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WILL MAKE BEFORE YOUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING. OR ANY DIRECTION THAT YOU MAY HAVE OF
[1) Call to Order - Roll Call]
US. DIRECTIONS TO GO TO THE NEXT CRA. YES. DO WE NEED A ROLL CALL? DO WE NEED A ROLL CALL? ROLL CALL? YOU GOT IT. NO, NO, I GOT IT. I WAS SORRY, NO. IT'S FINE. OH, CHAIRMAN DAVIS.SORRY. DIRECTOR MURPHY HERE. DIRECTOR ALTMAN HERE. DIRECTOR BUTLER HERE. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
MANNS HERE. DIRECTOR JONAS IS ABSENT. AND WE'VE HAD MR. GAMMON JOIN US UP FRONT FOR A
[2.a) Review of the FY2026-2027 Proposed CRA Budget ]
PRESENTATION OF THE CRA BUDGET. FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2627. THANK YOU, MISS MANNS. I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO GET OUT QUITE AS EASY AS IT'S THE SAME AS LAST TIME. CHIEF. IS IT BETTER FOR YOU? A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO GO THROUGH REAL QUICK ON THE NOTES. A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT DIDN'T GET ADDED, BUT WE MIGHT ADD THEM JUST TO LET YOU KNOW. ON INCENTIVES WE'VE DONE SO FAR THIS YEAR, THE CENTRAL ORANGE LAKE, WE DID CHASCO IN VINO AND VIBES, PARCEL AND PLATE, CITO, GRANDMA SALLY'S ZEN KITCHEN AND BAR, ELLA'S AND, AND WE JUST DID THE COASTAL COTTAGE WITH NO CONSTRUCTION. SO THAT WAS JUST SOME ADDED THINGS GOING ON ON PERSONNEL. WE'VE CHANGED THAT.I THINK IF YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE DROPPED THAT 50%. IT WASN'T SAVED MONEY. IT WAS THROWN TO THE CRA. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE INCREASED THE PERSONNEL, MAINLY MYSELF, EILEEN AND JESSIE BEING ALLOCATED MORE TIME TO CRA BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME ANYWAY. IF YOU GO INTO THE REVENUE, WE REALLY HAVE TWO SOURCES OF REVENUE, IF YOU WILL. ONE TIF REVENUE. WE GET THE FIRST ONE UP THERE, THE 4.96 THAT'S FROM THE COUNTY AND THE 5 MILLION, 5.6 MILLION. THAT'S THE CITY ALLOCATION FOR OUR TIF REVENUE. SO THOSE ARE NUMBERS THAT ARE KIND OF SET IN STONE. THE OTHER BIG ONE THERE, YOU'LL SEE 7.6. THAT'S FOR FUTURE LAND SALES. THAT'S PRIMARILY THE THE MAIN AND BANK BUILDING AND ALSO THE RIVERSIDE PALM DISTRICT PROPERTIES. OVER TO EXPENDITURES. AGAIN, THE PERSONNEL SERVICES WENT UP OBVIOUSLY FROM LAST YEAR. AND AGAIN, THAT'S BEING ALLOCATED FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. BIG CHANGES, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. YOU SEE WE'VE INCREASED IT TO 75,000.
WE ARE PUSHING THAT BUDGET CONSTANTLY. SO WE NEEDED THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THERE. WE'RE ALSO ALWAYS PUSHING OUR ADS AND MARKETING, SO WE INCREASE THAT TO 40. A LOT OF THAT CAME FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUDGET. WE LOWERED THAT A LITTLE BIT. CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AT 135.
IT'S A LITTLE LESS THAN LAST YEAR. AGAIN, WE CAN CLASSIFY THAT MORE TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. WE IF YOU GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OTHER CURRENT CHARGES, WE INCREASED THAT TO 100. THAT'S WHAT IT'S BEEN IN YEARS PAST. THAT COVERS A LOT OF DIFFERENT UNFORESEEN EXPENSES, PROPERTY TAXES, WE HAVE TO PAY THOSE KIND OF THINGS. SO WE REALLY NEED IT IN THAT NUMBER. AND THEN THE LAST TWO THINGS REAL QUICKLY ARE REDEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES. WE HAVE $5 MILLION BUDGETED. THAT INCLUDES QUITE A BIT. IT INCLUDES SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE ALREADY ALLOCATED FOR AQUA HARBOR. FOR INSTANCE, VILLA DEL SOL, THE CENTRAL ONES YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED. AND THAT ALSO ANTICIPATES A LITTLE BIT FOR MAIN AND BANK, A LITTLE BIT FOR THE RIVER GATE, PALM PROPERTIES, AND ALSO NEW COMMERCIAL INCENTIVES FOR THE SMALLER ONES LIKE I JUST MENTIONED EARLIER. AND THEN WE HAVE THE REDEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES FOR RESIDENTIAL AT 250 000. THAT'S OUR HOME BEAUTIFICATION GRANTS. YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN THE CIP, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT'S RECORDED IN THERE, 9,000,001. AND IF YOU BALANCE IT ALL OUT, I WENT A LITTLE QUICK THERE. THE REVENUES ARE ABOUT 18 MILLION AND THE EXPENSE IS ABOUT 18 MILLION. BALANCING IT ALL UP. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WHICH I'M SURE I HOPE YOU DO, WE'LL WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER THEM. CERTAINLY.
I'D LIKE TO GO BACK ONTO THE REVENUE. WHEN YOU IDENTIFIED THE. WAS IT $8 MILLION FOR SALE OF LAND, 7.6 MILLION IN TERMS OF SURPLUS LAND SALES? A I MEAN, YOU'VE STATED TO US THAT THAT'S FOR THE SALE OF THAT BUILDING. AND SO TWO PROPERTIES. CORRECT. BUT YOU'VE NOT BEEN GIVEN THAT DIRECTION TO SELL IT. SO I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CONTINUE TO SAY THAT THAT'S AN IMPORTANT
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ELEMENT OF OF THE REVENUE, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS AS A CRA BOARD, BUT RELATED TO SALE OF SURPLUS LAND SALES. THE FACT THAT YOU'VE GOT A PLACE CENTER IN THAT IS GOOD.ONE OF THE OPTIONS, AND WE HAD, YOU KNOW, AT THE LAST MEETING, WE HAD DOCTOR GRAYSON'S WIFE COME IN AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WAS THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT AND WHAT WASN'T THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WE GETTING INTO THIS BUSINESS? AND, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THERE'S GOING TO BE, I THINK, A BIT OF A LITTLE SWING. WE SAW IT WITH THE BOAT RAMP PROPERTY CONVERSATION. THERE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A SWING TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE PRESERVE OUR HISTORICAL SMALL TOWN CHARM? AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH SALE WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT, UNLESS WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD SET OF PICTURES AND DESIGNS AND SOMETHING WE ALL CAN GET BEHIND ON TO DO IT. I AM A FAN OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, AND I THINK THAT IN THE CASE OF SOME OF THE LAND HOLDINGS WE HAVE, THERE'S THE POTENTIAL FOR US TO GET SOME, I GUESS, PUBLIC BENEFITS AS A RESULT OF IT, WHETHER IT'S A PUBLIC WALKING PARK AT THE AT ONE OF THE PROPERTIES OR WHICH ONE THE IDEA COMES UP FIRST, IT'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST ONE TO MOVE US FORWARD. SO I'VE MENTIONED IT BEFORE, AND I UNFORTUNATELY WAS THE ONLY ONE FROM OUR COUNCIL THAT WAS AT THE MAP MEETING IN SAN ANTONIO A COUPLE DAYS AGO OR LAST THURSDAY. AND THE THE SPEAKER WAS. REPRESENTATIVE. MAGGART SO DESPITE THE FACT THAT EVERYBODY IS WRINGING THEIR HANDS ABOUT NOVEMBER'S BALLOT, WHICH, BY THE WAY, AT THIS POINT AT LEAST, THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE A MAJORITY OF SUPPORT FOR THE APPROVAL OF THAT, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT GRADY JUDD HAS COME OUT AGAINST IT, BECAUSE HE'S LIKE THE MOST INFLUENTIAL SHERIFF IN THE STATE, IT SEEMS LIKE. BUT THE THE DISCUSSION OF CRA CAME UP. AND THERE ARE TWO THINGS I WANT TO BRING BACK TO THE ATTENTION, AND ONE OF WHICH GOES TO PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL.
AND ITS ROLE IN REDEVELOPMENT IS THE CRA STATUTES SAY IT'S FOR THE REMOVAL OF SLUM AND BLIGHT. AND IT ALSO HAS A PROVISION THAT SAYS AND THREATS TO THE CITY OF FUTURE SLUM OR BLIGHT. SO ALL OF OUR EFFORTS AND ALL OF THE LOSSES WE'VE INCURRED FROM HOUSING AND THE BUILDING PERMIT FEES THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING IN, I THINK, ARE GOING TO LEAD US TO THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT OUR RESILIENCY AND SOME OF THOSE ISSUES. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WALKABILITY, HOW WE HANDLE OUR STORMWATER, HOW WE HANDLE OUR PARKING, HOW WE GET PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS TO DO MORE WALKING IN TOWN. ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE LEADING TO, AGAIN, A SMART SOLUTION. SO THERE'S SORT OF LINEAR APPROACH TO, WE'RE GOING TO SELL THESE THINGS AND LET SOMEBODY ELSE TELL US WHAT TO DO. IS WHERE I JUST OBJECT. IT'S US. IT'S UP TO US TO DESIGN A FUTURE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY. AND THAT'S WHY I'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR SOME LONG TERM PLANNING. SO IF IF IT IS THE BELIEF THAT A CRA IS HERE JUST TO KEEP MAKING MORE AND MORE AND MORE MONEY THAN THE 10 MILLION A YEAR WE HAVE FOR THE OUTRUN OF THIS, THEN I JUST REMIND US WHAT WE'VE DONE TO MAKE OUR CITY LOOK SO MUCH BETTER AS A RESULT OF IT, AND KIND OF TAKE AWAY THAT IDEA THAT THE ONLY REASON WE BUY SOMETHING IS TO SELL IT TO SOMEBODY FOR WHAT, HOPEFULLY IS SOMETHING WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT. AND I HOPE WE DO GET EXCITED. BUT THERE HAS TO BE A LOT OF UNKNOWNS IN THE CRA BUDGET. AND YET, AT THE SAME TIME, THE BUDGET HAS TO CONTEMPLATE THE ABILITY TO DO EVERYTHING. THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS BUDGET THAT I SEE THAT CONTEMPLATES ANY ADDITIONAL DEBT OR THE OR THE RETIREMENT OF DEBT, OR HOW MUCH DEBT DO WE STILL HAVE, AND HOW MANY MORE YEARS ARE WE GOING TO BE PAYING OFF THAT DEBT? AND SO IN TERMS OF NOW AND THE ACTUAL HEARING ON THE BUDGET, WE HAVE RIGHT WITHIN OUR OWN CITY, REGIONAL STATE DIRECTORS OF PUBLIC FINANCING, AND MR. MCGRATH SAID, RIGHT NOW, WITH THE LEADERSHIP GOING INTO TALLAHASSEE, THAT THERE WILL NOT BE ANY MORE ASSAULTS ON THE CRA IN THE UPCOMING SESSION, WHICH WOULD BE THE FIRST YEAR IN ABOUT TEN YEARS THAT THAT HADN'T HAPPENED, THAT THE TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE LEADING THAT CHARGE, ONE IS NOT THERE ANYMORE, AND THE OTHER HAS KIND OF GIVEN UP THE GHOST. A LOT OF THAT COMES FROM MIAMI, WHERE JUST THESE VERY WEALTHY COMMUNITIES HAVE HAD CRAS THAT ARE PRODUCING SO MUCH MONEY FOR
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IMPROVEMENTS THAT SOME FOLKS, I THINK, THINK IT GETS AWAY FROM THE SLUM AND BLIGHT ARGUMENT.BUT MY POINT IS, WE KNOW HOW MUCH TIME WE HAVE LEFT. WE KNOW THAT'S A GIVEN. WE KNOW THAT TO TO DO THINGS WE WANT TO DO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND MONEY. AND THE LAST THING I WANT IS TO THINK THAT WITH THAT KIND OF MONEY COMING IN ANNUALLY, THAT WE ARE NOT THINKING AT THE LONG TERM OF THE ENTIRETY OF THE CRA PLAN. ONCE AGAIN, WHAT CAN WE DO NOW TO MOVE US FORWARD, AND WHY WOULD WE OBJECT TO OBLIGATING THE CRA TO SOME DEBT SERVICE WHEN WE KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN THE ONE THING THAT SURVIVES WHENEVER THERE'S A CHALLENGE TO THE CRA? SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME PROJECTS OF POTENTIAL FROM THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN UPDATE WHEN WE GET IT, SO WE CAN MEET THOSE ARGUMENTS. I'D LIKE TO SEE US GOING RIGHT NOW INTO AN EXPLORATION OF THE PARKING GARAGES DOWNTOWN, A PARKING GARAGE DOWNTOWN. NO MATTER WHAT PROPOSALS WE GET, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY IMAGINES A NEED FOR US TO SOLVE THE PARKING PROBLEM.
AND SO DOING IT OVER TWO YEARS. I DON'T KNOW WHY THE CRA WOULD WAIT. WE HAVE THE REVENUE STREAM. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD THESE PROJECTS, AND WE HAVE POTENTIAL REQUESTS FOR MATCHING FUNDS AND THE LIKE, WHICH WE MAY OR MAY NOT BE PUTTING IN FOR. I'M GUESSING WE WILL. IF WE DO, WE NEED TO SHOW WE'RE GOING TO MATCH IT. AND SO LET'S PLAN THE PARKING GARAGE.
HOW MUCH DID WE PAY FOR THAT LAST ONE? DO YOU REMEMBER? I'M SORRY, I DON'T RECALL. IT'S LIKE 8 MILLION. OR ARE WE DOING LESS THAN THAT? ANY SURVEYS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AT THAT PARKING GARAGE? NO, WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY. SEE, I JUST RIGHT NOW I THINK PEOPLE JUST THE MENTALITY OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IN TOWN A LONG TIME ARE YOU WANT TO PARK RIGHT IN FRONT OF WHERE THEY WANT TO GO AND THAT'S NOT HAPPENING. THAT'S NOT AVAILABLE ANYMORE.
BUT THERE IS THE DART AND THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF PARKING IN THE GARAGE. WE JUST HAVE TO TRAIN THE PEOPLE TO USE IT. WHEN THAT WHEN THAT PACKS IN ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT, THEN I THINK WE SHOULD ENTERTAIN ANOTHER GARAGE, BUT JUST HAVE ANOTHER GARAGE DOWNTOWN AND NO ONE'S USING THE ONE WE HAVE ALREADY. WELL, THE ONE WE HAVE ISN'T PLANNED FOR THE PEOPLE.
DOWNTOWN IS PLANNED FOR THE MONSTER PROJECT THAT WE WANT TO HAVE. WITH HOW MANY 100 RESIDENTS AND NEW BUSINESSES FACING 19. SO THE REASON TO BUILD THE PARKING GARAGE IS TO SALVAGE THE THE LAND ON THE GROUND SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO SPREAD IT OUT, HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION? WELL, THAT'S. SO NOW IT'S UP TO MY COLLEAGUES TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I ASKED IF WE HAVE A SURVEY AND WHAT HOW MUCH IT'S BEING USED AT THE PRESENT TIME, IT'S SATURDAY NIGHTS. IT'S KIND OF IRRELEVANT THOUGH. IF WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE, HOW DOES IT HOW DOES THE SURVEY. IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN MR. PETERS ASKS HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE CROSSING HIGHWAY 19 ON THEIR BICYCLES? WELL, IF WE'RE NOT CONNECTED TO THE COAST TO COAST TRAIL OR WE'RE NOT, THAT'S NOT EVEN THAT'S NOT EVEN WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. WELL, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, SIR. WELL, DON'T THAT'S NOT EVEN. YOU'RE JUST SAYING PEOPLE WON'T USE A PARKING GARAGE. I DON'T THINK THEY. PEOPLE PEOPLE AREN'T USING PARKING GARAGE.
CORRECT. WELL, I THINK FOR I THINK FOR THAT FOR FOR DOWNTOWN. I MEAN, THE PARKING LOT BEHIND SOCIAL. I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S ALL WE ENVISIONED IN HAVING SOMETHING THERE. ANOTHER, ANOTHER COUPLE LAYERS. BUT I THINK A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH ON BANK STREET, BOTH PROPERTIES ON BOTH SIDES. WHAT ARE WE DOING THERE BEFORE WE GET AHEAD OF IT AND BUILD A PARKING GARAGE? WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE OR ENCOMPASS IT SOMEHOW WITH WHATEVER GETS BUILT THERE TOO. SO I KIND OF THINK WE NEED TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT'S GOING TO GO THERE. THE VACANT PROPERTY ON THE OTHER SIDE. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYTHING'S EVER GOING TO HAPPEN THERE, I DON'T KNOW, ACROSS FROM THE HACIENDA. YEAH. WELL, WE HAVE SOME PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED BY THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. YES. DOES THAT INCLUDE CONTEMPLATING A PARKING GARAGE? DOES. BECAUSE THE THE PROPOSAL IS FOR VERY DENSE HOUSING. YES. SO YEAH, I GUESS WE KIND OF NEED TO. AND ALSO THE, THE HOUSING, GOING TO PARKING FOR THE HOUSING, WHAT THEY DECIDE TO DO WITH THAT THERE TOO. SO I THINK, I THINK BEFORE WE CAN I'M NOT ASKING TO BUILD IT. I'M JUST SAYING WE SHOULD PUT IT IN THE BUDGET BECAUSE ONCE THEY SAY, OH, I WANT TO DO IT AND IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET, IF WE DIDN'T PASS IT, WE CAN'T USE CRA DOLLARS TO DO IT. MAYBE AS LONG AS WE'RE BROAD ENOUGH. AND I DON'T EVEN CARE IF YOU CALL IT A PARKING GARAGE, BUT WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT THE HIGHWAY 19 AND THE RIVER. WE'VE GOT OUR BOAT RAMP PROPERTY. WE GOT THAT OTHER WE'VE GOT THE GOLF HIGH. WE'VE GOT A TON OF DEVELOPABLE LAND,
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AND WE HAVE A BUDGET THAT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE PLANNING TO, YOU KNOW, PAY THINGS THROUGH. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO BE FUNNY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A BUDGET THAT CAN ALLOW US THE COMFORT TO EXPAND. AND SO I'M NOT SURE WHY WE WOULD RESIST SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT WE MIGHT NEED TO BORROW $10 MILLION. IF WE DID, LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WOULD COST.IT'S MAYBE NOT THE RIGHT TIME TO DO IT EITHER, BUT IF WE HAVE THE RIGHT KIND OF PROJECTS AND THINGS CHANGE AFTER NOVEMBER AND WE GET INTO JANUARY, FEBRUARY, IT WOULD BE NICE TO CONTEMPLATE THINGS IN THAT PLAN, AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO PUT IT IN THE CITY PLAN BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY IN A CITY PLAN. WE CAN'T DO IT. SO ANYTHING WE WOULD ENVISION DOING IF WE PUT IN THE CRA WOULD QUALIFY AS TO SPEND IT. ANYTHING WE WOULD DO OTHERWISE THAT WE'VE ALREADY CONTEMPLATED, WE'RE BARRED FROM BEING ABLE TO PAY FOR WITH CRA MONEY. SO I JUST DON'T SEE THE EVIDENCE OF A REAL WHAT CAN I SAY? EMBOLDENED PLAN HERE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD OR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO? I KNOW OUR CAPITAL PLAN HAS GOT SOME GOOD PROJECTS IN IT, AND WE CAN USE SOME OF THAT MONEY, YOU KNOW, AS WE DEVELOP IT THROUGH THE MONTH, BUT THROUGH THE YEARS, WELL, THIS YEAR MAYBE NOT, BUT MAYBE GOING FORWARD, LIKE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET DEFINITELY SHOULD START INCLUDING SOMETHING IN THERE BECAUSE WE KNOW SOMETHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN. RIGHT. MAKE SENSE? WE'LL CARRY ON WITH THAT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE COMMENT, IF YOU'D ALLOW ME, MR. MAYOR, RELATED TO THE SURPLUS LAND SALES APPROPRIATION THAT WE'VE INDICATED IN THE REVENUE FUND FOR REDEVELOPMENT, THAT DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE ANY FUNDING COMING FOR THE BANK AND MAIN STREET PROPERTY AT ALL, DOES NOT. IT CONTEMPLATES REVENUE FROM THE SALE OF OUR FORMER TRUIST PROPERTY ASSEMBLAGE, AND IT ALSO ASSUMES REVENUE ON SOME TYPE OF A SALE RELATED TO THE RIVERSIDE IN PROPERTY OR A PORTION OF IT. SO WE HAVEN'T MADE ANY DECISIONS WITHOUT INPUT FROM YOU ON THE DISPOSITION OF THE BANK AND MAIN STREET PROPERTY. THAT'S YOUR DECISION, CLEARLY. AND WE HAVEN'T BUDGETED FOR ANY REVENUE. THANK YOU. AND CARRYING ON. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION OF THE CRA BUDGET FOR YOU THIS EVENING FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. AND IF THERE ARE MORE QUESTIONS, WE'RE PREPARED TO RESPOND TO THEM. BUT WE'RE VERY MUCH MINDFUL OF THE POINTS THAT COUNCILMAN ALTMAN IS MAKING IN RESPECT TO A PARKING STRUCTURE IN THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN AREA AS WELL.
JUST JUST TO PUT ON THE RECORD THAT THE SECOND COUNCILMAN ALTMAN'S POINTS, ESPECIALLY AS HE CONTRASTED THE FUNCTION OF THE EXISTING PARKING GARAGE AND HOW, IRREGARDLESS OF ITS CURRENT FUNCTION OF, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE USING IT TO USE THE CORE DOWNTOWN. I DO SEE WITH SOME OF THE THE WORK BEING DONE BY TRUIST AND EVEN JUST SOME OF THE WORK NEARBY WITH THE TOWN AND COUNTRY VILLAS AND, AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TOWARDS THE U.S. 19 BRIDGE. ANY WORK BEING DONE ON US. 19 I THINK THAT PARKING GARAGE IS COMPLEMENTING THAT WORK VERSUS OUR DOWNTOWN CORE BEING A SEPARATE ISSUE RELATED TO THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER STRUCTURE, ESPECIALLY IF IT WORKS INTO AN EXISTING PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT MIGHT COME INTO FRUITION AND THAT THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, IF I'M IF I'M CALLING OUT ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION SEPARATE JUST FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, THERE ARE 17 OR 18 PROJECTS AND DELIVERABLES, SEVERAL OF WHICH ARE DUE FOR THE 2027 PLAN BUDGET WITHIN THE FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. SO IT IS STILL A VERY EXCITING TIME FOR THE CRA. AND I THINK THE CONVERSATION ABOUT A PARKING GARAGE CAN SHOULD BE ADDED TO THAT LARGER DISCUSSION. YEAH. IT'S WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, LIKE, WELL, JUST THE COMMENT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER I'M HERE OR NOT OR HE'S HERE OR THERE, THERE, THE CITY STAFF WILL BE HERE AND THEY HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PLAN NO MATTER WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHO'S ON COUNCIL OR WHATEVER. BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT, OBVIOUSLY, AND IT'S BEING LOOKED AT, I'LL DEFINITELY ADDRESS IT IN A FIVE YEAR PROGRAM, JUST NOT IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO. THE THE RAILROAD SQUARE PHASE TWO IS IN THERE. ACORN STREET STREET STREETSCAPE PROJECT IS IN THERE. THAT'S THREE NEARLY $4 MILLION BETWEEN ALL OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. SO WHEN WE'RE SPENDING $4 MILLION AGAIN, I THINK IT SHOWS THAT WE DO WANT TO LEAD THE WAY AND SHOW HOW WE LIKE OUR CITY TO DEVELOP. AND SO I
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JUST I'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE PROJECTS GET UNDERWAY AND FIND OUT WHAT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WE'RE GOING TO BE RENDERING TO USE IT ALONG THOSE LINES, I JUST WANT TO INVITE THOSE OF YOU WHO CAN. AGAIN, I THINK YOU'VE GOT THE INVITATIONS TO THE 27TH OF AUGUST, TO THE 2 TO 4 ECO TOURISM RESILIENCY DISCUSSION. BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF REALLY INTERESTED REGIONAL PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN OUR CITY, INCLUDING SOME GOLF I STUDENTS WHO NOW ARE IN THE WEALTH MANAGEMENT BUSINESS, WHO ARE TELLING ME ABOUT FOLKS IN TAMPA AND OTHER PLACES WHO ARE IDENTIFYING OUR COMMUNITY. SO IT IS EXCITING TIME. I'M SORRY, THE 27TH, IT'S A THURSDAY BETWEEN 2 AND 4, AND IT'S AT THE REC CENTER IN IN THAT ROOM THERE, PALM, THE PALM ROOM AND. THANKS. THAT'D BE GREAT. YEAH. LOOK FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU.THAT'S THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MR. CHAIRMAN. ANYTHING ELSE? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER, MR. CHAIRMAN. YOU ADJOURNING OR DO YOU HAVE. WE HAVE COMMUNICATION. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING. COMMUNICATIONS. JUST TO SAY THAT FOR THOSE ATTENDING. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING BEFORE THIS. SO I'M JUST GOING TO PUT IT OUT AT THIS MEETING. FOR THOSE ATTENDING THE 2026 FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE, THE SUNCOAST LEAGUE OF CITIES WILL BE PUTTING ON A REGIONAL BREAKFAST ON AUGUST 15TH AT 7:30 A.M. IN THE DIPLOMAT HOTEL. AT THE DIPLOMAT HOTEL, AND THAT THERE WAS A THAT A COMMUNICATION SHOULD HAVE WENT OUT TO OUR EMAILS RELATED TO THAT TO BE ABLE TO SIGN UP FOR THAT, I DON'T THINK I DID. ARE YOU GOING TO PAY OUR WAY? WERE YOU GOING TO PAY OUR WAY? PAY, PAY I WILL, I WILL NOT BE PAYING YOUR WAY. I KNOW JUDY SIGNED US UP FOR ONE BREAKFAST OR ANOTHER. I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE IT WAS, BUT YEAH, WE'LL MAKE SURE. THANKS FOR REMINDER. YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE? NOTHING FOR ME, SIR, WAS ONE PROPERTY THAT I MADE NOTE OF IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET HEARING.
AND WHEN WE HEARD AGAIN FROM PUBLIC WORKS THAT WE HAD FINALLY THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL OVER ON INDIANA FOR MAYBE THE POTENTIAL THAT WE COULD BE OFF THE HOOK FOR SOME OF THAT ANNUAL MONITORING, THAT BIG, MONSTROUS HOLE ON INDIANA HILL ON INDIANA WITH WITH METHANE LEAKS. WELL, THE GAS PIPES ARE JUST TRYING TO MEASURE HOW MUCH GAS COMES OUT OF THE SITE. I KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A GOOD SITE TO BUILD ANYTHING ON. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A GOOD GRASS FIELD OR NOT TO, TO SEE IF THERE'S A TIME FACTOR ON HOW LONG IT HAS TO EVENT, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, RIGHT? YEAH. I MEAN, THEY COULD BE TIKI TORCHES AT THIS POINT, BUT. I THINK WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE AT THE END OF THE LINE FOR THAT. SO I'M GOING TO BE CURIOUS. IT'S SO CLOSE TO THE REC CENTER, WHETHER THERE'S ANOTHER SOCCER FIELD THAT COULD BE ON THERE OR SOMETHING. IF IT'S SAFE FOR PUBLIC USE. IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR SOME POTENTIAL RECREATIONAL GOLF FOR OLD PEOPLE. YEAH. OR JUST KIDDING. OR OR GENE SARACEN.
WEDGE SAND WEDGE COMPETITION. YEAH, I KNOW, WHICH WOULD, OF COURSE, REQUIRE SOME SORT OF PEDESTRIAN SIDEWALK TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THAT. YEAH, GET TO THAT. THAT'S RIGHT. MATT. NO.
I'M GOOD.
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