN WHAT IS PERMITTED. BY ORDINANCE, AND ONE HOUR LATER THAN WHAT IS PERMITTED ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY, THE 16TH AND THE 17TH. AND WE WOULD NEED YOU TO TAKE ACTION ON BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS IF YOU DETERMINE IT'S APPROPRIATE TO DO SO. AND THE REASON THAT WE ARE SUGGESTING THAT THEY CONDUCT THE EVENT ON ADAMS STREET IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT NEBRASKA SQUARE RAILROAD SQUARE ON NEBRASKA AVENUE WILL STILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. YOU JUST SAID MISSOURI. SO IS IT GOING TO GO FROM MAIN STREET TO MISSOURI? IT IS OKAY BECAUSE YOU SAID YES. YOU SAID ADAMS. YES I DID, YEAH, TO MISSOURI. BUT I JUST WANT TO CORRECT. MR. NO, I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT TO IT. AND YOU'RE RIGHT. OKAY. SO THERE WE HAVE TWO BLOCKS. THEN THEY ARE. OKAY. SO THERE WAS NO ROOM TO TURN AROUND. THAT'S RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? THANK YOU. SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD, BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION, A VOTE I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION MAKER. NO. I'M JUST I'M HAPPY FOR THE EVENT. IT'S GREAT FOR THE CITY. [00:30:04] AND I'M HAPPY THAT WE CAN MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS DUE TO THE RAILROAD SQUARE CONSTRUCTION. SO THE SECOND. YEAH, JUST WITH THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S OCCURRING, IT HAS HAD AN EFFECT ON ALL THOSE BUSINESSES ON THE STREET. SO THIS IS A LITTLE GIVE BACK OF TIME AND LET THEM PUT A FEW MORE DOLLARS BACK INTO THEIR SO THEY CAN PAY THEIR OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES. THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 20 YEARS. FIRE INSPECTIONS. THEY'VE BEEN DOING AT LEAST 20 YEARS. PATEL. YEAH. IT LOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE A SAFE SPOT FOR IT. IT'S A BUDDING MAIN STREET, SO THAT'S ALWAYS GOOD. THERE'S THE PARKING LOT ACCESS RIGHT THERE. I WOULD JUST SAY THE LOOKS LIKE THEY MIGHT BE DOING SOME SORT OF LIVE MUSIC NEXT TO WHAT LOOKS LIKE A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING AND PUTTING. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS JUST GRAPHICAL OR IF IT'S IT'S MEANT TO BE THAT WAY, BUT PORTA POTTIES IN FRONT OF THAT, IT'S LABELED AS OUR APARTMENT. SO I'M ASSUMING AND I COULD BE WRONG, THEY HAVE SOME SORT OF OWNERSHIP THERE. SO JUST KEEPING THAT IN MIND AND MAKING SURE THE THE TENANTS, WHOEVER LIVES THERE IS OKAY WITH IT, BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT I'M GETTING HEAD NODS, SO I'M ASSUMING THEY ARE. SO OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD, IT LOOKS SAFE. IT LOOKS WELL ORGANIZED. YEAH, THE OWNERS OWN THE BUILDING. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY I. I THAT'S FOR NOTHING. 2026 CHASCO FIESTA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE [11.b) 2026 Chasco Fiesta Alcohol Beverage Special Event Application  ] SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATION. AND MRS. FIGARD HAS WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS EVENT. AND I'D LIKE HER TO PRESENT THE AGENDA ITEM. OKAY. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER MANNS. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND ESTEEMED CITY COUNCIL. THIS ITEM REQUESTS APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL EVENT APPLICATION AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT FOR THE 2026 CHASCO FIESTA. FIESTA. THE SPECIAL EVENT TEAM REVIEWED THIS APPLICATION AT ITS JANUARY 22ND MEETING, AND THE TEAM REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE SITE PLAN AND LOCATIONS OF BEER AND WINE VENDORS. AS NOTED IN THE ATTACHMENT, CHASCO FIESTA IS PROPOSING BEER AND WINE SALES WITHIN SIMS PARK ON THE AFOREMENTIONED DATES AND TIMES. FRIDAY, MARCH 20TH FROM 12 TO 11. SATURDAY, MARCH 21ST FROM 12 TO 11. SUNDAY, MARCH 22ND THROUGH THURSDAY, MARCH 26TH FROM 1 TO 9 P.M. FRIDAY, MARCH 27TH FROM 5 TO 11 AND SATURDAY, MARCH 28TH FROM 12 TO 11. THE SPECIAL EVENT TEAM REVIEWED THE SITE PLAN AND EVENT LOGISTICS AND HAD NO OBJECTIONS TO THE APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED. CHASCO FIESTA, AS YOU KNOW, REMAINS ONE OF THE CITY'S SIGNATURE AND ANNUAL EVENTS, DRAWING RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO OUR DOWNTOWN AND OUR HISTORIC WATERFRONT STAFF RESPECTFULLY PRESENTS THIS ITEM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL, AND MEMBERS OF THE CHASCO FIESTA TEAM EVENT TEAM ARE PRESENT AND IN ATTENDANCE THIS EVENING. SHOULD COUNCIL HAVE SOME MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS? I THINK THEY LEFT. OKAY, I WAS THINKING. PUBLIC OPINION. SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD. BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND VOTE. IS HE ALLOWED TO DO VOX POP AND CAN YOU DO BOTH OR. I MOVE TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE SECOND MAKER. I THINK ANYTHING I COULD SAY WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM THE GREAT PRESENTATION BY A LIBRARY DIRECTOR. SO THANK YOU. THE SECOND. NOW I'M GOOD, I'M GOOD, THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE, THAT'S FOR NOTHING. EITB 26, 005, WWT. [11.c) ITB26-005 WWTP Clarifier No. 3 Gearbox Replacement Project Bid Award] CLARIFIER NUMBER NUMBER THREE, GEARBOX REPLACEMENT PROJECT, BID AWARD, WHATEVER ALL THAT MEANS, MISTER MAYOR, THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE A CLARIFIER GEARBOX REPLACEMENT UNIT FOR OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $154,000 FROM VIVA USA. AND MR. MUELLER IS GOING TO TELL US ALL ABOUT IT. THANK YOU, MISS MANS. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL AND HONORABLE MAYOR. REQUESTS FROM STAFF FOR CITY COUNCIL IS TO REVIEW AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE SOLE BID RECEIVED FOR ITB 26 005. THIS IS FOR THE CLARIFIER GEARBOX REPLACEMENT AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY AND AS STATED, THIS WOULD BE AWARDING THE PROJECT TO AVIVO USA, LLC AND NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $154,000. AS [00:35:03] PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED DURING OUR DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET PRESENTATIONS, THE EXISTING CLARIFIER MAIN GEARBOX HAS EXCEEDED ITS USEFUL LIFE, HAVING BEEN IN CONTINUOUS SERVICE FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS NOW. AND TO EXPLAIN WHAT GEARBOX IS TO GO INTO THAT POINT WITHIN THE CLARIFIERS THEMSELVES, THE GEARBOX WILL SIT ON TOP ALONG A SHAFT AND IT ROTATES A RAKE SYSTEM, RAKE AND PLOW SYSTEM THAT MANEUVERS THE SUSPENDED SOLIDS THAT SETTLE DOWN TO THE BOTTOM AND HELP CLEAR THAT SLUDGE AWAY FROM THE FLUID AS WE'RE CLARIFYING THE WATER, HENCE THE NAME CLARIFIER AND GEARBOX IN THERE. SO IT'S A CRITICAL COMPONENT COMPONENT IN ENSURING PROPERLY TREATED WATER ADVANCES THROUGH THE TREATMENT PROCESS. AND REPLACEMENT OF THE GEARBOX IS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THE RELIABLE FACILITY OPERATIONS. ON DECEMBER 5TH, 2025, ONE SEALED BID WAS OPENED AND PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED BY THE CITY CLERK. VIVA USA, LLC IS THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER. THEY SUBMITTED THE ONLY BID AND THEY HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN PERFORMING GEARBOX REPLACEMENTS AT SIMILAR WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES, AND THEY PROVIDED SIGNIFICANT REFERENCES DOCUMENTING SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF COMPARABLE PROJECTS. FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE BUDGET AND RECOMMENDATION. RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE BID AWARD FOR ITB 26 005 TO AVIVO USA, LLC IS RECOMMENDED AT THIS TIME. I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. PUBLIC COMMENT. SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD, BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND VOTE TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. LET'S KEEP THIS MOVING. SECOND, I CAN'T TOP THAT COMMENT. I'M WITH YOU. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY. [11.d) RFP 26-015 Yard Debris Grinding Services Award] THAT'S FOR NOTHING. RFP 20 6-015 YARD DEBRIS GRINDING SERVICE AWARD. THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH COOPER. TIMBER HARVESTING FOR YARD DEBRIS GRINDING SERVICES. THE FEE IS $973 PER HOUR. WE ARE REQUESTING TO ENTER INTO A THREE YEAR CONTRACT WITH A ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTION. SHOULD BOTH PARTIES AGREE TO AN EXTENSION, AND MR. MUELLER WILL TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE USE YARD DEBRIS GRINDING SERVICES FOR. THANK YOU AGAIN, MISS MANSON. AGAIN, THE REQUEST FROM STAFF FOR CITY COUNCIL IS TO REVIEW AND APPROVE OF RFP 26 015 AND AWARD TO THE LOWEST BIDDER RESPONDENT COOPER TIMBER HARVESTING INCORPORATED AT A RATE NOT TO EXCEED $9,973 PER HOUR, WITH A CONTRACT TERM OF THREE YEARS, WITH A ONE YEAR EXTENSION AVAILABLE. AS YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT COLLECTS YARD DEBRIS CITYWIDE AS A PART OF A PROGRAM TO HELP SUPPORT CLEANUP SERVICES AND MAINTAIN OUR CITY RIGHT OF WAYS, AND TRANSPORTS IT TO A CITY OWNED SITE AT 6420 PINE HILL ROAD, WHICH OPERATES UNDER A PERMIT FROM THE FROM FDP. IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE NEW FLEET MAINTENANCE FACILITY, AND DEBRIS IS STOCKPILED AND TYPICALLY WE GRIND IT UP TWICE PER YEAR. WE LIKE TO DO IT RIGHT BEFORE HURRICANE SEASON, THEN RIGHT TOWARDS THE END OF HURRICANE SEASON, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE TIMES WE LIKE TO OPERATE THAT FACILITY AND MAKE SURE WE'RE AT PEAK. THE PROCESS OF THE GRINDING BREAKS IT DOWN INTO THAT MULCH, AND THAT MULCH IS THEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THE RESIDENTS AT NO CHARGE. SO IT'S A FREE SERVICE PROVIDED TO CITY RESIDENTS TO COME IN AND PICK UP THAT NEW NEWLY MULCH MATERIAL OR SOME OF THE OLDER MULCH MATERIAL. AND DUCHAMP COULD PROBABLY TELL YOU PRETTY THOROUGHLY ABOUT HOW MUCH HE UTILIZES IT AND HOW EFFECTIVE IT IS. THE COST COMPARISONS CONTINUE TO SHOW THAT CONTRACTING GRINDING SERVICES AVERAGING 2 TO 1 WEEK PERIODS FOR APPROXIMATELY 40 HOURS EACH ANNUALLY, IS MORE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE THAN PURCHASING AND MAINTAINING THE EQUIPMENT IN-HOUSE, AND THE CITY RECEIVED A TOTAL OF TEN PROPOSALS FOR RFP 26 015, WITH COOPER TIMBER HARVESTING, INC. BEING THE LOWEST PROPOSAL RECEIVED. FUNDING IS AVAILABLE WITHIN THE STREET AND RIGHT OF WAY MAINTENANCE DIVISION, STORMWATER UTILITY AND WATER DISTRIBUTION, SEWER COLLECTIONS, OPERATION, BUDGETS AND APPROVAL OF THE RFP 26 015 IS RECOMMENDED AT THIS TIME, AND I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD. BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND VOTE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND ONLY THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO EVOLVE. THAT WAS POPULAR EARLIER AT THE WORKSHOP. THE MANNER IN WHICH YOU DO THE GRINDING, PERHAPS IT CAN COME A TIME WHEN WE TAKE IT THROUGH A SECOND PHASE AND TURN IT MORE [00:40:01] INTO A FERTILIZER THAT'S NOT AS CHUNKY AND MORE MARKETABLE MARKET WORTHY. I KNOW THAT IT IT PILES UP, AND SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO FIND A PLACE TO MOVE IT, OR IT'S GETTING AWFULLY HIGH IN THE, IN THE SPOT. AND OF COURSE, THE, THE CONCEPT THAT WHEN DROVE COMPOSTING IS TO WET IT DOWN, TO LET THE, THE HEAT DESTROY THE SEEDS. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE INVASIVES AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT GO INTO IT, BY THE TIME YOU GET DONE COOKING IT AND ROLLING IT, IT'S QUITE A PROCESS. SO IT IS, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN JUST GRINDING IT UP, BUT YOU GOT TO GET IT GROUND UP TO BEGIN WITH. I HAD SUGGESTED THAT POTENTIALLY WE COULD FIND OTHER SITES WHERE WE COULD DISTRIBUTE IT IF WE GOT IT TO A POINT, OR SOME CITIES ARE BEGINNING TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO USE LESS GARBAGE TO HAVE FOOD, WHETHER IT BE FROM RESTAURANTS OR OR GROCERY STORES THAT ARE ADDED INTO THAT TO MAKE A EVEN MORE VIABLE PRODUCT. SO AS WE PROCEED FORWARD, I THINK IT'D BE NICE MAYBE TO LOOK INTO OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE THAT SERVICE IN THE FUTURE. NOT THIS YEAR, BUT JUST TO KEEP THAT ON YOUR MIND AND GIVE MR. DUCHAMP SOMETHING ELSE TO TALK ABOUT A SECOND. I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. SO. YES, SIR. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT A PRODUCT THAT WE GET FROM A FEW RESIDENTS, ALL THE RESIDENTS GET TO USE FOR FREE. SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY A COMPLIMENT TO US, BUT A TREAT TO THE REST OF THE RESIDENTS THAT DON'T SUPPLY THE THE STUFF. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY I. THAT'S FIVE FOR NOTHING. [11.e) 2025/2026 Street Improvement Project Task Order No. 26-001 - Engineering Services] STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TASK ORDER NUMBER 26 001. ENGINEERING SERVICES. THE TASK ORDER REPRESENTS THE SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE 2526 STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND INCLUDES DESIGN, BIDDING AND CONSTRUCTION PHASES. THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU IS TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH FLORIDA DESIGN CONSULTANTS INCORPORATED, FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $134,360, AND THIS YEAR'S PROJECT IS FOR CYCLE NINE OF OUR ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. AND MR. MUELLER WILL TELL YOU ABOUT OUR PROJECT FOR THE YEAR AND THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED. THANK YOU, MISS MANSON. SO AGAIN, STAFF IS REQUESTING CITY COUNCIL TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE TASK ORDER 26 001 WITH FDC INCORPORATED FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES RELATED TO THE 2526 STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. AGAIN, THAT PROPOSED AMOUNT IS NOT TO EXCEED $136,360. SO THE PROJECT IS BASED ON THE CITY'S 2014 ROADWAY NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WHICH RANKED STREETS BY CONDITION AND ESTABLISHING KIND OF PAVING CYCLES THROUGHOUT THE ROADWAYS INCLUDE INCLUDED IN THIS TASK ORDER, IDENTIFIED AS PAVING CYCLE NINE. THAT'S A CORRECTION TO MAKE AND INCLUDE MULTIPLE SEGMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, INCLUDING PORTIONS OF WASHINGTON STREET, VERMONT AVENUE, KENTUCKY AVENUE, OHIO AVENUE, INDIANA AVENUE, QUEEN'S LANE, MOUNT VERNON STREET, JEFFERSON STREET, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, CENTRAL AVENUE, CONGRESS STREET, WOODLAND LANE, RIVER RIDGE ROAD, AND THE ENTIRETY OF COLONIAL DRIVE. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP HERE, THAT KIND OF IDENTIFIES THE AREAS THAT WILL BE A PART OF THE STREET PAVING PROJECT. AND THEN THIS OVERALL MAP REFLECTS THE AREAS WITHIN THE CITY THAT WE'VE COMPLETED. ARE THERE IN BLUE. THE YELLOW IS WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE PROCESS. AND THEN THE REST. THERE IS WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING TODAY. SO THE CITY HAS RETAINED FDC CONSULTANTS INCORPORATED SINCE 2010, TYPICALLY FOR ROADWAY ENGINEERING SERVICES, FDC HAS SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERED PRIOR PROJECTS FOR THE CITY, INCLUDING THE PLATH ROAD RESURFACING PROJECT, THE 2015 MAIN STREET STREETSCAPE PROJECT, AND MOST RECENTLY, THE CITY HAS RETAINED THEIR SERVICES FOR THE GRAND BOULEVARD STREETSCAPE PROJECT. AS YOU MAY RECALL, THEY'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE STANDARDS AND WHAT WE AIM FOR IMPROVEMENT GOALS. SO WITH THAT, THE APPROVAL OF THE TASK ORDER NUMBER 26 001 IS RECOMMENDED AT THIS TIME. AND I'M HERE FOR ANY [00:45:05] QUESTIONS, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD, BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND VOTE. I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THE REQUESTED PAVING PROCESS. SECOND, YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S BEEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST BENEFITS TO THE CITY RESIDENTS. IT'S ELIMINATED SOME OF THE FIGHTING THAT USED TO GO ON WHEN PEOPLE HAD TO GO OUT AND COLLECT SIGNATURES, AND HALF THE PEOPLE WANTED IT AND HALF DIDN'T BECAUSE THE FEES WERE SO HIGH. SO THE FACT THAT WE'RE PAVING ROADS BEFORE THEY GET SO BAD THAT THEY HAVE TO BE REBUILT, AND WE'RE ABLE TO REUSE A LOT OF THE ASPHALT, IT'S MUCH MORE EFFICIENT. AND I THINK THE CITY IS BETTER FOR IT, SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE IT CONTINUE. SECOND. YEAH, AS YOU CAN TELL, IT'S AN EFFICIENT PROGRAM. IT'S DOING WHAT IT'S MEANT TO ACHIEVE. AND LOTS OF ROADS ON THIS ONE. THANKS. DITTO. STREETS AIN'T PRETTY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY. THAT'S FOR NOTHING. IT'D BE 25 019 CD, BG [11.f) ITB25-019 CDBG Sidewalk Improvements Project Bid Rejection and ITB26-013 CDBG Sidewalk Improvements Project Bid Award] SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT BID REJECTION. THIS IS ACTUALLY A TWO PART AGENDA ITEM. MR. MAYOR, WE ARE ASKING YOU NOT ONLY TO REJECT A PROJECT BID. WE ARE ASKING YOU TO MAKE A PROJECT BID AWARD AS WELL. AND THIS IS THE CDBG CV PROJECT BID AND IT IS A HUD PROJECT. AND SO WE ARE FOLLOWING THE HUD GUIDELINES IN RESPECT TO THE PROJECT. THE FIRST PART OF THE THE AGENDA ITEM IS A PROJECT IS THE A BID REJECTION. AND IT IS A LOW BID WHICH WAS SUBMITTED BY FOR MAX CONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $889,250, AND THAT BID WAS SUBMITTED ON DECEMBER 15TH OF 2025. AND THAT BID IS BEING REJECTED FOR TECHNICAL REASONS. THE TECHNICAL REASON BEING, WE ONLY SOLICITED BIDS FOR THREE WEEKS, AND THE HUD REQUIREMENT IS THAT WE SOLICIT BIDS FOR FOUR WEEKS. HUD REJECTED THAT BID, AND WE IN TURN ARE REJECTING THE BID. FOR THAT REASON, WE WERE ASKED TO GO OUT AND REBID THE PROJECT FOR A FOUR WEEK PERIOD OF TIME, AND WE DID SO. AND UPON REBID, THE LOW BIDDER IS GARCIA, CIVIL ENGINEERS, AND THEIR BID AMOUNT IS IN THE AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $739,907.71, AND THEY WILL BE INSTALLING 10,602 LINEAR FEET OF SIX FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK IN THE CITY. AND WE ARE THAT WILL BE INSTALLED IN THE WEST AND EAST GRAND NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE CITY. AND COLIN, DID YOU HAVE A POWERPOINT? I DID, BUT YOU YOU PRETTY MUCH COVERED IT ALL, MISS MANSON. MAYBE THEY'D LIKE TO SEE. YEAH, WE CAN GO AHEAD WITH THAT. HOW ABOUT IF WE DO THAT? THANK YOU. I'M SURE THAT WE CAN SHOW SPECIFICALLY WHERE THE AREA IS IN THE CITY THAT WILL BE INSTALLING THIS GRAND SIDEWALK. SO, YES, AS STATED, MISS BARNES, THE SECTION OF THE WEST AND EAST GRAND NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IS IDENTIFIED HERE IN THE MAP, AS YOU CAN SEE, AND THIS IS WHERE THE SIDEWALKS CURRENTLY DO NOT EXIST OR WHERE GAPS ARE PRESENT. THE SCOPE ALSO INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION OF ADA COMPLIANT SIDEWALK RAMPS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GRANT REQUIREMENTS. AND WE'LL JUST GO ON THE MAP THE. SO ON DECEMBER 16TH A COMPETITIVE SEALED BIDS WERE OPENED AND THIS IS FOR THE SECOND OUTING. THE BIDS RANGED FROM LOW BID OF $739,907.71, TO A HIGH BID OF $1,483,000, OR $483,513. THE ENGINEER OF RECORD AND CITY STAFF [00:50:02] THOROUGHLY REVIEWED THESE BID SUBMISSIONS AND VERIFIED THE LINE ITEM PRICING, CONTRACTED REFERENCES, AND EVALUATED RESPONSIVENESS OF THE BIDDERS. WHILE THERE IS A NOTABLE SPREAD BETWEEN THE LOW AND THE HIGH BIDS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SEVERAL HIGH BIDDERS WERE SUBMITTED BY ASPHALT UTILITY CONTRACTORS WHO HISTORICALLY SUBCONTRACT CONCRETE WORK. BASED ON ITS EVALUATION, THE ENGINEER RECORD RECOMMENDS AWARD TO GARCIA CIVIL CONTRACTORS, LLC AT THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER. FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT, AS NOTED, ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY'S CURRENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IN THE AMOUNT OF 973,900, OR $973,986 IN THE CDBG GRANT. FUNDING AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE AWARD IN THE AMOUNT AND REJECTION OF THE PREVIOUS BIDS RECOMMENDED AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU, MR. TIM. DO WE DO ONE AT A TIME OR DO WE BOTH DO IT ALL AS ONE VOTE? OKAY, WELL, ANY PUBLIC INPUT, SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD, BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND VOTE ON BOTH THE REJECTION AND THE BID AWARD. WE'LL HAVE A MOTION FOR A SECOND. SECOND. THE MAKER? NO, JUST HAPPY WE CAN GET THIS ROLLING. SINCE WE DIDN'T DO OUR CORRECT DUE DILIGENCE IN THE 3 TO 4 WEEKS, THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS MAYBE A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICS ON A MAP OF KIND OF MORE WHERE WE'RE DOING THESE SIDEWALKS. PROVIDE THAT IN THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. THANK YOU A SECOND. YES. SO WE DID THE FIRST BID FOR THREE WEEKS. WE DID THE FIRST BID FOR THREE WEEKS AND DID AN ADDITIONAL REOPEN BID FOR FOUR WEEKS, OR WE JUST ADDED ONE WEEK. FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. AND SO AND THE THE DOCUMENT I HAVE, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS WRONG, BUT I HAVE THE NUMBER OF BIDS EIGHT ON DECEMBER 15TH AND THAT HAS THE THE FOMAX ONE IS THAT THE IS OR OKAY. AND THIS HAS THE GARCIA ONE. SO THE DECEMBER 15TH BID LIST WITH THE EIGHT OF THEM. THAT'S THE THAT'S THE MOST UP TO DATE ONE. IT WAS EIGHT BIDS TOTAL ON DECEMBER 15TH. THAT'S CORRECT OKAY. BECAUSE I'M JUST TRYING TO SPLIT SCREEN THE ORIGINAL BIDS FROM THE THE SECOND ROUND. AND THEN THE, THE ONLY OTHER TECHNICAL THING I HAD WAS ON THE, THE BREAKDOWN OF THE COSTS. THESE RED THESE RED FONTS. WHAT ARE THOSE REFERRING TO LIKE. IT'S IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY THE, THE THE BID TABULATION. WHAT ARE THE RED FONTS OKAY. LIKE THE 68 170 140 68,171 440. WHAT ARE THOSE RED VALUES? I DON'T HAVE THE RED VALUES THERE. I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. OH, OH, BACK ON THE ENGINEERS. OKAY. THAT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE ENGINEER'S REVIEW. AND THAT WAS PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTING HE DID AS HE WAS DOING HIS REVIEWS. OKAY. BECAUSE I SEE THE BID TABULATION FOR THE ORIGINAL, I DON'T SEE I'M JUST MAKING SURE I'M READING THIS RIGHT. I DON'T SEE THE, THE, THE NEWEST ONE THAT WE'RE APPROVING ON JOHNSON'S. THAT'S FOR JOHNSON'S. NO, HIS ECT, THE ECT REVIEW. OKAY. ON THAT BID TABULATION I DON'T SEE THE THE THE NEW BID THAT WE'D, WE'D BE MOTIONING TO AWARD TONIGHT ON THE ACTUAL BREAKDOWN FOR UNIT PRICE AND TOTAL COST. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANOTHER PAGE I'M MISSING ON MY END, BUT I JUST SEE THE ORIGINAL BID TABULATION. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S A HUD BID. IT'S TBG DID THE WE USUALLY JUST REQUIRE THREE WEEKS FOR PAVEMENT PROJECTS? IS THAT WHAT IT WAS. AND HUD JUST HAD THAT. SO YOU KNOW WE FOLLOWED STANDARDS. IT WAS A TECHNICAL THING. IT'S IT'S GOING TO ACHIEVE A GREAT PURPOSE. THIS IS ALSO THE PROJECT. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG THAT RIO DRIVE THOSE RESIDENTS CAME OUT. YEAH. SO THERE WAS A COUPLE TECHNICAL THINGS WITH THIS ALONG THE WAY THAT WE WORKED THROUGH. I MEAN, THE CITY LIMPED ALONG AND IT WAS ABLE TO PRODUCE A HIGH QUALITY END PROJECT THAT I THINK IS GOING TO BE A GREAT BENEFIT FOR THE SAFETY OF THAT COMMUNITY. IT'S WITHIN TWO MILES WALKING DISTANCE FROM THE, YOU KNOW, GULF MIDDLE SCHOOL, IF NOT LESS THAN THAT. YOU KNOW, IT'S SUPPORTING SOME OF THE VISION WE HAVE FOR GRAND BOULEVARD RIGHT THERE. SO THE PROJECT ITSELF IS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS OF, YOU KNOW, A SMALL TECHNICAL GLITCH WITH THE BIDDING, THE PROJECT ITSELF IS STILL GOING TO BE BRINGING THE UTMOST SAFETY TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND BRINGING WALKABILITY. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. YEAH, I THINK WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE READY TO GO. I AM [00:55:01] CONTINUED GROWTH. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY I. IT'S FOR NOTHING. COMMUNICATIONS. WE'LL [12) Communications] START WITH YOU, PATEL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THE ONLY THING I HAVE TONIGHT IS A. I HAD MADE SOME COMMENTS REGARDING OUR UPCOMING SPEED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM AND A, YOU KNOW, I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT THE ELEMENT OF ACTUAL ENFORCEMENT OF SPEED VIOLATIONS IS HONORABLE AND WORTH THE CITY'S INTEREST. AND I MADE SOME COMMENTS PUBLICLY ABOUT THE USE OF A VENDOR AND THEIR TECHNOLOGY, FLOCK SAFETY AND THE AUTOMATION OF SOME OF THAT LICENSE PLATE READING PROCESS AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR OUR CITY IN TERMS OF THE ACCESS THAT THAT COMPANY WOULD HAVE, BUT ALSO GENERALLY WHAT OUR CITY WOULD BE DOING IN TERMS OF STORING THAT INFORMATION, BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, THAT IS NOT LIMITED TO THOSE WHO SPEED. SO ANYONE WHO DRIVES THROUGH THESE ZONES IS GOING TO HAVE THEIR THEIR DATA ESSENTIALLY ATTRACT FOR FOR A SET AMOUNT OF PERIOD OF TIME. I BELIEVE ANY TECHNOLOGY THAT AIMS TO DO THAT OR HAS ANY TYPE OF AUTOMATED COMPONENT SHOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF GUARDRAILS. AND I BELIEVE IT IS OUR JOB AS A CITY COUNCIL TO SET THE POLICY GUARDRAILS. AND WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS THERE'S SOME OTHER CITIES AND COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF US AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT IS GOING TO START TAKING INTEREST ON THIS ISSUE. AND IT IS IN MY MY BELIEF THAT WE TOO, AS THE LEGISLATURES AT THE AS THE LEGISLATORS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, START TO GIVE A DIRECTION TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TO OUR CITY MANAGER ON THE LIMITATIONS WE WANT TO PLACE ON THIS TECHNOLOGY. IN THE COMMENTS I MADE PUBLICLY, SOME OF THEM WERE TAKEN TO MEAN THAT THE CITY SLIPPED THIS TECHNOLOGY IN. I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE. I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANY MALICIOUSNESS IN HOW THE PRESENTATION WAS MADE ABOUT FLOCK SAFETY. HOWEVER, I DO THINK IT DESERVED MORE THAN A ONE SENTENCE MENTION AT THE AT THE END OF A MEMO. GIVEN ITS POPULARITY AND POLICY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND OTHER STATES, HERNANDO COUNTY IS WORKING ON A COUNTY WIDE VERSION OF THE BILL THAT ISN'T JUST RELEGATED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ITSELF, BUT TO THE ENTIRE PUBLIC ACCESS SPACE, BECAUSE SOME OF OUR PUBLIC SECTION, THE SECTION EIGHT HOUSING OFF OF CONGRESS STREET, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU TAKE THAT LEFT HAND TURN, THEY THEY HAVE A FLOCK CAMERA SYSTEM THERE. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S OWNED BY THE CITY. I WOULD HOPE NOT. AND SO THAT BEING SAID, I'VE PUT TOGETHER, GETTING BACK TO MY POINT, NOT JUST ABOUT THE CITY OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT AN OUTRIGHT BAN OF THIS TOOL MAKES SENSE. I THINK IT'S OUR JOB TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT BALANCE IS BETWEEN MAKING SURE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JOB, AND MAKING SURE WE'RE RESPECTING THE PRIVACY OF OUR RESIDENTS. AND I THINK THAT COMES IN THE FORM OF AN ORDINANCE THAT GUIDES THE POLICY DECISIONS THEY MAKE. SO I DID PUT TOGETHER AN ORDINANCE BASED ON OPINIONS OF THE ACLU. SOME DRAFTED ORDINANCE LANGUAGE IN HERNANDO, SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME STATE LEVEL POLICY MAKERS. AND I WILL PROVIDE A WHITE LABEL OF WHAT THE TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE IS COMPARED TO WHAT THIS ORDINANCE TRIES TO DO. IT IS A DRAFT, AND WHAT I'M HOPING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO SUBMIT THIS TO THE CITY CLERK. WHEN I'M I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT NEEDS TO BE GIVEN TO THEM UNDER SUNSHINE. I'LL GIVE YOU A A FRESH COPY, JUDY, BECAUSE THE SHOUT OUT TO THE LIBRARY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRINTING SERVICES. BUT THE SECOND PAGE DID GET CORRUPTED DURING THE PRINT, SO I'LL GET YOU A FRESH COPY THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE FONTS JUMBLED. WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS I'D LIKE TO GIVE THE. IF YOU COULD PASS ONE DOWN, MR. MAYOR, GIVE THE COUNCIL A CHANCE TO READ THROUGH THIS ORDINANCE. AND THEN ON FEBRUARY 26TH, WE WOULD MAKE A GIVE THE CITY THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THEIR ANALYSIS OF THE ORDINANCE PRESENTED TO US AT THAT. BY FEBRUARY 26TH, SUBMIT IN THE FRIDAY MEMO THEREAFTER ON THE 27TH, THEIR ANALYSIS OF THE ORDINANCE. AND THEN ON MARCH 3RD, DURING OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, RATHER THAN A WORKSHOP, HAVE A CONVERSATION [01:00:04] ITEM ON THE AGENDA TO DISCUSS BOTH THE ORDINANCE AND THE DIFFERENT POLICY POSITIONS WE HAVE UP HERE THAT WILL GIVE AND AT THAT TIME, DISCUSS ANY ANALYSIS BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CITY MANAGER. AND PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEN TAKE ALL OF THOSE FACTS, THE CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING UP HERE TO THEN MOTION WITH EDITS FROM THAT MEETING FOR A FIRST READING ON MARCH 17TH AND THEN A SECOND READING ON APRIL 7TH, WHICH SETS THE OFFICIAL POLICY OF THE CITY WHEN IT COMES TO THESE AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE TECHNOLOGY, I WILL MAKE IT KNOWN THAT IN OUR ORDINANCES, IN OUR CODE, AND MAYBE THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN HELP ME WITH THIS. WE DO SPEAK TO THE RED LIGHT CAMERA AND SET SOME GUARDRAILS THERE IN REFERENCE. I MEAN, THE SECTION DIRECTLY PRIOR TO THIS SPEAKS TO THE RED LIGHT CAMERA PROGRAM. AND SO IT JUST MAKES SENSE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO BRING ABOUT ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE POLICY IN PLACE TO SUPPORT IT. SO TO BE CLEAR, AND LIKE I SAID, THAT FIRST PAGE IS FORMATTED POORLY, BUT YOU'LL GET A CLEAN COPY BY EMAIL, HOPEFULLY. TO BE CLEAR, THE AIM HERE IS TO GIVE A FRAMEWORK THAT WE CAN DISCUSS FROM AND THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CITY'S FACTS, THE FACTS WE FIND ON OUR OWN, AND NAIL THIS OUT BEFORE THE END OF APRIL. THAT'S WHERE I'M AT WITH IT. I JUST WANTED TO FRONT LOAD THIS, AND FOR ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE OR WATCHING ONLINE, THAT'S WONDERING WHY I'M BEING VERY TECHNICAL. WE UNDER SUNSHINE LAW, WE DO NOT HAVE THE SAME LUXURIES OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA LEGISLATURE WHERE WE CAN DISCUSS THESE THINGS AROUND A DINNER TABLE OR AT A RESTAURANT AND COME TO AN AGREEMENT AND THEN BRING THAT FINAL PRODUCT TO YOU. WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING FROM THE SUNSHINE. SO I'M PRESENTING MY PROPOSAL AND GIVING THEM THE CHANCE TO READ IT. AND THEN AT ANOTHER CITY COUNCIL MEETING, HOPEFULLY WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THE SUBSTANTIVE CONVERSATION. I DON'T WANT TO PUT ANYONE UP HERE ON THE SPOT TO GIVE THEIR OPINION NOW, BUT I WANT YOU TO HAVE THE DOCUMENTS. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S ALL I GOT FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU. I GUESS JUST IN RESPONSE, I WOULD ASK JUST HOW MANY OF THESE FLOCK CAMERAS ARE ALREADY EXISTING IN THE CITY, BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING NEW. SO IF THERE ARE, IF THERE ARE A VARIETY OF THEM OR THEY'RE INTENDED TO BE AT OUR RED LIGHT CAMERAS OR HOW MANY LOCATIONS, AND ALSO TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER THEY'RE ABLE TO BE USED IN A MOBILE SENSE, BECAUSE AS I UNDERSTAND IT, SOME OF THIS LICENSE COLLECTION INFORMATION CAN BE DONE FROM A CRUISER OR FROM A PATROL CAR. SO I DON'T WANT TO BE CHASING DOWN A STILL CAMERA IN A PERMANENT LOCATION WHEN THEY'RE WHEN THEY'RE IN USE. SO I THINK TO THE DEGREE THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HOLDING TO THE VEST THAT THE POLICE HAS IN TERMS OF THEIR SURVEILLANCE TECHNIQUES AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING. I THINK YOUR YOUR REQUEST CAUSES ME TO WANT TO KNOW IN SOME FASHION HOW EXTENSIVE THAT USE IS AND WHO IS USING IT. SO IF SHERIFF COMES INTO TOWN AND HAS IT ON HIS VEHICLE, HE CAN PARK AND GET IT. SO I'M JUST NOT SO SURE. THAT WAS ONE OF THE CAUSES FOR MY CONCERN. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION, SO I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE IN WHATEVER FASHION IS APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO LEARN ABOUT IT. BUT THANK YOU FOR FOR BRINGING IT UP. AND ALSO JUST TO POINT OUT THAT YOU HAVE INTRODUCED AN ORDINANCE, AND OUR CHARTER ALLOWS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO BRING AN ORDINANCE FORWARD AND TO INTRODUCE IT TO EACH OTHER. SO I JUST WANT TO UNDERLINE AGAIN THAT THE POLICY MAKING BOARD IS US. WE RELY ON STAFF TO PRESENT ORDINANCES FOR US, AND WE ASK THEM TO PRESENT THEM PROFESSIONALLY WITH RESEARCH AND IN PROPER LEGAL ORDER. AND I'M SURE THAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S LOOKED THAT WAY. SO I'M GLAD FOR US TO TALK POLICY, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO. AND AT THE EARLIER WORK SESSION, YOU WERE NOT HERE ON SPECIAL EVENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT COMES BACK TO US TO DECIDE HOW HOW TO PROCEED FORWARD, LETTING YOU KNOW THAT AT THAT MEETING, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT SEGREGATING EVENTS THAT WERE EFFECTIVELY THE CITY'S EVENTS. AND SO I HAVE HAD SOME THOUGHTS SINCE THEN. I'LL SHARE WITH YOU AND MY COLLEAGUES HERE, WHICH IS IF WE DO DETERMINE THAT OUR 4TH OF JULY EVENT OR OUR CHASCO FIESTA EVENT, OR SOME OF OUR LONG STANDING HISTORICAL EVENTS THAT ARE SEEN AS NEW PORT RICHEY EVENTS, CHRISTMAS PARADE, THOSE THINGS, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IF, IN FACT, WE TAKE THEM TO A HIGHER LEVEL OF SUPPORT, THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO INSIST THAT IT BE CALLED THAT THEY BE ADVERTISED AS NEW PORT RICHEY [01:05:06] PRESENT. BECAUSE IF WE'RE A PRESENTING SPONSOR AND NOT A GOLD SPONSOR, IF WE'RE EFFECTIVELY IF IT'S OURS, THEN IT SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED AS OURS. AND THAT WILL ALLOW US TO HOLD A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF STANDARDS TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT WORK THOSE EVENTS. SO I'D LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CONTROL AND SAY WE'RE GOING TO PAY MORE MONEY, WE SHOULD BE HAVE A BIT OF A HAND IN IT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MATCHES OUR EXPECTATIONS FOR HIGHER QUALITY ENTERTAINMENT AND ATTRACTING FOLKS. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO TAX POLICY WHILE I HAVE YOU HERE. I KNOW THAT MAKE SOME WANT TO JUST TAKE A NAP, BUT THE REALITY IS THERE ARE A LOT OF TAX POLICIES THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED BY CITIES ACROSS THE STATE AND COUNTIES RELATED TO PENDING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD AFFECT OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS, OUR PROPERTY TAXES, PUTTING LIMITS ON THAT, ALL OF THOSE LIMITS, I THINK NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT MOST OF THEM DEFER TO OUR ATTORNEY, WILL REQUIRE A VOTE OF THE PUBLIC AND A 60% APPROVAL. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY SEEM TO BE ABLE TO DO, LIKE EXTRA EXEMPTIONS THAT DON'T REQUIRE THAT. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN THAT AN AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT REDUCTION WOULD CUT INTO THOSE QUALITY OF LIFE AREAS THAT THAT AREN'T FIRST LEVEL REQUIREMENTS, LIKE PUBLIC WORKS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH AND WELFARE, BUT ACTUALLY ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. SO THAT BEING SAID, THERE ARE ALTERNATIVE TAX STRUCTURES, ONE OF WHICH IS WE USE FOR OUR STREET ASSESSMENTS THAT WE JUST DID, AND ALSO FOR STORMWATER, WHICH IS A NON-AD VALOREM TAX, NOT ON THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY, BUT MORE EQUIVALENT TO WHERE EVERY RESIDENT IN THE CITY GETS THE EQUAL ASSESSMENT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE ATTORNEY IF HE COULD GIVE SOME ADVICE, BECAUSE I'VE HEARD NOT TONIGHT, BUT I'VE HEARD THAT THE TEN MIL LIMIT, WHICH IS IMPOSED ON ALL MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES, YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T ASSESS ON THE TAX ROLL MORE THAN TEN MILLS. AND WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE UNDER WHAT, EIGHT SOMETHING. EIGHT. BUT THERE THERE'S A MOVEMENT THAT'S BEING PROPOSED TO OUR TO OUR CITY MANAGERS BY COUNTY ADMINISTRATION AT THE BEHEST OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WHO STARTED THIS PROCESS. AND THEN IT TALKS AT THE STAFF LEVELS, AT ADMINISTRATIVE LEVELS ABOUT US ALLOWING AN ASSESSMENT FOR SHERIFF CHARGES ON A ON A NON-AD, I BELIEVE BASIS. AND BECAUSE WE'RE A NON-CHARTERED COUNTY, THE COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ASSESS US IN THE CITY LIMITS. FOR THAT. IT LEADS ME TO A BIGGER DISCUSSION WITH ALL OF YOU, BECAUSE I DID TRY TO TALK BIG NUMBERS, AND THERE ARE REALLY SOME BIG NUMBERS THAT ARE BEING MANAGED BY THE COUNTY RIGHT NOW, IN PARTICULARLY THE HURRICANE RELIEF FUNDS THAT ARE OUT THERE WHERE THERE'S SOME $10 MILLION FOR PLANNING FOR SORT OF, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT STEPS AFTER SOME OF THE DISASTERS THAT HAVE HIT FROM HURRICANES, TO WHICH OUR COMMUNITY WAS HIT ABOUT AS HARD AS ANY COMMUNITY THAT HAS A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, AND THERE'S $25 MILLION FOR OUT THERE FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY, WHICH I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE CITY MANAGER AND GET A CHANCE TO SHARE WITH YOU AND TO OUR ECONOMIC DIRECTOR AND ROB ABOUT. IDENTIFYING THE NEXT STEP OF US HAVING A WE'VE HAD OUR BRAND, WE HAVE OUR LOGOS. NOW THAT WE HAVE SOME SENSE OF A, OF A, OF AN ECONOMIC STRATEGY THAT LEADS TO WHAT IN PINELLAS COUNTY, IT'S IT'S CALLED THE SAINT PETE INNOVATION DISTRICT. BUT IN IN OUR CITY, WITH ALL THAT'S HAPPENING WITH HOME AGRICULTURE, OUR RIVER AND OUR ALL AGREEMENT TO THE RIVER AND THE USE OF THAT, OUR ECO TOURISM, WHICH WE HAVE ARE WELL SUITED TO, TO DO, THERE'S INTEREST IN THE REGION AND INCORPORATING US INTO A REGIONAL ECONOMIC PLAN. AND WITH THAT KIND OF PLANNING MONEY THAT'S OUT THERE, I'D HATE TO SEE IT NOT USED TO ASSIST US. SO POINT BEING, THE COUNTY IS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THAT COUNTY IS ASKING US TO ASSESS SHERIFF FEES ON US. AND [01:10:09] I'M SUGGESTING THAT WE TALK TO THE COUNTY AND SAY WE'LL PUT THOSE FEES ON, BUT THEN WE'LL PUT THE COST OF OUR POLICE GOING TO OUR EVENTS BECAUSE IT IS A REGIONAL EVENT, THE CHASCO FIESTA. THE IF YOU TOOK A POLL OF HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME TO 4TH OF JULY, WHAT PERCENT DO YOU THINK WOULD BE COMING FROM INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS? BECAUSE WE MIGHT HAVE MORE PEOPLE AT THAT THAN WE HAVE RESIDENTS THAT ARE ABLE TO GET OUT AND WATCH IT. SO THIS IS THE TIME FOR US TO EMBRACE OUR OLDER BROTHER COUNTY WHO JUST THEY DIDN'T WIN THE LOTTERY, BUT THEY HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF MONEY THERE. AND I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO EVALUATE WHAT THEY'RE ASKING US AND MAKE SURE WE ASK THEM FOR SOME EQUITY. SO I HATE TO HAVE US REJECT ON A STAFF LEVEL SOMETHING WITHOUT HAVING THAT DISCUSSION UP HERE. I THINK THERE'S SOME POSSIBILITIES. THE RECREATION SERVICE TAX IS ONE THING. YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN JONES MENTIONED THAT THAT WITH THE SWETMAN HIGH SCHOOL PROPERTY, THERE'S GOING TO BE THE NEED FOR PROGRAMING AND ACTIVITY THAT'S THERE. THE CRA WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT IF IT MANAGES IT THAT WAY WHILE IT'S GOING. BUT WHAT HAPPENS BEYOND THAT COULD BE REALLY OUR CHANCE TO SAY WE ARE A REGIONAL DOWNTOWN IN A SMALL POPULATED CITY, AND WE REALLY NEED TO TO INCORPORATE THEIR SERVICES AND THEIR THEIR KNOWLEDGE. AND SO FOR MANY YEARS, WE'VE WE'VE PUSHED THEM BACK AND BEEN A BIT INDEPENDENT. SO I THINK IT'S A BALANCE. BUT I'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN TRYING TO PASS MY INFORMATION ON, AND I WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH YOU, THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME REALLY EXCITING PLANNING. AND THERE ARE SOME ENTITIES FROM OTHER PLACES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING OUR AREA FOR WHAT IT IS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE LAST VESTIGES OF MANGROVES AND CLOSE TO THE URBAN CORE. OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME MORE JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECOTOURISM, AQUACULTURE, AGRICULTURE AND THE LIKE. SO WITH ALL THAT MONEY OUT THERE FOR PLANNING AND ALL THE EXPERTS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN RESILIENCY, I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO SEE US LOSE THE ATTENUATION MONEY FOR THE PROJECT ON 19, BUT I'M NOT DISCOURAGED THAT THE PROJECT THAT DOES COME WILL STILL INCORPORATE THOSE. ASPECTS OF PROTECTING THE RIVER, AND THAT WE CAN FIND ADDITIONAL REVENUES INCORPORATED EVEN FROM THE REVENUES I MENTIONED. WHAT WE WHAT WE DON'T GET BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO IT NOW BECAUSE IT'S A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. AND IT REALLY WASN'T OUR PLACE TO DESIGN A POND ON THE PROJECT THAT SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING TO COME IN AND TELL US HOW THEY'D LIKE TO BUILD IT. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE CONCEPTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP CONTINUE. SO THAT'S MY MY LITTLE SPEECH. I'M STILL JUST AS EXCITED AS EVER, BUT I'M ALSO VERY ANXIOUS TO KNOW THAT IT'S A FAST MOVING TRAIN. AND THAT'S BEEN KIND OF MY MESSAGE TO THE STAFF THAT THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HOOKING US UP TO TO THAT TRAIN, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S IF IT'S CARRYING AS MUCH POTENTIAL BENEFIT FOR US. SO. ON WE GO. AND I'LL SPEND MOST OF MY TIME MAKING THEM LISTEN TO ME. BUT I GET A CHANCE TO SHARE WHAT I'M SAYING WITH YOU GUYS. AND I'VE THOUGHT HARD AND LONG ABOUT THIS, AND I'M EXCITED TO BE PART OF THIS TEAM. AS YOU HAVE, SAID CHOPRA, WE'RE ALL PART OF IT. FROM TOURISM TO WATER TO EDUCATION TO ELECTRICITY, THAT'S THAT'S OUR BOARD RIGHT NOW. AND THOSE ARE ALL IMPORTANT PARTS OF OUR FUTURE, I THINK. THANK YOU. BRIAN. WELL, I JUST WANT TO THANK PETER FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, ASIDE FROM YOU, CHOPRA, HE'S THE OLD TIMER UP HERE. BUT YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE DOCTOR AVERY'S MY OLDER BROTHER. YOU KNOW, I JUST I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, HIS TENURE HERE. YOU KNOW I KNOW SOMETIMES PETER LIKES TO RAMBLE A LITTLE BIT ON ITEMS. BUT I THINK IF YOU REALLY LISTEN TO WHAT HE'S SAYING, THERE'S A LOT OF SENTIMENT THERE. AND HE REALLY MEANS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT. AND HE FEELS FOR IT. AND, YOU KNOW, AS THE NEW GUY UP HERE, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO LISTEN TO THOSE THINGS BECAUSE THOSE ARE IMPORTANT. AND WE [01:15:04] CAN'T FORGET THOSE ITEMS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT EVERYTHING BUT THE RAMBLING PART WE ALL KNOW. BUT I DO WANT TO THANK THE NEW FIREFIGHTER CHRISTO. YOU KNOW, ANYTIME WE CAN USHER IN A NEW PERSON IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, I THINK THAT'S A HUGE HONOR. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK HIM. BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE A LITTLE MENTION, YOU KNOW, I KNOW A BUNCH OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR ALLEYWAY MAINTENANCE. AND JUST SO HAPPENED THIS PAST WEEKEND, I SEE SOME MAINTENANCE HAPPENING. SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT THERE'S SOME MAINTENANCE GOING ON. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTEN A FEW EMAILS, SOME QUESTIONS. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THOSE ITEMS, BUT I'M JUST HAPPY TO SEE SOME PROGRESS ON THAT, WHICH I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. BUT I ALSO WANT TO MENTION ANOTHER PROJECT, RAILROAD SQUARE. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF GOSSIP OUT THERE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING TO FINISH IN MAY, IT'S GOING TO FINISH IN JUNE AND ALL THESE THINGS. BUT I THINK IF YOU'RE DOWN THERE AS OFTEN AS WE ARE AND YOU SEE IT, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRESS IS THERE. AND I'M GOING TO HOLD DEBBIE TO IT, HAVE IT READY FOR CHASCO FIESTA. ALRIGHT. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING FOR. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND I'M MORE EXCITED FOR THE BUSINESSES THERE TO FINALLY HAVE THEIR SPACE AND TO FLOURISH AS THEY WERE BEFORE. AND I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO THE UNVEILING THAT EVERYBODY HERE IS GOING TO BE THERE, YOU KNOW, CHECKING THAT OUT. SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE OLD GULF HIGH SCHOOL PROPERTY, I WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE LADIES HERE. WE KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING AWAY. WE KNOW YOU'LL BE HERE EVERY MEETING. AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. WE LOVE THE PASSION. AND WE HAVE HAD SOME, YOU KNOW, MYSELF AND DEBBIE HAVE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A POTENTIAL CLEANUP, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SOME, SOME THINGS THERE. SO AS SOON AS WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION, YOU GUYS WILL BE THE FIRST TO KNOW. AND THEN ONE LAST THING. I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, JUST SAY THANK YOU TO YOU GUYS. YOU KNOW, I'VE BROUGHT IT UP A BUNCH. YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE HERE TO WORK TOGETHER, YOU KNOW? YES, EVERYBODY'S HERE, BUT IT'S ULTIMATELY US WORKING TOGETHER. SO I APPRECIATE THE FLOCK CAMERA INFORMATION. I'M GOING TO READ THROUGH IT. I DON'T NECESSARILY 100% AGREE WITH YOU, COUNCILMAN BUTLER, BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS, YOU KNOW, BUT I DO THINK THERE IS SOME SAFETY IN STORAGE THAT WE NEED TO BE CONSIDERATE OF, AND THERE'S SOME ITEMS IN THERE. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. AND THEN I LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING IT FURTHER. SO THANK YOU. IT'S FAT * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.