[1) Call to Order – Roll Call]
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MAYOR DAVIS.DEPUTY MAYOR JONAS WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE.
AND COUNCILMAN MURPHY IS NOT PRESENT DURING ROLL CALL.
WE STAND FOR THE P OF ANCE AT A MOMENT.
SILENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE TRUE REPUBLIC FOR TWO STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE.
YOU GONNA INTRODUCE THIS? DEBBIE, OR FIRST AGENDA
[4.a) Presentation by New Port Richey Main Street RE: Progress Update]
ITEMMAIN STREET IS A PRESENTATION BY THE MAIN STREET ORGANIZATION AND WE HAVE A GOOD REPRESENTATION PRESENT THIS EVENING, UM, RELATED TO THE GROUP AND MS. KIM BRUT AND MR. NATHAN WARD AND BILL.
AND OF COURSE WE'LL BE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZATION TONIGHT.
WE GOT A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS WITH US TODAY.
DO I NEED A QUICKER? HE'S GOT IT.
UH, SO FOR THOSE OF US, THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHO WE ARE, NEWPORT RICH MAIN STREET, UM, WORKS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE, THE CITY DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES, VOLUNTEERS, AND A FEW LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, WE FOCUS ON SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES, UH, CREATING CERTAIN EXPERIENCES LIKE WINE S AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THEN WE TRY TO ENCOURAGE REPEAT VISITS AS WELL IN LOCAL FUNDING.
UM, WE, UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE, UH, 10 BOARD MEMBERS AND ONE STAFF.
UM, EVERY YEAR, UH, WE CREATE, UM, LIKE A, A TRANSFORMATION STRATEGY.
UH, WHAT OUR GOALS FOR THE WHOLE YEAR IS FOR 2026.
UH, OUR GOAL WAS FOCUSING ON TOURISM, UH, WHERE WE INCREASED DOWNTOWN FOOT TRAFFIC AND VISITORS SUBMITTING ALL YEAR ROUND.
UM, THE GRAPHIC HERE THAT YOU SEE IS A BROCHURE THAT, UH, I'VE BEEN WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY'S MARKETING DEPARTMENT.
UH, THIS BROCHURE WILL GO INTO FOUR OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA VISITORS CENTER ALL OVER, ALL OVER THE STATE.
UM, CURRENTLY IT IS BEING PRINTED AS WE SPEAK.
UM, SO, UM, TO FOUR, FOR US TO BEGIN OUR, UM, TRANSFORMATION STEP STRATEGY.
WE WANTED TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF A REBRANDING IN A WAY.
WE, WE DECIDED WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY WOULD KEEP OUR LOGO, BUT WE WANTED TO KIND OF DISTINGUISH THAT BETWEEN OUR FOUR COLORS.
SO WE HAVE FOUR COMMITTEES, UM, AND WE ASSIGNED ONE COLOR FOR EACH OF OUR COMMITTEES.
WE HAVE ORGANIZATION, PROMOTION, DESIGN, AND ECONOMIC VITALITY.
UM, DOING SO KIND OF GIVES US A CONSISTENT LOOK AMONG ALL OF OUR MARKETING MATERIALS.
SO WHENEVER WE DO OUR BROCHURES OR, UM, ANY SORT OF LIKE BUSINESS CODE AND STUFF LIKE THAT WHERE WE WILL HAVE THAT CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION.
UM, UM, PART OF OUR TOURISM IS, UM, OUR BRAND NEW WEBSITE.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS, SO IN JANUARY, WE, EVERY MONTH WE SLOWLY GET, UH, AN INCREASE IN VISITORS MONTHLY.
UH, LAST MONTH WAS JUST AROUND, UH, 2300 VISITORS, AND ACTUALLY THAT'S JUNE.
UM, AND OUR TOP THREE COUNTRIES, UH, VISITORS THAT WE HAD COME FROM WERE IRELAND, UNITED KINGDOM, AND SWEDEN.
UM, AND THEN THE TOP THREE STATES, UH, A VISITOR THAT WE RECEIVED WERE GEORGIA, NEW YORK, AND COLORADO.
UM, AND THEN THE TOP THREE CITIES IS TAMPA, MIAMI WOULD BE SECOND AND TRINITY.
AND THEN NEWPORT RICHIE WOULD BE FOURTH.
SO WHERE, UM, DEFINITELY REACHING A, A GEOGRAPHIC RANGE OF VISITORS, UM, INTERESTED IN VISITING DOWNTOWN.
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UM, PART OF OUR NEW WEBSITE ALSO INCLUDES A, A FULL MAP OF ALL OF OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES.UM, EACH ONE HAS THEIR OWN PAGE.
IT INCLUDES PHOTOS OF THEIR BUSINESSES, THE ADDRESS, SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS, AND THE HOURS OF OPERATION.
UM, SO IF THEY, SOMEBODY WANTED TO CLICK ON A BUSINESS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM, IT WOULD TAKE THEM ALL TO THE, YOU KNOW, PHOTO CONTACT INFORMATION, WEBSITE ADDRESS AND, AND HOURS OF OPERATION AND ALL THAT.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR BRAND NEW EVENT PAGE, UM, THAT HAS BEEN OPTIMIZED FOR SEO.
SO IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO GOOGLE EVENT NEAR ME, MOST OF OUR EVENTS WILL ACTUALLY POP UP.
UM, AND THEN, UH, WE ALSO HAVE A PAGE DIRECTLY, FOUR POINTS OF INTEREST.
SO WE HAVE OUR MILLS TIES OF TIME, PARKS AND RECREATION.
ACTUALLY, I PUT, WE HAVE ALL THE CITY PARKS ON THERE AS WELL, EVEN NOT JUST DOWNTOWN.
UM, WE HAVE THE DOG PARK ON THERE AND, YOU KNOW, WHATNOT.
AND THEN, LET'S SEE, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR VERY DEDICATED PAGE FOR, UM, THE COMMUNITY TO GET INVOLVED.
WE HAVE VOLUNTEER SIGN UP INFORMATION ABOUT ALL OUR FOUR COMMITTEES, UM, AND HOW THEY CAN GET INVOLVED WITH THAT.
OH, I FORGOT
WHAT DO I DO? THE MIDDLE ONE? JUST THAT.
I WAS TOLD I HAVE TO SPEAK QUICKLY, SO BECAUSE I ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME HERE.
UH, LAST YEAR OR THIS YEAR ACTUALLY, WE DID OUR FOURTH FRIDAYS WHERE WE HAVE ENTERTAINMENT VENDORS ACTIVITIES.
WE PARTICIPATE WITH LOCAL DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES AND WE PARTNERSHIP WITH SOME NONPROFITS.
SO JUST TRYING TO GET THE WHOLE COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN OUR FOURTH FRIDAYS BEEP, AH, NEXT SUMMER IN THE CITY.
UH, THIS IS JUST A TIME WHERE WE KIND OF GIVE BACK.
LAST YEAR WE, OR OUR LAST SUMMER IN THE CITY, WE GAVE BACK $2,000, UM, IN FOR MORE SPENDING IN OUR RETAIL AND FOOD, UH, BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN.
SO IF YOU SPENT $50, YOU GET $10 BACK TO SPEND THE NEXT TIME YOU GO.
SO JUST TRYING TO DRIVE MORE FOOT TRAFFIC INTO OUR DOWNTOWN AREA.
WHO DOESN'T LIKE A DOG? I'M JUST SAYING I'M KIND OF PARTIAL.
UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME DOWN WITH THEIR DOGS AND WE SHOW THAT WE ARE A PET FRIENDLY, UH, PLACE TO BE.
LOTS OF PLACES YOU CAN BRING YOUR PET.
UM, THERE WAS LOTS OF LITTLE TREATS FOR THOSE PUPPIES AND, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO DONATE $750 TO RUNAWAYS, OUR LOCAL, UM, SHELTER, PET SHELTER.
SO THAT WAS REALLY A GOOD THING.
AND THEN ANOTHER EVENT WE DO, IT'S AN ANNUAL EVENT NOW, I THINK WHERE WE HEADED TOWARD OUR FOURTH YEAR ART ON MAINE.
IF YOU DIDN'T SEE IT, YOU REALLY MISSED SOMETHING.
UM, THE ARTISTS WERE FANTASTIC.
UM, FORTUNATELY IT DID STAY UP FOR A LITTLE WHILE BECAUSE THERE WASN'T A LOT OF RAIN TO, TO RUIN THE ARTWORK.
UM, AND WE HAD 15 CHALK ARTISTS, UM, AND PROFESSIONAL 3D CHALK ARTISTS.
AND WE GAVE OUT AWARDS AND IT WAS A REALLY, REALLY FUN TIME.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S JUST ANOTHER TIME TO HAVE PEOPLE COME DOWNTOWN, SEE OUR DOWNTOWN AND, AND ENJOY ART.
AND OUR LAST EVENT, WHICH LOOKS LIKE A GANG OF, I DON'T KNOW, CRIMINALS, UM, WAS OUR MURDER MYSTERY.
THIS WAS A SELLOUT EVENT, INCLUDING SELLING OUT THE, UM, HACIENDA.
SO TRACKING THOSE HEADS AND BEDS, WHICH MEANS MORE VISITORS TO DOWNTOWN.
UM, WE ARE JUST TODAY WORKING ON THIS YEAR'S MURDER MYSTERY, SO HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN ATTEND.
UM, THERE WILL BE A DEAD BODY SOMEWHERE AROUND THE HACIENDA.
NO, NOT SAYING WHO I'M NOT VOLUNTEERING, NOT SAYING WHO.
AND THEN, UM, JUST RECENTLY WE CELEBRATED ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS, WHICH AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF VOLUNTEERS COME IN TODAY.
UM, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE ALL THESE EVENTS HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A BOARD, BUT WE NEED HELP.
WE PUT ON SO MANY EVENTS AND WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT OUR LOCAL VOLUNTEERS.
NEXT, I HOPE THAT WAS QUICK
SO LOOKING AHEAD, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS COMING UP WITH MAIN STREET, ONE OF WHICH, UH, NATHAN AND MYSELF WILL BE SPEAKING AT THE FLORIDA GOVERNOR'S CONFERENCE ON TOURISM IN PALM BEACH, UH, IN SEPTEMBER.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS OUR MAIN STREET IS DOING, HOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY AND FLORIDA SPORTS COAST TO REALLY GAIN SOME TRACTION AND OUR FOOTPRINT.
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A GREAT EXPOSURE TO OVER 1100 INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS TO, TO KNOW ABOUT NEWPORT RICH AND WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.LOOKING AHEAD, WE ARE VERY INTO AND EXCITED ABOUT CREATING NEW PUBLIC ART AND MURALS, UM, SPEAKING IN SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO WITH THE CITY, WITH THE TIDES OF TIME PROJECT.
SO WE WANNA DO MORE THINGS LIKE THAT MURALS, INTERACTIVE MURALS, IDEALLY THAT GENERATE NATURAL SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE WITHOUT PAID ADVERTISING.
JUST A GREAT WAY, YOU KNOW, THE MONARCH WINGS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, UH, THAT JUST REALLY GO POPULAR ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND WE ARE GONNA CONNECT EXISTING AND FUTURE MURALS THROUGH A PUBLIC ART TRAIL AS WELL.
ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IS EXPANDING OUR YEAR-ROUND TOURISM PROGRAMMING, SUPPORTING OUR BUSINESSES DURING THE SLOWER PERIODS, WHICH WE HAVE DONE WITH DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE SUMMER IN THE CITY, UM, AND THE MAIN STREET BOX.
AND CREATE NEW EXPERIENCES THAT DO LEND THEMSELVES TO A LONGER STAY BECAUSE WE DO WANT PEOPLE TO COME AND SPEND THE NIGHT AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO DO AND FILL THEIR CALENDAR WITH LOTS OF THINGS FOR BOTH COUPLES AND WHOLE FAMILIES.
AND RECENTLY WE ACTUALLY JUST WON TWO AWARDS WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
SO ONE OF THOSE WAS OUR THOMAS PAYNE TELLING YOUR STORY, AND THAT WAS IN REGARDS TO OUR MARKETING EFFORTS, OUR COMMUNICATIONS EMAIL NEWSLETTER, AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN PRODUCING RECENTLY.
AND WE, OF COURSE HAVE OUR PAUL REVERE, LOCAL LEADER OF THE YEAR RECIPIENT, DEBBIE MANS WHO
AND, UM, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE BOTH DEBBIE AND OUR ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZED AT A STATE LEVEL.
SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE TIME.
UM, ANYBODY WANNA SAY ASK ANYTHING OF MAIN STREET? NO QUESTIONS, BUT JUST A QUESTION THING.
I JUST HAVE ONE, UM, QUESTION.
UM, HOW DO YOU, UM, HOW DO YOU, UM, YOU GET, YOU GOT NUMBERS FOR, UM, MEASURING, UM, VENT OR VISITORS DOWNTOWN? HOW ARE YOU DOING THAT? FOR THE WEBSITE? FOR EVENTS DOWNTOWN EVENT? NO, NO, IT JUST SAYS YOU, YOU HAD NUMBERS UP THERE THAT HOW MANY VISITORS? THE, WE HAD THE NUMBER.
WELL YOU SOUND LIKE, SO WE HAVE, UM, TRACKING WITH GOOGLE.
OKAY, WELL THAT, THAT, THAT DOESN'T SAY, BECAUSE YOU WENT ON THE WEBSITE DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAME DOWN.
THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT YOU HAD NO, NO, IT'S JUST, UH, THE TRAFFIC FOR THE WEBSITE ITSELF.
NO TRAFFIC FOR THE WEBSITE AND WHERE THEY CAME FROM.
I WAS LIKE, I'M, I'VE NEVER CROSSED WHERE I GOT BEEPED.
YOU KNOW,
I MIGHT'VE BEEN, I MIGHT'VE BEEN FOUR OR FIVE TIMES THAT.
UM, I JUST WANT TO, UM, SAY ONE OTHER THING.
UM, RAILROAD SQUARE IS, IS REAL NEW.
AND, UM, ONE OF MY FIRST THINGS I SAID BACK IN MARCH WAS, WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITIES ARE GOING ON HERE.
SO DON'T HESITATE WHEN PEOPLE COME TO YOU AND WANNA DO SOMETHING OR YOU SUGGEST THAT THEY DO IT IN RAILROAD SQUARE OR EVEN SIM SPARK.
BUT, UM, RAILROAD SQUARE, JUST AN UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT OF OPPORTUNITIES.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY, A VISION OF WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN DOWN THE STREET, AND YOU GUYS ARE REAL IMPORTANT FOR US TO HELP, HELP THAT GROWTH, THE GROWTH THERE.
PLUS CAVALIER SQUARE IS PART OF IT NOW TOO.
UM, WE ACTUALLY DO, FOR OTHER MAIN NET SHARE, WE ARE, UM, PLANNING ON MOVING SOME OF THE VENDORS TO VILLE SQUARE IN
ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH, NO, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU ARGUING DOING.
UM, YOU GUYS BEEN BURNING UP LATELY WITH THE AWARDS, SO THAT'S AWESOME.
YOU KNOW, SO IT REALLY PUTS, UH, PUTS A SPOTLIGHT ON PORT RICHIE IS WHAT, WHAT WE WANT.
DO YOU WANT A PICTURE WITH YOUR WHOLE TEAM UP HERE? SURE.
OH, YOU GOT YOUR PHONE THERE? TAKE A PICTURE.
WHAT ARE WE DOING? A PHOTO GROUP PHOTO.
OH, WE'LL PUT IN SELFIE FRONT.
DEBBIE, DEBBIE, DEBBIE GO DOWN THERE TOO.
SHE GOT AN AWARD WITH, GOT THE AWARD THERE TOO.
SMILING IN THE, DON'T FORGET DELIVERY BARTENDER.
TONIGHT THIS THURSDAY, RIGHT? I'LL BE THERE.
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I GOTTA GO TO CODY.HEY, UM, THE NEXT, THE NEXT ITEM'S BEEN DELAYED TILL, UM, THE 18TH.
MR. MAYOR, I'VE MADE A SCHEDULING ERROR AND THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING HERE ON PRESENT BY
[6.a) Utility System Overview]
COLIN.UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AND BY THE WAY, I SAW THIS PRESENTATION, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, AT TAMPA BAY WATER, AND I ASKED COLIN TO COME AND DO IT HERE FOR US.
UM, TONIGHT I'LL BE DISCUSSING OUR PUTABLE WATER WASTEWATER AND RECLAIM WATER SYSTEMS, KIND OF AS AN UPDATE, UH, FOR COUNCIL ON THE STATE OF THE UTILITY.
AND THEN ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOUR DOLLARS HAVE BEEN GOING TO AS FAR AS OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SOME OF OUR OTHER INITIATIVES.
AND SO, LIKE I SAID, WE'LL REVIEW THE POTABLE WATER SYSTEM, THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM, THE RECLAIM WATER SYSTEM, AND ALL OF OUR FUTURE UTILITY PRO, CURRENT AND FUTURE UTILITY PROJECTS.
AND TO GET THINGS STARTED, UH, THE CITY'S DRINKING WATER, AS YOU MAY KNOW, UH, ORIGINATES FROM THE STARKEY WELL.
AND THIS PROVIDES A, UH, SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.
WE ALSO RECEIVE A SMALL PORTION OF FLOW FROM WHAT WE OWN, WHICH IS, WELL, FIVE.
AND WE HAVE OTHER WELLS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WE HAVE MAINTAINED AS INACTIVE, BUT THEY'RE THERE AS A PART OF OUR RESILIENCY AND REDUNDANCY EFFORTS.
UH, WATER IS TREATED THROUGH THE MA AND MORTAR TREATMENT, PLANT PERFORMING, BEING DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM.
AND ON AVERAGE, WE PRODUCE ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 5.6 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
3.6 OF THAT IS FED TO OUR CITY CUSTOMERS WITH ABOUT 2 MILLION GALLONS OF THAT BEING PROVIDED THROUGHOUT OUR REGIONAL CONNECTS.
AND THAT GETS BACK FED INTO THE TAMPA BAY WATER SYSTEM.
UH, WE HAVE 154 MILES OF POTABLE WATER MAINS AND ABOUT 18,000 ACTIVE SERVICE CONNECTIONS CURRENTLY, AS YOU'VE NOTICED OUT THERE ON LITTLE ROAD, WE HAVE THE NEWPORT CORNERS DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT'LL BE ADDING AN ADDITIONAL 331 CONNECTIONS.
SOME OF THOSE ARE ALREADY IN PLACE, BUT WE'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, PRETTY DEEP INTO THAT ONE TO WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER 200 OR SO LEFT TO, UH, BRING ONLINE.
SO QUICK VIEW OF OUR SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR, OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT THERE OFF OF MAIN STREET.
AND AGAIN, THAT AVERAGES ABOUT 5.5 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
UM, WORK, OUR CAPACITY IS 7.5 FOR PERMIT, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT, THAT TREATMENT PLANT'S CAPABLE OF TAKING MUCH MORE.
AND WE HAVE DONE SO IN STORM EVENTS.
UH, WE'VE SEEN UP TO 15 MILLION GALLONS IN A SINGLE DAY BASED ON HEAVY RAINS AND, AND STORM WEATHER.
AND THOSE GUYS HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB AT MAINTAINING THAT AND ENSURING THAT WE NEVER HAVE AN ISSUE TO WHICH WE HAVE TO GO OUT TO THE BAYOU.
UH, WE HAVE 76 LIFT STATIONS, UH, SEWER LIFT STATIONS.
WE HAVE THREE MORE STORM WATER AND WE HAVE 30, ABOUT 30 MILES OF SANITARY SEWER FORCE MAINS, ABOUT 87.4 MILES OF GRAVITY, SEWER LINES, AND 15,000 GIVE OR TAKE SERVICE CONNECTIONS.
UM, AND AGAIN, THAT, THAT'S SET TO INCREASE BY ABOUT 331.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL CUSTOMERS THAT MAY BE COMING ONLINE AS WE MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS THE LEISURE LANE AND ENDURA PROJECTS RECLAIM WATER SYSTEM.
SO WITH THAT, YOU'RE AGAIN, BACK OUT AT YOUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, AND WE AVERAGE ABOUT 5 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
UH, SOME OF THAT GOES TO PASCO COUNTY, AND WE HAVE 21 MILES OF RECLAIMED TRANSMISSION LINES, 17 AND A HALF MILES OF RECLAIM DISTRIBUTION LINES, ABOUT 516 SERVICE CONNECTIONS.
TO KIND OF LOOK AT SOME OF OUR CURRENT PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW, UH, WE HAVE THE WEST GRAND NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT, WHICH WE'LL BE GOING TO, UH, A PRECON HERE PRETTY SOON TO GET THAT PROJECT ROLLING OUT THE DOOR AND, AND MOVING.
WE HAVE OUR POTABLE AND RECLAIM EXTENSION PROJECT.
THAT'S KIND OF, THOSE ARE OUR MISCELLANEOUS ONES THAT WE DO AS WE FIND THE NEEDS THAT ARE DEMANDED OR, OR WE HAVE A, A HIGH GROUP OF PEOPLE SAYING, YOU KNOW, HEY, WE WANT TO SEE, UH, RECLAIM IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
CAN WE RUN A TWO INCH OR A FOUR INCH LINE DOWN THE STREET? AND THEN WE WILL, WE'LL HAVE THE RESIDENTS HOOK UP TO IT.
UH, WE HAVE OUR SMART METER REPLACEMENT PROJECT.
CURRENTLY WE'RE WRAPPING UP OUR INCH AND A HALF AND OUR TWO INCH, BUT WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO OUR THREE INCH AND FOUR INCH METERS NEXT YEAR.
UM, WE HAVE, WE COMPLETED OUR, UH, PASCO COUNTY INTERCONNECT UPGRADE THAT WAS COMPLETED THIS, THIS YEAR.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR SEWER UTILITY SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENTS THAT'S CURRENTLY ENGINEERING RIGHT NOW, UH, WITH THE SAME THING WITH OUR SEWER, UH, SYSTEM EXTENSION PROJECT.
THAT'S AN AS NEEDED THING IN WHICH WE KIND OF FIND PLACES THAT MAYBE WE'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, AN INDIVIDUAL OR A GROUP OF PEOPLE DECIDE THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE PULLING OFF A SEPTIC AND THEY WANNA MOVE OVER TO SEWER OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
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UH, WE ALSO HAVE OUR SEWER MAIN AND MANHOLE LINING PROJECT.OUR CLOSE OUT OF THAT WILL BE, UH, COMING UP LATER ON THIS EVENING.
SO LOOKING AHEAD FOR SOME OF THESE, OUR CAPITAL UTILITY PROJECTS, WE HAVE THE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK PROJECT THAT'S TO REPLACE THOSE HIGH SERVICE PUMPS OUT THERE, UH, AND CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR WATER QUALITY UP.
RECLAIM WATER SER SEWER OR WATER SYSTEM SERVICE EXTENSION.
WE HAVE OUR TOWN AND COUNTRY LEISURE LANE SEWER EXTENSION.
UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN DESIGN WITH THAT, UH, VIA US WATER, OUR POTABLE WATER AND RECLAIM WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, THIS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, FINISHING UP THAT CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT THE NEXT YEAR.
AND WE WILL HAVE OUR, UH, ONE OF THE BIG ONES I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IN THERE, THERE IS OUR SEA UTILITY SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS.
WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING IS ONCE WE FINISH UP DESIGN, WE HAVE SEVERAL LIFT STATIONS IDENTIFIED AS, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THOSE ONES THAT ARE IN AREAS THAT NOT ONLY ARE THEY DO FOR REHAB, BUT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THEM WITH OUR VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT AS NEEDING SOME UPGRADES.
AND WE'VE DONE A LOT IN-HOUSE, BUT THIS ONE WOULD REVAMP IT TO KIND OF A REALLY NEW STANDARDIZED METHODOLOGY FOR THOSE, UH, LIFT STATIONS.
SO I'M KIND OF LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ONE.
SO THE BIG TICKET ITEMS HERE THAT WE'VE, WE'VE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT, UH, PRETTY FREQUENTLY HERE IS OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PROJECTS.
SO WE HAVE THE SCHREIBER 10 CONVERSION, AND AGAIN, THAT'S CONVERTING THE, UH, SCHREIBER TANK, WHICH DOES A DUAL SYSTEM PROCESS OF CLARIFYING AND AERATION AT THE SAME TIME, AND MOVING THAT TO A SINGLE USE SYSTEM OF AERATION THAT CLOSELY ALIGNS WITH THE REST OF OUR TREATMENT PLANT AND REDUCES THAT MAINTENANCE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY.
SO WE'RE GETTING THAT SAME LEVEL OF TREATMENT WITH THE 1.5 MGD THAT THAT'S CAPABLE OF, BUT WE'RE REDUCING OUR OVERALL MAINTENANCE AND TIME DOWN ON THAT, THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE HAVING, UH, A MASERATI.
YOU MAY ENJOY IT FOR A MOMENT, IT MAY DO A LOT OF THINGS, BUT YOU'RE GONNA BE PAYING FOR THAT MAINTENANCE IN THE LONG RUN.
IF I COULD COMPARE THAT AS BEST AS I CAN.
UM, THE, THE AERATION TANK SEALS AND COATING, THAT'S YOUR OXIDATION, WHICH IS THAT PROJECT'S CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
I KNOW DEPUTY MAYOR JONAS CAME OUT AND TOOK A LOOK AT IT.
UM, AND AGAIN, THESE ARE, THESE ARE THOSE SYSTEMS OUT THERE.
THERE'S LARGE TANKS THAT YOU'LL SEE THE AERATORS THAT HAVE HIT THEIR LIFE LIFE EXPECTANCY.
THEY'RE 30 YEARS INTO IT AND THEY'RE DUE FOR JUST A RESURFACING AND KIND OF RE REFURBISHING THOSE MECHANIZED ITEMS. AND THAT'LL BE TAKING PLACE OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO GET ALL OF THOSE DONE ALONG WITH THE CLARIFIER GEAR BOXES.
BUT ONCE WE'RE DONE, THEN WE HIT, WE KIND OF RESETTING THE CLOCK ON THAT TREATMENT PLANT AND SAYING, OKAY, WELL FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS OR SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE LIMITED THESE HIGH DOLLAR ITEMS AND THESE, THESE REAL MAINTENANCE, UH, HEAVY ITEMS. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY INTENTION.
THAT'S EVERYBODY ELSE'S INTENTION WITHIN THE UTILITIES.
WE WANT IT TO BE SOMETHING THAT WHEN THE NEXT GROUP COMES IN, THEY GO, OH, GREAT, THIS IS ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF.
UM, AND LASTLY, THAT CLARIFIER GEARBOX REPLACEMENT THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDERWAY, UM, OUT THERE AND WE'LL BE DOING AGAIN ONE YEAR OVER YEAR TO TRY AND GET THAT ONE BUTTONED UP.
SO THAT KIND OF WRAPS UP, UH, THAT PRESENTATION.
I WENT A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH THAN I DID FOR TAMPA BAY WATER, BUT I WANTED TO REALLY, UH, ENGAGE ON SOME OF THOSE, THOSE ITEMS OUT THERE AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT I THOUGHT WERE REALLY CRITICAL, UH, FOR EVERYONE TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THOSE.
UH, THE OXIDATION DITCH, LIKE I SAID, IS, IS RIGHT THERE.
WE'RE, WE'RE DOING SOME OF THAT RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE ONE DOWN THAT'S GETTING REFURBISHED AND WE'RE HOPING TO COMPLETE THAT WITHIN THE NEXT 90 DAYS OR SO.
UH, SO IF, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE AND ANSWER, UM, I DIDN'T WANNA BRING IT UP AT TAMPA BAY WATER, BUT THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PROJECT, IT SEEMS LIKE IF WE'RE DOING THE ENGINEERING, THE CONSTRUCTION, NOT REALLY FOR NEXT YEAR, AND WE'VE GOT PLACES OUT THERE, WHAT ARE THEY DOING FOR, YOU KNOW, SEWAGE AND, YOU KNOW, WASTEWATER AND SEE THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS.
AND THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE IF, IF THEY'RE REFURBISHING SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY IN EXISTENCE AND, AND I THINK DALE MAY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON IT, THEN I DO.
BUT IF THERE'S ALREADY A SEPTIC SYSTEM IN PLACE, THEN THEY CAN MAINTAIN THAT FOR THE TIME.
YEAH, WELL THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
IF THEY WANT TO TRANSITION TO OUR SEWER, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE LOOKED AT THEIR PROXIMITY TO, YOU KNOW, OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO WE HAVE FORCE MAINS BOTH ON THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH SIDE AT CROSS BAYOU AND AT GOLF, WHAT THEY CAN DO IS THEY CAN GET A PACKING STATION AND WHAT WE'D ADVISE THEM TO DO IS YOU GET A PRIVATE PACKING STATION, THEN YOU WOULD PUMP YOUR SEWAGE JUST BECAUSE OF THE ELEVATION, THERE MAY NOT BE ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, RISE OVER A RUN TO BE ABLE TO GET YOU TO PITCH YOUR SEWAGE FROM WHATEVER END TO THAT.
WELL, IT JUST SEEMED LIKE, UM, IT WAS A CART BEFORE THE HORSE A LITTLE BIT.
YOU PUT THE HOUSE THERE AND WE GOT THE SYSTEM COMING DOWN THE ROAD.
SO YOU, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THEY CAN DO UNTIL THEY GET THE WHOLE SYSTEM IN, THEN YEAH, IT WOULD BE THAT, IT WOULD BE THAT PACKING STATION.
UM, WE'VE EXPLORED SOME OTHER OPTIONS WITH SOME OTHER DEVELOPERS OUT THERE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THEY'RE PUTTING IN SEVERAL HOMES, IF THEY WOULD BE, UH, INCLINED TO DO SO INSTALLING A, YOU KNOW, CITY OWNED
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INFRASTRUCTURE AND STARTING TO DEVELOP THAT AREA, THEN THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WORTHWHILE.THE THINK IS REALLY A PLACE, IN MY OPINION, OUT THERE BECAUSE OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER HURRICANE OR SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, COULD WE GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE? ARE WE ABLE TO GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE? UM, BUT NO, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION 'CAUSE IT'S VERY, YOU KNOW, VERY INFORMATIVE AND MAYBE THE SECOND SLIDE.
BUT NO, APPRECIATE THAT 'CAUSE A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION AND YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU REALLY DON'T REALIZE WHAT ALL HAPPENS THERE AND WHAT GOES THROUGH THE SYSTEM, BUT I WANTED TO POINT OUT THE WATER TOWER.
IT'S REALLY UGLY
I DON'T KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE THINKS, BUT SHOULD WE VOTE ON THAT? GO AHEAD AND GET THAT DONE.
WE HAVE ALREADY, YEAH, WE, WE WERE GONNA PAY A COUPLE OF TIMES.
ALRIGHT, JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY.
I LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE, THE RESOLUTION FOR HOW WE WOULD SPEND SOME OF OUR APA MONEY AND THERE WAS, I THINK WELL OVER A MILLION DOLLARS HAD BEEN ALLOCATED OR IDENTIFIED FOR EXPANSION OF SEWAGE OUT TO TROUBLE CREEK.
I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS PROBABLY FOR 10 YEARS, AND I KEEP BEING TOLD THAT SOMEHOW OR OTHER THERE'S GONNA BE A STUDY TO DETERMINE, OR I'VE ASKED WHERE THOSE LINES ARE AND WHETHER OR NOT IT'S A ROUTE THAT'S REASONABLE OR NOT.
BUT I DO REMEMBER ROBERT RIVERA SPEAKING ABOUT THE SMELL OF IT WHEN IT RAINS HARD AND WHEN WE HAVE TIDAL SURGES OR, UM, AND THAT WHOLE AREA OF TROUBLE CREEK GOING OUT, UM, IS OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, BUT IT'S IN OUR SERVICE AREA.
AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THAT AREA WOULD BE RIPE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION.
UM, BUT I HAVEN'T EVER SEEMED TO BE ABLE TO CRACK THE CODE ON GETTING A, A RESPONSE.
SO I, I'D BE INTERESTED TO KNOW WHERE OUR LINES ARE.
I I APPRECIATE THAT WE FOLLOW OUR FIVE YEAR PLANS, OUR 10 YEAR PLANS, BUT WE DID HAVE A PLAN ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO TO DO SOMETHING AND I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY EFFORT ON THAT END.
I WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT ONE.
YOU GOT ANYTHING? WE WILL, MR. HONOR OR COUNSEL? NO, SIR.
UM, PROOF OF THE MINUTES FOR, UM,
[7) Approval of Minutes]
JULY, UH, NINTH, 14TH, 21ST AND 22ND.ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY? AYE.
[8) Vox Pop for Items Not Listed on the Agenda or Listed on Consent Agenda]
ALL THOSE IN ATTENDANCE MUST BE 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 PERSON FAILING TO COMPLY AS CAUTION MAY BE BARRED FROM MAKING ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS DURING THE MEETING BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER, UNLESS PERMISSION TO CONTINUE TO AGAIN ADDRESS THE COUNSELOR BOARD AS GRANTED BY THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNSELOR BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT.
ANYBODY SIGNED UP? I HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
SHOULD HAVE HAD AT LEAST ONE FOR EVERYONE.
AND I GOT ONE FOR MR. HALL AS WELL.
NATHAN P*****K, 6 1 5 3 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE.
I APPRECIATE BEING HERE TODAY.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE, UH, THE PACKET THAT I HAVE BEFORE YOU, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND WALKING THROUGH IT WITH ME.
UM, CLEARLY I'VE HAD AN ISSUE WITH A SIGN FOR A COUPLE YEARS, AND AT THE TOP OF IT IS THE CITY'S DEFINITION FOR A FREE STANDING SIGN.
I CAME IN THE PICTURE IN NOVEMBER, 2021 AS I WAS GETTING READY TO RETIRE FROM THE ARMY AND APPLIED FOR ZONING TO START A BUSINESS HERE, UH, IN APRIL.
I WAS TOLD I COULDN'T HAVE THE SIGN THAT WAS EXISTING BECAUSE IT WAS NON-CONFORMING.
AND AFTER A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY MANAGER, SHE MADE A FINAL DETERMINATION IN APRIL 22 THAT THAT SIGN WAS NON-CONFORMING.
I APPLIED TO THE CITY COUNCIL OR APPEALED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, HER DECISION IN MAY 3RD OF 22,
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AND THEY DENIED MY APPEAL.IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND JUMPING OVER TO, UH, PAGE TWO, IT SHOWS A PICTURE OF KAISER UNIVERSITY SIGN THAT SIGN.
UH, I'VE REQUESTED A COPY OF THE, UH, PERMIT APPLICATION, BUT IT'S NOT BEEN AVAILABLE.
UH, IT SEEMS THEY DON'T HAVE ONE.
IF YOU JUMP OVER TO NUMBER, UH, PAGE NUMBER FOUR, IT SHOWS THAT KAISER UNIVERSITY BUILT THAT FREESTANDING SIGN SOMEWHERE IN 2021 AROUND THE TIME I CAME IN THE PICTURE TRYING TO KEEP MY SIGN.
THEY, IF YOU LOOK AT APRIL OF 21, THAT TOP PICTURE ON PAGE FOUR, YOU CAN SEE NO SIGN EXISTS.
THIS IS THANKS TO GOOGLE STREET VIEW.
IF YOU LOOK IN DECEMBER, THEY WENT BY AGAIN AND BOOM, THERE'S A SIGN.
IT'S A, IT'S A FREE STANDING SIGN.
THE ONES AT THE CITY HAD TOLD ME WERE NON-CONFORMING.
IF YOU'LL JUMP OVER TO NUMBER PAGE NUMBER FIVE, IT'S A, UH, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S AN EXCERPT FROM THE HACIENDA'S, UH, PERMIT APPLICATION.
AND IT WAS RECEIVED 37 DAYS AFTER THE CITY DENIED ME KEEPING MY SIGN.
IF MR. MAYOR, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JUST FOLLOW ALONG, I'M LOOKING AT IT.
I JUST, I WAS, I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WERE LOOKING.
AND SO IN THE EXCERPT THAT SAYS POLL SIGN WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED SINCE NO CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE, AND THIS HAS BEEN A CONVERSATION WITH THE BUILDER AND THE CITY, AND A MEETING THAT I HAD WITH COUNCILMAN BUTLER AND, UM, ATTORNEY DRISCOLL.
ATTORNEY DRISCOLL SPECIFICALLY TOLD ME THAT THERE'S NO GRANDFATHER CLAUSE IN THE CITY'S CODE AND SAID THAT MY SIGN COULD NOT BE GRANDFATHERED.
SO IF YOU'LL JUMP TO THE BACK PAGE, I'LL TRY TO LAND MY PLANE.
UH, I SPOKE WITH MR. HALL AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR AND HE MADE IT REALLY CLEAR THAT THE EXISTING CODE ELIMINATES ANY FREESTANDING SIGNS AND ANY UPDATES ALONG THE WAY MAY HAVE DONE THAT.
WELL, THE LAST UPDATE WAS IN 2016, KAISER UNIVERSITY BUILT THEIR FREESTANDING SIGN IN 2021.
I'M NOT SURE WHEN, 'CAUSE I CAN'T GET THAT PERMIT APPLICATION.
THE CITY DENIED ME IN NOVEMBER OF HAVING THE SAME TYPE OF SIGN.
AND THAT EVENTUALLY THAT FOLLOWING MAY APPEALED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEY SHUT IT DOWN.
37 DAYS LATER, A POLL SIGN WAS APPROVED IN AN AREA WHERE THEY'RE PROHIBITED.
I HAVE NO ILL WILL TOWARDS THESE OTHER BUSINESSES.
AND THE ONLY SIGN THAT'S NOT BEEN ALLOWED OF THESE THREE POLL SIGNS IS PATRIOT STO A VETERAN OWNED BUSINESS IN YOUR CITY.
AND SO I JUST ASK RESPECTFULLY THAT THE COUNCIL RECONSIDER THIS, CONSIDERING I HAVE PLENTY OF EVIDENCE TO SHOW THAT THERE'S BEEN AN IMBALANCE OF IMP IMPLEMENTING THESE POLICIES AND CODES.
ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? SEE NO ONE ELSE COME FORWARD.
[9) City Council Response to Vox Pop Speakers]
COMMENTS HERE? JUST A, A VERY QUICK ONE, MR. MAYOR.I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT WE AGREED TO WHEN WE DISCUSSED IT.
JUST QUICK, REALLY QUICK STATEMENT TO, TO BE MADE.
UH, I, I'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR ON MY POSITION ON THIS IN THAT I, I FEEL THE WRONG DECISION WAS MADE BY THE COUNSEL THAT HELD A QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEEDING ON THIS MATTER.
UH, BUT, UH, BY SUBSTATIVE POINT, MR. MAYOR IS, I KNOW THERE'S AT LEAST ONE BUSINESS, A NEW BUSINESS ON 19 WHO BUILT THEIR BUILDING, BUILT A SIGN AND HAD TO GO BACK AND CUT THEIR SIGN DOWN AND, AND MAKE A DIFFERENT LENGTH.
SO I KNOW IN SOME WAY OR FORM THAT THIS ORDINANCE NEEDS TO BE, UH, ENFORCED MORE STRINGENTLY FOR OUR NEW BUSINESSES.
SO THEY'RE NOT INCURRING UNNECESSARY COSTS.
UH, IT'S A LARGER CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ORDINANCE ITSELF.
UH, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
IT'S NOT THE CLEANEST ORDINANCE, I THINK IT'S WORTH LOOKING INTO.
UM, UM, DIDN'T WE GIVE THEM HIM A VARI VARIANCE FOR HIS SIGN? NO, HE'S, THERE WAS A DECISION MADE THAT THE SIGN WAS ILLEGAL, BUT THE DECISION WAS ABATED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND IT'S STILL UNDER THAT ABATEMENT.
SO NO, NO ENFORCEMENT ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN ON HIS SIGN.
BECAUSE HE IS UNDER THIS ABATEMENT ABATEMENT ORDER.
AND IT'S, AND WAS IT LIKE, UH, EVERY YEAR IT'S GOTTA BE RENEWED OR EVERY THREE YEARS? THREE YEARS.
AS I'M SITTING HERE WHEN THE EXPIRATION IS, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT EXPIRED YET.
AND, AND WE, WE'D COME IN FRONT OF US WHEN WE'D RENEW IT AGAIN, YOU'D HAVE TO ASK FOR IT.
BECAUSE IT'S BY ITS OWN TERMS. IT'S, IT'S SET TO BE ENFORCEABLE ONCE THAT EXPIRATION HAPPENS.
SO THE, THE SIGN WOULD HAVE TO COME DOWN AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS.
DIDN'T WE, UM, DIDN'T WE GIVE THAT VARIATION? UM, HAVEN'T WE ADDRESSED IT TWICE ALREADY? OR IS IT YES, I BELIEVE SO.
WE DID ONE THERE, THERE WAS THE ORIGINAL EXTENSION AND I THINK THERE WAS A SUBSEQUENT EXTENSION.
WHICH I DON'T THINK THIS COUNCIL SHOULD KEEP KICKING THAT, THAT CAN DOWN THE ROAD INTO, OKAY.
[10) Consent Agenda]
WE HAVE A PROPOSAL.[00:35:02]
HELLO.HAVE A MOVE FOR APPROVAL TO HAVE A SECOND.
AND WE'LL TABLE THIS UNTIL WHEN AND WE'LL GET A SECOND HERE.
I'M JUST GIVING MR. BURELL A SECOND TO SEE IF HE'S, I JUST HAD TO PULL UP THE, I DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WAS A CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENT, SO I JUST WANNA SEE WHAT THAT WAS.
I'LL SECOND IT FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE DISCUSSION.
BUT ON THE SET, ON THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA, IF NOBODY PULLS ANYTHING, THERE'S NO DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION.
MOVE FOR APPROVAL AND THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY AYE.
SAY PUBLIC READINGS OF ORDINANCE
[11.a) First Reading, Ordinance No. 2026-2371: Amendment of Article III, Chapter 23, Code of Ordinances RE: Parking Enforcement]
NUMBER, UM, 2 0 2 6 2 3 7 1 AMENDMENT OF, UH, ARTICLE THREE.THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 26 23 71.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT, RICHIE, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENT OF ARTICLE THREE OF CHAPTER 23, SECTION 23 DASH 62 OF THE NEW BO RICHIE CODE OF ORDINANCES PERTAINING TO PARKING ENFORCEMENT PROVIDING FOR COUNTY CODE, COUNTY COURT ENFORCEMENT PROVIDING ALTERNATE ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES, PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING RESTRICTIONS, PROVIDING FOR A NEW SECTION 2360 PERTAINING TO DEFINITIONS OF TERMS PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL CHIEF COACHING IS PREPARED TO INTRODUCE THE AGENDA ITEM TO YOU THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU MS. MANNS, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, OBVIOUSLY THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU IS TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 20 26, 23 71 ON A FIRST READING THIS ORDINANCE, AMENDS ARTICLE THREE OF CHAPTER 23 PERTAINING TO PARKING ENFORCEMENT CITYWIDE.
UM, IT, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE UPDATED THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ON PARKING WITHIN OUR CITY.
UM, AS, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, WE ARE, WE ARE FACED WITH INCREASING PROBLEMS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA WITH PARKING AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, WE WORKED EXCLUSIVELY WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CITY MANAGER TO UPDATE THIS ORDINANCE TO GIVE US A MORE EFFECTIVE MEANS TO ENFORCE PARKING.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS COMPLIANCE.
UM, PARKING VIOLATIONS CAN CREATE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES, WHETHER YOU'RE PARKING IN FRONT OF FIRE HYDRANT OR IN A FIRE LANE, UM, OR, OR PARK BLOCKING AN INTERSECTION.
UM, THIS ORDINANCE ESSENTIALLY AMENDS THIS ORDINANCE.
UM, ALSO, UH, PROVIDES UP-TO-DATE ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS FOR US.
ALSO ESTABLISHES, UH, TWO MEANS OF PROCESSING THESE VIOLATIONS.
ONE THROUGH THE COUNTY COURT SYSTEM, WHICH IS SET UP TO DO EXACTLY THAT.
AND THE OTHER IS THROUGH OUR MAGISTRATE.
UM, SO OUR CITY ATTORNEY DRAFTED THE ORDINANCE.
UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE ON HIS FIRST READING.
AND I'M HERE ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
I, I JUST, UM, I RE RECENTLY WORKED WITH COLIN ON, ON, UM, UM, REMARKING IN FRONT OF THE SOCIAL, NOT THE SOCIAL, UM, KANGAROO.
SOMETIMES I THINK PEOPLE WERE PARKING THERE.
I MEAN, IS THERE PLACES THAT YOU CAN GET WITH COLIN AND SAY, WE NEED TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT HERE.
SO YOU'RE SAYING FOR PARKING VIOLATIONS? WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GONNA VIOLATE PEOPLE SOMETIMES I, LIKE I SAID, IT WASN'T, THE MARKINGS WEREN'T THAT GOOD.
THEY HAD BEEN WORN OUT IN FRONT OF, UM, KANGAROO.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU'RE STARTING TO VIOL HAND OUT VIOLATIONS FOR PARKING.
THAT MIGHT BE, WE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE, UM, AREAS WHERE WE'RE HAVING THE VIOLATIONS AND SEE IF WE'VE ALSO IDENTIFIED AND MARKED IT CORRECTLY.
MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE TWO POINTS.
UM, ONE, THE CHIEF HAS PROPOSED AS PART OF THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE, A GRACE PERIOD.
AND HE WOULD, DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, BE ISSUING WARNINGS TO PEOPLE.
UH, AND ADDITIONALLY WE WILL LOOK AT, UH, STRIPED AREAS TO SEE WHERE RE STRIPING NEEDS TO OCCUR IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS YEAR'S PROGRAM FOR STRIPING.
YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M ASKING.
AND OUR OFFICERS WOULD NOT ISSUE CITATIONS IF IT WASN'T PROPERLY POSTED, IF THERE WEREN'T PAVEMENT MARKINGS.
AND, AND AS YOU SAID, AS WE GO ALONG AND THE COUNCIL WILL APPROVE THAT THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, WE COULD LOOK AT DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE WE MAY WANT TO REGULATE AND PROPERLY POST.
UM, BUT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE READY TO GO WITH A GRACE PERIOD AND READY TO GO WITH ENFORCEMENT IN THOSE AREAS THAT ARE CONSPICUOUSLY POSTED.
NO PARKING, NO PARKING IN FRONT OF A VIA HYDRANT, ET CETERA.
UH, BUT THIS ORDINANCE GIVES US THAT ABILITY MORE EFFECTIVELY DO THAT.
UM, THE HYDRANTS, I'M UNDERSTAND, BUT IT WAS THAT, THAT AREA IN FRONT OF KANGAROO WASN'T, WAS BORN.
AND, AND OF COURSE, IT, HE GOT RIGHT ON AND DID REAL GOOD JOB AND NOW NO ONE PARKS THERE ANYMORE.
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UM, ARE WE GONNA HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST OR DO YOU WANT SIR, I'M SORRY, PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE SCENE? NO ONE COME FORWARD AND BRING IT BACK.I I THINK THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, I'VE GOTTA ASK WHO, WHO REQUESTED THIS ORDINANCE? DID ANYONE UP HERE REQUEST IT? OR IS THIS A STAFF, STAFF INITIATED ORDINANCE IN RESPONSE? UM, THE, OUR ORDINANCE WAS OUT OF DATE TO A POINT THAT IT WASN'T EFFECTUAL FOR US TO, UM, ENFORCE.
AND SO WE NEEDED TO UPDATE THE ORDINANCE SO THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS COULD WRITE PARKING TICKETS.
AND THAT WAS THE IMPETUS FROM THE STAFF TO OKAY.
IN, IN ALL OF THAT DISCUSSION, WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT ACTIONS AND MAJORITY COMMENT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT OUR DESIRE TO POTENTIALLY ADD SOME RESTRICTIONS IN PARKING BECAUSE, UM, I REMEMBER AT LEAST TWO OTHER OF MY COLLEAGUES AGREEING THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF TIME CARS PARKED ON MAIN STREET.
WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE LOCATION OF FOOD TRUCKS THAT EXTEND BEYOND THEIR BORDERS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I TRY TO FOLLOW THE RULES.
I I, I DON'T GET TO WORK WITH CITY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE EMPLOYED BY YOU TO DIRECT THEM TO, UM, DO PARTICULAR JOBS.
CERTAINLY, I'M, I'M GUESSING THAT IT WAS JUST BRINGING OUT SOMETHING, BUT WHEN SOMEBODY THAT'S UP HERE ON THE DAAS SPEAKS ABOUT HOW WE'RE DEALING DIRECTLY WITH YOUR EMPLOYEES, IT WOULD OPEN US ALL UP SINCE WE'RE ALL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO, UH, I THINK, UH, I WOULD ASK THAT WHEN YOU'RE CONSIDERING AN ORDINANCE, YOU WOULD AT LEAST THINK ABOUT WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL AS A BODY WORKING TOGETHER COMMENTS ABOUT.
AND WE'VE COMMENTED A LOT ABOUT POTENTIALLY PUTTING SOME LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME THAT PEOPLE CAN, CAN PARK TWO HOURS, THREE HOURS, WHATEVER IT IS IN ORDER TO AVOID WHAT, WHAT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM ON MAIN STREET AS IT CONTINUES TO BE BUSIER.
SO YOU CAN MOVE SOMEBODY OFF OF A FIRE HYDRANT OR PROTECT THE SAFETY.
BUT WHEN YOU BRING AN ORDINANCE UP, IT WOULD SEEM THAT IF WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS THAT THAT WOULD BE ENTERED INTO THE CONVERSATION.
SO I'M FEELING A LITTLE BIT LEFT OUT.
I GUESS IF YOU DON'T, UH, NOTICE, UH, MY COMMENT HERE, AND I RECOGNIZE THAT YOU FEEL LEFT OUT, BUT AS I RECALL, THERE WAS NEVER A FORMAL MOTION, A SECOND OR THREE VOTES IN FAVOR OF POSTING ANYTHING ON MAIN STREET FOR NO PARKING.
AND IF THERE WAS, IT CERTAINLY WOULD'VE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE ORDINANCE.
NO, IT WAS, THAT'S NOT WHAT I ASKED.
I MEAN, CONSIDERING SOME OF WHAT COMES FROM US UP HERE, BECAUSE THERE WAS NEVER A MOTION DIRECTING STAFF TO BRING AN ORDINANCE TO US.
SO YOU BRING THE STUFF YOU WANNA BRING TO US, AND FRANKLY, UM, IT'S JUST DISAPPOINTING THAT THERE'S NO FOLLOW UP TO THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE ABOUT THE SITUATION WE'RE PARKING.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY CLEANUP AND ORDINANCE IS FINE, BUT WE KINDA MOVE THE CITY FORWARD AND WE'VE GOT ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THIS AGENDA FOR A LONG TIME THAT CONTINUE TO BE UNPOSTED AS TO WHEN THEY'RE GONNA COME BEFORE US.
AND IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THEY'RE GETTING THE ATTENTION THEY NEED.
I RECOGNIZE, UM, WHAT YOU'RE COMMUNICATING TO ME.
I DO SEND REGULAR UPDATES TO YOU THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT OF THE STATUS OF ORDINANCES, MANY OF WHICH WERE PRECLUDED FROM TAKING ACTION ON AS A RESULT OF SENATE BILL 180.
AND, UM, AND IF THERE IS A CONSENSUS THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE NO PARKING ON ANY STREETS IN THE DOWNTOWN THAT I NEED TO KNOW, UM, DID YOU SAY NO PARKING? OH, I'M SORRY.
AND I, I DON'T KNOW THAT FROM THE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE OCCURRED SO FAR.
WELL, NO ONE ELSE HAS ANY COMMENTS.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT AS PRESENTED ON FIRST READING.
WELL, I, DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? YEAH, IF I, I SECOND IT.
IS THAT CONVERSATION OVER OR CAN I TALK FIRST? NO, TALK.
UH, I THINK ON D SECOND, UH, YOU CAN GO AHEAD SECOND.
UH, ON THE, ON THE, UH, YOU, YOU MOTION TO APPROVE, RIGHT? YEAH.
I SECOND THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
UH, JUST TO THE POINT OF, I, I THINK WE'VE HAD PLENTY OF WORKSHOPS, PLENTY OF CONVERSATIONS, I THINK TO THE, THE TRASH TAX ISSUE IN PARTICULAR WHERE THERE WAS NO FORMAL MOTIONS TO PRECLUDE OR INCLUDE CERTAIN POLICY DIRECTIONS.
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THE CITY MANAGER WAS ABLE TO INTERPRET THE CONSENSUS UP HERE AND COME TO, UM, SOME SORT OF DRAFT AND ORDINANCE THAT WE THEN DISCUSSED.AND IF WE NEEDED ANY CHANGES, THAT THAT IS WHERE THAT MOTION OCCURRED.
SO, UH, THAT BEING SAID, I I, I GET COUNCILMAN ALTMAN'S POINT AND I I'M SEEING WHAT HE'S SEEING, WHICH IS, UH, IN FACT, WHEN, WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS AND SAW IT WAS ABOUT PARKING, I FIGURED WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PARKING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED UP HERE, UH, TO HEAR IT'S JUST A TIDYING UP OF AN EXISTING ORDINANCE.
UH, IN MODERNIZING IT, UH, DOES DEFINITELY CALL INTO QUESTION.
WE'RE WE'RE TOLD, AND I, I DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF RESPECTING THE BOUNDARY.
I HAVE TO NOT TALK WITH STAFF.
UH, I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO STAFF AND ASK THEM MORE QUESTIONS, BUT I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE A GRAY AREA.
SO I, I DO EVERYTHING THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER.
UH, AND THAT BEING SAID, UH, I, I WOULD A A ASSUME THAT IF WE'RE, I MEAN, AT THE VERY LEAST, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARKING UP HERE, WHICH WE WE DO AND WE HAVE THAT, THAT WOULD TAKE A PRIORITY OVER, UH, CLEANING UP A PARKING ENFORCEMENT ORDINANCE.
THAT BEING SAID, THAT PART OUT OF THE WAY TO COUNCIL MELMAN'S POINT, I AGREE, UH, ON THE ORDINANCE ITSELF, UH, READING THROUGH IT, IT DOES DEFINITELY MODERNIZE.
IT INCLUDES SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE SEEING IN THE CITY, WHICH IS THE ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND, UM, EXCUSE ME, THE ELECTRIC, UH, UH, THE M UH, THE SCOOTERS.
UH, THE ONE PART I WANTED TO BRING UP WAS THE PAYMENT.
IT'S, UH, DOES NOT SHOW, I'M TRYING TO GET YOU THE NUMBER.
ESSENTIALLY WHILE I FIND THE NUMBER, IT SAYS THAT IF THE PERSON IS NOT ABLE TO SHOW THAT THEY HAVE AN INABILITY TO PAY, THEN THEY'LL BE ASSESSED AN ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED DOLLARS FEE.
UM, WHAT IS THAT? WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE BASIS FOR AN INABILITY TO PAY? THAT'S NOT REALLY, LIKE WHAT DOES THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE? AND I'M, I'M TRYING TO FIND THE NUMBER FOR YOU.
THAT'S, UM, THE ONE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE SEVEN.
WHERE IT SAYS YOU CAN GET AN EXTENSION OF TIME UPON A PERSON WHO FAILS TO RESPOND TO THE ORIGINAL CITATION WITHIN A TIME THEY WAIVE THEIR MERITS, UH, A PERSON, SO FINE UPON SUFFICIENT SHOWING OF FINANCIAL INABILITY TO PAY THE FINE MAY REQUEST.
SO THEY JUST HAVE TO JUST FOR AN EXTENSION.
AND THAT'S IN THE CURRENT ORDINANCE THAT WASN'T CHANGED BY THIS ORDINANCE.
IN TERMS OF THE CLEANUP, I THINK IT, IT DEFINITELY MODERNIZES IT.
I THINK IT'S A, A MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE LARGER CONVERSATION ABOUT PARKING.
UH, AND, AND, AND THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THIS IS A REOCCURRING THEME WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PLENTY OF CITIES WHO ARE, UH, LITIGATING AND CHALLENGING SV UH, 180 AND, AND, UH, ARE, ARE TAKING THE NEXT STEPS SINCE, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN 50% OF ORDINANCES ARE BACKLOGGED BY, OR EXCUSE ME, UH, PAUSED UNTIL 2027 BY, BY THIS.
AND IT JUST HOPE SO HAPPENS TO BE EVERY ORDINANCE THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING FOR A WHILE NOW.
UH, SO IT'S DEFINITELY A PROBLEM.
AND WAITING UNTIL NEXT YEAR WHEN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN THEY COULD TURN AROUND AND DO ANOTHER EXTENSION OR SOME OTHER CARVE OUT.
UH, I JUST, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE MORE OF A PROACTIVE APPROACH.
I THINK THE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, CITY ATTORNEY, I THINK THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SIGN ON TO ANY LITIGATION IS HA HAS PASSED, BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF CITIES WHO ARE BEING THE PREMIER, UH, LEADERS WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TELLING THE STATE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE NOT GONNA JUST DRAG OUR FEET AND BE AT THEIR WILL BECKING AND CALLING.
WE WANNA GET STUFF DONE HERE IN THE CITY.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, PORT RICHIE IS NOT AMONG THOSE THAT, THAT WANT TO TAKE THE FIGHT TO THEM.
CAN'T COMPLAIN IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS.
MOST OF WHAT'S IN HERE IS REALLY JUST CHANGING THE STRUCTURE OF THE PARKING SYSTEM, AND I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMAN ALTMAN AND COUNCILMAN BUTLER ABOUT SOME, MAYBE SOME ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
AND THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING YOU COULD EITHER DO IN THIS ORDINANCE OR DO SUBSEQUENTLY.
UM, THE THINGS THAT ARE CHANGES IN VIOLATIONS ARE VERY GENERIC, LIKE PARKING IN THE LINES AND, UM, NOT PARKING IN A COMPACT SPACE OR IN AN EV SPACE WHEN YOU'RE NOT A COMPACT OR EV CAR.
SO THOSE WERE SOME THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT WERE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MIGHT BE A LARGER CONVERSATION ABOUT OTHER PARKING RESTRICTIONS, AND I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS EITHER NOW OR IN THE FUTURE, UH, AND ADDRESS THOSE, UH, SUBSEQUENTLY, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THIS IS REALLY JUST TO, UH, FIX THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE WHOLE PROGRAM, WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO DO THOSE OTHER THINGS, AND IT ALLOWS YOU TO ESTABLISH SOME OTHER PARKING VIOLATIONS THAT WILL HAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE TO DEAL WITH.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPS, BUT IT, IT MAY, IF I MAY RESPOND, MR. MAYOR.
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IMMEDIATELY ABOUT NEBRASKA AVENUE AND A ACTUALLY MONTANA AVENUE WHERE THERE, WHERE THE COMPACT CAR PARKING SPACE IS WHERE YOU CANNOT DRIVE TO THE THEATER WITHOUT HAVING A LARGE TRUCK WITH A BIG BALL ON THE BACK OF IT IN THE WAY.AND I REMEMBER COUNCILMAN MURPHY WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT MAYBE MORE PARKING SPACES FOR GOLF CARTS MM-HMM
AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT'D BE THE PERFECT SPOT FOR GOLF CARTS BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT BE EXCEEDING THE, THE EXTENDING INTO THE ROAD MM-HMM
UM, IF WHAT I HEARD IS RIGHT, THEN I CAN BACK UP A LITTLE BIT, UN SHARPEN MY TEETH A LITTLE BIT AND SAY, OKAY, I'M ASKING IF WE COULD ADDRESS SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED.
SO, UH, IT'S NOT A LEGAL CHALLENGE OF WHETHER THINGS WOULD BE DONE THE RIGHT WAY.
IT'S A SIMPLE REQUEST TO SAY WHEN WE HAVE A TOPIC, AND THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION UP HERE ABOUT IT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO CLEAN IT UP SO YOU CAN DO IT.
BUT JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO WE TALKED ABOUT PEOPLE PARKING IN THEIR HOUSES WITHOUT BEING ON THE PROPER CODE, UH, UH, AUTHORIZED SPOT.
AND I'M SURE THERE'S HUNDREDS OF 'EM, AND I'M NOT SO SURE THAT I'M IN FAVOR OF UNLEASHING THE KRAKEN TO GO OUT THERE AND CORRECT IT, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT IT IS GONNA BE CORRECTED.
SO I DO THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE, IN THE RIGHT WAY, DON'T JUST BECOME THE CITY THAT STARTS TOWING PEOPLE AWAY.
I REMEMBER THE FACEBOOK, UH, STORY OF A WEEK OR TWO AGO WITH A PERSON WHO, WHO CLAIMED THAT A TOWING COMPANY TOWED THEM AWAY BECAUSE OF THEIR SITUATION.
SO, UM, I THINK IT'S A BIG ISSUE YOU BROUGHT UP.
I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE BRINGING IT TO US.
I'LL ACCEPT THE REG, THE, UH, THE ARGUMENT THAT THIS IS A STRUCTURE, BUT, UH, ONCE AGAIN, I MEAN, SOME OF THESE ISSUES, YOU CAN KEEP US OUT OF YOUR DAILY ACTIVITY IF YOU GET, UH, GET US BACK INTO SOME POLICY DISCUSSIONS UP HERE, UM, BECAUSE WE SEE THINGS AND, UH, AND MR. MAYOR, NO, UH, COMPLAINT TO YOU.
AND YES, SOMETIMES I CALL FOLKS AND TELL 'EM ABOUT SOMETHING.
SO I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THE WAY, IT KIND OF CATCHES ME WHEN, WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO TELL YOU WHAT TO DO, BUT WE CERTAINLY OUGHT TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO CONTACT THE STAFF.
SO DON'T GET ME WRONG AND SAY, HEY, I NOTICED THIS AND I'VE DONE THAT FROM TIME TO TIME WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE STAFF, KNOWING THAT THEY'LL COME BACK AND SPEAK TO YOU.
SO I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT A WET BLANKET ON THAT CONVERSATION, BUT I, I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GIVE CLEAR DIRECTION AS A BODY UP HERE.
WELL, I JUST, ONE COMMENT, IF I DO GO TALK TO A STAFF MEMBER, UM, MS. MANNS HAS GIVEN ME PERMISSION TO, RIGHT, I UNDERSTAND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY AYE.
[11.b) Second Reading, Ordinance No. 2026-2370: Lease Agreement between the City of New Port Richey and the West Pasco Free Senior Health Clinic, Inc.]
NUMBER 20 26, 23 70 LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NEWPORT, RICHIE, AND, UH, WEST PASCO, UM, FREE SENIOR CITIZEN CLINIC.THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 26, 23 70, AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT, RICHIE, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE LEASE OF CITY PROPERTY, PROVIDING FOR THE LEASE OF THE PROPERTY, GENERALLY LOCATED AT 66 40 VAN BUREN STREET, PROVIDING AUTHORIZATION TO THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS IN ACCORDANCE HERE WITH AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, UH, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AS INDICATED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY, THIS LEASE AGREEMENT COVERS THE PROPERTY AT 6 6 4 OH VAN BUREN STREET, WHICH IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE CLAUDE PEPPER CENTER.
AND THE PURPOSE OF THE AGENDA ITEM IS TO SOLIDIFY AN AGREEMENT WITH THE WEST PASCO FREE SENIOR HEALTH CLINIC, WHO IS OUR CURRENT OCCUPANT OF THE BUILDING AND PROVIDES MEDICAL CARE TO, UM, UNINSURED AND LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS.
THE TERMS OF THE LEASE ARE THAT IT IS FOR A ONE YEAR PERIOD OF TIME WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TWO ONE YEAR EXTENSIONS, AND THE RENT AMOUNT PER MONTH IS $0 AND 0 CENTS.
AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU VOTE IN FAVOR OF ALLOWING THE STAFF TO ENTER INTO THE LEASE AGREEMENT.
UM, WITH WEST PASCO FREE SENIOR HEALTH CLINIC, IT'S ACTUALLY TWO YEARS, IT'S TERM.
I THOUGHT IT WAS ONE YEAR WITH TWO EXTENSIONS.
TIM, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S CORRECTING ME AND HE'S TELL, BUT HE'S SAYING HE'S, THANK YOU.
SAY HIS TERM IS ACTUALLY TWO YEARS WITH TWO ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR EXTENSIONS.
THE PUBLIC WANTS TO KNOW THAT TOO.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? THEY'RE LOOKING AT EACH OTHER AND, AND ACTUALLY I MISSTATED IT AS WELL BECAUSE IT'S ONE YEAR ADDITIONAL.
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WITH A ONE YEAR EDITION.DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD, BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND VOTE TO APPROVE APPROVAL? WE GOTTA MOVE.
WE GOT TWO MOVES FOR APPROVAL.
YOU NEED ANY COMMENTS? YES, SIR.
SECOND, YOU KNOW WHAT? I KNOW IT'S GETTING SERIOUS DOWN ON THAT END WHEN YOU GRAB YOUR GLASSES, SO I'M, I'M GLAD YOU WERE ABLE TO YEAH.
MY ONLY COMMENT IS I MADE THE MENTION BEFORE, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, THAT, THAT, THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING.
IT WAS PRO PROVIDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SENIOR CARE.
I, I WOULD LOOK FORWARD AND HOPE THAT YOU ALL CAN FULLY, UH, UH, FULLY UTILIZE THE BUILDING.
AND I JUST MAKE MY PITCH FOR ANY POTENTIAL, UH, YOU KNOW, ANCILLARY, UH, SERVICES THAT COULD BE HELD IN THAT BUILDING WITH, WITHOUT, UH, UH, ENCROACHING ON THE PRIVACY OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
THIS IS JUST, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE MADE IT A DOLLAR SO WE COULD HAVE GOT A PRESENTATION OF A DOLLAR EVERY YEAR.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY AYE.
[12.a) Resolution No. 2026-15: Support and Authorize the Issuance of a “Letter of Intent to Withdraw” from the Public Risk Management of Florida Insurance Pool]
BUSINESS ITEMS RESOLUTION NUMBER 20, UH, 26 15, SUPPORTING YOUR AUTHORIZATION INSURANCE OF LETTER OF INTENT TO WITHDRAW FROM THE PUBLIC RISK MANAGEMENT OF FLORIDA INSURANCE POOL.THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 26 15, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT, RICHIE, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A LETTER OF INTENT TO WITHDRAW FROM THE PUBLIC RISK MANAGEMENT OF FLORIDA INSURANCE POOL, PROVIDING FOR AUTHORIZATION TO THE CITY MANAGER TO ISSUE, SAID NOTICE AND TO TAKE SUCH ACTIONS NECESSARY TO FULLY WITHDRAW FROM SENATE INSURANCE POOL AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
UM, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THE PURPOSE OF THE AGENDA ITEM IS TO PROVIDE 40 DAYS NOTICE TO PUBLIC RISK MANAGEMENT WHO PROVIDES OUR PROPERTY, OUR CASUALTY, AND OUR RISK INSURANCE THAT WE MAY WITHDRAW FROM THE POOL.
AND THE REASON THAT WE'RE DOING THIS IS BASED ON A RECOMMENDATION FROM MR. WETZEL, UM, THAT WE COMPETITIVELY BID THESE INSURANCE RATES.
WE'VE BEEN WITH PRM FOR A LONG TIME, AND THERE ARE OTHER INSURANCE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO THE CITY FOR COVERAGE.
AND THE INSURANCE COSTS ARE, ARE, OR PROJECTED INCREASES TO OUR, OUR FEES FOR PROPERTY CASUALTY AND RISK AREN'T VERY FAVORABLE.
SO WE THINK IT'S A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE AND TO BID THESE SERVICES.
AND IF PUBLIC RISK MANAGEMENT IS NOT THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER ON THAT INSURANCE, WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THE 45 DAYS NOTICE IN ORDER TO EXIT THE CONTRACT, WHICH ONLY GIVES US, UM, TILL AUGUST 15TH OF 26TH.
SO WE'D LIKE TO GET THAT NOTICE OUT JUST IN CASE WE DO WANT TO CHANGE FROM PUBLIC RISK MANAGEMENT.
ANY, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD, BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION OF VOTE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THEIR REQUEST.
SECOND, THE MAKER? NO, IT'S THE ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, ACT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY AYE.
[12.b) Request to Sell the Main & Bank Building to the Community Redevelopment Agency]
SELL THE MAIN STREET, UM, BANK BUILDING TO THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT.THIS AGENDA ITEM IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE ACTUALLY DISCUSSED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET.
AND THE PLAN WAS FOR THE CRA TO PAY THE GENERAL FUND, UM, FOR THE BUILDING AND TO GET PROPERTY CONTROL IN THE HANDS OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
IN LARGE PART, DUE TO THE FACT THAT ALL MUNICIPAL PROP MUNICIPAL PROPERTY PROPERTIES, UM, THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR REUSE ARE TYPICALLY, UM, HANDLED THROUGH THE MANAGEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
UM, SECONDARILY IN THE EVENTUALITY THAT A DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL IS ACCEPTED FOR THE PROPERTY THAT MAY REQUIRE SOME ECONOMIC INCENTIVES IN ORDER TO BRING THE DEAL TO FRUITION.
IT IS MUCH BETTER SUITED TO BE IN OUR CRA THAN IN THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND.
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BY WAY OF, UM, OUR, OUR APPROVAL LAST YEAR, THE TRANSFER OF THESE FUNDS FROM THE CRA TO THE GENERAL FUND.AND WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR PERMISSION TO GO FORWARD WITH THAT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SEE NO ONE COME FORWARD.
BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND VOTE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST.
DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? SECOND TO THE MAKER JUST IDENTIFYING A PRICE, MAYBE PUBLICLY OR VERY MUCH FOR REMINDING ME OF THAT.
AND WE ARE ACTUALLY RECOMMENDING THAT IT BE SOLD FOR OUR MOST RECENT APP APPRAISED VALUE, WHICH IS $1,450,000.
THIS, THIS IS ANOTHER STEP TO GET OUR, UH, TO ACTIVATE THE BUILDING.
UH, ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS IN THE PROCESS.
SO, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY A AYE.
[12.c) James E. Grey Preserve Pilings Emergency Repair-Pay Application/Budget Amendment]
JAMES Z. GRAY PRESERVE, UM, PILINGS THE EMERGENCY REPAIR PLOT.AS ALL OF YOU ARE ALREADY AWARE, UM, THERE WAS SOME WORK DONE AT THE JAMES E. GRAY PRESERVE RELATED TO THE PILINGS THAT SUSTAINED OUR, OUR FISHING PIER AND WALKING DECK.
AND MR. EIKE MUELLER WILL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT EMERGENCY REPAIR THAT WE UNDERWENT AND, AND THEN WE'LL BE SEEKING YOUR PERMISSION TO APPROVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT, UM, TO SUPPORT THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT WORK.
UH, STAFF IS REQUESTING CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE, UH, FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE PAY APPLICATION TO SC SIGNATURE, UH, CONSTRUCTION LLC IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED, UH, $50,825.
THAT'S FOR THE EMERGENCY STRUCTURAL REPAIRS TO THE FISHING PIER AT THE GMC GRAY PRESERVE.
UH, STAFF IS ALSO REQUESTING AN APPROVAL OF THE ACCOMPANYING BUDGET AMENDMENT THERE IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,830 TO TRANSFER THE NECESSARY FUNDS WITHIN THE CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO COMPLETE THESE REPAIRS.
UM, A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS RECENTLY.
PUBLIC WORK STAFF WAS ABLE TO, UH, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF UNUSUALLY LOW RAINFALL AND THE LOW TIDE.
AND IT GAVE US A CHANCE TO INSPECT THE PRESERVED BOARDWALK SYSTEM.
AND THIS ALLOWED STAFF TO INSPECT THE STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS THAT HAD NORMALLY SUBMERGED WELL BELIE BENEATH THE WATER LINE.
UH, AND DURING THE INSPECTION, STAFF DISCOVER, UH, SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION IN ROT IN SEVERAL OF THE TIMBER PILINGS SUPPORTING THE FISHING PIER EXTENDING INTO THE RIVER.
UH, DUE TO THE EXTENT THE DETERIORATION IN THE POTENTIAL RISK, UH, TO PUBLIC SAFETY, THAT PIER WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CLOSED UNTIL THE REPAIRS CAN BE COMPLETED.
AND THAT WAS THE TIME THAT WE ENGAGED WITH SC SIGNATURE CONSTRUCTION, LLC TO EVALUATE THE EXISTING PILINGS.
UH, TWO PROPOSALS CAME FORWARD, UH, ONE IN WHICH REQUIRED THE ENTIRE REMOVAL OF THAT PIER IN ORDER TO REPLACE THE PILINGS.
IT WAS A LITTLE MORE LABOR INTENSIVE AND COSTLY.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS THE SNAP JACKET, UH, THE PVC SNAP JACKET, UH, RESTORATION METHOD, WHICH INCLUDED THE INSTALLATION OF 33 SNAP JACKETS, UH, SIX OR OR SIX ON THE LARGER 10 INCH TIMBER PILINGS AND THE 27 ON THE REMAINING SIX TO SEVEN INCH PERIMETER PILINGS.
THIS PROJECT WAS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN 15 WORKING DAYS AND WAS DONE SO WITHIN ABOUT 14, UH, THAT REPAIR METHOD.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THAT, KIND OF WRAPS, A PVC COATING AROUND THE PILING ITSELF.
AND THEN GROUT IS PUMPED INTO IT OR CONCRETE'S PUMPED INTO IT, DOWN INTO THE BASE OF THE PILING SO THAT WAY IT SHORES UP THAT SECTION.
SO ANYTHING THAT WAS ABOVE THE WATERLINE BASED ON OUR INSPECTIONS WE SAW WAS STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND IN GOOD CONDITION.
SO IT'S REALLY JUST ABOUT SHORING UP THAT SECTION THAT WAS UNDERNEATH THE WATERLINE.
UM, AND THAT METHOD KIND OF PROVIDES A, A MORE DURABLE AND COST EFFECTIVE REPAIR.
FUNDING FOR THE REPAIRS ARE AVAILABLE WITHIN THE PARK IMPROVEMENT, UH, PROGRAM THROUGH THE CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
AND THE REQUESTED BUDGET AMENDMENT TRANSFERS THE $50,830 FROM THE JAMES Z CCRA PRESERVE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO FUND THESE EMERGENCY REPAIRS.
AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PAY APPLICATION AND THE BUDGET AMENDMENT AT THIS TIME.
AND I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO WILL COME FORWARD, WE'LL COME BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND VOTE, MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
UH, TIE AGAIN, YOU GOT THE SECOND, I GOT THE SECOND LAST TIME, SO I'M TAKE IT ON THIS ONE.
OH, SEE ANYBODY COMING UP?
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YOU READY? YEAH.OH, I MIGHT JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
UM, HOW OLD IS THAT? IS THAT PIERRE THAT WE'RE HAVING A DETERIORATION? 'CAUSE THAT'S BRACKISH WATER, IF ANYTHING.
YEAH, I DIDN'T LOOK UP THE AGE OF THE PIER, BUT I'LL, I'LL SEND THAT OVER TO YOU.
I DON'T THINK IT'D BEEN THERE THAT LONG, BUT I'VE BEEN IN TOWN A LONG TIME.
I WAS GONNA SAY, YOU SHOULD KNOW HOW, HOW WHEN'S THE FIRST TIME YOU SAW IT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY A I.
[12.d) 2026 Sanitary Sewer Lining Project Close Out]
SANITARY SEWER, UM, LINING PROJECT CLOSEOUT.THIS IS, UM, IS RELATED TO AN ANNUAL PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE FOR BOTH SANITARY SEWER GRAB GRAVITY, MAINE, UM, LINING AND STORMWATER PIPE REHABILITATION.
AND THE AGENDA ITEM IS ASKING YOU TO APPROVE A FINAL PAY REQUEST IN THE AMOUNT OF $147,195 AND 20 CENTS, AND A DEDUCTIVE CHANGE ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $29,964 AND 37 CENTS.
AND MR. EIKE MUELLER IS PREPARED TO FURTHER PRESENT THE AGENDA ITEM.
UM, CAN I AS DISCUSSED EARLIER, UH, THIS PROJECT IS A PART OF THE CITY'S ONGOING, UM, PROACTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE REHABILITATION PROGRAM AND WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL AT THE MARCH 3RD REGULAR MEETING.
UH, PUBLIC WORK STAFF IDENTIFIED SEVERAL SECTIONS OF AGING, GRAVITY SEWER REMAINS, UH, EXHIBITING STRUCTURAL DETERIORATION, INCLUDING EXTENSIVE CRACKING GROUNDWATER, INFILTRATION, SAND INTRUSION, AND ROOT INTRUSION.
UH, YOU KNOW, AS YOU MAY KNOW, IF THIS WAS LEFT UNADDRESSED, THESE CONDITIONS COULD HAVE LED TO SOME PIPE FAILURE, SINKHOLES AND DAMAGES TO OUR STREETS AND RIGHT OF WAYS AND INCREASED MAINTENANCE COST AND POTENTIAL SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS.
THE LINING WAS COMPLETED AND THE NORTH RIVER SIMS GRANT, EAST MADISON AND SOUTHEAST NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, THE PROJECT REHABILITATION, UH, WAS APPROXIMATELY 2,702 LINEAR FEET OF EIGHT INCH AND 10 INCH GRAVITY SEWER REMAINS, UH, UTILIZING THE CURED IN PLACE PIPE LINING.
AND THIS WILL INCREASE THE USEFUL LIFE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND REDUCE THESE MAINTENANCE COSTS.
UH, FUNDING FOR THIS ANNUAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM IS INCLUDED IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND IS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE WATER AND SEWER REVENUE FUNDS.
STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE COMPUTER, COMPLETED WORK, DETERMINED IT WAS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF BOTH THE DEDUCTIVE CHANGE ORDER AND THE FINAL PAY REQUEST AT THIS TIME.
AND I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU SEE NO ONE COME FORWARD, BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION.
VOTE B TO PROOF SECOND TO THE MAKER.
YEAH, IT'S A PRETTY SPREAD OUT, UH, ACROSS FOUR DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, EAST TO WEST.
UH, HAD I HAPPEN TO LIVE IN THE NORTH RIVER, UH, DOWN THE STREET FROM THE NORTH RIVER ONE, ALL THE STAFF WERE PROFESSIONAL.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY A AYE.
[12.e) ITB26-012 Landscape Maintenance Services - US Hwy 19 Center Medians]
26 0 0 OR 0 1 2.UM, LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE SERVICES.
WE JUST DID THIS, THE MEDIAN ON 19TH.
THIS AGENDA ITEM ACTUALLY, UM, IS REQUESTING TWO FORMS OF ACTION.
UM, FIRST WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE THE TERMINATION OF OUR CURRENT, UM, PROVIDER ROCK AND ROSE LANDSCAPES FOR THEIR WORK ON THE US HIGHWAY 19 MEDIANS.
UM, THE, IT HAS BEEN UNDER THEIR CARE SINCE, UM, A CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO THEM ON A COMPETITIVE BID PRICES.
AND THE, THEIR WORK AND THE, UH, MEDIANS AREN'T REPRESENTING THE CITY APPROPRIATELY.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB.
AND WE HAVE PUT THEM ON NOTICE OF DEFICIENCIES, UM, IN THE LANDSCAPE AREAS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND THEY HAVE FAILED, UM, TO PROVIDE ANY REMEDY.
THEREFORE, THE SECOND PART OF THE ACTION THIS EVENING IS WE'RE ASKING YOU TO ALLOW US TO AWARD THE CONTRACT TO THE NEXT LOWEST BIDDER WHO WAS TURF SI TURF SCAPE ENTERPRISE.
AND THEIR ANNUAL FEE IS $33,600, WHICH IS, UM, $4,500 HIGHER THAN WHAT WE WERE PAYING, UM, TO ROCK AND ROSE LANDSCAPES.
IS THIS PRETTY MUCH FROM TREBLE CREEK TO THE, TO THE RIVER? IT'S FULL BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY, YES.
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ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.UM, HEY, YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, MIKE PETERS.
6 4 4 6 RIVER ROAD, NEWPORT, RICHIE, 3, 4, 6, 5 2.
UM, YOU KNOW, UM, AND I'M, I'M GLAD WE'RE TAKING THIS ACTION TO WORK ON IMPROVING THE MEDIANS.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU FOLKS, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN I DRIVE UP AND DOWN US 19 AND YOU UNDER, OF COURSE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT REDEVELOPMENT OF US 19 IS SOMETHING THAT BEEN TALKED ABOUT AND WORKED ON FOR 15 YEARS.
UH, RECOGNIZING THAT SOME OF IT WAS MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY ALWAYS IN THE CITY, BUT OUTSIDE THE CITY.
THINGS WERE ALLOWED TO BE BUILT IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE REALIZE NOW WAS NOT THE BEST WAY.
AND SO THERE'S BEEN AN EFFORT TO, UM, IMPROVE THE APPEARANCE AND THE WORKINGS OF US 19 AND IN AND OUT AND SO FORTH.
SO THE STEPS THIS CITY HAS TAKEN AS FAR AS, UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY STEPS, NOT ONLY OUR SIGN ORDINANCES TO HELP, UH, OUR LANDSCAPE ORDINANCES TO HELP ON THE BUSINESSES THAT SHOW, BUT ALSO THE, THE, THE COMMON AREAS OF THE MEDIAN.
AND I, AS I WAS GONNA SAY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY I DO WHEN I DRIVE IN AND OUT OF THE CITY LIMITS ALONG 19, I JUST GET A GENERAL FEELING IT'S DIFFERENT.
AND WHEN I'M INSIDE THE CITY, IT'S A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN WHEN I'M NORTH OF THE CITY OR SOUTH OF THE CITY.
AND I KNOW THE COUNTY'S TAKEN GREAT STEPS IN PROVING MEDIANS OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY, AND THEY'VE DONE SOME STEPS AS WELL, UM, IN, UH, ON US 19.
BUT IT'S JUST DIFFERENT IN THE CITY.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
IT MAKES ME A PROUD RESIDENT AND TAXPAYER OF THE CITY.
ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? SEE NO ONE ELSE COME FORWARD, BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND VOTE ON THE FIRST ACTION.
UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND, I'M SORRY, THE FIRST ACTION BEING TO TERMIN MOTION JUST TO TERMINATE.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN DO IT IN ONE MOTION.
UH, MOVE TO THE TERMINATE, MOVE TO TERMINATE, UH, THE EXISTING CONTRACT AND, UH, TO AWARD TO THE SECOND LOWEST BIDDER.
UH, YEAH, JUST TO SAY THAT I KNOW, UH, IN THE PAST I HAD, UH, BROUGHT UP TO THE, UH, CITY MANAGER WHAT WHAT I FELT WAS SOME IRREGULAR, UH, USES OF THE MEDIAN TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM SOME OF THE, THE, THE WORK ON THOSE MEDIANS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT I THOUGHT WERE SAFETY CONCERNS AND THAT WERE REPORTED TO ME AS, UH, POTENTIAL SAFETY CONCERNS.
AND SO, UH, I, I APPRECIATE THE CITY'S STAFF FOR, FOR RECOGNIZING THAT AND WHATEVER OTHER UNSATISFACTORY, UH, LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE AND, AND FOR ACTING ON IT INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR, UH, THE NEXT BIDDING ROUND, BUT TO, TO BE PROACTIVE IN THAT SENSE.
AND, UH, UH, DO DOING WHAT'S RIGHT IN THE SPIRIT OF ONE SAFETY, BUT TWO, ALSO, UH, MAKING SURE WE'RE KEEPING OUR, OUR CITY, UH, UP TO PAR.
SECOND, UM, I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS ONE, BUT, BUT JUST FOR CHIEF, WE DON'T, WE DON'T PARK PATROL VEHICLES IN THAT MEETING FOR ANY REASON.
DO WE? DO WE PARK THEM THERE? YEAH, NO, I WOULD, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK SO.
I WAS TOLD THAT WHEN I FIRST GOT HIRED HERE NOT TO DO THAT
I JUST HAPPEN TO NOTICE ANOTHER CITY DOING THAT.
AND I KNOW THEY HAVE THE PROGRAM TOO.
WE'LL STAY, WE'LL STAY ON THE SIDES, BUT WE WON'T GO IN THE MEDIUM.
UM, I THINK THAT THE COMMENT ABOUT HAVING US BE UNIQUE WHEN YOU DRIVE IN AND RECOGNIZING THE CITY, I SEE IT IN MANY CASES, WHATEVER ROAD IT MIGHT BE ON, UM, COMING INTO THE CITY FROM MADISON.
UM, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT THAT PARTICULAR THEME, UH, HOLISTICALLY ACROSS THE CITY SO THAT FOLKS ARE NOW MORE AND MORE COMING IN ON MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE FROM THE SUNCO PARKWAY.
SO I THINK OUR, OUR TAMPA TRAFFIC IS PROBABLY COMING IN THAT WAY AND 54 TO MADISON BEING ANOTHER ONE.
SO I THINK IT'S A, IT IS A GOOD CONCEPT.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE THE COUNTY TO LIVE UP TO THEIR SIDE OF IT TOO.
SO WHILE I, I, UH, ACCEPT, UH, FORMER COUNCILMAN PETER'S, UH, COMMENTARY AND EMBRACE IT, UM, WE ALSO NEED TO EMBRACE THE, THE EFFORTS OF WHAT THEY ARE CALLING THE 2050 PLAN.
THAT THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK OVER ON THE EAST SIDE, AND
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I HAVEN'T SEEN REALLY WHAT THE 2050 PLAN.SO I, I WOULD ASK EBY IF YOU COULD HAVE OUR CITY PLANNER TO TRY TO GET WITH THE COUNTY AND GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE 2050 PLAN THAT A LOT OF IT DEALS WITH LAND USE, ZONING, SIGNAGE, ALL THOSE ISSUES THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN HAD COMMENTED ABOUT.
UM, AND, AND I'M CURIOUS TO GET THEIR SUPPORT AND, UH, IN TERMS OF, UM, MAKING A BETTER, YOU KNOW, INTEREST TO THE CITY, UH, AS WELL AS WHAT WE WERE DOING AND TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY.
I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR IT TO BE RECOGNIZED THAT IT'S UNIQUE AND THAT YOU'VE COME TO SOMEPLACE SPECIAL.
BUT WE ALSO, LIKE MASSACHUSETTS BEING THE BEST EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, UH, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE, THE NORTH SIDE OF MASSACHUSETTS, UM, NEEDS TO MATCH OUR SIDE AND WE SHOULD BE JIVING UP AS BEST WE CAN WITH SOME OF THOSE, UH, PLANNING, UH, IN CASES WHERE WE JOINTLY OWN OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE, OF THE ROAD.
UH, AND I THINK NOW'S THE TIME TO TRY TO MAKE THAT PITCH.
UM, I'VE SAID, UM, SINCE WE, I'VE SAID FOR A LONG TIME THAT YOU CAN DRIVE FROM THE SKYWAY BRIDGE TO CITRUS COUNTY, YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE UNLESS YOU SEE THE SIGN, UNLESS YOU SEE THE SIGN NEWPORT, YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE WHEN YOU SEE THE SIGN OF NEW RITCHI.
BUT IF YOU'RE IN ANY OTHER PLACE, YOU GOTTA WAIT TO SEE THE GREEN SIGN THAT'S ABOUT THIS BIG.
AND I THINK TO, SINCE WE HAVE IDENTIFIED OURSELF IN 19 WITH THAT NEW SIGN, UNLESS YOU GET HIT BY, UNLESS IT GETS HIT BY A VEHICLE, BUT YOU KNOW, THEN, UM, WE GOTTA DO THE REST OUT IN THE MEDIAN.
AND THAT CAN EVEN MORE IDENTIFY US, YOU KNOW, AS, AS A DIFFERENT CITY AND A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE IN PORT RICHIE.
SO, YEAH, I LIKE, YOU KNOW, GET THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DO IT AND DO IT.
SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY AYE.
[12.f) Resolution No. 2026-27: Establishing the Proposed Millage for TRIM Notices]
20 26 27 ESTABLISHMENT PROPOSED MILLAGE, UM, FOR TRIM PURPOSE.THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 26 27, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT RITCHIE, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING THE PROPOSED MILITARY TAXES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 20 27, PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE, ROLLBACK RATE, AND THE DATE, TIME, AND PLACE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE TENTATIVE BUDGET AND PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE AS PROVIDED HEREIN.
SUBSEQUENT TO YOUR MEETING ON JULY 28TH, UH, THE STAFF, UM, DETERMINED THAT WE INCORRECTLY STATED THE ROLLBACK RATE, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE ASKING YOU, UM, TO ATTEND TO THIS ITEM THIS EVENING.
THE, AND I'LL LET MS. DUNN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ROLLBACK RATE, BUT I DO WANNA INDICATE THAT OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE 26 27 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 10TH AT 6:00 PM IN THIS ROOM.
AND THAT'S A THURSDAY EVENING.
AND MS. DUNN, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK NOW? SURE, I CAN.
UH, SO AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED ON JULY 28TH, WE PRESENTED TO YOU THE, UH, RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 DASH 14, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE PROPOSED OPERATING MILLAGE RATE OF 8.2 MILS ON THAT RESOLUTION.
THE, UH, ROLLBACK RATE WAS INCORRECTLY STATED.
UM, SO WHILE WE PROPOSE THAT RATE OF 8.2 MILS, UH, THE RATE WAS CORRECT FOR THE PROPOSAL, HOWEVER, THE ROLLBACK RATE SHOULD HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 8.1323 MILLS, UH, MAKING THE PROPOSED RATE 0.83% ABOVE THE ROLLBACK RATE.
AND AS A REMINDER, THE ROLLBACK RATE IS THE MILLAGE RATE THAT WOULD GENERATE APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUE AS THE PRIOR YEAR FROM THE EXISTING PROPERTIES, WHICH IS EXCLUDING REVENUE FROM NEW CONSTRUCTION, ANNEXATIONS, AND OTHER ADDITIONS TO THE TAX BASE.
UH, BECAUSE THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE EXCEEDS THE ROLLBACK RATE, UH, FLORIDA'S TRUTH AND MILLAGE LAW REQUIRES THE PROPOSED LEVY TO BE IDENTIFIED AS A TAX INCREASE ON THE TRIM NOTICES THAT ARE MAILED BY THE PASCO COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER.
UM, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND THAT YOU APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION THIS EVENING, WHICH REPEALS THE RELA AND REPLACES THE RESOLUTION 26 14.
UH, IT WILL CORRECT THE ROLLBACK RATE AND IT WILL SATISFY THE STATUTORY T UM, TRIM NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THOSE PROJECTED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURE NEEDS, UM, AND ANY OTHER BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
UM, ESTABLISHING THE PROPOSED MILLAGE AT THIS LEVEL WILL PROVIDE YOU CITY COUNCIL WITH THE FLEXIBILITY DURING THE REMAINING BUDGET WORKSHOPS, UH, WHICH WE HAVE TWO ON MONDAY EVENING, UM, AND THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THE COUNCIL MAY REDUCE THE MILLAGE RATE, BUT MAY NOT INCREASE IT WITHOUT PROVIDING ADDITIONAL NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS.
MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD ADDITIONALLY ADD THAT THE 8.2 UM, MILLS IS OUR CURRENT OPERATING MILLAGE RATE.
AND SO WHAT WE ARE DOING IN THE ORDINANCE IS JUST ESTABLISHING A MAXIMUM FOR
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THE FISCAL YEAR, 26, 27.WE CAN REDUCE IT IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO SO.
UM, ONCE WE GET A BETTER HANDLE ON ALL OF WHAT OUR REVENUES ARE GOING TO BE, WE'LL BE BETTER ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT.
BUT, UM, WE, WE KNOW FROM PREVIOUS YEARS, UM, EXPERIENCE WITH THIS GROUP OF ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET THE MILLAGE RATE DOWN, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY MUCH OF INTEREST TO YOU AND WE WILL TRY TO COMPLY WITH YOUR WISH TO DO SO.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SEE NO ONE COME FORWARD, BRING YOU BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND VOTE.
I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THE, UH, RESOLUTION, UH, CORRECTED RESOLUTION.
CAN I ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YOU DID.
UM, THE, THE ROLLBACK RATE IS VERY SLIGHT.
I MEAN, IT'S ONLY 0.0 6, 7 7 OR SOMETHING OF A MILL.
UM, SO 6 CENTS, 7 CENTS FOR EVERY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
UM, SO IT WON'T BE A HARD LIFT TO GET TO THE ROLLBACK RATE.
UM, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT ANYTHING ABOVE THE ROLLBACK RATE REQUIRES A, A MAJORITY PLUS ONE.
SO IT WOULD TAKE THREE TO FOUR TO VOTE ULTIMATELY.
SO NOT THAT WE WOULD EXPECT ANY PROBLEMS HERE, BUT, UM, I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SLICE THAT POINT.
A COUPLE OF PENNIES, A THOUSAND OFF OF THE BUDGET.
SO THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING IT.
AND WHEN WE HAVE THE MEETING ON THE 10TH, I WILL ALSO BE IN ANOTHER BUDGET MEETING.
AND I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY ADVERTISED THAT OUT AS TO WHO'S GONNA BE AT WHAT BUDGET MEETINGS, BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA NEED, UH, YOU ALL WILL NEED TO BE HERE BECAUSE WE'VE ALSO PUBLISHED, UH, IN DADE CITY THAT, UH, SAME 10TH, I THINK THE, THE EIGHTH AND THE NINTH ARE THE COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL BOARD.
AND THE 10TH BECOMES A PRETTY LIMITED, UH, NUMBER OF OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE GIVEN, UH, THE WAY THE PROCESS WORKS.
SO, I'M SORRY, I WILL MISS IT, BUT I'M SURE, UH, IT WILL GO FINE.
UH, SO THE BURN RATE'S 8.2, WHAT, WHAT IS THE, AND WE'RE WE'RE SAYING 8.1323 AS THE MAXIMUM? NO, THE ROLLBACK RATE, WE'RE SAYING THAT'S THE ROLLBACK RATE, BUT WE'RE NOT DOING 8.1323, WE'RE DOING 8.2.
WE'RE ESTABLISHING, UM, AT, AT 8.2.
UH, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WHAT'S, WHAT'S, WHAT COULD START, AND THIS IS NOT AT ALL A CHARACTERIZATION OF THE CITY MANAGER OR THEIR STAFF.
I THINK THEY'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL EVERY YEAR TRYING TO PRESENT A BUDGET THAT REFLECTS THE CITY COUNCIL.
BUT, UH, JUST TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD, I, I DO THINK, UH, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR A CITY COUNCIL TO, IF, IF THE GOAL IS TO REDUCE THE MILLAGE AS IT SHOULD BE, IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, CONSIDERING HOW HIGH IT IS, UH, THIS YEAR, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GIVING A LITTLE BIT LEEWAY JUST IN CASE, BUT WE'RE GONNA REDUCE IT.
UH, I, I FEEL THAT OPENS THE DOOR OR TELLS THE STORY THAT THERE IS SOME MALLEABILITY TO THE, TO THE NOTION OF REDUCING THE RATE.
AND SO FOR THAT REASON, I, I'M MORE IN FAVOR OF SETTING, SET, SETTING THE MAXIMUM AT THE ROLLBACK RATE, UH, WITH, WITH THE HOPE THAT IT'S BELOW THAT.
I, I GET COUNCILMAN ALTMAN'S POINT THAT STAFF ARE GONNA WORK HARD TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
UH, BUT I DON'T LIKE LEAVING THE LEGISLATIVE DOOR, UH, OPEN TO THE POSSIBILITY WHERE IT'S NOT.
IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S THE MESSAGE THAT'S COUNCIL IS COMMUNICATING, THEN I THINK WE SHOULD BE FIRM IN THAT, IN THAT MESSAGE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY AYE.
SO WE GOT A THREE ONE A COMMUNICATION
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START WITH YOU.NO, A NOTHING FROM ME TONIGHT, SIR.
YEAH, I, I KNOW WE HAVE A CRA MEETING.
UM, I DO WANT TO JUST MENTION THAT, UM, THE CITY MANAGER HAD SENT OUT AN INVITATION TO AN EVENT AT THE REC CENTER CALLED A TOUR.
I DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF IT, PERHAPS, UH, YOU COULD REMIND ME, BUT IT'S SOMETHING ABOUT TOURISM, UH, ECOTOURISM, SORRY, ALL THE TITLE, BUT ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION OR SOMETHING.
AND I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMETHING I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR, WHICH IS TO LOOK AT OUR LONG TERM ECONOMIC STRATEGY AS WELL.
AND, UH, I'M EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO, UM, HAVE HAD THE MEETING EARLIER TODAY WHEN WE TALK TO THE SCHOOLS, BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL ARE ON THE SAME PAGE IN
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TERMS OF WANTING TO SEE OUR SCHOOL GRADES GO UP AND OUR, AND, AND TO BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN GROW UP AND CONTINUE TO WORK IN TOWN AS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO UNTIL RECENTLY FOR ME AT IT REALLY IS NICE.I'M SURE I LOOK AT, UH, COUNCILMAN MURPHY, ALTHOUGH I KNOW YOU TRAVEL ALL OVER IN YOUR JOB, BUT IT IS NICE TO BE, UH, ABLE TO BE EMPLOYED IN YOUR OWN HOMETOWN.
AND I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH AMENITIES THAT WE CAN START TO CREATE THAT, UH, THAT ATMOSPHERE HERE RATHER THAN THE OLD SUITCASE, UH, AND COMMUTE, UH, RETIREMENT, YOU KNOW, ECONOMY THAT'S GOTTEN US THIS FAR.
UM, FIRST, UH, UM, UM, I UNDERSTAND BUSINESSES THAT ARE TRYING TO MAKE A GO OF IT AND, UH, TOWING BUSINESSES IN TOWN ARE OUT TRYING TO SELL THEIR WARES WHILE THE BUSINESSES ARE TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER AND TRYING TO DEVELOP DOWNTOWN AND HELP US DOWNTOWN.
SO IT'S KIND OF A CONFRONTATION.
YOU CAN SEE THE GUY THAT WANTS TO, TO TOW SOME PEOPLE AROUND HERE AND MAKE SOME MONEY, BUT YOU SEE THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER, WELL, ALL OF A SUDDEN WHEN A BUSINESS SAYS, DON'T COME ON MY PROPERTY UNLESS YOU'VE GOT, YOU'RE GONNA DO BUSINESS HERE, UM, IT, IT DOESN'T TRY TO HELP BRING A, A BROTHERHOOD OR A SISTER SHIP, YOU KNOW, TO, TO THE BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN.
SO I JUST WANT THE BUSINESSES TO THINK SOMETIMES WHEN THEY PUT THE, THE TOWING SIGNS OUT THERE, IF THEY'RE REALLY HAVING A PROBLEM OR THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE AWAY FROM THEIR BUSINESS, OR DO YOU REALLY WANT TO BE A PART OF THE DOWNTOWN? SO JUST FOR THE BUSINESSES TO THINK ABOUT THAT BEFORE THEY GO, THERE'S ANOTHER THING I'D LIKE TO BRING UP.
AND, UM, UM, ON AUGUST 18TH IS THE PRIMARY, AND WE HAVE A MEETING THAT NIGHT, SIX O'CLOCK.
AND, UM, I AM IN THE 12 YEARS OR WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH COUNCIL.
UM, WE NEVER HAD A MEETING ON THE NIGHT OF AN ELECTION, AND I DON'T MIND HAVING THE MEETING, BUT I WOULD LIKE US TO MOVE THE TIME BACK TO SEVEN O'CLOCK SO WE'RE NOT RUNNING INTO THE POLL SITUATION AND WHY THE POLLS ARE OPEN.
DO I HAVE A CONSENSUS ON THAT? I I'M FINE WITH THAT.
IS THAT POSSIBLE? I'M NOT ABLE TO, I MEAN, NOTHING HAS ALREADY BEEN SET IN STONE ON A PUBLIC HEARING TO, UH, ADVERTISEMENT.
WHAT I SUGGEST YOU DO IS, IS ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CHANGE IT TO THAT SUBJECT TO US MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN DO THAT.
WELL, I, I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO DEBBIE.
SHE SAYS WE CAN DO IT, BUT WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO DO THAT.
YEAH, WE NEED TO JUST, WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME.
GIVE US THE VOTES THAT WE HAVE THAT POWER, AND THEN LET US TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M COMFORTABLE THAT IT'S, WE CALL IT AN EMERGENCY MOTION.
I MEAN THAT, I DON'T THINK YOU NEED A VOTE.
YOU WOULDN'T NORMALLY LET US BRING UP A MOTION.
WELL, I THINK YOU CAN BRING THIS KIND OF AN AGENDA MOTION UP JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF SETTING THE FUTURE AGENDA.
SO I THINK I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO MOVE TIME, MR. MAYOR.
I'D MOVE THAT WE MOVE THE, HE'S DID I SECOND HIS MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY THAT? AYE.
SO WE'LL HAVE OUR MEETING ON THE 18TH AT SEVEN O'CLOCK, PURPLE AT YOU.
AND WE'RE ALL USED TO DOING THAT ANYHOW.
UM, THE OTHER WITH CONFIRMATION.
OKAY, WE'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE YET.
THIS PAST FEW DAYS WE'VE HAD A COUPLE SHOCKING THINGS GOING ON IN TOWN.
AND, UM, AND ONE WAS, UM, SHARKA, UM, UM, PHILLIPS SUITER, UM, PASSING AWAY.
UM, THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW WHO SHE IS, IT'S BILL PHILLIPS WHO WAS ON CITY COUNCIL, UM, WHEN I GOT ON CITY COUNCIL.
AND, UM, SO, YOU KNOW, AND SHE JUST, WE PASSED IN IN MOMENTS NOTICE, SO IT'S BEEN PRETTY SHOCKING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN TOWN.
SHE WAS REALLY INVOLVED IN, INVOLVED IN TOWN, HAD A REALLY GREAT PERSONALITY.
WELL, I SAW HER ONCE, BUT SHE WAS 25 YEARS OLD THEN.
BUT, UM, BUT ANYHOW, SHE, SHE'S, SHE'S JUST BEEN A, A, A GREAT LADY TO THIS TOWN, REALLY, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTIVE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS IN THE CITIES AND JUST, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTIVE OF HER, HER BROTHER WHEN HE WAS ON COUNCIL.
SO IT JUST, IT JUST WAS SHOCKING WHEN WE LOST HER THE OTHER DAY.
AND THE OTHER IS, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, BOB, UM, YOU KNOW, LANGFORD, HE, HE PASSED AWAY, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE DAYS AGO TOO.
AND, UM, HE WAS ON CITY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, FROM THIR OH THREE TO 10.
UM, AND THEN, UM, HE, YOU KNOW, AFTER HE GOT OFF COUNCIL, HE, HE WAS PART OF THE FIREFIGHTERS, UM, PENSION BOARD.
UM, HE WAS ALSO A LIBRARY ADVISORY, BOARD CULTURE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, AND LAND OF DEVELOPMENT.
ALL THIS CAME AFTER HE'D BEEN ON COUNCIL.
SO HE EVEN WASN'T NOT ON COUNCIL ANYMORE, HE WAS QUITE THE CONTRIBUTOR TO THIS TOWN.
HE HAD ONE OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE CI UH, CITY'S HISTORICAL PRESERVATION BOARD, AND HE ALSO WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF IT ON, ON THAT BOARD FOR A WHILE.
AGAIN, ALL ALL THINGS THAT HE HAD, HE HAD DONE AFTER HE WAS ON CITY COUNCIL, HE ALSO GOT INVOLVED IN THE WEST PASCO, UM, UH, HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND, AND, UM, AND THE, UM, PASCHAL FINE ARTS COUNCIL.
I MEAN, JUST A GREAT, GREAT GUY.
AND IF YOU HAD EVER BEEN AROUND AND TALKED TO HIM ABOUT HIS, HIS HISTORY AND
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INVOLVED IN MUSIC, HE JUST WAS, HE KNEW EVERYBODY AND HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN EVERYBODY AND JUST REALLY ONE OF THE NICEST GUYS I'D EVER MET.SO, UM, HE ALWAYS, HE ALWAYS HAD ONE LITTLE COMMENT THAT I, I HAD LIKE TO QUOTE FOR HIM, FROM HIM THAT WHAT HE, HE SAID MADE HIM A GOOD LEADER.
AND HE SAID, MY DEDICATION TO BEING FAIR AND HONEST IN EVERYTHING THAT I WAS IN CHARGE, EVERYTHING I WAS CHARGED WITH.
AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT THING THAT WE ALL NEED TO TAKE AWAY.
BUT, UM, IT'S JUST GONNA BE A, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SET UP.
UM, I'VE TALKED, UH, I'VE E EMAILED OUR TEXT RATHER ANNIE, HIS WIFE, AND IT'S NOTHING SET UP YET, BUT, UM, I THINK IT'LL BE A PACKED HOUSE WHEN THEY HAVE.
IT'LL BE A PACKED HOUSE WHEN THEY DO THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR THESE TWO.
SO PLEASE, UM, YOU KEEP THEM AND YOUR, THEIR FAMILIES AND YOUR THOUGHTS.
UM, DO I MOVE FOR ADJOURNMENT? I MOVED, MOVE.