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KNOW THAT THERE'S NOT A PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT THAT THERE'LL BE TOMORROW NIGHT WHEN
[3.a) First Reading, Ordinance No. 2026-2356: Vacation of Right-of-way for a Section of High Street]
[3.b) First Reading, Ordinance No. 2026-2357: Vacation of Right-of-way for a Section of Grand Boulevard]
[3.c) First Reading, Ordinance No. 2026-2358: Vacation of Right-of-way for a Section of Water Street]
THE SECOND READING OF THESE ORDINANCES ARE AVAILABLE. SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO START OUT WITH THAT? YEAH, I'D BE MORE THAN GLAD TO, MR. MAYOR. IT IS A PLEASURE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION THIS EVENING WITH YOU THIS EVENING ON ORDINANCES RELATED TO THE PROPOSED VILLA DEL SOL PROJECT, A PROJECT WHICH I. I LIKE TO INDICATE TO YOU THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT NOW FOR OVER FOUR YEARS. IT IS AN EXCITING PROJECT, AND ONE IN WHICH. HAS BEEN BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE FACT THAT THE HCA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL VACATED ITS HOME ON GRAND BOULEVARD BACK IN 2012, WHICH AS AS INDICATED, WAS LOCATED ON GRAND BOULEVARD, JUST AT THE MARINE PARKWAY AND GEORGE STREET INTERSECTION. THEY HOUSED 160 BED FACILITY THERE AT THE TIME. AND WHAT IS PROPOSED THERE NOW IS $150 MILLION PROJECT, WHICH REPRESENTS ROUGHLY 300 APARTMENTS AND 153 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, ON WHAT IS A 24 ACRE SITE OF PROPERTY. THE CRA AGREEMENT, WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO YOU BACK ON SEPTEMBER 11TH OF 25, WILL BE BACK BEFORE YOU AT YOUR SECOND MEETING IN. NEXT SECOND MEETING IN MAY, BUT WE'LL BE CONDUCTING FIRST READINGS TONIGHT ON ORDINANCES RELATED TO VACATIONS OF SOME PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS.AND WE'LL ALSO CONDUCT SECOND READINGS ON THOSE TOMORROW EVENING. YOU MAY BE WONDERING WHY WE'RE WE'RE DOING IT THAT WAY. SINCE THE DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO THIS DEVELOPMENT HAVE SPANNED SUCH A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, THE PROPERTY OWNER, WHICH IS HCA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, HAS GROWN A LITTLE BIT IMPATIENT WITH THE DEVELOPER AND HAS ASKED HIM TO SPEED THINGS ALONG TO CLOSURE SO THAT THEY CAN CLOSE ON THE REAL ESTATE SALE OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH WILL ENABLE THEM TO FORMALLY GO FORWARD WITH THEIR THEIR CLOSING, AND THE DEVELOPER WILL THEN BECOME THE FORMAL OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND BE ABLE TO COMMENCE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS AND THE INITIATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS ON THE REDEVELOPMENT OF OF THIS SITE. AND WE'RE VERY ANXIOUS FOR, FOR THAT TO OCCUR AS IT'S A FIRST RATE DEVELOPMENT, AND IT WILL BE A REAL COMPLIMENT TO THE CITY'S HOUSING STOCK. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I CAN RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE OF ME. IF NOT, I'LL TURN OVER THE FIRST READING TO THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE ORDINANCE AND THEN MR. HALL FOR A PRESENTATION ON THE VACATION. THIS ORDINANCE, NUMBER 2026 2356, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE VACATION OF A PORTION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY KNOWN AS HIGH STREET, RUNNING BETWEEN ASPEN STREET AND GRAND BOULEVARD. PROVIDING. THAT SAID, RIGHT OF WAY IS AS DEDICATED IN THE PLAT OF RUSH BROTHERS PALM HAVEN. ADDITION TO NEW PORT RICHEY. RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK TWO, PAGE 11 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS DEPICTED IN THE PLAT OF SEA CRAFT SUBDIVISION RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK TWO, PAGE
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62 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE. IN RESPECT OF EVERYONE'S TIME.WHAT I'VE DONE IS I'VE PUT ALL OF THESE PRESENTATIONS, ALL OF THESE FOUR ORDINANCES INTO ONE POWERPOINT, AND IT'LL MAKE MORE SENSE BECAUSE IT SHOWS HOW THEY ALL FIT TOGETHER. YOU WILL HAVE TO VOTE ON THESE ALL INDIVIDUALLY. HOWEVER, YOU'LL SEE IN THE PRESENTATION HOW THIS ALL FITS TOGETHER. THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST IS ACTUALLY FOR ITEMS HIGH STREET, LOCATED BETWEEN GRAND BOULEVARD AND ASPEN STREET, THE EAST SIDE OF GRAND BOULEVARD. WATER STREET BETWEEN GRAND BOULEVARD AND HIGH STREET, AND THEN CONVEYANCE OF A SURPLUS PROPERTY THAT'S IN THE RIGHT OF WAY OF GRAND BOULEVARD. THESE ARE THE SAME VACATIONS AND ITEMS THAT YOU'VE SEEN HIGH STREET PREVIOUSLY. THIS WILL BE, I THINK, THE THIRD TIME. AND THEN THE OTHER ONES YOU SAW RECENTLY. AND THE REASON WHY WE'RE SEEING IT AGAIN THIS EVENING IS REVISIONS TO THE SURVEYS, INACCURACIES IN THE SURVEY. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE EXACT AND YOU VOTE ON THEM APPROPRIATELY. WHEN THE APPLICANT ASKED FOR THIS, THEY'RE STATING THAT THE PARCELS ARE PART OF THE APPROVED PLAN SUBMITTED WITH ZONING, AND THEY ARE NECESSARY TO CREATE A COHESIVE SITE SO THEY CAN BEGIN THE PLAT PROCESS. AND THEN SUBSEQUENT, AS MISS MAN SAY, BEGIN SITE CONSTRUCTION PERMIT DRAWINGS. WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS THE DRAWING OF VILLA DEL SOL THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE ZONING WHEN IT WENT THROUGH SEVERAL YEARS AGO. AND WHAT I'VE HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN THE RED AREA IS THE FOCUS AREA WHERE ALL OF THESE RIGHT OF WAYS AND THE SURPLUS PROPERTIES EXIST. THEY'RE ALL UP IN THAT UPPER PORTION OF THE PROPERTY. NOW, THE LITTLE YELLOW RECTANGLE THAT WE HAVE IS CITY ACQUISITION PROPERTY THAT I'LL EXPLAIN AS WE GO THROUGH THIS. SPECIFICALLY, THE RED AREA IS HIGH STREET AREA ONE. THAT'S ONE ORDINANCE. THE SECOND ORDINANCE IS A PORTION OF GRAND BOULEVARD. THE RED SECTION. THE THIRD ORDINANCE IS THE PORTION OF WATER STREET TO BE VACATED, WHICH IS THE BLUE AREA. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE GREEN AREA IS THE SURPLUS CITY PROPERTY, A REMNANT PARCEL, SMALL REMNANT PARCEL THAT IS ASKED THAT HAS BEEN ASKED FOR ALSO TO BE DEEDED TO THE DEVELOPER. NOW, THE YELLOW RECTANGLE THAT I SHOWED YOU IS SOMETHING THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS ORDINANCE WHERE IT. THIS IS WHERE THE FIRE STATION IS WHEN THE WHEN THE DEVELOPER ACQUIRES THE PROPERTY HAS TITLE TO THE PROPERTY, THEY WILL DEED THIS PORTION OF LAND. IT'S A VERY SMALL PARCEL OF LAND BACK TO THE DEED THAT. TO THE CITY AND WILL BECOME PART OF THE FIRE STATION DRIVEWAY AREA. THE ORDINANCE HAS SEVERAL CONDITIONS TO IT. I'LL SPEAK OF THEM IN A CURSORY MANNER, AND IF THERE'S MORE QUESTIONS, MR. DRISCOLL CAN GO INTO THAT. BUT THERE ARE THREE THREE SEPARATE ORDINANCE CONDITIONS. THERE'S TITLE CONDITIONS, WHICH BASICALLY SAYS THE DEVELOPER GETS THE RIGHT OF WAY AND THE SURPLUS PROPERTY, AND WE GET THE FIRE STATION PARCEL THAT'S INCLUDED. THERE ARE DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS, WHICH BASICALLY SETS UP WITHIN 36 MONTHS VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION, UTILITIES AND BUILDING FOUNDATIONS NEED TO BE STARTED BY THE DEVELOPER. AND THEN IT IT COULD POTENTIALLY BECOME CONSIDERED ABANDONED IF THE DEVELOPER HAS NO INSPECTIONS ON ACTIVE PERMITS WITHIN ONE YEAR.
AND THE REASON WHY, AND THAT'S SHOWN WITHIN THE RED AREA, THAT RED AREA IS AGAIN, WHICH IS THE NORTHERN PARCEL THAT THE REASON WHY WE DID THAT IS FOR THE REVERSION CLAUSE. IF BY CHANCE, THOSE ITEMS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AREN'T MET, THEN THE PROPERTY REVERTS OR COULD REVERT BACK TO THE CITY IF THERE'S NO DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY. SO WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT ABILITY TO TO HAVE THAT THOSE PARCELS. THAT'S IT IN A NUTSHELL. THERE'S FOUR ORDINANCES. YOU'LL HEAR, AND I CAN ANSWER ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. MR. MAYOR, I DO RECOMMEND YOU OPEN UP TO THE PUBLIC ON EACH OF THESE ORDINANCES. SO THE FIRST ORDINANCE IS WILL DEAL WITH THIS, A FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 2356.
VACATION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR HIGH STREET. DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NO
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ONE COME FORWARD, BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND VOTE. FOR APPROVAL. I'LL SECOND. I'M GOOD.NO, I THINK DALE DID A GREAT JOB EXPLAINING IT. I THINK IT JUST IT MAKES TOTAL SENSE. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. I KNOW YOU BROUGHT UP THE REVERSION CLAUSE AND YOU MENTIONED THAT THE PROJECT WOULD HAVE TO GET UNDERWAY. IF I'M READING THE REVISED AGREEMENT. IT ALSO REQUIRES THAT A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY BE ISSUED ON THOSE. SO MY IF THAT'S CORRECT, I WOULD HAVE TO ASK IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY GET A BUILDING PERMIT AND THAT IT'S ACTIVE AND THEY'RE UNDERWAY, HOW HOW IN THE WORLD WOULD IT WORK FOR THE CITY TO CONTINUE TO HAVE. AN INTEREST IN SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HAVE STRUCTURE ON IT TO GET IT BACK? THAT SOUNDS TRICKY TO ME FROM COMING FROM A FAMILY OF LAWYERS. YES. SO THE VERSION THAT WE HANDED OUT TONIGHT DOES CHANGE THE CONDITIONS. SO THAT'S THE MAIN REASON FOR THE CHANGES.
ACTUALLY, WE HAD A CONFERENCE CALL WITH THE DEVELOPER'S ATTORNEYS TODAY AND OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT. AND WE CAME TO THE NEW LANGUAGE, WHICH IS THE TWO CONDITIONS THAT DALE LAID OUT. ONE IS THAT THEY BEGIN VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION JUST IN THAT UPPER CORNER, WHERE THE RIGHT OF WAYS ARE WITHIN 36 MONTHS. THE SECOND CONDITION IS THAT THEY CONTINUE THAT CONSTRUCTION, BASICALLY BY ENSURING THAT THERE'S AT LEAST A BUILDING INSPECTION EVERY ONE YEAR PERIOD. SO IF THEY GO LONGER THAN ONE YEAR WITHOUT HAVING AN ACTIVE PERMIT AND GETTING INSPECTION, THEN IF THOSE EVENTS, IF EITHER OF THOSE EVENTS OCCUR, THE CITY COULD TAKE BACK THE PROPERTY. THAT'S ALL IT SAYS. SO WE'VE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT, YES, THERE'S GOING TO BE A POINT AT WHICH THERE'S GOING TO BE A BUILDING OR SOMETHING CONSTRUCTED ON THE ROAD. WE'RE NOT GETTING THAT ROAD BACK. SO WE'RE MINDFUL OF THAT. WE JUST WANT THEM TO HAVE SOME RESPONSIBILITY. SO IF FOR SOME REASON THIS PROJECT NEVER TAKES OFF AT ALL, WE CAN TAKE BACK THOSE ROADWAYS. YEAH, THAT WAS MY CONCERN. AND THAT'S. THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY I, I THAT'S FOR NOTHING.
FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 2357. VACATION OF RIGHT OF WAY ON GRAND BOULEVARD.
THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 2357, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR VACATION OF A PORTION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY KNOWN AS GRAND BOULEVARD ALONG THE SOUTHEAST BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID RIGHT OF WAY PROVIDING. THAT SAID, RIGHT OF WAY IS AS DEPICTED IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT, SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD, BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND VOTE. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. I'LL MAKE THE SECOND MAKER. NO. I'M GOOD. SECOND, NO, I'M IN AGREEMENT.
IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF PROPERTY EITHER. AND WE'VE HAD THE DEAL EXPLAINED TO THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY. SO THANK YOU. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, ALL OF THE VACATION ORDINANCES HAVE THE SAME CONDITIONS. AND I'M GOOD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY I, I THAT'S FOR NOTHING. FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 2358. VACATION RIGHT OF WAY ON SECTION OF WATER STREET. I SUSPECT ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 2358. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE VACATION OF A PORTION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY KNOWN AS WATER STREET, RUNNING BETWEEN GRAND BOULEVARD AND HIGH STREET AND DEDICATING THE PLAT OF RUSH BROTHERS PALM HAVEN. ADDITION TO NEW PORT RICHEY. RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK TWO, PAGE 11 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, APPROVAL, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT, SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. LISA TINKER 7017 PARK DRIVE. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.
I HAD TO PULL UP MY MAP TO MAKE SURE I WAS CORRECT. WATER STREET IS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF GRAND BOULEVARD. NO, IT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT LOT THAT HE SHOWED YOU. YEAH. IF I, IF I MAY. WATER STREET IS ALSO ON THE NORTH SIDE OF GRAND BOULEVARD. WE ARE NOT THAT.
THIS IS NOT IN REFERENCE TO THAT PORTION. THERE'S A VERY SMALL PORTION THAT'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF GRAND BOULEVARD THAT DEAD ENDS IN THE HIGH STREET. IT WAS. I FORGOT WHAT COLOR IT WAS. I COULD BRING IT UP AND SHOW IT, BUT THAT'S THE PORTION. IT'S SOUTH OF GRAND BOULEVARD. I'VE ONE MORE QUESTION. I LIVE IN OFF OF NORTH RIVER ROAD AND DRIVING PAST THE APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT IS FINALLY FINISHED, THAT HAD BEEN SITTING THERE FOR A DECADE.
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DO WE HAVE SOME SORT OF GUARANTEE THAT IF THIS IS GOING TO END UP SITTING HERE FOR A DECADE, TWO DECADES JUST GOT FINISHED. JUST WE JUST GOT THROUGH SAYING THAT WE GET WE GET PERMITS. YEAH, WE HAVE WE CAN GET A PROPERTY BACK. BUT IS THERE ANY PENALTY AGAINST THE CONTRACTOR WHO'S GOING TO LET IT SIT TO LOSE THE PROPERTY? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY I, I, I, I, WE HAVE A MOTION. I DON'T REMEMBER A MOTION, MR. MAYOR. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE IT. I'LL SECOND TO MAKE HER. YES, SIR. JUST ONCE COMMENTS ARE MADE ABOUT PROJECTS WHICH I WAS INVOLVED IN, WHICH IS THE MAIN STREET LANDING PROJECT. AND JUST AS A COMMENT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME RUCKUS AMONG THE FACEBOOK WORLD OR THE SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD ABOUT THIS AND THE AND THE RUSH TO DO THIS. AND IT WAS ALREADY EXPRESSED HOW LONG IT'S BEEN SINCE THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THIS PROJECT. SO THESE ARE ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE MADE AT THE END OF THIS APPROVAL. AND I THINK THE COUNCIL HAS HEARD A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC, OF MAKING IMPROVEMENTS, MAKING SURE THIS PROJECT WORKS. BUT AS TO THE MAIN STREET LANDING PROJECT, THE DEVELOPER IN THAT PROJECT HAD COME TO THE CITY WITH A WORKOUT, AND THAT WAS TURNED DOWN BY THE CITY BY A 3 TO 2 VOTE BECAUSE IT DIDN'T. SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL DIDN'T LIKE THE LOOK OF THE BUILDING, OR THE FACT THAT IT CAME OUT TO THE STREET THAT WAS WHICH WAS FOLLOWING MAIN STREET THEORY. SO I THINK WHAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO MAKE SURE WE DO IS, IS AS WE GO FORWARD, HAVING MORE OUTREACH TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT OUR OUR REDEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, BECAUSE WE'RE THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT. AND SO WE'RE DOING THE WORK OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO LET THIS PROJECT GO THROUGH THE INCENTIVES, ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE ALL BEING DISCUSSED AS BEING OVER, COMING FROM TAXPAYER MONEY. IT'S COMING FROM THE TAXPAYER MONEY THAT'S CREATED BY THE PROJECT. AND SO WHEN THINGS ARE PUT OUT THAT SOMEBODY'S TAKING YOUR MONEY AS A TAXPAYER AND USING IT TO GIVE TO A DEVELOPER, THESE ARE INCENTIVES THAT ARE JUST NOT WELL ENOUGH. UNDERSTOOD. BUT THAT'S NOT THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT'S THING. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME SOME LEEWAY, MR. MAYOR, BUT I THINK WE NEED A BETTER UNDERSTANDING COMMUNITY WIDE ABOUT HOW ALL OF THESE THINGS WORK. I'M GOOD, I'M GOOD.[3.d) First Reading, Ordinance No. 2026-2359: Deed of Surplus City Property Adjacent to Grand Boulevard and High Street]
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY I, I, I THAT'S FOR NOTHING. FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE 2026 2359 DEED OF SURPLUS PROPERTY ADJACENT TO GRAND BOULEVARD AND HIGH STREET. THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 2359. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE SALE OF SURPLUS CITY PROPERTY. PROVIDING FOR THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF GRAND BOULEVARD AND HIGH STREET, AS LEGALLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A, ATTACHED HERETO PROVIDING FOR CONDITIONS. PROVIDING AUTHORIZATION TO THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS IN ACCORDANCE HEREWITH AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD, BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND VOTE. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND, I'M GOOD. SECOND, I'M GOOD, PETE AS WELL.MR. MAYOR, BEFORE YOU VOTE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE HAS DIFFERENT CONDITIONS THAN THE OTHERS. THE OTHERS ALL REQUIRED THAT THE DEVELOPER OBTAIN TITLE TO ALL THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AND GIVE US TITLE TO THE AREA IN FRONT OF THE FIRE STATION. THIS ORDINANCE HAS THOSE CONDITIONS, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE THE REVERTER PROVISIONS THAT ARE MORE NECESSARY IN THE VACATION SITUATION THAN THEY ARE. THIS IS TRULY A SURPLUS TRIANGLE OF PROPERTY THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE NO USE FOR AND JUST CREATES, QUITE FRANKLY, LIABILITY RESPONSIBILITY. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY I, I THAT'S FOR NOTHING COMMUNICATIONS.
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PETE, YOU WANT TO START? YEAH. JUST ONE FOLLOW UP ON THAT COMMENT THAT I MADE BEFORE, WHICH IS THAT EVERYTHING THAT ANYBODY DOES, INCLUDING US, IS A RISK. THERE'S A RISK OF THE ENVIRONMENT. WHEN THE MAIN STREET LANDING BUILDING WAS NOT COMPLETED, IT WAS RIGHT AFTER THE GREAT DOWNTURN, WHICH REALLY PUT A BLACK EYE ON A WHOLE LOT OF DEVELOPERS OUT THERE. THE OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY DIDN'T OWN, DIDN'T OWE ANY MONEY ON IT. IT WAS WILLING TO FINISH IT, BUT COULDN'T COME TO AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY. AND SO IT SAT THERE. THE CITY HAS RECOGNIZED A GREAT BENEFIT FROM THESE PROPERTIES, AND THE TAX. THERE WERE INCENTIVES ON THAT[00:20:04]
PROJECT AS THERE HAVE BEEN ON OTHERS. AND SO THIS IS A PATH WE CONTINUE TO GO ON. AND I THINK IT'S IT'S A PATH THAT THE MAYOR MADE A PART OF HIS CAMPAIGN. WHEN YOU WERE THERE TO SUGGEST THAT WE NEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD. AND SO HERE WE ARE. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF HAVING SOMETHING THAT WILL BRING MORE OPPORTUNITY TO THE CITY AND HELP THAT THAT AREA THAT HAS BEEN STILL PAYING PROPERTY TAXES BUT AT A MUCH LOWER RATE.AND THE CITY LOST A LOT OF MONEY WHEN THAT HOSPITAL MOVED OUT. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO GENERATE A REVENUE THAT MIGHT HELP TO REPLACE. THE LOSS WE HAD. AND WE SHARE IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL COME IN. WE'RE IN A LITTLE BIT OF A DICEY TIME RIGHT NOW AS WELL. SO, YOU KNOW, THE COST OF MATERIALS, THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO GO AND BID ON THINGS RIGHT NOW IS A BIT UNCERTAIN. SO THERE'S LOCAL RISK, BUT THERE'S ALSO NATIONAL AND WORLD RISKS AND MATERIAL RISKS. I'M SURE THAT COUNCILMAN MURPHY COULD SPEAK TO THE COST OF ELECTRIC WIRE THAT HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF NOT JUST THE MOST RECENT THINGS, BUT HAS BEEN GOING UP EVER SINCE 2007 AND EIGHT AND NINE WHEN WHEN THINGS CHANGED. SO. WAITING ONLY MAKES THE MATTER WORSE, I GUESS, IS MY POINT. WE COULD HAVE BEEN RECEIVING MONEY HAD WE COMPLETED THAT PROJECT, AND YOU WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO SEEN AN EYESORE. SO WE DON'T WANT THAT. AND I APPRECIATE THE TERMS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, BUT THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES, RIGHT? I JUST I KIND OF WANT TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF PETER, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE TO ME, THAT PROJECT IS CRUCIAL TO BASICALLY THE SOUTH END OF THE CITY GATEWAY COMING IN, YOU KNOW, SO TO ME, THAT'S REALLY GOING TO GOING TO MAKE A STATEMENT. I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A FIRE STATION THERE THAT LOOKS GREAT AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS PROJECT ADJACENT TO IT THAT'S GOING TO JUST MAKE IT EVEN BETTER. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A LACK OF APARTMENTS IN THIS, YOU KNOW, IN OUR AREA, YOU KNOW, AND, AND OUR WHOLE IDEA BEHIND THAT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU GET PEOPLE INTO AN APARTMENT THAT ARE COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN, YOU KNOW, YOUNG COUPLES, THEY RENT FOR A YEAR AND THEN WE WANT THEM TO BUY A HOUSE, YOU KNOW? SO TO ME, THAT'S JUST GOING TO HELP CREATE GROWING THE POPULATION IN OUR CITY. I MEAN, WE'RE WE'RE FINISHED RAILROAD SQUARE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT GREAT PEOPLE SHOWING UP FOR THAT. SO TO ME, THIS IS JUST GOING TO KIND OF COINCIDE WITH THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY THAT WE PUT SOME TERMS IN THERE BECAUSE I WAS UNFORTUNATELY INVOLVED IN THE MAIN STREET PROJECT AND I DID GET MY MONEY BACK, THANKFULLY. BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A BIG DEAL BACK THEN. I MEAN, THAT WAS LIKE ONE OF THE BIGGEST STEP OUTS THE CITY HAD DONE AT THAT POINT. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OPPOSITION AT THAT POINT BECAUSE PEOPLE DIDN'T REALLY WANT IT. BUT I THINK IT'S TURNED OUT TO BE GREAT. YOU KNOW, THE SHOPS ARE GREAT THERE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE THE VILLAGE PROJECT, AS LONG AS WE KEEP A HANDLE ON IT, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PROGRESSING. AND OBVIOUSLY, DALE, YOUR DEPARTMENT, YOU GUYS WILL TRACK THAT AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE DOING THEIR THING. SO YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT COME OUT OF THE GROUND. I MEAN, I'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING QUESTIONS ALREADY AND IT'S NOT EVEN REALLY OUT THERE YET. AND THEN I'M GOING TO KEEP IT SHORT. I JUST WANT TO PUT A SHOUT OUT TO THE LITTLE MONARCH FESTIVAL. I KNOW THE MAYOR WAS THERE. I WAS ABLE TO STOP BY, AND I ACTUALLY DID LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF MILKWEED THERE ARE OUT THERE. SO SO THAT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING. BUT YEAH, THAT'S IT FOR TONIGHT. I'LL SAVE IT FOR TOMORROW. YEAH, I AGREE WITH BOTH MY COLLEAGUES AND THANK MR. COUNCILMAN ALTMAN FOR EXPLAINING IT WELL ABOUT HOW THE INCENTIVES WORK AND HOW THIS IS SOMETHING. YEAH, WE'RE WE'RE KIND OF UPFRONT, BUT IT'S GOING TO PAY US BACK IN THE LONG RUN THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF LIFE OF THE PROPERTY NEXT 100 YEARS. SO WE'RE GOING TO DEFINITELY SEE A RETURN ON THAT AND, YOU KNOW, ASSEMBLING THESE PARCELS AND PUTTING THEM TOGETHER AND PUTTING THEM OUT FOR DEVELOPERS TO BUILD THE CITY'S VISION, OUR VISION OF WHAT WE WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IN THE CITY, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY IT GETS DONE. DEVELOPERS ARE NEVER GOING TO COME IN AND BUY A BUY A PARCEL AND WAIT TWO YEARS, BUY ANOTHER PARCEL, WAIT TWO YEARS, BUY ANOTHER ONE. THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO DO THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE STEP UP. WE PUT IT TOGETHER FOR THEM AND, AND INCENTIVIZE, INCENTIVIZE THEM TO DO THE WORK JUST AS THE INCENTIVES DO. OTHERWISE, THEY MAY NOT EVEN LOOK AT IT BE TOO COSTLY FOR THEM TO DO. SO THIS IS HOW IT WORKS. BUT WE ULTIMATELY BENEFIT IN THE END FOR EVERYTHING. SO I GET A LITTLE AGGRAVATED WHEN I SEE PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT AND BEAT US UP, AND WE'RE GIVING AWAY TAXPAYER MONEY AND, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING. I MEAN, IT'S IT'S A PROCESS AND IT'S SOMETHING I HAD TO LEARN TOO, FIRST COMING ON BOARD. AND IT TOOK IT TOOK A WHILE. BUT ONCE YOU KNOW THE PROCESS AND
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SEE HOW IT WORKS AND YOU'RE LIKE, WOW, THIS IS REALLY GOOD STUFF. AND I JUST WISH MORE PEOPLE WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO LEARN AND SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, NOT ALWAYS A CONSPIRACY. AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO WASTE EVERYBODY'S MONEY. IT'S NOT THE CASE AT ALL. WE WANT TO SEE EVERYBODY PROSPER. THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE DO IT. AND ONE OTHER PROJECT WE PUT TOGETHER, ALL THE PROPERTIES WHERE KAISER UNIVERSITY IS. AND, AND WE DID THAT. AND NOW WE HAVE A UNIVERSITY THAT OUR FRONT DOOR, YOU KNOW HOW, YOU KNOW, VERY MANY TOWNS HAVE THAT. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, THEY HAD A PARKING LOT AND THEY DECIDED THEY'D GIVE US THE PARKING LOT IF WE BUILT A PARKING LOT. SO THE CITY HAS A PARKING LOT ON THE EDGE OF TOWN, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, DARK AND TAKE THEM AROUND. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THAT GROWTH. AND WE ALSO HAD JUST ACQUIRED 100 100 YEAR OLD BUILDING, 105 YEAR OLD BUILDING. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE TAKING SOME TIME.WE GOT TO DO A LOT OF INVESTIGATING IN THAT BUILDING AND IT'S NOT GOING TO TURN OVER.
BUT HE SAID, LIKE, I'D LIKE TO HAVE IT OPEN IN A YEAR. WELL, I'M SORRY, BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT A MASTER PROPERTY, WE'RE GOING TO SAVE THE PROPERTY AND WE'RE GOING TO AND WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING THERE THAT'LL BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE TOWN CONNECTING DOWNTOWN. AND YOU KNOW THAT AREA ON SOUTH OF TOWN.
SO IT'S JUST IT'S A IT'S A GROWTH DOWN GRAND BOULEVARD, WHICH I THINK THE CITY LAW, YOU KNOW, AT THE END SAY, WOW, THIS IS COOL. JUST LIKE THEY DID WITH RAILROAD SQUARE. HAD TO WAIT EIGHT MONTHS WHILE IT WAS FENCED OFF. BUT NOW WE KNOW ANYBODY THERE. THAT'S ALL. ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT FROM OUT OF TOWN THAT ARE THERE. YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE? YEAH. YOU JUST BROUGHT UP SOMETHING ELSE THAT HIT MY MIND. TALKING ABOUT THE PARKING GARAGE THERE BY KAISER UNIVERSITY. AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAD WHY WE BUILT THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAD TO HAVE DENSITY THERE TO ACTUALLY BUILD THOSE BUILDINGS AND HAVE PARKING FOR EVERYBODY. AND THEY ALSO, THEY ALSO GO IN WITH US FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT PROPERTY TOO. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAD TO DO THAT THERE. OTHERWISE WE COULDN'T HAVE PUT THE STUFF THERE THAT IS THERE NOW. SO I MEAN, THAT'S ANOTHER ANOTHER REASON. YEAH. DO WE NEED ANOTHER PARKING GARAGE? YEAH. I SAY YES. AND IT'S I'M SURE IT'S COMING EVENTUALLY CLOSER TO DOWNTOWN. BUT FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT, IT WAS NECESSARY. AND YOU KNOW, AT LEAST AT LEAST NOW THEY SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF THE COST OF IT ANYWAYS FOR, FOR MAINTENANCE AND THAT KIND OF THING. BUT, BUT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO, WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT PROJECT WITHOUT THAT PARKING GARAGE THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, JUST A LITTLE SIDE SIDE THING. TIM. NOTHING FOR ME. MR. DEBBIE. NOTHING THIS EVENING. MR. MAYOR.
MR. MAYOR, CAN I JUST THANK THE CITY FOR THE. I WANT TO CALL IT CINCO DE MAYO, BUT IT WAS CLOSE TO IT. BUT THE CAVALIER SQUARE EVENT THAT WAS HELD ON SATURDAY WAS REALLY FUN TO SEE SO MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS GETTING UP AND. AND ALSO TO HAVE THE DANCE TROUPE. SO, YOU KNOW, THE TOWN IS IS BECOMING A MULTI FACETED AND THINGS GOING ON IN MANY PLACES AT THE SAME TIME. THERE WAS ALSO A REALLY GOOD RITCHIE CHORUS PLAYING MUSIC OF THE 60S THAT THE COMMUNITY CONGREGATION CHURCH ON SUNDAY, WHICH WAS WELL ATTENDED. SO WE'RE CERTAINLY WORKING TOWARDS THE, THE VIBE OF HAVING TOURISTS AND VISITORS COME AND RESIDENTS ENJOY LIFE. IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE, ON SUNDAY IN. I WAS ONE OF THE YOUNGEST PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, IN THE ROOM. BUT YOU WERE THE GREATEST. BUT IN ANY CASE, YEAH, THINGS ARE. THINGS ARE THERE FOR EVERYBODY. TO YOUR POINT, YOU KNOW THAT IT'S NOT JUST FOR ONE. AND WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR. SO FOLKS CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND JUST HOW MUCH WE HAVE TO WORK WITH AS A RESULT OF ALL THE YEARS OF THIS CRAS GROWTH AND HOW MUCH OPPORTUNITY THERE IS, THAT IS NOT JUST ALL GOING INTO ONE PLACE. I THINK THAT'S THE OTHER CONCERN, TO SEE ALL THIS MONEY LIKE IT'S GOING IN ONE PLACE. THE MONEY COMMITMENT IS FUTURE MONEY COMMITMENT, AND THE CURRENT MONEY THAT'S COMING IN EVERY YEAR IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE, HOPEFULLY MOVE THAT RAILROAD SQUARE RIGHT ACROSS TO THE RIVER AND UNDER TO THE BRIDGE, UNDER THE BRIDGE TO THE PARK, AND HAVE A TRUE WALKING CORRIDOR. I KNOW THAT'S BEEN PART OF A VISION THAT WE'VE SHARED OVER TIME, AND THAT CAVALIER SQUARE, I THINK NOW THEY'VE TAKEN BRICK DOWN AND INCORPORATED IT INTO RAILROAD SQUARE, THAT A LOT MORE EVENTS WILL BE THERE AND A LOT MORE ACTIVITY. YEAH, IT WAS WELL ATTENDED. THA
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.