[1) Call to Order - Roll Call]
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          CHAIRMAN DAVIS. YES, DIRECTOR. JONAS HERE. DIRECTOR. MURPHY HERE. DIRECTOR. ALTMAN. 
          DIRECTOR. BUTLER HERE. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. MANNS HERE. CITY ATTORNEY. DRISCOLL HERE. 
          [2) Approval of Minutes]
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 1ST AND SEPTEMBER 20TH. SEPTEMBER 1ST TO APPROVE. 
          SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY I I APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE 20TH SEPTEMBER 29TH. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY I. I. I. OKAY. BUSINESS AND BANK 
          [3.a) Main & Bank RFP Selection]
RFP SOLUTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY. WE HAVE FIVE VERY EAGER RESPONDENTS TO THE CITY'S CALL FOR DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS HERE THIS EVENING RELATED TO THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 564 MAIN STREET. ALL OF WHOM ARE PREPARED TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO YOU THIS EVENING RELATED TO THEIR INTEREST AND THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          TO. EXPLAIN IN DETAIL TO YOU A DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP THAT THEY MAY HAVE IN MIND, OR A DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL THAT THEY MAY HAVE FOR THE PROPERTY, AND ALL FIVE OF THEM WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION TO YOU IN THAT RESPECT. AND THEY ARE LIMITED TO A TEN MINUTE PERIOD OF TIME IN WHICH TO DO SO. AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THAT, WE ARE ASKING YOU IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OF THEM TO TO PRESENT THOSE QUESTIONS AT THAT TIME. AND THEY CAN RELATE EITHER TO THE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP OR THE PROPOSAL SPECIFICALLY. AND TO START THINGS OFF THIS EVENING, I'VE ASKED MR. GAMMON TO BEGIN THINGS. MR. GAMMON THANK YOU, MISS MANNS. MR. CHAIRMAN, FELLOW DIRECTORS, IT'S PRETTY UNUSUAL FOR ME TO BE SITTING HERE IN A CRA MEETING, AND NOT EVERYBODY LEAVE THE ROOM BEFORE I START TALKING. SO THANKS FOR STAYING AROUND. IT MUST BE PRETTY IMPORTANT. LAST NIGHT, DIRECTOR JONAS AND MYSELF, WE ATTENDED THE MPR MAIN STREET ANNUAL PARTNERSHIP MEETING. SOMETHING STRUCK ME FROM THAT MEETING. 
          ERIC FRAGER HAD TO BRING YOU OUT ON THIS. IT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING, HE SAID. AT THE VERY END, HE SAID, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS AGO, IF PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TOLD ME WHAT'S HAPPENING IN NEW PORT RICHEY, I WOULDN'T HAVE BELIEVED IT. AND I THINK THAT'S A SENTIMENT THAT'S CARRIED WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING THE WAY HE SAID IT. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S RELEVANT HERE. I THINK THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE CITY IS WONDERFUL. I THINK IF WE DID AN RFP FIVE YEARS AGO, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD HAVE HAD ANY RESPONDENTS, BUT WE HAVE FIVE VERY UNIQUE PROPOSALS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER TONIGHT. SO I'M EXCITED TO DO THAT AND MOVE FORWARD AND TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. WHAT IF THE GATEWAY TO OUR CITY WAS BEAUTIFUL ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET? AS YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE COMING OVER THE BRIDGE, IT'S BEAUTIFUL COMING IN. YOU'RE LOOKING ON THE LEFT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT SIMS PARK, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC HACIENDA. WHAT IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING ON THE RIGHT? AND THAT'S THIS BUILDING. IT'S THE FIRST THING YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT AS YOU COME INTO OUR TOWN. THERE'S THE BUILDING. SOME PEOPLE ARE SOMETIMES IN SOCIAL MEDIA GETS CONFUSED WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT BUILDING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT THE REAR OF THE BUILDING. IF YOU LOOK AT IT RIGHT NOW, IT'S REALLY FACING NEBRASKA STREET DOESN'T REALLY ADDRESS MAIN AND BANK. BUT HERE'S THE BEAUTY. WE DON'T HAVE TO BE LIMITED TO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. AND YOU CAN LEARN THAT FROM THESE PROPOSALS, WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO TO REORIENT IT TO OUR STREETS. IF YOU DON'T RECALL, THIS WAS CLOSED. THEY MOVED THE PASCO COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT MOVED THREE YEARS AGO. SO THIS IS A SIGN THEY STILL HAVE ON THE BUILDING. 
          WE'VE HAD SO MUCH INTEREST IN THAT BUILDING THAT IT CREATED THIS RFP. SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO BACK THE TIMELINE REAL BRIEFLY. FOUR MONTHS AGO, WE RELEASED THE RFP. TWO MONTHS AGO, WE RECEIVED THE FIVE PROPOSALS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR TONIGHT. THE FOLLOWING WEEK, WE MET WITH EACH ONE OF THE RESPONDENTS, AS MR. STARKEY MENTIONED. AND TONIGHT, IF THE BOARD SO WISHES, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THE PROPOSALS, OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET A WISH ON THAT. YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR. BUT IF YOU SO WISH, YOU'RE GOING TO SELECT A CANDIDATE AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM. RECALL BRIEFLY THE BOARD APPROVED CERTAIN OBJECTIVES OUTLINED IN THE RFP PRIMARY GOAL, BECOME AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DRIVER AND RAISE AWARENESS OF THE REGION AS A PRIME DESTINATION TO LIVE, WORK, LEARN AND PLAY NEW VISION AND USE OF TO ADD TO THE VIBRANCY AND REVITALIZATION OF THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN. 
          COMPLEMENT EXISTING DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES CONNECT TO MAIN STREET, RAILROAD SQUARE PHASE TWO ENCOURAGED UNIQUE CONCEPTS YOU'LL SEE THAT ADD ECONOMIC VALUE TO THE CRA, SUPPORT MORE 
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ACTIVITIES AND DRIVE HOTEL OCCUPANCY. THE BOARD ALSO APPROVED A RANKING CRITERIA 10% FOR PROPERTY ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE, 25% FOR FINANCIAL CAPACITY. MAY I INTERRUPT? HE'S SUGGESTING THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THIS. DID THE BOARD SEE THIS BEFORE IT WAS PUBLISHED? YES THEY DID. IT WAS IN THE RFP THAT YOU WERE GIVEN BEFORE WE LET IT. AND I DO WANT TO ADDITIONALLY MAKE THE POINT, AS LONG AS I HAVE THE FLOOR THAT. MR. GAMMON DID INDICATE THAT YOU ARE TO SELECT SOMEBODY, YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO. IT'S AT YOUR DISCRETION, OF COURSE. WHAT NEXT STEPS ARE APPROPRIATE, AND WE'LL ACCEPT YOUR DIRECTION, WHATEVER IT IS. 
          IF WE COULD CONTROL SOME OF THE POSITIONING AND JUST HEAR THE PROPOSALS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE. RIGHT? YEAH. 1,015% FOR TIF REVENUE GENERATED, 10% FOR KEY PERSONNEL AND QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE, AND 40% ON THE PROJECT. TONIGHT'S AGENDA, OBVIOUSLY, A REAL BRIEF INTRODUCTION BY ME, PRESENTATIONS FROM EACH OF THE PROPOSERS. AND AS MISS MANNS MENTIONED, THEY'RE READY FOR TEN MINUTE PROPOSAL AND THEN FOLLOWED BY BOARD QUESTIONS. AND IF YOU WANT TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU WAIT TILL ALL FIVE HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK SO PEOPLE CAN HEAR ALL FIVE PROPOSALS AND THE BOARD DECISION. AND AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO SELECT A CANDIDATE OR TELL US WHICHEVER DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, I WISH SOME OF OUR COMMENTS EARLIER WERE STILL AROUND. THIS IS THE 1956 BUILDING, HOW IT USED TO BE. SO WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT MID-CENTURY MODERN, THIS WAS A MID-CENTURY MODERN BUILDING. ABSOLUTELY FRONTED MAIN AND BANK STREET INVITED THE PUBLIC IN BIG, OPEN THINGS. I WISH HE LIVED HERE IN THE 70S AND PREVENTED THIS FROM HAPPENING TO IT, BECAUSE IT WENT AWAY. IT'S NO LONGER FRONTING MAIN AND BANK, UNFORTUNATELY, AND THEY CLOSED IT UP. IT'S AN INTERESTING BUILDING. IT'S NOT REALLY A THREE STORY BUILDING. 
          IT'S NOT A TWO STORY BUILDING. IT'S NOT A SINGLE STORY BUILDING. IT'S VERY UNIQUE. 
          I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN IT OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS WITH ALL OF THESE PROPOSALS OVER AND OVER. I THINK IT WOULD HELP FOR THE BOARD IN YOUR DISCUSSIONS TONIGHT. JUST TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BUILDING, DIRECTOR MURPHY WAS IN THERE WITH ME AT ONE TIME, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN IN THAT BUILDING LATELY. YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN CLOSED FOR THREE YEARS. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION IN IT. THE THIS IS THE FIRST FLOOR. 
          IT LOOKS KIND OF OPEN, BUT THERE ARE SOME CONSIDERATIONS TO THINK THE THE MAIN ENTRANCE IS ON NEBRASKA OVER ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THIS SCREEN. AND THERE'S A LITTLE DOOR ON MAIN, BUT IT'S NOT USED. I PUT THIS OVER BECAUSE THIS IS THE OVERLAY OF THE SECOND FLOOR. 
          OKAY. THEY BUILT THIS. WHEN THEY BUILT IT, THEY DIDN'T DO IT TO THE SAME HEIGHT OF THE CEILING OF THE FIRST FLOOR. SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, WHERE THE RED AREA IS, IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER CEILING THAN WHAT YOU SEE ON THE FIRST FLOOR. THIS IS THE SECOND FLOOR, HOW IT'S LAID OUT IN KIND OF A U-SHAPED BUILDING. THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING IT'S NOT REALLY A TWO STORY, BECAUSE IT'S NOT OVER THE ENTIRE BUILDING. AND AS YOU SEE, THAT'S THE ROOF. SO YOU REALLY CAN'T PUT WINDOWS ON THE INTERIOR PART BECAUSE THE ROOF IS ABOUT 6 OR 7FT TALLER THAN THE FLOOR OF THE SECOND FLOOR. AND THEN THE THIRD IS MORE OF AN L SHAPED. AGAIN, TO GET THIS IS THE WAY YOU ACCESS THE ROOF. IT'S ABOUT 6 OR 7FT DOWN FROM THIS LEVEL AND GOING DOWN. AND THE OTHER THING I'D POINT OUT, THE STAIRS ARE SMALL. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE CODE COMPLIANT TODAY AND THE ELEVATOR MIGHT NOT BE. SO JUST THINGS THAT ALL OF THESE PROPOSALS HAVE LOOKED AT AND UNDERSTAND. FIVE PROPOSALS. SO THAT'S WHAT'S SO EXCITING. THIS IS A REALLY GOOD GROUP. WE GOT BRAINSTORMS AND THESE ARE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. THAT'S HOW WE'VE EVALUATED THEM ALL THE WAY. BRAINSTORM SCIENCE, DISCOVERY CENTER, MAIN STREET RESERVE, MUSEUM OF ARCHEOLOGY, PALEONTOLOGY AND SCIENCE. WE CALL THEM MAPS. WE'VE GOT THE SIGNAL HOUSE FROM GANTRY LABS AND ALSO THE CODY FROM STERRETT HOLDINGS. SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU. BUT FIRST I'D LIKE TO DO A BIG THANK YOU TO THE FIVE PROPOSALS PROPOSERS. WE'VE WORKED LONG AND HARD WITH THESE PEOPLE. WE'VE BEEN IN THIS BUILDING DOZENS AND DOZENS OF TIMES DURING THE SUMMER WHEN IT'S UNBELIEVABLY HOT. WE'D ACTUALLY GO ONTO THE ROOF WHEN IT WAS 95 DEGREES AND THE SUN IS SHINING. IT WAS COOLER OUT THERE THAN IT WAS BEING ON THE THIRD FLOOR, SO IT WAS REALLY TOUGH. SO I APPRECIATE WHAT THEY'VE DONE. THEY'VE ALL DONE AMAZING PRESENTATIONS, AND I THINK YOU'RE ALL GOING TO BE IMPRESSED WITH WHAT THEY'VE GOT TO SAY. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THIS ON, BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG DECISION AND AN IMPORTANT DECISION. AND, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. YOU CAN DO WHATEVER ORDER YOU WANT. CARY'S READY ON IT TO HELP THEM GET THROUGH. NO, WE'RE GOING TO DO ALPHABETICAL LIKE YOU SAID. SO BRAINSTORMING. FIRST YOU. HAD ANOTHER CONTROL DEAL. YOU UNPLUGGED IT. IT'LL COME ON. YOU DIDN'T. THE STAFF DID, BUT. GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU FOR 
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THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT. I'M DAISY THOMAS, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BRAINSTORMS BOARD OF DIRECTORS. BRAINSTORMS PROPOSES TO REHABILITATE THE MAIN AND BANK BUILDING AS A PERMANENT YEAR ROUND STEAM DISCOVERY CENTER SERVING NEWPORT, RICHIE AND THE BROADER NATURE COAST REGION. BRAINSTORMS MAY NOT MAY BE NEW TO THIS BUILDING, BUT THE IDEA ITSELF IS NOT NEW TO THIS CITY. AS FORMER COUNCILWOMAN DIBELLA THOMAS MENTIONED, DIRECTOR ALTMAN FIRST BROUGHT THE CONCEPT OF A SCIENCE AND DISCOVERY CENTER TO THE CITY WHILE SERVING IN ELECTED OFFICE. FROM THE BEGINNING, BRAINSTORMS WAS ENVISIONED AS A CIVIC EFFORT, SOMETHING BUILT WITH THE CITY AND FOR THE COMMUNITY. 30 YEARS LATER, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FINALLY GIVE THAT IDEA A HOME. THIS IS NOT SIMPLY A REQUEST FOR SPACE. IT IS A PURPOSE TO RETURN AN UNUSED PUBLIC ASSET TO PRODUCTIVE USE AS A VISIBLE DOWNTOWN INSTITUTION FOCUSED ON HANDS ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING, DIGITAL ACCESS, AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT. THE DECISION BEFORE THE AGENCY TONIGHT IS WHETHER BRAINSTORMS IS THE STRONGEST PUBLIC SERVING USE OF THIS PROPERTY, AND WHETHER OUR PROPOSAL IS READY FOR STRUCTURED NEGOTIATION AND DUE DILIGENCE. WE BELIEVE THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTS THAT CONCLUSION. SO ONE OF THE STRENGTHS OF MAIN AND BANK IS HOW NATURALLY THE BUILDING CONNECTS TO THE REST OF DOWNTOWN. WITH THREE ACTIVE STREET FACES, EACH SIDE CAN SERVE A DIFFERENT FUNCTION. MAIN STREET PROVIDES A PROMINENT CIVIC ADDRESS AND VISIBLE PUBLIC ENTRANCE. BANK STREET IS PROPOSED TO SUPPORT SCHOOL GROUP AND ACCESSIBLE ARRIVAL. NEBRASKA AVENUE CONNECTS THE BUILDING TO THE THOMAS MAIN PARKING LOT, DOWNTOWN EVENTS AND THE RAILROAD SQUARE CORRIDOR. THIS PROJECT ALSO FITS INTO THE LARGER INFRASTRUCTURE CONVERSATION THE CITY IS ALREADY HAVING ABOUT DOWNTOWN PARKING. A DESTINATION OF THIS SCALE NEEDS PARKING CAPACITY, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN SACRIFICING MORE OF OUR DOWNTOWN LAND TO SURFACE LOTS. WE SEE STRUCTURED PARKING AS PART OF A BROADER DOWNTOWN CIRCULATION STRATEGY, MAKING BETTER USE OF THE GARAGE THE CITY HAS ALREADY BUILT, WHILE ALSO SUPPORTING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL STRUCTURED DOWNTOWN PARKING WITH STRONG WAYFINDING, INCLUDING A VISIBLE VERTICAL DOWNTOWN. THOSE FACILITIES CAN WORK TOGETHER AS PART OF A PARKING SYSTEM RATHER THAN AS AN ISOLATED LOT. VISITORS CAN PARK ONCE AND EXPERIENCE BRAINSTORMS AS PART OF DOWNTOWN WALKING TO RESTAURANTS, SHOPS, RAILROAD SQUARE, SIM'S PARK AND OTHER DESTINATIONS BEFORE RETURNING TO THEIR CARS. SO ONCE PEOPLE ARRIVE, WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE BUILDING? BRAINSTORMS IS INTENTIONALLY MORE THAN A TRADITIONAL MUSEUM OR MAKER SPACE. WE ARE DESIGNING THREE FUNCTIONS THAT WORK TOGETHER. THE FLOOR IS THE DISCOVERY GATEWAY, THE PUBLIC FACING EXPERIENCE THAT FAMILIES AND VISITORS TO THE NATURE COAST THROUGH HANDS ON EXPLORATION, EXHIBITS AND PROGRAMING. THE SECOND FLOOR IS THE STEAM INNOVATION LAB, WHERE DISCOVERY BECOMES PARTICIPATION. THIS IS WHERE YOU SEE HANDS ON LEARNING, ROBOTICS, ENGINEERING, DIGITAL EXPLORATION CAMPS, WORKSHOPS, SCHOOL PROGRAMING AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY MAKE AND EXPERIMENT. AND THE THIRD FLOOR IS THE CIVIC OPERATIONS HUB, SUPPORTING PARTNERSHIPS, VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY, EDUCATIONAL COLLABORATION AND THE ADMINISTRATION NECESSARY TO SUSTAIN THE CENTER. THOSE THREE PIECES ARE WHAT MAKE THIS DIFFERENT. WE AREN'T BUILDING A COLLECTION PEOPLE WALK THROUGH ONCE WE ARE BUILDING A PLACE, PEOPLE HAVE REASONS TO COME BACK TO. THE ESTUARY EXPLORATION ZONE IS ONE EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SCIENCE BEING HANDS ON AND LOCAL. AN ESTUARY ISN'T JUST SOMETHING OUR CHILDREN SHOULD BE EXPERIENCING IN THEIR TEXTBOOKS. IT SHOULD BE PART OF WHAT THEY LIVE IN BECAUSE IT'S WHERE THEY GROW UP IN. THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXPLORE HOW WATER MOVES THROUGH THAT SYSTEM, WHAT LIVES THERE, WHAT AFFECTS WATER QUALITY, AND HOW SOMETHING HAPPENING MILES UPSTREAM ABSOLUTELY AFFECTS EVERYTHING DOWNSTREAM. THESE IMAGES ARE CONCEPTUAL FROM IDEAS ORLANDO, BUT THE IDEA BEHIND THEM IS VERY REAL. 
          BRAINSTORMS IS WHAT WE WANT TO PROVIDE SO THAT CHILDREN CAN WALK IN AND DISCOVER THAT SCIENCE ISN'T JUST SOMEWHERE ELSE. IT'S HAPPENING ALL AROUND THEM. BRAINSTORMS HAS COMPLETED THE WORK NECESSARY FOR THE CRA BOARD TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE CONCEPT SHOULD ADVANCE. WE HAVE DEVELOPED THE EXPERIENCE FLOOR PLAN, FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK, GOVERNANCE CONTROLS, PUBLIC BENEFIT MEASURES, AND PHASED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, INCLUDING THE PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE REQUIRED AT EACH STAGE. THE NEXT STAGE MOVES US INTO DUE DILIGENCE, DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, COST VALIDATION, FUNDING, CONFIRMATION PERMITTING, AND PROCUREMENT. AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THE 9.825 MILLION FIGURE ON THE SCREEN. IT IS AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE ESTIMATE FOR FULL REHABILITATION AND BUILD OUT, NOT A REQUEST FROM THE CRA TO AUTHORIZE MILLIONS. TONIGHT. 
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SELECTION ALLOWS THE CITY AND BRAINSTORMS TO VALIDATE THE BUILDING COSTS, FUNDING AND FINAL TERMS BEFORE MAKING ANY SUCH COMMITMENTS. IF THAT WORK SHOWS THAT THIS PROJECT CAN'T BE DELIVERED RESPONSIBLY, NEITHER PARTY IS OBLIGATED TO MOVE FORWARD. THE MARKET CASE FOR BRAINSTORMS DOES NOT DEPEND ON A SINGLE AUDIENCE. IT COMES FROM SEVERAL OVERLAPPING GROUPS, LOCAL FAMILIES, SCHOOLS AND HOMESCHOOL COMMUNITIES, REGIONAL VISITORS AND PEOPLE ALREADY COMING TO THE NATURE COAST AND DOWNTOWN NEWPORT. RICHIE. OUR PLANNING SUPPORTS POTENTIAL ANNUAL VISITATION IN THE RANGE OF 35,000 TO 60,000 PEOPLE. CONSERVATIVELY, THE LARGER CHALLENGE IS THEN CONVERTING THAT AVAILABLE DEMAND INTO REPEAT PARTICIPATION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHICH IS WHY OUR PROGRAMING MODEL MATTERS. 
          EXHIBITS, CLASSES, SCHOOL VISITS, EVENTS AND CHANGING EXPERIENCES ALLOWS BRAINSTORMS TO SERVE DIFFERENT AUDIENCES AT DIFFERENT TIMES, RATHER THAN DEPENDING ON ONE VISITOR STREAM OR ONE SEASON. OKAY, SO YOU MAY HEAR OUR REQUESTED PUBLIC INVESTMENT DESCRIBED TONIGHT AS EVIDENCE THAT BRAINSTORMS WOULD BE DEPENDENT ON CITY FUNDING. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THE DISTINCTION. THE PUBLIC FUNDING CONTEMPLATED IN OUR PROPOSAL IS PRIMARILY CAPITAL INVESTMENT TO REHABILITATE THE CITY OWNED PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC USE. THAT IS NOT THE SAME THING AS AN ONGOING OPERATING SUBSIDY, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, DEVELOPMENT, FUNDING AND OPERATING REVENUE ARE TWO FINANCIAL STRUCTURES. OUR MODEL IS DELIBERATELY BUILT AROUND MULTIPLE SOURCES OF SUPPORT. AS BRAINSTORMS, GROWS, ADMISSIONS, ANNUAL PASSES, CAMPS, EVENTS, RETAIL SPONSORSHIPS AND OTHER EARNED REVENUE BECOME AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT PART OF THE OPERATING MODEL, WITH A LONG TERM GOAL OF GENERATING MORE THAN 60% OF OPERATING REVENUE THROUGH EARNED SOURCES. DIVERSIFIED REVENUE HELPS SUSTAIN OUR MISSION WITHOUT DEPENDANCE ON A SINGLE GRANT, DONOR OR PUBLIC FUNDING SOURCE. OURS IS A SUBSTANTIAL REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL, MORE THAN 300 PAGES, AND A PROJECT OF THIS SCALE NEEDS MEASURABLE ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. THE CURRENT MODEL IDENTIFIES THAT 9.825 MILLION CAPITAL INVESTMENT, APPROXIMATELY 86,000 HOURS OF CONSTRUCTION LABOR, 22 FULL TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS AT FULL ACTIVATION, AND AN ESTIMATED 134,000 TO 363,000 IN INITIAL OFF SITE VISITOR SPENDING. AND THE RETURN CANNOT BE MEASURED IN DOLLARS ALONE. WE ARE ALSO COMMITTING TO MEASURABLE PUBLIC BENEFIT, INCLUDING MORE THAN 70% OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME SUPPORTED ACCESS BENEFICIARIES, QUARTERLY REPORTING AGAINST STRATEGIC MILESTONES, AND INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OF PUBLIC VALUE AND FISCAL IMPACT. THE POINT IS NOT SIMPLY TO PROMISE IMPACT, IT IS TO DEFINE IT, MEASURE IT, AND BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR DELIVERING IT. 
          THE THAT ACCOUNTABILITY THEN CONTINUES LONG AFTER THE BUILDING OPENS. THE GOAL IS NOT SIMPLY TO REHABILITATE A PROPERTY, IT IS TO CREATE A COMMUNITY ASSET THAT KEEPS PRODUCING VALUE. WE BEGIN BY BUILDING RESPONSIBLY. THEN WE ENGAGE RESIDENTS, VOLUNTEERS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS. WE PROVIDE HANDS ON STEAM AND ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING ACROSS GENERATIONS, AND WE USE THAT ACTIVITY TO STRENGTHEN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, CIVIC PARTICIPATION, SOCIAL CONNECTION AND LOCAL ECONOMY. WE WILL THEN TRACK WHETHER THAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING THROUGH THE LMI BENEFIT EARNED REVENUE, CIVIC PARTICIPATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. THE BUILDING GIVES THIS WORK A HOME. WHAT HAPPENS THROUGH IT IS THE PUBLIC RETURN. TAKEN TOGETHER. THIS IS WHY WE BELIEVE BRAINSTORMS IS THE RIGHT USE FOR THIS PROPERTY. IT PRESERVES AND REACTIVATES A DOWNTOWN BUILDING WHILE CREATING A REGIONAL STEAM DESTINATION, A GATEWAY TO NATURE COAST ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN A YEAR ROUND REASON FOR FAMILIES, SCHOOLS AND VISITORS TO SPEND TIME DOWNTOWN DURING THE DAY. 
          IT IS DESIGNED FOR BROAD PUBLIC ACCESS, SUPPORTED BY A DIVERSIFIED OPERATING MODEL AND STRUCTURED SO THAT ITS PUBLIC BENEFIT CAN BE MEASURED OVER TIME. TONIGHT, WE ASK THE CRA BOARD TO SELECT BRAINSTORMS AS THE PROPOSED USE FOR MAIN AND BANK, AND AUTHORIZED STRUCTURED NEGOTIATION AND PROFESSIONAL DUE DILIGENCE WITH ENFORCEABLE PROTECTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE. THE BRAINSTORM SCIENCE DISCOVERY CENTER WILL GIVE PEOPLE A NEW REASON TO COME DOWNTOWN, MORE REASONS TO STAY AND A LASTING REASON TO RETURN. TONIGHT IS NOT A BLANK CHECK. 
          IT IS A DECISION TO MOVE THIS VISION FORWARD. BUILDINGS CAN BE SOLD IN MEETING. COMMUNITY ASSETS ARE BUILT THROUGH A PROCESS. WE ARE ASKING YOU TO LET THAT PROCESS MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. WE'LL DO THE QUESTIONS AT THE END. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
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GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN DIRECTORS. MY NAME IS COREY PENZA. I'M THE FOUNDER OF MAIN STREET RESERVE. LET ME MAKE SURE I HAVE WORKING ON IT. THERE ARE. LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN. 
          SO MY NAME IS COREY PENZA. I'M THE FOUNDER OF MAIN STREET RESERVE. MY TEAM AND I ARE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT A TRULY TRANSFORMATIONAL ANCHOR PROJECT FOR 5640 MAIN STREET. IT'S A PURPOSE BUILT MULTI CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT DESIGNED TO DRIVE STEADY DAILY FOOT TRAFFIC, UPGRADE OUR MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND BRING SUSTAINED ECONOMIC ENERGY RIGHT TO THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN. SINCE SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, OUR TEAM HAS WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH DAVE GAMMON AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO MAKE SURE EVERY DETAIL LINES UP WITH THE CITY'S LONG TERM PLAN AND FINANCIAL GOALS TO FULFILL THE CITY'S EXPLICIT MANDATE, OUR ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING TEAM COMPLETED AN EXHAUSTIVE LIFE, SAFETY AND STRUCTURAL EVALUATION OF THE EXISTING SHELL. BUILT IN THE 50S AS A UTILITY BUILDING, THIS STRUCTURE HOLDS NO HISTORIC DESIGNATION, AND FORCED ADAPTIVE REUSE TRIGGERS CRITICAL COLD FAILURES. OUR PROJECT ARCHITECT, JEREMY STEVENS EVALUATED ADAPTIVE REUSE AGAINST FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, MODERN FIRE SUPPRESSION, EMERGENCY EGRESS, AND ADA ACCESSIBILITY BETWEEN OBSOLETE MEP SYSTEMS, NON-COMPLIANT ADA ELEVATOR SHAFTS AND STAIRWELLS TOO NARROW FOR FIRE FOR MODERN FIRE EGRESS. ADAPTIVE REUSE IS PHYSICALLY, LEGALLY AND FINANCIALLY NON-VIABLE. FULL DEMOLITION IS THE ONLY CLEAR PATH TO DE-RISK THE PROJECT. 
          REPLACE AN UNSAFE BUILDING WITH A MODERN, 100% COMPLIANT STRUCTURE TO UNLOCK THE SITE'S TRUE VALUE. WHAT MAKES MAIN STREET RESERVE SPECIAL IS HOW NATURALLY ITS CONCEPTS WORK TOGETHER TO KEEP THE PROPERTY ACTIVE FROM MORNING TO NIGHT. ON THE GROUND LEVEL, IT'S HEARTH AND CELLAR SERVES AS OUR ANCHOR RESTAURANT. THE INSIDE FEATURES HIGH END WEEKLY DINNERS ALONGSIDE A SIGNATURE SUNDAY BRUNCH. CONNECTED TO IT IS THE MEDITERRANEAN ARCADE, A SHADED OUTDOOR DINING SPACE WRAPPING OUR STREET FRONTAGE ALONG MAIN BANK AND NEBRASKA AVENUE, WHICH WILL SOON BE RAILROAD SQUARE PHASE TWO. IT OFFERS PROTECTED CASUAL LUNCH AND DINNER SEATING WHILE DRAWING PEDESTRIANS NATURALLY BETWEEN MAIN STREET AND NEBRASKA AVENUE. LASTLY, WE HAVE OUR DEDICATED PRIVATE DINING ROOM BUILT SPECIFICALLY FOR CHEF'S TABLE WINE DINNERS, INTIMATE FAMILY GATHERINGS, AND SMALL CORPORATE MEETINGS THAT REQUIRE A MORE INTIMATE SETTING. AT THE CENTER OF IT ALL IS THE GRAND HALL, BUILT SPECIFICALLY TO MAXIMIZE OUR 808,342 SQUARE FOOT, ZERO SETBACK FOOTPRINT PER FLOOR, OFFERING PANORAMIC VIEWS OF THE HACIENDA MAIN STREET, THE RIVERWALK AND RAILROAD SQUARE. IT CAPTURES THE HIGH YIELD CORPORATE CONFERENCES AND REGIONAL GALAS WE CURRENTLY LOSE TO NEIGHBORING CITIES WHILE PROVIDING OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY EVENTS. THE PREMIUM DOWNTOWN VENUE CAPACITY THEY HAVE LONG DESERVED. BEYOND BUSINESS, THE GRAND HALL IS A DEDICATED COMMUNITY COMMUNITY ASSET. AS A FATHER OF AN ENGINEERING STUDENT AT UCF, I KNOW FIRSTHAND HOW VITAL IT IS FOR STUDENTS TO ENGAGE WITH TECHNOLOGY EARLY, SO WE WILL BE PARTNERING WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS AT ZERO COST TO HOST AN ANNUAL YOUTH AND SCIENCE ROBOTICS EXPO, GIVING LOCAL STUDENTS A PREMIER STAGE TO SHOW OFF THEIR WORK RIGHT HERE IN DOWNTOWN. TO ENSURE MIDWEEK ACTIVATION. THE HALL RAPIDLY, RAPIDLY RECONFIGURES FOR KEYNOTES, CLASSROOM STYLE SESSIONS AND SUMMITS. WE HAVE ALREADY ACTUALLY SECURED ACTIVE LOIS WITH CORPORATE EVENT PARTNERS FOR IMPROVING MARKET DEMAND. OUR CONSERVATIVE BASELINE ASSUMES 25% CAPTURE RATE FOR LOCAL MIDWEEK EVENTS, INJECTING 100 PLUS HIGH INTENT VISITORS, WALKING DOWNTOWN EVERY WEEK AND GENERATING OVER $145,000 IN DIRECT. ADDITIONAL SPENDING DROPPED STRAIGHT INTO SURROUNDING RETAIL SHOPS, CAFES AND LOCAL RESTAURANTS DURING OFF PEAK HOURS. WHEN WE HOST AN OUT-OF-TOWN REGIONAL CONFERENCE, THAT CAPTURE RATE ACTUALLY JUMPS TO 75 TO 80%, BRINGING OUT-OF-TOWN VISITORS STRAIGHT INTO OUR LOCAL HOTELS, SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS FOR MULTIPLE DAYS. FINALLY CROWNING THE ENTIRE PROPERTY AS CRESCENDO, AN ELEVATED ROOFTOP LOUNGE WITH INCREDIBLE SUNSET VIEWS, TOP TIER HOSPITALITY AND A DISTINCT DRAW FOR BOTH LOCALS AND TOURISTS. FINANCIALLY, THE NUMBERS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. 
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OUR CONSERVATIVE BASELINE PROJECTS 5.19 MILLION IN ANNUAL GROSS SALES BY YEAR THREE. 
          COMBINED PROPERTY AND SALES TAX INFLUX IS ESTIMATED AT OVER $624,000 ANNUALLY, WITH A FIVE YEAR TOTAL SALES TAX GENERATION PROJECTED PROJECTED AT 1.5 MILLION. OPERATIONALLY, THE PROJECT CREATES 38 FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS, HIGH QUALITY HOSPITALITY JOBS WITH AN INITIAL HIRING WAVE OF OVER 50 EMPLOYEES RIGHT HERE IN DOWNTOWN. SOME IMPORTANTLY, THIS PROJECT DIRECTLY HELPS SOLVE OUR DOWNTOWN PARKING STRAIN. THIS IS DOWNTOWN. ON AN AVERAGE SATURDAY NIGHT AT 8:00. OUR PROPOSAL INCORPORATES WORKING WITH THE CITY ON A MULTI-STORY MUNICIPAL PARKING DECK DESIGNED AFTER PREMIER COASTAL LIFESTYLE CENTERS. THE STRUCTURE FEATURES PRIVATELY DEVELOPED ACTIVE GROUND FLOOR RETAIL STOREFRONTS ALONG NEBRASKA AVENUE. BY INTEGRATING OUR INVESTORS ADJACENT 50 BY 150 LAND PARCEL INTO THE OVERALL MASTER FOOTPRINT, WE UNLOCK THE NECESSARY SPACE FOR A MULTI-LEVEL STRUCTURE WHERE THE CITY WILL OWN THE DEDICATED PARKING DECK OUTRIGHT AS A PERMANENT MUNICIPAL ASSET, WHILE OUR PRIVATE RETAIL STOREFRONTS DRIVE ONGOING FOOT TRAFFIC AND TAX REVENUE TO ACTIVATE THE FUTURE RAILROAD SQUARE WALKWAY. COLIN, THIS IS ACTUALLY FOR YOU, DAVE. IN ADDITION, AS PART OF OUR MASTER SITE PLAN, THE PARKING DECK WILL FEATURE A FULLY ENCLOSED INTERNAL WASTE STATION EQUIPPED WITH A HEAVY DUTY TRASH TO SUPPL BUSINESSES ON RAILROAD SQUARE THAT CURRENTLY RECEPTACLES ACROSS THE WALKWAY. WE HAVE BUDGETED TO SUPPLY THEM WITH HEAVY DUTY 450 POUND CAPACITY LEAKPROOF TILT CARTS. THIS MAKES TRANSPORTING TRASH SIGNIFICANTLY EASIER FOR NEIGHBORING MERCHANTS, WHILE KEEPING ALL ORGANIC LIQUIDS COMPLETELY CONTAINED WITHIN A LEAK SYSTEM BY BY ELIMINATING DUMPSTER FLUID RUNOFF, WE ENSURE ZERO FOUL LIQUID AIR LEAKS OUT TO STAIN THE NEW RAILROAD SQUARE WALKWAY. 
          CONSOLIDATING. BLOCK WHITE TRASH OFF THE STREET, REMOVING UNSIGHTLY BINS, AND PROTECTING THE CLEANEST ESTHETIC OF OUR SHARED PUBLIC SPACE. TO DELIVER THIS TRANSFORMATIONAL LANDMARK, WE HAVE ASSEMBLED A FULLY STRUCTURED $22.5 MILLION CAPITAL STACK DESIGNED FOR INSTITUTIONAL EXECUTION. FIRST, OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT TEAM AT BUILT BETTER CONSTRUCTION ISN'T JUST SERVING AS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR. THEY ARE ACTUALLY DIRECTLY INVESTED IN OUR SUCCESS BY CONVERTING A PORTION OF THEIR GC FEES INTO PROJECT EQUITY. SECOND, WE ARE BACKING THIS BUILD WITH PRIVATE INVESTOR EQUITY ALONGSIDE SENIOR DEBT FINANCING. BUT TO FURTHER OPTIMIZE OUR CAPITAL STRUCTURE, WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH BAKER TILLY TO SYNDICATE A NEW MARKETS TAX CREDIT INTO THE PROJECT STACK. PAIRED WITH OUR CRA P3 FRAMEWORK, THE STRUCTURE ALLOWS THE CITY TO GAIN A MULTI-STORY PUBLIC PUBLIC PARKING ASSET OWNED OUTRIGHT, WHILE COMPLETELY DE-RISKING MUNICIPAL EXECUTION. OUR TIMELINE IS BACKED BY PROVEN INSTITUTIONAL EXECUTION. OUR GENERAL CONTRACTING TEAM HAVE BUILT BETTER CONSTRUCTION, LED BY DAVE DEIS AND CARLISLE THORNBURG BRINGS EXTENSIVE REGIONAL EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING MAJOR MULTISTORY BUILDS LIKE THE HOTEL INDIGO IN TALLAHASSEE AND FSU'S ODYSSEY HOUSING, WITH FULL DEMOLITION SCHEDULED FOR Q4 OF 26 AND GROUNDBREAKING IN Q1 OF 27. THIS TEAM ENSURES WE HIT OUR MILESTONES CLEANLY SO THE CITY FULLY RECOUPS ITS INVESTMENT IN JUST A FEW SHORT YEARS. ABOVE ALL, WE LOOK TO WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH OUR LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS TO ENSURE THE UNIFIED LONG TERM SUCCESS OF DOWNTOWN NEW PORT RICHEY. AS YOU SEE IN THIS FINAL RENDERING, MAIN STREET RESERVE IS MARKET VALIDATED, HEAVILY BACKED BY PRIVATE CAPITAL AND PURPOSE BUILT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. I'D LIKE TO NOW OPEN THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS. MY ARCHITECT, JEREMY STEPHENS BETTER BILL CONSTRUCTION TEAM, IS ALL HERE TO ADDRESS ANY TECHNICAL DETAILS ON LIFE SAFETY CODE AND AND OF COURSE, CONSTRUCTION TIMELINES. SO YOU SEE THIS LAST ONE KIND OF A TRYING TO BRING IT BACK TO 1925 WITH LITTLE MODERN LITTLE MODERN TWIST. KEEP THAT GOING. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS A MAPS. WAIT A MINUTE. HOW DO WE GO BACK? THERE YOU GO. MY NAME IS CHARLES. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE MAPS MUSEUM. IT'S GOOD TO SEE SO MANY STEM STEM EDUCATION SUPPORTERS IN THE AUDIENCE. WE ARE STEM EDUCATION. SO ARE THESE SUPPORTERS FOR MAPS MUSEUM? PERHAPS, BUT WE. WE'VE 
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BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS, SEVEN YEARS NOW AT WENDELL KRINN TECHNICAL SCHOOL. 
          MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO OUR INSTITUTION. SOME OF YOU DON'T KNOW. WE WERE WE WERE INVOLVED WITH THIS BUILDING FROM FROM WHEN THE COUNTY OWNED IT. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO TAKE OVER THAT BUILDING ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO. AND THEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, AND THEY THOUGHT THEY MIGHT NEED IT FOR THE PANDEMIC, FOR HEALTH PURPOSES. SO WE KIND OF THAT'S WHERE WE ENDED UP AT. WENDELL KRINN SO WE'VE BEEN THERE KIND OF IT'S BEEN TOUGH IN THAT LOCATION. WE'VE BEEN BURIED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AND BURIED IN THAT SCHOOL CAMPUS. SO IT'S BEEN TOUGH FOR US TO REALLY KIND OF HIT OUR STRIDE. MOST OF OUR PROGRAMS NOW ARE AT STARKEY RANCH. SO IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN GOOD AND WE'VE BEEN SURVIVING FOR 6 OR 7 YEARS. I GO BACK ABOUT SEVEN OR SORRY, 35 YEARS WITH THIS COLLECTION. WE HAVE SOME OF THE LARGEST COLLECTIONS OF ITS KIND IN THE SOUTHEASTERN US. SO THEY ARE OUR MISSION IS TO EDUCATE, EXHIBIT AND RESEARCH IN THE SCIENTIFIC AREAS OF ARCHEOLOGY, PALEONTOLOGY, NATURAL HISTORY. IN THAT REALM, MARINE ARCHEOLOGY. SO WE ARE ALL ABOUT STEM EDUCATION. HERE'S OUR SUBJECTS AGAIN. MARINE ARCHEOLOGY. ARCHEOLOGY. PALEONTOLOGY. WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST COLLECTIONS OF MARINE ARCHEOLOGY ARTIFACTS FROM SHIPWRECKS AND THE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN US. HUNDREDS OF OBJECTS. WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF DINOSAUR BONES, 7000 ARTIFACTS FROM CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, AND WELL-ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL WORKING WITH THIS COLLECTION AFTER 35 YEARS. SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME TO ANSWER KIND OF MR. STARKEY'S KIND OF CONCERN. HE USED TO BE THE HEAD OF CONSTRUCTION FOR THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN, ONE OF THE LARGEST BOTANICAL GARDENS IN THE WORLD. I WAS ALSO IN CHARGE OF CONSTRUCTION FOR NORTH CAROLINA STATE PARKS, SO I BUILT MOST OF THOSE VISITOR CENTERS AROUND THE STATE. AND I ALSO FLIP HOUSES. SO I KIND OF UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHAT THE BUILDING NEEDS AND THE KIND OF THE EFFORT THAT'S GOING TO GO INTO IT. BUT I KNOW THESE THESE PROJECTS ALWAYS TAKE MORE TIME AND TAKE MORE MONEY THAN YOU THINK. SO WE'VE ACCOUNTED FOR THAT. THIS IS KIND OF OUR FIRST FLOOR FLOOR PLAN. ONE THING IT DOES SERVE, WE DO LIKE THE CIRCULATION OF THE BUILDING. 
          AND WE DO LIKE THE INTERIOR. WE DON'T NECESSARILY LIKE IT THAT IT'S SO CHOPPED UP. SO THOSE RED LINES ARE ACTUALLY SHOWING DIFFERENT WALLS THAT WERE REMOVED TO OPEN UP THE SPACES FOR MORE FOR FOR APPROPRIATE EXHIBITS. I PUT AN X THERE OFF OF THE MAIN STREET ENTRANCE. 
          NOT THAT WE WOULDN'T OPEN THAT UP AT TIMES FOR THE PUBLIC, BUT WE REALLY LIKE THE NEBRASKA ENTRANCE BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN YOU ENTER THAT BUILDING. AS IT SHOWS HERE, THE MAIN THE MAIN STREET ENTRANCE AND EXIT. THE ADMISSIONS IS RIGHT THERE ALREADY. WE'RE NOT CHANGING A THING. THE WHAT WAS THERE WAITING ROOM IS OUR GIFT SHOP. WE WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING. THE RESTROOMS WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING. STAIRS AND ELEVATOR ARE SOMETHING TO DISCUSS, BUT THE RESTROOMS, OF COURSE, WHATEVER UPGRADES THAT THOSE NEED. I THINK SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN THOSE TOILETS, SO WE PROBABLY DO SOME WORK ON THAT AND THAT'S PLANNED IN OUR BUDGET. THE THE SECOND FLOOR, YOU SEE THOSE X'S ON THE AIR CONDITIONING UNITS, THEY'RE ALL SHOT. SO WE HAVE ABOUT $120,000 JUST IN FOR AIR CONDITIONING REPLACEMENT. AND WE HAVE HAD CONTRACTORS OUT THERE TO PRICE THAT OUT. THE THOSE GREEN LINES ARE KIND OF WHERE WE WOULD KIND OF ADD SOME WALLS. THOSE SPACES ARE ARE PRETTY INTERESTING TO US BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY ALLOW ACCESS FOR CURATORS AND THEY'RE REALLY BECOME, WE OPEN UP SOME OF THOSE WALLS AND THEY BECOME DIORAMA SPACES THAT THE ADJOINING ROOMS CAN UTILIZE. SO THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US. THE THIRD FLOOR, WE DON'T REALLY DO MUCH. AGAIN, THOSE THOSE ARE REMOVING THOSE AIR CONDITIONING UNITS. WE WOULD LIKE TO INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITY OF USING THAT STAIRWELL TO UTILIZE THAT ROOF DECK. AND WE COULD WE HAVE SOME MONEY IN THE PHASE TWO BUDGET TO REALLY ENCLOSE THAT AND MAKE THAT A SPACE. IF THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERS KIND OF SEE TEST THAT, THAT THAT ROOF DECK AND ALLOW FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ON THAT SPACE. THIS IS A RENDERING OF THE OUTSIDE. YOU KNOW, WE REALLY LOVE THAT RAILROAD SQUARE ENTRANCE. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF COMPONENTS ALREADY THAT ARE THAT WE'VE PRODUCED BECAUSE WE'RE AN ESTABLISHED MUSEUM. SO WE'RE JUST, IN A SENSE, KIND OF DOING SOME MINOR RENOVATIONS AND MOVING IN. WE HAVE A SUNSETTING AGREEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND WE WILL BE OUT OF THEIR BUILDING BY MARCH 1ST. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE KIND OF FAST TRACKING THIS. BUT I THINK IT'S PRETTY DOABLE FOR US BECAUSE WE'RE NOT MAKING THAT MANY MODIFICATIONS. SO THESE SOME OF THESE COMPONENTS ARE 
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PORTABLE. THEY COULD BE MOVED OUT AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE AND ENERGIZE THE RAILROAD SQUARE. THE THIS IS THE, THE MAIN STREET SIDE. ONE THING THAT WE WE'RE KIND OF DOING, WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT THIS PROJECT AS TWO PHASES. THE FIRST PHASE IS THE INTERIOR, WHATEVER INTERIOR AND AIR CONDITIONING AND CLIMATE CONTROL ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO SOLVE. THAT HAS TO BE DONE, OBVIOUSLY, RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE THE COLLECTIONS ARE MULTIPLE MILLIONS, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE COLLECTION. SO AS PART OF THAT, THOUGH, WE DON'T THERE WAS SOME IDEAS OF OPENING UP THE FACADE AND DOING ALL OF THAT. WE DON'T LIKE THAT. THAT INVITES POTENTIAL STORMS, UV LIGHT, ALL KINDS OF POTENTIAL, YOU KNOW, THEFT. SO WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO DO THAT GRAPHICALLY. AND THE SECOND PHASE. AND SO THE FIRST PHASE IS REALLY, LIKE I SAID, GETTING THE INTERIOR PREPARED. SO THIS IS KIND OF WE'RE KEEPING THE BUILDING AS IS, MEANING LIKE IT'S THE BANK BUILDING. A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE CAN'T DO THAT WE FOUND ON THE INSIDE IS THERE'S SOME CONCRETE VAULTS THAT WE WOULDN'T TOUCH. THERE'S AN X-RAY ROOM WITH THAT LEADED WALLS. SO THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO IN THE BUILDINGS THAT WE'VE INVESTIGATED THAT PRETTY THOROUGHLY. HERE'S OUR BUDGET. WE DO HAVE THE MONEY NOW. WE HAVE ABOUT A OVER $1 MILLION FOR THIS PROJECT CURRENTLY. AND SO WE WOULD DO THE AC UPGRADES ARE BIG WALL DEMO AND ANY KIND OF OTHER THINGS THAT WILL OCCUR WHEN YOU START TAKING OUT WALLS, RIGHT. THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME ELECTRICAL WORK YOU NEED TO DO PLUMBING WORK, THAT KIND OF THING. AND SO LIKE I SAID, WE DO LIKE THE CIRCULATION OF THE BUILDING. WE KIND OF LIKE IT A LITTLE LESS AS YOU GO TO THE SECOND OR THIRD FLOOR, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF SOME DEAD END EXHIBIT SPACE THAT YOU KIND OF HAVE TO WALK BACK OUT OF. BUT THE FIRST FLOOR DOES CIRCULATE NICELY, AND THAT'S THE MAIN THE MAIN FLOOR. SO THAT'S OUR BUDGET INITIALLY FOR THE FIRST PHASE. THE SECOND PHASE IS THE KIND OF THE EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS. AND I WON'T NECESSARILY GO THROUGH ALL THESE IN DETAIL, BUT I THINK WE CAN DO WE CAN KIND OF TAKE THAT KIND OF BLAND FACADE AND KIND OF BREAK IT UP WITH DIFFERENT LIKE GRAPHICALLY AND, AND DIFFERENT LIKE FIBERGLASS PANELS THAT WE CAN PRODUCE. AND I DIDN'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THAT IMAGE, BUT IT DID SHOW THAT IT WAS REFLECTED IN THAT OTHER IMAGE. SO THERE'S SOME, THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT WE'LL DO WITH THE SECOND PHASE. BUT THE SECOND PHASE, WE'RE KIND OF RESERVING THAT FOR LIKE THAT COULD BE DONE AFTER WE'RE IN THE BUILDING. WE'RE JUST, WE'RE LOOKING TO DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO ON THE INTERIOR FIRST. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO SIGN A 20 YEAR LEASE WITH THE CITY. 
          THE LEASE WAS FOR A DOLLAR A YEAR IN EXCHANGE FOR DIFFERENT DISCOUNTS THAT WE WOULD GIVE NEW PORT RICHEY RESIDENTS ON PROGRAMS, ON MEMBERSHIPS, ON ADMISSIONS. SO WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE THIS A COMMUNITY MUSEUM AND OFFSET WHAT WE'RE GETTING WITH WHAT WE'RE GIVING TO THE PUBLIC. SO WE'LL COVER SO THE CITY WILL INSURE THE BUILDING. WE WOULD COVER ALL UTILITIES, PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH CAME UP IN THE EARLIER MEETING, THAT WE WOULD BE WILLING TO DO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY. AGAIN, DOING THE FIRST AND SECOND PHASE RENOVATIONS. WE'D PAY ALL OUR STAFF, OF COURSE, AND MAINTAIN OUR OWN LIABILITY INSURANCE. SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT WE FELT LIKE THE LEASE WOULD BE AND HOW WE'RE OFFSETTING THE LEASE WITH COLLABORATION WITH THE WITH THE HACIENDA, COOPERATING WITH SOME OF THE OTHER RESTAURANTS. WE DO LIKE THIS PROGRAM. IT'S TOWARD THE MUSEUM AND, AND THEN TOURS THE MENU. IT'S KIND OF A PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE WHERE WE'LL OPEN THE MUSEUM UP KIND OF EARLY EVENING. AND THEN ONCE THEY, THEY GET THEIR FILL OF THE MUSEUM, THEN THEY'D BE ABLE TO GO ON TO THE RESTAURANTS. SO WE KIND OF LIKE WHAT, WHAT WE, THE WAY WE CAN ENHANCE WHAT'S ALREADY GOING ON DOWNTOWN. SO THIS IS JUST AND WE'VE DONE SOME WORK IN THE PAST WITH THE HACIENDA AND THE RICHEY SUNCOAST THEATER. WE, WE PUT. WE WERE THE ONES THAT PUT ON THE DINOS AND DRAGONS EVENT AT AT SCHWERTMANN. AND SO THAT WE'VE KIND OF BUILT SOME GOOD RELATIONSHIPS BY DOING THAT. 
          AND WE APPRECIATE THE CITY WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THAT EVENT. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO DO MORE OF THAT POTENTIALLY AT LIKE GRAY PRESERVE AND PLACES THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. SO WE DO A LOT OF LANTERN SHOWS, ANIMATRONIC DINOSAUR SHOWS, YOU KNOW, CRYPTOZOOLOGY, ANIMATRONIC SHOWS, ALL KINDS OF CRAZY STUFF. SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT BECAUSE THAT DOES ENHANCE THE INCOME FOR THE MUSEUM. AND SO HERE'S OUR CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE IN THE LAST REMAINING SECONDS DOING THE WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO PACK. WE WOULD START CONSTRUCTION RIGHT AWAY. ONCE THE AGREEMENTS WERE SIGNED, WE WOULD MOVE IN IN FEBRUARY, AND THEN WE WOULD REOPEN IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR. AND THAT COULD BE PUSHED BACK. REALLY, 
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OUR ONLY HARD DEADLINE IS GETTING OUT OF THE BUILDING WE'RE IN, BUT WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO REOPEN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. QUALITY LABS. ALL RIGHT. YOU GOTTA GET PUT IN THE CORNER OVER HERE. 
          ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. I'M KEITH WITH SIGNAL HOUSE, AND I'M JUST GOING TO START THIS THING UP. 
          A LITTLE BIT OF CONTRAST FOR YOU GUYS. SO HOW DOES PLATE SOFTWARE MAKE BUILDINGS COME TO LIFE? SO I FIGURED THE BEST WAY TO DO IT WAS TO SHOW YOU VISUALLY, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I IMAGINE IN MY HEAD THIS IS ALL ONE PERSON AND THAT'S RIGHT HERE. THESE ARE FUTURE CONNECTIONS THAT YOU CAN SEE ACROSS THE RIVER. THAT'S HOW YOU GET PEOPLE ACROSS THE BRIDGE. GIVE THEM SOMETHING ON THE OTHER SIDE. THIS IS SARAH. 
          SHE'S VISITING FROM TAMPA. SHE ALWAYS HATED NEW PORT RICHEY COMING UP HERE, BUT NOW SHE HAS A REASON TO COME BACK. HOLLYWOOD EAST CAFE THAT'S GOING TO OPEN UP MAIN STREET. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO CLOSE THE DOOR. WE WANT TO OPEN IT. WHILE SHE'S THERE, SHE SEES CROWD SYNC AND A QR CODE. SHE CAME FOR THE MUSIC. THIS IS POWERED BY ROOM DIRECTOR. CROWD SYNC IS ONE OF THE MANY GAMES THAT ARE DJ ORIENTED OR MUSIC BASED. JUST IN PLATE ARENA. YOU CAN SCAN THAT CODE, AND WHAT THAT DOES IS YOU CAN ADJUST THE MUSIC TO THE CROWD. SO YOU'RE LINKING TOGETHER WITH TECHNOLOGY, SHARING AN EXPERIENCE. A LOT OF VOTES. ALL RIGHT. WELL, IF YOU DID VOTE, YOU WOULD CHANGE THE PACE OF THE MUSIC TOGETHER. SO THE REASON I'M SHOWING YOU SOFTWARE IS THE WAY YOU GET PEOPLE BACK INTO TOWN ONCE THEY GET HERE. SO SHE CHOOSES AT THAT POINT WHEN SHE REGISTERS FOR THIS GAME, IF SHE'S GOING TO BE A PART OF PLATE PATHS OR SIGNAL HOUSE PATHS, AND 30 DAYS LATER SHE GETS AN INVITATION TO COME BACK. BECAUSE SCARCITY IS WHAT BRINGS PEOPLE BACK. IT'S HARD TO SEE THAT. SO THAT'S HER SHARING THE LINK AND HER BRINGING TWO FRIENDS BACK WITH HER FROM TAMPA. HOW DO YOU GET ALL THE BUSINESSES INVOLVED? WE HEAR ABOUT PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST FOOT TRAFFIC, BUT THESE ARE ALL PIECES OF SOFTWARE THAT MULTIPLE BUSINESSES COULD USE TO BENEFIT FROM THE SAME FOOT TRAFFIC MENU SHARING, INVENTORY SHARING. ALL THEIR RECORDS. UPDATE. OPENING MENUS, LET THE ACTUAL MENU AND THE ITEMS SELL THE ITEM. PLATE LEARNING SERIES PATTERN QUEST HELPS CHILDREN SEE THE IDEA BEHIND THE ANSWER. 
          I THOUGHT OF THIS WHEN I COULDN'T EXPLAIN THE COMMON CORE MATH TO MY OWN SON. SO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, NOT ONLY DOES IT HELP HIM LEARN IT, BUT I LEARN IT AT THE SAME TIME. 
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THERE'S ALREADY 12 MODULES IN PATTERN QUEST. WE CAN EDUCATE OUR OWN CHILDREN AS WELL IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. LETTER GROVE IS ANOTHER PLAYABLE PROTOTYPE EXPLORING LETTERS THROUGH GUIDED PRACTICE. MY SON'S LEARNING DISABILITIES INSPIRED THIS RESEARCH INTO DYSLEXIA AND LEARNING. IT'S ABOUT PATTERNS. HOW CAN WE HELP PEOPLE WITH THESE DISABILITIES LEARN BETTER? THIS IS ON THE SECOND FLOOR. THIS IS YOUR THIRD FLOOR EXPERIENCE. STEAK, SEAFOOD AND COCKTAILS WITH STORY DRIVEN DINNERS AND CLUES THAT COULD LEAD TO PRIVATE SALON SALOONS. 
          PICTURE COMEDY NIGHT AND SIGNAL HALL. A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE SHARING THE MOMENT. AND GETTING AN INVITE TO THE NEXT ONE. OR ROOFTOP CELEBRATION. THE BEACON IS QUITE THE IDEA. EVERY DAY, SIGNATURE CIVIC OCCASIONS AND SPECIAL MOMENTS. ONE PROPOSED BEACON WITH PROGRAMING EXPLORED ALONGSIDE THE CITY. THERE'S THE RESTORATION EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT. IF IT'S UNDER THERE, IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO BRING IT BACK. HOW DO THEY GET HERE? THEY GET HERE ON QUEST SCAVENGER HUNTS, THINGS LIKE THAT TO THESE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. WE LIKE TO EXPLORE CITY PARTNERSHIP FOR SOLAR SHADE, BATTERY BACKUP, SATELLITE CONNECTIVITY AND PUBLIC SCREENS BECAUSE INFRASTRUCTURE IS IMPORTANT TO. SO WE'D OPEN IN PHASES. WE START ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND WE GET HOLLYWOOD EAST OPEN, COME BACK IN THE SIGNAL HALL. 
          AND WE'RE WILLING TO PAY FOR THE BUILDING AND TALK ABOUT THAT WITH THE CITY. I'M A NEWBIE, BUT THESE THESE PEOPLE AREN'T. THEY BUILT THE CENTRAL ON ORANGE. WJ ARCHITECTS. 
          THAT'S THE RAILROAD WORK THAT WE SEE. FAIR ROBOTICS IS READY WITH SERVICE ROBOTICS. GO SOLAR CAN GIVE US BATTERY FEASIBILITY AND THEN THAT MTN. THEY PUT SATELLITES AND CONNECTIVITY ON STORAGE CONTAINER SHIPS. I'M ASKING YOU TO SELECT SIGNAL HOUSE AND ADVANCE THE DILIGENCE AND CAPITALIZATION PROCESS. 
          IN DOWNTOWN AS THE GAME BOARD, WITH YOUR PHONE CONNECTING YOUR CREW TO A STORY BUILT AROUND REAL LOCAL PLACES, A CUSTOMIZABLE. 
          A CLUE AT ONE STOP BECOMES SUPPLIES FOR YOUR TEAMS. FOR. WHAT YOU DO OUT IN TOWN MATTERS TO EVERYONE ON THIS. THIS IS WHAT YOU WOULD CALL SOMEWHAT OF A SCAVENGER HUNT GAME THAT GETS PEOPLE GOING PLACES TO PLACES WITHIN YOUR CITY. AND COULD BECOME AN ANNUAL THING THAT BRINGS PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER. 
          WE'VE ALREADY GOT MULTIPLE GAME MODES. WE'RE EXPLORING AR CONNECTIVITY FOR GLASSES, WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE WALKING AROUND SEEING THINGS. SOMETHING LIKE THIS. YOU COULD 
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HAVE QR CODES AT DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS AND DIFFERENT PLACES THAT PEOPLE WOULD GO LOOKING FOR. LIVE ACTORS, LOCAL VENUES AND SHARED MISSIONS COULD TURN A NIGHT OUT INTO A STORY YOU ACTUALLY TAKE PART IN. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          GO. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE CODY. BEFORE WE GET INTO THE PROJECT, I WANT TO BRIEFLY INTRODUCE THE TEAM BEHIND IT BECAUSE I THINK SHARON, WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE'VE BUILT TOGETHER MATTERS IN THIS PROPOSAL. I'M KELSEY STARRETT WITH ME IS MY HUSBAND AND BUSINESS PARTNER, TERRENCE STARRETT, A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER, CERTIFIED GENERAL CONTRACTOR, LEED ACCREDITED PROFESSIONAL REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL ROOFING CONTRACTOR, AND ACCREDITATIONS. TOGETHER, WE OWN DAUNTLESS CONTRACTING, A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER AND A FULL SERVICE GENERAL CONTRACTOR. 
          JOINING US IS MARCEL MASLOWSKI, PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF DESIGN WITH FLESHMAN GARCIA MASLOWSKI ARCHITECTURE, OUR ARCHITECTURAL AND DESIGN PARTNER. TOGETHER, HE HAS DONE CULTURAL CENTERS, LIBRARIES, EDUCATION, COMMERCIAL RESTORATION, RESTORATIONS IN COMBINATION. I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT COLLECTIVELY WE HAVE WE HAVE BEYOND US EXPERIENCED PROJECT MANAGERS, SUPERINTENDENT ESTIMATING AND CONSTRUCTION TEAM, FINANCIAL LEADERSHIP, FIELD TEAMS, DESIGN PROFESSIONALS. COLLECTIVELY, OUR TEAM BRINGS MORE THAN 130 YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE. OUR TEAM'S EXPERIENCE INCLUDES PROJECTS NOTABLE SUCH AS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER, A SIX FLOOR PARKING GARAGE, THE TAMPA ADDITION, THE RENOVATION OF SPARKMAN WHARF, THE BUILDING OF STARKEY K THROUGH EIGHT, AND NUMEROUS OTHER PASCO COUNTY SCHOOLS AND PROJECTS. TERRENCE, MARCELLE AND MYSELF HAVE ALSO WORKED TOGETHER. PREVIOUSLY, WE BUILT THE STARKEY CULTURAL LIBRARY NEXT TO STARKEY K THROUGH EIGHT, AS WELL AS THE RENOVATION AND RESTORATION OF OLD CITY HALL IN TAMPA. AND TODAY THROUGH DAUNTLESS. WE CONTINUE TO BUILD RIGHT HERE IN NEW PORT RICHEY. BEYOND OUR RESUMES, WE'RE YOUR NEIGHBORS. WE'RE LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS, EMPLOYERS, PROPERTY OWNERS OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, TAXPAYERS AND PARENTS. OUR CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL HERE. COLLECTIVELY, WE HAVE ABOUT 18 ACROSS OUR ENTIRE TEAM IN NEW PORT RICHEY. OUR BUSINESSES ARE HERE. EACH OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES LIVE HERE. OUR COMPANY MOTTO IS BUILDING CHARACTER BACK INTO CONSTRUCTION. WE WANT TO PUT THE INTEGRITY BACK INTO BUSINESS HANDSHAKES, WHETHER THAT'S WITH OUR CLIENTS, OUR SUBS, OR OUR NEIGHBORS. WE ARE AWARE THAT THERE HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PUBLIC CONVERSATION ON AND OFFLINE SURROUNDING THIS PROPERTY. FROM THE BEGINNING, WE MADE A DELIBERATE DECISION. WE DIDN'T WANT TO SET OUT TO BUILD A POPULARITY CAMPAIGN. WE WERE FOCUSED ON LISTENING. WE TALKED TO BUSINESS OWNERS ON MAIN STREET AND BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. WE TALKED WITH FAMILIES, PROFESSIONALS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND NONPROFITS. WE MET WITH THE CITY AND THE PASCO EDC DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS AND FINANCIAL MULTIPLE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. WE INTENTIONALLY DIVERSIFIED THAT FEEDBACK BECAUSE THIS BUILDING SHOULD SERVE NOT JUST ONE DEMOGRAPHIC OR ONE ORGANIZATION OR ONE INTEREST. WE FOCUSED ON ASKING, WHAT IS DOWNTOWN NEW PORT RICHEY MISSING? WHAT WOULD HELP EXISTING BUSINESSES? WHAT WOULD FAMILIES USE? WHAT DO ENTREPRENEURS AND ORGANIZATIONS NEED? WHAT WOULD BRING NEW PEOPLE TO DOWNTOWN AND MAKE THEM STAY OR COME BACK? THOSE CONVERSATIONS SHAPED THE CODY. RUSSELL. YES, I'LL HIT IT. YOU JUST KEEP TALKING. THANK YOU. SO WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT THIS, THE EXISTING BUILDING AND THE EXISTING STRUCTURE, WE WANTED TO PRESERVE THE EXISTING BONES OF THE BUILDING AND THE HISTORY, BRINGING BACK SOME OF THE GLASS, YOU KNOW, FRONT ENTRY THAT WAS SHOWN EARLIER. 
          SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE EXISTING STRUCTURE AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE MEET LIFE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, ACCESSIBILITY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME REALLY ACTIVE THE BUILDING THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, REALLY NOT JUST AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY. WE STARTED TO PLACE DIFFERENT 
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FUNCTIONS BASED ON THE LEVEL AND THE SHAPE OF THE BUILDING AND ITS ADJACENCY TO THE STREETS. WE HAVE ON THE FIRST LEVEL, TWO EVENT SPACES THAT CAN BE COMBINED OR SEPARATE. 
          THEY'RE SUPPORTED BY A FULL COMMERCIAL KITCHEN THAT CAN BE USED FOR CATERING, RECEPTION, LOBBY, LOUNGE SPACE. YOU KNOW, IMAGINE HERE ALL THE WEDDINGS, CONFERENCES, EDUCATION EVENTS THEY CAN HAVE HERE, ROTATING EXHIBITS AS YOU MOVE TO LEVEL TWO, ACTIVATING WITH CO-WORKING SPACES WHERE YOU HAVE A VARIETY OF OFFICE SUITES, CO-WORKING SPACES, SO YOU CAN HAVE SMALL BUSINESSES COME HERE, STARTUPS, PEOPLE WORKING REMOTELY THAT CAN COME SOMEWHERE AND WORK AND, AND THEN USE THE COFFEE SPACES AND OTHER BUSINESSES AROUND LEVEL THREE WOULD BE MEETING ROOMS DURING THE WEEK. AND THEN IT CAN BE USED AS BRIDE AND GROOM SUITES ON THE WEEKEND. SO VERY FLEXIBLE SPACE. A SUCCESSFUL AND ACTIVE COMMUNITY BUILDING SHOULD LOOK DIFFERENT ON A TUESDAY MORNING THAN IT DOES ON A SATURDAY NIGHT. THE THE CODY HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO DO EXACTLY THAT AND REMAIN ACTIVE THROUGHOUT THE DAY, THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE WELCOME PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AND ENGAGEMENT FROM BOTH MAINE AND NEBRASKA. SLIDE SEVEN HERE SHOWS A GREAT BREAKDOWN OF USING EXAMPLES OF ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, AND NEEDS ALREADY EXISTING IN OUR AREA, AND MOST. WE PARTICIPATE IN FROM MORNING TO NIGHT, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. WE'RE BUILDERS FIRST. MY WIFE AND I OWN MULTIPLE BUSINESSES AND MANAGE MULTIPLE PROPERTIES, BUT ONE OF THE GREATEST STRENGTHS OF THE PROPOSAL IS THE ALIGNMENT OF THE TEAM WE HAVE INTENTIONALLY BUILT AROUND THE CODY. ALL OF THE PIECES ARE ALREADY AT THE TABLE. WE'RE THE DEVELOPER. OUR TEAM INCLUDES THE ARCHITECT AND DESIGN LEADERSHIP. WE CARRY THE TALENT AND RESOURCES FOR ESTIMATING AND PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES. 
          WE ARE THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND WE WILL BE THE FUTURE OWNER AND OPERATOR. WE HAVE THE TEAM TO DESIGN IT, BUILD IT, SUSTAIN IT AND GROW IT. THAT ALIGNMENT ALLOWS DESIGN, BUDGET, CONSTRUCTABILITY OPERATIONS AND LONG TERM STEWARDSHIP TO BE CONSIDERED TOGETHER. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, THE PEOPLE DEVELOPING THE VISION ARE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE PEOPLE DESIGNING IT, PRICING IT, BUILDING IT, OPERATING IT, AND ULTIMATELY GROWING IT. AND THAT ALIGNMENT CONTINUES INTO THE INVESTMENT. WE ARE PROPOSING A 3.1 MILLION, $3.1 MILLION OF PRIVATE INVESTMENT, ALONGSIDE THE CRA'S INVESTMENT OF 3.1 MILLION TO COMPLETE THIS REDEVELOPMENT. OUR CAPITAL IN THIS PROJECT, ALONGSIDE THE PUBLIC INVESTMENT AND OUR COMMITMENT CONTINUES BEYOND CONSTRUCTION, THROUGH OWNERSHIP OPERATIONS AND THE CONTINUED GROWTH OF THE CODY. THAT'S THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE TEAM WE'VE BUILT AROUND THIS PROJECT. THIS IS WHERE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE CALL THE CODY A COMMUNITY ACTIVATOR. OUR GOAL ISN'T TO GET SOMEONE INTO THE CODY, CAPTURE EVERY DOLLAR THEY SPEND AND THEN SEND THEM HOME. WE WANT THE OPPOSITE. GUESTS COME TO NEW PORT RICHEY FOR A WEDDING EVENT OR CONFERENCE. WE WANT THEM TO UTILIZE THE CITY SHUTTLE SYSTEM. AN EVENT USES CATERING FROM SASHA'S OR ANOTHER NEW PORT RICHEY RESTAURANT. GUESTS STAY AT THE HACIENDA AFTER THE RECEPTION OR EVENT. CONCLUSION. THEY CONTINUE THEIR EVENING ON DOWNTOWN MAIN STREET. THE NEXT MORNING THEY'RE BACK DOWNTOWN AT MOUNTAINEER COFFEE FOR BREAKFAST. THE EVENT HAPPENS AT THE CODY, BUT THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY HAPPENS THROUGHOUT NEW PORT RICHEY. THE SAME MODEL APPLIES FOR MANY OTHER EVENTS. A CHILDREN'S EVENT THAT CAN SUPPORT LOCAL NONPROFITS, EDUCATORS, STEM PROGRAMS, FAMILY ORGANIZATIONS, HOMESCHOOL AND CO-OPS, A TRADE MARKET, AN ARTISTS DISPLAY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, ROTARY CLUBS, CHAMBER EVENTS. ENTREPRENEUR TRADE SHOW, A CLOTHING DRIVE FOR PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS, A HOUSING STATION FOR EMERGENCY RELIEF AND FOOD DRIVES. AN EVENING EVENT OF LINE DANCING WITH A LOCAL DJ CONFERENCE BRINGS PROFESSIONALS TO DOWNTOWN WHO NEED COFFEE, LUNCH, DINNER, TRANSPORTATION AND A PLACE TO MEET A NONPROFIT FUNDRAISER. GALA WANTS TO BRING IN LOCAL CATERERS, MUSICIAN AND VENDORS. SOMEONE WORKING UPSTAIRS IN OUR CO-WORKING SPACE BECOMES A REGULAR AT THE LOCAL COFFEE SHOP AND BUSINESSES AROUND TOWN. THAT'S WHAT WE MEAN BY ACTIVATOR. OUR PHILOSOPHY FROM THE BEGINNING HAS BEEN TO COMPLEMENT THE BUSINESSES ALREADY HERE, NOT COMPETE WITH THEM. SUCCESS ISN'T SIMPLY WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE THE CODY, IT'S WHAT HAPPENS AROUND IT. BECAUSE THE CODY EXISTS PARTNERSHIP. THAT'S ALSO HOW WE VIEW OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CRA. WE DON'T SEE THE CRA CONTRIBUTION AS THE END OF AN INVESTMENT. WE SEE IT AS THE BEGINNING OF A CYCLE. WE'VE ALSO EXPLORED LOCAL INCENTIVES, NEW MARKET TAX CREDITS, OPPORTUNITY ZONES, STAFF EMPLOYMENT INCENTIVES. 
          THE CRA INVESTS ALONGSIDE US AND HELPS REMOVE THE INITIAL FINANCIAL BARRIER TO TRANSFORMING THE INACTIVATING THIS PROPERTY. WE DESIGN IT, WE BUILD IT, WE OPEN IT AND THE ACTIVITY BEGINS. EVENTS, PROFESSIONALS, ORGANIZATIONS AND VISITORS. THE ACTIVITY CREATES A LIFELINE FOR THE CODY COMMUNITY FUND, AND THAT FUND BEGINS REINVESTING VALUE BACK 
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INTO THE COMMUNITY. EVERY ACTIVITY THAT HAPPENS AT THE CODY A PORTION GOES BACK TO THE CRA THROUGH THE CODY COMMUNITY FUND. OUR LONG TERM GOAL IS TO DRIVE THE PUBLIC SHARE PERCENTAGE OF THIS REDEVELOPMENT BACK DOWN TO ZERO, AND THIS PERPETUAL INVESTMENT WOULD CONTINUE ON ONCE THAT ORIGINAL PUBLIC SHARE HAS BEEN OFFSET THROUGH THE INVESTMENT, THE FUND CONTINUES GIVING BACK. IT'S THE COMPLETION OF RAILROAD SQUARE PHASE TWO WRAPPING AROUND OUR BUILDING. WE WANT MORE FOOT TRAFFIC. WE WANT A BLOCK PARTY ATMOSPHERE, PUBLIC ART AND MURALS, COMMUNITY PROGRAMING, BEAUTIFICATION, SMALL BUSINESS INCENTIVES, PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, OR FUTURE PRIORITIES WE HAVEN'T EVEN IDENTIFIED YET. THE CONCEPT IS SIMPLE. THE CRA, ALONG WITH PRIVATE INVESTMENT, THE CODY IS BUILT. OPERATIONS BEGIN. THE COMMUNITY ACTIVITY GENERATES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY CODY COMMUNITY FUND AND THE CRA REINVEST REINVEST IT. WE WANT THE CRA PARTICIPATION TO HELP LAUNCH ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY ACTIVATOR THAT EVENTUALLY CREATES ITS OWN MECHANISM FOR CONTINUING TO POUR BACK INTO DOWNTOWN NEW PORT RICHEY. WHEN WE STARTED THIS JOURNEY, WE ASKED HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN BENEFIT FROM IT. WE'RE NOT OUTSIDERS PROPOSING AN INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY. WE LIVE HERE, WE BUILD HERE. WE LOVE THE THE CHARM HERE. WE OWN BUSINESSES HERE. WE'RE RAISING FAMILIES HERE. WE'RE ASKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THIS BUILDING AND CREATE SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T COMPETE WITH DOWNTOWN. IT HELPS GROW IT AND A PLACE FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO GATHER, AND BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS TO GROW THE. CODY. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE HAVEN'T HEARD IN THE FIRST MEETING? IT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT WE JUST HEARD. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS MARY BETH ISAACSON, 8805 FOREST LAKE DRIVE, PORT RICHEY. WE'VE HEARD AN AWFUL LOT TONIGHT, AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY ON THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CRA, THE CITY STAFF, AND MOST OF ALL, EVERYONE BACK HERE WHO'S DEDICATED SO FAR, ALMOST 3.5 HOURS OF THEIR TIME ON A TUESDAY NIGHT TO COME OUT HERE AND SHARE THEIR VISION FOR THE CITY. WE'VE HEARD FROM TWO DEVELOPERS WITH SOME VERY INTERESTING BUSINESS PROPOSALS WE'VE HEARD FROM. I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND SIGNAL HOUSE. IT'S THAT TECHNOLOGY FORWARD, AND WE'VE HEARD FROM TWO NONPROFITS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO EDUCATING CHILDREN AND THE PUBLIC. AND I'M AN EDUCATOR. I'M A PUBLIC LIBRARIAN. I WAS I WAS A PUBLIC LIBRARIAN, I'M NOW AN ACADEMIC LIBRARIAN. AND I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT THE RIGHT THING FOR THE CITY TO DO IS TO PICK A PROPOSAL THAT SUPPORTS THE PUBLIC GOOD AND THE EDUCATION, BECAUSE AS MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT HAVE SAID, WE DON'T NEED AN EVENT SPACE. WE DON'T NEED A RESTAURANT, ESPECIALLY A HIGH END RESTAURANT THAT MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO EAT AT. WE NEED SOMETHING THAT WILL INSPIRE AND EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN AND OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, AND WILL HELP US BUILD COMMUNITY WITH EACH OTHER AND MAKE THIS CITY A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE. I, TOO WAS BORN AT NORTH BAY HOSPITAL. I'VE LIVED MOST OF MY LIFE HERE. I WENT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT RITCHIE ELEMENTARY PRIOR TO IT BECOMING CODY RIVER, WHICH IS WHEN NOW YOU KNOW HOW OLD I AM. 
          AND I REMEMBER GOING ON ALL THOSE FIELD TRIPS TO MOSI AND THE MUSEUMS IN TAMPA AND SAINT PETERSBURG AND STARKEY PARK AND THE DALI AND THE PIER AND ALL THOSE GREAT THINGS. AND IT WOULD HAVE MEANT A LOT IF WE HAD SOMETHING LIKE BRAINSTORMS OR MAPS RIGHT HERE IN DOWNTOWN NEW PORT RICHEY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. 
          JUDITH ALLEN. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT HISTORY. I'M OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE BANKED IN THAT BANK BUILDING, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE IT WAS THE ONLY BANK WE HAD HERE. AND AN OLD MAYOR, CLAIRE KOHLER, HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT BANK. I. BUT ONE OF THE PICTURES, YOU HAD A PICTURE UP HERE OF THE WAY THE BUILDING WAS ORIGINALLY. AND I THINK PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN. BUT MAYBE ONE OLD PERSON HERE WITH WHITE HAIR MIGHT REMEMBER THAT WHOLE GLASS FRONT. OKAY, WAS AN ATRIUM. AND THE REASON WHY THAT BUILDING IS CONFIGURED THE WAY IT IS, IS BECAUSE THAT WAS A TWO STORY ATRIUM. AND WHEN YOU WALKED INTO KIND OF LIKE AN ANTEROOM, YOU WALKED INTO THIS 
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ATRIUM. SO IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THE WAY THAT IS BUILT, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHY THOSE THE SECOND FLOOR AND THE THIRD FLOOR ARE THE WAY THEY ARE ABOUT THE MURALS. A MAN NAMED RICE PAINTED THOSE MURALS. REMEMBER, I'M 81. SO I REMEMBER ALL THIS HISTORY. I HE WENT AROUND TO ALL THE BUSINESSES AT THAT TIME AND CHARGED US $250 TO PUT OUR PICTURE UP ON, ON THE MURALS AT THAT TIME, JERRY AND I, SOME OF YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER JERRY. WE HAD FUNERAL HOMES AND HE WENT AROUND TO ALL THE BUSINESSES AND COLLECTED THIS MONEY TO PUT UP THERE. SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CLAIMING THAT THEIR PICTURE IS UP THERE IS NOT REALLY TRUE. AND SOME OF THEM YOU CAN'T RECOGNIZE AT ALL. BUT THOSE THOSE MURALS WERE NOT DONE BY SOME KNOWN ARTIST. THEY WEREN'T VERY GOOD. MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN PAINTED OVER. THERE IS NO INTRINSIC VALUE TO TO THEM JUST BECAUSE THEY HAPPEN TO BE THERE. SO ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO TAKE THEM DOWN, THEY'RE POORLY DONE. SOME OF THE PEOPLE ARE CLAIMING THEIR PICTURES THERE WEREN'T EVEN ALIVE AT THE TIME, AND NOBODY PROBABLY REMEMBERS THAT MR. RICE WAS CHARGING $250 TO HAVE YOUR PICTURE UP THERE. MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN PAINTED OVER. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE STRUCTURE OF THAT BUILDING, YOU'LL SEE WHERE THE ATRIUM WAS. DO YOU REMEMBER THE ATRIUM, PETE, OR WERE YOU TOO YOUNG? YOU PROBABLY WEREN'T BANKING AT THAT TIME. I'M QUITE A BIT OLDER THAN YOU ARE. OKAY, IT'D BE, BUT IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO TO TO SEE. IT IS A SECOND FLOOR OR THIRD FLOOR. BUT IF YOU KNOW THAT WAS A TWO STORY ATRIUM, THEN YOU CAN SEE IT. SO I'M JUST HERE BECAUSE I'M DAMNED OLD AND REMEMBER ALL THIS STUFF. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MR. DONNA LYNN JENSEN 5922 WYOMING AVENUE. I ALSO REMEMBER THAT BUILDING BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I HAD MY FIRST BANK ACCOUNT AS A CHILD. AND I MEAN CHILD. AS FAR AS WHAT I'VE HEARD TONIGHT, WE ARE NOT A COMMUNITY OF WEALTHY, WEALTHY, WEALTHY PEOPLE. YES, WE HAVE A LOT OF WEALTH THERE, BUT WE ARE MORE OF A LOW INCOME COMMUNITY. AND I DON'T FEEL THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR COMMUNITY CAN AFFORD THE MEALS THAT BE SERVED IN THE RESTAURANTS. AS FAR AS THE SCIENCE THING WAS FLASHING UP, THERE IS WENT OVER MY HEAD. I GUESS BEING CLOSE TO 80 KIND OF OUT OF MY REALM AS FAR AS OUR TWO WONDERFUL CHILDREN'S MUSEUMS, THE ONE THAT IS REALLY GOING TO SUPPORT ALL OF THE CHILDREN AND ALL OF NEW PORT RICHEY IS GOING TO BE BRAINSTORMS BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO OFFER NOT JUST ONE TYPE OF OR SEVERAL TYPES OF SCIENCE, BUT IT'S GOING TO OFFER LOTS. MY GRANDSON FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, HE'S 11 YEARS OLD NOW, HAS BEEN GOING TO SOUTH FLORIDA IN THE SUMMER FOR CODING CLASSES. WOULDN'T IT BE WONDERFUL IF HE COULD HAVE GONE HERE? I WOULD HAVE LIKED IT. 
          AND AS FAR AS THE BUILDING ITSELF, IF WE LISTEN TO MR. STARKEY AND THE GENTLEMAN THAT WANTS TO TEAR THE BUILDING DOWN BECAUSE THEY DON'T THINK IT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SAFE TO RENOVATE, WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER TEARING EVERY BUILDING IN NEW PORT RICHEY DOWN, ESPECIALLY DOWNTOWN, BECAUSE MOST OF THEM ARE OLDER THAN 1957. I REMEMBER THEM WHEN I WAS A CHILD. 
          THEY'RE STILL STANDING. LOOK AT THE HACIENDA. LOOK AT CHASCON. LOOK AT OUR HEY, LOOK AT THE BUILDING NEXT THAT WE'RE STANDING IN, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NEXT TO US. ORIGINALLY, THAT WAS MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND THANK YOU TO MR. ALTMAN AND THOSE OF US THAT CAME OUT OF THE WOODWORK TO PROTECT IT AND KEEP IT HERE. WE NEED TO RESTORE THIS BUILDING. WE NEED TO TURN IT INTO A SCIENCE CENTER THAT WILL BENEFIT ALL THE CHILDREN, BRING THEM TO NEWPORT, RICHIE. DON'T TAKE THEM OUT OF THE COUNTY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ANYBODY ELSE 
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WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SPEAKING? WORK DOWN TO THE FRONT ROW, PLEASE. 
          PETER COSTELLO, 10310 LAKE DRIVE, NEW PORT RICHEY. SO, YEAH, OBVIOUSLY I'M PROBABLY THE YOUNGEST PERSON IN THIS ROOM, PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE SUB 30, PROBABLY ONE OF THE FEW THAT ARE SUB 40 AND. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU'RE GONNA LIKE ME IN A FEW MINUTES. YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO BE HONEST WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING IN NEW PORT RICHEY. OBVIOUSLY NOT A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME HERE, BUT IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT THE TIMES ARE CHANGING WITH WHAT THE CITY IS DOING, THE THINGS THEY'RE ACQUIRING ACROSS THE RIVER. YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT INVESTMENTS THAT THEY'RE MAKING. THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, THE BEST THING FOR THE CITY. I MEAN, YOU SAW THESE FIVE PROPOSALS NOT TO BE BRASH, BUT TWO OF THEM WERE SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THAN THE REST FROM MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, MENTIONING THAT THE UN, THE DISABILITY TO BE ABLE TO RENOVATE THE BUILDING. I MEAN, IT'S DEFINITELY NOT POSSIBLE TO RENOVATE. AND IF YOU ARE GOING TO RENOVATE IT, YOU MIGHT AS WELL PUT A BETTER BUILDING THERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY USE THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF THIS PROPERTY IS IN THE CENTER OF A DOWNTOWN. BUT YES, I MEAN, ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE COMING HERE, EVERYBODY'S MOVING UP HERE. YOU CAN SEE ALL THE APARTMENTS GOING UP AND WHATNOT. 
          YOU GOT TO BE HONEST WITH YOURSELVES. I UNDERSTAND YOU GUYS ARE OLD COMMUNITY AND YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO SEE IT STAY VIBRANT DOWNTOWN. BUT YOU GOT TO BE HONEST WITH WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND THE ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING. I MEAN, THESE GENTLEMEN OVER HERE, THEY'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY PUSH WHAT THE CITY NEEDS. AND YOU KNOW, YOU JUST GOT TO BE REALISTIC. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL. AS MENTIONED BEFORE, I WAS BORN IN NORTH BAY. SO I ACTUALLY KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN BUTLER IS UNDER THE AGE OF 30. 
          DON'T LET THE FEW GRAY HAIRS I HAVE FOOL YOU. I AM 32. SO THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS BUILDING THAT ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 30 AND 40. WHAT I DO WANT TO REFERENCE IS WE'VE HEARD A FEW TIMES ABOUT TEARING THE BUILDINGS DOWN, BUILDING NEW BUILDINGS. I THINK THERE'S A VALID CONVERSATION, AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO LEAD THIS FUTURE ARE GOING TO BE THE PEOPLE THAT CAN STAND FIRM ON WHAT THEY KNOW IS THE TRUTH, BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN POSITIONS OF POWER, WHO DO HAVE LEVERAGE, WHO DO HAVE EXPERTISE THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE, BUT WE'RE OPERATING THROUGH THE DEMOCRATIC SPIRIT. SO WHAT I WANT TO REFERENCE IS JUST THAT THERE ARE PEOPLES AND PLACES THAT ARE IN THIS CITY THAT HAVE REPEATEDLY TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO TEAR DOWN THE HISTORIC, THE HISTORICAL BUILDINGS AND THE HISTORY THAT WE HAVE HERE AND PUT UP MULTILEVEL CONDOS, APARTMENTS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONNECTING ALL THE DOTS THAT ARE OPERATIVE HERE. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE REFERENCED BRINGING THIS BUILDING DOWN, THE NECESSITY TO. 
          WE HAVE SEEN THE EFFORT OF VIBRANCY IN THIS CITY. WE KNOW THAT CHANGE IS A PART OF THAT POSITIVE, POSITIVE EFFECT THAT WE ARE ALL HERE AND PARTICIPATING IN. SO I DO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE. I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE THIS CHOICE AGAIN AS A COMMUNITY AND GO BRAINSTORMS. THANK YOU. YES. DONALD CAHILL AGAIN, 6820 RIVER ROAD, NEWPORT. RICHIE, I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR THE COUNCIL AND MAYBE FOR SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING DEVELOPMENT HERE. I WONDER WHY THE CONFERENCE CENTER IS NOT GOING TO WHERE THE OLD SUNCOAST BANK USED TO BE, AND THERE'S A PARKING LOT THAT'S ALREADY RIGHT THERE CLOSE TO IT. AND IT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE TO TEAR THAT BUILDING DOWN AND BUILD A NEW CONFERENCE CENTER RIGHT THERE AND, AND DO THE THINGS THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. I'M STILL IN FAVOR OF PRESERVING THAT BUILDING AND OF THE BRAINSTORMING GOING IN THERE. AND IT JUST RAISES QUESTIONS TO WHY THAT OTHER PROPERTY WASN'T CONSIDERED FOR THEM. THANK YOU. JUST A QUICK COMMENT. RAQUEL THEBES 4731 SANCTUARY DRIVE. MY ONLY COMMENT IS REGARDING WHAT IS THE CROWN JEWEL OF NEWPORT? RICHIE? IT'S THE HACIENDA, RIGHT. AND WHAT WERE WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS FOR THE CITY? AND YOU KNOW, HOW WE EXPECTED THE CITY TO DEVELOP. AND SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS I'M LOOKING ARE OVERLOOKING THE HACIENDA, OVERSHADOWING THE HACIENDA. AND IS THAT REALLY WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR DOWNTOWN? I MEAN, THAT'S JUST A THOUGHT THAT I'D LIKE TO THROW OUT THERE. THANKS. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COME DOWN AND SPEAK THAT 
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HASN'T SPOKE EARLIER? SEEING NO ONE ELSE WILL COME BACK AND HAVE A DISCUSSION. WHO WANTS TO START? YEAH, I'LL START BY SAYING, FIRST OFF, THANK YOU TO THE FIVE PRESENTATIONS FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT AND BRINGING BRINGING YOUR TEAMS TO BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS IF WE HAVE THEM. IN MY MIND, WHEN I WENT THROUGH THESE RFPS, I STAYED FOCUSED ON THE CRITERIA THAT WAS GIVEN FOR SUBMITTING THE RFP, AND EVERY ONE OF THE PACKETS THAT CAME BACK ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE PRESENT IN MY MIND. I USED TO, YOU KNOW, I, I TEACH AT OUR SCHOOLS AND I USED TO SERVE DOWNTOWN AT ROSIE'S BISTRO. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS WE SAW HERE, HOW CAN WE PROVIDE A CREATIVE MIXED USE? SOME SOME OF THE PROJECTS TOOK A AN APPROACH AROUND HOSPITALITY AND RESTAURANTS AND WEDDINGS. WHEN I WAS WORKING AT ROSES BISTRO, WEDDINGS FROM SPARTAN MANOR IN HACIENDA TRICKLED TO OUR DOWNTOWN WEDDINGS AT PIECE HALL TRICKLE TO OUR DOWNTOWN. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OFFICE SPACE AND A PARTNERSHIP WITH A COMMUNITY FUND TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. IT IS ALSO COMMENDABLE, BUT WE DO HAVE EXISTING OFFICE SPACE IN THE DOWNTOWN. WHAT WHAT OUR CITY NEEDS TO TAKE INTO THE NEXT LEVEL IS ENSURING THAT WE HAVE MORE REASONS. IN ADDITION TO EATING AND DRINKING, TO WANT TO COME DOWNTOWN. THERE WAS ONLY ONE TIME IN MY TWO AND A HALF YEARS WORKING AT ROSE'S BISTRO BEFORE THEY. THEY ENDED UP RETIRING WHERE IT WAS A A FAMILY GEARED EVENT THAT ATTRACTED PEOPLE TO OUR DOWNTOWN. AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE MAPS MUSEUM WHEN THEY DID THEIR PROJECT OVER AT AT THE OLD HISTORIC GOLF HIGH. AFTER DURING THAT DINOSAUR EVENT, YOU WOULD HAVE TROVES OF FAMILIES COMING DOWNTOWN TO EAT AND TO PARTICIPATE IN WHAT IT'S HAVE TO OFFER, WHICH WHICH HAS BEEN EXTENDED BY RAILROAD SQUARE. 
          IT'S BEEN ENHANCED. SO IN MY MIND, THINKING OF THIS AS WHAT'S THE BEST USE TO COMPLEMENT THE EXISTING BUSINESSES? ANOTHER WEDDING SPACE DOES NOT ADMIT THAT FIT THAT CRITERIA. A SPACE FOR STEM FOR EDUCATION. I'M ALWAYS HESITANT WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC FUNDING TO TALK ABOUT KIDS, BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF USING KIDS TO JUSTIFY THE USE OF FUNDING AND. AND SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK, YES, EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID ABOUT THE POINT THAT REALLY STRUCK HOME FOR ME AS A FELLOW EDUCATOR IS THE MENTAL HEALTH ASPECT. AND THE BENEFIT OF THAT, WE CAN OBVIOUSLY GET THAT THROUGH THE LIBRARY. WE CAN GET THAT THROUGH OUR SCHOOLS, WE CAN GET THAT THROUGH OUR REC CENTER. BUT IF THIS IS TRULY A COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT DECISION, IF THIS IS ABOUT WHAT WILL ENHANCE OUR CITY, THEN STEM BASED FITS THAT BILL. AND SO THE QUESTION BECOMES YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS. YOU HAVE TWO WELL DISTINGUISHED AND RESPECTFUL GROUPS, ONE THAT WANTS TO BE UPFRONT AND SAY, LOOK, THIS IS GOING TO BE A COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP. IT'S GOING TO TAKE SEVERAL YEARS. 
          WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN THE WORK. WE'RE GOING TO BRING IN PEOPLE THAT ARE RETIRED FROM NASA. YOU KNOW, THE BOARD MATRIX THERE IS IS GREAT. WE HAVE VISIONS FOR ALL THREE FLOORS. WE KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE, BUT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE HERE TO MEET THE CHALLENGE. AND IT FEELS LIKE A PARTNERSHIP. AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER GROUP WHO, WHO I THINK HAS THE SAME VISION AND ALIGNS WITH THAT VISION. THE ISSUE IS I THINK THE TIMELINE IS SHORTER FOR THEM, AND I THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE A SQUARE FOOTING ISSUE WITH THE AMOUNT OF INVENTORY THEY WANT TO BRING TO OUR DOWNTOWN, THAT BEING THE MAPS MUSEUM. AND SO IN, IN MY MIND, WHEN WE'RE CONSIDERING, YES, THE, THE USE FOR THE, THE USE FOR THE KIDS WHEN WE'RE CONSIDERING DRAWING FAMILIES TO OUR DOWNTOWN, THAT'S IMPORTANT. BUT I THINK WHAT'S, WHAT'S IF WE'RE BEING FAIR AND HONEST WITH THE USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS, THE BRAINSTORMS GIVES YOU THE MOST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK BECAUSE IT STILL IS HELD WITHIN THE CRA. AND WE ARE INVESTING IN THE BUILDING. THE OTHER CONCERN THAT CAME UP, AND THIS WILL BE MY LAST PART POINT, MR. MAYOR, IS THERE WAS THERE WAS THE QUESTION OF, AND I QUOTED IT HERE THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE WITH PRIVATE FUNDING. I'M PUTTING THE PRIVATE FUNDING THERE. YES. IF IF IF WE'RE 
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TRYING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFICULT AND YOU'RE TRYING TO SAVE A DOLLAR, THEN TEAR DOWN THE BUILDING. BUT THE WHOLE POINT OF THE CRA IS TO BE ABLE TO ENHANCE PARTS OF OUR CITY AND PROTECT WHAT IS THERE. AND SO IT MIGHT BE MORE DIFFICULT, IT MIGHT BE THE MORE DIFFICULT THING TO DO, WHICH IS TO SAVE THE BUILDING AND BUILD ON IT, INVEST IN IT. BUT THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT. THAT'S WHY WE WENT TO WELL, ALTMAN WENT TO I WASN'T PROBABLY ALIVE, BUT THAT'S WHY WE WENT TO YOU AND. THAT'S THAT'S WHY WE WENT TO YOU AND ASKED YOU TO DO A CRA AND TO INCREASE YOUR TAXES JUST A LITTLE BIT SO WE COULD DO THESE PROJECTS, TURNING AROUND AND GIVING THIS BUILDING AWAY FOR A PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT WOULD IN MY, IN MY MIND, DEFEAT THE PURPOSE OF WHY WE WENT TO YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE, OR ALTMAN WENT TO IN THE FIRST PLACE, TO, TO GET THE BALL ON, ON THIS. SO I DO THINK BRAINSTORMS IS THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF IT WITH PUBLIC FUNDING. AND I'LL ADD ONE THING FOR MY PEERS UP HERE, WHICH IS I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS NOT CAN IT BE DONE? I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS WHAT DOES THE RELATIONSHIP LOOK LIKE BETWEEN OUR CITY LIKE AND FRANK STARK MADE GOOD POINTS. I DO THINK EARLY ON IN THE PHASING, YOU KNOW, THE CRA, US AND THE CITY STAFF NEED TO BE TAKING THE THE THE LEAD ON KNOCKING OUT SOME OF THOSE CRITICAL PARTS TO GET IT UNDER SAFETY CODE AND STANDARD. AND THEN AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK THAT'S THAT'S THE NEXT STEP. IF WE GO THE ROUTE OF BRAINSTORMS IS TO SAY, WHAT IS THAT DYNAMIC LOOK LIKE? BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CRITICAL PIECE. IF THAT FALLS APART, THEN YOU JEOPARDIZE THE VISION OF THE THE PROJECT. BUT I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A GOOD BOARD. IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR BOARD, THEY ALREADY HAVE THEY'RE IN EVERY PART OF OUR CITY AND IN OUR BUSINESSES, OUR MAINSTREET ORGANIZATION AND THE AND THE LIBRARY BOARD. I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THEY'RE RESIDENTS THERE. I SAID THEY'RE FORMER NASA. SO IT'S LIKE THEY, THEY HAVE THE EDUCATION BACKGROUND, THEY HAVE THE EXPERTISE, THEY HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE. AND THAT WE HAVE TO DO OUR PART TO MAKE SURE IT MATCHES WITH WHAT CITY MANAGEMENT THINKS IS BEST FOR GETTING THE BUILDING UP TO CODE, BECAUSE I'M NOT I MEAN, NO ONE SHOULD SHY AWAY. THAT BUILDING NEEDS A LOT OF WORK. 
          THAT IS TRUE, BUT I STAND. I THINK BRAINSTORM IS MOST DEFINITELY THE BEST USE. OKAY, SO AS THE PRESIDENT OF BRAINSTORMS, THERE HAD BEEN SOME CONVERSATION ONLINE AND SOME, FRANKLY, INSULTS THAT I HAVE RECEIVED, INCLUDING ONE FROM FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY MOTHERSHEAD, WHO RESPONDED TO SOME OF THE COMMUNICATION COMING FROM ONE OF THE PROPOSALS THAT, WELL, ALTMAN, HE'S GOT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. HE STARTED THE BRAINSTORMS. HE. SURELY HE SHOULDN'T VOTE. BUT. AND THEN KELLY MOTHERSHEAD SAID, OH, HE SHOULDN'T VOTE, BUT HE PROBABLY WILL. SO I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE TODAY. AND I HAVE TO DECLARE PUBLICLY THE POSITION THAT I'M IN. BUT I WANT TO MAKE IT REAL CLEAR TO ALL THE PROPOSALS. 
          WELCOME TO NEW PORT RICHEY. OUR CRA HAS $10 MILLION A YEAR COMING IN. WE'VE GOT THAT FOR 20 YEARS. WE DO HAVE INCENTIVES. WE DO HAVE FOUR PIECES OF PROPERTY OUT THERE, SOME OF THEM ON THE RIVER, ONE ON HIGHWAY 19 AT THE BRIDGE, ONE ON ONE OUT, AS DOCTOR CADDELL SAID, OUR PROPOSALS NOW, WHICH HOPEFULLY WE WILL SLOW DOWN AND FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF MR. STARKEY, WHICH IS. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS BUILDING. WE'VE HAD CONFLICTING OPINIONS, INCLUDED OPINIONS FROM OUR OWN STAFF THAT HAVE SAID THAT BUILDING IS NOT VALUABLE AND SHOULD BE TORN DOWN. SO THAT IS COMING INTERNALLY INTERNALLY. WE ALSO HEARD THAT IF BRAINSTORMS GOT IT IN A PUBLIC DOCUMENT STATING FROM OUR WITH OUR CRA DIRECTOR'S NAME ON IT, THAT IT WOULD BE A AN UNKNOWN LIABILITY INTO THE FUTURE. AND FIRST OF ALL, BRAINSTORM, I DIDN'T REALIZE, BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR OVER A YEAR BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE BEEN INTERESTED AND I DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOUR INTEREST BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FIND THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THE RIGHT THINGS, AND WE SHOULD NOT LOSE THE INTEREST OF ANY OF YOU. 
          SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE. AND IN THAT REGARDS, I WANT TO SAY THAT BRAINSTORMS WAS A CITY INITIATIVE BROUGHT BY THE CITY COUNCIL, WHO FOLLOWED WHO FILED A GRANT WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WHICH WE RECEIVED TO BE A TOURISM PROJECT WHICH 
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WOULD HAVE RECEIVED SOME MONEY FROM TOURISM. SO I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO NERDY ABOUT IT. BUT THE REALITY IS, IF A MUSEUM OR A SPORTS STADIUM IS GOING TO RECEIVE MONEY FROM TOURISM AND YOU'RE ALL WATCHING THE RAISE AND ALL THE MONEY, MILLIONS, BILLIONS, TRY NOT TO BE FRIGHTENED BY A MILLION HERE IN A CITY THAT'S GETTING $10 MILLION A YEAR IN AND GROWING FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS, THERE COULD BE 25 OR 200 AND 50 TO $300 MILLION IN TAX INCREMENT. 
          SO THE TIME HAS COME FOR US TO BE REALISTIC ABOUT THE RETAIL MIX. AND THANK YOU TO SAMMY SURF SHOP FOR STILL BEING IN BUSINESS FOR ALL THESE YEARS. SO GO IN AND BUY A T SHIRT FROM HIM OR DO SOMETHING. AND WE HAVE A GREAT PLAN, AND WE HAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET TO DO SOME DESIGN. RAILROAD SQUARE TWO FROM ACORN STREET ON THE OTHER SIDE BACK. 
          SO WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY AND EDUCATE THOSE OF YOU INTERESTED INVESTORS. AND I BELIEVE THAT THE RIGHT THING TO DO, BECAUSE I HAVE ALSO HEARD AND I I'M I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT HASN'T HAPPENED. BUT IF IT HAS, WE WERE THERE'S A $25 MILLION AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT RIGHT NOW IS OUT THERE FOR LONG TERM ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO THE AREAS IMPACTED BY THE HURRICANE. OUR BOAT, OUR CITY'S CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING, DOCTOR MONTGOMERY'S BUILDING, AND OTHER BUILDINGS THAT ARE IN CITY OWNED LAND THAT FLOODED, INCLUDING ON MAIN STREET, INCLUDING ON WEST MAIN STREET AND THE HIGHWAY, ARE ALL PART OF SOME SUBSTANTIAL AND SERIOUS POTENTIAL GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR REDEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT SCARY LOOK INTO THE FUTURE WORLD OF US HAVING SOMETHING ON OF BEING ABLE TO DANCE TO DIFFERENT MUSIC WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE SAME ROOM AND MEET THEM. AND THANK YOU FOR OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY. IT IS INCREDIBLE. AND I THINK YOU HAD US ALL KIND OF SCARED AND EXCITED AT THE SAME TIME, WHICH IS OCTOBER, SO AT LEAST WE'RE IN THE RIGHT MONTH FOR IT. SO JUST TO PUT A BUTTON ON IT, WE WERE AT THE BEGINNING OF DESIGNING WALKABILITY UNDER THE BRIDGE WALKS. ALL OF THE KIND OF CONNECTIVITY THAT YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR PROGRAM. SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING. BUT IT WASN'T IT DIDN'T SUBJECT ITSELF TO A BUILDING. IT TALKED ABOUT THE CITY, OUR THEME AND OUR FUTURE. SO WE'VE HEARD ALL ABOUT THE NEED FOR THIS FACILITY. I'M GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO SAY WHETHER IT'S THIS BUILDING OR NOT. THIS WAS A CITY INITIATIVE. IT'S ONE THAT THIS COUNTY NEEDS. AND I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO GREAT EXPLORATIONS, WHO WAS THE ORIGINATOR OF THIS CONCEPT MANY YEARS AGO AND WHO HAVE CONTINUED TO BE INVOLVED WITH US AND SUPPORTING AS LONG AS WELL AS THE GLACIER MUSEUM. SO IT'S EXCITING TO HAVE SOME OF THE TAMPA AND PINELLAS COUNTY MONEY FINALLY LOOKING INTO OUR CITY AND SAYING, HEY, THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON THERE. BUT TO THE DEGREE THAT THERE'S BEEN TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR HISTORY, OUR ARCHITECTURE, THE QUALITY OF THE BUILDING. I'M WITH MR. STARKEY TO SAY, YOU KNOW, LET'S GIVE US A LITTLE TIME TO CONTINUE TO MARINATE THESE THOUGHTS AND FIND THE RIGHT PLACE FOR ALL OF US AND THE RIGHT POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SO THAT THE CITY IS WALKABLE. I'M A LITTLE SCARED, FRANKLY, OF THE PARKING GARAGE BEING RIGHT THERE TO CAUSE PEOPLE TO WALK ALL AROUND IT, AND I'M DEFINITELY AGAINST ANY FEE TO BE PAID TO PARK IN OUR TOWN BECAUSE IT'S NOT THERE YET. 
          WHO NEEDS A PARKING GARAGE IS NORTH BAY HOSPITAL, AND THEY'RE BEGGING FOR A CHANCE TO TO DO SOME THINGS THERE THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT MEDICALLY AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENT. SO WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING. THE CITY, THE CRA BOARD HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST. AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO READ WHY I DON'T HAVE A CONFLICT AND WHY I CANNOT VOTE BECAUSE OF THE APPEARANCE OF A CONFLICT. THANKS TO SOME OF THE WIDESPREAD CONVERSATION ABOUT ME HAVING A CONFLICT, IF I SIGN THIS DISCLOSURE OF A CONFLICT FORM, I HAVE TO STATE UNDER OATH THAT THE MEASURE THAT'S COMING BEFORE US TODAY EITHER INURE TO MY OWN SPECIAL PRIVATE GAIN OR LOSS, AND A NONPROFIT LIKE THOSE OF US ON NONPROFIT BOARDS ALL UP HERE, WE HAVE NO CONFLICT BECAUSE WE HAVE NO PRIVATE GAIN. WE'RE DOING THIS FOR THE PUBLIC. AND I DON'T LIKE TO BE INSULTED TO BE 
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THINKING THAT I'M DOING SOMETHING FOR MY OWN BENEFIT. SECONDLY, IN NOR DO THE SPECIAL GAIN. SPECIAL GAIN OR LOSS OF MY BUSINESS ASSOCIATE. AND WE ALL HAVE TO FILE FORMS EVERY YEAR TO SAY WHO WE DO BUSINESS WITH. AND WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TO VOTE ON ANYTHING THAT MIGHT INURE TO THAT ASSOCIATION. ALSO, I CAN'T I HAVE TO SAY THAT IT WOULD, IN ORDER TO THE SPECIAL GAIN OF MY RELATIVE AND I, THAT THAT WOULD NOT APPLY OR IN ORDER TO THE SPECIAL GAIN OR LOSS OF WHOM I'M RETAINED BY. IF SOMEBODY THAT'S PAYING ME AND NO ONE IS PAYING ME. SO WHEN I WAS GIVEN THIS FORM TO SIGN, I TALKED TO THE ATTORNEY AND HE'LL LOOK AT IT OR SAYS IN. 
          NOR DO THE SPECIAL GAIN OR LOSS OF SOMEONE WHICH IS THE PARENT, SUBSIDIARY OR SIBLING ORGANIZATION OR SUBSIDIARY OF A PRINCIPAL, WHICH HAS RETAINED ME. NONE OF THOSE APPLY. I DON'T HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, BUT I AM GOING TO ABSTAIN BECAUSE I'M ALLOWED TO, BECAUSE OF THE APPEARANCE OF A CONFLICT THAT HAS BEEN PERPETRATED BY SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          BUT SECONDLY, I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE TODAY BECAUSE YOU WENT OUT FOR PROPOSALS. AND WHEN WE WENT OUT FOR PROPOSALS, THERE'S A THERE'S A PROCEDURE, AND THE PROCEDURE WAS WRITTEN AND IT SAID ONCE THE PROPOSAL IS LET ALL QUESTIONS HAVE TO GO TO THE CRA. AND AT THE POINT IN TIME THAT WAS SET AS A DEADLINE, ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS HAD TO BE DISCLOSED TO ALL FIVE OF US. AND YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE RFP PROCESSES AND SOMETHING CALLED A CONE OF SILENCE. SO ONCE THAT PERIOD ENDED, ALL MEMBERS WERE BARRED FROM HAVING COMMUNICATION PRIVATELY THAT WOULD NOT BE SHARED WITH OTHERS. AND OUR CITY VIOLATED THAT. OUR CITY HAD THE CRA HAD MEETINGS WITH MY OWN BOARD, WHICH I SIGNED A THAT THAT I WOULD NOT BE INVOLVED WITH THEM. AND I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WERE CONVERSATIONS THAT OCCURRED AFTER THAT TIME WITH SOME OF THE PROPONENTS WHO THEN WERE ABLE TO ENGAGE AND LEARN WHAT KIND OF INCENTIVES MIGHT BE AVAILABLE. THAT IS A VIOLATION, IN MY VIEW, AND ONE THAT REALLY GOES BACK TO MR. STARKEY COMMENT TO SAY, LET'S NOT LOSE YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD WORK OF BRINGING ALL THESE INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITIES TO THE CITY. BUT ONE SMALL BUILDING IS NOT WHAT THE CITY IS GOING TO BE MADE OF. IT'S GOING TO BE MADE OF US COOPERATING WITH EACH OTHER AND NOT FIGHTING AND NOT DEMEANING EACH OTHER, OR NOT GOING HA HA ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR PUTTING ANY KIND OF LITTLE THINGS UP WHEN ONE'S NAME ISN'T EVEN IN THE PROPOSAL. AND WHEN, SIR, YOU DID NOT EVEN COME UP TO BE PART OF IT, BUT YOU'RE ACTING LIKE IT'S YOUR PROJECT. 
          SO LET'S BE HONEST ABOUT WHO THE PEOPLE ARE HERE, WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FROM. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING, BECAUSE I WANT YOU BACK. DON'T LET ME SCARE YOU AWAY. WE ARE A GREAT LITTLE CITY THAT REPRESENTS A WHOLE AREA, THE ONLY DOWNTOWN. BUT ALSO WE HAVE A RIVER. WE HAVE OTHER PROPERTIES AND THE PROPERTY RIGHT NEXT TO IT THAT NO ONE MENTIONED. RAILROAD SQUARE DOESN'T END AT THAT BUILDING. IT ENDS AT THE RIVER. AND OUR OUR VISION HAS BEEN SET TO GET TO THE RIVER UNDER THE BRIDGE AND TO REALLY CREATE THAT WALKABILITY AND CONNECTIVITY THAT'S GOING TO MAKE OUR CITY REALLY SPECIAL. AND ONE YOU ALL WILL WANT TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN. SO INCENTIVES ARE OUT THERE. LET'S ALL WORK TOGETHER AS A FAMILY. 
          I MEAN, I SEE PEOPLE WITH THEIR CELL PHONES ALL THE TIME WALKING UP AND DOWN THE STREET DOING THAT GAME. THEY DO SOUNDED LIKE YOU'VE GONE TO A WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL, SIR. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF INTERESTED. I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK. YEAH, BUT WE ALSO HAVE BRAINSTORMS. HAD OUR CONSULTANT WHO'S SITTING HERE WHO CAME FROM IDEAS ORLANDO, WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE EPCOT CENTER. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE SOME SERIOUS CREDIT ON OUR SIDE AND SHOULD NOT BE BE DEMEANED AS AN ORGANIZATION THAT CANNOT STAND UP FOR ITSELF. BECAUSE WE'VE MADE A LOT OF HEADWAY. I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE'LL END UP. WE'LL GO INTO IT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SEE BRAINSTORMS NOT BE A CITY EVENT. KIND OF LIKE WE TALKED EARLIER WITH OUR THINGS THAT WERE OURS, LIKE CASCO STREET PARADE, COMMITMENT TO CHILDREN AND AND THAT'S IT. SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. ALL RIGHT. A LOT OF, LOT OF GOOD THINGS. I APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT COME AND MADE A PRESENTATION. I THINK ALL OF THEM ARE WORTHWHILE PROJECTS. 
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YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF A LOT OF PROS TO ALL OF THEM. THERE ARE SOME CONS OF SOME, AT LEAST IN MY MIND. THE BRAINSTORMS. I THINK IT'S AMAZING. AMAZING GROUP, AN AMAZING CONCEPT. AND YOU'RE ACTUALLY DOING IT. SO I LOVE THAT THE THE MAPS, I'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT PART OF THAT AND HELPING THEM DO SOME PROJECTS. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT A GREAT PROJECT TO MAIN STREET RESERVE. I MEAN, IT'S DEFINITELY UPSCALE AND A HUGE, HUGE VISION. AND I LOVE THAT, YOU KNOW, IS IT IS IT TOO BIG OF A VISION? IS IT TOO MUCH FOR A NEW PORT RICHEY? I DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW, I NEVER LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, NEVER SAY YOU CAN OVERDRESS FOR AN EVENT, BUT YOU KNOW, THE, THE OTHER ONES, THE, THE TECHNOLOGY, THE COUNTRY LABS. I MEAN, THAT WAS JUST KIND OF BLEW ME AWAY BECAUSE I REALLY, WHEN I WAS READING THROUGH THE PROPOSAL, IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO KIND OF GET A CONCEPT IN MY BRAIN AND WHAT IT WAS. BUT WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH IT, OKAY, NOW IT'S STARTING TO CLICK A LITTLE BIT. SO I MEAN, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, LIGHT YEARS FOR ME, YOU KNOW, FUTURISTIC, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S RIGHT NOW. SO I MEAN, IT'S JUST AMAZING STUFF. THE STERETT HOLDINGS, I LOVE HOW EVERYTHING'S IN HOUSE. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DOING EVERYTHING, THE CONSTRUCTION, THE CONCEPT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO RUN THE PLACE. 
          I MEAN, I REALLY FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A REAL SKIN IN THE GAME IN THAT ONE BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE PART OF IT. SO, I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF, LOT OF GREAT THINGS IN HERE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S BEST FIT FOR THAT SITUATION, FOR THAT BUILDING. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT SWETMAN A LOT. I FEEL LIKE SWETMAN IS A PROPERTY THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO INVEST A LOT OF MONEY INTO, BUT THERE'S LOTS OF ROOM TO GROW THERE. THERE'S ACREAGE IN THE BACK. WE CAN EXPAND, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S BUILDINGS OR WHATEVER IT NEEDS TO BE. AND IN MY MIND, I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT MIGHT BE A BETTER SPOT FOR THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO REALLY COMMIT AND SPEND THAT MONEY THERE VERSUS SPENDING IT HERE AND THERE. FROM A PERSPECTIVE, I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS COMING UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE, NOVEMBER, WITH AMENDMENT THREE, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER HOW IS THAT GOING TO AFFECT. I MEAN, I REALLY WANT TO I REALLY LIKE STAFF TO KIND OF DO A DEEP DIVE FINANCIALLY TO SEE HOW EACH ONE OF THESE PROJECTS IS GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY THAT OR NOT AFFECTED. I KNOW COUNCILMAN ALTMAN, HE'S OUR ACCOUNTING GURU AND CRA. I KNOW HE SAID THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS LEFT AT $10 MILLION A YEAR. I WOULD I WOULD SOMEWHAT AGREE WITH HIM, BUT WE NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. EVENTUALLY THE STATE MIGHT COME DOWN AND SAY, LISTEN, YOU CAN'T KEEP YOUR WHOLE CITY IN THE CRA. YOU GOT TO START CHIPPING THAT DOWN. SO THAT MEANS OUR MONEY IS GOING TO BE CHIPPED DOWN. SO WE REALLY CAN'T COUNT ON THAT REVENUE. WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THAT. SO I JUST THINK THERE'S A LOT OF LOT OF THINGS GOING ON HERE. I THERE'S THINGS ABOUT EACH ONE OF THEM THAT I LOVE, BUT I CAN JUST TELL YOU THERE'S NO WAY, THERE'S NO WAY I CAN MAKE A DECISION TODAY ON WHAT NEEDS TO GO THERE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME MORE THINGS. AND HAVING THE PRESENTATIONS WAS VERY HELPFUL TO US. YOU KNOW, I READ THROUGH ALL THE PROPOSALS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THEM. I THINK JUST ONE OF THEM ALONE WAS 300 PAGES. SO THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL IN THERE. I'M MORE OF A, YOU KNOW, BREAK IT DOWN BARNEY STYLE GUY, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE PICTURES AND THE CARTOONS. YOU KNOW, I, I, I GRASP THAT A LITTLE BETTER, I'M AFRAID. BUT BUT YEAH, I CAN'T EVEN, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE RIGHT NOW MAKING A MAKE A DECISION ON ONE THING TONIGHT. 
          I JUST COULDN'T DO IT. SO I JUST WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO KIND OF REITERATE KIND OF WHAT PETER BROUGHT UP. YOU KNOW, WE'RE A COMMUNITY HERE. THERE IS ZERO REASON THAT WE SHOULD BE POINTING FINGERS AT EACH OTHER. THERE'S PLENTY OF PROPERTY, PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY. YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE TO WORK TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, WE ALL OWN BUSINESSES. WE ALL COME HERE AND AND HANG OUT AND HAVE DRINKS AND GO TO DINNER. AND WHAT I REALLY SAW ON SOCIAL MEDIA REALLY DISAPPOINTED ME. AND IT CHEAPENED WHAT WE HAVE HERE. THERE IS ZERO ZERO REASON WE SHOULD BE DOING THIS. BRAINSTORMS. PHENOMENAL IDEA. 
          LOVE IT. DO I LIKE IT IN THAT SPOT? NO. I'M GOING TO BE STRAIGHT UP HONEST WITH YOU. I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD SPOT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING FOR A YEAR AND A HALF TO ME. 
          WHY WOULD WE NOT PUT A BRAINSTORMS ON OUR RIVER AND DO ECO CONNECTIVITY? I MEAN IT 
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JUST SCREAMS WHAT IT SHOULD BE. SO AND I DON'T KNOW IF BRAINSTORMS IS JUST WANTING THAT SPOT FOR A REASON, OR THEY DON'T THINK THE OLD GULF HIGH SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE READY IN TIME. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND COLLABORATE HERE AND COME UP WITH THAT, BECAUSE I THINK TRULY THAT IS NOT THE BEST USE OF SPACE FOR THEM, ESPECIALLY IN AN OLDER BUILDING THAT GOD REST HIS SOUL. GEORGE ROMAGNOLI WOULD COME UP HERE AND TELL US MANY TIMES THAT IT WAS NOT A SAFE BUILDING. SO WHAT I WANT TO PUT MY KIDS OR MY GRANDKIDS IN A BUILDING THAT POTENTIALLY IS UNSAFE. DEFINITELY NOT. DO I WANT TO PUT BAD MONEY INTO GOOD? DEFINITELY NOT. SO I'D RATHER SEE A BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY IN THE OLD GULF HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION. 
          THAT'S MY THING, YOU KNOW? BUT GOING BACK TO WHAT? YOU KNOW, WHAT MATT HAD SAID, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ENOUGH INFORMATION HERE FOR US TO MAKE A DECISION. NOW, MAYBE THE REST OF US MIGHT THINK, YES, BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE INVOLVED. I MEAN, I LOVE ALL THE CONCEPTS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE MAIN STREET RESERVE, BEAUTIFUL, GORGEOUS. I MEAN, IT'S, YOU KNOW, A DREAM, BUT I THINK MAYBE THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT TOO HIGH LIKE ME, MAYBE NEED TO SCALE THAT BACK A LITTLE BIT AND BRING IT MORE TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, THE CODY AND MAYBE DO AN INTEGRATION OF THOSE THINGS. I MEAN, I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF BECAUSE I'M PLANNING MY DAUGHTER'S WEDDING AND WE'RE CUTTING THE LIST BECAUSE THE HACIENDA CAN ONLY HOLD 150 PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, BUT MY DAUGHTER CHOSE TO HAVE HER WEDDING IN HER HOMETOWN, YOU KNOW? SO TO ME, I'M THINKING, WELL, HELL, AN EVENT SPACE THAT CAN HOLD MORE PEOPLE. AWESOME. 
          BUT IS THAT THE BEST USE OF THAT SPACE? YOU KNOW, SO I THINK A COLLABORATION MAYBE OF SOME OF THESE IDEAS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A BETTER BREAKDOWN OF THE NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, DON'T GET ME WRONG, PARKING GARAGE IN THE HUB OF OUR CITY WOULD BE WONDERFUL, YOU KNOW? BUT DO WE WANT TO LOOK AT THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT YET, ONCE AGAIN, GO BACK TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND WE HAVE EVERYBODY COMPLAINING ABOUT PARKING. SO ON ONE HAND, WE'RE GIVING AN OPTION TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM. WE DON'T LIKE IT. SO WHAT IS OUR OTHER REAL OPTION? YOU KNOW, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF OTHER SPACE WITHIN THE CORE OF OUR DOWNTOWN TO PUT A PARKING GARAGE, YOU KNOW? SO THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK SHOULD ALMOST BE A SUB IDEA OF THE PROJECT. I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE CONNECTED TO THE PROJECT. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT SHOULD BE THE BUILDING AND THEN POTENTIALLY A PARKING GARAGE. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR PROPOSALS AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WHEN I WENT THROUGH THIS FOLDER WITH ALL THESE IDEAS, I CAME AWAY WITH HUNDREDS OF QUESTIONS AND A LOT OF THEM WERE ANSWERED TONIGHT. A LOT OF THEM WERE GAVE ME GUIDANCE TO LOOK DOWN THE STREET A LITTLE BIT. BUT THE THING THAT I CAME OUT OF HERE WITH MOST IS, IS THAT SOMETIMES YOU PEOPLE FORGET THAT YOU ELECTED US AND YOU CAN TALK TO US ANYTIME. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT LIKE THIS OTHER ENTITY HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT YOUR FIVE ENTITIES OUT THERE AND WE'RE A DIFFERENT ENTITY. WE, WE'RE ALL PART OF THE SAME TEAM. AND JUST PLEASE TRY TO REMEMBER THAT. DON'T TRY TO ALIENATE US OR THINK THAT WE'RE SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, ZOMBIE GROUP UP HERE OR WHATEVER. BUT, BUT BUT THE THING THAT I THINK CAME OUT OF THIS THE MOST IS THAT WE PROBABLY GOT MORE QUESTIONS THAT WE WANT TO ASK THE INDIVIDUAL GROUP GROUPS, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK AND WE DO OUR HOMEWORK, WE'LL WE'LL PUT DOWN SOME QUESTIONS AND WE'LL MEET AGAIN. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS, YOU KNOW, MATTER IN A WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AND HAVE A WORK SESSION. AND WE INVITE YOU GUYS BACK. AND, AND WE HAVE THE QUESTIONS, OUR QUESTIONS UP HERE THAT WE CAN ASK, YOU KNOW, OF ALL FIVE, ALL FIVE OF YOU, YOU KNOW, ALL FIVE DIFFERENT PROPOSALS BECAUSE YOU'RE ASKING US TO MAKE A WOW DECISION, MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR DECISION, BECAUSE YOU GAVE US SOME PAPERWORK AND CAME UP HERE AND TALKED TO US FOR TEN MINUTES. THERE'S JUST A LOT MORE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE TO BE ANSWERED, AND I JUST HOPE I HAVE THE SUPPORT OF MY GROUP UP HERE THAT WE WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, A WORK SESSION AND, AND, AND BRING OUR QUESTIONS AND STUFF BECAUSE WE JUST GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION TONIGHT. YEAH. I COULD JUST KIND OF TO ADD ON TO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SOMETIMES THERE'S CRITICISM ABOUT HOW FAST WE MOVE THE PROJECTS AND, AND TIMELINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THIS IS, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WHERE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR DOWNTOWN, VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY. AND WE NEED TO DO IT RIGHT. WE NEED TO TAKE OUR TIME, DO IT RIGHT, MAKE SURE IT'S THE RIGHT FIT AND RIGHT THING FOR EVERYONE. 
          AND SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY REASON TO HAVE TO RUSH FOR THAT. MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD ALSO YOU MADE A COMMENT ABOUT THE TEN MINUTE PRESENTATIONS. AND JUST TO CONTEXTUALIZE, I 
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WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS GOT THE SAME TREATMENT I GOT. BUT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S CREDIT, IT WAS SEVERAL. I DON'T WANT TO PUT A NUMBER TO IT, BUT AT LEAST A YEAR, IF NOT TWO, POTENTIALLY TWO AND A HALF THAT SHE MET WITH ME AND SAID SHE WAS MAKING HER ROUNDS WITH THE REST OF CITY COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT THIS BUILDING AND TO SOLICIT OUR IMPACT, OUR FEEDBACK. AND THEN WE WE VOTED ON THE RFP, SO WE KNEW IT WAS COMING BEFORE US. AND FIVE DIFFERENT TEAMS TOOK THEIR TIME TO PUT TOGETHER A SUBSTANTIAL LIST OF, OF PROJECTS THAT TO ME AREN'T RUSHED. THEY HAVE ALL THE NUMBERS IN THERE. THEY HAVE THEIR TIMELINES. AND SO I SEE THE NATURE OF WHERE THIS IS GOING. BUT I JUST FOR THE RECORD AND FOR SINCE THERE'S ENOUGH PEOPLE HERE THAT IT MATTERS, I, I, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SHOWED UP TONIGHT AND OUR CITY STAFF AND MR. GAMMON AND THE TEAMS THAT PROPOSED, THEY WORKED HARD ON THIS. AND SO TO SAY, LIKE, THESE WERE TEN MINUTE PROPOSALS AND WE HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH TIME TO DO OUR HOMEWORK. I DISAGREE. I MEAN, OUR CITY MANAGER STARTED THIS PROCESS SEVERAL YEARS AGO. TO HER CREDIT, SHE SAW THIS COMING. AND SO SHE, SHE WAS SHE SOLICITED FEEDBACK WAY IN ADVANCE. SO I'M I'M OF A DISCONNECT THERE. I THINK THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF TIME AND EVERYONE HAD DETAILED APPLICATIONS, SO I THAT'S WHY I, THAT'S FINE, THAT'S FINE. YOU CAN HAVE YOUR BELIEFS. I HAVE NO FURTHER. WHAT FURTHER INFORMATION DO YOU NEED FOR A WORKSHOP? WELL, THAT'S ALL I HAVE QUESTIONS. FIRST OF ALL, THE CONDITION OF THE BUILDING WHICH FRANK BROUGHT UP BROUGHT UP NUMBER ONE RIGHT THERE. IT STOPS ALL FIVE OF THEM IN MY MIND, UNTIL WE KNOW THE CONDITION OF THE BUILDING. WELL, AT LEAST FOUR OF THEM, BECAUSE FOUR OF THEM WANT TO GO IN THE BUILDING. SO THAT RIGHT ALONE, THAT ALONE RIGHT THERE. SO IS ANYBODY ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A PROPOSAL OR ANYBODY WOULD LIKE JUST LET'S WORK ON IT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR NO, WE'VE DONE THAT. YEAH, WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT. OH, IT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION THAT THE FOLKS HAD TO HAVE LEARNED A FEW THINGS. THEY'VE LEARNED YOUR OPINION. THEY'VE LEARNED OF SUPPORT FOR BRAINSTORMS, JUST JUST TO GET THE BIG ELEPHANT OUT OF THE ROOM. YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A PROPOSAL TO HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEEK. YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S THE POTENTIAL FOR ALL GROUPS TO COME BACK AND SPEAK TO THE STAFF. NOW THAT WE'VE FINISHED THIS PROCESS, I ASK THAT WE BE YOU KNOW, WE WERE I'M LOOKING AT THE $25 MILLION GRANT THAT MAY COME UP. AND I'M LOOKING AT THINGS THAT THE CITY OR A NONPROFIT CAN APPLY FOR TO HELP THEM BUILD. SO A LOT OF WHAT HAS BEEN HARD FOR ME TO, TO LISTEN TO ABOUT ASKING FOR THE CITY'S TAX MONEY AND SILLINESS ABOUT OUR GARBAGE BILL GOING UP, WHICH GOD ONLY KNOWS WHERE THAT CAME FROM, BECAUSE IT'S NOT EVEN POSSIBLE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IF WE'VE HAD ONE COUNCILMAN HERE WHO SUGGESTED THAT HE WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF US TRYING TO LOCATE AND CONSTRUCT A FACILITY ON THE RIVER, I THINK THAT THE BRAINSTORMS GROUP NEEDS TO SERIOUSLY THINK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT, BECAUSE IT WAS NEVER CONTEMPLATED BY ME THAT A NONPROFIT WOULD BE FORMED TO RAISE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. IT WAS THAT A REALLY VALID PUBLIC PURPOSE AND EDUCATION AND TOURISM AND ALL THE THINGS INVOLVED. AND BEVIS STEVENSON AND HER GROUP HAVE THAT BUILDING, AND THAT'S PART OF OUR PROJECT. SO PERSONALLY, I THINK THAT THE GROUP NEEDS TO LOOK AT AND THINK ABOUT IT. THE REASON IT WAS TO BE DOWNTOWN IS WHAT ALL THE FOLKS SAID IS WE NEED RETAIL AND WE NEED TRAFFIC. 
          AND SO WE STILL NEED THAT AND WE STILL NEED TO SUPPORT THE EAST SIDE. AND IT WAS BROUGHT UP BY SOME OF THE PROPOSALS ABOUT ACTIVATING THAT SIDE. SO I THINK WE HAVE A POSSIBLE GOOD THING GOING. IF WE CAN ALL SHAKE HANDS AND GIVE UP THE GHOST ABOUT TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, PUT DOWN AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, PARTICULARLY SOMEBODY THAT'S ON A CITY COMMITTEE THAT WOULD BE DOING THAT ONLINE. IT WAS REALLY TROUBLING TO ME. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR MY OUTBURST ON THAT. BUT I THINK WE CAN ALL FIND A WAY. YOUR INTEREST IN OUR CITY, YOU'VE LIVED HERE, YOUR KIDS ARE HERE, YOUR FAMILY, SOME IN BUSINESSES ARE HERE. SOME OF YOU HAVE OTHER INTERESTS. THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE ARE GREAT, AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME OF THAT MONEY, IDEAS, AND INCENTIVES BE BROUGHT NOT JUST FOR A WORKSHOP ON WHO'S GOING TO FIGHT OVER THE BUILDING, BUT LET US GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AHEAD. WE PUT IN A GRANT REQUEST TO ANALYZE THE FOUR SITES ON THE RIVER. WE'LL FIND OUT IN A FEW WEEKS IF WE GOT IT. IT'S A PUBLIC PROCESS THAT REALLY NEEDS THIS KIND OF GROUP TO PARTICIPATE. 
          AND, AND I THINK THE ONE THING YOU SAID, COUNCILMAN, THAT I WOULD SAY WAS THE WAY YOU 
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DESCRIBED THAT OUR CITY'S ECONOMIC CRA DIRECTOR SAID, I'LL TALK TO EACH ONE OF THEM, AND I'LL TRY TO CRAFT THE. AN IDEA THAT I THINK CAN WORK. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. 
          I'M NOT COMPLAINING, BUT THE ONLY THING MISSING IS WHAT DOCTOR CADDELL ASKED, WHICH IS WHERE'S THE COMMUNITY INPUT? HOW DO YOU TALK PRIVATELY WITH EACH OF US AND. AND IT'S NO FAULT OF YOURS, DEBBIE. IT'S A FAULT. IT'S US HAVING TO FINALLY SEE ALL OF YOU HERE AND SAY, WE DON'T WANT YOU TO GO AWAY. I DON'T WANT THEM TO GO AWAY. AND I BELIEVE THAT. SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL TAKE THAT TO THE HEART. MAYBE IT'S NOT A WORK SESSION, BUT I NEED TO INVESTIGATE THAT. OTHER QUESTIONS AND OTHER ANSWERS. AND LIKE I SAID, NUMBER ONE IS THE BUILDING. YEAH. I JUST THINK WE NEED FURTHER DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, ON THE STATE OF THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, BUT LET'S BE REAL. I MEAN, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE, EITHER WAY WE GO, WE'RE TRYING TO BRING PEOPLE TO OUR CITY, GET THEM SPENDING MONEY, INCREASE OUR TOURISM, AND WE NEED TO USE OUR RIVER. SO TO ME, I THINK WE MIGHT ACCOMPLISH TWO PROPERTIES IN ONE. YEAH. I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S MY OPINION. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING WE NEED TO MAKE A PLAN FOR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. WE'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE TODAY. I KNOW, BUT WHAT'S OUR NEXT STEP? IS THAT WHAT WE AGREED ON. WELL WE'LL WORK ON THAT WITH THE CITY. WELL WE HAVE A WE HAVE A WORK. WE HAVE A WORKSHOP. WE HAVE A WORKSHOP COMING UP. CORRECT. THE ONE SCHEDULED. YES. FOR PARKING. YOU WANTED TO. SO WHAT CAN WE CAN WE TABLE THIS TO THAT AND AND REDISCUSS WHAT WE'VE GOT. YEAH. SO WHEN WILL THAT BE? IT'S A I FORGET SHE TOLD ME. 
          I'D LIKE TO TAKE OUR TIME AND DO IT RIGHT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO DRAG IT OUT SO LONG. NO NO NO I AGREE. YOU CAN'T DO THAT TO THEM. NO I DON'T THEY PUT THEY PUT A LOT OF HARD WORK INTO THIS. WELL I WOULD SUGGEST I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU AT LEAST ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO DO THAT, TO POSTPONE THE DISCUSSION. AND THEN YOU NEED TO MAKE A DETERMINATION OF WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO INVITE THE FIVE APPLICANTS BACK TO THAT SESSION. AND IF THAT'S WHAT YOU PLAN TO DO, THEN I WOULD JUST SUGGEST SOMEBODY MAKE IT AS A MOTION. IF WE DON'T HAVE A DATE RIGHT NOW, A DATE CAN BE PROVIDED. OKAY? AND IF YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE POSTPONE THIS TO A FUTURE DATE AND INVITE THE FIVE APPLICANTS TO AGAIN, PRESENT TO THE CRA, AND IT WOULD BE A WORK SESSION. AND THEN YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER SESSION TO VOTE. IT'D BE EASIER TO ASK QUESTIONS BECAUSE HERE WE, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY GOT TEN MINUTES. AND THEN WE WENT ON TEN MINUTES AND TEN MINUTES AND WOULDN'T BE THIS WOULD NOT BE A DECISION MAKING MEETING. SO IT WOULD BE A WORKSHOP. AND THEN YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE A SECOND MEETING TO ACTUALLY APPROVE WHATEVER YOU END UP DOING. IF YOU'RE GOING TO APPROVE IT, YOU HAVE A PROPOSAL FOR THAT. SOMEBODY WANT TO MAKE THAT? YEAH. SO I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO EXTEND THIS TO OUR NEXT CRA WORKSHOP. INVITE ALL FIVE OF THE APPLICANTS, AND THEN THE DATE TO BE DETERMINED. I FORGET WHAT THE DATE IS. RIGHT. WE CAN SET THE DATE. OKAY, SO WE GOT A PROPOSAL. WE GOT A MOTION, A SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YEAH. I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO THE MOTION REAL BRIEFLY TO SAY TWO, TWO QUICK THINGS. ONE, THIS, THIS IS IN THIS THIS BUILDING IS IN THE CRA PLAN, CORRECT? YES. SO AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT OF THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER THERE'S BEEN COMMUNITY INPUT, THERE'S COMMUNITY INPUT. 
          TONIGHT IT WAS COMMUNITY INPUT WHEN IT WAS PUT IN CRA PLAN. BUT TWO, THE MORE IMPORTANT POINT, WHICH IS I JUST I DON'T ONE I DON'T THINK THIS WAS BAIT AND SWITCH, BUT IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE, HEY, COME BABY, COME, COME RFP ON THIS PROJECT AND HERE'S THESE, ALL THESE OTHER POTENTIAL PROJECTS. AND I DON'T WANT THAT TO BECOME THE APPEARANCE. BUT JUST, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS MOTION IS US KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. AND, AND SO I JUST FEEL LIKE I, I GET YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION, SO I'M NOT GOING TO HOLD THAT AGAINST YOU, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW. WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHY THE QUESTIONS WEREN'T ASKED ALREADY. MR. MURPHY, WHEN DO WE RECEIVE THE INFORMATION ON THE ON THE RFP, THE FIVE PROJECTS. HOW LONG AGO WAS THAT? WAS IT A MONTH AGO? I THINK IT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO. TWO WEEKS AGO? WHAT DID YOU OBLIGATED? THAT'S. THAT'S NOT THE POINT. I CAN TOUR THE BUILDING, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE USE IS GOING TO BE YET. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE USE WAS GOING TO BE FOR EACH PROPOSAL UNTIL WE GOT THE PROPOSALS. AND THAT WAS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. ALL RIGHT. WELL, SO FOR ALL THE CRITICISM, A LOT OF TIME FOR ALL DIFFERENT PATHS AND FOR ALL THE CRITICISMS FOR HOW SLOW THE WAY I'M A CONTRACTOR. SO, I MEAN, I DO HAVE SOME ABILITY TO JUDGE THESE THINGS, WHICH I DON'T SEE WHY YOU NEED ADDITIONAL TIME. WELL, MAYBE THE QUESTION IS WHY YOU DON'T NEED ADDITIONAL TIME. 
          I CALL THE QUESTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. YEAH. SECOND. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY I, I 
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AGAINST NAY BECAUSE I'M READY. OKAY. THAT'S 4 TO 1. THANK YOU FOR THAT. APPRECIATE IT, I DID IT. DID YOU HAVE YOUR WAY? SO DEBBIE DO YOU HAVE
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