THE SAME. GO AHEAD AND DO THE ROLL CALL FOR THE CR. I HAVE A COMMENT. MR. MAYOR. I JUST WANT
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TO MENTION THAT WE'LL BE HOSTING A TOWN HALL MEETING ON OCTOBER 26TH, AT WHICH TIME THE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT AMENDMENT THREE AND PRESENTING FACTS RELATED TO THAT AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON THE CITY. AND WE'RE ENCOURAGING ANYONE THAT'S INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT THE PARTICULARS RELATED TO THE AMENDMENT TO COME AND SIT DOWN WITH CITY STAFF. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, WE'LL RESPOND TO THOSE AS WELL. THANK YOU. PM 5:00 PM 5:00. THANK YOU.DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NOTHING FROM ME, MR. MAYOR. OKAY. ROLL CALL PLEASE. CHAIRMAN DAVIS, DIRECTOR. JONAS. DIRECTOR ALTMAN HERE. DIRECTOR. BUTLER. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. MANNS. CITY
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ATTORNEY. DRISCOLL. DIRECTOR MURPHY IS NOT IN ATTENDANCE THIS EVENING. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE OCTOBER 6TH MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY I.CONSENT AGENDA. YOUR APPROVAL. WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO SPEAK. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY
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FOR ASKING YOU TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE SECOND. ONE. IT UP REAL QUICK. SECOND. NO. I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. SECOND. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY I,[4.a) RFP26-041 Public Parking Signage Bid Award]
I, I OKAY. BUSINESS ITEMS RFP 26041 PUBLIC PARKING SIGNAGE BID AWARD. MR. MAYOR, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE PULL THIS AGENDA ITEM AT THIS TIME, AND WE'LL BRING THIS MATTER BACK BEFORE[5) Communications]
YOU AT YOUR NEXT MEETING. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMUNICATIONS? NO, SIR. YEAH, I DO, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE. WELL, TWO THINGS. ONE, THIS IS THE WEEK OF THE FLORIDA REDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE. I'M IMAGINING WE'VE GOT SOME STAFF GOING. AND CRA DIRECTOR MYSELF AND I UNDERSTAND, MR. DIRECTOR JONAS, I'M VERY EXCITED TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THAT ORGANIZATION THAT THAT HAPPENS TOMORROW FOR ME. AND IT WILL ALLOW ME TO GET BACK ON THE BOARD. I'VE BEEN ON FOR MANY YEARS. I WOULD ALSO JUST LIKE TO REITERATE THE COMMENT THAT I MADE AT THE LAST CRA MEETING, AND I MEAN IT SINCERELY THAT THE, THE, THE METHOD OF IMPLEMENTING OUR. RFP WAS FAULTED AND THAT THE LAW IS CLEAR IN MY MIND. I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE CRA ATTORNEY ALSO, WHO INDICATED THAT HE HE WORKS FOR HIS CLIENTS AND HE WILL DEFEND AND SUPPORT THEM. SO WHATEVER HAS HAPPENED WITH THE CONE OF SILENCE AND THE MISINTERPRETATION, IN MY VIEW OF PLAIN ENGLISH LANGUAGE, WHICH DOESN'T ALLOW FOR COMMUNICATION FROM THE TIME IT'S ISSUED UNTIL THE TIME WE MAKE A DECISION, I DON'T THINK IT CAN BE EXCUSED BY JUST PLAYING WITH COMMAS AND AND WORDSMITHING VERY DIRECTLY SAYS SPECIFICALLY IN THE RFP THAT ALL OF THE RESPONDENTS TO THE RFP ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH EITHER OUR BOARD OR THE CRA DIRECTOR OR THE STAFF. THEN THERE'S A FOLLOW UP PARAGRAPH THAT SAYS, THE ATTORNEY FOR OUR BOARD. OR THE OTHER TWO ARE EXEMPT, AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THE OTHER TWO ARE EXEMPT. AND AS MUCH AS THERE CAN BE THIS LEGAL PRECEDENT, WHICH I AGREE WITH, WHICH IS SPECIFIC, OVERRIDES THE GENERAL OR WHATEVER THAT WAS, THERE'S ALSO SOME CLEAR LEGAL, I THINK, CONCEPTS THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE AN RFP THAT DISAGREES WITH ITSELF. AND IT'S CLEAR THAT IT DISAGREES WITH ITSELF. THE OUTCOME OF THAT MEETING WAS THAT WE WANTED TO TRY TO MAYBE HAVE A WORKSHOP, MAYBE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WERE DOING. THAT ALSO MAY BE A CONFLICT IF WE IF WE HAVEN'T MADE A DECISION TONIGHT, WE WERE WE WERE ADMONISHED BECAUSE WE DIDN'T MAKE A DECISION. WE[00:05:02]
HAD A RECOMMENDATION AT THE MEETING FROM WHAT I BELIEVE WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS ON THE THE GROUP THAT DID THE EVALUATIONS THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE QUALITY OF THE PROPERTY. WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. I HAD COMMUNICATION THAT WE SHOULD ALL MEET INDIVIDUALLY TO DISCUSS WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO. THAT KIND OF RUNS AGAINST, YOU KNOW, OPEN PUBLIC POLICY.SO I BELIEVE THAT, AGAIN, ALL OF THOSE PROPOSALS HAD SOME MERIT AND WORTH DISCUSSING. I DON'T THINK THAT THIS BOARD IS READY TO MAKE A DECISION. AND SO I'M PURPOSEFULLY SUGGESTING THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM MY STANDPOINT, WE'RE ON SOLID GROUNDS TO SAY LET'S LET'S TAKE A PAUSE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NOW. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE LEGAL DISCUSSION THAT SAYS THAT I'M NOT CORRECT BECAUSE I KNOW HOW TO READ. AND I'VE BEEN A COUNTY COMMISSIONER, A CITY MAYOR, A CITY COUNCILMAN, AND I'VE LISTENED TO ADVICE FOR A LONG TIME. BUT ONE THING YOU KNOW, AND I SPOKE WITH FORMER COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR JOHN GALLAGHER, AND HE REMINDED ME AGAIN JUST HOW IMPORTANT IT ALWAYS WAS IN ANY RFP THAT WE HONOR THE CONE OF SILENCE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS SO COMMON AND SO REGULAR THAT IF OUR CITY'S CRA PURPOSEFULLY MANIPULATED WHAT LOOKS LIKE A STATE LAW, WHICH WE'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW US TO NEGOTIATE OR TO CALL IN MEMBERS OF THE APPLICANTS, TO HAVE INDIVIDUAL PRIVATE DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM. AND INCLUDE ASSERTIONS OF WHETHER THE BUILDING WAS GOOD, WASN'T GOOD. ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED, IT'S A MESS, AND I'M IN AN EVEN BIGGER MESS BECAUSE I'M A CITY COUNCILMAN WHO WANTS TO DO SOMETHING AS A CITY AND LOOKING FOR A GROUP TO SUPPORT IT. SO PERSONALLY, I'M NOT IN THE GAME OF WHO EVER GETS THAT BUILDING IF THEY GET IT. BUT I AM IN THE GAME OF SAYING THE COUNTY SWITCHED A BALL FIELD FOR A BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE OF AN AREA THAT'S GOT ALL KINDS OF POTENTIAL. WE HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH IT YET. SO I THINK FROM OUR DISCUSSIONS THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS OUR INTENTIONS AND THAT I'M JUST GOING TO HOPE THAT THE NEXT MEETING, BY THEN I'LL GET A STRONG LEGAL DETERMINATION AND ONE THAT ONE IS WILLING TO PUT ON WRITING IN FRONT OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING. THAT'S IT. RIGHT. ON A POSITIVE NOTE, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE NEW POLICE OFFICERS THAT WERE SWORN IN TODAY. YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE THEM, YOU KNOW, GIVING BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY. THE NEW FIREFIGHTER THAT WAS SWORN IN, YOU KNOW, SERGEANT BARRIOS, I'VE PERSONALLY KNOWN HIM A LONG TIME, AND I'VE SEEN HIM COME UP THROUGH THE RANKS AND REALLY APPRECIATE THAT HE'S HERE, YOU KNOW, PROTECTING OUR CITY. SO I WANT TO I WANT TO THANK THOSE, YOU KNOW, THOSE PUBLIC SERVANTS FOR THAT. SO, SO THANK YOU. BUT I ALSO WANT TO BRING UP AN UPCOMING MEETING ON SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WORKSHOP, I BELIEVE IT'S THE FINAL WORKSHOP FOR THE SKATE PARK COMING UP ON NOVEMBER 4TH. SO I'M PUTTING IT OUT THERE TO ANY OF OUR SKATEBOARDING FRIENDS WHO WERE HERE THE LAST TIME. I WANT THEM TO COME OUT AND JUST SEE ALL THE INFORMATION WE'VE COMPILED, WHAT DECISIONS WE'VE MADE, AND, AND KIND OF GIVE US YOUR BLESSING, SO TO SPEAK, ON WHAT WE'VE COME UP WITH. AND THEN, AND THEN ONE LAST ITEM. WHAT TIME IS THAT MEETING? 430. WE'RE DOING A RIBBON CUTTING OVER AT THE GRAND BOULEVARD PARK. WE DID THE WHAT DO WE CALL THE HARMONY INSTRUMENTS? SO RIGHT THERE AT THE RIVER, WE'RE DOING THAT RIBBON CUTTING ON OCTOBER 4TH AT 11. SO BEAUTIFUL SPOT BY THE RIVER.
OCTOBER 24TH THIS SATURDAY. OKAY, SORRY. SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND, AND MAKE AS MUCH NOISE AS HE CAN. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT EVENT. SO THANK YOU. YEAH.
I WANT TO BRING UP TWO THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, WE HAD A GENTLEMAN HERE FROM THE MARINE CORPS TALKING ABOUT THEM HAVING A GATHERING ON THE ON NOVEMBER 11TH AT 11:00. BUT THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE A VETERANS PARADE AT 5:00. AND SO IF YOU HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE YOU'D LIKE TO
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GET INVOLVED IN THE VETERANS PARADE, WE'D APPRECIATE YOU GETTING WITH IT. COLIN. I MEAN, KEVIN, AT THE REC CENTER AGAIN, SIGN UP YOUR GROUP. IT'S PROBABLY LAST ABOUT AN HOUR, THE PARADE, BUT IT WAS FIRST YEAR LAST YEAR AND WE HAD QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THERE. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AGAIN. AND THEN AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP THAT THERE'S A KICKBALL ADULT KICKBALL TOURNAMENT ON THE 14TH SATURDAY. IT'S AT SWETMAN AND GULF HIGH. WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME TEAMS, ADULT KICKBALL, AND IT'LL BE FUN. COED. ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT ELECTION DAY? YEAH.NOVEMBER 3RD. THIRD. NOVEMBER 3RD. OH YEAH. ANOTHER THING JUST TO COMMENT ABOUT THAT IS WE'RE NOT HAVING OUR MEETING ON THE THIRD. WE'RE HAVING IT ON THE FOURTH. OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE FROM ME,
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.